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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09
eRATTLEeoRo PERSONAL.

Charles Noyes of Colrain greeted friends
in town Saturday.
Miss Bessie Denning spent Saturday
and Sunday in Rutland
Miss Margaret Lee visited in Reilov,s
Falls the first of the week
william. Carbery went to Gardner We'd
nesday for an indefinite stay.
Miss leila Edwards left today for n
visit in Boston and New York.
Mrs. NJ. O. Johnson and daughter of
Somerset were i'm town Monday.
Frank Eckels returned yesterday from
a visit in Philadelphia and New York
John Z. Hurlburt and family of Ran
dolph have moved to Brattleboro this
week.
Miss Annie Garfield of West Townshend
was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Eddy
this week.
Mr. and Mrs ]. Harry Estey returned
yesterday after a stay of few days I'm
New York
Mrs. Eva Metcalf has resumed work in
the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell factory
after an illness.
George Harris of Canal street is able
to be out after a seven weeks illness
with scarlet fever
William II. Bond is able to be around
the house after being i'll about a month
with rheumatic fever.
Mrs. II. o. Coolidge returned to Keene
Saturday after spending two weeks or
more at II. II. Thompson's
Mrs Delmar Fraser returned Thursday
from Burlington, where she was called
by the illness of her sister,
Frances Putnam finished work recently
in Donnen '& Davis's store and returned
to her home in Alstead. n. H.
f. d. f. Stowe, Dennis f. TaslSer and
James lizard will attend the poultry show
in Springfield, Mass, next week
Arthur Allen, who has lived in town the
past two years, left Tuesday for Denver,
Colo, to resume his former position.
Mrs. L. II. Kunhardt and daughter re-
turned to Boston this week after visiting
Misses Ida and Ella Waite since Thanks
giving.
Mrs. Martin Dunn of Reed street fell
Saturday night on Walnut street while
coming from church, and broke her arm
in two places.
Walter H. Childs went to New York
yesterday. He will make an extended
trip to Cuba and South America for the
benefit of his health
Rev. Father NJ. ]. Carmodv went to
Ludlow yesterday to attend the funeral
of Rev. Father Jerome Geot. who died
Monday of apopleXy.
Mrs. Eric Landry, president of the Re-
bekah assembly, attended district meet
ing in Bennington this week, eXemplify-
ing the unwritten work
Mrs. George b. White and her mother.
Mrs. n. b. Perry, went to New York
Wednesday to consult specialist in re-
gard to Mrs. Perry's eyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Borden are now oc-
cupYng their new house on Oak Grove
avenue and Mr.. and Mrs. Glenroy Smith
have also moved into the building with
them.
Mrs. Don A. Wilder and son. Donald
went Saturday to the Farren hospital in
Montague, where DIR. f. r. Lynch OF
Brattleboro performed an operation on
the boys head. The child is doing we'll
Mr.. and Mrs. James r Dennng. Miss
Margaret j. Bowler. Mrs. James Grady
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henkel and Car
Henkel attended the funeral of Mrs
James A. Lillis in Rutland this morning
Rev. F. L. Phaen of Worcester has
been obliged on account of his health &c
decline reappointment as chaplain of the
Second Massachusetts regiment. rendered
to him by Colonel Frederick f.. Pierce OF
Greenfield, the newly elected colonel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09
Ladies' Initial Handkerchiefs.

All pure linen goods; hand embroider
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09
Russian Fleet Smashed.

The important development In the lar
eastern war this week comes in the news
of the destruction of the Russian Meet IN
Port Arthur harbor by fire from the heaNy
guns mounted by the japanese on zoo-
Metre Hill, which they captured iasl
week. The battleship Poltava was SUN
the Retvizan is now partially submerged
one other boat was set on fire and SUNK
and the other ships were badly damaged
1t may be that the siege will finally sue
coed through command of the harpor
entrance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09
Mems Initial Handkerchiefs

In heavy quality, Numbered and un-
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09

William II. Wright, 6S, of surry' N. H.,
was killed Monday while in the woous
alone chopping, tall tree raining upon
him.
Albert Jarrett, barber who had sto S
insurance on his shop, has been arles'eH
at Burlington on the charge OF ars liza
being alleged that he set hre III sle Rro-
ing on College street, where haser pa
Tiers hardware store was badly damaged
recently. His shop was over the store
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

F. F. Gobie is improving his house by
the addition of a veranda.
Walter Sylvester has finished the car
pentry work on his new house, and the
the house is in the hands of painters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09
Shot His Brother While "Playlns Deer"

Joseph Stewart, 4, son of Isaac Stewart
of East Wallingford, is at the point OF
death having been shot by his brother other
Herbert, 7. The younger lad was running
on his hands and knees when Herper'
picked up a shot gun which was not sup
posed TO be loaded He pulled the trls-
ger and the charge struck Joseph IN 'he ne
arm head and neck. II the poy nv &c
will lose an arm and the sight OF one eye
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
HIDE $4,000 IN A HAYSTACK
Quimby Bank Robbers Guide Officers
to the Spot Where the Money
is Concealed

Sioux City, Jan. 21.-One of the
Quimby bank robbers, Abner Hicks,
guided the officers to a haystack
north of Cherokee and delivered to
them $4,000 of securities which the
cracksmen hid in a haystack after
dividing the booty they secured from
the bank. Hicks related with much
gusto some of the details of the roo
berry.
C. J. Smith, the Pinkerton detective,
who with Chief Davenport rounded
up the Quimby bank robbers, left yes
terday morning for Chicago, where
he will report to his chief and suggest
that four or five Pinkertons besides
himself be sent out here to look after
the yeggmen.
Mr.. Smith came in from Cherokee
this morning, after seeing Abner
Hicks, John Wicks, Elmer Dunning
and Charles White started in charge
of Sheriff Hogan for Animosa, where
they will spend seven years each for
the Quimby job.
Since the prisoners stood up in dis
trict court and pleaded guilty to bur
glary last Saturday, Hicks and White
have been more inclined to talk
Hicks volunteered to guide the officers
to a point fourteen miles northwest
of Cherokee where the gang hid the
bank paper the night of the robbery
In charge of Sheriff Hogan and De.
tectiye Smith, Hicks piloted them to
hapstack where all the securities
were found intact. On the way he
talked about the robbery, admitting
he was the one who handled the nitro
glycerine.
"We went out of Sioux City the
night of December Is on the flyer
which leaves here at 1880" said Hicks
I'VE got off-all four of us-at Cher
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
FOR THE SECOND CROP OF ICE
One Bit of the Harvest Has Been Com
pIeted and the lcemen are
Praying for a Freeze.

'If some of that forty y-below-Zero
weather would wander around in this
direction" said George Schwenk, the
iceman, 1--WE would possibly get in a
second crop of the crystalli2ed aqua
before the sunshine Of the springtime
returns to create a demand for our
commodity and a lack of its supply"
The first freeze of the year enabled
the icemen of this section to get in
one crop 1t Is now very necessary
that some more of the frosty type Of
atmosphere should get into the game
will not have to stand out on the back
porch waiting in vain for the man on
the back of the wagon who weighs
out the ice.
The Schwenk ice houses in River
side addition are pretty well filed A
large number of other ice houses, in
Guiding the various beer vaults and
the Dexter cold storage plant, remain
yet iceless.
George Stalcop has the contract for
filing most of these and has prepared
a place in the Norfolk river above the
sugar factory dam where he gets n
clean, clear quality. 1t makes n haul
of about two miles. Mr. Stalcop has
not started in the filling of the vaults.
faults.
The time of year is still young
enough if the weather will condescend
to freeze a bit before the very warm
ing spring. But even now it is ap-
preaching that season of the winter
when the sun crawls a little bit too
far up into the skies for just the
perfectest sort of ice. While it will
freeze solid at any old time of the
year that brings the mercury down
below the thirty-two mark, yet it is
a fact that when the sun creeps too
far up into the heavens the chunks
are not so clear as they otherwise
might be, being filled with what is
technically known among ice cutters
as "honey-combed."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
MANY FIREMEN ARE ATTENDING
The Convention at Fremont Said to
be Largest in History of the
State Association.

Fremont, Jan. 21.-The enrolment
reached 307 at noon. OF this number
about 100 were new members, whose
applications were accepted since yes
terday. The credential committee re-
ported a long list of delegates at this
mornings session, which was made
up as the roster of the convention
The attendance is said to be the larg-
est of any convention the state volun-
teer firemen's association has ever
held.
The business proceedings yesterday
closed at noon, when an adjournment
was taken until 9 o'clock this morn
ing. In the afternoon the delegates
from out of the city were entertained
by the local firemen. They were es-
corted to various places of interest
about town and also on the inevitable
TRIP to the Fremont Brewing com
panys plant.
A picture of the convention was
taken by local photographer at the
court house at 2 o'clock. Free tick
cts to a theatrical performance this
evening have been issued to all the
visiting firemen.
]. A. Scheick of Beatrice, who was
association meeting at Chicago last
September, submitted a report on the
dOings of that assemblage
First Vice President Michael Bauer
of Nebraska City took the chair while
President Hartford read his annual re-
port The president said he had Wis
tied a number of towns in the north
ern part of the state where there are
fire departments but which are not
| represented at this meeting. A good
many of these departments he assert
ed, are not collecting any insurance
tax and not getting all the privileges
they are entitled to. Mr.. Hartford
thought this was owing to lack of or
ganizatpn
A list of topics assigned for papers
during the convention was read, and
Secretary Miller followed with a por-
ton of his annual report. He sug-
gested that the convention fix a time
limit for making entries for the state
tournament and that it also fix the
date of the tournament. He recon-
mended that the length of hose at
tached in coupling contest be specified
in the rules. All these suggestions
were referred to the committee on
constitution and rules. The secre-
tary's financial report and the state
ments of the treasurer and commit
tees of the association were given to
the convention this morning.
The district court room was crowd
ed beyond the limit of it's seating ca
pacity when the convention was called
to order for the first time. The badges
of the delegates made the chamber
look like a royal audience hall filled
with noble personages.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
LINDSAY HAD A BAD FIRE.
Town Was Threatened for
a While Yesterday Noon.
THE BUCKET BRIGADE SAVED IT
Residence Of ]. p. johnson Burned and
Others Threatened-Humphrey Ap-
pealed to for Assistance and Was
Ready to Respond.

Lindsay, Neb., Jan. 20.-Special to
The News: For about an hour after
noon today a large part Of the resi-
dence portion of Lindsay was threat
ened by fire, and but for the heroic
work of the bucket brigade many peo-
pie would undoubtedly now be home
less.
The residence belonging to J, p.
Johnson caught fire from a defective
flue while dinner was In course of
preparation and the house was quick
ly completely destroyed, There was
another residence property within
twenty feet of the burned residence
and the flames and burning cindors
were hurled toward it by the strong
wind that prevailed and for time
it was thought it would be impossible
to save it from destruction, and If 1t
had caught, large portion of the res
idence part of town would undoubt-
edly have been burned.
Asked Aid of Humphrey.
When it was thought that it would
be impossible to keep the flames from
taking a large portion of the town a
message was sent to Humphrey for
the chemical engine of that place and
for members of the fire department.
The Northwestern was also asked to
have a special in readiness to bring
the engine and firemen. Both quick.
ly responded to the appeal and there
would shortly have been a special
carrying the Humphrey department
and their apparatus to the scene OF
the fire, but the Lindsay fire fighters
found they could prevent the flames
from spreading and the preparations
of Humphrey people and of the rail
road company to render prompt as
sistance were not competed.
The Lindsay fire fighters stayed by
the blaze like heroes and with buck
cts of water put out the flying embers
The people of Lindsay whose homes
were threatened feel grateful to the
members ofthe bucket brigade for theiI
prompt and vigorous work and they
wish The News to express their hear
ty appreciation to the Humphrey fire
department as well as to the North
western officials who made such
prompt response to their appeal fOI
assistance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

oloe and then walked down to Quinn.
by, arriving there shortly after mid.
night. Everybody in the town mp.
peared to be asleep Only two lights
were visible and these shono from the
Office of the hotel. We were snealtlng
UP the street toward the bank when
young fellow, whose name | after
ward learned was Johnny Hannah, re-
turning from a dance, crossed in front
of us. | knew we ought to have him
muzzled, for he appeared to be the
only person at Quimby awake. So |
hollared at him to hold up n bit and
talk to me. lie took one look at us
and then cut and run. II was n good
thing for him that he did, for we in
tended to bind and gag him and lock
him in box car. The boy flew into
the hotel and the lights went out Inn
mediately Well, we went on and
tackled the bank, two of the boys
watching the hotel closely for we
feared that the kid might arouse some
of the guests and start for us with
gums bul l ButSb Ht NNll w bNu
and kept quiet for nothing happened
even after the three or four eXplo'
sions at the bank.
Charley White, the Sioux City gam
bier, commented on the fear of the
Quimby citizens.
CAS- a matter of fact the burglars
are a darn sight worse scared of the
citizens than the citizens are of the
burglars, but the cits don't know that, u
he said. THAT night in Quimby
was afraid every minute somebody
would open fire on us, and if they
had | don't doubt that I'd led the re-
! treat"
Dunning and Wicks were sullen and
had little to say. They took their
sentence harder than White and
Hicks. The latter Is well educated
man, Detective Smith says, and very
companionable, with a sense of hu
NOR well developed.
Wilson, the fifth man arrested in
Kansas City, is still in Jail, suffering
from delrium tremens. No charge
has been palced against him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

who are only anxious to come hero II
they wore but invited Now Is the
time that we must get acquainted with
that country or never. Now II In
young country. Like all things else,
countries have habits. A city has it's
habits and pecularltios just as do
people Some towns are seemingly
crazy Some arc conservative. Some
are all for sports and some all for
business So 1t is with section OF
country. The now northwest Is Just
beginning to grow. Like an infant
still, II is ready to form some sort of
habit or another, II is n great land
and as soon as II ls illod with people
II will be no doubt one Of the great
est sections of prosperity in the world.
Norfolk can help that new northwest.
Norfolk can and will be of service to
the upbuilding of the new northwest.
within few weeks, perhaps, the
Rosebud reservation, with It's 10000
acres of choice, rich land will be
thrown open to settlement. 1t means
much to the entire west. And It
means far more to Norfolk, Nebraska,
providing 1t * properly treated than
it does to any other city in the United
states. Now Is the time for Norfolk
to get busy Tomorrow those thou
sands of settlers will have rushed in
and they will go to whatever trading
point their neighbors have been ac-
customod to. notice by the record
of the hotel registers in Norfolk that
more of these people are coming to
Norfolk every day of their lives. Yet
many do not. Let us get together.
Let us start from oday-forget the
rest, and have hand in the building
of n new Norfolk, Let's do it now"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
DAKOTA EDITORS IN SESSION
Annual Meeting of the Press Associa-
ton Began in Sioux Falls Today.
Interesting Topics.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Jan. 21.-The an
nual meeting of the South Dakota
Press association which began here
today is the largest in point of at
tendance ever held by the association.
A wide range of subjects of interest
both to the editorial and business
management of newspapers was dis
cussed during the day and among the
speakers were several eastern adver-
tising agents, There will be more
papers and discussions tomorrow and
the gathering will come to an end in
the evening with banquet, for which
preparations on an extensive scale
are being made.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
SCHEME OF ELOPERS is NlPPED
Knox County Couple Could Not Get
License to Wed at Yankton Be-
cause thew Were Not Known

Yankton, S. d. Jan. 21.-The power
of the law by means of the long dis
tance telephone Tuesday nipped in the
bud charmiAs romance when Sher-
iff Burn of Knox county, Nebraska,
telephoned to S. A. Boyles, county
judge of Yankton county, to hold
James Davis and Emma Nix, a youth
full couple who had eloped ffom the
home of the girls parents in Knox
county.
The young couple called at the of
flee of the clerk of the courts in the
morning, and giving their ages as 23
and IS years, asked for a license.
They were without witnesses and the
clerk was compelled to refuse them
the coveted paper The lovers had
had a long hard drive from the girls
home and the disappointment we'll
nigh put the wouldbe bride in tears.
Determined not to be thwarted they
set out in a city almost unknown to
them in vain search for someone
who could vouch for them. Meanwhile
the sheriff of Knox county was max
ing frantic efforts to get the ear of
the county court. Sheriff Burn was
called upon by the parents of the
youthful bride, who, they aver is but
16 years of age, to ask the elopers
be arrested and held by the sheriff
of Yankton county until they could
be returned to Knox county. Later
in the afternoon Mr. Davis called at
the clerks Office with a friend who
could swear to but a part of the an
swers required. He was informed of
the state of affairs and that the sher-
iff of Yonkton county was looking for
him.
He lost no time in further search
for witnesses, but jumped into his rig,
in which he drove to Yankton, made
a speedy departure with Miss Nix for
Harrington, Neb., where he hoped to
outwit the officers and the incensed
parents by getting a license and be-
ing married before they could be ap-
pretended.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
He WANTS DAMAGES OF SIS, 900
J. A. Anderson Sues His Father-in-
Law, John Berg, for that Amount
on Various Counts

Lincoln, Jan. 21.-John A. Ander-
son, formerly of Waverley has filed
a sensational damage suit for $25, 900
against John Berg, his father-in-law,
of the same town. In substance the
plaintiff charges that Berg beat his
(Anderson's) son Carl, a boy of ten
der years, so numerically that the
latter died a few days afterward, and
declaring that when he lay on his
deathbed his last words were that
grandfather beat me so hard that
nearly died" He also declares that
while lying sick from paralysis, caused
by being struck with a timber Berg
jumped on him and beat him unmer
cifully and threw him out of the house
because he had quoted the words of
the dying child.
The affections of his wife, Ander-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
TO SHOOT BANK ROBBERS.

Enterprising Nebraska Banker Has
Novel Way for Treating Robbers.
jackson, Neb., Jan 20-Banker Kear-
ney has put in force a new idea for
the discouragement of bank robbers
in his neighborhood, by purchasing
half dozen good shotguns, each in
canvas case. supplied with a eltb
full of buck shot cartridges. These
guns have been distributed to a num-
ber Of determined men who live near
the bank, and are to be used in case
of an attack on the bank. The state
association, of which Mr.. Kearney is
member, offers standing reward
of $500 for bank robbers while his
burglary insurance company offers an
other liberal reward The Criterion
rather imagines that the next burglars
that attack this bank will be consid-
erably surprised when his burglar
alarm, electrical devices and about
six to a dozen guns are trained on
them. "An ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure" and any en-
terprising burglar wishing to see a
real interesting time. can call at Jack
son most any old time and be accom-
modated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
THERE is GOOD TRADE IN WEST
Activity Thus Far in 1904 has Exceed
ed Expectations in Some Lines.
Demand Solid and Promising.

Chicago, Jan. 21. The general
wholesale trade in the central west
is solid and of the promising sort In
many lines the activity thus far in 1904
has exceeded expectations. This ls
especially true of the grocery and Dry
goods trade. In the general grocery
trade the present business is very no.
ticeably above the normal, and in sta
pies the activity is pronounced.
In the iron and steel branches the
years beginning is very propitious
and scarcely any part of the industry
reports other than most encouraging
prospects for at least six months to
come. Producers of agricultural i'm
plements, wire and nails also report
the situation and outlook as highly
satisfactory.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

son declares, were alienated by the
defendant In numerous ways by de-
claring in her presence that she ought
to have married man with greater
means and that the plaintiff ought to
have more money than he had.
This persecution, Anderson says,
continued until he lost his job as
bridge carpenter with the Burlington,
the defendant sending the foreman of
the gang letter that the plaintiff had
deserted his family and refused to
support them At this time Anderson
says, he was thrown out by his father
in-law and not permitted to live with
his wife.