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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION
Thirty-second Annual Meeting to be
Held at Lincoln January
26 and 27

w. G. Purcell, secretary of the Ne
braska Press association, announces
that the thirty-second annual meeting
of the association will be held in Lin
coin on January &c and q. A good
program is promised as well as a
novel entertainment by the local press
committee one evening during the ses-
sion. The secretary says the indica-
tions are this will be the largest at
tended meeting in the history of the
association. The members of the bu
cholic press always have a good time
when they go to Lincoln as an asso-
citation, and there is no reason to
doubt that they will have the same
experience this year. There has al
ways been one matter of regret to at
least one of the bucholic members in
connection with the Lincoln meetings
and that is that the Nebraska State
Journal goes to such heavy personal
expense in providing entertainment
for the country newspaper representa-
tives. The experience in the past has
been that the State Journal was not
satisfied with being a good fellow with
the rural scribblers, but it must needs
invest a lot of money in feeding them
at banquet, buying theater tickets
for them and treating them to other
expensive luXuries. This is all wrong,
and the writer had more than one
warm discussion over the unwarrant-
ed generosity on the part of that paper
when he was an officer of the ass0cia-
tion. The newspaper men of Nebraska
are fully able to pay their own way
when they attend a meeting of the
State association, and they ought to
be permitted to do so. Little courte
sizes that may be extended by the town
where the meeting is held, to make
the visit more pleasant, are of course
always appreciated but hospitality
can be oyerworked to such an extent
that the guest feels he is a burden
upon his host Every man engaged
in the business of newspaper making
derives a genuine profit from attend
ance upon the meetings of the asso
citation, in the new ideas gained which
may be turned into a money value
TO him when he applies them to his
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
RUSH TELEPHONE CHANGE.
Finish Switchboard They Think
by First of Month.
INJURED MAN is RECOVERING
The Linemen Who Work Out Of Doors
Through Billiards and All, Have
Electric Lights in Their Tiny Can.
vas Shops-Tap the Wires Below.

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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
FIRST FEDERAL OVERCoATS.
Carriers are Clothed in Grey Gar
ments for the First Season.

Norfolk mail carriers are this sea
son wearing their first regulation
grey oyercoats as provided by the
laws of the United States. This is
the first winter that they have been
delivering packages and letters to the
people of the city and consequently it
is the first time they have had an op-
portunity to don their heavier cover
ings for the frigid season.
Already the carriers have worn out
several garments of the ordinary reg
uation clothing, though. In the sum
mertime they wear the grey govern
ment shirtwaists and in the winter
time they wear the heavy coats and
vests. The big bags which are filled
with mail and hang by a strap across
their shoulders, rub against their
trousers so constantly and persistent
ly that this particular feature Of their
wardrobe has to be replenished fre-
quently,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

ants, thrown to the floor and his pocIS-
etbooll wrested from him and $2O eX-
tracted to apply on a debt Of $35 which
one Of the Shulkins had guaranteed.
Posnill had paid about $S on debt
of $45 the Shullins claimed. The de-
PENDANTS testified a fight took place
between Louis Shulldn and Posnik
during a dispute over money; that
Shulldn had scratched Posniks face
during the row and that finally Posnik
had gone away and had them arrested.
They denied they had robbed him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
NORFOLK THEIR MARKET STILL
international Harvester Company Has
Made Arrangements to Ship
From Here.

Arrangements have been made with
the International Harvester company
whereby Brakeman q Hahn, hardware
dealers, will handle all Of the ship
ments for that company which pass
through Norfolk into the new north.
west during the coming season. The
building which has for n number of
years been used by the company, when
it was the Plano company here. will
be used still as the corporation holds
a lease upon it
In discussing the matter of cutting
out SO many employees, the company
having taken 10000 men off it's pay
rolls at one time. W. II. Brakeman,
who has been manager for this terri
tory for many years said to The
News:
ut was great cut the country over
and of course it is felt in Norfolk the
same as other places. Norfolk, how
over, as it usually does, came 10 the
front with the only man in the state
Of Nebraska who was retained by the
company for Office work This was
u. H. Tatman now in the Lincoln
Office. We have completed arrange
monts whereby we will handle all
of the stock that is shipped in and
out of this city during the coming
season"
Mr. Brakeman was one of the men
who was given an excellent opportti-
nifty by the company to so onward and
upward with the company. For many
years their head man in this whole
section of Nebraska, with a quarter
of a hundred men under his control
during that time, he was, when the
merger was completed, offered the
management of the Office at Sioux City
with a very large territory and an
with a very large territory and with
an eminently satisfactory salary at
tachod. There were twenty-four men
under Mr.. Blakeman's charge in Nor.
folk and twenty-five of them were dis.
missed from the service The two
who remained were Mr. Tatman and
Mr. Coleman, the travelling represen.
tative out of Norfolk.
Prefering Norfolk as a home, how.
ever to Sioux City, Mr.. Brakeman
who has been here for ten years, de.
cided to remain in the Sugar City and
therefore located in a business way
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
A LITTLE SNOW FALLING TODAY
The Weather Man Says, Too, That
More May be Expected Before
Thursday Morning.


Snow began falling in NorfoIl, short
ly before noon this morning and has
continued in a clustering way ever
since. The cold wave predicted by the
weather man came during the night
and the thermometer dropped twenty
one degrees, lowering from the q
point Of yesterday to the G point to-
day. The weather report this morn
ing from Chicago shows prospects for
n heavier snow tonight and tomorrow
SO that the gray misty effect which
threatens northern Nebraska in sort
OF a bliZZardy way may yet develop
into something of Importance Wheth-
er or not there viii be any sleigh
rides the forecast does not say. There
generally is, though, a bit Of sliding
when the whiteness piles up on these
western roads. The skies look dark
and pessimistic as though they meant
to do all the meannoss possible be
fore assuming a sunny face again, and
their start was the dropping, here and
there, Of a little snow dust along the
cracks in the sidewalks and the shin,
giles Of the house tops and the ruts
in the streets-just as though some
one had gone over the ground and
sprinkled flour.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
MUST HAVE FIRE ESCAPES
That is What the Deputy Labor
Commissioner Says.
DEslGNATEs THE STRUCTURES
Bert Bush Was in the City and Made
a Personal investigation Of the Sew
eral Tall Buildings in This City.
Will Return on Thursday.

Personal Investigation OF the Sew
eral Tall Buildings in This City.
Will Return on Thursday.
A number of Norfolk buildings must
be equipped with fire escapes. This
is the verdict of Deputy Labor Com
missioner Bert Bush, who arrived in
the city to inspect the situation and
returned to Omaha. He will come
back on Thursday to be present at
the meeting of the city council, when
his official report to that body will be
delivered.
AS a result of his visit, three story
buildings in Norfolk have been ordered
to install fire escapes. Among those
which were named by the deputy are
the Cotton block, Mast black, Mar
Quardt block and Oxnard hotel.
The order is issued in compliance
with state law which went into ef-
feet July 1, 1899 1t states that all
buildings of three stories or more, eX-
cept those used exclusively as private
residences, shall be equipped with one
or more metillic ladder or stair fire
escapes attached to the outside walls
and provided with platforms which
shall be in proximity to one or moro
windows.
Also that hotels, schools, manufac-
turing institutions, etc, shall have one
for every fifty people and that public
halls with a seating capacity above
the first floor shall be provided with
as many escapes as the deputy may
designate.
Mr. Bush visited the Auditorium and
declared that it was well provided
with exits and that there was no rea-
son why a panic should ever originate
there if people would keep their heads
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
BARS SHOW LENGTH OF SERVICE
Northwestern Conductors Now Carry
Their Records on Their Sleeves
that All May Read.

Conductors of the Northwestern
have taken to wearing stripes or bars
on their coat sleeves to indicate the
number of years they have been in
the service Of the company. Each
stripe indicates a service of five years,
and the man who has more than three
or four of them on his sleeve may be
considered old in the service, and the
veterans do not wear more of them
than can easily be counted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
There Was No ExpIosion.

II. Slater of Ashland, Neb., gave a
rather remarkable exhibition at
Brakeman & Hahn's hardware store
the other evening. He poured a small
portion of chemical compound into
a five gallon can of gasoline which he
set upon the stove and heated to a
boiling point. Then he applied a
lighted match to the mouth of the
can but the explosion which might
be expected did not follow. Instead,
there was a small blue flame which
did not burn with any great degree
of ferocity or apparent danger. The
exhibition was given as an advertise
ment of the chemical, which he calls
the Non-EXplosiye Compound. Mr.
Slater is a druggist of Ashland and
he compounds the chemical for which
he claims so much, and which appar-
entity renders gasoline and kerosine
non-eXplosiye.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

A short timo ago, by request, Unclc
Isaac camo 10 Waco and sat for his pic
turc. In his hand he held stick cut
from tho grave of General Andrew
Jackson, which has been carried by him
over since. Mr.. Brock Is u digniGcd old
gentleman, showing few signs of de-
crcpitudc. His family Bible is stll pre-
served, and ii shows that tho dato of his
birth was written III years ago.
Surely n few words from sromarka-
bio old gentleman, who has had III
years of experience to draw from, would
be interesting rs well as profitable. A
lengthy biographical sketch il given of
This remarkable old man in the Waco
rimcs-IIcrald, December 4, 1893. A still
moro prctcntiOus biography OF this, tho
oldest living man, illustrated with
II double column portrait, was given the
readers OF the Dallas Morning Ncws,
dated December II, 1898, and also tho
| Chicago-Timos Hcrald Of same date.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

own business. and they should be Civ.
en- just the same treatment that is
accorded any other business mems as.
sociation, and no more, by the city
where the meeting Is held
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS,

M0IhCr Gr0ys Sweet P0Wdors Tor UhIIdrln, sue
crssrnly used hy Mother Gray for years nurse in
flc Chldruns Home I'm New York, Cure Fvytr.su-
ucs- Bad stomach, Teothiug Disorders, move and
-o pleasant % the taste and harmless as milk. child
rem lIkrtrp over OOpO testimonials 90 CurCs They
urrcr fil Sold ny .ll druggists 25c As, fo1nH. Sa-
pie FREE, Address Allen ), Olmsted, Ie liuy,N y !,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

ESAAC BROCK, n citizen Of McLcn-
4 nan county, Texas, has lived for IL
years. For many years he resided at
Bosque Falls, eighteen miles west OF
Waco, but now lives with his son-in-
law at Valley Mills, Texas.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

Born before the United States
was formed.
Saw 22 Presidents elected.
Pe-ru-na has projected him
from al sudden changes.
Veteran of fOur wars.
.ShOd a horse when 90 years
old.
Always conquered the grip win
pe-ru-nd.
Witness In a land suit at fhe
age of no years.
Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest
remedy of the age for catarrhal
diseases.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-22

Wedding invitations and announce
ments, engraved or printed, ct The
News office
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10
PERSONAL MENTION.
Continued from Sixth Page.)

for week. Later she expects to go to
Thief River Falls. Mimi, to visit hel
brother, Mr.. j. NJ Bishop. and family
and then Will probably go to Hobart,
%. t. where her mother, Mrs. Ruth
Bishop. is now located
Miss Maud Smith, of Lebanon, Pa
and Miss Urich, OF Myerstown, Pa,
who have been visiting in Nevada, ar
rived in the city Monday evening and
remained over night as the guests OF
Mrs. Seth Tug. They left Tuesday
morning for Chicago, where they will
stop on their way home.
Mrs. Buffer. of Toronto, Cam is in
the city visiting at the home Of Mrs.
+. w. Archer. Mrs. Buffer is the
mother of Mrs. j. A. Ellis. formerly of
this city. and Will visit her daughter
in Des Moines and a son In Boulder,
Col. Her final destination is vancouv-
err 3. c., where she will visit relatives.
Mr.. A. I. Stuntz, OF Baxter. was in
the city Tuesday evening visiting
friends. leaving on a latter train for
Minneapolis where he will remain for
few days visit with his son, Mr. A..
L. Stunt While in the north Mr..
Stuntz will investigate land conditions
with view Of purchasing.
Miss Ella Costello and niece, Miss
Josephine MeNerney, of Des Moines
arrived in the city Monday evening and
will remain for a weeks visit at the
home of the latter's sister, Mrs. w. II.
Muelhaupt. Miss Costello and Miss
McNerney Will go to st. Louis from
here to attend the exposition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10
Tho GrinneII News.

Special to Times Republican.
| Grinnell. Aug. l0.--Mrs. w. E. Pen
field. daughter Of U. Vanderveer. is a
! her fathers home here for week
visit. Mr. Penfield. who is still at the'
home in Little Falls, Mimi, expects t
| join her here.
Joel Stewart. who has been spendins
much of the summer at Brooktleid
Mo. Is at home for week.
Foster Walker. with c. N. Smith ane
son. is taking a weeks vacation with
relatives at Wapello.
Mrs Ed Kennrnerer is visiting Mrs
e. r. Sayles at Guthrie Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Kemmerer have
just come from Magnolia, Arkansas, tc
remain several weeks.
Mrs. Mabel Morse Clark and children
are at home again after visit With
Milwaukee relatives.
Miss Ruth Adams has returned to her
home at FIT Dodge after visit with
her cousin, Miss Kate Persons, OF this
city.
A. A. Koch, whose connection with
the Koch manufacturing here was sew
cred some time ago. has bought his for
mer machine shop in Montezuma. Mr..
Koch is the owner OF several patents,
and is constantly working on new in
ventions.
Raymond Kicker. Of Harvey, Ill. left
this city yesterday for San Francisco
on his way to China as a missionary.
He was visiting here at the c. f. Ric~
ker home.
G.. S. Sickle, who went with his
daughter. Mrs. ]. E. Bull, to Calgary,
Canada, is now at home again. bring
ing very good reports from that part
OF the country.
Rev S. Rowland Robinson and sew
eral others from this city will leave to-
morrow for Boston on the G. A. r. sx-
cursion.
Mrs Ruth James, whose serious III
ness was announced In these columns
yesterday, died at eight o'clock yester>
day morning, of diabetes. The funeral
services will take place on Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 at the home, 033
Chatterton street Rev George E. White
officiating. Interment takes place in
Hardwood cemetery.
Miss Mayme Cox has returned to her
home in Boise City. Idaho, after a
lengthy visit with relatives here.
E. r. Brande has gone to Emmetts-
burg on business, taking his son Daw-
son with him.
Horse sales by auction are nearly
continuous here A drove OF $50 was
at the Rock Island yards yesterday and
the Central yards have been engaged
SO far ahead as to crowd out local SELL
ers. Most of those coming in are wes-
tow, horsas and look oS tho thev had
just passed thru hard winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10
BBD CATTLE MARKET
With $4,000 Posted, Buyers
Took Their Time and Bought
at Their Own Price
HOGS WERE ABOUT STEADY
With the Strike Ordered at New York
Eastern Buyers Were Out Of the
Market. and Local Demand Was Not
Equal to the Supply.

Chicago, Aug. 10.-Cattle-Once more
the market is glutted. and it's a
mighty bad time for sellers. The strike
of the New, York butchers is remov-
ing the best buyers of choice cattle.
There is general CONSERVATION among
the sellers today. when receipts of a.
600 are posted The trade was unusually
late in getting started, but after buy
ers got down to business sales were ex-
tremely slow at prices largely 25Gi0
lower.
The eastern phase of the butchers
strike has given rise to much appre-
hension on the part of cattle dealers at
this point. and was freely discussed in
trade circles this morning. The con-
census of opinion was that the calling
out of New York butchers would SER
iously affect the local market for good
cattle. At any rate it stands the coun-
try in hand to be very cautious about
making shipments in the near future.
This strike and its effects on the mar
ket are not yet settled, and will not be
for some time to come.
The shipping demand is practically
cut off and there are slim prospects
that 1t will be any better for some
time. Many kilograms were sent out to
stop shipments not already in transit,
for it is felt that the outlet will not be
sufficient to take care of heavy run.
Statesmen who had good fat steers
reported that such were unstable ex-
cept at prices which were considered
far below their market value. Some
steers which would have gone at 500
n6.25 were not wanted at all By local
buyers, and the absence OF good cas-
tern demand necessitated holding such
offerings over.
There WAS but little change to record
in the stocker and feeder market. Dull
ness has been the ruling feature for
some time and it was more evident
than ever today. There is such a slim
inquiry from the country that local
dealers are not encouraged to purchase
freely.
Hogs-Early few fancy little butch
er hogs sold to $5.75. but later the mar
ket was 5M10 lower with a fair general
demand and the bulk OF sales at $3.50
$50.
Quality of hogs coming is pretty
good for the time of year but Of course
shows wider range than earlier IN
the season, as grass and stubble field
hogs are now a prominent factor in
receipts.
Light hogs now enjoy a Is to 90
cent premium over smooth heavy.
Sheep-There was fairly good gem
eral demand and prices We're a little
lower.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10
Ell. Princes Grain Letter.

Chicago, Aug Observation-Disclosures
was a most irregular session in wheat
over a cent range. Damage news
from the northwest was the worst up
to date. but the trade hesitated, pre-
ferring to await the government report
on which there was tip that 1t would
be eighty million less than last year.
At times there was heavy selling by
longs who believed the time had come
to let go, but professional buying rallied
the market on breaks, and there was
at all times a good demand for shorts
Snow wired from Jamestown. North
Dakota, that black rust has cut down
the, promise of many fields from 20 to
12 bushels per acre. Advices on Rus
sian crops We're hearish. Some of thu
advices from Minneapolis on rust dam
age were sensational. Northwest Mil
Ter discredits extensive crop damage re-
ports from northwest, and caused soil
ing near the close.
Cern-There was a good market N
corn and the aggregated trade was rul-
ed by fluctuations in wheat The mar
ket finally held some strength OH cool
weather and small receipts here. Dam
age reports on new crops are increas-
ing.
Oats Receipts of oats fell off to 24o
cars, and the eastern trade is awaken
ing. Armour AMI Patton support in
September. hepel on the gain Of .
cents. Armour bought September AMI
sold December. The quality of new
receipts Is still high as in corn and
wheat. The government report will
clarity the situation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. Aug. 10.
Cattle-Estinlated receipts for today.
$4,000: market duh to lower; good to
prime steers 5.20@6.25; poor to medium
4.00I5.00: stoclers and feeders 2.00GD
40: cows 1.25@4.25; heifers o.O0G35. 90 .
Gamers 1.50@2.40; bulls 2006425:
calves 2.50@5.50; Texas fed steers 800
M4.25; western steers 3.50@4.55.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today,
$4,000: market to 10 lower: mixed and
butchers 5.3o65.65 good to choice
heavy 5.3065.55 rough heavy 40 a
$50; light 5.4o@5.70; bulk of sales $50
G5.65.
Sheep Estimated receipts for today.
$4,000; market steady to lower; lambs
steady to lower: good to choice weth-
ers 3.75 @4.15; fair to choice mixed 800
a 3.65; western sheep 2.50@415: native
lambs 3.7596.50: western lambs ASA
s.25.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10
WHEAT CLOSED LOVER
Selling by Longs, TogetherWith
Favorable Weather, Caused
the Decline
CORN MARKET FOLLOWS WHEAT
Oats Were Easy and Closed Shade
Lower, Lower Prices of Hogs at the
Yards Helped to Force Provisions
Down-Board OF Trade Quotations.

Chicago, Aug Notwithstanding
the dearth of alarming crop damage
reports, September wheat advanced to
102 today opening at a loss Of Il to IS
lower at 1.o1A to 1.013a. On lower
cables and favorable weather further
decline followed to 1905, when the
longs unloaded There was good sup
port on the decline, September advance
ing to Ice. when another flood of long
wheat came out, checking the advance.
Minneapolis. Duluth. Chicago receipts
1913 cars.
The local crop led selling move
ment, September declining to l00A,
bur rallied on renewed buying, closing
Il lower at 101.
Corn felt the influence of wheat. and
values responded TO the active demand,
September started II Is to 3. lower.
at 527s to So and advanced to 537s.
Receipts were los cars.
Liquidation towards the close caused
an easier tone and September closed
shade lower at 53ta
Oats.
Large receipts gave oats an easy
tone September being down a shade to
/ at 1914 to 1885, and held steady. Re
ceiprs were 24o cars.
Provisions.
Provisions were lower under selling
pressure by traders who We're influanc-
ed by lower prices of hogs trading
small.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10
Sealed Proposals.

Treasury Department, Office of the
supervising architect, Washington, d.
CT. July 2S 19o4.-Sealed proposals viii
be received al this Office until 3 o'clock
p. m. on the 9Th day of September
1904, and then opened for the construc-
ton dncluding heating apparatus,
electric wiring and conduits), of the U.
S. post ONCE at Marshalltown, Iowa in
accordance with the drawings and spe-
ciftcation. copies of which may be had
at this office, or at the office of the
postmaster at Marshalltown, Iowa. at
the discretion OF the supervising archi-
tect.
JAMES KNOX TAYLOR,
Supervising Architect.