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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
BOONE COUNTY BOY GETS $4,000
The Supreme Court Reduced Damages
Allowed Leo krayenbuhl of
Boone County.

Lincoln, Jan, 25.-Tho younger a
person is who brings a suit for dam
ages for permanent injuries sustained
the more apt he is to recover in a
large amount, because the expectancy
of his life Is greater and more unccr-
tain than that of an older person. on
this assumption the supreme court
has awarded $4,000 damages to Leo
Krayenbuhl in the appeal of tire c. b.
Il q. Railway company, from the de
CisiOn of the Boone district court, in
which Krayonbuhl obtained $4,000
for the loss of n foot which occurred
while he was playing arount a turnta-
BILE which was the property of the rail
road company.
Krayenbuhl is an infant, slightly
more than 4 years old, and suit was
brought in the lower court for him,
on account of the injury stated. The
jury awarded him $4,000, but the
court, eXerting its prerogative, entered
a rcmittur reducing the amount to
| $4,000 on the grounds that $4,000
was excessive and that If the plaintiff
elected to stand by it a retrial would
be granted In reviewing the case the
supreme court sustains the lower
court, but enters another remittur
holding $4,000 to be excessive and
also giving the plaintiff an optional
election to accept $4,000 or to have
the case reversed and sent back for
another trial.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
BURNS MANY HORSES.
Thirty.Two Head are Cremated in
Omaha Barn Fire.

Omaha, Jan. 26.-Fire, which can
only be accounted for as of incend!ary
origin, this morning completely de-
stroyed the livery stable of N. z. Dill
rance, at Seventeenth street and st.
Marys avenue, burning to death thir-
ty-two head of horses and entaiIing a
loss roughly estimated at $4,000.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
fire protection.

fire protection.
r. E. Keefe has finished his ice har-
vest, having filled the brewing COM
panys ice house. as well as his own.
The ladies Aid society gave a sup
per and gramophone entertainment
at the new Presbyterian church last
Friday evening. The ladies feel very
much encouraged, having cleared
$3.50 from the evenings work
Rev. S. f. Sharpless of Norfolk
preached at the new church Sunday
morning and evening. A series Of
meetings will be commenced February
Z, to be conducted by Rev. Mr. Sharp
less assisted by Rev. Mr.. Crum Of
MOlott. Mo.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
PLEADS GUILTY TO THE CHARGE
Principal of Schools in Chase County
Stands Trial at Blair on Com.
plant of Young Woman.

Blair, Neb, Jan. 25.-Sheriff Mincke
has returned from a trip to Wauneta,
Chase county bringing Ralph r, Ben
edict, principal of the schools of that
place, who was arrested on charge
preferred by Miss Lessie NJ. Brown,
who resides with her parents. resi-
dents of this county. A preliminary
trial was given Benedict Saturday be-
fore County Judge c. G. Marshal. He
pleaded guilty and was bound over 10
the February term of court in the
sum of $1,000. Miss Brown was in
court with her month old baby.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
HIS HOME
An Old Man SuCCumbed to
Heart Fai ure Yesterday.
COLD WEATHER WAS THE CAUSE
Going From the Frigid Air of Out of
Doors into Very Warm House, He
Suddenly Died-Son Was Trapping
on EIkhorn River at the Time.

on EIkhorn River at the Time.
GFrom Tuesdays Daily.l
a. ID. Cummings, an old man of sew
enty-siX years, fell dead in his own
home at 2OS Creek alley, the street
just north of Braasch avenue, yester-
day afternoon. Heart failure was the
cause. The funeral will be held from
the house at o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Mr.. Cummings was perfectly well
three minutes before his death. He
had been up town during the very cold
part of the day. Returning home, he
entered an extremely warm house. 1t
is thought that the change from the
one extreme to the other caused his
sudden death.
He had formerly lived at Tilden for
a number of years. Last summer he
came to Norfolk to make his home for
the rest of his life. He leaves a wife
and an only son, Charles Cummings,
who lives on Twelfth street The son
was up on the Elllhorn river trapping
game when his father died He was
sent for and arrived last night.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
TAKE LAW IN THEIR OWN HANDS
Eight Men Are Arrested for Siezinu
Corn in Payment of Claim Which
is in Dispute.

Pender, Neb,, Jan. 25.-Over a dis
pute arising from a division of rents,
Farley Bros, of Bancroft, with a train
of wagons, drove to the farm of Mss
on Bros, twelve miles east of here,
on the reservation, and forcibly, with
out writ or officer, took possession of
$50 bushels of corn. The Missions
came to Ponder and swore out war
rants for eight men, charging them
with unlawful taking of property.
Deputy Sheriff u. A, Kelso went to
Bancroft and got his prisoners. Each
of them gave bonds for their appear
ance for trial, which is set for hearing
February is before County Judge
Wright.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
Daughter Taken Away.

Columbus, Neb., Jan. 26.-County
Attorney Ratterman has made an or
der by which a 1O-year old daughter
of Mrs. Anna Bunsen will be taken to
st. James orphanage at Omaha.
Mrs. Bunsen is a Polish woman AMI
is commonly known as "One-Eyed An
ME-" and lives in miserable shanty
right on the bank of the river. The
child has never been to school a day
and the authorities haye tried several
times to secure po3 3ession of the
child. Just now the little girl, Mary,
is at the hospital in this city and Rev.
Father Theobold together with the
board of education and County Attor-
ney Latham showed evidence to the
court that the woman was living the
life of a recluse and wholly disregard
ed all educational laws; that she was
unable to provide a suitable home for
the child and was not proper person
to have its care and custody.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29

straps Some attribute his insanity to
smoking cigarettes. They say that
for the last seven years he has been
smoking excessively. Mr. Ratzom
magines that he is about to lose a
part Of an estate, and the fact that his
father died two years ago and his
mother a short time ago, leads many
to think that he has been brooding
over their deaths.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
NO QUESTION FOR DEBATE.
Arrangements for Meet With Kansas
Still Incomplete.


Lincoln, Jan. 25.-Arrangements for
the annual Kansas-Nebraska debate,
which this year is to take place in
Lincoln, are not getting perfected very
rapidly. For three weeks now Kansas
has been playing what strikes Nebras-
ka authorities as a jockeying game
The first question Kansas sent the Ne
braska debating board promptly de.
clined to accept, for reasons which it
does not care yet to make public out
side university circles. Then Kansas
sent a Monroe doctrinal question, in.
definite, vague, and pretty sure to turn
the debate into a scrapping match
over the definition of terms. This
matter of definition Nebraska insists
on strongly Year before last and
again last year both Missouri and Kan
sas with difficulty were forced to
deliniteness, A request for definition
both institutions have been inclined
to treat as a suspicious request.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
Dakota County Poor Farm.

Dakota City, Neb., Jan. 2G.-At the
meeting Of the board of county COM
missioners of this county on Satur-
day among other business transacted
the contract and bond of c. II. Smith
as custodian of Dakota countys poor
farm was rejected and the proposition
of c. II. Antrim to pay $3 rent per acre
for the farm and he to receive $40
per week for keeping and clothing the
DOOR was accented.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
RUMoREo YosT MAY QUIT.
n. Vance Lane Said to be Slated for
Promotion.

Omaha, Neb,, Jan 25.--It is ru-
morcd here that c. G. Yost, president
of the Nebraska Telephone company,
will resign in the near future and will
be succeeded by IL. V. Lane, at pres
Cnt general manager. 1t Is also re-
ported that N. w. Thompson, manager
of the Lincoln exchange, will succeed
Mr.. Lane as general manager. The
report has not been confirmed from
official sources.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29

all goods They claim $1,000 Henry
Rohln of Omaha claims about $3.50.
The cooperative beer company of
Sioux city claims between 5000 and
$500 1t is understood that the cred.
itors will meet in Plainview today and
settle satisfactorily to themselves, and
that the saloon will be continued by
some of the creditors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
RICH FARMER INSANE.
Think Trouble is Due Either to Cigar
cites or Broodnq.

York, Neb Jan. 25-Friends and
relatives of Abraham Ratzloff, a pros
porous York county farmer, owning
a good farm northwest of Charleston
complained that he was acting queer
and that they thought he was insane.
Deputy Sheriff Aflebaugh brought
Ratzloff to York and, owing to his vio-
lent condition, was obliged to use
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
AN EARLY DAY BLIZZARD
Story of a Storm of Thirty-One
Years Ago.
LETHEBY DROVE TO NORFOLK
Elkhorn Was Damned by Snow at
the Yellow Banks and Was Perfect
" Dry-Remnsceno Of a Newman
Grove Pioneer.

1t was Immediately after the Com
morcial club had adjourned the other
day. and tho members were stretch
ing their weary frames preparatory to
leaving the club room after their ar
duous duties attendant upon the rou'
tine business that day, when President
Lcthoby remarked: "Today Is the
anniversary of a blizzard that caused
much suffering and death, and, by
the way, 1t reminds of another biz
2ard that occurred several years pre-
Viously nearly thirtyOnO years ago.
1t started ON n Sunday-a beautiful
day. fun of the smell of spring and
warmth and istlcss Incidence; my
wheat was up six inches,
Il started to so to mill at Norfolk;
took my wife along; got as fas as Jutt
Youngs place, when it commenced to
rain. and stayed all night About II
o'clock there was such n roaring and
humping and humping | thought the
house would blow over and away. |
got up and called to Jutt that his
house was a goner; it. Il conner, sure
don't you mover worry little bit? |
thought we'd better so out and hold
the house up or tie it down or do
something to steady 1t, but when we
opened the door the air was SO full of
snow that we couldn't see ten feet
n yard-siX inches No sir, we could
not see that far.
That's the time the Enkhorn river
went dry at Gardner's ford. 1t was
just ms dry as this floor; you could
walk anywhere in carpet slippers and
not get your feet wet, The snow had
lodged in the river at tho Yellow
banks and formed a gorge, leaving
the river bed dry, for three or fuul
days.
after the storm had coased-al
the ravines were filled level fun o
snow and packed down as hard ~
bricks, | started again for mill an,
Jutt put sack or two of wheat in m!
wagon and went along Everything
went along fine. | had team o
mules. 1t would have boon all right
but just as we were in the middle o
the river bed-it was dry-and tn,
mules We're poling along; woudn'
hurry n bit; they didn't want to e
into it in the first place, and we fooleC
around long enough to cross twice be
fore we finally got in, and when we
were in the middle of ii, here came
the river, raging and tearing, and the
mules wouldn't hurry, they only
switched their tails and wiggled their
long ears and stepped carefully, Just
as carefully as cat. Things were
all of "A sudden looking mighty du.
bious, don't YOU never worry, and |
told Jutt to jump on the mules and |
would loosen the double trees and he
should ride over to a bachelors place
about a mile away, and get some log
chains; I'd stay by the wagon. He got
the chains and made the trip in a hur.
ry, but it seemed like an eternity or
two to me. He threw one end of log
chain to me and | fastened it to the
wagon tongue and we pulled the wagon
out, after unloading our grist and
carrying it out sack at n time ON
mule baCk-my, my, but | was wet
1t was cold. | was cold, | was 50
cold my teeth clattered like hail on a
tin roof.
1--WE got to mill all right
"Yes, we got home; don't you see
I'm here. e."-Newman Grove Herald.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
Skull Fractured while FaIIino.

Fremont, Neb,, Jan. 2G.-William
Dodson, who lives in Inglewood, fell
twenty feet from a coal car at the
chutes near the east end station of
the Northwestern and landed in one
of the dumps, The back of his head
was violently Jared and his skull was
fractured at one place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
Identity Certain.

Omaha, Jan 26.-Heirs to the es-
tate Of John Walker, the recluse who
died in South Omaha December 81,
have been found, final papers estab-
fishing their identity arriving this
morning. Walker died at the South
Omaha hospital, LEAVING nearly $4,000
in currency, gold and silver certif-
Gates Of depOsit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
PLAINVIEW SALOON CLOSED.
Creditors Attach Property of Rogman
& Phillips There.

Plainview, Neb., Jan. Especial to
The News: The saloon of Rogman &
Phillips was closed by creditors on
Saturday. The Val Blatz brewing peo-
pie of Omaha have an attachment on
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-01-29
TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWEST I
Mercury Dropped From Zero to Thir-
ty-Three Below that Point in
Northern Portions.

The backbone of the cold snap ap
pears to have been broken and the
mercury has been on the rise since
some time during the night with the
wind from the south. Before the
change was made, however, the low
est point of the season was reached
DR.. Salter's government thermometer
registering a a point twenty-five de-
grces below zero some time during
the night. The maximum is seven
below, and that record was undoubt.
edly made this morning as the tenn
perature has been rising rapidly since
daylight.
The forecast is for partly cloudy to,
night and Thursday, and indications
are favorable to moderating tempera,
ture.
Other Temperatures.
The following are the morning re
ports of temperatures in other parts
of the country affected by the cold
wave:
Crookston-Clear, calm, 80 below.
st. Thomas-Clear, calm, 33 below.
Grand Forks-Clear, light north
west wind, so below.
MayviIle-Clear, calm, 25 below.
Jamestown-Clear, calm, 20 below.
Duluth-Cloudy, calm, 25 below.
Eau Claire-Cloudy, calm, % below.
Austin-Clear, calm cold.
Mankato-Cloudy, calm, 12 below.
Fairmont-Cloudy, light south wind,
20 below.
Sioux Falls-Snowing north wind,
10 below.
Forest City-Cloudy, calm, IA be-
low
Sioux City-Clear, calm, 10 below.
Des Moines-Clear, light west wind.
below.
Lincoln - Clear, light southeast
wind below.
Omaha-Clear, light southeast wind.
s below
isseton-Cloudy, light northwest
wind below
St Paul-Clear, calm, % below.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-22

uo ....l.. ,.c story ll e.iuIrtnsssI .. '.'. t.
crumpHns his evening newspaper nervous
~ in ore hand.
I'VE mrs, thsrk him" he said thought
fully. come with me. Floretta.
Tho little Flrls timld knock at the
door OF the Old musicians room brought
r1 ro.yuuso ut FIRST; then the Impressive
white head and kindly face showed through
a crcvicc
ut ccs nothing" he said, when they were
within the cramped front ROOM surround
ed iy books ana music and curios. 81
hat 4 little niece IN Germany which !
lofe yccry much. ] Ike to make leetle
girls happy"
"And you saved my canary, too. didn't
YOU" cried Floretta, WHO he'd TO do all oi
the talking for her father. Il an SO much
obliged"
The old mans face frightened.
"Oh, yes, yes! l am like one--what you
rall monkey. on the fire escape" and then.
as he saw Floretia slaHcing ut the violin
which he had placed ON table "Would
YOU like me to play q little fairy story for
YOU Just Ike | play for the German chill
dran?"
Tho Informal concert was a oomplote
success. and Floretta. dancing down tho
steps with her father, hummed its melod.o.
Iu0consciously.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-22

cut out the Tree Seat. cutting out all
spacea marked y and cutting On the In
ABB cut on tho line c up IS far as inc
horizontal line at the lower edge ~ the
brick seat back ana cut each OF the three
other lines Ike c In tho same manncr
Fold on the line DE and paste the section
T. on the reVcrse side OF tho neighhOrluE
section OF the same shape DO this 30
the other three soctlons similar to + and
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-25

Children's gingham n crash u'es'
Ia sizes from 2 to- "a Years ola
l.. liElNIiAIiT X w.
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Given by the Fraiernal Order OF Eagles
PROGRAM

A small entrance fee will be re-
quired of all contestants.
HORSE RACES-Free to all
hoi SEES which have been contin-
uously in the county for preced-
ing two years. The track will be
placed in excellent condition.
FIRSE RACE-300 yards and
turn at stake. Purse. $50 First
prize. $50. Second prize SIS; Third
prize, SIS.
SECOND RACE-Quarter mile;
best two In three. Purse. $2UO.
First prize. $125: Second prize.
$50; Third prize. $25.
Five to enter and three to start.
Entrance fee. IS.
JULY 9th.
Best trained hnl sv--tn hack ten
yards, to run TWEEN ' five yards
and turn al stake. against time.
Other qualifications to be consid-
cred. Prize. $25 pair of spurs.
SECOND RACE-Pony race;
14R hands and under: quarter
lie. Purse. $50. First lie, $50:
Second piize, $40: Third prize, S..
THIRD RAcE-Half mile dash.
Purse. 5000. First prize. SIPS: Sec
ond prize. $50: Third prize. S25.
Four To enter. three to start. En-
trance fee. IS.
Horses In all races to be entered
the day before with the secre-
tary.
Will be secured from all
Nevada points on South.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-25
CABINET CHANGES
Western Man Appointed As
Secretary OF Commerce

Washington, June 24.-President
Roosevelt made the following an
nouncement regarding changes in the
cabinet:
William II. Moody of M~assachus-
etts to be Attorney General.
Paul Motion of Illinois to be Sec
cretary Of the Navy.
Victor H. Metcalf of California to
be Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
The resignation of Secretary Cor
telyou and Attorney General Knox
have been received and accepted to
take effect July LIST.
Paul Morton has accepted the tend
er of the portfolio of the navy"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-25
A New Mechanical Marvel

The New York Central Railway Is
using a new invention which is a
marvel Of ingenuity, in fact is almost
an intelligent machine. This contri-
vance is called the dynograph, and is
in practical and successful operation.
It's purpose Is to make reports as to
the condition of the track, recording
deyiatlons from the normal condition
and indicating whe. repairs ae
needful.
This wonderful piece of machinery
is carried in an ordinary car, one-haif
of which is fitted up for a workshop
AS the car passes over the rails rec
which is unrolled by a shaft attached
TO the axle of the car. The whole me-
chanism is ope ated by power obtain
ed from the rolling of the wheels.
Over the paper are suspended a
number Of glass tubes, each some
thing like a glass cylinder of 2 foun-
tain pen and ending in a needle-like
point. Each tube is filled with red
ink, with which it makes a contin-
uous mark on the paper. There Il
one needle for each rail. one for the
guage of the rails and another to
measure the rate of speed at which
the car is moving. The needles a e
all connected by shafts attached to
the axle and by delicate mechanism
attached to each shaft.
If the track were perfectly level the
glass needles would mak straight
lines. But as no track is for any con-
siderable distance perfectly level the
lines show constant ind llations. An
undulation of a fraction of an inch in
the level of the rails causes the sem
sitive mechanism to waver and the
needles record the u~nevenness or
break. When the variation amounts
to an eighth of an inch or more a
hose attached to a can of blue paint
on the trucks is opened and the paint
IS splashed On the rail, indicating TIE
defect plainly for the section men.
AT the same tine the glass needle
marks the break in the level, thus af-
foI ding a check on the track repair
as work.
This machinery thus obviates the
necessity of the tramping of the track
walkers, who have had to go along
with hammers, testing the condition
of the roadbed and the rails. And
the wo k is done better and more
completely as well as more exped'-
iously. 1.-THE mechanism says the
Toronto Globe. in commenting on this,
one of the latest mechanical wonder.
never grows ca eless and it makes
no mistakes. Every year seems to
witness the gradual relegatinn of
human responsibilities to mechanical
Devices" It is only another develop
nent of the ingenuity of mans con-
troll over the material thir1s about
him. Yet it is but a transference of
the mode or, so to speak, the place
of his activity. The man must ever
be above the machine. ard direct not
only it's construction, but its operation
with a human intelligence hat tran
1cends the highest achievements in the
line Of complicated inventions.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-25
DAILY WEATHER REPORT

United States Department of Agri-
culture.
W'nnemucca. New, June "a. 1901.
Mean barometer .,........3 0.1f inches
Naxmum temperature .....1 degrees
Minimum Temperature .....3t DEGREES
Mean temperature .........52 les -ees
No~ral Temperature ....... 6S degrees
p~evrirrg wind. direction ........NE
y acinitation 90
Minimum temp, June p 20 da~~ees
:. c.. HAYDEN.
Tonight fair. warmer; SUNDAY fol-.
McADIE.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-25
An Ala I'm Clock FOR Csc.

If you want TO get up earlv and feel
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best pill made for c~onstipat'of-. sic
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Aiaesa raf-ioarators the Nast on the
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st. Petersburg. June "a, -:f1 p M
The results of the Chicago convention
arrived here too late for press COM
Tent this morning. The Novoe vrem-
va devotes a long editorial to specu-
lation regarding the object of TIE
enormous naval expansion of the
United Safes. saying: 1T is difficult
to suppose it is for a pacific purpose
and moe difficult to imagine it is due
to fear of aggression on the part of a
European power" Continuing. the
paper declares the only presumption
left is that the United States is pre-
pairing to at no distant future to at
tack some me-. and warns European
statesmen to Beware of the bound
less appetities of American expo tiers
which. other means failing, must he
won by force of arms"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-25

New Embroideries at f. Remnant &
Co.'S
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Driven to Desperation

Living at an out of the way place
emote from civilization. a family Is
often driven to desperation In case 81
accident. resulting in Burns. Cuts
Wounds. Ulcers. etc. Lay In a srnpi,
of BuekIen's Arnica Salve rs the hes'
on earth. 25c at Brown Bros. drug
gists.