The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-09-15

ried many extra coaches to accommo-
date those who wished to take in the
fair.
Prof. Lawrence Bruner of the Ne
braska university was in the city for
time yesterday He will return to
Lincoln in time to be there when the
university opens, week from next
Monday.
Julius Altschuler will assume his
new duties as an attendant at the hos
pital for the insane tomorrow. He
says that there will be a fine orchestra
at the institution this year, as there
are already seven experienced play
ers at the institution.
The funeral of little Frederick Koen-
igstein, 6-weeks-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ludwig Koenigstein, was held
from the home this afternoon at 4
o'clock. Rev. w. j. Turner conducting
the services. The sad death of the
little baby boy has attracted the sin
cerest of sympathy of hundreds of
friends, not only in Norfolk but In
neighboring towns where the family
is well known.
number of the men patients at the
insane hospital have been transferred
from a cottage to the former chapel
and kitchen building, in order to ac-
commodate all of those who have been
received from Lincoln. Two cottages
are now given over to the women pa.
tients.
Politicians from up state, including
Pierce, Knox, Boyd, Antelope, Holt,
Rock, Brown and Cherry passed
through Norfolk this morning enroute
to Lincoln, where they went to attend
the state convention. The early train
headed for Lincoln looked like po-
litical convention, itself.
c. A. Reimers of Pierce and his sour
G. A. Reimers, jr., were in the city
this morning on their way to at
tend the Neigh carnival, and to visit
former friends. c. A. Reimers, jr., is
now midshipman in the naval academy
at Annapolis, Md, and is home now
on a furlough for thirty days.
Charles d. Thompson, formerly
resident of Norfolk but for many years
past a successful advertising agent in
Omaha, was found dead in bed at his,
residence there yesterday morning.
His housekeeper made the discovery
when she went to his room to awaken
him. He had evidently been dead for
several hours. Heart failure is at
tributed as the cause Mr.. Thompson
had just recently built very hand
some new home. He is survived by a
wife but no children. Mr.. Thompson
was fifty-two years of age.
Yesterday was the seventh birthday
of Miss Gladys Meredith, little daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. o. r. Meredith,
and in honor of the event she enter
tanned number of little friends from
4 to o'clock in the evening. The
guests played games for time and
were later served with Ice cream and
cake.
OF Father Vaughan, who is to lee
ture on "The Power of Love" at the
Auditorium next Monday evening, one
well known authority has said: "As
a dramatic orator he has no superior.
His magnetic personality is the very
essence of eloquence. He presents
great truths as vividly as flashes of
lightning. He has the rare power of
making popular the classical lecture.
His past experience before the foot
lights has given him perfect control
of his powerful voice and this, with
his fine presence and dramatic deliv-
cry, combine to thrill his listeners
with the great truths he has to pre-
sent"
The funeral of John Lodge, the for
mer Norfolk man and son of Charles
Lodge of this county, who was shot at
the race track at Sacramento, Cal,
last week, was held at Sacramento this
morning. A telegram was received
at the home of Charles Lodge, jr., late
yesterday afternoon to the effect that
the dead brother would be buried there
Thursday morning, as it was thought
not best to try to bring the remains
home. Further details of the shooting
which ended his life were not con-
veyed in the dispatch. The father and
brother arrived there yesterday morn
ing. When the victim of the bullet
succumbed is not known. The first
message simply stated that he had
been fatally shot at the race track
without provocation. John Lodge was
the owner of number of very fine
horses, some of which he had at the
races in Sacramento.