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Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18
Southeastern Alaska
 Short Term
BOAT BRINGS EXPLOSIVES
Little Schooner Alice Arrives With
 Dynamite and Gasoline.

Schooner Alice arrived in port yes terday morning with HOO cases of dynamite and l5O eases of gasoline She sailed from Seattle July 22. The dynamite was nearly all for the Alaska Central. and the gasoline was for the Kenai Lumber & Fuel Company.
 The Alice was sent here by Rudd X Christian of Seattle and is chartered to go to the Kuskokwip from Seward to take three mining men and their five-ton outfit. The party IS headed by c. H. Ritenour, and others may go along.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18

J.E. O'Reilly sent to Frank Youngs this week a bottle containing three ounces of gold from a bar near the mouth of Lake creek, as sample of what he is taking out.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18

Twenty-one miles of the railroad from Nome to Kougarok have been built and the remainder will be com nIeted bv October b.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18
Bind s00s Nugget In Kantishna

Fairbanks-The largest nugget ever taken out in the Panama was found in Kantishna recently. It is valued at SqQS
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18

It is reported that Bishop Innocent of Sitka, head of the Russian church in Alaska, is to be succeeded by Bish- op Anatoli.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18
Gives Company's Side

Seattle, Aug. 13.-Count Constantin de Podhorsky, formerly manager of the Northeast Siberian Company and heavy stockholder, is in this city. He says there is not a word of truth in the story that at the request of the com pany the Russian government sent a mining engineer named Count Tul- chinsky to report on the opera tions of the company, the fact being that Tulchinsky was sent by the government on its own initiative and that as soon as he arrived he ask ed the company to give him a large sum of money for a favorable report. This was refused and he made a casual inspection of few stations but made no examination of operations in detail. He then returned to Russia and re- ported that the American company was making millions and robbing the natives on all sides.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18

The first books were bound by Alta Jus, king of Pergamus, in ls8 B. C,
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18
PrOspectors Get Nearly All

Count POdhorsky says all prospectors sent in by the Northeast Siberian Company were given 90 per cent of the output from their discoveries and that all worked under permits recognized by the mining department of the Rus sian government. He asserts that the company has already spent $35O,OOO in prospecting and has not yet received more than a color in return.
 At the company's request and ex- pense Russia is sending three resident officials of the government in Siberia to see thao the requirements of the concessions to the company are carried out. The company will pay all cost of this inspection and the officials are now on the way and the company is ship ping in supplies for them and their attendants.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18

The first bread was made by the Greeks; the first windmills by the Saracens.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18
Report Corroborated

The correctness of the report regard ing the diggings on Nugget creek i" settled by various credible witnesses. Paul Buckley stated to Maj. Ballaine and others at Sunrise last week that he had been nearly that far up on his recent trip through the Yentna and had been told by men for whose credi- bility he could personally veuch that they had seen the gold at Herndon.s. As already published the output of the claim in June was $4,OOO, with five men working part of the time and three the remainder.
 All accounts agree that Morris, just below Herndon, is doing still better. He has one man working with him ana the two are taking out almost as much as three men on Herndon's property. Morris's wife and son are in Seward and have received letters from him stating conservatively that he is doing well.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18
RO6dy and Miller Make Clean.uj in Short Time in Poor
 Mans GuIch.
BRING FLATTERING ACCOUNTS
HerndOn and Morris Said by AIl Reports To Be Taking Out Dust
 on Their Claims.

Nugget creek on the upper KahiItna is proving a bonanza creek. Confrma tion of the accounts recently brough, down that Doc Herndons claim is turning out at least 5000 a month to the man has come in from severa. sources together with the statement on the same authority that Billy Mor- ris, on the claim below Herndon is dO- ing better. Last night Mike Roddy and John Miller came to Seward with their pockets full of money, which they rc- ceived at Knik for the dust they brought down from Poor Mans creek in the same vicinity.
 Roddy and Miller left here early in the spring with nothing but a small outfit. They located on Poor Mans creek and worked until their supplies were exhausted, when they came down to Knik, sold their dust to O. G. Her hing and came on to Seward for a short visit They will return soon to their claims with new outfit.
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Short Term
NrrRANr SwlNTF0RU WAsKEY
Soworf casf ] f0r CaIe.
Long Term

Hope, ] for Gale.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-08-18
Sends Dust from Lake Creek

year.
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Seward Peninsula
 Short Term
Long Term

MURANE NELL
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
CHICKEN THIEVES ACT|VE|
FARMER WALKER LOST HIS EN-.
TIRE BUNCH OF FOWLS.
OTHERS ARE ALSO VIcTlMlzEo

Just How the Thieves Get the Birds
Without Any cackIing is a Mystery.
One Man in City Limits Lost 1926
Birds in One Night.
The strange death of thirteen chick
ems in the barn of Walter Melcher
eight miles east of Norfolk, brings to
light the fact that chicken thieves
have been unusually active in this sec.
ton of the country and right in the
city limits of Norfolk during the past
several months. In no case have the
thieves been apprehended, and the
stealing goes boldly on.
Mr.. Walker, who lives at the farm
southwest of town known as the
George Williams place, was the VIC
tim of thieves who stole every last
chicken on the farm. He heard no
cackling and no noise, and only missed
the fowls next day when he went to
the barnyard. He has spent the en-
tire summer in raising a good bunch
of the birds and was somewhat dis
couraged to lose them all in a night.
One man in the west end of the city
lost 125 chickens in one night
Others have been victimized In the
same way. The stealing is general
None seems to be able to even sug-
gest the guilty parties.
1t is a mystery how the chickens
are stolen without any noise but it is
suggested that su1nhur ic nrohoblv
used to deaden their senses. 1t is
thought not improbable that at the
Melcher farm the dead birds may have
been killed by the poison administered
in order to deaden their senses and
keep them quiet.
Tom Hight recently lost more than
100 chickens in the night.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
ORGANIZING AT WINNETOON
Farmers of That Section Take Steps
to Cope With Horsethieves.

Joseph Meyer, a prominent citizen
of Winnetoon, together with others of
that neighborhood, are planning for
the organization of an anti-horsethief
association similar to that which has
been organized in Norfolk, and to
work with this and others throughout
northern Nebraska in running down
the gang who are raiding this terri
tory.
The movement of organization In
this line is rapidly growing and 1t
seems probable that within a year the
entire northern half of the state will
be completely covered by members of
this association. With such an orga-
nization it will be hard job for the
horsethief to make a raid and get
away. Without organization, as the
farmers and other stock owners of the
territory realize, it is almost impos-
sible to make even an effort to cap
ture the guilty parties. One man alone
can not trail the thieves to any ad-
vantage because of the enormous cost
of the work, and unless there is an
association the horsethieves will keep
right on plundering stables of the sec
ton.
Even down in New York, where
western people had been led to be-
lieve the horsethieves had become a
back number, there are associations
of this sort doing business effectively
Ed Mapes, who is in Norfolk on
visit to c. b. Durland, tells of an as
ISOLATION in the empire state which
gets the thieves. A number of riders
are appointed each year by the asso-
citation. These riders are paid for
their time. The instant it becomes
known that an animal has been stol-
en-, these riders get out and hunt down
the whole country in search of the
fugitives.
The Norfolk association will be glad
to learn of the efforts at Winnetoon in
this direction and will be glad to CO
operate in any possible way to make
the organization a success.
Associations are needed in every
county of this part of the state-Mad-
ison, Pierce, Knox, Antelope, Stanton,
Wayne, Boyd, Holt, Rock, and Greg
DRY county, S. d.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
Amuse nts.

The "a Poor Relation" company ar.
rived to play at the Auditorium Satur-
day night.
Miss America" will hold the boards
afternoon and evening Thanksgiving.
Reduced prices for the afternoon.
Adrian NJ. Newens will lecture at
the Congregational church in the high
school lecture course Wednesday even
ing.
The Norfolk and Winsde football
teams meet here on Thanksgiving af-
ternoon.
The Lost Prince" will be given in
the Congregational church Tuesday
night by pupils of the Grant school
Walker Whiteside's picture appears
on the front page of the Dramatic Mir
ror this week
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
TEACHERS HOLD A RALLY
MADISON COUNTY MEETING DREW
CROWDS TO NORFOLK.
MANY FROM OTHER COUNTIES
Prof. Pile Of Wayne and Prof. Clifford
Of Council Bluffs, Superinte ndent of
City Schools in That Place, Attend.
ed the Meeting.
[FroE, saturday,s Dailv.l

tFroE Saturdays Daily.l
The teachers of Madison county held
an educational rally in this city Sat
urday w. M. Clifford, superintendent
of the city schools in Council Bluffs,
addressed the Norfolk teachers in the
morning at II o'clock on the subject
of "Georgraphy." Following was the
program for the afternoon meeting:
Piano solo-Miss Lois Gibson.
Address "The True Teacher" -
Prof. j. NJ. Pile.
Vocal solo-Miss nellie Dingman.
Address-"Use of Concrete Material
in Geography Teaching''-W. N. Cliff
ford.
Vocal solo-Reese Solomon.
The teachers of Pierce, Wayne and
Stanton counties had been invited to
attend this meeting, and large num-
Der of teachers arrived in the city dur
ing the morning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
MRS. BICE GETS DIVORCE
Decree and $3.50 Alimony Granted to
Her by Court at Butte.

Butte, Neb., Nov. 26.-Speeial to
The News: The divorce case of Clara
Bice VS.. Robert Bice was concluded
late Saturday evening and resulted in
a decree being granted to the plain
tiff. She was also granted the custody
of the two younger children and $3,650
alimony. The oldest boy was given
to the father temporarily, or until the
court may see fit to make further Or
ders The case was very holly con-
tested.
The lawyers were Wells and Har-
rington of Butte and Prichard of On
ava, Iowa, for the plaintiff, and Tingle
and Davies for the defense.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
HORSE SALE WELL ATTENDED
Big Crowd Bought Many Fine Animals
at Newport, of Smith Bros.

at Newport, of Smith Bros.
The attendance was large at Smith
Bros. horse sale held at Newport, Neb.,
Nov. 81. Their offerings were of the
good young heavy draft kind ranging
from yearlings to six-year-olds, weights
averaging from 750 to 900 for year.
lings, 100 to 1900 for two and three
year.olds, and up to 1400 for matured
horses. Buyers were present from
eastern and western Nebraska, South
Dakota and Iowa. They had the class
of horses that the horsemen were not
afraid to take hold of as was shown
by the brisk bidding. Chase & Wells
of Stanton, Neb., F. f. Gillett of
Ainsworth and Grant Boyd of Johns
town, Neb., were among the heaviest
purchasers and number of the peo-
pie of the surrounding country took
advantage of the chance to procure
some of the good young horses and
purchased freely. They sold in all
about 500 head. Below is a partial list
of the sales. Prices given are by the
head:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
Court Adjourns at Butte.

Butte, Neb., Nov. 26.-Special to
The News: District court was ad-
journed late Saturday night until Jan.
uary 7, 1907.
Lawyers in the case of ]. d. Hallett
were: On the defense-Jennett Tay-
Tor, Lynch, A. H. Tingle, Butte, II. F.
Barnhart, Norfolk. Mr. Barnhart did
not arrive till after the pleas had been
made. For the County
Attorney Burch, ]. A. Davies, Butte,
S. A. Sanders, Lynch.
Hallett was cleared. He shot Col.
Inns in a fence quarrel.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
DEATH RESULT OF STORM
JOSEPH X. SCHMIDT OF VERDI
GRE PASSES AWAY.
HE WAS PROMINENT CITIZEN
AS the Result of a Cold Contracted
During the Severe Hail Storm in
Knox County Last Summer, Mr..
Schmidt Succumbs Suddenly.

Verdigre, Neb., Nov. 26.-Special to
The News: This community was in
expressibly shocked when the news
flashed through town that Jos. X.
Schmidt had died at $3.50 p. m. Mr..
Schmidt's health had not been robust
since last June, when this vicinity was
visited by the frightful hail storm and
awful downpour of rain. At that time
the rain threatened to flood Mr..
Schmidt's implement house and in his
efforts to turn the stream away from
his buildings he was compelled to go
into the water from the effects of
which he contracted cold from which
he never recovered. His condition
was not considered serious, however,
until last Thursday when he had three
fainting spells in quick succession.
From that time until the end he grad
ually grew worse but was conscious
until the last moment, and died peace
fully and painlessly, surrounded by his
wife and children, with the exception
of Mrs. Chas. Hoffman of Norfolk, who
was unable to be present on account
OF the illness of her baby.
Mr.. Schmidt was born on the 3Oth
of November, 1851, and would have
been fifty-five years old had he lived
until the Goth of this month. Mr..
Schmidt was married to Miss Anna
Haman, at Dow City, Iowa, in 1876,
and four children were born to them.
Mrs. Schmidt died in the latter part
of November, 1896, and Mr.. Schmidt
was married again in 1898 to Mrs. Lii
buse Laushman, by whom and his four
children, ]. j., w. r., Mrs. Chas. Holt
man and Mrs. Fred Sandoz, he is sur
vived.
Mr.. Schmidt was a member in good
standing of three fraternal societies.
namely: u. c. B. j., Modern Woodmen
of America and the Woodmen of the
World, in all of which he was insured.
He was prosperous business man,
public spirited and had the good of
the town at heart-in fact, was always
leader in anything tending to pro-
mote the welfare of Verdigre, Knox
county, or the state of Nebraska. The
funeral, which will be held Tuesday
morning, will be conducted by the
lodge Bila Hora, and the interment
will be made in the u. C. b. ]. Gene
tery
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
YALE WINS FROM HARVARD, 60
Sons OF ELI Claim Championship OF
Country-Chicago Beat Nebraska.

sons OF ell claim championship OF
country-chicago Beat Nebraska.
The football season for 1906 has
practically come To an end, and It was
n pretty season under the new rules.
In Saturdays games Yale practically
established a championship over the
entire country by defeating Harvard
to 0. Yale had previously beaten
every team played excepting Prince,
ton. which was tie score The blue
team won from Pennsylvania, which
beat Michigan, and won from Carlisle,
which defeated Minnesota. Harvard
put up worthy contest against the
sons of ELI but Yales superior knowl-
edge of the game, with superior team
work and superior individual playing,
won the championship.
Nebraska lost to Chicago 3S to g.
but felt that there was some glory In
having scored n touchdown. Mime
sofa failed to hammer out touch
down on the Chicago team. so that
the cornhuskers found some consola.
ton In that. 1t was the last game of
Captain Eckersall of Chicago and he
made the most of it by booting five
goals from the field
Minnesota only won from Indiana
by scratch, s to G. The gophers
were much surprised.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE.
Delegates Here From All Parts OF
Northeast Nebraska,


Northeast Nebraska.
Baptist delegates from all parts of
northeast Nebraska arrived in Norfolk
during the day to attend the rally of
the Northeastern Association of the
Baptist Young Peoples union, which
has begun and will continue until Sun
day night.
The following program was an
nounced:
Saturday Evenig.
Address of welcome, F. j. Hamilton,
Norfolk.
Response, Mr.. Keen, Wayne.
Sunday Morning.
Bible exposition, Rev. Parker
Smith, Wayne.
Sermon, Rev. A. o. Broyles, Plain
view.
Sunday Afternoon.
Address by Edward Peterson, Nor
folk.
Address by ]. w. DeMerritt, Hart
lngton.
Paper, Miss Lydia Squires, Norfolk.
Sunday Evening.
Sermon, Rev. Parker Smith, Wayne.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

The Wednesday club has issued in
vitations to members Of the Womans
club for the afternoon Of Tuesday De
cember 4. and to gentlemen members
of Wednesday club families for the
evening of December 4. Mrs. II. Dear
born of Minneapolis, who so delighted
the Wednesday club with her parlor
readings a year ago at the home of
Mrs. y. Mathewson, will again be with
the club at this time and during the
afternoon will entertain the Wednes-
day club and their guests in the First
Congregational church parlors. In the
evening the club will entertain the
gentlemen at banquet in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Mathewson, to be fol-
lowed by an evening of reading by
Mrs. Dearborn. Mrs. Dearborn is a
friend of Mrs. Mathewson and has
been secured in this way Last year
her reading was from Ibsen's "The
Doll House." She Is delightfully."- clev-
er and her return will be warmly
greeted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

made Just when the American com
missiouors are visiting Berlin and
meeting German commercial experts.
Mr. Root may have dcsired to intimate
that there are limits to the discussIan,
that encroachments upon economic
lines may assume character so subtly
political that the Monroe doctrine
would be held to apply"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
FOOTBALL PLAYER MAY RECOVER
Neigh Boys Condition Threatened
Amputation of His Arm.

Neigh, Neb., Nov. 26.-Special to
The News: Ray Thornton, who was
injured sometime ago while playing
in practice game of footgall, is SEEM
ingly improving. For time amputa-
ton was feared might be necessary,
but now it is hoped that he will en-
tirely recover, even if his knee re-
mains stiff for a time. This is cheer
ing news for Rays many friends.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

Katie Shaw entertained a company
of her little friends" at a party Sat.
urday evening in honor of her friend,
Miss Anne Amundson of Harrington.
Some of the little girls brought their
dolls. Mabel Greene and Ellen Mullen
won prizes in the games. All the lit.
tie girls sat on the floor, and their sup
per- one course of which was little
frosted cakes and stick candy, was
served to them The little tots, about
twenty in number, greatly enjoyed the
evening
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
HOURLY FEAR OF CALAMITY.
Calderwood breads Disaster In
Brooklyn Bridge Rapid Transit.

New York, Nov. 2i.--Rccommcnda.
lions made by the state railroad com.
mission designed to relieve somewhat
the Brooklyn bridge crush, found a
startling echo when Vice President
Caldcrwood of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company declared that the
bridge was being worked to its limit
and that his company lived In eXpecta-
ton Of great calamity there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
NEIGH AND WAYNE TO PLAY.
Thanksgiving Football Game at Ne.
lieh-Albion Withdrawn,

Neigh, Neb., Nov. 26-Special to
The News: The Wayne high school
football team has been secured to take
the place of Albion on Thanksgiving
day at Riverside park. This no doubt
will be the last game of the season
and large crowd is expected to wit
ness the contest between Neigh and
the Wayne boys.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
SOCIETY ID EAT TURKEY.
THANKSGIVING PREPARATIONS
ARE IN THE AIR.
PAST WEEK ONE OF PLEASURE
A Large Number Of Delightful Affairs
Have Filled the Calendar - There
viii be a Football Game and Two
Theatrical Performance Thursday.
[From satnrdny,s DnlIyl

The odor of turkey in the oven al.
most permeates the air in Norfolk to-
day and the people of this city and,
for the matter of that, of the whole
surrounding country, are preparing for
the annual feast which will be the fea-
ture of next Thursday afternoon.
There will be many family dinners,
many will sit down and eat hearty
meal when the day rolls around.
During the past week things social
have been gay in Norfolk, indeed, and
there has scarcely been a breathing
spell.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
Clubs.

Miss Carrie Barge gave a very in
teresting and instructive talk last
night at the NJ. F. church on the mis-
Esther circle in different parts of our
country. She told of her visits to San
Francisco, the southland and the
mountain regions where ignorance and
superstition predominant, and of the
great need for workers in these plac-
es. A Queen Esther circle was orga-
nized with six members to start with
One meeting will be held every month,
and the mission study taken up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

Though not largely attended, the
performance of Mr.. Evart in 1--WE Are
King" Monday night, should have been
a society event of the week The com
pany desired to play return date
here Wednesday night but other events
conilicted. The series of delightful
parties during the week made it one
of the pleasantest that has yet been
down on the seasons social calendar.
And more good things are coming.
For amusement on the afternoon of
Thanksgiving day and in the evening,
a variety of pleasures offer themselves
to Norfolk. During the afternoon the
high school football team will close its
season in clash with Winsde on the
local gridiron at the race track. The
Auditorium management has arranged
for Il children's matinee of Miss
America" said to be a most delightful
play, and many of the farmers from
the surrounding territory, as we'll as
people from other towns, are expected
to arrive to take in this event, In the
evening another performance will be
given, which will be featured more by
the attendance of a Norfolk audience.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
new CORONER IN ANTELOPE
Or. w. r. ConweII of Neigh is Appoint.
ed to Succeed Fletcher.

Neigh, Neb., Nov. 26.-Special to
The News: DR., w. F. Conwell of Ne
ligh was appointed county coroner to
fill vacancy caused by the resignation
of DR.. w. G. Fletcher of Orchard, who
was elected representative of the
Twenty-first district at the recent cleo
ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
ROOTS SPEECH AS THREAT.

London Times Sees international Poll.
tics in Secretary's Stirring Appeal
London, Nov, 24-The Times in an
editorial article on Secretary Roots
speech at Kansas City notes with
pleasure that the secretary gave full
credit to England in the establishment
of the Monroe doctrine.
After remarking that Mr.. Root sees
some danger that other people may
get the South American oyster while
the United States is left with the shell,
the Times says: Possibly it is not
altogether coincidence that this stir.
ring appeal to the American people is