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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
Chance for Boyd County Settlers.

The court has decided that neither
the state nor the intervenors who
leased state lands in Boyd county
were entitled to the possession Of
these lands when an action was begun
by the state to oust settlers from the
lands without first having their i'm
provements appraised. The action
was dismissed at the cost of the state.
The state sought to oust George w.
McCright, Alexander H. Blair and 9TH
ers who had settled on the land in
controversy in 1903 and who began
improving the land. In former de-
cision by the court it was held that
title to the land was vested in the
state. In this case the right of the
settlers to possession of the land is
asserted on the ground that they have
made valuable improvements and that
the state cannot oust them without
first having their improvements ap-
praised. The state officials refused to
appraise the land separately from the
improvements, the defendants refused
to lease them and the lands were
leased to other persons who intervened
and demanded possession of the lands
under their leases. These leases were
made by Land Commissioner Follmer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
YOUNG COUPLE HOPE
MISS WINNIE MGlNNlS AND JESSE
STENGE DISAPPEAR.
BUT ARE CAUGHT AT STANTON
Missing Pair Reached Stanton Late
Last Night and Were Caught by Fa.
ther Of Girl at Train Today-Police
Searched All Night In Norfolk.

Stanton, Neb., June 12.-Miss Win
ME McGinnis, daughter Of A. N. Nc
Ginnis of Norfolk, and Jesse Stenge,
a young man who has been in Norfolk
for several months, eloped to this city
late last night and were apprehended
early this morning by the father OF
the girl and the Stanton county sher-
if, just as the runaway couple were
about to board the early morning train
for Omaha.
Reached Stanton Late In Night.
Stenge ard Miss McGinnis reached
Stanton, it Is thought, at about 2
o'clock this morning. They went to
the night operator at the Northwest
ern station and asked what train they
could get to Omaha. When informed
that the first train to Omaha would be
this morning, they left, went toward
the hotel and reappeared this morn
ing to board the train.
Just as they were about to get on
the cars, Mr.. McGinnis stepped from
the train and took the couple by sur
prise.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
Junction.

Frank Gerard and Billy Schwert-
feger, firemen, have been promoted to
engineers and transferred to Fremont,
Lou Kennerson was on the sick list
Saturday.
Jerome Kelche went to Lynch Satur-
day to spend the summer vacation.
Joe FELTON, of Rapid City stopped in
the Junction Saturday afternoon en-
route home from Sioux Falls.
Miss Ruby Harrison of Meadow
Frove was a Junction visitor Satur-
day.
Engineer and Mrs. r. A. Allen left
yesterday for an extended visit in
Oregon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
A M e MORTAL.

To the sisters and brothers of Hur,
written by Mr. and Mrs. John w.
Evans of Mecca Court, No. 13, Omaha
leb, and dedicated to North Nebraska
'ourt, No. 9, Norfolk, Neb., of which
hey were both almost charter men,
,ers, having both first joined the Ben
1ur order then, December 1894:
What would you say?
If at sunrise, on sGme pleasant day,
The Angel of Death
Would come to you and say,
Come, your time on earth Is o'er?"
What would you say?
Would you say, you come
too soon,
Wait, oh wait until high noon?"
And If at noon he'd reappear
And say to you
Again Pm here, come follow me .
'Tis now midday"
What would you say?
Would you say mot yet, not
yet,
'"iN' Va "ui'' uhtll
And if at sunset he'd say, Come
'Tis now the close of day,
I've waited now since early dawn,
Follow me, I'll lead the way"
What would you say?
Would you say Life is so bright,
Wait! oh wait! until midnight?"
"Oh! yes, just wait until midnight
When all is dark and still.
If you will wait til then, Oh Death,
l will obey your will"
And If at midnight he'd return
Would you be ready then,
Or would you ask him just to wait
TIL sunrise came again?
Oh! think how short our lives are,
A years but day,
And the pleasanter the time Is,
'Tis but the quicker passed away.
The simple truth was plainly told
BY the poet when he said,
"As life is to the living
So death is to the dead"
Our morning is our springtime,
Our summer noon is short,
Our autumn afternoon is gone
When in winters night we're caught
But ponder we'll on this:
You know not the time nor place
When you will meet the Angel Death
Yes meet him face to face.
And when that time does come,
Oh live your life out so
That you may say when death call
you
81 am ready now, let's CO."
Mrs. John w. Evans,
Deputy Grand Chief T. B. H., Stat
Neb.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
BATTLE CREEK STOCK RECORD
1903 Carloads Shipped Out During the
Month of May.

Battle Creek Enterprise: In the
dark ages, when county seat matters
were considered above everything else,
it was said by rival sister villages that
Battle Creek was a mere dot on the
map. The farmers adjacent to our
thriving little city mingled their tears
with the business men, gulped down
their disappointment and proceeded to
show the belligerents that there was
no damage done. During the month
of May, 10S carloads Of stock were
shipped from Battle Creek. When any
of our semi-metro neighbors equal
this, they are at liberty to rise up and
howl about 1t without fear OF interrup-
tion. While tossing roses at our ener.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15

gotic stockmen, It would be rank in
justice not to save few buttonhole
lunches for Station Agent Day and
his able assistants whose careful at.
tention and courteous treatment of
patrons has done much toward making
Battle Creek one Of the best shipping
points on the Northwestern's Nebras-
ka line.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
OMAHA MAD DOG SCARE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Evans Will Lose Two
Fine Animals as Result of Bites.
Omaha is having a mad dog scare.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Evans, who are
in the city, received word yesterday
that they would lose two fine dogs,
an Irish Setter and Chesapeake Bay
Spaniel, that were bitten by a mad
bull dog last Friday. There were
about a dozen dogs bitten in Mr.. and
Mrs. Evans neighborhood before the
mad dog was killed. Most of these
dogs must be killed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
cHILDREN's PICNIC SUCCESS.
Program of Songs and Recitatlons Add
ed Interest to Day.

The children's picnic of st. Paul's
church in Freythaler's park Sunday
was well attended and was an enjoy
able affair. A program of recitations
and songs by the children was we'll
rendered and enthusiastically received.
The Hadar band was present and dis
coursed sweet music.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
START BAD FIRE
AND THREE HORSES BURN
I ON WESTON FARM.
WESTON WAS sCoRcHED

IN Reseulng Some OF His Stock We'll
Known Farmer Suffered Slight
Burns 49, All Sheds Burned - Hard
Time TO save Even the Home.
Pierce, Nob. June ll.-Special to-
The News: A large barn sheds, three
horses and some other stores on the
farm OF c. A. Weston, living eight
miles south of Pierce, were burned to
the ground at 10 o'clock Saturday
night. The family had bad time
saving their home and Mr.. Weston
was somewhat burned In roscuing
some OF the horses. II Is supposed
that the fire was set by tramps.
Included in the loss was hay In the
loft, harnesses, machinery and all
buildings excepting the house The
loss Is about $1,000.
Mr.. Weston Is well known In Pierce
and Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
HAND CAUGHT IN SAW MILL.

Foreman Beaton Of Northwestern Sup.
ply Yards Suffers Accident.
Foreman Beaton of the G. IL n. w.
supply yards has a badly bruised hand
caused by getting It caught in the
joiner at the saw mills.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
BEN HUR POEM.

Extraordinary Composition by Mr.. ana
Mrs. John w. Evans.
Following is copy Of the poem, "a
Memorial" which was delivered at
the memorial exercises on Sunday of
the Ben Hur lodge Of Norfolk:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15
BUTTE BOY SHOOTS SELF.
OSCAR CRANES ACCIDENTALLY
PUT BULLET IN LEG.
THEN WALKED HOME, uNAIpED
Victim Of the Accident Was Taken TO
Omaha on the Early Train Through
Norfolk Today - Was Out on the
Buttes When Accident Occurred.

Butte, Neb., June 11.-Speclal to
The News: Oscar Cranes accident
ally shot himself in the leg, the bullet
landing in the bone just below the
knee. In company with a friend he
was on the buttes when the accident
occurred. and he walked home with
out assistance.
Rev. c. w. Horton took him to Oma-
ha this morning, where he will go to
the NJ. E. hospital and have the bullet
removed.
Butte News Notes.
Yesterday was confirmation at the
Catholic church and a class of thir-
teen were confirmed, six boys and
seven girls. The exercises were con-
Quoted by Father Strautman, the resi-.
dent priest.
The Congregational and NJ e.
churches both observed Childrens
day IN Butte with appropriate exer
cises Large crowds attended.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15

Read The News want ads.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-15


one-half-acre pond will be cemented
and it is quite likely the two-acre pond
as well. The ponds will be filled with
pure well water and are so constructed
that they can be cleaned each season.
The l. o. o. F., Rebekahs, Macca-
bees and Ben Hurs united Saturday
evening in farewell reception to Mr..
and Mrs. 5. r, Mcfarland, who are
moving to Madison where Mr.. McFar-
land has charge of the duties of dep
uty county clerk. The evening was
most pleasantly spent, Games and
music was the order. In a few we'll
chosen words, Geo. N, Beels, repre-
senting the various orders, presented
Mr., and Mrs, Mcfarland with several
pieces of silver and cut glass as tok-
ems of the esteem in which they are
held.
The marriage of Miss Lima Reiche
to Mr.. August Braasch took place yes
terday afternoon in the Johannes Luth
eran church at 3 o'clock, After the
ceremony, delightful wedding sup
per was served at the home of the
! brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Car
Reiche, south of the city, only rela
tives being guests. The young couple
will make their home in pretty house
on South Fourth street which the
groom has remodelled, Mr.. Braasct
is a we'll known young man and the
bride is a popular daughter of Mr.
Reiche, who is one of the substantial
farmers of Madison county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
WITH ENTHUSIASM
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS PUSH
THE CANNON BOOM.
State Convention at Springfield In
dorses Speaker for President and
CuIlom for Senator.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-The
following ticket was nominated by the
Republicans Of Illinois today in con
vention, which was marked. by har-
mony and good feeling:
Treasurer of State--John F. Smul-
ski.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-Francis G. Blair
Trustees. of the State University
Mrs. Carrie s. Alexander, Fred Hatch,
Alexander McLain, L. L. Lehman
(short term).
The Presidential boom of Speaker
Joseph Cannon for 1908, which was
launched last week by his own Con-
gressional district, was given an en-
thusiastic Endorsement by todays con-
vention. The mention of Cannon's
name brought the convention to its
feet. and there was enthusiastic cheer
ing.
The Convention carried out the will
of the people of the State, expressed
at the primaries a few weeks ago by
unanimous Endorsement of Senator
Shelby M. Cullom for reelection.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
CIVIC RIGHT
EOUSNESS
DR.. A. c. DINWIDDIE DELIVERS A
POWERFUL SERMON IN BE-
HALF OF TEMPERANCE,
CARRYING HIS. ccMoREcA-
TON WITH HIM.

Public sentiment for the abolish
ment of the saloons and for temper
ance has been growing at rapid rate
for the past few months, but it is safe
to say that public sentiment was new
err more rapidly moulded than at the
Tabernacle Sunday night when DR..
A. G Dinwiddie delivered a strong
and eloquent sermon on Temperance.
DR.. Dinwiddie read two passages
from the scriptures: Ephesian, Bis,
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein
is excess" Proverbs, 20:1, wine is a
mocker, strong drink is raging; and
whatsoever is deceived thereby is not
wise" These authors, DR.. Dinwiddie
said, stand pre-eminent in Biblical
literature Solomon has no super
ior in wisdom; Paul has few equals
as a logician. These two give to hui
mainly this special warning against
the use of strong drink, and they must
have had a purpose in it. Paul says,
"be not drunk with wine" and gives
q reason for the statement. The
meaning of excess" is lawlessness,
and if this be true, we stand today
face to face with the most momentous
question of all the ages, a question
which is of deepest interest to all and
touches all, for it is the cause of the
ruin and downfall of thousands.
"The whiskey traffic has developed
into the herculean evil-the most ter
rible and blighting curse of our land.
The excessive use of whiskey is oaus-
ing the blight and ruin Of more men
and homes today in this nation~than
all other evils besides.
'By it rich men are made poor,
thrifty men are made idle, strong men
are made weak, honest men are made
thieves; sound men are made
sick; moral men are made
vicious; parents are made childless,
children are made orphans; and wives
are made widows, and immortal souls
by slow and torturing process are
put to a death that never dies. -
"The saddest scenes that were ever
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
SECRETARY OF
POL|CYHOLDERS

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Represen-
tative Nicholas LongwoEth, of Gin
cinnati, was yesterday elected Secre-
tary of the International Policyhold-
ers' Committee of the New York and
the Mutual Life Insurance companies
to succeed Seymour Eaton, who re-
Gently resigned. This action was TAX
en- at a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee at which Mr.. Longworth was
present, the others in attendance be-
ing former Judge Alton B. Parker,
Gov. Roberts, of Connecticut, ]. G..
Hemphill of South Carolina, Col.
Shook of Nashville, Tenn, Harlowe
n. Higginbothain, of Chicago, and
Samuel Untermeyer, General Counsel.
A clerk will be employed to perform
the current duties in connection with
the secretarys Office as Mr.. Long
worth will leave in q few days for his
home in Ohio to look after his politi-
cal interests.
After the election of Secretary
the day was spent discussing csndi-
dates for both the New York and Mu-
tual Companies
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
Give the American Negro a Chance

Give the American Negro Chance.
1t is stated that the work on the
isthmian canal is "too hard" for the
jamaican negroes that have been enl.
ployed, and that the president has
decided in favor of test of Chinese
coolies, contracts foH an initial squad
of $500 Cinnamon having already
been prepared. Why not give Ameri-
can negroes a trial? Is the failure to
do so the result of the conviction
that they would not rise to the OPP
portunity with enthusiasm, Or for fear
that employing them out on the canal
would cause the republican party 10
lose a few votes? 1t is probable that
the negro or native Spaniard could
give as complete satisfaction as the
patient, enduring Chinese.-Macon,
(Ga.,) Telegraph.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
The Anarchic Revolver.

The revolver is the anarch among
weapons. 1t is dedicated to the idea
of private Justice. Private justice is
mischievous in an age of law and the
revolver has done far more harm than
good. If Americans are more given
to pistol-toting than any other people,
the fact must be put in the same class
of phenomena with the huge number
of homicides they commit every year
and their invidious eminence as
iynching nation. 1t is not creditable
to their civilization that in the state
of Alabama few years ago the tax
on pocket hardware produced more
revenue than the tax on agricultural
implements.-New York Mail.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24

we can drive the saloons from Co
lumbia if we want to, and he will aol
only not bless the city till these dens
of iEiquity are banished, but he will
lose patience with us and some one
will have the pay the penalty. Some
of us are paying it now. I see boys
almost every day with swollen cheeks
infiamed eyes and staggering steps
and I know that some mothers heart
is filed with anguish. You say 1t is
not your boy, but it might be your boy
and you are effected nevertheless, and
the blood of that boy will be required
at your hands on the great day OF
reckoning.
All, if you had seen what l have
seen, you would shake off this man
tie of Indifference I have seen the
young and perfect woman plight her
faith at Gods altar, happy in the love
Of the man she had chosen. l have
seen her Letter, degraded, forsaken, un-
able to rise from bed of sickness,
yet too poor to buy needed medicines,
and all because the man She had chos-
en- had fallen a victim to this Aide
vouring demon-rum. have seen
children, peaked and thin, going day
by day without sufficient food, be-
cause the wages of the father had
gone to fill the Golfers of the rum-sel-
Ter.
What is our part in it? What our
contribution to this army of King
Alchohol? We furnish our quota, be
it great or small. Three drunkards
for each saloon per year, would be
forty-five misunderstanding homes
wrecked. And yet whenever you say
the saloon must go, it will go. High
license is all dodge. If it is right
to sell whiskey, it is not right to tax
the business with a greater license
than the men in other lines of bus
mess have to pay If it is wrong to
sell whiskey, you cannot make it right
by high license or by any kind of lic-
cense. If whiskey selling is right,
favor cheap whiskey and plenty of
it. If its wrong, lets stop It,"
At the close of the sermon, Mr. Din
widdie asked all who would do all in
their power to drive the saloons from
Columbia, to stand up. The audience
arose almost en- masse. After the ben
ediction, many went forward to thank
DR.. Dinwiddie for his sermon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
DAM AGED AND
SPROUTEO WHEAT
Bought in any quantity; wagon lots
and car loads. Bring us sample.
COLUMBIA MILL & ELEVATOR co.
wed-sat-mon&w-sept3
Woman's Importantly.

Meeting a negro, certain Southern
gentleman asked him how he was get
ting on.
The negro assumed a troubled look
and replied:
"Oh, so far's physicality goes, I'm
all right; but I sure do have ma
troubles wifi ma wife"
well, Sam, I'm sorry to hear that.
What seems to be the matter?"
she thinks money grows on trees,
I reckon. All de time she keeps pes
term me fob pinch o. change. IL 1t
it amt dollah it's half or quar-
ter she wants"
What on earth does she do with
the money!"
Il dunno. Amt nevah give her
none yet. "-Philadelphi Ledger.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
RIGHT TO FIRE
BOSS MURPHY
5LiSTERlNG ROAST FOR TAM,
MANY HALL LEADER.
William Travers jerome Gives Express
sion to a Few Remarks.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Charles F
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, to
day said he had not observed any sen
timent in Tammany Hall for the nom
nation of District Attorney VIM. TRAY
ers Jerome for Governor by the Dem
ocratic State Convention, but there
was, he said, plenty of sentiment for
w. R. Hearst. Mr.. Murphy declared
that he was not committed to any
candidate, but it was the rule of Tam.
many to be guided by the sentiment
of the organization, and he would
be guided by it at the State Conven.
tion.
Mr.. Murphy said the Tammany del
egates to the convention would be
bound by the unit rule.
District Attorney Jerome tonight
gave out the following statement:
1T Is no surprise to me to find MUIR
ply practically declaring for Hearst.
The only reason for me taking an ac-
tive part in politics this year is to
carry on the fight of last year, which
was fight to free the people and par
ties from the domination of just such
political panhandlers.
Birds of feather flock together,
and when a person intellectually ster-
lie, socially vulgar and morally OBJ
tuse' insults the decent people of the
State, irrespective of a political par
ty by advancing dollars and not ideas,
and by methods akin to those of the
blackmailer, no thinking man could
doubt where Murphy could be found.
II should fear l had lost all my
ideals if found men of this type sup
porting me except under absolute COM
pulsion. If | ever come to have any
influence in the Democratic party it
will be used to drive out of it base
bosses of this type.
Both the Democratic and Republic
can parties have long enough been dis
graced and dominated by men of this
type controlling party organization.
Party organization was created origi-
nally to render effective the will of
the people.
''The servant has become the mas
ter, and the executive machinery, con-
trolled by small groups of selfish and
usually corrupt men, has been used to
deprive the people of the parties of
their political freedom.
THE fight is not to destroy parties
Parties are essential to the proper
working of our political institutions.
The fight is to free the parties from
just such men as Murphy, to deprive
them of their control CT the execu-
tive me chinery. to restore it TO the
discharge Of the functions for which
it was created, the effective express
ion of the will of the people VINO com
pose the party. When this is done
we shall have leaders and not bosses.
We shall then have conventions of
real delegates. seeking to determine
whom the people want placed in NOM
nation. We shall have candidates
and public officers in whose choice the
peoples voice has been potent, and
who will feel that their responsibility
is to the people and not to some polit-
ical boss who created them"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
THos. Platter.

While President of the Capitol City
Bank, Nashville, said: my son grad
uated from Jennings Business College,
and afterward, with other graduates
of that school, filled responsible posi-
tions in this bank"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.

Parties having claims against G. w
Nichols under terms of his assign
ment to H. F. Alexander, are requested
to file same with me before the fif-
teenth of September, or same will be
forever barred.
H. F. ALEXANDER, Assignee.
17aug4t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
SUMMER TOURIST
Rates via. Southern Railway.

The Southern Railway announces
very low Summer Tourist Rates
to many different summer re-
sorts on it's lines in Tennessee,
Virginia, Western North Carolina,
Land of the Sky" the Sapphire Coun-
try and the Atlantic Coast.
For complete information and de-
scriptive literature, call on or write
j. E. SHIPLEY, D. p. A., 284 Fourth
Avenue North, Nashville, Tenn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24

Every boy who brings stray dog
home with him tells Of its fine pedi-
gree and how hard it was to get it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-24

Bilious? Feel heavy after eating?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
plexion sallow? Liver needs waking
up. Donas Regulets cure bilious at
lacks. 25 cents at any drug store