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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
YEARNED FOR A FUNERAL
BECAUSE MAYOR WAS NOT FUR.
NisHlNo TRANSPORTATION.
FOUND NICE PLACE IN JAIL

Seven Others Keep Him Company In
the City Bsstile for Various Of
fenses-6usy Night for the Police
Force.
One wanted to be a pallbearer at
Mayor Durland's funeral, one tried to
hold up a Norfolk avenue bakery, two
or three were "vags," one was crazy,
one was suspect" the rest were
drunk. There were eight men in the
city Jail last night-something doing
all along the line.
In two Of the arrests Chief Flynn
played a dramatic part-was quite
literally Johnnie on the spot" After
Flynn had the Jail pretty well filled
Night officer Kell came on and, get
ting busy, soon brought the number
of city prisoners up to eight
To serve as a pallbearer for Mayor
Durland was the cold.blooded wish ex,
pressed by NJ. G. Morrarity, late from
Dubuque, Iowa. Morrarity called at
the mayors office and asked for trans
portation from Norfolk to Sioux City.
The mayor could see no reason why
Morrarity shouldn't get out of Norfolk
as fast as possible but he had left his
pass book at home. Morrarity became
insulting. When he got to the door
he fired this at the mayor: IL don't
wish you any bad luck but l wish had
ahold Of your casket when you're
done" The mayor complained to the
chief of police.
A few hours later Morrarity, still
looking for that Sioux City ticket, saw
a smallish man hid in a big overcoat.
where's the chief of police" Nor
rarity growled.
"And what do you want with the
chief?" asked the man in the overcoat
That's my business" growled Nor
rarity.
"And mine too" said the chief as
he showed his star and marched Nor
rarity over to the city Jail, where he
still anguishes, seventy-four miles
from his beloved Sioux City. 81 was
ashamed of the fellows nationality"
said the chief.
Charles Norton comes from Scran-
ton, Pa, but looks more like a west
ern bad man. Charlie went into the
Kaufman bakery, looked fierce and
demanded something to eat. Charlie
hadn't noticed the little man in the
big overcoat so, although he fright
ened the girl who was waiting on him,
he was jerked around by the chief and
headed for the Jail.
Guess | won't go any further" said
Charlie, drunk and ugly, as he APP
preached the Jail.
81 guess you will" said Flynn as
his club came into action.
81 guess I WILL" said Charlie and he
is still in Jail.
Chris Rankins of Lowden, Iowa, a
sewer worker, drunk again, was ar
rested for the third time within a few
weeks.
Charles Kruger, who used to live in
see if the Norfolk lid" had slipped
any He paid his fine in the morning
L. Smith of Stanberry, Mo, was run
in on general principles.
Fred Wilson, hailing from James
town, N. Y, across the continent, and
Anton Hanson, not long from Den
mark, were both held over night as
"vags."
Sheriff William Malchow, jr., of
West Point and Marshal j. w. Mooney
of Wisner, brought an insane patient
to Norfolk who could not be accepted
at the hospital The patient brought
the number of jail inmates up to eight.
Chief Flynn removed whisky bottles
from four of the men, for the chief
keeps a tight Gid" on the city Jail
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
Hoskins Briefs.

About one inch of snow fell in this
locality Tuesday morning.
A dance will be given at Wetzlick's
hall Saturday, December 81. Music
will be furnished by Collins Bros. or
ChestTa.
Among the Norfolk visitors Tues
day were Mrs. Green, Mrs, F. Benser,
Miss Anne Sulty, VIM. Sentsy and Ray
Gleason,
A class play will be given by the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

This is the twentieth year that the
Brotherhood has given ball on
Christmas, and every one of them has
been a success, so that Judging from
the table of averages the coming party
will not prove disappointment to
anyone who attends. The various
committees who have the details in
charge are making extensive prepare.
lions to entertain their guests In a
royal manner.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

by this company is indicated by in.
creases of 900 per cent In tons of
freight carried one mile and 1887 per
cent In the passengers carried one
mile, 1915 per cent In the total train
mileage and 5.71 per cent in the total
car mileage, the decrease in the loss
of life is remarkable.
The principal train accidents during
the year, include n collision between a
running wild freight car and freight
train near Cheyenne on August 90,
1906, in which one engineer was killed,
one fireman and one brakeman in
jured. This accident was due to fail
ure to properly set the brakes In the
Cheyenne yards.
On September 4, 1906, through de.
fective track near Red Buttes, Wyom-
ing, passenger train was derailed.
One trespasser beating his way over
the line was killed and another tres
passer and ten passengers injured.
On October Q, 1906, passenger
train was derailed by broken rail near
Wamego, Kansas. One conductor and
forty-six passengers were slightly in
jured
On October 10, 1905, freight trains
collided at Ridge, Wyoming, owing to
overlooking of train orders. Two en-.
gineers, one fireman and one brake
man were killed and two firemen In.
jured
On December 3, 1906, one brakeman
was killed in collision between
freight trains near Point of Rocks,
Wyoming.
On January 2, 1907, at Brule, Ne
braska, two passenger trains collided,
causing the death of one passenger
and injury to seven passengers, four
mail clerks and four employees. The
cause of this accident was improper
tagging and control of trains.
On March %, 1907, through failure
to observe signals, two freight trains
collided at Gilmore, Nebraska. There
were no persons injured.
On May Is, 1907, freight trains col.
lided at Red Desert, Wyoming, due to
carelessness of an engineer and caus-
ing slight injury to one engineer.
In all the above cases, employees re
Sponsible for the accidents were dis
charged, after careful inquiry made
into the accidents by special boards
of inquiry, which have been provided
for during the past year, and which
consist Of officials of the road together
with persons of prominence, integrity
and reputation who may be selected
to fill place upon the board.
Carefully compiled statistics, the
result of close inquiries, during the
year, have supplied a basis upon
which the management of the road
are acting with a view of reducing
accidents to the minimum. A system
of tests was established three years
ago for the trying out of the watch
fulness of employees relative to the sig
nal system. These tests are conduct
ed on all divisions. A school of in
struction, or board of examiners
passes over the system each six
months drilling both new and old en-
ployes in the matter Of transporta-
ton rules so that all may think, know
and act uniformly in the performance
of their respective duties. With an
educational system and with the pro-
tective measures that are employed,
it is more than likely that during the
next year, there will be a still further
decrease in the number of accidents,
and in the loss Of life and personal in.
juries on the Union Pacific.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
Pleasures Of the Week.

Friday evening of last week six
couples of young people surprised Glen
Wiley, the occasion being his eigh.
teenth birthday The surprise was
complete, Glen being at the store
where he works when his guests came.
After they arrived he was given an
urgent call home, and was astonished
to find a room full of visitors when
he arrived The evening was pleas
antly spent at games, due justice being
done to a three-course luncheon at
the proper time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
Comma Events.

The usual Christmas service will be
observed by Damascus Commandery,
Knights Templar, at their asylum at
II o'clock Christmas morning. Nor
folk Knights will at this time join
with their fraters throughout the
world in participation of the Christ
mas sentiment, together with $4,000
Sir Knights of the order owing allie
glance to the Grand Encampment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

Probably the largest formal social
function for the holiday week will be
the twentieth annual ball to be given
by Elkhorn Valley lodge, No. 101,
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, at
Marquardt hall Christmas evening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

Todays ads. deal with today's pos
sibllities, difficulties, quests, offers, OPP
portunities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

Todays ads. are important-and UNI
like some important things, they are
interesting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
RECIPE MIXED OFTEN
DRUGGISTS HEAR MUCH PRAISE
FOR THIS MIXTURE.
DRINK PLENTY OF GOOD WATER
Lots Of Men and Women Here Had
the Simple Homemade Mixture Pre-.
pared Says oruselst-Tonle Effect
Upon the Kidneys.

upon the kidneys.
Some remarkable stories are being
told about town and among the coun.
try people coming in of this simple
home made mixture curing rheuma.
tism and kidney trouble. Here is the
recipe and directions for taking: Mix
by shaking well in bottle one.half
ounce fluid extract dandelion. one
ounce compound kargon, three ounces
compound syrup sarsaparlla. Take
as dose one teaspoonful after meals
and at bedtime,
No change need be made In your
usual diet, but drink plenty of good
water
This mixture, writes one authority
in a leading Philadelphia newspaper.
has a peculiar tonic effect upon the
kidneys; cleansing the clogged.up
pores of the eliminative tissues fore.
ing the kidneys to sift and strain from
the blood the uric acid and other poi.
sonous waste matter overcoming rheu-
matism, bladder and urinary troubles
in a short while.
A New York druggist who has had
hundreds of calls for these ingredi-
ents since the first announcement I'm
the newspapers last October stated
that the people who once try It swear
by it," especially those who have url-
nary and kidney trouble and suffer
with rheumatism.
The druggists I'm this neighborhood
say they can supply the ingredients,
which are easily mixed at home.
There Is said to be no better blood.
cleansing agent or system tonic
known, and certainly none more harm.
less or simple to use.
will contest for the services Of Pitcher
Jarrett.
Jarrett was recently transferred
from Sioux City to Lincoln, by pur-
chase, but a clause in the agreement
which owner Green, of the LincoTns,
insists shall be inserted is objected to
by Manager "Ducky" Holmes of Sioux
City, and may annul the transfer.
This clause provides that if Jarrett
fails to win one.half his games he shall
be sent back to Sioux City and the
purchase price returned.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
SPORTS
HOLMES AND GREEN CLASH
Pitcher Jarrett Causes Contention q,
tween Managers.

Sioux City, Ia, Dec, 21.-At the com
Ing meeting of the Western Baseball
league at Omaha the managers of the
Sioux City and Lincoln baseball teams
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
will contest for the services Of Pitcher
"kina" Cole Again at U. N.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1S.-At a meet
ing of the Nebraska university athletic
board this evening w. C. king" Cole,
was reelected coach at a salary of
$1,000.
The selection of a football captain
will probably not be made until the
January meeting.
The North Omaha Athletic club is
considering holding series of boxing
matches in Omaha this winter, which
viii be for the benefit Of the club mem.
bers only.
The first bout on the program will
be one between Jerry Mccarthy, late
of O'Neill, who gave Clarence English
such hard fight near Sioux City a few
weeks ago, and local man, probably
Paul Murray.
The club intends to keep strictly
within the limits of the law, and no
admission to the bouts will be charg-
ed, members alone being able to wit
ness the matches.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

A holiday event that will prove more
than usually attractive will be the min
strel show to be given by members Of
the Norfolk fire department at the
Auditorium on the evening of Deem
Der 80. The boys who are to take the
various parts in this entertainment
are rehearsing every evening, and the
minstrel promises to prove one of the
chief events of the holidays.
The NJ. B. A. lodge will celebrate the
holidays by holding a big initiation of
candidates on Friday evening.
The first dancing party of Trinity
social guild will be given at Marquardt
hall Friday evening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

The second number of the High
school lecture course attracted large
audience to the Auditorium Tuesday
evening, the attraction being Adrian
NJ. Newens in an Interpretation of
Richard Ganthony's "a Message From
Mars" The reading was high class
and appreciated by all who attended.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
Hymenial.

Invitations are out for a reception
at the home of Judge and Mrs. ]. B.
Barnes, 1901 Norfolk avenue, given in
honor of their son, ]. B. Barnes, jr.,
and his bride, who was Miss Alta NJ
Rowe of Casper, Wyo. John Barnes is
now practicing law in Casper, where
the wedding took place last Sunday
John has many friends in Norfolk
where he lived for many years, who
will be glad to greet both himself and
his bride.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

A holiday wedding will take place
at Christ Lutheran church on the af
ternoon of December &c, in which the
contracting parties are Fred Miller
and Miss Charlotte Walter. The
ceremony will be performed by Rev.
J. P. Mueller A wedding reception
will be held at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. C. Walter
on south Third street.
At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tannehill living
near Warnerville, Miss Eva l.. Tan
nehill was united in marriage to Mr..
David Warner, Rev. C. w. Ray, pastor
of the Norfolk NJ, e. church officiating.
Mr., and Mrs. Warner will make their
home near Warnerville.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FORTUNE TO PAY VICTIMS OF
FRAUDULENT PUMP CONCERN.
MCGOWAN GIVES UP PROPERTY

one Of the Most Remarkable Settle.
ments Ever Made with Creditors
One Of the Indicted Firm will Sacrl-
flee all he Has to Settle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

Friday evening an Elks dance was
given in Marquardt hall, above the
club rooms of the order. Collins
orchestra furnished the music and it
was the beginning of the holiday festi-
vities for large number who were
present.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

The w. C. T. U. held a mothers
meeting with Mrs. Oman on South
Tenth street Tuesday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-18

IIau admitted that while returning
from Turkey in October he stopped in
Vienna and collected $1,000 on letter
Of credit and that he had subsequently
written to his London banker saying
this letter Of credit had been lost. He
denied, however, that he had tried TO
renew this letter Of credit.
Hau then visited his mothcr-in-law
in Baden Baden for Il week and after
ward wcnt to Paris, accompanied by
his wife AMI his sistcr-in-law Olga
MolitOr.
Tho judge here showed the prisoner
2 telegram sent from Paris signed
Olga" asking her mother TO come to
Paris Immediately and which was not
sent by Olga. Hau refused to say
whether nc had written this telegram
or whether he had had a disagreement
in Paris with his wife, owing to her
Jealousy of her sister Olga.
The judge then called Hau's attcn-
ton to the fact that on his arrival in
london on his way to the United
States he had received a telegram re-
calling him to the continent and Sc
an unidentified person. Hau had shown
this telegram to his wife to justify his
trip ana he admitted having sent the
message himself.
\ letter from Mrs. Hau to her
mother was then read, showing that
l{au had impressed upon her the ne
ccssity of silence regarding the trip
back to the continent.
Hau then admitted to having had
wig and Il false 'bcard made by the
barhc OF Il WeIl-knoWn hotel in Lon
don and that the explanation Of this
procedure previously givcn-that he
was going as Il spy to Turkey and
needed the wig and beard to protect
him against attempts at assa ssina ton
was incorrect. He said today that he
threw away tho wig and beard after
leaving Chling CosS and that his only
object in using them had been to leave
London unrccogniZcd. lie admitted
having had Il second false beard made
at Frankfort-on-thcM Main where he had
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-18
From Collapse Of Crystal
Hall, London, Ont.
One Of The Injured Has Fract-
ured Skull and Will Die.
Many Rescued from Cellars After
Hours Imprisonment.

Loni"n, Ont, July 17.-Eght lives is
The total Of Yesterdays calamity when
Crystal Hall collapsed and buried d
score 81 persons in its ruins
The missing have been accounted for
tonight. One man whose identity can
not lie learned, is still buried under 20
1cct ol debris and there is little hope
of rcat hing the body fer day at least
The last body To hc taken out WIS that
of Miss Clara Mullins. Work was then
practically suspended until tomorrow.
a coroner and jury viewed the
wrcckagc today and Will make an in
VcStigation.
All the injured are doing Vol with
the exception Of .tohn LoWncy. lie has
fractured skull and the surgeons will
not venture to say if he will recover.
The unknown man was identified
last night as Archibald MacCallum. q
photographer, but relatives who view
cd the body this morning say the idcn-
LITIGATION was a mistake. Tho mans
features are almost unrccognizablc. of
the injured only one is likely TO die.
John LoaCy has Il fractured skull and
there is little hope Of his recovery.
= iii1i'. ''i' 'F'ti},'iiI''H IItO ttlp cause
Of the accident has been begun by the
city officials w. J. Reid & Co. who
occupied most of the space in CRYSTAL
hall were about to vacatc the building
which was being transformed into q
restaurant and bowling alleys. Some
of the inner walls were being removed
and the floor above placed on q steel
Supcr-structurc
Many persons were rescued from the
cellars Of the stores during the carly
hours Of the morning practically I'M
injured. A woman with a baby in her
arms was located early last night
she told her rescuers that she and the
child were uninjured but were unable
I" move. She called for water and it
was given TO her through n tube. The
rescuers reached her at 3 A NJ. She
was uninjured and the baby was nurs-
ing at ner breast.
a party of three girls was rescued
from the cellar Of Brcwster's store by
iT'aai-ing through the cellar wall from
the adjoining store on the east They
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-18

business conference, but he refused
to say with whom.
lie admitted going to Karlsruhe, Nov.
6, the day of the murder, wearing a
false beard. lie said he left his two va
Uses III the baggage room there. Asked
why he did not take his baggage to
Baden Baden, Hau made an ambigu-
Gus answer about catching the right
train for London and upon repeated in
curry he said he had no definite plan
in 50 doing.
I1au declined to give information
concerning what happened at BADEN
Baden. He refused to say why he had
telcphoncd Frau Moitor to come 10 the
railroad station. Asked whether he had
heard the shot fired he refused to an
sWcr. He also refused to say whether
he carried pistol. He admitted hav-
ing left Baden-Baden by the 6.15 train
and that he arrived at Karlsruhe with
out his false beard. He explained that
he had thrown it out of the car WIN
down between Baden Baden and Karl
sruhe. He admitted having sent this
telegram from Frankfor to his wife at
London:
THE place of meeting has been
changed to Frankfort Observe abs.-
Lutte discretion toward everybody | re-
turn Thursday or Friday
The judge said tho throwing away Of
the false beard after he left Hndcn- Ba-
den looked suspicious, but the prisoner
refused to discuss the question.
The judge then read an extract from
the will of Hau's wife. one provision of
which is that DER little daughter should
take another namc. Tho judge said this
indicated that Mrs. Hau was convinced
OF her husbands guilt Hau rcplic I
lcllngly that he hal not had q single
opportunity while in prison to have a
private talk with his wife and that if
ne had she never could have gotten
such a conviction
The judge confronted IIau repcatod-
~ with the most grave evidence
against him. but he only elected refus
ais to answer
INC general impression of tn, NOM
ing session was unfavorablc to the
prisoner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-18
HERO|SM SELDOM SURPASSED,
All Brave Men, but Some Gave Lives to
Save Others==Three of Survivors Ex=
pected to Die at Any Hour.
CAPT. McCREA'S STORY.

Boston, July lion board the bat
tleship Georgia in Boston harbor late
this afternoon Capt. McCrea told to an
Associated Press representative the
most complete and official story that
has been given out of the disaster in
the after turret of the Georgia on
Monday. He said:
was on the bridge making the run
for the practice. I was taking observa-
tons of each shot, not officially, but
because | wanted to see how well they
were shooting. AS shot after shot was
Il hit from the S-inch guns l saw we
were beating the records of the other
ShipS OF this fleet, and l was enthusi-
aStlc. AS l saw shot strike through
the mark l said: 'Fine-bully-good'
then | would listen for the word, as on
the bridge l could hear the shout from
next shot was coming.
Then | heard the shout fire. but
there was no shot and then saw men
running aft, and quickly the fire hose
that is always laid out in readiness
when there is firing going on, was
manned. There was no delay; there
was nothing to do but pick up the hose
and turn on the water.
Il rushed to tho after bridge near
the trirrct 10 sec what was the matter.
The water was already being poured
m" The turrct. which was intensely
oN"rhcatcd ana throwing out deadly
%aS"S. IN this WY the temperature
WitH reduced 50 that mon could go in.
The boat swain and MidShipmar
GloVcSfroft led the way for the mon
on tn" top of the turret with the hose.
tel you that was Il fine thing to do.
lh"rc WAS courage. No man knew
what had happened. and no man knew
INTO what danger nc might Ec rushing.
But these mon never thought of self.
or danger. They thought only of get
ting their Shipmatcs out to safety.
That is tho kind Of stuff That brave
act will look w"ll on their record. Then
they began to bring out the men
zone Of the first mon brought out
WAS the man in whose hands the DOW
der bag was whom it flashed 1t was
either he or the man who stood by his
side. but | believe it was the man who
held the powder. He WIS laid down on
top of the lower turrct with blanket
under his head. / went to him. I could
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