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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
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They do say that not in many years
have so many legislators come back to
Washington unaccompanied by their
families. An unprecedented number
of Senators and Representatives will
live bachelor lives all this winter.
where are you going TO live?" is con-
secuently a more significant question
than in other years. How are you
going % live?" is a new one to many.
Men Oh family, VINO have not been con-
cernei ordinarily about the household
ing problem because their wives looked
after those matters, are giving earnest
consideration to the question of how to
live alone. Hotel and boarding house
rates and accommodations are inquired
about with deep interest Down at the
bottom of these troubles is the fact that
free transportation is no more. The
members, indeed, get liberal allowances
is no arrangement for transporting
their families at public expense. They
must have passes or pay. One Con-
gresham with a family of himself,
wife, three "full-fare" and two 'haIf-
fare" children and about 1900 miles
to travel, figured that for transporta-
ton, sleeping cars. etc, it would cost
him $500 to bring his family to Wash
ington and take it home again in
March, saying nothing of extra expense
of living here. $50 I'm a bachelor"
he said, sadly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

The Nobel peace prize of $4,000 for
this year has been awarded to Presi-
dent Roosevelt by the Norwegian stor-
thing, on account of the part taken
by him in bringing about the end of
the war between Russia and Japan.
The presentation of the prize was
made to Minister Pierce at Christiania,
the usual requirement that the recipi-
ent of the prize go personally to the
Norway capital being waived. In ac-
acknowledgement, President Roosevelt
sent a message to the storthing saying
how profoundly touched he was by the
honor conferred, and saying that what
he had accomplished was due to the
fact that he was a representative of
the nation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

Long bridge, crossing the Potomac
to Virginia, over which great armies
marched during the Civil War, will
soon live in memory only. Orders
have been issued for it's destruction.
Work has been commenced to remove
it. All veterans of the Civil War who
campaigned in the East remember the
structure, and it has been one of the
principal objects of interest upon their
visits to the national capital. The
bridge was a mile long, and was sew
eral times badly damaged by freshets.
For years it has been an obstruction to
navigation, and in it's weakened condi-
tion was a menace to life. The rail-
roads using the bridge by act of Con-
gress were compelled to construct a
modern bridge, and the government
has. near the site of the old structure,
and not FIR from the new railroad
bridge, built highway bridge Long
bridge was the theater of historic cpl
sodes early in the last century, but is
most widely known to recent genera
tions as the pathway of the routed
Union forces fleeing into the national
capital from Virginia after the first
battle of Bull Run.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

Advertise in this paper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06

some are choerless but all are stiff.
And the list OF injured from sudden
contacts with the balls IL considerable,
the pitchers making eleven "hlts" to
the batters ten. Those who were
struck by pitched balls were: Burt
Mapes, twice; Lyle Nicola, once: j. S.
Mathewson, once; VIII Powers, once
Arthur Ha2cn, once; Jack larlSins,
once; w. Il. Logan, once: A. II. Win.
der, twice; IL. II. Kaufman, once
But W. j. Stadelman. who dared to
umpire an amateur ball game. is still
alive and unscratchcd due to the for.
tunato fact that at no time during the
game were more than half the players
trying to mob him. stock in the Nor.
folk long distance telephone company
fell off thirty points as the game prog.
ressed. Now" said Beels, "Just look
at the hideous sight of those fellows
beehng and | not mentioning or hint.
ing at that outrage that robbed me OF
that man on second when he was out
to everything but the umplres nefa.
rious decision"
Winder and Nicola pitched swift
balls and the wire back.stop was Civ.
en- the catching honors OF the after.
noon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06

into the draws searching out the
beeves. Around temporary camp for
the day all animals bearing their
ranch's brand, found within radius
Of say ten miles will he rounded up
into a herd. This herd, constantly
growing until the whole range has
been covered. Is watched at all hours
of the day and night by a rider who
circles round and round to prevent
escapes. At night the cowboys take
turn about in encircling the herd, the
riding tricks being two hours long.
Animals found wearing brands of
other ranches within hundred miles
or so are headed toward their own
herds or are herded incidentally by
neighbor cowboy squads until the own
er's ranch is reached. This Is a mat
ter of accommodation common among
all plainsmen and all ranchmen.
1t is with hot irons that live stock
are branded. There will be perhaps
half dozen big" ranchmen over a
tract of several million acres of range
land. Each has his distinctive brand.
The animal to be branded is lassoed
and driven into small pen. The bars
are closed up tightly on all sides so
that there Is no room In which to move
about. This pen is called 1.-The
squeeze" Thus pinioned within the
stockade, hot iron is pressed against
the animals flank and the desired
marks scared into the flesh for all
time to come. For some days the
branded beast Is feverish, with high
temperature, but the illness does not
last long. Acids have been hunted the
world over to produce this permanent
scar in the flesh but up until now no
method save the hot iron has been
discovered which will produce mark
that time can not obliterate.
Indians Enjoy Branding
The young Indians, inheriting just
enough cruelty to enjoy the suffering
of dumb brutes, take to the branding
process like ducks to water and here,
for one place, they will work. Begin
ming at in the morning, they will
work like fighters on man-of-war far
into the afternoon, stamping the cattle
at the rate of seventy or eighty an
hour.
But this frontier ranch life is pass
| ing away. The big ranch of thousands
of acres is making way before the in
coming settlers and the vast and al
most limitless plains are being sliced
up into smaller and smaller ranches.
ut will only be five years before we
ranchmen will be driven away" said
Jack Whipple to a News man who,
with Sam Reynolds and A. II. Kiesau
recently made 200-mile drive over
the Rosebud. Inevitably this country
is going to be farmed."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
GROSS CROWD At PIERCE
THE ATTENDANCE FOR FRIDAY
REACHED 5000.
PERFECT WEATHER HAS COME

PlalnvleW Won the Ball Game over
Creighton, Nine to FIve-klng Wood
ford Pierce Horse, Succeeded In
Cleaning up the 2:27 Trot.
Pierce, Nob., Aug. 31.-Speclal to
The News: The Norfolk News man
who wished for better luck for Pierce
for yesterday and today got his Wish
and again demonstrated the value of
The News, Yesterday and today were
perfect, the track was fast and attend.
ance 5000
Race results yesterday were:
2:2O trot or pace-Edith f, first;
Miss Gund second; Storm Cloud third.
Best line 2:25.
2:27 trot-King Woodford first, Lady
V second, White Wings third. Best
time 2:31 II.
2;25 trot or pace-Van S first, Shady
O'Neill second, Billy Onward third
Harry Pattcn fourth. Best time 2:27
Ball game-Plainview Q, Creighton g.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
Spencer School Starts.

Spencer, Neb., Sept. Especial to
The News; The Spencer public
schools opened here yesterday with
the following corps Of teachers: Su.
perintendent, Rachel Fairchild; high
school principal, Bernice Van Gordon
assistant principal, Jennie Richie
grammar, Marguerite Dixon; inferno.
date, Mary Dennis; first primary
Katherin Linton. The outlook for a
very successful school year could not
be brighter. With the addition of the
normal training provided for by the
new law, and the ample equipment be,
ing installed into the magnificent new
$4,000 school building, Spencer will
offer exceptional advantages.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
He SAW HIGGINS HANGED
FRANK CUMMiNS, A NORFOLK
DRUMMER, WITNESS.
FOLLOWED MOB IN coRNFlELp
A Passenger on the Train That Car
ried Higgins to His Doom, cummins
Got Of the Rear End and Followed
to the Grewsome Scene.

RED Higgins to His Doom, Cummins
Got Of the Rear End and Followed
to the Grewsome Scene.
Frank Cummins, Norfolk CONNER
cial traveller, saw Loris II. Higgins
hanged from the Logan creek bridge
near Bancroft last Monday.
Mr.. Cummins was on the train that
carried Higgins to his doom. When
the mob dragged Higgins off the train,
with a rope about his neck, the pas
sengers were commanded to stand
back But after the mob had gone, and
before the train started, Cummins got
off the rear end of the train and made
for a cornfield. Cutting across the
cornfields, he walked to within fifty
feet Of the bridge and concealed by
the tall cornstalks, stood close by when
the double murderer swung through
space to his moose death.
Saw Higgins Drop, Rope Jerk.
Mr.. Cummins saw the mob drag the
doomed murderer from a dray, his
feet shackled and rope around his
neck. The end Of the rope was tied
to the tallest beam of the bridge and
Higgins was swung off.
His frame dropped seven or eight
feet. Then he came to the end of the
rope, there was a sudden jerk, and the
man was dead.
A dozen shots were fired at the body
after that.
After witnessing the grewsome spec
tacle, Cummins walked back to town.
while / don't believe in mob law"
said Mr. Cummins, that fellow got
what he deserved. | thought I'd see
that fellow hanged"
The serious condition Of the Couple
girl, whom Higgins mistreated, added
to the bitter feeling at Bancroft.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06

Summary Of the game: Struck out
by Nicola II, by Winder IA; passed
balls, by Nicola 8, by Winder 8; hit
by pitched ball, by Nicola 5, by Windel
g. earned runs, White Sox 2; two-base
hits, Ware, Beels; stolen bases, Mic
ola, Doing, Winder; double plays
Mapes to Doing to Anderson, Windel
to Beels. Umpire, w. ]. Stadelman
Score keeper, Sam Erskine.
The score:
Mapes' own. ....1 0 0 0 0 3 0 o.
White Sox......2 2 0 0 1 0 3x-s
Story of the Game.
Headed by the Norfolk band, fol
lowed by AL Johnson, official mascot
and hoodoo, by w. ]. Stadelman, Off.
cial umpire, by the lawyers ct al. In
blue overalls and black and lavender
stockings, and by the trade boosters
in white stockings, the afternoon was
opened by a formal parade up and
down Norfolk avenue. At the diamond
the players posed for photograph.
Captain Mapes, first to the bat, was
chopped down. Nicola was more for
tunate. Hit by the pitcher, he saw
first and made home on wild throw
over third. The first score was regis.
tered amid applause. pills" Ware
smashed out a double and his score
was put down along with Tombstone
Larkins' run for the traders.
1t was in the second that Nicola
turned a handspring to spoil hit for
Hoffman. And it was in the third in
ming that Winder smashed Nicola s
bat with the ball, the bat whirling
from Nicolas hands.
In the third after Burt Mapes had
tried to carry an appeal from the UNI
pire's decision, Beels scored Burton on
a two-bagger and trotted in himself on
an error.
There were two brilliant flashes in
the fourth, once when Hazen and Led
erer both held second base and again
when they joined company on third
with disastrous results.
Professional spirits revived in the
sixth when the White Sox were block.
ed by pretty double play from
Mapes to Doling on first and to An.
derson on home, the play catching
Edison" Sturgeon making for first
and killing Logan on home. And then
when the next inning came in the law.
yer tide rolled upward. Hazen, Mapes
and Doing scored and though Hall
fell over in a sensational catch that
blocked the march, the score was tied
and sealed with cheers. Doling made
a fast slide home which Powers tried
to duplicate but struck the ground far
from the haven and was stranded in
the open field.
But the trade promoters needed the
money and they nailed the coin in the
eighth, Logan, Winder and Kaufman
sailing into home ports.
And so 1t was great game. And
along the avenue some are smiling and
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
TOO HOT FOR POLITICS.
United States Senator Dolllver of Iowa
Had Lunch in Norfolk,


Had Lunch in Norfolk.
"It's too hot for politics." said Unit.
ed States Senator ]. P. Dolliver of
Iowa, stopping in Norfolk for lunch
Saturday noon. Now you know l
wouldn't want people to believe that !
was thinking and, worse yet, talking
politics this hot weather. The public
has done nothing to deserve it."
But the Iowa statesman, who had
just returned from Friday evening
lecture before the Knox county teach.
ers' institute, was willing to talk insti-
tute and to praise the rather unique
institute that County Superintendent
F. c. Marshall held during the week.
81 had pleasant visit to Niobrara
and back" said the Iowa senator, "for
was accompanied by my Norfolk
friend, John R. Hays. Mr.. Hays in adj
dition to being one of the best men in
the world is an old Iowa neighbor of
mine and the opportunity of my north
Nebraska visit gave me another chance
to meet Mr.. Hays.
"The teachers institute at Niobrara
was carried out on an unusual scale.
There were about 1853 teachers regis
tered and the attendance of others than
teachers was large. In fact we all
voted Mr.. Marshall to be the best coun-
ty superintendent in the west"
In addition to Senator Dolliver A.
l.. Bixby, poet-philosopher of the Lin
coin State Journal appeared on the
institute program, which combined
chautauqua and institute features.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
TRADE PROMOTERS WON
$45 GOES INTO THEIR TREASURY
AS RESULT.
1T WAS DRAMATIC BALL GAME

Eleven Men Were Hit by Pitched Balls.
Hazen and Lederer Tried to Occupy
the Same Base--Nicola Made a Cir
Gus Hand Spring.
It's forty-five dollars into the treas
ury of the Norfolk Trade Promoters
association. It's that much of good
ringing coin added to the Golfers OF
the association that is to boost for
Norfolk trade, that much added as n
result of Fridays big amateur ball
game at the driving park. It's a glo-
rious victory shaped along the line
of the hopes of the trade boosters and
the fears of the lawyer, real estate
and insurance combination. 1t was an
eight to five victory.
Surgeons White Sox gathered up
the game in the third inning, lost their
safe haven in the eighth. 1t was n
game with dramatic features for en-
thusiasm. In the seventh Mapes'
"Own" tied the score, in the eighth
the trade men pinned their mortgage
on the gate receipts.
And there were dramatic plays a
plenty. Hazen and Lederer hugging
the same base in one wild moment of
perplexity, viii Hall carried to the
ground by a sensational catch that
cinched the cash" circus hand
spring by Nicola for fancy pickup of
fast grounder. 1t was wild, deli
rious sort of a game, joyous, happy
sort of game where earned runs
went to the bad and men scored on
three strikes, game where every
man was a hero save the umpire, who
alone risked his life for the good cause
which might be either the library or
the trade promoters association treas
ury.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
MAKES BIG DEPOSITS IN NORTH
NEBRASKA BANKS.
GAVE SEVERAL STRANGE NAMES
Beginning at Tilden, This Queer lndi-
vidual Worked West Through Ne
IIsh, Clearwater, Ewing and o'NeiII,
Making $1,000 Deposits for a Year.

lish, Clearwater, Ewing and o'Neill,
Making $1,000 Deposits for Year.
Neigh, Neb., Sept. Especial to
The News: For the past week or two
the banks in this section of the state
have had novel experience with a
quiet appearing stranger.
He would present himself at bank,
stating that he desired to make a de-
post. and counting out $1,000 take a
certificate Of deposit for the amount,
making it payable one year from date.
1t is known that he commenced OPP
erations as far east as Tilden, and
presumably other points. He favored
all the banks he visited with like
amounts, and the same is true Of the
Atlas and Neigh National Of this city,
Guiding Clearwater, Ewing and O'Neill.
How much farther his trip extended
is unknown.
At Ewing he made his deposit with
two $500 bills, while at the other towns
the money was invariably in bills of
800 denomination, and perfectly new.
What seems to be the most peculiar
feature of the transaction was at the
various banks the stranger gave differ
ent names.
After completing his business he
would depart without making any
statement whatever about himself, and
giving no clew to his real identity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
Left Town.

Verdigre, Neb,, Sept. Especial to
The News: Mrs. Frank Bicek left
home Sunday night and has not re-
turned. 1t is said that she left note
and also that she took her own val
uables and papers with her. Mrs. BIZ
eek conducted a millinery store here,
The family has always stood well in
the community.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
Spencer Ready For Fair.

Spencer. Neb, Sept. Especial to
The News: The fair to be held here
next week promises to be a success.
The entry of stock is very large.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-06
BAN HAS YELLOW FEVER
KcoNDUcToRc oNTRAcTs
THE DISEASE.
is SICK IN THE CANAL ZONE
Conductor Balm, Who Left the North
western Here to Work on the Gov
eminent Railroad nj Panama, Has
Been Transferred to Island for Care.

Junction friends regret to hear that
Conductor Balm, who left here for Pan
ANA, is suffering quite seriously with
yellow fever in the canal zone. He
has been removed to some island in
the hopes of recovering his health.
The news has been received by Mrs.
Balm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

about the matter had not there been a nail
in the weapon of offense, which left its
marks, and about which he made inquiries.
Sade it seemed, had also received from
X. O'Neill similar instructions to those re
corded above on the matter of rubber es-
tates and with his usual indecison would
determine one day to set off personally
into the bush and the next day to do the
necessary bargaining by correspondence.
Finally he wrote to Carter querulous
letter saying that as he got no help from
anybody in deciding on such an important
subject he was just going to stay on at
Smooth river and twddle his thumbs, and
so Carter was not in the least surprised 10
hear from Laura within the next twenty
hours that her father, with hammock train
and escort, had that day set off for pro-
longed expedition into the bush.
His last Instructions wrote Laura,
were that l was not to be in the least
nervous; he was going to avoid the Okky
country: and. anyway, he was an Old coast
err and knew most thoroughly how to take
care of himself. And so, nervous l refuse
to feel. But, oh. | am so lonely here with
no one whittier than Mr.. and Mrs. da silva
to talk to. | somehow quite share your IN
stinctive dislike to West Coast Portuguese
Within ten minutes after reading that
letter Carter was out under braZen glare
of heat marching along the sand where
1t was wet and hard and nearing the
struggle of palms which marked the banks
of Smooth river at the rate OF four soou
miles to the hour When a white man
walks at that speed through West Africa
midday heat it is only because some ques-
ton of life or death hangs upon the speed,
though in this case Carter tod hlmselI
that love was the same as life. He pinned
his eyes on the Smooth river palms which
the refraction made TO dance up and down
most coauettishly, and repeated this over
and over again, because another voice with
in him persisted in sneering something
about two very lonely people with noth!ng
to do, who We're not in love at all, but
merely bored with idleness and their own
society; and finally he got quite angry
over the matter. He stuck out his great
logged chin and presently cursed aloud
He shook his fist at the splendor OF the
tronicaI sun. Il do love the girl he de-
clared and 1 will marry her in spite of
my father, and X, and every one, II she
will have me- Curse it. Why should l
hesitate when I love her? This internal
climate is making me as slack and unde-
cided as even poor old Slade.'
So with the surf booming ceaselessly In
his ears and the smoke driving over
him and making his white drill coilar camp
and sticky he marched resolutely on TO
meet Fate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
KATE MEREDITH, FINANCIER.
By C. J. CU1LFFE HYNE.
Copyright by
By c. J. CUTLIFFE HYNE.
Copyright, 1906, by c. ]. Cutllne Hyne.)

split the old brute's iniouitous skull when
| had the chance. / say, do you mind my
commenting on those flowers you've got on
the table? 1 haven't seen cut flower
since l left England"
He turned to his host You do the thing
rather palatially here Mr.. Slade Board
bamboo walls at Malla-Nulla that let in
the dust and the mosquitoes ana the
Krooboys' stares just as they occur Ii
felt rather like living in bird cage I'LL one
got used to it,
The walls are Laura's doing. You know
she was at school in a convent In Las
Pamas and came home with all sorts OF
extravagant notions. Why, she actually
insisted on a tablecloth for meals, and nap
kins. I'll trouble you, napkins! And yet
they still call us palm oil ruffians in Liver
pool, and firmly believe that we live on
orange colored palm Oil chop, Whlch we
pick out of calabashes with our fingers. l
sent X. ONeill a photograph of this room
by the last mail. with the table laid Tor
chop, and flowers as you see in a china
bowl, in the hope hed be impressed by IL,
and raise my screw
He's quite likely to do it, too said
Carter 'if l understand Mr.. X. right. He's
always insisting in his letters to Malta
Nulla that if we make ourselves comfort
able, and adapt ourselves to the climate,
we shall be able to do more and better
work BY the way, do you know Mr.. X.
ONefl at all? At Malla-Nulla we only
know him on paper.
Godfrey, his predecessor Of course knew
well enough. But this new chap l only
know from his letters, and they're deal
too rousng for my easygoing tastes All,
here's the boy with a tray of chop for you.
Observe the parsley; that's Lauras latest
triumph in coast gardening. Boy, Mr..
Carter will sleep in the spare bed in my
room. See that there are no live things
inside the mosquito bar
Il thank you" said Carter firmly, but
am going to do as l said"
He wants to go back to Malla-Nulla,
Slade explained to his daughter, land l
tell him 1t is suicide to think of such
thing. Here, you have go at him, Laura.
Slade always put off onto some one else
anything which he found hard to do him
self.
But Laura Slade read n certain logged
ness in Carriers face that told her what
to say. She did not join in imploring him
to stay at Smooth river when he had so
obviously determined to go. But instead
her mind flew to some scheme that might
make his passage less desperately risky.
Il am sure father could spare you some
men. With an escort you might get
through. l wish you were not so pucky.
Carter laughed. "Oh, 1 am frightened
hard enough but l should be still more
frightened at what l should think of my
self if anything happened to Mr.. Smith
which 1 could have prevented if I'd been
there It's very kind of you to offer an
escort. and I'd thought of that before; but
I'm sure l shall be able to move quicker