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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-13

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Der bin when he made his willg"
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thing = Browuing's Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-13
NOTICE.

We make and sell Sugar Pals and Syrup
Cans ana do all kinds OF Eaves Trough Work
and Tin Roofing, also Plumbing and Heating.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-13

CARPENTER q WHITNEY,
Durkee Place, Telephone s7-2
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-13

]. R. OSBORNE, East Barre, Vt
successor to r. J. Woodward.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-13
WOOD

The place 60 buy Wood. A large stock
Of all kiea- t these prices:
Block Wood, per cord $500
Limb Weed, per load ........... 2.z5
Chair Wood, per load ........... 2.50
set Wood Slabs ............... ITS
Furnace and Shed Wood.
am prepared to do all kinds Of NOV
ing and jobbirg at reasonable rates.
Coarse and fine Sand for sale in any
quantity. Coarse Sand for cementing
at my sandbans, Farwell street.
Z. ]. BOLSTER,
Telephone 405-2,
38S North Main Street. Garre, Vermont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-13
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Cut flowers at Youngson's. Tel. 3l7-0.
Any framed or unframed picture in
he store at the wholesale price. H. P.
baldwin
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
Taft Then, Sure.

Chicago, Feb. IL. THE Chicago
convention will nominate Secretary
Taft. President Roosevelt will see to
that if he has to come out here and
make a speech from the floor of the
convention hall"
This prediction was voiced today by
Secretary Urey Woodson of the demo-
cratic committee, who, with Chairman
Taggart, is here for a conference with
Roger Sullivan on the plans for their
party convention in Denver on July Z.
Mr.. Woodson is the national commit
teeman from Kentucky.
Mr.. Woodson said: Last June or
July it seemed certain that republicans
of my state would line up solid for
Fairbanks. Effort to create a Taft
movement looked like frost. Now
everything has changed, and it is evil
dent that the Taft men are going to
carry the state. Fairbanks does not
seem to have any show at all down
there"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14

seycnty.fye cars coming from the Mo
brara river at Marshland, but even this
supply will leave the company short.
The Burlington Is not alone short
of ice. IL IS said that other railroads,
with the possible exception Of the
Northwestern, which began an early
harvest IN the vicinity Of Valentine,
will be short
Much Of the Union Pacihc's ice sup
ply was taken from the Laramie river
in Wyoming, and this has been
shipped TO Nebraska storage points.
Some Of the Laramie ice is Of excel
lent quality
1t is still possible to get ice In the
far northwest, and the shortage in the
supply probably will be made up from
this source, notwithstanding a four
hundred mile haul is involved.
The warm weather and recent rains
have cut short the harvest and have
flooded the ice fields with from a few
inches TO two feet OF water.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
DEATH OF WILLIAM G. REELs.
One of the Early Settlers Of Norfolk
Passed Away at Noon.

William G. Beels, one of the pioneer
citizens of Norfolk, died at - o'clock
Wednesday noon at his home at 430
South Fifth street, death coming at
the advanced age of seventy-seven
years, due to old age.
Mr.. Beels was one of the earliest
settlers Of Norfolk now living, having
come to this city thirty-four years
ago. He arrived in Norfolk in March
of 1874, the family following in June
of the same year. He engaged princi-
pally in farming and stock raising. He
retired from active business in 1894.
Mr.. Beels had been a Methodist min
lister in his earlier years and was one
of the pioneer Methodists of this vi
cinity
The funeral arrangements will be
announced Thursday
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
is AFTER CRANE.
Roosevelt Will Entertain Massachu-
sets Senator Feb. 10.

Washington, Feb IA little din
ner at the white house on Feb. 10, at
which President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will be the hosts and Senator and Mrs
Crane the guests may be far reaching
in its effect on the contest for the
presidential nomination. SenatoG Crane
is the field marshal of the anti-Taft
forces, and it is said that the president
has invited him to the white house for
the purpose of talking over the situa-
ton with him.
Senator Crane, it will be remem-
bered, was originally for Secretary
Taft. He was one of the first leaders
to take up the fight for the war min
lister and for time it looked as if the
senator would manage Mr.. Tafts cam
paign. His relations with the presi-
dent and Secretary Taft were of the
closest nature in the early part Of the
Taft campaign and he frequently con-
ferred with both of them.
When the reports reached Washing
ton that part of the plan in Ohio to
secure the presidential delegation for
Secretary Taft was the elimination of
Senator Foraker. Senator Crane i'm
Imediately went to Secretary Taft and
advised against such a course. He
went further and insisted that Senator
Foraker should be taken into Taft's
organization with the view of silenc-
ing all opposition in Ohio to the secre-
tary. Senator Crane realized the i'm
Iportance of an early assurance that
Secretary Taft would have a solid del.
egation from his home state and was
anxious to bring about peaceful ar
arrangement with Senator Foraker.
But Senator Cranes advice was dis.
regarded. There have been many YER
sions of this development. in the rela-
tions between Secretary Taft and Sen,
ator Crane. By some 1t Is claimed
that the opposition to peaceful nego
tiations with Senator Foraker came
from the white house. Others say that
it was Secretary Taft, who was op
posed to entering into an agreement
with Senator Foraker. 1t will probably
never be known who was really re
sponsible for the rejection of Senator
Cranes plans, but it is known that al
the close Of the interview between
Secretary Taft and Mr.. Crane the sen
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
Pierce Man Buys Fast Horse.

Pierce Leader: Jas. Askey, living
on the Willow, west of Pierce, last
week purchased fast horse at Omaha,
and the latter part of last week the
animal passed through here to Plain
view where she was unloaded and
taken to her new home. The mares
name is Alsa Hal and she is said to
have a record of 2:14A and was raced
last season at matinees. She is a
PAGER in gait and roam in color. Mr..
Askey is the owner of several colts of
fast breeding and has a trainer to look
after them most Of the time.
We understand that Mr.. Askey is
figuring on racing his new animal next
year, and if he does it is not saying
too much to state that there will be
some hot contests between Miss Hal
and Capt. Mack, Billy Zulauf's horse,
even if no other fast horses do show
up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
FIGHT OVER LIBRARY.
New $4,000 Library at onawa, Iowa,
Causes Town to Divide.

Onawa, Ia, Feb. 12.-Considerable
interest has been stirred in the past
three weeks over the location of the
far it has not approached the bitter
ness exhibited over the location of the
Congregational church few years
ago.
The Northwestern road divides the
town, with about third Of the popula-
imaginary line that has caused trouble
in the past. After the removal of the
Congregational church location and
the building of the new edifice on the
west side, Addison oliver purchased
the old building and converted it into
public library building, endowing II
with $4,000.
Recently the library board took up
the matter with Carnegie with the re-
suit that he has consented to give $10
600 for new building. Not to be out
done Addison Oliver doubled the Offer
and made a donation of $4,000. 1t is
now up to the local library board tC
select new location, as the old one
| is too far removed from the center OF
the town and it is this that is giving
its members some trouble and the
"eastsiders" considerable worry.
C. H. and B. d. Holbrook offered tc
donate a new site for the building or
Iowa avenue, southwest of the court
house, with the condition that $500 be
donated to the library fund. On the
other hand some of those who live or
the west side have been active, and 4
is said that consent has now been OBJ
tanned for the location of the new
building on the west side, providing {
site will be donated.
| The proposed west side location /!
on the Wight lots, on Iowa avenue, tive
blocks west of the railroad, and it Il
believed that an effort will be made
to secure this location The westsid
ers have been busy trying to raise thu
$500 stipulated, but had not had mucl
success last evening. However, II 4
likely that A. w. Mann, a rich east
slider, who recently built a $4,000 res
ftlence on that side will come forwar,
and donate the stipulated amount, a
his well known generosity will be az
pealed to. The end Of the controvers
is not yet in sight"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
PROHIBITION AT LiNCOlN2
Agitation is Going on--Many Favor
High License.


Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 11.-Special to
The News: Business men, politicians
and preachers are involved in a merci-
less prohibition campaign.
Asserting that Lincoln as student
town and college center should be
dry, the agitators have organized a
civic league and raised a campaign
fund. No municipal election is due
this spring so the league has arranged
to have the proposition submitted at
a special election.
For the first time in the history Of
Lincoln the ministers are laboring
with a number of politicians as their
allies. These men have in the past
been identified with the machine. The
politicians believe that the spread of
the prohibition movement in the south
indicates its popularity and they wish
to be on the winning side.
The brewers and the saloon men
are quietly organizing. So far they
have made no public move. The bust
ness men are divided but large mum
Der favor the saloon system under high
license.
Six years ago the question was sub
mitted and the saloons won by mar
gin of barely ninety voters.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
lENSER NOW ADMITS 1T.
.oncedes That He Forged Four Checks.
Was Not in Court.

The failure of Chris Lenser, charged
with forgery, to appear in the district
court room at Madison this week re-
suited in $500 bond signed by c.
Lenser and Frank Lenser being de
clared forfeited by District Judge
Welch. Young Lenser is still in Nor
folk, however, and will be in Madison
next Monday, when it is thought that
the forfeiture of the bond will be sci
aside.
Young Lenser now admits having
forged the four Garfield Woodbury. pay
checks which came into his possession
when he was baggageman at the juno
ton depot and handled the railroad
mail. Ray Kennard, an eX-brakeman
was with him and passed most of the
checks. Lenser tried to pass at least
one check but failed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
WAS 1T FlATTERY7
Norfolk Said to be Blessed With More
Than Its Share Of Nice People.
Lets paw

Than Its Share OF Nice people.
Il would like to make my home in
Norfolk" said a stranger who had oc-
casion to stop in Norfolk on business
this week, because never saw a
town which apparently had so many
nice people. l mean people who are
pleasant to meet, agreeable sort of
folks to associate with, interesting
and apparently sincere.
That's the way your bankers, mer.
chants and professional men as a
whole impress me and suppose that's
the way they impress most strangers
who have occasion to meet them.
Norfolk must have been favored
beyond ordinary towns of it's size in
the class of people that chance brought
to it for citizens. Now, this isn't fiat
| terry. It's just a little observation.
Think about it yourself. Just run
over list of some Of your prominent
men and see how they size up with
the average leading citizen in the av
erage small city"
And the Norfolk man the stranger
was talking to got to thinking about
it and finally admitted that Norfolh
was pretty good place to live in.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14

ator left the scene in very ugly frame
of mind Since that time he has been
untiring in his opposition to Secretary
Taft.
The dinner to Senator and Mrs.
Crane will take place when the fight
for the presidential nomination has
reached an interesting stage. BY that
time there will have been number
of the most important tests Of strength
between the Taft and anti-Taft forces
Many of the southern states, as well
as northern states, will have selected
delegates, and the political leaders
will then be able to make some sort
of estimate upon the number of dele
gates which the various candidates
will have in the next national cohven-
ton. The way will be open then for
new combinations, and the president
will doubtless indulge in some frank
talk to Senator Crane.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
PAVING IS NEED Of HOUR
sLoP, SPLASH, SPLASH, sLoP-
AND THEN MUD.
BOTTOM GOES OUT OF STREET
Everybody in Norfolk Seems to be
Anxious to Pave Norfolk Avenue, in
View Of the Disagreeable Features
Of Spring Mud.

Stop, slop, slop, splash, slop. More
slop. More splash. Some swearing.
A sudden revival of interest in paving.
Pave Norfolk avenue" do 1t
now, If not now soon, at least right
away and before anything else"
A dozen informal paving clubs were
organized along Norfolk avenue today
as people splashed through the mud
and the bottom of the street began to
go down and down and down.
A Norfolk banker waded across. 81
thought we were going to pave" he
said.
IL believe we forgot we were going
to pave" said a business man looking
down at his shoes.
The spring mud has arrived. BY
this morning Norfolk avenue was TAX
ing its regular spring mud bath. Nor
folk avenue gets muddy always al
| least once year and that muddy
spell stretches over the springtime
bringing the city into disrepute with
its visitors.
Tuesday was near-spring day
Spring always flnocks the bottom
out of Norfolk avenue in about
the same way that presidential mes
sage affects the New York stock mar
| ket.
A sentiment that paving must be
Norfolks first municipal improvement
is in evidence along Norfolk avenue.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
NED PAVING THIS WEEK
MUDDY STREETS WILL MAKE A
POOR IMPRESSION.
ON HUNDREDS OF VISITORS
One Norfolk Man Suggests That Per
haps Norfolk Might Borrow Strip
Of Paving From York or Fremont
for Use This Spring.

at is an unfortunate fact" said
Norfolk man this morning, that con
vention time is spring time and spring
time is the time that Norfolk avenue
is a sloppy sea of mud and water.
Norfolk is the convention city of
north Nebraska. Here we have $50
representative young men of Nebraska
in Norfolk this week. Look at what
we have to show them as our principal
street.
Il tell you we need paving this week
We ought to have it for this conven-
ton. Maybe We could buy a paved
street at York NJ rent a small strip of
paved streets from Fremont.
Look at the conventions that we
will have this spring after the Y. M.
C. A. men are gone: the north state
teachers convention, the state travel
ing mems convention, the third district
republican congressional convention,
besides one or two church gatherings,
dortors, dentists, firemen next winter,
and others.
Lets pave"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
WANT MEDAL FOR LARSON.
3. Of r. T. Suggest Government Mccall
For Northwestern Hero.

Fremont Tribune: Frank Larson of
this city, the plucky young Northwest
ern railroad fireman who saved the
life of little three'year-old boy near
Exeter may be given hero medal by
the United States government. The
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen, OF
which order young Larson is mem
Der, will endeavor to have the young
mans brave act recognized in such
fitting manner. Engineers Gardner.
Fahy and Hemming, who are leading
members of the order, have secured all
the facts in connection with the inter-
esting incident, including pictures OF
Larson and the little child he saved,
and will see that it is taken up in the
proper manner. Mr.. Hemming called
at the court house yesterday to make
inquiries among the officers there as
to the methods that ought to be pur-
sued.
Larson is in Fremont at present.
He is very modest about 1T all, and
does not know what to think about the
attention he has attracted to himself.
He saved the child from under the
wheels of the engine by leaning out
over the pilot and throwing it off the
track. He hung on a chain attached
to the coupling apparatus while he per-
formed the daring feat, escaped with
out a scratch, as did the child. The
train was running at rate of fifteen
miles an hour at the time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
GOING BACK 70 ENGLAND.
BOB" sTAUoHToN WILL RETURN
TO HIS OLD HOME.
HAS FALLEN HEIR TO MONEY
Robert Stauehton, For Many Years a
Bus Driver In Norfolk, and For
Twenty Years Resident OF the
West, Starts Abroad This Spring.

Bus Driver In Norfolk, and For
Twenty Years a Resident Of the
West, Starts Abroad This Spring.
After twenty years in America away
from his old English home Bob Staugh-
ton, the OXnard bus driver who re.
Gently came into a small fortune in
England, Is going back to the English
isle this spring. A father and two Sis
tiers still live in England. The Staugh.
ton home is fifty-siX miles out Of Lon
don.
| Robert Staughton, sr., now prosper
Gus and retired, made comfortable
fortune out of truck gardening, great
industry in the country tributary to
the big city.
An aunt died recently in England
and from her estate few thousand
dollars fall to the Norfolk nephew,
who will now revisit old England.
Bob" Staughton, Bob" to every
traveller in north Nebraska, typical lit
tie Englishman, resident of Norfolk
for twelve of the twenty years in
America and most of the time driver
of the Oxnard bus, is probably known
personally to as many north state peo-
pie as any Nebraska man.
Staughton will retire from the bus
the first of May. During the spring
and summer he will visit England. 1t
may be a visit or he may stay forever.
1t depends on how the old country
looks to a man twenty years in the
west
His home is in st. Neots, Hunting
tonshire, England.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
BURLINGTON SHORT OF ICE.
Much of the Roads Supply Must Come
400 Miles.

Lincoln Journal: The Burlington's
ice harvest has been cut short and
this has happened before the company
got its ice houses filled and before the
three thousand tons usually stored out
side of this place was piled up for late
winter and early spring use. 1t is said
that it will require nearly three thou
sand tons more for the Lincoln di-
vision than what is now in sight
Some of the houses in this city have
not been filled. Ice cutting has been
stopped at Malone's lake, near Lin
coin, at Crystal lake, near Dakota
City, at Crystal lake, near Hastings
and at other places in this territory.
The company has between sixty and
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
Backs Sullivan at O'NeiII.

O'Neill Democrat: The Democrat
has in its possession one thousand
dollars, not in clearing house certifi-
Gates, but in cold clammy cash, ready
to deposit as forfeit and side bet,
that our own Gentleman Jack Sulli-
van" can win the decision in Aground
glove contest with any man on earth
weighing 100 pounds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
B)CRE TRIAL DATE SCI
WILL START AT MADISON MON
DAY, FEB. a.
AT I O'CLOCK IN AFTERNOON
The Trial Of Herman Boehe for Killing
Frank farmer May viii Start at
Madison Week After Next - Civil
Cases Until Then.

Madison, Neb, Feb 11.-Special TO
The News: In the district court this
morning the Boche murder trial was
set for l p. m. Monday, February "a.
Next week will be given over to civil
cases waiting jury trial. The first
case to be called next Monday will be
the case of DR.. p. II. Salter against
the Nebraska Telephone company.
Herman Boche will be tried for the
murder OF Frank farmer before the
district court at Madison this month.
Both sides are ready for trial and II
is announced that the court will not
be asked to continue the case again
but that 1t will be tried when the jury
meets next week.
1t was also announced Tuesday that
the defense would not ask for a change
of venue but would be content with a
Madison county trial
The jury which Is to try Herman
Boche and pass on other jury cases
are to come up at this term of court
will assemble in Madison next Mon
day. District court was opened by
Judge WEIGH at Madison Monday af
ternoon, cases being assigned and pre-
liminary motions acted on. 1t was
said that this preliminary work would
be completed by Tuesday evening
when an adjournment would be taken
until next Monday, Attorneys |. Pow
ers, NJ. c. Hazen and U p. Weatherby
returned from Madison Monday even
ing.
A. ii. Winder of Norfolk was grant
ed divorce Monday afternoon. The
divorce case was not contested, Mr.
Winder volunteering to pay his wife
$4,000 alimony and to contribute s2E
month towards the support of the
younger child. The three older chill
dren are being supported by Mr.. Win
der in a private school at Chicago.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14

placed in city depot Norfolk peo-
pie on the occasion of the recent for
NAL opening Of the depot were sur
priscd at the pleasing appearance OF
the interior of the depot with the at
tractive waiting room with tile floor.
tinted walls and dark finished wood
work.
The station was built at cost or
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
Boy Goes to Kearney.

Madison, Neb, Feb. 12.-Special to
The News: Ellsworth Shippee, the
Norfolk boy who stole the pennies
from the Second Congregational church
and who last week swiped flash light
lantern and revolver from officer VIM.
Livingston at the Junction, will be
taken to the reform school at Kearney.
This is the decree of County Judge
William Bates.
Young Shippee is fourteen years old.
His mother died several years ago and
his life in recent years has been pretty
largely spent on the street.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
Discuss Rates.

Freight rates were discussed by sew
eral members of the Commercial club
in President Durland's Office Tuesday
morning. A quorum was lacking, how
ever, and no further action was taken
on the freight proposition. Some ad-
ditional rate statistics were brought
before the club and discussed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14

The Northwestern's city station has
set a standard which Norfolk people
hope to see approached by the other
railroad depots of the city. This hope
in Norfolk is shared likewise by north
Nebraska travellers who have occasion
to pass through Norfolk and who find
in the uptown station of the North
western as comfortable and as pleas.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
RICHARD earle WAS IN TOWN.
The Spring Chicken" Musical Com.
edy Troupe Passed Through.

THE Spring Chicken" company, a
musical comedy troupe enroute from
Lincoln to Sioux City, stopped in Nor
folk for lunch at the Junction eating
house. The company carried fifty-four
people and had the use of a special
coach and two baggage cars. The IA
nous Richard earle is at the head of
the company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14
"shadY G. Reported Sold.

Neigh Register: 1t is reported that
Mr.. Griffin of Sioux City has sold
Shady G for fancy price TO a gentle
man named Brown, who will take this
fine animal to Europe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14

ant place to pass the minutes be-
tween trains as could be wished.
The Northwestern uptown depot is
not the union depot Norfolk people
once desired Its exterior appearance,
while representing a neat style of
architecture fails to do the station
itself Justice or to represent the money
that the company this fall and winter