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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26

grooms cake was attended with the
merriment usual in such cases. The
Matthews home looked very pretty
and attractive and a color scheme OF
yellow and green was carried out In
the front parlor, through the use of
yellow tulips and potted plants, while
in the back parlor and dining room
pink and green was the color scheme,
carnations, roses and smiaX being
the means by which this effect was
secured. The chandeliers in all the
rooms were thickly entwined with
smilax.
Those who assisted in the wedding
reception were Mr.. and Mrs. J. Thomp-
son Sharpe, Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Nc.
Cue and Mrs Louise Short.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mrs. Mathelde Colean, but since the
age of seven years, has made her
home with her uncle and aunt. Mr..
and Mrs. Matthews. She is young
lady of many charms and graces of
character, who by her winning man
ncr has endeared herself to a wide
circle of friends. She is a graduate
of the Womans college, the Illinois
College of Music, and is a member of
Trinity Episcopal church. She has
been very popular in the younger So
cial circles and was the recipient of
a number of ante-nuptial functions, an
evidence of the esteem in which she
was held.
The groom is the manager of the
Jacksonville Packing company and
has been a resident of Jacksonville
for the past three years. He was
formerly with Swift & Co., of Chicago,
and is a young man of fine business
ability and sterling worth, He is ag-
gressiye and has been one of the aC-
tive members of the Jacksonville
Business Mems association, serving
as chairman of the promotion commit
tee. He is a member of the Elks and
Knights of Pythias, and has formed
many warm personal friendships since
his residence in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powers departed last
evening over the Wabash for the
south and their wedding journey will
take them to Cuba. Upon their re-
turn, which will be about the first of
March, they will be at home to their
friends at the Matthews homestead,
where they will reside for the pres
ent.
Those present at the wedding from
out of the city were Mrs. Mary Both
well of Jerseyville, grandmother of
the bride; Miss Juliet Boutwell, of Jer-
seyville, aunt of the bride; Miss Mar
garie Macarthur of st. Louis; Mrs.
Jean Whitney of Omaha, NeD.; and
Mr. George A. Boutwell, of Des
Moines, Ia.
The groom, Isaac Powers, jr., is a
son of Judge and Mrs I. Powers of
Norfolk and lived in Norfolk during
his boyhood days. He has a great
many warm friends in Norfolk who
have followed his successful career
with interest and who will unite in
good wishes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
Holt County Jail Burns.

ONeill Frontiers The Holt county
jail burned to the ground early Thurs.
day morning, only the iron cages re.
naming to tell where the building
stood. There were three prisoners in
the Jail but all escaped unhurt
The origin of the fire is at present
a mystery. The prisoners claim it
west corner of the building. The
prisoners are Charles Wood, who be-
came involved in shooting affair
with his brother down in Swan town
ship, and A. Il. TwiChell and Wheeler
Hunt, who are held here pending
a hearing on a charge of disposing OF
mortgaged property. The prisoners
were examined each separately this
morning by the county attorney and
their stories about the fire conflict
somewhat as to details. One of them
claim that they retired early i'm the
corridor outside the cages. The others
say it was about II o'clock when they
retired Twichell says he awoke
ABOUT l o'clock and smelled fire. He
says he broke an opening through the
wall on the west and was the first one
out, while Wood claims also to have
got out first, They all say the fire
did not catch from the stove or chin
ney as there was no fire in the stove
when they went to bed.
The prisoners made no attempt to
escape but gave the alarm and despite
the early hour a large crowd turned
out. The fire company could do little
or nothing to put out the fire because
of a shortage of hose
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
Busy Making Councilman.

G. w. Schwenk, Republican council
man from the First ward, has fatty
refused to consider a denomination.
This has thrown the field entirely open.
AS result of the political figuring
which had followed, sentiment in the
First ward seems to incline to w II.
Brakeman for the Republican nomina-
tiOn and w. J. Stadelman for the
Democratic nomination.
In the Second ward f, B, Kaufman
the retiring councilman, is Demo-
crat who has sometimes been men
toned in connection with the head of
the ticket. j, Bailentyne, Dr. r, c..
Simmons, F. X. Fulton, J. b. May
lard, e. z. Coleman and S. d. Robert
son have been mentioned as possibly
available for the place.
Councilman julius Degner viii prob
ably be renominatcd by Third ward
Democrats. E, l.. Loucks is the man
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
Railroad News.

Lincoln Journal: superintendent
Bigncl, who spent week In north
Nebraska trying to open the O'NciIl
line Of the Burlington after II had been
closed by snow drifts, says the people
in this part of the state have no con-
Coption as TO the extent Of the storm
along that line Cornllelds were really
little protection. The snow was
blown through the fields and into the
railroad cuts, and along with the snow
came a great deal of dirt. In some
places the rotary pillow bored a hole
through drifts higher than the pillow
itself, and these drifts were packed.
the dirt aiding in making "A more diff
iiCult compound to move. To make
it worse a warm day followed the
worst and first storm and packed the
snow hard. In some places it was al
most as difficult to move as ice. The
line is open, however and heavy
business is being done.
Railroad companies ought to make
a rule forbidding ticket agents to take
personal checks in exchange for tick
'''' VI - 'lSiN, says At IdlllOuu man
"The business man who rushes up to
the ticket window just before train
time may not be known by the young
man who passes out the cardboards
through the window, and If he is not
his paper is liable to be sCrutinized
and questions asked. Ticket men are
especial targets of bad check venders
who get away on the train and are
never heard of again"
Employees of the Pennsylvania who
have been in the service of the com
pany for twenty-one years or longer
as shopmen, trackmen and yardmen
will ask that they be granted annual
passes, as are the locomotive engin-
eers, firemen and others.
Frank Frick, former Northwestern
agent at Humphrey, has been made
Joint Northwestern and Santa Fe
agent at Superior.
The riprapping which the Northwes-
tern railroad has been doing on the
Missouri river south of the Omaha
bridge has practically been completed.
The mat will rest on the ice until IT,
melts in the spring, and then the rock
ballast will cause the mat to- sink
against the bank, to which it is an
ChOred
ONeill Frontier: Bill Renner, a
popular Burlington engineer, had the
misfortune to break a rib Wednesday
OF last week, In putting a grain door
on to his tender he slipped between
the depot platform and engine the
grain door in the meantime getting a
rib. 1t will necessitate him laying up
few days for repairs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26

A copy of the contract for Il bonus
in aid of the building of the Iankton.
Norfolk and Southern railroad now be.
ing circulated i'm Yankton, has been
secured by The News from that city.
The contract is important in that it
provides that the payment of the
bonus shall not be made unless the
road is operating trains between Nauk-
ton and Norfolk ON or before July |,
1910.
The bonus contract, which is being
used at Yankton, is as follows
In consideration of the building and
oquippmg by the Yankton Norfolk and
Southern Railway company, It's success
sOrs or assigns, on or before July |,
1870 of a standard guage steam rail
road running in a southerly direction
from Yankton, in the state of South
Dakota, to Norfolk, Madis on county in
the state of Nebraska, including the
construction, erection and completion
of modern steel combination rail
road, wagon and foot passenger bridge
over the Missouri river near said city
of Ganiton. ........, the undersigned,
promises to pay to the said IanlUOn,
Norfolk and Southern Railway com
pany, its successors or assigns, the
sum or .....,......,,..... .....S.........
The building and cquipping of said
railroad and said bridge, so as to have
trains of cars running thereon on or
before July /, 1910, is hereby made
condition precedent to the payment Of
said sum of money and the time of the
completion of said railroad as herein
fixed is hereby made of the essence of
this contract, and if said railroad and
bridge is not completed within said
time as herein specified then this con-
tract is null and void
The payment herein specified is to
be made to the Yankton, Norfolk and
Southern Railway company, its sue
cessors or assigns, upon the COM
menCement of the operation of trains
of cars between Yankton, South Da-
kota, and Norfolk, Nebraska, provided
such operation takes place on or be-
fore July 1, 1910.
The payment herein specified is CON
ditioned upon the said railway COM
pany, its successors or assigns, build
ing round houses, repair shops and
depots in the city of Yankton, to cost
not less than $4,000.
1t is further agreed that this con-
tract shall be deposited in escro in the
................bank, in the city of Yankton,
to be by it held until the provisions of
this contract have been complied with
by said railway company, its success
sors or assigns, at which time it is
authorized and directed to turn the
same over to the said railway com
pany, its successors or assigns; but if
said contract has not been complied
with, said contract shall become null
and void and be returned by said bank
to the signer of the said contract.
1t is further stipulated that if the
Yankton, Norfolk and Southern Rail
way company establish and maintain
a railway station at which trains stop
between Yankton, South Dakota, and
Aten, Nebraska, this contract becomes
null and void.
Dated at Yankton, South Dakota.
E,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
CUNNING FOR FRANK KEENAN,.
Actor Who Made Hit in Norfolk, May
Have to Fight Duel.

Frank Keenan,. the actor who so
captivatcd Norfolk some years ago in
"A Poor Relation" may have to fight
duel, according to Chicago papers
This is the story told by the Chicago
examiner:
"An outraged Warren of Virginia is
supposed to be lying in wait here
for Frank keenan,, whom David Be
lasco is starring in the play called
The Warrens or Virginia.
John Marmaduke Warren of Apo
mattOX court house is the outraged
one and he insists that Mr.. Keenan,, in
his protrayai of General Buck Warren
in the play, is caricaturing his es.
teemed uncle, Brigadier General John
Rollins Warren of Stonewall JaCkSon's
corps. He first sent letter of pro
test to the actor at Washington, and,
receiving no reply, came on to Chicago.
Mr.. Keenan, heard from him next,
while the company was in Omaha. The
letter was written on Congress hotel
stationery.
1T fairly bristlcs with wounded dig
nifty although entirely deCorous and
Conspicuously gcnteel throughout. Mr..
Warren politely offers to help Mr..
Keenan, rewrite the play in a form
that would not be Objectionable to the
real Warrens, and concludes with this
ominouS paragraph:
'I am sending this letter to Omaha,
where | understand you are now ap-
pearing, so that before your arrival
in Chicago you will have sufficient
time to correct your performance. If,
after this, my communications remain
ignored, | shall be forced to believe
that your action is meant as a per-
sonal affrOnt to me, and though | am
averse to being connected with any
thing in the least unconventional,
shall consider it my duty upon your
arrival in Chicago to call upon you
and demand satisfaction.
"Mr. Keenan, sent the letter to
Percy Heath the cOmpany's manager,
at the GarriCk theater yesterday with
the request that Mr.. Heath immediate
ly seek out the offended Warren and
make an appointment with him.
"'Will you please call on him at his
hotel and make an engagement with
him for me-? the actor writes. Ask
him to come to the Garrick Monday
night, and if he seems bloodthirsty,
tell him | am the champion broad
sword player of the country and that
have horrible temper. Say ii is as
much as a rlan's life is worth to of
fend me. That, | am sure, will put
him in a good humor, so that our meet
ing will be mutually enjoyable.
"'Of course, if he refuses to lower
his war flag, bring hfm around any
way, and we viii try means other than
gentle to make him see the advantages
az
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26

promises and fulfilled all our desires.
we will treat them generously They
do not demand 1t as right but ask
II as equitable and just. declaring
that, whether local bonus Is forth.
coming or not, the enterprise is going
to be put through on its own merits
purely as business Investment II
is to be hoped that no citizen will fail
to make a generous response to the
new company, showing 1t that Yauk.
ton Is heartily in support of its en-
tcrprisc 1t will cost nobody cent
If the railroad and bridge are not
built, II will mean many dollars to
everybody when they are This Is
not time for small suspicious or cal.
culating hcsitanCy; il is time for
all laukton to pull together and the
opportunity for proving that II can and
will pull together will be given at the
adjourned meeting at the new theatcr,
when Mr. Yuillc will again meet with
the citizens of Nankton to learn
whether we are really willing to give
anything moro than words for a rail
road which will open to us the mar
kets of the south and eventually put
us in connection with the steamships
that ply the waters of the gulf and
which will in IA few years be able to
carry our products and those of all
the territory between, out through the
Panama canal to every quarter of the
Orient.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
HymeniaI,

Jacksonville Qll) Daily Journal:
There was a home wedding of ele-
gance and beauty at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Matthews,
of 215 Webster avenue, Tuesday
evening, when their niece, Miss Hell
en- Louise Colean became the bride
of Mr.. Isaac Sherwood Powers The
ceremony was said at 7 O'clock, and
the officiating clergyman was Rev.
Herbert Mitchell OF Trinity parish,
who in an eloquent and impressive
manner, spoke the words of the
beautiful Episcopal marriage service.
The VOWS were spoken in the parlor
before a lovely bank of evergreen,
palms, and mantel bouquets of yel-
low tulips. the entrance of the bridal
party being from the back parlor
To the strains of "To a Wild Rose"
| by Mcdowell, played by Prof. Frank
| lin l.. Stead the entrance was made
and first came the ribbon bearers,
| Miss Margarie Macarthur of St. Louis,
| cousin of the bride, and Miss Eme-
| line Brown of this city. The groom
/ anu HIS DcSl man, MI. JOStpu MI
Kinney of Chicago, followed and then
came the maid of honor, Miss Lucille
| Andrews. The bride entered unat-
tended. Her gown was a handsome
creation of white directore satin
made empire, with yoke and sleeves
of hand embroidered net and self
trimmed She carried a bouquet Of
lilies of the valley and orchids and
her only ieweled adornment was a
necklace of canoes and pearls, the
gift of the groom. The maid of hon,
or was beautifully gowned in yellow
directoire satin, hand embroidered
made empire and en- train. She car
ried a bouquet of frasier and wore a
necklace, gold chain and topaz drop
the gift of the bride, The ribbon
bearers wore white direCtoire satin
gowns made empire. The guests foI
the nuptial event were welcomed in
the front parlor and in the receiving
line were Mr.. and Mrs. George b
Matthews, uncle and aunt of the
bride, Mrs. Mathelde Colean, mother
of the bride, and Mrs. Jean Whitney
sister of the groom, of Omaha, Neb
Mrs. Matthews was handsomely gown
ed in grey crepe de chine, hand EN-
broidered, and Mrs. Whitney wore {
r beautiful gown of Amethyst MESA
= line with pearl ornaments.
. After the ceremony and the words
5 of best wishes and hearty congratu
S lations had been spoken the guests
1 were asked to the dining room anC
! in passing through the back parlo
wrote their names in the wedding
i book, over which Miss Vincent Crom
well presided,
t An elegant wedding supper wa
i served in the dining room and th
1 cutting of the brides cake and th
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About Hartman.

Denver Post: Lewis Hartman is
the name of one of he latest to the
Denver pitching staff. and if one-ialf
is true that owner Gunthrope says
about him he should prove a wonder
when he mounts the mole at Broadway
park the coming summer Hartman
is native of Nebraska, is twenty-five
years old and stands six foot two in
his stocking feet, weighs 2O9 pounds
in condition. He Is putting in the
winter trapping" along the Elkhorn
in his native state, and will report
about April l. Last year he pitched
for the semi-professional teams in
Nebraska, winning twenty-one out of
thirty games he played. Nine were
shutouts, and in three of them his op.
ponents failed to register even a
single hit. That's going some, begosh.
He should prove a welcome addition
10 the Denver team.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
A View Held of the New Road in
Yankton, the Terminal Town.

Yankton Press and Dakotan: At
length, after many wears of waiting
it appears that Yankton is about to
have the long hoped for bridge across
the Missouri river, and railroad lead
ing south into Nebraska, pointed to.
ward the Gulf of Mexico. To many
Yankton people the promise of the
comes from an unexpected quarter,
which perhaps accounts for certain
amount of incredulity regarding its
trustworthiness. Yet the project
which Contractor Johnson and Chief
Engineer Yuille have come TO Yank-
ton to start toward final realization is
really the oldest of the many similar
enterprises which have been attempted
in recent years. From a practical
standpoint, it is also undoubtedly fully
feasible When the original Yankton,
Norfolk and Southwestern Railroad
was begun, many years ago, it was in
the hands of men who fully expected
to carry it to completion and who laid
their plans on carefully collected en-
gineering data for a line which would
prove most economical in construction
and most profitable i'm operation. The
construction work ended with the
completion of about 40 miles of grad
ing between YanktOn and Norfolk,
Neb., but that grading is still in eX-
ccl'ent' condition considering the
L. Of 4
since the day that the last scraper
ceased work upon it. The grade, to,
gether with all other property and
rights Of the old company, has now
come into possession of the YanktOn
Norfolk and Southern Railway com
pany which naturally proposes tC
make use of the large amount OF
work already done on this right OF
way rather than to change the plans
and abandon it. Among the other
rights acquired is that to the old
bridge site, located about three miles
above Yankton, at Ambrose Island
as well as the soundings and other
information by reason of which the
| site was originally selected.
Yankton has so often been disap
pointed in the hope of getting a rail
way south that it is little wonder II
our people have become skeptical
But it is a hope which the city has
been clinging to for many years
knowing that when It should be real
lied it would mean better and bigger
things for the community, and fol
every individual in it, The men who
come to us now do not come as some
have in the past, begging a few pal
| try hundred dollars in cash witt
which to promote come visionary
scheme They ask only that when
they shall have redeemed all their
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
Northwest Weddings.

John Seimers of Pierce and Miss
lizzie Priester of Humphrey were
married in Humphrey Tuesday morn
ing
jerry Jurgenson and Mrs. Koplein,
a daughter of John Delfs, were mar
ried at Winsde and will make their
home on a Gregory county farm.
Ernest w, Melcher, son of e. F..
Melcher living seven miles northwest
OF Stanton, and Miss Ida Raabe, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. August
Raabe, living four miles west of Stan.
ton, were married Wednesday at the
German Lutheran church in Stanton.
over fifty guests from out of town
were present at the wedding reception
at the brides home The young people
will make their home on a farm near
Norfolk
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
Death of Fremont Persons.

Verdel, Neb., Feb. 2O.-Special TO
The News: Fremont Persons died at
6 o'clock yesterday morning at his
home five miles south of Verdel. Mr..
Persons was ailing for the past two
years during which time he had un.
dergone an operation at the st. Joseph
hospital in Omaha He was bothered
with lung and heart disease, the lat
ter being the cause of his death He
was forty-seyen years old and lived in
this vicinity for seventeen years.
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eeemer Marshal Removed From Office

West Point, Neb., Feb. 20.-Special
to The News: John Smith, for some
years city marshal of Beemer, has
been superseded by Conrad Schwartz
who has just received his appointment
from the village board. Smiths
proneness to take offense coupled with
the gun play he was guilty of last
week is the cause of his removal from
office
w. T. S. Neigh, son of John D.
Neigh, the founder of the. city, is
much interested in scheme to utilize
the waste power at this point in an
electric plant to furnish unlimited
power for trade and domstic uses. He
is planning a canal system to develop
this power and is sanguine of sue
cess. Over 1000 horse power is run
ming to waste daily in the Elkhorn
river at West Point
An ordinary farm with common i'm
provements southwest of this place
sold last week for $105 per acre.
Paul DEWITT, for many years pro-
prietor of a restaurant here, has pur-
chased a business in the same line
at Wisner and has taken possession.
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Business Changes in the Northwest

Business Changes in the Northwest.
Joseph Cilg proposes TO erect a two
story opera house at Newport.
DR.. NJ. H. Clagett of Yanktop has
decided to locate at Fairfax, S. d.
w. II. Patterson of Dodge has
leased the Commercial hotel at Wis
uer and will take possession on
March l.
Joseph Reiger, formerly of Creigh-
ton, has moved to Leshara and will
open a general merchandise store.
The Ainsworth house has changed
hands. Mrs. r, S. Edwards of Kear
ney has leased the hotel from A, j.
Warrick.
Charles Marshall has purchased
Amos Tresdells interest in the Secur-
ity State bank of Bonesteel and has
been elected vice president
George c, Johnson of Omaha, at one
time a grain man at Newman Grove,
is to become a member of the Duff
Grain company of Nebraska City, the
largest grain dealers in southeastern
Nebraska
Two business changes of Importance
were made in Lyons, F, r. Tinscher
of LeMars, Ia, bought the barber bust
ness of Frank e. Clements, who leaves
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26

soon TO go to his new farm obtained
by the lucky number 79 in the Trip
county land drawing. Charles A. Oar
ling, recently the cashier of the First
National bank OF Lyons, bought the
real estate interest of William H..
Clements and known as the A. j.
White Investment company
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26

Sioux City, Ia, Feb. 20.-Nies from
friends and relatives and almost wild
with longing for home and the man
she could not marry because of par
entail objection, her inconsistencies aug
mented by her delicate condition,
seventeen-year-ol Annie Kusel, who
has been at the Florence Crittenton
home for the past two weeks, stole out
o'clock Wednesday night, thinly clad
and in her stocking feet, and without
a cent of money wandered for hours
over the snow covered hills surround
ing the home and finally found her way
through the streets to the Missouri
river, which she crossed on the high
Omaha railroad bridge, and faint and
exhausted by her long walk and hours
of exposure, sought refuge in the
home of Dennis Flynn, section fore
man at South Sioux City at ? o'clock,
Thursday morning. Here after an all
day search she was located at 6
o'clock last night by her father, c.
Kusel, a wealthy retired farmer Of
Crofton, Neb., and Miss Jean Cole,
matron of the home,
She was taken back to the home last
night where she remained until noon
today, when her father took her back
to Crofton.