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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26

visiting at the home of his sister Mrs.
r. o. Webb
Mrs. Kolterman of Pierce and Mrs
Thurber of Fremont were guests OF
Mrs. b. W. Barrett Sunday.
Mrs. c. f. Shaw left for Rockford.
Ill.,, at noon to accompany the body OF
her mother to its final resting place.
c. E, Burnham is expected home
from Washington this evening or to-
morrow Mrs. Burnham will return
The latter part of the week.
G. b. Salter is able to be down town
for the first time after ten days OF
Illness.
The Damascus commandery will hold
special meeting this evening for
work in the Black Cross.
j. NJ. Covert, who recently moved
to 42l South Fourth street, is about
to build rug factory on his premises,
the factory building to be l6x3N
Charles Rice has just returned frona
an extended trip through the east. Mr..
Rice Travelled over 5000 miles. includ-
ing Washington in his trip so as ton
witness the Taft Inauguration. He
had reached Louisville enroute home
when he received telegram from
Washington announcing the death or
his brother. He returned to Washing
ton for the funeral.
Little Alice Dorsey, who has been
critically i'll at the Catholic convent
at Madison following an operation for
appendicitis, was brought home on the
morning freight from Madison. The
new parcel wagon of the Norfolk:
Transfer and Storage was converted
into an ambulance, in which the little,
girl was conveyed to her home i'm
South Norfolk.
Suspected of having embezzled about
$3.50 from Tracy Bros. company for
whom he was formerly a travelling.
salesman, Charles e. Lovejoy, FORM
erly of Norfolk but now of Omaha. is
being given al opportunity to settle
and thereby escape prosecution. He
is still confined at the Omaha police
station, but says that his friends prob
ably will secure his release within a
few days by advancing the amount he
is alleged to have appropriated. A
complaint charging the lacency OF
S1O.SO from Tracy Bros company, to-
bacco dealers, was filed in the Omaha
police court against Lovejoy to afford
grounds for holding him in jail while
his former employers look up their
records more closely. The Tracy
brothers say they suspect Lovejoy OF
having appropriated small sums OF
money from them daily for period OF
time, but were unable to find spe-
cific case.
Following a short service at the
Shaw residence on South Eighth
street, the remains of Mrs AIehala
jerks Ransom, who died Saturday at:
the home of her daughter, Mrs. c. F.
Shaw, where she has been visiting,
for some time, were taken to the.
Northwestern depot for shipment to-
rockford, Ill. DR.. Ray had charge OF
the services. Mrs. Ransom was eighty
three years old. Her death came as
a sad shock to the friends she has
made among the ladies of The
Heights during her visit. A son ar
rived from Rockford to accompany
the remains there for burial.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26

propaganda even extended so far as to
take In Senator Warner of Missouri.
II was urged among other things
that the office building at Gregory had
not been erected and that the Greg.
ory people had forfeited their right to
retain the office. 1t was urged that
there was no national depository at
Gregory. Senators Gamble and Craw-
ford showed that the reason the office
building was not completed was be.
cause the weather made it impossible
to do any outside work for weeks
past and that so far as national de-
pository was concerned, application
was now on file with the comptroller
of the currency for the erection of a
national bank at Gregory, with $50.
600 capital.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
Notice to Creditors.


The State of Nebraska. Madison Coun.
ty-sS.
In the Matter of the Estate of Fred
rick Schelly, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
having claims and demands against
Friedrich Schelly, late of said Madison
county, deceased, that the time fixed
for filing claims against said estate is
six months from the Bird day of April,
1909 All such persons are required to-
present their claims with the vouchers
to the county Judge of said county az
his office in the city of Madison. i'm
SAID Madison county, on or before the
4th day of October 1909, and that all
claims so filed will be heard before
said Judge on the 4th day of October.
1909, at one O'clock p m. John
Schelly is the administrator of the
estate.
1t is further ordered that notice to
all persons interested in said estate
be given by publishing a copy of this
order in the Norfolk Weekly News
Journal, weekly newspaper printed.
published and circulating in said coun-
ty' for four consecutive weeks prior to
said day of hearing
Witness my hand and seal this 18th
day OF March, A. ID. 1909.
VIM. Bates,
lSeaiI County Judge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
More Time for Hadar Suspects.

Sioux City, March 19.-James Nor
rison and Harry Joyce, the suspects
held here for the robbery of the
Hadar, Neb., bank on the night of
January 49,, 1909, may yet be able
to prevent the Nebraska authorities
from taking them to that state for
trial. A stay of proceedings has been
granted by the supreme court and the
men cannot be taken from Iowa until
after the hearing in June.
ID. H. Sullivan, attorney for Nor
rison and Joyce, and A. Van Wagenen,
appeared before the supreme court
and Mr.. Sullivan perfected an appeal
NO lengthy arguments were made, the
attorneys simply stating the proceed
ings as they had been carried out.
The court decided to give the case an
immediate hearing and it will come up
at the June period of the May term Of
court.
Meanwhile Morrison and Joyce will
spend their time in the Woodbury.
county Jail awaiting the courts de-
cision. They were to have been tried
at the April term of the Pierce county
court. If the Iowa supreme court re-
mands them to the custody of the Ne
braska officials there can be no trial
in their case before next fall.
1t is one of the few eXtradition
cases that have been appealed to the
Iowa tribunal and the ruling will be
watched with interest.
me question which Mr.. Sullivan will
raise concerns the proper authenticity
and return of the extradiLion papers
as presented in Sioux City.
Contrary to the precedent estab-
lished in former cases no bail was
fixed for the suspects. The supreme
court decided it would be easier to
make special order placing the case
on the calendar for the May term
than to tangle it up more by admitting
the men to bail.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
GREGORY keeps Land Office

Washington, March 22.-Secretary
Ballinger of the interior department
has decided that the land office at
Gregory, S. D., shall not be removed
to Dallas as desired by some of the
leading citizens of the latter place
Senators Gamble and Crawford ascer-
tanning that a quiet, but determined
effort was being made to bring about
change of location saw Secretary
Ballinger and went over with that of.
fcial all the facts relative to the To-.
cation of the new land office in South
Dakota at Gregory. They showed that
not only Former Secretary of the In.
terror Garfield, but the commissioner
of the general land office and ex-Presi
dent Roosevelt had been consulted
with as TO the location of the land of
fice and Gregory and that they had
all concurred in the opinion that il
was the most advantageous place to
locate the new land office, in view
Of its close proximity to the lands re.
Gently opened for settlement in Greg.
DRY county.
The delegation of South Dakotans
which has been in Washington for the
last two or three days endeavoring to
bring about the change, has gone
home. AS pretty a campaign as could
be imagined was put up by the Dallas
people to create sentiment in favor
Of the change. The Iowa and Ne
braska senators were flooded with tele-
grams and letters asking them to sup
port the change, Senator Cummins
alone having received nearly fifty
kilograms urging this action, and the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
DREW $7.1o IN NORFOLK.
Man Who Hit Fenske Celebrated His
AcquittaI by Comma to Norfolk.

Frank Modrow, the Hadar bartender
who threw Robert Fenske of Hoskins
out of the Hadar saloon with such
force that Fenske is now suing the
proprietor for $4,000 damages and
who was acquitted in the county court
at Pierce on the grounds that the as
sault was provoked, was gathered in
by the Norfolk police for taking on
too much of the local brand of fight
juice in celebration of his acquittal.
Judge Eiseley accessed the usual
$40 Judge Eiseley holding that the
assault of the booze bottle was un-
provoked. Modrow paid.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
independents Gain 5 Towns.

A transfer of stock sufficient to con.
stitute a controlling interest in the
Humphrey Electric Light & Telephone
Co. was made Monday afternoon at
Humphrey to W. j.. Stadelman of the
Norfolk Long Distance Telephone com
pany and C. j. Carlow of the independ-
ent telephone company at Columbus.
John Hugg, the Humphrey banker,
who was the largest individual stock
holder in the Humphrey company, re-
tains his interest.
In addition to owning its own build
ing in the business section of Hum
phrey and owning and operating the
only electric light plant In town, the
Humphrey company which is now
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
INDIANS FACED DANGER,
Missouri River Caused Trouble in
Charles Mix County, S. D.

Sioux Falls, S. d., March 22.-Spe-
cial to The News; AS result of the
present high water in the Missouri
river, and the forming of huge ice
gorge, the Sioux Indians and white set
tiers living along the Missouri river in
Charles Mix county, in the vicinity Of
Yankton Indian agency, have been
having all sorts of experiences during
the past week.
A number of the settlers lost consider.
able stock and grain. while others
were fortunate enough to remove their
stock and other movable property to
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
Two Heroes,

Brunswick Independent: a gasoline
stove caught fire at the c. f. Hanson
home last Thursday and 1t might
have resulted in serious blaze had
not Dan Cox performed the heroic
deed of carrying out the stove. Jim
Pierson is another hero. He saved
the life of a noble dog which was about
to be torn to pieces by dog much
larger than himself. AS a result Jim
is carrying scar on his hand, made
by the ungrateful dog. Brunswick had
ought to be proud of those two heroes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
Buy Grounds for Club BUILDING.

A deed will soon be filed at Madi-
sont transferring to the Eagles lodge of
Norfolk a thirty foot frontage on the
north side of Norfolk avenue between
Second and Third streets. The prop
erty purchased by the Eagles is the
vacant lot between the buildings oc-
cupied by the Nordwig harness shop
and the David Cole cream agency.
The lot was sold to the Norfolk aerie
by II. j. Graves, who lives on South
Tenth street, for $1,000 the purchase
being made out of funds on hand.
The purchase of the Norfolk avenue
property is said to mean the erection
of substantial and permanent home
for the Norfolk aerie within the next
two years. 1t is quite possible that
arrangements may be made to have
the building put up this summer or
fall. The Eagles will build a two
story structure with club and re.
ception rooms on the second floor and
a double store room on the first floor.
The Norfolk aerie was organized
March II, 1903, and now has $50 men,
bers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26

Adding five new members to the
roll, and electing officers for the COM
ing year, the Norfolk council of the
U. c. T. meeting Saturday evening
brought the local membership up to
139, at the same time acting favorably
on seven applications.
An adjournment was taken by the
council until March 81, next Saturday,
when four additional candidates, to-
gether with the seven applications ac-
cepted last Saturday, will bring the
Humber of members up to the $50
mark required to give the Norfolk
council three instead of two delegates
to the grand council meeting at Co
lumbus May q and %.
I'he election of representatives and
alternates to the grand council was
postponed until next Saturday, when
the election together with the initia.
tion of the eleven candidates will be
special order of business.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
WET OR DRY FIGHT.
Two PlainvieW Factions Hold Caucuses
at About Same Time,

Plainview, Neb, March 2O.-Special
ent caucus was held in the opera
house Thursday evening and the fol-
lowing ticket placed in the field:
For mayor, o. E. Engler; city clerk,
p. F. Boyens; city treasurer, F. G..
Holbert; police judge, j. K Smith;
alderman, First ward, George Hill; al
derman Second ward, Bruce Sires al
derman Third ward, Christian Hecht
NJ. Sorenson was chairman of the
meeting and A. Still secretary. Forty
one votes were cast at the caucus,
about half as many as attended a year
ago. The ticket is pledged to license
saloons, that being the prime object
of the meeting.
The citizens anti-license caucus was
held about the same time in the pub
lie reading room in the city hall. Be
tween sixty and seventy voters at
tended and there was considerable en-
thusiasm. DR.. E. F. Barnes, who
missed being elected mayor by but
few votes last year, was nominated
for mayor by acclamation. C. w.
Lee was nominated for city clerk; H.
W. Stocking for treasurer; DR.. Hoag-
land for police Judge; G. F. Durland,
alderman First ward; H. j. Nelson al
derman Second ward; j. F. Parks, al
derman Third ward.
c. w. Lee was chairman of the meet
ing and A. G. Cole secretary. The
ticket named is pledged against sa-
looms and favors reform in the finan-
cial affairs of the city and for economy
all along the line.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
Second Gamble Twin peao.

The second of the little twin boys
born to John Gamble and his Filipino
wife died about o'clock this morn
ing and was buried at o'clock be-
side the other twin who died Wednes-
day night.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26

brought into line with the Independent
telephone interests of north Nebraska
owns and operates the telephone ex.
changes at Humphrey, Cornlea, Ton
orva, Lindsay and st. John, owning
also the wires between those towns
The company has been depending on
sub-license franchise from the Ne.
braska company for its outside con
nartionc
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
Three Houses Are Robbed.

Burglars Saturday night roDbed the
homes of d. Mathewson and J. A. Bal
lantyne. The home of A. G. THEM
was also broken into and robbed,
probably this morning. An old ring,
more than 100 years old and valued
for its connection with the past, rep
resents the most important loss to Mr..
Mathewson. Mr.. Ballantyne regrets
the visit of the robbers most for the
loss of a gold watch given him by old
friends just before he moved to
Norfolk
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
INQUEST LATER.
Old Man Killed at West Point Was a
County Charge.

Oounty CndTge,
West Point, Neb., March 19.--Spe.
cial to The News: Michael Kueckel,
an aged resident of West Point was in
stantly killed yesterday afternoon at
2:10 at the railroad crossing on Grove
street at the north end of the Chicago
and Northwestern passenger depot
grounds by the Black Hills passenger
train No. G., east bound, which was
just entering the depot. The un-
fortunate man, who was widower
and had been for some time county
charge occupied a shack west of the
station and was apparently on his way
to prepare dinner, having a package
of meat in his hand when struck.
Coroner Lingenfelder was summoned
Immediately and after viewing the
body removed it to his late abode and
summoned jury. The inquest will be
held later, probably when the train
crew return. The deceased was old
and feeble. He was a native of Pom.
merania, Germany and was about
seventy-five years of age.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
NorfoIk-Columbus Circuit,
Norfolk U. c. T. Pick Officers.

Officers of the United Commercial
Travellers, Norfolk council No. 120,
elected Saturday evening; E. C.
Engel, senior counselor; C. H. Taylor,
junior counselor; A. A. Chambers, past
senior counselor; George II. Spear, sec
retary-treasurer; Gus MARKHAM, con-
ductor; G. Crete Hymer, page; Will
lam w. DeHart, sentinel; executive
committee for two year term, A. E.
Lager and Mayor J. d. Sturgeon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26

the visit of the robbers most for the
loss of gold watch given him by old
friends just before he moved to
Norfolk.
Invade the Sleeping Room.
Footprints showed this morning that
two men were concerned in the Bal
lantyne robbery, which occurred early
Sunday morning. A doctor had called
at the Ballantyne home at 1880 Sat
urday evening and after he left mem
bers of the family failed to lock the
door. With this easy entrance the
burglars invaded the sleeping apart
ments on the first floor of the Ballan-
tyne home at 1909 Norfolk avenue.
The robbers found Mr.. Ballantyne's
| clothes on chair about two feet from
the head of the bed where he was
sleeping Without waking their host
the visitors rifled the pockets.
Secured Valuable Watch.
In cash the burglars secured $2.4S,
missing several large sums of money
in different parts of the house.
valuable gold filled watch, the gift of
old friends to Mr.. Ballantyne just be-
fore he moved to Norfolk, represents
the real loss through the burglary.
Sunday morning when the Ballan-
| tynes awoke the parlor door and the
front door were open. On the porch
in neat pile were three empty pock-
etbooks which had not yielded profit
to the burglars.
The MatheWson Robbery.
The residence of d. Mathewson at
| 1902 Koenigstein avenue was entered
Saturday night or Sunday morning
probably by unlocking one of the
doors. The burglar or burglars did
not go above the first floor. Drawers
were opened and examined carefully
the contents being placed on the floor
in neat piles. No silver was taken,
neither were the men hungry for food
was passed unnoticed.
The Old Ring.
The burglars secured an old MeXi-
can knife, less than SO in money and
an old ring, more than 100 years old,
bearing a small circle of pearls with
cameo set in the center. The ring
which naturally shows signs of age
is valued very highly by Mrs. Math-
ewson on account of the many years
it has been in the family.
Reward for the Ring.
For the return of the ring Mr.
Mathewson has offered a reward of
$25.
Dropped Second Ring.
In lea tho MothnucOn raci6apoa
an empty purse was dropped on the
piazza and with the purse a second
ring which had been taken was drop
ped.
From Thieves Back to Thieves.
The old Mexican knife taken by the
burglars has an interesting history. 1t
was purchased by Mr. Mathewson in
the thieves market" in the City of
Mexico. 1t had before that of course
been stolen and now falls again in the
hands of thieves.
The THEM Robbery.
A. G. THEM, on going to his home
on Pasewalk avenue between Eighth
and Ninth streets this morning, found
that the house had been ransacked
"A SuiI VI SioIhoo, al eAIld pdlI VI
trousers and a pair of patent leather
shoes were missing. What else was
taken Mr.. THEM could not say. No
one has been at home for some days.
Mrs. THEM being away on a visit. A
neighbor saw light in the house at
8 o'clock this morning and thought
that the Thiems had returned.
Police Notified.
The Norfolk police were notified and
Chief Peters is working on the rob
berry. 1t is believed that crooks from
Sioux City and Omaha who have been
trailing Trip homesteaders into Nor
folk may be responsible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-26
No Changes in Management.

Under the new organization there
will be no change in the management
of the several exchanges, all connec.
tions remaining intact, save that the
subscribers will have the additional
advantage of the long distance con.
nections of the Independent toll wires.
Norfolk Columbus Circuit.
The Norfolk Long Distance Tele.
phone company Will bring its toll
wires into Humphrey at once. The
Columbus company has its wires as
far north as Creston. A new copper
circuit is to be run between Norfolk
and Columbus, bringing the first in.
dependent connections between these
cities.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-21
Triumph 81, New idea.

About the quantity Of reading
matter furnished in the average Sun
day newspaper there Is no reason to
complain unless It be on the score
OF too-muchness but the quality Of
ten leaves much to be desired. lac
only shining and unqualified excep-
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!Record-Herald. There IS nothing
else like II In the whole range Of
American journalism. 1T is real
maya zine that Is regularly Issued as
q part Of the Sunday paper. Il is
filled with frst-class fiction. able ar
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range of good miscellany, an by
popular 81 really famous authors and
artists. When writer's such % Con-
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ontribntprs % 81 sunday paper IT.
triumph can no longer De doubted.
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-21

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Mrs. U. 8. Griggs came over from
Pierre Friday evening and will spend
a couple of weeks with her aunt,
Mrs. Ida Zinsmaster, before going to
Chicago, where she intends spending
the summer. Mr.. Griggs is state
surveyor and expects to be away for
some time on a surveying trip on
the Cheyenne reservation, prepare
tory to it's opening this fall.
Perry Postle, who was severely
injured in Rapid City three weeks
ago by having horse fall upon him
and who has been in a hospital at
Deadwood, was a guest of friends
here Tuesday, while en- route to his
old home at Leigh, Neb., and to which
place he went on the evening train.
He is able now to get about on
crutches.
"A. H. G. Miller, who spent sew
eral days in Rapid City and vicinity
on sightseeing trip, departed Fri
day evening for Pierre, en- route
to his old home in Chattanooga,
Tenn. He spent the winter on the
Pacific coast, most of the time at
San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mr.
Miller was very favorably impressed
with this part of the country and
said that he hoped to be able to re-
turn to the Hills next spring for
an extended stay.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-21

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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-21
Notice for Publication.


Department of the Interior, U.
s. Land Office, Rapid City, s. D.,
January 8, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
s. Pierce, of Piedmont, 8. d., who,
on April q, 1908. made homestead
entry No. 7411,-05S53. for Lot 2.
southwest quarter Of northeast guar
ter. northwest quarter of southeast
quarter. northeast quarter Of south
west quarter. in section 1, township
3 north, range 8 east, B. II. NJ, has
filed notice Of intention to make
final i've year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before Register and receiver, u. s.
Land Office, Rapid City, 8. D.. on the
Path lay of February, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ernest D. Smith, Of Piedmont. s.
D.. Charles Bruner. Of Piedmont,
s. D., Eberhard Johnson, Syvering
Martinson. OF, Piedmont. 8. D.
John L. Burke. Register.
No coal land listed in this district.
First publication Jan. is.