The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-12

the present commissioner, Francis
Leulp, will retire from the office
soon and is not looking for reappoint.
ment Several candidates are in the
field.
A district conference of the Meth
odlst church will be held in Norfolk
on April 20 and 81. About thirty
ministers will be in attendance from
the territory included in the district
of DR.. ID. X Tindall, district superin-
tendont. The principal churchmen in
attendance will be Bishop Nuelson of
Omaha and Chancellor Davidson of
Nebraskan Wesleyan university. Bis
hop Nuelson is one of the new bishops
chosen at the Baltimore convention.
He is a German.
Charles Landers, son of c. w.
Landers of this city, is mentioned in
the Lincoln papers as a prominent
candidate for the office of president of
the freshman class of the state uni
versity at this weeks election. Con-
corning the election the Lincoln Star
says: Three aspirants will come be-
fore the class. Thomas of Omaha,
Beck of Cheyenne and Landers of
Norfolk all seek to be class president.
exists, since very little active cam
paigning has been done. Landers be-
ing well known in athletic circles is
expected to draw large share of that
vote Beck will get the rest of the
barb vote. Thomas will undoubtedly
receive the support of the fraternities.
The question which is facing the can
didates is whether Beck and Landers
will so split the barb vote as to give
Thomas a majority on the first ballot
1t will probably require two ballots to
determine the election" James Law
renee of Beatrice, who spent part of
the summer with The News, was presi-
dent of the sophomore class at the
state university last semester, winning
after a heated contest.
The supreme tribunal has affirmed
the judgment of the district court of
Madison county in the case of Carl
Teske against Martha Dittburner. This
is suit growing out of an oral con-
tract to devise land, which was made
January 4, 1898. BY the terms Of this
contract Carl Teske, the plaintiff, was
to care for and support his father and
mother, Frederick Teske and wife, dur
ing the remainder of their lives. In
turn they were to leave him certain
lands, including their homestead. The
mother died in 1896 and a few months
later the father had a disagreement
with his son. He left and went to
live with his daughter. Mrs. Dit
burner the defendant in this case, to
whom he conveyed his realty in viola
ton of the contract made with his
son. The latter brought suit for spe-
cific performance and while this case
was pending in the supreme court the
older Teske died. The court held that
| the contract was void as to the home
/ stead, but valid as to the other lands
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Nistle, a
daughter.
Miss Georgia Austin, instructor at
the Edgewater school, was i'll yester.
day. Miss Hattie Adams taking charge
of her room.
The funeral of Mrs. Carl Zuelow will
be held at 80 o'clock Thursday after
noon from the house and at 2 o'clock
at ST. Paul Ev. Lutheran church.
John Krantz, who is in New York
at this time, is being mentioned as A
candidate for the council from the
First ward. Mr.. Krantz, when APP
preached as a candidate in previous
years by both parties, has declined to
run.
| NJ c. Steele of Omaha and T. A
| Mccormack of Sioux City, two promin
ent business men interested in Y. M
c. A. work, who were coming here tC
go over the local situation this week
have been forced by business calls tC
postpone their visit until next We'd
nesday, when they will meet the Local
committee.
The judges who will pass on the
annual high school declamatory con
test at the Auditorium Friday night
are Superintendent Fisher of the Ne
| ligh schools, w. l.. Bowling, a Madi
! son attorney, and John r. Hays of this
city. The winner of the contest will
| represent Norfolk in the north Ne
braska contest.
The senior class of the high school
will only be represented by one mem
Der in the Friday evening defamation
contest at the Auditorium. In the
printed program Miss Dorothy Rudat's
name appears, but Miss Rudat had
only tentatively agreed to be on the
program and has now decided not to
participate on account of the pressure
of other work incident to graduation
and commencement. This reduces the
number of contestants to six
The unpleasant fate of coming some
600 miles for position already filled
was the experience in Norfolk of Miss
Booth, trimmer Arriving in Nor,
folk from Chicago she found that
through some mistake two trimmers
had been assigned to Mrs Waddell in
Norfolk by the same Chicago whole
| sale house. And Miss Booth was the