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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-10-08

glossy black chargers. and will lead an
army composed Of the soldiers and
sailors OF the world. This parade
through the streets will be a most Im-
posing spectacle. The cavalry and in
fantry Of the regular army, the na-
tional guard and the uniformed drill
corps OF the various organizations.
with the naval forces from the war
ships. will represent the United States.
while the bluejackets and marines from
the foreign vessels will show the light.
ing forces OF the nations around the
entire world.
The second parade will contain III.
visions representing the civic, indus
trial. state and international life. Cor
geously decorated floats will be fen
ture Of this affair The third of the
parades will be at night and will con
tain the Illuminated floats There will
be many original designs and ideas.
Magnificent Illuminations Planned.
AT least 10000 will be spent to
decorate and illuminate San Francisco
during the week OF the festival. The
festival committee will spend nj least
800, to decorate and illuminate the
streets All of the famous street dec
orations and illuminatlons Of the past
for which San Francisco has been
notable are to be- eclipsed, Ii is ex
pected that the displays In magnitude
and magnihcence will surpass any
thing ever before attempted In the
United States. More than 100000 IN.
eandescent electric lamps, with total
OF nearly 100000 candle power. will
be used In the illumination.
Courts OF honor, colonnades and big
displays hung high In the air will form
the principal features of the decora-
tions and illuminations. They will ex.
tend over three miles OF streets Mar.
ket street for more than one mile will
be spanned by loops of electric lights
stretching from building to building
every twenty-five feet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-10-08
SPLEND0RS OF IH[ POR!OLA FESTIVAL
Three Ei5 Parades Will Be
Spectacular Features of the
Affair - Electrical Display
and Decorations to Sur
pass All Former Attempts
In America :: :: :: :: :;

affair. Recruited from the handsom-
est and sturdiest men in San Francis
co, they will be adorned with helmets
and cuirasSes and will be mounted on
champing chargers.
The first parade viii differ from the
historical pageant in that it will repre-
sent the reception Of the discoverer Of
the bay in 17GS by the people Of the
city which has been built on its shores
and by the state and the nation. Por-
tola himself and his Dragons. with the
Indians and other followers, will be In
the costume Of their own period, and
the entrance to the city will be In the
manner of the historical pageant
To Be Welcomed as a Leader.
His arrival will be greeted by the
salutes of the guns of the great pow
ers out IN the warships on the bay.
He will be received by the troops OF
the state and of the nation as a leader
and, with his Dragons, will take his
place at the head of the great parade
after having been welcomed by the
mayor and city and state officials and
The diplomatic representatives Of the
world powers.
The ranks Of the soldiery will divide.
and Portola. with his personal body
guard will ride to the head of the line.
He will be escorted through the streets
to Marshall square, where the city
hall stood This will be transformed
into n royal court, and here his queen
and court will await him. Miss Yer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-10-08
Huge Bell of Electric Lights.


At the junction OF Market Kearny
and Third streets will be erected what
probably will be the largest piece Of
electrical display ever exhibited, In the
form Of huge bell, 100 feet In diam
eter, to be suspended by large steel
cables l25 feet in the air. Hundreds
of lamps will be used In the construc-
ton Of this bell. At the top of the
bell twenty eightfoot carnival hags
and an immense United States flag
will form a circle. From this circle
loops Of red, white and blue lights
will extend to the lips Of the bell.
few minutes before midnight all of the
lights within a radius Of five blocks
extinguished. and only those In the
immense bell will burn. Along the
steel cables men In fantastic garments
glowing with electric lights will walk
and perform acrobatic feats.
Loops Of incandescent lamps at forty
foot intervals will be strung across
many streets, and arches and loops Of
flags will also decorate them. A bril-
liant pyrotechnic display will be given
In Union square during the evenings
Of Portola week. These displays will
commence about IL o'clock In the even
ing and will continue until after mid
night.
A 300 mile road race for automobiles
over the beautiful boulevards Of Ala
media county will be one OF the fea-
lures Of the festival. The race will
be the biggest affair of its kind ever
held In the west and will be on par
with the famous Vanderbilt cup races.
The athletic committee arranging the
| elaborate program Of sport to be con-
| Quoted during the Portoa festival IS
| leaving no stone unturned In an effort
to make the carnival Of sports unusual
| in the history of athletics In San Fran
cisco. Boxing, wrestling, swimming.
rowing, association football, Rugby.
tennis and golf will be included In the
series Of events announced for that
| week.
A flight Of an aeroplane across the
| Golden Gate is one Of the attractions
for the Portola festival. While the
distance is not great, ranging from
three to seven miles, according to the
course chosen, 1t would give every one
chance to see the flight from start
| to finish.
The flight Of aeroplanes is but one of
the many novel features for the Porto
la festival Balls and entertainments
Of all kinds will be provided to de-
light and charm the visitor.
The much disputed pronunciation of
Portola has been settled. Don Gaspar
de Portola, first governor Of Califor-
MIA, wrote his signature with an ac-
cent mark on the last syllable-thus.
Porto-a This Is shown by a photo
engraving Of an authentic signature of
the doughty old Spaniard in '"The
March Of Portola," q book which has
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09

feature was postponed until after the
parade.
After a choice selection by the Nor.
folk band. Chairman A. Bear com.
manded attention and stated that It
gave him great pleasure to introduce
Hon. H. b. Fleharty of Omaha as
the orator of the day. Mr. Fleharty
started out by speaking of the hot
air" given by speakers at Fourth of
July celebrations ordinarily and said
he did not wish to give any and would
be brief in his address
He spoke of the advantages Of the
young in this free country because
of the sacrifices of our forefathers,
and then made the subject of his ora
ton Dreams and Visions"
"a dreamer lives forever" while a
toiler dies in day Turn away from
toll today and become dreamer"
said Mr.. Fleharty. He then spoke
of the Pilgrims and their dreams, of
Adams, Jefferson and their dreams.
ut is not the man who does things
any more than the man who dreams
of them. Adams and Jefferson had
visions OF government not by one
man of power but by the people.
The dream of the free and equal.
Men are not equal so far as visions
are concerned and man stands for
equality of opportunity, of right and
privilege. We have Washington, Lin
coin, Grant and Roosevelt but their
sons are not visionary since vision is
not transmitted but the accumulation
of ages
Some things they dream Of were
habeas corpus, right to trial by jury
of ones peers, no excessive bail and
no false Imprisonment.
while they looked after natural
life they also looked after political
rights, the right of suffrage and equal
political right of opportunity"
He spoke of the o'clock closing
law for the saloons, and said that he
personally did not believe in 1t, but
that the legislature made the law and
it must be upheld, and the people
must respect the law.
In conclusion Mr.. Fleharty said:
1--WE must think of the brotherhood
Of man. Your rights are the rights of
all men and then there is the vision
of service to man.
mo honor so great as the honor of
service. The man who knew more
than all, Jesus, said: Let him who
would be great among us be SER
want
"One more vision possibly the great
est of all and that is the dream of
the time when war shall be no more
Let the United States take first
Mace among nations in such a vision"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
THIRTEEN INNING GAME.

Over 1900 fans witnessed a fast
thirteen inning game of ball at the
Norfolk ball park Saturday at S:45 p.
m. Orchard and Pilger, two of the
fastest teams in northeast Nebraska,
crossed bats. The score was tied
three to three in the sixth inning and
no runs were made till the thirteenth
inning by Orchard, who won the game.
The features of the game was the
fine pitching of Hartman for Orchard
and Cooper for Pilger. The fans were
all delighted with the game and many
were the praises that were showered
upon both teams. Score by innings:
RH.E.
Orchard. O1O1O10O00001-4 6 2
rilger. =. OOOOO0OO0-3 4 4
Batteries: Orchard, Hartman and
Jewett; Pilger, Cooper and Jones. UNI
pire, Charlie Smith of Tilden- Attend
auce 1900. Time 2 hours.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
Four Shot Dead on Dakota Farm.

Aberdeen, s. d., July 81. w
Christie, farmer living near Ru
dolph, his wife, his daughter Mildred
aged lS years, and form hand named
Michael Soymaine were murdered by
tramps. Emil Victor was arrested foi
the murder. 1t is supposed that the
murder was the result of an attempt
to get large sum of money supposed
to have been in the Christie home
The murder was discovered when
John T. Soymaine, the father of the
farm hand who was slain, went to
the Christie home to visit his son.
Mr.. Christie, who was a man OF
considerable wealth and grain buy
er, was milking a COW In his barn
yard when the unknown person OF
persons shot him dead.
The murderer hurried to the house
and finding Mrs. Christie and her
daughter and the Soymaine boy, who
was visiting at the house, prepared
to fight them, the assailant began fir
ing. The first shots took effect and
the two women and the boy fell dead.
1t is supposed the man who com
mitted the crime was acquainted to a
certain extent with the Christie fam
lily and their habits, for few people
knew that Christie kept large sums
of money in his house. 1t Is believed
he had several thousands of dollars
in his home at the time of the murder,
The entire countryside is aroused.
Bands of farmers were Immediately
organized and pursuit was begun.
The authorities in Aberdeen were
notified and the sheriff and his depu-
ties started at once to the scene of
the crime. The farmers threatened
lynching.
Mr.. Christie was about 81 years of
age, and one of the most prosperous
farmers in the northwest.
Emil Victor was lodged in the
Brown county jail here, charged with
the Christie murders. He had worked
at Rudolph was seen In town before
the murder but was missing at the
time of killing. He was arrested at
Worthwhile and brought back by Sheriff
Anderson. He was known to have
a silver watch, but was carrying a
gold watch when arrested. The Of
ficers claim the watch can be identi-
fled as belonging to Christie. Victor
denies his guilt, but tells conflicting
stories regarding the possession of
the watch.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09

with a display of fireworks In the
evening that will long be remember.
ed. The display was In charge OF the
militia comany, who started at the
east end of Norfolk avenue and march.
ed quickly up the street, depositing
red fire at short intervals apart along
the curb lines, at the same time those
who were marching In the center of
the street keeping up a fusilade of
Roman candles. Added to this dis
play, the thousands of red, white and
blue electric lights overhead made a
scene OF illumination not often wit
messed outside of seaside summer re.
sorts.
Arriving at the open space near
the Union Pacific round house, Roman
candles, sky rockets and set pieces in
elaborate designs were discharged,
and held the closest attention Of big
crowd for more than an hour.
The closing spectacle of the day was
the dash of Norfolk's new fire wagon
up Norfolk avenue, balls of red fire
attached to the wagon and the wheels
giving it the appearance of a Ball of
Fire"
Then the bowery dances and similar
attractions got busy and continued the
merriment until late hour.
The people who celebrated In Nor
folk Saturday were all good natured
and happy and seemed to be well sat
isfied with the entertainment. There
were ample accommodations for all
while here and the railroads carried
them home without hitch in good
season.
Although many blank cartridges,
bombs, torpedoes, cannon crackers,
etc., were shot off, not single acct.
dent has been reported.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
LEGAL Notice.

Ernest Simkins, defendant, will
take notice that on the 1st day Of
July, 1909, Irene Simkins, plaintiff
herein, filed her petition in the dis
trict court of Madison county, Nebras-
ka, the object and prayer of which
are to obtain divorce from the de-
PENDANT on the ground that during the
month of May, 1909, the defendant
committed adultery with one Jennie
Fuller, in Norfolk, Madison county,
Nebraska, and committed adultery
with her on the End and 3rd days Of
June, 1909, at different places in Plat
county, and cruelty and wantonly
failed and refused to support the plain.
tiff, although able so to do.
You are required to answer said
petition on Monday, 9th day of August,
A. D. 1909.
Dated July 1, 1909.
Irene Simkins, Plaintiff,
BY H. F. Barnhart,
Her Attorney.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09

tent, and the costs of guardianship,
and of this sale; and there not being
sufficient personal property to pay the
indebtedness Of the said Jacob Beeh-
lar, insane and incompetent, and to
furnish him with suitable care and
support, 1t Is therefore ordered that
all persons Interested in said estate
appear be'>re me, on the 18th day of
July, 1905, at o'clock p. m, at court
house in Wayne, Nebraska to show
cause why license should not be
granted to the said guardian to sell
so much of the above described real
estate of the said insane Jacob Beeh-
lar and incompetent. as shall be
necessary to pay the said debts and
expenses.
And it appearing to the court that
personal service cannot be had upon
the next of kin and those interested in
the estate of said Jacob Beehlar, in
sane and incompetent, it is ordered
that a copy of this order be published
in the Norfolk Weekly News, a legal
newspaper published in the city of
Norfolk, in Madison county, Nebraska,
for four successive weeks prior to the
date fixed for cause. to be shown.
Dated this I'd day of June, 1909
Arson A. WEIGH,
Judge of the District Court.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
Find Boy Thieves Den.

Sioux Falls, S. D., July 5.-As the
result of sensational raid made by
Sheriff Huston and States Attorney
Johnson, of Stanley county, on a lone.
ly claim shanty on the Redding home.
stead, near the frontier town of Ma
Mia, situated in the interior of Stanley
county, a veritable thieves den was
uncovered. The interesting feature of
the matter is that the thieves proved
to be little boys, aged s. 10 and IL
years, whose operations appear to
have been directed by their mother,
who does not enjoy her full mental
faculties, and who may be sent to the
state hospital for the insane at Yank.
ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
GRAND BAND CONCERT.
Combination Of Four Bands Under One
Director,

Combination of Four Bands Under One
Director.
During the early evening the four
bands that had been making music
during the day gave combination con
cert on Norfolk avenue, between Third
and Fourth streets, under the direc'
ton of A. c. Vradenburg of the Nor
folk band. The organizations that took
part were the Norfolk band, the Madi
son band, the Lewis-Schweder show
band and the Blondin show band, com
prising in all more than seventy .mu
sicians. The music was enjoyed by a
large crowd of listeners. In fact, the
musical features of the day were un
usually strong, one or more of the four
bands being heard at some point dur
ing the whole day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
Son OF A. o. Yates Dead.

A. D. Yates received telegram from
Lincoln early Saturday morning mott
flying him of his sons death. He had
been in Lincoln being treated for
heart trouble for about month, and
it was expected he would recover.
Only two weeks ago Mrs. A. d.
Yates sister dropped dead in Lincoln
and their two children have been down
with measles.
Mr.. Yates left for Lincoln Saturday
and will bring the remains of his son
back to Norfolk for interment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
Notice.
In the District Court of Madison
county, Nebraska.

In the District Court of Madison
county, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of Jacob
Beehlar, an insane and incompetent
person.-Order to show cause.
Now, on this I'd day of June. 1909
1t being of the regular May, 1909, term
OF the district court of Madison
county, Nebraska, regularly adjourned
to this date, this cause came on for
q nearing upon the petition of Louis
Lederer, guardian or Jacob Beehlar,
insane and incompetent, praying for a
license to sell lots l to 8 of block %.
lots l and ~ of block 23, lots | to 70
inclusive of block "a, lots l, 2 and 3
OF block 25, and lots and of block
70, OF Hillside Terrace Addition to
Norfolk, Nebraska; and lots l to 4 of
block II, and lots to IL of block 81,
and lots la and of block 20, and lots
10 ii OF block 22, lot l of block 2S,
and lots and of block 2S of Hillside
Ierrace Second Addition to Norfolk,
Nebraska; and lot 20, block 4 of Nor
folk Junction; lots 2, and 4 of block
or Reese's subdivision of block Is
or Dorsey Place Addition to Norfolk
junction; and lots l and 2 of block 3
OF Reese's subdivision of block Is of
Dorsey Place Addition to Norfolk
junction, all in Madison county, Ne
braska, or a SUFFICIENT amount OF the
same to bring the sum of $1,500.O0 for
the payment OF debts due and owing
by the said Jacob Beehlar, insane and
incompetent, and for the payment Of
mortgages now past due against the
estate of the said Jacob Beehlar, in.
sane and incompetent, and to provide
for the support and care of the said
Jacob Beehlar, insane and incompe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
]. [. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL.,.

pitcher was to arrive on the afternoon
train which was late and 1t was dur.
ing the first inning that Ewing got
half of her tallies. 1t looked, up until
the seventh inning, as If Royals ball
playing fame was going to suffer a
severe jolt at the hands of the Ewing
aggregation, strengthened as it was by
Hugh Coin from O'Neill in the box,
but in the latter part of the game
the Fosbergs got in some scientific
stick work and batted Coin clear over
into John Rogers garden for some
three baggers.
Batteries: The Coins for Ewing,
Crinklaw and Fosberg for Royal
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
Threatens Life of shallenbereer.

Lincoln, Neb., July 5.-The follow
ing anonymous letter was received at
the governors office:
Omaha, June 81.
"a. G. Shallenberger-This being
the last week possible | work If so,
if my family comes to want, |, COM
mittee of one, will kill you on sight. A
lifelong w. J. Bryan democrat, but
no more for me-"
There is no clue to the identity Of
the writer
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09

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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
Business Changes In the Northv

c. E. Hutton, connected with the
Pierce Milling company for twenty-six
years, is to move to Casselton, N. D.,
to become manager of large Touring
mill there.
The Holmquist Lumber and Grain
company of Omaha has purchased the
W. s. Deal elevator at Hoskins.
Rees Brothers of Iowa are to open
a general store at Witten in Trip
county and have contracted for a
two-story building. 48x7O.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
Midniaht Fire at Clearwater.

Clearwater. Neb, July Especial to
The News: The biggest celebration
ever held in Clearwater ended in one
of the most disastrous fires of her
history. Just before II o'clock Sat
urday night the hardware store of
John L. James was seen to be afire.
The alarm was sounded but when the
store door was opened the fire fight
ers were driven back by the binding
smoke and before anything could be
done the flames burst through the
roof at the rear end of the store and
in few minutes the whole building
was mass of flames. The rapidity
of the spread of the fire was helped
along no doubt by the machine oil,
ETC., kept in the back room and also
by the ammunition of which there
was large amount in stock.
Fortunately there was plenty of
willing help at hand as the celebra-
ton was not yet over, and as soon
as the fire bell was heard a small
army of fire fighters threw them
selves into the work of saving ad-
Joining buildings. The residence of
Mr.. James, to the south of the store
building, and the machine shed i'm
mediately to the north, were too close
to the burning building to be saved
and before the store had collapsed
these too were in flames. However,
most Of the furniture in the house was
saved in more or less damaged con-
dition.
The Macualey building, north of the
machine shed, was kept from catching
fire only by the most valiant efforts
Of the bucket brigade, the line Of
water carriers keeping it's roof and
south wall saturated with water. The
Tyson house, to the northwest of the
hardware store, was also in the grav-
est danger and it's roof was deluged
with water and kept covered with
wet carpet during the heat of the con-
flagration. The barn, to the rear of
the Tyson house, caught fire but was
extinguished only by the most heroic
efforts of the fire boys Had it burn
ed it is almost certain the Tyson
house would have gone.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Mr.. James was just retiring when the
alarm was sounded and he is totally
unable to account for the fire. 1t may
have been started by boys in the al
ley back of the store but this theory
does not agree with the facts that
the fire seems to have originated on
the inside of the building.
Mr.. James carried stock of goods
invoicing about $4,000. A conserva-
tive estimate of his entire loss would
be $4,000 with insurance covering
about half.
With the exception of this disaster
the days celebration was pronounc.
ed success.
Barton Delivers Grafton.
Hon. Silas r. Barton, state auditor,
delivered the address of the day, an
able and eloquent plea for more pa
His words were warmly received by
an audience that filled the big tent
to overhowing.
Free open air attractions and band
concerts by the Royal band entertain
ed the biggest crowd ever seen In
Clearwater between the principal
events of the days program.
At 3 p. m. the Royal and Ewing
baseball teams began their contest
for the honors of the day and the
nurse offered To the winners The
score of 16 to ~ in favor of Royal
looks very amateurish on paper but
1t was far better ball game than
the score would indicate. Royals
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-09
THE FREE ATTRACTIONS.
Crowd Seemed Interested In the Spec
ial Features.

The free attractions on the streets,
of which there were many, pleased
the crowd Saturday. Al Richie, the
American Giant" and his physical
culture torture strength, Harrison and
his trained dogs and goats, and Miss
Estella, the worlds greatest woman
boxer, who gave four round exhibit
ton with the American giant, were
some of the features in the free at
traction line and the spectators to
these events applauded again and
again in a way showing their great
delight.