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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Battle Creek News.


Conrad Werner, substantial young
farmer having lived all his days in
Highland precinct, is running for as
SCISSOR on the republican ticket in that
precinct.
S. r. Mcfarland, candidate for coun-
ty clerk on the republican ticket, was
in Battle Creek Monday to see his
many friends.
The members of the Sorosis club
of Meadow Grove drove down Monday
afternoon and met with Mrs. G. c.
Benning. Those present were: Mes
danes Maud Brown, Josephine Deuel.,
Hester Frye, Birdie Kindred, Agnes
Mason, bessie Woods, Florence Pritch-
ard, and Miss Maud Deuel..
Gus Warnke has purchased the Fred
Scheerger property in Hogrefe's addi-
ton, south and will move to town in
the spring.
Chas Haggemeier, who is in the
Lutheran hospital in Sioux City and
who was operated on last week for
appendicitis, is doing well, according
to the last report.
Next Sunday reformation services
will be held at the Lutheran church
in the forenoon, and at 100 in the
afternoon the regular quarterly bust
ness meeting will be held by the vot-
ing members.
Every farmer and all others in this
vicinity have The Norfolk Daily News
in their pockets and read the real
news and the latest news at home.
Ed Barr moved here last week with
his family from Madison onto the j
]. Hughes farm on Deer Creek, west
of town. The place was vacated by
Frank Derrick, who moved to Rush
vile.
! Edward Wegner, accompanied by a
little daughter, arrived here Saturday
from Hubert, Okla, for an extended
visit with relatives and friends. He
lived here many years on farm -four
miles northeast of town.
A. d. Willberger was here the fore
part of this week from Anoka visiting
relatives and friends.
John Stocking, young industrious
farmer of Laurel, and Miss Emile
Preusker of here were married
Wednesday afternoon at the Lutheran
church by Rev. j. Hoffman.
John Zohner who lives six miles
southwest, is building a new barn
granary and corn crib. Carpenter
Herman Werner has the contract.
On Sunday, November 7, the new
Lutheran church of the Missouri sy
nod will be dedicated, and the mem
bers of the same denomination here
are cordially invited.
The German Frauen-Verein met
Thursday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. w. B. Fuerst.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Terrific Fire in Tripp County.

Dallas, S. D., Oct 29.-Special to
The News: A terrific prairie fire is
raging in Trip county. 1t came from
the southern part of the county and
was swept along by high south wind.
The entire population of Lamro, the
county seat, is out fighting the fire.
The town is entirely surrounded by
flames, which came up to within a
block of the town, but are now under
control.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGrivie were brought
into town for medical attention, ter.
ribly burned. They are claimholders
and their home is entirely destroyed
Heroic efforts of people in the Vicin.
ity of McNeely stopped the east end
of the fire line two miles from town
The fire extended three miles from
east to west. Much loss to buildings
and the hay crop is reported.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
GOVERNOR AND BRYAN TILT.
ShaIlenbereer Wants to Write Demo
cratic State Platform.

Lincoln, Oct Ex-Governor Sballen.
berger and William ]. Bryan have had
a tilt over who shall write the demo
cratic state platform in Nebraska, and
Shallenberger has not only refused to
get out OF the way Of Mr.. Bryan, but
has said that the number of votes cast
for him exceeded those cast for Bryan
in the last election and it is up to Bry-
an to step aside and allow Shallen-
berger to write the platform. G. w
Bryan, brother of William j. Bryan.
was the emissary between Bryan and
Shallenberger. He Is quoted as say
ing to Shallenberger that since his
brother desires very much to make
the run for senator in Nebraska, he
also wants to write the platform OF
the party. Shallenberger refused and
announced that as a candidate for gov
ernor he would write his own plat
form and Bryan could do as he pleased
about the senatorship.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Fireman McLane Under Arrest.

Harry l.. McLane, a Northwestern
railroad fireman running out of Nor
folk, was taken to the county Jail at
papers from South Dakota, whore he
is wanted on the charge of stealing a
team of black horses in Butte county
year ago last July. The team was
valued at $500.
McLane was arrested by detective
who had spent the preceding day with
the fireman MCIane denies the
charge He has been firing out OF
Norfolk several months. He was jusr
about to start out on trip when the
detective arrested him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Hens Have Gone On Strike.

The hens around Norfolk have join
ed the Iowa sufTragettes and gone on
a militant, or rather an obstructive, -
campaign. They refuse to lay.
AS a result, the price of a dozen
eggs is now equal to the price of n
pound of country butter-25 cents
wholesale, II cents retail.
So when you sit down to your morn
ing meal to relish pair Of soft boil
eds, you may figure it out that each
one of the spheroids cost 2h cents,
almost
The farmers declare the hens sim
ply won't lay. Efforts to get eggs
shipped in have likewise failed. Il
will pay 81 for eggs" said one mer-
chant, land know they'll be hard to
find at that figure"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

clally fortunate, for she drew a lucky
number which was taken from the big
pile of envelopes on her birthday. She
refuses to state which birthday, but
she states she will go on the claim
and proceed to improve It, believing
farm life more remunerative and with
less of the drudgery than school teach
ing.
Preachers Jared well in drawing,
Rev. G.. f. Hopkins, district supcrin-
tendent of the Methodist church here,
drew low number. He has not yet
stated whether he will go on the claim
or not Rev. Edward Ashley, for thir-
ty years Episcopal minister on the
Cheyenne reservation, drew a low
number. Ashley states by reason of
his long residence on the reservation
he thinks the government Ought to
give him a section of land.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Chief Dispatcher Ed. Ely Reslons.

Fremont, Neb. oct. 29.-News has
been received in local railroad circles
that ED SLY, chief dispatcher for the
Northwestern at Norfolk has resigned
the position, being compelled to do
so on account of his health, which has
broken down under the strenuous
strain of the chiefs duties. The res
ignation will take effect on November
|. It is not definitely known what he
will do in the future, though 1t Is prob
able that he will take vacation and
then return to the dispatcher's office
and work trick as one of the force
of dispatchers. Sly is well known in
railroad circles here, having spent ten
years of his quarter century of rail
road life in the dispatcher's Office
here. From here he went to Chadron
pointed chief dispatcher there when
e. o. Mount became trainmaster some
years ago. All the railroaders who
knew him here years ago have a
warm spot in their hearts" for him.
Sly will be succeeded as chief dis
patcher by A. p. Larson, promising
young dispatcher who has been hold
ing down the chieftainship of the night
shift at Norfolk. Larson, also, Is a
product of the dispatchers' office of
Fremont, where he was the first night
chief after w. B. Golden became
chief dispatcher. Larson went from
Fremont to Norfolk to take the night
chief job there
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Plan to Extend from Dallas.

That the Northwestern railroad is
planning to extend it's Rosebud line
from Dallas early in the spring, is in
dictated by reliable report received
in Norfolk to the effect that sixty car
loads of ties and other material have
already been unloaded in the Bone.
steel yards and that orders have been
sent to the Bonesteel station agent to
prepare to receive 100 carloads alto
gether.
1t is believed that the railroad will
push on into Trip county as early In
the spring as possible, SO that next
years crop may be shipped over the
new line.
II Is stated on what Is considered
reliable authority that the Milwaukee
railroad hAs had surveyors In rripY
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Wayne College S; osmond 0.

Wayne, Neb., Oct. 3O-Special to
The News; The game of football be-
tween the Osmond town team and the
Wayne college ended with score OF
. to 0 in favor of the college.
The main features of the game we're
the mass line plays of the college and
the punting of Osmond. The college
lads held the big Osmond team for
downs almost every time. But once
was the college goal in danger. when
on an off-side penalty Osmond was
within six feet of the line. The line
broke and the ball was lost on downs,
At the end of the first half the college
was within eighteen inches of the Os-
mond goal.
A return game will be played on
the college grounds Thanksgiving.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
COAD'S AFFINITY CASE.
Millionaire Asks for Dismissal, Admit
tina Lapse from Straiqht Path.

ting Lapse from StTal9nt rain.
Lincoln, Ovt. 80. Mark M. Coad,
the Fremont millionaire, still refuses
to admit that Valeria w. Allenspach
is his common lawful wife. Mrs. AL
lenspach is fine looking, buxom wo.
man of A, while Coad is climbing
close to 10. She failed in her effort
in district court to convince the court
that Coad ever agreed to marry her
but has appealed to the supreme
court.
In a brief filed there in resistance
Coad asserts that it is true he and
the woman for several years main,
tanned meretricious relations, but that
both the woman and himself were ex
perienced and knew what they were
doing, and that there was in no sense
advantage taken of innocence and
youth by experience and guile.
Coad asserts that the court ought to
throw the case out of court. He
says that when the woman filed Il
she never intended that it should come
to trial, but expected that he would
come through with a handsome pay
ment of cash. Not having done so
he now says she is trying to push the
case out of spite and to pay to the
world what she supposed he would
pay literally to have suppressed. He
declares that in no letter or state
ment made before their relations were
broken was there any expression
which would indicate that she evel
considered herself his wife, not tc
mention that he never wrote anything
that could be so construed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Aberdeen, S. d., Oct. $50 rapid
ly is the drawing passing that all of
the 10000 names for distribution of
10000 farms of the Cheyenne River
and Standing Rock reservations will
probably be drawn by tonight, thus es.
tablshing a record for expedition
never before equalled in the land of.
fee. Today $500 names were drawn,
half requisite number will probably
be drawn in another day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
slDELIGHTs ON LOTTERY.
Another Negro Draws Good Prize at
Aberdeen

Aberdeen, S. d., Oct. 29.-The negro
appears to have been fortunate in the
Aberdeen land drawing, In addition
to Calvin Boudry of North Dakota,
who will have first choice il William
Engel, who drew No. l, is barred,
which now seems certain, julius K.
Tucker. who is porter on a train run
ming into Aberdeen, drew number 1913.
Tucker is delighted with the good for.
tune and will go on his claim.
Cora b. Craig, teacher In the pub
lie schools here. deems herself espo.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
In Race for GoNernorshin.

Lincoln, Oct. Estate Senator G.
H. Aldrich of David City last evening
gave to the press an announcement
of his candidacy for the governorship
of Nebraska next fall as a 'progres.
sive" republican. Nearly simultan-
eous with this announcement came the
statement of friends of William r..
Andrews, former representative in
congress from Tie Fifth district, at
present auditor of the treasury at
Washington, that he is republican
candidate for governor and is on his
way west to make the formal an
nouncement.
When a juror is summoned to
serve for three weeks he will receive
pay for 81 days, Sundays excepted
regardless of the fact that no court
may be held on Saturdays. The de-
cision was made by the supreme
court in a case from Douglas county,
where the economical board of coun-
ty commissioners locked a juror for
two days because no court had been
held on Saturdays. Unless the court
excuses the juror he gets pay for the
Saturdays.
Suit has been filed in the supreme
court by Representative Bushee of
Kimball county, asking for man.
damus to compel the board of re-
gents of the state university to To-
cate and construct the two expert
mental stations in the west and north.
western parts of the state as provided
in two laws which were enacted
by the recent legislature. For one
$4,000 was appropriated and for the
other $4,000. The money, however,
was to be paid out of the temporary
university fund. In answer to the
suit the board of regents set up that
the law provided just what the tenn
porary university fund must be used
for, and it is Illegal to attempt to de-
fray the expenses of the construc-
of that fund.
The state university is now get.
ting more good advertising than ever
before in its history, due to the i'm.
portant discovery by DR.. Wallace,
assistant professor of English and
Latin. DR.. and Mrs. Wallace found
in the royal archives of London, i'm
portant documents bearing on the
life of William Shakespeare showing
his conn~>,tion with the Blackafriar
and the 'Atobe theatre, and which 10.
Gated tn Globe theatre across the
street fr~~d the place where it has
always b~vn supposed to have been
located. BIS discovery was announced
just a week before the people
of London were to dedicate tablet to
! the spot where the theatre was sup.
posed to have stood, so the announce.
ment has created as much interest In
Europe as did the Cook and Peary
pole controversy. The university has
sent DR.. Wallace back to London to
resume his search for more docu,
ments bearing on the history of the
old days.
The Burlington railroad has filed
a statement with the state railway
commission to the effect that 1t in
tends to install telephones in mum.
Der of towns on its roads where COM
plants have been made. This ac-
tion the Burlington said 1t took, not
because of the Bartos law which COM
pels the railroads to furnish tele-
phones in their stations, but because
the service required telephones. So
far as the Bartos act is concerned the
statement said 1t was uncostitu-
tional.
A. N
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Football at NeIiqh.

Neigh, Neb., Oct. 90 Special to
The News: The Gates academy foot
ball team will play the Milit lry acad.
envy of Lincoln at the Riverside park
grounds tomorrow afternoon. This
promises to be the best game of the
season, and the local boys are hust-
ling to give the lovers of football the
worth of their money.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
NEws-JOURNAI lKIDAY NOVEMBER 1909

county and that the Northwestern Is
watching the movements of that road
closely. Special cars of officials are
said to be not uncommon sights at
Dallas. and several parties of officials
have spent some time driving over the
reservation, IL is claimed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
Nebraska Phone Man Killed.

Fairbury. Neb.. Oct. &c. j. Clark
wire chief here for the Bell Telephone
company, fell off pole here today
and was killed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

business. "Of course" said MIR. Stad-
Gilman. more improvements and nee.
essary arrangements will have to be
made for this"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
sllver Weddlna ceIebrated.

Twenty-Five years of welded life,
and all spent In Norfolk. is the record
OF Mr. and Mrs. Ernest w. zutz. who
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Your advertising is to build your
bigger store-how soon. and how bi8
you are to decide day by day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Everybody In Norfolk reads TIE
News.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-09
MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

The music lovers of Ogden arc eag-
erly looking forward to the most aus
plclouS musical event of the season.
which takes place at the Grand Opera
House, Wednesday afternoon and even
ing In the afternoon the celebrated
Chicago Symphony orchestra. COM
posed OF over sixty musicians and five
soloiSts, will furnish the program un-
der the masterful leadership OF Adolph
Rosenberker, who has studied the
violin under the famous Ferdinand
David, composition with Richter
Hauptman and orchestration with Carl
Reinecke-all professors OF the Leip-
zig Conservatory.
In the evening. the Ogden Taberna-
Gle choir, with Prof. Joseph Ballantyne.
director and accompanied by the Chi
cago Symphony orchestra, and soloists,
Will present the oratorio, Lazarus"
The soloists with this magnificent
orchestra are jeservedly famous.
Frank Arthur Preisch, the basso, Is Il
native OF New York, and after study
ing with various masters In this coun-
try, he went to Europe to complete
his studies. He met with great
success In France. the beauty of his
voice, winning for him the high esteem
of the critical French public. For
seven years he sang In all the prlnci-
pal cities Of England. and in Grand
opera in London. Mr.. Prischi's voice
possesses all the exceptional qualities
demanded by the lyric drama. as well
as the massive works of Handel.
Nine. Hemmi is great artist. She
H.
pany a dramatic soprano voice, which
has been pronounced marvellous by
critics in Europe, as well as in this
country, She has met with phenome-
nal success in grand opera
Miss Harriet Frahm Is the possessor
of beautiful yoice-a rich contralto,
Excellent range, purity of tone and
wonderful power OF expression are Its
characteristics. Miss F'rahm was
student under Mrs. Geneyieye Clark
Wilson.
David B Duggan, the renowned
tenor. studied in Florence under Van
niecIne, the old Italian coach, and later
In Paris with Jean de Reszke, tho
famous French tenor and teacher
Mr.. Duggan has achieved signal sue
cess in concert and oratorio work.
The universal combination of beauty
and music is possessed to the full quo
to by Miss Myrtle Elyyn, the clever
pianist and pupil of Godowsky. She
is undoubtedly one of the greatest ar
lists of her day. Franz Wagner, the
cellist, and Guy Woodard. the yiollnlst
are also without peers on their chosen
instruments, each having a brilliant
career. the result Of earnest work un-
der great masters.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-09
IN SOUTH AMERICA YEARS AGO.
caustlc Description Of Venezuela and
Colombia.

Prof, Hiram Bingham writes of his
travels In Venezuela, saying of San
Carlos; in the time of Bolivar
(about 1879 II was a place Of great
importance. boasted Of 10000 inhab-
itants and many wealthy citizens. To
day 1t has barely 1000 souls and a
few interesting ruins, Earthquakes.
revolutions and cattle plaques have
combined against It. A few COM
panles of sad-eyed soldiers and
handful OF grating politicians hardly
make up for It's lost estate. The
ruins OF the grand house where Boil
iyar is said to have been entertained
shortly before the battle OF Carobobo
are most extonoive, and cover city
block. Part Of the outer walls arc
still standing The corner room has
recently been rooted over and turned
into a butchsrs shop. The ruins OF
another house not far away remind
one OF Italy. while those of the Casa
Blanqueria' are almost Pompcian.
Painted frescoes. elaborate reliefs.
carved wood ceilings and tiled floors
ho" ouClISI polite Uut poSeIly-blIlch-
en- family and their pigs and fowls.
The exterior is decorated with cary
atides that look like Incas"
or the ants In Venezuela Prof. Bing-
ham says; AT one place on the sandy
trail the ants had formed living
causeway over the fine sand of the
path in order to facilitate the great
speed at which the majority wished
to travel. The causeway was over
two inches wide, and from one to three
ants deep. So firmly did tho bridge
ties hold together. | lifted the cause
way four inches from the ground by
thrusting a stick underneath, without
breaking their formation"
Concerning Colombian inns and pa
per money: "Corrazales is a small
village of 80 houses. The innkeeper
did not Ike our looks, and denied tho
existence of food or lodging. Again we
had to resort TO compulslon The
only money desired here is 'billetes
the Colombian paper. which is at
10000 per cent discount. A Colom-
bian nickel coin was refused in pay
ment for spool Of thread"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-09
GAVE PROMISE TO BE- QUIET.
Audience Willing to Be Good II Only
Band Wouldn't Play.

A Kansas man tells of music hall
In a town of that state which bore
the unenviable reputation OF possess
Ing absolutely the worst band any.
where. On one occasion a head
liner" from Chicago had been prom
ised by the management for turn"
and consequently the hall was packed
10 the doors. When, however. the time
had come for the headlines" to ap-
pear instead OF that eagerly awaited
attraction the audience was astound-
cd to see the agitated manager como
before the curtain holding telegram
In his hand.
Ladies' and gentlemen" said he. II
very much regret TO inform you that
the Great Stewart cannot (bisses
and catcalls) possibly arrive for at
least another half hour (Great ap-
plause) In the meantime the band
viii play you selection"
At this n dead silence followed.
which was finally broken by a man In
the gallery.
"Smitty. Smlttyl" he shriekcd.
Don't let the band play. Wen be
quiet. honest we will."-Harper'
Weekly,