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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
WAYNE Normal Notes.

Miss Lydia Page, primary teacher at
Spencer, was a caller while on her
way home from her Christmas vaca-
ton.
Mrs. Wightman gave a most instruc-
tive address Tuesday morning at chap
ell. Her subject was "The Cliff Dwell
ers."
Mrs. Pile was in Sioux City Thurs
day night to see Robert Mantell in
Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth. u
Miss Mason and Mrs. Cunningham
went with Mrs. Pile.
Rev. Mr.. Kirkpatrick was at chapel
Saturday morning. He was the first
preacher to venture up on the hill since
the severe weather.
Miss Slime, eighth grade teacher at
Chadron and a graduate of the 1903
scientific class, was a guest at the col
lege Friday and Saturday. Three for,
mer students are teachers in Chadron
Miss Stine reports Professor Wilson
as doing well and very popular.
C. r. Chinn returned from the Y, NJ
C. A. convention at Rochester. He
said it was a fine trip and a great con
vention. Mr.. Chinn was a guest of
Helen Pile Newton, whom he says is
the same Helen and her home a little
palace
At a union meeting of the Christian
associations, Attorney Rooney was the
principal speaker. The school has
three christian organizations, viz: Y
NJ. C. A., Y. w. C. and the Catholic
club The first Sunday of each term
these organizations hold joint ses
sion. This was held last Sunday and
was we'll attended.
Among the new students to enrol
this week we notice the names Of Ma
bel Anderson, Wakefield; Mae Griffen
Elgin; Blanche Elliott, Clara Wischhof
Nina Thompson, Katherine Van Nor
man, Wayne; Hattie Hewitt, Osmond
Messrs. Ward of Coleridge, Jones anC
Pearson of ST. Edwards, and Anderson
of Concord.
Professor Huntemer of the manua
training department was given leave
of absence for four months. Mr.. Hun
temer will attend the Stout Manua
Training school at Menomonie, Wis
from which institution he will graduate
in June. His assistant, Mr., Sears, will
have charge of the work during hi
absence, The young men of the de
partment presented Mr.. Hunteme
with handsome leather travelling ba
as token OF the esteem in which h
ls held by them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
Northwest Weddings.

Thomas ]. Flynn of Albion was
married to Miss Maud NJ. Newbower
of Rapid City S. D., at the home of
the bride on Wednesday January 8.
Ray Willoughby and Miss Bessie
Willis were married at Bonesteel.
Victor Sommers and Miss Clara
Beck of Bonesteel were married at St
Joseph, Mo.
Charles NJ. Christianson and Miss
Ollie Cornell were married at Carlock
A. L. Shannon and Mrs. Mabel Jen
kins were married at Ewing.
Oscar Worley and Miss Essie John
son were married at Gordon.
Miss Salina Farnsworth and Carl j
Malmsten were married near Page.
Alfred Thompson and Mrs. Kate
James of Butte were married al
Creighton.
Miss Frances Enbody and Frank Rat
cliffe were married at Stuart.
Earl F., Brewster and Miss Ellen
Campbell were married at Springview
Miss Mary Denney and Patrick Ryan
were married at Pilger.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21

by the Guaranty Trust company were
In conference over the final details of
the plan.
II was learned definitely that, while
Morgan a company were at the head
of the enterprise, the First National
Bank and the National city bank In.
tercsts were also more or less close.
ly affiliated with the scheme.
The Guaranty company stands forth
in point of aggregate resources among
the trust companies of the United
states. The Morton ranks twelfth and
the Fifth Avenue forty.unth. when
the merger is finally effected, the com.
bination will show total resources
which probably viii make il rank
first or second in the list of the coun.
| try's trust companies. II undoubted-
ly will take first position If the Bank.
ers' Trust company becomes "a party
to the deal which is admitted to be
within the easy possibilities of the near
future.
The Morgan interests and the Ma.
tional City bank people are working
in entire sympathy in these matters.
| j. u. Morgan, jrn recently became
director of the National City bank,
| and it is known that the Morgan i'm.
terests have materially enlarged their
holdings of National city bank stock.
1t is believed that the mergers are
only the beginning of a larger move.
mCnt and the Mercantile Trust com
pany and the Equitable Trust com.
pany eventually will be taken into
some sort of a powerful alliance. It
was limited that the Morgan interests
bid actively for the Vanderbilt hold
ings of the Union Trust company stock
which passed ten days ago into the
possession of Speyer d Company.
The Morgan interests are believed to
he virtually in absolute control of the
National Bank of Commerce by reason
of the stock owned by various mem.
bers of the Morgan house and the
large holdings in the hands of the
Equitable Life and the Mutual Life
insurance companies. The National
Bank of Commerce is one of the three
largest banks in Wall street, and be.
cause of its remarkable charter, which
! is so drawn as to free its Sharehod.
ers from the double liability clause
applied to other national banks, its
stock has a unique value.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
TIGERS GET BUNNY" BOOTH.
Former Nebraska Coach Will Go to
Missouri School.

Lincoln Jan. l5.-"Bummy" Booth,
the man who gave Nebraska a place
in western football circles few years
ago, is slated to coach the University
of Missouri eleven next fall. He is
wanted for the place left vacant by the
resignation of William Roper, the
coach who gave Missouri a champion
ship team last fall and he has practiC-
ally decided to accept the offer from
the Columbia school.
Booth would rather come to Nebras-
ka next fall than to go to Missouri,
and has written to a former Corn
husker star that in case the Nebraska
Athletic board would elect him coach
he would accept the position. Not get
ting the Nebraska job, though, Booth
will go to the Columbia school. The
Cornhusker board is not in favor of
Booth and he will have the opportunity
of taking the Missouri job.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
Brother Of Mrs. E. E. Gillette.

Concerning Mrs. Il. Il. Gillette's
brother Asher w. Ely who recently
died in New York and was buried in
gives interesting facts. Mr., Ely having
helped organize the Elks lodges in the
Philippines and in Cuba. The paper
comments as follows
Mr. Ely was an Iowa City roy He
graduated from the high school here
and entered the university, where he
was distinguished as a football player
He was center on the championship
team of 1900.
The news of his death could scarcely
be believed at first, and provoked the
Borrowing relatives have the sympathy
of the hundreds of friends which the
young man possessed in this city
Mr. Ely left Iowa City on December
"a, 1901 bound for the Philippine isl
ands. He was given the post of chief
clerk in the commissary department of
the regular army in the Philippines,
and served in that capacity for seven
years At times he had several million
dollars worth of supplies in his charge.
Two years ago Mr.. Ely returned to
America, and was expecting to be sta
toned at Governors Island but just at
this time the Cuban trouble broke out
and Mr.. Ely was sent to Havana with
the army of occupation. He returned
few months ago, and visited i'm Iowa
| City with his parents until he was sent
! to Governors Island. New York, as
chief clerk in the commissary depart
ment.
Mr.. Ely became afflicted with stOm
aCh trouble as a result of his Philip
| pine and Cuban service, and was not
in the best of health when he was the
guest of his parents in Iowa City last
summer When he was visited by his
brother in New York last week, he was
in excellent spirits and appeared il
good health.
His brother, Nate d. Ely of Daven
port, took dinner with him at the Wal
dorf-Astoria on Thursday evening ant
departed Friday afternoon for his
home When he arrived in Davenport
he found a message from f. U. Gus
sta, Asher's house.mate, telling hin
of the sudden death, and offering tt
attend to the disposition of the re
mains, which will be sent to Iowa City
Mr.. Ely was a charter member o
Iowa City lodge, No. 500, b. p. O. E.
and assisted in organizing Elk lodges
both in the Philippines and in Cuba
He was 81 years old at the time o
death, having been born October Il
1872. Mr.. Ely was unmarried.
Surviving him are his parents Capt
and Mrs. f. H. Ely three brothers ant
two sisters; Major II. i. Ely of tn,
Philippine scouts, who left here De
cember on his way to Manila Lieu
tenant e. j. Ely of the United State
cavalry, stationed at Fort Yellowstone
Nate d. Ely of Davenport; Mrs. f. T
!, Farr, Sioux City, and Mrs E. E. Gil
lette, Norfolk, Neb.
Nearly one hundred G. A. r. me
attended the services, as Captain e. Il
Ely, father of the deceased, is tn
commander of the post at Iowa City
Mr.. Ely was i'll and not able to attend
The sight of so large number @
; feeble white-haired veterans when tn
thermometer was 20 degrees beloy
zero was truly pathetic.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
Meadow Grove.

Miss Emma Moore of Lincoln will
spend the winter with her sister, Miss
Jessie Moore, the assistant principal
of the high school.
Ray Reynolds is in this city visiting
with his sister, Mrs. viii Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Warrick left yes
terday for Lincoln to attend state
lumbermens convention.
The Woodmen of this city held their
installation of officers Wednesday
evening. The following were in
stalled: V. c., II. ID. Weygint; w. A.,
j. c. Weise; banker, f. B. Woods;
clerk, II. f. Mason; escort, C. f. Har.
low; manager, Albert Fields; inside
watch, A. b. Baysinger; outside watch,
Ed McNight |. W. Mcintosh acted as
installing officer. Two new members
were also adopted, Joe and Rudolph
Dittrick.
Miss Claire Hughes is again at her
desk at the school house. Miss Hughes
was called home by the serious illness
of her grandmother last week.
Rev. G. F. Mead is in Madison, where
he acted as installing officer OF the L.
o. o. F. OF that place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
BRAVE FiREMEN SAVED HER.
ITO the Rescue, a Woman Calls" Said
the Heroes.

New York Jan. 1.-two firemen
who heard shrill screams coming from
the upper floor of burning Brooklyn
tenement last night risked their lives
in dash through the flames, believing
that woman was perishing.
Singed and we'll nigh overcome with
smoke, they reached the top floor to
find that the cries came from big,
green parrot in a wire cage. BY this
time escape down the staircase was
cut off, and Polly was taken down the
long fire ladders to the ground
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
SWAP IDEAS, NOT YARNS.
The Cracker Box Contingent UP tc
Date in New York.

New York, Jan. 15.-Several hun
dred persons with a leaning toward as
sorted PHILOSOPHERS squeezed them
selves into the parlors of the Phlale-
THAN society's clubhouse, 142 West
Eighteenth street last night. They
were eager to attend the organization
meeting of that society and became
charter members at $4 a head.
Wilbur c. Fisk of the banking house
of Harvey Fisk & Sons, who is said
to be the financial hacker of the brain
trust" greeted many of the prospective
members When the throng became
too great, he retired to an upper story
and left Walter Goodyear, a publisher
of new thought" doctrine and the
temporary president of the society, to
represent him.
1t was made plain that the object of
the newly founded organization is the
exchange of philosophical ideas, Mem.
bers are supposed to foregather and
swap their beliefs as bankers do fl
nancial paper in the clearing house
Everyone must see the truth with an
open mind, as one speaker put it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
WEPT AS HE PASSED SENTENCE
Judge Dyer Hopes for Pardon for
Two Bank Clerks Who EmbezzIed.

st. Louis, Jan. 15.-Judge d. p. Dyer
of the United States district court
wept today as he sentenced George F..
Smith, jr., 81 years old, and William A.
Gray, 20 years old, formerly bank
clerks, to serve five years each in the
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan, for
enlightenment. They will be held here
until March /, in the hope that a par
don will be granted to them.
"If the law permitted me to impose
a lighter sentence | would do So"
Judge Dyer said, Il hate to send
young men to the penitentiary."
The sentence was held up three
months pending an appeal to the pres
ident for pardon but it was found that
the pardon could not be considered I'M
til after sentence had been passed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
SPORTS
MAY FIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO
New Board of Supervisors May Make
the Fiuht Going Smooth.

New Board of Supervisors May Make
the Fight Going Smooth.
San Francisco, Jan. 15.-There is
y possibility that the Jeffrles-Johnson
fight may be pulled off in San Fran
cisco proper, although no finish bat
ties have been held in this city since
the days of the historic California
club hCurished nearly twenty years
ago. This is situation in a nut
shell; The laws of California say
that glove contests may be licensed,
but they must be limited. 1t is pos
sible to pull off fight of 900 rounds,
but not a finish engagement.
Since twenty years ago the super
visors of this city passed law limit.
ing fights to twenty-five rounds. Lat
er it was amended, limiting bouts to
twenty rounds, and this law has been
in effect for more than ten years. A
new board of supervisors will take
oath of office in the next few days.
1t is understood all along the line that
San Francisco will be turned wide
Open" One of the most influential
members of the board is John L. Her.
get, known in the ring twenty years
ago as young MITCHELL" one of the
greate,'t of middle weight fighters. He
is to be the chairman of the commit
tee that will pass upon prize fight
permits, and according to the best in
formation, Herget and his followers
will amend the present law, and thus
make Aground fights possible within
the city proper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
TRAILS FUGITIVE; NEARLY DIES
Follows Trail Of Murderer for Days
Without Food or Water.

Pierre. S. d., Jan l5.-Carey Ben
son of Newark. S. d., was found near
ly frozen to death in a snow cave
under Sully Buttes, forty miles north
of here along the Missouri river, and
brought into Fort Sully, on the Sully
military reservation.
For nine days Benson had fought
cold, hunger, thirst, fatigue and the
binding glare of the sun on the SHOWS
in pursuit of Daniel Cant, who shot
and killed Bensons friend, Louis Max
we'll, in Englevale, n. D., Thanksgiving
day and fed the country with price
on his head.
Daniel Cant is yet at large, if he
still lives. But soldiers left Fort Sully
Tuesday for the territory east of the
Sully Buttes, believing they will find
the missing fugitive dead
Benson when in Newark, S. D..
about two weeks ago, was informed
that the fugitive Cant had been seen
at Wakpala, the second station be-
yond the Missouri river on the Mil
! waukee roads extension Benson then
| boarded train, arrived at Wakpala
! and picked up fresh trail thirty miles
west of Wakpala, at a homesteader's
! shanty.
He pursued the fugitive across two
! reservations for five days in binding
storms and intense cold, suffering hun
ger and fatigue. He dragged his way
along Cherry creek to it's junction with
the Cheyenne river, where at a post he
! half reCuperated and found out that
the fugitive had left nine hours be-
, fore.
Both pursuer and pursued pushed
through this almost uninhabited win
, ter-swept country afoot, deep SHOWS
and treacherous passages making i'm
possible the use of horses.
From the post at the mouth Of
Cherry creek the chase turned south.
eastward across Stanley county.
"My limbs grew numb to my hips"
said Benson. The snow increased my
thirst. River and watering places
were ice-locked. The storm, the wind,
| the empty homestead cabins and barns
Knocked my helplessness. At times
| was almost certain | could see Cant
leaving cabins upon my approach, but
| was unable to increase my speed.
81 could find places where he had
tried to beat holes through the flint
like ice in order to secure water. He
also built snow caves to fend off the
cutting wind As we neared the Mis-
souri, | became a half frozen machine,
My eyes ached, bloodshOt at the glare
of the sun.
q remember falling down the west
bank of the Missouri-and then the
cot here at Fort Sully."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
MORGAN coRNERINo BANKS.
There are Indications Of an Under
standing with Rockefeller.

New York, Jan. 15.-Morgan's COB
bling up of trust companies and banks
has little more than begun, accord
ing to financial authorities here. His
absorption of one great money house
or another meets with no opposition
from the Rockefeller interests, which
leads to the rumor that there Is an
understanding that may eventually
lead to the National City banks par
ticipating in the money combine.
The combination of the Guaranty,
Morgan and Fifth avenue concerns is
regarded as only a forerunner to a
bigger merger. The financiers con-
nected with the absorption of the Nor
ton and Fifth avenue trust companies
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
WAR ON FOOD TRUST.
Inquiry Into Cold Storage Houses Seen
as Method of Forcing Prices.

as Method of Forcing Prices.
Washington, Jan. 15.-The increased
cost of living results largely from the
manipulation of prices which is made
possible by the vast cold storage bust
ness of the country, according to Rep
resentative ]. Hampton Moore of Phil
adelphia. Mr.. Moore introduced In the
house a resolution calling for an in
vestigation of the cold storage meth
DDS. If the inquiry is undertaken
Chicago, as the greatest center OF
cold storage will be looked to for the
information required. Mr.. Moore's re-
solution provides:
1.-The secretary of the department of
agriculture is hereby authorized and
directed to report to the house of rep
resentatives whether, in his judgment,
the public health is affected by the
storage warehouses of meats, fish pOul-
try, game, butter, eggs, oysters, or
other food products; whether the ac-
emulation of such food products in
storage tends to render them unfit for
food, and whether it is advisable to
limit the time such products may re.
main in storage"
The resolution was referred to the
committee on agriculture.
"The food trust" said Mr.. Moore,
speaking generally, is able to keep
up the prices of the necessities of life
only by reason of it's ability to store
these necessities for long periods and
put them on the market only when the
prices prove satisfactory. l do not
wish to be understood as being against
the warehouse men. My charge is not
against them. But it is by modern
warehousing facilities that corner in
food stuffs is possible, with the result
ing exaggerated scale of prices"
In the senate, Elkins of West Vir-
ginia and Crawford of South Dakota
| introduced resolutions providing for
congressional investigation into the
high cost of living. Senator Elkins'
resolution calls for an exhaustive in
yestigation" into the matter by com
mittee of five senators, while Senator
Crawford calls upon the secretary OF
commerce and labor for figures show
ing the increases in wholesale and re-
tail prices during the last decade and
the causes for such increases.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
Observation-Disclosures.

Neigh, Neb., Jan. 15.-Special to
The News: The wedding of Miss
Donna Mae Melick to julius Schwich-
enberg occurred Wednesday at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. J. Melick of this city.
At $50 o'clock in the morning G. A.
Sellery sang Had I Thousand Lives
to Live" by Alfred Salman, after
which Mrs. O. A. Williams rendered
the bridal song from "Lohengrin," to
the strains of which the bridal party
entered the parlor.
Rev. Mr.. Scheips, pastor of the
Lutheran church of Pierce and broth
er-in-law of the groom, performed the
ceremony, using the beautiful ring SER
vice, and the same was made very i'm
pressive. After the wedding a boun-
tiful four-Course breakfast was served,
the tables being decorated in red car.
nations, roses and smilaX Many beau.
tiful and useful presents were given
the happy young couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Switchenberg depart.
ed on the eastbound train at 11;21 for
Sioux City, where they will visit among
| friends and relatives for few days
before going to Plainview. where they
will be at home after February /.
The best wishes for a bright and
happy life follow the young couple
The invited guests present we're: Mr.
and Mrs j. j. Melick; Mrs. John Mel
| lex, Carroll, Neb; Mrs. Kelsey Wit
mer, Rapid City, S. D.; Edward Melick
Yankton, S. D.; Mr.. and Mrs. Scheips
Pierce; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Melick
Mrs. Loretta Trowbridge, Mr.. and Mrs
Stoel, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Williams
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Sellery, Miss Heller
Boyd and A. Vance Anderson.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21

Sperry e Hutchinson Company Wins
important Decision.

Washington, Jan. 15.--All questions
regarding the legality of IS. & H."
green trading stamps has been for
ever disposed of in the sweeping de-
cision just rendered by Judge Null
lowry. The judge carefully reviews
the Lansburgh decision and holds that
it has no application to the Sperry e
Hutchinson company's trading stamp
business, and in conclusion says: I'm
business, therefore, there is no ele.
ment of chance, no appeal to the gamb-
ling instinct or anything by which
the morals of the community may be
affected"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21

joyed theater party at the Boyd,
where they saw FRITZ Scheff in THE
Prima Donna"
The Tuesday night club after a
slelghing party through the country
Tuesday evening met at the farm of
Robert Hagel three miles east of Nor
folk, where after their usual houl
of Bible study, refreshments were
served.
The Aid society of the Presbyterian
church gave dinner in the home OF
Mrs. J. A. Ballantyne on Friday. After
the dinner, which was well patroni2ed
and enjoyed, a business meeting was
held.
Lieutenant f.. j. Ely Of Fort Yellow
stone, Wyom., is guest in the home
of his sister, Mrs. Il. +. Gillette. Hav
ing visited here before, he has many
friends who are glad to see him again
The ladies of the Second Congrega
tlOnal CnurCn nelu Jnelr lea anu an
with Mrs. Jewel Fountain Thursda!
afternoon. She was assisted by Mrs
Shrider.
Mrs. Rudolph WiChert entertained {
number of friends Monday evening
The entertainment was in honor o
Miss Cora Hemple of Atlantic, la.
The ladies of the Methodist churcI
enjoyed pleasant afternoon OF
Thursday in the home of Mrs. Jane
Roseborough on Norfolk avenue.
Miss Sophia Nethaway celebrate
her sixteenth birthday by inviting
number of her girl friends to a
o'clock dinner Tuesday evening
Mrs. H. l.. Snyder returned to he
home in Omaha today after pleas
ant visit with Mrs. j. ID. Sturgeon.
A Jolly crowd was entertained {
Miss Lottie Schmiedebergss Sunda
evening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
Flood DANCER In Topeka Past.

Topeka. Kan, Jan. 15.-With the
gauge in the Kansas river here show
ing a fall of six feet since Thursday
morning, all danger of a disastrous
flood or further damage to bridges in
this vicinity is passed. The stage of
the river is now 1872 feet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
A COURT FOR FAMILY ROWS.
New York Plans Special Attentions fol
Domestic Difficulties.

yers and judges hope to secure the
establishment in this city of police
court to be known as the Court OF
Domestic Relations" at which only
cases of men abandoning their wives
and children shall be tried.
There are more than twenty thou
sand cases of wife descrtion heard in
the New York courts every year, and
the hackers of the new movement
point out that the regular magistrates
in the rush of other business, are un
able to give proper consideration OF
these abandonment cases.