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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
CARUSO MUST QUIT.
Temporarily Disabled by an Accident
on the STAGE at Munich.

UT ITTC OtdYC dG NTuHFNH'
Munich, Oct. 13.-Enrico Caruso's
physicians say the singer must aban-
don his engagements for some time
because of Tuesdays accident.
In the second act of La Boheme, Ca
russo was bowling his acknowledge
ments when his forehead came in con-
tact with an iron rod being used in
shifting the scenery. The singer STEP
ped behind the wings and fell uncon-
scious. He recovered slowly and in
sisted on going on for the third act,
through which he sang without the
audience being aware of the mishap.
Fortunately a thick wig protected the
artists head.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
A Broker Under Arrest.

Boston, Oct. 13.-On a charge of us
ing the mails in a scheme to defraud,
Charles II. Brooks, manager and di-
rector of the Redeemable Investment
company of this city, concern having
capital stock amounting to $10,000,00O,
was arrested this afternoon. Accord
ing to the federal officials nearly ST.
100000 is involved under the charges
which have been made against Brooks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
KOBERC IS
TAKEN away
NORFOLK FARMERS CHILDREN
FEAR FOR LIVES.
FATHER A FlEND WHEN DRUNK
Peter koberg Has Been Taken to the
County Jail at Madison and His
Children Sent to an Orphans Home.
Mother Mysteriously Disappeared.

Because Peter Koberg drinks him
self into such a condition that he is
irresponsible and when in that stage
the lives of his children are unsafe,
Sheriff Smith arrested the man at
noon on Norfolk avenue and took him
to the county Jail at Madison in an
automobile. The children-Bernice
aged IA, Belle 8, Burt 10, and William
S-were also taken to Madison, where
they will be put in charge of a matron
who arrived from Omaha Thursday
morning.
The Kobergs live on the Harry
Heath farm, two miles southwest of
Norfolk and, according to the reports
of Sheriff Smith and County Attorney
James Nichols, who have made a thor
ough investigation of the case, the lit
tie children have been taught from
experience to be always on their guard
from the fear that their father would
kill them. While Koberg is devoted
very much to his children when he is
sober, he is reported to be a fiend
while Dunk
His Children Fear Him.
He is said to leave his children
happy at home and return a drunken
tiend and brute. This is the descrip-
ton given of the man by the county
attorney, who, through child friend
of Bernice, was able to talk to the
little housekeeper. Her mother Is
away and her whereabouts are I'M
known.
The little 14-year-old girl, who
guards over her young sister and
brothers, told most pitiful story to
the authorities. She is in constant
fear of her life. She and the other
children have slept in the barn and
other outbuildings of the farm when
their father came home intoxicated
from the city. The lines on the child's
face show the skill and cunningness
for protection developed far beyond
her age. She knows when trouble is
coming and she knows how to dodge
blows directed at her and she knows
where to hide herself and her sister
and brothers. The interior of the
Koberg home where the 14-year-old
housekeeper does all the work is said
by the authorities to be one of the
most squalid and most miserable
homes that can be imagined.
FamiIy's Dramatic Career.
1t has been a dramatic career that
the Koberg family has led. Two years
ago last April the mother took her
children and ran away from Koberg,
going to Cincinnati. Then the mother,
presumably insane, deserted her flock.
They were found later by Koberg and
placed for a month in an orphans
home, but the mother never hunted
them up. Koberg believes she sui
cided. Koberg returned to Norfolk
with his babes and since then has
made life uncertain for them by his
excessive drinking.
Mrs. Kobergs mother was insane.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
A MEXICAN REVoLUTIoNIsT?
Brother of Recently Defeated Candi-
date for President, in Jail.

Mexico City, Oct 13.-Gustave Ma
dero, a brother of Francisco |. Ma
dero, is in prison here charged with
having tried to induce a number of
army officers to inaugurate a revolu-
ton in Mexico against the govern
ment, General Melton Huraldo, a
well known officer, complained to the
authorities that Madero had made rev.
dictionary suggestions to him a few
days ago, and said that several other
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
HUGHES HEAR
SELF QUOTED
NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGE is
CoMPLlMENTEOI IN ARGUMENT.
TWo.cENT FARE LAW INVOLVED
BY Concdent Which Attracted At
tention, Justice Hughes is Paid Com.
piment for His Act While Governor
Of New York.


of New York.
Washington, Oct. 13.-By a coinci-
dence which attracted attention, the
preme court of the United States after
Justice Hughes became a member of
that tribunal, was one III which a COM
pliment was paid to him as governor
of New York. 1t involves the validity
of the Missouri Pacific two-cent pas
senger law of 1907.
In the argument of the case in the
United States court for the western
district of Missouri, attention was
called to the fact that Governor
Hughes of New York had vetoed a
similar law in his state because the
legislature had not given the matter
sufficient consideration. 1t was ar
gued the same thing applied to the
Missouri law.
Governor Hughes had the moral
courage to veto a measure of popular
favor" said Judge Smith Mcpherson,
in holding the consideration of the
Legislature was immaterial in this
case, because he believed the ques-
ton had not been fully considered
But the relations of the governor to
the proposed legislation and that of
court to legislation consummated are
entirely different"
Nevertheless Justice Mcpherson
held the law did not grant a reason
able return to the railways.
Now Justice Hughes is to pass in
judgment on the opinion of Judge Nc
Pherson. Arguments on the validity
of the passenger law and the max
imum freight law Of Missouri enacted
in 1907 will be concluded today, &C.
cordfng to arrangements entered into
yesterday when the argument of the
case was begun.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Roosevelt Endorses Beveridoe.

Veerdersburg, Ind, Oct. 13.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt opened his one-day
campaign in Indiana for Senator Bev-
eridge today with an emphatic en-
dorsement of him as man who
stands for what is good in American
public life. He spoke at Covington
this morning and his second address
in Indiana in Veerdersburg.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
DYNAMITE COLORADO BANK.
Four Masked Men Shoot Up the Town
But Get No Money.

Sterling, Colo, Oct. 10, - Four
masked men, heavily armed, rode into
Proctor, Colo, seventeen miles north
east of here yesterday, shot up the
town, dynamited the State bank of
Proctor and escaped after a running
fight with citizens. They got no
money.
Sheriff Brush of Logan county and
a posse are hunting them. First init
nation of the bandits presence in
Proctor was given by an explosion of
dynamite that partly wrecked the
bank, For an hour thereafter every
man who yentured into the main
street was shot at by one of the two
bandits who stood on the corner.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
FLEW 10 MILtS,S ~ .AUTES
lie Blanc in His Monoplane Makes a
Sensational Flight.

st. Louis, Oct. 13.-Alfred lie Blanc
in his Bleriot monoplane made a flight
of thirteen miles in ten minutes at the
Kinloch aviation meet yesterday after
noon. He covered six laps Of the
field and flew four miles out of bounds.
His average speed exceeded seventy
five miles an hour.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
,Iulius Thiele Dead.

West Point, Neb, Oct. Especial
to The News: Julius Thiele, one of
the best known pioneer citizens of
West Point and Cunning county, died
at his residence in this city at 1920
last evening after an illness of some
months. He was elected county clerk
of Cunning county in 1883 and ex-officio
clerk of the district court, which po-
sitions he held for three years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Strike is Broken.

The belief that the strike has been
checked was reflected on the Bourse
today when there was an increased
demand for railroad shares, which
grew strong accordingly. Arrested
leaders were charged with provoking
seditious meetings and leading vio-
lence and the destruction of property.
The government is convinced this
move, together with the summoning to
military service, will break the back
bone of the strike, which has already
been weakened by failure of the men
of the eastern road, the Paris, Lyons
and Mediterranean and the Paris and
Orleans road to respond generally to
the orders of the militant chiefs of
the national federation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
r. r. Speaks On Gridiron.

Charlottesville, Ind, Oct 10. A
great crowd was out at Charlottesville
to hear Colonel Roosevelt speak. The
train was stopped at the campus of
the Wabash college and Colonel
Roosevelt made his address on the
football field.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Catholics in Rome Protest.

Rome, Oct. 13-The Catholic press
protests against the decisions of the
Italian cabinet denying the expelled
Portuguese orders the right to settle
in Italy, The papers say that while
it may give satisfaction to the ex-
IRENE parties this action was quite un.
necessary as the Portuguese had no
intention of taking up their residence
in this country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Teddy,s Rrother.ln.Law Named.

Pennington, Conn, Oct. l3.-Real
Admiral Cowles, U, S. n, retired,
brother-in-law of former President
was nominated last night
by the republicans for representatives
from this town in the general as
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
The Cholera Situation.

Rome, Oct. 13,-The official report
of the cholera situation in Italy shows
that there have been twenty-four new
cases and eight deaths in the last
tMentY.four hours.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
TROPICAL STORM IS COMING
Gulf Sailing Vessels Advised to Gel
Into Shore Today.

Mobile, Oct. 13.-The local weather
bureau today received the following
storm warning:
Advisory $50 a. m. - Tropical
storm of considerable intensity south
west of Cuba near Yucatan channel
moving towards gulf of Mexico. eau
ton advised for all sailing those wa
ters. (Signed) Moore"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
DAKOTA C0WBOt Is GUILTY
Elmer Stumbaueh Convicted of Man.
slaughter at Belle Fourche.

Belle Fourche, S. d., Oct. 13.-A
jury in the circuit court here yester-
day found Elmer Stumbaugh, the ex-
cowboy guilty of manslaughter for
killing Louis Arfan near here last sum-
mer. A. men quarreled over line
fence web stato'~a in Arfans death.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
DEAD AT AGE Of SO
Mrs. Augusta Getzman, Stanton Coun-
~ Pioneer, Expires.

Stanton, Neb., Oct. l3.-Special to
The News: Mrs. Augusta Getzman,
an old resident of Stanton county, died
here on Monday. Mrs. Getzman came
to this county at an early date, and
was a pioneer nurse. Had she lived
till next January she would have at
tanned the age of 80.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14

Mines Shut Down Because They Have
No Means Of Shipping the Coal;
Government is Taking Firm Hand
in Regard to the Strike.
Courrieres France. oct. 10. - The
coal mines dismissed 4,5OO EMPLOYEES
today because of the inability to ship
the coal due to the railway strike.
No Trains Into France.
Berlin, oct 13.--Passenger and
freight traffic by railway with France
was practically suspended. Sleeping
car tickets are no longer sold to
French interior points. The banks
complain of serious Inconvenience in
financial transactions between Ger
many and France.
The French newspapers are arriving
here day late and bear Belgium post
mark stamps.
Paris, Oct. 13.-The French govern
ment Is meeting the situation result
ing from the general strike of railroad
employees with tirmness that chal-
lenges the admiration even of those
who sympathize with the men in their
demands for a minimum wage of 81
a day.
This morning five of the strike
leaders were placed under arrest.
This action was in the fulfllment of
Premier Brands promise to punish
the agitators who, he has declared,
precipitated an insurrectionary move
ment at the very hour that the pre-
mier and M. Millerand, the minister
of public works, posts and telegraphs,
were conducting negotiations looking
to the peaceful adjustment of the diff
ferences between the railroad manag-
ers and their employees.
The national railroad union has sue
ceeded in thoroughly demoralizing the
service on the Northern and Western
systems, but it had less success in the
eastern and southern lines. The situa-
ton this morning showed little change
from yesterday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Bryan In Des Moines.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 13.-William j.
Bryan reached here today to speak to-
night at a democratic rally, the big
gest that party will have in Iowa this
year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
GUARDING SPANISH EMBASSY.
Extra Precautions Taken Thursday,
Anniversary of Ferrer Execution.

Anniversary of Ferrer Execution.
London, Oct. 13--Special precau-
lions were taken today the anniver-
sary of the execution of Francisco
Ferrer, the Spanish modern school
teacher, to guard the Spanish embassy
here. Villa Y Urrutia, the Spanish
ambassador to Great Britain, recently
has received several threatening let
tiers and last night the pavement and
steps leading to the embassy were
daubed with red paint.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Former Kansas Governor Dead.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. 13,-W. E. Stan
ley, former governor of Kansas, died
at his home here this morning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
STEAMER SINKS, 7 DROWN
Swedish Bark Diana is Struck by Fish
ina Boat and Sunk.

CuXhaven, Germany, Oct 13.-The
fishing steamer Senator Holthuff col
lided with and sank the Swedish bark
Diana today. Seven of the Diana's
crew were drowned. The survivors
were brought here by the steamer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
Forecast for Nebraska.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-The bulletin is
sued by the Chicago station of the
United States weather bureau gives
the forecast for Nebraska as follows:
Generally fair tonight and Friday;
cooler tonight south portion.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
FRANCE IS
PARALyzED
NO TRAINS RUNNING THERE
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

4,5oo MINERS ARE MADE IDLE
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14

Mines shut Down Because They Have
No Means Of Shipping the Coal;
Government is Taking Firm Hand
in Regard to the Strike.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14

officers had been approached on the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14

Courrieres, France. oct. 10. - The
coal mines dismissed $500 employees
today because of the inability to ship
the coal due to the railway strike
The Appeal., 1910-09-17
DRAWN UP INTO The SKY
The Only Explanation for the Disap-
pearance Of the Water from
the Dead Sea.

There can be only two modes hy
which the waters flowing into the
Dead sea can escape from it-either
by underground percolation or by
evaporation. It is extremely improb-
able that any considerable quantity
escapes by the former mode, and we
are further led to suppose, for two
good reasons, that evaporation &C.
counts for maintaining the steady level
OF that sea. First, the sea remains
Intensely salt. The Dead sea contains
about five times as much solids in So
luton as does the ocean. This in.
tense saltness could not be maintained
with comparatively fresh river water
pouring into it for thousands of years,
unless the water in escaping, left be.
hind the saline substances. Evapora.
tion is the only process that would &C.
count for this. Secondly, the heat in
The Dead sea valley is overpowering.
The temperature in the Jordan valley
has been known to rise in August to
ll8 degrees, even opposite Jericho,
and it would be even higher in the
Dead sea gorge. George Adams
Smith, in his Historical Geography of
the Holy Land (p.5O0), says: "The
extracted moisture usually forms a
haze impenetrable to the eye for more
than a few miles, but sometimes vast
clouds of mist rear themselves from
the sea-"
The Appeal., 1910-09-17
FAMOUS OLD ENGLISH CLOCK
Aged Astronomical Timepiece Around
Which There Cling Many
Superstitions.

visitors at Hampton Court palace
1or the next few weeks will miss the
famous astronomical clock, the dial
OF which has now been removed for
repair and repainting. It is nearly
tnlrty years since a similar work was
Undertaken. The old clock, which was
the hrst astronomical timepiece in
england and was made for King Henry
Vlll.<ln 1910, has curious history. In
1880 it was brought out of a shed at
the palace, where it had lain neglected
1or nearly half century, and by order
Oh the then secretary of the office of
works it was re-erected in the court
yard opposite the entrance to the state
apartments.
According to Mr.. Ernest Law. the
historian of Hampton Court palace
the clock was invented by Nicholas
CRATER, famous German astronomer.
VINO came over to England by the in
vltatlon of Cardinal Wolsey, and who
was introduced by him to Henry VIII.
BY the clock it is possible to ascer-
tain the hour, the month, the day of
IAAO pOS1I1Ou u Lu0 sun ana
the number of days since the begin.
nlng OF the year, phases of the moon
and its age, the hour at which it
crosses the meridian and the time of
high water at London bridge. The
winding of the clock occupies half an
hour every week. The weights de-
scend to a depth of over sixty feet.
- Like many other things about the
palace, there are legends about the
clock. 1t is related that when Anne of
Denmark, queen of James l., died at
Hampton court the clock, which was
striking four at the moment, immedi-
ately stopped. It is also alleged to
have done so ever since whenever
anyone long resident in the palace
died within it's precincts, and super.
stitious people quote many cases of
its more recent occurrence.-London
Chronicle.
The Appeal., 1910-09-17
THINGS SAID DURING THE WAR.

THINGS SAID DURING THE WAR.
It is very interesting to read some
of the things said during the war of
the rebellion, but which have now al
most faded from the memories of
men. The New York Sun reproduces
the following:
Here is what one of the orators
said, and he was a. minister of the
gospel at that, and hailed from the
loyal state of Iowa:
The American people are ruled by
felons With all his vast armies,
Lincoln has failed! failed! failed!
failed! And still the moster usurp
er wants more victims for his slaugh-
ter pens. I blush that such a felon
should occupy the highest gift of the
people. Perjury and larceny are writ
ten al over him. Ever since the
usrrper, traitor, and tyrant has oc-
supied the presidential chair the Re-
publican party has chouted war to
the knife and the knife to the hilt.
Blood has flowed in torrents, and yet
the thirst of tne old monster is not
guenched, His cry is ever for more
blood ~. .- Il
The Appeal., 1910-09-17
Wedding Over a Coffin.

A peculiar wedding ceremony was
that which took place at Lewiston
Pa, one day lately, when, with hands
joined over the casket in which lay
the body of the brides father, Miss
Lillian Lewis and Edwin S. Eby were
married by Rev w. L. Nudge, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church.
1t had been the one wish of Mr.
Lewis that he might live to see his
daughter the wife of Eby, but a few
days before the wedding he was sud
denly taken ill and died.
The young couple had been engaged
for some time, and at the request OF
the bride the wedding took place in
the darkened parlor of the Lewis
home, where lay the body of her ia.
ther. Rev. Mr.. Nudge, friend of the
Lewis family, was called, and before
preaching the funeral service per.
formed the wedding ceremony amid
the tears of relatives.
The Appeal., 1910-09-17

ing a strong effort to secure the ac-
quittal of Mamie Mclaughlin, who
is On trial in New Orleans for killing
her seducer. They claim that women
as we'll as men are emitted to the
protection of the unwritten law Per
haps it is well that this aspect of the
case has been brought into promi-
nence, The evils of lynch law at
tracted but little attention or rebuke
so long as Afro-Americans were the
victims, but since the law has been
so generally applied to white men
they have become very apparent.
The Appeal., 1910-09-17
Lodge Jewels

1HEE ING.
Hall, Guest! We. ask not what thou
art.
If friend, we greet thee hand and
- heart;
II stranger, such no longer be; -
II fee, our love shall conquer thee. :"
al be good friends together, because
we want to- cut out formality for a.
Old friends and new friends, let's
While and have a real nice heart to
heart talk with you.
From time to time we hear from
the lips Of those who are but partial
ly acquainted with us, the words
"Oh, an Elk is just good fellow
and that's all"
Now we don't object to being called
good fellows, mot by a jug full
because one of the most essential
qualities of a good Elk is that of
goodfelloWship, for a bad fellow at
heart never vet qualified as a good
Elk; but somehow we don't like the
way those people say it,-'and that's
ALL" It seems to imply that an Elk
is a kind of good fellow who is really
not a good fellow
People sometimes make the mis-
take of judging a class by an indi-
vidual member of that class, more
often than not picking out poor
specimen as an example, too, and we
feel assured that this is just what has
been done in our case.
By this statement we know that we
acknowledge that poor specimens ex-
ist among us, and where in the world
will YOU not find good, bad and in
different elements associated with
each other; but from the time of our
birth as Elks, up to- the present
moment, it has ever been our en-
deavor to do as much as possible to-
wards the moral betterment of our
selves and>,ou fel1owmen, and it is
our intention still to go on making
efforts in that direction.
Men banded together for the pur-
pose Of advancing the PRINCIPLES
which are based on the cardinal
virtues of charity, justice, brotherly
love and fidelity, must necessarily be
more than "just good fellows in the
sense in which those words are used
with reference to us, now don't you
think so? Of course. you do. /.
Our little talk is over. We trust
you understand us little better than
you did before it began. However, let
us once more extend to you our hands
in welcome -
Friend from the North, South, East,
or West,
When you cross our threshold as
guest
Shake sadness. let gladness all
thoughts enhance; -
And now, sweet guest, let's on with
the dance!
Hiawatha Temple, Nov 1. -.,~
The Appeal., 1910-09-17

Cincinnati in stolen automobile,
with two young men who paWned
their jewelry and deserted them, pen
niless in this city, and says, "Watch
your daughter"
It is good advice for the Caucasian
parent and it is even better for the
Afro+American; for our daughters are
far more exposed than those of the
white race, and they have much less
protection, for they are considered
the legitimate prey of the scoundrels
Of both races. So we repeat to the
AfrO-American parent: WATCH
YOUR DAUGHTER!"