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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
TUESDAY TOPICS.

J. c. Burton, formerly of Norfolk,
has issued the first edition ef the Hay
Springs News, at Hay Springs, Neb.
The Madison county fair was a fin
ancial success, The receipts hit the
$4,000 mark and the expenses were
lower than on any other similar occa.
sion,
The beautiful plate glass window in
the entrance to the new Union Pacific
depot at Madison was destroyed dur
ing the fair by person who imbibed
too freely of the amber colored fluid.
The blame is laid to a Norfolk man.
The hitching posts which have been
quite prominent in Madison are being
slowly but surely done away with.
The hitching posts on the main street
of Madison are nearly all gone. They
have been moved to less prominent
thoroughfares,
The designations as deputy game
wardens of John b. Donovan and Fred
Domnssee leaves but one deputy
game warden in this part of the coun
ty. \. f. Stearns, a travelling sales
man. is the officer. He is a deputy
game warden, but his business keeps
him out of the city a major portion Of
the time.
Madison is fighting for a sewerage
system as hard as Norfolk has beer
for the paving of Norfolk avenue
There is no sewerage in the count!
seat and the sentiment at the presen
time is more favorable now than i
was some time ago when there wa
evidence that the bonds would be de
feated, The question now at Madison
is, "Will the bonds carry or not?"
Six schools in Madison county hav
not yet opened for the regular schoo
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
ROBERT TAFT TO HARVARD.

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 27.-Three
of the most active members of the
senior class of the Yale academic de-
partment last June have decided to
enter the Harvard law school this fall.
They are Robert Alphonso Taft, son
of the president; stephen Philbin,
son of the New York eX-district at
torney and Ruthven Wodell. Phil
bin captained the Yale baseball team
and Wodell the crew last season. Taft
led his class in scholarship and tried
for the varsity crew for two seasons.
The trio will room together in Win
throp hall. where the Yale squad sent
annually from the academic depart
ment to the Harvard professional
schools is quartered. Philbin has gone
to Beverly to be the guest of young
Taft till the fall term opens at Har.
ward,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30

OF the United States covered by death
registry laws, and In the same area
S,i02 deaths due to suicide. The fig.
ures are supplied by the census bu.
reau's annual report on mortality and
cover about 50 percent of the popula-
ton. There is an actual falling of of
li9 I'm the number of homiCides as
compared with 1908, while there is "A
decrease Of the rate of suicides com
pared with the population.
Poison was the most commonly used
instrument of suicide, 2i64 cases be.
ing due to It, Firearms, with 23g5,
were close second as a means of self
destruction, while hanging was re.
sponsible for 1,2l5 cases.
The report also supplies an enum-
Grafton of accidental deaths for 1909
as follows: Railroad injuries. $3.50 :;
drowning, 4,55S; burns, 1898; inju-
ries at birth, 3,5OS; injury by horses
and horse vehicles, 2,l52; street cars,
l,723; automobiles, $50; injuries in
mines and quarries, 1897 inhalation
of poisonous gases, 1887; other acct
dental poisoning, l,779; accidental
gunshot wounds. 944; heat and sun
strokes, SIG; cold and freezing, 251;
lightning, $50.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30

The parties who broke in believed In
taking nothing but the hes. and choic.
est Of wines and WHISTLES. Mr.. Nc.
Donnell suspicioned something was
wrong, when he came down Monday
morning, owing to the fact that the
cash register was open and the money
drawer had also been forced open, but
about two or three dollars in small
change. Further investigation being
made It was discovered that large
quantity of his bottled goods and CT.
Gars were missing. Suspicion pointed
to some parties with the railroad
bridge gang that are working here
and upon questioning the boss of the
gang he informed Mr.. Mcdonnell that
two of his men were missing but that
he would make an effort to catch
them. He started out and returned
with a young man whom he caught
near Lindsay, who upon being accused
of the theft, owned up to his part in
the transaction and told where a part
of the stolen goods could be found in
a box car, and the property was re-
covered. In the box car were found
six quarts of whisky, three pints of
whisky, four half pints of whisky,
three bottles of sweet wine and four
boxes of cigars. Upon making Mr.. Nc
Donnell's loss good it was decided not
to prosecute the yong man as it was
thought that the party who helped
him in the robbery and escaped was
the real culprit If the case had been
pushed against the young man there
is no doubt but what he stood a very
good chance of serving n few years
in the penitentiary. The young fell
low showed letters to prove that he
comes from respectable family in
one of the towns in the state and has
a brother holding a responsible posi-
ton in Omaha. We are Withholding
his name and hope that this will be
an object lesson to him in the future
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Couldn't Hear the Horn.

Wayne Democrat: While nearing
Stanton Tuesday forenoon, with John
Kay as chauffeur, County Commits
sioners Stanton, Farran and Ander.
son, and County Attorney A. r, Davis,
had peculiar accident that left scars
on the county dads they will not soon
forget a man was seen walking the
road going in the same direction as
the Wayne car. Chauffeur Kay toot-
ed and footed but the pedestrian re.
fused to even turn his head Members
of the party advised Kay to slow up,
but instead he shot around the obsti-
nate individual, and all eyes being on
the apparent road.hOg a culvert was
unnoticed and when the car struck
the ends Of the plank the occupants
went up like Taft when he heard from
Tawney. A top over the auto was all
that stopped the flyers from making a
balloon ascension, Messrs, Stanton
and Anderson hitting the ribs in the
covering face foremost with all the
emphasis on their physiognomies,
Both were badly disfigured, eyes black
ened and Mr.. Anderson about having
the bridge of his nose broken. The
cause of all the trouble was also bad
ly wounded. He proved to be a deaf
man, but was fun of vengeance. AS
the car passed him he jumped in great
fright and with his right hand grabbed
at the blade of sharp corn knife he
was carrying under his left arm, get,
ting a deep cash across the palm OF
the hand they did not know what the
other hand was doing. But this was
not the worst of the adventure. Ar
irving in Stanton the irate tiller o.
the soil had the whole party placed
under arrest for running an auto with
out a number on Il, for had it beer
properly figured his hind.sight would
have PERFORMED the service his def
cient Tearing failed to do. The coun
t. dads and the chauffeur were all as
sessed a fine of So each, but the Stan
ton county commissioners, with whom
our board went to confer on road mat
tiers, paid the fiddler, ana all on
worthy representatives lost wer
some patches Of skin and that cam
home decorating the top of the aUs'o.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
A HOUSE FIGHT IN SIGHT.
" Democrats Win They VIII Oppose
Reapportionment.

Washington, Sept 27.--The first
questions with which the approaching
session of congress will be called upon
to grapple will be to determine when
the next apportionment of members
of the house of representatives un.
der the recent census shall be made.
The constitution requires that a re.
appOrtiOnmcnt shall follow each de.
cennial enumeration of the people.
Before the time for the meeting of
congress the result of the November
elections will have become known. If
the democrats should come into con.
troll of the house for the sixty.third
congress they naturally would resist
any effort to have the change made by
the present republican congress, while
the republicans would be eager to have
the service performed while they were
in control of legislation in both the
houses.
Apportionment In itself can be used
for party advantage only through the
manipulation of population fractions
In the various states. If the present
day plan of fixing upon definite mum
Der Of members as the first step in
the distribution Is followed, many Of
the states will be found to have a
considerable number of residents over
the number necessary to give them
the number of members assigned to
them. The size of the house once de.
termincd the representation of each
state is arrived at by dividing the ag-
gregate population of the country by
the total membership of the house
and then dividing the population of
any given state by the quotient thus
obtained.
The question of the disfranchise-
ment of the negro vote in the south
ern states will receive attention in
connection with the question of appor-
tionment. The house is even now on
record in favor of an inquiry into this
subject. Under the rules of TIE house,
where debate is limited, a measure
similar to the Crumpacker bill of the
last congress might be passed with
out affording the minority much oppor-
tunity to oppose or obstruct But in
the senate, where there is no Cloture,
the minority would be strong enough
to prevent the passage of any obnoX-
ious measure unless deferred by She
unwritten rule which permits each
house to dispose of its own affairs in
its own way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
New Football Points.

Pushing or pulling runner after the
ball is prohibited.
Interlocked interference is no long.
err allowed.
Forward pass may go over any part
of the line.
Crawling by runner fairly downed
Is prohibited.
Center may not put ball in play by
kicking it forward.
Kicked ball cannot be recovered by
sCrimmage, unless fumbled.
Forward passes of more than TWEEN
ty yards beyond scrimmage are prohib.
tied
Players taken out of game up to
last quarter may reenter the game
once.
Kicks or forward passes from scrim.
mage formation close to the line not
allowed.
Blocking the end ard others on their
way down the field on kicks or for
ward passes prohibited.
one attacking player may be in mo-
ton obliQueIy, as we'll as directly to-
ward his own goal before the ball is
snapped.
Players Except guards may adj
vance the ball without it's being first
handled by quarterback, and through
any part of the line.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
NeIiuh Had Bad Storm,

Neigh, Neb., Sept. 27.-Special to
The News: The severest electrical
storm this season struck Neigh and
vicinity early Sunday evening and was
accompanied by heavy downpour of
rain. The lightning was terrific. A
house unoccupied since last Saturday
was struck during the storm, but out
side of badly shattering the interior
of the place, no other damage to the
property was done The place belongs
to f. c. Eastman and was fully in
sured,
The telephone and electric system
was badly crippled, the latter being
compelled to shut down after the
storm on account of two wires being
down in front of the Atlas bank build
ing. Up until the time that the cur
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Gaynor is WiIlinu.

New York, Sept 27.-MayOr Gaynor
issued, for the first time, formal
statement saying he is not a candidate
for governor. Nowhere in the state
ment does the mayor say, however,
what course he will pursue in the
event the nomination is thrust upon
him. He indicates that he prefers to
serve his entire time as mayor, but at
the same time he emphasizes that he
feels no moral obligation to do so.
The statement is in the form of a let
ter to John A. Dix, chairman of the
democratic committee.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Irving a Rosebud Man.

Neigh Leader: NJ. f. Harrington
was in Neigh last Saturday and said
he would be in Arkansas this week de-
Tending a man for murder. The case
is a peculiar one. Witnesses saw the
murderer and a portion of them posi-
lively identified the defendant as the
man. There is positive proof, how
ever, that at the time of the crime
he was in Gregory county, and at
least forty men, all of well known in
tegrity, will swear to the fact. Twen-
ty of them will go to Arkansas as wit
nesses to prove the fact, and sworn
affidavits will be submitted by the
remainder.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
IslT MORE JOHNSON "BUNCw
Negro Champion Says He Will Fight
lannford in London


Boston, Sept. 27-Jack Johnson de-
clared his willingness to accept the
cabled offer of 100000 purse for a
championship battle with Sam Lang
ford in London.
Mcintosh is willing to give us eth
er a $4,000 or a 100000 purse" John
son said, "and | am ready to accept
that offer and go across the pond and
settle this matter with LangfOrd. But
the purse must be posted here in the
United States, That much | will exact
now, so that Mcintosh and Langford
know whore they are at before | do
business. Mcintosh is o. X, but some
OF those Englishmen do not come up
to my idea of sportsmen. l can get
the money on the other side just as
we'll as | can get it here.
My reason for insisting on the
posting of the coin in this country .is
due more to the fact that | want "a
put aside all chances of temptation for
certain Englishmen. That purse is
enticing, you know, and there is nc
telling what may happen over there
if it were left where it could be easily
reached If ! win the bout | can get
it here on my return. And | know
that Langford will not have any trnu
BILE securing possession of it if he is
victorious"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Prairie chickans Plentiful,

Plainview News: All over the
country the prairie chicken crop is
reported unusually good This year and
the coming season gives more promise
of The days of Aud Lang Sine" when
chickens were numerous than has any
Season for years. 1t is with much re-
gret that we have seen this grand
game bird becoming scarcer every
year for the past ten or twelve years,
but do not wonder at it when we take
into consideration all of the causes,
During the past four or five years we
have taken several long hunts in To-
calities i'm northern Holt county, Boyd
county and Keya Paha county where
years ago, there was no end of birds
and our success has been so limited
as to make the trip not worth while
4 very few scattered flocks We're
found and these it seemed shame tC
kill. In some of the localities where
they used to be the most numerous
an all days hunt failed to find a single
bird. 1t has been practically the same
in other localities and the scarcit!
was not caused from the settlement o
the country, either, for there are bu
few settlers in some of these local.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Massachusetts, Primaries On.

Boston, Sept. FIT was not ex-
pected that the democratic primaries
held throughout the state today for
the election of the delegates to the
state congressional county and execu.
tive conventions would determine def.
initely the name of the party candi-
date for governor for only few of
the delegates to the Faneuil hall con-
vention October 6, were pledged. 1t
was expected, however, that the pri-
maries would settle the congressional
contests in the Ninth, Tenth and Elev-
enth districts where direct nonina-
tons prevailed. Interests centered in
these three districts because the pres
ent representatives-Jo A. Keliher
Joseph F. O'Connell and Andrew j.
Peters-were opposed for reelection
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Cut Corn for Fodder.

Stanton Register: A great many
farmers are busy cutting up corn for
fodder. The high price of hay, caused
by its scarcity makes it necessary for
the farmers to use fodder before and
the experiment of feeding it will be
valuable to many
The corn crop of stanton county is
now well cut of the frost, Some of
the fields would be hurt but not many,
1t has been very warm the past week,
just like summer. There was no rain
during the week. Farmers have fin,
fshed haying and are now finishing up
their work preparatory to corn pick
ing
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30

b, F.. Asher who suffered para
lytic stroke last Saturday, is reported
slowly improving.
The Norfolk dye works have under
gone some remodeling recently. The
front part of the shop has been en-
larged.
A special meeting of the Royal
Neighbors will be held at 2:30
Wednesday afternoon. All members
are urged to be present.
Miss Eva Willie accepted position
as collector with the Norfolk Long
Distance Telephone company.
Miss Anna Barnes accepted a posi-
ton as stenographer in the office OF
City Attorney II. F. BarnhaTt.
Mrs. l.. HENDERSON, who is confined
in an Omaha hospital, is reported rap
idly recovering her usual health. She
will return to Norfolk soon.
The Home Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church met with
Mrs. c. j, Hibben on South Third
street Tuesday at 3 O'Clock.
Evangelist Wright will give his lee
ture "The Origin of the Differen
Churches" at the Church of Chris
tonight. Crittenden will sing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
TiIden is Talkinu Up.

Tilden, Neb., Sept. 27.-SpOrting Ed
itor; Tilden and Wisner crossed bats
at Wisner Sunday, September 20, and
lost to Wisner. On September Is Wis
ner went to defeat to the Tilden team,
and Wisner announced at the game
the 25th that they declared themselves
champions of the ElShorn valley.
Now wish to state to Wisner that
Tilden has won sixteen games out of
twenty-five, beating every team they
have played except Norfolk, and We,
the Tilden baseball team, declare our
selves the champions of the Elkhorn
valley, and stand ready to prove it to
any team In the Elkhorn valley, leav-
ing out the state league players, and
will play a series of five games, This
includes any team in the Elkh0rn val
ley, according 70 statement If this
challenge Is not accepted at once we,
the Tilden baseball team, declare our
selves champions of the Elkhorn val
ley on our merits and baseball record.
Hoping to hear from some team for
challenge.
Address manager Tilden baseball
team.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Pierre Physician Dead.

Pierre, S. d., Sept -. Or. Delorm
w. Robinson, one of the best known
physicians in the state, died ut his
home in this city this morning from
an attack of pneumonia. He had been
a member of the state board of health
for years, and at the head of the hos
ptal in this city since IT was started.
The funeral will be held Wednesday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
EASTERN FIGHT GOSSIP.
The Johnson-Laneford Talking Match
May Produce Results.


New York, Sept. 27.-There is now
some likelihood of a match being fin
ally arranged between Jack Johnson
and Sam Langford. Tuesday night at
the Armory Athletic club, in Boston,
Johnson and LangfOrd both were pres
ent at the Walsh-Britt contest. When
called on for a speech Johnson climb
ed into the ring for the purpose, as he
stated, of making known his position
with regard to a match with Langford.
Before he got started, however, Lang
ford also clambered through the ropes,
present to suspect that an impromptu
scrap between the men would take
place. But nothing of the kind hap
pened. Johnson finally was allowed
to make his talk, and stated that he
was prepared to consider a match
he would deposit a $4,000 forfeit as
an evidence of good faith,
When it came Langford's turn to
be heard he announced his readiness
W CONel Iuo anu olSu llClcS
of agreement forthwith. 1t now re-
mains to be seen whether Johnson is
in earnest about wanting a match
with the Boston tar baby" He has
declared a number of times that he
would fight Langford if suitable ar.
rangements could be made, but when
it came time for him to make good
he invariably found some way of get
ting out of the meeting.
Joe Woodman Langford's manager,
has been hot on Johnsons trail for a
long time and it may be that he finally
has succeeded in cornering the cham
pion. At all events it looks as if the
match would be made before many
moons roll by.
Rat MaStarSOn
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
TO ENDORSE PINCHoT.
Wisconsin Democrats to Give Him a
Left Handed Bouquet,

-Slb DOuluCbs
Madison, Wis, Sept 27.-When the
democratic state convention met here
today it was the general belief that
Clifford Pinchot would come in for a
left-handed endorsement in the plat
form - his name, though not men
toned to be plainly understood. The
plan was proposed recently and lead
ers of the convention declared that it
was certain to be adopted.
The platform will commend the op-
position of the democratic congress-
men to the passage of the Payne-Ald-
rich bill and pledge candidates if
elected to work for an honest revision
downward of the tariff. An income
tax law; election of senators by direct
vote of the people; state as we'll as
national control of the trusts; pub
LEFTY of campaign contributions and
expenses; conservation of natural re-
sources, with particularly stringent
state safeguarding of water power
sites; and home rule" for the liquor
traffic will be advocated.
Delegates to three other conven-
tions-the republican, prohibition and
socialist-democratic ready when
their respective chairmen raped for
order and introduced the various tenn
porary chairmen to make the keynote
speeches rejecting respective political
beliefs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Makes 100 Miles an Hour.

Logansport, Ind, Sept. 27.-Pan-
handle passenger train No. ~, arriv-
ing in this city from Chicago at a.
m, came from Kouts at the rate Of
100 miles an hour. The train consist
ed of eight coaches. 1t left Chicago
twenty-seven minutes late and arrived
here on time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30

els. tie was in a great hurry and af.
ter she gave him a pocketbook, con.
tanning a small amount of change, he
seemed to think 1t about time TO 20.
The alarm was given and the mar.
shall and others from town went out
but no traces of the robber could be
found, 1t being presumed that he had
taken to nearby corniield. Others
were near the house when the intruder
came, but did not see the robber.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Mission at Humphrey.

Humphrey, Neb., Sept. PA mis-
sion is to be conducted at the st.
Francis church by the redemptionist
fathers. The mission will last ten
days, during which time the fathers
hope to arouse an interest in the re-
ligious world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Business Changes.

James Trip and Roy f. Hutton
have purchased the Woodring pharm-
acy at Bonesteel.
Max Fielder has purchased the Levi
restaurant at Pierce.
A. Sachse is opening a wholesale
harness shop at BOnesteel.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Beemer Woman Held Up.

Beemer Times; Last Saturday
evening about o'clock a man enter
ed the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Fehliman unbidden, and directed Mrs.
Fehlman at the point of a revolver,
to turA over all the money and Jew.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30

ties yet. This season has been an un.
usually favorable one for the birds
they have done well and large coyeys
are quite numerous. Why not give
the birds fair chance and wait un.
til the season is open before hunting
them?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Saloon BuruIarIzed.

Newman Grove Reporter: Miles
McDonnell's saloon building was brok-
en- into Saturday night entrance being
gained by breaking through a win
dow in the back part of The building.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
King Woodford Won Race.

Pierce Call: William Zulauf won
the 2:1S trot at Mineral Point, Wis.
with King Woodlord, taking the first
three heats in 2;2212, 2:22 and 2:24A
The purse was for $500. Connie Woods
was entered in the 2:20 pace but was
drawn in the third heat, getting only
seventh place in the first wo heats
The Horse Review says: The tenth
annual fair at Darlington opened aus
piciously, with a large first day at
tendance, and two short, but very
spicy races We're pulled off. The 2.1S
trot was a real battle between King
Woodford and Major Wilson. King
took three heats in 2:1SA, 2:1S1a and
2:lG4.' The purse was again for
$500. In the free-for-all pace Connie
Woods took third place, the contest
going five heats.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
North Nebraska Deaths.

Robert a. Ware of Neigh died at
Omaha.
William Nyquist died at Gross.
Jacob julian died at Plainyiew.
Andrew Goldsboro died at Plain.
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