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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18

West Point, Neb., Aug. 16.-Special
to The News: The business section
of West Point was alive on Monday
ers, the occasion being the public
opening of the new offices and ex-
change of the Nebraska Telephone
company. For some time a force of
expert workmen have been busily en-
gagged in installing the elaborate and
up-to-date plant which was completed
on Monday and thrown open to the in
spection of the public. The office is
located on the second floor of the new
Meier building on Park street occupy
ing rooms of an area Of 24x60 feet.
THE location is central and convenient
being only one-half block from the
business center Of the city. All the
latest and best improvements in cleo
trical science have been utilized in
this plant and were shown and eX-
planned to the large crowd of visitors,
patrons and friends Of the company
who thronged the building by Messrs
Gay and Rainbolt, telephone experts
assisted by Mr.. Bailey, of the field
force. Miss Craig, travelling chief
operator, was in charge of the switch
board during the evening.
The new quarters are elegantly
equipped with waiting rooms, manag
er's office, rest rooms for the opera
tors, toilet rooms and all conveniences
for the public and the staff.
During the evening the West Point
Cadet band discoursed music and val
liable souvenirs were distributed tC
the patrons and profusion of flowers
to the ladies while the children were
given fifty pounds of candy. The
large attendance present and the feel
ing of good fellowship everywhere ap
parent was very gratifying to the of
ficers of the company, indicating, as
| it did the cordial relations existing be
tween this corporation and the citizens
of West Point Over 600 telephones
are in actual, active operation in this
exchange. The phenomenal growth o.
this business and the success of the
company here is largely due to the
indefatigable and we'll directed efforts
of special agent F. Sonnenschein, com
mercial manager G. c. Nitz, PLAN
manager Henry Hunker and Miss
Clara Remm, chief operator. Eacf
has Wed with the other in building
up the business of the company ant
retaining the friendship and goot
will of the patrons.
| The offices, inside and out were bril-
liantly illuminated during the recep
ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18

has come TO make his home In Nor.
folk. He locates here as general mis-.
sionary north of the Platte OF the do.
cese Of Nebraska for the Episcopal
church.
X. f. Hawkins, who has been visit.
ing with G.. l.. Carlson since Satur.
day, left for his home at Seymour,
Tex, last evening, taking with him
three Belgian horses which he pur.
chased while here.
Two runaways created excitement
yesterday. A team belonging to |. T.
Cook ran several blocks on Norfolk
avenue and another pair OF horses
made dash on South Fourth street
but were stopped by a man who made
nervy lunge at the animals.
The one.year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Stefan is suffering from the
mumps as a result Of the injury sus.
tanned several days ago when he fell
onto the apron of the milldam and
was badly hurt. But for the timely
rescue by young man who saw the
child fail, he would have slipped off
WV upiph ihNo eighty lStL Vi "dtCls
Never has Norfolk seen so many
automobiles assembled in the city at
one time as during circus day. Scores
and hundreds Of cars pointed their
noses toward Norfolk from many
neighboring towns and all local gar.
ages were choked With the visiting
machines while dozens Of them were
allowed to stand along the sides OF
the streets.
Norfolk has one man who believes
that going without hat is good for
the head and who is not afraid to
stand by his convictions. G. T
Sprecher, manager Of the Norfolk Of
| flee of the Nebraska Telephone com
pany, goes hatless to his work in the
morning, hatless to lunch at noon and
hatless back again, no matter how
blistering the sun.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18

over to a neighbor's TO help finish a
well that was already fifty feet deep.
II was thought that subterranean
stream had been struck, as there was
a roaring sound from the bottom Of
the well. A wood curbing had been
put into the well, which was supposed
to have stopped the flow OF water.
Wikse was lowered in the well with
an auger to bore holes into the curb.
ing to let the water through. He was
warned that there might be gas in the
well, but he laughed at the fears and
was lowered. When a third of the
way down the well Wikse asked to be
raised up, as he had discovered gas.
The men at the derrick worked as fast
as possible, but Wikse lost conscious.
ness before he had been raised ten
feet and dropped to the bottom Of the
well. 1t was with great deal of diff.
ficulty that the body was extricated
on account of the presence OF so much
gas. Wikse was to have been married
in September to Miss Cena Dagenaar
and the preparations were being made
for the wedding.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
Circus Day in Norfolk.

The parade was a magnificent dis.
throng who saw it to be perhaps the
best ever seen in Norfolk. Six bands,
great herd of elephants, bunch of
well fed camels drawing a wagon and
Santa Claus, were unique features
The crowds began crowding on the
show grounds for the afternoon per.
Torrance. General admission tickets
to the circus sold for so cents, re.
served seat tickets for rs cents and
grand stand chairs for 81.
There are riders, acrobats, clowns
aerialists and tumblers from every
country on the face of the earth. Each
artist has his own individual charac
teristics to distinguish him. There is
not a moment during the three hours
of the show that Is not occupied in
the presentation of some novelty that
has engaged the attention of Euro
pean circus goers. In one Of these
numbers the three rings are occupied
at one time by the best trained ele
plants. The big beasts have learned
to play tunes that are not at all sim
pie on sets of Swiss bells. At one time
they form themselves into three nigh
ty pyramids. The uppermost elephant
is twenty feet from the ground. Dur
ing this formation fifteen trained dogs
enter the ring. Each perches Itself
on the uplifted trunk of an elephant
1t is a novel and pretty sight.
Captain Webb's two troupes o.
trained seals and sea lions are an
other wonderful achievement. These
remarkable animals, by some mysteri
Gus system of teaching, have mas
tered all the arts known to the best O.
human circus performers.
The somersault automobile is rea
| thriller,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
AGAINST SALOONS.

Sioux City, Ia, Aug. l6.-Judge Da-
vid Mould Of the district court, in
handing down his decision on the Con.
ly Moon law test case upholds the
constitutionality of the Moon law and
declares that all saloon permits issued
by the city council in excess of one to
1000 residents for the period after the
first of last July are illegal.
The case will be Immediately filed
in the supreme court. The abstracts
are now ready and will be filed by Sat.
urday. This will permit of the case
being heard in the September term.
The new statement Of general con-
sent was accepted by the city council
on December 20, 1910, but the number
of saloons in the city which may op-
crate under that statement Of consent
is limited to one in 1000 persons,
states the opinion. This places the
Comfy resolution Of consent with those
renewals which expired on July /.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
Burke Claims Rosebud Belt.

Burke, S. d., Aug. 15.-Special to
The News: The Burke ball team has
added two more victories to their well
nigh perfect score for the season.
The team went to Dixon and beat the
Dixon team with score of to l, and
Sunday they went to Bonesteel and
took the team of that town down the
line to the tune of to /. This makes
three games straight won from the
Dixon team and two out of three from
Bonesteel. Under the circumstances
Burke feels justified in asking Bone
steel to renege from her claim of cham
pionsbip in the Rosebud country. 1t
is true that Bonesteel has won more
games than she has lost this season,
but she has done so against teams
that Burke would scarcely waste time
on. Bonesteel proved easy pickings
for Dixon, while Dixon had no show
with Burke. The last four games that
Burke has played she has allowed a
teams.
Stiner Burke's big center fielder,
was the big noise with his trusty war
club, making two doubles, three
Dagger and home run out of five
times up. Burke started with it's us.
ual rush and made six scores in the
first inning. But four scores have
been made off the Burke team in the
last four games played.
Score by innings: r. II. E.
Bonesteel O0O01O00-1 Z 8
Burke .......50O10 O21O-9 IL l
Batteries: Bonesteel, Rustemeyer
and Kappleman; Burke, Miller and Ell
ston. Attendance, 500. Umpire, Law
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
Runaway Accident at o,NeiII.

O'Neill, Neb., Aug. 16.-Special to
The News: A runaway horse hitched
to a buggy with five people in the
buggy stirred up considerable excite
ment yesterday afternoon. Miss Muir
ray of Page and Mrs. Conrad Of In
man were driving down the street
when the horse SHE'D at some object
on the street. Mrs. Conrad had her
three children with her and the buggy
was so crowded that the horse could
not be controlled. He turned and
dashed up the street, capsiZing the
buggy and throwing the occupants out
One little fellow was slightly hurt and
Miss Murray was severely hurt about
the head and unconscious for several
house. The rest of those in the buggy
was not injured except few bruises
Miss Murray's parents were notified
by telephone and they secured an
automobile and made the run frou
Page and were with their daughter in
a short time. An examination showed
no serious injury, and she was taken
home. The buggy was badly smashed
and the narrow escape of those in il
is remarkable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
South Side News.

Mr. and Mrs. r. G. Wood and three
children and Miss Julia Slama arrived
home last evening from Geddes, S. D.,
where they spent the past two weeks
with Mr.. Woods sister, Mrs. Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb and two children
left Sunday noon for Albion for visit
with Mrs. Webb's sister.
Miss Ella Moolick and brother Har-
ry left for weeks visit with their
uncle, J. T. Moolick, at North Bend.
Archie Campbell got his finged badly
mashed while working between a tank
and an engine at the shops yesterday.
Billy Bland, while putting in q pair
of wheels at Dallas, got his hand
caught between the wheels and badly
mashed il.
While playing about the cellar at
the home OF his sister, Mrs. Jack Nc.
Crane, yesterday, Willie Crotty fell
into the cellar, struck some sharp OBJ.
ject and cut large ugly cash in his
leg. A physician was called and
found that several stitches were re.
Mr.. Welsh is on the sick list.
Paul Hummer has resigned his po
sition at the Northwestern shops.
Miss Title Knight went to Anoka
ut noon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

County Treasurer F. A. Peterson
was here from Madison.
A. E. Ward of Madison was in the
city to attend the circus.
Miss Anne Welsh is visiting Mrs.
NJ. j. Davenport in Valentine for sew
eral days.
Archie Donovan Of the Madison
Star.Mail was in the city. during the
day on business.
Mrs. E. L. Fix has decided to move
to South Dakota, where she will live
with her parents.
F. ]. Hale, wife and daughter left at
noon for Red Cliff, Colo, where they
will remain three or four weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Chase and Judge
Cowan and Miss Mackey OF Stanton
motored TO Norfolk to see the circus.
Several extra policemen were on
duty during the day.
j. II. Vanscork is moving from 313
South Fifth street to 1914 Madison av'
enue.
The Nebraska stallion registration
board meets at Lincoln at p. m. to-
day, and upon request of the board Dr.
McKim LETT on the early train TO con-
fer with them at the meeting.
Rev. f. c. Taylor from Central City
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18

Brown, ranChman living near Ka-
doka, fooled his friends after they had
made all arrangements to bury him.
Brown was riding bronco along n
piece of hilly country when the an.
imal threw him off and Brown went
over bank thirty feet high. When
picked up by his friends he seemed
to be dead. A coffin was secured and
brought to his ranch house, and prep.
arations made for the funeral. After
appearing to be dead for over twenty.
four hours, Mr.. Brown regained con-
seriousness and put stop to further
proceedings for the funeral. At times
Mr.. Brown said he could understand
what was going on about him, but was
powerless to utter sound to give
evidence that he was not dead.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18

has been done upon it since it was
made.
Central City -- Soren Adolfsen a
farmer living across the river in Ham.
ilton county, had an unusual expert.
ence last week. One Of his best milk
cows was taken sick and he drove
Or. Edward Odell, the veterinarian.
When the veterinarian arrived the an.
imal was stretched out apparently
dead. After laboring for some time
the veterinarian succeeded in getting
the animal on its feet and two days
afterwards II was so far recovered
that il rewarded its masters efforts by
kicking him in the body and smashing
two of his ribs. He Is at present con
fined to his bed with the injury.
Fremont-The case against Howard
Spencer, the turnkey at the county
jail who was charged with assaulting
Gladys Gray in her cell, failed to hold
in police court and Spencer was re.
leased by Judge +. c. Laird. Deputy
Sheriff w. c. Condit and Mrs. Condit
who occupy apartments adjoining the
Jail, both testified that it would have
been impossible for Spencer to have
gained admission to the womans cell
at the hour she claimed he did. Con-
dit has issued a statement to the pub
lie intimating in no uncertain terms
that the complaint against Spencer
was a political ruse in the hot fight
for sheriffs Office that is on before the
primaries. Condit asserts that the in
tention was to discredit his manage
ment Of the Jail and thus defeat him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE.

Parkston is celebrating It's twenty.
fifth anniversary.
Murdo reports seven iches of rain
fall in fifteen days.
j. b. Alexander, pioneer Of Water
town, died at Gordon, Wis.
The high school at Aberdeen is to
have a new football field.
A campaign has been launched to
raise $4,000 for Redfield college.
The Commercial club OF Yankton
will hold an aviation meet Thursday
and Friday.
Yankton college reports that the
freshman class this year will be twice
as large as last.
The body of Edward King OF Sioux
Falls was found completely cut in two
on the main line Of the Omaha.
The purchase of the Sioux Falls
light and power plants by a Chicago
firm has started an agitation for city
ownership.
The annual meeting of the Dakota
Methodist Episcopal conference will
be held at Aberdeen. Bishop McIn-
tyre will preside.
Advice bulletins on the Belle
Fourche irrigation project have been
| received from the United States de.
partment of agriculture.
In the replacing Of the Savoy hotel
at Watertown by new structure one
of the oldest of the city landmarks
has been destroyed.
James Chambers, aged %, living
| near Tyndall, was drowned while at
tempting to swim ashore from a raft
on which he had been fishing.
| Game wardens are having some diff
ficulty in enforcing the closed season
on prairie chickens which ends Sept.
10. The birds have been protected
absolutely for a number of years and
are very plentiful.
Eight new members OF the state uni.
versity faculty have been announced.
Vacancies in the medical department
are to be filled soon.
DR.. H. E. French of the university
Of South Dakota has been elected dean
of the college Of medicine at the uni.
versity Of North Dakota.
| Miss Jessie Payne of Vermillion has
just returned to her home from China
where she has been as a missionary
for the past seven years.
| Judge LOOMS S. Gull, register OF
the United States land Office at Rapid
City, addressed a meeting of home.
steaders at Faith and urged them to
stay by their claims.
| Commissioners of Pennington coun
ty will put in $4,000 worth OF improve.
ments in waterworks, roads, ETC., to
give employment to the homesteaders
who have lost their crops.
A petition has been filed with the
auditor at Aberdeen for the recall OF
Commissioner Rasmussen, head of the
fire department. He is charged with
unfitness and incompetency.
| Mrs. M. ]. Strong of Artesian and
Elisha E. Higgins have been united in
marriage after tifty-one years of wait.
ing from the time of their first court
ship. They are now living at San
dusky, o.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
Killed In a Well.

Valentine, Neb., Aug. 16.-Special to
The News: Perry Bryant, man Of
about so years of age, living up on the
north table, got hit on the head with
a rock while cleaning out an old well.
He was down about 100 feet when the
rock became dislodged and fell, strik-
ing him on the top of the head, rem.
dering him unconscious. He was
taken from the we'll and doctor sent
for, but he remained unconscious most
of the night and died Tuesday fore
noon. He leaves a family consisting
of a wife and five or six children. The
accident occurred Monday afternoon.
Some two years ago he built the
we'll for Benjamin Hcbson, a neigh
Dor, and was engaged in cleaning it
out when a stone the size of quart
measure fell from the top and struck
him at the base of the skull. He sank
in the three feet of water at the bot
tom of the well but the prompt work
of young man Is years of age, who
was helping to clean the we'll, prevent
ed him from drowning. The boy low.
cred himself in the bucket, picked up
Bryant, strapped him to the bucket
and some men at the top, hauled him
to the surface.
Medical aid was sent from here but
his skull was so badly fractured that
he died at s o'clock yesterday morn.
ling
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
WILEY HITS ACcuSERS.
Declares the Charges Made by Them
Are False.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Dr. Harvey
w. Wiley, head Of the government
chemistry bureau and central figure
in the agricultural department pure
food controversy before the house in
vestigating committee, branded as
false statement OF the personnel
board which recommended him for dis
missal. He told how DR.. Il. l.. Dunlap,
associate chief Of his bureau, and So
licitor McCabe of the department re-
peatedly voted him down in the food
and drug inspection board, Of which
Wiley was a member.
Dr. Wiley told Of a meeting of that
board of which he was not notified,
but at which McCabe and Dunlap took
important action. He said he found 1t
useless to appeal to the secretary of
agriculture and under the circum-
stances ne considered DR.. Dunlap his
superior officer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
All Playing Below Boaey.

Omaha, Aug. 16.-Match play began
in the championship flight today for
the ans.Mississippi Golf association.
Sixteen pairs were scheduled for the
forenoon's eighteen holes, followed by
flights for the other cups. With some
of the best golfers in the west entered
and nearly all OF them qualifying be-
low DOGGY, only sensational golf was
expected by the big gallery which was
on hand early to follow the leaders.
r. w. Hodge, who qualified with
14S on 166 course, with E. NJ. Fair.
field Of the Omaha Country club, had
the honor and teed off at z o'clock
They were followed at five.minute in
tervals by other pairs, each match
having its followers.
No relief from the hot weather
greeted the golfers this morning and
another sweltering day was anticipat
ed by the players.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-18
He Brains All Three?

Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 16.-It now Is
the theory OF the authorities here that
e. E. Hesse, the bridge foreman at
whose house the bodies Of his wife
and stepdaughter were dug from an
old well yesterday, also murdered his
wife's former husband, and further ex-
cavations are being made In search
for the body. Hesse was jealous of
John McMasters, from whom Mrs.
Hesse had been divorced, and resent
ed McMasters' visits to the house to
see Junita McMasters, his 17-year-old
daughter, whose body was found with
that of Mrs. Hesse.
1t is believed that McMasters went
to the house and that Hesse Drained
the three with a club or an axe, then
threw their bodies into the we'll and
burned the house to hide traces of
the crime.
Both women's skulls were crushed.
McMasters has never been seen since
the women disappeared.
The coroner's jury, after being in
an all nights session, held that Mrs.
Hesse and her daughter were muir.
dered by Hesse and an effort to ap'
prehend him is being made.
The Hesse residence was destroyed
by fire during the night Of July 90
1910. Hesse claimed he was asleep in
a bunk car in the Burlington yards
here at the time of the fire and ex'
planned the absence of his wife and
daughter from home by asserting they
were taking medical treatment in Lin
coin. The house was totally destroyed
and before night Hesse had the well
filled with dirt.
Neighbors were suspicious Of his
haste, and after lapse of more than
year induced Sheriff Roberts to ex
plore the well. Boring began today
and at a depth Of twenty feet the au
ger brought to the surface fragment
of a woman's underskirt foot square
and several pieces Of putrid human
flesh. The auger was Immediately
withdrawn and the workers will re
move the dirt with bucket and shovel
Sheriff Roberts expressing confidence
that human cadavers are hidden in the
we'll and should be recovered before
night.
Hesse disappeared from Tecumset
shortly after the fire and the authori
ties have no trace as to his where
abouts.