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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

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Iis loFing and serving
The highest and best;
Tis onward unswerving
And that Is trust rest
Dwight
1t doesn't cost anything to be conr.
teoas
Go after The bag-worms If you want
to save the trees.
There isn't anything much better
than good neighbor-
Everybody in the game now-let the
weed cutting proceed.
It begins 10 look very much like
Chickasha has a baseball team.
Swat the first fellow who assaults
YOU with the inquiry, Is it hot enough
for yong
Affectation is an awful disease, all
the worse when it becomes uncon-
seious habit.
Just 90 out and take a look at the
country now if you want to feel proud
Of Oklahoma. There may be some
country with finer crops prospects but
we don't know where it is.
Papa never gives me a penny tC
put into the basket said a little
Chickasha boy. as the collector a
church passed him. Doubtless papi
is trying to train the lad to be a pro
fessional tightwad when he grows up
Harry Brownson's little dog Vrixe
has passed to the great beyond" Lii
tie Allen was deeply grieyed Man
ma. said he, as night came on, ! al
going 70 sit out on the porch an
watch the stars and see if Trixe
won't look down at me-"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

There isn't anything much better
than good neighbor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

It begins 10 look very much like
Chickasha has a baseball team.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

One year, delivered BY carrier---s4.SO
Six months, delivered b. carrier 2.4O
qhres months, delivered BY carrier 1.20
One month. delivered By carrier 40
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

Everybody in the game now-let the
weed cutting proceed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

Go after Tie bag-worms if you want
70 save the trees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

Swat the first fellow who assaults
YOU with the inquiry, Is 1t hot enough
for yon2 R"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

Just 90 out and take a look at the
country now if you want to feel proud
of Oklahoma. There may be some
country with finer crops prospects but
we don't know where it u.s.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

Affectation is an awful disease, all
the worse when il becomes nncon
scious habit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

II doesn't cost anything to be conr-
teous
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Ex.ConXict Is Arrested.

Omaha, March 20.-H. d. Reed, ex.
convict, released from the state peni.
Tertiary March 1, was arrested last
night by Detectives Donohoe, Hart.
field and Mcdonald upon the suspi.
Cion that he knows something OF the
smuggling of arms and explosives in.
TO the penitentiary. He is being held
pending investigation and will be
questioned again today in an effort
knowledge.
Reed would not talk when arrested
and he sullenly protested that he was
the victim of police persecution be
cause he is an eX-convict. He was ar
rested here last year by Detectives
Dunn and Fleming for breaking into
a freight car at Papillion and he was
sentenced for one year.
Reed, it is said, was "chummy" with
Gray for weeks before he was dis
charged This and the fact that he
was in Lincoln the week of the mutiny
| is believed to be sufficient grounds
for his arrest until an investigation
can be made. The police believe thai
he is guilty and every attempt viii
be made to get the facts concerning
his Lincoln visit.
1t is also believed that Reed plan
ned to have the three convicts come
to Omaha upon their escape and hide
them here until the excitement blew
over. This belief is based upon tn,
fact that all of the progress of the
mutineers was towards Omaha.
Barring the presence Of the militia
men, everything at the penitentiary il
now going along as if nothing unusua
had happened. The convicts were al
at work at their usual tasks yester
day and other prison routine has beef
taken up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Order of Hearing on Original Probate
of Will

In the County Court of Madison
County, Nebraska. The State of Ne
braska, Madison County;
To all persons interested in the es-
tate of ChristOph Deter. deceased:
Whereas, there is on lille in the coun-
ty court of said Madison County, an
instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Christoph Oct
ter. late of said Madison County, de-
ceased, and Margaretha Deter has
filed her petition herein praying TO
have said instrument admitted to pro
bate, and for the issuing of letters
testamentary, which will relates to
both real and personal estates
] have therefore appointed Monday,
IN 18th day of April, 1912, at one
0~ock in the afternoon, at the county
court room in Madison, in said coun-
ty, as the time and place for hearing
and proving said will, at which time
and place you and all concerned may
appear and contest the probate and
allowing of the same
1t Is further ordered that said petit
toner give notice to all persons inter
ested in said estate OF the tendency
OF the said petition, and the time and
place set for the hearing Of the same,
by causing a copy of this order to be
published in the Norfolk Weekly
News-Journal, newspaper printed
published and circulating in said coun-
", for three weeks successfully pre-
vious to the day set for the hearing.
In witness whereof ! have hereunto
set my hand and official seal this 2lst
day OF March, 1912.
NJ. S. McDuffee,
Seal. County Judge
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
The BRYAN Birthday Dinner.

Lincoln, March 20-Representative
democrats of the state and nation
who declare allegiance to the progress
sive wing of the party conferred in
Lincoln on questions of party policy
and last night paid their tribute to
William j. Bryan at a banquet given
in his honor on the occasion of his
fifty-second birthday.
With all the significance of what
promises to be a strenuous presiden-
tial campaign bearing on them and
with members of the party over the
country waiting to hear an express
sion from Mr.. Bryan on the question
of presidential preference, the func-
ton took on more than the usual sig
nificance. The set speeches of the
evening, delivered in turn by former
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota,
Senator Gore of Oklahoma, George
Fred Williams of Massachusetts,
Frederick Townsend Martin Of New
York, Congressman Henry of Texas,
Senator James of Kentucky and Mr..
Bryan, avoided as a rule the personal
preferences of the speakers but out
side the banquet hall the speakers
were less reserved.
George Fred Williams was outspok-
en- in his opposition to Gov. Woodrow
Wilson, together with former Senator
Pettigrew, just as Senator Gore was a
hearty champion of the New Jersey
governor, along with Congressman
James and Henry.
While the sentiment OF the speak.
ers was along strictly progressive
lines, at times radical, in harmony with
the advanced ideas of Mr.. Bryan, the
rank and file of the diners comprised
mixed crowd,many adherents of Gov.
Harmon and Congressman Underwood
being in attendance.
Following the dinner, letters Of re-
greet were read from Senator O'Gor-
man of New York Congressman Ma
guire Of Nebraska; Senator Newlands
Of Nevada; Gov Burke OF North Da-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Candidates In Madison County.


Madison, Neb., March 2O.-Special
to The News: Filings of candidates
closed last night. The following per-
sons have filed:
For Representative Twenty-fourth
District-George n. Beels, Norfolk,
republican,; H. Warner, Warnerville,
republican; H. C. Haskins, Madison,
democrat
Float Representative for District
Twenty-siX-Lew j. Young, Newman
Grove, democrat.
For state senator for this senatorial
district-cOnsisting of Madison, Stan
ton and ColfaX counties-FeliX ]. Hale
of Norfolk, democrat.
For Commissioner of Second Dis.
trict-Fred j. Terry, Warnerville, re-
publican; G. w. Evans, Norfolk, reeub.
lican; Obed Raasch, Norfolk, republi-
can; Fred Lau, Norfolk, democrat;
Herman Buettow, Norfolk, democrat
For County Attorney-H. Halder.
son, Newman Grove, republican; Art
j. Koenigstein, Norfolk, democrat
For Assessor - Mark Richardson,
Madison, republican; NJ G. Doehring,
Battle Creek, democrat.
For Surveyor-to fill vacancy-C.
S. Huntley, Norfolk, republican.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Gray Would Kill Anybody.
Fire Sweeps Throuqh Hotel.

The South Norfolk firemen, led by
Firemen Schaeffer and Taylor, We're
on the ground Immediately after the
alarm was turned in. The city de-
partment was out very promptly. At
the corner of Norfolk avenue and
Fourth street the heavy hose wagon
was stuck in the snow and an add-
tional team was put into service.
Fireman William Mcclure drove the
wagon for regular Driver Truelock,
who is i'll. 1t took the city firemen
an hour to make the trip because Of
the snow.
Chief Green and Assistant II. w.
Winter attacked the second story OF
the building while the South Norfolk
firemen took charge of the basement.
frozen fire hydrant caused some
delay and for time it was believed
that the Koerber barber shop and
other buildings were in danger.
While the fire originated in the
basement kitchen, a hole was cut
from the top story through to the
basement and hose was inserted to
/
ming to make great Roadway on the
first and second floors. The firemen
assisted in carrying out the furniture
which was damaged mostly by water
and smoke. Many of the feremen
were kept on duty at the hotel for at
been extinguished. Many of them
suffered from the water which soaked
through their clothing.
At 10 o'clock, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
| w. Hershberger, owners of the hotel
! were on the second floor making VI
the beds. Mr.. Herschberger noticed
| and smoke. Many of the firemer
, He was unable to say how the fire
! started.
Mr.. Herschberger took possession
of the Garni hotel, also known as the
/ Clifton house and the Cottage Inn, or
January l last, having purchased il
from M. o. Wolcott, formerly man
ager of the Northwestern eating
house and now located at Akron Colo
The hotel has twenty-five rooms. The
building was remodeled in 1910 ant
/ made modern. A number of railroad
employees, rooming at the hotel, are
now looking for other quarters. The
building was worth about $4,000 ant
: was insured for $4,000.
| The firemen are receiving mucl
credit for saving the building from
being completely destroyed. Durins
the entire fight with the fire, onl!
once did the firemen see a small
blaze, their fight being mostly agains
the dense smoke which filled the build
! ing, handicapping them on all sides.
! The streets in the immediate vicin
ity of the fire are inundated will
several feet of water and melting
snow. This hindered the work of tn,
firemen and because they were fore
ed to wade through this water thei
work was most disagreeable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

returned the fire and the boy, Blunt,
and Taylor were killed early in the
fight"
"Shorty" Gray Planned Escape.
Morley declared hat the escape
from the penitentiary had not been
long planned He did not know of it
until Thursday morning. The guns
were given him and Dowd, by Taylor,
who also had the explosive.
1--WE had no trouble in leaving the
shops at the penitentiary," said Nor.
'fey. 1--WE simply left in bunch and
walked across the prison yard. We
entered the chapel and Taylor went
over TO the deputy warden's office.
There he shot the deputy warden
Deputy Warden Wagner was the gam.
est man we met. He drew his re-
volver and tried to shoot Taylor, but
was dying at the time. When we
made our escape we were armed with
four revolvers. Taylor had 3S.Win-
chester revolver. Dowd had SO
Smith e. Wesson and had 3S. We
also took Pahrs gun, but we did not
have very much ammunition.
Their Hands and Feet Frozen.
After our escape from the peniten.
tiary we had a terrible time in the
blizzard We were almost exhausted
when we reached the shelter. All of
us had our feet and hands frozen.
The next morning we held up a
milk wagon boy and after securing
| breakfast at his home, forced him
, to haul us to the city. After he let
| us out in Lincoln we struck for some
! railroad sheds and after staying there
| a while we went to Havelock. There
| we spent the night in barn and
also stayed the next day. We were
nearly found there several times
when the man came to get hay for
the animals. We were covered up
in the hay and once | had to draw
up my legs to keep the man from
picking them up in the armload OF
feed After staying a night and a
day in the barn in Havelock, we
| struck east. We stopped at the Hall
residence near Prairie Home and
stayed there part of Sunday night"
The bodies of the two dead con
victs were brought here. Morley was
taken to the penitentiary and return
ed to cell. The special Burlington
| train bearing the sheriff and posse
two dead convicts and Morley rar
through Lincoln without stopping
direct to the penitentiary, that course
being deemed advisable for fear of 6
possible demonstration against Nor
ley from the crowd assembled at the
| Lincoln depot.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

Butte, Neb,. March 19.-Special to
The News: The members OF Mason
ic order No. 233 and Bernlce Chap
ter o. Il. s. No. 100 rendered fare
well reception to Mr. and Mrs. Il. G.
Van Every ut their lodge rooms, Wed.
nesday evening. A banquet was
spread for over forty people. The
evening was spent in fcasting, speech
making and general social time, r.
V. Wilson acting as toastmaster. The
ladies of the o. E. s. presented Mrs.
Van Every with souvenir spoon Of
Butte as small token of the ser
vices she has rendered that Chapter.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Every and Grand
ma Van Every left Thursday morn
ing for Norfolk where they expect to
make their future home. The best
wishes OF a host of friends go with
them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

kota; Mayor Gaynor Of New York
city; Senator Martin of New Jersey,
and others
Mayor Gaynor. in his letter said:
II very much regret that have
other engagements which prevent me
from accepting the invitation to MIR
Bryan's birthday dinner by the Lin
coin club. should be most glad to
honor Mr. Bryan for all the good he
has done his country. He has illus
trated anew and so as TO make every
one see, that IL Is not those who hold
office that do the most for their coun.
try and their fellow men.
Even the presidential office would
not add to Mr.. Bryan and he is also
the greatest teacher the country has. "
The dinner was held at the Lincoln
Auditorium and began shortly after
I o'clock.
Mr.. Bryan was the last speaker and
his remarks were brief and along
general lines. He disappointed the
crowd when he failed to announce his
personal preference for president but
was given applause when he declared
OF all the men mentioned for the Of.
flee, none would suit him better than
Senator-elect Ollie James. He brought
a laugh when, referring to President
Taft and Col. Roosevelt, he said he
had never expected to see the day
when the principal and his counsel
appeared as opposition litigants in a
court, nor when two such eminent
political opponents were working for
the common democratic good.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

Sioux City, Ia, March 20.-Like SO
much finder, the stock and building
occupied by the Lindholm Furniture
company at the southwest corner of
Fifth and Douglas streets was totally
destroyed by fire last evening. Only
the heroic and efficient work OF the
fire department saved the other build
ing in the quarter block-The Jour
nal office and the building occupied
by the w. C. Davenport company,
cleaners and renovaters of clothes
and the Lerch block, across the alley
to the west of the doomed structure.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Willing to Give Her His Reward.

Omaha, March 20.-Chief of Police
John E. Briggs of South Omaha, who
took leading part in the battle near
Chalco, Neb, last Monday which re,
suited in the death of two escaped
convicts, the capture Of the third and
the killing of Roy Blunt, the young
farmer who had been forced to drive
for the outlaws, wired today from
Chicago offering to turn over his
share of the reward to Mrs. Blunt
the widow Of the innocent victim OF
the affair.
Briggs is attending a bowling tour
pament at Chicago.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

The most severe of series of rec
ord breaking snow storms swooped
down Unexpectedly upon northern Ne
braska and southern South Dakota
during the night. At 8 o'clock ten
inches had fallen in Norfolk and this
heavy blanket extended north to the
Rosebud country and west to the
edge of Nebraska. 1t became lighter
toward Omaha, there being but three
inches at that hour in Omaha.
People coming down town during
the morning had to wade through an
unbroken ocean of snow knee deep.
There were no gaps, no bare spots to
afford relief in the eXhausting effort
to get through.
a north wind was blowing and this
filled railroad cuts to the utmost.
Train service in all directions was
paralyzed and in many instances
trains We're totally abandoned.
Within ten hours the railroads had
changed from fighting washouts to
bucking snowdrifts. The snow came
without warning, threatening" being
the nearest the weather bureau got
to it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

traiers could find nothing more OF
him. Elmer Dunnng, now serving
time for postoffice robbery, says an
officer assisted i'm hiding Gray, and
it is believed that Cunning was a
member of the organized gang
Fear OF Gray Makes Slavin Insane.
To illustrate Grays character, Sher.
if Smith points to Tom Slavin, the
bandit captured in Norfolk and who
later told News man that il was
Gray who led in the Meadow Grove
bank robbery. Slavin is now Il raving
maniac and is confined in a state asy.
lum. The belief that Gray and his
gang would kill him, because he gave
officers information which would aid
them in arresting Gray, caused Slav.
ms insanity, says Sheriff Smith.
Slavin knew that Gray was at the
head of an organized gang and he
also knew that the gang would get
him" when he finished his ten years
in the penitentiary for his part in the
Meadow Grove deal.
Gray Would Kill Anybody.
Gray was desperate of the worst
type" says the sheriff. He would
kill anyone who came in his way
when he was committing crime.
Slavin told me that during the Mea-
dow Grove job, Gray had ordered each
man on guard to shoot and kill any.
one who did not halt at the first COM
mand."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Flood at Sheridan. WON.

Sheridan, Wyom., March 90 \ sui
den thaw in eastern Wyoming along
the watershed of the Cheyenne river
caused that stream to flood it's banks.
Ice gorges rapidly formed, tearing
away abutments protecting the Bur-
lington railroad ne@r Edgemont sta
ton for several hundred feet making
it imperative to riprap track before
traffic could be resumed. A portion
of the country is submerged with wa,
er four feet Residents had been
warned and escaped to safe ground.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Relatives Saw Blunt Killed.

Omaha, March 19A.-Roy Blunt, the
innocent victim of yesterdays battle
between the three escaped convicts
and the officers of the law near Chal
co, Neb., was % years old. He was
married last Christmas to Miss Car
melta Anderson The affair was a
double wedding at which a brother
of Miss Anderson was the other
groom. They lived on a farm two
miles from the house of James Blunt,
Roy's father, where the outlaws stop
ped for food and from which place
they compelled Roy Blunt to drive
them in their effort to reach Albright,
suburb of Omaha.
In one of the posses which closed
in upon the convicts and witnessed
the battle or took part in it, were
Floyd Blunt, brother of Roy, and
James Anderson, his father-in-law.
With tears, they pleaded with the Of
ficers not to fire upon the fleeing
bandits, as to do so would mean GER
tain death to their relative in the
wagon. 1t was pointed out that the
team was about spent and the men
could soon be captured, probably with
out a fight.
Finally, however, the outlaws began
firing at their pursuers and then the
battle was on.
Whose bullet killed the young farm.
er will never be known.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

Wet, threw up his hands, in token OF
surrender,
CHIEF Briggs, who was leading the
party shouted to Morley:
Drop that gun or I'll blow your
head off,
Morley, who held aloft big double
action revolver, dropped 1t and Briggs
ordered him to come forward with
his hands up
This Morley did and Briggs took a
second revolver from his pocket when
he approached
Not knowing just what had happen
ed. Briggs demanded of Morley the
surrender OF the other men in the
wagon.
They are all dead" declared Nor.
ley.
Briggs then went to the wagon, TAX
ing Morley with him, and found the
lifeless bodies OF the victims OF the
battle. The bodies of the dead convicts
were turned over to Sheriff Flyers OF
Lincoln and that of young Blunt to
his family. Flyers also took Morley
back to Lincoln on an afternoon train
Briggs and Trouton received several
slight flesh wounds as result of the
shotgun fire of the conyicts, but they
were insignificant
That the escaped convicts were lost
for while during the early part OF
the day is evident They secured their
BEARINGS after a breakfast at the
Blunt home. Their objective point
was Omaha and they told young
Blunt that if he took them swiftly tC
Albright, the Omaha suburb, no harm
would come to him.
Blunt Just Married.
Blunt was % years old and had beer
married but two months. His young
widow was Frustrated when his body
was returned to the family home by
his brother.
Following the final battle, severa
hundred farmers arrived on the scene
and the procession which followed tn,
officers back to Gretna was nearl,
two miles long.
| At Gretna the different posses dis
persed to their own cities.
| Chief of Police Briggs and JohI
Trouton, his deputy, who did most o
the shooting, had little to say abou
the killing of young Blunt. Briggs
declared he could not tell who fire.
the shot which killed Blunt, but Trou
ton intimated his belief that Blum
died from a bullet fired by one of tn,
convicts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

Grand Island. Ncb., March 90 The
proposition to adopt the commission
form OF government in this city was
badly defeated yesterday, the opposi-
ton led and conducted by Councilman
Hyde effectively using the argument
that it would mean curtailment OF.
or at least endanger, personal liberty
and that Interior motives, with refer.
ence to real estate movements prompt.
ed the submission. The promotion OF
the plan was largely in the hands OF
a committee of the Commercial club.
The total was 325 for and 746
against
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Sorry They Killed HeiIman.

While they were at the Hall farm
Sunday, the ConyiCts spoke of their
escape and their murders.
The men spoke frequently OF their
crime They did not seem to show
any sorrow for their act except in
the case of Usher IIeilman. They ex.
pressed regret that Heilman had been
killed, saying they had absolutely no
grudge against him. According to Mr..
Hall their bitterness was all aimed at
Warden Delahunty. They criticised
the treatment they had received at
the prison, saying that they were Civ.
en- poor food and not enough OF 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22
Germany Will Not Act.

Berlin, March 20.-The German for
eign office has decided that there is
no ground for German action in Mex
leo, which has been demanded by
certain newspapers in consequence Of
report cabled from New York on
March Is that some followers Of the
insurgent leader, Emiliano Zapata
had murdered Mormon woman. An
investigation by the German authori-
ties has proved the report was false.