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I 111 i i The Norfolk fleuas CongrcsR will open in timoto adjourn for thu holidays Tho Boers aro making t good deal of tronlilu to tho llrillnli lor i subdued mid nutijcctcd people Tho Madison Chronicle of thiH week In printed in an illuminated cover in honor of Thanksilvlng Thoy tiro KttliiK roiiio swift woys across tho pond also Mull inottor Ih now sent from Paris to Berlin in 35 minutes via thu pneumatic lube There npppiun to ho boiiio prosperity for tho liilHiror in Cidifornin Tho Chino Vulloy Champion reports u scare ity of holp to pick and market tliu ripening orange crop It Is Bold that tho tnrkoy population wns reduced by 1000000 on account of J Thanksgiving Tho population will ho Htlll fnrthor depleted it not practically annihilated about ChriRtiuaH tiino She Chambers Bugle in of tho opinion that about tho only position which him not boon offered Mr Bryan is tho presi dency of tho United States On tho contrary thiH Bit has boon emphatic ally refused him Tho World Herald talkfl of tho men who own and control congrcBS It waB quite clearly demonstrated about a month ago that tho people own and con trol congress aud not papers like tho World Herald and politicians of tho name braud That ih what hurts Say when talking about Christmas gifts perhaps the folks at homo would appreciate a years subscription to Tint Nnws abovo anything It would bo a constant reminder of your thoughtful ness and convey to them items of inter est with each issue Call oarly aud uvoid tho rush The millers aud grain dealers of Kan sas have taken steps to improve tho quality of wheat grown in that stato Thoy will send to Turkey for a cargo of Hussion Turkey soed which they will deliver to Kansas farmers at cost It is n good idea and might bo successfully employed in other states Tho mayor of Grand Island has ex amined a number of alleged small pox caseB about that city and oillcially an nounces that with but ono exception they are nothing but tho common ordi nary itch Governor elect Dietrich will uudoubtodly loud his testimony to the fact that the itch Ib prevalent in tho state There are brutes in this country that could givo tho most barbarous savage points on cruolty A Kentucky man recently ran a redhot poker down tho throat of his 2-year-old step daughter the child dying from tho effects of the torturo Such fiends are scarce how ever and will be scarcer if justice can overtake them Diok Crokor has been up against it himBolf Upon his arrival in England the Tammany chieftan was assessed 5000 for tho privilege of visiting that country this boiug an income tax on 100000 lovied on account of tho Boer war It is supposed that his victims in New York will smile to themselves and feel liko at king How do you like it TkiMrV Daring tho campaign juBt closed tho citizens of Pawnee county wero deter mined to get at the foundation of tho fnfiion stories in circulation concerning Mr Dietrich and a delegation of min isters was sent to Hastings to ascertain tho truth Pawnee county gavo Mr Dietrioh a plurality of 472 votoB whiob will readily indicate the results of the investigation Senator Hauua has again declined to bo a caudidute for president in 1004 and innouuces his intention of retiring from politics on the expiration of his sena torial term Mr Hauna has moro than once demonstrated that he is a sensible man and that he does not wont to be burdened with the responsibilities of the presidency in his old age is not his least sensible conclusion The democratic governor of Minne sota has ignored Ohas A Towne and offered the eeuatorship mode vacant by the death of Oushman K Davis to Loren W Collins republican The appointment is only good for a short time as Senator Davis successor will be elected by the incoming legislature Nevertheless Mr Towne would probably have appreciated the honor of a seat in the senate if only for a short time John R Hays mado the best race of the four defeated republican candidates for congess in this state Robinson winning by only 175 plurality In the fourth district tho fusiouists won by 507 plurality in the fifth by 854 while in the big sixth Kiukaid only lacked 209 votes of beating Neville tho fu6ionist In the first and 6econd districts Burkett and Mercer republicans won easily by pluralities of 2001 nud 1470 respectively Pierce Call The United States treasury now holds more gold than at any time in the his tory of the country the accnmmulatiou being I7II08I0 Undor republican policloB tho gold coin in tho country has increased at tho rate of aloiit 100 00HM a ytwft With ojrecord llko this to look back npon four yoarH henco it will Im utterly useless for tho opponontfl of tluit partjMojirofiont nlbusliiossprop oniTioti to tho pooply with any liopo that it will receive favorable consideration 5 rout Britain Ib in need of moro nionoy and will probably bo compelled to borrow it from tho United States The old mother country is undoubtedly great but when in nerd of money bIio haH to got it where bIio can aud the largo heap of gold Ih now within Brothor Jonathans doniuitiH It hasnt been no long Biuco opposite conditiotiB provallod but they are not likely to Imj ko ngain TIiIh country haH tho roHonrceH and tho gold aud it will bo HtirpriHing if itH woalthdooi not increase rather than diminiHh Tho following from tho Omaha Daily Nowb Ih a pretty strong recommenda tion of ono of McKinleya cabinet of llcorB coming as it does from an indo pendent journal wlion tho boat of politi cal battlo has died away Secretary Hay continues his highly successful ef forts to givo tho United StateH a com manding position in tho Chinese con cert His course has boon misunder stood in tho United StateH mid wilfully misrepresented abroad but It remains tho most humane us woll as tho most practical among tho many proposals What Ih to bo dono with Bryan Ib u question now agitating tho minds of many politicians Tho domocratH who havo persistently avorod that his poli cies moan defeat do not want him aud tho populists do not want him al though there is no question but that ho is moro of a populist than n domoorat Tho gentleman will probably sottlo tho quostlou himself whon tho time conios In tho meantime It will afford some opportunity for political gosBip to con jecture as to where ho will land He has beou very qutet sinco tho lato dis aster but is likely to arouse and prove quito a lively atom before the buttle of 1001 Is on A now lot of food cranks aro in jecting their opinions into tho discus sion of tho eating problem Tho latest soct advocato uncookod foods exclusively At a recent banquet in Chicago tho menu of the theso dietetists consiRted of raw oysters raw shrimps onions radishes nuts raw cracked wheat com prossod wheat broad and peanut butter Nothing that has been in the reach of a fire Ib permitted on thoir tables The main queBtiou that agitates tho average editor Is how to get food at all cooked or uncooked and he will bet his best straw hat which has been carefully laid away for next summer that if a pioco of applo or mince pie or a nicely browned turkey gobbler hoves in sight he will reach out and tako it uncooked diotary to tho contrary notwithstanding Since the returns aro all in it is quito interesting to review some of the pre election propheoieH of the fusiouists Away bock in 1800 April 80th Senator Allen read the handwriting on the wall aud on the floor of the Benato pronounced the dcom of the republican party as fol lows In 1000 tho republican party dejected aud broken as a result of prom ibes unfulfilled and expectations un realized will disappear never in my judgement to reappear on tho horizon oi national pontics again in 1000 as sure as the sun shines as sure us there is a God in Israel and loyalty in tho hearts of tho American people tho re publican party will go out of power aud It will bo deader politically than Julius Caesor has been declared to be in thiH chamber for all timo Tho senator evidently had u badly mixed horoFcope and what he read to bo tho republican party must in reality have been tho f u sionlsts With this correction tho prog nostication reads quito accurately Madison county stands seventh in the iucreaso of population in the state since tho census of 1800 That year the population of the county was 18000 The census this year shows its population to be 10070 an increase of 8307 Its population in 1880 was 5589 Madison with a number of other agricultural counties has kept the stato from showing a decrease in popu lation In podded districts aud western counties there has been a falling off from the record of 1890 Fifty five counties show a total increase in popula tion of 87028 Thirty five counties con taining most of the more densely popu lated districts show a decrease of 78200 Tho net increase for the state is there fore but 8028 as shown by the census If the truth had been told 10 years ago thero would have been a much larger increase Th returns also show that the Third congressional district iB the largest in the ttnte in the matter of population the figures beirg 214010 The Sixth district largest in area is the smallest in population containing 101 805 people It is therefore possible that the districts will be rearranged But for tho padded returns of the larger cities iu 1800 Nebraska would havo a good showing The figures show that northeast Nbbnu ka is growiug rapidly the people realizing that it is one of tho best districts of the state It is the garden spot of the west and bound to advance THE NOltFOLK NEWS FRIDAY DECEMBER 7 1900 1lanta holiday ad in Tin Nrws harvest a crop of patronage and It will bo at least four yearn before tho factory chimneys Hwear ott on that smoking habit Tho prlco of eggs is alflo Allowing an upward tendoncy and if tho thing con tinues a bombardment of decayed lion fruit may bo dcomod an honor rather than a disgrace that is if tho price in any object Cotton was 25 a halo in 1810 whilo it Ib now worth fT0 a bale an ndvanco of 1 1 since election Thoro must bo some kind of a trust among tho southern cot ton planters but tho producer is not likely to kick There Ib not inuoh question but that a couple of republicans will bo elected to represent Minnosota in tho United States senate That party only has about K majority on joint ballot and two sonatora to olect During tho past year Nebraska has sold her surplus productsjto tho amount of 1711000000 Nebraska is all right especially under n republican adminis tration and tho people realize It No braBka may not bo able to feed tho world but flho can tako care of her share of It Congress meets today and with tho preliminary aotivlty shown by tho membors tho prospects are that it will at once cuter upon its important duties and accomplish much from tho start The committees and leaders havo been in actiou roiuo timo preparing matters to bo submitted to tho two bodies Tho Omaha News has it that whon drunk a Frenchman wants to dance a Gornuin to sing a Spaniard to gamble an Englishman to eat an Irishman to fight aud an American to makoaspocoh With this to guide all you have to do to determine a mans nationality Is to get him drunk and mark his characteristics Farmers In parts of California are dis couraged about their beet crops For several seasons past they havo been hav ing foilurosjowing to a lack of rain some reporting that they have not recolved enough to pay for cultivation Under tho present contract Nebraska Ib likely to again take first rank as a sugar beet prodaciug statu The New York Journal says of Presi dent McKiuloy s annual address The showing of the message is one to make Americans proud of their country not withstanding tho European talk of feebleness and vacillation by tho United States Now if tho World Herald would say something sensible and patriotic there might yet be some hope for democracy A Connecticut millionaire Robert M Bruce of Greenwich must be an entirely original person Ho recently appeared before tho board of assessors of that town and asked that his assessment bo increased 50 per cent It is understood that all millionaires there will be raised in the same proportion If this fad would strike the wealthy people in all parts of the country there would be cause for rejoicing in many a state and bailiwick Another stop has been taken toward the building of the Nicaraguan canal Secrotiiry Hay having signed a treaty with the minister of that government whereby all tho rights and privileges neoessary are granted At last it is becoming evident that the passage round the Horn will becomo ancient history It is a long step forward in the development of this country and the advantages to trade and commerce will be marked Ono of tho first results of McKinleys re election iu the Philippines was when 2200 natives laid down their arms and took the oath of allegiance to tho United States the oath boing administered by a priest This was all in ono particular portion of the island It is confidently expected that others of tho rebels will not be long in following their example and the Philippine rebellion will have passed into history long before Mr Bryan will have another opportunity to create a paramount issue The additional crime of transmitting yellow lever is now laid up against the pestiferous mosquito Tho action of drilling into a persons epidermis is an ample death warrant but whpn the little brute injects yellow f over virus along with its drill it iB carrying matters a little too far and if it can be sentenced to death before tho drilling experiment begins there will be few to mourn They are not distributing muoh yellow fever in this part of tho country these days but the coming generation of the insects will doubtless be made to suffer just the same The Gordon Journal has some items that indicate that the wire trust the oil trust and the sugar trust are not the only pebbles on tho beach They are as follows A member of tho hay trust was in town the other day selling a medium grade of upland hay for 800 a ton Talk about salt trusts and sugar trustB did you ever fee auythiug that beat the hay trust A farmer was in town the other day with a load of hay and a town cow swiped a fow cuds and the farmer wanted to charge tho owner of tho cow 100 Ho said hay was hay thiH year It conies nearer be ing greenbacks Tho isthmaian canal commlsfion has made its report in which it favors tho Nicaragua routo us the most practical although it will cost soveral million dol lars moro to complete it The route will bo shorter than via Panama by about 400 to 000 miles between San Francisco and important ports on the Atlantic Tho aggregato cost of construction will bo more than 200000 000 Thoy flguro on a dopth of 85 feet and a bottom width of 150 feet It will requlro from eight to ton years to com plete tho work It will be 180 milos from ocean to ocean and will tako about W hours for a vessel to pass through Tho proposod canal will allow tho passago of tho largest ocean vessels It is a gigantic work but Yankee push pluck and ingenuity can accomplish tho task Tho St Louis Globe Democrat has figures proving a mighty growth in re publicanism in tho transmiBslsRlppi statoB Official returns from 15 states including six in this region give McKin loyatotalof 8530122 against 3404 512 in 1800 and Bryan 202171 against 20i7WO in 1800 Tho republican gain in tho 15 states Ib 41588 and tho demo- cratlolossis 15587 a net republican gain of 57 107 This gain comes entirely from states west of tho Mississippi Tho not republican gain in Missouri is 20 107 In Nebraska 211188 in Arkan sas 10840 in Oregon 11100 in Wyo ming 4812 and in Utah 5817 Tho total republican pain in the six transmis siKsippl states roported officially is 147 720 McKiuloy gaining 71017 and Bryan losing 70112 It is a remarkable repudiation of Bryauism in tho region that gave it birth J Sterling Mortons Conservative is very woll pleased with the appointmeLt of Dr Teal to tho superintendency of the Norfolk hospital for the insane That paper commenting on the appoint ment says If Govenor Dietrich ap points as good men for all offices as Frederick Teal of Omaha his superin tendent of the hospital for the insane at Norfolk the people will have Blight cause for complaint In this appoint ment duo consideration was given to merit aud special fitness Doctor Teal is a young man scientifically equipped for Imposition and was highly recom mended for the place by the medical men of Omaha Governor Dietrich will in the end accomplish much more polit ically for his administration by contin uing to exeroiBe the same kind of dis crimination in appointments than he could by following the example of his predecessor who made party loyalty alone the basis for political preference An honest efficient and competent ad ministration would prove a wonderfully effective argument among the people of this state for the continuation of Gov ernor Dietrichs administration Give us a bright capable efficient educator for the Blind Institute The Presidents Message President McKinley has delivered his annual message to congress the sub stance of the document being presented to readers of The News with todays issue As is usual with the presidents communications this is straight to the point and recommends action on impor tant questions confronting tins govern ment in a statesmanlike manner A considerable portion of the docu ment is dovoted to the Chinese question It is shown that the policy of this gov ernment has been toward the strength eulug and modernizing of the celestial kingdom with no idea of landgrabbiug entering therein Its chief aim seems to havo been to protect its property the lives of its citizens and discourage fu ture outrages with the ultimate object of an open door to trade and the placing of China on an equality v ith modern nations where all people of whatever sect or nationality are safe to go and come as they choose in times of peace The president favors a suggestion of the Belgian government looking toward the control of the liquor traffic with un civilized peoples This suggestion will undoubtedly receive the approval of all temperate people Some action to prevent lynchings is also favored Action lo king toward the early com pletion of an interoceanio canal is urged such action to be of a character that will remove existiug objections The Philippine question is reviewed at length and a disposition Is shown to continue the present policy in those islands until congress shall have made other plans The rights of self govern ment in the islands shall be extended as rapidly as possible the purpose being to givo the reins of government into the hands of the natives whenever they lay down their arms aud give evidence of au ability to mako aud administer laws iu accordance with a civilzed idea Until tho rebellion shall cease the gov ernment will as in the past be largely military The president favors legislation to preserve just au d amicable commercial relations with foreign couutries and the extension of tho principle of reciprocity A reduction of 30000000 in internal revenue taxes is advocated which will undoubtedly be made so that the mosses will receive the benefit A cable from San Francisco to Hawaii aud Manila is favored Authority Is wanted for an Increase In tho standing army to 100000 men ii necessary and argument Ib made that it iH uecossary although tho Incrcaso is likely to bo largely of nativo troops in tho Philippines Cuba aud Porto llico Tho requests of tho secretary of the navy for now vosselR moro olflcers and men aud a Btatuo to Admiral Porter are recommended to bo granted A plea is also made for tho efitabliBhrnont of u nationnl naval reserve aud a grado of vice admiral A reapportion of representatives in accordance with tho now census is rec ommended Many other questions of national im portance are handled in a masterly manner and a program for congreBS Is outlined that will requlro tho thought ful and earnest consideration of mem bers during tho timo it is in session with small opportunity for idleness Tho message is concluded with the very important recommendation- that economy bo exorcised in regard to the appropriation of public funds CLEANING HOUSE Situation at the Capital Regarding Ioll tlco Appointment Etc Lincoln Neb Dec 5 Special Cor respondence Tho last week has been a very lively one at tho capital for tho reason that tho applicants for places under tho incoming administration have been on hand to look after their interests Tho annouueoment that tho heads of state institutions will select thoir own subordinates has relieved tho pressure somewhat It is conceded by all republicans that Chairman Lindsay of the state commit tee deserves something handsome and that hiB appointment as private secre tary to tho governor is only temporary Ho was looked upon as the right man to help tho now governor past tho stormy period of the first six months As a party move the selection is regarded a rnoBt wise one It is possible for a pri vate secretary to make or mar the polit ical future of a governor a fact which Governor Poynter now realizes to its fullest extent The act of a fusion supreme court in killing the state board of transporta tion as soou as it was certain that fusion job holders could no longer derive their living from it was a thoroughly selfish performance which will however strike aresponsive chord all over the state a very unusual situation There is a very strong hint that other state boards are in danger of being lopped off by the coming legislature The barbers board is laughing stock everywhere The Btate oil inspection has long been known to be a fraud per petuated to make easy berths for politi cal strikers The fact that no oil is really inspected that certificates of fine ness have been pasted on vinegar barrels and that the whole system is nsecLto prevent competition in tho oil business in Nebraska justifies a message from the governor abolishing the bureau It iB quite possible such a message will be Bent in It is now apparent that the incoming state officials have concluded to make a clean sweep when it comes to making state appointments They think that the state has been so far scandalized by the people who have held jobs during the past four years that it will be no mistake to jump them all out of office and try a lull new set both upper and lower In the meantime there is a disposition to see to it that the useless employes in the various departments are not ap pointed and this disposition also reaches oward the legislature as iB learned from the members who have visited this city in the past week Tho contest for speakership of the house is beginning to warm up The geneial belief is that it will be settled entirely outside tho senatorial fight and that the legislature will bo organized along thoroughly business lines rather than as an adjunct to the senatorial struggle The secretary of stato ealizing the need of a clean sweep has bought fine new carpets for the legislative balls He wanted the new men to have new things to walk on and besides he wanted to exercise his last privilege of buying things with the peoples money The state committee has conoluded to keep open through the winter so as to have things ready for the coming cam paign This move is noted with satis faction from all quarters as it is certain to be productive oi good results The work which was done last winter and spring by tho old committee aided in the splendid detail organization whiob was effected in the campaign just closed The claim of certain counties that they saved the election of Governor Dietrich is becoming the subject of muoh amusement There ore others entitled to credit Without Lancaster county Di9trich would have been lost Gage with its fourteen hundred major ity saved the governorship If the splendid majorities in either Burt or Pawnee had been reversed the man from Adams would have been lost Ouster county furnished enough gain to save him while Holt and Thurston or a dozen other combination gains did the business The claim of exclusive credit by one county deserves to be classed with the celebrated story of the man who killed the bear Legislative members and visitors who came to see the winter performance will hove more than usual difficulty in secur ing quarters Lincoln is pretty well filled up with the natural increaso in population in the last two years and de sirable rooms which heretofore have b en at the disposal of the legislative contingent are nearly all taken Tho wise ones who expect to spend the winter here are already looking up lo- 1 cations Adam Gkanqeu EXPELLED FOR TURF FRAUD Iloanl of Iti lcw Invent Igntrft llxtraont limry Cnf of Taking at Ituhllle Chicago Dec 0 The board of re view of the American Trotting asso ciation yesterday Investigated one of the most extraordinary turf iruuds ever perpetrated and at the close of the Inquiry Issued an edict of expul sion against the following peinons all residents of Rushvllle lnd W A Jones lames Williams W T WIIboii Harry Touch John Sail W W Wll on 1 S Viuicc J D Hlnor C V Vimw C H Lore and R V Scudder The offense for which those people were put outside the pale of roputablo turfdom is tho faking of an entlru day of alleged trotting and pacing over the Rushvllle track on Sept- 10 1801 procuring the admission of summaries of the same In the otllclal records of the association as well as the Year Book and then selling and otherwise making use for gain of tie horses al leged to have made fast records oil the day In question LOP OFF 40000000 Way nnil Mean Committee Agree on Bill or HvdiirtlnuH In War luli Itevenuo Btaiupi Washington Dec Chairman Payne of the ways and means commit tee yesterday Introduced a bill reduc ing the tUMitloii under tne war reve nue net alter the Republican mem bers of the committee had agreed on the form of the measure and the arti cles to receive the reduction of tax It is intended to have tho full commit tee act on the bill today and to put It through the house before Christmas The bill provides an aggregate reduc tion estimated at 40000348 The estimated reductions in dotall ns given out by Payne are as follows Beer la32712 cigars 3189704 spe cial taxes section 2 commercial brokers 138281 custom house brok ers 8107 circuses 11744 theaters 47178 exhibitions not otherwise pro vided 84218 total special tax 2S7 380 Schedule A Bank checks -000000 certificates of deposit 200 000 drafts inland 500000 promis sory notes 3500000 postal orders 002000 foreign bills of exchange 10000 export bills of lading 100 000 express receipts S1200 telephone messages 315000 bonds of Indem nity 250000 certificates other than of profits 200000 charter party 100 000 broker contracts 100000 con veyances 3000000 telegraph dis patches 300000 insurance 3000 000 leases 200000 mortgages 500 000 passage tickets 200000 power of attorney 100000 protests 25000 warehouse receipts 250000 total schedule A 22242000 Schedule B 4548283 lehS wines 000000 3048200 legacies charitable etc 500000 grand total 40000348 TWO TRAMPS TRAGIC END One Murdered and Dragged on to Track the Other Stabs UiniHelf When Caught De Soto Mo Dec 0 Two unknown men lie dead at Blackwell Mo the result of murder and suicide Last night the men supposed to be tramps asked permission to sleep in the boiler room of C V Segars saw mill One of the men was about 50 years of age and the other about 20 Early this morning the young man was found dead on the railroad track with his skull crushed nud part of his cloth ing missing It was evident that he had been murdered in the sawmill and dragged to the railroad track and laid across the rails A posse of citizens started in search of his companion who was caught about five miles out and brought back to the scene of the murder When accused of the murder the old man drew a knife and stabbed himself in tho heart death resulting Instantly STOCK SHOW CROWDED Maddened Bull Causes a Panto Among the Spectators Chicago Dec 1 A maddened bull that had escaped frmh his keepers while being driven from the judges ring yesterday at the international live stock exposition caused a panic among several thousand spectators When the animal gained his freedom he lowered his head and made straight for the crowd In the wild scramble for safety three men and a little girl were unuble to get out of the wuy and were thrown to the ground by the in furiated beast None were seriously injured however and tho bull was captured by cowboyB before ho could do any further damage Tho attendance at the exposition was enormous and it was estimated that during the day between 50000 and 60000 persons passed through the gates TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Mrs Abby Sage Richardson dramat ist and literary critic died In Rome Roy M Chamberlain has been ap pointed collector of internal revenue district of Hawaii The Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters and Butchers workmen in session at Cleveland elocted M Donnelly of Omaha president W J Zuhl who kidnaped his two children at Antlgo Wis has been placed In jail at Wausau and the chil dren have been returned to their mother M Schnaebele whose Imprisonment by the Germans at Metz in 1887 nearly led to war between France and Ger many died at Nancy Wednesday of apoplexy Fire destroyed the structural iron works of Mesker Co and Lowen thuls commission house at Evansvllle Loss 110000 Fireman Gottlelb Sur teck wub killed by a falling walL U