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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1909)
IHt SEMI-WKIY TRIBUNE IRA It. BAttE, Tubllslicr. TKRM8, tl.2S IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE NEDRASKA CAUSED OF TYPHOID. Autumnal typhoid still line n way of npponrlng nt oustomnry nemons In well nigh cvory region of the country. Tho health nuthorition in Nv Yorli Hnd It this yoar rather worne than usual, It npponra In the dwolllngs of tho well-to-do nu freely as In tho shncliB of tho poor. Sanitation dooa not prevent It, that la, not what wo Benorally call sanitation. It la an In tosllnal disease, convoyed by drink or food. Tho old theories of bad nlr, newer gas and damp housos have not now much standing. It Is feared that aomo of tho later theories do not explain all tho points about nuttimn typhoid. The houaclly dooa not. The condition of the water supply, ns bo ing different In summer and winter, does not A plausible explanation Is that tho profuse perspiration with which in flummur the body eliminates n largo amount of disease brooding matter, Is reduced to a minimum al most instantly when the cool days begin. The kidneys and bowols. un accustomed to the task, are burdened with dangerous materla's and unablo to perrorm tho task of elimination It Is at least common knowledge that typhoid Is most prevalent when tho cool weather sets In. Premier Kntoura ol Japan tn an ad dress before a club of bankers nt Tokyo outlined the policy of the gov ernment In n manner which should al lay tho apprehensions of timorous souls who see tn ovory move in thnt direction a threat of war with tho United Stntos. Tho premier sot forth plans for developing tho resources of tho omplro and avoiding unnecessary oxpendlturo. TI1I3 peaceful progrnm contained nothing lo which objection can bo tnkon anywhoro. On tho con trary, tho plans descrvo thu warmest npproval. Japan has had enough of war for tho present, and sees that her Highest interests will bo served by promoting prosperity at homo and strengthening frioudly rolntlona nbrond. And what n yenr It la: Flying a cer tainty; north polo discovered; Tur key reformed; Persia rorormed; Eng land's Ideas or tho ethics of taxa tion upsot; Italia restive; China sub jected to n mass of now Impressions; tho dlstanco acrosu tho Atlantic fur ther shortened; tho distnnco across tho continent about to bo shortened; wIrolcsB Improved; tho ovorlnBtlng power of sentiment drnmntlcally illus trated in tho rail or Clomencoau. If tho cavo man lived to-day lie could hardly repeat his now famous doclnra tlon: "Uomanco Is dead," says Col lier's Weekly. Hy sclenco, contrary to ninny fears, wonder and mystery hnvo been increased. Tho "daylight saving" bill nppeata to hnvo gono by the bonrd In tho Hrltish houso of of commons, and no great harm done. The matter was solemnly considered by a commlttoo, nn'd for awhllo it iookeu as though par liament would enact tho monsuro. Hut spbor second thought sot In. nnd tho commlttoo roported In ravor or drop ping tho bill, "'because or grave doubts whothor Its objocta would bo attained without subjecting some Importunt In terests to sorlous Inconvenlonco." And that is tho end or tho agitation so far ns parliament Is concerned. Six of itenr-Admlral Sobroo'B licet of fnst cruisers succeeded In mak ing a rocord ruu from San Krancisco to Honolulu, but tho fact that two crulsorn hnd to abandon tho race bo cauiio of breaks In their mnchlnery which In ono Instance involved n sac rifice of two lives. Is proof that It Is dangerous lo push warships at top speed oven In times of peace, in war times, crippled cruisers , aro a seri ous handicap in emergencies. Tho death ol Capt Ferber of thu Fronch army In an aeroplane necldent ul Uoiilogno Bur Mer utlds another army olllclnl to u Hat ol those who havo died as n result of aerial serv ice. Tho llrst American unmo on this list Is thnt ol Lieut Thomas Boirrldgo, who urn killed when the Wright neroplnuo loll at Washington last year. A purse containing $200 and n Itanduomo diamond ring wore lost In a Now Jersoy penitentiary, nnd tound and restored by two prisoners. Such an astonishing amount of honesty ought not to be locked up. "It becomes a matter of life and doath to thu Urltiuli empire to re main supremo at sua," says Lord Charles Uoresford in his Toronto speech, says thu Los Angelos Ex press, Is tho llrltlsh omplro supremo at soa? And if she Is, can she stick it outr A New York woman is domandlng a divorco becauso her husband throw eggs at hor. With eggs nt throe cents apleco she should havo lundo the chargo ouo ol extravagance Dr. Wu Seeks Light on Spirit World WASHINGTON. Having satlslled himself recardini: tho tnrhnlmin ol flying machines when he visited Wilbur Wright tn Colleen Park. Md and piled him with all sortB of ques tions, IJr Wu Ting Fang. Chines min ister to the United Rtnti.n ttirnnil hla attention to spiritunlism nnd took nls nm piunge into tho mysteries of tho spirit world. Ho fittotlflorl n mnntlntf of tho Temple League of Splrltunllsta. wuure no wnB mrormcd by a medium that half a dozen spirits hovered by uis RIUO. From the tlmo tho "humnn Intor. gntlon mark." ns Dr Wu has become known horo. entered the hall, accom panied by Wu Chnng. an nttacho of the Chinese lecntlon. nmi tnn, ,, directly in front of tho speaker's pin norm, no was all open-eyed atten tion. Notwithstanding his flowing pur ple robes, the minister wns not reeog nlzed by the half-hundred attendants, but wbb tho contor of curiosity. Uncle Sam Plants rtUIUNQ tho last fiscal year moro J fish and HbIi eggs woro distributed by tho burcnu of fisheries of tho Do pnrtmont of Commerce nnd Lnbor In Washington than over before In Its history. For tho of flali and eggs distributed passed tho throo billion mnrk. Tho exact number was 3,117,301,625. Last yenr tlm tntm distribution wns 2,871,4GC,2S0. and nl- moiign commissioner (Jeorgo M. Ilowera auggestod early In the year that ho honed to nnni tlm tiirn 1,1. - iy 1 - lion mark, Binall hopo wnB ontcrtuincd that ho would bo able to do It. In addition to tho I tlon, a enreful ontlmntfi imn .... that tho cost of distribution hns been reduced to about J1C2 a million of fish nnd eggB distributed, which Is n lowor nvorngo cost than has over before boon nttnlned. Tho cost during tho previous llscal year was J1C0.2G. In iuu 11 was $172.28. 1900 $210.80. Uhen tho bureau wnn rtumiiiiaiw.,1 in 1901, the coat of distribution was $10a.rl a million, whllo In ip.n7 i.n year boforo Commissioner Howora took chnrgo of tho work, tho aununl Solve Post Office POOR 7 TUN postortlco department In Wash lilirton linn lirnt thnt of Boveral venrH' Rtiimiinir. nnri which for a long tlmo thoy feared they noved would bo nblo to solvo. Since iiB rnr buck as August. 1901, at regit lur Intervals, tho Roston postmaster has been Bonding with his consignment of dead letters to tho dead letter olllce a number of smnll onvolnnos. nil mi. dressed with n lend pencil tn tho snmo handwriting to tho hamui nnmnn Btreot nnd numbor In lloston, with 110 poBtngo paid upon them. Whou In tlmo It became lloepRnnrv to open thoso letters at tho ilnnd Int tor olllco each was found to contain a $1 bill, wrapped In a scrap or brown paper or old nowspnpor, without the loust Blgn or mnrk by which tho mm. dur might be Identified. The number of theso letters sont to the dead loiter olllce having reached 140, Fourth Assistant PostmnBter Gun oral De draw concluded to send out his Inspectors to run down tho mys h r . 1 IP Woman's Mouth Was a Speakeasy Till f H3UT FLATH12H of tho Washing Ll ton Iiollcu envn nwnv nnn nt tint .ecrots of tho "third degree" when he old Judgo Auknn haw bo ibout two dollars In Binnll change roiu tlio mouth or a erlored wmnnn who protended that sho had a gum ton. Pollccmon HubsoII. Loonor nnd Hnr. ley hnd mndo n raid on a Iioueo on i stroot Boutnwost mat was thought o bo a "spcak-ensy," or, In legal rtns, an unlicensed bar. The police sont Into tho house two r throo pconlo with marked coins Vhen the raid wnB made Qeorco Tuii. .nan, Atmle Tubman and Charles Nor- When Mrs. Hnnnon. reennlml nn n nrBt-clnss medium by tho spiritualists took tho floor and naked whothor any- ono was nrosont Who hntl nnvnr m. eelved a messago from tho spirit worm, ur. wu slgnlllcd that ho was such. Tho medium declared that she saw standing by tho Chineso minis ter's aldo n woman of his country with two children. She snld sho had not boon given their names, but described them to him nnd remarked thnt if dur Ing tho evening tho nnraea woro given hor by tho spirit she would mnko them known to him. While sho gavo aplrit messages, names and descriptions of spirits to persona In tho room Dr. Wu watched and listened with tho keenest atten tlon. To his companion another me dium gavo n long "reading," Informing Mr. Chang ho was going away shortly, but would return. Dr. Wu returned n few nights later and had n "prlvato Bitting." during which ho was told thnt tho spirit or William McKlnley. martyred prosl dent of tho United States, urgod him to use his efforts for peaco. Tho spirit of tho Chineso envoy's mother nleo talked to hint "Why Is It I cannot see tho spirits?" was Dr Wu's question Tho medium's explanation haa not been rondo public Fish by Billion Output waa r.C8.HI.042 nnd tho coat was ai)7 70 n million. Ten yeara ago tho number of appli cations for tho stocking or rivers and stroamB with fish of various kinds waa less than 4,000, During tho laBt fiscal year, tho applications Increased to nearly 11,000 nnd tho bureau respond ed by plnnting fish In nenrly that numbor of rlvero, streams, lakes nud ponds. Of tho cntlro nmount planted, 98 per cent. wnB for market fisheries, only two por cent, being for the use of sportsmen. In summing up tho conditions for tho fiscal year, Commissioner Bowers has como faco to faco with tire con tlngoncy thnt In tho near futuro tho Pacific coast may bo called upon to restock tho Potomac river and Ita tributaries with shatf" Only n fow ynrs ago shad woro taken from tho Potomac and planted in tho Sncrn mento river, whoro they aro now more plentiful than on tho Atlnntlc coast. Tho commissioner Is having pre pared maps showing tho extent to which nets nro planted along tho Po tomac nnd Its trlbutnrlco for catching tho shad as they return from tho snlt water of tho Chesaponko Day to tho fresh water In which they opawn. So groat lias boon tho onslaught on tho fish as thoy attompt to roach their spawning ground, that In Riiitn nt nit tho offortB or tho bureau to plant eggs, tho catch is constantly decreasing. Department Mystery tery, for mystery hn f.it tin. ,.,, bo. After a long search tho postoirico In spectora found that thu nnme upon tho onvelopo nnd tlio addresses were correct for tho years 1901 to 1907. Tho mnn named upon tho envelope hnd finally been discharged, and Is now nn object of charity. Tho pro prietor of tho hnt establishment whero tho mnn usod to work otated to tho postofllco limpectora that tho man had rormerly worked for him, and that ho had In tho pnst received a number of nnonymous lottors. Thon the Inspectors started out to chase tho old man down, finally ilnding him, and when they told him thnt $140 woro in tho custody of tho dend letter olllco for him ho was ovorjoyod. Tho old Kontlcman was somowhat dubious about tnklng the money, as he said that there waa not anybody on earth who owod him anything, Then ho made nn exception to this state ment by caylng that n great many yeara ago ho had mado a Bilk hat for a mnn who had promlsod to pay tor It, but never had. nnd ho thought very likely that thla man was trying to got even with his conscience by ooudlng this small sum every month. The $14G holped to put the old man on his root nnd got him out or the poorhoii8o. ian were cathornd in im-uih 1 lot of evldonco In tho shapo of whlBky and beer. Annlo Tubmnn'B Juw was swollen enormously LlouL Flathcra asked hor what was tho mntter. "Gum boll," was her laconic reply. "Ahom," said tho lloutennnt Then he began to mnsaago Annie's face Out came a dlmo. "Any moro?" ho asked, and Annie shook hor head. Tho lieutenant gavo tho faco a pinch. Out camo two quarters, marked money. Anothor massago, and Annlo disgorged flvo nlckola, Moro pinching, moro money, until nbout $2 wero In the lloutonnnfa hnnds. Telling nbout It In court As Blatant Corporation Counsol Pugh hnd tho nerve to say to Judgo Aukun that tho woman waa forced to cough' up! Annlo nnd Qcorgo Tubman were dla missed, nnd Charleo Norman wao held for further examination. ir,w)6i Apartment House !W YOHK. There Is a mnn In n big real estate 11 rm in tho W.iii hlreet district of Now York city who tins not pnld a penny of houso ront for the Inst ton years, although ho has lived during all that tlmo In hand some apartments In tho most fashion able pnrt of town; tho smallest of which nover is leased for less than $2.fi00 n yenr. Among tho very fow who know tho secrot of how ho is nblo to occupy such expenslvo quar ters free of chargo ho Is the most en vied mnn. Yet ho himself Hnds his good fortune something of n trial. He does not know from one month to the next whero he will havo to movu He always Is the iirst tonant ol all to move into tho houso. nnd when the Douso begins to tilt up ho Knows ho must proparo to get out. I'hen this man who lives rent free bo glna to wonder whore ho will hnvo to move to next. No sooner has nls lamlly mado n clrclo of pleasant ac quaintances ntnong tho other newcom ers in n big npurtmont houso than they hnvo to make some excuse, tele phone for tho moving vans, and havo their furniture taken to a now place ol nbodo. Sexton Finds Ghosts in a Church HERB aro tlin "clinnfn" In H, Mo- 1 C7-IHUU IIIV 141 U torical old Chapel of tho Comfort er at 10 tioratlo Btreet. near Jackson Bquaro, In New York Cityl Soron Lludgren, who until recently was sex ton of tho llttlo mission supported by Ascension parish, of which tho Rev. Dr. Percy Grant is rector, linn nnt only seen tho spirits, but ho has taken pnotographs of two or them. Theso strange, mysterious figures, according to Mr. Lludgren, congregate every evening nt the root of tho nltar It la a weird story Mr. Lindgrcn tells of his cxporloncoa in tho church, whero ho nnd his wlfo, who rrankly confesses that none of tho "ghosts" hnvo been vislblo to hor, hnd their living npartmentB. So Interested did tho sexton bo como In tho movements or the do- Elephant Collects rICK" RICHARDS, koopcr at the U Uronx Zoo, In Now York city, be lieved until n fow days ago that the high road to riches lay In simply catching an elephant, hnngltg a tin bank 011 tho animal and then teaching him to beg money from the public und ring n boll whensoever ho put a pen ny In the bnnk. Richard's fiilth In tho lutegrlty of elephants was a sublime thing, but now he holds olephnnts to be not only Immoral, but capablo of almost human Imbecility In Bhort, it was Richards who a year ago taught the Uronx elephant Congo to beg pennies and put them In a bnnk. for which the huge beast haa been fatnoua ever since. It was tho Mock Court Ends THE Yemnsslo Hnymnkers, n West side organization In New York city, whoso members 8ny thoy nro henchmen of Lender "Tho" McMnnus. had an outing ut College Point and the last installment came home by way or the East Thirty-fourth stroot ferry nt 1:30 o'clock in the morning. They Jammed the rerrybont. Manhnt tnr Reach, and there were also nboard a number or outsiders returning to their homes As soon ns tho boat started Char'es Amnion, 30 years old. fiG7 Tenth ave nue, called some of the picnickers to uethor and announced In no soft tones that ho was going to rpen court nud that as Judge he would sentence every one brought before him for disorder ly conduct. The idea was taken up readily and :oon several of the "olllcers" appoint- " ' 1 ,.m.Af Mascot and His Job Tills nomadic New Yorker's re moval from one place to another does not cost him anything, except the wear nnd tenr on his furniture, and the labor of getting settled In each new apartment. His changing nbout Is part of his day's work nnd nrises solely from the fact that be la cousld oryl, ns n mascot or n forerunner of gotfd fortune for n certnlr rich man, who owns n groat deal of Manhattan real estate, and who Is continually Im proving it by putting up largo apart ment houses Oho of tho crucial periods In tho life of an apartment houso Is when It Just bos been completed, nnd It la desired to fill It with tenants. All tho apartment houses owned hy this rich man nrs managed by tho llrm of ngento In whoso employ Is this mascot who nover pnys rent. Just how tho superstition started Is not mown, but that tho man who believes In It haa grounds for such bellor that are snt isfnetoroy to himself is ovldent from its long continuanceo When n new ntiartment Iioiirb tin longing to this great landlord Is Hn- Ished. tho lucky clerk In the ngent's oiiice is notified that bis quarters will be ready for him on such and rum n day. His apartment is the llrst to 00 completed, Tho other apartments mny bo still In the hnnds nf mint,. nnd decorators nnd the halla may bo niiereu witn shavings nnd broken plaster. Dut this professional tlrst tenant nas to nave his household be longings moved In nnd got them nr ranged as artistically na possible with parted spirits that bo nurrhnaorl u camera and Iny nwnke at night to mice snapaiiot pictures or them. The wnugrens took up their residence on au upper ltoor of tho church inm Mn vombor, and the presence of the "ghosts" was revealed to Mr. Lindgrcn uie nrsi nignt lie Blent thoro. '"Do not afraid, bo assured mo tnia building wbb onco a dance half and It was hero thnt I wasted a ror tuno which had been loft m my father, who was an Italian noble man. 1 killed n mnn In thla vm-v roqm. Yes, I stabbed him In the back, 1 sioio me money to buy rum, nnd her 1 am a physical wreck.' "Early the next night," he said, "as tho old man approached the altar I fixed my camera In position nnd gnva the plcturo a long exposure. Mrs. Lindgrcn waa with me and we went directly to our npartment and devel oped tho picture. Only the white out llneB of tho mnn'B fnce, hend and beard were shown In the photogrnph. but by using a pencil on one or tho negatives, I succeeded In drawing nq excellent likeness or the mysterloua figure." Pennies in Zoo keeper's practice when the bank wns iuii 10 taKo uongo across to the soda fountain nearby and buy him a quart of Ice cream out or the day's receipts At this rate Congo soon learned the value or money, nnd also began to lovo !t not ror Its own sako. but for what it brought him. When Richards went for his luncheon a few days ago be carefully emptied the bank, leaving Congo with a vacant tin box When tho keeper had finished his meal ho hastened back to tho faithful Congo, but on the way met four Ju. bllant urchins, who wero dividing CO cents. There stood Congo, swnylng mourn fully Reside him Sultann nnd Khnr toum, two other elephants, were hold Ing up their educated fellov who seemed III. A Beedy man standing nt the rail ex plnlned the case: "Some boys were lust in here with some npples they'd stole, and every tlmo they gave the elephant with the bank un apple he gave thum a cent nn' ns soon as they got his last cent they beat It" in Real Court Trial . Huuuuii uiuKgeu a mucn-lrlght ened negro before him. "This man aplt on the deck, said one of the gang "Make him stand on his head: 01 dertd the court. The negro made a feeble efTort ti put his feet in the air and when b. wns unnble to do so he was made 11 drink five glasses of water He came III suddenly und his tormentor let him go it happoned that Sergt. Irwlu am. six patrolmen, nil traffic men In clti zens' dress, wero nboard tho boat, ant, as soon as they heard of tho cour they Btcrtcd a mock fight so thej could get arrested and see how thv "court" was working Patrolman Frttsch was promptlj nubhed hb n disorderly person und wbb hurried to where Amnion was holding forth and was charged with lighting "Let him turn a few handsprings, shouted Amnion, but Frltsch. who is a powerful rellow. hurled two of the men aside nnd walked away Next day In n real court the rowdies paid tines for their fun. ffl 111. A..im..H .I- . Tcmpora Mutantur. A cortnln young man, wishing to bo very thrifty, quit eating tneut. "Frank lln abstained from meat," quoth he, and so will I." Rut ho didn't stop to couaidcr how prices have gono up sluco Franklin's day, and especially within the Inst few yours. Tho rosult was that when he hndn't cntcn meat for about six months ho was so much money to tho good thnt ho lost his head nud becamo ono of tho glided youth. Tho outworn ideals of yesterday should bo taken up very guardedly, If nt nil. Puck. The Final Transaction. "Father," said little Rollo, "what la tho ultlmnto consumer?" "He la tho lost person, my son, that an artlclo reaches In Its commercial existence" "I know what yon mean He's a man who goes into n hotel and orders chicken hash." Washington Star. Like the Rest of Us. "Please, mumscy, Just five cents," begged Johnnie. "Rut, Johnnie, It was only this morning that I gavo you flvo cents." "I know, inumsey, but" putting his nrnis around her neck -rm so hard on money." Everybody's Mngazlno. The Reason Why. "I wonder why men don't take moro interest In the primary!" "Possibly because It Is a secondary consideration." Rnltlraore Amorlcnn YEAR Cured by Lydia E. Pink Jiani'sVegetable Compound Milwaukee, Wis. "Lydia E. 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