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THE NORFOLK NEWS : FIUDA Y , ,1UNE 27,1902. /fa / t lUlokoy McCnrtliy McGlltou. Cuss nnd 01 oo count popynllstR nro among thopo who will oppose n y fusion in Nebraska thin j car with nuy party. The coronation of King Kdward limy bo postponed , btit Norfolk' ? celebration of the Fourth of July will take plnco , i ruin or uhluo. ' ' IHfi friends nro confident tlmt J. J. * "McCarthy will make a little bit the prettiest and Rwifteht race for congress . over seen in this district. Miokoy McOarthy makes it look as though the Emerald Inlo had Hometlmo contributed names if not people to the republican party of Nebraska. 1 It IB expected that congress ' ' adjourn on the uvo of 'tho Fourth and * thun give the people additional cmisu ' lor an enthusiastic celobrntlou of the nat ixl day. Norfolk has proparqd for n rousing celebration of the Fourth and there will bo a largo crowd of people to enjoy the day hero. Others will regret that they wore not present. The Fourth of July is a week from 'uoxt Friday , but judging by the weather the season IH inoio propitlona lor a Christmas observance than it is for Fourth of July celebrations. Perhaps the fuRiouists will find today . tlmt outsldo of Mr Bryan , no ouo could i butter servo to unite the fusion cause than Senator-Allen himself. Uo would make a strong head/for / the ticket. A Pnoblo Indian of Now Mexico was whipped by his mother-in-law and his humiliation was so great that ho blow Ills brains out. The mother-in-law joke will probably be revived and dressed in n now garb. Now that the interest centers in the two-ring performance dated at Grand Inland the paramount question is an to what lamb will bo willing to present itself for the slaughter in the interest of the fusion ticket. While Mickey is a south Platte man , it is readily discernable that it .was \ , north Platte votes that rnndo him the candidate for governor. This section of the state may bo able to cheese the governor next time. Having the Boor war off tholr hands the British people have at last found opportunity to organize against Morgan and n rival shipping combine capitalized at $100,000,000 > is said to have been formed. There will bo merry times , when the two trusts got to clashing. It isn't just the proper cnpor for the weather clerk to have frost bites hang ing around so uncomfortable close to the Fourth of July and ho should bo rebuked in a manner that will bo re membered. Heavy frosts , that did much ( Inrnngp , were reported from- Platte nnd Diuvson counties Friday night. Minnesota temperature should bo quarantined. A There are those in Nebraska , unques tionably , who would take keen delight in wiping out the beet sugar industry that has.douo more for the state than any other single manufacturing in dustry , but if the question was sub mitted on this issue alone they would be found in the hopeless minority , just as are the "knockers" against any other state enterprise. The Citizen has hoped for the nomi nation of Hon. W. M. Robertson for gpvernor. He is the intellectual peer of any of the candidates who figured as hla rivals and is in every way deserving of the highest honor Nebraska con offer him. The state convention decided in .favor of Mickey , however , and Mickey will receive the loyal support of all the Robertson adherents. Tilden Citizen. President D. E. Thompson of the Star Publishing company , Lincoln , announces that the Star will moke its first appearance about the first of Sep tember. Mr. Thompson finds no worm support in Nebraska newspapers and many strong denunciations , so ho has decided to establish a daily that may 1 > e depended on to be loyal to the Thompson interests. He mar find that it is burdensome and lonely work. The agony will BOOH bo over. The f nsionists ore meeting at Grand Island . ' , today fo name a ticket that will please sthe members of those parties and at the , same time be composed of men willing , , ' to suffer the ignominy of defeat at the ' hands of the voters. If it is Bryan whom they will succeed in forcing on ' \ the ticket , another small defeat will not bo disappointing. Ho is so accus tomed to that sort of treatment that < it cannot hurt him. I It begins to look as though those looking for free homes in the Rosebud reservation of South Dakota , will be compelled to wait n considerable time before they are given the privilege of dropping their name in the slot and drawing out a homestead. The pros pects for the passage of the bill at this , i. . v noRslon are far from encouraging. The bill carries an appropriation of over a million dollnra and Chairman Cannon of the house appropriations committee objects to the xpcmiuig of that amount of Unolo Sam's ' money for the parposo outlined. Tlio manufacture nro said to liavo placed the ban on tan shoes because they wear PO long nnd nro so easily oolorod , If that is all the reason they have the * pcoplo will nnddubtedly en deavor to remove the ban. It may bo easy for dressmakers and milliners to , favor the manufacturers by bringing in now styles constantly and thereby tolling goods , but whore shoes nro con' corned the people may not bo so easily led. A good , comfortable shoo nunnlly sells regardless of style nnd some manufacturer will malco fiuno nnd fortunq by making tun shoes if the people want them. That a good republican may bo op posed to any tariff reduction on raw sugar from Oubit is proven by the national -platform of the republican party adopted at St. Lonla in 1800 That platform saya : "Protection for Sugar Growers. Wo condemn the present administration for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of this country. The republican party favors such pro tection aa will lead to the protection on American soil of all the sugar which the American pcoplo use , and for which they pay other countries more than $100,000,000 annually. " It will thus bo soon that those members of congress who oppose reciprocity concessions to Cuba at the expense of the beet sugar industry are in no sense entitled to be classed as insurgents. On the eve of the greatest series of festivities that has been planned in that country for years , England has been shocked by the announcement tlmt her sovereign has boon stricken with disease and that ho has submitted to nu oper ation of a serious nature that may re sult fatally. As a result all coronation festivities have been declared off , await ing tho'results of the disease and the operation for its relief. It is estimated that it will require at least a month for the distinguished patient to recover and even then he might not bo able to with stand the strains of the coronation , The king's age , 01 years , is against any rapid recovery from the disease or the operation and the pessimists are predict ing that he will never be publicly crowned king'of England. The sym pathy of the American people who have so recently been called upon to follow news of a beloved president through a critical condition , only to have it result in death , will be sincere for their Eng lish cousins. They will unite in the hope that the king may ppcedily recover and live to servo the mother country for years as its ruler. A real good republican should prob ably acquiesce in the platform adopted by the state convention , and they will , 'with the possible exception of that plonk endorsing the president's idea of reciprocity with Cuba. If that plank was meant as a slnp at the American beet sugar interests , as the admirers of the sugar trust appear to believe , it will bo all the more serious. It would have boon very easy for enemies of the beet eudustry and friends of the trust to slip in a paragraph at the time the plat form was adopted and few would have been the wiser , especially if that para graph were clothed in the simple lan guage that the sugar trust and its rep resentatives appear to admire so much in the Nebraska platform. Fortunately the sentiment appears to .bo that there will be no action on the reciprocity measure during the coming session of congress and the friends of the beet sugar industry in Nebraska may be given an opportunity to say something for that of which they are proud. The senators opposed to giving the infant industry another blow do not appear to believe that the republican party gen erally was represented by the platform committee , and have continued in the support of the republican policy of protection to infant industries. They are as anxious and willing to help Cuba as can bo , but they fail to see the reason why it should be helped at the expense of this growing industry. It is to be hoped that some solution of the question will bet reached that will be satisfactory to both positions , which are undeniably republican. Brother A. F. Enos of the Stanton Picket has a grievance against Norfolk and promises to see to it that a large number of Stanton people are headed off and not permitted to come to this city to celebrate. His chief complaint seems to be that the price of horse feed was too high hero six years ago. If he would but try us ouoe more ho would find that the price of horse feed this year will be as cheap as on any day and ho can have all ho wants at the regular price. The committee this year is com posed of representative business men of Norfolk and , they cannot afford to permit the city's guests on that day to bo treated otherwise than ns guests , in fact they have appointed n committee , the solo duty of which is to see that the hotels , restaurants and livery stables do not overcharge. A grievance that has been remembered for six long years must have been a serious one and the com mittee is employing the part of wisdom to BOO thnt It docn not happen ngatn Brother EUOH cannot bo forced to en joy Norfolk'H hospitality , but ho would undoubtedly bo well received should ho decide to glvo the city ono more trial It should be remembered that six yearn ago the pcoplo of Norfolk as well an other towns were Buffering from the late Cleveland administration and no restraining influence they decided to make such charges as would reimburse them in part for their losses. This year they have no such excuse nnd it is prom ised by the executive committee thnt prices will not bo * higher than upon ordinary days. A trial will convince anyone that Norfolk expects to treat visitors right this year. Newspapers , and especially those that have made a fight for thq sugar trust' and against beet sugar , are paying par ticular attention to the notion of the re publican state convention in giving ap parent encouragement to the sugar trust and administering a rebuke to the Nebraska senators who \vero of the opinion that they wcro representing the state's best interests by supporting the beet sugar industry. It cannot bo con1 coivod that the majority of the conven tion intended such a construction of their action , Nntnrally they would re- font anv apparent attempt to dictate a policy to be pursued by the convention on the part of the senators , but it needs a very brond interpretation of their joint communication for it to bo taken in that light. Their stand in favor of beet ungar was well known , coming as they do from the state in wbioh the in dustry was born and in which it ha % reaclud a high plane of perfection. It is not desired that they should stay by the beet industry to the extent that n solit in the nnrty ehnll result but it is certain that they have taken a stand in favor of the industry that receives and merits the approval of a large number of Nebraska republicans. The policy of the party in favor of protection to home industries is well known nnd it is also a well recognized fact thnt the party desires to assist Cuba to the extent of its ability , therefore the stand on either side of the reciprocity movement is gen uinely republican , and the Nebraska senators deserve no censure from their state for the stand they have taken. It may be expected that the sugar trust will seek to enlarge upon the action of the convention and make it appear as favorable ns possible to their interests , but it is firmly believed that the sena tors from Nebraska , will como out with honor if they do what they can for the beet sugar interests and to sea tnat tne refiners' trust has no advantage over the young and undeveloped industry. Honor to Mr. llobcrtson. The city papers have be'en very gen erous in their acknowledgment of the north Nebraska strength as represented by Judge Robertson's following in the state convention nnd accord Mr. Robert- sou high honors for his generalship and the loyalty of his support. In review ing the situation the State Journal yes terday said in its news columns : "Tho nomination of Mr. Mickey satis fies the north Nebraska people na well as they could have been satisfied with out the nomination of Judge Robertson. They had set their heart on Robertson and made a valliant fight .for him , but the word had been passed along that when the point was reached where be was an impossibility Mr. Mickey was to be chosen. The slump of the delega tions to Mickey started on the twelfth ballot , when delegations with sufficient strength desired to change to have pushed him well beyond the five hun dred mark. The uproar was so disor ganizing , however , that those who de sired recognition could not get it. The choir est control for a few minutes and the convention ran itself in its own tur bulent way. Bat out of that turbulence the experienced guessed what was com ing and the movement to make Mickey by acclamation , although unsuccessful , waa the result of such a forecast. " Editorially the same paper expressed the following sentiment regarding Mr. ' Robertson and his position : "Judge Robertson , of Madison , is an old hand nt politics and boa won his spurs for good generalship in many a hard fought battle in the last quarter of a century. Still .he looks aa young and fresh KB ever and he made the most ef fective run for the nomination for gov ernor that ever came from the other side of the Platte river , Nothing could beat him but his geographical position' . I is a superstition that is recognized as the birth mark of south Platte republi cans that the governor must not come from the 'hyperborean regions' and though there ia neither logic or reason in it any more since the capital removal agitation was quelled by the 'coupon1 in the state constitution , it dies hard. But as it is a relio of the past , it will eventually disappear or be of no more importance in our state polity than n vermiform appendix. " While Bixby , after consulting hie horoscope , hands the north Platte gen eral the following bouquet : "W. M. Robertson didn't make much noise about it , but when bo was con vinced the nomination for governor was beyond his reach , ho achieved the honor , with the aid of hia loyal followers , ol naming the winner. It would bo doing the right thing to some day send that man to the United States senate , " Any fear of drouth hns been buried nudur another copious hhowcr. Hpaniflh lightning appears to have n considerably greater range of dostruo- tiveucss than Spanish o'dfuauce , Dur ing a funeral nt Piii'TO , in that country , Tuesday , the church wna struck by lightning nnd 2i ( pcop'o were killed and U5 injured , The bank cashier who wrecked the Merchants bank at Newport , R. I. , to the extent $100,000 nnd then tried to escape by the Rulcldo route in some un accountable manner overlooked cash in the vault to the amount of $115 , thns in dicating that some cashiers lose their nerve at critical times. A returned soldier from the Philippines is quoted from Butte to the effect that the Filipinos have known nothing but fight for the past 800 years. They are in nn excellent way of having the present and coming generation know something different before long if Uncle Sam continues as.thoir tutor. Senator Allen warned the fuaiouists before their convention that in view of the fact that Mr , Mickey had been nom inated by the republicans no less a man than Mr. Bryan himself should bo named by the fusion parties nnd regard less of the wnruing they fniled to do ns advised. After election Mr. Allen will be justified in exclaiming , "I told you sol" In Massachusetts , when it is proven that a murderer is insane he or she is committed to nu insane asylum for life. This should operate to successfully prevent * vent any insanity dodge by a person not insane and it will prevent some very dangerous persons from running at largo alter serving a lew montns in an insanity hospital and then being dis charged as cured. Discussion of the army in the Phil ippines led to a fight in Tennessee which resulted in the killing of one man and the serious injury of three others. A returned soldier and some of his com panions resented the assertion that "two-thirds of the American soldiers who went to the Philippines were hoodlums and the other third were cowards and bullies. " The provocation waa a serious one and the results were disastrous. Mr. Bryan took occasion to pay his respects to the democratic re-organizers in no highly camplimentry terms during the session of the fusion state conven tion. For the nonce his views regard ing the debased nnd corrupt republicans were lost sight of and he paid his entire attention to the skulking , dishonest reorganizers - organizers of his own' party who ap peared to loom up before his vision with more freightful repnlsiveness than the trusts nnd the money power had ever yet assumed. The Grand Island Daily Press ob jected to having Mr. Bryan nominated by the fusion convention because national issues would have been thrust forward into the state campaign. None of thorn appear to wnut to tackle national issues until compelled. It is recognized that national issues are so one-sided that thev anme for the renub- lican cause , and they wish to fight the coming campaign state issues with the hope that something may turn up be fore the next national campaign on which they can base a fight. The storm on Tuesday night again favored this section of the state , doing its worst damage before it reached Ne braska. In the southern counties of South Dakota and the northwestern portion of Iowa the damage done by it is very serious , lives and stock being lost and buildings and crops destroyed. It was , on a conservative estimate , a million dollar storm , but the account was on the wrong side of the ledger , Severe storms have been a feature of the spring but thus far Nebraska has escaped the disasters fhat have visited other states. Harrington thought that the railroads would spend five times aa much money to defeat him as they would to defeat any other man , and yet another man was nominated by the fusionists. Evi dently they did not wish the railroads to part with BO much money as would have been required to accomplish Mr. Harrington's defeat. The fusiomsts have before given evidence of their kindly regard toward the railroads with the exception of using them to the limit ns campaign issue and the railroad people should bo greatful for this re newed evidence of not wishing them embarrassment. Superintendent Cram's effort to have the country pupils of school districts enjoy the privileges of the free high school attendance law should receive the consideration of the parents of such children. Such law was passed for their benefit and it will not operate det rimentally to anyone. The intent of the law is to do away with the tuition feature that has prevailed in the past , and bring the benefits of the high school course within the reach of all , the county to stand such tuition. In this way nil country pupila who desire may enjoy the benefits of a high school edu cation. The parents in country dis tricts should toke the necessary steps to bring this provision to the benefit of their children , The city schools are In no wlso embarrnssed by such law. The expense of instructing country pupils is fully met nud if the high R Ino1 of nuy town or city ia overcrowded the pupils limy bo refused , so that the la > is intended to bo a benefit nil around. The fusion pnpeia are falling over themselves to see which will bo the first to pick up that old standard "re form" gag thnt the republican nominees of the various republican conventions are tools of the railroads , It is thought to bo "great medicine" for the fusionists to swing this story broadcast. And when the words are bandied abant the thickest it is interesting to recall Edgar Howard's screed concerning .the Into fusion administration , which begins , "How did wo fulfill the promise ? By fawning at the feet of the railroad managers " and goes on to paint the fusion reformers ns moro subservient rnilroad tools than the most corrupt republican ever dared bo. "Whether the' republican nominations were made in the interests of the railroads or not the fusion reformers are beyond the pale of criticism. They had an opportunity to set the people an upi ight example of purity and honor but they failed utterly , as acknowledged by the leading men of the party. The voters will not experi ment this year. They will give the fllccs to the republican party , that has proven itself capable of looking nfter the people's best interests. President Palma fnils to see the evi dence of a revolution in Cuba thnt Mr. Bryan beheld while there. If the presi dent of the new republic knew Mr Bryan ho would know that he is accus tomed to attacks of political jim-jams and sees things that no one else can bo- hold. He has seen success for the demo cratic notional ticket several times during the past eight or ten years , he has seen his country drifting into empire , he has seen celebrations of Fourths of July , pass away before the onward march of militarism and imperialism , he has seen the capitalists in supreme control of his-conntry and forcing the starving laborer to dig up his last cent in satisfying their rapacious greed , he has seen the common people crucified on a cross of gold , he has seen the Cuban and the Filipino shackled in bondage to the American , he has seen the laborer and farmer eke out an existence with a burdensome tariff tux to add to hia woe and he has seen many other things that no one else ever saw or expect to see. He is cif ted in that particular and President Palma should not be worried if he sees things regarding the Pearl of the Antilles. AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR President Sends to House Names of Those Detained by Britain. Washington , June 24. The presi dent sent to the house of representa tives a response to a resolution ask ing for the names of all American citizens detained by the A-ltish au thorities as prisoners of war. in con nection with the recent war in South Africa. Secretary Hay says , in an en closed letter , "that the following per sons , claiming to bo citizens of the United States , are held by the British government as prisoners of war : In Greytown , Henry McGaw Wood , F. M. Hearn , James McElroy , John Rlley , John P. Doherty , W. F. Versleus , G. McTighe , J. Witt , H. Elberlest , J. Hill , Mendal Miller and Patrick Lennon. In Bermuda : James L. Mallory , An tonio Rubino , Fritz Duquesne and Michael Haley. " The secretary says : "The prison ers in general have asked to be re leased as an act of clemency. When ever a complaint of illegal detention has been made the consular officers at Cape Town and Pretoria htve been instructed to make investigation. In any case the result of this investiga tion has not justified the department in asking the release of the prisoner * on the ground of wrongful deten tion. " ATTACKED BY TEN BOLOMEN. Small Squad of Soldiers Caught Off Their Guard In Mindanao ; Manila , Juno 24. Seven soldiers of the Twenty-seventh Infantry , form ing an advance guard which was es corting a wagon train half a mile from Camp Vicars , Island of Mindanao , were attacked yesterday by ten bolomen. One soldier had an arm badly cut end was seriously wounded in the head : The Mores captured a rifle and es caped uninjured. The Badinglam Mores say the attack was made by Mores from Bonolod , who went on the warpath for the expressed purpose of killing negligent Americans. The First and Second separate brigades have been consolidated. Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Bald win , .from the Island of Mindanao , re ports that the Mores have held a big conference at Balcocoa , The sultan urged a policy of friendship with the Americans , but two of the dattos said they would die first. Others declared that If the two dattos caused war they would not assist them. SENTENCED BY COURT-MARTIAL. Captain Wild to Receive Reprimand for Burning a Cock Pit. Manila , June 23. Captain Frederick S. Wild of the Thirteenth Infantry has been sentenced by court-martial to be reprimanded for the burning of a. . nn- tlvo cockpit at Lingaycn. It Is presumed - sumed that the soldiers of Captain Wild's command burned this cockpit from motives of revenge for the at tempted killing of two of their com rades bv natives. President Mitchell Replies to Letter Issued by Operators. PLEADS CAUSE OF THE WORKERS t Discusses Merits of the Controversy and Concludes With a Final Appeal for Arbitrationof , All Questions In Dispute Can Afford Increase. . Wllkosbarre , Pn. , Jitno 2- Presi dent John Mitchell bf the. United Mine Workers of Amprlca has issued an address to the public\for publica tion In the newspapers today. It Is partly a. reply to the letters ofthe .operators declining to accede to 'tne demands of the union , which were published about ten days ago. Briefly summarized , the address says thnt every possible means was resorted toin the effort to prevent the strike , claims that the cost of liv ing hns Increased to the point where the miner was compelled to ask for higher wnges ; denies the allegations of the operators that the productive capacity of the mine workers has fallen off , but on , the other hand has Increased ; quotes official figures to substantiate the contention that the employers can pay higher wages with out Increasing the cost of cool to the consumer ; asserts thnt the coal carryIng - Ing railroads , which control about 85 per cent of the mines , absorb the prof- Its of their coal companies by charg ing exorbitant freight rates ; claims that a ton at the mines means any where from 2,710 to 3,190 pounds In stead of 2,2 0 , and says that more men are killed and Injured in the an thracite mines of Pennsylvania an nually than were killed or wounded durinc the Snanlsh-Amerlcan war. The address also says that in the event the union Is crushed , which it adds is not likely , a new organiza tion would rise from its ruins. It con cludes , with another appeal for arbitra tion of all questions as follows : "It is evident that the real purposes ot the coal operators is to destroy organ ization among their employes. If by any chance they should succeed In their design which Is not at all likely - ly another labor organization will spring from the ruins of the United Mine Workers of America and the contest for living wages , for humane conditions of employment , for better education , for higher citizenship , will go on until the men who produce coal , the originating motor power which drives the wheels of commerce and Industry , shall receive for their labor sufficient compensation to relieve them of the necessity of sending their boys and girls , of tender years and frail physique , to the mines and mills , there to destroy their youthful vigor , to assist their underpaid parents to maintain their families. Conscious of the great responsibilities resting upon us , apprehensive of the danger threat ening our commercial supremacy should the coal miners of the entire United States become participants In this struggle , we repeat our proposi tion to'arbitrate ' all questions In dis pute ; and If our premises are wrong. If our position Is untenable , If our de mands cannot be sustained by facts and figures , we will again return to the mines , take up our tools of Indus try and awnlt the day when wo shall have a cause to claim the approval or me American people. RIOTING AT TORONTO. Street Car Men of Canadian City Strike and Troops Are Ordered Out. Toronto , June 23. Tjhe first attempt , made by the Toronto street railway to run their cars with men hired to take the places of the strikng motormen and conductors was met with violence. Only one effort was made to reopcu the traffic and the temper shown by the strikers and their sympathizers satisfied the officers that it would be " impossible to run cars without strong protection. It was therefore decided to appeal to the authorities for troops and to suspend operations until their arrival today. Stones , eggs and stale vegetables were tin weapons used by the strike sympathizers to prevent the railroad company from giving a ser vice. Several of the imported men were roughly i handled by. the mob and Motorman Johnson , an old employe of the company , came near losing his' life. ' A crowd had gathered about the ' entrances of the barns awaiting de velopments. The appearance of a car was the signal for hooting. The car was run out nndHhe conductor gave the signal for the motorman to go ahead. The crowd.gave the signal for the crew tc\ desert the car and their refusal was followed by a cloud of bricks and stones. The crew left their train and ran Into the.barn. . . At the Belt line a large stone was thrown against a car window , dashing the glass Into Motorman Johnson's face , badly lacerating It He was struck by a number ot stones and was otherwise maltreated. The attempt to run out five cars at the King street barn wns attended with great disor der , several persons being Injured by flying missiles , including W. H. Moore , private secretary to Mr. MncKenzIe , president of the rend , who was severely - ly Injured in the face by a brick. > A1I flvo cars were badly shattered In less than flvo minutes after they made their appearance. Motorman Qulgley was struck on the head by a stone and badly Injured. Close Shops at Cheyenne. Cheyenne , Wyo. , Juno 25. An order was received from Omahn yesterday Ito " to close the Union Pacific shops per- munently at this point. Over GOO men are locked out and the force hero now ! numbers leas than twenty-five men.