The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, July 25, 1902, Page 6, Image 6
THE NORFOLK NEWS : FiUDAY , JULY 25,1902. lAe ( alleged that the Panama lint IK not nearly KO fatal UK the Piiinxiim fever , The campaign in expected noon to opou iu n mnuuor tlmt will Inform everyone tlmt nu election in dnb , If Uicvb Hoods etiutlnno itiH likely that the boasted fast train service to the coast will bu supcrccdcd by n service. King Edward in now to bo offloinlly crowned on Anguat Olf Mr. PorUyphlitiu dooe not Bttp in nnd interfere with the plane. Soon the sports will bo regaled with a long and detailed account of a great i ! prir.0 fight , if the sheriff doon not stop in and prevent the game. When yon POO a man holding bin bond tip as though the world iBJhle.it IH safe to lirwnmo that ho IB a Nebraoka fnrmi't trith prospects in eight for the Lxrgent crop ever harvested in the his- 4ory of the Mate. u ; The loading fnsioulsts nro not ex pected to endorse Mickey. Ho will bo elected without snob endorsement and mi endowment from them.mlght prove a hoodoo. Ho JH the people's candidate untl will got their votes. Btoglo manufacturers have gouo into n combine and those who have been titling this form of the wood with the idea that ( hey were not patrons of u trust will bo compelled to either use trust goods or swear oil. Governor Taft believes thaf ho will bo able to remove much of the trouble from the Philippines by removing the friars and ho has been assured by the pope that he will have his assistance iu the solution of the question , The drainage question appears to bo amore moro serlouH ono this summer than that of irrigation , The farmers may want uorno of this surplus water in years to come but they do not wivut it nov. An attorney has again been chosen by the "formers' party" to load their cam paign this fall. The politician ! ) and at torneys posing as loaders of the fusionists - ists appear to bo afraid to trust the gov ernor's oillco to a good honest farmer. North Oarollua democrats have nomin ated for congress a man who supported Mr. McKiuley for president. It is pos sible that Pitchfork Tillman of South Carolina could detect the direction of the breeze by this incident if ho would keep an observing eye in his head. A Now Jersey convict 1ms been par iloned that ho may go to Germany and obtain a fortune of $50,000 that is await. ing an heir. A pardon under such con ditions is a happy ending of a peniten tiary beuteuco and many would be vil iug to s rvu a term for such a re\\urd. The Fullerton News-Jounwl of the 17th contains an excellent write-up of the town , county , business interests and ofllolulB , illustrated with excellent hnlf-toue cuts of leading citizens , build ings and publio institutions. It ia a credit to the locality and the publishers. The fnsiouists qnlto agree with the ttngar trust and a number of republicans that something should have been done for Cuba by the last session of congress. It is the democratic way of throwing the markets of thn United States open to the world , regardless of the interests of home industries. That romantic sensation , the French .duel , is certainly passing. A popular Paris lawyer was recently slapped in the face and presented with a card by the friend of a lady whom it is clamed he had insulted. Instead of a duel the attorney threatents to prosecute his enemy for assault. Wm. K Fowler has given" excellent satisfaction as state superintendent of publio Instruction and deserves a hearty endorsement on the part of the voters He has proven his aptability for the position beyond question and it would I be the part of unwisdom , that Nebraska voters are seldom guilty of , to ignore his claim for re-election. The direct primary system may not receive the approval of the party bosses but the rank and file of all parties should support it to a man. Its introduction 1 will mean that the voters vrill have , more than ever to say concerning who will bs nominated and elected to prom inent official positions. It is a nearer approach to a government by nnd for the people , The sugar trust has been able to exist without free raw sugar from Cuba and probably will continue to exist whether it secures what it desires or not. Never theless it is making efforts iu that dir ection that indicate there is something in it The republican party should hesitate a long time before it consents to be a cats-paw for the Havonieyer combination. A couple of Illinois men learned , alas 'too late , that it was unsafe for them to go homo In an Intoxicated condition George .luubeit awl bin brother MOHOH , went homo while under the influence of liquor and proceeded to batter down the doorwhou Mm. George Joubert appeared on the RCOIIO and shot them both dead , believing that the house was benolgcd by burgiara. Blxby ndvlHoa people to boil their drinking water dnring the Hood Roanon. It la n pretty eufo proposition , when the collar In full and a bucket of water can bu proonred from n halo in the lawn tour inches deep , to tnko no ohauues of encountering malaria and typhoid fovcr gorniH. Bail , filter or distill the water if uoconsary and" * prevent Bickuoss and ttavu doatortt1 bills. Mm. Mary I3uker , sister-in-law of Mary Bukor Eddy , the noted Christian Scientist , died in Boston Thursday of cancer of the stomach. About a year ago ulio submitted to Christian Science treatment , paying largo sums of money , Finding it was doing her no good she ro- ftiRud to take further treatment unless a euro was guaranteed , in which cose she wonld pay liberally. The Scientists re- fuHod the guarantee and oho died , Gorman cavalry ofllcera ore to visit the United StatOB to learn the secrets of American borne breeding with tie idea of improving mounts of the German cavalry. They are envious of the line animals bestrode by Americana. European countries ore arriving at a poiut whore they are willing to take almost any kind of letBOUB from the American republic. America is be ginning to txcell in almost everything. The children will soon begin to in- qniro what the free and unlimited coiuago of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 moans. They will also wish to know who "Coin" Harvey was. In order to be able to inform them fathers will bo compelled to refer to ancient history or refresh their memory in some other manner. It will require a study of political history forthe youths of com ing generations to know the meaning of those terms. The semi-annual statement of County Treasurer II 0. Miles shows the county finances to be in a very satisfactory con dition , with generous balances iu most of the funds. There is one small over ; draft of $50 against the township fund , but the credit balance formed of the total balances from Other funds pre sents the magnificent figure of $48,044.88 , so that * the small overdraft charged against one of the funds leaves no oc casion for worry. A Wafihingtou correspondent suggests that he baa at last found a real live is- HUO for the democrats. He learns that thick , black smoke is fatal to mosqnitos and suggests that in the interests of these insects the democrats might begin n campaign against the volume of smoke lesntug frpui prosperity factories. Cer tainly nothing has proven more fatal to the said smoke than a democratic administration - , ministration and that party might be iuduced to wngo a battle for the insects. It is rumored that General Wood is to bo n member of the isthmian canal comiuissou , possibly its chairman , The general's administration of affairs in Cuba certainly qualifies him for the posi tion. To him is due a largo portion of the credit for the condition of Havana , both in regard to the modern improve ments and its healthfnluess , and it will bo very satisfactory to those who have admired his work in Cuba to have him placed in control of the wqrk on the Isthmus. The report leaks out that King Edward is not enjoying the excellent health that the press dispatches credit him with and it is said the Edward's desire for un.early coronation is thut in the event of death the jointure rights of the qnoon might not be affected. If he should die before the coronation Queen Alexandra's claim to jointure from the state would be injured. If this is what prompts the early preparation for the coronation , conditions must bo of n moro Borions nature than the public is aware. The campaign has not yet opened in the Third district sufficiently to de er mine just how th6 opposing forces are lining up , but from nil appearances the republicans are- well united under McCarthy's leadership and ore assem bling themselves iu a solid phalanx that will sweep across the district in a fash ion to carry all opposition before it to a magnificent victory. The fusion forces that have been dwindling through several campaigns will dwindle some more this fall and the district will again bo in the republican column when the votes are counted. , The talk among the railroad people of the ease of preventing tbo cuttom ol kissing about the trains and depots is being given a practical test in Germany , where a man was arrested for kissing his wife and given n five days' sentence. He has appealed the case and desires to know if there is really a law that will prevent him from kissing his wife when and where ho pleases. Perhaps it is a just pauishment for a man who wonld kiss his wife. If it had been some one else's wife or the hired girl the author ities might have overlooked the breach of modern railway etiquette. And then ho otayed with the Ititn to long that trafllo wnH impeded and delayed , Eugene Austin , formerly of Tim NKWB olllcohas leased the Pierce Leader and beginning with next week's Issue will bo in full control , Mr , Austin IH a thorough , all-around printer nnd his Norfolk friends will wish him unqual ified Bucceta in hlo now undertaking , W. E. Powers , who linn so successfully conducted the paper for the past 10 or ! b years , will engage in the real estate business with several well known Pierce real ( Btato men nnd it IB a foregone con clusion that ho will moot with success , Some of the leading populists fear thut it will bo impossible to get voters of that party in line for the fusion ticket headed by a democratic candidate for governor. They not only fear there will bo a slump of populists bnt they know it. Past campaigns of a similar char acter teach them what tb expect from fusion this year and the majority of them will 11 ot bo disappointed when the returns show that Mickey has been elected governor by a fine largo plurality. Many of the populists have found that they can support the republican ticket without injury to themselves or the state an'd they will do it this fall. By ( ho retirement of the marquis of Salisbury from the British premiership America loses a warm friend from n position in which ho' was able to do much toward strengthening friendly re lations wltfi this country. In spite of all that may have been Bald against the British , under Salisbury's administra tion that country has contributed much toward the development of this country. Americans may be inclined to think that this country can grow and prosper "without the aid or consent of any nation on earth" but those in a position to know realize that England's friend ship has counted for a great deal and nlj should wish for its continuance. The expected has happened. Hou John S. Robinson of Madison has been reuominated by the fusion conventions and the campaign in the Third district is now thoroughly open. Mr. Robinson has hiany friends among nil parties of the district and if n fufiontst is to repre sent it they wonld prefer him above everyone else , but his warmest admirers cannot fail to fear that his time has" come. They have seen the fusion ma jority dwindling with each campaign nud do not fail to recognize that Mr. Robinson is leading a forlorn hope in an effort to prevent the district from har monizing with the administration. If the truth were known it is probable that the fusion candidate himself recog nizes the situation and understands that he cannot be re-elected. It is cause for regret to fnsiouists that one of their best men should be turned down bnt they are not slow to recognize that fusionism is on the decline and republicanism is on the ascendency in the district. The sugar trust is watching every chance to make a poiut ngninst the beet sugar interests nud those who support the homo industry. They just now imagine thnt the republican party "of this state has "turned down" the Ne braska senators and will not allow them to appear on the stump dnring the present campaign because of their at titude on the Cuban reciprocity measure. They can "see things" where there is nothing to see. They can imagine that there was a turning down when noth ing of the sort was attempted. It is possible that the party wishes this issue kept out of the present campaign , in which event they are not unwise , as its introduction under present circum stances could not operate to settle the matter and wonld undoubtedly do much harm as there are numerous good re publicans on both sides of the question. It is probable that any pronounced ad vocate of the sugar trust and Cuban reciprocity wonld be just as promptly "turned down" . The committee should turn down the question until it is presented right. ( The Mississippi river is raging and the prospects are that previous flood stories of the spring and summer will be mere items before the father of waters has completed its work of devastation. Already it is reported that thousands of acres are flooded , levees are breaking and farmers are compelled to fly to the high lands to save life and. stock. Most of the damage thus for reported is on the upper Mississippi , the floods being iu Iowa , Illinois and Missouri. Magnif icent crops that gave promise of record breaking yields are being swept away , while railroad and other property is in extreme peril. .The Skunk river in Iowa has reached a record breaking poiut and is doing great damage in that state. The previous high records of the river were in 1851 and in 181)3 ) , both of which have uow been exceeded. It is already esti mia , d that the flood damage in and about Iowa is about | 4,000,000. The farm ers suffering the greatest loss were losers by the drouth last year and this year they are almost destitute nnd many of them are looking for work as day labor- ers. Nebraska flood stories are mere tales compared with the disasters that are happening and developing along the Mississippi valley , If the rain will just cease for a time in Nebraska this state will produce sufficient to care for all who are losers by this worst phase of the flood. ' Don't kick , if it IB hot. It takes this sort of weather to make that bumper crop of corn that IB promised by present conditions , That Joke about harvesting corn with a step ladder will bo no joke this fall if warm wont her will bo a feature from now until the grain ban attained its growth , If the city administration really ex * poets to do something along street work and drainage lines it should first BOO to it that someone Is put in charge who can handle men and teams to good ad vantage and who can BOO a point or re sult and woik to and for it. Everyone has not this ability bnt many have audit should bo in charge of unch an overseer. Plattsmonth experienced one of thot e disastrous cloudbursts and floods Thurs day evening. Electric and gas lights were drown and' the city was 1 f t in total darkness while the flood raged , The damage has not been estimated , bnt it IB said to have been ) the most serious flood ever known there. People living in high auddryciticB ( { like Norfolkcan afford to sympathise with those who make their home in Plattemouth. The country is so prosperous and there are so many demands for help at good wages that the army and navy officers are experiencing much difficulty in securing recruits and enlistments. The young men who are usually fluxions for such positions are well employed nnd the recruiting officers find it impossible to induce them to leave good positions fora life on the waves or in the army camps. A little democratic "pros perity" might help the recruiting sta tions. The sentiment appears to be practically unanimous that the city council should do something in way of street work , drainage , etc. Inasmuch as leading tax payers are represented the city adminis tration should take the hunch and do something. The taxpayers wonld not be likely to k thnt the work be done if it was an expensive luxury , bnt they evidently consider movement along that line an imperative necessity. As long as the people want the work done it is xip to the proper officials to do it. Richmond Pierson Hobson js again in public print , he having recently saved a St. Louis young woman from a watery grave at least he is given credit for that. Some of the girl's green eyed enemies assert , however , that she fell into the water on purpose to be rescued by the naval hero , and location and cir cumstances appear to bear them out. Anyway she was an original young woman and chose to do something more worthy of notice than giving Hobson osoulatory greeting as BO many of her sex have done. Minister Wn Ting Fang , who has so ably represented the Chinese govern ment in this country , has been called home to reform the laws of his govern ment. "With his experience in this county it may be expected that the new code of laws to be adopted will be on broad and intelligent lines that will have great effect in bringing his country in touch with modern civilization. It is very probable that the- Chinese people of the future will nud their ancient laws as humorous as are the blue laws of Connecticut to the Americans of today. Some of the hide-bound partisan papers would now dtsire that the friar situation in the Philippines be made into a political issue but the manndrin which Governor Tuft has been received by Pope Leo would indicate that there is no basis for such a desire. The pope recognizes that the American people generally are as much the friends of his church as they are of any other church organization and expresses his kindest regards for' the American government and the American people , especially commending thd * work in the Philip pines. Those republicans who are favoring a policy of reciprocity injurious to the American beet sugar industry should be ware of the flattery accorded them by the democrats , free traders and the sugar trust officials. ' If they succeed in dethroning the republican policy of pro tection these will not be the forces that will restore them to the heights from which they have fallen , bnt will stamp on their prostrate forms and howl in great glee over their ruin. The re publican party will not gain in the least by discrediting the sincerity of those "Insurgents" who chdose to stand on that good old republican policy of pro tection to home interests. They are better republicans than many of their critics. There are people in Norfolk who differ materially from the city administration's ' idea of economy. They imagine , for instance , that these frog poude and stagnant pools are a far more expensive luxury ( ? ) than wonld bo a complete system of drainage. As incubators of expensive doctors' bills they should be a distinct success. Again they notice that the city constantly has men employed a hauling dirt and filling in holes , and up- preaches to crossings , each heavy rain removing the filling and making it nec essary to do the work over. Some of the tax-payers believe that it would be much more economical to provide water ways so that the floods wonld not bo compelled to dig n channel through the center of the streets. - There are many phases of the economy question , and in . ( ho opinion of n large number of cltiztiis i the cltv administration is following one of the least thnt of saving momy. NORFOLK'S PUBLIC BUILDING , Sketch Plan for $100,000 Structure Will be Prepared at Once. Senator Millard received a letter yet- terday from J. Knox Taylor , supervising architect of the treasury , in reference to the time work is to begin on the contem plated public building nt Norfolk , for which the Into cession of congress appro priated 1100,000 , largely through the efforts , of Senator Millard. the architect advised the senator that his office would at once make sketch plans for the ap proval of the cabinet board , and it is thought that the work can be'placed on the maiket nt sncb/a time as will insure making of contract to begin operations as eoon as the weather will premit in the spring of 1003. Senator Millurd was alsb advised that his request for a change of schedule for Carrying the mails from Creighton to Center , Neb. , had been granted * The object of change was to obviate delay caused by the carrier failing to wait for through trains. Omaha Bee. Few realize the excellence of the volunteer fire departments of the state who have not witnessed any of their tournaments , of which the tenth annual will be held at Grand Island Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday August C , 0 and 7 , The speed events are particularly thrilling. A fine race course has been built especially forthu occasion. All ra'lroads ' offer cne fare for the round trip. The Entrancing Circus. What a strange glamour there is about cirors paraphernalia ! A circus wagon , a circus bond or a circus parade possesses a charm over young and old alike that is quite unex- plainable. When a circus parade passes along everybody leaves off work to view it. A celebrated philosopher of the mod ern school once said that he would be afraid of the man or woman whose heart was not stirred by a circus parade. Bnt of all circus parades today tbat of the Otto Floto shows is the incomparable. Such glittering wagons and harness and such pretty , prancing steeds were never before put into a street pageant. These are not the cheaply-gaudy wagons the people are used to looking at. They are built to last a life-time if necessary and genuine gol'd and silver leaf instead of bronze and silver paint has been'nsed to decorate them. Hundreds of dollars worth of gold and' silver adorn each wagon , giving back the rays of the sun increased in brilliancy a hundred fold , while the great baud wagon is more re fulgent than an altar of the sun worship ers. Tableaux , too , like scenes from fairyland , lend an increased charm to the parade , while the dogs and ponies are said to be matchless the world over. More than that , there are the wonderful Lockhnrt baby elephants , that have made two continents talk about , them , and no matter where they go the children never tire of looking t them. ' LOST. Gold watch with Hamden movement. Had lady's gold neck chain attached. Finder please return to L. G. Benedict , Melvin postofflce , or leave nt THE NEWS office and receive reward Good Apple and Potato Crop. G. A LovelandSection director of cli mate and crop service of the agricultural department , gives the following general summary of crop conditions in Nebraska for the week ending July 22 : The past week , as a whole , was cool and wet. The daily mean temperature has averaged 8 degrees below the normal in in eastern counties and 5 degrees below in western. The rain occurred principally in heavy thunder showers Thursday night and Fri day ; the amount exceeded 1 inch in most of the eastern counties nnd ranged from 2 to 0 baches in a'nnmber of southeastern counties. The first four days of the week were hot and dry , exceedingly favorable for all agricultural interests. Some progress was made in stacking and threshing wheat ; however , little could be done in the eastern counties the last dajspf the wetk , because of heavy rain. The winter wheat harvest is about completed ; a s nail amount of wh * at in the southeast ern counties on low wet land has not and probaly will not be cut. Oats have been further injured by the showers of the week ; the harvest of oatB is in progress in southern counties. Corn has grown well ; the cultivation of corn is about finished , because corn is getting BO large the cultivation was less than usual and many fields are rather weedy ; however , corn is in a very promising condition except in the relatively small acreage where it has been damaged by the heavy rains : early corn'is tasseling-and Bilking. Potatoes are a large crop , bnt there are some complaints of rotting. Apples are abundant and p : online a good crop. Low Fare Excursions To Hot Springs , South Dakota and the Black Hills.via the F. E. & M. V. rail- road. Excursion tickets will be sold every day until September 15 , good to return until October 31 , to Hot Springs , Deadwood nnd Lead , South Dakota ! Full particulars will be cheerfully furnished as to rates , etc. H. Oj MATUAU , ' Agent. . Excursion Stearner is Cut in. Two by a Tug. PANIC RENDERS AID USELESS- Bevveen Fifty and Sixty Believed to- Be Dead Disaster Occurs While. Crossing the Channel Near Blank- enez Primus Sent to the Bottom. ' Hamburg , July 22. The steamship Primus of Hamburg : , with 185 pasBen- cere on board , was cut in two and. unk by the tug Hansa on the river Elbe yesterday. Bo far as Is ascortalnable about fifty persons were drowned. The Primus wae an excursion steamer from Buxte- nude. At the time of the accident Primus , was crossing the river channel near Blankcnez , from the uouthern Into tha northern fairway. According to witnesses aboard Han- ea , the movement was made too pre cipitously. Primus struck the tug's engine room and , Hanaa endeavored to push it ashore , but the tug grounded and they parted. Primus then sank. Panic on the Primus. The terrible panic on board the ves- eel when the tug struck her rendered assistance almost useless. Fortunate ly the Dolphin came up and assisted in saving a number of persons , whllo other boats assisted in the work ot rescue. Some of the survivors furnish graph ic descriptions of the awful sudden ness of the disaster. According to th < s Btory , the band was playing and many couples were dancing on deck , when the crash of the collision came like a thunderbolt. The vessel gave a great- list , her deck taking such n Blope that It was Impossible for th passengers to keep their feet. Thoss ' below scrambled up the companion ways , but most of the persons In the saloons were drowned. Men fought for their own safety regardless of oth ers. In the midst of the confusion the boilers exploded , adding to the horrors rors of the'scene and many persons are said to have been Injured by flying \ J splinters of metal. Estimates of the dead vary from- fifty to sixty. FIFTEEN DROWNED IN CELLARS. Lose Their -Lives In Phenomenaf Storm at Kleff , Russia. Kief , Russia , July 22. Fifteen per sons were drowned yesterday by a sudden ln-rush of water. Into the base ments of various houses in the lower. portion of the town. A torrential rain Btorm , accom panied by volent wind and hall , broke over Kleff during the afternoon and turned the streets Into veritable tor rents , flooding cellars and drowning their occupants before they were able to escape. Large trees were uprooted and rail road embankments were washed away , necessitating the suspension of traf fic. The losses sustained arc henvy. Fifty-eight Harvesters Drowned. St. Petersburg , July 22. A ferry boat , while crossing the river Volga at Beresnlki , sank and fifty-eight har vesters were drowned. RENFORCEMENTS FOR BERTI. Government Fleet Sails From Pan ama for Agua Culce. Panama , Colombia , July 22. The government fleet sailed with rein- forcementB and ammunition and provisions - 1 visions for General Berti's army a : . * Agua Dulce. General Salazar , governor - or of Panama , instructed the com mander of the fleet , should the revolu tionary gunboat Padilla be met , to en gage her In a decisive battle. Salazar believes that a. big battle is being , fought at Agua Dulce and if the-govH ernment troops are victorious in the engagement , the revolution on the Isthmus- will be ended. . Situation In Hayti Is Worse. 1 v Port au Prince , Hayti , July 22. The situation in Hayti has become worse. General Jean Jumeau , who > supports the candidacy for the presidency of M. Flrmln , Is on his way to the capital , and General Salnave with a consider * ! able force has started for Cape Hay. tlen , 'In ' order to attack General Nerd , ' the war minister. It Is generally bo-1 Hcved that Firmin will not meet with any serious resistance In his advance on the capital. Hair Falls " I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to stop my hair from falling. One- half a bottle cured me. " J. C. Baxter , Braidwood , 111. Ayer's Hair Vigor is certainly the most eco nomical preparation of its kind on the market. . A little of it goes a long way. It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair , make the hair grow , and restore color to gray hair. ji.oo botu * . AII If your drugfrUt cannot nirpiy you , tend us cue dollar and \\e will express youabottlp. He sure and give the name ot your neureit eiiireei ottice. Addren , J. C. A YEn CO. , Lowell , MMI