THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , AUGUST 22 , 1002 ,
conveniences for the officers , attendants
and patients. Extending to the east and
weft 011 cnch dde of the administration
department were the wards , dining
rooms and other quarters forthepationtB ,
and these occupying four floors , gave nofoi
couimodatious for a largo number of uuon
fortunates. These were soon found to
bo inadequate to care for the unfortunate
people requiring the state's attention and
two other wings were constructed , exfo
tending toward the north. With the compn
plotion of these wings it was believed
that the question of room had been set
tled , if not permanently , at least for
years ; but it was found n few years npo
lhat another addition was needed and
another wing extending to the west from
the north end of the west wing was
built nnd had not long been completed
when the building was destroyed
The last wing built was almost as am-
pie no the original building , in fact con
tained as much and better accommoda
tions for the unfortunates than the first
r
structure , as none of the room was be
required for cilices and the department
of administration. It was 128 feet in
length , 87 feet in width nnd was of the
same height as the balance of the struc
ture , being composed of three brick stor
ies and a baKement of stone. This , nat
urally , was the most modern portion of
the building and contained many con
veniences of which the old portion did
not boast. It contained accommodations
for a large number of patients and was
partly filled , with the prospect that it
would be none too ample in a few years
to comfortably cnre for the unfortunates
in this part of the state. And those who
were its inmates were brought to con
sider it home. lu their f imple way they
loved it , and were plfifu.ly c mctmed
when the rude element a'tiu k"d and de
stroyed it. The fire gutted all the main
portion of the building , destroying the
work of 3 ears and a property worth thou
sands , but it was oueof the unavoidable
loEEes that come to states as well as in
dividuals , and should be replaced.
THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION.
The fire that wrought the destruction
broke out in the tunnel under the middle
wing of the male ward side at a quarter
to 4 o'clock on Monday morning , Sep
tember 28,1001. Every effort of the of
ficers and attendants was directed to
ward preventingjthe spread of the flames
and an alarm was turned in to the city
that quickly brought out a large number
of willing workers , but owing to the in
efficiency of the old waterworks system
the present standpipe not then being
completed the efforts of all were un
availing , and finding that nothing could
be done toward putting out the flames
or preventing their further progress , the
attention of the workers was directed
toward saving the furniture and other
valuable property that the building con
tained. The patients had been safely
removed early in the morning and all
were saved with the exception of two ,
one of whom rushed back into the
bazing building after the attendant had
with difficulty and after considerable
risk , succeeded in getting him outside
The other was also got onthide but in
some manner escaped and returned to
his cell , and it was only after a great
deal of hard labor that an opening was
made in the outer wall through which
he could be rescued. He had been so
badly burned , however , that he died
the following day. After the fire had
almost run its course one of the patients
was noticed ascending the stairway that
led to the male words and which he had
been accustomed to ascend for years.
He hod approached to a point near the
entrance when he was discovered by an
attendant who stayed his progress with
the query , "Where are yon going ? "
To which the patient replied , "I am
going home. " A few steps further and
he would have dropped into the firey
furnace on the inside of the building
and been consumed , but was kept from
the fate by the voice of one whom he had
learned to look upon as his friend and
protector. He was returning to the
only home he had known for years.
There were others who would have fol
lowed him if they had been permitted
to do so. At the time of the fire there
were 800 patients in the building , 203
men and 97 women , and when it is con
sidered how difficult it is to handle in
sane people under ordinary conditions ,
it is something very fortunate that not
more of them were burned.
The officers , attendants , firemen and
townspeople went to work with a will
to save as much of the movable prop
erty the building contained as possible ,
after it was seen that nothing could be
done for the building itself. The books ,
papers and furnishings of' ' the officers'
quarters were removed to places of safety
outside the building ; the furniture , bed
ding and clothing in the female wards
were removed , and it being known that
the entire main building must be de
stroyed and that it would be some time
before the flames had worked around ,
the workers proceeded to remove doors ,
windows , screens and some of the
steam and water fittings were torn
loose and carried outside. The value of
the property thus saved was large and
much [ of it can bo used to advantage
either when the hospital is rebuilt or
for the fitting out of other institutions
of like character , lu fact , a consider
able quantity of furnishings saved was
taken with the patients to the hospitals
at Lincoln and Hastings to provide ac
commodations for those who had thus
been suddenly deprived of their "home. "
The next day the officers and employes
'of the institution commenced the
preparation of temporary quarters for
tin patients in the buildings loft stand
ing ; , and succeeded so well that they
fluttered themselves that they could care
for a largo number of the inmates
, on the dormitory plan until the de
stroyed portion of the main building
| could bo replaced. They wore disap
pointed in this , however , and the day
following ! the fire a large number of the
patients were taken to the hospitals at
Lincoln and Hastings , and the first evi
dence won furnished that it was officially
intended to complete the dismantling of
the Norfolk hospital. In epito of the
representations of the officers that they
could care for a largo number of pa
tients Buttering from the milder forms
of dementia , the state board of charities
was requested to prepare a report ad
verse to such a proposition and long before -
fore winter the patients had been re
moved , n portion of the property of the
Btato disposed of and the officers given
their discharges. The institution was
therefore abandoned as far as it was in
the power of the adminstration to do so
and the wreck of the fire and of the ad
ministration was given into the care of
a relative of the governor , with the
result as the members of the Nebraska
press beheld it.
The officers in charge of the institu
tion at the time of the fire were ; Dr.
F P. Teal , superintendent ; Dr. Geo. A.
Young , hospital physician and assistant
superintendent ; M.t.0. Walker , steward ;
and MIES Keating , matron. Under them
was an exceedingly competent corps of
supervisors , attendants and other sub
ordinates , and the work of the institu
tion was well and economically con
ducted. They all worked energetically
for the best welfare of the state prop
erty and wards placed in their care , but
the governor had different opinions from
them and many others in this section
of the state and the patients wore
crowded into the already overcrowded
quarters at Lincoln and Hastings and
one of tbeimportant institutions of the
state was practically abandoned.
VALUABLE PROPERTY REMAINS.
There yet remains on the hill valuable
state property which the fire did not re
which is now more valuable by far thiin
when It was donated to the Htato by the
people of Norfolk , IH a well nolooted ono
for the purpose. Its extensive noros ,
beautifully sloping hills nnd comnwud-
lug eminence , Is such that it appeals
to the casual observer as an Ideal place
for the homo for the state's unfor-
tuuateB.
8TATK SHOUU ) UE1IU11.U.
There are nnmorouB arguments to bo
advanced why the coming legislature
should undertake to restore the Norfolk
hospital for the insane at the earliest pos
sible date , and some of them are BO con
vincing that it would Boem improbable
that the legislature could afford to ignore
them. There IB a demand for a hospital
for the insane , especially in this portion
of the Btato , that cannot bo filled by the
institutions at Lincoln and Hastings
without the expenditure of no much
money on them us would bo required in
reconstructing the Norfolk hospital , and
even then they would not meet the re
quirements ns they would bo mot by the
Norfolk nflylnm. Both of tho. present
hospitals for the insane are in the south
ern portion of the state and most
inconvenient to people living in the
northern portion , besides the Norfolk
hospital was the only Btato institution
located north of the Platte river , and it
should not bo the first to bo ignored by
the people of the state or their representa
tives. The expense of conveying patients
from this section of the state to Lincoln
and HastiiigB is no small item to bo con
sidered and this was much less when the
Norfolk hospital was in operation and
would again bo reduced by its rebuilding.
The patients would bo much more con
venient to their friends and relatives if
the Norfolk institution was rebuilt and
maintained to care for the unfortunates
of this section. The hospitals at Lincoln
and Hastings are now overcrowded and
the patients ns a result cannot receive the
care and attention they require. Many
are now kept at the county jails at a
much larger expense than though there
were accommodations for them at ono of
the state hospitals and they can receive
very little of the care and the attention
that their condition requires.
Norfolk is well located and has rail-
Beauties of the Country and
City Outlined.
GROWING INDUSTRIAL CENTER
A City of Monies , Churches and
Schools Civic Societies Well Rep
resented Sports and Amusements
are Furnished in Their Sonson.
Norfolk , the commercial center of
north Nebraska , opens her doors to the
visiting newspaper men thin afternoon.
On their way from the southern part of
the Btato to the Black Hills It IH but
natural that the traveling editors
Bhonld make their first and longest stop
in the thriving llttlo city of the Elkhorn -
horn valley , the prosperous , active me
tropolis and railroad gateway to the
north half of the state of Nobninlui and
the gold mines of Dakota.
Situated in ouo of the inoBt fertile
corn and boot producing regions of the
world , hedged in on the one Bide by the
noted Elkhoru river , on the other side
by its north fork , the center of com
mercial , political nnd social activity for
territory two hundred and fifty miles
wesr , north to the DnkotaB , south to the
Platte and east to the Missouri river ,
Norfolk has ouo cf the most superior
locations imaginable. Drawing with
nnmorouB ribbons of Btool from every
direction , north on the Oreighton
branch , northeast on the 0. St. P. M. &
O , Kouth on the U. P. and east and wcflt
on the main line of the P. E. & M. V.
railroads , the city has every advantage
in the world for trade from surrounding
territory and facilities with which no
sister town can coinpoto.
Per evidence of the fact that these
means of growth are used to good ad
vantage , one need only BOO the largo
manufacturing , shipping and wholesale
plants that have sprung up in Norfolk
within the last few yearH. Aside from
the sugar factory , which was visited by
the editors , perhaps tbo largest and
NORFOLK HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE BEFORE THE FIRE.
move and it is largely of such a character
that its removal would destroy its value
in whole or in partand [ yet it is so valu
able that the state cannot afford to
sacrifice it , and the only way it'Can he
preserved and put to use is by restoring
the destroyed hospital building , and
making it again the home of the poor
unfortunates of this portion of the
state. It is conservatively estimated that
the value of the state property remain
ing on the hill is not less than $160,000 ,
and while it deprediates in value to some
extent each month that it is not in use ,
to restore it to its original purpose
would convert portions back to full
value.
The walls of a great portion of the
main building withstood the fire and
are so sound and substantial that they
could be used in reconstruction if the
work is undertaken before the elements
have resulted in their complete wreck
age. The engine and boiler bouse re
mains with the machinery intact and
capable of being restored to proper con
dition for use. The laundry and its
machinery remains , as well as the
kitchen nnd its furnishings. The largo
store house still stands and is in con
dition to be used at once. The chapel
remains to be used as a place for worship
and entertainment by patients. The
stand pipe , completed after the fire , is
in first class condition , never having
been put to the use for which it was in
tended. The horse and cattle barns are
intact. The hot house and cellar are
left. The tunnel connecting the main
building with the power house and
kitchen and through which the wires ,
water and heating pipes were rnn and
food supplies conveyed to the main
buildings , is in condition for use. Much
of the plumbing is done. The road
ways , parking , the lawns , groves and
flower beds that have required years of
effort to prepare and maintain , may bo
restoree to their former usefulness and
attractiveness with but a small per cent
of the labor required in their first mak
ing in fact it does not require the eye
of an expert to determine that there is
a large amount of valuable property
that the state should put in its original
condition and place in use. The site ,
road facilities that make it a good loca-
; ion for an institution of this character
and this should appeal with convincing
force to those to whom the question will
be presented. Such an institution had
been maintained here for years without
a word of complaint from other sections
of the state. No one would for a mo
ment have considered the advisability of
abandoning the Norfolk hospital until
it met with misfortune , and then there
were those who were ready with the
most untenable theories as to why it
should not be rebuilt. Their arguments
have been well met by friends of Norfolk
and those who wish to see this section
of the country dealt with honorably and
fairly.
The question of abandoning the present
property of the state remining at this
point is one that would scarcely seem to
require argument. There can be no
question but that the only way to pre
serve the property and its value would
bo by rebuilding. Norfolk citizens do
nated the site in good faith and with the
definite understanding that a hospital
for the insane should bo built and main
tained here. The state accepted with
the impression that such a contract had
been entered into and it would be unfair
if not dishonorable for the hospital to be
permanently abandoned or removed.
HOT FIGHTING IN TURKEY.
Number of Turks and Bulgarians Art
Killed In Battle Near Uskub.
Vienna , Aug. 16. Local newspaper *
publish reports of a sanguinary flghl
between two battalions of Turkish
Infantry , under the command of Nedlm
Pasha , and a bond of Bulgarian revo
lutionists , commanded by an ex-Bui
garian army officer named Stojanoff
The engagemerit occurred near Us
kub , European Turkey. The revolu
tionlste wore cut to pieces and the
Turks had many men killed o.
wounded.
Stands by Kansas City Platform.
Ottumwa , la. , Aug. 16. Hon
Charles A. Walsh , secretary of the
national Democratic committee , haa
Issued a letter advocating the reaf
firmatlon of tbo Kansas City platform
at the approaching Iowa Democratic
contention.
most important industry is that of the
Sugar City Cereal Mills , which places
,
upon the market of the west flour and
Wheatling , a breakfast food that has
steadily grown in popularity. This |
mill uses the great Northf ork water pow
er and ships carload orders to the Black
Hills and Wyoming constantly. Another
.
other important factor is the wholesale
jntter and egg business done from Nor
folk. Two.large establishments , the
Dexter cold storage and Armour's
.
branch house , handle this class of trade
and many carloads of eggs in a season
are shipped as far as Massachusetts.
In manufacturing the city is always up
and doing. The Norfolk Foundry and
Manufacturing company operate a mam
moth plant which turns out the famous
Norfolk" furnace , a practical gas en
gine and other machines of importance.
Bicycles of different grades are pro
duced in Norfolk , as well as carriages
and wagons. Numerous other manufacturing
.
ufacturing industries thrive in the
city and all are constantly growing. A
great many farm machine houses have
branch offices here and in a number of
them immense stocks are carried. Owing
to the largo territory drawn from , the ,
retail houses do a great business for a
city of this size and many of them
carry stocks equal to those in places of
25,000 people. Some of the most beau
tiful store displays in the state1 are nto
be seen in Norfolk nnd many of the
firms keep traveling salesmen on the
road incessantly. On account of the
superior railway facilities , dozens and
dozens of traveling men make their
homes in the city and are important
factors in its social life.
As the logical center of the third con >
gressional district , and with her excel
lent hotel and hall facilities , Norfolk has
nearly all political conventions in this
part of the state. Three conventions
ore very often simultaneously entertained } -
tained and many a congressman has
been named within the borders of the
city.
city.Norfolk
Norfolk is eminently a city of schools.
At the present time there aresovou hand
some public school buildings , costing
hundreds of thousands of dollars , two
German Lutheran schools and a easiness !
oollogo. Excellent teachero are omploytid ,
first elinn work is done and the people
are Juntly proud of the fuel. Tim city
IH alMo well equipped with ohnrohuH ,
Thirteen donomlimtloiiHaro represented
and all are doing encouraging work.
In municipal organization few towns
can surpaHH Norfolk. An olegnnt city
building covers the council rooniH , de
partments of police , pollco court , tire
companion and other ofllcoN. The flro
department consists of four IIOHO com
panies and a hook and ladder , there are
three IIOKO benne * for emergency and
the excellent training by the captalnn
and chief , has niado disastrous ( iron rare ,
indeed. Pine water pressure IH furnished
from an np-to-dato pumping station
on Pirnt street , which is owned and op
erated by the city. The town is lighted
by a good system of electricity. Of clvio
ordorn , there are a great many. The
Odd PellowH own their hall , which IH a
fine biminoKB blook In the center of the
city. The Elks' olub , at the corner of
Fifth Htrcot nnd Norfolk aveuno , is ono
of the most handsomely equipped
lodges In the state of Nebraska. There
are now ever two hundred and fifty
Elks , many of whom live In surrounding
towns.
As a community of IIOIIIOB , the Sugar
City is not lacking. With many handSt
Homo residences already beautifying the
town , inoro have been built this reason
and are now in process of construction.
A great deal of pride is taken in the
lawns throughout the residence portioiiH
and the citizens fcol ( hut their offortd
luivo not boon futile. Mammoth treesV
which liavu grown for ycarH , furnish
shade over the city and are responsible
for many beautiful avenues and driven.
In another year Norfolk will liavo ono
of the handsomest buildings in NoU
branka. At the corner of Fourth street
and Madison nvonuo , a now federal
building to coat $100,000.00 will bo
erected. In this structure will bo the
post olllco , federal court rooms , etc.
For pleasures the people who live in
Norfolk do not want. With a very excellent -
cellont theatre , seating a thousand
persons , nome of the very best com
panies make the stop and receive good
patronage , excursions from surrounding
towns being not infrequent. In the
summer seaHon the Northfork furnishes
most miporior boating , the Elkhorn
good bathing and lakes in the country
about afford fine fishing. SportH of n'l
sort are well supported , a profeHslonnl
bnso ball team , fast horhCB , bowling ,
shooting , tennis and the like each hav
ing its own individual enthusiasts.
Thus with admirable geographical
position , great railroad faciltlcH , excel0
lout hotel accommodations , fine water
power , land of unsurpassable fertility ,
Hoci.il attractions and an enterprising
class of people , who would do anything
for their town , the newspaper men of
Nebraska may figure that they have
soon today the important center of the
northern part of their btato , and a city ,
withal , which has a future.
PLEASED WITH NORFOLK.
Nebraska Editors Were Well Satisfied
with Half Day Spent Here.
From Monday's Dnllv :
D lighted with their visit to the Sugar
City , praising it as a thriving commun
ity of industry and domesticity , indig
nant at the neglected ruins of the state
hosipal for the insane and awakened as
to the magnitude of the sugar business
and its importance to their state , the
members of the Nebraska Press excur
sion departed over the Elkhorn Satnr-
day evening for their western trip.
After their drive through the city
Saturday afternoon , the members of the
excursion were entertained until the west
bound passenger on the P. E. & M V. road ,
transported them into the Hills. The
ladies of the party were received at the
homo of W. N. Huse by wives of local
newspaper men and of the executive committee -
mittee of.the Commercial clnb. The ain
were taken to the Elks clnb rooms and
entertained for an hour. Promptly its
six o'clock dinner was served at the Ox -
nard hotel and sixty minutes later the
guests of the city boarded their special
cars at the Creighton station , were at -
tachad to the regular train and carried
away toward the sinking sun.
The stop in Norfolk was the longest
to bo made on the trip , other cities
vistted being Hot Springs , Leed City ,
Deadwood and points in the Black Hills.
On every hand was lauded the metropolis
of north Nebraska and her people , and
as the pleasure party moved out of town
they gave three long , lusty cheers for
the railroad gateway of the north and
west.
Real Estate Agents A Word to You.
Do you want to know where the next
great land boom will be. and where you
can make plenty of money ? If so ,
write the undersigned for a circular
telling "All about it. " J. F. Merry
assistant general passenger agent Ill
inois Central railroad , Dubnvue , la.
New Sleeping Car Service to Hot
Spring , S. D.
Commencing on Tuesday , Aug. 6 , and
continuing during the month of August ,
the F. E. & M. V. railway will run ate
Pullman sleeping car from Omaha to
Hot Springs , S. D. , on train No. 3 , leav
ing Norfolk Junction at 7:60 : p.m. each
day , including Sunday. This will Id
greatly to the comfort of : s ,
enabling them to go through to Hot
Springs without changing at Buffalo
Gap. Please apply to the undersigned
for reservations.
H. 0. MATKAU , Agent.
Every Drop
[ Bund's PeerlessI
thc'REER Qfgoodchecr\ \
can be consumed withrdlah
and the knowledge that it m
pure and henlthful. It is
impossible ( or a beer to be
brewed of choicer materials
or in a more careful and
cleanly manner.
IJOHN QUND BREWING CO.,1
La Croasc , WIs ,
Cheap Excursions Via Illinois Centra
Railroad from Omaha.
St Paul , Minn f ' . < )
Minneapolis , Minn D (10 (
Lake Minnetonkii 10125
MadiHon Lake 7 C > 0
Wnturvlllo , Minn. ( Lake Totonka ) 7 ( JO
WOHCCII , Minn 7 ( M )
Dulath , Minn 1IMJO
Wlnnopeg , Manitoba ! W 10
OloarLuko , In 8 00
Spirit Luke , In S ( X )
Dal OH of sale for above , August 1 fo 15 ,
Inclusive , September I to 10 inclusive.
Return October ill. On other days , rate
will bo ono faro , pins $ 'J.OO.
Waupuca , WiH ? 'JO 1)5 )
Milwaukee ) , Wis 18 75
OHhkoHhVlH It ) 75
Port < Huron , Mich 22 05
Buffalo , N. Y ! ! 50
DatoH of Bale for abovn , AugiiHt 1 to
September 10. ! Return October 1.
Also circuit tours via Dnluth or Ohl-
cage and steamer via the Great lukoH.
Special excursion rates to many points
ir Minnesota , Wisconsin , North Dakota
and eastern points.
Write UH where you are going and wo
will bo glad to glvo full information.
Let UH rnako your nlooping car or steamer
reservations in advance.
Cull t IllinoiH Central city ticket of-
flo , No. 1402 Fnrimin street , or address
W. H. BRILL ,
Dist. Pans. Agt. , 111. Cent. R. R ,
Omaha , Neb ,
Low Rates Every Day.
Every day during the months of September
.
tember and October , 11)02 ) , Union Pacifies
will Boll one-way Bottlers tickets at the
following rates , from Missouri river to
Ogtlen and Suit Lake $20 00
Buttoand Helena 'JO < > 0
Spokane 22 W )
Portland and Ashland ' ! ' > 00
Taconui and Seattle -5 m
San Francisco < ? " > 00
LOH Angeles and San Diego 25 < > < )
Correspondingly low rates from in
termediate points.
For full information call on your near
est agent or adress
J. B. ELSRWER.
Agent.
National G. A. R. Encampment.
For the above occasion the O. , St. P. ,
M. & 0. will sell excursion tickets from
Norfolk to Washintgon , D. 0 , nnd re
turn , at rate of $31.05. Date of sale :
October 2 , 8 , 4 and 5. Good for return
to October 14,1902. For further partic
ulars call on or write to :
"
J , B. ELSEFFEK , Agent.
FOR SALE Twenty head of cattle also
Duroo Jersey bogs. Six miles south
west of Norfolk. G. W. HILLS.
Beautiful Thoughts
The sweet , pure breath of the babe is
suggestive of innocence and health.
A mother's yearning for children is inseparable -
separable from a love of the beautiful , and
it behooves ever } ' woman to bring the
sweetest and best influence to bear on
the subject of her maternity.
To relieve pain and make easy that
period when life is born again ,
Mother's Friemd
la popularly used. It is a liniment easily
administered and for external use only.
Pregnant women should try this remedy ,
it being undeniably a friend to her during
nature's term of suspense and anticipation.
notner's Friend , if used throughout
: estation , will soften the breasts , thereby
preventing cracked and sore nipples. All
muscles straining with the burden will
relax , become supnle and elastic from its
continued application.
All fibres in the abdominal region will
.
Of nil reUable-dniKgists $1.00 per bottle.
Write for free book on flotherhood. "
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. . ATLANTA. CUU