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THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , NOVEMBER ? , 1)02. !
The Norfolk fleins
It might Imvo boon worse.
Thanksgiving will noon follow.
It In probubly nil right , bnt .
They did "Htnml pat" in Ohio.
Did Bomcuno nay , "I told you no. "
The country is about saved ouco
Dloro' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nebraska republicans Imvo no fault
to fliul.
It certainly did snow In parts of the
country.
If you yut Imvo time , veto the ropubll-
can ticket.
They can b Kiu to toll how it happened
tomorrow.
It BuoniH considerably colder today
tlinn it wnfl yesterday to HOIUO ,
It IB OonKroHBinan ( McCarthy , and
Protidout HooBovolt'ls endorsed by the
Third.
Quo tiling IB certain , and that in that
Governor Savage's term of offloo la
limited.
You may have a few moments loft in
which to register your voto. Do not
pass it up.
Save your boat wind until yon are
certain of the results. Then you may
decide to keep it ,
It is nil over except the process of
ratification during which nome gonorons
shoutiug will bo permissible ) .
If yon haven't voted there is not
much time left in which to got to the
polls and cxorolpo your right of fran
chise.
The vote was decidedly light , and it
appears that the republicans lost more
than the f nsionlsts by reason of the stay-
at-homes.
The bnt lie is now about over and the
killed mid wounded will soon bo cared
for. In some places , without doubt it is
a buttle in moro than name.
Tom Johnson , disciple of Mr. Bryan
in Ohio , lost that strito by the scant
plurality of something llko 100,000.
Mark llamm is still "it" there.
The weather nmn favored the republi
cans , if it is true that fair weather
means republican success and the con
trary condition means democrntia
victory.
A good many people are in a condi
tion to bo thankful up to , including and
after Thin ksgiving. The returns from
the election were Bufllciout to bring
about thU
It the republicans of Douglas county
had given the cougreBSlonaHmajority to
the douuxnats in the house there would
have been weeping and gnashing of
teeth there f r some time to come.
Two native Americans are now mom-
bora of the British parliament and it is
understood that another has designs on
a seat iu that body. The time may
come when America and Americans will
rule the world.
Those who were killed and injured
during the ratification over the election
returns in New York probably failed to
appreciate the demostration. It proved
moro disastrous than an average Fourth
of July accident.
The df nvcrats rather enjoyed the indications -
dications from the returns last night.
Today the republicans have rather the
best of tro bargain , and they are pleased
to reflect on the old saw that , "ho laughs
best who laughs last. "
Kansas is republicans good and strong.
The people of that state have tried fusion
and populi iu and did not find it what
was needed. They have therefore de
cided to IMVO none of it in thoir's and
will keep cU'nr of the combination for a
long time.
The poop'o exorcised good taste in
choosing Dr. J. M. Alden of Pierce to
represent this senatorial district in
the coming state legislature. Ho is a
man of excellent judgment and will
give the district the sort ; of representa
tion it requires.
A man playing "William Tell on a
New York stage the other night shol
and killed the actor on whoso head
rested the npplo. A sentence on a
charge of murder will have an effect ol
discouragirg realistic "William Tel !
aoenes in tl o future.
Mr Bryan's prediction yesterday was
that the fasioaistB would elect the en
tire state ticket and that the next house
would lo democratic. Mr. Bryan's
prognostica'ion record is so very bac
that the people are unquestionably justi
fied in reverting his forecast.
The people of Madison county didn't
approve of a man for state senator who
ill Jsks proven incapable in the email office
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of mayor. They evidently bollovo that
i portion desiring advancement should
idliuro to the old adage that "what Is
wortli doing at all IH worth doing well. "
The fiendish father In Kentucky who
cnookod hin four-year-old HOII down with
a rock and then kicked the llfo out of
lilm will undoubtedly be naverely dealt
witli by the people of that Mate , It la a
phase of criminology that oven the
people of that Htato cannot put up with.
The people of Beatrice are determined
that the supreme court shall take back
what it hat ) said in regard to the Blblo
and singing of religious sougs iu the
public Ruhooln. This ( mention may
dually result in an IKSUO In Nebraska
before which all others will pale into
insignificance.
The Doukhobors , who started out to
convert the world , beginning in Canada ,
have undertaken a stupendous contract
and one they are not at all likely to
complete this year. Other fanatics before
fore them have undertaken the same
work , bnt have never accomplished
what they sot out to do.
Mrs. Harriott Hlbbard , CO years of
ago , was arrested at Denver , Col. , as
she was about to vote for the third time
on election day. It would appear from
this that the women can bccomo as
corrupt as the men when they have boon
granted the right of'suffrago for any
considerable length of time.
It is intimated that coffee may bo a
luxury this year , 200,000 hundred
weight of the season's coffee crop being
reported destroyed ny the eruption of
the volcano of Santa Maria. The people
will perhaps bo moro ready to take the
advloo of these who have argued that
coffee is unhealthy , if this is the case.
Perhaps , now that the campaign is
over the World-Herald will say whether
or not Mr. Thompson did ride on passes
or mileage contributed by the railroads ,
without attempting to create the im
pression that the fao-similes published
by the republicans were imperfect and
forgeries. Has ho or has ho not such
passes ?
The question naturally arises as to
what the conditions in the Philippines
would bo if the Americans wore not
there to act as an element of control. If
the Ladrouos are now permitted to rob
and murder it is not a far guess to believe
that under nu independent government
the outrages would bo much more fre
quent and flagrant.
It is now unlawful , to catch ilsh iu
Nebraska in any manner whatever , and
thoao who take pleasure in the sport
will take no chances of encountering
the law , but will lay aside their hooks
and lines until next April. If the law
is to result in benefit it must be ob
served , and it is to bo hoped that it will
not bo necessary to enforce its provisions
in the vicinity of Norfolk.
Marie Oorolll has decided that mil
lionaires , Americans iu particular , are
vulgar , "lll-mauuerod , illiterate and
singularly uninteresting in conversa
tion. " It is fortuuato that some famed
author or person occasionally rushes to
the rescue of the common people with
the uudosirability of great wealth , else
the scramble to become millionaires
would be keener than it now is.
Five republican congressmen and one
democrat from Nebraska is not BO bad
It could just as well have been unanim
ous if the Omaha republicans had fused.
From a fusion majority of four to two ,
to a republican ratio of five to one is a
change worthy of note. It indicates
that the people are satisfied with the
policies of Roosevelt and have decided
that they will divorce themselves from
fusion.
It would have been a sad slam at the
Boo if it could not turn a few republi
can votes in the Second district , and
perhaps the most surprising fact in con
nection is that the influence of the com
bined force of the Boo and the World-
Herald was not greater. To an impas
sioned outsider it would seem that with
the opposition encountered at homo Mer
cer should have been defeated by a vote
of about two to one.
"Kansas Smasher Smashed , " is a
suggestive headline to use over the item
announcing that Carrie Nation had been
injured in a railway wreck in New York.
The levity would have boon imper
missible had the lady been seriously injured -
jured , but she was only slightly hurt.
She could scarcely lay olaimlto creat-
ness unless , like President Roosevelt and
Mr. Bryan she could attain thoJ4distino-
tion of getting In a railway wreck.
The republicans have bnt one cause
for regret and that is that they were
unable to pull Putney through. His
friends did good work in his behalf ,
bnt the friends of Mommiugor , in Nor
folk especially , made it their business
to work hard and early and late for his
election. This , combined with the fact
that Memmiuger has a wider acquaint
ance throughout the county than the
republican candidate , is what is judged
to have resulted in Mr. Putney's defeat.
The people of New York City are
rath or iu a tighter position than those
of the country generally regarding the
IHO of coal. The city has an ordinance
'orbldding the use of soft coal and now
that the price of antliraolto has bsen re-
lucod , the mayor has ordered that the
ordinance bo enforced. If there was
Hiioli a law governing the people of the
mlanco of the country there would Imvo
.eon u much larger roar bocauno of the
anthracite strike.
It does nooins UH though Morgan had
serious designs on President Roosevelt's
liomo state , bnt the president proved too
popular and though the metropolis did
all It could to swing the Htato to Color ,
the country precincts remained stead
fast to the president and Odoll was re-
elected. The full foroo of Morgan's at
tack may bo estimated when it is re
alized that Oyster Bay , the location of
the president's country homo , was
carried for Color by a plurality of 181.
Two years ngoOdoll's plurality was 513.
It has boon reported through the west
the last few days by democratic papers
that Color was certain to win over
Odoll iu Now York , but it was reported
from the country's metropolis yesterday
that the bets were two to one on'.Odoll.
The evidence is therefore good that the
previous reports Bent out from Now
York were to infuse the confidence of
which the democrats of the country were
laoking. The odds offered by these who
make it a business to know what the re
sults will bo , disclose the true situation.
It is apparent that the republican dis
affection in Omaha resulted moro seri-
ionsly to the state ticket than the con
gressional candidate , so far as the vote
of Douglas county is concerned. There
were republicans , good and true , how
ever , in the balance of the state to over
come the evil intentions of the county
containing the state's metropolis and
the tide was turned to Mickey in the
towns and country district * . Had Mer
cer boon fortunate "enough to have had
a greater reserve to draw on ho would
have boon elected , also.
It appears that the tendency in the
east , and especially in New York , is to
return the country to those happy old
Cleveland times when people did network
work ; when free soup housesj and
Coxey armies were the rage and when
farmers were barely making theirsalt. )
Hooray I They cau undoubtedly count
on us western democrats to assist in
bringing about that desired result two
years heuco. Wo are tired of goodltimos
and want to try a whirl at the times
when tariff reform and panio and | ruin
were the features. Haste the day 1
The irrigation of the arid west is be
coming one of the important questions
of the ago , and friends of the movement
are preparing for a campaign of edncn
tiou that will result in benefit to the
country at largo and more especially to
the people of the west. The act of the
recent session of congress in making an
appropriation is but a stopping stone in
the right direction. The people inter
ested must not only labor for future and
bettor appropriations but they should
see that such appropriations are used to
the best advantage that the results may
form a substantial basis from which to
work. This is one of the most impor
tant questions to the people of the west.
The country is not in favor of making
appropriations that do not result in
benefit to the people and exceeding care
should bo used to show the greatest
results from these favors from congress.
The moral tendency of a community
may retrograde to a certain point with
out attracting general attention , and
some localities may permit a greater
degree of retrogression than others , but
there is a halting point somewhere when
the general pnblio becomes aroused and
then there Is a reform that is beneficial.
While crime has been moro in evidence
in all parts of the country during the
post few months than for some time
past , it is apparent that Norfolk has
had more than its share , even for a city
of its size , and the people are becoming
aroused to the extent that they will
insist on a prompt and radical reform.
If the present ofllcers are not able or
capable of coping with the condition ,
then measures should be undertaken
to correct a weakness that the desired
result may bo attained. It is time for a
correction of the evils that have existed
and the sooner a movement is made in
that direction the moro satisfactory it
will bo to the people. This demand
does not come from cranks or prudes ,
but is the sentiment of these who are
willing , ordinarily to allow , of a certain
license or right , that should not bo violated
lated unless it is desired to have the
laws more stringently enforced.
The condition of the city , which was
made the subject of an editorial yester
day , does not become any bettor be
cause election is rapidly drawing to a
close. While the question is political tea
a certain degree , it is in truth much
broader and deeper than it could bo made
if it were one of more partizan politics.
The moral condition of the city was
very mildly stated in the article yester
day , knowing that the charge would bo
bought that it was used at that particu
lar date for political effect. The truth
is that the picture was but lightly
drawn , the facts warranting a much
stronger arraignment of the city admin-
istrutlon. One has bnt had to road the
news columns of this paper for two or
three weeks post to know that a moro
disreputable state of society could not
1)0 possible than exists hero at the present
time. For a month back It has boon
one continued story of lawlessness ,
robboBlofl , throats out and assaults , and
the point has boon reached whore it be
comes necessary to call a halti The
magnificent inactivity of the executive
must give way to vigorous measures to
suppress the lawless element that scorns
to have taken possession of the oity.
Public sentiment has become aroused
on this matter and if the mayor and the
oflloors under him do not enforce the
law , than the people of the oity will bo
compelled as a matter of self preserva
tion to take it up and see that the laws
are enforced. TUB NEWS does not ob
ject to a certain amount of liberality ,
bnt when lawlessness is allowed to pre
vail to the extent that it has done hero
during the past two or three weeks , it is
time to call n halt.
TUB News has no fight to make upon
liquor dealers so long as they conduct
their business within reasonable limits.
Wo do not believe in prohibition and
would not vote for it if such an issue
were submitted to the people , but wo
do believed that a saloon man should bo
as amenable to the laws as any other
individual. Nebraska has the 'best
liquor law in the United States to day ,
but how many will say that its pro
visions are being enforced in Norfolk ?
Even a liboial interpretation of the law
is not objectionable , bnt when it comes
to a "wide open" policy , such as has
been in vogue hero during the past
month , then it is time to calico halt.
And the saloons are not the gr atest evils
that exist in the city to day , either.
The gambling that has been carried on
with the knowledge of the mayor , the
prostitutes parading the streets , the
class of lawless characters that have in
fested the city , assaulting people and
robbing their places of business these
evidences of low standard of morality ,
brought about through the fact that
Norfolk is known far and wide as a
"wide " town what is
open" , are objected
to. Drive the thugs from the oity , close
the saloons on Sunday , do away with
gambling and command that the fancy
women remain in their own district ,
and it will be found that Norfolk will
be a very different oity People are
slow to move in matters of this kind ,
bnt when lawlessness has reached such
a state that reform is necessary they are
likely to be moro radical in making that
reform than though less provocation had
been given. If the mayor cannot or
will not bring about a different state of
affairs in this city , then ho must expect
to hoar from an outraged people.
The Lincoln Asylum.
OTIC of the first acts of the republl-
tan administration was to remove the
Incompetent officials from the asylum
at Lincoln and place In charge of the
Institution a man known for his In
tegrity and business ability , and of
national reputation as an expert in
the treatment of Insane persons.
Through the excellent management
of the present superintendent the
state is being saved fully $30,000 per
year , the figures being based on the
expense per capita. In the mass of
Juggled figures recently sent out from
fusion sources the largo increase in
the number of patients was Ignored ,
the attempt being made to fool the
people with mysterious and often
mythical "totals. " They did not.give
credit for the $35.000 unpaid bills left
for the republican officials to pay in
addition to the "deficiencies. "
The "economy" boasted of at the
Lincoln asylum was the sort which
lined the pockets of the fusion officials.
One employe was permitted to spend
his time making ink which ho sold to
the state , Another raised ducks on
the premises and sold them to the
Institution. Still another sold all the
calves on the promises to his father
at from $2 to $3 per head animals
which now sell for five times that much
Land Commissioner Wolfe Bent six
hogs to the institution to be "boarded"
at state expense , and eight months
later worked off one of them on the
institution at the exorbitant price of
$140. At about the same time C. S.
Jones , who was living at the Homo
for the Friendless and raising hogs
on his own account , bought six shoats
from the asylum at $2 apiece.
This Is another brand of "economy"
for C. Q. DeFrenzy to explain.
It is llko the "economy" practiced at
all state institutions under fusion
management.
Iowa Boy Shoots Comrade.
Ottumwa , la. , Nov. 3. While hunt
ing near hero Saturday Arthur Me-
Cune. ten years old , shot and probably
fatally wounded his playmate , Clare
Baker , son of S. D. Baker , a local cap
italist. The shooting was accidental.
When McCuno realized what ho had
done ho tried to kill himself , but was
restrained by a third boy. The boys
then hailed a switch cnglno and took
their wounded companion home.
Relative of Empress Josephine Dead.
Savannah , Ga. , Nov. 3. Mrs. A.
Wilson , aged eighty-three , died yester
day after being struck by a trolley
car. Mrs. Wilson was born In the isl
and of Martinique , in 1819. Her pa
rents were largo slave owners. Her
mother , Mrs. Peters , was the cousin
of Empress Josephine , first wife of
Napoleon.
Bald Wins at Paris.
Paris , Nov. 3. Eddie Bald , the
American bicyclist , won the Interna
tional scratch bicycle race at the
Pare des Princes yesterday. The dis
tance was 1.4G8 yards , Bald's time
was 2:331-5 : ,
Rejected Suitor Attempts to De
stroy Entire Family.
EXPLOSION WRECKS RESIDENCE
Joseph Kordeck and Child Are Dead
and Wife and Mother Seriously In
jured Former Boarder Charged
With the Crime.
Chicago , Nov. 3. A dynamite bomb ,
the weapon of a deranged assassin ,
blew up the homo of Joseph Kordeck
in Chicago Heights yesterday , killing
two members of the family outright
and injuring several others. The
house was set oh flro and burned ,
while that of a neighbor caught fire
and was also destroyed.
The dead : Joseph Kordeck , arms
and legs blown off ; Lucy Kordeck ,
aged two years , body blown to pieces.
Mrs. Lucy Kordeck had the flesh
blown off her right side and may die.
Seven children , who escaped , were In
jured , but not seriously.
The explosion occurred whllo the
family was asleep. The father and
mother , with the daughter , Lucy , occu
pied a room in the front of the cot
tage. On the other side were rooms
occupied by the rest of the family.
The cottage stood two feet from the
ground , on wooden posts. The bomb
was placed under the room occupied
by the parents and the impact of the
explosion tore a hole in the floor , blew
the bed to pieces , dismembered Kor-
deck and scattered into fragments the
body of Lucy , who was sleeping with
her parents. Pieces of flesh the size
of a man's band were the largest rem
nants of the child's body that could be
found.
The force of the explosion wao di
rectly upward , and tore a plcco oi
flesh from Mrs. Kordeck's side , and
blew her through a window. The
noise aroused the rest of the family
and they had hardly time to escape
from the flames , which soon destroyed
the cottage. Kordeck's body , torn to
Bhrcds , was found In the debris after
the fire.
Charles Smith , a former boarder at
the Kordock house , who was paying
attention to one of Kordeck's daugh
ters , has been arrested , charged with
the crime. The Kordeck girl was to
have been married to another man
next week.
SON.
KILLS FOUR-YEAR-OLD
Inhuman Father Is Threatened With
Lynching in Kentucky.
Inez , Ky. , Oct. 3. Pleasant Sprad-
Ing , hold for the killing of his tour
year-old son and his fifteen-year-old
daughter , is threatened with lynching ,
Sprading's family consisted of who ,
three daughters and son. With his
daughters and boy , the father was
herding sheep last Friday. The boy
Was unable to keep up with the others.
The lather placed him on a stone be
side a spring , telling him to wait until
his return. The boy becoming tired of
Bitting still , began to peel the loose
bark off a tree that overhung the
spring. Presently the father returned
and , noticing the bark on the ground ,
asked the boy who had done It. The
boy replied that he had. "I would
rather have you dead than raise you
to destroy everything on the farm , " is
the reply the father is said to have
made , and then , It Is charged , he
picked up a stone and struck the boy
on the head , knocking him down.
Then , it is alleged , he kicked the pros
trate baby in the head until ho had
killed him and , turning to his daugh
ters , threatened them with a like fate
if they every told what had occurred.
Becoming alarmed , he took his eldest
daughter and went to the mountains.
A sheriff's posse captured Spradlng
in the mountains , but his eldest
daughter was not with him.
Spradlng's missing daughter turned
tip today , barefooted and ragged ,
after her escape from her father In
the mountains.
Victims of Grand Stand Crash.
Chicago , Nov. 3. Victims of the
collapse of a section of the grand
stand at Marshall Field Saturday
whllo the Universities of Michigan
and Wisconsin were playing their an
nual football game , are reported as
recovering. Bruises and bumps were
the extent of the injuries to the great
er number of these who were hurt.
M. R , Ray , a traveling salesman ,
whose home is at Cairo , 111. , is In a
serious condition at the Chicago hos
pital.
Cold Wave In Southwest.
El Paso , Tex. , Nov. 3. A cold wave
has swept over this section during the
past twelve hours and reports from
the surrounding mountain regions Indicate -
dicato that the snowfall will bo heavy
on the slopes in New Mexico. Hun
dreds of sheep , caught unexpectedly in
the open , have perished , and below
this city In the Rio Grande valley the
losses have been heavy.
Can't Move Grain Fast Enough.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Nov. 3. At pros-
cnt there is an aggregate of 620 tend
of grain standing In cars In the rail
road yards nt Canlstota , some of
which have been loaded for over two
weeks. The railroad company is do
ing Its best to keep the grain moving ,
but It is unable to do so.
Attorney Is Under Arrest.
Bedford , la. , Nov. 3. B. R. Martin ,
attorney for Chrlstensen , the alleged
entbzllng banker , was arrested ,
char -oil with complicity In the affair.
He r-wo bond and returned to hla
homo In Maryvlllo. The preliminary
honr'p ' of the cases will bo hold
hero today.
Don't forget the old man
with the fish on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
has been traveling around the
world , and is still traveling ,
bringing health and comfort
wherever he goes.
To the consumptive he-
brings the strength and flesh
he so much needs.
To all weak and sickly
children he gives rich and
strengthening food.
To thin and pale persons-
he gives new firm flesh and
-ich red blood.
Children who first saw the
" > ld man with the fish are now
rrown up and have children
jf their own.
He stands for Scott's Emul-
ion of pure cod liver oil a.
iclifrhtful food and a natural
onic for children , for old folks
nd for all who need flesh and
Lrength.
SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists , / j
Pearl Street , New/York- "
nd gi oo ; all druggists.
A Dangerous Proposition.
The election of W. H. Thompson , .
the brewers' candidate for governor , .
would bo a sign that this interference-
in Nebraska politics is not offensive-
to Nebraska people. It would bo an.
invitation for them to go further. It
would bring to the next legislature-
corrupt lobbyists and a whisky trust
boodle fund. The legislature would
bo organized largely with reference to
the liquor interest. The liquor interest
would be consulted in the making up
of the legislative committees. When
the machinery of legislation had been.
adjusted for that purpose , then there
would bo Inaugurated a struggle to
rob the Slocum law of its power. To
make It easier to got a license ; to-
make it easier to got bonds ; to make-
the law more lenient in general
toward the saloon , these are the ob
jects sought by the brewers who own
the Nebraska saloons. To accomplish
these things the brewers want a friend
in the executive ofllce. They want
the governor to start with. The rest
they believe will be easy after that.
A governor friendly to the brewers
would be the opening wedge. To put
the executive ofllce into the hands
of the democratic candidate means to
put Nebraska government in fact into
the hands of the Milwaukee browers.
Rich Gold Discovery In Idaho.
Bsloe , Ida. , Nov. 3. A remarkably
rich discovery of gold In the Black
Hornet district has caused a stampeda
comparable to the mining rushes ot
the early days. Knowledge of the dis
covery got out last evening and men
started out at once to secure claims. .
It la a hitherto unknown vein , about
a mile and a half from the Black Hornet
net vein. The mine was a blind lead
and was opened in doinir some YT \
on property on another vein. It shows
seven feet wide. It Is variously esti
mated to be worth from $5,000 to $10 ' -
OOP a ton. _
Special one-way homeseekers excur
sions via Union Pnoiflo November 4 and
18 , December 2 and 15 to many points
iu Kansas , Nebraska , and Eastern Colorado -
rado one-half one regular fare plus $2 00
Pull information cheerfully furnished
on application to
J. B. ELsnrror.
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Dark Hair
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though I am past eighty years of
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Geo. Yellott , Towson , Md.
We mean all that rich ,
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no matter ; for Ayer's
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Sometimes it makes the
hair grow very heavy and
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