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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1902)
NORFOLK NSWR : F1UDAY , NOVEMBER 2t1002 , The university eleven IB Rtnndlug up 1 for Ncbrnfkn very regularly and sue- ! cmfnlly this season. The turkrymiro bcKiuiiliiK to suitor , bat their supreme test of endurance will not conic before n week from next Thursday. The Onmlm NOWB IIIIH It tlmt high way robhory has been declared n capital rrlmo In Philadelphia. Tlio llntolllja-nt compositor ovldoiitly mixed locnlitiuB slightly. The firnflon IB now about * f perfect. There Is nothhiK lacking Kvon thorn- morsoftho bnlldliiK of the Norfolk , Ynuitton it Southwestern railway hnvo been ruvivod , Cranberries , pumpkin pies , oysters nnd uprlng tmkoys uro nil rlpo. Why shouldn't the people , bo thankful , ovou though It Is the ether follow , who will cujoy these dollcnclcB ? Governor SavnKo 1ms llnally Issued his Thanksgiving proclanmtlou. IIo has probably coino to the belief that some of the people In Nobrnskft may have something for which to bo thank ful. At Ulyrlii , Ohio , they blow burglars heads off. That is n sort of treatment that will count and it may bo expected that burglars will give that town a wide berth whim It COIHOB to choosing local ities In which to ply their vocation. A Poiuipylviuilii boy six yearn of ape received Internal Injuries in a football scrlmmngo the other day that resulted in Ills death. It la not improbable that the foot bull enthusiasm is taking hold of the people at too early nn ago. Little tots of six years old and under shouh keep out of the game. The mine operators have- suddenly shown great roBpoot for the poor people who are compelled to buy coal , and on denver to make it appear tltnt the minor is greedy and selfish in demanding an increase of wages which these poor con- anmuru ftinnf ufntnl Tfr. la rnnllv a prising that the operators should not have thought of thin when they made previous raises in the prlco'of fuel. The Nebraska Independent labels it "A Victory for the Railroads. " The majority of the voters of the state should fall oil the writer of the article and sec if ho would bo able to innko the same "holler. " Voters on the majority Bide hnd no question but tlmt they were voting right and were not aware that they were subject to railroad domina tion merely because the fusioulsts had 'get that up as nuinsuo. Because the In dependent labels it n "railroad victory" pees not make it so. President Roosevelt objected to having bears tied to n tree for him to Bhoot. IIo would evidently not make a pot hunter. lie wishes oven dumb brutes to bo given n chance and if ho cannot take a shot at bears on the wing or in an attitude of defense there is no sport in the hunt for him. Had ho shot the bear after it was run down by dogs and tied , his hunting experience in Mississippi would have been n little in ferior to Mr. Bryan's tame lion hunt in Texas. King Leopold of Belgium is the latest to be attacked by an anarchist assassin. Fortunately the missile missed its mark , but the intention of the man who flred the shot is unquestioned. Perhaps the time when European royalty will be compelled to drive out in armored carriages is not far distant and it will tint , hn I\H fiinnv HH thn fnntiv nnnprt have endeavored to make the situation. If it could but be ascertained who the men are that have designs on the lives of high officials there would bo a greater feeling of security among the mouarohs. The consumers of mineral water will be glad to learn that a project is on foot to lesson the expense. The min eral water will be frozen and trans ported to consumers in refrigerator cars and sold by the block at about the price asked for the ordinary distilled water ice. The consumer will save the ex pense of ice for cooling his mineral water and the transportation of the ice in bulk is not BO expensive as that of water in bottles. It will reduce the cost to the consumer about 50J per cent. State Journal. The result of the election throws Hon. W. M. Robertson well to the front as a candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator Doit rich , and doubt less he and his friends will energet ically push his claims to the position. He will have to reckon , however , with Senator Deitrioh , Hon. Edward Rosewater - water and D. E. Thompson and possibly with the enlarged ambition of some of the newly elected mem bers of the house. We have con fidence in Mr. Robertson's ability to deal with the situation in a diplo matic way , and if a republican is to rep resent us in the upper house of congress we prefer a home man to onelivlng at a distance. Madison Mail. General Singer is another army > f thfcanteen feature wan a mistake. IIo ) B inspector general of the army n the Philippines and haB made n < poolal Btudy of the effects of the new law. IIo in convinced that there would > o better moral * In the army with the cnutcon thnn ( hero is without it. In the Inlands the soldiers become ad- illcted to the uho of vile native decoc tions and ho Is positive that the imlo of beer In canteens would bo ri protection [ igaliiHt vice rather than a Ktep toward It. He is ( mother man whom the tem perance advocated will allege does not know nil ho should concerning his bust- notH. Hnntrico people have boon congratu lating themselves because Jof the pros pects that a commission house to compete - pete with largo linns was to bo estab lished thuro. In fact n man did open n place of business and handled goods by thp carload for several days. But ho has disappeared and loft behind n largo number of unpaid bills and numerous sight drnftfl. IIo evidently succeeded In doing all the business ho cared far and cleared out for greener fields and pas tures now. People may pometimo loam that n man'H financial standing is of ilrHt Importance when ho under takes to handle largo business Inter ests. The frionda of Chairman II. 0. Lind- cay of the republican Htato committee are urging his appointment to the posi tion of United States attorney for the district of Nebraska , urging his claims to such consideration by reason of the fact that ho has boon nt the head of the committee during the conduct of throe successful campaigns for the party. The party is ono to honor those who hnvo exerted - ortod themselves in its behalf and Mr. Lindsay will unquestionably bo remembered - bored with n position that will reward him for the time and energy ho has expended - ponded in behalf of republican success. Mr. Lindsay's home paper , the Pawnee Republican , hat announced him as n candidate for the position mentioned. It is reported that President ROOBO < volt is to take a bolder step for the people < plo than any president has over yol taken. Many of them have professec 10 ignore me wisncs 01 wan street ana the money power , but none who have over been exanlted to that high office have ever determined that their policy would bo opposed Wall street and par ticularly the interests of .T. P. Morgan nnd company. With this stand , no one knows better than Mr. Roosevelt , what a powerful enemy ho will secure by opposing the interests of the finan cial center of the country and what efforts will bo made to swing the people away from the president , but if the people will stand by the executive there will bo no question us to the benefits ao- curing to thorn through his policy. Someone has figured it out that it would require 75,000 trains , of ! 10 cars , to got the Nebraska crop of corn'on the Chicago market. This may bo true , but the interesting spectacle is likely never to bo realized. According to the statis tics of Deputy Labor Commissioner Wats'ou.thoro were 807,053 cattle , 2,788- 524 head of hogs , 805,893 head of sheep and 35,78 ! ! horses and mules marketed in 1000 , leaving a surplus of twice that number in the state. It is reasonable to porsnme that there is as much stock in the country this year as there was in 1000 , nnd these , with the Hocks of chickens , turkeys , ducks and geese , not counting the amount of corn demanded by the grist mills , will all bo clamoring for a full share of that crop and t it is a safe guess that they will not leave any more than half of the product get out of the state until they have had their try at it. In the east they assert that the people of the west are demanding tariff reform and nro eager and insistent for such a polioyjto.be put In effect while in the west it is believed that all who desire a revision of the tariff live in the east. The American Economist has presented an array of figures to prove that the tariff reformers are not the people of the west. Its returns from 15 western states show that whereas the republican majorities in 1898 were 143,850 , in 1002 the republican majorities iu the same states amounted to 279,100. The demo cratic majorities iu the trausmissiBsippi states in 1898 were 69,050. In 1902 this had been reduced to 500 and that in but the single state of Nevada. The re turns nro more effective than campaign arguments in disclosing the true senti ment of the states of the west. If there are tariff reform states they must bo in the east. The tender hearted officials who be lieve in making the punishment of criminals light and those who exercise the right of pardon to release men be fore their term of imprisonment haa ex pired are blamed by an official of n can- salty company for the numerous rob beries now taking place. He is perhaps not far wrong. The court , aided by brilliant lawyers do not bear down any too heavily on the majority of the men sentenced and when those with the pardoning power trim off another sl o of punishment , many criminals consider that they received no punishment what ever and are ready to retnrn to their old practices at the very first opportun- - TO h * nffertive the punishment of hlove and robbers should bo such that at ho expiration of their terms there should jo no dcHlro left for thorn to return to ho life they had previously led. Per- inps some do not need as sovcro punish * UH others to prove effective , but hero nro few to judge just how much H required in every cane nnd the courts * that hnvo dealt with the details of the case should very generally bo con sidered to hnvo given the punishment merited. Norfolk people hnvo , with n niinniin Ity and vigor seldom experienced on n similar occasion , met and organized to tnko the necessary stops toward enlist ing a Bontimout favorable to the re building of the hospital for the insane recently destroyed by flro. It was to bo expected that Norfolk would make the primal movement iu this matter , because cause of the fact that this is the homo of the institution , but it is broader than n mcro local question and it is con fidoutly expected that all neighboring people nnd the outiro north Plntte country will uuito in favoring the re building of the hospital , the only state Institution with which the northern part of the Btato has over boon favored. It means something to Norfolk , but it means almost as much to the entire people tributary to this city , nlid the movement should not bo viewed in n selfish light or with an indifference in spired by jealousy. Norfolk has noth ing to conceal iu this matter ; it is ono of public concern and of sectional right. It is proposed to make the movement opou and aboveboard with the convic tion that justice will dictate the re building of the hospital nud that the support from the people of the northern part of the fitato will bo unanimous aud vigorous. The time haa come to act and Norfolk is prepared to lend. Other towns and localities should not hesitate to follow. When TUB NEWS declined the offer of the mayor and city council last spring to do the city printing , it said nil it had to say along that line. As n business proposition , Tin : NEWS never did n more profitable thing than when it re fused the offer , for the reason that the "pay streaks" iu the city business this year do not make up for the expense of handling such a largo amount of free matter as is required. It was not nec essary for THE NEWS to stoop so low as to make an excuse for criticising the mayor. If he had carried out his promises he would have received the commendation of this paper m spite of the loss ( ? ) of the city printing , but when ho allowed Norfolk to become notoriously "wide open , " a fact that ho has ncknowledged by ordering a sup pression of the abuses , there was only one line of duty open for this paper and that was to call attention to the con dition of nffairs. THE NEWS is perhaps open to criticism for not mentioning the matter enrlier , but it will bo re membered that the lawlessness gradu ally cnme to a state where it could no longer be tolerated , reaching a climax the day before election , when two rob beries were reported in one day. THE NEWS has always pursued the policy of supporting public officials , no matter what party they belong to , when they are rendering good , conscientious service , but it will not stand by and see the people robbed , assanlted and out raged without raising a protest. A Washington correspondent of the Lincoln Journal , in reviewing the re suit of the late election in Nebraska and summing up the evidence is pleased to interpret it as "a rebuke of the two United States senators and of their friends who had been placed in control of the federal patronage of the state.1 'The correspondent emphasizes the fact that there was a plank in the plntform np Drovinc of reeinreaitv with flnVm. with the evident purpose of making it appear that the paramount issue of the cam paign was whether the people would sustain n measure calculated to injure the beet sugar industry , when ns a matter of fact the advocates of such a policy dared not mention the subject during the course of the campaign but were distinguished mainly by their silence. After the campaign is nil over this wise correspondent endeavors to slip iu with his prejudicing statements Such a willful perversion of the senti ment of the people of the state is inex cusable and it is pleasing to note that President Roosevelt has had a more correct reading of the desire of the people of Nebraska and other states , and announced that it will not bo his policy to favor a revision of the tariff nt the coming session of congress. The people of Nebraska , especially the republicans , wish it understood that they desire to favor the growing beet sugar industry of the west rather than the refiners' trust of the east when it comes to a matter of choice and right. It is con ceded that the person who offered that plank of the platform taking a slap at the beet sugar interests of Nebraska and the west made a shrewd move in favor of the refiners' trust , but anyone at all conversant with public opinion cannot fail to realize that the plank was not BO intended by the delegates to the conven tion and would not be supported in that intention by the republicans of the state. There are republicans in Nebraska , hundreds of them , who , if it came to a question of sacrificing their protection principles , especially regarding beet eugnr , would prefer to leave the party. Yon need wait bat another week to bo thankful. " Never was a Cannon wheeled Into action with more promptitude nnd greater effect thnu "Uncle .Too" has gone into the battle for the Bpoakorship. A Chicago company has been organ ized to manufacture milk tabloids. When the scheme Is perfected the people ple can drop n tablet In their coffee nnd bid the milkman defiance. Gregory county , South Dakota , whore the now extension of the V. E. & M. V. terminates , has n number of good char acteristics , one of which Is that it is re publican by n majority approximating about two to ono. Roast meat , done good nnd brown , wns plentiful in Sionx City Sunday be cause of the fire that destroyed the Armour packing plant. It is probable , however , that it was not in a condition to please the palates of epicures. If the writer was a millionaire with trust proclivities he would undertake to got a corner on the turkey crop nud make the people dig up plenty for being thankful , but any ono else who will do it lacks the milk of human kindness in his soul. Now that it is certain that the re publicans will have n good working ma jority in congress it devolves upon the members of that majority to do some thing thnt will bo of credit to the party nud make it firmer in the hearts of the people. Minister Wu TingFang'considers the most pronounced characteristic of the American people ns compared with other people of the world is their spirit of "hustle. " He also remarks on the good the rich meu of America do.witli ] their money. An American firm has invaded the czar's territory and secured a million dollar contract for building telephone condnits. America's position * is being maintained right along in the front ranks of commercialism , business and achievement. A trust has been formed to control the California fruit crop , with special refer ence to the output bf oranges at present coming on the D nrket. It is to be hoped thnt the trust will uot stick its tentacles into the oranges until after Thanksgiving. A Now Jersey man took another man for n wild turkey and shot him. There are no deer in that state , but.tho case of mistaken identity had to be worked just the same , nud a turkey is larger than a squirrel or a chipmunk , so the Ameri can bird thnt wasn't there received the blame. I II HI I Autelopo county was ouo time the hot bed of populism. This year its republi can majorities range from llto ! 2G1. It is unnecessary to remark that the voters of Autelopo county have joined those who have detected tho'drift of public sentiment nnd aroj ill the baud wagou all over. Read any of the democratic exchanges and you will lenrn that the people were not in it on the retnrns , that the victory is the railroads , regardless of the large majority. "The people" are not known outside of the fusion ranks , and unless that side wins "the people" are defeated , and there are no ifs and ands about it. Gqneral Brcckenridgo , reporting on the doings of the army in the Philip pines , observes that "the humanity of the troop8'ongagedjhas"no [ Jpnrallell in the history of dealing with Asiatics. " The quietude and recent good behavior of the nntis of Boston should in all fair ness have protected them from this little side slam on the part of the general. Miss Gladys Deacon , alleged to bo the most beautiful American Jwoman in Europe , thought to improve her face by having a beauty doctor remove a small depression near the root of her nose. As the result the bono has been diseased and she is likely to lose her beauty en tirely. Pretty girls and women should heed Mark Hanna's advice aud lot well enough alone. * _ Congressman Mercer takes a'swing at the influence of the Boo when ho states that the same cause that resulted iu his defeat wos-noticablo iu nil the largo cit ies of the country , where a slump to the democratic ticket was the' uoticablo re sult of the election. The vote in Omaha did iti according to hls way of figuring , and other cities , not possessed of a Dee , showed the same falling off of the re publican vote. Indisputable evidence of fraud comes up from Now York , where the "reor ganized" democracy made great gains , those who participated in the frauds having exposed the mode of procedure. Six collcgojstudcuta , disguised as tramps , voted many times on election dny , re ceiving $3.00 for each vote cost by them. This does not [ indicate reorganization. It is the same old Tammany tactics , that never did win out permanently. Philadelphia claims to have a colored woman who has'recently celebrated her 132d birthday and who distinctly recalls events when Washington nnd his army was camped nt Valley Forgo. Formerly there were frequent reports of Buch aged women but of Into years they hnvo been lacking nnd it was supposed that they wore dead. Purhnp * the lust who has recollections of Washiugtou will have disappeared by the time the next cen tury is opened. Every once in n while the report couits from Germany that American meatH , and especially pork , are un wholesome nud productive of disease. It cannot bo as unwholesome ns some of the Germnu people hnvo believed. A premium of 1,000 marks wns offered two years ngo for the proof of trichinosis from eating Atnericnn pork nud up to this time there has-been - no claimant for the premium. They are becoming decidedly modern in nnciout Rome in some particulars. The policy of having the women remove their hats in the theatres recentlylgaiued n foothold in thnt city , but the women have proven stubborn regarding the in novation aud n number of them w.ero arrested with a promise that they would be. given the same treatment each time they violated the orders of the prefect demanding the removal of hats and bonnets during theatrical per formances. Norfolk and Mndisou couuty don't nl- ways know just whnt to do to plenso the politicians. Here's n democratic sheet thnt insinuates thnt it does not deserve nud should not get nnything because one of the democrntio candidates wns defeated and n republican paper don't see how wo are in a position to ask for anything because one ropub- licnu wns defeated. Perhaps the safest wny would have been for the county and town to cnst no vote nt all. Statistics to the effect that there area million morphine fiends in America nro published. This menus that about ono person in every eighty of population is addicted to the pernicious habit , and many of the victims are physicians and among the wealthier and more highly educated classes. Perhaps some of | the reformers who hnve been devoting all thnir timn tn flirhlinir Kitiir Alnnlinl could well afford to give some of their attention to Prince Morphine. Argentine , a suburb of Kansas City , has been suffering from a smallpox epidemic. The people of Argentine are entirely originnl i a their dealings with the disease and instead of raising a rumpus about vaccination , pest houses and other details that usually come to the front'during the prevalence ] of , this disease the people there hnve commenced a war on dogs nud cats , believing that these domestic animals carry tha germs to and fro nud spread the opidemic. Perhaps they hnve located the main cause and the effects of their efforts will bo watched withjiuterest by scientific people aud those who are not so scien tific. tific.The The Nebraska City News does not lay it to the stay-at-home vote. It finds thnt there are too mnny democrats voting ing the republican tioket , and it has un doubtedly reached the meat of the cocoanut. It is a trait of the American people to vote for the party which gives them the best results and those voters who will vote the republican or the democratic ticket according to what they deem to be the best interests of the country are the ones who control the elections. It is possibly trne tbnt men who have recently beou democrats are now voting the republican ticket , but it isjlikewise possible that they wore re publicans before they were democrats. Discussion regarding fthe use and abuse of second-class mail privileges granted to publishers has again been opened by the report of Assistant Post master General Madden. There are many publishers of legitimate news papers and other periodicals who are cognizant of the fact that the second class privilege is wofnlly abused by those conducting publications'allegod to be legitimate but who depend on their advertising patronage for their income and are ready to give their publications away to secure a circulation , Pub lishers of legitimate newspapers and periodicals would be glad to see this class excluded from second-class privi leges. They are on a par with the quack doctor ns compared to the legitimate practitioner. There is quite n. fuss being kicked up because Miss Leonora Bnrt of Dos Moines , Iowa , was not given medical nt- tondnuco nnd now is dead of tubercu losis , having relied on Christian Science treatment to pull her through. This is ono case whoroiu the medical profession has no great advantage over the Scient ists. She would undoubtedly have died under any treatment , and until medi cine is so far perfected thnt it can deal with this disease there is every reason to suppose that the Christian Science treatment is about as effective as though the system was loadedwith ] the drugs proscribed by the doctors. Until the medical profession can successfully combat this disease there is no convinc ing reason why they should join in pro testing against the experiments of ether cults nnd treatments. The Weltmer school of magnetic Proverbs 'When the butter won't. come put a penny in the churn , " is an old time dairy- pro verb. It often seems to work though no one has ever told why. When mothers are worried . because the children do not gain strength and flesh we say give them Scott's Emul sion. It is like the penny in the' milk because it works and- because there is something , . > astonishing about it. Scott's Emulsion is simply a milk of pure cod liyer oil. with some hypophosphites especially prepared for delicate : . . , stomachs. Children take to it naturally because they like the taste and the remedy takes just as naturally to the children be cause it is so perfectly adapted to their wants. For all weak and pale and thin children Scott's Emulsion is the most satisfactory treat ment. We will send you the penriy , / . e. , a sample free. Be sure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE , A Chemists , 409 Pearl St. , N. Y. , we. and * i.oo : all druirirfsts. healing at Nevada , Mo. , is receiving- the attention of the postal authorities , , and the mail addressed to it hns been held for some time. Before the postal minorities stepped in it is alleged that "Weltmer's "business" nmounted. to- about $500,000 a year from those who believed in absent treatment. The rush of mail matter to and from the school caused the postofilce at Nevada to bo raised from the fourth to the first class , aud most of the letters received there contnined money. Judge Phillips of Kansas City made the icint that so much mail required all the attention of the "healers" nnd left j o time for the suggestion and concentration of thought on the sufferings of their correspon dents. This is fresh evidence that the American people , or many of them , take pleasure in loosening their "coin" for any kind of old healing scheme , nnd if it wasn't for the postofflce or other - officials stepping iu aud taking a hand occasionally they would contribute' many fortunes to the , 'meu shrewd enough to get up a method guaranteed to cure or relieve all ills to which mortal v flesh is heir. It is not doubted that about 99 per cent of the people who con tributed to Weltmer's wealth should have guardians appointed to look after- their interests. Strike Leader Found Dead In Bed ; Cheyenne , Nov. 17. Robert Beard , president of the local machinists' " unlco , and one of tha leading Union < Paalfic strikers , was found daad in bed at Perry's Inn. There ! no evi dence of foul play and it is believed Beard diejl from heart failure , but the- coroaar will make a thorough iuveitl- eatlon. Beaten Rebels Still Fight. Caracas , Venezuela , Nov. 17. PresIdent - Ident Castro's first lieutenant , Leo- pold Baptista , yesterday captur d Core after a flvo hours' battle with the insurgent ! . Core is a small town about 203 mll s northweat of Caracas , which has been in the possession of the revolutionists for unmn tima. YourH air < "Two years ago my hair was falling out badly. I purchased a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor , and soon my hair stopped coming out. " Miss Minnie Hoover , Paris , III. Perhaps your mother had thin hair , but that is no reason why you must go through life with half- starved hair. If you want long , thick hair , feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor , i. and make it rich , dark , and heavy. $1.00 bollle. All If your druggist cannot euiipiy you , oend us ono dollar and we will express you a bottle. lie sure and give the name or your nearest exnreis oftlce. Addreu. J. C. AVkll CO. , Lowell , Maul