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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1903)
THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , MAY 15 , 1003 , It has boon a Rplondtd rnlu If only 3oroua will not follow It up with frost or freczo ns ho did the last time when \vna needed niul received , Moore's popularity tu Omaha la un questioned , \vhnn ho cnu win out for n third term with hln forces divided nml sunny of them ROIIU to Uonson. TTho lUohmond Journal think * Unit Orovor Oluvolnnd 1ms hml hla dny and that Mr. Bryan has had his day. Why should not tlio Journal man K ° to the meat of the oocoauut and think that the ComocnUlo party han had Ita day ? Tliat Transvaal loan munt have hoon n good thliiR. The avidity with whloh the bonds were taken uphy the Knfllfth { financiers would Indicate as muoh. Perhaps they were meant to repay thorn in part for what they lost hy reason of the war. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The weather Is giving Mayor Hazon's administration no opportunity to show \rhat It might , do on the streotn and sldowalkH atid drainage questions. Hut it IH safe to bollovo that there ; will bo something doing when an opportunity ia afforded. ' With Kiijihuul , Japan and the United States to deal with , Russia may have noiuo hesitancy about imposing undo * ttlrablo conditions upon China with reference - oronco to Manolnirla. With Ohlna alone to oppose Russia's plans there would bo comparatively easy sailing. St. Louih people would undoubtedly prefer to bo confronted with the Chicago situation and compelled to wear dirty olothos on account of the ntriko than bo confronted with the BUS- plotou that their laundry work had been dor o by that cscapod leper. Tonncssooaus have notified a colored , Tur.il route carrier that ho must re sign his position under pain of death , * ' the administration presenting n now situation for - 1 ministration to deal with in the matter - \ t tor of overcoming the prejudice of ' Bouthorn whites against the negroes. The Paris gas man has grown jealous of his American rival because the lat- 'tor appears to bo favored with uloo fat franchises from the municipal council. The Americans seems to bo able to compete with the people of Europe , Bright Ht homo , iu almost any line of > nniloflvor , Perhaps the brother of MoKinloy's aasnsslu would bo no moro likely to at tempt the life of President Roosevelt than others among the thousands of people who turned out to BOO the chief , but it was the part of wisdom , beyond JR doubt , for the Los Angeles ofllcors to vcouflno him , as literally and beyond peradventure - adventure ho boars n bad name. It is just possible that Mr. Bryan finds the situation in the democratic party as ho found the country during hia memorable campaigns. The harder ho worked for the democratic ticket the moro pronounced was the country for the republican ticket ; and the moro ho opposes Graver Cleveland , the stronger Cleveland seems to grow in { the demo- cratio party. With 3,000 men idle iu Omaha and in tent on keeping as many more oa pos * 'siblo from working , it cannot bo said that the metropolis of the state is in an enviable position to euro for its present -trade and look toward extension of busi The situation is felt in all parts of the state and it is to bo hoped that an adjustment of the differences will bo effected at an early date. The rains are doing moro to delay spring building movements than opornt- dug to damage crop prospects , but it Is only a matter of delay and it is giving those contemplating improvements totter opportunity to plan for the work when building weather actually arrives. 'Tho prospects grow brighter that Nor folk's growth during the summer will ilie eomothing worthy of remark. Norfolk has advanced beyond her "boom days and times of improper infla tion of values and from this time on is to make a steady and substantial growth that will add to the perniauonco and standing of the city. Property owners liaye unbounded faith in the future of the city and all are showing on inclination and capacity for standing up for Norfolk in an emphatic manner. Nebraska City is complaining of a lack of public spirit on .tho part of her business men and citizens. That was believed to bo a weak point in Norfolk's citizenship a number of years ago but for the past several years enough enter prise has been shown to satisfy the most -exacting. The city is well along toward a healthy growth and it is the Jpnblio spirited citizens who have bronghtit | on. The lateness of spring weather has somewhat retarded the growth that Uorfoik will make during the season , bat it will in nowise interfere with the plans and arrangements that have been .made and are maturing that will cnueo the city to put forth an evidence of progressiveiioss that may astonish the natives , and will certainly prove dis concerting to would-be rival towns. Since that Minnesota blizzard swooped down upon Nebraska as April retired Nebraska temperature han agali emphasized the Nebraska abillt to overcome anything coming from Mln noflota and lias awung back In line wit its own beautiful weather onvhlo there In no discount. Under ilHlnllnonc nature la uxortlng herself to restore nor nml conditions and la succeeding magnl flcontly , It looks ooiiNtderably aa though Con greRRinan Hltohoock had , in part , ropalc hla obligations to Editor Ronowator. I would sooin aa though , If the Onmh doinooratn over had a ohanco of electing a mayor , that opportunity waa presented sontod thla nprlng by a division of th republican forces , but for aomo roaaoi the domooratlo candidate nmdoumight ; weak showing , coming under the wir third in the raco. A Swiss doctor attempts to iujuro th business of men who grow and sol oranges by announcing that the amal floods of the fruit produce appendicitis but ho will not succeed to any marko < extent. People ate oranges before any suoh thing IXH appondlcltlB was known furthermore they have oaten thorn fro quoutly slnco and have not fluilVrec from that disease. It will therefore take moro than the belief of a loaruot physician to work disaster in the oraugo market. The Monroe dootriuo n9 enforced by the United States government has certainly received flattering attention by England , that government having imitated and established a doctrine of its own on very similar lines , announc ing that other power * must keep out of the Persian gulf or run the risk of war with Great Britain , which has under taken to see that the countries border ing the gulf are protected against any territory-grabbing devices of the other powers. Nebraska , if the precipitation con- titmot to increase , will soon take the uatno of the rain soaked and flooded state iu substitution for the state of the drouth and hot winds. The climatic conditions of the state have undergone a radical change in the past decade and there is every probability that it will never again know what a drouth is. April closed with a superabundance of moisture and May is in Hue with an evident determination to continue the state iu the wet column. The people who attend circuses and Fourth of July celebrations are quite likely to rebel against the exactions of the recently formed peanut tnist. Capitalists - italists may bo permitted to corner the elephants and the fireworks , but when they seek to advance the price of pea nuts they are treading on ground sacred to the common people and they may look for trouble without being dis appointed. Got off the ueok of the double-jointed , back-notion peanut and give the people a chance. It was a year ago yesterday that Mt. Poleo , on the island of Martinique , spit forth snioko'asbos , fire , death and de struction. The event caused intense in terest at that time , but it has now been almost forgotten this far away the dis aster , and in that locality it is possible to conceive that rebuilding and repairs are going on and iu'a few years the scenes of destruction will again bo settled with people oblivious of the danger that the mountain threatens from time to time. It is the way the world ] treats such calamities. Perhaps , without their knowing it , Mayor Mooros haa advanced the stand ing of the Omaha strikers. When the strikers are orderly and quiet they stand a much bettor ohanoe of winning and holding pnbllo sentiment , while a few glasses of booze on the inside of a few of the impulsive and reckless men who have quit work might operate to nndo the whole fabric and from occupying the popular side of the situation the strikers might find their cause intensely unpopular among the bettor classes of citizens. Some of the Now Yorkers are ap parently "between the devil and the deep blue sea" on the race question. They have been exhorted and urged to surround themselves with largo families of children by preachers , politicians and sociologists but now come the haughty landlord and refuses to house families with children. The householder is therefore compelled to decide whether ho should do that which is doomed to bo proper from an ethical standpoint or bo governed by the wishes of the men who have property to lease. That Washington parrot which noti fied the neighbors of disaster to her master and brought him prompt and needed assistance will no doubt servo to boom parrot market and the demand for parrots is quite likely to largely in- crease. A guardian of that kind , able to grasp a situation and give an alarm iu human exclamations would bo a valuable acquisition to any well- ordered household. It is the second time this Polly has performed similar service and it is an indication that she has boon taught something besides swear words. The firemen of the state and thousands of other people who are Interested in anything that promises amusement anc a lively time will bo In Norfolk for thrn daya In July , the 3lHt , 22nd and 2d ! ! Norfolk will bo in her bout humor am oxpcotH to show her visitors the llvolies llttlo olty of ita vlzo In the state. No only that but the firemen are proparlni a program that will bo of interest ti everyone and the entire three days wll bo n continual round of pleasure. It i Just as well to begin early with your or rangomouta to attend as the events ar < an absolute certainty. The Olilcngo Record.Herald haa aa oortalnod that only three of twenty- eight democratic national comltteomoi are for Grover Cleveland for candidate for president , and appears to think thai the matter haa thereby boon definitely sottlcd , AN those commlttcomcn have all been named whllo Mr. Bryan waa enthroned aa the national leader , how ever , it ia perhaps not surprising that they Bhould oppose the man who is so objectionable to Mr. Bryan. It is furthermore probable that the majority of them will control in the stntes which they represent , but there is likely to bo a dlssont from a few of them , and perhaps enough of a dissent to glvo the Cleveland men a majority. The voters of Nance county have be fore thorn a proposition looking toward the issuance of 175,000 in bonds for the purpose of building stool brides ncrocs the Loup ; that Is , two bridges are to bo constructed on tire at a cost of $30,000 apiece and the remaining $15,000 is to ? o toward the erection of the third. This is a proposition that might well titcrcfit the tax payers , but it is figured that wooden structures will cost more n the long run than the proposed bridges of steel. Madison county re- iniros but $20,000 to erect four steel bridges over the Elkhorn , but the voters are asked to double the amount that a > ortion of the county may have good oads and thus do away with possible opposition to the bridge bonds. The recent successful ealo of blooded took at Wayne afllnns the fact that ho farmers of Nebraska are becoming aroused to the importance of improving ho brood of cattle. This is one of the ) oints on which the Nebrashn farmer ias been somewhat weak. Ho has con- Idorod that any animal which could bo attonod and converted into hoof an- wercd every purpose and as n consequence quence the farmers of other states Jhavo dvanoed somewhat boyoud him in his particular. But there has been a notable improvement during the past ow years and in a few years moro Nebraska will take rank among lie fiuo stock producing sections f the country , and it will be a high rank to accord with that which has eon attained along similar lines of ndoavor. Since Unolo Sam's health department iook hold of the sauitaiy conditions of [ avana , formerly reputed to be one of le most unhealthy cities in the world , JO condition has improved until now it s said to bo one of the most healthy apitals and has a lower death rate than ho capital of this country , Washington , t vras formerly believed that the loca- , onof Havana in the tropics and its urronndings wore responsible for the Igh death rate , but It has now been onclnsively proven that a thorough leaning up and the removing of pest loles was all that was required to put t on a healthy basis. The lesson is ap- licable to all the towns and cities of tie world where it is desired to raise ho health conditions. Disease flour- ehes in dirt and filth , regardless of ; the pinion held by some that to live dirty s to enjoy health. European financiers have been look- ng for America's wonderful prosperity o go to smash for the past two years and had prepared to take advantage of icr downfall by boosting a prosperity > ooin in their own countries , but they have looked in vain. Flurries of excite ment have passed across the field of American finances occasionally , spread- ng pessimism , but they have cleared away , leaving iho situation better and loarer than boforo. With the visit of Morgan to England the financiers have nddenly changed their tnno , and are now convinced that American prosper- ty is to bo permanent and that they must take advantage of conditions as hey exist and not as they rather wish hem to bo. This means that they must nvost in American stocks , securities and property if they are to reap the best and most certain results. The demand for workmen coming roni different parts of the country and ho strike situation in other parts cor- alnly indicate that this is one of the years when mechanics and laboring men are among the most independent citizens of the country , however , in order to make the best of the situation t is n time when the men should bo at work and earning wages , otherwise in vestments and improvements will cease lor lack of workmen and where now there is plenty of work at good wages ; hose qualities will bo lacking. The working man , like anyone else , can only jo successful by improving his oppor- unities and making every day conut. The man working for wages today may 30 the business man or capitalist of the future , but ho will not win the dis tinction by taking every opportunity to loaf about and squander his substance. Governor Mickey Has Stronj Hopes of Arbitration , INJUNCTION AOAINOT WAITERS Meat Cutters Union Rescinds Its Do clslon to Strike All Gleam Laun dries In City Except Ono Cloai Their Doors. Omaha , May 12. Governor Mlcko : and representatives of the omnloyon and of the strikers hold a conforcnucc last night behind closed doors. At Iti conclusion the governor stated tha both Rldos showed a disposition t < conccilo something and ho had hlgf hopes of a final settlement through ar bltratlon. Another meeting will be hold. The meat cutters rescinded tholr decision to strike , at least untl after tholr national president had looked ever the ground. All the steam laundries in the cltj except ono have closed down. The rustuurant men secured an In' junction against the waiters and cooks , prohibiting them from InterferIng Ing or stationing pickets nearer time 100 feet of the restaurants. Some additions were made to the number of transfer wagons running , .hough far from normal business was done. The strikers claim to have In duced a largo proportion of the Im ported mon not to work. Second Strike on Mobile and Ohio. Jackson , Tonn. , May 12. The second end strlko on the Mobile and Ohio railroad was called at 5 o'clock , when all the mon In the passenger sorvlco quit work. The train that arrived In this city at G o'clock was mot by sev eral hundred people , many of them ) olng strikers. A report gained credence - enco that the strikers would not allow any nonunion men to take the train south. When It pulled out It was with Mr. Hawkins of St. Louis , an of- Icor of the road , as conductor and Traveling Passenger Agent Blair as mggaKomaster. No attempt to stop ho train was mado. McNeil Stops a Strike. Salt Lake , May 12. The secretary f the bollormakors received a tele- ; ram from President John McNeil , at Kansas City , instructing the mon In ho Southern Pacific shops to remain t work for the next fifteen days. The ologram states that a meeting has > eon arranged with Harrlman and lurt , aiming at a settlement of the Jnlon Pacific strlko. This mooting is to Co hold next week In Omaha. Boilermakers at Bakersfleld Out. Bakersfleld , Cal. , May 12. All the bollormakers employed on the South ern Pacific here wont on strike. The helpers and apprentices presented themselves for duty , but were persuad ed not to work. A dispatch recolvod Rt division headquarters says that this is the only point on the entlro system where the men have refused to work. All work In the bollermokors' department is at a standstill. Strikers Insist on All Demands. Chicago , May 12. Despite several Important concessions by the Interna tional Harvester company , Including recognition of the union , representa tives of the 6,000 employes of the company's Deorlng plant voted at a meeting to remain on strike until all the demands of the union were grant ed. The strikers ask for the uncondi tional surrender of the company bo- tore returning to work. Threatens Great Lockout. Philadelphia , May 12. All Is ready for the lockout of every building trades union which attempts to help the journeymen carpenters in this city. The Master Carpenters' associa tion is reported to have decided to put the threat Into execution. The union Is waiting for developments and 25,000 workers may bo Involved within twenty-four hours. Fall to Settle Laundry Strike. Chicago , May 12. Negotiations looking to a settlement of the laundry workers' strlko are at an end. After a four-hours' session the joint com mittees of employers and representa tives of the union , finding that they were not getting any nearer , agreed to disagree on terms and broke off further - thor negotiations. Northern Securities Case. Washington , May 12. The record in the case of the United States against the Northern Securities company , recently - contly decided by the United States circuit court for the district of Minnesota seta , adversely to the Securities com pany , reached the supreme court on appeal. As the call of the docket has been suspended for the present term , the case can not bo called before next October. ' ' " ' - - t Convention of Railroad Telegraphers , St. Louis , May 12. About 250 delegates - gates from various parts of the Unit ed States were present when the bien nial convention of the grand division of the Order of Railway Telegraphers was called to order by President Per- ham. The purpose of the convention Is to rovlso the bylaws , hear the reports - ports of officers and elect now officers. It will bo In session six days. No Sympathy Strike. Chicago , May 12. The packing trades council will not call out the union workmen of the stock yards in sympathy with the striking engineers. The executive board of the council considered the engineers' grievances and offered the friendly offices of the council to bring about an adjustment. PRESIDENT SEES DIQ TflCEOi Roosevelt Expresses Disapproval o Tourlot Vandalism , San JOBO , Cal. , May 12. I'rcslden Roosevelt cave the people of the coun ty an object lesson on the ovlls of van dallsui , Whllo at Santa Oruz ho wa taken to the big tree grove. Alnios the first sight that greeted his oycs a ho entered the park was ono of tin hugo trees with thousands of buslnes and personal cards tacked on It Tourists for yearn have boon placliu their cards upon this tree , and It began gan to look more llko a receptacle fo bits of paper than It did ono of the wonders of nature. The president In stoutly expressed his disapproval o ouch a procedure and a llttlo while later , when asked to make a speech called attention to the defacement o the trees , and said ho hoped the pee pie of California would BOO to It tha such vandalism was stopped. Ho also Intimated that ho would like to BCC the cards taken down. Later when the president wont for a walk through the park , the members of his party together with members of the recep tion committee , tore down the cards Later In the day , the president again signified his disapproval of placing largo placarda or signs on the trees Ho was Informed that the committee wished to name ono of the trees after him. Whllo desiring that some other name bo given to the tree , the presl dent said ho did not want to act churlishly in the matter , and If the committee really desired to name a tree after him he would not object Ho stipulated , however , that the card bearing his name that was to bo placed on the tree should not bo more than three-quarters of an Inch by an Inch and a half In diameter. The president made apeeches at Pajoro , Watsonvlllo , Santa Cruz and San JOHO , addressing the largest audi ences of the day at this place. Ho was taken on a drive through the county hero , stopping for a few min utes at Campbell , whore ho participat ed In the planting of a tree. The pres ident spent the night quietly on his car , and left rft 8:30 : o'clock thlo morn- ng for Palo Alto. THREATENED BY FOR.1ST FIRES. Country In the Vicinity of Johnstown , Pa. , All Ablaze. Johnstown , Pa , , May 12. The town of Vintondalo is threatened with de struction by a forest flro raging near hero. Fire engines and men have > oen sent from this city and Altoona. The fire Is within ono quarter of a mile of town. The place is entirely urroundod by timber. The forest flro above Dunlo , after a heroic struggle of all the citizens of that town , assist ed by the Johnstown flro department , ias been put under control. The prop erty loss there will foot up $50,000. The lumber camp of A. P. Berloy , about a mile from Lovett , was almost entirely destroyed. The loss there will amount to $25,000. Qreensburg , May 12. The flro in the . .aurel Hill mountains is assuming dangerous proportions. The greatest alarm is felt at So ward , whore a score of men are guarding the Cambria 'owder company's plant. The fire Is burning fiercely within a quarter of a mile of the company's buildings. The mountains on both sides of the Cone- maugh river at Bolivar are ablaze and much valuable timber in the area cov ered by the flro has already been de stroyed. Student Officers on Trial. Leavenworth , Kan. , May 13. The court martial trial of the eight stu dent officers opened at Fort Leaven- worth , with Colonel C. C. Carr as pros- dent and Captain Brown as Judge ad vocate of the board. First Lieutenant -eonard T. Baker , First Infantry , was he first officer called. Ho was repre sented by Major Morton and Captain 3olles. There were nine specifications n the charge. The lieutenant pleaded not guilty to all of thorn , giving aa ils excuses for missing roll call as headache , slowness of clock and others. Folk Still After Boodlers. St. Louis , May 12. At the session f the grand Jury Circuit Attorney "oik received some valuable Informa- Ion as to the methods used to defeat he school book law at the last ses- lon of the general assembly. It isf practically admitted now that six ncmbers of the assembly were paid to vote in opposition to the law. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD. Ransom H. Thomas was elected president of the Now York Stock exchange - change without opposition. The submarine boats Grampus and Jlke have been formally accepted by he navy department from the build- ers. Nicaragua is contemplating n chnngo rom the silver to the gold standard , t is expected the change will have to be gradual. The president has appointed M. R. Sackett , editor of the Northern Trib une of Gouveneur , N. Y. , to bo United States consul at Prescott , Ont. Augusta , Eleanor and Elizabeth Shaler , three aged sisters of Colonel r. R. Shaler , superintendent of the 'anama railroad , died at Colon of ever. They belonged in Plttuburg. Five hundred feet of the permanent restle work on the Lucln cutoff , ad- acent to the west shore of the Great Salt Lake , sank while a train was passing over It and twenty cars were brown into the flllad-In grade. The secretary of agrlcuKuro has raised the quarantine upon cattle heep and swine In Rhode Island which was Imposed by the order of Nov. 27 , 1902. All animals affected with foot and mouth disease In the tate have been destroyed. Soft and crooked bones mean bad feeding. Call the disease rickets if you want to. The growing child must eat the right food for growth. Bones must have bone food , blood must have blood food and so * on through the list. Scott's Emulsion is the right- treatment for soft bones in children. Littledoses every day- give the stiffness and shape that healthy bones should have. I Bow legs become straighten loose joints grow stronger and firmrfess comes to the soft heads. Wrong food caused the trouble. Right food will cure it. In thousands of cases Scott's -V * ! Emulsion has proven to be the right food for soft bones in childhood. Send for free sample , SCOTT & BOWNE , Chemists , ' 00-416 Pearl Street , New York. joe. and jl.oo ; all druggists. Rejects Treaty Clause Opening Manchuria to Foreign Trade. RUSSIA IS WILLING TO LEAVE. Great Britain Is Assured Province Will Be Evacuated , Though Movement May Be Slow and Deliberate Joint Action Not Necessary. Shanghai , May 12. The Chinese- treaty revision commissioners have re ceived from the Chinese foreign of- Ice instructions to decline further .A. discussion with the American commis sioners on article 12 of th'e proposed now treaty , which refers to the open- ng of points in Manchuria to foreign. , rach3. It Is added that such negotia tions are Inadvisable , owing to Rus sian action. The Chinese commission ers , reflecting the indecision of the government , suggested this was a matter for settlement by interchange of dispatches rather than by inclusion n the formal treaty. London , May 12. Under Foreign Secretary Cranborno announced in the house of commons that the British consul at New Chwang reports that .here has been no now reoccupatlon of tfew Chwang by the Russians. Frlend- y communications on the subject , . Lord Cranborno said , had been ad dressed to the Russian government during the last few days by the Unit ed States and Great Britain independ ently , and the Russian government , in reply , had Intimated that It would ad- icro to its engagements to evacuate Manchuria , although the evacuation was temporarily delayed. Russia had also explained that It had no Inten- Jon of adopting any measure tending : o exclude foreign consuls or obstruct foreign commerce or the use of the ports. Under the circumstances the British government saw no sufficient eason for securing concerted action jctween the United States , Japan and. Great Britain with the object , as sug- jested by his questioner , Joseph Wal ton , "of arriving at a definite agree ment with Russia for the prompt ful filment of Its assurances. " Railroad Strike In Australia. Melbourne , Australia , May 11. . There is no prospect of the cessation of the railroad . strike. Very few men mvo accepted the offer of double pay : o work In place of the strikers. There mvo been several cases of train wrecking and molestation of the men who have taken the strikers' places. The strikers are receiving money from all carts of Australia. Ito HhrtTat TVouble Ahead. London , May 11. Whllo addressing his party last Friday concerning Man- churla. says the Toklo correapondent of the Dally Mall In a dispatch. 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