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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1904)
' 8 THH NORFOLK NMWS : FIUDAY , JANUARY 8 , J904 Fire Might Produce a Tragedy in Many of Them. NEED MORE AND BETTER EXITS. Fire Drills at the Schools , Flro Es capes for the Halls and Other Pre cautions Advisable Teat Exits at Auditorium This Evening. TOWMH mid cities everywhere im nroiiHtMl hoenuHo of the Chicago thea tre tragedy , mill the ( illlcliils are ac tive In making Investigations of pub- Ho buildings and demanding procau- lloaary moasuios. Because this ca lamity liiiiu | | < iu < ( l In a largo oily tlioro IH tin reason why I ! could not ho dup licated In a smaller town. Audiences aH 1 in no assemble In public places In smaller towns , and a horror equal ing that of ( ho IronnolH might easily ho duplicated under proper condltlouM. It IH prolmhlo that Norfolk buildings are as safe aH any of Ilioin , and no building In Norfolk Is hotter equipped with openings for egress thnli IH the Auditorium , hut It IH not the only ono that Hhonld ho toHted and OMIIII- Ined. l-'lro drlllH In the'Hchool Hhould ho practiced and chnrc.hoH and pub lic hallH Hhould ho looked after. "Suppose. " Hiild a profcHHlonal man thlH morning , "that a llro had mid- dcnly broken out In the Marquardt hall at the time of the Kaglo dance with 100 people on the Moor In the third Htory , and the only ineaim of ogress a comparatively narrow stairway - way In the roar of the hall. Tlioro IB no way for oscapn from the windows dews except by Jumping. A narrow balcony on a level with the second Htory IIIIH no stairway or liuhlors loadIng - Ing to the ground , lunl with only the stairway for e\lt a midden and llerco bhr/.o might well have caimed a panic that would have been the eaimo of much loss of life. With the llro roar- lug up the Htalrway a calamity would have been Inevitable. The Mast hall lias two stairways loading to the second tloor and two to the ground , but those should ho ro-lnforced with tire em-apes from the windows and other halls and places where crowdH assemble or are likely to asuoinhlo. Armory hall IH aiiothor that should receive the attention of the authorities. It may ho many years before another horror equal to that at Chicago occurs , and with the activity of the city and state olllclals throughout the country , the chances for such a disaster are materially les soning. J Test Auditorium Tonight. The Auditorium Is provided with three exits four with the ono from the stage , and two stairways from the balcony , so that It Is probably the best equipped building in the city fern n rapid exit of a crowd. Tonight It M Is expected that there will bo a largo attendance to the play of " ( Julney i Adams Sawyer" and It is considered that It will be a good time to test the s capacity of the exits. 13vory ono will bo rvady to open instantly at any ? time during the performance , and at the close of the last act they will ho 1 nil thrown open and the tlmo of the exit of the people will be noted so that It can bo shown that tlioro Is a minimum of danger In the event of a llro. In several of them the doors swing Inward. "This Is not only contrary to law , but exceedingly risky , because with a crush of people against the doors they would never ho opened when It was most Important to have thorn open. I Had Trouble In Germany. Second naturalization papers ware Issued todny to Arnold Kurz of Scrlb- nor , a former citizen of Uormany. Mr. Kurt has lately returned from n trip back to the fatherland. While there ho was detained by the authorities and held for a tlmo on the ground that ) I ho had left Germany without perform ing the required amount of military service. Ho had not the papers to show himself a ( fully naturalized citi zen of this country , and It was not till ho had spent over ? 100 and hUor- csted an American consul or two that he obtained his release. Fremont Tribune. A Peculiar Accident. Cashier W. A. Bucklln , of the Brown County bank , had a peculiar exper ience Tuesday which promised rather serious results. Ho was marking a board with an Indelible pencil when the point tlow off and Into his oyo. The lead at oaco dissolved and spread ovy the eyeball dyeing It a purple color and causing Mr. Hucklln In tense pain slnco that time. The stuff Is quite poisonous , but his physician thinks that the eye will not bo per manently Injured. Bassett Leader. Depot for West Point. A subscription paper is being circu lated In this city the object of which Is to raise a sutllclont amount of mon ey to purchase and present to the rail road company a suitable slto for n now depot and grounds In a conven ient portion of tho'city. After many years of patient waiting the proposition of donating a now depot slto Is before the people. The t company , undoubtedly , has plenty of ground within Its yards available for that purpose. But , that Is hardly the question at this time ; for , If the com pany uses Its own ground , tho'new.Io- [ ' 4 hi cation will be jitHt as fur distant ami an Inconvenient as the old ono. The ground Nought to ho purchiiMod and donated In that of the .Johnnon 1 Ivory barn and the wtroots and lots south of It. It Is practically a continuation of the company's yards and would bo very acceptable to It for that roamm. To grade and park the contemplated location will require an expenditure of Movornl limes lln original coat , and for that reason the company will ac cept the site from our olll/ons. The chances aio that If the com pany iiHt'H Its own gioitnds for the con- Htructlon of a now dopol , It will bo located on the west side of the track , and that Is certainly undesirable for the roiiHon that the business portion of the oily and the main residence portion tion of the city are located on the east side. side.Tho The policy of the company seems to bo llxod not to go beyond Its own yards In Ihe construct Ion of railroad buildings. For that reason the slto In question would bo acceptable to It and for the same reason other niton further up town would not bo so ac ceptable. In other words the com pany does not want Its own domain separated by Intervening property. The construction of a depot on the contemplated site would outall an ad ditional expense upon the company In the way of maintaining extra help at the freight depot. Hut nowllhslnnd- Ing the bunion of extra help , of grad ing and parking , and of building a handsome now depot , a substantial slrncluro equipped with modern con veniences , all of It will bo done If the slto ho furnished. For several years the Hepubllcan has been a consistent advocate of a now depot. It has no choice of sites except that It bo lo cated on the east Hide of the tracks and further up town. The silo In con- temptation seems to bo satisfactory to the company , and , as It Is close enough to the heart of the city , It should bo satisfactory to everybody. West 1'olnt Republican. TIMELY TOPICS. The Spaulding Untorprlso , ono of the rod-hottest opponents of organized wealth , therefore comes out red-hot for Hearst for democratic cnndldnto for. president , and promises the No- brasK'a delegation to the yellow east ern mnltl-mllllonalre. Lincoln Star. Stockmen in this favored section of Nebraska are Jubilant over the fact that mild weather has prevailed up to this date. So far their stock have been running on the open range and are sleek and fat. Although feed was prepared even In greater abundance than over before , It has not been nec essary to draw upon the store , but there hi yet tlmo to utlll/o some of this to good advantage. Undoubtedly much food will bo loft over to another year. Valentino Hepubllcan. The great value of timber Is shown In the case of a tree recently cut near Wnyncsvlllo , N. C. This giant of the Alloghany mountains was curly pop ular , so largo that III horses were re quired to haul away the butt cut , which was 1U feet long. The lowest limb was SO foot from the ground , This single tree contained M.OOO feet of llrst-class lumber , most of It useful as veneering , and Its value was $1- , " > uo. The slnglo tree was worth moro than the entire mountain farm upon which it stood Nebraska City News. H would be a public calamity to the nation if the republican national con vention at the behest of Wall street should turn Hoosovelt down for Mark Ilnnna or anyone else. Roosevelt comes nearer being Ilio Ideal president for the m-isses of the people- than any executive- the nation has had In many years and wore the masses of the re public 10 make the nomination ho would bo nominated by an overwhelm ing majority , but the masses do not control the political machinery of the. nation and therein lies the danger. I'nnen Journal. Tlmo and again has the Hopubltcan urged the necessity of an organiza tion or pome systematic effort bolng put forth looking to the advancement and upbuilding of Valentino and broadening her scope as a business center. In advocating some such movement the Hepubllcan does so In all sincerity and earnestness and you may rest assured these expressions are not written just to till space. The Republican regrets that so far people hero , especially the business men , have failed to manifest a disposition to Interest themselves along this line. No ono knows what might bo accom plished until some special effort Is put forth. Valentino Republican. A renewed determination to patron ize homo merchants and glvo nothing to foreign department stores or for eign peddlers who come Into the coun ty to reap a harvest , should bo among the good resolutions of New Year's day. Local dealers nro the ones who glvo time on purchases and are al ways at hand to correct mistakes'and nmko good guarantees on the quality of their wares. With foreign institu tions , It Is strictly a cash business , and they are not hero to face the music In cases of dissatisfaction. The homo merchant Is clearly entitled to your trade and will Insure you great er satisfaction in both quality and dollars and cents than the outside dealer. Also , local merchants can practice the same good doctrine with advantage to themselves and to tha town hi which they nro Interested. \Vnyn8 Herald. The Story of Uneeda iscuit We never tire of telling the story of Uneeda BfsCUlt. Uneeda Biscuit arc the result of two ideas. That soda crackers could be made better than they had ever been made before. That it was possible to convey them to the home fresh , crisp and clean. The importance of the soda cracker as an article of daily consumption made it well worth while to make the best soda cracker that could be made , and to place it on the table as good as it had been made. To do the first required the selection of the best materials and the highest skill. To do the second upset all traditions. The oldest bakers said there was no way to keep a soda cracker good. That people were satisfied to eat them stale , as they had been in the habit of doing And so it fell to the lot of broader minds to do this unheard of thing to keep a soda cracker good until eaten. The result was a beautiful royal purple and white package that kept out the air , moisture and dust ; that retained the natural flavor of the biscuit , keeping it crisp and fresh until it reached the table. To-day , nearly three hundred million packages of Uneeda Biscuit have been consumed by the thoughtful people of this country and the demand is ever increasing. That is the story of Uneeda Biscuit. Some day we will tell it over again for the benefit of those who are still "in the habit" of buying stale and broken crackers in a paper bag , when they can get " " whole , fresh and clean in an air-tight package. ' NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Forget Their Throttles in Social Enjoyment. A BIG TIME IN RAILWAY HALL Some Seventy of the Members and Their Families Sit down to the Fes tive Doard H. E. Wills , Chairman Board of Adjustment , Was Present. tilKhorn Division. No. WS. Brotherhood - hood of Locomotive ( Engineers , gave a social and banquet at Hallway hall at South Norfolk Tuesday evening to Its members and their families , and also some visiting members were pres ent from other parts of the road. The ledge hold a special session In the afternoon from 2 until 5:110 : o'clock , when the ledge room was vacated and given over to the ladles. No sooner had they gained access to tho'room than all kinds of good things to eat began to jirrlvo in largo quantities. Six large tables the width of the hall were soon put Into place and the work of loading them commenced. The brothers and their families be gan to arrive ami at sSI0 : ! p. in. sixty people sat down to as line a spiead as anyone could wish for. There were about seventy people present and enough food to supply twice that num ber , so It was apparent the ladles In charge wore going to bo sure and have plenty for everyone. At 0oO : the tables wore cleared away and the real festivities of the occasion began. Speeches were made by tovoral of the prominent members , after which Mr. H. 13. Wills , chairman of the general board of adjustment of the C. & N. W. system , was Intro duced and made the crowning speech of the evening. Mr. Wills , or Brother Wills as he Is known to the engine- men , Is a remarkable man , inasmuch as ho has been riding a locomotive almost forty years , been engaged In committee work for more than thirty years , and yet In him Is scon a young man , a man whoso form lowers above the average man In stature , with hair minus the frost marks of ago , a kindly but resolute face , and as ho stood he- fore his brothers ami fellows , their \\lvos and families , telling them of the good they might do , cautioning thorn against the \\rong. his advice could not help but Inspire his hearers. Honesty and sincere Interest of pur pose shone from the eyes of the man who Is over ready to listen to the complaints of two thousand engineers. At the close of Mr. Will's address , those who wished engaged in the pop ular , pastime , to the strains of the Italian liar ] ) until the clock on the tower approached the midnight hour , when the dancers took their last circle around the room to the strains of "Home , Sweet Home. " ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Some of the ribbons the women wear over black , look like dust. Knterprlso is always commended unless yon-put into news gathering. When a slouchy dross has a train to It , the climax of bad taste lias been reached. Some people Hvo so easily that they make a passenger brakeman feel that ho Is overworked. Somehow oven the old-maldest lookIng - Ing old maid can't put on a big white apron , and not look motherly. Sometimes you see a pretty woman who spoils it all by reminding you of a merchant who displays his goods. Of course they jockey u little , but when a preacher receives a call , era a woman a proposal , they accept. When a farmer receives a telegram , It usually announces the dangerous Illness or death of some of his kin. An Atchlson girl who hasn't 25 cents to her name admits that she received nine pocketbooks for Christ mas. Wo long to reach that s ago where ono has so much wealth that if ho puts his elbows on the table , It Is called an eccentricity. U Is a good plaiC'to stay away from your friends' homes for some time now ; they have Christmas fruitcake left they are trying to work off. At the tlmo when young people most need a parent's counsel , they think they have outgrown anything so childish , and quit seeking it. The family are slaves to the whims and wishes of the young lady daugh ter , and sometimes unwillingly so , but after she has married a man with money , they do not paint the barn until they have written to nsk her what is the proper color. They nro not only her slaves , but are willing to bo. "I cheerfully do my share , " writes a citizen , "but I halo to bo pestered by ticket sellers. I don't care to help the Sons of Host , who nro advertising an annual ball , nor do I desire chances In radios. 1 am always willing to help the poor , and know that I do r The most loathsome and repulsive of all living things is the .serpent , and the vilest and most degrading of all human diseases is Contagious Blood Poison. The serpent sinks its fangs into the flebh and almost instantly the poison passes throiigk the entire body. Contagious Blood Poison , beginning with a little ulcer , soon contaminates every drop of blood and spreads throughout the whole system. Painful swellings appear in the groins , a red rash and copper colored splotches break out on the body , the mouth and throat become ulcerated , and the hair and eye brows fall out ; but these symptoms are mild compared to the wretchedness and suffering that come in the latter stages of the diser.se when it attacks the bones and more vital parts of the body. It is then that Contagious Blood Poison is seen in all its hideousness - ness , ihe deep eating abscesses and sickening ulcers and tumors show the whole sysUm is corrupted and poisoned , and unless relief comes soon this sirpuit disease tightens its coils and crushes out the life. The only antidote for the awful virus is S. S. S. It is nature's tromctly , com. posed entirely of vegetable ingredients. S. S. S. destroys every vestige of the poison , purifies the blood and removes all danger of transmitting the awful taint to others. Nothing else will do this , Strong mineral remedies , like mercury and potash ] dry up the sores and drive in the disease , but do not cute permanently. Send for our home treatment book and write us if in need of medical advice or special information. This will cost you nothing. TKS SWIFT SPEC1FZ3 GO. , ATUXSTA. Gfl * my share , but these ticket sellers make mo tired. Have they a right to bore people ? I notice that at Moundsvillc , Pa. , an ordinance has been passed prohibiting sending out children to sell chances. Isn't the Idea a good ono ? " There Is enough talk about people who have been married once ; but the neighbors never get through talking about people who have been married twice. "I love hlm'\sald an Atchlson bride of her husband,1/because of his mas terful ways. " And the old women In terested In the case are speculating how long it will bo till "masterful" Is called "bossy , " and love begins to totter. An Atchlson sick man has made the rounds of all the doctors , and ob serves that all the doctors refer to Ah Harvey , of Shannon , as an evi dence of their skill. Ab Harvey is a sick man right now , If there Ivor was one. When a child goes to bed with Us hair done up on curl papers , It means that so far as comfort Is concerned , the child might as well rest with Its hood on a pile of rocks. An Atchleon reformer has decided that the prac tice Is worthy of reform , and has taken the matter up. It Is related that an Atchlson man whoso program seldom varies recent ly started out to go through the whole day without looking at a clock. It was found by a friend who served as a time keeper , that he was five min utes earlier to breakfast than usual ; that ho quit work ono mlnuto ahead of time , and worked five minutes too late at night. Otherwise , ho moved as the night of time. The result Il lustrates what a piece of machinery ono may become by staying in a rut. Every once In a while a party Is given to Introduce a daughter into society. The mother is , of course , already In , but why not also Introduce father ? There are parties at a man's house ; the guests partake of his hos pitality , but never see him. Bring out the old man ! As the ono who settles the bills , he cannot fall to ; J , bo lnterestiug. ' No wonder Americans talk so much about liberty. That is what they want and don't got. In public af fairs , no American dares to freely express - press his opinions. And it is the same thing In social matters ; he's afraid of every member of his family , and half his neighbors. Americans have loss liberty than the Turks , ex cept that they are free to talk about Speak a kind word of n man , mid as a rule , it has , no other effect than up opposition. This Is the season of the year when the little thin man who has to be Santa Glaus to'.a big fat wife and a family of girls , nqeds your prayers" .