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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1904)
Tllti NORFOLK NKWS : I < 'K1IAY , JANI'MtV 22 , 1110-1 , F f That is What the Deputy Labor V ) Commissioner Says. DESIGNATES THE STRUCTURES Dcrt Dush Was In the City and Made a Personal Investigation of the Several - " oral Tall Buildings In This City. Will Return on Thursday. A number of Norfolk buildings must bo equipped with lire escapes. This Is tlio vonllct of Deputy Lulior Com- tnlasionur llort Hush , who arrived In tlio city to Inspect the situation and returned to Omaha. Ilo will comeback back on Thurtidny to bo present at the meeting of the city council , when his ofllcial report to Unit body will bo delivered. As a result of his visit , three story buildings in Norfolk have been ordered to install lire escapes. Among thouo which were named by the deputy are the Cotton block , Mast black , Mar- quardt block and Oxnard hotel. Tlio' order Is Issued In compliance with a state law which went Into ef ft * fect July 1 , 1SU9. It states that all buildings of three stories or more , except - copt those used exclusively as private residences , shall bo equipped with one or more metllllc ladder or stair lire escapes attached to the outside walls and provided with platforms" which shall bo hi proximity to ono or moro windows. Also that hotels , scl'ools ' , manufac turing Institutions , etc , shall liavo ono for every tifty P"oplo and that public halls with a scaling capacity above the llrst lloor shall bo provided with as many escapes as the deputy may designate. ' Mr. Hush visited the Auditorium and declared that it was well provided with exits and that there was no rea son why a panic should ever originate ! there if people would keep their heads. BEN HUB OFFICERS INSTALLED North Nebraska Court Has Initiation , Banquet and Installation All In One Evening. Last night was an event in the his tory of North Nebraska court , No. I ) , Tribe of lien llur. The installation of officers , initiation of two candidates and the serving of a banquet lllled the evening very completely and enjoyably - ably and nearly every member of the order in the city was in attendance. The Hen Hnr is ono of the prosperous fraternal beneficiary orders of the city and its prospects for future de velopment are excellent. Dr. C. A. McKim was the installing olllcer and the following are the names of the officers inducted into the various positions : -Clements , past chief ; E. A. Am- orlno , chief ; Mrs. Dr. Marquardt , jndgo ; S. H. McFarland , scribe ; Miss Lena Mills , keeper of tribute ; Mrs. Mary A. Barrett , teacher ; Mrs. Dr. Long , mother of llur ; ,1. T. Wolfkiel , captain ; .T. A. Nix , guide ; Mrs. L. P. Vail , inside guardian ; Mrs. Maude Green , outsldo guardian ; Mrs. Nellie Mullock , organist ; John Quick , master of ceremonies ; Orvlllo Satterleo , Rab bi Joseph ; Win. Mc'Cune , Den llur. STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION Thirty-Second Annual Meeting to be Held at Lincoln January 26 and 27. W. G. Purcell , secretary of the Ne braska Press association , announces that the thirty-second annual meeting of the association will bo held in Lin coln on January 20 and 27. A good program is promised as well as a novel entertainment by tlio local press committee one evening during the ses sion. The secretary says the indica tions are this will bo the largest at tended meeting in the history of tlio association. Tlio members of the 1m- cbolic press always have a good tlmo when they go to Lincoln as an asso ciation , and there is no reason to doubt that they will have the same experience this year. There has al ways been ono matter of regret to at least ono of the buchollc members in connection witli the Lincoln meetings and that is that the Nebraska State Journal goes to such a heavy personal expense in providing entertainment for the country , newspaper representa tives. The experience in the past has been that Uio State Journal was not satisfied with being a good fellow with the rural scribblers , but it must needs invest a lot of money in feeding thorn at a banquet , buying theater tickets for them and treating them to other r expensive luxuries. This is all wrong , and the writer had more than one warm discussion over the unwarrant ed generosity on the part of that paper when ho was an officer of the associa tion. The newspaper men of Nebraska are fully able to pay their own way when they attend a mooting of tlio State association , and they ought to bo permitted to do so. Little courte sies that may bo extended by tlio town whore the meeting is hold , to make the visit moro pleasant , are of course always appreciated , but hospitality can bo overworked to such an extent that the guest fools ho is a burden upon his host. Kvory man engaged in the business of newspaper making derives a genuine profit from attend ance upon the meetings of the asso ciation , in the now Ideas gained which may bo turned into a money value to him when ho applies thorn to his own business , and they should bo giv en Just the same treatment that Is accorded any other business inon's as sociation , and no moro. by the city where the meeting Is hold. NORFOLK THEIR MARKET STILL International Harvester Company Has Made Arrangements to Ship From Here. Arrangements have boon made with the International Harvester company whereby niakoman & llnlin , hardware dealers , will handle all of the ship ments for Unit company which pass through Norfolk Into the now north west during the coming season. The building which has for u number of years been used by the company , when It was the Piano company hero , will be used still IIB the corporation holds a lease upon It In discussing the matter of cutting out so many employes , the company having taken 10,000 men off its pay rolls ut ono time. W. 11. niakoman , who has boon manager for this terri tory for many years , said to The News : "It was a great cut the countryover and of course It is foil In Norfolk the same as other places. Norfolk , however - over , as it usually does , came to the front with the only man in the slate of Nebraska who was retained by the company for otllco work. This was U. II. Tatman , now in the Lincoln ofllco. Wo liavo completed arraimo- monts whpreby wo will handle all of the stock that is shipped in anil out of tills city during the coming season. " Mr. Hlakeman wns ono of the men who _ was given an excellent opportu > nity by the company to go onward and upward with the company. For many years their head man in thlo whole section of Nebraska , with a quarter of a hundred men under his control during that time , he was , when the merger was completed , offered the management of the olllco at Sioux City with a very large territory and an with a very largo territory and with an eminently satisfactory salary at tached. There were twenty-four men under Mr. lllakoman's charge in Nor folk and twenty-two of them were dis missed from the service. The two who remained were Mr. Tatman and Mr. Coleman , the traveling represen tative out of Norfolk. Preforlng Norfolk as a homo , how ever , to Sioux City , Mr. niakoman , who has been here for ton years , de cided to remain in the Sugar City and therefore located in a business way ORDER OF THE SONS OF HERMANN Grand Trustees Met in This City Yes terday and Checked up Books of Officers. The trustees of the grand lodge of Nebraska , Sons of Hermann , checked up the books of tlio secretary and treasurer in this city yesterday , and found the order in a flourishing con dition. The officers are getting ready to make their annual reports to the grand lodge which moots in Fremont next week , commencing on Tuesday , January 2fi. The trustees are Chas. Rhode of Columbus , Aug. Qoettchor of Columbus and Aug. nrummund of Norfolk. The officers whoso books were audited are .1. II. Lehman of nioomfleld , secretary , who is also publisher of the Germania , a local newspaper , and the Hcrmannssohn , the ofllcial organ of the order in this state ; and Ernest Mclcher of Wisner , treasurer. Tito meeting was held in this city because of its central loca tion , making it convenient for all the officers to get hero and return to their homes with little loss of time. A most healthy condition of affairs was found upon examination of the books of the ordor. There are thrity- seven lodges in Nebraska with a mem bership of 1,515. The order has in the reserve fund $12,100 in the general fund $1,529.03 and in the benefit fund $ l-12S.l 1. The Sons of Hermann have boon working In this state as a separate jurisdiction slnco 1S9S. Previous to that time the lodges hero belonged to the national lodge. Gormanla lodge No.v 1 , was organized in Norfolk in ISflG , and was the first lodge of the order Instituted in Nebraska. This lodge started with a membership of 23 and now has 107 names on its books. The order is a fraternal beneficiary society and pays death benefits. Dur ing the past two years the grand lodge has paid eleven death losses. FIRST FEDERAL OVERCOATS. Carriers are Clothed In Grey Gar ments for the First Season. Norfolk mail carriers are this sea son wearing their first regulation grey overcoats as provided by the laws of the United States. This is the first winter that they liavo been delivering packages and letters to the people of the city and consequently It is the llrst time they have had an op portunity to don tholr heavier cover ings for the frigid season. Already the carriers have worn out several garments of the ordinary reg ulation clothing , though. In the sum- mortlmo they wear the grey govern ment shirtwaists and in the winter time they wear the heavy coats and vests. The big bags which are filled with mail and hang by a strap across tholr shoulders , rub against tholr trousers go constantly and persistent ly that tills particular feature of their wardrobe has to he replenished fro quontly. Finish Switchboard They Think by First of Month. INJURED MAN IS RECOVERING The Linemen Who Work Out of Doors Through Blizzards and All , Have Electric Lights In Their Tiny Can vas Shops Tap the Wires Below. The foreman of the Western Kloo- trio workmen who are In Norfolk to Install the new switchboard of the Nebraska Telephone company , thinks that ho will have ( bo board In posi tion and ready for use by the llrst of February unless something unforsccn occurs to present the carrying out of proHolit plans , The board Is now lined up In the now exchange oflk'i' mi tinaocond lloor of tlio Mi-Clary block , corner Third street and Norfolk avi- nun , and within a few moro days ether materials which are now dally ex pected to arrive , will bo received Just now the gang IH held up for the gonorntor and a portion of the ma terial that will bo used for the chief's desk , The now board alone costs $1 < > , - 000. Linemen for the company are work ing out on the wires those cold < la\H and some of thcso cold nights as well. They hnddlo up In tholr little cam as slmnlleu and manipulate ) the cables just as deftly as though they were working Inside the warmest , coziest shop that Is. The reason for the night work with the mon is that when they get a cable once opened'they must finish the work with It and clo o it up bolorc they quit. To keep the wind art ! snow out of their faces and to prevent tholr flngern from becoming | totally numb , the llncmon strap up these canvas cages Into little hollow cubes that accm to hang in the ntmn-- phore. And within they are but tor ! equipped with modern conveniences than a largo number of recently built houses. Thoy'don't use kerosene oil at night to glvo them light thoj merely tap an electric light wire be low them , fasten In a globe and turn on the current. The diminutive rooms are heated by moans of the soldering furnaces which keep things plenty warm. C. R. Crumb , the lineman who foil from the top of a twenty-llve-foot polo and splintered his elbow , and who has been in the hospital ever slnco , is recovering gradually and will bo able to be about again after a tlmo. There Was No Explosion. II. Slater of Ashland , Nob. , gave a rather remarkable exhibition at niakeman & llahn's hardware store he other evening. Ho poured a small lortion of a chemical compound Into a five gallon can of gasoline which ho ct upon the stove and heated to a miling point. Then bo applied a iglitud match to the mouth of the can , but the explosion which might > o expected did not follow. Instead , here was a small blue flame which lid not burn with any great degree of ferocity or 'apparent danger. The exhibition was given as an advertise- nent of the chemical , which he calls he Non-lOxplosive Compound. Mr. Slater is a druggist of Ashland and 10 compounds the chemical for which 10 claims so much , and which appar ently renders gasoline and korosino ion-explosive. B , MEYER BOUND TO GRAND JURY Former Norfolk Junk Dealer Charged With a Serious Breach of the Law at Sioux City. 15. Meyer , who formerly owned a general merchandise store in Norfolk ind did a junk business in old iron , brass and rubber on the side , appears , o be In a peck of trouble in Sioux City , where ho went from bore , for ils too strenuous methods of collect- ng allowed accounts. In leaving Nor folk Meyer left behind a number of creditors who would bo gratified if ho would use the same vigor in llquidat- ng his just accounts. During his res idence bore Meyer was up in police and Justice courts several times on various counts , but it is evident that lie has gone further and may faro worse In Sioux City. A Sioux City impcr of last evening gives the follow ing account of his trouble : "At the conclusion of the case , con tested a part of yesterday and a part of today , Jndgo Page hold Henry , Harry , Sam and Louis Shulkln and TJ. Meyer to the grand jury In bonds of $750 each on the charge of robbing Morris Posnik. The defendants are well known junk dealers with headquarters on Wai ! street. One of the brothers has some local fame as a professional wrestler Posnik , whoso scarred face tolls eloquently quently of the struggle with the hoys Is a peddler and according to his owi admission on the witness stand , some thing of a sport. The court room was crowded today as yesterday , witli friends from ovorj quarter of tlio city. The decision o the court was received In sllenco am It is not known whether the sympa thlos of tholr countrymen were witl Posnik or the defendants. Honds were secured and the Shnlklns released Tholr case will como before the gram Jury In March. Posnlk's story was that ho was lurot to the Slmlkln residence , Fifth am Stonbon streets , by Henry Shnlkii and there set upon by the live defend inc ULUE.OI ERICA Tells How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Pe-ru-na. Mr. Brock's Age is JM Years. r/ / j WsK - W < & \ - ' fe ; s " Wfa ' 1 - . \ i mi' , ' - f / / , r * K * > /i't//\ ' - . ' ' ' \ , s- .At' , 'i//f\- / < * t-vSWr \ lff.Vr.1 . - .1 - , < m. TW vc iiRorr , n < m iv imNro-.me . co. , N. c. . , a'Ancn 3,17 ( ; . lils ago As' ll-t years , vouched far by authentic record. HCSRVS : " / attribute my extreme old ngc to tins lisa of Pc-ru-nn. " Horn before the United States was forniei ! . Sun * 22 Presidents elected. Pe-ru-nu tins protected him from all sudden changes. Veteran of four wars. Shod a horse when 'J9 years old. Always conquered the grip with Pc-ru-nn. Witness In a land suit at the age of 110 yearn. ticllevctt Pe-ru-nn the greatest remedy of the aj for cntarrhul diseases. TBAAO 15KOCK , a clll7on nf MoLon- , L nan countyTexas , has lived fur 51' cars. 1'or many yearn ho resided at iosquo Palls , ulglituoii mlloH wont of Viico , but now lives with lii nvv ut Vulloy Mills , Toxus. ants , thrown to the lloor and his pock- tbook wrealod from him and $20 ox- racted to apply on a debt of $3fi which ) no ff the Shnlklns had guaranleod. Posnik had paid about ? 8 on a debt > f $45 the Shnlklns claimed. The do- undanls testified a fight took place ) otwoen Ixjuls Shulkln and Posnik luring a dispute over money ; that Shulkin had scratched Posnik's face uriug the row and that finally Posnik had gone awny and had them arrested. They denied they had robbed him. TWENTY DOLLARS FOR AN APPLE Experience of Geo. S. Sterling , Agent for Tim Murphy , Who Tried to Adjust Tilings In lov/aTown. C.eo. S. Sterling , agent for Tim Murphy , who was in the city Saturday Rht , tells n fairly good story on him self. It appears that theatrical con tracts are made a year and sometimes wo years in advance. In line with this , a contract was made some eigh teen monUis ago by Mr. Murphy's management for ono performance at the best opiffci house in Mason City , owa. On " ' . . ' "S ' " Mason City a * few days agoMr. Murphy's agent found that In the Interim a now and ip-to-dato theater had been built , which was doing all the business , while the old house was virtually down and out. The agent used every effort to cancel the date at the old house and move the attraction into the now one , without success , however - over , as the managers of both the now and old houses were at loggerheads , and an amicable arrangement could not bo made under any circumstances. The manager of the old house de manded five per cent of the gross re ceipts If ho permitted the company to play in tlio now theater. The man ager of the new theater declared em phatically that ho would burn his house down before ho would permit the other management to realize a penny through him ; consequently Mr. Mur phy's agent wns up against a hard proposition. Negotiations , however , reached a stage along late at night , whereby on the payment of twenty dollars , cash , the manager of the old theater agreed to release Mr. Murphy from his contract and leave his com pany free to play in tlio now house. Accepting tlio .Inevitable , Mr. Mur phy's agent waded through snow banks for several blocks to the resi dence of the manager of the old opera house and tendered him a twenty dollar lar bill in payment for the rolcaso from the contract. The money was accepted and as the two gentlemen were shaking hands ever the final settlement , the Mason City gentle man remarked : "Now , before you go 1 want to glvo yon ono of our native a nice , largo , round , red one. " A short tlmo pn , by refpiosf , Uncle IHIIIIO cimiu to Waco and nut fur bin pl i- luro. In hln bund ho held a Htick cut , from the grave of General Andruw JuckHon , which him boon carried by him ever Rlnoo. M r. Itroek In a dignified old Kcnllenmn , showing few nl im of do- crcpllndo. llln family IHblo In still pro- nerved , and II shown Unit ( ho ditto of his birth wsiH written 111 j earn ago. .Surely a few wordii from thin runmrka- bio old gonllenmn , who him had 111 yenrHof experience to draw fromwonld bo inlcroHtlng as well as proflluhlo. A lengthy biographical sketch in given of Ibis romurhablo old man in the Waco TlmoH-IIcralil , December , J8S. ! ) A still moro prulo.nlIons biography of this , tbu oldonl living man , illiiHtrated with u donblo column portrait , wan Kivon the renders of the Dalian .Morning News , dated Pecombur II , IHils , and nldo the Chicago-Times Herald ot name dato. flo walked into another room and rani'1 back with an apple In his hand. Murphy's agon I acooptod thu gift , re marking : "It is round , Is rod and evidently ripe , but nt $20 probably the highest priced apple over known in to.va. " A LITTLE SNOW FALLING TODAY The Weather Man Gays , Too , That Moro May bo Expected Before Thursday Morning. Snow bognn falling in Norfolk short ly before noon this morning and has continued in a blustering way ever slnro. The cold wave predicted by the weather man came during the night and the thermometer dropped twenty- ono degrees , lowering from the 27 point of yestorjlay to the C point to day. The wentlu/r report this moi n- Ing from Chicago shown prospects for a heavier snow tonight and tomorrow so that the gray , misty effect which threatens northern Nebraska in sort of a ullxznrdy way may yet dovelup into something of Importance. Wheth er or not there will bo any sleigh rldos the forecast docs not say. There generally Is , though , a bit of sliding when the whiteness piles up on these western roads. The sides look dark and pessimistic as though they mount to do all the meanness possible be fore asuming a sunny face again , and their start was the dropping , here and there , of a little snow dust along the cracks in the sidewalks and the shingles glos of the house tops and the ruts in tlio streets just as though someone ono had gone over the ground and sprinkled flour. BARS SHOW LENGTH OF SERVICE Northwestern Conductors Now Carry ' Their Records on Their Sleeves that All May Read. Conductors of thu Northwestern have taken to wearing atripos' bars on their coat sleeves to indicate the number of years they have been in the service of the company. Kadi stripe Indicates a service of llvo years , and the man who has moro than three or four of them on his sleeve may be considered old In the service , and thu veterans' do not wear more of them than can easily bc < counted. Wedding invitations and announce ments , engraved or printed , at The ofllco , THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS , Mother ( irH.v'8 Stttkit Powdt'm for Children , suc- c < utility iiM'tl liy Mutlior Otny , for ) H nurw in die Clilliln it' * Home In Now Y uk , Curt 1'tur l > - iie - . llml SluiUHi h , TvoUlltiK l > l < m1 < T , n. u ami IbnteU mill iliwlrnjr WotHif. 11m ur < i ilit i toftmlhannU > i > i'niiit'k. ( li 1 > 1- ) . u\erin.nout < H-UmonlAl orriiM * The i r rit' , sold t > .ill ilrutiKUtN Wo. / > i fi'-'ii' ' . * nm- 1 Hi:1' : . A < ldrt 8 Allen M. Olmttvd , t."liijN } , ThlHcontonnrliui In an ardent frlond ot Pornnii , Imvlng uxrd It many ytmni. In HponMiiK of hlM good health and oxlromo old ngo , Mr. I ! rock Hiiyn : "A flora man him lived In the world IIH long an I Imvo , hn ought to have found out u grout many things by ox- poilnnro. I Ihllik 1 hnyoilolli ) no. ( . " Ono of the thliiKS I liavo fotnttl nut to my entire satisfaction in the /iro/itr thing for fitlmcnts that nru duo directly to tlio effects of tlio i liituilc.'or ll-t years I litivo \vltlistotHlttto \ cliMii'.cublQ cllmnto of tlio United Stctes. "I linvoiilwnyM lu > i > n uvory healthy man , lint of OIIIM-HO Milijpot to the little iifToHliiiiii whlrli nro duo to unddou ohnngoH In Ihoclliuiiloiinil.lumpnralnro. During my IOIIK lifo 1 hnvo known a grout ninny n-nn-dli-H for conglm , colds and dliirrhioa. " /Is fcr Dr. liar ( twin's remedy Pcrun.-i , I luive found it to ho tlio beat , if nnt ( lie only , reliable rem edy for these nftcctlons. It tins been my standby for many yours , and I attribute my good lienlth and extreme old eitfo to tills rein" ot/y. "It exactly moots all my require ments. It ] > rolooln mo from the ovll I'lToi-lMotHiiddon ehiingi'Hj It hoops mo In good appi'lllo ; it Divert mo Htronglh ; It hoepn my blond In pun ! circulation. 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