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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1904)
TIIK NORFOLK NtiWS : I'MUim. ' MMNI , lo. 11)04 ) THE NORFOLK NEWS \V. > . Ill MO , rulilMirr. " IMIl.t. I P. < | | . | | | , ( > . | 1SS7 1 Kvery tiny except Suiulny. lly rnr- rli . . ' . i > ui- .u .MII inih poatontfo ilolhery , jier your. JC 00 , lly nmll on niml nuuoa mill niili > lili ) ol Norfolk , | u > r JIMII- , | SOO \VIKKI\ : The New * . li > tnlitl hi tl. 1SSI Tim Jniiliint. 1Sln1 > ll 1utd. 1877. Kvery Friday. Hy mull per year. Jl.SO. ICnlorcil t thu iioxtniitro Hi Norfolk. Noli. , us wcpomt olnmi innttnr. Telephone * : Killlnrlnl Doimrtmmit , No. S3. Ihinlni'fM Ollli-u Hint .loll ItouillR. N'o. .1 ! ! . _ Don't IOHO Bight of thu fact tliul next week comes Arbor tiny. If Hits docwn't nmUo you think of Arbor ilny ami trco planting , It should. Typewriters litivo boon known to ImlU when H comei to roconlliu ; such ittunoa ns I'ptropavlovsh. Nebnwkn will Imvo spring when atlior localities nro exporlnoolng win- in Stand up for Nebraska. It come * direct from hemliinartor * that the weather mnn In busy pro- otno nf his best for Nebraska. The hull Benson has opened In Now Vork nnd It will not tnko long Tor the oiUliunlnsm to spread ever Uio face of Uio entire country. The theatre will soon be compelled to give up Its place in the Interest of Uio amusement loving people In favor of base bull and other out door sports. Those who will got the host ndvant ngo from Norfolk's certain develop ment are those now owning property here or who acquire some at Iholr onrllest convenience. The republican state convention now only a Hlllo moro than a month In the future and those wanting of ( tco are stirring up the enthusiasm that will make It worth attending. Admiral Maknroff was dllllcult enough , but when It conies to substl luting Tlojostveiisky , people who llko to pronounce names that they Vend about will need to take a now hitch In tliolr vocabulary. Every Indication Is that March has boon encroaching on April's time and the sooner tlioro Is u cliango to what Is right , the earlier will the people quit wishing that they had the run ning of the weather. Inmilsltlvo people are beginning to wonder If It costs any more to send such names as Krasnallnskl , Uojest- vonsky , and I'otropnvlovsk ever the cnblo than it would to send plain Smith or Jones or Drown. There Is still a prospect that the Hosobud bill will pass and receive the approval of the president. The opening of the reservation moans much to this section of the country nnd such action would bo highly grati fying to the iieoplo here. Mr. Hrynn has made numerous nils- takes , but his greatest will bo record ed in democratic history as that of attempting to give his inantlo ever to the Hearst shoulders. The demo cratic party might have stood It but the people of the country , never. These who arc forecasting the harvest of the world , and the United States in particular , are inking chances of missing It that would frighten the average woatbor prog- nostlcator who Is accustomed to looking for things at long range The people of Hussia should rise tip enmasso nnd demand that the mines bo removed from the harbor at I'ort Arthur and give the Japanese free entrance. Certainly such a pro- coodlng could not prove more dis astrous than the present arrangement. Iowa republicans generally are not attracted by the CummJns idea of tariff reform and propose to go to the national convention , prepared to show that they are in no wise in favor of furling the Hag of protection to American industries nnd American ' labor. Almost any variety of tree known In the north temperate zone , east or west , will grow in Nebraska if It Is planted and given a reasonable amount of care. Therefore there should bo no excuse for not planting a tree or many trees of good variety this spring. The mall carrier who decided that It was an easier Job to destroy letters than to deliver them will have tlmo behind the bars , perhaps , to meditate over the proposition. If ho finds that ho had a winning plan , it will bo QUO of the first times that a shirker of duty over did accomplish anything. Perhaps , after all , none will be come so despondent as to attempt Golf-destruction because Mr. .Bryan > ii iar < .1 ti , u ! > \\niiM no luiu'r UBS natliiniil political IHHIII'M except the column * of hlH purannitl II-KIUI The American people have \\lihxliioil greater nhooks and mir vmnl. If Mr. Iloni-Ml should micceod In tending his Inllnonco In Uio pro- con vention contest to Parker for a cabinet position the brunt of the Joke will fall on UIOHO who hnvo boon led Into undornliiK the Now York editor for the progldoncy. They should HiBlRt on having something to ny about the doul hoforo It Is finally eon- mutinied. If you Imvo nothing else In sight for Uio suminor , what la the mat lei with leasing it few neres of ground signing up a contract , and planting Kiigar hoots. These who have trlud Imvw made good money In the p.mt and thin Industry moniiH moro to Nor fnlk than doon the raining of any other crop , because It IH here con vorlod Into the flnlshod product , at which many men find employment. The Christian Science Sentinel has considered It necessary to HOIII ! out a nuirkod copy denying that Rev. Mary Baker ISddy Is a doHcendont of Illght Hon. Sir John MeNolll , ( I. C. H , of Edinburgh. Scot hind. Really the statement or the denial IH not of the greatest Importance. The world would think It was alive nnd moving Just the name whether Mrs. 13ddy had n noble ancestor or not. Things nro becoming rather serious when the pupils of the schools In MlHHOiirl conHlder It necessary to mix themselves In a race war , the whlto students , boys nnd glrlH , organ f/.lng nnd picketing , to keep the color ed pupils from entering the school house. They nro evidently learning something from the adult southern population , that will not tend to help matters In regard lo rnco with com Ing generations. The sinking of that Russian vessel with Admiral Maknroff and 700 sail orn aboard wna one of the most tor- rlblo of recent war calamities , nnd the czar's government nnd the Rns slnii people generally hnvo the sincere sympathy of Americans. It Is possible that oven that Japanese might hnvo wished that they conh' Imvo gotten the vessel to the button of the noa without inking all that mass of humanity down with It. Pittsburg Is to hnvo relief from the miffucntlng showers of ore dust thn Imvo boon stirred up by the founding nnd manufacturing Industries there Biich being the decision of the supreme court. The time may not bo far dls taut when llfo and health and comfor will bo considered of greater importance anco anywhere than any old blast furnaces or manufacturing Industries. They will have to learn to do things without Interfering with the natural functions of the public. Renders of other papers will learn of the drowning of Admiral Mnkaroff and the sinking of the battleship 1'otropavlovsk with 700 Russians aboard today , readers of The News had the story In detail yesterday. This Is but a sample ofhat The News Is doing for the Intelligent readers of Norfolk and North Nebraska every day. It Is a service that is unexcelled In this section and with tin example of this kind before thorn It is not surprising that people who llko to bo up lo the times Insist on adding their names to the mailing list In this of fice. That the people of North Nebraska are wldo awake and appreciate * a good thing In the newspaper line Is evidenced by the rate The News Is receiving subscriptions. There are a progressive class of readers In this section of the state who can see no object in waiting until tomorrow for the news of the world's happenings when they nro available loday at a reasonable rate. There Is some satis faction in ondoavor'ng ' to please a people who Imvo a proper conception of enterprise. Yon Nebraska people who have thought that the blizzard of the other day in this state was the extreme limit , nro invited to direct your gaze to western Minnesota nnd North Da kota , where two and a half foot of snow foil and was piled into great drifts by the terrific wind that ac companied the storm and where the temperature foil to a point near zero. Minnesota nnd North Dakota will bo digging out for the next two weeks In order to resume communication with the world , while the result of Nebraska's storm 1ms entirely dis appeared. When Nebraska draws something bad out of the weather man's pack it can always bo depended upon that other sections fared worse. Hon. Frank 'Nelson ' of Nlobrara is a leader for the honor of represent ing the Third congressional dls- triii < IH oni' of the dolegutvH to the national rr | > ul > llcnn convention , and his friends have no doubt that ho will ho chimcn for that honorary position when the convention nMomhlcM lit Coluinhim on May 27. AM chairman of the county central committee of KIIOV county , Mr. Nolnon has perform ed valuable Horvlco for his parly , and his county In prepared to lunlnt on hl recognition by the Third district con vention. Tlioro IH a brief rocoHH Just now bo- twooit the tlmo of holding municipal oloelloiiH and that for the convening of Hluto and district conventions that will open the HeiiHon for the election this fall. It IH the right tlmo to look over the Hold nnd take a llnu Htand for holler politics anil moro upright olllclals. The pcoplo can govern If they will IIHHOII themselves by taking an Interest In Uio prollinlnarle.s early nnd maintaining their enthusiasm until the last convention Is hold. The situation Is In their hands , but they must assert thomosolvos early and constantly. A. ( InltiHha of Rod Cloud has many friends In the northern part of the Btate who are interested in his candid acy for the position of secrotnry of Htuto and nro convinced that the re publican party could not do bottei than to place his name before the pee pic. Ho Is an enthusiastic republican an honest gentleman , popular will tliuso who have had Uio pleasure of hla acquaintance and thorough ! } qualified to perform the duties of that olllco. It Is certain that if the re publican ticket Is composed of as good material as Mr. Caluslia It wll go through with a snap and vigor thu will win. From this tlmo forward north No * braska will bo devoting Its host oner ; los to producing nnd arranging one > f the beauteous countries that lay out of doors. Other sections of Hit world may have pretty scenery , hu there are few localities that can bet tor arrange- pleasing combination of worth and beauty than north Ne braska during the Hprlng add suminor season. It will bo worth the tlmo and money of anyone to take a trip out and look ever the valleys of the Ulkhorn and the Norlhfork at any time after about the first of May , when na ture has clothed the sccno with gen erous verdure. Aroused by the mention of his * u'amo In connection with political position , ox Supreme Judge J. J. Snl- llvan of Columbus has been led to declare his attitude In the mater of politics In the following expressive and emphatic language ; "Ono might suppose from recent newspaper refer ences to mo Unit 1 am a standing pos tulant for public favor. The truth Is I hnvo had ciunigh. My political am- blllon has been saicd. 1 am not a candidate , active or receptive , ram pant or coitchant , for any public of- flee , place or position in the gift of the democratic party. The party has boon mighty good lo mo and 1 am entirely content henceforth to servo In the ranks. " These of his admirers who have been slating him to some day load his party to victory will , therefore , hereinafter count him out when It comes to political considera tion. It Is dilllcult for republicans to make any decisive pro convention at tacks on the democratIc policy as it Is a wide guess on what that policy will bo. Judge Parker refuses to give up his opinions on national poli tics and Mr. llryan has suddenly do- lormlnod to close up tighter than a clam on national Issues. It Is use less to look to the democratic record In congress for an indication of how the wind is blowing nnd the history of the party fails to disclose any re liable Indication , because with the free trade , free silver , anti-imperial ism , anti-militarism , anti-e.xpansion and other paramount issues of Uio past hopelessly confused there Is no chance of picking on the right one , for they may all bo cast aside and something entirely now thrust on the attention of the public. History docs disclose the fact that democratic policies and administrations have never proven of advantage to the people ple of the country , while republican rule has boon bonellclal , which will answer until such time as the demo crats may bo able to arrange a pro gram for the coming campaign. Arbor day is not very far distant- less than two weeks and It is prob able that people who should plant trees this spring and have spaces that would bo materially Improved thereby have not given the matter a moment's consideration. It is an Im provement that is greatly needed in this section of the state and not a spring should bo permitted to pass without the placing of thousands of trees where they would do the most good to the country. Especially Is this true of fruit trees. This country di-u l | , n along the fruit line and II It iii > \ \ InekH In the trc-os , to bo- emu of value an a producer of the mrdlur varieties of frnllH. The rchardH and treed that Imvo been limited have been doing magnificent orvlcu and Iholr iiumberH should bo ncronHod. In the way of shade and trnamental trees hardwood should bo avored. Nebraska IH passing the cot- onwooil and boxoldor stage and these recB should bo mipcrcodod by those hat will develop beauty and value at ho Hiimo tlmo. Every property owner Hhould Iliul a little to do In the trco limiting line each spring and Homo of them should do considerably more him others. Some farmers and land owners mvo not boon able to tlgnro that the growing of trees Is a money-making proposition considered au a crop alone without counting on their value In the conservation of moistureand in adding fertility to the still and bene fiting the lands In their near vicinity. Because they may not be getting ix turns each year from their trees they have considered the land devoted to groves and orchards nnd shade trees as little better than wasted. That the tree crop Is a paying crop Is proven , however. A circular Issued from the bureau of forestry of the United States department of agricul ture says on this subject : "Prof. Chns. K. Bosscy of the University of Nebraska , maintains that even foi fuel the growth of cottouwood Itmbei Is a vary remunerative business , since the cottonwood is capable of produc ing moro heat units per acre pel annum than any other tree adapted to the middle west. The cottonwool makes good lumber for dlmonsloi stuff , nnd will attain a slzo largo enough for sawlogs In twenty years The hardy catnlpa on rich soil wll produce moro fence posts per acre In a shorter lime than any othoi species. Some eatalpa plantations li Kansas have paid G per cent com pound Interest on the land and labo invested , nnd ? 10 an acre per annum not profit , for a period of twenty years. This Is a much greater in come than the average return from agriculture. ' The democrats have boon starting In with exaggerated statements early in Uio campaign , and they are being hoomoranged back about ns soon no they land. One of these statements is to the effect that the naval steam yacht Mayflower has been appropri ated to the use of the president at a great cost to the people. Representa tive Foss has looked up the May flower's record and finds that It is subject to the orders of the ward de partment nnd that It has been used by Hie president , as ho has a perfect right to do. But for being n private presidential pleasure yacht at govern ment expense , there Is nothing to the clinrgo. During the past twenty-two months the Mayflower has cruised 22.000 miles. The president has spent aboard her at various times a total of something loss than forty hours and has traveled ninety-four miles. He was detained on board by storm dur ing one night and all of these forty hours , except on one occasion were in the performance of the president's olllclal duty. It is a pretty small country and a small people \\lio will object to devoting a boat to Its chief olllccr for the time the Mayflower was used by the president , but then the democrats must maintain a ropu tatlon for fault finding. It was thirty-nino years ago today that the hand of an assassin laid low America's most famous war president , Abraham Lincoln , nnd there will be few persons , old enough to remember the tragedy , to whom the anniversary will not appeal with strong effect oven at this remote time since Lincoln was laid low. Following so closely after the exciting events of the civil war , tills tragedy will go down In his tory as ono of the most touching since civilization began. No ruler ever had as strong love from the people of ono sect Ion of his country or as bitter hate from the people of another sec tion , nnd none wore taken in the cli max of a wonderful career as was Lincoln. Looked at now , it is pos sible that Mr. Lincoln surrendered his life for the bettor interest of n country alarmingly divided. The i < sassinatlon was an action that was not approved by broad-minded , fair- dealing southerners , and the hat red of the south by the north was the beginning of the healing of the wquml between the two sections , which perhaps might not have boon ns easy or certain of accomplishment if President Lincoln had continued to occupy the executive chair of the nation. It was a collossal crime , but only a lightheaded actor was respon sible. Today it is llttlo moro than an anniversary. The present genera tion realizes llttlo of the Intense feel ing at that period and in tlmo it maybe bo forgotten that Mr. Lincoln was killed , and only ho remembered that ho lived. YANKTON , NORFOLK AND SOUTH ERN IS REVIVED. WILL GO SOUTH TO KANSAS CITY Already the Privilege to Build a Bridge Over the Missouri River for the Accommodation of This Line , Has Been Granted by Congress. The Sioux City Journal says : Again , and for about the "umptl- eth" tlmo. the Yankton. Norfolk nnd Southwestern railroad scheme Is bo ng revived. Alfred E. Case , of Chicago cage , an attorney for ono sot of the londholdcrs , who has Just driven iver the old right of way , arrived in Slonx City yesterday from Yankton. Mr. Case was pleased with the country of eastern Nebraska. Ho be loved the territory to ho ono of the richest In the great agricultural do main of the middle west. That the proposed line would be built over the old survey through Norfolk nnd on to Omaha he had no doubt , and he even expressed the opinion that the road would bo extended from Omaha t i Kansas City. When an Inquiry was made of Mr Case as to whether ho had been asked to take any of the securities of the construction company , ho said : "Yes , the matter has been men tioned to mo , nnd I simply came our to look It ovor. The promoters talk of making two separate corporations to control the bridge at Yankton ami the railroad itself , but my advice would bo to have but one concern to control It nil , to avoid friction anil avoid ono company taking any ad vantage of the other. If the bridge and the railroad ventures were merged the company would then bo In a position to lease Its bridge am tracks to other roads or make a sorl of belt line out of It. It is already pretty generally known that the per mlt lo construct the bridge over the Missouri at Yankton was sccuroi from the present session of congress 1 would not be surprised to see ac live stops taken there real soon , al though I understand no organization has as yet been effected. " AT THE AUDITORIUM THEATER If'rntn Wi .Inrsd.iv's Dnllv 1 John Griffith in "Macbeth. " When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town in Norfolk , unless he is represented sented by a startling or cxtraordlnnr > attraction , you will find a poor house nt the Auditorium. It was a slln crowd that greeted Mr. John Grlilltl In "Micbeth" last night. Mr. Grif flth himself was laboring under the Jiincu'tles ' of a bad cold and fouiu it hard to speak. He betrayed the elements of a clever actor , however and was well received. He had de livered a lecture during the nfternooi sit the High School. This was the first tlmo that Shakespeare's trag edy of Tiurnham woods nnd Duiial nnne has been presented in Norfolk The night-walking scene is alway Impressive \\hen Lady Macbeth at tempts to wash out the "damnec spots" of blood from her hands. I has been suggested by an nrchltec in Norfolk that the reason for the ill ! ficulty In hearing clearly at the Not folk p'dyhoiidO Js caused by the dlf feiontly heated pit and stage and th rush of air from ono to the other wlien the curtain rises , causinir the actors to speak their lines In a cur rent of wind. A singular coincidence is noted in the company last night. The mnn- igc. ' presenting Mr. UrlflUh is John M. H'ekey. ' Hy transposing the "M" and the "H" it reads John H. Mickey Nebraska's governor. TO PREVENT EROSION. Plan to Stop Caving of River Banks Has Government Approval. The dopnrtmont of agriculture , bu reau of forestry , suggests the follow ing scheme proposed by E. Daylos of Linwood , Kansas , to prevent the rivers and streams from eating away the banks and destroying farm lands. The plan may bo of value to farmers and others In this section of the country : "Green willow poles IS to 20 foot' long are secured in the spring , Just after the Ice goes out of the stream. These poles are laid on the ground near the bank 2 foot apart , with their butts all pointing toward the river. Woven fence wire Is then stretched along ever the poles and stapled fast to each ono. Sections of wire about 100 feet long can be handled to best advantage. After the wire has been securely fastened to the poles , they are all pushed over the bank togeth er , so that the butts of the pojes will fall and sink Into the soft mud at the wafer's edge. As the bank caves off some of the falling soil will lodge on j the wiro. partially burying and , weighting down the poles , which will i consequently strike root and grow. J The wire will serve to hold the mass I of willows together until they have become firmly rooted. The ends of' ' the woven wire should bo made fast to wire cables running back ever the bank some distance , nnd fastened to posts sot firmly In the ground. The caving nnd erosion of the hank will soon round off Its top corners , and Uio growing willows at the water's - - * * v- * - edge will catch the soil as It rolls down the declivity , causing a bank to form of Just the right slope to re sist erosion most effectually. " ARRANGE FOR FUTURE SERIES Entertainment Course Closed With Everett Kemp and Another Is Planned for Next Winter. The last entertainment of the uiiloit ecture course , In which the young eople's societies of Hovornl Norfolk hurchcs were Interested , was ono of ho best of the season. Everett \oiup. In Intorprottlvo recitals , la ortalnly an adept In the entertain- mont field and the pcoplo attending were entertained throughout. Mr. Kemp opened the evening with a number of brief sketches In which ho demonstrated four different ways of telling stories , and when ho came to j giving "Sovenouks" In live acts ho hod the Interest of his auditors thor- t oiighly aroused. His delineation of v ho various characters In the plcco- and Interpretation of the parts was lone with exceeding grace and vor- atlllty. So pleased were the patrons of the I course that when It was proposed to arrange for another course of outer- alnment next winter thcro were eady responses and the movement was set on foot for n bettor ami stronger series of entertainment than even next season. MODERN WOODMEN ENTERTAIN Three Hundred People Have a Big Night of It at Nellgh as Guests of Fraternity. Nellgh , Nob. , April 13. Special to rho News : A crowd of 300 people were entertained In Oieslker's hall last night by the Modern Woodman lodge of this city , and ono of the most enjoyable evenings of the winter - tor season was spent by the pcoplo in attendance. A line spread of good things was served , and entertainment was by tho- "Automatic Warblers , " a local orga nization that had their program of. amusement down to a system. Catarrh Cannot be Cured , with local applications , as they can not reach the scat of the disease. Ca - tarrh Is a blood or constitutional dis ease , and in order to cure it yoit must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was pre scribed by ono of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the host tonics known , combined with the best blood purifiers , acting dlreotly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two in gredients Is what produces such won derful results iu curing catarrh. . Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co. , Props. , Toledo , Ohio. Sold by druggists , price 75c. , * * Take Hull's Family Pills for con- ) ' slipation. A Cure for Headache. i Any man , woman or child suffering from headache , biliousness or a dull drowsy feeling should take one or two of DeWltt's Little Eearly Risers night and morning. Tlioso famous little pills are famous because they are a tonic ns well as a pill. While they cleanse the system they strengthen nnd rebuild U by their tonic effect upon the liver and bow- ? lo. Sold by Asa K. Leonard. After this It will be the thing for all veterans of the civil war to draw on Uncle Sam for a pension. The government is beginning to get gen erously appreciative of the services 'endered the union by the old soldiers. " I suffered terribly and was ex tremely \\eak for 12 years. The doctors said my hlo'od was all turning to water. At last I tried | Ayer's Saisaparilla , and was soon j feeling all right again. " j Mrs. J.V. . Fiala , Hadlyme , Ct. No matter how long you have been ill , nor "how ] ' poorly you may be today , ' j Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the best | medicine you can take for purifying and en riching the blood. Don't doubt it , put your whole trust in it , throw away even-thing else. An ib.olute .peclfl. .nd ntl. ept | . r.tlon for .11 kind. 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