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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1904)
THE NORFOLK NEWS \V , N. lU'SK. IMiltlUltrr. IKMnl'Mnlio.1 1SS7 1 Kvcry ilny rx.-opt Humlny Uy cnr- rlor | r wcoli ISTutu " > : , 'irfliVi poHtoitlro dcllvory. j-cr year. JC oo. liy tnnll on runil ronirs nnil oumitlo of Norfolk. IKT yp r. P.OO. WIIKI.Y : MJ\VS..MMMIXAI , . The Now * . Kutttblintiml. 1 1- . . . . . Tlio .lout-mil. Pxlulillalictl. 1S < 7. Kvory 1'rlilny. liy nmll i > or your , $ t.GO. lOntprcit at tin' i > nitciilli'o ) ( it Norfolk , Neb. , IIH second plansjnnttiir. T lpphoiio : IMItnrlul Motmrlineiit. No. 12. llusluoKH Olllco ami Job llooias , No. 332 , It IN sal.l . that oven Kentucky and Texas are ashamed to own thai Colorado rado Is a sister American stale. Indiana Is now trying for n place In the Kentucky Texas Colorado Glass , and stands a good clmnco of succeeding. The democrats of Illinois tried hard for harmony , but were not more suc cessful thnn were the republicans who preceded them at Springfield. Next Tuesday the republicans will got together In Chicago to ratify the choice of the people and place Tboo- tloro Tloosevelt In nomination for the ofllco ho nt present occupies. There Is a cute ago In childhood mid \Vorld-lIoraId Is of the opin ion that there Is a cute ago In states nnd tlmt Nebraska In her fiftieth yonr has Just attained that ago. Springfield must certainly bo n hoodoo town , and It should bo a long tlmo before ny political conven lion In search of harmony makes the mlataUo of calling Its convention fo that placo. 'Pho Slon.v City Journal considers It n sign that Jen'orsonlon simplic ity can slip n cog when n man named Smith who spells his name with a "y" can bo elected to represent the Nebraska democrats nt St. Louis. The rending public Is somewhat anxious to hear from the far east thai there Is something real doing , and meantime must innnago to bo Biitlaflod with the news from New York regarding the Platt blackmail case and the Young murder trial. It la probable that the Donnlson case will resolve Itself Into a contest - test between the power behind the throne and the thmiio Itself. If the man who Is reputed to have helped iiiuko the olllclals In Nebraska and Iowa has any Inlluenco with such otllclals , neunlson proposes to find It out at an early date. Japan Is evidently getting ( Irod of the job of starving the Russians out of Port Arthur with the Choo Fee merchants shoving eatables Into the boslogod fortress faster than the thirty thousand soldiers can eat them , and It Is now proposed to stop the Chinese marchants from sneak ing things In through the door that lb > supposed to be closed. If Ikinostool and the other towns near the Kosobnd reservation ox- porlonco only a frctlon of the growth that followed the oponlng of the In dian reservations In Oklahoma to settlement there will bo some good towns In that section of the country , but they will not bo able to shako Norfolk , for as the Junction town between - twoon the west nnd the north It Is curtain to bo a city of largo proper tions. A Sioux City man who has boon at the reservation soon to be opened to the public : "Tho Rosebud lands are the highest priced and best lands ever thrown open to settlement. " This appears to be the general opin ion of all who have soon the reserva tion. . They are well watered , black loam , nnd the grasses that they pro duce are luxuriant , while that which lias been cultivated produces abund antly. Norfolk should Interest at least five thousand of those tlfty thousand people who will attend the Hosobud oponlng. Norfolk Is the best propo sition outside of a government claim on the Rosebud In this section of the country and there will bo many going or returning from the reservation who will see It and loctato hero to got a share of the fortunes that are certain to come to the people of the gateway to the new northwest. Washington authorities are giving considerable attention to the merest little quail as ono of the best friends of the farmer that America produces. Not only are they endeavoring to pro teot these birds , but It would assist In their propagation and In the educa tlon of the people to the Importance of according them such advantages as will cause them to Increase and multiply until they will mean more to the country than as a more target for the ruthless sportsman and sel fish pot hunter. A few coveys of quail | n a farmer's field would be bet- Til K NORFOLK NEWS : Fill DAY , Jl'NK 17 , 1904. of Imoclloldog In tin- trr tt > nn t.nm . protection of crops. ritmlly tlio ehaneoH appear to lic > K < > d Hint the MlHKuurl stale pcnlton- tlnry will got hold of conplo of the felluwft for n while who liavo gone wiong In lliflr ofllclal conduct by accepting bribe * . The supreme court IIIIH mild dial ( liuy must servo ttitio niul wliut tlio supreme court In Mln < sourl snyH iimially goes unless , per chance , tliu convicted men can llml another technical loophole that will afford thorn admission to safety from tlio law.- Perhaps Mr. I'olU hint noon that all his reputation will bo gone nnloRB ho succeeds In Jailing at least a eouplo nf tlio ox-olllclals for a tlmo. Tlio tlnio when ( hero were Indians roaming over thin Boctlnn of tlio state Is anclont history mid It has to 10 a very early settler with a most etenllvo memory who pan recall the line when they had vlllnKoa here. \ few yet stroll throiiRh tlio towns nntl cltlos occasionally ; somctltnes hey camp In tlio near vicinity , hut hey attract almost as much alien- Ion as they would In the cities of ho enst. Clvlll/.atlon ' 1m * rollroil them and the development of the country 1ms spoiled the free nnil easy life to which they were accus tomed hefore ( ho white man ap peared with his Ideas of what n country should look like. Some good wholesale houses It Norfolk would not only do Iho btisl iioss for the country north and wes within a radius of two hundred mlloa hut they could do much business will Iho Hlack Mills country. The Blacl Hills has hut two sources of supply 0110 tlimiiKh Norfolk and the othe through Grand Island , and Norfol Is as advantageously located aa I ( Irand Island to catch the IJIack lllll business coming and going. 'I'hei are magnificent possibilities for No folk In a commercial way and Ihoi will nome tlmo bo a development tin will approximate Us location. Tl Northwestern has shown to tlio wor that It considers Norfolk one of II host located ( owns 011 Ua line and there arc UIOHO having money to Invest who will take the hint and brliiK It In the class of loading cllloa of the stale. Fifty years ago there was no Ne braska. In the short half century that has paased what woudorful re sults have been attained ! A half cen tury Is hut a few days In the devel opment of a state or country. The siales on the coast that commenced to develop three or four hundred years go can well afford to look- upon Nebraska as a morn Itifmit niul llm countries across the "pond" whoso development was commenced a thous and years go , will readily concede that Nebraska Is only at the very beginning of her existence , but In the matter of Improvements and ac cumulated wealth Nebraska has made rapid strides and Is admitted to bo far along In Its onward progress , yet the visitor from the east cannot but note what wonderful opportunities for growth are yet unfolded hero. Thousands of acres are yet to bo tamed and placed under cultivation : hundreds of towns and cltlos re main to bo built and In no part of the state has the development reached the limit. Fifty years hence Nebraska will be as far advanced from what It now Is as It Is from what It was tlfty years ago. It Is the substantial people who are recognizing the advantages to be derived from acquiring and holding property In Norfolk and north Ne braska. It will bo noticed that none of the large owners of property are offeringto give their possessions away or dispose of them at an In ferior price. It is the small property owners , generally , who are giving keon-slghted Investors an opportuni ty for bargains that will make them thousands of dollars during the com ing few years. The wealthy citizen who owns a few houses or a few farms is reaching out for more and Is eagerly taking the choice bargains that are offered by someone who Inv aglnes that Oklahoma , California or Canada are holding out bettor Induce incuts and are willing to sacrlflco their property that they may go to these places and leave behind that which would make them a fortune In a few short years. The ether fel low who stays Is not only sure of n good Income from his property but Is Just as certain that ho will bo numbered among the wealthy In a short tlmo. There are not a largo number who are willing to dispose of tholr property but a few are offer ing choice Investments to those who will purchase. The Fourth of July is only thrco weeks away , ami it will take some going on the part of the weather man to roach the gnit tlmt is usunl to that holiday. A MHliniiiHt piinlor at llra/.H , Ind , bus been getting his name to the front by oponlng a dance with a prayer. The lime la not far distant when the American kid will be shooting off his lingers and Imagine that hu IB shooting off llrccraekerH. It Is now more than rumored that Mr. llryan Is no friend of Mr. Parker , and If he gelH the nomination hu covets It will bo against the efforts of the Nobrashan and his friends. The republicans of the country were shocked to hoar of the collapse of Chairman I'ayno of the republican national committee on the eve of the great gathering. Ills name , either as chairman , or as postmaster general - oral Is familiar lo the people the country over ami his sudden break- g down will bo received with deep > rrow and regret. When Iho good housewife reads mt much of the stuff sold for pure rult Jams and Jellies Is composed r seventy per cent glucose and tlmt iree fruits are represented with the anio material It should bo argument ir an mcrrnm-Mi usi ; i uiw | uvnui - ig kettle at home and preserves Hide Ihal are known to bo all fruit nil of different varieties. It Is to be hoped tlmt the Spring- leld way of holding party conven- lens has not so far spread over the stale that It will effect Chicago. The republicans expect to meet In Chica go In about another week and they mve every reason to believe that the windy city will have nothing but harmony on lap during that meeting. Any Springllold business will not go. A Hussion strategist soys that the Russians are now Just where they expected lo bo three and a half months after the beginning of the war. Naturally they will not admit anything else. The Japanese might with good grace and credit say that they are further advanced than they expected to bo. It la easy to argue a point , but real fighting and real re sults are not so readily attained. Tlio people of Sioux City and vi cinity are allllcted with a plague of mosquitoes that threatens to drive them wild , , the voracious Insects having been bred by the excessive moisture. It Is said that picnic par ties are nearly impossible , farmers wear veils at their work , open work hosiery Is a drug on tlio market and life Is hardly worth living there. All of which Is Incentive for people to continue to stand up for Nebraska. I r ll M D IIit \ rt t hcon considered as Important as the birth of the nation , by the American people. If the observance accorded the day may bo taken aa an Indica tion. However , the time may come when the llrst anniversary will bo given greater consideration. It has only boon within the past few years that any attempt has been made to celebrate the day on which the continental congress adopted the stars and stripes as the national em blem. The race between Parker and Hearst for the democratic nomina tion for the presidency Is developing into a very pretty little contest and the man who succeeds In taking the honors at the St. Louis convention will not have a unanimous thing of It ajjd will not bo able to crow very shrllify over the man who went down in I'.lt'.feut. With Hearst controlling the Illinois delegation , the chance * appear very favorable for his receiv ing the nomination If ho can manage to control his share of the uninstrnct- ed delegates. The Madison county populists are to meet on the ISth to elect their delegates to the state convention at Fremont on the ' . ' 1st. They may bo able to Had a sulllclent number who will consent to the use of their names as delegates , but It Is doubted If they can find In the county enough Interested In the party to pay tholr expenses to the state meeting. The prevailing prosperity and the satis factory government that has boon given by the republicans are responsi ble for knocking out much of the loyalty to party that was formerly In evidence by the members of the peoples' Independent party. It Is said that the packers' com bine has commenced to boost the price of dressed meats preparatory to reaping tholr harvest from the consumers. If all reports are cor rect they have slumped the price of stock on the hoof until they have secured the moats that are necessary to run thorn until the next crop of fat cnttlo nnd hogs are available and now they will run up the prices but will not bo particular whether or not tlioy buy from the stocKmen and ftmuciH who have managed to hold their animals for raise. It Is quite apparent lo the common public that the proper fulled States olllcor can llml HoiiH'ililiiK worth his attention by Inquiring Into the manipulations of this xtnck combination and there are UIOHO who bollovo such Inquiry will bo mado. The people of Tociimsoh permitted a circus lo come to town the other day and graft HUIIIH of money ranging from i l'\v ' cents to $700 from BOIIIO of ( hi.r "luMt known and most highly roflpucted" people. After It was all over and theno same people realized that they had boon "done" by a gang of grafters they called an Indignation mooting and proposed to Impeach the mayor for malfeasance In olllco. When the tlmo comes that all may ors an- compelled to stand sponsor to the chumps who bull Into other man's names they will bo excused for creating the olllco of foolklllor and Installing therein n very strong nmn with a very strong club. In those modern days , men who will Indulge In games of clmnco with strangers on chcns days need a guardian appointed , to say the least. Olllcors can do much to prevent this Ron 01 rouuery , uiu uy acquiring u modicum of common sense the people ple can do more to make the circus grafter's business unprofitable. It Is said at Lincoln that and other European manufacturers are so keen to get hold of Informa tion that will prove disadvantageous to their American compotllors that they have written for details regard- ng the report that preserve makers ivqro placing millet seed In their prod uct to make It look like fruit. When they learn thai the state chemist has found that seventy per cent of some of their stuff Is made of glucose and that strawberry , raspberry and black berry jams and Jellies are exactly alike except In the amount of coal lar coloring used In giving the proper tints to the "frull" there will bo an other feature for them to play up lethe the people of Iho purchasing world. It is In lie regretted tlmt the fiurope- an manufacturers should be given those arguments against patronizing Americans , but information should not be suppressed an this account. Tlio surest way to avoid the giving out of this kind of story derogatory to the Integrity of American manu facturers will be to suppress the sale of and making of such stuff to masquerade under quro food prod ucts , and It is to be hoped that the Nebraska food commissioner will see that this stale Is as much out of the territory of these companies as Is Oermany or any other foreign coun try. An important point has boon raised regarding the cost of com muting a homestead entry lu the Rosebud Indian reservation , soon to be opened to the public. Well in formed persons have formed the opinion that In order to commute af ter holding the land for fourteen months it will require an additional payment of $1.25 per aero to the gov ernment , making the whole cost 55.25 per acre , besides the fees and com missions provided by law that will go to the land olllco. Others equally well Informed state that there will be no additional cost that an entry- * man can prove up nt the end of four teen mouths' residence without cost ing more than at the end of the live years that Is by payment of $1 per aero and the t'oos and commissions. Congressman Uurke. the author of the bill , Is quoted as saying that the latter is true and that cntrymcn may make final proof without costing them a cent more than at the end of five years the $1.00 and fees and com missions. The section of the pres ident's proclamation providing for commutation Is not readily under stood by the average person , and per haps It will require a ruling from the general land olllco to effectually de cide the question. On the subject of commutation the president's procla mation says "Nothing In this act shall prevent homestead settlers from commuting tholr entries under sec tion 2301 , Revised Statutes , by paying for the land entered the price Used herein , receiving credit for payments previously made. In addition to the price to bo paid for the land , the on- tryman shall pay the same fees and commissions at the tlmo of commuta tion or final entry , as now provided by law , whore the price of the land is $1.23 per aero. The Fremont commercial club has Issued a "Ulno Book , " telling of the Industrial sessions of that club hold on May 0 , when members of the city council , board of supervisors and representatives' the four now In dustries that have been established In Fremont during the past year , were guests of honor. The Fremont commercial club Is a most Important factor in the development of that cliy. It has a membership of 250 of the business people of Fremont , which must take them to a man , and It Is constantly active and on the alert for anything that will beef of advantage to Fremont , or Dodge county. It does not necessarily suc ceed on every undertaking , bill has been successful on HO many things that It Is safe to credit it with at least half the development of that city. Situated near Omaha and Lin coln and In competition with those cities , having no especial advantages except the fact that It Is In a fertile valley and a railroad center , Fremont has become a city of Importance In the state only second to that of Oma ha and Lincoln. Its location near the larger cities of the state is such Unit no ono would think it capable of developing to its present importance and It Is only duo to the fact that Its people are hustlers and united Hint It has been successful In becom ing a manufacturing center of some Importance. During the past year the efforts of the elub has resulted In locating at Fremont a wholesale seed house , goltlng , Its stock from the farmers and gardeners of that lo cality , n now canning factory , a new iiruirinir mill nnd n new butter tub factory , all employing numbers of men and women and adding their quota to the resources of the city. The llnancial statement of the club shows that Its total receipts were $1,158.92 , loss than that conlribnted by the Norfolk business men for the entertainment of the firemen's state tournament. Of this nmounl $240.50 was spenl on Improving the roads ; $251.75 went toward locating new Industries , $179.90 went toward Iho promotion of the contemplated now power canal ; $77.28 wont toward bringing in slate conventions , and at the end of the business year the club had In Its treasury ? 103.51 in cash. Considering the fact that four now industries wore secured , meaning thousands of dollars' worth of busi ness each year to members of the club. It would appear that the Fre mont commercial club had put in a very successful year. BURNING OF TIII3 SLOCUM. In the burning of the excursion steamer "General Slocum" and the toss of half a thousand lives another uwlul tragedy has been added to a list for a year already prolific with terrible casualties , and hundreds of loved ones were in an awful moment -.wept into eternity. The mind fails to comprehend the enormity of the tragedy at a distance nnd words can not express the sympathy of the public for the stricken relatives. Not slnco the horrible calamity at the Iroquois theater In Chicago has there been anything to equal that ol yesterday , and that has not been so long ago but that the sickening , heart rendering details are still fresh In the minds of the people. In fact it was only Monday that the last un known victim of the Iriquois disaster was burled in Chicago. Without a known relative or friend In the world this funeral was attended by live hun dred of Chicago's good people whose hearts had been wrung by the trage dy and whose sympathies had been excited by the fact that hero was a victim with no known kindred or friends. Scarcely had the earth been covered over the unknown body when the terrible news olectrilled the country that In New York harbor half a thousand had mot a fate as bad or worse. Now York has suffered a shock from which It will not recover for weeks , and the fact that the victims were largely women nnd children nut for a picnic , with fathers and brothers and husbands at home adds Immeasurably to the terrible hole caust. It was a tragedy of a century and it will take years for the people of the world to forgot Its pitiful details. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Don't forget that yon are not as clever as you think yon are. It is so easy to see what should be done ; but only a few are able to do It. Some days wo feel as though every man In town Is looking for us with u kick. Ono man willing to do things Is worth a million willing to suggest things. When a man Is ornery ho can't fool people by attempting to look busy and hurried. Wo do not see how medical men can toll ono germ from another. To us they all look like lobsters with stove pipe hats on. Wo have quit admiring the peony , having found that to express admira tion only starts dispute over the way to pronounce It. If yon want to go to St. Louis and get n-i much aw possible for your money , go with a school teacher. They know how to save monoy. If you want to hold n girl's hand , claim to bo a palmist. She'll never catch on. If u man Is entirely well ho ought to get hungry enough by 5 p. m. to eat a blind robin. When a man gets punished for a wrong doing ho usually claims hu was an Innocent bystander. When a man gets older his coat shortens In the buck , but a woman's skirts get shorter In front. A man Is a mean husband If ho will let his wife work herself to ilcntli initlltii ! ' nti unnrlv irptlii- , , //iaii. berries for him. When the baby keeps a man awake at nights ho "casually" mentions 11 to every ono ho moots on the way , t down town. \ The worst thing about gossip Is you hear bed stories on good women nntt know them to bo false. No ono es capes. We suppose that when the nngols want to dress up nnd look pretty nivy iiu u iiitcu ui uiuo sisy nrounu their waists. Though this la a dairy country , every one watches Jealously whoil the cream pitcher Is passed to see how much the other takes. When you give n dollar present tea a friend , don't butt your feelings against a wall by asking him to guess ; ho will say 75 cents. An Atchison man will ask for a divorce from his wife on peculiar grounds. He has been flirting des perately for a year trying to mnko her Jealous nnd she has not noticed It. "Why , " asks a correspondent , "aro you so hard on women who bring breach of promise suits" Hecauso we expect some day , when wo uro old and helpless , to be sued for breach of promise. Wo want to say , now that we are rational , "not guilty. " We called yesterday at the homo 1P T-Tj"iIt t iraniiilmi In1 > 4..1 & _ . . ttr am cross , " Mr. Appleton said , "but my wife Is so much crosser than I am , that I am afraid to show how cross I am. " Mr. nnd Mrs. Appleton attended Dutch lunch Saturday oven- ing. A private car stood at the union station fifteen minutes yesterday , and although the partcr stood on the rear end , dressed up to rccoivo at tention , nobody looked at him. Wo understand the porter is now tolling around that Atchison Is the dullest town in tlio west. Atchison neonlo will not listen to an announcement of a circus concert and they will not rubber at a private car porter. Yon may think these private car porters , when they stand on the roar end , are looking for people of their own col or , but they are not ; they are look ing for the mayor. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications , as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to euro deaf ness , and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inllamed condition of the mucous lin ing of the Kiistachian tube. When this tube Is inflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing , and when it Is entirely closed , deafness Is the result , and unless the inflamma tion can be taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition , hearing will bo destroyed forever ; nine cases out of ton are caused by catarrh , which Is nothing but an inflamed con dition of the mucous surfaces. Wo will give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness ( caused by catarrh ) that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh cure. Send for clrcu- lars free. F. J. 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