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No. 22. Hiiilnoni Olllco niul Job Kooiim ,
No. .123
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If you 111(0 ( lively porformanro
wntch NtirfolU grow.
In a week you cnn colohrnlo Arbor
iiy by planting a tree or two.
Keep right on standing up for Ne
braska oven ( hough you nro compelled
to wear your furs Mini woolens till sum-
inor.
Whllo Die public does not know
where tlio ItiiHHlnn fleet nniy lie , It
Is n safe bet tlmt Togo will find It nt
nn opportune time.
Tlio president cnnnot hope to liuvo
ns much fun chasing tlio bear In tlio
Occident UR Oyninn Is having at the
same Hport In tlio Orient
The trust magnates are generous In
according the atoclunon tlio credit for
ralBlng the price of meat on the block.
Their alibi IB not yet proven , however.
An Abraham Lincoln autograph re
cently sold In New York for J110.
Even Mr. Rockefeller may bo entitled
to n pang of jealousy over this value
of a signature.
-Franco scema to have bettor fortune *
In working a settlement from the Bill-
tan of Turkey than the United States
has In bringing the president of Vene
zuela to terms.
A witness before the grand Jury
nt Chicago In the beef trust hearing
is named Jacob Hellwrlgglo. It
Bounds Just like the packers must feel
regarding the testimony.
Whether the packers nro Indicted or
not , they have evidently had an awful
Bcare. The popularity of spring vaca
tions In Canada Indicates the anxiety
In which they have existed.
One of California's volcanos Is vom
iting mud and the people In the vicin
ity are fearful that a more marked ev
idence of Interim ) trouble will shortly
bo disclosed by the monster.
The New York supreme court has
fixed the value of a man's leg at $ ! > , -
000. New York hnB furnished cvl-
denco that the mere pulling of n
man's leg has produced bettor values.
An April snow storm may bo n ca-
lamlty In other states , but the Ne
braska farmer welcomes It as a means
toward helping advance a bumper crop
of winter wheat and other small grain.
Next Sunday IB Easter , and If the
weather don't behave Itself and fur
nish a little sample of spring after
that the people will bo compelled to
wait for the warmth of the Fourth of
July.
With Governor Mickey and the
Btnto press acting critically on the
work of the legislature there Is a pos-
plblllty that the members will yet bo
convinced that there was something
lacking In their efforts to servo the
public.
The packers should never have un
dertaken to sten over their calling by
attempting to pack a trunk. They
did not prove as cute nt that as they
have done at packing chopped dog
meat In skins and selling It for bolog <
na sausage.
! A man In Now York has died nt the
age of 105 years. It Is said of him
that ho has attended church regularly
every morning for sixty years. People
ple looking for n clue to longevity
should not overlook this evidence as
a possibility to that end.
If Togo is unable to find Rojestvon
sky and Rojostvensky is unable to
clap his binoculars on Togo there wll
bo disappointment on the part of the
people of the \vorld who hnvo confl
dontly looked to the far east to fur
nlsh some startling naval doings.
It seems to bo a game of "whir
jacket" between the government nn
the beef trust. Every time the gram
jury , gives the trust magnates a touch
Ing up , the trust gives tbo public a
jolt on prices. The expenses incurre
la this prosecution must bo met some
how.
Of two tasks It Is possible that the
average newspaper correspondent
would prefer to report a real battle
than to convince the publisher that ho
is earning the pay check and nt the
same tlmo entertainment the readers ,
before or after a notable engagement.
After April gets through fooling
people with its alleged brand of spring
weather , the progressive work of Nor
folk will bo rcHiimed with nddcd vigor ,
There nro any number of Improve- )
ninntH now being deloyed by the un >
UHiial and umioHlrnhlo weather condi
tions
trouble with the pennants
does not appear to ahow that degree
of ndjiiHtment which the czar and his
nobles would bo pleased to welcome.
It Is poHHlblc Hint the common people -
plo of that country may yet turn In
mill help I lie .laps bring the govern
ment to terms.
All Nebraska will heartily second
tlio Invitation that has been extended
to President Roosevelt to stop In this
stale on lilfi wny from the west to the
east. If ho Is to see nil the good
things of the west ho should not ne
glect to M-i' a small portion of Ne
braska enrouto.
It has bean estimated that the rail
roads of the country could profitably
and conveniently use fiO.OOO more cars
In making their freight shipments , and
If they need them they will get them
and UKO their best endeavors In keepIng -
Ing the wheels of prosperity turning
at a high rate of speed.
Some of the newspapers have re
ported that the fruit crop has been
destroyed or Injured before it has heon
possible to learn the character of the
damage of the recent cold snap.
There nro optimists , however , who
will bollevo that the fruit Is all right
until there Is proof of dnmngo.
If the supreme court now gives Its
consent , it IB figured that Nebraska
will bo able to save about $100,000 In
a year , by doing away with the elec
tion of the off year. The little sum
of money is well worth having and it
will bo difficult to figure out that it
has been worth the cost In any Im
portant particular.
Poor old Sprech Is mad. Moat people
ple are mad when they got caught In
nn act that Is questionable , and Sprcch-
cr's republican conaclenco Is rebelling
over the fact that ho helped to elect
the democratic city ticket. When nil
a person can Bay is "Ho" and "liar" It
IB self-evident that ho has been hit
and the hit hurts. It IB the truth
that makes a guilty person squirm ,
and not the lies.
A Rockefeller argument in favor of
trusts is the method employed by flor
ets In producing the American Beauty
rose in which nil the buds of the bush
are clipped but one and this gets the
entire strength of the plant The
Rockefellers Insist that this haB been
done. The people , however , arise to
demand that It is tlmo to gather In
the perfected blossom and permit the
buds to start again.
Judge Parker , late democratic candi
date for president , Is out In favor of
harmony. The Indications are that the
only way In which harmony can be
secured at this tlmo is for the late
candidate and nil his friends to do
exactly ns they are told'by Mr. Bryan
and his element. In hurrying back to
the people Mr. Parker should refrain
from putting any stumbling blocks In
the way of the party.
There is an excellent Indication in
'avor of the advancement of Norfolk
n that the business men and property
nvners of the city are able and wili
ng to meet on terms of equality and
ilnn for the advancement and general
welfare of the town. Norfolk will
brgo ahead by reason of Irs location
und environment , but with a united
citizenship to boost , the advancement
will be much more rapid and perma
nent.
There seems to be a now feature In
the naval movements in the far east.
The Russian commander appears to bo
In a hurry to bring on nn engagement ,
something which no previous Russian
commander has thought of doing.
Heretofore the Jnps have been dodged
ns long as possible. Rojestvensky
probably wants It over with one wny
or another at the earliest possible mo
ment , and as ho Is about the only obstacle
staclo to peace terms the people of
the world will wish him hearty sue
cess In reaching n conclusion.
The American people will bo
pleased to learn of the success of Am
Imssador Porter who has been search
Ing Paris for the body of John Pan
Jones , the father of the American
navy , and it Is now the deslro that i
should bo brought to the country for
which the admiral did so much am
bo given the honor that has boon lack'
ing these hundred years. Adralra
Jones' body had been preserved In nl
cohol and the Investigators found i
almost aa perfect as when burled n
century ago , the description and men
surements tallying exactly with thn
of the admiral which is on record
The American pcoplo will take plea
sure in conferring on the remains of
this dead sailor the long delayed hon
ors , and a warship will probably bo
dispatched to Franco to bring the
body borne.
Are you helping to Improve Nebras
ka by planting a tree , or are you leav
ing It all to your neighbor or the other
fellow ?
There IB no UHO In getting Impatient
for that naval light ; they will prob
ably not get nt It until they are good
and ready.
There are loss than two weeks , any
way , In which April may misbehave.
Then May IB entitled to come in with
something different.
There will ho some politics this year
In the First district , anyway , nn elec
tion having been called for July IS to
elect a successor to Senator K. .1. Hur-
licit.
The fruit has been snld to have been
all killed off In previous seasons and
there has been enough left to make
a pto or two and put up n few glasses
of jelly.
The weather seems to have finally
given Its consent to tlio blooming of
the UiiHler bonnet , and it is possible
that spring is actually hero.
Norfolk's prospects for becoming a
city are looking up and there Is en
couragement for those who hnvo
placed their faith in the town.
When Che Fee and Hong Kong and
Manila and others get through hear
ing that heavy firing , perhaps there
will bo someone to report the effects
of the real shots.
It will perhaps be just as well not
to absolutely place on the shelf that
fruit appetite , If you have one , until
there are further details on the mat
ter of the loss of the crop.
The soliciting committee for the
commercial club Is meeting with
gratifying success and the prospects
nro excellent for another great meet
ing of the club on Friday night.
The busy hen has made it possible
to give n general observance to Eas
ter day , so far as the use of eggs Is
concerned. They have seldom been
better , cheaper or more plentiful.
The naval exports have not yet de
termined which Is to win Rojcstven-
sky or Oynma but these gentlemen
may bo prepared to demonstrate con
clusively , In a short time , which Is the
winner.
Since Judge Parker has made some
post-election remarks , he can prob
ably tell about what struck him In
November by reading the comments
In the democratic papers on his latest
utterance.
A dairy train IB the latest , the farm
ers of southern Nebraska and north
ern Kansas getting points on the man
ner of handling a dairy herd that
should prove Invaluable to them , the
excursion being tendered by the
Grand Island road.
There is at least one consoling
thought with the recent cold snap and
that is that the pushing of the lawn
mower has been deferred a few days.
Norfolk lawns will , however , soon re
quire attention whether It warms ma
terially or not.
With both the sons and daughters
of the revolution in session there
should bo a stirring of patriotic senti
ment that should prove of value In
creating love of country In the hearts
of the sons and daughters of the sons
and daughters.
St. Louis was drier than a bone
Sunday , and In addition the police
forced about every other business In
terest In the city to observe the Sab
bath. The only exceptions were the
drug stores and these probably did
an enormous business behind the pre
scription counter.
Omaha reformers are to undertake
n campaign against the social evil ,
while in Sioux ICty It is proposed to
put a quietus on the Sunday theater
business. The St. Louis reform move
seems to bo sweeping up the Missouri
valley and carrying nil before it.
It has been estimated that there are
100,000 Japanese troops in Manchu
ria , and to make It a million as the
government proposes , will require the
addition of COO.OOO. When those are
on duty Russia need not Immediately
have an ambition to Invade the sec
tlon of country it has lost.
The president is credited with hnv
Ing got hlc bear , now It Is up to Togo
and Oyama to capture thelr's or ad
mil that President Roosevelt Is bettor
with his gun than they. It Is also
up to Tom Lawson to show a pelt or
concede that the president is better
In the Rockies than ho Is on Wai
street
Saturday is Arbor day , and it is in
cumbent upon every loyal Nebraskan
to honor the memory of the late J
Sterling Morton and at the snmo time
materially assist in the developmeu
of the btato by planting a tree , or so\
oral of thorn. The holiday means a
great deal to Nebraska in the matte
of nddcd wealth -and bounty If It IB
properly observed.
Norfolk's neighboring city of Stanton -
ton Is the latest to have boon hlU n
Jolt by the lire fiend , nn Important sec
tion of the city having been converted
from commercial activity Into a pile
of nBhos and debris. It IB expected
that Stnnton enterprise will quickly
remove the truces of the flro by re
building the burned portions better
than before.
The senatorial committee * IB Just at
present Investigating the conditions
urrotmdlng the demand of the people
or the rate legislation that the upper ,
louse refused to consider during the
ist session. It Is not expected that
ow 'niiil Interesting facts will be un-
overed , but If the committee Is satis-
ed that the proposed law | g just and
qultnhlo It will bo worth while with-
ut ( i doubt.
With the senatorial Investigating
ommlttee probing Into the railroads ,
Commissioner ( lorlleld on the trail of'
lie Standard Oil company , and the
rand Juries Investigating the details
f the beef trust It would appear that
10 national government is deter-
lined to find out just how much the
orporatlons nro doing to grind un-
nrned wealth from the mass of the
real common people.
With the Panama railroad under
ovornmcnt control It Is likely Jto be
rovcn just what government owner-
hip of railways may mean , and It
lay be a stop toward taking over
ther railway systems from private
wnershlp. The government has cer-
alnly proven capable at securing men
o take charge of the business and
an do ns well no doubt , where larger
ystems are concerned.
Recent information does not seem
o indicate that Togo has much to
ear from Rojestvensky , number , size
nd equipment of vessels In the ro-
pective forces considered. The men
mve proven their ability on a pro-
ious occasion or two and it is pos-
Iblo that ns soon as the Russian
orcos are located there will be some-
hlng happening that will not be more
avorable to Russian arms than that
vhich has happened In the past.
St. Petersburg Is very much afraid
hat the "yellow peril" may threaten
lie world If the Russian forces are
ot permitted to win the present con-
let with Japan. Observing the nc-
Ion of the two belligerents In their
resent conflict , the world would al-
nest rather be controlled by the "yelt
ow peril" than by the influence that
eems to emanate from Russia. How-
ver , it may bo several years before
Jio civilized world Is prepared to bend
knee to the Influence of either.
The World-Herald designates the
political campaign of Judge Alton B.
Parker last fall as "the most farcical
xpedltion upon which a political par-
y ever engaged. " It Is also candid
n its admission that "If the repub-
ican campaign committee had not
pent n dollar in that campaign aside
roni its letter and postage expenses
Mr. Roosevelt would have been elect
ed. " These are a few details of the
campaign on which the republicans
lave been convinced for some time
and It is rather flattering to their
udgment that n democratic paper can
bus endorse the position , even at this
ate date.
The department of agriculture sees
success crowning Its -efforts to induce
he American farmers to raise more
sheep and quit the selling of grain.
With each farmer turning his grain
nto beef , pork and mutton , there will
soon need to be no market for grain
other than required for consumption
! > y the people and their domestic ani
mals. In other words It will bo doing
away with the middle man and the
profits from the growing of grain will
; o direct from the consumer to the
producer.
And so Dr. Maekay , with a little six-
column paper printed for three days ,
was able to overthrow the republican
party in Norfolk , in spite of the fact
that the Dally News was printed In
the same town and circulated free to
every homo In the community. What
were the boasted Influence and brainy
editor of the Pally News doing wbllo
Mackny was performing bis work of
slaughter ? Press.
After rending the above , will some
one tell whether the powerful Influ
ence of Sprechor and his Press were
with The News or with the Citizen
In the late city campaign ? Was ho
loyal to the party that gave him the
fattest political job within the gift of
Norfolk , enabling him for four years
to receive more money for his servic
es than ho ever did betoro or since ?
If so , why Is ho now glorying in the
defeat of the ticket ?
Having nn Intlmnto knowledge o
what was bcirtg done In the Citizen
ho could report to republicans In ad
vance what would appear in the next
Issue of that paper , and having
wormed himself Into the Inner coun
ells of the republicans he could report
to Dr. Maekay with the same fidelity
To which side was he most "loyal1 ;
or , to which side w'as ho most treach-
eroiis ?
With sugar selling at thirteen or
fourteen pounds for a dollar and no
report that there has been a failure In
either the cane e > r beet crops from
which the commercial sweetness Is
extracted , there IB some evidence of
a trust that requires attention as cer
tainly ns docs the heof corporation and
the Standard oil eictupus , There IB
no commodity more generally used
than sugar and It would benefit all
the people If the sugar magnates were
not permitted to squeeze from the
public an Immense .fortune In a very
short period of time. Perhaps Have-
meyer and other owners of Biigar trust
stock see trouble looming up In the
future and are making n point to get
supplied with the sinews of war be
fore the battle Is pulled off , but It
comes' with weight on the average
householder who Is compelled to put
up so liberally. The Idea of extractIng -
*
Ing money from the people withwhich
to fight the people Is baneful , but
there seems to bo no way around It
nt the present time.
The legislature appropriated $2,000
for some badly needed fire escapes
at the soldiers' home In Grand Island ,
and If there nro lives lost through the
lack of fire escapes during the next
two years nt that Institution It will be
directly chargeable to the negligence
of the enrolling clerk who failed to
engross the Item with the appropria
tion bill before It came to the gov
ernor. Governor Mickey's attention
was called to the omission but not
until after the bill had long since
passed through his hands. This Is
the third omission of the kind that
has come to light recently and It is not
known how many more may have boon
made. It Is a condition of affairs that
Is Inexcusable and It has been sug
gested that if there were loss politics ,
and more business ability applied in
the making of Important appointments
It would prove far better and more
satisfactory to the people of the state.
Only men of ability and with the
proper education and experience
should bo selected for offices of this
character.
President Roosevelt does not forgot
the people and his duties even while
chasing the festive coyote , the timid
jack rabbit and the assertive bear.
From Cripple Creek comes the report
that the President has refused to ac
cept any courtesies from the railroad
companies except the use of an en
gine to carry him from one of the
towns to the scene of his hunt , but
that he will pay all the expenses of
his hunting trip. The president ovl-
dentlylias In mind the object of keep
ing his attitude on railroad questions
consistent and unshaken. * He intends
that when the tlmo comes for action
In favor of the public and against thp
railways that no corporation attorney
or lobbyist shall remind him of Im
portant favors tlmt have been con
ferred upon him with the idea of side
tracking his resolution on several Im
portant public questions. Further-
nero ho has set an example for other
public officials and It Is to be expected
hat the work of the government will
lereafter be less hampered through
he courtesies that are so readily
hrust upon the officials by the large
railway corporations. It is a new
hing for the president of the United
States to refuse favors from the rail-
vnys , but It was to he expected that
'resident Roosevelt would prove the
president to take the right stand on
his matter , and It Is further to be ex
pected that his example will bo fol-
owed in the future. Such action
should emphasize the necessity of
raising the presidential salary so that
there will no longer be even a faint
excuse for the chief executive to ac
cept that which might hamper him In
performing the duties of his office ,
tolrly , equitably and justly to every
interest of the country.
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contain mercury , as mercury will sure
ly destroy the sense of smell and c6m-
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when entering It through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never
ho used except on prescriptions from
reputable physicians , ns the damage
they do IB ten fold to the good you
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Catarrh Cure , manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co. , Toledo , O. , contains no
mercury , and Is taken internally , act
ing directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. In buyIng -
Ing Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you
got the genuine. It IB taken Internally
and made In Toledo , Ohio , by F. J.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price , 75c. per
bottle.
Take Hall's family plllfl for const !
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n Hollistcr's Rocky Mountain Tea.
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ARBITRATlOiUECEIVES BLOW
Decision of Australian Court Destroys
Pivotal Principle of New Law.
Sydney , April 17. The New South
Wales court has rendered a decision
which destroys the pivotal principle
of the Industrial arbitration law 4
namely , preference to trade unionists. *
The Master Carriers' union ap
pealed against a decision of the arbi
tration court on this point , and the
full court held that if a unionist and
a nonunlonlst offered their senrlcei
simultaneously to an employer the lat
ter must , other things being equal ,
employ the unionist , but , the declsloa
added , the emplo'yer is at liberty to
determine whether the applicants are
equally competent. Thus an obrlous
loophole is left open. The chief Jus
tice declared that the decision of the
arbitration court was an otfauso
against the liberty of the subject.
Saves Wife From Flory Death.
East St. Louis , April 17. Mrs. Lu-
olnda Parr attempted to commit sui
cide by saturating her clothing with
keroene and then setting fire to her
garments. Her husband was in an
adjoining room and hearing hlo wife's
creams , reached her in tlmo to tear
ner cioining irom nor and saro her
from serious Injury. Farr was seri
ously burned and required medical
treatment. Mrs. Parr waa arrogted
and charged with attempted suicide.
Less than three months ago Parr was
sadly burned in saving the life of his
daughter , who attempted to end her
Ife in the same manner ag her moth-
; r.
Two Burned to Death.
Otis , Mass. , April 17. George Me-
Mahon of Westfleld and Joseph Bar
rett of Manchester , both young men ,
were found burned to death in the
ruins of a shanty occupied by an Ital-
an known as "Johnny George , " In
Dtls. The origin of the first is a mys-
: ery and there is suspicion of foul
play , although one explanation is that
: ho men , returning to the shanty late ,
built a fire and went to sleep and the
shanty caught fire from an orerheated
store.
Two Firemen Killed In Train Wreck.
North Tonawanda , N. Y. , April 17.
to a headon collision between two
freight trains on the Erie railroad
Herbert Wrigley of Buffalo and W.
Brown of West Philadelphia were
tilled. Wrigley was a fireman on one
train and Brown the fireman on the
other. The engineers , W. J. Kelley
and T. T. Ellis , Jumped and thus saved
: helr lives , though Kelley suffered a
'racture of his left leg and Ellis in-
lured his rlcht hand
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llstor's Rocky Mountain Tea will do.
35 cents , tea or tablets. ,
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