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I I T11F NW'KOI.K XMWS : KH1DAY. OfTOHKH 27. 11)05. ) itlll lift linl.l frmliflif f.i vntn- THE NORFOLK NEWS > V. N , " " " * * " n.n. . A' . ( KittnliUnhPil IRR7.1 KVory 1ny oxroju Hunilny. I'pnr - rlof | nr wook. IB omit * . Hy tforf oik itoHlhitlcn delivery. per yenr , o. p. ny mull i > n rural rnuien nml outMilo of Norfolk , per your. $3.00. WKKKI.Y MWN-.UHIUNAI. . The Now * . KMnlillMied. 1S8I. The Joiiriint , F.HtulilliOieil. 1S77. Hvory Krlilny. lly iniill per your , ll.BO. Kntnreil nt tlie | io'ntolUi' ill Norfolk. Noli. , an HOttoml I'MH mutter. Telephone * : IJtlllorlnl Poimrtinent. No. 22. llUHlnenH Ollluo mid .loll UOOIIIH. NO , ii si. * * -j- * * ? " * * IF YOU CAN'T BOOST * DON'T KNOCK. 4- * * * : -j- ? REPUBLICAN TICKET. State. For Suprtimo Judge Charles II. I t- ton , Falrbury. For Regents of the UnlverHlty V. 0. l.yfonl , Falls City ; Fred II. Abbott , Columbus. County. For County Treasurer , Chrln Schav- lami. lami.For For County Clerk , George 1C. Rich ardson. For Sheriff , .1. .1. Cloini'iitn. l > Sir County Judge , S.V. . Ucuol. K < ir County Superintendent , F. S. Perdue. For Cnrnnor , Or. II. It. Klndrod. For County Surveyor , A. J. Thatch. For CoinmlHHlonor First dlHtrlct , L. M. J. Vnngo. James .1. Mill ways the Panama on- na | will have no off on t on commerce. Not thin year , Mr. Hill. The Pullman company has a bank account of twelve millions. They ImVo certainly had u pull. If Venezuela Isn't good the president will cut It up Into patch work and roc- ognlzo every patch as a republic. The football season will bo followed by the opening of congress. There will bo plenty of klokern all winter. It costs London $30,000,000 to open a street three-quartern of a mlle long. It would bo cheaper to go around. The cranberry crop Is reported a failure , but probably enough will show up to keep Thanksgiving turkey com pany. A Missouri preacher says more wo men are mulcted with palpitation of the tongue than by palpitation of the heart Ills popularity Is waning. Where would Annanlas bo If ho were obliged to line up with the cap tains of finance who have been con ducting the big Insurance companies ? What the republicans want In Ne braska this year Is not brass bands but everyone who believes In Its prin ciples to cast a vote for Its candidates. When regarded from a salary basis , how Inllnlteslmally small a president of the United States Is compared to the president of a life Insurance com pany. Money comes so hard for most of us that the friction rubs all the taint off before It reaches us. The taint that worries most of us Is that 'taint 'nough. What Is fame ? Several people ad mitted to the American walhalla are persons nine-tenths of us never heard of. ! How can anyone bo famous who Is not famed ? The total receipts of the American national banks have Increased seven per j cent during the Past year , while the { Individual deposits have Increased tenripor cent. Since coming to America Hall Calno hasdecided ! not to write a novel on the ( American millionaire. In all prob ability the eminent novelist can find notlflng original to say about thorn. The reports that the catalogue houses are doing a big business , doesn't disturb the mnn , who Is allyq to tiio possibilities of his own field and advertises Judicially. Tlio Carneglo Technical school has opened with 120 earnest young men but * no appropriate yell has been fur nished. Even great wealth at times falls' ' to procure Intellectual needs like this. The latest edition of the dlctlonarj has 25,000 extra words , which ought to satisfy the public for a time , but b > the time the book was fairly bound the complaint came to headquarters that It had left out "butlnsko. " There Is one town .In the United States where Graver Cleveland might bo glad to have female protection should ho enter Its precincts. Pueblo Colorado , has put a woman on the po lice force. A party of congressmen who have been touring Arlr.nim have about con cluded that Arizona In bli ; enough to become a state by Itself. Homo of the great biiBlnenH Interests manifest them probably strengthened thin de cision. McCall'fl friends Insist that bin ac tions an president of the New York l.lfo IiiHiiranro company worn dun to mom mistaken of judgment. The people - plo at largo consider them duo to a conscience so elastic that It couldn't bo honest. Ono thing should bo remembered In regard to most of the Oregon land thieves who are being convicted and sent In prison. The crimes for which they are being punished have long been so common In all the free land states that people censed to call thorn by their right names. The model citizen IH proving dan gerous to the community In which he liven. After all , II Is the man who doesn't pose an good but who In un obtrusive ways lives an honest , indus trious and kindly llfo who Is the real ly valuable man. Secretary Tnft assures the country that Its coast defenses are In excel lent condition and that no foreign en emy could make much headway against them. This Is gratifying. Over $80.000.000 have been expended on them during the past few years. The man who prides himself on mnh- liig his money by "sharp bargaining , " as llr. Pearsons does , may receive the thanks of many collogcn to which ho has donated his wealth , but It Is doubt ful If his statue would ever bo placed In the hall of fame by popular sub scription. Congressman Landls of Indiana re cently witnessed a game of foot ball and said In regard to this popular sport : "I desire to register my opin ion that dog lighting , cock lighting and bull lighting nro Sabbath school games In comparison with modern foot ball. " There are others who sym- pathlzo with the congressman's view of the gamo. Everyone likes to bo thought oblig ing. If the reputation could be had for the asking , It would become uni versal. But kindnesses are more or less costly. It Is not always possible to obllgo others without Inconvenienc ing ourselves and the person who draws the line this sldo of the favor which cost him Homo sacrifice , Is not likely to bo very popular. According to reports Miss Alice Roosevelt brings home gifts valued at about $100,000 on which about $ oO,000 duty will have to bo paid. Unfortune- atoly to reduce the customs would bo a discriminating rebate oven If who Is the president's daughter , but when papa pays the bill ho may almost re gret bis daughter's popularity. Orand Duke Cyril has been publicly disgraced for marrying the divorced wife of the Duke of Hesse and It served him right. But why wait for this oveit act before pronouncing him disgraced ? If there Is a disgraceful form of debauchery In which ho had \ot \ mingled before this final offense igalnst the court customs , It Is not generally known. President Hoosevolt has sought out the man In California whom the South ern Pacific most strenuously objected to and appointed him on the Interstate commerce commission. Everything cannot move to the satisfaction of the pcoplo who expect to see reforms brought about In a minute , but the president does not lese sight of his object and ho will bo still there until matters are finally regulated and put on a "square deal" basis. The Lewis & Clark exposition has closed after n far more successful ca reer than was anticipated by even the most enthusiastic supporters of the project. Instead of a deficit under the expenses of the affair , which Is the usual outcome of great expositions , the management expects to clear about $100,000. A desire on the part of the east to see the west , and favor able opportunity nnd added attrac tions which the fair management of fered them to do It , aided largely In making It so successful. Secretary Root is expected to make quite a radical reform In the diplomat ic and consular service. It Is to bo the policy of the administration to emulate the example of the commer cial nations of Europe In the selection of representatives to foreign coun tries. Men are to bo chosen because they are intelligent , energetic , aggres sive men , thoroughly acquainted with the conditions they represent. Above all , these representatives who stand as sponsors for the nation in other lands should bo men of Irreproach able character. The United States can not afford to have political bosses who have been successful In rounding up votes for the party re warded by appointment to important foreign consulships without regard to honesty or Illness for the positions. The country needs her best talent In these responslblo places. Our com mercial Hiiccesrt requires thorn and the administration In ready to ade quately reward faithful service. At the present time when the com mercial world sconm possessed of one Idea of consolidation , the political world Is yielding to a tendency toward the restoration of national Individual ity. The great empires are very plain ly coming to a halt In their nwallowlng process. Norway has achieved her In dependence and while It may seem n small victory It In everything to her people. The AUHtro-Ilungarlan em- plro will unquestionably soon follow Norway's example. Possibly the dual monarchy may continue during the llfo of the present emperor , but oven this In doubtful. Those who are In position to understand conditions na > that eventually the poworn that di vided Poland will have to release their prey , while the most rigorous oppres Hlim does not subdue the detormlna ( Ion of ( he Flnlanders to once more bo free from Russia's yoke. Indications are that the next century will show more Independent political divisions on tin map Instead of less. At a recent gathering of two bun drod club women from several states the question wan asked the whole an sembly , "Who Is the greatest womai In history ? " The answer which was accorded the prize , says a well knowi weekly , road like thin : "The wife o a man of moderate means , who docs her own cooking , washing and Iron Ing , brlngn up a largo family of boyn and girls to bo useful members of HO clety , nnd finds tlmo for her own In tellectual and moral Improvement. Is the greatest woman In all our history. " Unquestionably thin was the corrcc answer and It Is to this class of wo nen , of whom there are many thou sands In America , that the countrj : > wes Its best eltl/.ens. It Is not the great social reformer , or woman suf frage leader , or oven the high minded omperanco lecturer , that does for the nation the abiding work that these clear brained , capable , determined mothers and homo makers of the so- called middle class In American so ciety. STANDING UP FOR FREMONT. The Norfolk Press , which Is just now making a vigorous fight for bettor shipping rates than have been accord ed In a recent concession by the roads of the town , specifies just what ad vantages Fremont has In the matter or wholesaling and the advantage looks to bo a substantial one. Fre mont Is pleased to have the facts ad vertised. It Is just such advertising that has made this city the best minor city In Nebraska. Fremont Tribune. Of course the Tribune Is pleased tci have such an advertisement. Any man loyal to his own town Is glad tc have Its advantages shown up , but II Is very seldom n person living In n competitive town will bo found accom modating enough to agree that his competitor Is better able to servo the public than is his own town , particu larly when this Is not truo. It Is a fact that Fremont , being a station on the line to Lincoln , Is able to lay goods down to a few towns In the Immediate vicinity of Fremont cheaper than Omaha can. But this is territory that Norfolk has no designs upon and does not expect to do any wholesale busi ness In. Fremont cannot servo Nor folk territory any cheaper than Nor- any cheaper than Omaha can. All Nor folk asked or had any right to expect was that wo bo placed on an equality with other Jobbing centers , and this has been done. If Norfolk were on n direct line to some largo wholesale town beyond , ns Fremont Is , wo might also bo able to have a rate that would give us nn advantage to near by towns , but not being so situated , wo should bo well pleased that wo have a rate that places us on an equal footIng - Ing with Omaha , Lincoln , Sioux City and Fremont. As a matter of fact Norfolk as n whole Is well pleased , but It must bo admitted that there' are a few exceptions of people who would rather see Norfolk got nothing than to have an advantage accnio that has como In spite of their most strenuous efforts to keep the town down to the level of a purely retail station. They roach the limit , when , after a distrib uting rate has been established here , they continue to erroneously assert that other towns have an advantage over the whole of Norfolk territory , when in truth it Isn't so. The bird that will besmlrth Its own nest Is not ordinarily considered a particularly valuable acquisition to the roost. In order to make Maryland politics more Intelligible to outsiders , Gorman and Bonaparte should change places It Is now officially declared that the aged Doctor Dowlo of Zlon City fame never had paralysis , but only wrist cramp from cutting coupons. For sixty years the great Cunard steamship line has been able to boast that it never lost a. passenger , but re cently an enormous wave swept five steerage people off to a watery grave Vhllo the company was humane enough to regret the loss of lives , the OSH of reputation for the line was irobably a far greater sorrow. The Atlanta Constitution attributes a largo share of President Roosevelt's greatness to bin having had n Georgia mother. Certainly Georgia ban a right to fool proud of the son of one of Itn nothorn. Admiral Dewey evidently believes n young men for war and old men for counsel. Ho Insists that the navy needs younger men In control of its vessels. If King Alphonso would only como to America for bin brldo , ho could got any style of beauty ho desired and money enough to replenish the royal palace In good shape. Japan's real greatness or her real littleness Is to bo shown In the com ing yearn by her treatment of the twenty millions of people In Korea. Her record there will determine very largely hOr tme place In the world's history. Miss News and Comment of the Duluth Nows-Trlbuno Is responslblo for this : "You can't toll how many business men there are In a town by the number of ads In the local news paper , but you can tell how many nro prospering. " No stronger ticket was ever put In the field by the republicans of Madi- con county than the one that Is now before the people asking for their votes. And the names on that ticket are just the kind of men that Madison county votern are glad to support , and the result will bo that after the first of January every county olllco should and probably will bo filled by a repub lican. The war In the far cast and Its con sequences are having a marked effect on world politics. Russia's ambitions In the orient have been curbed for the present , but other nations have Im portant interests In eastern Asia. It Is rumored that Russia and Germany have already entered Into an alliance to offset that between Great Britain and Japan. It Is also said that certain English statesmen are working to bring about an Anglo-Russian agree ment. This would seem to verify the truth of the saying that "politics makes strange bed follows. " Any way , matters across the sea seem to bo In a state of agitation. As the college year opens , rather more than the usual number of out breaks among the students are report ed. Hazing has gone merrily forward In a. more or less brutal fashion ac- j cording to the custom of the unre- I strained young animal to whom acor- 1 tain amount of rough sport seems nee- ; { cssary. The hue and cry against haz ing has boon overdone nnd Impractic al. That Is the reason It has had so little effect. There Is little use In try- ng to create a sentiment against It nstcad , It should be treated like any other offense. If college authorities were simply to notify the police when Iberty becomes license , It would put the offenders where they belong vmong criminals and the "fun" would soon become unpopular. Mrs. Geo. Gould Is referred to In a prominent society magazine as among the distinguished automobile surviv ors. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Men who manage everything else pretty well , fall to manage women. Our Idea of a good cook Is one who can mnko good apple dumplings , and use the Ben Davis. They tell of an Atchlson woman who takes any medicine she finds around the house to keep It from going to waste. Newspaper advertlsem . .vS tell how people may become thin , and how they become taller'but they , have no rem edy whereby a lean man may become fat Today we saw two dogs fighting , and ono of them trlod his best to got a hold on the other dog's leg. Ho worked at It as a trained pugilist works trying to got In a favorite blow , and the dog who didn't want his leg chewed up , put up a defense that was as clever as If It had been taught him. When a dog gets hold of another dog's foot , the fight ends. Do you learn from the wisest men In your community , or from the fools ? Are you ns bad as the Chinese ? Con fucius was ono of the greatest men In history , but the Chinese thought less of his ndvlco than they thought of the little men who advised worship of idols. Ever think what n fool perform ance worshipping nn Idol Is ? Yet fit ly people seem to take to that sort of thing whore ono takes to common sense. Makes digestion and assimilation perfect. Makes new red blood and bone. That's what Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. A tonic for the sick and weak. 35 cents , tea or tab lets. The Klesau Drug Co. MUTUAL LIFE PAYS ONE DOLLAP A LINE TO NEWS BUREAU. FAVORABLE REPORTS ARE MADB Dispatch Saying President McCurdy Created Good Impression Cost Double Price Mutual Actuary Testl fics Before Investigating Committee New York , Oct. 25. At the session ; of the legislative commltteo Investi gating the Insurance companies , tha affairs of the Mutual Llfo Insurance company were under consideration , nnd It was brought out that this com pany was paying for the dissemina tion throughout the country of re ports of this Investigation that weN favorable to the company. Charles J. Smith , a newspaper man , was the wit ness. He Is employed by the Mutual Llfo Insurance company to do a largd number of things , but a month ago was placed In charge of sending out these reports. Mr. Smith had vised a number of vouchers for the payment of this work nnd these aggregated $11,000 , with moro bills to como In. Ho thought the amount to date would reach $14,000. Mr. Smith wrote these reports and submitted them to Allan Fotmnn , who owns the Telegraphic News bureau , and $1 n line was paid by the Mutual Life for the service. Clippings from various papers about the country weru Bhown to the witness and Identified ns the dispatches ho wrote and sent to Mr. Forman. These were sent to about 100 papers , but Mr. Smith did not know whether the papers wem paid for Inserting them. In one dis patch Mr. Smith wrote tfmt Mr. Me Curdy's attitude on the stand made a distinctly favorable Impression , and for this he had to pay $2 a lino. Thl& he said , was worth It. Earlier In the day Emory McClla tock , the actuary of the Mutual Life was on the stand. Mr. McCllntock aft vocatcd no laws for the Insurant * companies except a certain stipei vision to give the proper publicity He thought the public could take can of themselves , and that publicity wai the best law. Asked how far this view was shared In official circles , ha thought ho was somewhat of a mis sionary along that line. John R. liegeman , president of tha Metropolitan Life Insurance company , was examined. While lacking the startling features of tlio testimony of uome of the other llfo insurance presi dents who have testified , Mr. liege man's remarks and explanations were none the less Interesting , especially his statements that $870,000 was given to the industrial policy holders of his company last year without any obliga tlon whatever. Mr. liegeman further i.ald that in eight years his company bail voluntarily given to the polic.1 ; holders $8,000,000. This was in ex tended insuranw , mortuary dividends and liberalized policies during opt ilemica , Loads and fires. It was Lrought out that , while the company carried collateral loans throughout the year , none appeared in the annual report on Dec. 31. This was explained by the witness , \vlu said that all collateral loans wen transferred on the last day of the > rnt to Vermllyo & Co. , the bankers , un der an agreement , and were bousht back again in January. This was done according to 'he witness , to avoid the horde of applications for call loans from the Wall street district. The large loans , with such a low In lerest as 1 { per cent , and especially the ona to President John A. McCal of the New York Life Insurance com pany , were taken up , and Mr liege man spoke strongly of his friendship for Mr. McCall , who , ho said , was closer than any other man to him li the Insurance business , outside of his Immediate associates. Mr. McCal had rendeied him valuable service that was of benefit to the company and personally he thought the com pany could afford , and would have been Justified , In paying Mr. McCal the few hundreds of dollars the 'oans. amounted to. All now and frash- stock at rummag sale , open next Saturday , first dee west of Queen City hotel. CHILEANS IN JMOBY REVOLT Fifty Persons Killed and Five Hun dred Wounded. Santiago , Chile , Oct. 25. Mor troops have reached Santiago and with their arrival the city la gradually assuming Its normal condition. A bll ter feeling prevails against the au thorltles. The outbreak Is not con sldered to bo political , but Is believed to bo the work of rowdies. The ofll clals of the street railroads estlmat the damage done to their property a about $250,000. Almsot everythln that could bo destroyed was wreckec1 Including the city lamps , monument and windows everywhere. About fifty persons were killed an 500 wounded during the rioting. The press criticises the govornmen and the local authorities for lack o , energy In preventing the disorder. Textile Men to Vets on Strike. Fall River , Mass. , Oct. 25. Althoug the Fall River textile council , whit- held a special meeting to consider th refusal of the manufacturers' assocla tlon to grant a direct wage Increas of slightly moro than 14 per cen made no recommendation to the var ous unions , the Indications point to general strike before the close of th month. Special meetlnKs of all th D ill ifi ; i it ; i vi tAJi ) > on the question of leaving the mills. The sentiment among the rnnk nml Do of the operatives , union and non union , appeared to bo strongly lu fa vor of a strike. _ Find Body of Missing Boy. Philadelphia , Oct. 24. The body ot Louis Dobeke , tin eight-year-old boy , who was believed to have been locked In a boxcar on the Pennsylvania rail' road , was recovered from the Dela ware river. Ther" were several cuts and bruises on the face and arms. One of Dobeko's companions had told the police that the boy was locked In a freight car and the Pennsylvania railroad olllclals opened cars by the hundred all over the country. vj t I PRESIDENT'S TOUR OF STATE A. CONTINUOUS OVATION. HEARTILY WELCOMED BY ALL- Delivers Speeches at Several Towna to Large and Applauding Audiences. . t Birmingham Cheers for Roosevelt. . Train Leaves for Llttlo Rock. Birmingham , Ala. , Oct. 25. Presi dent Roosevelt concluded a strenuous lay In Alabama by a two-hours' visit o Birmingham , where his reception , , n keeping with those given him at Montgomery and Tuskcgce , was- icarty and soul-stirring. His day be gan at 7 o'clock , when the special rain left Montgomery for Tuskegee. Visits to the Tuskegee normal and in- lustrial institute and to the Methodist emale college were crowded Into a. Ittle less than two hours , and the nocn hour had just arrived when the- executive stepped from his car In Montgomery. Hero he spoke to a great throng under the shadow of tln confederacy's first capltol and was on lis way again sharply at 2 o'clock. . A few minutes before 5 the president was the guest of Birmingham , and un til his train left at 0:45 : p. m. on the night run to Little Rock the presi dent was cheered at every turn. The day was unmarked by any special in cident save at Birmingham. Here , at the corner of Fifth avenue anrt Twentieth street , an intoxicated man , ' In his excitement , dropped a pistoi from his pocket on the pavement. M' The president saw the incident and called the attention of officers to the- V man , who was Immediately arrested. The parade was along North Twen tieth street and the entire line of march was packed with humanity. The ovation of the president was con tinuous and hestood in his carriage the whole way acknowledging the out bursts of enthusiasm. The president congratulated Ala bama on the wonderful progress made along Industrial and Agricultural lines , lie praised the men who wore the gray nnd the men who wore the blue FARMER LIVENS UP INDIANA TOWN Steels Locomitive on a Bet and Runs Into Box Cars Filled With Italians. Chicago , Oct. 25. The efforts of. Patrick McGrath , a farmer of Chester ton , Ind. , to "liven things up a bit" proved a glittering success lu that town. McGrath noticing an engine standing on the tracks of the Lake Shore road , announced that he would bet anybody 25 cents that he would waken up the town inside of ten min utes. The wager was taken and Mc Grath , finding that the train crew was , absent , climbed aboard the engine and. pulled out the throttle to the last notch. The engine darted down the track and tore into a train of freight cars , in which a number of Italians were eating their dinner. Four of the cars and the engine were smashed , and four of the Italians seriously hurt. . McGrath escaped with but a few In- luries and was taken to Jnil. Rummage sale opens Saturday , first building west of Queen City hotel. Mrs. Charles Mihills. Mrs. Charles Mlhllls , after a linger ing Illness , succumbed at the family homo on South Eighth street at 1 o'clock this morning. She leaves a husband and daughter , Miss Eva Ml hllls , to mourn her loss. Mrs. Mlhllls. had lived In Norfolk for many years- and had for her warm friends a large circle of persons who know nor. She- was fifty-nine years of ago , and she had been married for thirty years. It was Impossible this morning to an nounce definite funeral arrangements , as Mr. Mihills wished to hear from a / sister and brother of the deceased , i * who live In Wisconsin. They are Edward - ' ward Polling of Plymouth , Wls. , and Mrs. Walter Little of Sheboygan Falls , Wis. It Is possible that they are al ready enrouto to Norfolk and for this reason Mr. Mihills wished to await word from them. In case they can not come , the funeral will bo hold from Trinity Episcopal church , of which Mrs. Mlhllls was a member of long , standing , tomorrow afternoon. 4-1 Tired out , worn out woman cannot sleep , eat or work ; seems as If she would fly to pieces. Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea makes strong nerves and rich red blood. 35 cents , tea or tablets. The Kiesau Drug Co. If you want a pretty face and delightful - ful air , Rosy cheeks and lovely hair , Wedding trip across the sea , Put your faith In Rocky Mountain Tea. The Klesau Drug Co. - Rummage sale Saturday , first door west of Queen City hotel.