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WONDERFUL PROGRESS MADE DY
" ' ' AD. WRITING SCIENCE.
WRITERS GET DIG SALARIES
The Pronrcso of Ad. Wrltlno Hns Been
Phenomen.il During the Past Few
Years Two Men In The News Of <
flee Hnve Enro'l ' < l > n .1 CollcQe.
T will double HIulnry. . "
This funilllnr phrn. which mnga
r.luo readers huve no often seen of
Into , tolK pcrhapK nn ImprcsNlvely as
nny ntlior effect , llu onnrtnoiiR In
crease In ( ho wloiu'o of advertising
na n ( tower Hint IIIIH rome nhout dur
ing thu past few year * . Toilny there
.nra colleges wlilrh toivh advertising
writing mi ono of the loading profcs
jdons- and It must ho admitted ( lint
thu professional ad writer 16 receiv
ing n splendid imy-oh > ck nil over the
country.
From the cruih * forma of advertls
Ing publicity ( lint , were used In the
old dny , wlion the iiiimo of the nd
vorllHor nnd ( ho name of hlB wares
AVIIH prominently displayed nnd thnl
wns nil , ban conio sclonro which , li
Ita precision nnd Intricacy. rlvnlH tin
writing of lnw brief H or literature for
the llctlon public. .
Today professional .id writers am
manager * " In largo stores nro reoolv
Ing from $ n& to $100 and over per
week for tholr hrnln work. All o
which mount ) that their work produces
wonderfully moro In the wny of re-
units for the oxeheiiiur | of the con
corn.
Merchant Too Busy.
Many merchanttt of the present da >
tleolaro that ( hey an ) too busy to write
nils too busy to give the proper cnro
uiul work to make thotr ndB. effective
And It must bo admitted that a vnH
amount of money \n \ wasted In adver
tUIng space , from the more feet tha
tbo copy In not ne.lenllllcally prepared
Oood nd. copy meaim wood results
lioor nd. copy means poor results. I
In not the ninounl of upuco used , nlono
thnt countn.
The Sequel.
What In the sequel to this Plate o
nffnlrs ? What IIIIH happened as n re
milt of the fact thnt thu merchant I
( oo busy with bin own business to
write mis. thnt will .sell goods ? The
result IH that , the newspaper has do
volopcd the scleneo of nd. writing st
tlutt It may make ttn columns produc
results for Its advertisers.
The News , anxious to keep nbrcas
of the times and anxious , too , to si
euro the best possible results for It
advertising columns , lias taken ui
tbo matter of sulmitideally wrlttoi
nds. Two men In the otllco have on
rolled In correspondence colleges fo
the- express purpose of learning ho\
to write nnd to put In potent typo cf
fcctlvo ndvorllseiiieuts.
The condition , therefore , Is change *
from the olden 'times , when the mcr
chant wrote his mlvortlsoments bin
riudly once or twice a year. Toda
the newspaper furnishes the ad. wrl
or , who Is always at the service of tb
merchant and whoso business It Is , a
best as ho can , to aid with suggestion
juid with the actual writing Itself , 1
the more-hunt desires. The ad. innn
Is as Important to a newspaper today
na a reporter and after nil , ad. writIng -
Ing Is merely reporting the features of
the commercial world. merely presentIng -
Ing to the people the Important things
which they ought to investigate. In
cidentally , of course. It creates a de
mand for luxuries and also a demand
fo'r better goods In the staple Hues.
WOMEN TO PRAY , MEN VOTE.
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Then , When Nltjht Comes In Philadel
phia , Woo Betitle Recalcitrants.
Prayeis and ballots are the weap
ons on which the reform workers of
( be city rely to overthrow the repub
lican nmchino on election day , says a
Philadelphia report. The women will
,
do the praying , while the men vote. | '
Religious nrgnnixntlnns all over the
city have taken up the movement
started by the W C T U. to set aside
six hours on election diy : to pray that
victory will jn rch-ou the banner of
Mayor Weaver. In addition , the wo
men will fast. |
When the men come home at night ,
they will bo asked if they voted
"right , " and woe liotido any who an
swers In the negative , for though no
official program has been arranged In
this regard , It is freely predicted that
tha wives , slstors ami daughters who
have been on their knees for six hours
and have bad not him ? to eat all day ,
will be In no amiable frame of mind
when they find their cttorts have been
wasted.
The saloons will be closed on elec
tion day. but the churches will be open
for the long prayer meetings. In
Northwest Philadelphia , Mrs. Jennlo
Mbrloy will preside over the services
In ono church , and among those who
will assist her are nishop McCnbo
and former Hlshop Cyrus D. Foss ,
whose son is secretary of the city par
ty campaign committee.
Cupid has been evoked as an ally
ot Mayor Weaver by the women's city
party committee , which Just now Is
very busy. Every young woman In
Philadelphia will bo asked to discour
age the attentions of young men who
do not avow their attention of voting
against the machine.
ITouse-to-houso canvasses nre being
made to enlist the aid of the women ,
young and old. Public meetings also
arc being held nnd these nre largely
attended by men.
The Method'-t ministers of the city ,
at their weekly meeting yesterday ,
dupied re iolniloim pledging thorn-
cHis to Htnnd by Mayor Weaver and
o utv.c mrnibcru of their congrega
Ions to vole for him. The llapllMl
ulnlMern panned Hlmllar nmolnllona.
Rural Route No. 3.
( ' . A. Wimton Ims nbntit 800 biiflheln
if corn cribbed.
Wllllnm Ilrodthngon In pnlnllng his
tow house.
Henry Asch of Pllgor In visiting bin
ather-lii-law , A. .1. Huobnor.
A tuvoll dnnco Is reported nt the
inmu of Itoherl Horchnrt last Sunday ,
everybody had n good time.
George hot tow nnd Kdgnr Wnllnr
went to Lincoln Monday , where they
ire working IIH motormen on the
street cnr.
Miss Clara Klc.li ! and brother of
Norfolk were visiting with relatives
n lladar last Sunday.
MrH. Frank llnnno wan In Norfolk
ast Saturday.
Minnow Ella nnd l/ulso llrlsso nnd
lltlo brothers , Ilormnn nnd lOsra , were
transacting business In Norfolk Satur-
lay.
lay.Mm. . Oscar Lehman and sister Kiln
were In Norfolk last Saturday.
A. V. lluebnor transacted business
In Norfolk Tuesday.
Herman Krollcb waa In Norfoll
Tuesday.
Misses Martha nrutnmnnd nnd lint
tie Pofahl of Not folk were guests at
the Huehner homo last Sunday.
Private Paul O. Iliiobnor of For
Lawton , Wash. , who WIIB discharged
Oclobor 0 , arrived hero Inst Sunday
Ho states that the army Is all right
The Tenth regiment of U. S. cavnlry
IH stntloued at Fort Crook.
NEWSPAPERS AS TEXT BOOKS.
Prof. James Says Students Mu t Read
the Papers.
Nowspnpors hnvo boon rnrtoil n ?
text books at Northwestern university
and hereafter students In the Amor
lean history class of Prof. .T. A. James
must come to the recitation roomn
prepared to answer questions on the
news of tbo day , says a Chicago dls
patch.
In the course of his leeturco Prof
James referred to an article which nji
pearoil In a dally paper yesterday
Upon questioning ono of the members
of the class , ho found that the stu
dent wns not prepared to discuss cur
rent news , and an examination of the
class showed thnt but two of the mem
born hnd rend n paper.
"This will never do , " snld the pro
fessor. "Hereafter I shall expect yoi
to have nn nccurnto knowledge of cur
rent events ns chronicled ench dny h
the newspapers , and I shall consider I
fully as Important as the dally lesson
assigned from the textbooks , "
Hummago sale Saturday , first dee
west of Queen City hotel.
A STRANGE INSECT.
The AM.-In In Half IMimt and I
Found In .ViMV.calami. .
The aweto , as he Maoris , or native
of New Zealand , call It , or IIIplallH vl
rest-ens , as nnturnllsts term It , Is foum
In New Xenhuul niul Is a vegetable on
torplllar of from three to four Inches I
length , and so far science has not bee
nble to say whether It Is a vegetable o
an Insect. It Is always found nt tb
foot of largo myrtle trees that bav
beautiful red tlowers on their stem
and a beautiful creeping clematis a
white as the snow. The Maoris ca
this tree by the name of rata. Th
aweto buries Itself among the roots o
the rata a few Inches below the grouiu
and there live * mull It Is full growi
when tt undergoes a mo t wouderfu
cluingc. The spore of a vegetable fui
gus , termed by naturalist.Sophoeria
robe.rtsil , fastens Itself to the neck of
the caterpillar Just between the head
and the flrst ring and then grows up
ward to the height of from six to eight
Inches. Many people assert that there
Is never more than one stem , but such
Is not the case , for some have been
found with two steins , although very
rarely.
The stem shoots up out of the g-ound
above where the caterpillar Is living
about two or three Inches. Below the
earth It grows into the aweto until It
Illls up every possible space within the
outer skin without chang ng the form
of the Insect In the slightest way whatsoever -
| soover , tun simply substituting a vege
table matter for animal matter. As
boon as this takes place both the plant
I ami caterpillar become dry and hard
and die , but retain exactly the same
| form as when alive. The whole has n
I brown color , and the Insect appears a
wooden caterpillar with n huge horn
standing up from the back of Its neck.
| How the caterpillar manages to propa
gate Its species no one can tell. Usual
ly the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis ,
the chrysalis changes Into a moth , the
moth lays eggs , and these eggs again
become caterpillars , nnd so on without
stopping. Many reasons are given why
the plant shoots up from the back of
the neck of the aweto. Ono Is thnt the
nweto has n slimy substance oozing out
from Its neck , which while the nweto U
boring nt tbo foot of the rata tree for
Its only food catches tbo seeds of the
fungus nnd holds It fast there till the
latter begins to grow. When It has
sucked all the vegetable life out of the
nweto It must naturally die , for It finds
no further nourishment. The aweto U
often found In Inrgo numbers.
national Home I < "ur Letter Carrier * .
Ofllcials of the New York Letter Car
riers' association announced recently
thnt a national home for letter carriers
la to be built at Colorado Springs. A
100 acre site adjoining tbo Union Print
ers' homo has been secured , and the
building will co t S'-'QO.OOO.
Rummage snlo Saturday , first door
west of Queen City hotel.
DISTURDANCES INCREASING REVOLUTIONARY -
OLUTIONARY SPIRIT IN RUSSIA. '
RAILWAY TIEUP IS COMPLETE
St. Petersburg , Moscow and Other
Lnrue Cities Isolated Strike i
Spreading In All Quartern Czar's
Ministers Meet.
Warsaw , Oct. 20. Russian Poland
ngltntorH nro organizing rovolntlonnry
Meetings In factory districts and n
gonornl strlko In nnllclpatod October
JH. Prices of food are rapidly lucrcns-
ug. Telephone .communication with
M\7. ( \ tins been Interrupted.
St. Potemburi ; , Oct. 20. Confronted
by u ultimtlon mure crucial than nny
Blnco the beginning of the political
and Boclnl upheaval of Knsslii and
which , nt the time this dispatch la
tiled , shows no signs of amelioration ,
the emperor's ministers , under the
leadership of Count Wlttc , spent ( !
day In conferences In thu hope of BL
Ing some wny out of the trouble Into
which the revolutionists and the so
cialists have cast the country.
The general strike on the rnllrouda
IB complete , except In a few border
provinces , nnd St. Petersburg , Mos
cow nnd other largo cities nre almost
as closely beleaguered us If they wcro
Invented by besieging armies. At thu
Bnme time the Industrial strike hns as
sumed Inrge dimensions nnd the tur
bulent elements In sevcrnl localities
nre offerlnt open resistance to troops.
The Finland railroad to Hctelngfors
nnd the steamers constitute St. Patera-
burg's only menus of communication
with the outer world this morning
The poslnl authorities nre now refusIng
Ing to accept ordinary mail , and com
merclal correspondence Is at a stan6
still. The strike Is complete In the
great factory region on both banks of
the Neva above the city and In sev
crnl other industrial quarters. Forty
thousand men nro out. The store
clerks' union proclaimed n two weeks'
sympathetic strike for political rca
sons Prudent Inhabitants nre laying
In stocks of provisions so as to pre
pnre for emergencies. As n cense
quence. the prices of provisions have
risen sharply.
Lnrge meetings , mninly of workmen ,
were held In the university nnd the
higher schools , nt which the sent1
menl wns unanimous for continuing
the strike on the railroads to the bitter
tor end. The proceedings at several
of the meetings were of a strong rev
lutlonary character , the speakers call
Ing on their auditors to arise and slay
nil "chlnovnlks" nnd the police and
to meet thu troops' with arm oil forcr
These speeches were received with
enthusiastic cheers.
An encounter took plnce between
strikers nnd engine drivers , who were
preparing to take out trains. R <
volver shots were exchanged and a
number of persons were killed or.
wounded.
Fifteen persons wcro killed nnd
twenty-six Injured In n conflict be
tween troops nnd strikers nt the
nrlnnsk works at Ekatcrlnoslav.
Prisoner Ends Existence.
Butte. Mont. , Oct. 2ti. James F
TJarues , awaiting trial for the murder
of Patrick Hanley In this city Sept. 3 ,
died In the county Jail , apparent !
from self-imposed starvation. Barnr
for the past throe days has refused
to touch n morsel of food or drink ,
bemoaning his fate nnd expressing terror
ror lest n mob should again attempt
to lynch him. Some time ago ho made
nn unsuccessful attempt nt suicide ,
but his stomach was so weak follow
ing a prolensed fast that It refused
to hold the poison.
After Distilling Company.
Greensboro. N C. . Oct. i0. ! Inter
esting litigation has been begun In
the federal court here In the case of
the United Stales apainst the William-
Distilling company , indicted In tlt'teen
counts for nlli-sed frauds agninst the
government In conducting a big dis
tillery in Yn.iKIn county. The pur
pose of the trial Is to show that the
defendants transported and soM
thousands rf cnllons of whisky moir
than their M\nru reports to the gov-
eminent lor t'.iymcnt of laxet.
TELEGRAMS JERSELY TOLD
The sultan of Morocco hns accept
ed Algeciras , Spain , as the place toi
the Morcccan conlercnce.
Captain Nelmlsin has been appoint
ed naval attaihe of the Russian em
bassy at Washington , to succeed Com
mander Alexander nunloff.
Charles A. Fhmnior announced his
resignation as Republican candidate
for district attorney of New York anil
appealed to the members of the party
to support the candidacy of William
Travcrs Jerome.
In ahead-oil collision between a
Kansas Cltv Southern fast passenger
train nnd a switch engine at Pitts-
burg. Kan. , ten people were thrown
from their scats In a coach and In
jured , and both engines and a mall
end baggage car were wrecked.
Arrangements have been made by
the United Irish societies of Ne\\
York to hold n mass meeting on NOT
9 , In Cooper Union , to protest against
the proposed series of entertainments
to Prince Ixmls of Rattenburg and the 1
men of his ilcet during th lr rlslt to
New York.
GREER , MILLS & CO.
View of Live Stock Market at South i
Omaha , C. A. Mallory , Manager.
South Omaha , Oct. 2G.-rCnttle Re
ceipts continue liberal , with a large
p < iTfiiituo of range stuff nt nil mar
kets. The demand continues uigcui
for choice mil he fat cat Ho and prle-
< are Hliong for anything In this Hue.
The supply HOOIIIH , to be limited nnd
all cattle that nro good enough to
place them nbovo competition with
gniHH stock command unustml atten
tion.
tion.The
The request for fcedcm Is still Inrgo
mil ns the qunllly of the range cnttle
IH not quite ns good ns earlier In the
season , a larger proportion Is going
Into the country. There Is no indica
tion at prchont of there being much
lot-up in the demand for stockcts and
feeders and while wo may have tem
porary declines , wo do not look for
nny permanent deterioration In val
ues , and advise nil who need cattle
thlH year to correspond with us as to
their wants.
We advlso shipping fat cattle that
are ready and holding half fat stuff
until It Is good.
We quote : Kalr to good stock and
feeding steers , $2.70 ( 3.25 ; good to
choice $ : t.2fifi.7f ( | ) : > ; choice to extra so *
looted $ ll.75jl.25 ( | > * fair to good steer
calvci $ It.fiOfH.OO" ( good to choice
$ I.OOffM.25 | ; heifer calves around
$ : i.OO. Keedlng bulls $2.002.-IO.
Ho-s Receipts have shown a smnll
Increase during the past week but nro
still of minnn ! proportions for this
tlmo of the year. Our market has un
dergone very slight fluctuations dur
ing the past week , remaining on prac-
tlcally a steady basts up to today. All
markets show a decline ot GffBlOn to *
day nnd the bulk hero at $1.95(0)5.10 ( ) ,
top $5.15.
This market continues well In line
with all other points nnd while wo
advocate shipping choice grades to
Chicago ns long as thnt market pays
a premium , wo ndvlse keeping close
watch of the Omaha mnrket nnd think
It will bo found profltnblo to send
common nnd heavy pncklng grndos
this wny.
The quality of the hogs Hint have
constituted receipts during the past
few weeks Indicates thnt old stock hns
been pretty closely shipped out nnd
there Is very llttlo probability of
heavy or excessive receipts until the
young crop has matured. Packers nro
manipulating the provision market
however , and we advise being prepared
pared for a llttlo lower range In prices
most any tlmo in the near future.
Sheep and lambs During the flrst
part of this week receipts of sheet
and lambs have been fairly liberal at
all markets but n very small percent
ngo of stuff on snlo that was fat and
desirable for killing purposes. The
market ruled strong for all fat lambs
and strong to lOc higher on all fat
sheep.
Best lambs arc selling up to $7.-10 ;
yearlings $ { ' , .00 : yearlings and old
wethers mixed ns high as $5.82'/ { . ;
wethers $5.00 ; ewes $5.15.
The feeder buyers are still making
strong Inquiries for all feeders and
the supply Is not equal to the demand ,
the demand being strongest for sheep
Lambs averaging from 55 to CO Ibs. ,
$ fi.25@fi.50 : 50 to 55 Ibs. . $5.75iJo.25 ;
15 to GO Ibs. , $5.00(0'5.75. ( Common
and light tail-ends weighing from 30
to ' 10 Ibs. , $ t.00f5.00. (
Battle Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Musselmnn and M'ss '
Jennlo Just of Norfolk were visiting
hero Sundny nt the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. John Just.
Snm Kurptgewolt of Mndlson wns
visiting hero the fore part of the week
with his son Cnrl.
Fred Kyi shipped one carload of fat
cattle to Omaha Tuesday.
Pnul Wnlter of Scrlbner was visit
ing friends hero the flrst of the week.
From hero ho went to Albion , where
ho Is working with a carpenter gang
for the Northwestern railroad com
pany.
Mrs. Rudolph Rlelsh was a visitor
to Norfolk Monday.
John R. Wlt/.igman of the Valley
bank went to Lincoln Monday to at
tend the bankers state convention.
Ardy Tombagen returned Saturday
from the Fremont hospital , where he
has been operated upon for appendi
citis. Ho Is entirely cured.
T. L. Cartney of Pueblo , Colo. , Is
bore visiting his brother Earl.
.T. A. Wright sold the Andrews farm
two miles east of Tllden to Peter Jur-
genson of Kalamnzoo.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scheregor and
baby of Elgin were visiting hero the
flrst of the week with relatives.
W. W. Mitchell and Emmet Smith
are hero from Mullen , Cherry county ,
on an extended visit.
W. A. Sutherland has repainted and
decorated T. C. Osborn's residence
south of town.
The ladles guild of Trinity church
will reopen their rummage sale Sat
urday , Oct. 28 , In the flrst building
west of the Queen City hotel.
Almost everybody In Norfolk who
can read , reads The News. Advertis
ing In The News will bring results.
Lake Tahoe.
Ono of the most beautiful lakes In
the world lies In the heart of the SI-
orrns on "The Overland Route , " 6,220
feet above the sea level , and Is com
pletely hemmed In by mountain walls ,
whoso nigged peaks rise In many
places to an additional height of from
2,000 to 4,000 feeL It Is twenty-three
miles wide and from 100 to 2,000 feet
deep. The entire region surrounding
I the lake Is picturesque almost beyond
! description , and a never ending de
light to the eye. This region Is
| reached only over the Union Pacific
< and Its connections , the fast trains
via this route reach California many
hours ahead of all competitors. In
quire of J. n. Elscffer , agent.
Superior engraved cards. The News.
PAIR | FROM BADLANDS ARE FINED
IN POLICE COURT
ONE OF THEM USED A KNIFE
Clarrle Evans Was Met With a Knife
In the Hands of Mrs. Grant Brad-
shaw When She Went for Water.
The Two Mixed and Fought Hard.
[ From Wciliipmlny'H Dully. ]
Clarrle Evans and Mrs. Grant Rrnd-
shaw , two negro women , were fined $5
each aiid costs , amounting In nil to
$11.80 each , by Judge Westervolt this
morning on n chnrgo of disturbing the
pence. The two women come from the
badlands east of town , and were
brought Into court because of n fight
that bad culminated a feud of long
standing between them.
The testimony Introduced In court
tended to show that the Evans woman ,
who Is a cook nt Leona Scott's plnce ,
wont to the Ha/.el Best house for wn
tor. When she arrived she was met
with a knife In the bands of the Brnd-
shaw woman , n slight llesh wound In
the arm resulting. They fought , one
toimdlng the other , until drawn npnrt.
The two were brought Into court
yesterday afternoon. One of them had
a very blnck eye. The court waited
intII this morning before announcing
ils finding.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
D. Mathowson went to Wakcflcli
today for a few days.
J. M. Ledorer , candidate for county
clerk in Pierce , was hero today.
Dr. A. A. Pottorf was in the city
this morning enrouto to Stanton. Ho
will bo here next week.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Pan
Briimmund yesterday.
Cirnhnm Humphrey , who has been
quite ill , is now able to bo about again
C. II. Vail , who Is visiting friends
at Tllden , drove to that place yester
day.
Three Indian boys passed throngl
this morning eiiroute to the Genoa
school.
A letter received today from W. H
Johnson states that be has decided to
go on south to Dallas , Texas , where
the climate is a llttlo warmer. He is
feeling better.
John Bridge is temporarily noting
as cashier at the union depot for the
Union Pacific and jr. & O. railroads
He will bold tbo position until the of
flcinl successor to Mr. Pargeter nr
rives.
Secretary Mathcwson of the Com
mercial club announced today that the
county commissioners now report the
road west of town to bo nearly drj
enough to begin the work of grading
and improving.
Mrs. A. B. I > aiio of Scrlbner , former
ly of Norfolk , together with her eon
Asa K. Lane , were in Norfolk this
morning. Tbo boy recently under
went an operation hero in which hi
too was removed.
The weather man predicts showers
and cooler. The air was very warm
at sunrise today but gradually grew
more chilly. The thermometer showed
yesterday to bo an exceptionally warm
day , registering G-l.
The marriage of Miss Martha Guso
to John Napor was solemnized nt the
home of L. Bruce , Edgewnter park ,
nigui , uev. j. i < \ roucner Glaciat
ing. A very nice supper was served.
A largo company of friends were pres
ent.
Miss Roosevelt disappointed people
at Omaha yesterday morning when the
Ilarriman special train drew through
town. Many had hoped to get a |
glimpse of the president's daughter j
but she was not yet awake. It was
then 9 o'clock.
The homo of Mrs. Retzlauf on rural
route No , 3 , out of NorfolkIs quar
antined for the second time this sea- j
son on account of diphtheria. Her |
oldest daughter Is 111. The homo of
W. J. Smith is also quarantined for
the same disease. Each case Is get
ting along well.
James Bennor of Bonesteel , who
yesterday burled his wife at that place ,
passed through the city this morning
with four small children left mother
less. His parents , Mr. and Mrs. H.
II. Benner of Paulina , Iowa , were with
him , enroute to their homo In Iowa.
Mrs. Bennor succumbed to cancer of
the stomach.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. J. Durland and
daughter , Jane , will bo present for the
unveiling of the Morton monument In
Nebraska City Saturday. Mrs. Dur-
land went to Fremont today where she
will bo Joined by Mr. Durland nnd
Jnno tomorrow nnd together they will
proceed to Nebraska City for the cer
emony over the monument.
A special to The News from Battle
Creek says that Charles E. Flores , for
merly a harness maker in Norfolk and
for a number of years engaged at his
trade at Battle Creek , has decided to
return to Norfolk to manufacture n
patent buggy fixture which ho has
recently Invented. Ho Is coming to
Norfolk because of the bettor shipping
facilities afforded hero and because of
the now freight rates which will aid
him In shipping his products out of
the city. |
P. H. Alexander , ndvnnco agent for
] "Tho Royal Slave , " arrived In Norfolk J
, this morning and dated his show to ap-
i penr In Norfolk next Wednesday , No-
I vombor 1. The same show wns here
Inst year. Mr. Alexnnder said , "What
Is It that I have always heard about
( Norfolk ? What is It that has madoj |
mo always know of this town ? This
is my flrst trip hero but I'vo heard
A frtand of the homo
A too of tlte Trutit
Powder
CamplloB with the Pure Food Laws
of all GtatoB.
of the town over slnco I have been In
ho west Because I'd heard so much
about It , I brought moro paper for bill-
ng purposes than you ever saw. Don't
tnow what I will do with It all. " Mr.
Mexander wont to Pierce at noon and
will go to Wlsnor tomorrow morning.
Chickens Afflict Ex-Attorney General.
Lincoln News : While ex-Attorney
General C. J. Symth Is plunged Into a
awsult hero In Lincoln thnt presents
some voxntlous problems , there ap-
jrears to be something doing around
! ils own homo In Omaha , Judging from
the following from nn Omaha paper of
this morning :
Mrs. Patrick O'Brien , who has been
njolncd from letting her chickens
scratch up C. J. Smyth's front lawn
and who Is complalnnnt In a $5,000 li
bel suit nlleglng that Mr. Smyth called
her red bended nnd Intimated thnt she
wns a dnngerous womnn , Is now nc-
cusod of assault nnd battery. It Is al
leged that she struck Bernard Smyth ,
a young son of the former attorney
general.
Witnesses differ nbont the transac
tion , and Judge Berka will take twen
ty-four hours to unwind the evidence
and decide whether Mrs. O'Brien real
ly committed nn assault or not.
Bernard said that ho went after a
nose guard which n youthful O'Brien
had , nnd thnt the boy's mother chased
him off the lot and then punched him
after ho hnd stopped off her premises.
She says thnt Bernard kept her boy
.a prisoner In the barn so that ho
couldn't go after his cow , and she sim
ply shooed him off.
FIRST IROQUOISFIRE DAMAGE SUIT
Edna S. Hunter , Who Was Badly In
- jured , Asks Verdict for $25,000.
Chicago , Oct. 25. The flrst damage
suit against the proprietors of the
Iroquols theater , which was burned
Dec. 30 , 1903 , will bo commenced to
day in the United States circuit court \
before Judge Landls. Edna S. Hunt
er , who wat. badly injured In the fire ,
has brought suit for $25,000 against
the theater company and the George
A. Fuller Construction company , which
erected the building. Two weeks
have been occupied In securing a Jury.
Miss Hunter was with a party of
six young women In the gallery. When
the flames burst out she ran toward
the exit , trrough which she had en
tered the theater. She was knocked
down , trampled on , bruised and
burned , but finally escaped with her
life. Two of her companions were
burned to dentil , while the others es
caped.
This suit is considered by lawyers
to be of great importance. Hundreds
of other suits , aggregating millions of
dollars In damages , have been brought
and the evidence given and the ver
dict to be rendered in this flrst trial
is of momentous consequences to all
concerned.
Eckhnd May Go Free.
St. Paul. Oct. 25. Peter August
Ecklnml , In jail In London , England ,
on his own confession that he embez-
.Mod $11,000 while secretary of the
Clay County Land company , may go
free because of the refusal of his vic
tims to prosecute him. Secretary
Ellliu Rent telegraphed Governor
Johnson asking if Ecklnnd's extradi
tion to Minnesota was desired. Com
munication was at once held with the
Clay county authorities and the an-
horlties' reply was that no complaint
had been made nor his arrest asked
for. The money the man confesses to
taking belonged to Iowa parties , who
Intrusted him with it to make farm
loans.
DAWES TALKSJO BANKERS
Former Comptroller Dislikes Whole
sale Denunciation of Corporations.
Lincoln , Oct. 25. Before the meet
ing of the State Banners' association ,
Charles G. Dawes of Chicago , ex-comp
troller of the currency , defended the
financial methods of corporations. Re
plying to an attack on eastern finan
ciers made by C. M. Brown of Cam
bridge , Neb. , Mr. Dawes declared that
while there are bad corporations ,
there are also good ones , and that
criticism of methods should not be
offered without announcing a rem-
ery. Mr. Dawes defended Commission
er Garfleld's report on the beef trust
as to per cent of profits discovered ,
and declared that the critics of cor
porations should find a definite charge
to make against ono Instead of spend
ing fire among them nlmost uselessly.
Objections were raised against Mr.
Dnwes' arguments and there were also
manifestations of applause.
President T. J. Trenery's talk was
full of good cheer. Ho declared that
agriculture was the foundation of the
country , that the people of Nebraska
are fast becoming prosperous and
that the financiers of the state have
Just cause to bo boastful of their
country and their business.
O. R. MEREDITH , D.O
OSTEOPATH.
Office , Cotton Block , 'Phone Black 23.
RetIdencc too North Tenth Street , 'Phone FU