The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, December 01, 1905, Page 4, Image 4
NORFOLK NKWS : FRIDAY , DKCKMWKll 1 , 1 . )05 ) THE NORFOLK NEWS W. N. llUKia , rmhlUtirr. IIAU.Y. IIAU.Y.WM Kv rr l r * * c m HmuUy. jr cnr- rlrr i or w * K , 15 conU. I r Norfolk pontotno * delivery , per y * r , M.OO. Uy mM ! on rurnl route * ntut nuUUU ol Norfolk , p r year , 11,00. \VKIiKI.Y MCWfl-JOtlHNAI. . The Now * . KKtnMlKltvil. ISM. The Journnl , Kntnlillnliril. H7t. Every Krltlny. Hy mi ll J > r ycnr , II. 50. KnUrnl nl the p Mornr nt Norfolk , mntt r. Telephones : IMIiorlnl Department , No. : : . llimlneKft omro nml Jol > 1 loom * , No , II SJ. The Frvnch novollnt , Ouliln. Is endIng - Ing nor years In poverty after having earned largo sums with her prolific pen. That's novel. hns linil OUT 100 suicides this yonr There Is no doubt but thnt Chicago furnishes n brilliant opening ( or nnnlhor nntl-HUlcldo club. No ono Is Hiiro of nnythlni ; In ( ho fill urn. The past hns done Its best to tenon us useful lessens for our present guldnnco. The present Is the hour of opportunity. The posting of bills nnd cards on the telephone poles nnd sidewalks grontly mars the neatness of the town. The spirit of lmpro\emont should put n Mop to the practice. A peed story Is told of a Dos Molnos pastor who , , having only four people to hear him ono Sunday , advertised In the dally papers for a congregation and got It , Only another proof that advertising pays. The new freight service between Norfolk and Bonostool will be appre ciated by the traveling public This will give a train going noith earlier In the day , and will enable the commer cial travelers , who are an Important factor of Norfolk , to cover more terri tory during the day. The day of cement fence posts Is probably near at hand. The future Is likely to see every farmer owning an Inuxponslvo machine with which he can make his own cement posts of an almost Indestructible character at a cost of about 25 cents apiece. With this prospect In view there Is no oc casion to worry over the failing of fnnce post material. Mrs. Hetty Green , the richest wo man In America , has Just passed hei seventieth birthday. Besides round Ing out her three score and ten yean of life , she has also passed her fortieth anniversary as a business woman During the period she has added fully $50,000.000 to the $9,000.000 nest epp left by her father In 1SC5. And now sheIs declared queen of the money loaners In New York Yet few oft would live the life of Hetty. A few days ago Mr. Bryan tried tr buy a very sacred stool In Japan which had been sat upon for centuries by the heroes of that country and which was recently used by Togo , The Japanese were indignant but 1st' cr , alter n consultation , gave him the stool. "When he got out of town he learned what a sacred thing the stool was and sent it back. The Japs prob ably have Mr. Bryan set down as a member of the "Angora" club. The other day a man in Lincoln was arrested nnd fined $50 for rolling s cigarette. It was a grandstand play but Lincoln oupht to keep It up There is at least one tobacco house it Lincoln in which college students arc able to purchase cigarette * , handsome ly tailored , at any hour of the day. ] want four boxes of tobacco ; do yoi pet met" asks the student. And the cigarettes are produced. Why fine Patrick Murphy $50 for rolling one ol his own ? The president In a talk with Pro lessor White of Pennsylvania uaiver city Eald that he was in favor of re taining football among college ath letes and said further that foul play 01 brutality should meet with severe pun ishment , the same as would be accord' ed to an offender who had dealt the same injury In real life Instead of in a game. He adrcoated giving the urn' pire authority to order Individual play ers or whole teams off the grounds In case of violation of the rules. The greatest objection to the modern meth od of conducting the game is Intro ducing men into colleges merely as members of the teams. Often times professional players are given scholar ships which they have no desire for except to admit them to the footoall team of a certain college. On the very face of it this is unfair and , mak ing a dishonest start , the whole game is in many cases "fo-ul play" to the finish. It will be hard work to get the game back to an honest basis , but It probably can be done. CHANCELLOR ANDREWS. Chancellor Andrews of Nebraska nniverelty threatens to leave and to go to Chicago to become bead of that university. It is probable that the attacks of the fnEionlctE in the last political cam paign will help in hit decision to go. Chancellor , Andrewn In the biggest , broadoiit-Knuflod man who over nnl in the Nebraska university chnncollor's chiilr. Ho hns Riven Nebraska n rep utation enjoyed by few western uni versities. 11 In to bo hoped thnt ho will not leave.Vo need him. SATURDAY FOOTBALL. There were three fatalities In foot ball Saturday. The denth of a foot ball player linn become no common that the three tragedies were printed mi the pages of Sunday pnpors under tmnll nnd Insignificant hondllnoH. It Is getting to u point where , nfter the day's gnmoB are done , wo glance through the news columns to note , Just out of eurloHlty , how ninny strong nnd sturdy young college nthlotoH have fallen victim * In their piny and been ground to death on the gridiron. With such n condition of nffnlrs , It IK tlmo for n hnlt. America Is willing for Its youth to hnvo fun , to enjoy nil sorts of genuine sport to the limit and to play just ns hard ns vigorous young muscles will allow ; but America Is un willing Hint Its young men , preparing In school nnd college for future llfo , should have their lives snuffed out In so useless n way. A few years ago there wns n young Lincoln high school athlete , who made n good record for his young team with the oval. Ho graduated nnd went to the state university. Ho wns so good nt the game thnt he wns given an "N" sweater the first year which means that he "mnde" the tcnm In his fresh- mnn year. U wns glorious nnd his friends shouted. Charles 0. Shedd was his name. "Chic" Shedd everybody called him. He played end on the team nnd his runs nnd tnckllng were marvelous. Then came n hnrd gnme. His bnek wns twisted and he wns partially pnr- nlyzod. For days nnd weeks he Iny between life nnd denth. And then he grow a little better nnd on Saturday afternoons he wns allowed to be driv en In n carriageup to the university football grounds nnd to wntcli his mates piny nt the game ; he cnmo In n cnb , nil wrapped up In blankets nnd when he wns lifted gently out of that cnb screams of cheering for "Chic" went up from the bleachers. Chic Shedd will be n cripple nil the days of his life. He played in n foot ball game , there wis n wrench of his back nnd ho was permanently in jured. The other day telegraphic dispatch es from Washington brought the news that , through the efforts of Senator Burkett , Charles G. Shedd had been appointed register In the Lincoln land office. This nppolntment cnmo as the result of his Injuries. Senator Bur kett secured the place for Shedd be cause the students of the state univer sity wanted It and Chic Shedd had sacrificed his health for the football team of his state. The kindness of Senator Burkett his charitable motive arc to be ad mired. His nppolntment of Chic Shedd will be given the hearty approv al of Nebraskans , for Nebraskans feel utmost pity for Chic Shedd. But all of the appointments on earth can't bring back health and happiness to that boy. And the question come ? up. "Is the game worth the candle ? " Is a young man , vigorous and in the prime of life , justified in going Into n football scrimmage of today , with all of the risk that a football scrimmage entails ? Ike Raymond , another Nebraska uni versity star football player , once said though not In public , "No player comes out unhurt No football player quits the game without some Injury which will bother him the rest of his life " And yet there is no stop to it and , in their mad frenry to win as an ad vertisement for their schools , teams and coaches have resorted to all sorts of foul work , slugging , kicking in the ribs , stamping on the face of an op ponent who Is down. Isn't it high time to call a halt ? Not many years ago Minnesota played Nebraska. A big gopher fresh man. Van Valkenburg. was a star half back for the team from the north and he made tremendous gains. But he didn't play through the game. Very crary. he was sent to the sidelines. For a week it was feared he would < lle but he lived. And the next year Ne braska returned to Minnesota to play. Van Valkenburg was trotted out , all blanketed like a prire race horse , for a second half. Cornhusker eyes gleamed. There were whispers in the Nebraska line , t Van Valkenburg was laid out , cold and stiff , in ten minutes of play. -He's a fraternity brother of mine , but I can't help that , " said one Ne- braskan. who helped do it. The big Minnesotan was carried off the field. We believe In football. We believe it is a wonderful trainer of nerve and courage and self reliance and quick decision. We believe it develops a side of man that other gzmes. less nigged , fail to touch. But we believe , too. In saving the lives of American youths. We believe It IB up to the football coaches and players of the country to get together and make a new , life tavtag game. "U IN no tlnm for mirth and laughter tor In the dull , grey dawn of thu morn | ng nflor , " The moHt Interesting statistics No bra Mm can furnish this month are coming fronli from the corn fields. Unloaded revolvers nro nil respect- on * of persons , us Is shown In the un timely death of Mnrshnll Field , jr. The question now ngllntlng the world powers Is , will the republic of Pnnnnin recognl/o the Isle of Pines. Champ Clark says that .loromo Is a coming man. Tammany Is ontlroly convinced that ho has already arrived Experience as a war correspondent ought to servo well n football dope lloiul , according to some of the tnlcs that are sent out. If you enn't really hnvo a railroad llvlslon point In your town , say you tm\o anyway , nnd try to let Iho world know It. It Is a good enough bluff. Chnncullor Andrews says that pro fessional football Is morally rough. indeed - deed , wo have been led to believe thnt It Is sometimes physically rough. Nebraska's football victory over Il linois nt Lincoln yesterday went a long way toward redeeming Booth nnd the team for their two recent hnrd drubbings. The Filipinos call the American schools "clerk shops" because they claim thnt ns soon us n Filipino gets education ho Is too smart to work. There arc specimens of thnt kind In America. Cuba does not seem to take the se cession movement of the little Isle of Pines seriously. If congress , too , con siders It n joke , how disappointing It will be for the secessionists. The supreme court of the land has itllrmed the denth sentence of Mr. Turkey Gobbler nnd accordingly the execution will take place some time between sunrise nnd sunset tomorrow. An Illinois mnn claims to hnvo dis covered n method of flavoring eggs. That's nothing new. Cold storage people ple long ngo discovered thnt art , nnd the public would be glnd if they would forget it. It is no violation of confidence tc remark that Norfolk will continue tc be the principal dispatching point foi the Northwestern railroad In the Ne brnska & Wyoming division. Eighteen foothnll players have mel death during this season , according tc Chicago Tribune figures. The conn try will welcome the initiatory steps taken by the Pennsylvania university toward reform In football circles. It Is estimated now thnt it will take fifteen years to complete a sea level canal. If the time of construction keeps on lengthening , there are not many of its projectors who will live 'o ride through it. Bonesteel people are showing theli loyalty to institutions thnt will heir the town , by attending in large crowds the Catholic fair which is helping to raise funds for the new $0,000 church to be built there. Omaha expects next year to be a phenomenal one in the building oi One business blocks and elegant res idences. At least one former Norfolk man. Rome Miller , is to be a prominent - nent factor in pushing the building along. Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court says that no man who smokes cigarettes can advance to the top of the ladder. He is sorry' to hear that Mr. Jerome smokes them. It Is too bad he smokes. He would have been such a help to his mother. Nearly CO.OOO people were killed or injured in railroad accidents in the United States during the past year. This is an alarming number and It Is hoped that the improvements being Inaugurated by the railroads will les sen this number very materially next vear. Russian revolutionists have grown so suspicious that even the czar's scheme of selling them land on the In stallment plan falls to Impress them as philanthropic. They see real es tate speculation instead of a beneficent njovemenU An agricultural paper says the chief difference between an angora goat and the common billy goat is that the angora will not eatjip the family- wash and billy never misses a chance. Both are butters in. The fact that t sow headquarters building for the of e'-Jg of the North- -ptern wad ! > -n s built in N'orfrMdrew * ' ' much ae ( t-e on pr ? < to taor' Norfolk1 bo- tel man , has the-support of Omnhn niHlncMfl men'lihU'tiow / ' venture. "Mr. lor liail boon planning and promlsfiig lo build ( or so long that the people not tlreil of waiting nnd bnckod Mr. Miller. Now the Her forces are trying to delay the gamo. From some of the reports mint out of Fremont , It would look to a man at ti roller top desk as though pretty nearly nil of Norfolk , In n railroad way. were going to Hint town. "Gen- oral Superintendent Hughes nnd Di vision Superintendent Reynolds will roinnln , " ono report generously stntea. The Santa Fo railroad IIIIH ordorotl ho nlmmlonmoiit of the old nnd do Inplilnted smoking ears In which users of the wood hnvo boon compelled to travel and the construction of mod ern smoking cars of an iip-to-tlnto de sign , and all the latest Improvements for the comfort of the smokers. The Improvement will bo appreciated by the traveling public. Cionoral Mills , chief of artillery , says thnt the totnl strength of the artillery arm of the army Is only a third of what Is Imperatively needed. The na tion Is very like n family nfter nil. If the parlor Is well furnished the dinIng - Ing room needs speclnl outlay nnd by the time the children's winter cents are purchased they all need now shoes. So It goes in national affairs. Always appropriations for something. One of the best reforms President Roosevelt Is innuKiirntlng Is that of reducing the public printing. There is no souse In printing tons upon tons of government reports which are never distributed and. If they were , would never be rend. Twenty tons of Gener al Woods' Cuban reports were recent ly sold for old paper , nnd this is only a little Item. Several teams have been kept busy the Inst month , Washington reports say. In hauling away piles of these valuable ( ? ) documents. " 'lie Engineering News Is authority for the statement that the days of wooden passenger cars nre numbered and that the steel car will soon be in general use on all up to date roads. This will be another step toward safe ty for passengers. The railroads nre unquestionably making strenuous ef forts to reduce the number of acci dents. The block system is gaining favor slowly and the hnbits of railway employes are being looked after. All these efforts should result in a mini mum of accidents. The Lincoln Daily Star in nn ed itorinl a few days ngo entitled. "Time for Thinking , " makes a very tlmelj call for the people of Nebraska to be seriously considering what their po lit leal actions next year now so close at hand are to signify. Whether Ir. the last half of President Roosevelt' . ' term he shall be supported by a con gress of his own party or left at the mercy of his opponents. The wintei Is a good time for study and rellec tlon and it is the action which results from quiet consideration which is mosl likely to bring the Inrgest measure ol prosperity to the state and nntion. It cost $100.000 to elect William Tra vers Jerome district attorney of New York. The money was used in educa < tional advertising to instruct the great mass of voters how to vote the split ticketAs Mr. Jerome was not on any regular ticket every vote he received had to be on a split ticket , The money was raised by voluntary subscriptions and was spent in a wor thy cause. A million and a half ol sample ballots were distributed over the city in card form and printed In many languages , while every street car contained all sorts of marked bal. lots and split tickets. These are only samples of the immense amount ol advertising matter used. If the president is going to abolish the evils of red tape In governmental affairs he cannot do better than to be gin with the army. Many accounts of injustice have been given by those acquainted with the army service and discipline , but the recently published story of a young college man , who was taken to the Philippines on a trans port by mistake , Is about the limit. He attempted to leave the ship before it sailed but the officers would not al low it , believing him to be an enlist ed man , although he denied ever hav ing thought of enlisting. He was kept a year in the Philippine service be cause no one saw a way to let him go , although his name was not on the roll. At last be was returned to San Francisco where he was held a pris oner several months before the final order for his release was received from Washington. As there was no evidence of his enlistment , he received no pay. Tv * * "inujiceaiont that Columbia mfvef't" ' will bur football as It Is tii. . f- i , .t.Tes as a strong Indl- oat'"f ) i' - hr < will be a fctriklng r ' < -r- - . la the ssne.'e don't 'l ahoiinhed altogether tno masy good thingB about It - v " < f t rriirh fnn In It for to' ' knock It out completely. Hut It does need a going over. It nooiln to ho cieansod of professionalism and of so exaggerated nn Idea of the necessity of winning. It needs to bo placed on nn nmatoiir basis absolutely , In which clean young follows will piny with real sport rather than prl/.o lighters In n bnltlo to the denth. 'Tho game nootls to bo Hprontl out so that foul plays that can not now bo detected , will bo BOOH and penalized by the urn- plro. And It needs to bo moderated so that the collegiate student body will not go mini over the game for two months out of every year. SUGAR FACTORIES AND FARMERS A tclogrnphlc report from McCook snys thnt the fanners of that vicinity are dissatisfied with the manner In which they nro being treated by the local sugar factory and that unless a change Is made the industry Is npt to bo ruined In thnt section. Tills Is no fnlso alarm ami If the sugar factory cares for Its future , It bettor got Into the gnmo nnd treat the farmers right. Of course the sugar factory can act arbitrarily about accepting beets this season but there are other seasons to come. Norfolk had thirteen years of experi ence , dearly bought , anil today there Is a mammoth empty stone building and a largo tract of fertile land lying Idle near this ctty just because the farmers grew dissatisfied. The land of Nebraska will produce other crops , almost ns well paying a beets , nnd the farmers must be sntU fled If the sugar Industry Is to thrive And speaking of sugnr fnctories- what is going to become of the build Ing and property loft to Norfolk pec plo ? Are wo going to get n new Ir dustry in there or are wo not ? W < need it. There Is no time like tin present. Hasn't someone an avail able suggestion ? STEALING PRESTIGE. Norfolk resents the report sent on of Fremont to yesterday's state paper to the effect that division headquarters tors have been transferred from Not folk to Fremont and that the movi "makes Fremont the principal poin on the division for dispatching trains. ' The report Is untrue and has cvidcntl ; been sent to add prestige to Fremon at Norfolk's expense. Asa matter of fact there is no sug gestlon of establishing division head quarters at Fremont , and the state ment that Fremont "has gained mucl more than the city lost by the transfer for of division headquarters fron Fremont to Norfolk a year ago , " ii ridiculous. The only change made by the North western is in the transfer of Assist ant General Superintendent Franl Walters , formerly of Sioux City am who has made his headquarters here but a few weeks , together with a corpi of dispatchers and his clerk , to Fre niont. It has been found that th < territory is too scattered to be handll ; dispatched from either Fremont 01 Norfolk alone , and the dispatcher ! placed at Fremont are stationed then that they may handle the business over South Platte country. Norfolk loses nothing by the transfer for ns compared with its Importance of two months ago , before Assistant Superintendent Walters came There are still stationed here General Super intendent C. C. Hughes , Division Su perintendent C. H. Reynolds , Train master Mount , General Roadmastei King. Chief Train Dispatcher E. Bley a large corps of dispatchers and the Immense yards , round house , machine shops and equipment of the road. Out of Norfolk are still operated the lines between Ix > ng Pine and Fremont Bonesteel and Norfolk , Scrlbner and Oakdale , to say nothing of the general supervision of superintendents ovei the entire Nebraska & Wyoming vision. From this it Is apparent that the statement sent from Fremont tc the effect that that city becomes the principal point for dispatching on the bybtem , does Norfolk a gross Injustice , As for rumors of further changes , there Is said here to be absolutely none contemplated. Following is the official announce ment of the change , signed by Super intendent C. H. Reynolds and ap proved by Assistant General Superin tendent Frank Wallers , the changes to become effective at noon , Decem ber 3 : "W. B. Golden Is appointed chief train dispatcher , with Jurisdiction over the lines Fremont to California Junc tion , Arlington to South Omaha and Ornaha , and over the Lincoln , Has tings and Superior lines , with head iuarters at Fremont. "E. Sly , chief train dispatcher will ' ave jurisdiction Fremont to Long Pine , including the cut-off , and over ihe Albion ami Bonesteel lines , with Ijoadquartcrs at Norfolk. "Tho jurisdiction of E. O. Mount , : ralnmaster , IB extended from Norfolk lo Fremont Including the cut-off. "Frank Roach , trainmaster , will lave charge of the line Fremont tc California Junction , Arlington to Oma ia and South Omaha , and the Lincoln , Hastings and Superior lines. " This will Increase the importance ol r'rernontaB an operating headquarters , and will glvo It some of the prontlgo- It lost when the lines west of the rlvor were rodlstrlctod. At that tlmo Fremont lost division hondqunrtom nnd nearly nil of Its Importance as an operating center for the lines of the river. Norfolk Rulnod by the nddltlou of a few men to Its population. Tim company is getting bnck to the old bnsls of operation , according to the railroad men , Rheumatism , gout , backache , ncld poison , are results of kidney trouble. Holllstor'a Rocky Mountain Ten goes directly to the scat of the disease and cures when all clso falls. 35 cents. The Klcsau Drug Co. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Hustling nnd happiness are twins. Too many people pray with their fin gers crossed. Many a girl who married for leisure has repented In a hurry. When n woman begins to lese her eyesight she makes an Ideal chaperon. May wo remark that the museum freak who swallows lire Is a light ent er ? At the ago of 18 a boy wonders If ho will over become as Ignorant as his father. It Is the woman with a now hat whenever never complains because the sermon. Is long drawn out. Occasionally a mnn figures on n re served seat In heaven because ho once gave away an old coat. Many a successful man sidestepped the advertised road to wealth and sneaked In the hack way. A wife's affections that have been alienated are not worth 1 per cent , of the amount her husband usually sues for. A man will squander $5 treating his friends In a saloon and then go homo and scold his wife for buying the baby a pair of OS-cent shoes at n bargain sale. Chicago News. Are you lacking in strength and vig or ? Are you weak ? Are you In pain ? Do you feel all run down ? The bless ing of health and strength come to all who use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. The Klesau Drug Co. . ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Every man admires the woman of whom it is said she "spoils" her hus band. Do the right thing by' all of your friends , and you haven't anything but the core of the apple left. This is the season of the year when a girl adds to the cost of her new furs by having her picture taken In them. The average man thinks about the worst thing in the world is a doctor's bill until ho meets an undertaker's. The average married woman doesn't , know so very much about hope , but she is wonderfully long on patience. ' Remark heard in passing : "Nowa days you have to look out what you say. " Didn't people always have to look out ? When a man does something to dis gust his wife , she can put a lot of scorn into the expression , "Isn't that a man for you ? " Men and women get along surpris ingly well , considering how much the men know about the women , and how much the women suspect about the men. If the family living depends upon the horse , what good care Is taken of it. But when it is a man upon whom the living depends , that's something different. Brides are so important that it would not surprise one of them if the world should stop going around on her wedding day to get a better chance to observe her. Good advice to women. If you want i beautiful complexion , clear skin bright eyes , red lips , good health , take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea , rnere Is nothing like It 35 cents tea > r tablets. The Klcsau Drug Co. to Go . Nov < 28' Mrs ° Chadw ck has * expressed the desire to EO on the witness stand again In con nectlon with the bankruptcy pScSS Ings against her and wrote a letter o Referee Remington of the federal MT Cy TUrt reluest > G him ToM ? T rcopcnl "or caso. Mrs PI adwlck , declares that if nn op- Fh , S IS nKaln * lvcn hcr to so on Wlthout McCurdy Has Not Resigned. , % ' Nov' 28-Dr- Iter - -m ' ct denied ? J' the report , that ni ch-a . McCurdy had J. resigned the presl- lency or the Mutual Life and hat Robert H. McCurdy had retired from he general managership of the com ny. Dr Glllett said , howe er tht