4 THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , JUNK I , 190G. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tl - Nown. KHtnhllHhPil , ISSt. The Joitrniil. ICnt.ilillKliPil , 1S77. THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY \V N. HI-M : N. A. H " Kxor.v li'rldny. My mull pur yniir , $1.604 Knti-rotl nl the iMintolllon lit Norfolk , l ) | uirtinont. No 22 HUMlm'HM Ollli'o uiul .lull lloomn. NII 1122 _ The nuiRlrnl recitals which are planned by Mrs. Corn A. Heels , will turn over i\ll of ( ho proceeds to the llhrnry fund. Which fonturo will not bo overlooked by the town. Why not organize u local ImHuhnll tcnin In Norfolk to keen up IntoroHt during HIP HUiniuer ? Good games now ntitl then would bo drawing citnlH from n big territory around the town. The Innnno hospital which begins here this week will keep up Interest In things generally for a few dnys at least , oven though It docs Interfere with the lawyers' picnic In Nellgh. When the rate bill proposes to mnko It Impossible for railway employes and their families to secure transportation for themselves and families over the road upon which they work , It would Boom that the limit has boon reached In keeping the lid on. Norfolk railway people certainly think so. The University of Nebraska Is anx ious to encourage Japanese and Chi nese students to attend that Institu tion to study the laws and absorb the learning of the United States. The faculty recently Introduced n petition to congress favoring measures calcu lated to bring this schema about. The petition was rcforrod to the committee on foreign affairs. Norfolk people are turning In with a right good will In a united effort to boost the city library fund , and It be gins to look ns though the town maybe bo able to claim such nn Institution before a great many more moons. The establishing of a city library In Nor folk will mean much to the town In elevating the moral tone of the com munity , and no chance to push the project should bo lost. For the first tlmo probably In the history of Gregory county , S. D. , a grand jury has been Impannelcd for the term of court which convenes at Fairfax on .luno 12. The law of South Dakota provides that a grand Jury may be drawn upon order of the presiding Judge , as does the law of this state , but also like Nebraska It Is seldom done In any South Dakota county. The Judge seems to have como to the conclusion that there are a few things that need Investigating In the HOBO bud country. The death of Senator Gorman of Maryland , which occurred at Wash ington yesterday morning , brings to light a most remarkable political ca reer. With the lapao of but a few years Senator Gorman was In politics nnd had earned his livelihood through that source from the time ho was thir teen years old until the day of his death , at which tlmo ho had yet thrco more years to servo In the senate. It Is doubted If many another such rec ord can bo found in the United States , if In the whole world. The Fontonollo club of Omaha has endorsed ox-Governor Lorenzo Crounso and thus projected him Into the sen atorial fight. The movement by the Fontonello club , which Is bitterly op posed to Rosewater , Is done with the idea of splitting the Douglas county delegation , and thus weakening the Been man In the convention. About the same time , John L. Webster an nounces that ho will not bo a candi date for the place and his Douglas county strength will in all probability go to Crounso. The fight in Douglas county promises to ho qutto as Inter esting as the contest in the state. The name of John Murphy should bo placed in the column of those men who die heroic deaths to save the lives of others. After ho saw that a colli sion with the freight train at Califor nia Junction was Inevitable , ho re mained at his post of duty and did all ho could to stop the force of the Im pact. In the tlmo that ho had to con sider , ho undoubtedly know that to save the lives of people In the train behind hlin it would In all probability bo necessary to sacrifice his own. but ho did not hesitate for nn instant and went down to his death under his en gine. It is such nets as this that make people have moro faith In human na ture. The heroes of this world do not all wear uniforms nnd carry rllles. The conference report on the state hood bill is exactly what has been ex pected all along. It provides for the admission of Oklahoma and Indian territory as one state , and leaves to a vote the question of whether the people ple of Arizona and New Mexico desire to Join their fortunes and enter the family of states. The vote Is to betaken taken at the next regular election of a delegate to congress. However , the conference report may strike a snag I In the Mniiittf. Senator Forakor IB firm In his portion that New Mexico nnd Arizona must bo eliminated from the hill , as they wore In the original measure , llo rlnlum to have enough Bupport to enforce his demand , and MS hn Is known an a determined lighter I'10 fate of the conference report Is In doubt. It Is announced from Washington n a probability that congress at Its next Ho.sHlon will turn seriously to con- Hldoratlon of utlll/.lng the great rivers of the country an means of Irnimpor- lilt Ion. ThlH trend IH largely duo to Hie consideration that has been given the iiiiostlon of railroad legislation during the long debate on the rate bill. In the upbuilding of the great American railroad system , the natural nth-milages of the country have been lost sight of , and It Is the hope of the national waterways asHocIatlon to rem edy this and call Into being the fleets of river steamers that once piled on the Inland streams. As a developer of trade In the Interior , river trans- IKirtatlon would work wonders. This Is to bo no "billion dollar" congress , It Is estimated now that when adjournment comes the oxpondl lures that will have been authorized will bo a little In excess of $050,000 , . 000. Representative Tawnoy , chair man of the house committee on appro prlatlons has taken up the roll dropped by Speaker Cannon of "watchdog of the treasury. " Early In the session ho started In cutting appropriations to the bone and as a result the total budget got will not exceed the amount men Honed unless the senate votes some Increases. The only Increase of any magnitude made by the upper branch thus far has been In the naval bill , the appropriation being raised by $2181 , 0117. All that Norfolk people and ofllcers of the hospital for Insane ask from the state board of public lands and buildIngs - Ings , which will begin nn Investiga tion of the Institution tomorrow , Is that they probe the matter to the very botom , nnd If the ofllcors have been guilty of not doing their duty , then let the verdict bo found ; If , on the other hand , It Is found that a great many false stories have been told In regard to what has transpired Inside the hosjultal walls , then lot a verdict bo rendered which will clear the repu tation of the olllcors. They are either guilty or not guilty , and the result of the Investigation should set out clear ly which. There should bo no half way verdict and no whitewash. Norfolk people , and those of north ern Nebraska generally , may rest as sured that this section of the country Is not in any way affected by the al leged conditions which are reported to have been found In Chicago pack ing houses. In the first place , the meat markets of this territory which use packing liouso goods , get their meats shipped from the Omaha pack ing plants instead of Chicago , and it Is said that the South Omaha institu tions have been found to bo thorough ly clean. In the second place , many of the meat men of northern Nebraska slaughter their own beeves , this be ing the very heart of the finest stock raising country In the world. In the homo slaughtering wo know that these conditions do not exist. Once again northern Nebraska is a good place to live in. It has now become an Imperative necessity that the now law , creating amore moro rigid inspection of packing hous es , bo speedily drafted and enforced , for the protection of the packing in dustry of the nation. England nnd nil Europe , it is said , have begiin n boycott - cott on American meats , nnd not only the packer but the live stock rnlsor ns well will suffer unless n law is enact ed which will give assurance to the world that the meats being shipped abroad are closely and thoroughly in spected from hoof to can. If any InJury - Jury falls to the packer , ho can lay the trouble to his own door for the reason that ho fought the Dovoridgo bill and forced Roosevelt's hand. Now , In order to protect his business , ho must Join with President Roosevelt in asking for the law and for a rigid Inspection. And ho can well afford the S cents per animal required for the now Inspection. It developed last week during n de bate In the house of representatives that Governor Magoon , the Nebrnsknn who is holding the fort In Panama , has never drawn one cent of the $10- 000 salary ho Is entitled to ns minister to the Republic of Panama. With true simplicity ho has managed to struggle along on $17,000 a year , the salaries of his other official positions as canal commissioner and as governor of the canal zone. With Spartan resolution , Mr. Magoon waved aside the $10,000 plum that each year cqmo within his reach. But If ho lost pecuniarily he must have felt that his reward came In the shape of commendation on the floor of the house. But the versatile Nebraskan Is not to have his duties lessened in any way , but rather they are to bo increased. When ho Isn't iitt.Midlng to executive matters In con nection with the hulldlng of the canal , xovornlng the zone or playing diplo macy with the Panama authorities , ho IH to utilize his Bjmro tlmo In com manding the naval force that has boon sent down to see that the Pnnnmnns do not kick up too much of a row when their elections are hold. Orders have been iHmiod to naval of.lcers and men to report to Governor Magoon for In structions and to obey his orders. Truly , Charles 13. Mngoou of Nebraska IH a real exponent of the "strenuous life. " In uncovering the lamentable condi tion of affairs existing In the Chicago packing houses , through the report of IteynoldH and Nnlll , President Roosevelt velt IIIIH again found something that IH of vital Interest to the public , nnd ho will have the entire backing of the country In his Indignant wrath agnliiHt the methods which prevail In the preparation of food products in Chicago. There seems llttlo question but that the report Is truthfully made , although as a matter of course the packers rush to the front nnd strenu ously deny that the stock yards and packing houses are not kept reason ably clean , that the floors are slimy with filth nnd that meat which Is sent out to bo consumed by the public Is dragged across those floors , gathering dirt , refuse and splinters. The presi dent's message to congress upon the question Is direct and to the point. Government Inspection Is recommend ed as the only plan through which these abuses of public decency nnd public health may bo overcome , nnd government Inspection , declares the president "must he from hoof to can. " The exposures which are made though the report of the committed make It mandatory upon the present session of congress to enact legisla tion which will compel the packing plants to bo kept In n condition bor dering on cleanliness nnd decency. A Norfolk florist spent more than $20 In trying to prosecute a case in court in which ho charged n young woman with stealing a bunch of flow ers which ho admitted to bo worth not more than 25 cents. At first glance it looks as though the game were not worth the candle , nnd Hint the expenditure of moro than 20 in the case was a useless waste of mon ey. But Norfolk flower-growers will reap the benefit of the prosecution , even though It developed naught In this particular instance. As a result of the charges made by this florist , two young men have been found guil ty In court and have been fined by the Judge , though in each case they wore assessed minimum fines. And the re sult will he far reaching upon future llowor gardens. Flower thieves in Norfolk , who have created such con sternation for several years by tear ing to pieces nil of the pretty gardens In the town , will work a bit moro cau tiously In the future , lest they suffer the same fate and the same undesir able notoriety that was given to these. It has boon demonstrated that it Is possible to fine such law-breakers , nnd It has been found that nt least one man has the back bone to prosecute the matter. , It Is hoped that nil flower gardeners in the future will bo on the nlort and bo equally energetic In prosecuting such violations of the law. The United States geological sur vey has issued the following bulletin , which shows at least one lesson as a result of the earth-quake In San Fran cisco , In regard to building materials : If argument were needed to show the advisability of an investigation of structural materials it Is more than supplied by the recent earthquake in California. What buildings best stood the shock Is a question of very great practical Interest. Why they endured when others fell Is food for thought to builders all over the country. In this connection It is interesting to note that the Appraisers building In San Francisco , where the United States geological survey maintains n local ofllco , Is one of the few business structures In that city which was un injured either by shock or flame. Mr. Charles G. Yale , special agent of the survey reports that a little plaster has fallen but that the building Is prob ably the only ono In the city that shows not n single crack In Its brick walls. This may bo duo to the fact that the foundation consists of a six- foot bed of solid cement placed upon thousands of piles and that the bricks are put together with cement Instead of mortar. The walls are thicker he- low the sidewalks than above them. When the building moves , it moves ns a monolith , and while the vibration Is considerable , no damage has been done except to the plaster. That the geological survey might with profit to the country undertake the investiga tion of structural materials is attested by the numerous requests which it re ceives for Information on the subject. Twice during the past year the survey was visited by a body of engineers who represented largo Industrial de velopments In a number of different states. The survey was unable to supply the Information which they desired concerning the strength and cndurancu of materials to ho used In a variety of building and construction work. This one fact shows how desirable U Is that the Investigations tow under way by the survey bo en larged , Those Investigations hnvo imis far had to do mainly with the testing of cements and concretes. It Is felt that the work should bo con tinued and amplified. WILL SOON BAT MEAT AGAIN. How long will those whoso stomachs have been turned by the beef report , stop eating meat ? Not long , wo trust. America Is nil emotlonnl nation which weeps bitterly when she weeps , gives generously while she gives , diets rigIdly - Idly whllo aim diets , but forgets quick ly after all and goes on laughing and chatting and eating meat very soon again. After the Iroquols tragedy in Chicago cage , which cost n half thousand lives , a wave of reform In theater ordinances swept over the country , from shore to shore. Every state In the union got out its building inspectors , and fire escape makers did a wonderful busi ness , backed up by enforcement of the laws. Cities passed theater exit ordinances , and all that sort of thing , while the people , themselves , cut out going to the shows and made a disas trous year for the theatrical compa nles. This year , however , the mem ory of Chicago has faded away and now the box ofllce receipts are run ning normally high again. A few weeks ago San Francisco lost lives nnd property through earthquake and fire. America joined In and sent trnlnload after tralnload to the suf ferers , each town In the country ap parently trying to outdo the others in point of speed with the train. Dis patches told of the arrival of this train and that. Then the people , having given , forgot about the coast and went on with other business and with in vesting in California. The meat report tells of instances of things that are not as pleasant to think on as they might be. A good many people will quit eating meat for a time. But before very long It will bo a rare steak that can not tempt the hungry vegetarian. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Some people have n good time de manding their rights. Some days the only items a reporter catches are German carp. Jealousy may bo becoming to a stage heroine , but it makes the average wo man in real life look mighty plain. A drunkard always looks for a so ber man to piny with and n loafer al ways wants to play with a busy man. It is a good thing to remember that a majority of your friends are your friends because of much they don't know. If we lived In the country nnd town people came out just because the strawberries nro ripe , we would mnke them pick them. What has become of the old fash ioned boy who believed that If a tur tle got hold of his toe it would not let go until Sunday ? The reason a good many of us do not show bad taste in dressing , or do ridiculous things , Is because we have not the money to spend. If the women Insist upon progres sive prize foolishness , why not give progressive dandelion parties , giving a prize to the one who digs up the most ? There are plenty of good people in the world ; it Is ono of the mistakes of the people Hint they tnlk too much about the few bad ones , nnd not enough about the many good ones. The fund to buy gold watches for the circus men who whipped the col lege students of Columbia , Mo. , now amounts to $13,000 , and more money Is coming in. Several hundred stu dents started trouble at the show , and fifteen or twenty circus men whlnned the entire bunch , football players and all. The people are so tired of the rowdyism of students that they pro pose to show their appreciation of the circus men in a substantial manner. The greatest health movement ot recent years Is known as "Fletcher- Ism. " A man named Horace Fletcher has cured himself of stomach trouble by taking exorcise , and thoroughly masticating his food , in addition , he eats less than ho formerly did. Ono of his contentions Is that people will bo better off if they eat one-third less. It has been demonstrated scientifically ' tha't Fletcher's theory is simple com mon sense. Fletcher eats anything ho wants but does not eat too much of it , nnd thoroughly masticates every bite before swallowing. Don't let your stomach dominate you. If you nro sick , nnd really want to got well , you can do It , as Fletcher did. You need no doctor , all you need is a llttlo nerve. And Fletcher says that after a few weeks , his plan becomes easy. There's little room In this great world of ours for the "fat woman. " She's a hindrance to herself in street cars , flats , elevators ; but what can she do , poor thing take Hollistor's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents , tea or tablets. The Klesau Drug Co. ELEVATOR FALLS IN BUILDING AT HASTINGS. ONE OF THE VICTIMS WILL DIE A Failure to Stop an Elevator In I to Downward Course Caused Serious Accident at Hastings One Man's Back Is Badly Hurt. Hastings , Nob. , Juno C. Special to The News : Whllo operating the C. L. Jones & Co. elevator here last night , It dropped three stories with a load and with Arthur Modlln and W. II. Dean as passengers. Modlln's back was Injured nnd his right nnklo fractured. lie will prob- nbly die. Dean was badly hurt , but not seri ously. A failure to stop the elevator In Its downward course was the cause of ac cident. The Quest of the Golden Goose. In hunting for a business or occupa- lion most people are really hunting for a goose that will lay golden eggs. The commonest aspiration Is to so construct nnd devise a business enter prise that It becomes almost automat ic so that when the play-fever touch es the blood ono may "lot go , " sit at one side , and watch for the dally gold en egg with a certainty of Its appear ance. Every business man has , In his store or enterprise or venture , a possible golden goose a present golden gos ling. It rests with himself alone whether ho will raise the bird or not whether It will arrive at golden- goosehood or perish from neglect and Ignorance. These birds require much attention , much care and they must be fed , if you would hnve them grow to goose- Imnrl . nnjl tlinltnntiiinl fllnf la nrltrAV * . tlslng ! No golden goose was over raised to n "working ngo" if the food wns stint ed , or denied , or adulterated or sub stituted. The merchant who "knows things" Is satisfied to Invest silver In food for the gosling because , after many days , the stiver will return in golden eggs. Such Investment may require a llt tlo faith but moro common sense. Is your business enterprise progress ing toward golden goosehood ? JUNCTION ITEMS. For the past week the round house has boon the home of four ten-wheel ers , which are used to pull the heavy freight trains between here and Mis souri Valley. The Inrgest of the quartet - tet weights 132 tons and carries a 7200 gallon water tank. The tank looks as if It might be an iron box car. car.Robert Robert Smiley has gone to Omaha where he has accepted a position in the freight department of the Union Pacific. His many friends here wish him success In his new venture. The boys of this locality , and some who were hoys forty or fifty years ago , are making some fine catches in the river near the round house. Orln Ellenwood was compelled to lay off yesterday and consult a doc tor. About a week ago Mr. Ellenwood got a cinder in his eye but paid very little attention to It. Recently the member has pained him severely and it became necessary to give it some medical attention. Considerable work has been done on the Junction streets the past few days , especially in the neighborhood of the Washington school house. The lake bed In front of the school has been filled and drain pipes have been laid from there east across First street. Several bad places on First street have also been filled. AROUND THE TOWN. The northern Nebraska lawyers will next Wednesday open camp at Ne igh , preparatory to enjoying a couple of weeks in the woods. There will be v large number of Norfolk attorneys liresent at the camp , nnd mighty little law left in town. i here is a mystery half solved at Oakdale over a matrimonial situation. The Sentinel explains It in this way : 'The following 'personal * has appeared several times recently In The Norfolk Dally News : Gentleman with good business education wishes to corres pond with some lady with means ; ob ject , matrimony. Address Lock Box IS , Oakdale , Neb. Since lock box 48 Is used for depot mall , It Is quite evl dent some of the force wants to join the benedicts , and they may bo called upon to explain. Sleep sometimes makes men do queer things. The other day Bert Straufer , news agent on the Omaha- Bonestcel passenger train , fell asleep on the way from Bonesteol and when the train arrived at Brlstow ho walked out of the coach in his slumber , prob ably supposing that ho had reached home , nnd stood there whllo the train steamed away and left him. Ho was compelled to spend the day in Bris- tow and took the freight train Into Norfolk that night , catching his train back to Bonesteel the next day. R , F. D. McCarthy. Tekamah Herald : The Norfolk News last week went after Brother Hubbard of the Ponder Republic nnd accuses him of publishing n vicious libel when ho said "that the class of editors who were fighting McCarthy wore graftori who expect pay for every line they publish about a candidate and they would support the devil for ofllco If ho had the price. " Wo noticed the above In the Repub lic , hut nttrlbtitcd the uncalled-for re flection to aberration of mind. Wo know that Uii'her ' Hubbard had been through a saloon fight In his hometown town and had recently "made up , " If ho had to see the five , his capacity may have been Insufllclcnt , again ho had been mixed with the boys In blue and the fair damsels of his homo city. All of these things may have caused his apparent narrowness In Judging other editors who differ with him re- gardlng giving McCarthy a third term. We belong to the class of editors who will oppose McCarthy's third term and we cannot bo charged by McCarthy or any ono else with over receiving a cent for supporting nny candidate , moro thnn Hint , wo hnvo refused tlmo nnd again to nccopt pay for space In support of n candidate. We believe that wo have the best of reasons for opposing McCarthy nnd they nre not personal. Our personal acquaintance with the gentleman has extended over many years and has always been of n cordial nature , but he has failed to come up to our idea of a congressional representative , ho has not represented the masses , he permitted himself to bo used by the political bosses , this com plaint we have henrd from nenrly nil parts of the district as well as from this county. McCarthy made a mis take when he only deemed It neces sary to keep In touch with the so-called1 bosses In the respective counties and trust to machine methods to round up- the masses by the crack of the party whip. The time has gone by when two or three men in this or any other coun ty can carry the vote of the county in their vest pocket and deliver It toTem Tom , Dick or Harry. McCarthy had become such a pliant tool of political bosslsm that he permitted the machine politicians to dlctnte nnd control Ms every notion. Even on his periodicnl trips through the district to view his politicnl fences he did not nttempt to bdlllU. jlllllliu DdilllllUlll. Ul IU UUlimill/ nny but two or three pollticnl rlngsters In each town. The mnn who represents - sents this district should be broad enough and possess brains enough to be a congressman. The only thing- Hint his most ardent supporters claim for him , that he has acquired the title of R. F. D. McCarthy. If that Is all that ho has to show for the $20,000 that ho received as salary from the people , it is high time that the people make another choice. YOUNG MAN BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT ESCAPES. DIGS THROUGH SIDE OF WALL- With an Iron Rod He Succeeds In Re moving Eight Bricks and Crawls Out to Liberty Attempted an As sault on Little Cripple Girl. fFrom Thursday' ? Dally. ] Roy Nichols dug himself out of Jail last night and will not go to Madison his morning in custody of an officer , o be tried before the district court on he charge of attempting an assault ipon the llttlo lame girl of Louis Schenzel. After taking the matter un- ler consideration over night , Judge Siseley , before whom the trial was icld , decided to bind the young man over to the district court and fixed the amount of his bond at $300. Being without friends In town , he concluded that it might be easier to lig out of the city jail than to per spire in the county Jail all summer ind then bo sent to the penitentiary. In some manner the young man be came possessed with an end gate rod of a wagon box , and after the adjourn ment of the firemen's meeting In the city hall above ho went to work to chisel his way through the brick wall to liberty. In the course of time he succeeded in removing eight bricks and making a hole largo enough for him to crawl through. It Is supposed that he left the jail about 2 o'clock this morning. Another prisoner , a booze-fighter , warned the young man that he had better not attempt to get away , for It would bo worse for him when ho was , caught , as he most surely would bo. \ Instead of heeding the warning , he told the other prisoner that ho was going to try It anyway , and that if the other man wanted to go out ho would make the nolo bigger for him. With , his iron rod he succeeded in inducing the booze man to keep still so that his work was not interrupted. Young Nichols Is described as a man 17 years old , five feet five or six inches tall , of dark complexion , black hair worn quite long when last seen. Ho weighed about 125 pounds , wore n dark suit , black slouch hat nnd poor shoes , with heels worn off. The police b are making nn effort to apprehend - * ' him , and no doubt they will bo suc cessful. It tones nnd vitalizes the entire sys tem nnd makes life worth living no matter what your station. Holllster's Rocky Mountain Ten is the greatest preventive known for all diseases. 35. cents .tea or tablets. The Klesau Drug Co. Stop paying "pride-taxes" ndver- tlso for a lodger In beauty town there dwelt a lass , Her face wns fair to see , The secret of her beauty lay In Rocky Mountain Tea. The Klesau Drug Co.