THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL ; FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 9 , 190G. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The Now * . KMnbllHlicil , 1881. . . . . _ The Joiirnnl. KHtnbll hml. 1877. _ THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. N. Htmi ; N , A. Hi HIS ICyory Friday. Hy iniil per Kntorotl ut the poNtnnlco at Norfolk , Ncl ) . , nn Bopoiul pjnuH iimttur. _ Telephones : IMHorlnl Doimrlmont No. 22. UUHlnoHrt Ollloo and Job Uoomei , No. 1123. _ _ The country's saved until the next election. Hearst got Btrongth from nowspn. purs , Ami his newspaper gota "pretty ntrong. " Tlio tlfHt nunilior of the "Norfolk Democrat , " oillloil by Dr. .1. II. Mac- Uny , lina made HH nppimranco. Tito Democrat promlscfl to 111 ! a Hold that has hltliorlo hoon unllllod In Norfolk nnd will bo conducted on a high piano along doinocratlo HIIOH. The News oxUmds \volcoiuo to the now papor. A dofoctlvo rail calmed the wreck near Now York a few daya ago which precipitated a train Into the rlvor and rnsultcd In nioro than a half hiindrod deaths. At thb tlino of the disaster government ownership idealists de clared that time had como for governmental - mental seizure of the railroads. Wo fall to aeo where goTonitnont owner- flhlp would have helped that dofcctlvo rail , \inloHR the government operated the rail fotindorlos and even then , the workmen would ho lint human. PAKE CHAIN PRAYER. That endless chain prayer , which Btavtud In the cant only a few montlm Hlnco , linn Bwopl acroBH the continent west ward and already porincntufl the air of the Mississippi valley , Llko a fashion In hula , It IUIB moved rapidly toward the setting BHII and the Pa- ollli ; BhoroB , despite the efforts put forth by Bishop Lawrence nnd the nowMpaporn to chock It. .linit why anyone should create a fake prayer and start II going around the world , without any monetary gainer or other gain for that tnattur aaldo from the satisfying of a ctirloalty , Is a mystery. The prayer , wrapped In a throat that If the chain IH broken a bit of 111 fortune will visit the person checking the continuous letter writIng - Ing , ought to lie considered an Insult to American Intelligence. . The days of superstition , bo It Bald to the credit of American souse , are rapidly disappearing and yet enough of It remains to make It possible to porpoluatn this chain of prayer , do- nouacod by Bishop I iwronco as a fake , by merely a superstitious threat. Porhtum the originator of the chain was a student of psjchology and la lining this method of testing Just how much of superstition still remains In this country. No particular barm will result from the chain and porlmps some good may bo done to those who have neglected tholr paryors for these many years. Uut It would do the soul of an American much good If , jubtbo- cause of the throat , the chain should bo shattered and forgotten. Such an appeal of superstitious fear Is worth Ignoring. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. Hearst's wonderful campaign It v.as a wonderful campaign and the slaughtering of Cummins' 80.000 plu rality In Iowa , stand as Indelible weather vanes pointing newspaper- ward. The political winds have shift ed and the old fashioned stump speech oratory has blown away. The day of the spellbinder has gone forover. The power which made Hearst a danger ous candidate and 00,000 plurality Is nothing for Now York together with that power which shaved down Iowa's republican margin , was a sign of the potency of the press of today. Hearst's newspapers made him the candidate that ho was , and almost won for him In spite of all bis hadncss ; newspa pers in Iowa cost Cummins his old time load. Few speeches were made , as com pared with the old days. The torch light procession has faded away. There. Is no longer the frenzied cheerIng - Ing on the street or at the rally. People ple no longer depend for their facts upon the speakers at an auditorium. They are reading the dally newspa pers every day the news that In them is , and then they are making up their own minds as to how they ought to vote. Many will attend a speech by a man like Mr. Bryan or some other notable personage , Just as they go to the theater to see a great actor , but not to cbango their votes. Today the farmers of these broad prairies are brought Into just as close contact with the throbbing world as are the people who dwell in villages nnd cities. Rural mall carriers take papers to the farmers every day , and they read and think for themselves. And , bo It said to the glory of the American farmer , it was bis vote that saved the day down In Now York state , for right government. Things have changed in the last ten years. The campaigns are still stren uous but there is more thinking done , and not so much uolso made. MR. GILDER'S DISCOVERY. Scientists should search for the ( tilth , rcKarilh'Ha of Rontlinont , Thai Is the aim of all true eoloutlHta. Rul Hclontlsta are human. The ether daj Robert II. Glldor , one of the news paper men of Omaha , wont out In tin country and dug up a skull which Ii bullovod to bo the oldest skull yci discovered In America. Eminent acl onllfita have pronounced It aa tholi opinion that this skull discovered bj the Omaha man IB a remnant of tin oldest race of man that has yet boot found to have Inhabited the weal Eastern scholars and men at the head of this science , na well as eaatern mag a/I ties , have talcon up the now tllacov cry with zeal and have boon convinced that thin skull la n geitulno prize lonj ; sought for In America. Hut all BclontlBls are not convinced In n minute . In a letter to the State Journal on Sunday Prof. 13. E. Black man , although condescending to give ilue credit to Mr. Glldor for all thai the latter lias done , yet Is Inclined tc doubt the real value of the find HO fat as It glvos anything to the world that has not boon found before. Prof , lllnckmnn was anxious to have this skull for the state historical so ciety but Mr , Glldor had made other iirrnngoinontu for It and was uu.ible to make the gift. Mr. Glldor has had seventeen photographic negatives ol lliln 11 ml made , nnd those negatives nerved for drawings which Dr. liar hour took to Now York for the pur pose of comparison with other old lionos. He wont to learn If this was the very oldest of the findings yot. Ills mission must have been satisfac tory for ho wlroa back one word , 'Congratulations. " Congratulations from that source liuvo been enough to convince Mr. Gil- ilor and his friends of the worth ol the Ilnd. A further telegraphic order from the Century magazine ordering photo- graphH of the old skull , lias had weight In convincing Mr. Glider , If not all the Lincoln professors , of the value of bis discovery. DUAL TELEPHONE LINES. Omaha's telephone franchise fight has taken precedence over all Issues In that city tills year nnd the ballot battle centoiod mostly upon that Issue. Tho. question at stake was whether or not Omaha should grant a franchise for nn Independent telephone system , making two telephone- systems In the city. city.Tho The argument , of the Independents was that the Hell people would not allow a person owning nn Independent phone out In the state , to talk to Omaha people over the Nebraska tel ephone Hues. Over against this was the mighty argument on the part of the Hell company that two telephone systems It * any city cause untold con fusion and additional expense. The Independents tried to argue that telephone rates would bo reduced It" the two Hues wore built and that money would bo spent In Omaha as a result of the building of another system. From this distance it would appear Hint the Independent franchise ought to bo voted down. .A double telephone system Is an everlasting source of confusion nnd double expense In any town or city. If both telephones have i big list of subscribers , it Is neces sary for all business houses to sub scribe to both systems nnd the ex pense must bo greater than that for a single lino. The argument used In Omaha that money would bo spout In the city Is not sound. Much of the money for a telephone system goes to the eastern manufacturer and all that Is spent comes from the pockets of the tax payers , so that It Is no benefit to force thorn to spend It. The city which has no dual tele phone system , and which is not threat ened with one , will do well to lot well enough nlono and congratulate itself on the situation. A SOUTHERN VIEW. President Hoosovolt will in his forth coming message to congress , It Is said , deal with race riots and will plead for more restraint among both races In the southern situation. Ho offers no remedy and no solution to the race problem. Perhaps it wore as well to take the advice of A. .1. McKclway , a southerner , who says in a current mag- nzlne : 'And If the northern press were to remember the Illogical pro cesses of the negro's mind , how bo perverts the denunciation of lynching into npproutl of the provocative crime , it would leave the lynching to bo at tended to by southern opinion and warn the negroes of their danger in its committal. " The llrst resolutions denouncing the crime of assault , of which the sincer ity was evident , have been passed by Atlanta negroes since the riots and the ncgio criminal will have little sympathy from his own rnco In Atlan ta for some time to como. "Tho ne gro of slavery days , " continues this southerner , "who would bavo attempt ed such a crime would have been torn to pieces by bis fellow slaves. If now the law of self preservation shall lead the negroes to condemn this crime , to aid in its detection and delivering the criminal to Justice , the crime itself may nt last become sporadic nnd in * frequent. " "Hut while deploring the riots , " con. Unites the writer , "It In a universal feeling that the thunderstorm has cleared the atmosphere nnd that u long era of peace between the races has begun , The altered demeanor of the negroes has boon very notlcoablo. Their bumptiousness la gono. It would be uncandld to deny that they have been taught a needed lesson. If there had bocn no assaults upon white wo men In and near Atlanta , there would have been no mobs and no rloto. "And this la the heart of the mat- tor. Individual cases of assault would have boon , as they have always been , ascribed to the Individual. The un heard of frequency of crimes In two months , with the cumulative aggrava tion of the last three days , inndo It a race matter ; while the failure to find the guilty , and the absolute Indiffer ence of the negroes to the punishment of the criminal , to say the most char itable thing , arrayed white against black as it was believed that black bad already been arrayed against white , nnd In a matter that baa boon the distinction of the Saxon race since Tacitus wrote of It its Jealousy of the honor of Its women. There was suspicion of conspiracy nnd the crim inals wore believed to bo known to the negroes , who made no effort to bring any of the guilty to Justice. There wore twelve assaults In two months , six In three days nnd four In ono afternoon. The mayor , sheriff or governor should have called out the mllltla sooner , to stop the rioters. In the only trial for assault I over wit nessed , the negro on trial was a here among the colored persons at the trial. " This writer says that It Is a 111 subject for discussion as to bow mucli good the schools and educations sucl as bavo been given to certain portions of the race have resulted In. Ho closes with this paragraph , typlc al of the southern viewpoint , no doubt : "Ono other question our people arc considering whether , In accordance with the precedent of prohibiting the liquor to Indians and , by International agreement , its prohibition in certain Isles of the Paclllc , a local law preventing venting the sale of rum to negroes with exceptions lu cases of sickness or a state law to the same effect , would bo a violation of the fourteenth amend ment. Docs that amendment allow us to protect the negro from what has caused the destruction of the weakei races elsewhere ? " In his consideration of this subject the north must remember that Mr. Me Kelwny Is considering the problem nt It confronts thb south , In all Us ouor nilty , and the north must bear in mind the fact that this section knows little or nothing about the situation down there. REPUBLICAN VICTORIES. The election of Mr. Hughes In Now York , the election of Mr. Sheldon In Nebraska with all the state ticket , the election of llvo republicans out of six congressmen In this state , the election of a republican senator from this dis trict and the election of the full re publican county ticket In Mndlsoa county , shows that republicanism is still Hie dominant belief throughout the length and breadth of the land. The victory gives satisfaction to re publicans and Is a guaranty that there will bo no change In the present policy of the national , state or county admin istrations , during which prosperity has abounded. The issues this year were unusual. It was claimed by many democrats that the republicans had adopted the policies of their old enemies , for which reason It was argued that democrats should win. While It is undoubtedly true that there is at present little es sential dllfeience between the poli cies of the two dominant ppartles , there is a difference that the voters took cognizance of. The republican party baa built up a reputation that stands behind Its statements like the word of an honest man , while the dem ocrats have so utterly failed in carryIng - Ing out tholr promises that the voting public has lost confidence. Hence , al though the Issues are similar , it is true , yet the people would rather trust tholr cause with the republicans than with the other side , because they have every reason to believe that promises made will lie carried out PRESIDENT'S COMING MESSAGE. The forthcoming message of Presi dent Roosevelt to congress will bo a notable document as have many of his past utterances. It will depart from the beaten path of custom and will launch Into many new fields for dis cussion. The message promises to border on the bonsatlonal in many re spects and will follow out a little more forcibly than heretofore some of the very positive views of the president. One of the most sensational clauses in the document , It Is promised , will relate to a national tax on inheritances and another will ask for a graded tax ation of Incomes. Whether or not Ibis country will legIslate - Islato that the man who has made more money than his follow worker , ought to pay n higher rate of taxation is as yet , though one of the hobbles or Mr , Hryau , a serious problem ant the message to congress will not be expected to settle the question tlili winter. It IH too largo a topic to bi dealt hastily with and It IB very doubt fill if the recommendation will brlni forth fruit In the way of legislation. National legulatlon and auporvlsloi of corporations engaged In Interstate commerce , either by net of congress 01 through a constitutional amendment IH to bo suggested by the president m doubt as a means of dealing with tlu trust problem and It will probably fol low the rate bill into some sort of log Islatlon. It IB to bo noted that , thougl Mr. Uryan has criticised Mr. Reese veil for not doing things In tills re gnrd , yet tills Is n measure put fortl expressly by Mr. Roosevelt and it If outside of anything over suggested bj Mr. Bryan. The president will make n plea foi shorter hours for railroad employe * and government employes excepting tiioso on the Panama canal. Ho will also attempt to remedy the strike sit nations by asking that a law bo made by which notice of Injunctions In laboi disputes must bo given to the othei side before granted , and n hearing hold. hold.Tho The rnco problem , which baa boor perplexing by reason of the Atlanta riots and ether racial outbreaks In the south , will como in for a bit ol mention but even President Roosovoll seems not ready to offer a genuine so lutlon of this problem nt this time. More elasticity in the currency sys tern of the country , in order to more easily prevent panics and kindred ovlls , will bo asked. The president will take the Japan ese discrimination by Snn Franclscc schools as a text for urging greater tolerance upon people of this country for foreign citizens. Prom the prcsl dent's attention to the Japanese sub ject , and from bis attention also to the need of a bettor navy and a better fighting force , It is apparent that the administration has been somewhat worried by the seriousness of strained relations between this country and the orientals. One of the most satisfactory of the president's features Is the absence oi any word In regard to tariff revision , Bryan has said that we need tariff re form and oven Devcrldgo ( whom Mr , Bryan likes because ho resembles the Nebraskan in many of his views ) has said that the stand pat principle was a bad ono with regard to the tariff , But President Roosevelt , In line with Cannon and Taft and in line with the policies of William McKinley , has de cided that more barm than good might result from touching the tariff and he Is going to lot It alone for this year nt least. Tills will be n disappoint ment to many of the so-called reform element of the republican party and to the free-trade democrats who have claimed that the president has been following out their ideas in every de tail. But President Roosevelt has be fore this declared that the principle of the protective tariff Is a sacred ono so far as the laboring man ot America is concerned , and that It is in no way connected with trusts , despite the democratic claim that the tariff feeds the trusts. And so , as Secretary Bonaparte put It the other day , the republican admin istration will continue the supply of feed for the country by keeping up the nrlff , but will see that the little pigs get an even chance at the transit with the bigger ones by regulating Inter state business. AROUND TOWN. There are no candidates on earth now. A good many things go up in smoke on election day. Governor Mickey is "all put out" as a result of election. Fifty-five cents saved Is not always fifty-five cents earned. Hearst's power was power borrowed from the press. Ho uses power press es. Some politicians forget nnd forgive ; some bear in mind nnd try to get ovon. Now York and Chicago furnish ev idence that the voting machine Is not yet perfect. The slanderer who maligns people decentcr than himself , are common things in this jealous world. A good many different brands of ci gars are smoked on election day and sorno of them are not branded at all. Snow was reported at Elgin Tues day afternoon. They must have had a hunch as to how the voting was go ing. An automobile with a Boyd banner on its back , piled through the streets carrying voters to the booths until the rain came up and put it out of busi ness. What an ideal life the morning news paper man leads : Stays up as late at night ns ho wants to , or until there is no ono else to sit up with ; nnd lies In bed in the morning ns late as ho likes much later than anybody else. Some of the old timers in Norfolk politics refer to the outsldo prcclnc as the "buttermilk precinct" because nt ono tlnio In the county's history the old creamery was mndo the voting place for that precinct Instead of the city hall. The people who lived In the district resented having to go so far out of tbolr nay and called the creamery ory "the buttermilk voting place. " AFTER IT'S OVER. Somebody's everything naughty nm vile ; Somebody's heart is a fountain o guile ; Somebody's gains were n natlonn loss ; Somebody's wearing the chain of n Doss ! Somebody's honest , unfettered , nnd bravo ; Somebody's destined the nation to save ; Somebody's zealous our right to de fend ; Somebody's truly the Worklngman's Friend. ( Leave the hiatus , kind printer , denoting noting shouting and arguing , betting nnd voting. ) Somebody's band's in nn ague of shakes ; Somebody's frlonds are collecting the stakes ; Somebody's face Is n permanent grin ; Somebody's weary , but glad lie got In Somebody's turkey Is bound to bo crow ; Somebody's cnko is assuredly dough ; Somebody's sailing up Salt river's flood ; Somebody's apple cart's dumped In the mud. Now York Times. THE OLD TORCHLIGHT PARADE The torchlight rides on its raids no more , the banners are furled for aye ; The old transparencies fade from sight and the speakers no longer cry Till the Welkin rings and the eagle screams and the shades of the fathers draw Round the old platform where the fair flag Jlow , a symbol of life and law ; The torchlight glories , the old parades the heart of the golden dream , When the drums went by with their rat-ta-ti and the fifes with their strident scream ; The times have changed and the cus toms , too , and sadly I see it fade Away , away , in the distance gray the old torchlight parade. Who cared what party , In those old times , when the heart of youth was fine ' With the ring and swing and the ting- a-Hng of the spirit's ruddy wine ! The torches carne nnd the torches went nnd the drumbeat stirred the brain , And wo followed the old parades around to the lilt of the fife's refrain ; We yelled and crowed with the fullest zeal and thought it was mighty grand To follow the lights through the chilly nights to the swing of the coun try band ; To the jolly tunes and the patriot runes and the flame of the flut tering wick , With a wooden gun and a sword , for sooth , carved out of a hickory stick. The torchlight rides on its raids no more they campaign different HOW- NO orator stands in the open air with the cold wind sweeping his brow ; No patriots come at the party call to follow In capes arrayed , The long , unending , glittering line of the old torchlight parade ; And the boys are gone with their wild ing fun , and the bands that used to play "Rod , White and Blue" are a vision , too , in the land of the far away ; The champing steeds with tassels red and knights with spears at rest Have gene as goetli a merry laugh , as fadeth a merry jest But wasn't it fun while It lasted , lads ! Ah , wasn't it fine to see The hands go by and the patriots bold march on with an air of glee ! The legends done In letters of light on banners that beamed in air Oh , they are dust In the garret now and the torches are hanging there ; The guns , the drums and the soldier caps , the flags of the party strife , Their shadows drift through the dreaming dust of that half-for gotten life ; But far away and soft and low comes nn echo now nnd then Of the drums that beat and the fifes that screeched and the tramp of the marching men ! Baltirnoro Snn. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Many a sharp retort Is made in blunt language. A prayer that is long drawn out is apt to bo narrow. Beauty in a woman often covers a lack of domestic virtues. Most contributors to charity manage to bo caught In the net. Love Is said to bo an export magi cian , but the mnscullno victim soon learns that it can't transform nickels into dollars. A woman probably never appreciates her husband more than when ho comes homo nnd announces that his salary has been Increased. Chicago News. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Imagination dotli make liars of us * ' all. * Too many men speak twlco before they think. Many a sunny-haired girl Ms a cloudy .disposition. The hardest work an Industrious man can do Is nothing. A model man never has occasion to po&o ns n horrible example. Lots of men nro failures because they never attempt anything. Most people got bettor obltunry no tices than they nro entitled to. Bravery Is reckoned by what wo do , not by what wo threaten to do. A woman never thinks ns much of a man as she thinks ho thinks she docs. SMOTHERED IN GRAIN PIT. Distressing Death of a Grain Handler In a Large Chicago Elevator. Now York , Nov. 8. Patrick Dolan , foreman of grain handlers In the el evator of the William Baird company , Brooklyn , fell Into a pit containing 3,000 bushels of grain. The little kernels , rolling against ono another like myriad cogs of a great machine , gripped his feet , his ankles , his legs , his knees , crowding each other like honey cells , held him fast and drew him down with n power that was irrestlblo. Dolan plunged this way and that , and with every step the quicksands gripped him more flrm- ly. He called for help nnd Petro Ama- zlo , a fellow worker , went to his as sistance. He threw a rope to Dolan which the latter seized so desperately that lie drew Arnazlo Into the pit. Other workmen , who had been to lunch now heard the outcries , but both men had disappeared when they reached the scone. A rush was made for the chutes , through which the grain is unloaded , and unfastening the covers the men let the wheat run into the street. Soon Amazlo's body shot down the chute , and Dolan's followed. The latter was dead , having been smothered , but Amnzlo was still alive and will recover. BESIDE CORPSE OF MOTHER. Woman Crippled With Rheumatism Found Alone With the Dead Body. New York , Nov. 8. Mrs. Mary Don- negan , nearly starved , helpless and enduring agony from rheumatism , was found in her rooms , where her aged mother's dead body had lain for three days. days.Mrs. Mrs. Donnegan and her mother , Mrs. Catherine Ryan , aged 84 , lived alone in apartments in Brooklyn. Mrs. Ryan had long been an Invalid , and her daughter , a chronic sufferer from rheumatism , ministered to her as best she could. An attack Friday crippled Mrs. Donnegan so that she could not move , and while she was In this con dition her mother died. Mrs. Donnegan cried for help , but no one in the sparsely tenanted house heard her. So she lay , helpless with her dead , until today , when she man aged to reach a window and sum moned help. Mi > . Donnegan was re moved to n hospital. She is in a crit ical condition. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Real ebtuto transfers for Madison county for week ending November 3 , 1UOG. reported by Madison County Ab stract company , office with Mapes & Hazen , Norfolk , Neb. J. J. Clements , sheriff , to William Reikofsky , S. D. , consideration $13 , part NE'/i of 20 , 24 , 4. Nettie Carlson and husband to George Scboellhopf , W. D. , considera tion $650 , E& of lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 and S , block 51 , R. R. addition to Madison. Tuthill Coleman nnd wife to Eliza beth Moody , W. D. , consideration $1.- 000 , lots C and 7 and E / . of SWJ/4 , C , 22 , 1. F. J. Halo and wife to Carl Bathke , W. D. , $150 , lot 7 , block 1 , Norfolk. William H. Graves to Charles Ulla- rich , W. D. , consideration $2750 , E 20 feet of lot 5 nnd lots C , 7 , 8 , 9 and 10 , block 7 , Kimball and Blair's addi tion to Burnett. Total consideration of real estate transfers , $14,505. Total consideration of real estate mortgages , $1,830. Total consideration of real estate mortgages released , $4,975. Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postoHlco at Norfolk , Neb. , October C , 190C : Mr. Henry Aden , Mr. A. A. Chall- burg , Miss Minnals , Mr. A. C. McCon- lell. If not called for in fifteen days will bo sent to the dead letter office. Parties calling for any of the above ileaso say "advertised , " John R. Hays , P. M. A couple of street car tickets , used n answering want ads. may return n housand per cent , on the investment. There IH probably a want ad. In this ssuo of much more Interest to you ban to any other person in this city. To neglect to flnd It would bo ns wise H to neglect to open a telegram ad- ircssed to you.