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'PHP NORFOLK' ' WREKLY TQKWS..TOIinNAl , ! PHI HAY. QH 1onn The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal im. THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. N. Hi-fi : N. A.Jlrioj ' 1'ronMpul rMHTiMrtr ) Every Frliiiiy. Hy mnll per yonr , JL60 , J'.ntcretl nt the postodlco nt Norfolk , Neb. , nn nocoml CI\I < B matter- Tolepliono ! KdltorTnl Doimrlmont No. 22. IlUBlnoHM Olllco and Job llootnn , No. II22. _ If till ) relgH Of hlWlOHHIlOHH COIltlll- MOB nt PlltHburg , something approach- IIIB the Atlnntii vlotH would not bo Hiirprlslng. Tlio Texas governor lias domoiiBtrnl- ed tlutt lie la linitnrtlnl nml IB us nnx- Ions to give tlio colored people n square deal aa anybody , by calling out Mio inllltla to protect n colored iimn charged with murdering a doctor of that utnto. Word contliiucH to coino from Wash ington Unit , In splto of n good deal of agitation on the part of so-called reformers - formers , tlio tariff an It Btnnd will not bo chopped In the near future. The ndmlnlHtration , with President Roosevelt velt to guide the way , believes In letting ting well enough alone. The convention of union labor IIHH endorsed Gompors' stnnd in politics but has gene on record us opposed to the organisation of a union labor par ty. The light on foes of organized labor will bo Uopt up. Ono of the In teresting battlegrounds In the recent election was in Idaho where Gompors was attempting , but failed , to boat the republican Htnto ticket. It la evident that the organization will Increase Its efforts In the next campaign and the result will again bo watched with In terest. Word comes from Chicago that rail road officials are considering the In creasing of railroad rates all along the line In order to meet the continued demands of the railway employes. To continue the present service , nr- guo the railroad managers , rates must bo Increased. And If rates are In creased , prices on commodities will go higher , because of extra , cost. The railway employe with others will be called on to pay this added cost of goods. In the end It Is the consumer who pays the freight. Another stop has been taken by ag ricultural Interests In this country In the discovery by Prof. N. 13. Hanson of the South Dakota experiment sta tion , after risking his life In Siberia , nn alfalfa seed suited to Uio northern climate of the United States. Alfalfa has become one of the most profitable products of the American farm and the only dllllculty hitherto has been to find seeds suited to the various cli mates. This latest discovery Is suited to the cold portions of the country and has a yellow Instead of n blue llowor. Tlio Indictment brought against D. P. Dyer , jr. , receiving teller In the SL Louis subtroasury , son of United States Attorney Dyer , brings with add cd force the fact that the United States government Is not to ho monkeyed with at any stage. The embezzlement of $01,500 only a few weeks ago caused the government to concentrate Its entire - tire energies upon the case and the In1 dlctment speedily followed. There are few cases of embezzlement from the government , and those few are pretty quickly cleared up , with stripes on the guilty parties to tell the story , Persistent rumors are In circulation that Senator Platt of New York wll resign bin scat , the resignation to take effect before December 3 , when con greas convenes. It Is said that the senator's 111 health and the notoriety consequent upon his separation froir Mrs. Platt have spurred him to talc the action. For some years the so nlor senator from Now York has b In precarious health , and his roslgna tlon has been expected nearly a scor < of times , but ho has held on with grim tenacity. Ills colleague , Senator Do- pew , is said to have almost complete ly recovered his old-time health and spirits , and ho is expected back to the capital within a few days. There Is walling and weeping in Annapolis and West Point because of the new railroad rate bill. It has been the practice of the railroads to carry the embryonic admirals and gen erals to the annual football game with out charge. When the usual courtesy was diplomatically asked this year , It was learned that , under the ruling of the Hepburn bill , the cadets would bo compelled to pay their own faros. The war department , after a full investiga tion of the matter , has bowed Its head to the Inevitable and has ordered the cadets , If they want to chase the pig skin against the jackles of the other arm of the service , to scrape together the price of a railroad ticket or stay in barracks. Despite all the Agitation and scan dal over the canned beef trade , the export of canned goods for the last fiscal year reached the total of $18- 000,000 , In 1S9G the amount shipped abroad reached a valuation of only $11,000,000 , so that the last year's Is n little more than 30 per rent greater. Of this | 18,000,000 the greater part WIIH canned beef , of which $0,000,000 wont abroad. Canned sal mon followed with $1,000,000 to Its credit nnil canned frullH next with $2- niii33. : : : Milk Khowed a surprising In- creiiHO , more than $2,000,000 worth be ing nhlpped abroad In condensed , eanned and powdered form. Pecu liarly , the distribution of these goods shown n steady trend towards the tropics , although European countries are drawing heavily for beef and fruits. HETT13R MERCHANT MARINE Secretary Hoot , In speaking of the need of u broader trade with Latin- American countries , apoaha of the woefully deficient American merchant marine. This woeful deficiency Is becoming - coming more and more apparent and It Is not at nil Improbable that tlio uoxt session of congress will tnko ac tion to Increase the merchant mnrlno of this country. A bill for this purpose WIIH present ed last year and was passed by the sonata and favored by the president , but It never passed the house. There has been an Increasing de mand from all quarters of tlio coun try for a bettor merchant marine ami the mnttor nppearH now to stnnd a good chance for action. If there Is any anti-American feel ing In Japan , It IH not evidenced by the editorial expressions of the prin cipal newspapers of the Island em pire. Despite reports that all Japan IH aroused over the treatment said to bo accorded their countrymen on the Pacific const , u butch of clippings re ceived by the state department from AmlmsHndor Wright at Toklo breathe nothing but peace and good-will to ward the United States. The articles are extremely moderate and friendly In tone , setting forth that the troubles In San Francisco are entirely local and that they cannot bo pdrmlttod in any souse to interfere with the grb'wth of closer business and political relations between Japan and the United States. They also Indicate a readiness on the part of Japan to enter Into a reciproc ity treaty with this country to further commercial Interests between the two nations. Just the moment when Norfolk was nil but prepared to annul the contract of O. P. Hcrrlck , who had been allot ted the work of building a sewer here , and whoso delay had caused much apprehension lest the work might not bo started , a carload of pipe arrives and the sewer prospects have bright ened. Norfolk will now hope for the actual flying of dirt within a short time and , once begun , there will bo every assurance that the construction will go merrily on. Those who had been Interested In promoting the sewer er , together with , the , city officials who have had the matter.In , band , have felt anxious In regard to the matter but the arrival of a > carload of material in 'dlcates that tlio contractor really In tends 'to ' c6 ! business and anxiety will give sway 'to 'confidence In the 1m- prove ment's completion. The work ought to mean work for u good many men In Norfolk , and work will mean mldod prosperity. , , MAYOR SCHM1TZ.V , " The graft scandal from San Fran clsco lias been not quite so severe a shock as the earthquake itself , per Imps , but it has nevertheless greatly astounded the people of this country That an official at the head of a strlck en city and In time of direst need would extort money from various re sorts for his personal purse , has brought a blush to the cheek of Amor- lea. Mayor Schmltx was elected by a corruption party In Snn Francisco He was the tool of a coirupt gang and Abraham Renf was his boss. Schmltz made a great grandstand play during the fire and earthquake and the coun try believed for several months that ho had , In time of emergency , shaken off the collar of the gang and become a true mayor , In fact as well as in name , and a good one. Only last month several magazines commented upon the great work of the mayor when ho abandoned the gang and this man Reuf. Mayor Schmltz had the chance of a life time to make for himself an hon orable name. He did not accept the opportunity and now bo Is detested by men. Progress Is shown In the dcslro to get at the facts of the scandal. Love of luxury In these United States has reached a pitch never dreamed of in the most luxurious days of ancient Rome. Within the last fis cal year this nation brought from abroad articles that cannot bo classed necessaries to the value of $100,000- 000. Of this amount $40,000,000 went to buy diamonds and other precious stones for the decking out of Amer ican women. In fact , the women are chargeable with the greater part of this big sum , for $40,000,000 went to purchase laces , edgings , embroideries and ribbons , while $7,000,000 repre sents the amount invested In feath ers , natural and artificial , which probably - ably by this time are waving from mllllnory "creations. " The men , however - over , are not altogether simple In their ( nates. Tobacco , cigars mid cigar ettes were Imported to the extent of $2r > ,000,000 , and there was $0,000,000 , which they undoubtedly shared with their wives and sweethearts , for the American man Is nothing If not gal lant. There 10 another Hide to the picture , however , for the amount of opium for smoking Imported reached a valuation of $1,2r > 0,000 ns compared with $75,000 a decade ago. The vice , It may bo Been , la growing rapidly , and HB the customs tax is very heavy , It Is likely that vast amounts of the drug are smuggled , despite the vigi lance of the customs officers. NOT PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER. It la announced from DCS Molncs tlml Governor Cummins of Iowa has now been mentioned as a presidential possibility. Ills senatorial boo la also buzzing. Whatever Iowa , may cnro to do with Governor Cummins , the coun try at largo Is not ready to accept him for a moment aa a presidential possi bility. Not oven the west la ready to support him. Governor Cummins has proven him self a compromising candidate for the sake of office. Ho has pretended to bo the tariff reform leader In the re publican party. The republican party needs no tariff reform lender because the country needs no tariff reform , but Governor Cummins is not the Mo ses oven If one were needed. Ho sac rificed his Iowa Idea on tlio tariff at the last Iowa republican nominating convention , for the sake of the office. Ho had stood for reform. Ho accepted the stand pat platform without a mur mur. Ho was running for ofllco. Now ho would nsk to lead the na tional party In tariff reform. Ho failed to make good on the ono Idea that ho did stand for , and ho is not the stuff needed by the national repub lican party. Iowa can do what it wants to with him. CAUTION IN SKATING. The Northfork river Is frozen over with a thin layer of ice and young boys are already beginning to once more tempt death by gliding out upon the thin crust with fair chances of its breaking In. Just at this time the ice on rivers In this section Is not safe and all of those who try it with their steel runners are risking their lives. Parents should see to it that their children are Intelligently informed as to the danger , lest the rivers here may claim their annual victim. It Is reported that a large number of Norfolk boys only last night went skating on the Northfork. The North- fork river Is at all times a dangerous ono for skating. The stream Is fed by thousands of springs underneath which , bubbling up , crcnto airholes in the Ice's crust. These airholes , de ceptive traps , are unseen by the skater until they crash through and drop him Into the Icy depths below. The river Is very deep at all points and , once under UIQ ice , it is a mar vellous feat for the victim to recover. The Elkhorn river , well frozen , is not dangerous , but the swift current does not allow It to freeze so soon. Ponds and sloughs are not yet froz en to n safe thickness , though they w.lll bo perfectly safe a little later. Before any other candidate , for the district judgesliip to succeed Congress man-elect J.F.Boyd on the bench In the Ninth judicial district had been an noiinced , The News endorsed the caiv dlda y of HOIJ. A. A. Welch of Wayne for the appointment. Since the cam palgn for this position has got under way , there has been no incident to convince this paper that it shouli change Its course and It still stands for Mr. Welch as the logical candidate Besides being personally fitted for the place , Mr. Welch comes from a count > which Is more entitled to the appoint ment than Is Madison county at the present time. During past years Mad ison county has had candidates for a number of high offices and now is hon ored with a supreme judge. Wayne county has solicited few offices am has had fow. In accordance with the fair principle of distributing offices among the several sections of the com monwealth , Wayne county is entitled to consideration. Madison count } ought to bo glad of a chance to reclp rocato. Wayne county was first h the field , has every reason to ask the appointment , has a good man as a can dldato and he , having received the en dorsement of this paper when he stood alone In the race , is still entitled to our support. Pierce , Madison and Antelope tolopo counties each have a state o federal officer at the present time The only counties In the Ninth Judl clal district not thus honored ar Knox and Wayno. Knox county is en dorslng the Wayne county candidate in this instance , giving Wayne county a strong and just claim to the placo. PKEB ALCOHOL POSSIBILITY. Norfolk still has an opportunity to establish a distillery to operate undc the dcnaturlzed alcohol law , according to John W. Yerkes , commissioner o internal revenue. According to th commissioner , the work of producing alcohol Is not hindered as badly a eoplo have been wont to believe and , lough the plants must bo operated ndcr government supervision , ho de- lares that the business can bo mndo uccesBful. Mr. Yorkcs la quoted aa aylng ; "There is no objection to a farmer lanufncturlng his alcohol In his back ard , provided ho wants to establish distillery there. "If a farmer or other person desires o go Into the business of mnnufactur- ng denatured alcohol , at a plant , how- vor small , ho will bo required to con- trnct his plant In the manner pro- crlbed by the general laws and rogu- itloiiB. JIo will bo required to give end , establish a distillery , warehouse , oposlt the Hplrlts produced by him n thla warehouse , establish a dona- tiring bonded warehouse , and to pay ho tax or denature , Just as ho may vlsh the alcohol produced by him. All his will bo done under governmental uporvlslon , but the government payn or It. The manufacturer of alcohol oes not bear ono cent of It , and , aa : > ng as there Is n tax on distilled spir ts , anything less than a complete su- ervlslon of ajl distilled spirits pro- need , whether for tax payment or onaturtlon , would result in grossv rauds on the revenue , and would work ardshlpa on honest dealers In and manufacturers of tax paid spirits. "If people will take trouble to In- estlgate , they will find that the laws .nil regulations , relating to manufac- uro of alcohol In Germany , do not Iffer to nny great extent from the aws and regulations In this country , ml that , so far as the manufacture of enntured alcohol by the American armor Is concerned , it is simply a iiislness proposition , and they willet ot bo greatly deterred from entering nto the business by what some arc leased to term 'ridiculous red tape of ogulatlons and Instructions. ' The ery fact that there are small Indepen dent distilleries , established and op- rating all ever the country , In the imnufacture of distilled spirits for leverage purposes , ought to be sufil- lent answer to any claim that the ircsont Internal revenue laws and reg- ilatlons favor special Interests. " 3VERY OUNCE OF ENERGY NEED Norfolk is moving along in a good onstructive manner and all that Is leeded to continue In steady growth nil to grasp opportunities now pre- lentlng themselves , will be to devote irgant/.ed effort of the city's business nterestH to constructive Instead of destructive things. A railroad project extending from Yankton to the gulf and , according to Senator Gamble , with Norfolk In view is ono of the points on the line , Is one of the possibilities in the near uturo If the newly Incorporated rail road is the real thing , as the connec Ion of the United States senator from South Dakota would indicate. Every little while territory for Nor 'oik industries Is added by the North western railroad. The new train ser vice just put on to Chadron Is a big iclp and the extension of the Bone- steel line Into the Rosebud reserva Ion , which is being rapidly done , is a mightier help to Norfolk. This line will soon see trains miming over it and the added thirty miles will add lust that much more territory to Nor folk , which ns hitherto been only par tially roadbed on account of tho' lack of train service. With these additions to 'Norfolk ' ter ritory , more Industries are springing up. Right now & wholesale confec tionery establishment , which will manufacture ufacturo candies , etc. , and which will employ , It Is said , between twenty and thirty people , is being made ready for actual operation the first of the year. Work has Just been begun on a new distributing house for a big brewery A large number of other Industries in Norfolk are rapidly grasping the op portunlty before this city in a com mercial way. Norfolk needs to devote all its energy orgy toward this upbuilding and to ward accepting the splendid opportu nltlcs which are presenting them selves. It Is a great field and one just beginning to bo developed. Norfolk has no time to devote to un necessary agitation within. Things are running well. Norfolk's spare energies orgies just now want to ho expended in making Norfolk a bigger and a busier city , rather than in trying new and Doubtful experiments which do not help in community construction Norfolk has no time to walk around li a circle. It wants to go ahead In a straight line , letting alone the things that are running well enough , and grasping now opportunities that present sent themselves and which ought note to be neglected. THE WEST ACTS AS DRIVER NOW For the sake of business conditions of the whole country , as distinct fron the west , western bankers to a cer tain extent favor the proposed currency cy reform legislation. It is admitted however , that the periods of flnancia stress occur more in Now York Cltj than out hero in the west , and in Nov York because the surplus funds depos Itcd there during the summer by west ern banks , are asked for when crop get ready to bo moved. Having spec Inted all of the surplus funds that hey could get bands on , the New York innkors then talk about money short- go and ask for an clastic currency in irder to enable them to return the noiicy that belongs to the west. There was a tlmo when things vorked the other way. In the days if ten or fifteen years ago the west lid the borrowing and the cast did ho loaning. It was the west In those lays that felt the need of nn elastic urrency , when eastern banks began o call In their loans from the west. Jut times have changed. Th'o enor- nous crops that have blessed this ; reat western country during the past ow years have made the west abso- utcly independent of the e.'ist and to- lay it is the west that holds the mort- ; ago on New York and it Is Now York hat Is squirming for the elastic cur- ency relief. The western farmer Is lolng the driving and the Now York mnkor is wearing the harness under 900 prosperity. In the olden days the only danger ivor felt by the west in financial mat ers was the fact that the east might uddenly find itself in a period of itrcss and begin to call In Its loans nit hero. That meant sacrifice to the vcstorn business man just aa it means acriflco to the eastern business man oday when the west wants Us money to handle its crops. But times have turned a somersault .nd that old peril has disappeared rom the western calendar , that old vorry has flown from the brow of the vestern business man. Today , with money in the banks and with loans lown east , the west has no chance of lard times to oven think of so long .s conservatism reigns. So long as ho west holds Itself within bounds Mid does not plunge too deeply with ts prosperity , the commercial sea in his section must remain smooth. And ionservntism Is the safeguard. It is lumnn nature , when money Is rolling n , to want to play the game a little more , strongly , in the hope of winning bigger prizes. To keep down that [ ambling and speculating passion that lows in human arteries , is all that the great middle west will need to do in order to keep on with this period of leemingly boundless prosperity. The west has cause for tremendous satisfaction in its accomplishments of he past few years. One Nebraska bank alone loaned more than a mil- Ion dollars In New York City last summer. All that Is required to keep on with smooth sailing and a happy 'uture , is a cool head and a conserva- Ivo tendency as against a tendency to ) lunge. AROUND TOWN. Get your resolutions ready for 1907. It has got to the point of a sewer pipe cinch. Every time you meet some girls , they have on new cloaks. The pigskin and the turkey clash for honors on Thanksgiving. We hate to force the future upon yon but Christmas Is coming. Thanksgiving Is so near that wo can almost taste turkey right now. Now , what do you think of a man from Bonesteel coming to Norfolk to get "touched ! " It is1 strange how various songs will make hits in various places. That song about "Dorothea" has become a popular air on The Heights. Some men pick up a paper , see something in it that they had not heard of before and remark : "That is some reporter's imagination. " Everybody in Wayne thinks Norfolk women all wear otter coats ; every body In Norfolk thinks that everybody In Wayne lives In a mansion. When yon have a grievance , take It direct to the captain's desk. Don't talk about It to third parties. Get It bottled by the shortest route. A little Norfolk boy donned his first trousers yesterday. Ho walked out of doors to see the dog and , returning said : "Mamma , Tootse didn't know me. " Every man has his bobby. A man on the street yesterday followed by two black hounds with red ribbons around their necks , was asked the wherefore. "A man has to have something , " he said. Judge Graves lays his defeat to the fact that another man named Graves a prohibitionist , was on the ticket Now maybe that other man lays his lost votes to the judge. If that strange traveling man hai said that there were none but pretty girls at that dnnco , they would have been eager to believe It ; ns it is , no body really believes , down in her heart , that anybody ever said such a thing. But ho did. That's the worst of It. Concerning Mr. Braden , who comes to Norfolk as assistant general superIntendent Intondont , the Sioux City Journn says : Stanley Braden , who will be come the general superintendent of the lines west of the Missouri river Is well known by railroad men In Sioux City and western Iowa. During ho days when ho was located at Lake City ho used to come to Bloux City every week or so. A Norfolk hotel bell boy thought ho ind received a tip yesterday. Sum- noncd by a woman guest , ho was landed a dime with which to buy her magazine. Then she reached him another dime and said : "And buy a box of clgarets. " "I don't smoke 'cm , " said the boy. "Well , Impudence , " said the guest , what matters that , so long as they are for mo ? Run along. " It la not every man who gets to read Us business obituary before ho retires. The Sioux City publication of nn er roneous report that General Suporln- ondent C. C. Hughes of the North western , whoso headquarters are In Norfolk , had retired , was accompanied by n farewell In the Sioux City Jour- mi , telling of the "passing of one of the old guard. " Mr. Hughes is stilt general superintendent and there is 10 occasion for saying goodbye. Mr. lughes' Norfolk friends are glad that the Sioux City report was unfounded. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Vengeance Is not the object of law. You can't ever say a man is rich ludglng by what his daughter wears. When a man is poky , old fashioned people say : "He is too slow to eaten a cold. " To bo successful one must know when to grant and when to refuse con cessions. There are days when every time a man turns his head around his neck ets the axe. Every Sunday women say : "I do lope tomoirow will be a good wash day. " When we run across two men nrgu- ng religion , wo run away as fast as wo can. There is Uits in favor of the woman who thinks theater going is wicked she never takes her babies thero. The average woman keeps a cook lust long enough for the cook to peer nto the closets and get good looks at the family skeletons. A dyspeptic said today : "I can diet all right In summer , but In winter when sausage and mince pics and spare ribs come on , I'm lost. " The motherly instinct in a woman Is a noble trait , no doubt , but it is also often the cause of a girl falling' in love with a worthless failure of a man. A certain Atchlson bride has been making her kin such a long visit that by the time she returns to her hus band she will' be nn old married wo man. What has become of the old fash ioned mother who made her little girl back up against the door when there- was a company , make a bow , and re cite ? The boy of todayIn his unthankful moments , should remember that he doesn't have to saw and chop up na tural gas , and fill the woodbox with it every night after school. After the preacher has given out the text , his congregation , having seen all the hats on display and heard the music , is ready for him to dismiss them any time. ' If a man Is smart , it Just happened. He didn't sit up at night and study by the light' of a pine torch , a fool story told of Abraham Lincoln. A smart man can't help being smart any more than a fool can help being a fool. It is said a certain candidate was defeated in Atchlson county because he has a cold storage smile ; a me chanical sort of smile. Well , he can't help it. We'll bet he tried to smile pleasantly while out looking for votes. You might as well blame a man for being bald , or crippled , as to blame him for having a cold storage smile. Having broken the women of the habit of keeping their hats on in the theater , the reformers should go af ter the young girls who wear such big bows of such wide ribbons on their heads that the man behind feels as if ho Is peering over the ribbon counter at a dry goods store. When an old maid sits up and tells that her sister , a married woman , took an old cloth dress and made a beauti ful cloak with slash pockets for her little daughter , that could not be dup licated at the stores for $11 , she says : "I often wonder if the men appreciate such devotion and ability on the part of their wives ? " When a man "takes a hint" prompt ly It Is a sign of intelligence. People can't tolerate a man who will persist In a foolish course , month after month. Some people sny , under such circum stances , that the man Is stubborn. As a matter of fact , ho Is a fool. When the house is on fire , get out. Anyone should know that much. A good man lately came to Atchlson with a message. He had thought out a great thought , and said no ono else had over thought of it The only re sult of the man's ' visit was a collection of eight doll'ars , and this money was contributed by poor people who could not afford It , and who are pestered a great deal by similar traveling frauds.