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NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JObBNAL : FRIDAY , JULY 12 , 1907 , Tto Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The Sown. ICMnhllHhiul , 1881. Tlio Journal. llMnWlnhptl , 1877. E PUBLISHING COMPANY N A. Hi HI : W. N. Hi' H ! ' Scori'lnry Mvcr/Krliliiy. Hy mull ! > or your. l 50. RnTBFcimrtTiiTiiontoiifi'o "I Norfolk. Not ) . . n8 noooml Toleiihonon. IMltorlnl DowirunoiiL No. 22 , Illinium * onico mill Job Hooinn , No. II a. PACKUHS COMIC TO AOIUOUMENT. In Kaunas City It Is claimed Unit nn cud to the piu'korH-Htockmun'H light over post-moiti'in Inspection of cows , is at an ond. I'ncluirH In Knnmm City have agreed Unit the post-mortem rule shall apply only to dairy cow stuff , and this Is claimed to bo u victory for the commission mi'ii. It IH mild that the light ended with that agreement. The light began alx wcohs ago when the packers put Into effect a now rule regarding the post-mortem Inspection of cowa. The piickorn determined that they would not pay for any cowa until nfter post-mortem inspection has proved the animals to bo sound. Commission - mission men claimed this was unfair and that the Inspection ought to bo niado on Uio hoof. The commission men In Kansas City look at the settle ment as a winning for tholr side of the case. HIGH WATER MARKS. The past week has been ono of mo ment In commercial Norfolk. It has not been a record week for gaining now Industries or building castles In the air. But It has boon a week that marked a hlghwater mark In Norfolk's commercial Importance In moro ways than ono. A Norfolk bank , for the first time In the history of the city , reached Uio million dollar mark In deposits. Wednesday marked the biggest day's business over transacted by the local express companies. Both incidents , which came along In the ordinary course of events , may serve aa guagcs to Uio city's prosperity. As the territory radiating from Nor folk extends and Increases , Norfolk Is constantly Increasing in commercial .Importance. This , as the commercial center of a vast area , Is constantly drawing hero , in more and moro lines of business , the trade of the northwest Norfolk is growing In importance. The growth Is a steady ono and a bet tor ono because It Is steady. Every hlghwater mark In any of the city's Industrial barometers serves to glvo satisfaction to Norfolk people. The constant growth of the town In a com mercial way exemplifies Norfolk's judgment of itself , based upon its lo cation. , . . , UNWRITTEN LAW. Harry Kendall Thaw Is not going to have such an easy time next fall to secure a Jury disagreement aa ho did last spring In his trial for murdering Stanford White. The "unwritten law" plea which aroused for a time so much sympathy for Thaw and his wife , Ev elyn Nesblt Thaw , Is suffering from a reaction. The "unwritten law" has been overworked. The brainstorm has been used with too much effect and sentiment is rising up In favor of ver dicts delivered In strict accordance with the written law. The trial of Thaw , the recent nc qulttal of Judge Loving In Virginia and the acquittal of Frank Brink are Instances which serve to react against freeing murderers under the "unwrit ten law. " A Chicago professor took the unwrit ten law wave as his topic for Fourth of July and told students Uiat the courts would disintegrate If the silly custom continued. It Is folly to make laws for the pun ishment of murder and then to free murderers because they are able to work upon sympaUiy outside the law. It Is folly to free men who ought to go to the gallows' , because they ap parently were excited at the moment of killing , when the law says they ought to hang. There will be a reaction from this sort of yellow law. After a while It will bo necessary to line up close tc the written law In order to enjoy free doru. ATTACKS VACCINATION. Elbert Hubbard ought to bo smll ing. Elbort Hubbard dubbed hlmsol a Philistine because ho wanted t ( throw stones at the "chosen people. ' Among the "chosen people , " accord ing to his early account , was Mr. Ed ward Bok. Later that portion of tin medical fraternity which upheld vac clnatlon as a grand good thing fo preventing smallpox became the tai get for missiles hurled by Fra Elberl us , and now ho ought to rejoice be cause his attacks upon the vaccine Uon habit has been Indirectly uphel ; by ono authority. James R , Brewer , secretary of th state board of charities In Maryland after having made a personal Invest ! gallon , takes the center of the stag and announces a new danger whlcl people undergo , in his Judgment , whe : they submit to vaccination. He say that vaccination Is directly and pr marily responsible for the nlarmln spread of tuberculosis among us. II holds ( lint vucclno virus , taken from COWB , carries tulicrculnr germa Into llio system more rapidly tlmn nny tlu r method. Ho claims Unit the ( Into Is not fur distant when the lawn will prohibit vncclmitlon Instead of punching ( hOHo who rcfuso to submit to It. Ijtst winter Elbort Huhlmrd mndo u luiu ; nttnclc upon vncclnnllon. It ended In u reply from some physician. May wo not expect u reply from nnmo phyHlclan to the nttitck mtulo by Mr. Brewer ? NI3W LAWS IN NEBRASKA. A largo tiunibor of now laws bccnmo oKccllvo In Nebraska yesterday. The measures cimetod nt the last eosslon of the legislature not carrying the em- orBoncy cliuiao , nro now nil In forco. The Htnto 1ms mndo no provision for Informing the public Juat what the now Iftwa aro. Dependent upon char ity , aa It were , the state's bnalncas In this regard Is woefully neglected. Many persona will no doubt bo made crlmlnala because they are not In formed an to the now laws restricting their acts , and such as these will suf fer penalties very unfairly. Newspa pers will In most Instances print briefly a synopsis of the moro Interest ing features of the laws. But the state ought to provide for sufllclent publicity to rnform the entlro com monwealth as to the nature of the now enactments , Among the now laws are these : Providing for Investigation of swamp fovcr In horses , tuberculosis In hogs ; appropriating $0,000 for traveling ex penses of judges of supreme and dis trict courts ; suppressing bucket shops ; fixing minimum state bank cap ital at $10,000 ; requiring state Institu tions to deposit cash funds with the state treasurer ; making the theft of chickens or pigeons of $5 value a fel ony ; Increasing court reporters' fees ; permitting county Judges to charge $3 for marriage license fees ; provid ing for the election of county assess ors In the fall of 1907 ; requiring coun ty Institutes to bo held In Juno , July or August ; authorizing county judges to receive unclaimed legacies ; provid ing for the maintenance of detention homes ; prohibiting discriminations In prices of commodities ; abolishing ( lowery - ory Interests ; relating to the division of property In cases of divorce ; amend ing the drainage law ; providing for the Incorporation of grand and sub ordinate lodges ; preventing the sale of liquor within two and a half miles of an army post ; requiring the recordIng - Ing of marks and brands ; for the cre ation of a municipal railway fund In cities of 25,000 or less ; making the poll tax $2.50 payable In cash except In villages or cities ; repealing the statute permitting the state board of public lands and buildings to Investi gate complaints against state superin tendent ; fixing coroner's fee ; estab lishing primary election system ; pro viding for pure food , pure milk and pure drugs ; providing for the use of road drags on the public highway ; fixing limits and liability of villages for damages and defective streets ; providing for the division of counties In road districts ; for a special levy for Improving country roads ; for the division between county and road dis tricts of road funds ; providing maxi mum freight rates on certain commod ities ; preventing stopping of trains across a street for more than flvo min utes ; requiring railroads to sell 1,000- mile mileage books for $20 , good for anyone or any number of persons ; re ducing express rates twenty-live per cent ; prohibiting the employment of night telegraph operators under twen- one years of ago ; allowing cities of 1,000 to 5,000 to extend water mains to connect with private property. One of the most prominent of all these laws Is the direct primary pro vision , the effects of which are already being felt. There will bo no conven tions this year to nominate candidates for olllce , as In years gone by. Candi dates are already llllng tholr an nouncements with county clerks un der the provisions of the new law. THE SCANDALMONGER. Wlion will tnlkors refrain fromovlt-spenbliiKl When listouora rofrnlu from oviHionrhiR , Hiiro , God pity the Innocent victim of c scandalmonger ! Society hangs men who ir'i-doi their fellows with knives and ns The mob lynches these brutes \\ho bj beast force rob Innocent women o : their honor. Wo put in jail the mai caught stealing mere money and we Bend to the penitentiary that persoi who deals in business frauds. Th < commercial world shuns the mai whoso word Is false so far as com morclallsm goes. But a worse crlm inal than all of these , the scandaluion ger , Is allowed to run at largo unmc d lestcd by the law and not oven lookci down upon as it should be by all tha stands for decency In the human race Moro vicious than the murderer o flesh who destroys life with a leai bullet and pays his penalty on thj gallows , Is this scandalmonger thlni that steals about In the dark and with his victim's back turned , sink deep Into human character Just a precious and just as sacred as humai life the poisonous blade of unfount ed Blunder. And yet , the knife drip ping with blood of some follow being's fair iiiuiio and reputation , this sneak ing creature tiptoes softly on and on , ever stabbing when opportunity af fords , and never molested by the Htrong arm of the law , never com plained against In the courts , never blacklisted by the world to nny great degree. The world gets red In the face and graba Its gun when some Ignorant bnito of a negro slips upon a helpless girl or woman and makes her the vic tim of his diabolical beastliness. Yet thin same world , Inconsistent It sure ly seems , will fold Ita hands and grin a knowing grin when aomo oven moro culpable because moro Intelligent brute Htuala around In the dark and commlta a more grossly wicked crime by besmirching the fair name of help less womankind the fair iiiuno that Is woman's most priceless possession , "Down with the thief ! " "Down with the counterfeiter ! " "Down with the man who is cheating us In our money matters ! " shouts the conscientious world , bound to see the public morals raised to the proper standard and bound to protect the public from dis honesty and pickpocket Yet the same old world sits with Its legs crossed , cars gaping wide , eagerness beaming from the eyes and attitude , to catch the slightest now tale of gos sip , accepting the false for the truth and never once questioning the guar antee , only to make all haste In re peating the yarn , grown a llttlo with ago to bo sure , to the next lover of mankind , ears equally open and brain equally prepared for the scandal seed to bo sown. Men In business hesitate to say that which they do not know to bo true , realizing that unreliability means busi ness destruction and the blacklist. Yet people who represent the Intelli gence of a community , supposed to represent all that is high and lofty and admirable In life , will bo often among the first to set the example for retail ing the blackest kinds of falsehood the falsehoods that arc based on riot ous Imagination and which destroy the good name of Innocent men and Inno cent women without cause. Far better the scavenger who goes about his garbage work and does it honestly and without harming his fel low man , than the human vulture who swoops down Into the sewers of life seeking fragments of spicy slander with which to satisfy a filthy appetite. There Is reason for gratitude in the fact that not all the world Is a scan dalmonger. There Is reason for joy In the fact that there arc men and women , clean minded and clean lived , charitable enough to always give the benefit of a doubt and wholesome enough In soul to find so much pleas ure in the good things of life , the joys and the successes of men , the sunshine and the songs of birds and the rip pling of waters , that the black and un wholesome scandal yarns that are for ever whipping up like a whirlwind , tossing down the street and dlsslpat ing themselves in the distance , are all crowded out for lack of space. Properly enough there are laws re stricting newspapers to the truth. Just as properly there ought to be compiil slon , from public sentiment If nothing more , for people to speak nothing but the truth. Communities have characteristic ! } just as have Individuals. In the small town , communities get close together In their lives. To make the life of any community ideal there should be , among other things , a righteous re gard for the truth and a wholesome contempt for the untruth , particularly where a fellowbelng's name Is con cerned. THE NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM. An Important stop in Norfolk's life i was taken when the city council 1 passed the ordinance granting n fran chise to a second telephone company. Whether or not It was n wise step , considering the welfare of Norfolk as n whole , remains for the practical op eration of the second telephone sys tem to demonstrate. Now that the ) franchise Is granted , however , It Is to ) bo hoped for the sake of Norfolk's future good that the Innovation of the second talking system may prove a positive benefit and not a umrden. It was a grave responsibility .that was placed upon the shoulders of the cltj council when they were required tc solve the problem. It was a question affecting the city not only for the pres ent but for all tlaio to come , and the responsibility of determining whethei the voting of the franchise would b < Imposing a burden upon the people oi Norfolk or pushing Norfolk forwari along the route of commercial prog ress , was by no means Insignificant It was a question not to bo sottlcc upon the basis of personal likes 01 dislikes. It was a problem not to bi it solved by prejudice one way or an other. It was an abstract , impersona public question the effects of whosi settlement must bo felt by the cltl zens of Norfolk during the entlro lift of the city and because of the ira parlance of this responsibility it wai essential that members of the councl investigate the various phases of th dual phone question thoroughly befor casting the final vote. And while m , exhaustive research was made by the council to ascertain the true situation In other cities whom two systems are In operation , yet It Is to bo hoped , now that the franchise Is granted that the city nt largo may not have cause to regret , after the now wires get Into practical operation , the Judgment of the present administration. It would perhaps require several years of practical operation to demon strate the true benefit or the true dis advantage of a double telephone sys tem. For this reason The News be lieved that exhaustive research Into the situation In cities where two lines had been operating for several years , before the franchise was grant ed , In order to got genuine facts from a disinterested and competent source , would bo no moro than fair to the people of Norfolk who must abide by the judgment of Its eight councllmcn. And while auch nn Investigation was perhnpa not made as extensively as could have been done , the people of Norfolk will hope , for the sake of the welfare of the city as a whole , that the best thing for Norfolk's good has been done. There were strong arguments both for and against the granting of the second telephone franchise. There can bo no question but that the dou ble service will Involve additional ex pense and additional annoyance to the people of Norfolk. Whether the ben efits accompanying the double service would offset and overbalance those ob jections , was the question put up to the city council. And there can bo no denying that It was a question of no slight moment , entailing no slight responsibility for all time upon the men who settled It by their votes. On the one hand It was argued , and not without reason , that the Installa tion of a second telephone system would Involve two telephone bills for every business house at least , two tel ephone books to consult , two bells to jingle and two Instruments to confuse. It was further argued that the estab lishment of a new $50,000 phone sys tem would simply mean that the people ple of Norfolk , sooner or later , would bo compelled to dig down Into their pockets and pay that $50,000. A second end telephone service Is not going to bo Installed for fun , and It must be conceded that the public will not only pay the cost , but pay also a dividend upon the original capital Invested. So much for the objections. In reply to the arguments against two systems and favoring a single telephone system , were chiefly the ar guments that the Independent telephone - phone company would bring Norfolk Into closer touch with a vast orrltory in the northwest ; that closer contact would mean commercial expansion for Norfolk ; that Norfolk's prestige as a business center would bo Intensified ; that toll line rates throughout this section would be reduced ; that telephone - phone service over the new system would bo cheaper than over the pres ent system ; that many moro tele phones would be installed throughout the city and county , resulting In more extensive and therefore more valua ble service ; that the new system would bo a "homo" Industry , to an ex tent , leaving a quantity of Its expense money In Norfolk for supplies , etc. The strongest arguments In favor of the new system were the facts that Norfolk would be brought Into closer touch with people out through this territory , that more extensive tele phone service would result and that toll rates would be reduced. There was nothing easy In the task of weighing over the various points for and against the double service. Unless new benefits could be realized , It would be easily unwise to grant a franchise to a spcond company which would mean additional expense and additional Inconvenience. But these benefits , and striking ones , were fore casted by those Interested In the new system. And It was to thoroughly test the comparative worth of the benefits or the disadvantages of the double system , as demonstrated after several years of practical working , that The News believed the city council ought , In fairness to the whole people of Nor folk , to make a complete Investigation In other cities which have already gone through the experience and know from practical operations whereof they speak. The view of one man In another city , or a dozen men , would not bo sufllclent upon which to base an action of so much importance , for good or bad , to the people of this city , The true worth to a whole city , con > sldered from all sides , could alone be cited as a basis for voting upon the franchise. The question of a second telephone system In Norfolk was ono beyond and above a personal matter. Per sonally Mr. Stadelman , general man ager of the new company , Is an ener gotlc , whole-souled , progressive ant ambitious gentleman. Ho has made friends In Norfolk , as ho deserved , ant Norfolk will only too gladly welconu him as a citizen because he has the earmarks of a "live wire" and because Norfolk today is in need of just a : many "live wires" as can crowd int < the city limits. But the question o a double telephone system for a cit ; 'e was ono broader than personal llkei o or dislikes. It was one that ought t ( have been studied In the practical op eration very comprehensively before being nettled. Now that it is settled once for all In Norfolk , however , Nor folk people will hope that the stop tak en will prove to bo a wise one , bring ing benefit enough to more tlmn offset the burden entailed. And Norfolk at the outset will view the matter op timistically , hoping that the second system may prove as desirable an In stitution ns Mr. stndolman , its general manager , la a citizen. AROUND TOWN. But it's fine for the corn. If you can't boost , don't knock. It was knee high by the F , all right. Maybe Herman doesn't like Joe's board. Two bands proved to be two many at Iladar. It's n different kind of music In the air at Hadar. Now If we can only keep shy of an early frost ! Norfolk Is going ahead , despite statements to the contrary. "Faith , hope , charity , these three , but the greatest of these IB charity. " The Hadar drouth Is said not to have been broken oven by the rain. Talk has a reputation for being cheap. But It may become expensive. They're wearing a bunch of counter- felt curls now that cost $5 per bunch. Talk Is getting cheaper in Norfolk. Rates have been reduced on business telephones. A girl visiting in Norfolk says she ouldn't marry any man who says 'emalo" or "victuals. " An Omaha girl engaged to be mar- ed says she likes her fiance almost s much as she likes her dog. When a book agent asks for a list f susceptible "literary people , " for eaven's sake protect your friends. Herman Boche has twice succeeded n killing other men but ho failed hree times yesterday to end his own fe. How do you like to answer the tele- hone , only to be asked by a voice int you do not recognize , "Who is Ills , please ? " A Norfolk woman feeds pancakes o the cow. The cow Is still alive , but s days will probably be shortened by everal years. With two telephone systems , will here be twice as much talking In Nor- blk ? There's too much talking hero ow along some lines. The new phone bell will ring by > Jew Year and the new school bell vlll ring by January 15. M.eanwhlle he Bell phones will keep on ringing. Who said Charles W. Fairbanks was old blooded ? The vice president umped Into the lake to save a girl's fe , and without the slightest thought f publicity or his presidential asplra- ions. When Oxnard bellhops meet Pa- iflc bellhops on the street , they call ut : "Hello , Foote. " When Pacific lellhops meet Oxnard bellhops on the treet , they call out : "Hello , Schll- er. " Thirty-six deaths and something ess than 2,000 injuries resulted from elebratlng the nation's birthday. Wouldn't the nation be held responsi ble , inasmuch as It had the birthday hat caused the blood to flow ? With pretty nearly $75,000 being spent for a new passenger station and new high school , there Is building activity to burn over on Philip av enue. Within a block , the two now tructures are going up. And each IB being built to replace a building de stroyed by fire. Norfolk once more can thank Its ucky stars for having escaped a se vere storm. That bunch of tornadoes that swept over the northwest , with punctuation points at Long ino , Crelgh- ton , Petersburg , NIobrara and Gregory might as easily as not have swung Into Norfolk , but a good natured fate pre served us. A fourteen-year-old boy called oul this last night to a comrade a hall block away : "I made a dlmo easy Mamma told mo she'd glvo mo a nickle If I got homo by half post six I got that nlcklo and then she sent me up town for some groceries. The fel low in that store cheated him self out of flvo cents and you see tha nlcklo goes in my pocket , too. Wasn'l that easy ? " All of which goes tc prove that the place to begin In ele vating the "public conscience" Is or the small boy growing up. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. The man who whines , makes othoi people look pretty good by compart son. Some men hate bull dogs so the } would censure one for chewing at agent , It an old man likes a rocklnc cbai ho can't make any claim to being old- fashioned , If a woman brags 'a good deal on her kin , It Is a sign they live In an other town. Hit John Barleycorn every time you get a chance. Even behaving his best , lie is meditating mischief. Wo have noticed that when a wo man hears that another woman waa never In love , she says , "Bah ! " The now neighbors next door always turn out better than their furniture looks when It arrives on a wagon. Before she undertakes It , the av erage woman says every day for a week : "I Just must wash my head today. " When an agent calls to collect , ho Is not nearly as polite as ho was when ho called to coax you Into signing the contract. When a man kills himself for a woman she gets lots of sympathy , but when a woman kills herself for a man she la laughed at The pudding with the most plums In It for a newspaper reporter Is the man who hates his kin and tells all ho knows about them. If a man borrows your lawn mower , and falls to return It , don't become discouraged and let your grass become ragged ; borrow another lawn mower , and go to work. It Is going to be hard when a woman gets to heaven and finds herself flying around In a one-piece robe , with no cause for feeling In the back If her skirt and her waist are together. People have been bothered so much by soliciting committees that many citizens who are amiable at all other times , become disagreeable when approached preached by such a committee. And you can't blame them much ; passing the hat has become a tremendous nui sance. And half the time It is un necessary. An Atchlson expert In flirting says that when you take hold of a girl's hand , and she doesn't say anything , but gets that cold , steel gray look in her eyes , as If she had sick headache , you had better let loose and run. But If the girl grabs her hand away , and says , "Now you stop ! " the expert says keep right on ; it's all right. OVER NORTHWEST PRAIRIES Anoka Herald : We expected to o : t our paper out on time this week but the first of the week some of the boys were shooting off some fireworks In front of Hammorlun's store wo bought wo would celebrate a llttlo oo , and getting hold of a roman can- le we commenced to shoot , and we Id shoot , but not in the direction that vas Intended , for Instead of the fire- all going the right way It went back- vards and the result was that wo aught it , Heaving us a pretty badly illstered palm on the right -hand. This was the first roman candle we jver tried ot shoot , and wo swore off Ight tViere of over trying to shoot any more of them. Mell Hagerman , our elegrapher , had a similar accident , etting his right hand quite badly urned. v Rural Route No. 3. Mr. and Mrs. John Faubel , jr. , were visiting with Mr. and Mm Albert Mrs. Charles Herschlog and daugh- ers left Wednesday morning to visit vith her sons at Stanton. Aug. Huebner made a business trip Sunday morning to Stanton , returning Sunday noon. Sheriff Dwyer and Attorney Van iVagenen and families of Plerco were n Hadar Sunday evening. Two regular northbound freights were delayed several hours last week tore owing to a misplaced switch , which caused the coal tender to leave ; ho track. The proper official at Nor- 'olk was given Immediate notice there of and was ready to como up with the wrecking train , but tholr services were lot required. Oscar Huebner accidentally slipped on the grass whllo playing at a neigh bor's and cut a gash fully two Inches long which caused the little fellow to bo quite restless , but ho Is much better today. Mrs. Ed Morris is still quite 111 with the attack of rheumatism at this place. The bowery dance which was held July the Fourth was largely attended and everybody reported a jolly time. The Hadar Concordla band Is going to Wlnsldo Sunday to furnish music for a mlsslonfest given there. Misses Mary Brlsso and Edna Nod- row went to Plerco on Tuesday. Otto Huebner of Albion was In Ha dar over night Sunday. WATCH THIEF GETS THIRTY DAYS Charles Russell Will Spend a Month In Madison Jail. Thirty days In the county Jail at Madison was the sentence pronounced on Charlie Russell Wednesday morn ing , when Russell admitted stealing a watch belonging to Chris Gllssman. Russell had no defense when brought before Justice Elseley. Russell said that Wednesday mark ed his first appearance as a prisoner in court. Ho Is a young man of twen ty-two , claims to live in Minneapolis and says that ho is an orphan. Russell has been in Norfolk for about a month and will spend about the same length of time in Madison.