THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL ; FRIDAY , JULY 24
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Did you over know a person to
Biiet'7.0 gracefully ?
.1. Wesley Gnlnos will retire from
congress and the election fans will
not lie required.
The North Pole Is mild to ho moving.
It hns probably heard that Walter
Wollman IB coming.
An optimist hiiH boon ilellned ; .H one
who will laugh humhly when ho slips
upon a liaiiana peel.
The man who IB too old to go to a
clrc-ns Is too old to get much en
joyment out of life.
Out In Montana they oltcar sheep by
5- machinery. Down In Wall street they
' victimize them In the same old way.
There Is now a surplus of money In
the country. Hut there are a lot of
people who are short of the ca h
Just the same.
f. The work on the Alaska-Pacific-
f Youkon exposition at Seattle Is going
; on very actively. The enterprising
city on the Pacific promises that the
turn-tiles will begin to clink promptly
1
June 1 , 1900.
One hundred thousand less freight
cars are Idle now than In June.
Gradually the railroad tmfllic Is re
gaining Its normal volume.
Even the Americans who look on
the search for the pole as wasted ef
fort would be delighted if Com
mander Peary should get there first.
fv , The engineers who are trying to
; discover ways in which to reduce the
' noise made by the elevated railway
tralna , have the good wishes of city
dwellers for their success.
Cuba has three parties and each
prefers government by the United
States to the success of the other
two. Uncle Sam Is lindlng It a grent
deal Harder to let go of the boar in
Cuba than It was to get him. " *
"Neurasthemls" seems to be a
pretty popular disease since a
Chicago physician said that whiskey
or alcohol was good for people suffer
ing from the disease.
An Ohio girl who was in a railroad
wreck asked the company to pay her
550,000 for her lost beauty. Some
girls get great notions by looking at
themselves in a glass.
Dr. Osier Is sixty years old and has
not yet taken the dose of chloroform
which he said several years ago would
be the best thing most men of sixty
could do. Instead of being ready to
leave the world , Dr. Osier Is preparing
to take an increasingly active Inter
est In Its affairs by entering a con
test for the lord rectorship of the
University of Edinburgh.
If the cost of all crime In the
United States could be applied to the
national debt instead of taking care of
criminals , two years would entirely
wipe it out at the present rate It
pays to be good law-abiding citizens.
T. B. Murdock , of Eldorado. Kan. ,
who crossed the plains in 1SCO with
an ox cart to Denver , took the same
trip recently with a party of his fellow
townsmen In an automobile. Mr.
Murdock Insists , however that the
most enjoyable trip was the one In
1800 with the ox team.
Uncle Sam has subjugated the mos
quitoes in the Panama zone and Is
now going after the rats and the mice.
Why would it not be a good idea to
carry the war right Into the heart of
the United States Itself. If we can
do so well for outside territory , why
should we continue to be afllicted at
home ?
Wu Ting Fang says that the next
decade will see the Imports of China
reach figures that surpass the esti
mate of the most optomlstlc , and adds
"In the development and afterwards
a large sharp of the Chinese trade
will come to the United States. If
Americans are wise their commercial
supremacy In the far East Is assured. "
Compared with June , 1907 , the re
ceipts of the Chicago postofllce show
an Increase of $43,091. There has been
nn Increase In the postal receipts of
thirty-three out of the fifty largest
post olllces In the country over June ,
1P07. This certainly Indicates a re
storation of former business activity.
Chicago milkmen have been dis
covered putting boraclc acid In their
milk this warm weather to preserve It
from souring. Dorado add will
preserve milk but upon thbse who
drink the mllk 'hay tye ppposHe ef
fect. It will kill babies 'and IB very
Injurious to adults. Preserving milk
by destroying human beings ls < not
likely to prove a profitable policy now
that the health olllcers have dis
covered the trick.
On the satr e day that the great lleet
sailed out of the Golden Gate to com
plete the circumnavigation of the
globe , Comi.iniider Peary started on
another Arc-tic- expedition In quest of
the North Pole. He starts out with
the best equipment obtainable and
the good wishes of the nation He Is
full of hopes , but so many have started
on the same quest In full assurance of
success and met with dismal fates
that the world Is losing faith in the
of man against nature.
At the prohibition convention In
Connecticut a resolution was offered
expressing regret at Mr. Cleveland's
death and referred to him as a "man
- . : : : a sta'esman. " The convention
was willing to acknowledge him to
have been a man but since he has
never been In favor of prohibition
It drew a line on admitting him to be
a statesman. It Is just such narrow
ness as this that Injures the prohi
bition party more than anything else.
The postmaster general made a
good stroke for better roads through
out the country when he ruled that
free rural delivery of mall would be
discontinued on roads which were not
kept in condition to be traveled' with
facility at all seasons of the year.
The prevailing habit of plowing up
a stretch of prairie or woods and callIng -
Ing It a road will have to bo en
larged upon a trifle If Uncle Sam Is
to bring ye fanner his paper every
morning.
Emperor William has done his best
to make amends for the disagreeable
reflections cast on the new American
embassador at Berlin. Dr. David
Payne Hull , at the time of his appoint
ment , by extending unusual courtesies
to him ujKn his arrival In the German
capital. There Is now every Indica
tion that German officials will do all
In their power to make his stay agree
able.
The present Duke of Wellington ,
the fourth to bear that title and a
dozen or more equally valuable and
Imposing , is very short of the common
coin of the realm. He Is very likely
to vlalt America In search of an Amer
ican heiress. He may be obliged
to sell part of his titles at auction ,
to tide him over till he lands his heir
ess. The old family estates are al
ready for sale.
Careful analysis of commercial , In
dustrial and agricultural conditions
have been made by the Record-Her
ald of Chicago , throughout the entire
country , which shows that business
activity in all lines Is steadily climbing
to normal and In some cases already
exceeds It. Crops now promise to be
good and the number of unemployed
men and of empty railroad cars shows
a notable decrease. Indications now
point toward the return of October
seeing business restored to Its custom
ary volume.
And now a Philadelphia newspaper
declares that Betsy Ross didn't make
the first flag whichever floated the
stars and stripes to the breeze , and
the picture of a comely dame in
colonial costume which has always
borne the name is a fake. But Dr. B.
J. Cigrand of Chicago , who is a na
tional authority on heraldic Americans
has in his possession the copy of bills
paid to Mrs. Betsy Ross by the United
States , stating that It was for making
United States flags. So Betsy Ross Is
no myth.
In sounding his note of war alarm
at the Denver convention , Hobson
made a stronger plea for the electloi
or the republican candidate than he
could have made in any other way
If , as Mr. Hobson insists is the case
war with Japan is imminent , who could
wish to have the affairs of the natioi
in the hands of a man utterly untriei
and Inexeperlenced In dealing wltl
International complications as Mr
Bryan is when such a wise and sue
cessful statesman with years of ex
perience in international diplomacy 1
available ?
There Is a general supposition tha
farmers are a very busy , hard-working
class of people and It Is true , but It I
also true that they read the newspa
pers far more thoroughly and Intell
gently than the average business ma
In town or city. They read the editor
lal page and ponder upon the idea
advanced as they plow their corn th
next day. They know the platform o
their own party candidate and ca
tell you Its points of advantage eve
that of other platforms ? The farme
takes his political obligations ser
ously and Is determined to fit hlrasel
to discharge them worthily. For thi
reason he Is entitled to bo called th
"bone and slnew"of tno state.
"Old men for counsel and youn
men for war. " Figures recently mad
show that out of 2,778,309 men wh
enlisted in the Union army , 2,159,79
ol them were not over 21 years of ago.
Hnrcly 21 per cent of those who went
forth at the call of the country to
hattle and to die had reached their
'najorlty. The Union army was liter-
lly mitilc up of b. : > s in their "teens. "
n exchange aptly asks "In It to be
onderc'd , In the face of such facts
nit our pension list forty-three years
fter the war Is still about llf.O.OOO- .
( id , or Is there a single American who
( grudges a penny of this to the boys
ho made such soldiers In the world's
reatest army ? "
The world demands more and more
killed workmen. There are thous-
nds of men who are out of employ-
lent much of the time throughout the
and because they can not do any one
ilng exceptionally well. This It Is
lat Is making the manual training and
c'chnlcal schools more and more
ecessary and the fact that every-
here they are becoming popular Is
he best guarantee of the future
rosporlty of the country. Educate
he boys and girls to do something
1th their hands that they can do
klllfully , so that thought and action
an find proper expression and you
ave done more for posterity than can
> e done In any other way.
There Is n great deal of talk these
ays about equalizing opportunities
ml conditions , and there Is some truth
i the statements that are made , but
o should be careful to remember that
verythlng In the natural world has
n Individuality of Its own and the In-
qualities of nature add tromend-
usly to Its value as a whole. Is It
ot probable that the same things
nder the guidance of a wise Prov-
lence holds true In human affairs ?
The welfare of the many should al-
ays bo paramount , but In the spirit
hlch Is abroad In the land today of
vellng conditions there is some
anger that the value of the Individual
my wither Jn our eyes. As the
New Orleans Democrat well says :
As the nation flourishes we are
rene to assume that the judgments of
he majority are the judgments of
od. " Experience teaches us that
ise leadership Is the sole safeguard
gainst the madness of the millions
ho take their appetite for lunches ,
n leveling the mountain to the plain
f the valley the landscape Is lost.
Ve must cultivate thte habit of look-
ng up to the personality who brought
10 spirit that made us great and will
ceep us so. Without this istlnct rev-
rencc xo easy for the Greeks , so
ifllcult for us the very wealth and
ewer of the land may drag us down.
So rapid has been the commercial
rowth of the United States and so
lever have been the Inventions and
ndustrial triumphs of our citizens
hat as a nation we are never tired
f vaunting our progressive commer-
ialism. "The world Is our market"
s the cry of the American manufac-
urer and jobber and it ought to be.
But there is another side to the
ilcture. Complaints are made from
South America and other countries
hat American exporters pay no atten-
ion to orders. They send what thay
hink is suitable , not what is ordered ;
hat goods are carelessly packed and
lot promptly delivered at seaboard
owns ; that a man ordering from
Vmerican manufacturers never can
lepend on getting his goods. It Is
such cases as these that are giving the
German , French and Japanese trade
vhlch Americans might hold if they
vere more attentive to details. A
lozen South American consuls should
lo home missionary work here in
Vmerica and show our manufacturers
the error of their ways.
ONE USB FOR A TRUST.
It is reported that the great cor
porations and wealthy Individuals own
ing the timber lands of the country
have united in the form of a merger ,
and that one of their purposes is to
look after the forestry interests on the
lands that they control. If this is true
It gives an Illustration of the possible
utility of the trust.
There is no Investment for capital
on a large scale that gives promise
of greater return than engaging in re
foresting lands from which the timber
has been removed. These lands ma >
he had for a song. For the most part
they are worthless for agriculture.
It will take many years to grow trees
commercially valuable , and capital
will have to wait for Its returns. But
when the time does come , the price
of lumber will have been so far ad
vanced that nothing produced from
the soil will give a richer reward. And
then by controlling these new planta
tions according to the approved princi
ples of forestry , they can be made to
yield a handsome revenue forever.
It Is this prospect that naturally at
tracts men of Immense fortunes , lookIng -
Ing for a long and safe Investment
and careless of Immediate profits.
Wo see here again how It Is that the
work of the trust Is almost always
consequent upon the neglect of duty
by the several states. IF the states
of this Union had done their duty , If
they had enforced their own laws
and refused to give undue advan
tages and legislative favor to aggrega
tions of capital , there would not be a
trust in existence on American soil
today. It is the states also tbat should
now tie rngiiRPd lit reforest Ing. The
state can afford to wait. And for a
small expenditure each year , the next
generation would be provided with
a resource that should make the
state Independent of monopoly and
and give It a big revenue. We have
simply refused this plain and easy
duty. Will the example of capital
persuade us to move In the matter ?
REDUCED TO AN ABSURDITY.
Sometimes a practice that will not
yield to logic , although there Is not a
word to be said In Its behalf , gives way
to the patent absurdity that Its con
tinuance shows. And this , we hope , Is
, to be the fate of packing national con-
.volitions with thousands of outsiders
.and organizing demonstrations for or
[ against candidates according to the
preference's of those who control the
giving out of tickets and the other con
vention machinery. Surely the events
of the two conventions this year ought
to administer the death-blow to this
undesirable and now ridiculous cus
tom.
It Is not to the discredit of cither
of the gentlemen who received these
so-called tributes this year that they
were demonstrated to be purely arti
ficial. Both President Roosevelt and
Mr. Bryan are men about whom their
friends are wildly enthusiastic. The
name of either would produce a
response almost anywhere that men
were gathered together. We are not
comparing them In any respect , but
simply stating that each has the
power of evoking enthusiastic support.
It would surprise nobody and it would
be genuine If the reference to either
In any considerable assemblage of
men should be received with applause
prolonged for five or ten minutes.
When we get beyond this , the purely
natural expression of feeling , the thing
becomes forced and worthless.
At the Chicago convention there was
applause continued forty-nine minutes
when the president's name was men
tioned. Everybody knows that few
men are physically able and none are
I desirous of keeping up a racket for
i that length of time. At the Denver
I convention It was thought necessary
j to outdo that performance , and the
confusion following the naming of
3ryan was prolonged for an hour and
a half. Of course such demonstrations
ire organized In advance , and are pos
sible only by having shouters work In
relays. This is no honor to anybody ,
and Is meaningless as a tribute. Now
hat it has become gortesque , maybe
he conventions will agree to cut It
out and become orderly bodies once
more.
THE RIGHT KIND OF CAMPAIGN.
The anouncement s heard with
oy by every republican that Mr. Taft
will not go swinging around the
circle ; that he will make a few
speeches on important matters in im
portant centers ; and that for the rest
of the time he will remain quietly at
home , accessible to all who may wish
to visit or consult with him , and ex
pressing freely his views on any sub
ject on which they may be solicited.
This is the only kind of campaign
that comports with the dignity of the
office and the nation. A comparatively
unknown man may find It necessary to
make a tour of the country and let
the people see and hear him. But
such a man has no business with the
presidential nomination. The Interests
Involved are too many and too vast
to be confided to any but a man of
long and varPed experience. Mr. Taft
is known from ocean to ocean. His
long and honorable public record is
an open book. He has for the last
few years , been required to visit
every part of the country and all Its
outlying possessions in the discharge
of official duty. There is no need for
him to tour it again as a candidate.
And the people will not care to see him
do It.
Nothing is to be gained by this
breathless running about and this end
less oratory. It provokes the hurrahs
of the unthinking multitudes , It fur
nishes an exciting spectacle , but It
does not win the votes of the quiet
steady , thinking millions without
whose support no man can win the
presidency. The campaign of 189C
Is the best proof of this. There was
one central Issue , an Issue which the
people little understood , yet on which
all depended. When Bryan was flying
about the country and making a record
for speechifying , McKlnley was sitting
quietly on his porch at Canton. It
looked and seemed dangerous to those
who judge by the sensationalism of
the moment , but the count of ballots
told the tale.
There Is such a thing as national dig
nlty , and the people appreciate It
They know all they need to know
about Mr. Taft. He has nothing to
conceal , nothing to explain , no pretenses
tenses to put forward. He will show
us the right kind of campaign , for a
great and thinking nation.
MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM.
One of the best features In the re
publican platform , one which its
fraraers probably did not recognize a
Its full value , because this will appea
only when the campaign gets undo
way and the appeal * IB * nlado to the
people , is the declaration In Tavor o
n maximum Und inlnlirium tarlffllxw.
It Is going to be the most popular
Idea known to tariff discussion In this
country for half a century. It Is going
o meet the approval of people- who
lifter widely In their views of the tar-
ft as an abstract question. And ,
mturally It Is therefore going to fur-
ilsh the common ground upon which
hose within the republican party It-
elf who disagree on the details of
he tariff can meet and be satisfied.
The maximum and minimum prin
ciple , adopted now by nearly all the
. ; reat commercial nations , consists In
he establishment by law of two en-
Irely different rates of duty on all
he articles entering Into Inter-
latlonal trade. One schedule consists
of rates that we would call high ; rates
n effect as high , or In some cases even
ilgher , than those prescribed by the
Dlngley law. This Is the actual tariff
of the country. Then there Is an
other schedule whose rates are from
wenty-flve to fifty per cent lower than
hese ; and these rates are offered only
o the countries that give a similar
arlff rate to our exports. Wo have
bus a means of dealing with tariff
llscrlmlnatlons by others , and a mears
) f fostering our trade. We have
arlff reduction where It will do the
nest good , and a tariff wall wliere it
vill shut out the products of nations
mfriendly to us. .
This system realizes the reciprocity
dea favored by Blalne and McKlnley.
t reduces our tariff rates as they should
ie reduced. But It does not give away
or nothing the advantage which this
offers to our competitors. To secure
ts privileges they must do equally
veil by us. We can secure the benefit
) f lowered duties at home by purchas-
ng for ourselves an entrance to many
narkets now practically closed to im.
'liis is something the country can un-
lerstand and something that It will
approve of by an almost unanimous
ote.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Treat yourself well and the world
vill do the same thing. '
A boy can't have any fun at a
fourth of July celebration If his sister
ags along with him.
Some men carry home a very small
teak to a very big family.
When , in a man's estimation , his
> Ipe has become "mellow and sweet , "
ils wife contends that It smells ter-
ible.
If you must say anything of your
ival , praise him. You can make more
nemies for him that way than by
rltlclslng htm.
Every time a new barber conies to
own the bald-headed men half way
iope that he knows something that
vill make hair grow.
About the only excitement out In
he country is to say at the breakfast
able : "The dog barked last night as
hough somebody was prowling
around the house. "
B. S. LEEDOM OF OSMOND TO BE
TRIED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL.
BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT
Editor of Osmond Republican Will be
Tried in Pierce County District
Court on Criminal Libel Charge
Filed by County Commissioner.
Pierce , Neb. , July 22. Special to
The News : Boyd. S. Leedom , editor
of the Osmond Republican , was
bound over to the district court yes
terday to answer the charge of
criminal libel filed against him by
Herman Steinkraus , chairman of the
Pierce county board of commissioners
The editor's bond , which was placed
at $500 , was furnished.
The county commissioner claims
that attacks made on him by the
Osmond Republican constitutes crlm
inal libel.
Carnival Week In Niobrara.
Niobrara , Neb. , July 21. Special to
The News : The Dixie Carnival com
pnny closed a five days' stay in Nlo
brara Saturday night. A Ferris wheel
a "petrified woman , " the "largcsi
snake on exhibition" and vaudeville
were among the attractions. The Nlo
brara band furnished the music and
received part of the profits.
A prize fight and a dance were Frl
day night features at the town hall.
And Saturday the Niobrara base
ball team defeated the Santee Indian
nine In a "wallopfest , " the score be
Ing 10 to 5.
Mrs. Faubel Wins Popular Contest
Hadar , Neb. , July 21. Special to
The News : Mrs. J. F. Faubel , wife
of the Hadar merchant , was declaret
the most popular lady in Hadar in a
voting content , winning a prize con
slstlng of twenty-seven pieces of sll
verware. The contest was exciting
Mrs. Faubol received 2,540 votes to
2,380 cast for Miss Modrow.
Weaver Goes to Madison.
W. W. Weaver has purchased the
hardware store of Horst Brothers in
Madison and will move there to carr >
on the business.
ELKHORN VALLEY MEDICS HAVE
BETTER APPRECIATION.
MID.SUMMER SESSION A SUCCESS
Important Meeting of Elkhorn Valley
Medical Society at Norfolk Hospital
Draws Record Attendance Doctors
In Closer Touch With Hospital.
Buildings "spotless clean , " mo li rn
hospital equipment , evidence of * JH
tern and tl'oroup'MH'sn ' ' on eu-ry side ,
the big force of tich U'tilly trained
nnrsi'H , the cari- and cMiurt attention
glviii I lip liomiilnl patients ; these
( hint's together with the Important
woik wl'U'h ' Dr. G. A. Young and his
assistants are dolivr for the wards of
the state al the Norfolk hospital , made
no little linprcrHon on the minds of
the NVhnuku ph\nllnns who Tuos-i' y
afternoon and ovoHiig attcndi-1 the
mld-sumtiKM' moctlng of the Elkhorn
Valley .Medical society at the Norfolk
hospital.
The hospital mooting was an Inova
tlon and a very successful one. The
papers \ \ TO Interesting and Important ,
the stibjecjs being along the lines of
insanity. More than forty prominent
physicians of the state attended the
meetings.
The social features of the session
at the horpital wore especially enjoy
able. At a special invitation many of
the visiting doctors were accompanied
by their wives , who were guests at an
Informal reception during the after
noon. In the evening all the visitors
were the personal guests of Dr. Young
at supper.
Purpose of Hospital Session.
The real reason for the Invitation
extended to the medical society for
a meeting at the hospital was a desire -
sire to brlni ; the doctors of northeast
Nebraska Into closer touch with the
Important institution which Nebraska
maintains in Norfolk. In this respect
the meetings wore signally success
ful , all of the doctors , save a few
who had been In touch with the In
stitution before , leaving Norfolk with
a much clearer ldi"i of the purpose
and work of the Norfolk hospital.
Praise for the Hospital.
The advanced methods at the hos-
iltal. the consideration given the
patients , the general "tone" of the
vhole Institution won warm common-
lation from the members of the medi
cal society. And It was a gathering
) f men especially fitted to pass judg
ment.
Prejudice Against the Hospital.
The prejudice against a state hos-
tital for the insane , which regards it
only as a court of the last resort , Is
leing combated by Dr. G. A. Young ,
he superintendent of the Norfolk
lospltal. Through the physicians , men
of trained judgment , the management
) f the hospital seeks to bring more
clearly before the people of the com-
nunitles in which those doctors prac-
ice the fact that the Norfolk hospital
s a hospital first , last and all the
line , that the patients have individual
care , that the patients are treated as
ndlviduals would be treated In a
general hospital , that the patients re
ceived the same medical attention and
he same care from trained nurses
hat they would have in other than
state institutions , that each case re
ceived is given careful examination
ind individual study.
Need of Publicity.
Dr. Young in his discussion before
the doctors stated that he considered
it necessary that publicity bo given
tlie inner workings of the state hos-
[ iltal in order to disabuse those who
hold it merely as an asylum , a place of
detention , III treatment and abuse.
Much , lie said , was to be gained by
encouraging the sending of patients
to tlie hospital just as soon as the
first symptoms of insanity are noted.
Delay means an increased severity of
the disease with loss chance of re
covery when brought at last to the
hospital.
The Training Course.
Possibly that which attracted the
most attention at the hospital from
the visiting physicians was the de
velopment of nurse's training school
under the superlnteiidency of Dr.
Young. The school Is now fully de
veloped , having nurses in the senior
year. Miss Sinclair as superintendent
of nurses has boon very successful In
the department , having secured recog-
nltlon from the Methodist hospital In
Omaha , the Mercy hospital of Council
Bluffs and the Wise Mumoilal hospital
of Omaha. Nurses from the training
school at the Norfolk hospital spend
six months In these Omaha hospitals ,
returning to Norfolk to graduate. In
Omaha the hospitals accept the
nurses from Norfolk on the same
footing as their own nurses. It is the
ambition of those directly Interested
in the management to Luild up a
registered training school en a par
with any In the west.
The Program.
The program , which dealt with In
sanity and allied subjects , was
especially strong.
Dr. Young , assisted by the medical
staff of the hospital , occupied the first
part of the afternoon's program with
the presentation of a number 01
typical cases In the special classlflca
tlon of Insanity now being Introduced
Into hospitals. The assistant physi
cians , Dr. Dlshong and Dr. Kelley ,
had written up the history of the
cases presented In advance. The pre
sentation of these mental and nervous
cases was one of the most Interesting
and Instructive features of the ses
sion.
"Paranoa with Presentation of
Cases" was the subject of nn interest
ing and highly scientific discussion by
Dr. .1. M. Alltln , Iho Qmnha npoclallst ,
Dr J. M. Jayh\v ! ( of Lincoln tils-
CIIHHIM ) "Nt unilngloal DlagnoslH with
Reference' to Modern Mi-thuds "
Dr W II. II Hagcy of Norfolk ,
pre-Kldent of Iho mie-loty , In "Tho Re'
Dr. Hagey , President E. V. M. S.
of ( ' < ( IUMUIC lleNpltul to the
( ic-norttl PractlMonor , " urnoil a much
closer relationship.
"Some Specimens of the Temporal
Hone with Special Reference to
Mastaldls" was presented by Dr. 11.11.
Lomor of Onia'a. ' ;
Dr. J. P. Ixird , who arrived on the
O'naha train In the evening , spoke on
"Ail.hrlls DoformaiiS' . "
Dr. P. ( ' . Morlarty of Omaha , who
waH to have- spoken , was detained In
Omaha.
Visit to the Wards.
The doctors , at the close of Dr.
Young's talk am' ' the exhibition of
the different terms of Insanity , were
escorted through the different build
ings , visiting the several wards and
examining patients.
Social Features.
As much "f a niccoss as the techni
cal program of the mectlni ; was the
social feature of the day.
Many of the doctors , by special In
vitation , were accompanied by their
wives. A few ladles of Norfolk were
invited to the hospital to moot these
out of town guests.
After the party had been shown
through the institution a game of
' 500" was enjoyed by the Indies.
At ( i o'clock a four-course supper
was served In the hospital hall. The
guests wore seated at small tables ,
which wore beautifully laid.
Following tlie .supper the guests ad-
iouriK'd to the large porch of the ad-
nlnlstrntlon building. Hero tlie men
enjoyed an Informal smoker.
Dr. and Mrs. Young and others con-
lected with the staff of tlie hospital
were the recipients of many congratu-
atlons from those who enjoyed the
lospitallty of tlie day.
Officers.
The officers of the Elkhorn Valley
Medical society are : President , W.
i. H. Hagey , Norfolk ; vice presidents ,
A. L. Mulrhead , Omaha , A. B. Tash-
ean , Norfolk ; secretary , W. II. Peters ,
Stanton ; treasurer , Walter Pilger ,
Norfolk.
NEBRASKAN DIES BATHING. J
J. Hamlin , Wealthy Dixon County
Farmer , Dies at Crystal Lake.
Sioux City , July 21. Stricken with
heart failure just after entering the
waters of Crystal lake at Central park
at 10:110 : o'clock this morning J. Ham
lin of Allen , Neb. , died before friends
who were within a few feet could take
him from ( lie lake , and before they
had placed him on the banks and
called In medical aid in the hope Hint
there still remained tlie spark of llfo.
Dr. Charles H. Maxwell of Dakota
CMty was called , but could do nothing
to revive him and expressed the be
lief that death had been caused by
shock. B. F. Sawyer , county coroner ,
was notified at Jackson , Neb. , and
will make arrangements for the In
quest.
It Is said that Hamlin went to Crystal -
tal lake with the Intention of spend
ing a few days fishing. Previous to
his taking up his residence In Allen ,
Hamlin farmed near that town and
had accumulated considerable prop
erty , It being estimated that he Is
worth at least $75,000.
DEMOS WANT SOME HARMONY
Some Third District Democrats Held
a Conference in Sioux City.
Sioux City , July 21. With a view of
promoting harmony in the democracy
of the Third congressional district of
Nebraska a conference of the demo
cratic leaders of that district was held
yesterday afternoon at the Mondamin.
In attendance are J. P. L-atta of Teka-
niah. present senator from the Seventh
district ; J. C. Eckor of Wlnsldo , and
C. A. Kingsbury , a Ponca attorney. S.
E. C'obb of Emerson , editor of the
Emerson Enterprise , came In with the
politicians.
Mr. Latta desires to go to congress
from that district and will submit his
name to the primaries , which will be
hold In Nebraska on Sept. 1. Edgar
Howard of Columbus , also would like
to go to congress and C. A. Kingsbury
has aspirations in that direction. It
appears to be the desire of those lead
ers to elmlnato one of the three , thus
preventing the throe-cornered flght
which must be the result of all of them
staying In the race. The Indications-
are that Latta and Howard are the
two most prominently mentioned and
so that there need not be too much
strife In the democracy It Is the hope
that In the Interests of harmony one
of those opposing Latta will withdraw ,
leaving the field to but two. Thus the-
conference. i , ,