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    TUB NORFOLK WEKKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , MARCH 10 , 1911 ,
Moran Has Big Job On H nd.
I y .TOMMY CLANK.
Lightweights iiiu now occupying the
center of the pugilistic Mlngo. Within
the last few nuititliH more battles be
tween thu IKi pound boys have been
hold I linn In any other division. The
next big conteHt on the calendar IB the
bout between Parity McKarlaiid of
Chicago nnd Owen Mornn of England.
The boyn nre to eliiBh at the Fnlriuont
'A. ' O. In New York March 14.
The meeting of the jmlr ban been
nnxlotifdy loolted forwiml to by tlio
fljtht fans for some time. Promoters
all over the country hiivo mndo several
fforta to match the men , but failed
owing to Homo dllllculty In getting Me-
iVnrland nnd Mornn to n mutual under *
fltnndlng regarding the weight.
When the boys lgned nrtlclea for
lUie coming bout It could be. plainly
cn that thej' were anxious to swap
punches , ni each realised that the oth
er stands In hlH way to a clear rend
to the title , HO they candy cnme to
an agreement , Moran allowing Tacky
to weigh iif : pound * nt f > o'clock the
day of the contobt.
When Moran face * McFarland ho
will have the toughest Job of httt ca
reer on hand. In thlH battle the little
Englishman will be giving away
, trclght , height and reach , but IH con
fident ho can add the Chicago boy's
ncnlp to hlH licit , lint can ho ? Packy
In conceded to be about the shiftiest
boxer In tin ; ring today. He Is the
mont accurate of | iuncherH and a won-
3PACKY M'PAIIUANIJ AND OWBN UOIIAM ,
WliO AF1K TO CTMHII IN NRW YORK.
derful judge of distance ; but , like
most clever men , lie IB no terrific hit
ter nnd seldom knocks out a man.
On the other hand , Mornn 1 ? by far
the hardest hitting lad of his Inches In
the ring nnd u finished fighter. Once
etung he tears in and battlea Ilka n
demon.
McFnrlaud Is the tnlleot lightweight
in the ring today. He IB five feet
eight Inches In his bare feet. When
bo enters the ring with Moran ho will
tip the scales around 188 or 140
pounds. Moran Is the smallest man
lu ho lightweight division. Ho Is
flvo feet four Inches and can easily
tip the beam at 138 pounds. Tip until
nbotit a year ago be had been fighting
featherweights.
With both boys In good condition
the scrap should result In ono of the
best battles of the year. Considering
everything , McFnrland should out
point Mornn , for ho BUB every advan
tage In bis favor.
BASEBALL CHIRPS
Samuel Strong Nlcklln , the old New
York and Baltimore player , la studying
music In Paris. Sammy believes he Is
good for the .300 class in grand opera.
As capable umpires are getting so
ecarce. President Lynch of the Na
tional league will engage a acout to
visit the minor leagues and look over
the arbiters.
Manager Bobby Wallace of the St.
Louis Browns has picked up n new
first baseman The player's name Is
McAuley. Ho played with the semipro -
pro \Vcst Ends of Chicago last year.
Another new curve has been devel
oped on the Pacific const Pitcher Hall
if lhi > Taeoma team claims that he has
a twHtor ih-it he culls the "fork ball"
that is yoliijto keep the batters guess
im : He I.it'iN the ball between his
forellirrer nnd the .second finger and
throws It overhand.
John McLeod Shoots Self.
Neligh , Neb. , March C. Special to
The News : John McLeod , formerly
of this county , shot and killed himself
at Lincoln this morning.
News of the suicide was received In
n message to H. L. McGlnnlty. Mr.
McLeod was a member of the real es
tate firm of McLeod Bros. , recently of
Brunswick.
No motive for the deed is known.
Mr. McGinnity was between 35 and 40
> ears of age , unmarried.
Chicago Strike Not Effective.
Chicago , March 6. Despite a quail-
tied strike order Issued to the building
trades on Saturday , most of the men
reported for work today pending a
meeting scheduled for this afternoonT
A Pierce Woman Is Lost.
A woman Is lost between Pierce
and a small town in Ohio. Mrs. May ,
aged 50 years , left Plerco at 8 o'clock
Friday mornlag , February 24 , for her
homo in Ohio and should have arriv
ed there a week agp. She has not
been heari from since leaving the
1'lcrco depot , While It Is expected
fiho had to change cars In Chicago
she may have taken a wrong train or
lave been lost In the largo city. A
search is being made for her.
JAPAN IS BUSY ENLARGING
ITS EQUIPMENT FOR SEA ,
Destroyer Yamakaze Not Launched.
Changes Being Made.
The .Tapani-no noout boat Yahagl ,
now In course of count met Ion at the
Mltsu Blub ! yard , will bo launched In
Juno.nextyear. According to program ,
the ocean going destroyer Ynmakaze
ought to have been launched now , but
the nnva ) authorities delayed the cere
mony In order to effect certain altera
tlomj which are the outcome of the
destroyer's winter whip , Umlkaze , and
Uie English destroyer Bwlft.
The .lijl provldcH the following table
to show the orders now being tilled by
the official mid private yards of Japan :
Turd. V nfcl. TonnnKC.
Yokosukn . . .Kawuchl ( battleship ) 20.800
Kure BHtHU ( Liittlenhlp ) 20.800
Malznru . T'nilhimt dUmliuyrr ) 1,11X1
Mnlzuru..Not yit nutned ( rtentroyer ) . SCO
Malzurii..Not yet mimed ( Otntroycr ) KK >
Sneelio. . Chlkumu ( crultcr ) 4,9M
SiiKcbo. . . Not yet tuiiiu'd ( cruiser ) . . . 2W )
Milan Distil .Yuinnhnxe ( lU'Mroyrr ) . , . llt > 0
Mlteu Hlshl . . YiihiiKl ( cruluer ) 4'M
Kawnsnlil . lllrnto ( cruiser ) 4.SCO
The mammoth drydock known as
No. It of the MltHii nislil shipbuilding
yard at Nagasaki , supposed to be the
biggest of UN kind cast of the Sue/
canal , Is to undergo Mill further en
largement In the near future In order
to meet the H tend Ily growing dimen
sions of modern vessels.
The Malnlchi Dcmpo reports that the
Japanese navy , having at Its disposal
a trifle more timn 100,000,000 yen , In
clusive of the old and new appropria
tions , Is contemplating the construc
tion of four-battleships and three ar
mored crulbi'i'H This list , of course ,
does not Include the ICawachi , the
cruiser recently ordered from Messrs.
Vickers & Maxim , and her sister ship
which Japan is going to build In her
own yards.
INVIJATIONS WERE GOLD.
Russian Mine Owner Has Novel Gold
en Wedding.
To celebrate his golden wedding M.
Splridouoff , a Moscow mining mag
nate , invited 200 guests , who were
agreeably surprised to find their card
of Invitation mndo of pure beaten
gold , with the lettering artistically
done in enamel.
Each card weighed two-thirds of an
mince , and the eight and n half
pounds of gold need to make them
came from M. Spirldonoff s own mines
In the Ural mountains. The Invlta
tions alone cost fB.OOO.
Plenty of Nitrate In Chile.
Chile's latest -otllclnl estimate placed
the contents of Its nitrate fields nt
242l.r)0.000 tons , or enough to supply
the world nt the present rate of con
sumption 120 ycare.
CAMELS LIVED HERE FIRST.
Bering Strait Cut Off Animal Migra
tion , Professor Saya.
America has been designated as the
cradle of the camels by Professor Wil
liam B. Scott of Princeton university
In a uieech at a meeting of the Amer
ican Philosophical society.
"Camels have been found in almost
every part of the world , " he eald ,
"but I believe they originated on this
continent and passed into the old
world at one of the times when tills
and other continents were joined by
the filling up of Bering strait. "
This theory of the filling up of Ber
ing strait was used by the professor
also in explaining the similarity of
structure in animals which -would
seem to have been nt one time or other
Indigenous both to the far north nnd
the far south. Bears at one time were
supposed to have originated here , but
scientists say now they lived first In
the old countries nnd migrated here in
one of the eons when the strait closed
and made a natural passageway Into
the country.
The disappearance of the great pre
historic creatures which ouce roamed
the earth the professor attributed to
the Introduction of new diseases rather
than to an exhaustion or devolution of
The Ever Active Brain.
The question. "Docs the brain ever
rest ? " would seem to be answerable
only In the negative. Unconscious
cerebration appears to be a necessary
concomitant of the powers of Intellect ,
nnd during sleep , whether we remem
ber It or not , we nre always dream-
Ing. Of course , during waking time
we are perpetually thinking , thinking ,
thinking not always logically and de
liberately. but. all the same , thinking.
Dream is the thought of thy sleep
time , when reason Is out of the game ,
and the fancy , or Imagination , has tlie
reins , with nothing to hold her back.
We take many a trip under her guid
ance that we are unable to recall when
she has resigned the reins into the
hands of reason. Awake or asleep , we
are always busy. The mind never
rests. New York American.
West Virginia's Share of Debt.
Washington , March C. The sum of
$7,182,507 was held today by the su
preme court of the United States to be
the proportion of $33,000,000 old Vir
ginia state debt which West Virginia
is under obligations to bear. The
court left the final determination of
the matter , Including the question of
Interest , to the states.
PHILLIPS WILL IN 100 WORDS.
A Sister Gets the Murdered Author's
Entire Estate.
New York , March 6. The will of
David Graham Phillips , the author and
magazine writer , who was murdered
January 24 , is a document of less than
100 words and gives all bis property
to his sister , Mrs. Carolyn Frevert
WUllam English Walling , the social
ist , who has been conspicuous as de
fendant In n $100,000 breach of prom
ise suit , Is n witness of the will. U Is
dated Paris , Juno 9 , 1U05. The accom
panying petition gives the value of the
estate as "real , not known , " nnd "per-
fconal , more than $5,000. " The estate
consists of royalties bn several books
and on some stories yet to he pub
lished.
MONDAY MENTIONS.
John Schiller went to Omaha.
W. A. Crozler of Columbus was In
the city.
W. L. Lehman epont Sunday with
friends at Hadar.
Mies Ida Qleason of Madison was a
visitor In the city.
3. H. McClary arrived In Norfolk
from Michigan , where ho Is superin
tendent of a sugar factory , to visit
with his parents , Mr. nnd Mrs. J. S.
McClary , enroute to California.
Charles Ahlmnn returned from n
business trip to Lincoln.
Charles Carstensen returned from a
business trip to Gordon.
Guy Mathers spent Sunday at
Croighton with relatives.
Miss Iryl King returned from Grand
Island , where she spent a few days
with relatives.
Mrs. William Davisson of David
City is in the city visiting nt the home
of W. Z. King.
Charles Rice has left the city for an
extended \isit in the south. Ho will
visit Dr. Bear at Ulchmond , Vn.
Among the other cites ho will visit
are St. Louis , Louisville , Washington ,
New York City and others. Mr. Hico
will be gone about a month.
A load of local alfalfa was put on
Iho Norfolk market Monday.
Born , to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gal
lup of Council Bluffs , la. , a son.
P. Peterson of WlnsiUe and G. Lund
of Stanton have purchased Overland
automobiles in Norfolk.
The operation on W. A. Witztgmnn's
eye , at Omaha Sautrday , was success
ful and Mr. Witzigman is doing nicely.
Election of otlicers and discussion
pf plans as to quarters for the order ,
will be features of the Elks meeting
next Saturday night.
William Ahlman has been elected
temporary president of the order of
Owls. In the temporary organization
there are over sixty members.
The auditing committee of the Y.
M. C. A. executive committee will
hold a regular meeting In the Durlnnd
Trust company oillce tonight.
Over 100 farmers were in the city to
attend the meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Fire insurance company , being
held In Marquardt hall Monday.
The case of A. Morrison vs. R. Gib
son , which a h > cal jury In Judge Lam
bert's court found in favor of Mr. Mor
risen , has been appealed to the dis
trict court. An appeal bond was filed
Monday.
C. N. Crouch , a retired farmer liv
ing with his son A. J. Crouch near
Belgrade , died Sunday afternoon. Fu
neral services will take Place probably
Tuesday. Charles C. Crouch , a team
ster living in this city , is a son of the
deceased.
There are persistent rumors that
the Dr. A. Bear property on Norfolk
avenue and Fourth street , on which
the Singer Sewing machine company's
office is located , has been purchased
and that a building of some consequence
quence is to be erected there.
Fire Driver Ed Monroe has been ap
pointed rural mail carrier , for which
position he took an examination some
time ago. Mr. Monroe does not nt this
time know whether he can take the
appointment or not. His contract with
the city as fire driver does not expire
until June 1.
While other towns arc preparing for
next summer's chautauqua , Norfolk
chautauqua enthusiasts are silent. M.
C. Hazen , who had charge of last sum
mer's session , says he has received no
word from the chautauqua manage
ment at Des Moinea , and as far as ho
knows there will be no chautauqua
here.
here.Msiny
Msiny ducks were flying yesterday ,
but owing to the fact that the hunters
were not as plentiful ns the ducks ,
very little game was brought back. A
number of hunters , weary over not
being able to try their fire arms , com
menced a bombardment near Hosklns
which was joined in by the other hunt
ers "just to warm up the guns. "
Another valuable pure bred Belgian
horse , out of the original shipment of
twenty consigned to G. L. Carlson ,
died yesterday , making but eighteen
left out of the original shipment. One
of the horses died while enroute to
this city from thw east. The horse
which died yesterday was more val
uable than the one dying previously ,
it being the second best fllley in the
entire consignment. It was nine
months old.
When Norfolk automobile enlhiisi
asts go to Omaha in a few weeks to
bring their newly purchased cars
home , there will be enough of them
to form a small sized parade or "boost
ers' procession. " The party , number
ing about eight business men , will
leave the city on a Saturday night by
train and return Sunday with their
automobiles Many of the purchas
ers are already expert mechanicians ,
but there are a few who have not yet
figured out the mysteries of manipu
lating a machine. The latter will be
accompanied by mechanicians who
will teach them the art , and by the
time they arrive in the city they will
be able to take care of their own cars.
With the falling of the price of but
ter and eggs to a'oout half what they
cost a year ago , has come to light a
marked change In the butter business.
More and more farmers are selling
their cream to the creameries , dis
continuing the making of butter at
home. In some cases the farmers of
Nebraska today are selling their
cream and paying the retail price for
creamery butter , just as they sell
their hogs and pay retail prices for
bacon.
Fremont Tribune : Northwestern
conductors have shifted runs again , |
due to the taking off of Nos. 5 and 8
west of Norfolk recently. Conductors
L. E. Pender and Gcorgo Heckmau ,
who reside at Norfolk , now run on
\OB. f and 8 between Omaha nnd Nor
folk. They formerly had runs on the
same trains north out of Norfolk.
Conductors Dlngman , Gallup and Ham-
lion now handle Nos. 1 nnd Gshllo
Morrison , Russell nnd Aldo run on
Nos. 2 nnd 3. Conductor Dlngman Is
it present taking n vacation and Con-
luctor J. P. Russell Is taking his run
for him. Conductor Gallup Is also en-
J loylng a few days' respite from his
nbors.
J THE SKY MAN'S TALE.
Down in the ky sailors' boardtn *
hoiifC H lur comi'H In one day.
Hid face urrv while from hunger's
bllRht when ho turned his phis
oni way ,
And he cays , "If you'll give me *
glass of erog I'll tell you my
doleful tule
How 1 VHP miirooned and starved
til ) 1 i\\oontil on a cloud where
the uiiMil | > t < nail. "
So r fix * him two drams with ' '
Hiu'h roiul effect that he says ,
"Thiil JUKI dultu me , "
And hlb truustre he yanks and
mumbles thanks nnd reaches for
ni.nibci thrcv
And hi t-futi. " 1 WIIB mate of the
Wilbur Klr&l , of which 1 was
MIDI tnl | irim < l
Wbrn n mutiny rose , and with grub
uid clotht'B I visa cast on a
flont'n' cloud
"Now , It's fun whfn you're cast on
B di" = t-rt l le nnd have oysters
nndoatH ( to tat ,
Uut tiiMih u plunco In a big block
tponcoould Eoon liuva n. Cru
see 1 cnt
Bo 1 ninrly starved 'fore I finally
flapt'td a [ iiiMiln neropluno
But tlio chiil mill the wet gets me
shtvrrln' jot , to I'll order that
drltilt tiKftln '
Arthur Chapmnn In Denver Re
publican.
$1,000,000 BUILDING FOR
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
Brotherhood Erects Skyscraper In
Cleveland as Business Proposition.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers has recently completed an un
usual enterprise lu Cleveland. It Is a
thirteen story oilice building costing
about $1.0(10,000 , erected wholly as an
investment rather than as a"national
headquarters. livery member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
has an equal interest. It Is claimed
to be the only building erected on thin
plan by a labor organization In the
world.
The erection of uuch o building wan
authorized by action of the delegates
at the Columbus convention in June ,
1008 , on a resolution Introduced by
John H. Welsh of Atlanta , Ga. , and
Z. B. Mansfield of Shnwnee , Okla. The
new building was completed about on
schedule time. All the work was done
by union labor , and each contractor
having to do any part of the work was
required to insure all workmen against
accident. The building was. erected
without a single assessment on the
membership , all needed money being
on hand.
Thh monument to organized labor
occupies a Bite in the main business
section of Cleveland , but n half block
from the public square and close to
the new courthouse , the postofflce and
the city hall. It stands upon n corner
and occupies 178 feet on one street nnd
124 feet on another. The exterior fin
ish of the first story Is of granite and
the remaining twelve stories of white
terra cotta. The Interior Is In mahog
any and white Italian marble. The
walls are in tints , the doors and win
dow trimmings bronze.
Much the greater part of the build-
lug Is given up to office rooms , the
ground floor , however , having an nu-
dltorlnm wifh a seating capacity of
1,400. Asldo from this auditorium the
floor space comprises 101,000 square
feet. In all there are 400 offices.
PLAGUE PURSUING PRINCE ?
German Legend Revived When Kaiser's
Heir's Tour Is Stopped.
Superstitious Germans are glad the
crown prince's Journey In the for east
has been cut short by the plague In
China , for there Is a Hohenzollern tra
dition that n great plague will some
day carry off a Junior member of the
family. This to many means the heir.
Hitherto the tradition has been dis
regarded. It was n subject of Joke
with the Emperor Frederick. When
the kaiser as a child his parents and
tutors used to talk of "the great pingue
which will carry you off" In the sense
MAY HEAD MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Howard Elliot , President of Northern
Pacific , Offered the Place.
St. Louis , March C. Howard Elliot ,
president of the Northern Pacific rail
road , said today he would not decide
until he returns to his home in St.
Paul Tuesday whether he will accept
the presidency of the Missouri Pacific
railroad which has been offered him.
During the day he conferred with W.
1C. Blxby , a Missouri Pacific director.
TOO MANY MOVE MAY 1.
Chicago , March C. May 1 will no
longer be known as "moving day" in
Chicago.
For years It has been the custom In
Chicago to date leases of Hats and
houses on May 1 and October 1. Year
louses generally have been dated May
1. A family moving in in January has
been provided with a short term lease ,
to bo renewed May 1. This has fixed
that date for the shifting of domiciles
in every section of the city.
The real estate board has determin
ed henceforth to rent for a year or six
months from any date in the year.
Hereafter a year's lease may be ob
tained on the first of March , the mid
dle of Juno or any other time. Here
tofore on the first of May there has
been a scramble to move into new
quarters which has swamped real es
tate brokers nnd transfer companies.
LONDON AGAIN SEEKS TO
BE WORLD'S BIGGEST PORT.
Will Spend $70,000,000 to Improve the
Thames Channel.
Effort * to rcstoro London to first
| > ! nco aoong the ports of the world
promise to result In wonderful Im
provements. The London docks long
hnvo been one of the romantic It som
ber glories of the metropolis. For
merly they were uncqualcd for size
and tonnage , and the greatest shlpa
afloat entered them comfortably. Dur
ing the last twenty-five years , how
ever , they have fallen behind in the
march of progress. They hare be
come too small for the largest vessels.
and trade has gene elsewhere. Ham
burg In 1008 passed London with 24-
000,000 tons to London's 20.000,000
tons.
For several years the question has
been seriously considered by leading
lirltlsh business men , and nine years
ttgo a royal commission recommended
on outlay of $ .35,000,000 for Improve
ments. Now the London port authori
ty , of which Lord Dovouport Is chair
man , proposes to spend more than
$70.000,000-$20,000,000 In the Immedi
ate future and the remainder later.
The port authority \ * self supporting ,
nnd the changes will Involve no In
crease In taxes or cost to the ship
owners. The docks will bo vastly en
larged. and the river will bo dredged
to give a depth of thirty feet at low
tide. Thus facilities will bo provided
aot only for the biggest ships of today ,
but for the largest likely to be built In
thirty year" .
Both freight and passenger business
will be developed , and Lord Devon-
port expects live years hence to see a
flourishing service of express steamers
between Tilbury and America and
many other parts of the world.
"We do not hope to compete with
Liverpool for fast travel , " says Lord
Devonport. "but wo expect to hnvo
ships of the Maurctnnla type carrying
passengers between London nnd Now'
York In six days. Then thousands will
decide to take this route rather than
travel by rail to Liverpool to accom
plish the voyage In four and n half
days. "
IN FASHION'S MART.
Batin Foulards of the Spring Parasols
to Match Costume.
The advance showing of satin fou
lards for spring Include some exceed
ingly dainty and unusual designs.
Conspicuous among these Is a dark
reseda ground over which mluuto most
rosebuds are discreetly scattered. An
other pattern allows a tiny wild ros
MISSES' ONH DECK BLOUSE.
displayed against the same soft plain
material , and In a third the decorative
motif is a tiny Paisley figure.
Parasols next season will bo made of
tie foulard from which the gown IB
wrought. Some of the handsomest
parasols have n great deal of hand
work on them. Embroidery in shaded
effect with the tone of the silk pre
dominating In the design Is well liked.
The only ornaments on a dainty lin
gerie white dress arc two hugo droopIng -
Ing flowers suggestive of chrysanthe
mums , the petals of which are mndo of
wtrips of very narrow purple ribbon
with a tiny white stripe through the
center. The ends nro caught down to
form a point. One flower is worn at
the girdle , and one is placed at the
head of a deep flounce on the skirt.
This Is one of the easiest of the ono
piece blouses to make , and nt the same
time it la very smart.
JUDIG CIIOLLET.
This May Mnnton pattern Is cut In sizes
for misses of fourteen , sixteen nnd eight
een yeuis of nge. Bend 10 cents to thla
otfice. giving number. C909 , and It will bo
promptly forwarded to you by mall. If In
hnttt Fend an additional two cent stamp
for letter postage , which Insures more
prompt delivery.
None Dead In Fire ,
Minneapolis , March C. A. E. Zonne
of Conklin & Zonne , managers of the
Syndicate building , which was swept
by fire Sunday morning causing a loss
estimated at $1,200,000 , today an
nounced that it had been definitely es
tablished that no lives were lost. Two
women reported missing hnvo been
accounted for.
Wyoming Judge Very III.
Kansas City , March 6. Judge Ho
mer Merrill , who was supreme judge
of Wyoming when that state was ad'
milled to the union , Is seriously 111 In
n hospital here. Ho wan stricken with
paralysis hero last night.
Judge Merrill wan recently appoint
ed census commissioner for Wyoming.
Ho is 02 years old and has largo prop
erty Interests nt llawllns , Wyom. ,
where hla home Is situated.
DANIEL BOONE A HIRELING ?
Profeitor Sn > ; Hnnd Clnrk Were
L nd Grabbers' Pcwns.
Dr. C.V AUord , professor of west
ern history In the University of Illi
nois , In a lecture under the auspices of
the Soim of the ( ( evolution of Louis
vllle , Ky. , slmttctcd the hero worship
of the early lenders of the Kentucky
pioneers by saying that George Rogers
Clark and Panic ) Itoono were merely
pawns In the bunds of huge land grab
lilng concern" .
Ily Implication Profeswor Alvord con
netted Patrick Henry with Governor
Punmori1 , who he said Inspired the In
dlnn war resulting In the Clark expo
dltlon. Although ho did not connect
George Washington or the Leo family
and other Inlluenilal Virginians direct
ly , he showed wherein they were great
ly benefited personally by the war.
SHEEP HAS SEVEN COLORS.
Texan Offers Specimen to Mayor Gay-
nor of New York.
A man In Texas wants to sell Mayor
Gaynor of New York a sheep with
wool of M'\cn colors The offer came
In a letter rciehed from Udo Toepper
weln of San Antonio , who suggests
that the sheep might bo a valuable ad
dltion to the /do
He writes that the bhecp came from
the mountains of Mexico , that he shear
ed it twice- and that the wool each
time was of the same varied coloring ,
lie will not ask the city anything for
the sheep If after the next shearing It
falls to reproduce Its spots.
Another Giant Wrestler After Gotch.
Another foreign wrestling giant has
arrived In this country In the person
of Samson , the German Hercules , who
Is ready to take on a few American
heavyweights. Samson Is described as
being twenty-eight years old and
standing fix feet four Inches high mid
weighing 260 pounds.
CHANCE THROWS ORANGES ;
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TO KEEP ARM RIGHT. >
Frank Chance is probably the
first ball plater who ever work
ed the kinks out of his arm bj *
throwing oranges at trees. The IE
manager of the Chicago Culib *
bays be has kept his arm in con
dition CMT Mncc tlie close of the
beabon by heaving damaged or.5. .
angcb picked fiom trees on inn j *
ranch E > cry morning Cham e $
walks through bis orange grcne. T
twenty-fhe miles from Los An Ij !
geles. On every tree may .be
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seen a few split oranges. They
nre picked by Chance. Instead t
uf tossing them to the ground. {
Chance h.'iys he seltvt < > an obje t ; t *
hlxtv feet d.stant nnd throw ? nt X
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TARAL TO BECOME TRAINER.
famous Veteran Jockey Will Handle
Stable of Horses Next Season.
Fred Tnral. the famous veteran
Jockey , is going to get himself a bin lilt-
of horbcs and branch out as a trainei
on the turf that made him world re
nowned. It is not from a financial
standpoint that Taral is going to re
turn to his first love , but simply the
love of n thoroughbred that permeates
Hie system of a genuine sportsman
Taral is undoubtedly one of the great
est turf characters of the present uge
For over twenty years the turf fol
lowers of this country and In nmnj
places in Kurope have seen Fred Taral
wearing silks. And during that lung
period there never was one slight
doubt of Tnral's honesty. This in Is
elf Is the highest praise that
could be bhowered upon a rider.
Gojfer Anderson to Play Abroad.
John G. Anderson , former
chusctts amateur golf champion an < l
last jenr runner up In the Bay State
open championship , has decided to
again participate In the British ama
teur and open events in the spring nnd
Is trying to Induce several other
American players to accompany him.
Thus far , however , none of the New
Yorkers and Phlladclpbians approach
ed has consented.
England's Greatest Jockey Seventeen.
Jockey Prank Wootten , the young-
eter who rode the largest number of
ninner on the flat on the Hngllsh turf
last scahon , as seventeen years old
Dec. 1
Convention Is Called.
The first official move in the spring
municipal campaign in Norfolk is the
call , issued today , for the republican
city convention Thursday , March 16.
Republican caucuses will be held
Tuesday , March 14 , In the First , Second
end and Third wards. In the Fourth
ward the caucus will be Saturday
night , March 11.
Norfolk this year will elect a mayor ,
city clerk , city treasurer , city engi
neer , police judge , water commission
er , two members of the board of edu
cation and one councilman from each
of the four wards.
The democratic committeemen held
n meeting Saturday night and elected
Carl Wilde as secretary. In the ah
senco of Chairman J. II. Mackny , Mr.
Wilde will have charge of calling the
caucuses and convention.
The democratic caucuses are plan
ned for Monday night , March 13 , and
the convention for Wednesday , the
15th.
A Pavllllon Needed Her * .
The fact that Norfolk is fast becom
ing a pure bred live stock center is al >
icady appealing to outsiders an an at *
It active reason for locating in thin
city. M. MlhlllH , for many yearn a
citizen of Norfolk but now n home
steader near View-Hold , S. I' . in n let
ter to The News says that ho In eluted
over the success which Is crowning
the efforts of the Commercial club nnd
G. L. Carlson to iiuiko this a llvo stock
producing center and that It nmkcH
him fool like coming buck. In fact ,
hu expects to return to this city as
soon as ho has proved up on bin homo-
stead. Mr. MlhlllH says In his letter
"This one thing will do the city nnd
the surrounding country moro good
than any ono thing that has over conui
to Norfolk , and iot mo suggest that
the Commercial club should cause to
be erected u sale ptivlllon where
breeders who hold their sales lu Nor
folk would have comfortable mini'tcrn
for their patrons and thomsoivoH In
stead of having to use tunnc uncom
fortable place when the weather IB
bad , I know of one of the best brood-
'i'B of Shorthorn cattle from Iowa who
IIIIH held sales in Norfolk and It ought
to be appreciated , for when u breeder
leases lowu with his slock ono of the
bent pure bred stock states In thu
union and comes to Norfolk to soil ,
he Is doing the town more good than
himself , in my opinion. A sale pa
vilion would cause many moro stock
sales to come to Norfolk. "
Mr. Mlhllls for eight years rained
Duroc-Jersey hogs in Norfolk nnd
shipped stock nil over the west. Ho
has held live public sales in thin city.
CAN TAKE FLOODED LAND.
Land Needed for Protection Against
Water , May Be Seized.
Kansas City , March ti. In n deci
sion Jlled In the United States circuit
court in Kansas City , Knn. , today ,
Judge Smith McPherHon of Red Oak ,
In , upheld the constitutionality of the
Kansas law enacted less than u month
ago giving the government the right
In the name of the state to take pos
session of lands needed for Hood pro
tection Improvements.
Judge McPherson vacated a tempor-
niy restraining order secured throe
weeks ago by certain Wyandotte coun
ty property owners against the Kaw
Valley Drainage board and denied an
interlocutory injunction asked by the
land owners.
The effect of the decision is to per
mit the Kaw Valley Drainage board to
proceed under the law to acquire lands
needed to widen the channel of the
Kaw river , leaving the question of
compensation in case of dispute to b
decided by the courts.
A RECOUNT IN CHICAGO.
E. F. Dunne , Defeated on Face of Re
turns , Secures New Canvass.
Chicago , March C. County Judge
3wens today ordered a recount of the
ballots cast at the primary last Tues
day. The order was Issued at the in
stance of B. F. Dunne , who , on the
returns , was defeated for the demo
cratic mayoralty nomination by Carter -
ter H. Harrison.
MACHINE MADE PLUM PUDDING
English Housewives Need Not Make
Trouble Any More.
English housewives may grow up In
Ignorance of the secrets involved in
compounding the greatest of all Eng
lish dishes plum pudding , but science
with its Ingenious mechanism will
lecp the pudding supply up to the de
mand.
I'mted StatcM Commercial Agent
John M. Carson writes from England
that " "plum pudding , so dear to the
EnglMi heart and so trying to the av
erage Moinach , " promises to become
if Hutll lent Importance in the foreign
trade of the kingdom to be specifically
mimed In ollicinl reports.
Gothom Motion Pictures Popular.
About 212.000 persons pee moving
olcturt sliOM'H In New York each day.
CINEMATOGRAPH FOLLOWS
PROGRESS OF A BULLET.
Shows Air Waves That Deflect Course
of Projectile ,
A cinematograph apparatus which
takes pictures with Intervals of one
G\"thuuhiiiidth of a second has been
1m eulcd by Dr. Crnnz of the Military
Academy of Berlin. A striking ex
ample of the power of the apparatus
shows n bullet tired at a bladder of
water that is hung on a wiring.
The eye only sees a little smoke from
the pistol and a couple of holes in the
bladder , from which the water runs ,
but when this is clncmutographed and
the Olra Is bbovrn ( Jowly n very inter
esting scries of operations con be
watched.
First the bullet Is seen approaching.
It is traveling 3,000 feet a becond , but
It seems to move quite deliberately.
In front of It nnd extending n long
way above nnd below it Is n dim line
bent sharply immediately before the
bullet. A bullet can no more pass
through air than a vessel can through
water without making n wave , nnd
this is the air wave. It is made visible
on account of Its different density , Just
ns the wines in air are seen above n
chimney or over hot ground.
Behind the bullet come Hcatlcred
grains of the powder that have not
been burned , and traveling more slow
ly still comes tlie wnd. The bullet
enters the bladder and dlboppears In-
wide , n little water spurting out of the
hole It makes. Then It reaches the
other bide , but it no longer cuts through
at ouce , ns It did when the bladder
was backed up by the water.
Something like n finger seems to
rnihh the bladder outward into a long
tube , then the tube opens nnd lota out
the bullet , which gradually travels
nway. The tube does not nt once col-
its form ly maintained by the
of water which follows the pro
jectile.