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Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-13
Armours Make No Defense.

AS no witnesses were offered in defense
of the Armour car lines, Chairman Glenn
ents announced at the conclusion of
Streyckmans' testimony that the commits
sion could remain in session no longer, be-
cause of business which would occupy its
attention in Washington. 1t was then ar
ranged by agreement of the representatives
of the shippers, the car lines and the
commission that a further hearing of the
investigation should be set at future
date. The time and place for the continua-
tion of the inquiry was not decided upon
today but will be announced later by the
commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-13
SECRET CODE OF ARMOURS
Former stenOgrapher Tells Words Used BY
Private Car Line Company.
MANY DEAL WITH MATTER OF REBATES
Laughter Follows Explanation by
witness of Code Names of Mem
bers of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.

CHICAGO, May l2-Sensational testi-
moay as to an alleged secret code used by
the Armour car lines in making rebates was
given today before the Interstate Commerce.
commission here. The testimony was given
by H. Streyckmans, formerly employed b.
Armour & Co. as stenographer Witness read
from a book some of the code words and
their meaning follows
Laughsome-Rebate.
Launch-Better arrange rebate there.
Launching-Can make rebate.
Laura-Handle rebate matters very care
fully.
Lava-Pay rebates from cash on hand.
Laveallo-Rebate must be confidential.
oodpath-Interstate Commerce commits
sion.
Here there was a ripple of laughter
among the shippers present The inter
state commerce commissioners smiled. Mr..
Streyckmans continued:
Woodprint-Avoid service Of summons
from Interstate Commerce commission.
The laugh grew more audible.
Footnot-Meet Interstate commission.
Imprinted-Judson c. Clements of Georgia.
imprison9Charles A. Prouty.
Improbitas--J. W. Fifer.
Improbty-A. r. Moseley.
When the code words standing for the
names of the interstate commerce commits
sioners were read laughter and handicap
| Clements to rap for order.
| Questioned regarding prices paid by vart-
Gus railroads for icing cars, Mr. Streyck-
mems replied:
'"The Northwestern billed Ice at 81 ton.
That furnished by the Chicago, Milwaukee
cS st. Paul was billed at $3.50. with a rebate
\ of FL being granted OH a counter-claim. In
the case OF the Erie 1t was SIPS This gave
| large profits to the Armour lines"
witness Alleges Determination.
Showing what he claimed to be discrim-
ination among shippers, Streyckmans de-
clared that former Lieutenant Governor Al
don Anderson of California paid 80 per cent
! tariff rate on his shipments
! Among those who received more than a
| 50 per cent rebate" said the witness, were
Frank H. Buck of San Francisco, the Earl
! Fruit company, the Porter Bros. company,
the Producers Fruit company and others.
Those who paid and received less than a SC
per cent rebate were Stephens & Hum
phreys S. r. Roper Schnadel Bros, George
ID. Kellogg and others" He said the net
cost of ice to the Armour car line on the
New York Central was 81 a ton, on the
West Shore roads $3.50 ton, on the Balti-
more & Ohio $3.50 ton, on the Pennsyl-
vania lines 50 and $3.50 ton. streyckmans
declared that the profits to the Armour
lines on the icing ran as high as 500 to Coz
per cent.
1.-THE profits on car shipments from Cali.
fornia TO New York" said the witness
Wv ste ON an average of $3.50 '--- - =
On cross-examination, Streyckmans de
clared that George B. Robbins, presiden
of the Armour car lines, had attempted t
secure the papers and code the witness haC
In his possession by threats.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-13

wAsnINGrUN. May 2.-(special Tele-
gram. 1T. b. Hord, cattle raiser, farmer
and grain dealer of Central City, Neb.,
appeared before the senate committee on
interstate commerce today to protest
against the proposed rate legislation. Mr..
Hord said: "At the present time the
railroads in my state give us good service
They grant all reasonable demands. We
have the railway officers among us and we
want the conditions to remain unchanged
because, we are prospering. l came here
at the request of friends who agree with
me because we think 1t right to enter our
protest"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-13
Routine of Departments.

These national banks were today au-
thorized 20 begin business with $4,000 cap
ital First National bank Of University
Place, Neb.. Charles Granderson. presi-
dent; e. s. Kirkland, cashier. The Citizens
National OF Guthrie Center. Ia. John W.
Foster. president; o. d. Williams, cashier.
Rural carriers appointed for Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-13
Cummins Calls on President.
Mo. shaw Recovera.

The secretary Of the treasury and Mrs.
Shaw have returned to their Massachusetts,
avenue home, after few days spent in
New York Mrs. Shaw has entirely recov-
cred from her recent illness aid is enter
tanning Mrs. Dulick. her sister, and Miss
Bon. her niece.
A. C. Smith OF Omaha. head of the NJ.
E. Smith Dry Goods company of that city,
who came TO Washington to tell the inter-
state commerce committee of the senate
what he knew about railroad rates in his
section, left for New York today.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-13

A relief committee has been formed ana
the following application has been issued
and handed 10 the Associated Press repre-
publicity;
To the People OF the United States: This
place was almost totally obliterated by a
cyclone on the evening Of May 10. The peo-
pie here are dividing their all, but have not
Neighboring towns are strenuously sending
us hospital supplies and food. Fully 300
families have been ruined by the storm: 1902
people are more or less dependent on the
goodwill OF the generously Inclined to tide
them over the present distress. Money is
urgently needed. The loss, including crops
stock. homes and other property. viii reach
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
SATURDAY sIFTlNes.

Corl jenkins is expected tonight
from Kalamazoo for visit.
Bill" Ferguson will join Campbell
Bros. circus again this season.
Mrs. A. P. Johnson of Garfield
Wash, is visiting Mrs. C. C. Cow.
Fred H. Free was down from Plain.
view today.
Clair Clark was a passenger for
Omaha on the noon train.
Frank Dederman left on the noon
train for a business trip to Bonesteel.
b. w. Glover went to Arlington to,
day called there by the serious sick.
ness of his baby.
F. F. Miller deputy for the A. O. U.
W., is home for a visit with his fam.
lily, over Sunday.
John Stafford, who has been so Sc
riously i'll at the home of his parents
at Scribner, is improving in condition
rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeffrey Westervelt re.
turned on the noon train to their home
at Meadow Grove. They came to
Norfolk for the burial of their son in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Geo. w. Meyers of Neigh was in
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
Warnerville.

Miss Olive Munson has gone to
Holdrege to visit her sister.
]. w. Smith rented farm in Pierce
county and moved his family there
last week.
Mrs. Clara Hills has leased her
farm to Marsh Pettitt and removed
to Norfolk.
George Tannehill has leased his
farm and will spend the summer on
the Pacific coast.
Mont Wheeler is moving his family
from Madison onto the Woods farm
two miles east of town.
The NJ b. A. lodge will give a pub
lie entertainment in their lodge room
Wednesday evening, March %.
c. j. Lodge, jr, who was operated
on for appendicitis at st. Joseph hos
pital. Omaha, last week, writes that
the operation was successful and that
he is getting along as well as could
be expected.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
FRIDAY FACTS.

Mrs. Corl Jenkins of Kalamazoo is
in the city, guest at the home of C.
ID. Jenkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Haase have
welcomed to their home north of the
city baby daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Blank of this
city are the proud parents of a hand
some baby girl, the first born.
Pierce is planning for an extension
of rural route service. According to
a postal inspector who recently visit.
ed Norfolk, every county in Nebraska
might as we'll have complete service
as not.
The republican city convention
which will be held at the Office of
Mapes & Hazen tonight, promises to
be we'll attended. At this convention
nominations will be made by the re-
publicans for all of the municipal of
fees, and the campaign in Norfolk will
be on for fair. AT the same time the
citizens convention, which is called
to meet in the city hall at s o'clock,
will nominate a city ticket. Just what
the outcome of the two conventions
will be is not known today
According TO farmers, the recent
fan of snow and rain was worth a
million dollars and more to the broad,
fiat acres of the northwest, Covered
with this layer of moisture which
soaked and soaked down deep into the
| earth, the ground has been put In tip.
top shape for great growth of crops
during the coming season. This snow.
fall. II is said, has been as much of a
benefit to the farmer as so much of
fertilizer, and will mean binsful of
grain and banksful of cash next fall.
Incidentally it may mean banksful of
water this spring, but the northwest
will stand for that all right.
The Chase-Lister repertoire com.
pany last night played to a fun / LNuse.
the play being thrilling melo lrama
entitled, "A Fatal Marriage" II was
Eagles night and the theatrr was dec
GRATED in fantastic display for the oc.
casion. Many local Eagles filled seats
in the parquet in honor of the event
During the afternoon a hugo banner
was carried about town advertising
the fact that II was Eagles Night"
There wasn't any time that dragged,
1t was something doing all tie while,
with enough of the sensational to
make it interesting. A good play has
been announced for tonight and tomor.
row night will end the weeks stand.
st. Patrick's day in the morning
dawned in northern Nebraska without
so much of a dawn as ii might have
been. With heavy, damp cloak of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
IN RUSS ARMY FIVE YEARS
NORFOLK MAN SERVED UNDER
cZAR's RULE AS SOLDIER.
HAS NO SYMPATHY FOR CAR
the Peasants Make" He Says, And
the Farmer In Russia is a Slave and
a Poor Pauper."
LFrom FrIdnN,s nallNl

tFrom Fridays paily1
The love of fatherland, that inner.
ent feeling in the human heart that
leads men to sacrifice everything for
their native land is the esprit that
really wins battle when nations go
to war Scott's patriotic
"Breathes there a man with soul 50
dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land?"
strikes sympathetic chord in ev.
cry mans heart. The utter absence
of this feeling among the Russian
masses explains largely their utter
lack of success in recent engagements
The reason for it is described sue
cntly by VIM. Deins, who in an in.
terview with The News relates his
own experience while a citizen of
Russia Mr.. Deins lives on the Haase
farm north OF town. lie said.
IL have no sympathy with either
nation. Naturally | could not favor
the Japanese, but Russia deserves no
sympathy. | served five years in the
Russian army without compensation
and had to get aid from my people to
return home. They treat common
soldier like a dog. All the land is
owned by the aristocracy and is di-
vided among the peasants in lots too
small for them to make living from
Nearly all they make is taken by the
landlords. There is no farm machin-
cry and the peasants have to work
hard to support system in which
they are slaves and paupers."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
CLASS OF 's7 ENTERTAlNS.
At a Musical and Literary Program
They Had a Full House.

The class of 1907, Norfolk high
school entertained a packed house Of
their friends and admirers in the high
school room last night with a high
grade musical and literary program
OF especial interest was the first pub
lie appearance of the high school or
chestra of ten pieces which proved
itself remarkably clever and brought
out demonstrations of approval from
the audience. Readings by Misses
Glennie Shippe, Lola Lintecum and
RoXie Sturgeon were an appreciated
feature. Piano solos by Misses May
Schwenk and Lois Gibson were clever
interpretations. A vocal solo by Prof.
Solomon was heartily appreciated, and
double quartet, song by the boys
of the class and the class song round
ed out an evening of enjoyment to
those attending
Misses Sturgeon and Lintecum, with
their readings, contested for the hon
or Of representing the Norfolk high
school at the coming North Nebraska
contest, and after a careful delibera.
ton in which the judges had difficulty
in coming to decision, the honor was
given TO Miss Lintecum.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
Irish SpeciaIties Toniqht.

The Chase-Lister repertoire COM
pany will tonight present clever lot
of Irish specialties, in honor of the
day. There will be good songs and
plenty of them. The Wearing of the
Green is not the name of the play to-
night, but everyone will wear three
green leaves. East Lynne, that ever
popular success, is on for tonight.
The management will give away
three green leaves to all tonight, and
the genuine Irish ivy. The house will
probably be packed. Get seats early.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24

dense fog wrapped about the shoul.
ders of Mother Earth, there was little
in the looks of things that made II a
still in bad condition and sidewalks
are damp and slippery as a result of
the mists and the recent SHOWS.
There was no sunshine early in the
day and not great deal Of chance
for It, If the signs of the matin were
to be believed Still, 1t Is st. Pat.
rick's day--St. Patrick's day in the
morning, and it's always fair weather
under that condition. The wearing of
the green became a habit when the
world began to stir and by noon the
shamrock from the Emerald isle had
become a fixed proposition in Nor
folk
A report from Ansley says John Il.
Chandler was arrested Sunday by
Deputy Sheriff Ed Mccormick and
taken to Broken Bow and permitted
to give bond for S1.00, signed by
George Gross and viii Brown, until
the preliminary hearing Saturday.
on the same evening Jimmy Rhodes
was arrested at Rowe, Monroe county,
Ark, by the sheriff of that county,
and Charles X. Richardson, sheriff of
Custer, left for Arkansas TO bring Jim
my Rhodes to Custer county. The
charge made against these parties is
that on the night of November 6 last
they took from the ranch of George
u. Porter. which is located half way
between Mason and Litchfield, TWEEN
ty-five head of cattle and on the morn
ing of November shipped them to
South Omaha from Litchfeld. The
cattle were sold on the South Omaha
market and the money was drawn by
Jimmy Rhodes.
The blended melody that springs
from the throats of many different
sorts of birds rang out clearly and
sweetly on the misty air of the morn
ing today, to give the people of north
ern Nebraska a warning that, In spite
of the density of the fog that shrouds
the world spring Is really and truly
coming at last There was the golden
note of the yellow-breasted meadow
lark, who poured forth his melody
from vantage ground Just out Of sight
and who proclaimed his iov in having
returned to his summer home; there
was the delicate little song of the
bluebird, the loud-voiced utterance Of
the crane, sweeping far overhead but
bound for the north and a cooler
cline: there was the well known chirp
OF thu robin red breast, who was glad
to be alive The bue-iay scolded and
fused and from high up in the heav-
ems came the noisy cackling Of the
geese, making for the springtimo
abodes. Though all signs fail in wet
weather, it really looks like spring
were here, and the grounding ought
to venture ont once more
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24

Perhaps the oldest veteran still sur
viving in Madison county is A. b. C.
Davis of Madison, who is nearly nine,
ty years of age, and who served in
the Mexican war, Mr. Davis, whose
brain is still as active as it was when
he followed the flag through the south
land to fight for his native country,
tells many intensely dramatic tales of
the battle in which he was engaged.
After the war had subsidized he came
to Madison county and has been liv.
ing a quiet, peaceful life ever since.
He is very much interested just now
in the Russian-Japanese activity in
the far east and shows keen enjoyment
in reading the accounts of the big
battles.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24

town yesterday endeavoring to inter
est Norfolk people in the manufacture
of threshold which he has patented.
The woman's club will meet in the
Congregational church parlors Mon
day afternoon at 2:30
The Northwestern has reduced the
expense and added to the efficiency Of
its switch lights in the yards at South
| Norfolk by wiring the switches and
installing electric lights Ed. Bueg-
| gemann did the wiring.
A novel method of selling real es.
tate has been adopted by Tracy &
Durland in disposing of the residence
property of l.. c. Bargelt on South
Ninth street The price, which was
originally $1,000, is being reduced at
the rate of So each day.
There is a lively movement on the
part of the ducks that are leaving
their southern feeding grounds and
proceeding to the north for the breed
ing season. and the Norfolk nimrods
are coming in each day with good
strings of the game birds. There
seems to be more of the birds in the
movement this spring than there have
been for many seasons past.
1t was heavy rainfall that swooped
down upon Norfolk in the night, three
quarters of an inch of water dropping.
The barometer fell from 3006 to 30 SO,
indicating the sultry atmosphere of
this morning. The highest point
reached yesterday by the mercury was
62 and the lowest was 46. For time
yesterday afternoon the sun came out
and gave sample exhibition of what
it is really able to do If it takes a no
ton. AS a result of the rain the gut
ters in Norfolk were filled to overflow
and at an early hour today and the
streets are still very muddy.
A. f. Groom, who has just returned
from Omaha, underwent an operation
in a hospital at that point in which
his left eye was taken out. Mr..
Groom had been blind in that eve for
number of years and the grip this
physicians advised him that the only
remedy would be the operation, and
the surgery was performed by DR.. Gift
ford. DR.. Clifford ran knife blade
around the lid of the eye before the
patient had taken chloroform in order
to show what he would do, as a num-
Der of students watched it. After the
operation, Mr.. Groom left the table
and walked up stairs.
Frank Schiedlag, who lives near the
line between Stanton and Madison
counties, has a broken leg as a re-
suit of trouble with two men who ap-
preached his farm and damned the
drainage culverts. In driving away
the two men shot a gun either at
Schiedlag or up into the air and in
the pursuit which followed the latter
was thrown from his horse when the
animal stumbled, went over it's head
and was stepped upon by the beast,
crushing bone. The trouble all
arose from the direction in which the
culverts ran. Last fall the Stanton
county commissioners closed the cul-
verts, sending the water north. There
was an element on the north who
didn't like the idea and who made it
point to dam the culverts. Schied-
lag watched for them and saw two
men approach after dark. He rode
up to them and the men, firing a gun,
turned and fed. In the chase that fol-
lowed, Schiedlag was injured. Schied-
lag formerly lived in Norfolk. Dr.
P. H, Salter was called to set the
limb.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
PIERCE DOCTOR RETURNS.
Repurchases His Practice and Will
Remain There,

Pierce. Neb., March 1S.-Special to
The News; DR.. j. T. Pringle, who
last January sold his practice to DR..
F.. E. Cressler has repurchased the
business and his friends are glad to
learn that he intends to remain in
Pierce. DIR. Cressler, who came last
spring, will likewise remain in Pierce
for the practice of his profession.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
South Norfolk Gard Club.

The South Norfolk card club gave
very enjoyable party in Railway hall
last night, about fifty persons partici-
patlng in the progressive high five
games that were the principal amuse-
ment OF the evening. A dainty lunch
con was served at the close of the
games.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24

81 can't get girl" cries the de-
spairing housekeeper. A want ad in
The News gets the girl, restores sun.
shine in her soul, cheerfulness in her
home and happiness in her husband
and children. News want ads are
great stun. II used.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
Fire is Out.

The fire that has been smouldering
in the wreckage of the cold storage
plant since it burned a week ago to-
day. seems to have been completely
eXtinguished and today there is no
smoke or steam proceeding from the
ruins to indicate that they We're still
afire. A great deal of the undamaged
ice has been removed from the wreck
age.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24

Use News want ads. They pay.
They bring results. In little want
ad you are enabled to reach more than
2,4O0 homes every day. Granting
five people to home, your little ad
is read by 10000 persons. Out Of H..
600 persons reached by The News in
a day, there ought to be some one
interested in what you have to offer
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
WATERWoRks FOR ANokA.
Village Board is Requested to Investi-
gate the Matter

Anoka, Neb., March 21.-A citizens
caucus nominated H. Bauman, P. r.
Crum and L. Engberg for village trus-
tees. 1t is probable no other board
will be nominated. The convention
recommended that the board investi-
gate the matter of bonding the village
for waterworks and submit the mat
ter at an early date.
Recent snow and rain have made
the roads very muddy but have ben
Gifted the crops.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24

Very Low Excursion Rates to Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, via the
Northwestern line, will be In effect
from all stations January 7, 8 and 9,
1905, with favorable return limits. ON
account OF annual conventions, Ma
tional Live Stock and Wool Growers
associations. Two fast trains through
10 Colorado daily, only one night. For
full information apply to agents Chi
cago & Northwestern R'y.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
OLD SOLDIER PASSES AWAY
Veteran of Madison County succumbs
to Paralysis.

Samuel Damon of Meadow Grove,
the father OF John G. Damon of Til.
den, is dead of paralysis. Mr.. Damon
who was 80 years old, was the oldest
soldier in Madison county.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24

Repairing-neatest. best, cheapest,
Paul Nordwig. harness man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
BONESIEEL SCANDAL
WATKINS, THE YOUNG ATToR.
NEY, is BOUND OVER.
THE WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
AFTER SHE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
ON A SIMILAR CHARGE.
THREATS AGAINST THE JUDGE

After the Close OF the Sensational
Trial at 6onesteel, In Which ORA.
matte Interest Ran High the Com.
plainants are Arrested.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-05

The Republican party, the party of
Abraham Lincoln, was in the slavery
issue the earliest champion of free la
Dor. That party prohibited the cody
trade in 1862, abolished peonage in
1867 and provided for boards of arbi-
tration in labor disputes in 1856. 1t
passed the bill providing for depart
ment of labor in 1888 and an antitrust
law in 1890. The homestead act was
passed by Republican congress and
signed by Republican president. and
helped to make Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado. North and South Dakota,
Washington, Montana, Idaho and Wy
oming states admitted by Republican
congresses. The Republican party
wrote the tariff acts of 1890 and 1897.
which, as Mckinley said, opened the
mills for the full and unrestricted labor
Of. American workingmen" - Troy
Times.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-05
1t Brought Bad Prices.

While the wages of workingmen in
England and Germany and France
have been almost stationary for many
years past, the wages of work ingmen
in the United States have been con-
stantly on the increase. In seven years,
from the passage Of the Dingiey law,
they have advanced Is per cent as
measured by the price per hour and "a
per cent as measured by the wages
paid, as compared with 1894, the great
Democratic tariff year, the year when
the Wilson German tariff law was en-
acted and the Democratic tariff policy
OF low prices was inauguratcd. That
law did bring low prices. and the low
est price was for American labor-Wil-
mington DELI Republican. ,g+.