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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
sYsoNBYs SKELETON.
The Frame Of the Famous Horse win
Be Mounted.

New York. June 2S.-To the offer
made by the governors of Coney Island
Jockey club to set aside a plot of
ground on the property of that organ
ization at Sheepshead Bay as per-
manent grave for the famous race
horse Sysonby, which died last Sun
day. and to erect a memorial stone,
Sysonby's owner, James r. Keene, has
replied thanking the club officers for
their courtesy, but stating that he has
not decided definitely what disposition
shall be made of Sysonby's body.
J. H. Bradford, treasurer of the Coney
Island Jockey club, said yesterday that
IN Mr.. Keene's letter Of acknowledge
ment he stated that he was considering
the matter Of having Sysonby's body
exhumed and the skeleton saved and
articulated the frame of the horse to
be presented, mounted to the New
York museum Of natural history. In
America two other famous race horses
whose skeletons are serving science and
students of natural history are Ameri-
can Eclipse and Lexington in the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
Mcclellan sails for Europe.

New York June 23.-Mayor McCIel-
Ian sailed today on the steamer New
York for a ten weeks vacation IN
Europe. II expect on my return from
Europe" said Mr.. Mcclellan. just be-
fore the steamer sailed. Ito see the
Democracy Of this state nominate a
ticket and proclaim a platform worthy
OF the best traditions Of the party. It
IS already certain that the city Of New
York viii send to the state convention
a delegation which will support an
honest man for governor and give him
honest issues to fight for"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
GIRL IS KILLED By TRAIN.
Lillian Becker Met Death walking on
Track at Lawrence.

Miss Lillian Becker, twenty years
old was killed this morning shortly
after seven O'Clock, while walking on
the Santa Fe tracks at Lawrence. She
was on her way to work and as was
her custom was walking east on the
tracks. Train No. Is, the Kansas City
and Chicago express, which was some
what late. came along. Miss Becker
became confused, evidently, for she
stood stock still on the track. The en-
gineer applied the brakes but could not
stop the train before it hit Miss Beck
er. She vas killed instantIv
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
SOLD 10 RINGLINGs.
Sells Bros.-F -Forepaugh Show Disposed
of by Bailey Heirs.

Chicago. June 2s.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Rock Island says:
The completion of a deal was an
nounced yesterday by which the heirs
of the late James A Bailey sell to
Ringing Bros. the Forepaugh- Sells
Bros show. The result probably will
end the circus war that has ragged
hercely through this section this season.
with extravagant advertising and price
cutting.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
Verflicf of Insanifv-

Peoria, ILL.,, June 2S.-The jury in the
sensational case Of Mrs. Mary L. Nc
kinney, charged with cruelty to her
ward. Stella Grady, returned a verdict
Of guilty today and recommended that
the prisoner be sent to an insane asy-
lun until she RECEIVERS and then be
compelled to serve two years in the
penifentiary. The jury found that Mrs.
Mckinney was at present insane.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
A GIFT BY VANDERBILT.
Presents $4,000 Horse HaIma to
Gotham Bureau of Breeding Club.

New York, June 23.-The gift Of the
$50 600 thoroughbred stallion Halima by
William K. Vanderbilt to the Jockey
club bureau of breeding. founded for
the benefit of the farms and horse
breeders Of New York, has been an
nounced. Halma for some years has
been at the head of the Vanderbilt
breeding farm in France.
Halma IS u years old by the most
successful sire of his time, Hanover,
the dam bein Julian L. by Longfel-
low
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
STOLE Sl25,OOO.
Robber YVES Followed, wounded, and
Money Was Recovered.

Kiev, Russia. June 23.=Messengers
on the Southwestern railway. who we're
carrying $125,00O. were attacked yes
terday by four robbers who killed one
messenger, wounded a second, seized
the money and drove away at a gallop
in cab. Two of the messengers pur-
sued the robbers and wounded the rob-
Der who was carrying the money, with
the result that he fell from the cab,
and the money was recovered.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
Vwo NTen for one COW

Veronzh, Russia. June 2s=The
peasants of the village of Krutnya-
gorli, engaged at the killing Of a COW
by two members Of the rural police
called a commune meeting, formally
condemned the two men to death and
executed the sentence.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

a newly discovered region. rich IN ST.
yer and other metals = conveniently
reached by the Grand Trunk Railway
System.
a well prepared booklet descriptive
Of the section win be mailed on appIl-
cation to Geo. W. Vaux. A. g. P. s. T.
A., Grand Trunk Railway System lsB
Adams St. ChicA90s
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

Attend the funniest and picnic at
Leavenworth, Sunday, June "a: also
ball game. Leavenworth vs.. Joplin.
Round trip, S1.25. Train leaves Santa
Fe depot Z a m.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

Reuters Shoe Repair Factory viii
move tonight to his new building, one
door north OF Air Dou1e.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

Mexican Pete" Everett made a re-
rnarkabIe record while in Topeka. He
managed to stay out Of the police court
for the two months that he was in the
city He came into town from Leav-
enworth along early in the spring Just
after getting out of Jail for being
drunk. He caught on with some Of the
local sporting fraternity and figured in
a number of local boxing bouts. Drink
has got Mexican Pete" bested.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
MEXICAN PETE IS AT WORK.
This Startling News Is from Kansas
City-Using scythe for City.

Kansas City. Mo, June 2S.-''Afexi-
can Pete" who claims to be some
thing of a prize fighter, and who chal-
lenged Jeffries is battling with the
weeds on the streets of independence,
armed with a scythe. He is under or
ders Of George st. Clair, street COM
missioner, and is working out a fine
for drunkenness.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

Topeka Eagles vs.. Taylor's Perfec-
factions. Association park. Sunday 8
.. N.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

BY Independent Tel. company. Apply
to foremen where trenches are being
dug.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

The miniature railway goes around
the loop at Vinewood.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

Mort Albaugh says in the Kingman
Courier-Leader: Senator Dolley
should not talk too strenuously about
Hoehss promise. to him to appoint
SLubbs senator The Wabaunsee
county statesman has a letter out him
self promising the vote of his county in
convention TO a candidate for state Of
flee, when in fact the aforementiOned
vote was given to the other fellow, and
the aforementioned letter was not
written a year ago either. There is an
old saying that q. man living in livery
stable should not throw fertilizer"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31
THE NEIGH PLAN.

Carnival week at Neigh proved a
week of rain this year. Only one day
of the four was fair enough for any
of the events that had been scheduled.
Yet the carnival committee came out
ahead of the game in financial way.
Several years ago Norfolk had a
carnival week. II rained. Norfolk
lost money. II II had rained during
the race meet here this week, Norfolk
would have lost money.
The difference lies in the difference
between the pre.carnival arrange
ments. Neigh people sell their car
nival season tickets in advance. Long
before the first day of the AFFAIR rolls
around, Neigh has sold enough sea
son tickets in advance to more than
pay out. If Il rains. 1t Is the misfor-
tune of the public, each individual
sharing In slight way, while the car.
nival committee can pay out.
That plan has proven eminently sue.
cessful In Neigh. II Is feasible plan
for any town with fall fair or a oar
nlval. Each business man in the town
makes II point to sell tickets, and
everybody gets out and boosts the
carnival. The season tickets are sold
at reduced rate, just as those offered
here to the farmers in advance of the
races, and prizes are hung up to lucky
ones.
II Is a plan worth considering for
any town that holds such street fair
or carnival during the year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31
MICKEY'S REMARK.

Governor Mickey is reported by the
Omaha democratic paper as having
announced that he was afraid a poor
administration would ensue If the re-
publican ticket were elected this fall.
If it is true that Mr. Mickey did make
this statement, he has been guilty both
of party disloyalty and of unwarranted
and absurd presumption.
In making his statement, Governor
Mickey fears that l.. G. Brian of Al.
bion will not look out for the inter.
ests of the people. Mr.. Mickey doesn't
know what he is talking about. He
has no right to make such a declara,
tion. He has allowed his Imagination
coupled with his disappointment over
for third term or for senator, to run
away with him. Once again he has
assumed the role of Moses, this time
attempting to lead the entire state in
stead of his own party, out of the viii
derness.
l.. G. Brian has the confidence OF
his neighbors. and Albion is a hotbet
of corporation haters. Mr.. Brian viii
be compelled, by the sentiment of his
own home If nothing more, to stand
up and be counted as he ought to be
in all taxation matters. He will be
fair The rest of the board of eQuali
Zation will be fair. And Governor
Mickey ought TO know that there will
be square deal in Nebraska if vic
tory perches on the shoulders of the
republican party this fall.
Governor Mickey is ambitious, He
would like to have had the third tern
forced on him. He would like to have
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31
THE DISTRICT JuDGESHIP.

The nomination of Judges Boyd and
Graves as opposing candidates for
congress, will make 1t imperative upon
the next governor of Nebraska to APP
point judge to fill the place of the
one who is elected. Judge Boyd Is
now the presiding Judge in the Ninth
district, while Judge Graves Is at the
head of the Eighth, so that one of
these positions must be filed by ap-
pointment. In the Eighth district, the
only name mentioned so far Is that of
John A. Ehrhardt of Stanton, a lawyer
well fitted for the place and one who
will make an enviable reputation on
the bench, should the democratic nom.
inee be elected to congress and re.
publican governor be called upon to
fill the vacancy.
But this situation Is but the remot
est possibility, for 1t is Boyd's shoes
that will have to be filled, because he
will be elected congressman from the
nlTu ulSlIlCJ. III ilidJ tNtHl lucll tue
Ninth judicial bench will have to be
given an occupant. Previous to the
state convention the other day, the
contest for this place promised to be
rather interesting, but now 1t has re
solved itself down to practically one
man. and that man Is A. A. Welch OF
Wayne, a good lawyer, a strong char
acter, and man admired and respect
ed by all who know him. 1t was eX
pected that w. A. Messerve of Kno,
county and j. A. Williams of Pierc,
would be applicants for the place wher
made vacant, but the nomination o
Mr. Williams as candidate for railroad
commissioner eliminates him from the
race for judgeship, while Mr., Messervt
has given his endorsement to Mr.
Welch. and he will undoubtedly b,
the appointee, for there are no othe
candidates in the field who will de
velop much strength.
The News very cheerfully endorses
the Wayne county candidate and be
lieves no mistake will be made whel
the governor appoints him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31
1t will now be Rusvelt.
WESTERN SCHOOLS.

Gongs will soon again be ringing
in university halls and the university
campus will soon revive with student
life. Many high school graduates will
soon start east to the universities
there, some will enroll in western col
leges and some are puzzled as to
where is the place to go.
The east claims older universities
because the east is older in all points
of development than the west. By
reason of age, the eastern universities
have attained a fame and a prestige
which is unknown to the western in
stitutions. There can be no question
on this point. The east, too lays
claim, and no doubt justly enough, to
higher degree of polish than has yet
been attained by the newer west in
conventional society. But aside from
this, there are reasons which will tend
to offset those points, in favor of the
western school for western people.
The young man in Nebraska who
leaves home to acquire a university
education, hopes to some day take his
place as citizen of his state. He is
ambitious and he hopes to stand
among men of his state. Acquaint-
ance is one of the most valuable as
sets of any man, be he in profession
or in business. A thorough acquaint-
ance in his own county means much
to any business man, and friendship
extending throughout his state is al
most invaluable.
The young men who attend the state
university will for the most part make
the future homes in Nebraska. And
thus to attend Nebraska's university
for four years means, aside from the
books, the acquisition of a statewide
acquaintance which will forever be
of vast benefit and actual profit for
the student. Around the state univer-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

been nominated as dark horse for
senator. Neither OF those things hap.
pened. And now, with nothing to lose
for himself, he is standing around and
trying to defeat the party which twice
made him governor, the party which
is alone responsible for all that he has
ever been In public way.
The personal motive behind this ut.
terance, the kick back at the party
which made the governor what he is
politically because 1t did not heap upon
him additional honors, will be too well
appreciated by the public to injure the
ticket.
The remark may, however, act as
a boomerang II the time should come
when Mr.. Mickey would want another
office.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31
THE SUGAR FACTORY

For TWO years the old sugar factory,
abandoned and dismantled, has stood
idle in Norfolk. The buildings, the
boilers and 24O acres Of fine land were
turned over to the Norfolk Industrial
company and now belong to the men
who originally donated funds with
which to build the factory. II the
same inaction which has characterized
the first two years of idleness in the
plant, is continued in an indefinite fu-
ture, II is highly probable that nothing
will ever become of the buildings until
they fall in decay. The first two years
have been more important, with re-
gard to that institutions future, than
any other two years can be. The
plant was in better shape to be con-
verted into something else immediate
ly after it was vacated, than it has
been since. And it grows less val
liable every month that it stands un-
occupied.
Several propositions have been sub
mitted to Norfolk by outsiders who
became interested in the factory and
its possibilities. Nothing has come
from any of them. The last PROPOSE.
tion that looked like anything was a
letter from a Grand Island man who
claimed that he had plenty of capital
behind him. He asked a guarantee
from the town that beets would be
raised, and other concessions. Some
Of the local stockholders in the Indus
trial company believe that local cap
ital could be enlisted in an effort to
start new sugar factory here and
make It win. But there is no action
taken on the idea
Whether local capital can be inter
town can guarantee so many beets a
year, or whether local people would
take so many shares of stock in the
new plant for the sake of assuring 10.
cal interest and co-operation-are all
questions that are up In the air and
questions which ought to be solved.
| The people interested in the sugar
factory ought to get together and def
initely decide what the city can dc
and what it can not. Then, with the
proposition that the Industrial com
pany has to offer, the possibility here
should be advertised all over this
country among capitalists.
If it is an established fact that moth
ing can be made to go in the plant
then the land ought to be sold anC
the building torn down for the bricks
that are in It,
But something can be made success
ful In that building. Beatrice has G
packing plant that promises to be sue
cessful. Norfolk is in a better regior
for this enterprise than Beatrice. Sec
retary Wilson says that a sugar fac
tory will go here, and go well. 81. ..,ut
But it is too indefinite. 1t is up il
the air. At first the people interested
decided to go slowly and to be con
servative In accepting a proposition
The project has moved slowly enough
and here has been conservatism
There is no blame to attach to anyon,
in the matter The blame all lieI
ting busy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31
SPELLING REFORM NOT HIS JOB

Comes one T. Roosevelt and an
nounces that the Carnegie reform
spelling will henceforth hold sway in
the white house of this country, and
in the messages of the president of
the United States. Whereupon, the
eighty million inhabitants of this land
or as many as spell at all-are ex-
pected to at once say "enuf sed."
Hereafter, according to the official
ukase rough will be ruff" and tough
will be "tuff." Every business man
will lose his business and have "biz-
ness given to him instead Even the
swine of the field will be affected for
after this they will drink out of a
"trauf instead of the old fashioned
trough that they have learned to love
so well.
Mr. Roosevelt has usurped a bit of
authority that was never intended for
him. 1t has never been the custom to
elect a president of the United States
for the purpose of telling us how to
spell and how not to. If Carnegie
wanted to sanction a reform method
of spelling, that was his privilege; If
the National Educational association,
at the advice of f. Benjamin Andrews,
chose to reform its spelling, that was
its right and its place; if any indi-
vidual elected to write tho" for
though, and do" for dough, that was
the individuals personal business, and
was perfectly proper, so long as he
did not become obnoxious to his neigh.
bors in the matter.
But when the president of the Unit,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

No greater injustice was ever per
petrated upon state officer than was
handed Secretary of State Galusha by
the republican convention His defeat
was the elimination of a series of
most vicious and unwarranted abuses
ever heaped upon a public official in
this state, led by that great proselyte
of reform" the Lincoln Journal,
which has persistently prosecuted him
in season and out since he assumed
the duties of his office, and which has
been followed by lot of little satel-
ties throughout the state. The result
shows that the public mind is of such
a character that one knocker can tear
down faster than an army of workers
can build up. Mr.. Galusha is bust
ness man, the brainiest one in the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

state house, and his administration
has been conducted along business
lines with an eye single to the inter
ests of the tax payers, but because he
has mind OF his own and does not
agree with every opinion offered by
every selfconstituted statesman. he
was sacrificed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

sanity have resulted from the Chicago
bank failure, and still the fugitive
president has not been found, If the
runaway bank official only manages
to keep out of sight long enough, all
of the victims will be either in their
graves or in the insane asylums. and
there will be none left to prosecute.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

Norfolk business interests demand
a good road between here and the
Junction, The lack of it means the
dead loss of hundreds of dollars every
month to Norfolk business men. We
believe that First street should be the
first thoroughfare to put into condi.
tion because it is a county road, and
the county would help build it as well
as maintain it. But a good road is by
all means needed, and the sooner the
better.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

sity campus he makes friends who
are to live as his neighbors, in adjoin.
ing towns and counties, for the rest
Of his life. And the value of these
friendships and acquaintances - most
schoolday acquaintances mean friend.
ships for there is no competition to
make enmity-can not easily be over.
estimated
For the sake of this acquaintance
which will mean so much in every
way, the western school is the place
for the western young man, other
things being equal
The western university will provide
the student with just as thorough an
education and just as much ability to
think for himself as the eastern insti-
tuition. The eastern universities have
prestige because of their age and be-
cause they are eastern. But when 1t
comes to the men who do the think
ing and teaching at the various Amer
ican universities, the western schools
have as much just claim to prestige
today as do those of the Atlantic sea-
shore.
1t is true that the older universities
in many instances have greater funds
with which to pay their professors
and department heads, but money
probably has less influence in swing
ing university professors from place
than in any other profession. The
average university professor, If he has
a salary which will support him com.
fortably and If he loves the institu-
tion in which he works as well as the
people of his community, is satisfied
to stay right there for an indefinite
period, regardless of higher money
offers that may be held out to him by
other institutions as inducements for
him to leave. In our own University
of Nebraska, for instance, are found
many examples of this fact
The chancellor E. Benjamin An
drews, is one of the big men among
American universities. He is one of
the leading thinkers of his time, and
is recognized as such. He was re-
spected at Brown in the east and was
offered an increased salary at Chicago
university. Regardless of what one
may think of his views, it must be
admitted that he is one of the leading
university heads of the age and he
will rank up with any of the chan
cellors or presidents of any of the
great American universities today.
Among the heads of department are
several cases to the point Among
them are DR.. Fling, head of the Euro
pean history department; Dean Sher-
man, head of the department of lit
erature; Dean Bessey, head of the
department of botany; Lawrence Bru-
ner the bug man; and DR.. Ross,
head of the department of sociology.
These are all big men in this coun-
try. They are recognized by students
and thinkers all over the world as
| authorities in their various depart
ments. They are are set of men
whom any university could be proud
to boast. And their influence and
their teaching will do as much to make
men and women of their students as
that of any set of professors to be
found anywhere.
The eastern university can beat us
at football and the eastern university
will charge more money for tickets
to it's junior prom, but the western
university for the western young man,
because of the acquaintance it gives
him for future use and because he
keeps in closer touch and sympathy
with conditions that he must one day
enter, has points in it's favor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

The Russian revolutionists ought to
adoDt a game law, defining the season
for shooting government officials. If
this slaughter goes on 1t won't be long
until the officials are as scarce as
by little protection, the sport could
be kept up indefinitely.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31
The Nebraska State Journal in con

The Nebraska State Journal, in com.
menting on the ideas which have been
suggested for building up Norfolk
says that they would be good ideas for
any county seat town in Nebraska
These are: Good roads to farms, bar
gain day, good road to Junction with
transit line, reviving of sugar factory
systematic effort to induce more trav
cling men to make their homes here
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

A good road to the Junction, and a
transit line on that road that will
bring Junction people up town and
take them home again. That's one
Of the things we need right along in
Norfolk
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

who has made such success of af-
fairs in the Canal Zone, will soon be
a member of President Roosevelt's S
cabinet If reports from Washington
are TO be credited.