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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12

groom has secured a position in a
making her home at Douglas, Neb., a
small town near Lincoln, while Mr..
Bechtel has been employed in a drug
store at Bennett, another nearby
town.
Battle Creek Enterprise The Madi-
son county bridge gang has COM
menced on the new steel bridge across
Battle creek at the Moore place north
of town. The county commissioners
met here Thursday to make prelimin-
airy arrangements. The steel piers
have been placed and the work will
be rushed to completion. The cree
ton of such bridges, although at much
greater expense than for pile bridges,
is considered to be enconomy and the
commissioners are to be commended
for adopting such course.
The coming of Adelaide Thurston
in her new comedy-success, THE
WOman's Hour" is sure to create I'M
usual interest in matters theatrical
There has been so much said about
her since she became a star a few
years ago that her presence here
could do little less than arouse a most
pronounced desire on the part of
local theatergoers to see her The
advance sale of seats opens Monday
and judging from what one hears Miss
Thurston will be greeted by splen
did representative Norfolk audience
Tuesday night.
Madison county is interested in &
hearing in Fremont on February 1C
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
TWO LETTERS.

| Tho Hon Samuel w McGalIs refusal OF the
| presidency of Dartmouth College Is pltcheo III
| as lofty q KEY as anything we nave seen III
nonv long wear The spirit Of the Puritan
forefather survives in 1t. His conception OF the
dutv of public service should toucn the hedrI
of this generation of yipers. Inc MassdclIu
| set+s REPRESENTATIVE has put his hand to the
plough and he viii not turn back, In What he
believes Ito be grave crisis This CRISIS
which will find Mr. Mccall in "the battle line.
is full of peril TO our Institutions and 1t ap-
Dpars TO consist of methods OF government
(which are carrying us swiftly toward coh-
.'dition under which limitation upon govern
mental power would be done away with ana
"favoTitiSm and caprice of an autocrat Wouiu
take the place of constitutional restraint a
grave crisis indeed for if the gentleman from
Massachusetts were to turn aside from the
paths of manifest duty to seek the serene
shades of Hanover beautifully seated among
its hills 'some chance barbarian an auto
crat might overturn our temples. The country
will breathe easier TO know that when That
chance barbarian" comes he will meet the
Hon Samuel ". Mccall in his path like very
David with sling and pebble
With that chance barbarian" in his minds
eye the Massachusetts Representative did not
have 10 pass judgment upon the qualification
Of man in political life for an educational
career contenting himself on this question
with merely expressing his doubts and with
adding however. that he should not wish
upon that point 70 set his ''opinOn against your
own 1.-THE trustees'l and President Tucke~s
Right here. as I'm most other respects his re-
fusa differs strikingly from that Of Mr. Will
lam II. Taft 10 he considered for the presi-
dency of Yale. in 1899. In his letter npon this
subject made public in the March Century
Mr.. Taft takes very modest view of public
life as a training for college presidents He
writes:
man like myself who has had the benefit
Of only the usual academic education, who has
occupied himself since graduation with tho
practice and study of a jealous profession like
the law. and whose general reading and study
have been of desultory character, is neces-
sarily lacking in the wide culture. breadth Of
learning and technical preparation In the
science of education which needed TO dis
charge the duties I have attempted to describe
Learlier in the letterl. He would make great
mistake and would injure both the University
and himself were he TO assume the high obli-
cations ofs the office OF president.
A modest too modest view, no doubt. Not
hint in il Of indispensablity in public life.
and not a word about chance barbarian"
from whom the country must be saved. From
this letter. as from many other ndcla of
character we should say that Mr.. Taft was
the last man in the world 10 see n political
sDook
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26

nnen+arx schools. with 209.394 teachers and
5344T4I scholars. That meant one school for
1.533 inhabitants and one scholar in every 20
inhabitants. The schools which 1t IS now pro
posed TO build assuming them TO be cheny' IL
not entirely in addition 10 those already existent
will increase the number by more than loo per
cent and will presumably increase in Il compara-
bic ratio the enrolment of scholars 1t is added
that law is to be enacted providing for UNI
versal compulsory education. Probably nothlhg
could be more desirable, though we should thlhh
i would be so difficult as to be practicaIlE I'LL
possible to enforce it with anything like fuheSs
for many years to come. In the BaIuc prov
inces and Finland popular literacy prevails Out
in European Russia as a whole 40 per cent VI
the males and So per cent of the females are
IIiterate. in Siberia and the Caucasus ~ PEI
cent of the males and % per cent of the 1elnaies
are illiterate and in Central Asia w per cent vi
the males and 81 per cent of the fenaleS chllo' I
road or write. Such conditions cannot be tFahS
formed in a day nor can the CONSTRUCTION VI
scbooIhouseS bv tens of thousands in year
affac+ the bringing in Of all who should ne s'u-
dan+s At the end of ten years. If the present
n1an is executed there will be about 24oVOo
a,ementarv schools in the empire, or one 10
| o-arv COZ inhabitants That should be sufhcieht
70 afford school facilities TO ALL though 1t VIII
no a hard task TO alter the habits of generations
sufficiently to secure a general attenuauce d'
school We must however, regard the proposals
Of the government as full of high promise LOT
the future of the Russian people.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
IN M.II-STICE.

THE Brooklyn Eagle" accuses us Of inaccI-
racy In saying that 1.-The Bryan procession for
1912 is getting ready to start" Our valued con-
temporary maintains that the professions for
1912, 1919, 1920 etc. started back in 1896. 1t
must be admitted. however that the march has
not been continuous. In 1904 there was a retro
grade movement under another leader and Mr.
Bryan is humanitarian enough to recognize the
need of halting after every four-yeGr stage to
give the MaTathoners who accompany him a
chance for rest and refreshment. The poor old
Democracy enjoyed such a breathing spell in
November and December.
The Eagle" exaggerates Mr.. Bryans tireless-
ness as a procession leader. 1t also does a grave
injustice TO a fellow Democratic editor Of dis
tinction when 1t says:
And while The Tribune is about IT, the pro-
Cesson might be described II consists of one.
MI Bryan leads the and brings up the rear,
which IS TO say. he answers the whole rollcalL
A response from him develops the fact that
there absentees.
We have tried TO make il clear that Mr. BRYAN
is not the only occupant of the Bryan band
wagon. Major Hemphill. of 1.-The Charleston
News and Courier has engaged a front seat for
the 1912 trip and all trips thereafter. He has
nominated Mr.. Bryan as his perpetual candidate
The Eagle" owes him apology for ignoring
his alacrity in preempting a seat while there
were still choice posts Of honor available in the
neighborhood Of the driver
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26

United States to be able TO feel that those
countries regard it. with confidence and frlehd-
shin. and as having dealt with them in not only
an equitable but also q generous manner ana
he would be deplorably shortsighted who couid
not discern great future good for this country
I'm the maintenance of peace and the promotion
Of prosperity in regions which are OF so much
intrinsic importance. and with which our per
petual relations will necessarily be so intimate
This last consideration is indeed the most
weighty of all. II is high time for US 10 reailze
that the old feeling of distrust which many
South Americans unfortunately had for US Is
now rapidly disappearing. and that all that
is necessary 70 secure their confidence anu
friendship is 20 show our own confidence anu
friendship toward them. and our own good
faith in dealings with them. The visit OF sec
retary Root 10 those countries, and the later
visit of our fleet the various Pan-American
conferences and other occurrences nave CON
tributed nightly toward the establishment OF
cordial and confident relations between ne
two American continents. and it will be grasC
full thing 10 have that benevolent work crowned
with these treaties. which will serve as q dipIo-
matte link as the isthmus is q geographical ilhk'
for the uniting of the two continents.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau ]


washington Feb. 25-The President IN sehoiis
to Congress- to-day the report of the naval conn's
sion recently appointed suggest plans Tor reoI-
Eanfzation announced the appointment OF JOINT
army and navy commission TO consider the nuInpeF
and location of navy yards III accordance with the
recommendations
The President received the legislative coTnnll'Iee
Of the National Farmers Union and was made a
member the Union "on sight by the president
Of the organization. c. S. Barrett
Among the White House callers to-day were the
Vice-President Attorney General Bonaparte' sec
retary Wright Justice Moody. Senators Scott
Kean Gamble and Guggenheim, Representatives
Hughes. or New Jersey; Lamb. Driscoll. Hun, Ster-
ling. Kdstermann. Fuller. Esch. Gouiden. Fornes
Hawley. Calder. Guernsey, Acheson, Sturg1ss ana
Hughes OF West Virginia; Delegate Andrews, ex-
Senator Dryden, Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner CockreIl. Civil Service Commissioner Black
Judge Cruise OF New York; Colonel Goethals. NJ
Augustus Jay. of New York: District Attorney
Gregg, of Oklahoma; John o. Ross OF New York;
Clifford Pinchot c. s. Barrett. OF Union City Ga;
Dr. H. o. Alexander. of Matthews. n. c.; T. NJ
Befford of Elgin Okla; s. l. Wilson, of Van Fleet
Miss; ". E. Norris OF Sulligent, Ala; Robert
Johnson OF Tuo. KY; A. H. Evans, OF Tamorora
Ill; z. 8. Curtss. of Seattle, and Judge oscar
Hundley, of Alabama.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

IFrom The Tribune Bureau-l
Washington, Feb. 25-The Austrian Ambassador
and Baroness HengelmuIer had to dine with them
tonight the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. New
berry the Greek Minister. Lady Clifford of Chud-
leigh Brigadier General and Mrs. Clarence r.
Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Pierson. Mr.. and Mrs
Laurence Townsend, Viscount and Viscountess de
Martel Mr.. and Mrs. George Young, Mrs. Robert
W Patterson. Mrs. He bert Wadsworth, Mrs
Warder, Miss Oliver. Baron Ambrozy. Count
Torok Mr.. Skybak and Frederick May.
party OF diplomats will leave here tomorrow
for New York attend the dinner TO be given in
honor of ex-Secretary Root by the Peace Society
tomorrow night. The French Ambassador. the
British Ambassador and the japanese Ambassador
will he Of the number
Dining with the Belgian Minister and Baroness
Moncheur tonight were the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Meyer. Justice Moody. Representative
and Mrs. Gardner. Representative Gillett. Mr. and
Mrs. Pierre Lorard. Mr.. and Mrs Franklin Ellis,
Mrs Keep Miss Josephine Patten. Baroness Mar
guerite Moncheur and Mr.. Janssens
Esmond Ovey and the Hon H F. Charters,
British attaches. have gone to Ottawa to visit the
Governor General of Canada and Countess Grey.
H. Paueus Vannon. the new Haytian Minister,
who succeeds Mr.. Leger. has arrived here
Senior Ouesada. Cuban Minister, has gone to
Havana for a conference with President Gomez,
and IT is thought he will be transferred to some
other post.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
FOR THE CANAL.

There was much of interest and value IN the
discussion of the plan of the Panama Canal
to which the American Institute of Mining En-
gineers devoted its attention on wednesday
at its New Haven meeting, and not the Ieast
part OF il was contained in the brief but pllhF
remarks of the secretary, Dr. Raymond, L"
the effect that while there might be differences
of opinion among the assembled engineers as
TO how the canal should be built, all were
agreed that IL should be built, and the only
question was that concerning the plan IN
view Of the marked differences of expert oplh-
ion which have prevailed on that question
ever since the construction of the canal was
proposed. il is not strange that general agree
ment has not yet been reached. 1t VIII not De
strange if II is never reached.
But at any rate. as Dr. Raymond said II Is
not to be believed that any one Will now Jake
the ground that the canal ought not TO De
built All believe that should go ahead
and build IT, II is of the utmost Importance
that ii shall be built in the right way. Ana
If il is impossible to get all men TO agree on
what is the right way. then II follows that II
must be built in a way which some sincerely
disapprove Certainly the work cannot be
abandoned because all do. not agree. and II
cannot be indefinitely delayed In hope of an
agreement of which there seems to be no hope.
Some are for high level and some are for sea
level but all are for the canal.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
EDTC4Tf0y n RUSSIA.

The proposal Of the Russian Ministry of Edu-
cation TO build f4S.17o new primary schools in
the empire in the next ten, years seems colossal
if not extravagant, but II is seriously meant and
Is conceived With Il commendabIe appreciation
Of the real and urgent needs of the Russian peo-
pie 1t might be added without consciousness
that 1t implies a grave reproach upon former
administrations in that empire. and reveals in a
startling manner the educational deficiency Of
the nation. 90
The fact is that general education has been
nearly non-existent among the Russian people.
In only four provinces of the whole empire
three of which are conspicuously non Russian
can as many as half of the adult population
read and write. In Russia as a whole more
than 40 per cent OF the people above nine years
of age are unable to read or write. Nor are
those facts surprising when We consider how
little encouragement or aid TO education has
been given ny the government In 1903 the
latest year for which statistics are available.
the yearly outlay of the state for popular in
struction was only II copecks, or 81 cents, a
head Local and private contributions swelled
the amount TO II copecks. or 201a cents But
Great Britain gives from the state treasury no
less than 81 25. while the American educational
budget is more than twice that sum per CAPITA
In 1909 there were in al Russia 90942 ele-
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
WEDDINGS PAST AND TO COME.

Mrs Helen Caroline Walker was married a noon
Yesterday 10 Charles Hitchcock. jr.. son of Dr. and
Mrs Charles Hitchcock of No 81 West 36th street
Only near relatives present at the ceremony
which was performed by the Rev. DIR. Thomas Reed
Bridges. in the South Church. Madison avenue and
ssth street The bride was formerly the wife OF
Randolph St. George Walker. from whom OBJ
taiued a divorce On their return their honey
moon Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock will make their
home in this city
Among the marriage licenses issued at City Hall
Yesterday was one obtained by Milton Wolf an
importer and Miss Dora Shubert. sister OF Lee anu
] = Shubert, theatre managers Mr.. Wolf and
Miss Shubert will be married on March l.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26

of the special institutions established for the
care Of consumptives. and they VIII remain
under the watchfuI supervision or the pn!sF
clans and visiting nurses Of the Presbyterian
Hospital.
Though the enterprise aims TO benefit persons
of exceedingly limited means. 1t will be so con-
Quoted as TO have no pauperizing tendency A
rental will be fixed low enough to make the
tenements attractive TO those who are In need
of their advantages. yet high enough to De
source of revenue. The economic Feasibility OF
such undertakings has already been demon
strated by the three Mills hotels and by some
of the modern tenements in this city Mrs
Vanderbilt's plan will serve class or persons
whose requirements are unusual, and though
partly. indeed ecause-it is expected to be
at least self-sustaining the enterprise is highly
benefCent
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
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New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
Abozlf People and Social Incidenfs

and Mrs Richard Reid Rogers Theodore sbos,.
and Miss ShOnts came over for the dinner and ~
other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Dryden Msso-
General and Mrs. Bell. General and Mrs Joh-
stone and Representative and Mrs Bourks Cockran
Lady Clifford Of ChudIeigh arrived here to5.-
from New York. accOmps MED by Miss Dorothv
Bigelow, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Charles =
BigelOw, of New York. They are the guests OF Af-
and Mrs. Edison Bradley. on Connecticut avenua
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Merriam had dps,.
with them tonight Senator du Pont, Senator ara
Mrs. Burrows Rear Admiral and Mrs. Sch1ev n
and Mrs Chatard, Mr. and Mrs " P. Emo. Mrs.
Barney, Mrs Clarke. Miss Cooke, Lieutenant Gen.
eral Miles and Melville E Stone. of New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Beliamy Storer have arrived ba-.
to look over their house in Rhode Island avenus
which has undergone changes. preparatory to theF,
taking possession Of it,
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Tribune BureauI

From The Tribune Bureau
washington, Feb 25-The Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy and MRS. Herbert l. Satterlee enter
tanned at dinner tonight the British Ambassador
and Mrs Bryce the Secretary OF Commerce and
Labor and Mrs. Straus. Senator Kean. Rear Ad-
n1iral and Mrs Raymond P Rogers Mr.. and Mrs
Iarz Anderson Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran
Eustis Colonel and Mrs. Montgomery Macomb. Mr.
and Mrs Francis NJ. Hatch. Miss Kean. DR.. and
Mrs Fremont Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.
BennettH Mr.. and Mrs Archibald Hopkins. Mrs l.
Letter Mrs. Everett, Mrs. Richard Butler. Mrs.
Slater Mrs. Julian James. Miss Siebert. c. c.
Glover. Gerard Barry Mr.. sebert and others.
Senator and Mrs Aldrich had the Vce-Presdent-
elect and Mrs Sherman guests at dinner to-
night inviting large company to meet them.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs. Wright the
guests of honor at a dinner given tonight by Mr.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
SIR w1LrRD CONFIDENT OF PEACE.
Canada s Premier Predicts Eternal Friendship
Between Neighbors

Ottawa Ont. Feb. 25.-A statement Of Canada's
view as TO the impossibiity of future trouble with
the United States made artillery luncheon
to-day by SIR Wilfrid Laurer. Prime Minister OF
Canada.
Canada has little reason TO fear that she will
ever be invaded" he said. We have but one
neighbor on this continent, the United States
While our frontier has been crossed IN the past my
belief and the belief OF Canadians generally Is that
among the great Anglo-Saxon nations civilization
has reached point where the shedding Of blood
among them would be regarded with horror
equal 10 that with which civil would be con-
templated There is no reason to believe that Great
Britain and United States will again be at
war or that Canadians will ever live IN any but
peaceful relations with their cousins. the great
people of the United States"
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
SUBSTANTIAL REFORMS.
.rue SIMPLE TRUTH IS BEST"

From The Charleston News and Courier "a.
The bill pending in the General AsseInoS r1s ~ 4
the ,ictfm OF the crime commonly cailsq --hsn
assault or the name OF the lntehceG
witch has we believe passed the House si1 ,-osg- y
It's third reading in the Senate apps i3ost slr3
is - ssrtiu1enf that criticism OF II - anlOse
10 invite miscOnstruction - -, Sons =
10 vrhae ~ these horrible crimes have peen ssrss
has been the purpose and policy alWayS q ,.rs.
News and Courier" and of other repetao'1 p ss En-
sa a. south Carolina, handle them - -,
s5srIv as possible and TO protect the mnSCsSeN
Fortunate so far as that vas a. =, - Lsg-
isIature, that the interests OF the peoRss. 81
sn-as s-as ~ decencv and propriety be allowed Ano
e1nscts5 70 tell the plain and simple truth
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
sc4ooLmArEs HONOR Mr.. sELAsco.

San Francisco Feb. 25,-David Belasco of New
York, was the guest OF honor at dinner given
last night by $50 OF the old Boys OF the Lincoln
Grammar School, which Mr.. Belasco attended more
than forty years ago. Professor Bernard Marks.
who was principal OF the school for almost half
century called roll of the pupils of 1855 II.
feature of the reunion Mr.. Belasco's attempt
to recite The Bad Man. a performance which
earned him distinction when he a pupil. After
de. laming half dozen lines he faltered and
fesseo his inability to remember the remainder.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
SANITARY HOMES FOR CoSsUmpTITEs.

SANITARY HOMES FOR CONSUMPTIVES
four model tenements for poor consumptives
Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt has given a valuable
extension TO the facilities of the tuberculosis
clinic OF the Presbyterian Hospital and ma
terially enlarged the benefits of class of work
in which she has taken a warm interest for the
last five years. In the modern system of treat
ing consumption light and fresh air play an i'm
portant part; indeed, both are deemed abso-
lutely essential to recovery. So deficient in
these blessings the majority of tenements
in this city that occupancy of such homes
makes the attempt at n permanent cure al
most hopeless No matter how scrupulously
the best medical advice is followed darkness
bad ventilation and oyercrowding more than
Offset its value. Even temporary removal
can do little good If it is to be followed by
return to the old unwholesome environment
Provision Is about TO be made therefore for
the residence of from three hundred and
seventy five to four hundred families in COM
parativelv inexpensive quarters. but amid sur
roundings especially favorable to the restora-
ton of consumptiTes TO health In the choice
OF a site. in the form of the entrances from
the street, in the necessity for using outside
starways from inner COURT to gain access
to the dwellings themselves, in the size of the
windows and In other architectural features of
the buildings. highly desirable arrangements
will be made for giving the occupants ample
light and air. Those who are fortunate enough
to secure homes there will provide their own
food In other respects however. they will he
almost as we'll off as If they were in some