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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05

blum, giving total fall OF seventy
feet, which is calculated by the engi.
neers to be sufficient to develop TO-.
900 horsepower on the switchboard.
The power house will be at the foot
OF the blum, where the full force Of the
river will be directed against the tur.
bines.
All the structural work going into
the plant will be OF the most substan.
tial and permanent nature. The dam
and power house both will be of struc.
tural steel and concrete. built to last
forever. The power will be transmit
ted for distance of $50 miles by
overhead wires supported on steel
towers in the roadways. 1t will be
sold at an exceptionally low rate for
lighting and power, If Mr.. Kirk gets
favorable action by the people Of Oma-
ha in the special election that will be
held If the council submits it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
KNEW TOO MUCH.
Tennyson's Father Had to Fly For His
Life From Russia.


Shortly after the assassination of
Emperor Paul OF Russia. Tennyson.
the father Of the poet, dined with
Lord ST. Helens. the British ambassa-
dor, in Moscow. Several Russian Off
GERS Of high rank whose names he did
not know were also guests. During
dinner guarded reference was made
to the emperor's death.
why do you speak so gingerly
about matter so notOriousW cried
Tennyson impulsively, leaning across
his neighbOr. "A Russian whose breast
was covered with orders. I'VE know
very we'll in England that the Emper-
or Paul was murdered. Count Zoboff
knocked him down and Benningsen
and Count Pahlen strangled him"
There was strained silence; then
the ambassador abruptly changed the
subject. Az the guests filed out into
an adjoining room Lord st. Helens
drew Tenuys0n aside. Don't go into
the next room" he whispered. but fly
for your life. The man next you.
across whose breast you leaned. was
Count PahIen. and Zobotr was also at
the table"
He gave few hurried directions,
and TennysOn rushed or. threw his
clothes, into a portmantead and fed
behind fast horses to Odessa. still In
evening garb. though the cold was in
tense. He lay hidden for weeks and
Il, last. in the disguise Of servant,
wns stnuggied on board an English
frgate
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Kirk at Get Power from Niobrara.

Sioux City, Ia, April 29.-An ex.
penditure Of Sl,500,000 in the develop
ment of 10000 horsepower from the
waters of the Niobrara river at Mo.
brara, Neb., are involved as the basis
OF the plans revealed by F. l.. Kirk,
general manager of the Sioux City
Service company, in his application
for a franchise from the city OF Oma-
ha. Mr.. Kirk today announced that
he expects at Omaha to find a market
for the power to be developed at Mo
brara, where he has the water rights
granted by the state board OF railroad
commissioners. He last year had an
exhaustive report on the proposition
by expert water engineers who indi.
Gated that the project is feasible one
and, while costly, will enable him to
sell power at very low rate.
The plans for water power deyelop-
ment embrace the damming of the
Niobrara river for its full width and
the cutting of canal six and one-half
miles long, eliminating a big bend in
the river. The dam will raise the
water at the head of the canal twenty
feet, and the canal. leading the stream
along the highest bench of the stream,
will drop 1t straight down from a
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
THE SlLXWORM.
But For Mans AID tho Domsstioatsd
in5sc. Would Rs Extinct

sut For Mans AID the Dom estioatsd
in5sc: Would Be- Extinct.
4 peculiar fact about the silk worm
Is that il is actually Il domestIcated In
sect. Neither the animals nor the fowls
Of the barnynrd, remote az they ara
from the wild types. need 80 little re-
straint as this bombyx mort. which,
prodigiOusIy Industrious though It be,
has never been able to meet the worlds
dcmnnd for It's spun product.
Az matter OF fact. the silk worm
has benn 80 dDmrStlcated through tho
ages thar r. would become extinct now
were il not For the n'd NJ man. Born
INTO slavery, the raterpillars crawl con
tcl'eilY over the narrow territory OF
their feeding trays, and, though the
no'hS have wings. they have lost all
desire 70 fly, This slavery began In
China more than 800 years ago
Nevertheless all the worlds silk does
not come from the domestirated insect.
Not little OF the supply Is wild sill"
This is the product Of varinGs insects
belonging to the larger family ~ SAT-.
urniilae. Chief among them Industrial
ly Is the Indian moth Called Antheroea
mylitta, the source OF tuSsah SiIli-Hur.
per's Weekly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
A STAMP HOAX.
TIA Story That Went With the Eis.
phant's Bsak Issus

Stamp collecting Is q peculiar but a
fascinating hobby, and 1t Is said that
ss many as 100000 in all the world
own 1t as hobby. Germany. France.
Austria, England and France rank In
the order named In the number of
stamp collectors they contain.
"The elephants beak hoax" is one OF
the best jokes ever played at the e1-
pense OF collectors. II was worked on
half dozen well known philatclists
who were sstonished by the announce
ment that well known New York
stamp collector had secured the only
copy OF a peculiar stamp later known
as the elephant stamp bill" This
stamp bore as its central design the
figure of an elephant with the beak
and wings OF a bird. This stamp, so
the story went. was designed by well
known South American revolutionist
who was about to overthrow the exist
ing regime. The design on the stamp
was meant to designate that the new
ruler had the strength OF an elephant
and the swiftness OF a bird. But
alas for the plans OF mice and men!
His plot was discovered. and among
the supplies seized were half million
of the stamps OF the new and yet I'M
born republic. These were ordered de-
stroyed. One OF the soldiers had man
aged to smuggIe about a hundred OF
these away, but he was finally caught
and shot at duybreak. Before his exc
cution. however. he had given one
stamp to a little boy. and this had in
some very reasonable and plausible
way found the New York collector
after many months.
The stamp was naturally OF great
price and would have brought a big
sum had not several collectors COM
pared notes and found that each had
in his possession on approval the only
elephant bill stamp In existence. In
this way the interesting hoax was dis
covered.-New York Mail.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Buy Horses Here for State COLLEGE.

Dean r.. A. Burnett, OF the state ag.
ricultural college. and DR.. j. II. Game.
professor of animal pathology. left
Norfolk at noon after having purchas.
ed three OF the newly arrived Belgian
horses. The two university men ar.
rived in Norfolk Friday night and
spent all Saturday morning at the
Beebee breeding barns. where the last
shipment Of pure bred Belgans are
being cared for.
The best load of horses have ever
seen come from the old country" is
what the dean said about the Belgians.
The university for the past two
years has been looking for horses to
be used as class models, and the uni.
versity men did not show hesitation
in purchasing the three mares from
the load brought here by the CONNER.
cial club. Dean Burnett let 1t be
known that the university would have
purchased ten of the horses, but the
appropriation for this purchase lin
its him to but three.
The horses will be shipped to Lin.
coin Sunday evening. They are two
yearlingS and a 2.year-old
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
FORTY YEARS IN BED.
Self Chosen Fate Of Man Prevented
From Marrying Girl of His Choice.


Because Joseph Plummer Of Milton,
N. H.. was prevented by his father
from marrying the woman Of his
choice he has remained forty years In
bed. He is now seventy-one years old
The woman he loved is dead, but
the old man has not been told. In
fact, he refused to speak Of her from
the very day when he said to his
father. "Since you will not let me have
her. | have no other ambition and
may as well spend the rest OF my
life in bed" Joseph went to bed. 10
Seph did not get up. he continued in
bed day after day. week after week.
year after year. until the sensation OF
his course waned. and he became more
or less Of an institution in Milton.
His mother and his father have both
died. Now his two brothers. both well
along liz years. keep the Plummer
household. which is prosperous one.
and take care OF Joseph These two
brothers. Ephraim and Samuel. are
bachelors aud cook all the meals.
When Joseph took his bed" says
Ephraim Plummer. father did not
make any objections. but took hiS food
to him and let him stay there. Father
didn't approve OF Joseph going with
The girl because she was only sixteen
years old. while Joseph was consider.
ably older.
Joseph felt that after seeing her he
could never love any other girl. He
was stubborn and used to having his
own way. He did not like to be
crossed At first when he took to his
bed none OF us thought that he would
stay there long.
Now he is so weak from staying In
bed 80 long that he has lost the use
OF his legs"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
BANDS Of SSASSNS HOLD POWERFUL SWAY

Its destiuat 4, a well known and hon
orable" merchant. without word In
another case the young son or a GER
tain prince was kidnapped and a sum
OF 100000 francs was demanded for
his return. The prince immediate ly
sent the money without breathing a
syllable to a single soul about the In
cident, which only became known ~
the police some time later from dis-
covery OF the letters OF negotiation.
Rivals Of the Malta.
Much more farreaching and almost
as terrible is the Camorrs, an organiz
ed band OF assasslns who infest Tur-
key and stretch their fearful tentacles
over almost the whole OF the Levant.
This society had its origin in the for.
mer kingdom OF Naples. where IL plum
dcred and terrorized the country, prsc-
ticed Wholesale smuggling and under
took for u suitable reward to commit
any crime from murder to arson.
Candidates for membership swore
upon an Iron crucfiK fearful oath OF
fidelity and secrecy and only after a
long period OF training and probation
received the two knives Of peculiar
form by which the Camorrish recos-
nized one another.
In Turkey. where the Camorra In
particularly active at present, incen-
diarism is Its chief occupation. 1t In
said that three fires out OF every four
In Constantinople are the work OF the
Camorra, whose method Ii to remove
all valuables from the chosen house or
shop, saturate the walls and floors
with petroleum and set Ore to It. The
agent who refuses to pay the insurance
money is promptly assassinated.
Other Dreaded Societies.
But the services OF the Csmorra are
available to any who are willing to
pay heavily enough for them, from q
jealous wife who wishes to get rid OF
fair rival to the tradesman who can.
not collect his debts. II threats fail
stab in the dark invariably settles
the business satisfactorily. Like the
Malta. the Camorra draws its members
from all classes. from the workingman
to the man Of rank and fashion, and
any dlsloyalty means death to the rec
reant member.
Among many other secret societies
in Europe-the Carbonari, in Italy; the
Nihilists. in Russia-the Hetaira has
had princes and even kings among fits
members. The Gar Alexander I. owed
allegiance to the Hetaira. and Napo-
leon III. was throughout his reign sub
misslve to the grand master of the
Carbonari. whom he Joined as young
man. The Grand Duke Nicholas Con
stantnovitch. who was exiled to 81
IBERIA for stealing his mothers jewels,
was a member of the Nihilist society
and had for wife Nihilist. daughter
OF the postmaster OF Tashkend -
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
A Jail Break at Valentine.

Valentine, Neb, April Especial
to The News: Frank Allen, ex.con.
Wet and horse thief, broke Jail and
got away at about 1880 p. IN. He has
been held in jail on the charge of
horse stealing and while the prisoners
were eating supper he managed to
elude both the jailor and guard and
slipped out into the darkness and made
good his escape before either one of
the men in charge of the prisoners
noticed his absence.
He was located somewhere in Colo
RADIO about a month ago by Sheriff
Rosseter and brought back here, and
placed in Jail. as he had stolen horses
from near Merriman, Neb. He is a
bad" man. as he has served time in
the Wyoming and Pennsylvania peni.
tentiaries and Sheriff Rosseter is do
ing everything to get his man back
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
plscoRo AMONG DEMOCRATS.
Representative Hammond Says Cana
dian Pact is Not Democratic.

Washington, April 29.-Representa,
tive w. S. Hammond of Minnesota, the
only democratic member of the ways
and means committee who voted
against the Canadian reciprocity bill
in the house, in speech in that body
today declared that he would support
the democratic free list bill only be-
cause it would give some return to
the farming interests of the country
for injuries they were likely to receive
as a result Of the Canadian trade
agreement.
Mr.. Hammond believed that the Ca.
madam trade greement was not in line
with democratic policies as expressed
in previous years. Since the agree
ment apparently is destined to go into
effect he said the free list bill should
be passed also.
"lf it were not for the Canadian
trade agreement, which it seems to
me absolutely deprives larger class
of our citizens of advantages which
other classes obtain under our tariff
laws" said he, II would not deem it
so necessary or so advisable to enact
the legislation now under considera-
ton"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
GREAT FLIGHT PLANNED.
French Aviator to Attemp. Trip From
France to Aigiers.

70 NtYtoFs.
The revival or interest in aviation in
France continues to be marked
Brague. who recently made a notable
flight from Nice to little island be-
tween Corsica and the Italian coast,
says it was purely experimental and
that he intends eventually to ny from
France to Algiers. making Ajaccio his
midway station.
He declares that to succeed in this
voyage an aviator must possess three
essential things-a good motor. an alb
solutely accurate compass and exact
meteorological informant ton. He con-
siders that the superior speed OF aero
planes makes the escort Of fast war
vessels wholly useless unless they be
scattered at regular intervals along the
greater part Of the route
The value OF the aeroplane, says
Rrague. has now been demonstrated
to be greater over sea than over terra
trma Many experts in France be-
lieve the development OF aviation de-
Ponds chiefly upon the problem Of
dimensions. and there Is a growing
opinion thut a machine so vast that
air currents will have only minimum
effect upon 1t may make navigation of
the atmospheric space relatively as
safe as that OF the ocean in ships Of
the type OF the Mauritania.
Meanwhile leading French military
organ announces with great confidence
that an infailibIe method Of making
aeroplanes self balancing has been in
vented
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Two Bass Cost Him $40 at NeIioh.

Neigh, Neb., April 29.-Special to
The News: l. Howell of this city was
arrested by Deputy Game Warden
Dick Zieche, yesterday afternoon for
catching bass out of season Deputy
Sheriff Bennett made the arrest and
escorted Mr. Howell to the Office of
County Attorney Kilbourn. After be,
ing detained there for a short time
he was released by that official, who
stated that no complaint had been
filed, and in consequence had no au.
thority to hold him,
Mr.. Howell departed again for the
river and renewed with vigor his en-.
deavor to increase his string of fish.
A second trip was made necessary by
the deputy sheriff, and the accused
this time was taken before County
Judge Wilson, who adjourned the case
until this forenoon.
This morning Mr.. Howell appeared
and pleaded guilty to catching two
bass, paying $40 fine
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
A Funny chase.

Lord Oxford. an eccentric English
nob,eman. once had team Of red deer
stays that he frequently drove to q
light coach. All went well until one
day there happened to be- a pack Of
stag,iOundS on the road from London
TO Brighton, along which Lord Orford's
picturesque team was mefrily heeting.
There followed the sirangest chase
that ever mortal man Witnessed. The
bounds hunted the team and its owner
hard TO Newmarket. and with such a
smash into the Ram inn yard the
whole lot went that there WIS no more
coach left and little more OF driver.
LORD oxford took to horses after that.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
MORE PEANUTS IMPORTED.
Uncle Sam Increases His Liking For
Coolers.

Uncle Sam increases His Liking For
Coolers.
1t may have been due to the increase
In the number OF peanut eating fans
at the baseball games or 1t may have
been because of the more extensive de-
mands Of the confectioner, but the fact
is the imports OF peanuts to the United
States for the year 1910 assumed I'm
precedented proportions.
Consul General Gaulin at Marseilles,
France. where great quantities of pea
nuts are raised. reports to the depart
ment OF commerce and labor that pea
nut exports to the United States for
the year 1910 rose In value from the
comparatively Insignificant total OF
$s,772 in 1909 to 1911. 1858. Large pur-
chases of peanut oil by Americans also
were recorded, and the trade was the
briskest in years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
TAG BABIES mo ME- BESE."

Campaign Insusurated Against Pro.
miscuous Kissing of Children.
The latest fad in the nursery ia to
equip children with printed labels
bearing the words. mo Me Bese" C'DC
Not Kiss Me-.
The tags nre the result OF a Euro
pean campaign against the promiscu
GUS kissing of children. The wording
is in Spanish because the idea ia said
to have originated with Queen Vic
tOria Of Spain.
On hygienic grounds the queen d.
rected that her three children should
not be kissed by the sundry court at
tendants who desired merely to show
their loyalty.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
MEET AUTO; THROWN OUT.

Mr. and Mrs. John Kent, farmers,
living south of the city were thrown
from their buggy Saturday night near
the Burr Taft farm on South Thir.
teenth street when they met an auto.
mobile driven by |. NJ. Macy and Dr.
c. A. McKim, who were returning to
the city. The buggy was damaged but
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent were not injured.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
A Congressman Under Knife,

Kansas City, May 1.-Representa-
tive Alexander c. Mitchell of the Sec
ond Kansas district, who underwent a
surgical operation in the Penn Valley
hospital here yesterday, was reported
this morning as having passed a good
night. His condition is considered
improved
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Eblc-anderson.

At Hubbard last Wednesday after.
noon occurred the wedding of Joseph
NJ. Eble and Miss Anna Anderson. Mr..
Eble is former Norfolk man, but is
now engaged in the painting and pa.
perhanging business at Hubbard.
Miss Anderson is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson Anderson, prominent
farmers of Hubbard The young cou-
pie will make Hubbard their future
home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Struggled Cinnamon starvino.

San Diego, Calf. May l. Ten
Cinnamon are on the northwest Shell.
ter island, eighteen miles from this
city. marooned by smugglers. Up to
noon they had been ten days without
water and practically with no food.
Two are dying and another is de-
lirious. The immigration launch ORR
ent, Captain Chedney, left to rescue
the Chinese.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Giant Melons.

Giant watermeions and muskmelons
grow In Diarbekir. Asiatic Turkey.
Some of them are as large as a -four
barrel They are raised In the beds
of rivers which are almost dry In sum-
mer, Their meat is coarse and not
nearly as sweet as that OF smaller va
rietes grown elsewhere.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
A Strike in Havana.

Havana, May More than 1000
cart men struck this morning, tying
up the Wholesale business of the city.
Their grievance is the alleged vexa-
tous traffic regulations adopted by the
city authorities and harshly enforced
by the police.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05

commissioner. Judge Francisco Car
bajal, the government commissioner.
probably will be here Monday and the
formal peace conference will 1t is
hoped, begin the following day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
NHE trial OF q band OF Canon
rists at Viterbo, Italy. draws
ntAnntinr, A., H. a....L ...nI.

attention to the secret socie-
ties OF Europe which have for
their object murder or any form OF VIC
lence and crime that will promote
their views or all the pockets OF the
scoundrels who belong to them.
The whole continent is honeycombed
with such societies. who set all laws at
defiance and are constant terror to
law abiding people.
Morountzen. the man who died
through being accidentally shot by a
fellow criminal during the attempted
burglary In Houndsditch. was known
to the continental police as the des
peratc leader OF gang OF hooligaus
and thieves which be had got togeth-
err, known as the "Zmowa Robgotnic-
"a the members OF which devoted
their energies to robberies with vio-
lence and attacks upon banks and com
mercial houses. In these outrages sew
en- persons were killed Twelve mem
bers OF this gang were ultimately cap
tured and hanged. but Morouutzeff es-
capped.
One OF the most terrible OF these
leagues OF criminals ia the dreaded
Malta. which has terrorized Sicily for
several generations and is said to be
especially active just now. Its anna
BILE code OF honor IL to defy the law
and to rule the island by threats and
violence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
New Works. MARRIAGES.

New YOrk's marriages decreased
3,50S in the year following the dnan-
cial furry OF 1907. Since then they
have gained steadily, recovering the
loss and bringing the figures higher
than those OF any year before 1907.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Editors TO Meet and Fish for Bass.

The Elkhorn Valley Press associa
ton will meet Saturday. June 3. at
Hackbury Lake, thirty miles south OF
Valentine, and the bass are said to be
ambitious biters.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
NEW PAPER AT WOOD, S. o.
The First Newspaper Published /
MeiIette County. is Out

"e'S6ke NUuUIy' Is OUT,
Wood, S. d., May Especial to The
News: The first newspaper to be
published in Mellette county was is
sued last week at this place under the
name of THE Mellette County Jour
nal"
E. Crooks is owner and ". G..
Squires editor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Ready TO Talk Peace

Ell Paso, April EFT is said that
with the arrival tonight of DR.. Vas
quez Gomez. he will be named by Gen
eral Madero as the insurrecto peace
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05

The people your property would ap-
peal to are, almost surely, readers of
real estate advertising.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05

II "the buyer" for your nome is a
perpetual student OF the ads-your
home is prospecting,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05

Stltt, Bessie Ward, BeHiamin Wiley
Martha Winter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-05
Includes All Glasses.

According to NJ. Gianelli. the Malta
Is AN unapproac liable and multiform
union Of persons Of all classes, who
aid each other. in spite Of the law and
morality, to murder. to intimidate and
sequestrate landed proprietors. to raise
ring In the corn market, to forge
wills. to influence the results OF trials
and to push their best men into gov
eminent Offices" It's ranks include
men OF all classes. from outlaws to
mayors and judges and from thieves
and sharpers to members of parlia
ment.
At one time this remarkable band
confined its efforts principally to kid
naping the sons OF rich families and
to coining false money. Now they
draw most of their revenue from levy
ing blackmail on wealthy landowners
in return for their protection and by
assisting smuggIers. Direct robbery
and violence are resorted to only for
vengeance.
How powerful the Malta is is shown
by the following stories One day a
large case arrived at the Palermo Gus
toms labeled Biscuits" The customs
officials opened it and discovered 500,
900 francs in forged banknotes. Not
one OF them. however. dared to speak
The case was reclosed and sent on to