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Xeb Farmer Ml EMI :ws E&AJLD THE NE3. Established Nov. 5.1691. THE HERALD, Established April 10. 364- f Consolidated Jan. 1, lsf5. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB., NOVEMBER 27, 1897. VOL. VI. NO. 6. WEEI ..J2i JUGGLING THE ELECTION RETURNS. Secretary Porter Cets Himself In a Very Close Place He Oprut the Nralrd Klertlon Keturna Hectare the Law Now In Kffect Is No (JooU-Send the Returns Hack to the County Clerks to Have Error KectlBed. LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 23. The sec retary of state ia still thio week as be was lust week the most conspicuous be fore the public of all the officials at the slate bouse. Last week the secretary got himself into an awkward situation by opening the sealed returns of the late election, When the newspaper reporters ques tioned the secretary as to the unlaw ful acts and pointed out to him the law which prohibits anyone nut the canvassing board from opening and examining these returns, the secre tary declared, "That law is no good. It is obsolete like a good many other ws. We can't havo reform unless we have reform." The proposition that reform con sists in setting aside law and that the olHcers who are charged with enforc ing the election laws should openly vio'ato them and should whenever they see fit, declare them "obsolete" and "no good," was so startling that Secretary Porter by the assistance of some of the othpr etate house officials was able at last to realize dimly that he had got himself very close to a hornet's nest. It is absolutely impossible for Sec retary Porter to comprehend fully the complications that would have arisen by bts acts if this were a close election so that these returns would bo chal lenged in a couit of law when they came at last to tho canvassing board. He has sent back the icturns of some thirty or forty countiesfor the correc tion of errors which he pretends to have discovered, although he has no more right to pass upon tho correct ness of these returns than has the janitor who sweeps tho office for the carri r who handles the mails be twe n the pobtofflce and the stite hou-j. The question now ari.-es, what shape will theso returns be in when they get back from the counties to which they have been sent for correction? Who will make the co; rections whicn this law breaking secretary has or dered to be made? Will the county clerks do it? They have no right to change a niDgle figure, letter or syl lable of these returns except in the presence and by direction of the county boards"". which made the re turns in the first place,. It, will not avail for theso law breakers when their acis are chal lenged to ;cry out "Down with the courts and down with injunctions." Such anarchistic talK may bo catchy among nervous people Who do not slop to consider, tut there is in this Ne braskacoramunity a deep seated law abiding sentiment which is and always will be strong enough to dominate the state when it is fully aroused, and this element of our society is not yet ready to tear down courts, to set aside the election laws, and to have them declared "no giod" and "obsolete" by a swaggering secretary of state whose prior businesB experience was limited to a dismal failure in the management of an eighty-acre weed grown farm in Merrick county, where pigs rooted at will around the neglected treeless hoiLe, while the owner, loaded with unwilling transportation which he had wioung from the corporations, was chasing the country over in search of oBice as a reformer. There was a time, not long ago, and it maj not yet be fully pasted, when ignorant, bluffy, swaggering, loud talking men with the audacity and inpudonce or Secertary Porter, having light regard for law, could make themselves popu lar with the masses by reason of these Sery characteristics. The confidence of the people h .d een abused. Their prideinlhe state had chansed into contempt for public officials and fur law, and being themselves in straight ened circumstances where they dreaded the operation of law some of them cried out D o the constitu tion, D n the conrts and down with law and legal technicalities." But the people are P'jing off their debts. They are becoming the owners of unmortgaged homes and property. As these conditions enlarge, tho sen timent for law and order wi.l grow. Thev will learn to detect the perlav- nriDr. flattering:, farmer friend, who rails against the corporations while ,; r.wWot nre bulTinT with I ee passes and meal tickets, and tho reo pie will demand, for the public hor.ors which thev bestow, and for the sal aries which they pay, that the public officials shall respect the law, respect the reforms which- they have pro mised and bring with them into public office such qualifications as will make the law and those who enforce it re spectable. giving the people a state eovernment which will not occariou constant humiliation and apology. I have seen an illfavored and friend less dog with tail between his legs, yelping through the weeds of a va cant lot, dodging tin cans and brick -ats. Into this alley and that, while the big noys roared with laughter at the spectacle. 1 meet men every day here in Lincoln who practice their witticisms on the secretary and regard his fantastic caper as a good joke on the state. 1 admit that his actions would be funny it his position did not render them serious. I admit that there is strong provocation for jokes and laughter to 6ee the awkward sec retary dodging the t-ewspaper report el s, explaining one day, "That law haint no good," explaining the next day that ''It was the deputy atd the clerks who opened the sealed returns," explaining the next day. "It dou't make no difference no how, 'cause you fellers, you republicans doue the same thing," and then at last, after tampering with the returns ftom nearly every county, admitting that he reckoned ho hadn't ort to dono it. "An' if there's goin' to be so much shootin' off and rag chawin' about it. I won't open up no more of 'em." It m iy bo funny to see a dog pelted with tin cans. It may bo laughable to put a bull into a china store and to see him 6mash the wares, while the storekeeper prods him with a pitch fork. But it is expenoive eutettain ment when a secretary of state in dulges his itching curiosity by opening sealed retums contra-y to law and then amuses the public with his dodg ing explanations. It was by just such men as Secretary Porter, and by just such lawless acts as nis ana eucn methods as were adopted last winter in tno recount fraud that Mississippi, Arkansas and other southern sta'es, over thirty years ago went into a sj'stem of elec tion frauds from which they have not yet recovered and which still hans over their communities like a pestil ence. No man wants to settle or live in a state where ballots and election re turns are ta tnpered with and whore the law is flippantly set aide by the highest officials in the state. J. W. Johnson. HARRIS EVIDENTLY A BAD MAN. Was a Professional Kurglar, ut His I-ove for Liquor tjarcrrd Him. Tqe colored man ia the county jail who plead guilty to avoid the pub licity of a trial on the cbage of break ing into the Missour Pacific depot, and who drew a prize in tho form a year's sentence to the penitentiary, seems to have been a bold, bad man. The Missouri Pacific detective and Chief Fitzpatriok have ut rave'.ed quite a bit of his personal history. He usually eive his name as Harris. His chief rendezvous bus been Cincinnati and along the Ohio river. It is said that he is thirty-two ye--rs of ago and that he has served sixteen years in different penitentiaries. Harris is a member of a gang now operating in the west and he admits that the inten tion was to blow open tl.e snfo in the Missouri Pacific depot, but be was too drunk and his pals got frightened away and left him to his fate. Greg ory, One of his partnoi s, was caught and landed in jail and Detective De Long is trying to have tho overalls which he wears identi5ed as a part of the goods stolen from the car at Louis ville recently. Sufficient evidence may be obtained to send Gregory over the road and from all accounts it would be a lucky thing if it could be done, us be is undoubtedly a desperate character. The jail will be carefully guarded as these men no doubt havo confed erates on the out side who would help them to esc tpe. The Missouri Pacific car robbers at Omaha, who escaped fiom tho j-iil at that place last eight, according to Harris' own statement, is part or his gang. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. Was Largely Attended and Highly In joyed by the Crowd. The Presbyterian church was thrtnged Tuesday eve .ing by music and flower-loving people of our city who assemb ed to listen to the tine program and aduiiie the beautiful Howeison exhitiiion. The opening num'ier, a piano solo by Mrs. Merges, was executed in a faultless manner and w;is a most bril liant com position. Miss Terry ar.d Mis. Campbell sang two duetts that showed most perfect and artistic training, while the soio numbers of both ladies were enthui asticaUv encored Mis-t Teiry'sfine and perfectly trained voice was heard to the best advantage in the bouulilui solo, "Softly Sighs the Voice o? Kven ing," while Mrs. Cam pi ell's, "Oh that we two wore Maying." brought out her lovely contralto voice to the great delight of the au'ii-ni-?. Miss Myrtle Coon whs heard for the first time in PiattMuouUi, but ra;t with an enthusiastic reception well merited. Little"! Miss Morges was a revelation in her quant recitations and received g: eat applause, which was wel. deserved. Mr. C. F. Tucker of Glenwood, performed the difficult part of accompai: st in a most pleas ing manner. 1 ;ie chrysanthemum' m do a boun tiful show and so'd we 1, an l taken a a whole, it was a most artistic and de lightful entertainment. List of Letters. Remaining uncalled for at the post- office at Plaltsmoulh, Nov. 2f, 1S7: Burtwe.ll. A Carroll, f ouis Gray. C E Kinsey. Miss Fin ma Kashall, Geo Lord. John McGuire. Wni Shafer. Y H Smith, Wai A When calling for any oi the above letters please say "advertised." W. K. Fox, P. M HRiGHT CUE DRUGS IL0X6 SLOWLY Examination of Witnesses For the Defense Has Been Begun. -tate Thus Far Has Presented a Strong: Case Unfortunate 1'eter Curtis' Con dition Kenialns Unchanged, And It Is Yet Uncertain Whether or Not the Young Alan Will Keoover. From Wednesday's Daily. Tho trial of Charles Haight drags slowly along. The state rested at 3 p. m. today after the examination of ten witnesses. It is generally con ceded that a strong case has been made against the defendant and more interest will be taken by the public in what can be said in defense of the rash act which took away a human life. Tho physicians yesterday testified that the death of William Haight re sulted from the wound on the head, wbero he was struck by the plane and the cross-examin;itien divulged noth ing different. The only sensational testimony was that of Robert Hender son who was in jail and heard Mat Geiiug talking to Charles Haight. Henderson swore that Mat asked Haight if he intended to kill the old man when be struck him, and Haight responded that he did. Mat then coached iiiio not to say that it would hurt his case, etc. He mentioned several matters that did Haight no g.id. Gering tried to shake Hender son on cross-examination, but without effect. Court will adjourn this evening over Thanksgiving until Friday morning, so that the case will probably go to the jury on Saturday uight. I'KTKK CI 1JTIS STILL UNCONSCIOUS. His Condition Kemains Alout the Same as Last Reported. Sheriff IJolloway saw Peter Curtis at the hotel in Union last evening, where he is staying. The boy is still unconscious and sleeps a great deal of the time. While the sheriff was there the boy jelled out to his father, "You g d s of a 1 , give me back that S-5.10 you took of me or I'll kill you!"' As this is the exact sum stolen from him, as near as can be learned, it seems to be on his mind, and his talk shows that his head is fir from clear. Parties from Union today reported no change from yesterday, so that no one cut tell with any degree of cer tainty whether he will live or not. Heath of Koliert Yan Cleave. From Wednesday's Daily. Robert Van Cleave, well-known in this county, where he was married to Emma eldest daughter of W. J. Hes ser, about fifteen years ago, died at bis h me in Lincoln yesterday morn ing of heart trouble. He leaves a loving wife and a little boy about eleven years of age to mourn his de mise. The funeral will occur under the auspices of the G. A. R. at L'ncoin to morrow at 2 p. m. Mrs. Hesser and her daui.'hte:-, Mrs. AlbarL Churchill, went to Lincoln last evening. Referring to Mr. VanCleave's death, the State Jou -nal says: "Mr. Van Cleave was at home all evening. He retired early, but remained awake talking to his wife all uisrht, telling her continually that he was goicg to die. "About 3 o'clock he arose, dressed himself and com plained of cramps in the stoniach. A neighbor was called in and Mr. VuuCleave to'd him that he expected to die. The neighbor tried to cheer him up, but iis. words were unavailing. The neighbor then went to his own home and telphoned .or a physician. W hen he arrived Mr. Van Cleave was dead, having expired in a chair. City Physician Finney declined to issue a death certificate because he was un: b e to tell of what the man died. Coroner Holyoke was called and arrangements wercmado for a post mortem examination. "Mr. VanCieave cume to Nebraska in 1S79. He became a mail currier on July 1, liio, ami continued in the ser vice o" the government for seven years, ending his service on April 26 :' the; present year. He was a niera- e; of Farr;igut post, G. A. R. He earned $3,01)0 insurance in the Car rier's frHternal organization. He leaves a wife and little son. "City Physician Finnpy conduote j aiot morttiiK-M ii.ratum of the re in. ins of Mr. Van Cleave yesterdav :ifte:no u and found that ne had died of fattv de veneration of l ie heart, n en e ritrtit side mz itrecteJ. ii e ph., - i , says i.e coiiUi..on of M'. Van t. t . was roch th:t his dentil niiijh. i . be-Mi e-xpee ted hourly iad it ne- a iv i own. Nilrk YetrraiiK. Attention! O j Wednesday nr.d Ttiorsdav. De cember S null 1S'.)7, there will be a reunion of a'l N?bras; t veterans at Ashland, Neb., at which time and place you are aii earnestly requested to meet and enjoy a c ai and busi ness reunion with old couiraJs. Good speakers wiU bi ii. attendance. Other veterans are cordially invited. John Q. Gts, Secretary. Jt Hits the spot. When suffering from a severe cold and your thro laKe a co-e c and Tar. wi ne at ore? irr;ite''u! 'iVe. and u;i?s feel sore, ; Foley's Honey the serenes wil' I '.eved, a warm mm heat rg rf the parts "tfTeeleei w . he ex re -;enred and you wi.l say: "Ii. fee'.s so good, Ii hns ihe st-" It is guaranteed. Saiith & P&rmele. B. A. GIBSON IN THE TOILS. Sad Uownfall of a Once Prominent Resi ' dent of This County. The following dispatch from Butte, Mont., recently appeared in tho Den ver News: "The sheriff and city marshal are telegraphing all over the country to discover the whereabouts of one B. A. Gibson, the lawyer and ex-banker of Lincoln, Neb., and later of Denver and Salt Lake. He is wanted here for a swindle oerpetrated on Colonel Em met Callahan, an attorney of this city, by which he was defrauded out of $160. "Gibson came to Butte a month or six weeks ago, and through mutual friends met Colonel Callahan. Gibson was hard up financially, and about two weeks ago he offered to sell Colonel Callahan 300 volumes of the American law reports for $390. He said the books belonged to R. A. Givens of Salt Like. Mr. Callahan was suspicious of the bargain on ac count of the cheapness of the books, but finally said he would take one set for $150. A few days later a telegram came from Salt Lake signed Mrs. R. A. Givens, stating the books would be shipped last Monday. "On Wednesday Gibson presented Colonel Callahan with a bill of lading issued by the Short Line at Salt Lake for a box weiehing 29-5 pounds. He also had a letter from the alleged Givens authorizing him to collect the $150 for the books. On account, of Gibson's representations that he was hard up and needed the money. Col onel Calahan paid the money on the strength of the bill of lading. "A few hours later Gibson left for Denver on a scalper's ticket, without paying his bill at the McDermott hotel. Lat eveniuar Mr. Callahan received his box from Salt Lake, and upon opening it found th .t it con tained not the 100 volumes of law books, but eight 6acks of corn meal and a big red apple. The box was marked from R. A. Givens, Salt Lake. "The colonel was furious, and today he put the matter in the hands of the sheriff, who is trying to locate Gibson for the purpose of bringing him back to Butte to answer to a charge of swindling, for it is supposed he had a confederate in Salt Lake." INFORMATION AND OPINIONS. It is said that wild horses have in fested the northern part of Arizona to such an extent that it has been asked of the authorities that they may be legally slaughtered. That vicinity has been overrun with several large bands, hundreds in number, un- branded by anyone. They have rapidly increased in r.umber,and have becomo wild and fierce. The matter has been referred to the live stock board. There are but fourteen en veiopo fac tories in the United States, and one of these is located in Omaha, but it is said a tempting bonus has been offered by an Illinois town and that the Om aha factory will probably move east ward a little nearer the paper supply. and nearer the center of demand. The Wesleyan University of Lin coln lined up with the Ottawa, Kt.n., University football artists yesterday and a hot game ensued which i esulted in a score of 24 to 12, in favor of the Nebraskans. I3ushnel& Seacrest,after owning the Auburn Post for about six weeks, sold it out to the farmer proprietors, Sto weil & Kent, who are again at the neim. The Maid of Honor. Tiik News will open a voting con test in a few days to see who the rea'. maid of honor to Queen Polaris shall be. Our preferred candidates art Oswald Guthman and Mat Gering, and we shall expect a hot time in the o o town when their friends gai, awak ened to the importance of the posi tion. Oswald is not so uimble on his feet as Mat, and cannot wa'tz so welL but he will stand on the "records'" and can make some good points that the valiant Mathew can't touch. While our individual sympathies in the race are with Oswald, we shall see that the content is strictly fair, and if the people want to see Mathew shine as maid of honor to tho Queen of the Aurora Bereallis, all they have to do is vote their sentiments. SlOO Reward 100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all lib stages, and that is Catarrn. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical lraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directiy upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot the sys tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, aud giving the patient stiength by build ing up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they otter One Hum! red Dollars for any case that it tails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. I. HtNEV iCo.. Toledo. O. ! r-sf-solU by Druggists J"c vld People. O d people who require medicine to emulate the bowels and kidneys will Snd the true remedy in Electric Bit ters. This medicine does not fetimu- late ana contains no whiksoy nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts tnUdlr on the stomach and oowe1-, adding - enmh and giving tone to the organ, thereby aiding nature ia the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old people find it just exactly what they need. Price. 50 cents and $1 pe- bottle at F. G. Fricke'a drug store. 5 A Oreat Natural Curiosity. A perfect face of a delicate Jewish cast was discovered iu a small ston about as large around as a 10 cent piece found lying on the railroad grade near Junction City, Ore. Not only are the brow, hair, beard aud beautiful aquiliue nose perfectly shaped aud distinct on the stone, but the neck and shouldors are vignetted off into the dedicate agate like tracery of the' ba'ckj.-round as it would have been done by an artist. Not only is the face as delicately beau tiful in line as one stamped upon a Greek coin of the reign of Alexander, but in this stone are reproduced the col ors of life. The . face is white, with a blending of flesh tones, growing deeper in the shadows of the neck aud shoul ders. The hair in the dark shadow at the back is a rich auburn, just the color associated most often with the ascetic Jewish tytie to which the whole face belongs. It is perhaps the strangest part of this extraordinary coincidence of forms that each feature, from the cav ernous eye and delicate hollowed cheek to the high, narrow brow and wavy auburn hair, is in accord with a famil iar type of the Christ. In this respect tho Oregon stone is infinitely superior as a work of nature's art to the "Stone Man of Sorrows," about which a book was published iu London. This head, in a stone a little larger than the recent discovery, was picked up at Oberam mergau as a niero casual memento of the spot, because of its associations with tho passion play, and eight years afterward, being held in a certain position, was seen to reveal tho face that was some what sentimentally supposed to resem ble the face of Christ. Boston Tran script. If Water Nerer Froze. The whole economy of nature would undergo a startling change if water never frozo. The world's climates would be revolutionized. The icebound polar seas would cease to exercise their chill ing influences, aud consequently the currents of the ocean might either cease or be turued aside in different direc tions Thus the gulf stream would seek oth er shores than those of Britain, and the climate there might be subject to the extremes of heat and cold noticeable in other countries of the same latitude. The icebound rivers of the north, not ably those of Russia and Siberia, would be open for navigation, and Russia's activity as a sea power and a commer cial nation might alter the whole world of commerce. Canada would become another coun try altogether. An immense tract of land would be available for cultivating hardy plants, and Greenland might be what its name indicates. The absence of ice bergs off the coasts of Newfoundland and Iceland would result in a much warmer climate in thosi islands, where uow tho crops often fail. Ice, too, plays au important part in the economy of nature. Thus, if water uever froze, snow, hail and hoar frost would cease. The loosening of soils and the disintegration of rocks by the frost , and many other now vital effects would" bo lost. In short, the absence of ice would bo on tho one hand au incalcul able disaster, on the other hand a great boon. Loudon Globe. A Great Authority on Krolntlon. There is u sketch of "A Great Natu ralist," the late Edward Drinker Cope, in The Ce-nmry It is written by Henry Fairfield Osooru. Professor Osborn says : His pioneer exploration came early in the age of Darwinism, when missing links not only iu tho human ancestry, but in the greater chain of backboned animals, were at the highest premium. Thus he was fortunate in recording the discovery in northwestern New Mexico of by far the oldest quadrupeds known, in finding among theso the most vener able monkey, in describing to the world huudreds of links in fact, whole chains of descent between the most ancient quadrupeds and what we please to call the higher types, especially the horses, camels, tapirs, dogs and cats. He labor ed successfully to couuect the reptiles with tho amphibians, and the latter with the fishes, and vas as quick as a flash to detect in the paper of another author the oversight of some long sought link which he had been await ing. Thus in losing him we have lost our ablest and most discerning critic. No one has made such profuse aud over whelming demonstration !of the actual historical working of the laws of evolu tion, his popular reputation perhaps resting most widely upon hia practical aud speculative studies in evolution. A Day's Journey. "A day's journey," as the expression is used in the Scripture, means from 10 to 20 inilts. The "Sabbath day's journey," frequently mentioned in the Bible, was 2,000 paces, or about three quarters of a mile. The Jews were for bidden to travel farther than this dis tance on their Sabbath, but of ten evaded the prohibition by taking a small quan tity of food aud burying it in the ground at the required distance from their homes, whereby this spot became tech nically a habitation, and they could proceed from it another Sabbath day's journey on their way Hard Cp. Dad You are a regular rolling stone, my sou. Did you know that a rolling etone never gathers any moss? Son Yes, but the rolling stone would like to raise a little dust just now, dad, for a change. Boston Courier. Wifely Derotlons. "Poor old Munnyrich! With one leg in the grave. " "Yes, but his young wife is pulling valiantly at the other one. "Indian apolis Journal. On June 12, 1755, upward of 2,400 salmon were taken above the bridge in the river Tyne and sold in Newcastle at Id. and 1V4 d. per pound. " Most of the canal barges ia the south f England are worked by women. Insure in the German American. Fred Ebinger. Agent. Pixel's Perfeet Purple Pansey Perfume The latest fad. At all druggists. Will m m S3 m & Come. In and inspect the best selected stock of Silverware in the city before you buy? We know you will not regret it if you do. Every piece is new and of the latest design. We also carry a fine stock of everything to be found in a first class Jewelry establishment.. K3 There is no possible chance of getting old and undesirable goods, as every thing is up to date. Every piece of goods and every repair fully guaranteed. You run no risks. Watch repairing a specialty. JOHN T. COLEHAN, Xbi JEWELER. .. THE LEADERS .. INTO GROCERY TRADE A. H. WECKBACH & CO. THEY carry tho largest and most omnlete line in Ciss county, i Every-thit-g f esh and ne v. They pay in.s.i To our g ods and give their custo mers the .-id vantage of ?pecial discount. A enmp eio line of canned goods al'vays in sioc';. The only p'ace i-i t ie city where you can get all kinds of T esh Cheese. Call and see us. A. H. WECKBACH & A Short Talk.. ...Is all we expect to make. Just want to mention the fact that we have just received a beautiful line of Sterling Silver Novelties. All other lines are complete and prices were never lower. It's a pleasure for us to show goods. You are welcome. Watch repairing a specialty. B. A. M' EL. WAIN, THE JEWELER. Zuckweiier Continuetodoa leadingbusiness in Fancy and Staple Groceries. Because they carry an immense stock, buy for cash and sell at low prices. Everything good to' eat of Best Quality. Call and try us. Corner of Sixth and Pearl Slreels, Plattsmouth, Neb. No! it is not claimed that Foley's Honey and Tar will cure Consumption or Asthma in ad vanced stages, it holds out no such false hopes, but does truthfully claim to always give comfort and relief in the very worst cases and in the early stages to effect a cure. Fi- Si a by SMITH & I'AIIMKLK. lest for the The News-Herald $$1 PER m S3 8 m m m m m m m m m m m m u m m E., Waterman Blk. & Lutz Money 9 YEHR