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LARGE SIFTER CAM mwm hi iii S tvnm tun r-m n n., , (JUIblUS ON FRUIT BHossoms and Garden Truck Nip ped, but Warmer Weather Is Predicted. The Iflw temperature and snow of yesterday has put a decided damper on the fruit man's hopes for a good crop this year. The cold Friday night probably had but little effect on the blossoms, as part of the night was cloudy and there was a brisk eze blowing but the drop of two or ,c below the freezing point Saturday night was without doubt fatal to any trees that were in bloom at that time. There are some trees mostly peaches, that may be far enough advanced to escape the deadly results of low tem perature, but it was said by a number f fruit owners today that they would expect no crop this year. Last night was cloudy and there was a good breeze astir but the wet snow that fell during the day had the vegetation in such condition that the cold would greatly effect it. It is not thought the wheat will be seriously injured, but its growth will be set back for some time. The skys are now clearing in the western part of the state and on the Pacific coast the wea ther is much warmer, so it is expected the back bone of the cold snap will soon be broken. The sudden receding of the mercury has been general throughout the coun try, the lowest temperatures being urricd from North Dakota where n: mi l iMunu it i it tiau mu its iu v as '. and six inches of snow fell. In the western part of the state it was a num ber of degrees colder than here and the fruit buds through the whole state have been blasted. The frigid spell was not so severe in Iowa but even there grave fears are being held as to it's effect on the fruit. Mozart and Ueetnoven. The stories of how men of gen ius have had future fame predicted for them in their early youth must generally be taken with a consider able grain of salt. As authentic us most is the account of the first meeting of Mozart with the young Beethoven, which took place on the latter's first visit to Vienna in the year 1787. Mozart, then at the height of his fame, usked him to play, hut, thinking his performance a prepared piece, paid little atten tion to it. Beethoven, seeing this, entreated Mozart to give him a sub ject, which he did, and the boy, get ling excited with the occasion, play ed so finely that the composer of 'iou Giovanni," stepping softly into the next room, said to his 'friend there: "Pay attention to him J- He will make a noise in the wc.(u some day or another." Clumbers' Journal. it NEW THEATRE WILL OPEN ON SATURDAY Proprietor Here and Remodeling ol Building Will be Rushed Through. (From Monday's Daily) H. M. Shales, the moving picture man from Tekama is in the city today looking after the work of remodeling the I .conard building which he has rented for a moving picture show. The pluee will probably be known as "The Majestic" and the interior will be fixed up as modern and comfort able as possible. The floor is being raised in the rear and the walls are receiving a new coat of paint anil pa per. Mr. Schlaes is negotiating for the Walker fixtures that were used in the building when it was last con ducted as a theatre. The owner is familiar with this line or business and is now operat ing a theatre at Tekama, but will make his future home in this city. He will gibe a fine evening's enter tainment and Staurday afternoon matinee for the admission fee of ten cents in the evening, and five cents for the day perfonnan e. He will make a change of program every other day, and gerhaps four times a week. The work on " the building is being rushed as fast as possible and the proprietor hopes to have the new place hi running order by Saturday night. He will not in stall a tin-pan meehinaeal piano player but he is now in search of a good singer and artist of the ivories. That Plattsmouth's new citizen will meet with success is no matter of doubt, for he is a hustler and the amusement fine iu this city is com paratively dead except for the weekly performance at the Parmcle. He will publish an announcement to the peo ple in the columns of the News on some date this week. In the District Court. The District court was in session Saturday afternoon and besides the diamond swindler case there were several cases up of minor importance. In the case of the First Xavional Hank vs. Hatt & Son, the trial wa extended. It appearing from the testimony in the ease that Silas W. Breckenridge wit'.out permission unlawfully sold the chattels secured bv morttruire covering the subject matter of the suit, the county attorney was ordered to prosecute said Hrecken ridge for felony for selling mortgaged property. Ihe evidence was offered in the original case, submitted and taken under advisement. It seems that Hreckenridge owed Hatt a sum of $140 for which he gave a mort gage on his com. He later sojd the grain to one Gillispie. A bill of exceptions was stricken from the files, on the Court's own mo tion, and the clerk of the court was directed to return same to Justice of peace Patterson for proper certifi cation which would be signed, certi fied and allowed, in the ease of C. V. JJaylor vs. Claude Butler. A motion for new trial was over ruled in the case of Lorcnce Bowers vs. C. H. & O.. Ry. A decision had been entered some time ago in favor of the railway company. In the case of the State of Nebraska ex rel., Clause Butler vs. Fred Pat terson, Patterson was ordered and directed to sign, certify and allow bill of exceptions, in which case a judgment had been entered in justice court, tlio lull of exceptions to be dated July 25, 1909. In the McDonald vs. McDonald case the plaintiff was civen leave to file a supplementary petition instanter. Dishes Go to George Hall. George Hall, a blacksmith at the Burlington shops, showed up at the Riley Sunday with the lucky ticket, No. 150, that drew the dinner set at the Parmele Friday j, night. He happily claimed the prize that was put put up by the Grew company and it is the general supposition of his friends that now he has the dishes, he will have to get someone to help him use them, and he is waiting until school lets out in the spring. He is a little afraid the dishes will be broken be fore that time and he doen't care now whether school keeps or not, , , W. M. Wiley Seriously III. Mrs. George Park of this city re turned ygsterday from a two days' stay at the sick bed of her father, Win. M. Wiley of Murray. Mr. Wiley has been sullering since last July with dropsy and heart trouble and his condition is now getting very serious. His children have been called to the bedside and the attending physicians hold little hopes of his living through out the day. He is quite aged, hav ing passed the eightieth milestone of life's way, and his vitality consequent ly is not great. THAT OLD IS SURELY LOADED Indications That Speaker Joe and In surgents Will Have Another Round of Trouble. BOTH SIDES PREPARED FOR IT May Result in the Old Man of the WASHINGTON, April -(Special) It is now regarded as so abso lutely certain that warfare will break out between the insurgent ami the Cannon organization that the two factions within the republican party in the houses and the democrats are maneuvering with a view of obtaining the best possible stragetic position when the fight begins. The latest move suggested is that the rcgiulars are planning to offer a resolution calling for the appointment of a com mittee on committees on the same day that the insurgents introduce their resolution declaring the speak er's chair vacant. Even Speaker Cannon's most intimate friends now admit that it is impossible to head off another conflict with the insurgents and declare that their only hope is to put their enemies in a hole. The plan for a committee on committees is along this line. It was agreed among the regulars that the democrats believing that they will control the next house, would not be willing to vote for the committee on committees because such a reform would strip the next speaker of prac tically all of his power. The regulars xxxxxxxxxxxxxx X X X MURDOCH X xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lacey McDonald spent last Sunday in Lincoln visiting friends. Misses Edith and Georgia Moon spent last Sunday with thtir sister, Mrs. L. D. Jones. Mrs. A. Branchle went to Plymouth Monday for a visit with her daughter Mrs. Edgar Konig. Miss Minnie Guthman of Platts mouth spent the latter part of the week with her sister Mrs. II. K. Neitzel. Miss Mets Neitzel visited in Lin coln several days of last week. Mrs. August Kuhn, who has been confined in a hospital at Rochester. Minn., for the past four weeks, was brought home Tuesday. Her con dition is somewhat improved. Mrs. W. O. Gillispie and Mr. Harry Gillispie returned Thursday from a ten days' visit at Fairmont. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Toolspent Fri day and Saturday in Omaha. Win. Gehrts sold three fine autos within the past ten days to the fol lowing prosperous and up-to-date farmers: Hy Schroeder, Chas. Kupke, and J. J. Gustin. Miss Cora Smith, principal of the schools, has finished her High school work here and has resigned her posi tion at take six weeks' work at Peru. Miss Orpha Mullen will take the re sponsibilities of principal. Mrs. Henry Tool visited in Omaha several days last week. Mr. R. L. Mecham of Bennett has been granted a license by the city board to put in an up-to-date pool room. He will occupy and cqufp the building recently used by Albert Hunt. W. L. Palmeter has purchased the o.d saloon building which he will utilize as a blacksmith shop, in its present location. Ralph Garris of Omaha visited with friends here last week. Miss Tillie Barnemeier and brother Arthur, returned Saturday from Dcs Moines, w here they have peeb attend ing school the past year. Miss Minerva Tool spent her spring vacation here, and in Alvo, returning to her school work in Omaha Sunday, frj Mrs. Geo. Shelton of Lincoln, spent last week at the home of her father G. V. Pickewcll. Miss Rena Towle kits been appoint ed to take the census in this district and began her duties Friday. Henry Guthman spent Sunday in Cedar Creek. Misses Kate Amquert and Verna CANNON Being Deposed as Speaker House. !. !.,..,.... I ii ... i . i iuk iiinmm, uierciore, mar, wnen tlie minority is once convinced that Speak er Cannon's friends will follow the insurgent move with a resolution for a committee on committees the demo crats will dissuade the insurgents from the deposition plan. Democratic leaders who had been informed of the counter move sug gested by the republican regulars, asserted that they would gladly sup port any reform in the way the house does business if that reform is in ac cord with their views on parlimentary procedure. "The regulars have no reason to suppose," said a democratic leader, "that we are afraid to support a com mittee on committees resolution. We know and the country knows that the republicans do not favor such a propo sition if they arc to remain in control. Therefore, the moment they offer this resolution it will be a fiat announce ment that the party in power does not expect to remain in power, and that. the republicans themselves concede the next house to the democrats. If they ofler such a risoh tion we will be more than willing I think, to vote for it. Rush entertained the Girls' club at the hotel Friday evening. A nine-pound daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuskie Monday evening. Mr. Gelrgc Mills went to Hastings last week to visit his brother who is very ill. Miss Laura Stearns of Pontiac, Mich., visited her sister, Mrs. War ren Richards the past ten days. She spent the last eight months at Neo desha, Kas. with her sister Mrs. Beech, and will take a position as stenographer upon her return to Pontiac. Mrs. Henry Westlake spent last week in Avoca with friends and rela tives. Mrs. II. V.. Davis attended the fu neral cf her grand-mother in Eagle last week. Large Crowd at Dane. The social dance given Saturday evening by the M. W. A. band proved to be the one big success of the danc ing season. Probably the largest crowd that has ever been on the floor of the Coates' halo turned out for the boys and it was in the "grim grey dawn of the mornin' after" that the strains ceased to break forth from the orchestra's balcony. The dance was given to fatten the pocket book of the worthy band and very good results along that line were obtained. The boys gave one or two selections at the corner of Sixth and Main before the evening's dance be gan and the result was the (locking of the dancers to the hall like fllies around a chocolate cream. The organization under the. leader ship of Frank Janda meet in their band room on Monday and Thursday even ings and are now reaching a high state of proficiency, having accepted a number of ou.t-of-town dates in the last few weeks. . Advertised Letter List. Q Following is the list of letters re maining uncalled for at the Platts mouth postofllcc April IS, 1910: LADIES Miss Ruth Linnard.Mrs. Mayme Philipson, Mrs. E. Selk, Mrs. Ella Smith, Mrs. Fred Westlake. GENTLEM EN Chas. I). Annum, Joseph Cream, Ira Davis, J. R. Emerson, Chas. Horjes, C. W. John son, W. II. Meadows, N. C. Rhodes, Frienk P. Vong. Above letters uncliamed will be sent to dead letter office May 2, 1910. II. A. SCHNEIDER, P. M. Charles Parks a commercial trav eler was in the city Saturday inter viewing the clothing men of the town. RAILROAD MEN'S PAY RAISED $35,000,000 Substantial Increase In the Salar ies of Railroad Employees It is estimated that the general advance now in progress in the wages of railroad employees will amount to $35,000,(100. On account of the various tonus in which the announce ments of increases have been made, it is impossible to arrive at any definite figure, but the above mav bo t.iken as a moderate estimate. The new schedules offered by the New York Central, the New York New Haven & Hartford, the Boston & Albany and the lVnnsylavnia in volve an aggregate increase of nearly 120,000,000 annually, and these are only four of the railroads upon which advances have been announced. Most of the advances granted since the first of the year have been per centage increases. Some, however, arc in the form of so many cents an hour, and still others in the form of so many dollars a month. Two of the roads have simply announced the annual total which the advances granted would cost their treasuries, without giving details. The number of men benefited lv these advances has ranged from a tew hundred, m the case of some com panies, to as much as 200.000 in tin. case of the company with the largest pay-roll. 1 he number of employees who have received wage increases since the first of the year Will not fall far short of half a million.. Ihe principal advances so f ar mi- nounccd have been made by the fol lowing roads: Deleware, Lackawanna & Western. Baltimore it Ohio. Western Maryland. Lehigh Valley. Chicago, Indiana k Louisville. Chicago & Northwestern. Pennsylvania. New York, New Haven & Hartford. Philadelphia fc Reading. Norfolk k Western. New York Central and Allied Lines. Boston & Albany. Erie. Atlantic Coast Line. Boston, Revere Beach &. Lynn. This ccneral advance in the wnires of railroad men is the second in a period of four years. The last pre vious raise came in 1906-1907. Soon after, in the fall of 1907. came, iho panic, but the railroads, despite the tailing on in business, did not reduce the wages then. Thus the present increase comes on top of the one four years ago. To illustrate: an emplyec earning $150 a month in 1900, on a road where a 10 percent afvance was granted, received $15 more under the higher scale. A 7 Tier cent advance thin year carried his pay to $170.55 a month i ins represents a net increase of 17.7 per cc;it, over what he received in 1900. Today at the Court House. (From Monday's Dally) The widow of the late Samuel S. Johnson has presented a petition at the county judge's ofilce, in which she wishes to decline the office of ex ecutrix of the deceased's estate and recommends Wnt. A. Alton for the office. A petition for the administration of the John G. Hanson estate was filed in the office of the county judge this morning. John G. Wonderlich was named as administrator of the estate which is valued at $80,000 and the hearing was set for May 9. The final settlement petition in the Harvey D. Kousavcll estate was made out today. The estate con sists of a number of acres of land near Union. A wedding license was issued today for Ostium M. Card, aged 2(5, and Miss Mabel Day, aged 23, both residents of Weeping Water. Both are very well known people of that city, the groom being the son of Sylvester K. Card, and the bride a (laughter of Everett E. Day. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride Wednesday evening. Didn't Play Ball. On account of the cold weather and snow flcrr'cs the ball game that had been bS.d tiled between the Platts mouth High school team and Weep ing Water for Saturday was called off. The local lads had arrangements made with the Nebraska City team for the day, but for some reason the engagement could not be filled so the challenge was accepted to meet the Weeping Water team at that city. The game will be played off later in the season and the return game will probably be held here. The city team also cancelled a date they had with the Union aggregation for yesterday on account of the cold. Dr. E. D. Cummins is a business cal ler in Omaha today. SITUATION IMPROVING Strike Conditions Appear to be Getting Better With the Burlington. WORK IS NOW ON AT HAVELOCK SHOPS Sixty New Men Put to Work at the Shop Town This Morning. (From Monday's Dally) Reports received today show that all points east and west of the river are working The national officers of the Boiler makers' Union have held several meet ings at all important points on the lines east in an endeavor to get Iho men out but they stood loyal to the company and refuse to leave the ser vices. Word received this morning from McCook sh6ws that a majority of the men who quit at that point are desirous of returning to work and are applying individually for their old positions. Four of them are al ready at work and four more will go to work tonight. All of them will be given work where their places have not already been filled with new men. As far as McCook is con cerned the strike is over. Sixty new men wire put to work at Havelock this inorninir. Every thing is running smoothly on the other divisions and the company is not hav ing any delays from boiler f The new men at the Havelock shops are living in Pullman cars and have their meals served in the comimnv'a diners. Christian Minister Resigns. Coming without anv previous in timation the announcement made yes terday that the Christum minister Rev. Luther Moore would resign hi charge at this place was quite a shock to the congregation of the Christian church. The announcement was made at the morning service by the minister himself and the the resignation is to take effect with the completion of the first Sunday's work of the coming month. Rev. Moore, with his family, came to this place nearly a year and a half ago and during their residence in Plattsmouth have made a host of friends both iu the church and out of it who are saddened by . the man's decision to take up work in his chosen vocation elsewhere. During the time that Rev. Moore has had charge of the church at this place, there has been some fine work done and a larire number linvo been added to his congregation. Rev. Moore is a man of more than ordin ary attainments and he has been in the ministry for a number of years. Ihe qualifications which he pos sesses are emphasjzed hy the good work he has done in this city. The young men's bible class of the Sunday school known as the loyal sons which he has charge of, has an orginization of between thirty and forty members, most of whom have become members of the church since their joining the class, which speaks well for the work of the teacher. Rev. Moore and wife and daughter, Miss Laura, will be missed in the circle of friends which they have made, as well as by all the citizens of Platts mouth. In their departure from thisi place the good wishes of their many friends accompany them to whatever portion of the Lord's vineyard they may go. Rev. John E. Swanson, resident of Wahoo, was in the city yesterday on his regular visit, preaching at the Swedish Mission chiurch. Mr. Swan son left for Omaha this morning where he has a number of business matters to attend to in eomnnection with the Bethany Hospital at that place. He holds the position as president of the hospital association which has re cently taken possession of the old Presbyterian hospital. The building has been entirely refitted and over hauled until it is one of the best in Omaha. The building, now called the "Bethany" was just opened last week. The revival meetings at the Metho dist church last evening was pronounc ed by many to be the best one of the scries. A delightful solo was sang by Alva Campbell and a very impressive sermon was delivered hy his father. Rev. Canipbell was assisted in the altnr services services by Rev. Moore and the largest of any meeting came for ward to the altar. . The meetings will continue throughout this week.