W. E. RENNER
BADLY HURT
of the locomotive must have caught
the fiesh of the left leg and nearly
st;ipped it from the bone while the
wheels probablty passed over the
left heel.
Left Leg Horribly Mangled,
But Injuries Not Thought
to be Fatal.
UNDER ENGINE. WHEN
CARS HIT TRAIN
Lelt Leg Horribly Mangled
Injuries Not Thought
to be Fatal.
but
(From Tuesday's Daily)
William K. Rentier, regular engineer
on the Burlington, was very seriously
hurt while at work on his engine this
morning at Pacific Junction. His
left leg was badly mangled and he
was sent to Omaha this morning
to be taken care of and if necessary
to have the injured member ampu
tated. Will Renner and Frank Maxwell
had charge of engine 1242 of train 87,
a regular ireignt running neiweon
County Option.
To the people of the state of Nebraska:
The officers of the Nebraska County
Option League deem it advisable
to make a plain and concise statcim ni
to vhe public concerning the purposes
and plans of the league.
The central purpose of this organi
zation is to' secure the nomination
and election of a governor and legis
lature favorable to the principle of
county option.
The plan by w hich this can best be
accomplished is thought to be that
of organizing a local committee in
each county and precinct, to be com
posed of men of all parties and creeds
favorable to county option, these com
mittees to be charged with the duty
and responsibility of securing the
nomination and election of legislators
pledged to the enactment of the law.
We believe that the committee in
each county should carry on its cam
paign in its own way, with only such
guidance and assistance from the state
organization as it may voluntarily
request.
We ask the local committees to
report full details, including the names
and addresses of its officers and mem
bers, to Secretary Frank A. Harrison
at Lincoln.
We wish this letter to be construed
as the official request of the Nebraska
BIG TRUSTS
GET HIT HARD
Supreme Court of the United States
Rules Against Lumber
Association.
STANDARD OIL OUTFIT
ALSO GETS A BUMP
Vneifie .Tnnetinn and Sioux fit v. TheK'wmt.V Option League for the immed
late organization ot the county option
workers in each county and prcceinct
It wi'l be the purpose and aim of the
state organization to so unify and di
rod the efforts of the local committee!
to liest bring about tbe passage
as
by the next legislature and the signa
ture by the next governor of Nebraska
of a rationable and reasonable county
option bill
Lvsle I. Abbott, Pnsnlcht.
Frank A. Harrison, Sicy
Bin Noise By Band Boys.
The members of the Plattsmouth
cornet band under the leadership of
0. II. Stonehccker gave a very success-
train is -iieduled to leave from across
the riviv at six a. in. and it was but a
few minutes before train time when
the accident happened. A brake
beam had become out ot repair on
the locomotive and Renner with his
fireman w. if under the beam, between
the rear of ..he engine and ilie tender
attempting put the bn.-.a-n part into
working order, when the yard engine
which was switching cars on the
side track, ran a string of cars into
the rear of his train. It was only thru
quick action on the part of both of
the unJortunate men that they es
caped instant death. Renner grnspt
a beam above him in time to prevent
being run over by the Heavy tender
but was dragged in his perilous no- fill ice cream social at (. A. R. ha!
sition for some distance. The lower last evening and tnhe hall room wa
part of his body was badly bruised and filled to the doors. 1 he evening was
his left leg was horribly mangled from not a most ideal one for cooling re
a Uule uetow me nip to ms loot, tresrmenis, neverincitss a nne crown
The flesh was badly torn from his limb tun.ed out for the occasion and the
but it was not thought any bones result is a good addition to the band's
were broken. pockctbook. The affair was given to
His fireman was not so unfortunate help the financial part of the organiza
and he managed to get clear of the tion, to pay for music and other ecx
cars without suffering more tban a. penscs and the amount taken in was
sprained right ankle and a bruise on very gratifying to the leaders. The
the head. A way car was immediately band consists of 18 members, mostly
hooked onto an engine and the injured young musicians who are still in the
engineer was hurried over to this city, amateur class, but their music last
being under the care of a physician night was quite a pleasnat surprise
within twenty-five minutes after the to the people of the town. It was their
accident. He seemed to have control first appearance before the public
of his foot and was able to move his however their numbers were wc
leg so that the attending physicians rendt red showing good practice and
hope to save the member from am- instruction under tin lr capable leadc
putation. The man on his arrival Mr. Stomnehockcr. Before the enter
this morning was taken to the office tainment at the hall commenced,
of one of the city doctors where he the boys gave one or two selections at
remained until shortly after eight the corner of Sixth and Main streets
when he was removed to the Immanuel and a good sized crowd followed them
hospital at Omaha being taken down w hen they retired to the G. A. R. room.
on No. 15. He was ccompanied bv
his wife and stepfather C L. Herger OH for Championship
,.t i,;t.r m,j it I I
Ml till VIIJ. ..no. IlUfi.l U.IV1 tin q,, ,U1 ,, , ,, 4
. , . , . t I I . I 1 lie UMUVIHU tUlll 1 ll Ol IIIIIIK
injured man s two sons, Carl, age about :., Sr,loll. ,
today for Wahoo where they will
A BIG GAME
NEXT FRIDAY
Green's Nebraska Indians to Play
the Local Team Here.
Prohibited From Doing Business in the State of Tennesee
by' Same Court.
WASHINGRTON, May 2 The
lands of the states in their fight against
the "trusts were upheld today by
the supreme court of the United States
with teling effect. The association
of retail lumber dealers in Mississippi
and Louisiana were disbanded by
affirmance of the decree of the su
preme court of Mississipppi, and the
Standard Oil company of Kentucky
was ousted from Tennessee by the ap
proval of the decree of the supreme
court of Tennassee. Roth state courts
held that the corporations violated the
anti-trust act of the respective states.
Judge Lurton announced the opin
ion ot the court in the .Mississippi
case. It was his first utterance from
the supreme court bench in the "trust"
question, lie said the members of
the association had obligated them
selves not to deal with a manufacturer
or wholesaler in lumber tho sold
to consumers in the localities in which
they conducted a business sufficiently
large to meet the demand of the people.
He accepted the findings of the state
courts and considered only whether
the statute was in conflict with the
fourteenth amendment by abridging
the freedom of contract.
"That any one engaged in the re
tail lumber business might have a
The base ball game of the season,
one which will be worth going io see
will be played on the local diamond
on next Friday afternoon. The 1 .cal
team will be strengthened to n.ut
them and the fans of l'lattsmoi.'.h
will have a chance to see a mighty
good game. Last Saturday Columbus
and the Indians played to a stand
still neither side making a score and
ten innings being played. This in
sures us a good game here. If the
grounds arc not packed for a game of
this kind it will be an assurance that
Plattsmouth does not want base abll
this summer.
fixed rule of contract not to buy his
stock from a producer or wholesaler
who should sell to the consumers in
competition with himself is plain,"
said the justice. A law which would
infringe his freedom of contract in
that particular would stand.
No decision of the supreme court
of the I'nited States was announced
today in the corporation tax cases.
The court took a recess until May
1G. The only other day the court will
be in session this term will be Mav 31.
The decree of the supreme court
of Tennessee was today affirmed by
the supreme court of the I'nited States.
The proceedings was begun in 1007
under the Tennessee anti-trust act.
Charles 1. Heike, former secretary
of the American Sugar company, will
be compelled to stand trial to an in
dictment for conspiracy to defraud
the government out of sugar customs
The supreme court of the United States
so decided today.
Another fight for the freedom of
'Charles W. Morse, the New York
ice king, who is serving a fifteen year
sentence in the federal penitentiary
at Altanta, Ga., was begun today
in the supreme court of the United
States, when Martin W. Littleton
asked leave to file a petition of habeous
corpus State Journal.
BILL'S BILL
IN BAD
President's Railroad Measure
Fought by Insurgents
and Knocked Out.
NOT LOYAL TO
PRESIDENT'S PLAN
Will Be Made to Stand Responsible
For Failure ol Presidential
Bills.
Children Voices.
Those who did not attend the meet
ing at the Methodist church last night
missed something that they may never
get a chance to see again, unless pos
sibly they go again this evening.
The children's chorus which Mr. Alva
Campbell has been drilling since he
came to riattsmouth took the place
of the regular singers on the platform.
lhere were something over fifty of
them and the iiuiie they rendered was
exceedingly fine. New words had
been set to some of the popular church
music while another set of words
had been set to the music of "A Hot
Time" and evrybody enjoyed the oc
casional changes to the latter tune
as well as to all of them. The ser
vices in connection with the music
were very interesting and productive
results which were no doubt due
a great measure to the singing
of the children. The audience, while
not large was intensely appreciative
of the singing and no preaching was
tad during the evening.
Tonight the children will sing again
and in addition to this the male quar
tet will assist, so that those who go
will be well entertained during the
evening. It you have not attended
these meetings tonight is your good
time to go.
I
9, and Harry, age b, went up to the
hospital on the noon train today.
Mr. Renner is a popular young man
of this city, having a comfortable
residence on High School hill where he
has lived a short time. The injured
man was of fine stature and build
and being in good physical condition
is very likely to survive the shock
in the best possible manner. He
stood the pain remarkably well while
in the city and the doctors are of the
, opinion that he will safely come
through the accident. Ihe serious
collision of cars in the Junction yards
seems to be one of the little accidents
that are constantly happening in the
business of handling the country's
traffic and, from what can be learned
of the case, serins to be due to careless
ness on the part of the yard crew at
High
meet the three pupils at that city for
the final debate of this district. They
will face a team consisting of three
girls. Wahoo has always been very
successful in their work of debating
and have so far succeeded in sending
a representative to every state debute
at Lincoln and each time have pulled
down first or second honors. Roth
of the contending teams of tonight's
contest tried to get the affirmative
side of the question, but when left
to the president of the league at Lin
coln, Plattsmouth was given the de
sired side.
If the team is successful tonight,
one of it's members will be sent to
the debate at Lincoln which is held
the latter part of this month. Ashland
is to have a representative at the big
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inai iMUir. na a iuiiiuuu mini irxmesa- ,. . . . . i . ..!.,
cd it! "They made a beaf, and kicked ct th hav,nK talcn first PIace
, r : . . l . iu in i uiatuivi
a slug oi curs uauiBt uiu reur euu ui
hn Htrimr" which nearly cost the life
of the two men in charge of the train. Tne Bazaar.
Mr. Maxwell, the fireman, brought The long talked of Bazaar which the
the engine as far as this city and was Indies of the Methodist church have
relieved by another man who took been preparing for all winter will be
the run for the day. Maxwell remained held beginning Friday afternoon in
in the rity this morning but his in- the store building recently vacated
juries did not confine him to his room, by Assemisscn & Klinger. The ladies
LATER On the return of Mr. have prepared a most delightful
Herger to the city this noon, it was supply of all those things usually found
learned that the limb would have to in places of this kind and the public
be amputated. Although no bones would do well to eall on them.
arc broken, the flesh is torn away
from below the hip to his ankle and the
heel is badly crushed, physiciuns arc
waiting on the arrival of Dr. Davis
head physician of the Immanuel hos
pital before the operation is performed
Advertised Letter List.
2,
1910.
riattsmouth, Neb., May,
Ladies: Cole, Miss Fnu,
Oeiitlcmcn: Doty, Arthur S.; Fer-
but it will probably take place this guson, Thomas; Murray, (. A.;
t n..i.. ! T . I. ....... I W . d
evening, nr. Livingston win remain iwcuny, v. u., i ems, o. u.;miimi,
with the man until tomorrow after the Ilasden; 1 ruman, Jesse.
morn t inn is uncderiro nr. Above letters uncalled for will be
.... , ..I .i i ii a a r t
Mr. Reiincr-s right knee was Irndly sent to the dead icuer oincc iviay 10
bruised and is in a very painful con- 1910. II. A. fcchncider,
dition. It seems that the wheels lost Aloster,
woted first for Bryan vonce in 1890
Dey said it den vot Silfer vouldt be free:
Uud if I gafe a dollar to elcgt him President,
He would gif sigsdeen dollars back to me.
But he was not elegted, und McKinley beat him oudt
Und den I had to vait for four years more
To get anodder schance to wote for William Chennings Bryan
But again dey beat him und it make him sore
So den Schudge Barker also ran niit Mr. Rosenfe't,
But Mr. Bryan vent aroundt and taked und said
If vc elected Rosenfelt to be der Bresident
Dot ve vould starf to det und all be dedt.
He said dot vot de vandet vass der Rcfcrcnderrum,
Ind to take, der tariff off our meat und clothes,
Dot der little Fillipinos vass down und obbressed,
Und I fcldt so bat de tears ran down my nose.
So I woted for Schudge Barker but dey beat him awful bad,
Und I didn't know vot efer ve voult do,
But I said if Villiam Chennings Bryan efer run again
Ve'll elcgt him, und I taut dot it vass true.
Und Taft he weight three hundred pounds or more,
But he ran again in 190.S mil Villiam Howard Taft
But Taft ran like der Teufel ami Bryan could not keep up,
Und Taft beat Bryan iu der White House door.
Now Villiam Chennings- Bryan says that he will run again,
Und tells me vhy so I can understand;
It aind't about Free Silfer und der Referenderrum,
Or der Tariff or der Fillipino Land,
lie says dot County Option ids vot ve ought to haf,
Und if my next door neighbor 'cross der street,
Who doesn't like his lager; he can wote me oudt of mine,
Veil, I hopes der "Beerless Leader" he gets beat.
Und say I don't forget it too vot Shallenberger aid,
Undtoldtus vot he vould und vouldn't do,
Und vot he said he vould'nt do, vasB vot he vent und dit,
Uud vot he said he would it vass'nt true.
I wotes for James C. DahlmannowforheiV'on der Square "
Und ven he tella you sometingds it is true;
He nefer double crosses you or fills you mitt hott air,
Und he stands by vot he tells you he will do.
-Ike Hall
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Looks Like Bonds Will Carry
The special election for the vot
ing on the proposition of issuing
paving bonds is being held today.
issue of bonds to amount to $3,500
jciiig in dcnominations-f S500 each
and to be used for pavi ng of inter
sections in the new paving district
known as district No. 3 If the vote
is carried in favor oi the honds, a
small additional levy will be made on
all taxable property in the city to
pay the principal and interest on the
bonds.
The votes seem to be running about
as heavily as usual and so far were
onlv falliiig u few short of the last city
lection. The indications at the polls
are that the bonds are to carry through
by. a good majority. In the south
part of the city there seems to be some
votes being east against the bonds
ut it is not thought the opposition
is strong enough to prevent a majority
being secured. It is thought by some
hat a majority of the number of
votes cast at the last state election
would he necessary to make it carry,
but only the majority of today's votes
arc required, even if the vote is a little
short of previous elections.
Taken to the Pen.
Sheriff Quniton left for the state
penitentiary this morning taking Frc
Ossenkop who is to serve on a ten year
sentence for the killing of Charh
Byrnes. The killing occurred in
drunken brawl at Kagle on September
10, 1908, when vhe men got' into
fight on one of the main streets of that
place. During the nuxiip the two
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cuncucd ami roneu on uie wuik iniu
the street. When the men seperated,
after Ossenkop had horribly beaten
and kicked Byrnes, the later was found
to be in a dying condition.
On March, G, 1909, Ossenkop was
found guilty of manslaughter and
sentenced to ten years at hard labor,
but was released for a year on heavy
bond. The time of his bond recently
expired and being unable to secure
a new trial he was confined at the coun
ty jail awaiting the order for his re
moval to the penitentiary.
WASHINGTON, May 2(-rresi-dent
Taft's railroad legislation will be
emasculated at the close of a protrac
ted conference of leading "regular"
republican senators tonight; It was
apparent that the revolt of the senate
insurgents had been virtually success
ful and that the sections of the bill
relative to tariff agreements and mer
gers, which Senator Cummins and
other insurgents have been fichtinir
to amend, will be abandoned. Practi
cally nothing distinctive of the orig
inal bill will remain, save the sections,
providing for the creation of a court
of commerce. Even that had a peri
lous time in the house, and nobody
tonight is preparing to guarantee that
it will be enacted. In fact the differ
ences between the senate and the house
are so great that iu view of the radical
action decided upon by the senate
leaders tonight it would surprise no
body if the entire bill should fail in con
ference. So serious became the situation
of the bill today that President Taft
himself, at Pittsburg, was advised
over the long distance telephone by
Senator Aldrich.
Despairing of putting the bill
through the senate in the form in which
it was reported from the committee
ion interstate commerce,the leaders in
the conference tonight decided to
eliminate section 7, which the insur
gents claim practically would have re
pealed the Sherman anti-trust law by
permitting traffic agreements, and!
section 12, which wou'd have legalized
mergers in cases wherein a railroad
corporation owning 50 per cent of
another desired to control outright.
Upon the "insurgents" the admin
istration will endeavor to place the
respnsibility for the future of the Taft
railroad legislation.' To Senator Aid
rich over the telephone Mr. Taft is
said to have expressed himself emphat
ically to this effect.
That he had initiated the pending
measure, and had advocated it through
out the country in the form in which
it was reported to the senate, and that
if a committee of insurgent republicans .
and democrats rendered it impossible
for the republican majority to enact
the bill, he felt that the adminis
tration should be relieved of respon
sibility for its defeat.
Although admittedly stopped from
passing the bill in the form in which
they wished, the administration sena
tors began the formulation of plana.
through which they will endeavor to
take away from the insurgent republi
cans the chance to claim a clean cut
victory for themselves. They even
wore an air of jubilation tonight
over the prospect of putting the "in
surgents" to route on the pending
Cummins amendment to the traffic
agreement section, which will be the
first matter voted upon when the bill
is again taken up, probably tomorrow.
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Big Bunch of Cards.
The New Olson Photo Machine com
pany has just had a large quantity of
post cards printed at the photograph
company of which Mr. Olson was a
former owner. The order amounted
to 17,000 cards ami theentirc amount
is to be mailed this week to the various
photographers throughout the country
They will reach every state and every
town of any importance in the United
States and will incidentally bring
Plattsmouth before the eyes of thou
sands of people. It is expected they
i will send out nearly this number
of advertising cards this month until
the firm is wel' established and has
become known to the people in that
kind of work.
This month's card has a picture of
Miss Minnie Heinrich, an employee
of the Olson Photograph company,
operating one of the newly patented
photo- printing machines. A general
description of the machine is given,
which will be followed up next month
by further information regarding the
apparatus and it's great speed of from
1200 to 1400 pictures an hour.
John Koukal who lives a few miles
from town started this morning for
Walthill, Nebri.ska to look after some
land interests near that city. Walthill
is one of the flourishing towns in that
part of the state being situated on
a new cut off of the Burlington, but
a few miles from a large Indian reser
vation, and the land in that vicinity
is advancing rapidly in price.
Plants and Flowers.
The bazaar will be open Friday
afternoon in the Ascmisseii building
by the ladies of the Methodist church
and will have a most bountiful supply
of plants and flowers of all .kinds foi
garden planting. Also there be will
plenty of aprons and fancy work dis
played for uule.
Mrs. President Taft.
One of the interesting displays at
the Methodist bazaar on Friday and
Saturday will be a hand made hand
kerchief made by the wife of the presi
dent of the United Statis and sent to
the ladies for their bazaar. This will
be sold to some one and you better.
get there early.
To CUlfornlc.
New through tourist Car line to'
Los Angeles, Calif. Leave riatts
mouth each Friday 12:03 a. ni. via
Kansas City C. R. R. I. k V. El Paso
arrive Los Angeles Monday 7:05 a. m.
Returning leave Los Angeles Thurs
day 3 p. m. arrive riattsmouth 5:03
p. in. Sundays.
Hugh Norton,
tf Agent Mo. Pac
Mrs. J. L. Root left thiti morning
on an early train for her home at
Lincoln, having -vbeen in the city for
a few days as a guest at the J. N. Wise
residence.
Miss Clara Grossman left this morn
ing for Hickman, Neb., where she is
to make a visit with friends.
Mr. J. W. Larkin returned yester
day afternoon from Sidney, la., where
he had been over Siuulay to fill tho
pulpit of the Presbyterian church
in that city.
