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DAILY PERSONAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest.From Satur
day Evening'sDaily Journal
John Halstrom and son went to Oma
ha today to visit friends.
G. EL Barker and T. H. Meisinger
were visitors in Omaha this morning.
Miss Maude Hamilton of South Bend
is visiting with friends in the city.
A. W. Dawson, wife and son, Fred,
went to Omaha today for a visit.
Byron Reed was a visitor in the city
this morning from near Murray.
Mrs. Anna Goos of south of this city
way a visitor in Omaha this afternoon.
S. H. Atwood came in this morning
from Lincoln and is looking after some
business in the city.
Mrs. W. S. Scotten, returned last
evening from a few days visit with
friends at Lincoln.
W. II. Puis and William Puis of west
of Murray were transacting business in
the city this morning.
Joseph Fetzer was a over night visitor
in Cedar Creek last evening returned
home this morning.
A. Rouse was a visitor in Omaha to
lay, going to accompany Sidney Miner
home from the hospital.
Mrs. Henry Miller was a passenger to
Omaha this morning, where she will
visit with friend3 for the day.
Mrs. A. Peistrup departed this morn
ing for Council Bluffs, where she will
visit over Sunday with relatives.
Miss Lillian Fitch was a brief business
visitor in the city this morning from
Omaha.
W. P. Sitzman of the Evening News,
and his brother, Paul, were visiting with
friends in Omaha today.
Mrs. H. J. Helps and Mrs, D. O.
Dwyer were visitors in Omaha going on
the fast mail this afternoon.
George Foster came over t'lis morn
ing from Glenwood, where he is engaged
and will visit with his parents over
Sunday.
W. S. Copenhaver of near Murray
was a visitor in the county seat this
morning, looking after some business
matters.
Mrs. C. S. Forbes was a passenger to
Omaha this morning, where she will
visit for the day with her son, Clarence
and f amily.
John M. Thompson and wife were
visitors in Omaha this morning, where
they will spend the day with relatives
and friends.
U. S. Craig returned home to Afton,
Iowa, this morning after visiting in the
city, a guest at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Miles Allen.
Brad White is visiting friends and
transacting business in the metropolis .
today, having gone up on the early
Burlington train.
Mrs. Otto Wurl departed fo her home
at Quincy, Illinois, this morning, after ;
a two week's visit with relatives and
friends in the city.
George E. Barker will depart next
Thursday for Perry, Oklahoma, where
he goes to make his home, having pur- ,
chased a farm near that place.
Mrs. W. B. Richards departed for her .
home in Omaha this morning, afterhaving ;
visited for some days at tne nome 01 1
her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Ballance. .
Last evening John Vondron departed
Moor Vshirnrton. Ohio, where his I
father died yesterday morning, and !
where he will attend the funeral.
J. C. York returned this morning
r w.f m.. wh,ro he went to i
morning
went to
attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs.
Elizabeth York, who died Thursday
evening.
Mrs. H. S. Barthold and daughter,
Muriel were passengers to Council
Bluffs this afternoon on the fast mail,
where they will visit with relatives and
friends for a few days.
Miss Freda Herold departed this
morning for Lincoln, called there by
the sudden illness of her sister, Mrs.
W. R. Skinner, who was visiting in the
city a short time since.
Wm. Shea and wife returned this
morning from Galesburg, 111., where
they were called by the death of a
nephew. Master Merideth Shea, who
died there a few days ago.
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irs. -B ""r"" .1 Mrs. Ernest Lee, after a visit at the
Davenport, Iowa, this morning, going j home of fter Mf and
by the wayofBurIington,afteramonths;JamesNickelSf for about
two weeks,
ist with her parents, J C. Peterson . d ted for home at Bloomfield this
and wife and friends m this city. state on the fast mail this afternoon.
Edward Brantner, wife and daugh-1 Before going they all stopped at the
icr, jaiiciic, iciumcn numc iui even
ing from their visit at Omaha, and
with Janette much improved, a fact
well pleasing to their many friends.
Mrs. Nick Todd, Mrs. W. M. Thomas
and Miss Evelyn Taylor, came home
last evening and will spend Sunday
with their folks, returned to their work
Monday morning, where they are tak
ing a course in Eoyles Business col
lege at Omaha.
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Adam Kafferberger, sr., and
were visitors in Omaha today.
Fred Lorenz and John Kata
wife
were
visitors in Omaha this afternoon.
Mrs. Ed. Fitzgerald and daughter,
Marie, were visitors in Omaha today.
Mrs. C. E. Streight of South Bend
was a visitor in the city this afternoon.
Gid Archer was a business visitor in
Omaha and Council Bluffs this after
noon. Mrs. Harry Poisal returned this
morning from a few days visit with
friends in Omaha.
John Hallas and Thim Kahoutek re
turned home last evening, after a short
visit with friends in Omaha.
Miss Nellie Tinney returned this
morning from Omaha, where she has
been visiting for some time.
Robert B. Windham returned home
last evening from a trip to Lincoln,
where he was called on business.
Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Bennett Chris
wisser were visitors in Omaha this
morning to see Ray, who is reported
slightly better.
Mrs. Elmer Yonkers and children
came in this afternoon and are visiting
at the home of the lady's parents, G.J.
Jones and wife.
Mrs. J. H. Johnson and daughter,
Margaret, departed for their home at
Glenwood, la., todayafter a visit with
friendsin thi3 city.
P. A. Hild and Geo. Hild, from west
of Mynard, were visitors in the city
this morning, looking after some busi
ness matters.
Miss Emma Schultz departed for her
home this morning at Balfour, Iowa,
after a visit of some time with her
sister, Mrs. John Wynn.
Mrs. L. A. Newcomer departed
this
morning for Glenwood, where she goes
to see her son Guy, who suffered a
severe fall at that place.
J. 11. rerriu came
from Nehawka, and
in this morning
is renewing ac
quaintances and looking after some
business in the county seat.
Mrs. Alva Godwin, returned home
last evening on the Burlington train
from Lincoln, where she has been visit
ing with friends for the past few days.
1 Mrs. Sam Buckingham of Cullom and
I children came in this morning, and are
j visiting in the city, the guests of Mrs.
j Buckingham's parents, Ben Brooks and
i wife.
Frank Sivey and family departed to
' day for Englewood, S. D., where they
: will visit for about thirty days, in the
hope of an improvement of Mr. Sivey's j
health. I
F. A. Gencher, wife and children re
turned home this afternoon from a visit
at St. Joseph, Missouri, with the par
ents of the lady, George Welderness
and wife.
Mrs. W. R. Adams, senior matron of
the Masonic home, and her sister, both
from Omaha, were visitors at the in
stitution this morning, returning home
this afternoon.
Philip Rhin came in last evening on
the Burlington train from Omaha, and
wiU visit over Sunday with
Philip is attending school at
Business College.
the folks,
the Boyle
Mrs. O. D. Marks and children of
Murray came in this morning from
South Bend, where they have been vis-
'linS for some time with relatives, and
departed for their home this afternoon
Mrs. Fred Stadleman is reported as
being very sick, having been kept to
her bed for some two weeks past.
Meanwhile Uncle Fred is suffering
from rheumatism.
Walter H. Haines, an operator, form
erly engaged in the shops here, was a
visitor with relatives and friends in the
city this morning. He went on to Ft.
Crook where he has entered the army
service as a member of the United
! States signal corps.
Del Billings and wife came in last
I night on the midnight train by the way
I of the Missouri Pacific from Council
j Bluffs, called there by the sudden death
j of their little grandchild, Gladys, who
j died last evening from accidentally tak-
' ing laudnum.
Leonard art gallery and had a family
group taken.
Bamett Wampler came in last even
ing from Omaha where he has been for
some two weeks past, having gone
there from his home at Burlington,
Iowa where he has made his home for
some time past, and will visit with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wampler
of this city, and attend the funeral of
his sister Mrs. Edward Klaus.
SLEEPS
HER
LAST
SLEEP
Little Gladys Billings Takes
Laudnum While Playing
and Dies
Yesterday afternoon while her mother
was attending to her household duties,
little Gladys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Billiners. secured a bottle of
laudnum, which was kept for medicinal
purposes, and liking the taste of it took
a quantity of the narcotic. Her mother
who had stepped out of the room for a
moment, returned to find the bottle
overturned on the table with a quantity
of the medicine spilled on the table,
and wiping it up, thought the little one
had only spilled the contents. Gladys
went on playing, entirely unconscious
of the death dealing drug which was so
soon to do its awful work, her mother
as much in the dark as to the child
having taken the drug, went on with
her work, while little Gladys ran out
and to the neighbors, J. C. Brittain's
where she engaged in play with the
Brittain children.
After a short time she tired of play
as the effect of the drug asserted its
influence, and then Gladys curled her
self up on a sofa and dropped into a
sleep that was to be never ending for
this world. After she had gone to sleep
the Brittain children called their
mother's attention to the fact that
Gladys had gone. to sleep. Mrs. Brit
tain stepped into the room where the
child was sleeping, and thinking prob
ably there might be something wrong,
called the mother, the families living
very close, who endeavored to awaken
the child but without avail. It then
dawned upon the sorrowing mother
that the child had taken some of the
medicine, and immediately physicians
were summoned, Drs. Livingston and
Martin arriving in a very short time,
but the deadly drug had so far gotten
I in its work that nothing could be done
to arouse her. Little Gladys, Irom her
1 play with her little inenas oniy a snort
time before, in the peaceful sleep, has
slipped away from this world, with its
sins, its sorrows, sickness and pain, to
a land brighter, to awake where none
of the cares of this life ever come. In
their sorrow, the bereaved parents
have the sympathy of the whole com
munity. CASS COUNTY
BOY HAKES GOOD
Tiring of the Farm, He Starts
Out for Himself at Sev
enteen and Meets
Success
! James W. Furlong, son of S. L. Fur
j long and wife of Rock Bluffs, came in
' this morning from Denver, where he
j has been making his home for the past
; seven years, in iy james Decame
j tired of the farm and concluded he
WOuld chantre his occupation. He went
to Syracuse where he found employ
ment, staying there about a year. He
saqed his money and went to Omaha to
take a course in the Omaha Commercial
college. Not having sufficient funds to
complete the course he was compelled
to relinquish his studies for a time and
go to work. Fnally in the early part of
1900 he graduated from that institution
having fought his way to the front in
acquiring a business education. He
went to Salt Lake City where he worked
for a year and then went to Denver.
Here he accepted a position with a
hardware company with which he
stayed, and after some time was made
a member of the Arm, now doing a good
volume of business .
James will visit with the folks for
awhile, not having been at home for a
number of years. He is a member of
the Garrett-Elliott Hardware and Heat
ing company, carrying everything in
the hardware line. We congratulate
the young man on his well deserved
success.
Will Make Kansas His Home.
E. G. Laughlin of Greenwood was in
the city yesterday and on departing for
home last evening said that he expect
ed to remove from this county and
state and locate in Rush county, Kan
sas, near Lacrosse, where he has pur
chased a fine farm. We did not like to
loose our old friend from this county,
but believe in each one doing the best
for himself possible, and we hope and
trust he will find the situation to his
liking m the sunflower state.
" Sidney Miner Cortes Home.
Sidney Miner, who has been in the
hospital at Omaha for some time, where
he first underwent an operation, and
later was stricken with pneumonia, . of
which he is now about well, returned
home this afternoon. His many friends
will be pleased to know his condition is
such that he is able to return home.
In Honor of Mrs. Otio Wurl.
At the home of her father, Judge A.
N. Sullivan, Mrs. T. S. Becker gave a
six o'clock tea to a number of her
friends in honor of Mrs. Otto Wurl,
who has been visiting in the city for
the past two weeks, and departed for
her home at Quincy, Illinois, this morn
ing. A very enjoyable time was had,
and a very happy and safe journey was
wished the departing member of the
circle of friends to Mrs. Wurl. Those
present and to add to the occasion
were: The guest of honor, Mrs. Otto
Wurl, Mesdames, Frank Dickson, C.
M. Parker, W. B. Elster and T. S.
Beaker, the Misses Anna Heisel and
Janette Morgan.
FALLS
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ELEVATOR
SHAFT
Guy Newcomer is Seriously
Injured by a Fall at the
Institute for Feeble
Minded
Guy
of L.
Newcomer, the 19-year-old son
A. Newcomer,, foreman at the
Burlington lumber yard, who is visiting
at Glenwood, Iowa, and was a guest of
friends at the Institute for Feeble
Minded, met with an unfortunate mis
hap Friday evening. With a party of
friends he was looking over the new
building in process of erection, known
as the New Custodia, in which are
kept the worst cases of the inmates.
In one unfinished room was an elevator
opening through which were hoisted the
building materials. Guy failed to see
the opening as he passed through the
room, as it was very dark, and stepped
into the hole, falling to the basement
35 feet below, striking on a wheelbar
row upon his side and hip. The edge of
the wheelbarrow came in contact with
his side, extending from the hip bone to
the fifth rib.
The unfortunate young man was im
mediately taken to the Commercial
house and Dr. Benson summoned. In
the examination the physician found no
broken bones, but discovered some in
ternal injuries, which it is hoped will
not prove serious. L. A. Newcomer,
the young man's father, had gone to
Silver City, which is about seven miles
from Glenwood, on business yesterday.
He secured a rig and drove to Glenwood
where he is looking after the welfare
of his son. The physician in charge
says that removal cannot be made for
some time, and the young man will re
main at the hotel until he shall have
improved sufficiently to be brought
home.
THE BOHEMIAN
MASQUE BALL
A Very Enjoyable Affair and Attended
by a Happy Crowd.
At the Bohemian hall last evening,
was held an event loner be remem
bered by those who attended, as being
one which provoked much mirth and
was productive of a good many out
bursts of uproarious laughter. There
was a large crowd in attendance, the
weather ideal, and the people out for a
good time, having an idea that it was
due. The many characters represented
were a continual source of fun and mer
riment during the entire evening. The
music was inspiring, and the light fan
tastic toe was shaken to the heart's
content of all the dancers. The first
prize for the ladies was won by Miss
Mary Blatzen, while the first comic one
was won by Mrs. Mary Bilney. The
gentleman's first prize was won by Roy
Holly and the comic by Fred Billstein.
1 he judges selected to pass on the one
presenting the best representation of
the character carried were Val Burkel,
F. G. Egenberger and Harry Meisinger.
Comma Causes Trouble
Proper punctuation makes all kinds of
writing easily read and understood.
Writers who do not understand punctua
tion should use it sparingly, because it
not only makes their production ridicul
ous at times, but may get them into
trouble. An editor had to stand a law
suit because a careless compositor
-nisplaced a comma in an article which
described the acts of two ladies and
their escorts. Here is the offending
paragraph in the article:
"The two young men went with
their girls to attend a lecture and
after they left, the girls got drunk."
If the comma had been placed after
the word "girls," it would not have
given cause for a lawsuit. The punctua
tion showed that the girls got drunk,
whereas it was the boys got drunk.
From this it will be seen that some
times the small comma may be danger
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The Good American of Any Party Can See tho
Hope of Good Americanism in Either Party
Though at Times Tbcy Blunder.
In one sense, the history of party
lines in America goes back to Anglo
Saxon and Norman times in England.
In that sense, as in others, it is full of
interest. As we are most concerned
with it in 1908, it begins in the founda
tion of the Union itself, and almost dis
appears for a time under the first ad
ministration of Washington, who dread
ed party spirit as a source of danger.
Reappearing under the second admin
istration of Washington and drawn be
fore 1800 almost as they are now, party
lines slackened under the administra
tions of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe,
until under the administration of John
Quincy Adams and Jackson they ap
peared again in full strength. The
names which best represent their his
tory from 1788 to 1896 are Washington,
Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Hayes and
Cleveland, not taken as represeting
private character or .political policies,
but as they stand for decisive periods
of rest or unrest in party activities and
party alignment. Even with their
sweeping changes in the votes of States,
the twenty years between 1876 and
1896 may now be looked upon as a time
of marked rest in what Washington
thought of as party spirit, which may
be raised higher and higher at a time
when party lines seem to bind least.
Through all the changes which belong
to the history of party lines, showing
itself in party spirit or in spite of it,
American hope of improvement
has
TRADE IS GET
TING BETTER
Progression Slow, Bui Im
provement Day by Day
Further Easing In Fin
ancial Situation.
A special from New York under date
of January 18, says that Bradstreet
will say today:
A further easing in the financil situa
tion and very general reports of im
provement in collections are the lead
ing features this week. In trade lines
colder weather and snow have helped
retail distributions somewhat, but
price reduction sales are generally
credited with responsibility for what
ever expansion has been shown in that
branch as a whole. Wholesale dealers
and jobbers report sentiment improved,
collections benefitted by the return to
normal in the demestic money market,
but trade demands are below normal
and in some sections a late and small
shipping trade is predicted.
Weather conditions are against the
fullest development of trade in coal
and winter wear goods, clothing, shoes,
rubers, etc., there is less than ordinary
business moving. Accompanying the
greater ease of money at all centers
seems to have come a tendency to pay
up something on old accounts and some
long standing bills have been settled.
On the other hand, the general slow
ness of trade, whether due to mild
weather or at the south to holding of
cotton, leaves someting to be hoped
for as regards collections. Complaints
of many extensions being asked for
and perforce granted come from the
south.
All indications point to trade despite
the improvement over December, Jbe
low the normal for this season. Job
bing business is quiet and revisions in
price of prints, ginghams and plain and
fancy cottons have not as yet evoked
much buying at leading centers.
There is a disposition to long for
small, frequent and perhaps late buy
ing and perhaps a later than normal
opening of spring trade. More life is
shown in pig iron markets, the pnnci- , Last evening C. A. Harvey living
pal demand coming from makers of j ab0ut five miles south of the city re
cast iron pipe. Most of the business j ceived a message telling of the very
went to the south and the basis on , serious illness of E. I.. Rrarllov th
which the tonnage was booked appears
to be $13 per ton for No. 2 at Birming
ham. At the same time there has been
some increase in blast furnace capa
city. The price situation seems to be
steady.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending January 16,
number 431, against 435 last week, and
235 in the like week of 1907; 279 in
1896; 304 in 1905, and 266 in 1901.
Canadian failures for the week num
ber 44, as against 63 last week, and 23
in this week a year ago.
Wheat, including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending January 16, aggregated
5,421, 867 bushels, against 6,804,273
bushels last week, 2,636,460 bushels
this week last year, and 4,690,202
mil
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worked until there is no period of twen
ty years in which it does not appear,
turning into means of advance even
the disasters which seemed to defeat it.
Of this country during the Nineteenth
Century the future historian may say
that no other nation invited more dis
aster unnecessarily or redeemed it more
heroically and successfully than it was
redeemed in making the history of party
lines which is to be continued this year.
Without giving away in the least on
his own ground, the good American of
any party can see the hope of the good
Americanism in every other party,
working even through blunders and dis
asters until the worst crimes of party
politics are defeated by the higher pur
pose which makes parties possible and
beneficial until what is worst in any
party drives what is best out of it.
When lines go down in that way the
hope of changing the worst for the bet
ter and of improving on even the best
of the present is always rising, as
American history shows results from it.
As a whole, the American history is
the history of increasing millions of
Americans hoping and attempting to do
their best through party or in spite of
party. Their hope has never been de
feated, and as it appears from genera
tion to generation in high results of
improvement, developed in spite of cost
to repay the cost beyond expectation,
it has become a faith that its results
can never be defeated.
bushels in 1902.
For the twenty-nine weeks of the
fiscal year the exports are 131,312,808
bushels, against 104,603,166 bushels in
1906-07, and 157,266,686 in 1901-02.
Corn exports for the week are 900,
280 bushels, against 1,111,874 bushels
last week, and 1,906,873 bushels in
1907. For the fiscal year to date the
exports are 26, 959, 233 bushels, against
29,008,148 bushels in 1906-07.
IN JUSTICE TO THE
LINCOLN NEWS
The Item Referred to Appeared in the
Lincoln Evening Star.
The Journal's article in reference to
the Lincoln News and the number of
men "laid off" at the Burlington shops
in this city and at Havelock is thus ex
plained. The article appeared in the
Lincoln Star instead of the News, and
our informant hustled around and se
cured a copy of the Star, in which it
appeared, as follows:
"Word was received this morning at
the Havelock shops, to the effect that
the Burlington has laid off 500 men at
its shops at Aurora, III. The men who
are still emploped in the Aurora shops
are working eight hours a day and
only four days in the week. Word was
also been received that at least half of
the working force at the Burlington
shops at Plattsmouth has been laid off.
Two hundred out of 300 men have been
laid off at the Alliance shops, and a 15
per cent reduction in xhe working force
at the Wymore shops has been made.
It would seem that the Havelock
shops are held in favor by the Burling
ton, judging from the fact that only
eight men were lsid off this morning,
and that no more reductions probably
will be made. At present there are
more men employed at the Havelock
shops than at any other shops on the
Burlington system, arid the monthly
pay roll at Havelock is expected to re
main at about $45,000 during the entire
winter."
Called Away By Illness of Relative.
I husband of his youngest sister living
in Newton, Iowa. The brief informa
tion did not say as to the cause of the
illness or its character. Mrs. Bradley
is well along in years being 68. Mr.
Harvey departed last evening on the
late Burlington train for the bedside of
his brother-in-law.
Mrs Hirz Improving.
Mrs. J. V. Egenberger and daughter.
Miss Ida, departed for OmahB this
morning, where they will visit for the day
with Mrs. John Hirz, a sister of Mrs.
Egenberger, who is at the St. Joseph
Hospital, where she was removed last
Saturday. Mrs Hirz is receiving treat
ments for a tumor, and improving every
day.