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Til SEHIOR CLASS
By One of its Member, Hiss Vina Theirolf, at
a Valentine Party at Her Pleasant
Home in This City Satur
day Evening
At the pleasant home of Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip Theirolf, parents of the
hostess, Miss Mina Theirolf, a member
of the senior class of the High school,
entertained the class which is to grad
uate this year at a Valentine party,
and was assisted by Misses Mathilda
Soennischsen and Charlotte Fetzer.
The entertainment which was a valen
tine heart party was very unique in the
arrangement of the details, the house
being profusely and beautifully decor
ated with hearts hung all over the in
terior. Four particular features of the
evening's entertainment were: The
first, the hunting of concealed candy
hearts a prize being given to the one
finding the most, which was won by
Superintendent Gamble, he finding six
teen and received a fern as the prize;
the second was the shooting of hearts
placed upon the wall with a bow and
arrow, and was a source of a good deal
of merriment, when the young men
tried to teach the girls how to use the
Indian weapons; the third was the giv
ing of each of those present a stick of
chewing gun and when they had chewed
A PLEASANT EVEN
ING OF ENJOYMENT
Mr.
snd Mrs. J. M. Roberts Enter
tain at Six O'clock Dinosr.
Last Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Roberts entertained a number
of their friends at a six o'clock dinner,
at which a very pleasant time was en
joyed by all present. The partners for
the supper were selected in a very
unique manner. A heart valentine was
given to each person, on which there
were a portion of a quotation making
in all one-half as many quotations as
hearts distributed. By reading and
comparison the quotation was completed
making the selection. The supper was a 6
course affair and was at 6:30, after
which the evening was pleasantly spent
in social cooversation, interspersed with
vocal and instrumental music. Those to
enjoy the occasion were: Prof, and
Mrs. A. J. Waterhouse and Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Newell, of Omaha; Messers
and Mesdames C. C. Parmele, T. H.
Pollock, J. H. Salsbury. C. A. Rawls,
and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Roberts.
A Warning tn Loungers.
The waiting rooms at railroad stations
are constructed and maintained for the
convenience and comfort of the travel
ing public not for a place for the loaf
ing of people who have nothing else to
do than to try to make themselves a
nusiance, and the waiting room, whether
the ladies or the gentlemen's, a place
undesirable for anyone to await for in
coming trains. At the Burlington
station efforts are made to keep the
waiting rooms in the right kind of con
dition, but with a crowd of loungers,
whose principal object seems to be to
see how many cigarettes they can
smoke,' and vulgar stories they can tell,
spitting tobacco over the floors, seats
and everything in the room. The ones
in charge have posted notices that those
frequenting the depot must keep with
in the bounds of decency or the law
will be invoked to compel an observance
of the rules of propriety.
Will Close Many Stations
An Auburn dispatch says: At Mis
souri Pacific headquarters it is said that
many of the smaller stations along this
division will be closed altogether, or
the telegraph instruments will be taken
out, as soon as the nine hour system
goes into effect, thus allowing the em
ployment of cheap labor. An inex
perienced man or woman will be put in
as agent, asJ will not conflict with the
schedule the company has with the or
der of railway telegraphers.
For sale A number of registered
rthorn bulls. H. G.Todd, Murray. .
EaTEE9TAIC3ED
it sufficiently they fashioned it into
hearts, and placed it upon a card board
of hearts hung on the wall the one
proving the best artist in this line was
given a pennant for 1908, the prize was
won by Miss Pearl Nichols of the High
school; the fourth was given a number
of hearts which had quotations telling
of some kind of a flowers received a
prize of a box of bonbons, which went
to Grovenor Dovey. Then' followed the
supper, which was one of the pleasing
featured of the evening.
The enening's entertainment was
the continued with games social con
versation, interspersed with instru
mental and vocal music, W. G. Brooks
answered to the call for a few num
bers, and was followed by Mrs. Gam
ble, who also sang a number of selec
tions to the delight of all who were
present. Superintendent Gamble also
gave a talk on the origin of the beauti
ful practice of observing the occasion,
which was pleasing and instructive. All
were well pleased with the entertain
ment, and went home feeling that it
was good to be there.
The Nehawka Mill A Winner
Joseph Malcolm, the Nehawka Miller
was a visitor in the city Tuesday,
looking after the interests of the out
put of the Nehawka Milling company,
which is of prime excellence. Joe is a
joviel, good follow and makes friends
wherever he goes. We are given to
understand from reliable authority,
that the mills at that place have done
a very satisfactory business, having
paid off an incumbrance of $22,000 dur
ing the past year. The people of Ne
hawka are to be congratulated upon the
matter of so tine a plant, and one
which brings so much business to their
community. With such institutions
and the interest which the farmees are
taking in the handling of the grain,
Nehawka should receive somewhat of a
business impetus that would go far to
wards insuring increased prosperity for
the town.
Repcblican County Convention.
The republican county convention for
the purpose of selecting delegates to
the state convention in Omaha on Thurs
day, March 12, will meet in Weeping
Water, Thursday, February 20. The
primaries for the selection of delegates
to the county convention were held Sat
urday, and the following delegates
were chosen from the various wards in
this city:
First Ward R. B. Windham, A. L.
Tidd, J. M. Robertson, W. W Coates,
C. D. Quinton, John Lindeman and H.
N. Dovey.
Second Ward M. L. Fredrick, H.A.
Schneider, W. J. Streight, H. C. Mc
Maken, J. E. Douglass, Jesse L. Root
and A. J. Beeson.
Third Ward W. H. Newell, C. A.
Rawls, A. W. At wood, Byron Clark,
A. N. Sullivan, F. H. Steimker, J. H.
Hall, John Becker and A. M. Searls.
From all reports there were no prima
ries held in the Fourth and Fifth Wdrds.
Will Comply With Law.
The Burlington will comply with the
nine-hour law relating to telegraph op
erators work-day. The compliance
with this law at this time will add a
considerable expense in the aggregate,
although for the Lincoln division it will
not be great, coming as it does at this
time of slow business. The company
has not found it difficult to secure
operators, and it is said that all the
men needed for the extra work have
been engaged.
Surprise the Rebekah's
After the regular meeting of the
Rebekah's last Saturday evening, and
they-were ready to depart , for home,
they were invited to the reception room
of the lodge, where a delightful repast
was awaiting them in the shape of cof
fee and cake furnished by Mr and Mrs
Oliver Edmonds.
ROSS KfitSKOfID
SECURES PLUMB
Will His Appointment Creates Discord
Among Republicans?
The following is what the Lincoln
Sunday Star says editorially in regard
to the appointment of Ross Hammond
as internal revenue collector. While
the appointment of collector is settled,
it seems that the troubles in the repub
lican ranks in Nebraska has just begun:
"The fight over the internal revenue
collectorship for the state of Nebraska
has ended, but the troubles of the re
publican party in the state have only
begun.
"Mr. Hinshaw, in voting for Ross
Hammond, has drawn the antagonism
of a large number of union labor men
in Fairbury, Wymore and Beatrice.
And t hat opposition will hurt not only
him, but the republican party as a
whole.
"Mr. Norris, in voting for Ross Ham
mond, has drawn opposition from . the
union labor vote of McCook, Holdrege,
Oxford, Red Cloud and Hastings. That
opposition will hurt not only him, but
the entire republican party.
"And even the Senator and the Con
gressmen who voted for Mr. Rose wilf
be injured by the attitude of the other
members of the delegation. In Omaha
a large labor vote will be directed
against the republicans if democrats
can arrange it that way. Mr. Pollard
and others in the First district will suf
fer on account of Havelock and Platts-
mouth.
"We're not making a general defense
of union labor organizations as political
factors. They do not need it and do
not ask it. But The Star does believe
that the republican party has been
drawn into a damaging fight for no good
purpose. Mr. Rose could just as well
have had that appointment, and a
greater number of people in this state
would have been pleased. Rose de
served it just as much, he would have
made an equally efficient officer, and his
appointment would have been followed
by none of the disastrous effects which
are sure to grow out of the action of
the delegation in naming Hammond.
"In addition to drawing the fire of a
large element in the voting strength of
the state, this senseless contest has
created factional differences in the party
and has caused wounds that will not
heal before the next election day. It
has all been a silly, expensive piece of
business. It was bad enough no mat
ter what the result, but unfortunately
the result is exactly the wrong one."
Died at Home in Chicago
W. J. Wood, father of Mrs. H. S,
Austin and Clinton G. Wood died at his
home in Chicago last Saturday, after a
short illness. Mr. Clinton G. Wood,
the young man who has so graciously
sang at a number of our entertain
ments, on receiving word of Wfe father's
sickness, immediately departed for his
home to find his father had passed
away when he arrived. The elder Wood
was an architect by profession, and
drew the plans and made the specific
ations for the horticurtural and agric
ultural hall at the St. Louis exposition
a few years since, and was a member of
the Elks, a 32rd degree Mason and a
member of the Knights of Pythias.
The funeral occurred Tuesday.
Letter From Wm. Habermann.
One of the force of this office is in
receipt of a letter from Wm. Haber
mann, who is taking treatment in the
hospital at Lincoln for the drink habit.
He says that he is treated the best in
the world there, and that he feels at
present the best he has for years. He
has no desire for anything of a nature
of intoxicants, and thinks he will be able
to refrain from taking anything in the
future. He wishes to be remembered
to his many old friends in Plattsmouth.
Mr. Haberman says that there are a
large number of people taking treat
ment where he is, for like troubles and
with good success.
Departed For Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ruby departed
for their home at Oberlin, Kan., Tues
day on the Burlington. It will be
remembered that Mr. Ruby farmed in
northwestern Kansas last season, and
returned last fall and was married to
Miss Bengen, they staying here during
the winter, and now go back to Kansas
to live.
Working on the Finishing
Two carpenter arriving from Omaha
this morning are starting on the finish
ing work of the Masonic Home. This
work will require some time, but . an
abundance of time for the fulfiling of
the contract which is to be completed
according to the contract, by May
first.
Sells Farm in South Dakota
Robert Troop, at the time of the
drawing of the Rose Bud Indian reser
vation, some time since, drew 2'.?J, and
secured a choice piece of land within
less than a mile of where the town of
Gregory was established, and which has
advanced in price very rapidly. Last
week Mr. Troop receive a letter from
the banker at Gregory, asking for a
price on the farm. Mr. Troop thinking
$40.00 per acre1 would be a good price,
placed the value at $41.00, in order that
it might not be accepted. But great
was his surprise when he received a
message Friday accepiflg the offer, and
stating papers would follow for the
consumation of the sale. The farm
brings $6,5G0.00. A good sum for the
time which he has spent on the placel
DRICGS SUIT
v FOR DAMAGES
It is Cldcd That Grading
Done Dy City Was Hot
According to Estab
lished Grade
By his attorney, D. O. Dwyer, fo
damage claimed, M. Whalen has began
suit in the district court for the sum of
$700. The case was one wherein a con
troversy arose regarding the matter of
grading and building of a permenant
walk along the property of Mr. Whalen
in the Fourth ward, near the upper end
of First street, on Winterstein hill.
Two damage claims have been filed
with the city council, both of which
were turned down. In the controversy,
Mr. Whalen claims that the grading
was not according to the established
grade made by the city, and that the
placing of the walk was not at his
askance, as he wished to place the
walk himself, or secure it so placed
without the interference of the city.
The city claims the grade the proper
one and turned down the claims for
damages. The case when it comes for
trial in the district court, will develop
which of the parties are right, and
while we deplore the trouble which has
arisen and the differences which now
prevail between the parties, see no
other way than the course now taken
to adjudicate the matter.
Nebraska Must Go for Taft.
A special from Washington, under
date of February 17, says: "This morn
ing Senator Burkett presented the collector-to-be
to the president and instead
of a perfunctory interview, which is gen
erally accorded candidates for office,
because the president has not hours
enough in the day to give an extended
interview to his numberless callers, he
took the senior senator from Nebraska
and Mr. Hammond into an inner room,
where Nebraska politics were discussed
to a f are-you-well. The president bore
down upon the proposition that Nebras
ka must be lined up for Secretary Taft
and was emphatic in his declaration
that he must not be considered in con
junction with the presidency. This, in
relation to the action of Lancaster coun
ty last week. He left no doubt upon
the minds of Senator Burkett or Mr.
Hammond as to his wishes for Nebraska
and he requested the two gentlemen to
see to it that Nebraska send a delega
tion unqualifiedly in favor of Secretary
Taft to the national convention."
Mrs. L. M. Kuhney Improving.
Mrs. Julius Ramge returned this
morning from Omaha, where she was a
visitor with her daughter, Mrs. L. M.
Kuhney, at the St. Joseph hospital,
where she is receiving treatment and
where some time since she underwent
an operation for appendicitis. Mrs.
Ramge reports her daughter's condition
as being much improved and says the
physicians in charge give hope that she
can leave the hospital by the coming
Sunday.
Miss Ina Briggs Very Sick
I
The reporter of this paper received a
message Monday morning, telling of the
very serious sickness of his niece, Miss
Ina Briggs, at Medora, 111., who is
troubled with heart disease, and of
whose recovery there is little hopes en
tertained. It will be remembered that
Miss Ina visited in vhe city with the
family of her uncle, about two years
ago, for some time.
Jess McVey Improved.
Jesse McVey, who is sick at the PerJ
kins House, is . somewhat better, and
can sit up some. He says, however,
that his eyes are larger than .his stom
ach, that the eatibles look better than
they taste. His niece Miss Leta May
bery of Peoria, Illinois, was a visitor
with him yesterday and departed for
her home last evening.
STATE'S 1
An
Old Veteran's Defence Relative to
Pension Money the State is Aftempi-.
ing to Steal From the
Old Soldiers
The following taken from the Grand
Island Democrat, written by an inmate
of the Soldiers' Home at that place
is no doubt full of truth and the true
side of the case from the old soldiers'
stand-point, relative to the pension
money the state is attempting to steal
from the old soldier:
"The Grand Island Independent, the
soldiers' friend, has shown the cloven
foot. (They also belong to the suppress
ed information gang of newspapers.)
In our suit with the state in regard to
this pension graft, their reporter re
ported all of the state's attorney's ar
gument in the case up to noon, and
made it in as favorable a light as pos
sible for the state. Therefore, every
body was disappointed when they
failed to give the very able and sound
addresses of W. H. Thompson and
Governor Abbott in presenting our side
of the case. The soundness of Mr.
Thompson's and the sarcasm of Mr.
Abbott's arguments were far better
reading, and the people would have en
joyed Mr. Abbott's sound sarcasm
directed at the gang of pension graft
ers. But for some reason they sup
pressed it as they also did Mr. Rose's
closing argument, who contended that
the members of the home were pau
pers pure and simple, who had no
rights that the state board were bound
to respect, that they were not entitled
to the right of injunction. And in try
ing to sustain that line of argument
he said: "If we have a criminal ar
rested he does not have, anything to
say about how it shall be done or how
we shall proceed in the manner of do
ing it."
Now vou have it! Paupers witli no
I more rights than a criminal under ar-
1 CO I.
That is the estimate the representa
tive of the present reform republican
board has of us.
Wait until next fall and see them
tell us the old stereotyped story, that
we are entitled to more than what we
are getting, that thev owe it to us for
having risked our lives and everything
for our county's sake, and that noth
ing too good for us in our old age, and
that they will see that we get it, and
perhaps they will manage to shed a
few tears in their great desire to get
our votes.
Rose! What a nice name! I do not
know that he smells like it, but he
looked prouder than the American
Beauty variety. He never looked at
an old soldiers but with disdain, and
gave us to understand very plainly that
we were paupers and had no rights,
and ought not to have any money un
less such gentlemen as himself and
his ilk should decide to let us have a
little.
Now why did the Independent sup
pressed the closing argument of the
state's attorney?
When asked by Judge Paul, "What
in your opinion would have been the
proper course for the soldiers to have
taken in place of an injunction?" Mr.
Rose thought that they should have
appeared before the state board and
petitioned them to recind the order.
"What if they refused?" was the
judge's next question. And Mr. Rose
said, "Well, but you would have had
their money then, " replied the judge
with a twinkle in his eye.
Now I am going to draw you a pic
ture (in amagination.) It would take
a Thos. Nast to do it justice artistic
ally. But iust imagine 500 old broken
down soldiers from the Grand Island
and Milford Homes, who have faced
bullets and disease for three or four
years in defense of their country, just
see them hobbling down to the temples
of justice at Lincoln and appearing
there in their pauper raiment before
that august body of plutocrats, forming
a circle and on their knees begging of
them in the following manner:
"O merciful Masters, give us back
our 15 cents? Please give us back our
money?"
Would we do it? Not on your life.
We think we know that outfit and we
would fear to place -ourselves before
them in such a position lest we be
scourged "and driven out. -
We will ' have to make some allow
ance for Mr. Rose, as I understand he
had just heard that he had been turned
down on the collectorship.
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But I want to say to Pumpkin Hlon
som that he is badly off when he caH
us all paupers with no more right
than a criminal. He did not know
that we have members here with $2000
bank accounts or that have good farm
to rent, or that we have ranches well
stocked with cattle and horses, or mer
that can travel every summer from
Maine to CalifoVnia and back here t
winter. They draw $12 per month and
vote the republican ticket every time.
I do not kiiow how they manage to get
so much out of $12 per mouth. But 1
suppose it is the same system that the
G. O. P. congressmen use 'when they
are able to buy a $50,000 property on
a $5,000 salary, or an appointee of the
governor that can lay up enough in a
short term of office to buy a good eizal
ranch and stock the same, build good
houses, etc. The capacity of that
state board seems to have reached its
limit, when they go as far as rob
bing the old soldiers of their pension
money.
They do not seem to be able to grap
ple with the graft that is rampant, or
perhaps they do not want to. It may
be that the hog has been passed around
and that they have all got a piece of
the animal.
I sat in that court room with a num
ber of others and heard the state's at
torney denounce us, and use the lan
guage above quoted. And I think I
can see the drift of the whole thing.
"I am mad." I am also ashamed:
ashamed of myself for promising to
think as I did. That that was a home,
that the government and the gcoI
people of this state built it and main
tained it for such as I represent, ami
after I had helped to build it and main
tain it for year.? before I myself ! c
came a member. Yes, and after I had
listened to the republican spellbinder,
year after year, telling us that thi-.
was our home, that we were entitle'!'
to it, and more too, and that they
could not do too much for us. Ar.l
then to have the representative of the
tiny, come up here and in open court
tell that this is a poor farm an1 that
we are paupers and have no more right
UUUcr Lilt; 1"-W Llldll x lllliimai uiium
arrest has.
I presume that he had his whole IiV,e"
of argument outline to him by the
state board and attorney general be
fore he left Lincoln, and it seems to Le
rather a pleasure for him to deliver it.
Well, I am getting over the scene of
shame, and the feeling of d mad
is taking its place. About one more
such crack and I am liable to tell the
people of this state of things that will
make this R. R. R. administration sit
up and take notice.
Paupers, with no more rights than a
criminal under arrest, are we? We
believe you lie about it; at all events,
you have got to "show us." We num
ber 201 and we want to know exactly
where we stand before the people and
what rights we have got. We are not
certain but that you will yet assure
the right to have us tied up to a post
and whipped for refusing to be robbed
without a protest, or for using lan
guage disrespectful to "Your Royal
Highness."
We are in court right now for the
verv purpose of finding out whether
j we are poor slaves with no rights left.
or old soldier with th same rights
guaranteed free American citizens
everywhere. And among these rights
is the right to refuse to support any
other man's wife or widow. The right
to refuse to beg for justice from the
servants of the people. The right to
use our own money for our own amuse
ment so long as it does not interfere
with Mr. Searles' exposition trips at
the expense of the state, or do not
make ourselves disagreeable to others.
Do not think, though, that we are
unable to distinguish between orders
issued for . the purpose of necessary
discipline and orders issued for oppres
sion. After we are dead we cannot help
ourselves as you very well know, but
you made the .mistake of thinking that
we were all dead, or so nearly so that
the last spark of manhood had left us
and that we did not have ambition
enough left to defend our rights.
We are awaiting the verdict, "Slaves
or Men." C. H. Jones.
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