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Short Items of Interest From Wed
nesday Evening's Daily Journal
I-M. Vtoiiian returned to Omaha
this noon on the mail train after sev
eral days in the city.
Mrs. M. Ilowland returned this
morning on No. I from a visit with
friends at .Malvern, la.
Herbert .Josslyn was a passenger
this noon on fhe fast mail for Omaha
going up on business matters.
Miss Km ma I Saner was a passenger
this noon on the mail train for Oma
ha wlere she will spend the after
noon. Miss Winnifred Shea was a passen
ger this morning for Omaha, where
she goes for her studies at the busi
ness college.
Miss- Ella Margaret Dovey is spend
ing the afternoon in Omaha having
been a passenger on the mail train
for that point.
Ceo. Sherwood departed this noon
on the m:iil train for Omaha where
he had important business matters to ,
to look after. j
Miss Louisa Colder and nephew, !
Ilarland Corder. were passengers this j
morning for Omaha where they will i
spend t he day.
John W. Crabill. the popular Sixth
and Main street jeweler, was a busi
ness visitor tliis afternoon in Omaha
going up on the mail train.
William Holly, the clothier, was a
passenger this noon on the mail train
for Omaha where he had important
business matters to attend to.
Mrs. Olga Croskary and Mrs. P. F.
Coos were passengers this noon on
the mail train for Omaha where they
Mill spend the afternoon with friends.
Mrs. Mayme Cleaver, of Neligh.
Neb., Grand Chief of Honor of the
Degree of Honor, came in this morn
ing to attend to business for the or
der. Wm. Hinrichsen was a passenger
this noon on the mail for Omaha, go
ing up to spend the afternoon with
relatives and to look after business
matters.
Rev. A. A. Randall, wife and
daughter, Ina, were passengers this
morning on the early train for Oma
ha where they will spend the day
with friends.
Senator V. B. Banning who came
up from Union this morning was a
passenger on the fast mail at noon
for Omaha where he had business
to look after.
L. A. Moore and wife were passen
gers this noon on the fast mail for
Omaha, where they had business mat
ters to attend to and where they will
visit with friends.
Miss Ellen McClelland of Fullerton,
Neb., who has been visiting in the
citv with the family of J. M. Roberts
for several davs past, departed this!
morning for her home
j
last
Geo. Weidman came
down
evening from Havelock to spend a
few hours with his mother and sis
ter, returning to his work at Lincoln
on the train this afternoon.
A. Claybaugh, superintendent of
the Nebraska Lighting company, was
a passenger this noon on the mail
train for Omaha where he had bus
iness matters to look after.
Mrs. Fred Oldenhausen and daugh
ter, Mrs. Peter Eers, were passen-
gers for Omaha w here they had bus- j
inetss matters to attend to and where
they will visit with friends.
Mrs. John Campbell departed this
morning for Bloomfield, Neb:, where
she will
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Announcement of addi; hang
es in division officers of the- Darling
ton is n-.r.ele today. F. B. Mi'.!, r. stip
eriiit ndent of the Sheridan division
of the road has resigned, and A. W.
Newton has been appointed s.ipe riii
tendent of the Creston division, suc
ceeding C. T. Leonard, resigned.
Mrs. A. G. Wahlstrom, Mrs. John
Wahlstrom. Mrs. O
W. Johnson and
Mrs. C. J. Breggren and children, Viv- '
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ian and Dorothy, were passengers this
noon on the mail train for Omaha,
all returning to their homes except
Mrs. P.erggren and children, who go
to visit with Mrs. Johnson. The ladies
had been visiting in the c ity with Mrs.
C. A. Berggren for several days.
M. M. Ileal departed this morning
for Sigourney, la., where he will vis
it with relatives and friends for sev
eral weeks, probably until Christmas.
Mr. Real and family expecting to go
in the spring for the Black Hills to
permanently reside, lie takes this op
portunity to run over for a visit with
his folks before leaving. He took his
trusty gun along and there will soon
come reports of slaughter of all kinds
of game from that section.
HAVE TOO MANY
STUDIES HE SAYS
Prcf. Davidson, of Onnha, Criticises
the School System.
Prof. W. M. Davidson, superin
tendent of the Omaha public- schools.
in an address before the Mercantile
Club in Kansas City, Kansas, last
Monday night, said that ''the course
of study in our American school sys
tem has become topheavy."
In explaining the present status of
the American system of education,
Prof. Davidson told of the enlarge
ment of the college and university
curriculum from a few branches of
study of a century ago to the vast
schools of 120 studies of today. He
said the high schools in the cities are
modern institutions in which thirty
or forty branches are taught, while
the elementary schools have been as
marvelous in the development as the
college, the university or the high
school.
"Yet," he declared, we are at
tempting to do too much, not real
izing the limitations of children's
minds. Our teaching is at the high
est point of intensive efficiency, and
the high school graduate of today
knows more that is of practical ben
efit than the Yale or Harvard grad
uate of fifty years ago. But the crv
now is for the limitation of the non
essential from the course of study
and the simplification of that which
remains, that which fits men and
women for the practical life."
The School System on Trial.
Prof. Davidson said the school sys
tem was on trial as it never had been
I before, though he had not yet found
lone of the writers of magazine ar
ticles criticising the schools who
knew what he was writing about.
"Hilt " hp ;!ertort -'tlifvci ic n incr
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criticism coming from the tax nav-
ers who are asking what they are
Manual training, he insisted, is
just as essential to education as
mathematics, English, Latin, or Greek.
He could see in the vocational train
ing of the schools of the future
a
higher efficiency that would count
for much in the solution of the in
dustrial situation in America.
Train the Hand and Head Together.
"I look with alarm on the segre
gation of our high schools. The plane-
shovers and the Latin student should
grow up si.le by side. That is what
I makes broader citizenship."
I Prof. M. E. P"terson, superintend
tont of the Kansas City, Kas., schools
j spoke on the "Future of Education"
I in that c ity. Hp told of the plans of
t'.ie educational authorities toes-
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dv -s ; s police JU.:g-e. by re;' :-o:i
ft" an :'. --. of stoma-; h trouble. Tj
. j e.r;,-..- was s-i-e.) with riie attack
I T;:e .-id ay iiiee. and suf!vr l ir.iense
i !y for several hours, being unable to
; obtain help, Mrs. Archer being ab
. ut. He finally recoered sufficient
ly to obtain some medicine and the
attack passeel off. He feels much
bette-r todav.
I Alfred Edgerton is a business vis
itor in Omaha this morning, where
he goes to purchase some material
for -work he is loing in the city.
i Cannot Live Long.
. Km hi VVe-ebie-s.biy 's Iially
L. II. Peterson ami I'. C I'.-ter-son,
who had intended going to Tii-
' den, Neb., to si'c t.lielr broth r. Chris
II. Peterson, report :;f whose- alarm
ing illness v;is reported in the Jemr-
; nal of yesterday, but who were de
tained by business, departed for that
'point, this morning. They yesterday
received word that Chris was so low
i that his death was expected hourly
'and thev left on the first train they
could get hoping to be there in time
to see him before lie passed away.
THE CITY SCHOOLS
OF PLATTSMOUTH
Superintendent's Report for the Month
Ending October 30, 1908.
The following is the report of the
Plattsmouth city schools for the
month ending October 1
Teacher
Brooks
Cole
Goehry
Martens . . .
Yelinek . . .
Freese . . . .
Haines ....
Tartsch . . .
Morgan . . .
Johnson . . .
Heisel
Mason . . . .
I Iansen . . .
Kanka ....
Hawksworth
Baird
Whalen . . .
Wilson . . . .
Stenner . . .
Barwick . . .
KIT It) 4 1 2 0 8.2
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39.1 37.1 4 94. S
4 3.S 4o.." 0 J2.4
40.1 3S.2 0 2
44.2 4 1. S 0 Vi.VG
33.2 32 ( ..-. 1
4 0.2 3S.7 1 95.3
39 38.1 1 9 7
3S.S 3".7 o 9 4
2S 26.1 0 93.3
3S.2 3 4.7 ii 90.5
39.9 33.3 4 87.7
4 4.6 4 2.T. ( 9 5.2
4 9.2 4 7.3 0 9 6.1
.",0 4G.2 4 92
3S.1 36. 1 9.-.S
36.7 34.4 0 93.7
39.5 36.4 7 92
12 14.8 0 94
9S2.3 933.7 47 94.4
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All students are back in school af
ter their three days'' vacation, work
ing as faithfully as though there had
been no interruption in their work.
The teachers are working with re
newed vigor and seem to have prof
ited by their enforced vacation.
The members of the debating
squad are hard at work under the
direction of Miss Coon preparing for
their debates with other schools. The
team has not yet been selected.
Those who represent the team will
have to earn their places. AulAirn
and Weeping Water will both de
bate with us in our own city.
All patrons of the school and all
persons interested in the welfare of
the school are asked to help the Col
umbian school in the piano contest
by seeing that all coupons are turned
into the school. At present an in
dividual has more coupons than we
have and in many cases coupons
from the city have been given to
him. Let us have some local pride
and stand up for the schools. Save
your coupons for us.
We hope in the near future to
have Dr. Condra spend a Saturday
with us and conduct a field geog
raphy expedition to places of interest
near the city for the benefit of the
physical geography classes in the
high school and such teachers as care
to avail themselves of it. This will
be of great value to the students as
Dr. Condra is recognized as one of
the leading men in the west, so far
as practical geography is concerned.
Beaver City, an enterprising city
about half the size of Plattsmouth is
introducing manual training and do
mestic science into the course this
year. Columbus has recently added
to its equipment in this direction and
Hastings has put in a complete man
ual training outfit. Industrial train-
lg seems to be gradually gaining
ground in o;ir own state- as we II a.-.
in many c.tlier stater-.
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Colds and Croup in Children. his campaign he trkd to wear a heavy
"My little girl is subject to colds," ! cloak, so as to cevt-r v,p his true ;; o
says Mrs. Wm, II. Serig, No. 41 Fifth i fives and now that the battle is ov. r
i St., Wheeling, W. Va. "Last winter !
she had a severe spell and a terrible
cough, but I cured her with Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy without the aid of
a doctor, and my little boy has been
prevented many times from having the
croup by the timely use of this syrup.
This remedy is for sale by F. G. Fricke
eS: Co.
Mrs. C. S. Dawson was a passen
ger this morning on the early train
for Omaha where she goes to trans
act some business and spend the day
with friends.
MRS. LATKY WSLL
fGT BE COYNED
She is After Ker Successful Oppon
ent fcr Grand Chief of Honor.
.Mrs. Mary A. Latky, who was de
feated for re-election as Grand Chief
of Honor of the Degree of Honor, re
fuses to stay defeated, and yesterday
she filed a suit to oust her successful
competitor, Mrs. Mayme Cleaver of
Neligh, from the office. The petition
was tiled at Lincoln while Mrs.
Cleaver was in that city and service
of summons could be had upon
her. Mrs. Latky's petition alleges
that .Mrs. Cleaver was elected by one
vote and that at least one vote cast
on the ballot on which the election
oc curred was illegal, as Dr. Mosshart,
who voted on the ballot and who is
medical examiner of the order, was
disqualified to vote under the rules.
Mrs. Latky makes the further claim
that under the rules she holds over
until her successor is elected and
qualified niul this, she claims, has
not yet taken place.
It will be recalled that .Mrs. Latky
was defeated after a bitter flight at
the last (3 rand Lodge. She had pre
viously started a hot fight on Miss
Teresa Hempel, of this city, for re
election as Grand Recorder and the
two fights became crossed with the
result Miss Hem pel was elected by
a large majority while Mrs. l,atky
was eseieateit. one tactor wincii en
tered largely into the contest was
a suit begun by the proprietors of
the Royal hotel at Lincoln against
Mrs. Latky to collect an alleged board
bill due tliem. 1 ins case had a great
deal to do with Mrs. Latky's defeat.
it being used in the campaign against
her with telling effect.
Mrs. Latky's friends assert that
her suit to oust Mrs. Cleaver is only
the commencement of the suit bus
iness and that there will be other
highly entertaining cases filed. The
effec t of this is likely to be hard upon
the order and upon this account her
action is greatly regretted.
i:kvi:.mi; law held c;ood.
Deduc tion of Debts From . Credits
Valid, Says Supreme Court.
The revenue law of Nebrasks,
which permits, under the interpreta
tion of the supreme court, a tax
payer to deduct his bona fide debts
from his gross credits, is not un
constitutional or in conflict with sec
tion 1, article ix, of the constitution.
This is the holding of the supreme
court on a motion for a rehearing in
the case of the Scandinavian Mutual
Aid association against Kearney
county, the latter being defendant
and appellant.
Because the present revenue law
provided for the assessment of net
credits rather than gross credits, the
defendant alleged that it is uncon
stitutional, the constitution provid
ing for a tax by valuation so that
every person shall pay a tax in pro
portion to the value of his property,
the value to be ascertained in such
manner as the legislature shall di
rect. The defendant urged that al
lowing debts to be released from as
sessment and taxation and would re
sult in levying taxes unequal upon
the taxable property in the state.
Such a construction of the consti
tution was never contemplated by its
framers, says the court. If the tax
payers are not allowed to offset
bona fide debts from gross credits, it
would result in compelling him to
pay taxes in some instances many
times the value of the net work of
the taxpayer. It would result in
requiring every bank to pay taxes
upon several times the value of its
capital stock and would practically
result in bankrupting many of the
financial and manufacturing insti
tutions of the state
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and he feeds that he can get revelry.
it matters not the cost to other.-, hv
wants to take this method. However,
the leaders of the republican party,
who are not so narrow minded and can
see at h-ast one day ahead of them,
realize that such a move would mean
the death of the republican party for
all time to come. The old saying of
"give a calf rope enough and he will
hang himself," is certainly coming
true in the case of this great office
seeker and grand stand player in the
limelight, when away from home.
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From tlit3 Leader Jln.
A daughter, weighing
pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Henry P. Hayes Saturday, October
31.
Mrs. Kosa Yose, of St. Joe, Mo.,
and Miss Clara Noderer, of Cleve
land, Ohio, are here visiting their
aunt, Mrs. (I. II. Swarts, and other
relat i ves.
Mrs. Cora Ellen Raker, of Cretna,
the efficient postmistress of that vil
lage, was a guest at the home of
her brother, Frank, Sunday and
?doiiday.
C. S. Hart returned Monday night
from a few "days' hunting out at Lal'e
( ox's, near Angus. He reports tin
duck shooting fine, and brought
lon.e a nice supply cf ducks to his
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II ifie j f.
Otis Neeiy received a sumuicm;
from a friend this week, who is chief
electrician on the Santa Fe railway,
to come to Topcka at once as he
ha;! a good opening for him wit'a
the Santa Fe. Mr. Neely left for
Topeka Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Lizzie Lanahorst was taken
to Lincoln Monday for treatment at
the Everett sanitarium. She has
been in very poor heal ill fcr the- past
few weeks and it is sincerely hoped
tty her many friends that she will
be benefitted by the treatment.
The opening of Hoover & Uiog"ii
rief's new meat market last Saturday
afternoon was a hummer. It is es
timated that from SO0 to 1.O00 men,
women and children partook cf the
splendid soup dished up by Mes
dames Hoover, Bogenrief and liar
ley, over 80 gallons of soup being
disposed of.
Mrs. Harvey Maddox and children
of Topeka, Kansas, are visiting at
the home of Grandma Hollenbeck.
Mr. Maddox expects to make a bus
iness change, removing to Topeka,
and Mrs. Maddox will likely remain
here until the change is made.
Xehawka.
(From the Register.)
Mrs. Nicholas Klaurens and little
children were down from Murray on
a visit to her father, Jacob Gruber.
Governor Sheldon came home to
vote not overconfident. He ex
pressed himself as wishing he could
campaign about two weeks longer.
Dr. Walker enjoyed a visit from
his mother and an aunt, Mrs. Ross,
yesterday. His aunt is here on a visit
from Riverside, California.
H. R. Conrad, from the village
down the Weeping Water, was in
town on elec tion day and was greet
ing his many friends. Dick is suffer
ing from a badly sprained ankle and
a worse case of Texas feve r. He will
recover from both.
Ernest P. Pollard and his bride re
turned to their home in Vermont last
Tuesday after a visit of a month
among relatives. While he thinks
Nebraska is a pretty good place, he
cannot make up his mind to leave? the
old home.
The Hebner school is minus a
teacher. Miss Wilcox giving notice to
the board that her health was such
that it would not permit her to fur
ther stand the strain of a long walk
to school. She accordingly resigned
and left for her home in Oklahoma
Tuesday.
A basket social was held in the
Todd and Heebner schools and the
twenty-three baskets that were of
fered brought out some lively bid
ding and netted $33.5."). A program
added to the evening's entertainment.
Union.
From the Leaser.
Stotler went to
William
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xtenoed visit, ace onijuuii.
d ev
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sister, Mrs. G. L. Sherman, whu 1
been visiting here.
Harry Craves, who is employed
in
the office of the Sun at Utica, Neb.,
came in last Friday night to make a
visit with home folks, returning to
Utica on the Monday morning train.
W. F. Tracy and wife left Tuesday
evening for Omaha to make a visit.
Since selling his banking interests
and other property here Mr. Tracy
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has decided to take a few months'
rest from business, and we- are in
formed they will spend the- winter ill
the south.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pitman arrived
Home Sunday from their trip to the
Pacific coast, where they spent a few
wee ks visiting the ir son, Charles Pit
man, and family at Mablon, Wash.,
and their daughter, Mrs. Hattie
Shryder at Mc-Minville, Ore gon. The
first remark that Mr. Pitman made
when he stepped off the train here'
was: 'This Nebraska
good to mo."
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Lci(i- ille.
From the Ceiiirle-r.
('has. Hoover is down wiilr ptie-a-monia
and is a very sick man.
The- village boar. I is having tie
road leading to the proper. -d n-w
Platte rive-r wagon bridge graded.
Now let i's all get away from tli.
political gai.ie a nd figure on puitiriira
few pumpkins, some- potatoes and a
few tons of hard coal in the cellar.
Dr. T. P .Livingston wa.-, - all -d in
consultation with Dr. Worthmnn to
see Tittle Harold Williams Friday.
The little fellow contracted whooping
cough and it developed into lang
fever ami lie has b !i j u i 1 1 low for
several days.
James P. Ellis, who for the- past,
twenty-seven years has been a piu-he r
for Louisville, anel for more than
twenty-two years station agent on
the Missouri pacific has resigned to
ac c ept a more reruunerat i vo posi
tion with the same comp.iny at Crete-,
Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cess went tci
Omaha Monday to consult a spe eial
ist, Mrs. Gess having suffered great
ly for some time with a pain in her
head, and she feared that she would
lose her hearing. He r many friends
hope that she may find permanent
relief.
No one has discovered an oil well
in Louisville or vicinity for quite
a spell. Why not wake up and get
busy? And while we are at it why
not discover a coal mine. Nothing,
hardly, sems impossible in these pip
ing days following a presidential
election.
Mr. Ellis office was checked up
Wednesday and .Mr. H. M. Swartz of
Verdon, Neb., has taken charge as
station agent. .Mr. Ellis left for
his new field of labor Thursday eve
ning. How to Cure a Cold.
Be as careful as you can you will oc
casionally take cold, and when you do,
get a medicine of known reliability, one
that has an established reputation and
that is certain to effect a quick cure.
Such a medicine is Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It has gained a world wide
reputation by its remarkable cures of
this most common ailment, and can
always be depended upon. It acts on
nature's plan, relieves the lungs, aids
expectoration, opens the secretions and
aids nature in restoring the system to
a healthy condition. During the many
years in which it has beenj in general
use we have yet to learn of a single
case of cold or attack of the grip hav
ing resulted in pneumonia when this
remedy was used, which shows conclu
sively that it is a certain preventive of
that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy contains no opium or
other narcotic and may be given as con
fidently to a baby as to an adult. For
sale by F. G. Fricke & Co.
Indications of inter.
From Wednesday's lijiily
Burlington train No. 0 from the
west this morning tan.e in with some
genuine indications of v inte r, the
trucks and steps of tie oae Ik s be ing
covered with snow and (!. v-:.r plat
form of the- obs' rvaiiem tv.v having a
coating of snow and if .;.-r it. The?
day he re
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and hri;' ht. indi
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ha where she was eali.-d jy a mcs.
sf-ii-.-r telling h.-r of the unexpected
and sudden illness of her daughter,
Mrs. Dr. Boy Dode. Mrs. Buffer
returned but a few days since from
a visit with Mrs. Uodge and is cfuite
unable to account for the sudden ill
ness which has overtaken her. It
is hoped that she wilj find her daugh
ter much better upon her arrival and
that her recovery will be speedy and
permanent. , a.
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