The Plattsmouth Journa
I'UBLISUED WEEKLY AT
FLA.TTSMOUTII. NEBRASKA.
R. A. BATES, Pi-rlishek.
overed at the patioiUc l Piattsmoulb. Ne
bra.ska.attccund clvs mUKr.
$1,50 Per Year in Advance.
Nobody should" knock" the inter
urban. The man who docs so is not
a good citizen of either Cass County
or riattsmouth.
The establishment of small fac
ories in this city means a lot to the
property owners. Do your share to
ward helping this along.
The way to build up a city is for
everyone to bury personal differ
ences and get together and .boost.
Let Plattsmouth have an interurban
railway into the heart of Cass Coun
ty and let the small factory he se
cured to employ the people. Forget
your alleged grievances.
There must be Borne object in run
ning a so-called "citizens" ticket for
for city offices. The voters and tax
payers are entitled to know what
this object is and a little personal
investigation by the interested people
will show. It Is a bad movement and
will be defeated. The democratic
ticket will be made up of
ir.cn with no axes to grind and only
intent upon giving the city a clean
nnd decent city government free from
taint.
This morning's pliers report that
the Omaha-Lincoln interurban rail
way company has put surveyors in
the field and are preparing to build
their lines through Ralston, Pappil
lon, Louisville mid Mtrdoek to Lin
coln. The thing to do Is to build
the line from Plattsrr.r.uth to.Murdock
at once and get Into this field ahead
of these parties. This Is legitimate
riattsmouth territory and should be
occupied now. If O.naha wants
an Interurban line to Lincoln let
them come down an 1 connect with
the Plattsmoutli-4-Muriloc k line and
make this the Junction point. Per
sonal grievances and petty Interests
have no business stopping the con
struction of this line. Let every
good citizen of Plattsmouth get to
get her and boom the liattsinouth
Murdock lnteruilmn.
The building of the interurban
railway from (his city to Murdock
and Klmwood will mean the biggest
nnd best thing which ever took place
for Plattsnioulli and Cans County. It
puts the entire county Into direct
communication with the city and
will result In untold benefit to every
section. The Increase in the value
of farm lanilM along Its right of way
will make Cass County tho richest
farming community in the state while
the increase n the value of city prop
erty due to the Increased business
of the city will help every property
owner and business man in the city.
Under these conditions it Is a public
duty to give this Industry a boost.
Let those really Interested In the
welfare of the city do what they can
toward making the road a go. The
devvelopmont of Cass County and Its
Industries should be the object of
every good citizen.
Misuiiik! Lincoln.
"Why is forgery deemed neces
sary to the prohibition cause?" asks
Collier's Weekly, which is itself not
inactive as a champion of temperance
Collier's goes on to explain in de
tail, as follows:
The brewers circulate a statement
against prohibition falsely attributed
to Lincoln. Along come the pro
hibitionists with another, recom
mending prohibition, also forged.
Both desire his assistance; neither
can find anything of his extreme
enough to suit. If he lived today
he would favor no license where
public sentiment was strong enough
to make that policy succeed, and he
would certainly oppose anything re
sembling national prohibition. The
other day we were approached by a
man brimful of ardor. "Lincoln,"
said he, "was a hyprocrite. He was
a a temporizer and coward. In '65
he had a vast army at command.
Why did he not use it to put down
drink?" That man does more harm
to the temperance cause than any
other being in the town where he re
sides. In a book by D. C. Baker,
published last year, is this statement:
"Mr. Lincoln is quoted as saying:
If the prohibition of slavery is good
for the black man, the prohibition
of the liquor traffic is equally good
and constitutional for the white
man.' "
Yes, he is "quoted" as saying it,
but he never did say It. The pro
hibitionists attribute this speech to
April 13. 1865, the last day of Lin
coln's life, so It ought to be possible
for them to name the letter, or
document, or speech, in which the
words occurred. Actually, they
were invented, Just as that stupid pro
position about fooling the people was
Invented also.
"Why Is forgery deemed necessary
to the prohibition cause?'' We
don't know. But it evidently Is
because the paper published right
here in Omaha labeled "Official Or
gan if the Anti-Saloon League of
Douglas County," prints on its
tlrst page the very same statement
attributed to Abraham Lincoln
The Omaha prohibition organ goes
the other evt n one better by throw
ing In this for full measure and
bringing It up one ciay closer to the
martyr president's death:
After reconstruction, the next
';reat question will be the overthrow
f tho liquor traffic. Abraham
Lincoln to Mr. J. II. Merrlani, Aprrll
14. 18G5, the morning before ho was
assassinated.
Here Is some more food for the
Collier man who has commissioned
himself to keep Lincoln history
straight. Omaha Bee.
F.IXIC IlKOKillT TO LINCOLN.
WILL TKLL STOKV ON
TIIK WITXKSS STAND.
In its issue of yesterday the Jour
nal took occasion to say n few words
regnrdlng the basket making Indus
try In this city. This was something
which few people were aware exllsted
ns the man making the baskets had
quietly and unostentatiously gone on
about his work and by dint of .his
own perseverance, and Industry had
built up a Hue business. As was said
Jast night, the trouble with tho busi
ness Is a lack of capital to develop It
The Commercial Club should take
hold of this matter and investigate
the possibilities. The Installation of
machinery and the development of
the Industry would cost but very lit
tle, and local capital would be as
si) red of a good Income from their
Investment as there are excellent op
portunltles for largo profits In the
business. Mr. J lick has demonstrated
that tho baskets can be sold for he
sells more than than he can pro
duce and has orders on his hands
unfilled. This being (ho case, the
field ought to Invite Investigation
Time Piece I'setl In Burlington His.
patching in the Seventies.
An old clock, used In Burlington
Missouri Ulver railroad train dis
patching by Chief Dispatcher Charles
K. Yates, now retired and a resident
of this city, before the rond had
reached Lincoln and wiiile the dis
patcher's offlco was at Plattsmouth,
Is now occupying a place on Superin
tendent Blgnell's office wall In this
city. It is a Howard, weight driven,
clock of the war period vintage1. It
stands nearly four feet high nnd
keep good time to this day.
Mr. Blgiull was a Plattsmouth
visitor n few days ago and notlied
It there; noticed that it still carried
the lettering or the old B. & M. rail
road, and ho remembered Its hls-
DA1LY Jwi.'UNAIj 10c A WT.KK
tory. Tho relle of old days appealed
to him strongly nnd ho had it brought
to Lincoln. It will be keeping time
In his offlte In a few days. State
Journal.
l iieqiialed ns n Cure for Croup.
"Besides being an excellent rem
edy for colds and throat troubles,
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is un-
equaled ns a cure for croup." says
Harry Wilson of Waynotown, Ind.
When given ns soon ns tho croupy
cough appears, this remedy will pre
vent the attack. It Is used success
fully In many thousands of homes
For sale by F. G. Frlcke & Co.
Oiilcr New Equipment.
The Burlington has ordered twen
ty-flvo Pacific locomotives from tho
Baldwin works for May anl Juno do
livery. The company has ordered
12 chair cars from tho American Car
& Foundry Company. Theso will be
built at tho St. Charles works and
are for delivery In May. This equip
inent Is being ordered for tho new
service to be put on May 23. State
Journal.
Mrs. Alta Banner to Tell of the SImmiN
liiK 'f Fred Banner, Her
Brotlicr-In-Luw.
The trial of Mrs. Alta Banner,
fharsed with the murder of FreJ
Banner, her brother-in-law. Is mov-
! v.itb surprising swiftness. 1 .if
j.:i'' vas secured in hsb man live
i.ours, when it had Veil anticipated
hat two days would be consumed in
ut.ng twelve mea o try the casi.
H'corc' surprise came when the
state rested its case at a few minutes
after 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
after consuming less than four hours
in the Introduction of testimony.
The trial of Mrs. Banner will not
be permitted to follow the lines of
the Thaw case, according to the rul
ing made by Judge Sears Tuesday
In passing upon the objection raised
by County Attorney English to charg
es made by Attorney Henry Murphy
In his opening statement for the de
fense concerning Fred Banner's rela
tions with Miss Majorie King, the
daughter of Mrs. Banner.
Judge Sears held that in its open
ing statement and in the introduc
tion of evidence, the defense has a
right to show what Majorie King told
her mother of Banner's treatment of
her and from what she heard from
other sources about it, but that proof
of the relations will be barred.
It was made known Tuesday morn
ing that not only will Mrs. Banner
go upon the stand in her own de
fense, but that Miss King will also be
a witness. Under the ruling of the
court much of her story will be ex
cluded, but at that, her recital and
that of her mother, will probably be
two of the most dramatic chapters in
Douglas County criminal court pro
ceedings.
In his opening statement County
Attorney English said that the state
would show that the murder of Fred
Banner by Mrs. Banner was cold
blooded and deliberate. He said that
It would be shown that seven hours
before the shooting, she arranged for
a place for her daughter to spend the
night; that she went to a hardware
store and purchased a revolver, hav
ing the clerk show her how to oper
ate It and load it for her.
Henry Murphy for the defense, said
It would be shown that Mrs. Banner's
life history is such as to substanti
ate the theory that she was Insane
at the moment she fired the shot at
Fred Banner. He said that it would
be proven that her husband, Frank
Banner, and Fred's mother had both
warned her that he was a dangerous
man for a girl to associate with, that
Frank had told her that "Fred would
ruin any girl for three drinks."
MY. Murphy argued that Mrs. Ban
ner's estrangement from her first
husband nnd tho death of her son
had done much to affect her health
and mind. Then, ho stil.1, Mrs. Ban
ner heard of her daughter undergoing
an operation and of Fred Banner hav
ing boasted of w ronging the girl. He
said that Fred's mother had come to
Mrs. Banner and asked her if she
knew what was the matter with Mar
jorle and when she told her It was
septic poisoning, replied, "You may
call It that, but I've heard unother
name for It."
It would also be shown, said coun
sel, that Mr. King Investigated the af
fair and convinced that the most ser
ious story of the trouble between his
(laughter and Fred Banner was true,
applied opprobrious epithets to bel
aud said he wanted nothing fo do
with any of them any more.
The Immediate relatives of Mrs.
Alta Banner and of Fred Banner
were In the court room and thero
were frequent manifestations of un
controllable grief.
The state rested Us case at 3:03
o'clock. In addition to eye witness
es of the shooting, and Dr. R. W.
Lavender nnd Dr. Slabaugh, who tes
tified concerning the wound which
caused the denth of Fred Banner, the
state placed Mrs. Daniel Banner,
mother of tho slain man upon the
stand. She told of going to the hos
pital ns soon ns a message was
brought to her that her son had been
shot.
"Did you stay there until his
denlli?" asked the county attorney.
"I went homo to spend the night
In prayer fr my son's recovery,"
she replied.
One of tho most important wit
nesses for the state was Mrs. J. B.
Wlnegard. She told of Mrs. Alta
Banner taking her daughter. Mar
Jorle, at 6 o'clock on the day of tho
tragedy to spend tho evening nnd
possibly the night there.
Some time before 10 o'clock said
Mrs. Wlnegard, Mrs. Banner came
back. She said: "I have killed Fred
Banner. ." She had the revolver
with her and laid It down on on the
table when they went In the house
Mrs. Wlnegard said she noticed Mrs.
Banner's lips were parched, but no
ticed nothing elso peculiar In her ap
pearance or demeanor. She gathered
from what Mrs. Banner said that she
had shot Fred Banner for slandering
her daughter.
Mrs. Wlnegnrd testified that Mrs.
Banner and Marjorle left her homo
early tho next morning. From the
apponrnnoe of the bed it was appar
ent they had not been in bed
though they might have rested upon
it without turning down the covers.
When the state rested its case the
defense asked for a recess until
Wednesday morning to permit it to
have its witness in attendance, stat
ing that it had not anticipated that
the state would conclude so soon.
Judge Sears granted the request.
World Herald.
;! MKKTINO OF TIIK
COMMERCIAL CLIP..
Appoint Committee of Three to Look
lp itasket Making Industry.
The regular meeting of the Com
mercial Club was held last night at
Coates Hall and there wa3 a very fair
attendance although there is still
room for improvement in this re
spect. The principal business trans
acted was the receipt of reports from
several committees and the laying of
new plans for the progress of the
club In the future.
The matter of aiding the basket-
making Industry which has been
started in this city, came up and on
motion It was decided to appoint a
committee of three to look Into the
matter and determine what can be
done to make the enterprise larger
and more profitable. This commit
tee is composed of Messrs Emil Wurl,
Guy McMaken and Louis Lorenz.
The report of the Committee on
interurban was presented by Mr. R.
B. Windham and it was In effect
what has been stated In the Journal
heretofore. In addition Mr. Wind
ham stated that some parties repre
senting outside capital who will be
interested in the proposed Platts
mouth-Murdock Interurban will visit
the city soon and it Is more than
likely something of Importance will
be ready for the public. He asked
that a committee of three or four
business men be appointed to assist
the regular committee In meeting
these gentlemen and In addition,
further operate with the committee.
The following gentlemen were chosen
as such committee out of the sev
eral suggestions submitted, Messrs
George E. Dovey, C. W. Baylor, E
H. Wescott and J. M. Roberts. The
club desires to extend Its thanks to
the News-Herald office of stationery
furnished the secretary for corres
pondence purposes.
An additional matter of congratu
lation was the fact that two new
live members were added to the roll
In the shape of Messrs. L C. Sharp
an old time riattsmouth boy, and W.
A. Sharp his brother, a long time
resident of the city who is once more
a citizen of this city.
This comprises a bref resume of
the work accomplished at this meet
lng and a good harbinger of what the
future will bring forth In the shape
of doing something for the welfare
of the city.
Accident Results in Death.
Erwin Groves, son of James
droves of Alvo, died last Tuesday at
Rock Springs, Wyo., the indirect re
suit of an accidental shooting which
occurred two weeks ago. Groves
who was thirty- one years old, ac
ctdentally shot himself In the fore
head with a .22 calibre revolvevr
about two weeks ago, while In the
act of loading the gun. The bullet
flying upward did not penetrate the
skull but was deflected slightly and
passed out three Inches from the
point of the puncture.
He was taken to a hospital, but
the physicians said he had received
only a flesh wound and he was re
leased a short time later. On his
release he caught cold In the wound
and blood poisoning set In, result
lng fatally.
Tho body arrived In Lincoln Mon
day morning and was taken to the
family home at Alvo that afternoon
tho funeral ' taking place Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock from tho Metho
dist church of Alvo nnd burial was
In the cemetery at that place. The
deceased was a widower, without
children. Lincoln News.
30C
v & son i
Spring Wash Goods!
We have received a fine line of Economy Linen O L
Suitings in White and Colored-one of the C (
new and up-to-date things for this Spring. ll I
Fast colors, 46 inches wide, per yard
In Stripes, 32 inches wide, per yard 35c
Tissues at 20 and 25c
A Fine line of Messeline and Foulard Silks, 34 ff
atperyard ! V I Uvl
We have just opened up our Spring purchases of Em
broideries and Insertions. Some beautiful things in matched
sets.
0
Children's
Guaranteed Hosiery
Ask for the Lastforever all sizes.
Men's Lastforever Hosiery, 6 pairs, guaranteed
six months
$1.32
0
Odds and Ends in Corsets!
Gage-Downs JUSTRITE to Close Out:
$1.50 Corsets for. . . .75c
1.00 " " 50c
Madras Waistings!
Madras WaiBtings at 15, 25 and 38c per, yard.
A beautiful line of New Percales m Light and Dark Patterns.
u
NECKWEAR
Newest and up-to-date Collars, Ties and Jabots
nl. I. DOVEY & 81 n
Terry I'ttci-huck in City.
Perry Utterback who is now lo
cated in the restaurant business at
South Omaha, came down Sunday
for a brief visit in the city and
while here made the Journal a
pleasant call. Mr. Utterback is do
ing very nicely in business, being lo
cated at 2314 N. Street, South Om
aha, where he will be glad to meet
his many friends. Perry during tho
time he ran the restaurant In this
city, made himself an enviable re
putation for excellent meals and this
reputation he Is sustaining at his
new location.
1'or Disease of the skin.
Miurly all dlse?f.e of the skin su.:h
as eczema, tetter', salt rheum and
barber's Itch, are characterized
by an intenso itching nnd
smarting, which oftens makes
life a burden and disturbs sleep and
rest. Quick relief may be had by ap
plying Chamberlain's Salve. It al
lays the Itching and smarting al
most instantly. Many eyes have
been cured by Its use. For sale by
F. O. Fricke & Co.
Itonil tit Lincoln.
Two pnrtles are said to be at work
between Omaha nnd Lincoln. Cur
rent report indicates that one party 1
out for tho Union Pacific and tho
other Is out for tho newly organ
Izen Omaha & Lincoln Interurban
company. Itoth parties are north of
the Platte Rover.
Fremont People have heard that
one party is out for the lUirllngton
and that a new shortcut Is to be
built between Omaha and Fremont.
A report from Fremont yesterday
said that one pnrty, supposed to be
in the employe of the Uurllngton, was
nt work fifteen miles west of Oma
ha. State Journal.
You will hunt a good while before
you will find a preparation that Is
equal to Chamberlain's Liniment as
a cure for muscular and rheumatic
pains, for the cure of pnins and sore
ness of the muscles. It Is equally
valuable for lame back and all deep
seated muscular pains. 25 and CO
cent sizes for oale by F. O. Frlcke &
Co.
Mrs. John Crablll Is spending
tho day In Omaha with relatives, go
ing tip this morning.
To l!e Operated Upon.
, John Hatt, wife nnd baby were,
passengers this noon on the mall
train for Omaha where the little
one Is to be operated upon by Dr.
afford. The baby has been 111 for
tho past two weeks and his condition
bns grown steadily worse until nt last
the physician decided an operation
was necessary. The many friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Hatt sincerely trust
that the operation will prove a suc
cess and that the parents may have
the pleasure of seeing their little one
completely well very shortly.
Had n Pleasant Hirtlnlay.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Mrs. Kate Oliver today is cele
brating her seventieth birthday be
ing surrounded by the members of
her family, her daughters Mrs. Eds
of South Omaha, Mrs. Hallan and
her little son of Lincoln and Miss
Darrie Oliver being with her as well
as her sister Mrs. Miller of'Omaha.
The party was merely a riuiet, pleas
ant little family one and had a thor
oughly enjoyable day.
Card of Thanks.
We wish in this public manner to
to express our sincere thanks to our
many kind friends who have helped
us in so many ways during the sick
ness, death and burial of our be
loved husband and father. The many
beautiful flowers touch a chord of
lave in our hearts which words can
not express.
The kindness and sympathy from
the "Cigar Makers' Union" is greatly
appreciated, and we pray that the
Cod of the widows nnd orphans will
shower rich blessings on you all.
Mrs. Suffer and children.
.Iiiilsilictloii IMenilctl.
From Tiiemlay'H lnl!y.
The Jurisdiction of Charles 11.
Cnrtlldge, bridge engineer , of the
Itiirllngton for the lines east of the
Missouri Ulver, has been extended
over the west of tho Missouri River.
State Journal.
Clans Speck Changes Place.
Claus Speck who has been tend
ing bar for several months past for
Ed. Egenberger yesterday morning
resigned his position and entered
the service of J. E. McDnnlel. Mr.
Speck Is quite well and popularly
known In the city and Is an up-to-date
bartender who understands how
to handle the very best of trade.
Ho will make Mr. McDanlol one of
tho best of men nnd In securing him,
he made a good move.
Mrs. William Wetenknmp was a
passenger this morning for Omaha
where she will spend the day.
A. E. Jameson of Weeping Water
spent several hours in tho city this
morning coming In from Murray on
the M. P. nnd departing for Omaha
on his way home on the fnst mall.
OTICK TO ( IM.mi'Olt
In County Court,
n Count v Court.
i 'I1. V1.0 II1B,"r "f the cntate of John
Notice In hereliy nlven Hint the cred
itor of vahl etute u meet tho
executor of until mtnte. before me.
J. """'V Jukp "f 'n"" County. Nehrn.
ka, nt tho lountv Court room In I'lntta
nioutli. In unlit i'iiiii.iv .... ii, .iii.i.
of Mnrrh. lo, nnd on the SStii tiny of
entemlier. 1 tl) ( nt Irt I. '
eptemlier. 1909
endi onv for the purpoMO of preiient'-
iri.-ir mum ror eximlnntlon, act
....i.ii.'iii niiu iiiiownnce.
MX ItlOntllN urn nlli,U'..1 tnm t. t
...... ..... , nn
itor or nulil IicphmmI to ort-nent thrlr
clalinn sM one y,.nr for the excrutor
of MVro"hr"lM.","t0' frWm U,e 'm dtty
Wltneni my'linml nml fPn of unld
County Court nt I'lntlomouth. Nehran
kn, thin 1st .toy of March, 1909.
l.sonl.)
Allen J. rteenon,
IX O. I.wyer. Vwnt J'"U"-
Attorney for entnto.
