0
GAR LINE AND
CITYJOTH WIN
Decision In Court at Adel in Des
Moines Controversy.
FRANCHISE GOOD SIX YEARS.
Senator Young Says He is Willing to
Enter Joint Debate of Issues In
volved in Senatorship Byers Also
Consents to Primary.
Des Moines, Dec. 3. Judge Apple
gate at Adel directed a verdict la fa
vor of the City Railway company of
Des Moines, holding that the franchise
of the company does not expire until
Oct. 1, 1916. While the decision is
a victory for the street car company,
it in also a victory for the city, inas
much as it knocks out the claim of the
company to a perpetual franchise. It
is expected that following this decl
sion new efforts will be made to se
cure a settlement of all the street car
troubles,
Judge Applegate, however, declared
that while he was not called upon to
render such an opinion at the present
time, that in his judgment, the fran
chlse would expire with the expira
tion of the corporation which would be
fifty years from the granting of the
franchise of 1866 or in 1916. With this
construction, the Turner franchise is
not held by the Judpe to be perpetual,
l)ut gives the city the right to bring
proceedings in 1916 to force the com-'
pany to acquire a new franchise.
Favor Primary Election.
Senator Young and Attorney Gener
al Byers, both candidates for the sen
ate, stated they would favor a special
primary election to settle the matter.
"I would be perfectly willing to sub
mit my case to the Republicans of
Iowa at a primary election," said Mr,
Young. "I would agree to abide by
the results. If this is not practical, I
would be willing to have special pri
maries held in senatorial and legisla
tive districts wherein the senator or
representative is in doubt as to his
duty or where the senator or repre
sontatlve may have views conflicting
with the views of his constituents.
Vhat ought to be determined in
this state is whom the Republicans
want for United States senator. I
would be willing to debate the mat
ter before the people of Iowa in joint
discussion."
Attorney General H. W. Byers, who
lias announced hit) candidacy for the
United States senate to succeed Sen
ator Young for the unexpired Dolllver
termi was told of Senator Young's
proposition for a state-wide special
primary in January or February. Mr.
Byers declared his willingness to
leave the selection of Dolliver's suc
cessor to such a primary as proposed
by Senator Young.
OSAGE HIgTsCHOOL BURNS
Blaze Starts Panic Among Students,
But All Escaped Without Injury.
Mason City, la., Dec. 3. Lincoln
high school at Osage was totally de
stroyed by tire which started from a
defective flue in the attic. A strong
northwest wind made all attempts to
check the flames futile. The flames
practically covered the roof when dis
covered. The water pressure afforded
by the fire company failed to force the
water to 'the roof of the building,
thus preventing the fighting of the
flames till they reached the second
ttory, eating downward. A panic was
created among the children, and es
peclally on the second floor some nar
row escapes occurred in getting out,
but none was badly hurt. The entire
contents of the building were de
. stroyed. The loss Is $25,000. Insur
anee, $1,000.
Woman Held for Infanticide.
Dubuque, la., Dec. 3. Anna Dorth,
nged twenty-three, on preliminary
hearing was held to the grand jury
on the charge of murdering her five
weeks' old Infant. The child, accord
ing to the woman's confession, was
chloroformed and later an effort was
made to destroy evidence of the crime
by burning.
Young Man Kills Self.
Tipton, la., Dec. 3. Clarence Tuck
r, aged twenty-one, committed sui
cide at the home of Arthur Sapley,
two miles west of here, by taking car
bolic acid. In a note which he left, he
declared that he killed himself be
cause his life had been a failure.
Leaps to Death When Delirious.
Dog Moines, Doc. 3. While tempo
' rarily crazed with typhoid fever, Mrs.
Rose Patterson, dived head foremost
from the second Btory at the Metho
dipt hospital and was killed almost
instantly from her Impart with the
frozen earth.
Keokuk Girl Kills Herself.
Kookuk, In., Doc. 3. Miss Iena M.
Jcffers, aged nineteen years, commit
ted suicide by taking strychnine, dy
ing in great agony. She complained of
the small waives she was earning in a
garment factory where she was em
ployed. CMnton's Librarian Dead.
Dubuque, la., Dec. 3. After an ill
ness of a wo:, Miss Grace Mullancy,
librarian of the public library at Clin
ton, died at the home of bar parents
to this city.
THREEFIRES INCENTRAUOWA
Property Loss of $18,000 and One Man
Seriously Injured.
Marshalllown, la., Dec. 3. The prts
ent cold wave, that brought with it a
temperature close to zero and a stiO
northwest wind, was the indirect
cause of throe disastrous fires in cen
tral Iowa, which entailed a total loss
of JlS.dOo anil seriously injured out
man.
Four business buildings, and the
contents of three of them of Monroe,
Jasper county, were totally destroyed
and the entire business section of the
town was threatened. Being without
fire protection, the volunteers could
not check the blaze until it had
burned the buildings for half a block
on one side of the main street
Fire of an unknown origin complete
ly destroyed the $5,000 country home
of W. E. Moore, near Dayard.
Casper Johnson, an employee, was
badly burned and the building and the
stock destroyed when fire, caused by
the explosion of a gasoline lighting
plant, broke out In the Aasland Bros.'
meat market at Dike, la. Tte loss is
$25,000. All of the losses are partly
covered by Insurance.
WHITE SLAVER IS
SENTTO PRISON
Isadora Poder Sentenced to
Three Years at Anamosa.
Oskaloosa, la., Dec. 3. Judge Wil
cockson, at a special night session ot
the Mahaska countv district court.
sentenced Isadore Poder, tried and
convicted as an agent of the white
slave traffic, to a three years' term at
Anamosa. Poder was one of a gang
interested In an attempt to abduct
three young girls and deliver them in
Chicago. The police were notified by
a young man who overheard a part of
the plans to get them out of town
The other members of the party were
tracked to Ottumwa and Davenport,
where they were arrested and are now
serving five year terms.
LEHIGH FIRMS TO APPEAL
Manufacturers Will Try to Secure
. Withdrawal From Town Limits.
Fort Dodge, la., Dec. 3. Contrary to
expectation, the three manufacturing
companies who lost the case against
the town of Lehigh, In regard to ex
tension of the city limits, will appeal
the case, and if not successful will be
gin action to secure withdrawal from
the town. They claim to have wit
nesses residing two miles out of Le
high who swear they voted during the
election contested and they maintain
the plant of one company is nearer the
Minneapolis and St. Louis station at
Burnslde than it is to the Great West
cm at Lehigh. Judj-.e Albrook says an
Interesting point of law is Involved In
the question whether it Is imposslbl
for the court to rule in such a case
and thus be unable to restrict the ad
dition of unlimited surrounding terri
tory to town limits. Because the plain
tiff companies used a writ of certior
ari in bringing action he ruled he ha
no right to judge the merits of the
case.
Young Mother Ends Life.
Story City, la., Dec. 3. While her
husband sat nearby holding her six-weekB-old
baby, Mrs. Emll Matheson,
aged nineteen, a bride of less than a
year, fired a rifle bullet through her
brain, dying in a few minutes. De
spondency, inducing temporary insan
ity, caused by worry over the poor
health of her father, Frank Sawyer of
Gilbert, la., is said to be the cause of
her suicide.
Aged Woman Slain by Robber
. Sistervllle, W. Va., Dec. 3. Mrs.
Elizabeth Allen, aged eighty-seven
years, a wealthy widow, was found
dead in her home in Shirley, near
here. A wallet in which Mrs. Allen
is known to have had more than $3,000
is missing and the coroner is of the
opinion she was strangled, after which
the robbery was effected.
Naval Officers Guests of London.
London, Dec. .3 Rear Admiral Jo
seph B. Murdock, commanding the
third division of the United States
Atlantic fleet, and 100 officers of the
first and third divisions were the
guests at a luncheon given at Guild
hall by Sir Thomas V. Strong, the
lord mayor, And the corporation of
the city of London.
Implement Men Close Meeting.
Des Moines, Dec. 3. With theelec
tion of officers, the fifteenth annual
convention of the Iowa Implement
Dealers' association closed. W. J.
Howard of Schaller was re elected
president of the association and J. R.
Vaughan of Waterloo was elected to
succeed himself as vice president.
Corrupt Juror Convicted.
Now York, Dec. 3. George W.
Yeandle was convicted of the charge
of offering to sell for $2,500 his vote
as a juror to the defense while serv
ing on the Jury sworn to try Edward
G. Rosenhelmer for the killing of Miss
Grace Hough. The maximum penalty
for the crime is twenty years.
Takes Laudanum at Once.
Memphis, Dec. 3. Peter Schott, a
negro, was told by a phylslclan to
take ten drops of laudanum every four
hours. He missed two days, and then
took two tablespoonfuls to make up
for lost time. He will die.
Public Sale
The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction at his home, two miles east
and one-half mile south of Murray,
Nebraska, on
Tin i;siay, di:ckmiu:k t.
The following live stock, implements
and other property:
Live Stock One brown horse, 10
ears old, weight 1,200; one gray
horse, 12 years old, weight 1,300;
one black mare, 12 years old, weight
1,400; one black mare, 14 years old,
weight 1,250; one bay mare, 13 years
old, weight 1,250; one bay mare, 10
years old, weight 1,400; one bay
mare, 8 years old, weight 1,050; one
yearling cole, one two-year-old colt;
one two-year-old heifer, coming fresh
early in spring; six head of good milk
cows; fourteen head red brood sows;
twelve head of shoats.
Farm Implements, Etc. Two
Avery stump cultivators, one Avery
pin brake, two New Departure cultl
vators, Western Belle riding cultiva
tor, one row machine, two Mollne
corn planters, two McCormlck hay
rakes, one McCormlck mowing ma
chine, two Starley discs, one three-
section harrow, one two-section har
row, two Peru two-row stalk cutters,
one Mollne two-row stalk cutter, one
one-row stalk cutter, one Peru riding
plow 16-Inch, one Pace riding plow
16-inch, two Peru walking plows 16
inch, one Bradley riding lister, twe
St. Joe walking listers, one Peru
walking lister, one John Deere single
corn drill, two Hoe com drills, one
Diamond corn grinder, two Dearlng
grain binders, one 40-ft. Wenzezlman
corn dump, one high wheel wagon
one low steel truck wagon, one low
wheel wagon, one spring wagon, one
top buggy, one new buggy, one old
buggy, two hay rakes, two hundred
hedge posts, two thousand feet oak
lumber, one cider mill, one grind
stone, one nana corn sneiler, one
Iloosler seeder, one Economy cream
separator, one pair dod sleds, one
eight-horse Jollet power engine, 15
feet hay fork cable, five tons good
prairie hay, three ton3 of alfal
fa hay, one set buggy harness
twenty-five bee hives; some houe-
hold goods and numerous other al
cles.
Terms of Sale: All sums of $10
and under, cash; over $10, eight
months time will be given, purchaser
giving good bankable paper bearing
eight per cent from date. Sale to
commence at 10:00 o'clock a. m.
Ernest Rlrhter.
Rob't Wilkinson, Auctioneer.
W. G. Boedeker, Clerk.
Captain Martin Here.
From Saturday's Dully.
Captain Martin, of Ft. Crook, wired
Bert Pollock that he would meet him
at the Burlington station this morn
Ing when No. 4 arrived. Mr. PoTiock
responded very willingly, as Captal
Martin Is a member of the board to
decide upon the target range.
The two gentlemen left the station
and went to the vicinity of the pro
posed site, and looked over some of
the hill land, with a view to select
ing a camp site for the troops.
Mr. Pollock accompanied Captain
Martin to Omaha and Ft. Crook this
afternoon, to more thoroughly go
over the proposition.
Captain Martin does not give out
any statement for publication, but
the interest the war department has
taken in the proposition to locate
their range near Plattsmouth is en
couraging those Interested In benefit
ing the city.
Klcct Officers.
From Saturday's Dally.
Members of Evergreen Camp, No.
70, Woodmen of the World, held a
large and enthusiastic meeting last
evening at the G. A. It. hall. There
was quite a large attendance and two
new members were led, Into the mys
teries of Woodcraft. During the
evening the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: W. B.
Rischel, C. C; Will KIrby, A. L.;
Phil Rihn, P. C. C; Robert Moffett,
Clerk; Peter Vallery, Escort; Harry
Kruger, Banker; Dr. E. W. Cook,
Camp Physician; George Becker,
Watchman; Thomas Samons, Sentry;
Joseph Kelley, trustee for three
years.
Uncle Tom's Cuhin.
Just about the time one thinks that
the "Uncle Tom's Cabin Shows" are
things of the past, we are advised
amerentiy, and now we have tho
privilege to announce that Platts
mouth people will have the opportu
nlty to see Uncle Tom, Llttlo Eva,
Marks, and the whole combination at
the Parmele theatre, Saturday night,
December 9. This Is the first Tom
show that has been In riattsmouth In
several years, and as It Is the Al.
Martin company that plays it, our
poopie ran expect one of the true
versions of "Undo Tom's Cabin."
John ferrls drove up from his
farm, near Murray, this morning and
visited his Plattsmouth friends for t
few hours, and looked after his week
end trading.
FIFTEEN INJURED
IN TRAMWRECK
Missouri Paclllc Passenger Ce
ra led Near Knebnoster.
RUNN1N3 30 MIES AH HOUR.
Accident It Caused by Breaking ot
Rail Smoker la First Car to Leave
the Track Doctors Taken to Scene
on Handcars.
Ianionte, Mo., Dec. 3. Fifteen per-
sons were seriously Injured when Mis
sourl Pacific train No. 4 was wrecked
two miles east of Knobnoster. It is
not believed that anyone was fatally
hurt.
The wreck was caused by a broken
rail and all the passenger coacheB
were derailed. Two Pullmans and a
chair car turned over and rolled down
an embankment eight feet high.
The train, which was in charge ot
Conductor Thomas Butts of St. Louis,
was running thirty miles an hour
when the accident occurred. The
smoker was the first car to leave the
track and it was followed by the two
Pullmans and chair car. Three hun
dred feet of track was destroyed. All
the doctors In Lamonte went to the
scene of the wreck on handcars to
give the injured emergency treatment
WENDLING NEAR COLLAPSE
Alleged Slayer of Girl at Louisville,
Makes Sorry Showing on Stand
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 3. Joseph
Wendllng, charged with the murder of
eight-year-old Alma Kellner, wont on
the stand for cross examination.
Wendllng appeared haggard and
pale and showed plainly the effects ol
a sleepless night. His nervousness
Increased as the cross-examination
progressed, and at one time It ap
peared that he would be unable even
to reply to the questions which were
fired at htm by tho state's attorneys
Continually be reached forward and
with a shaking hand poured out
glass ot water from a pitcher near the
witness stand and gulped down the
contents.
Wendllng was unable to explain
why he had left Louisville. He admit
ted that the position he held at St
John's church was better than any he
had after ho suddenly departed from
this city, and confirmed his wife
statement that their relationship wa
a happy one while he was working
here.
"Are these yours?" asked Common
wealth Attorney Huffaker, holding up
a Moody pair of athlete's velvet
trunks.
"They are," stammered Wendlln
He said he had worn them years ago
when he was a trick bicycle perform
er in France, but declared he could
not account for the blood stains.
The trunks were found In the same
cellar in which the body of the Koll
ner child was discovered.
Aldrich to Shake Plumtree.
Lincoln, Dec. 3. Word has been re
ceived from David City that Governor
eloet Aldrich will be In Lincoln Mon
day, at which time he will name sev
eral appointees.
WHEAT IS DEPRESSED
Wall Street Weakness Causes Hewl-
nesi In Chicago Pits.
Chicago, Dec. 2. Wall street weak
ness caused depression here today In
the wheat market. The close was
heavy, at the lowest point of the ses
sion, ift!ic under last night's figures.
in corn the finish was ?c to Vff?
c up; oats, V4c lower to c high
er, and provisions varying from 5c
gain to 1012'jC decllue.
Wheat Dec, )l)c; May, 90c
Corn Dec, 45c; May, 47c
Oats Dec, 3132c; May, ZVjQ
2ic; July, 34-K.c
Pork Jan., $17.52'; May, $16.67to
16.60.
Lard Jan., $9.77'jI May, $9.67'
Ribs Jan., $9.32',; May, $9.06.
Omaha Cash Prices.
Omaha, Doc. 2. Wheat Vic higher;
No. 2 hard, 9095',ic; No. 3 hard, 88
941aC. Corn higher; No. 2
white, 4343'jc; new, 40041c; No. 2
yellow, 4343'jc; new, 4041"jc; No.
3 yellow, 42Mi43c; new, 4041c.
Oats Vic higher; No. 3 white, 30'
31c; No. 3 yellow, ZWi20c.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Dec 2. Cattle Receipts,
3,000; steady; beeveH, $4.5007.50;
western steers, $4.2506.40; stockerB
and feeders, $3.3005.75; cows and
heifers, $2.2506.25; calves, $7.00(0)
9 00. Hogs Receipt), 21,000; 5c low
er; light, $6.8507.25; mixed, $6.95(0
7 35; heavy, $6.857.32'4; rough, $6.85
07.00; pigs, $6.4007.10; bulk, $7.05
7.25. Sheep Receipts, 15,000; 10c
lower; native, $2.2504.25; western,
$2.7504.20; yearlings, $4.2005.20;
lambs, $4.2506.50.
8outh Omaha Live 8tock.
South Omaha, Dec 2. Cattle Ro?
celpts, 1.603; 15c higher; beef steers,
$4.250 6.50; cows and heifers, $3.10,
4.85; stockers and feeders, $3,750
4.75; calves, $4.2508.25. Hogs Ro
celpts, 3,500; Cc lower; heavy, $7. 0
07.10; mixed, $7.1007.15; light, $7.10
7.25. Sheep Receipts, 4,607; 2c
lower; lambs, $3.2506.25; ewca, $2.35
03.60; wethers, $3.150371.
Children Cry
Wr A rc
The Kind You Have Alwuys Haught, nrul which has been
iu use for over 30 yen, has homo tho signature or
- ami has been made under hl.s pcr
CsLjCyji 8onul supervision since Its Infancy.
4.KSU1A Allow no ono to deceive you In this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and 44 Just-ns-pood" are hut
Kxpcrtincnts that trifle with and endanger tho health ol
Infants and Children Experlcnco against Kxpcriuicut,
What is CASTORIA
Caslorla Is a harmless tmbstituto for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Other Xarcotlo
Mihstancc. Its age Is Its guarantee. It destroys 'Worms
and allays IVverlshness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, gl Ing healthy and natural bleep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
I Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years
TMC CINTUH COMPANY. TT MUIMT TRIIT. NCW YORK CITY.
Sheriffs Car Climbs IVnre.
A coujile of days ago, while In the
vicinity of Union on official business,
Sheriff Qulnton was unavoidably de-1
talned for some time by some queer
freaks and capers cut by his new
Ford car.
The sheriff was coasting along reel
ing off the mileago as rapidly as he
could, when his car suddenly attempt
ed to climb a nearby fence, and would
no doubt Have done so, as It was
making for It full tilt, when the
sheriff arrested it In its wild
career by reversing his engine and
turning on the "hot air" brake.
The car was then backed up, got
ten Into the beaten path and turned
loose once more, it went along
smoothly for a distance ot half a
mile when It got another queer no
tion, the steering gear going wrong,
and this time landed the car In a
ditch. The car refused to back out
of this plight and remained In Its
position until today, when Mr. Dar
ker went down with his auto and
towed the car to Plattsmouth.
At Manonlc Home.
The choir of tho Christian church
paid a visit to one of the residents
last evening and while here enter
tained them with some delightful
music. They ramo unexpectedly and
it being rather a late hour, 8:30,
most of the residents had retired for
the night, but we opened our doors
and listened and enjoyed It very
much. Come again, and a little earli
er, or send us word and we will be
prepared for the occasion.
Contributed.
Twentieth Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Morgan are cel
ebrating their twentieth wedding an
niversary today and to commemorate
the event In the proper manner, Mrs.
Morgan prepared an elegant dinner,
which was served at the noon hour
and to which she Invited Mrs. Kate
Oliver, MIhs Carrie Oliver, Catherine
Oliver, Mrs. F. J. Morgan, Mrs. Miles
Morgan and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Morgan and other relatives of
the Morgan and Oliver families.
Miss Marie Kauffman, of Cedar
Creek, was In the city today looking
after business matters.
TRUSSES
XT. .1
The only cortical houte in the
I y Wet where nil fitting it done
by to epert. Lareit itock
of trusses in the West.
THE W. G. CLEVELAND DRUQ CO.
OMAHA, NtfcRAtHA
Do you want an
AUCTIONEER?
If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement.
Telegraph or write
ROBERT WIKINSON,
Dunbar, Neb.
Dates made at this office or the
Murray State Bank.
.Good Servica Reasonable Rale
for Fletcher's
a v
Signature of
DR
Herman Grccdor,
Graduate Veterinary Surgeon
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska SUb
Board
Calls Answered Promptly
Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth.
Correct Hrror.
From Buturdav's tally.
Mr. R. L. Tropst 'phoned In this
morning that some errors had crept
Into the report of the accident la
yesterday's Journal, in which Rev.
Austin received quite serious Injury.
Mr. Propst Bays the machine was not
going over ten miles an hour at the.
time the accident happened. And an.
Injustice was done Mr. Propst la
stating that "the neighbors hitched
up and brought Rev. Austin to Platts
mouth," as the facts were, Mr. Propst
brought him In with his own hors
end buggy. We take pleasure In
making the correction, and regret
that In the hurry to get the nova,
and the uncertain Bounds travertine
over the wire, the errors were made.
not with any Intention at all to de
tract from the motive or good faith
of anyone. .
Made Kdltor of 1-aw ICevlew.
K. Palmer received wbra irom his
son Harry that the latter has beta,
elected an editor of the Harvard Law
Review, which Is quite an honor for
a westerner. Ills associate editors
will bo Charley Hughes, aon of ea
Govornor Hughes, of New York,
young Buchanan, of the President Bu
chanan family; Land In, son of Judg
Landls, who rendered the decision, la
tho Standard Oil case, and other
prominent young easterners. Loula
vllle Is proud of Harry and the Cour
ier, especially, as he gained his first
lessons In newspaper work In this
office LouIbvIUo Courier.
TIME TO TRAVEL.
Two wandering thcsplans approached
a small town In the middle west One
of them remained at the town pump, .
while tho other started up to the Ion
hotel to discover the current rates for
theatrical people.
"Well," said the former as tho other
straggled back with a dejected air.
"did they say they had any special
terms for actors?"
"Yes, terms of 30 days and 60 days."
"Great Caesar! Let's beat It. Ml
bet a deadhead ticket against a dough
nut you entered the town station
houHO Instead of the hotel."
Mrs. Itiiininol IVttor.
The, many friends of Mrs. Rum
mcl, who has been Bufforlng for sev
eral days with blood poison, will b
pleased to know that alio was feeling
better today. The dortor lanced her
drm again today, which relieved her
very much.
O. M. Strclght, of Omaha, was a
Plattsmouth visitor today.
