D. G, FRENCH
VISITS LINCOLN
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Sculptor Submits Two Designs
(or Lincoln Status.
I'cpnrtN For York, Nebraska.
Max Adams was engaged today In
loading a car with farming Imple
ments and household furniture pre
paratory to shipping out to York to
night. Mrs. Adams departed on the
noon train for that city. Mr. and
Mrs. Adams have a large circle of
friends here who regret to have them
leave the vicinity and they will be
FIRST ANNUAL
! PENDING BEFORE THE SEIUTE
I An Old Veteran Speaks His Mind in Reference to An Etlitoria
That Appeared in the Omaha Bee a Few Days Since.
much missed In riattsmouth.
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'THE SUM PEII5I BILL
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' The following letter appeared in
the Omaha Doe of this morning, and
it utters our ideas of the pension
matter bo well, that we believe it
will be read with considerable Inter
cut by all the old veterans in this
community. It Is In reply to an
editorial that appeared In the llee
several days since:
Denver, Jan. 27 To the Editor of
The Pee: I have Just been roading
your editorial uoder the above cap
tion. The first, Idea that strikes me
is tho fact that even the son of a
K'iod old soldier does not and cannot
fully understand tho situation.
speaking of "deserving" soldiers, as
if there were any undeserving.
When a man enlisted he knew that
bo must go where be was ordered. If
ho was not ordered to tho front it
was not his fault. DcsIdcR, there
were more men who died or were dis
abled from exposure than were killed
or disabled from wounds. Time had
little to do with It.
There were five of our family In
tho civil war. My oldest brother was
color bearer for his regiment. He
wns shot to death In one of the earli
est skirmishes under McClellan. An
other stood guard one night In a
drenching rain which turned to sleet
and his clothing froze fast to him.
OF
The funeral of Mrs. John Warga,
of Hock Muffs, occurred yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mass was
said for her this morning at the Ho
hemlan Catholic church. The funeral
was conducted by Father Velcck,
pastor of the church, and Father
Shine, pastor of Ft. John's church.
A large funeral procession followed
the remains to the church and to the
cemetery. Many neighbors and
friends of the departed lady crowded
Into the church to show their regard
for the estimable family of which de
ceased was the mother.
The floral tributes were most beau
tiful to behold and were silent tokens
of the high esteem In which Mrs.
Warga was held by her laree elre1
of friends.
The pall bearers were members of
the riohemian St. John's lodgo and
were John Ruracek, Joseph, Ashe
liretier, Joseph Drosda, Joseph, Hav
lers, A. II. Koubek and John Uhllk.
A Good
FOR BOTH
YOU get some good out of our
clearance sale, of course that's one of our
reasons for having such a sale you get some
unusually good merchandise at an unusually low
price.
But the benefit isn't all yours we get some
thing out of it besides the small price you pay us
for the big values we give in these Hart, Schaffner
& Marx clothes. We get our stock cleared up; we
have less or no goods at all, to carry over to next
season; and better than all eke, we make a lot of
good friends by it.
Here are a few figures to show you what you'll
pay for the benefit you get:
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to $15, Pin nn
"Clean Up" price OlUiUU
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to $21, CM nn
"Clean Up" price OlUiUU
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to $30, 010 nn
"Clean Up" price. OlOiUU
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to $35, Of) A nn
, "ClcanUp" price ,...04iUU
7 he Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats
Special on
Flannel Shirts
$1 00
That one night made him a confirmed
Invalid and be died shortly after the
close of the war. Another fought on
to the close of the war and Is still
alive but sadly wrecked. Still an
other "veterened twice and for
seven years he lay paralyzed until
death came to his relief, receiving
only $17 per month.
We cannot depend on special pen
sion bills for relief. Eli Masters was
on his deathbed when Congressman
Norrls got him a special pension
About all the good It did was to help
his family during dire distress. Eil
Masters was too far gone for help.
The "Sulloway" Is the least cxpen
sive bill before the senate. There are
only about 9 per cent of the veterans
over 75 years old. It is calculated
to reach all the veterans Just when
they need It most, and they need not
wait until they are "death struck"
as EH Masters did.
I hope I shall never again read In
your valuable paper of "deserving"
soldiers, Intimating that there were
some undeserving, because when a
man enlists In the United States army
he knows he places himself under ab
solute control, and when there Is an
order to fight he must fight. No old
soldier ever begrudges another one
his pension. Wo all need It!
Joseph Soderstad.
Interment was made In the Holy
Sepulcher cemetery.
The friends from out of town at
tending the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Warga and daughter, Mrs.
Will Vallery, and children, of Have
lock, J. E. Kohoutek and wife and
children, of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs.
John Prasda and three children, of
Omaha, George Pednar and John
Groesch, of Havclock and Miss
Frances Chaloupa, of Omaha. Mr.
Kohoutek and family returned to
Omaha on No. 23 yesterday. The
other friends returned to their homes
this morning.
Election of Officer.
The annual meeting of the Cass
County Farmers' Protective Associa
tion will be held at Louisville, Feb
ruary 11th, at one o'clock p. m., for
the purpose of electing officers for
the ensuing year, and transacting
such other business as may come be
fore the meeting.
W. II. Hell, Tresldent.
J. G. MelBlnger, Sec'y.
Try the Journal's want ra column.
Thing
OF US!
Sea Our
Windows for
January
"ClaauUp"
Prloas
BANQUET TO BE HELD IN HOHOfl
Decision of Committee Will Be Atv
nounced Governor Aldrlch, G. W
Wattles, F. M. Hall and Other Will
Be Among the Speakers.
Lincoln, Jan. 30. Daniel Chester
French, the distinguished sculptor,
who was retained by the Lincoln Mon
ument association ts execute a statue
of Abraham Lincoln for the state
house grounds, is in the city today tc
confer with tho committee, which will
chooso one of two modclj which Mr
D.
C. FRENCH.
French brought with hitn. Tills even
ing tho visiting artist will be enter
tallied at a banquet and the decision
of the committee will be announced
Mr. French made a model for the
work once before, but destroyed it a
unsatisfactory.
Governor Aldrlch and F. M. Hal
and 0. W. Wattles of Omaha and oth
ers will speak at the banquet and 20i
guests representing the monument as
soclntion, the City club and friends ol
the movement to erect the memoila
In the state house park will be In r.t
tendance. Tho committee which Is U
make the decision consists of F. M
Hall, Profet-sor W. F. Dunn, G. W
Wattles and J. M. Anderson.
HERDEN DIES AS A SUICIDE
Young Man of Madison Ends Life
Rather Than Pace Prosecution.
Madison. Neb., Jan. 30. lx-wlf
Herden's body was found here be
tween the residence of his brother.
Wllllnni, and that of his mother with
a bullet hole through the brain. A
revolver was under one arm.
Herden had disposed of an old auto
mobllo and a horse which ho had
mortgaged to H. C. Sattler or Norfolk
previously. Sattler came here and
threatened him with arrest ir tht
amount of tho mortgage, $275, wat
not made good. The clrcumstancet
pointing so plainly to suicide, no In
quest will be held.
JACOBSON SUES FOR DAMAGES
Charges Affections of Wife Have Been
Won by James Flanagan.
Tekanuih, Neb., Jan. 30. Jacob Ja
cobson of Omaha, through his attor
ny, has filed suit in the district court
bore for $25,000 damages for the alien
atlon of his wife's affections. The de
fendant, James Flanagan, Is a well
to do, retired Kurt county farmer.
Flanagan la a widower and recently
engaged Jacohson's wife to keeii
house for him.
In his petition Jacobson charges
that Flanagan has wou the affection
of his wife and refuses to return tt
his home. Flanagan says it Is a ens a
i;f extortion.
Emll Hartmann Dead. ,
Arapahoe, Ncb.Jan. 30. Emil Hart
mann, founder and president of the
Hartmann Mercantile company of this
city, died of cancer of the stomach.
Mr. Hartmann was ono of the city's
most prominent business men.
Hay Springs Banker Dead.
Hay Springs, Neb., Jan. 30. Waltei
C. Drown, cashier of tho First Na
tional bank of this place, tiled ot
pneumonia, nftr a short sickness. Mr.
Drown was ono of tho early settlers
of tho west
King Manuel Cets Pension.
Lisbon, Jan. 30. Tho DInro do No
tlclns anno inces that tho Portuguese
government hns decided to pay a
monthly pension of $2,300 to the de
posed King Manuel. A check for Oc
tober, November and December al
ready has been sent to Mm.
Oklahoma Millionaire Dead.
Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 80. George
V. Pames, millionaire oil operator
and president of the Commercial N
tional bank of Muskogoo, died at
Vonte Carlo.
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She Has Brt n Invalid Many
Months Caus1 by Dropsy
Mrs. James fjivk, residing a fow
miles south-! of Fist: mouth, who
has been an in!i,l for the past two
years, died this morning from drop
sy. Mrs. Speck has Keu coufimd u
her bed for almost a -ar and a half
and has since been a great sufferer.
Some months since Mr. Spook, on
the advice of his physician, removed
his wife to the Methodist hospital at
Omaha, but after two weeks the man
agement there said they could do
nothing for Mrs. Speck that could
noi ue uone ai nome, ana she re
turned to her residence.
Mrs. Speck was born In West Vir
ginia, where she grew to young
womanhood, and was married to Mr.
Speck, coming to Nebraska almost
thirty years ago. - They settled In
Plattsmouth. where Mr, Speck was
employed by the Burlington as
switchman In the local yards until
1888. When the strike came they
removed to a farm and have since re
sided near Mynard.
Mrs. Speck Is survived by her hus
band and eight children, namely:
Mrs. Chris Murray, of near Manley,
John, Mamie, Pen, Belle, Fred, Jacob
and Harry; the youneest son bclne
about five years of age. All of the
children are at home except Mrs.
Murray.
One daughter, Miss Belle, Is at
tending the Plattsmouth high &chool,
and was notified of her mother's
death early this morning, and dert-
ed at once for her home. Mrs. Speck
Is also survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Frank O'Neil, formerly of this vicin
ity, but now of Bassett. Nebraska,
and one sister In West Virginia.
MISS EVA PORTER SUR
PRISED ON HER BIRTHDAY
Miss Eva Porter, of Mynard, was
given a surprise on last Saturday
evening by the young people of that
vicinity which she will not soon for-
get. It was the twenty-third anniver
sary of the young lady's birth, and
her young friends In the neighbor
hood planned to muse It a memor
able occasion by having a birthday
supper all prepared which they ex
pected to take with thera to the home
of Miss Porter that evening. The com
pany assembled at the palatial home
of Mr. R. L. Tropst, In Mynard. from
whence they planned to go In a body
to visit Miss Porter, as the surprise
was to be all sprung at once, and not
on the Installment plan. The gather
ing company also had a surprise
sprung on themselves, as when they
went to their buggies to lift out the
birthday supper, the baskets were
found several pounds lighter than
when deposited In the vehicles.
However, there was sufficient left
to make a fine birthday spread and
the young folks surprised Miss Por
ter completely. The evening was
most pleasantly spent, the time be
ing occupied with games, music and
readings.
A detective has been put on track
of the party who got the birthday
supper from the buggies. R. L. says
be can prove an alibi, and he depends
on Mrs. Propst as his main witness.
Ho thinks he can prove by bis wife
that he was sick with the grip end
not out of the house that day.
Illae at Weeping Water.
A special trom Weeping Water, un
der date or January 28, says: "Fire
broke out at 7 a. in. today In a black
smith shop. The fire was caused by
the expolslon or a lamp. The fire
department soon had two streams
of water playing on the building, but
as the tire was hard to get at, the
whole upper story with Its contents
w as a complete loss, the family which
occupied it escaping with only their
clothes. The building with Its con
tents was Insured.
Plymouth llocks For Sale.
Barred Tlyniouth Rock rokrels
for sale. $1.00 each. Murray 'phone
3-K. Mrs. J. W. Yardley.
Mr. J. E. Kohoutek and wife and
children, of Omaha, arrived Satur
day evening to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Kohoutek's sister, Mrs. John
Warga, which occurred yesterday afternoon.
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GIVEN BY THE :
Coaies Hall, Saturday Evening, February 4!
Don't fail to see the Thunder and Lightning
Waltz at the Red Men Ball.
Good Music! Good Time! Good Prizes!
OYSTER SUPPER IS - SODDEN DEATH OF MRS.
A CROWNING SUCCESS W. W. DOW AT SPRINGFIELD
The Loyal Sons and Daughters of
the Christian church gave a One oys
ter supper at the Perkins hotel Sat
urday evening, the Bupper being
served between the hours of 7 and
10. The young people were liberally
patronized by the members and
friends of the congregation and
socially, the event was a crowning
success. Then too, the young people
realized a neat sum, which will be
used In defraying current expenses of
the church, to the support or which
the young people have pledged a sum
of money. A delicious oyster stew,
celery and coffee were served in the
dining room of the hotel, the service
being In charge of tne Loyal Daugh
ters. Horse Shoeing.
John Durman desires to Inform
those who need his services that he
has opened a shop at the Ora Dawson
place for shoeing horses. Satisfaction
assured.
S. Kahn was a passenger to the
metropolis this afternoon, where he
called on business of Importance.
TRUSSE
'1 he only mrgical houie in thr
Weit whrra all tilling is dont
by so expert. Largest stock
of trusses in tho West.
THE W. G. CLEVELAND DRUG CO.
OMAHA, NiMRASKA
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Mrs. W. W. Dow, mother of our
townsman, Julius Hall, died suddenly
at her home at Springfield, Nebraska,
last night about 12 o'clock of heart
railure. Mrs. Dow had been ill for
some time, but able to be up a part
or the time, but last night about mid
night she awakened her husband and
lnrormed him that she would have to
get out where there was more air.
Accordingly she arose and went out
on one or the porches. She became
chilled there, reentered the house,
but could not remain, she said on ac
count or lack or air. She then went
out on the other porch, where she
rell to the floor and expired. Mrs.
Dow was 68 years of age. She leaves
beside her husband, her son Julius,
or this city, and two daughters, Mrs.
Marlon Branson and Mrs. Snider, or
Fremont, and eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Dow has resided In the vicinity
or Springfield ror the past fifty years.
She was prominent in church circles
and was a member of the Eastern
Star. The funeral will occur Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30. Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Hall departed tor Spring
field on the arternoon train.
Mrs. J. V. Egenberger and daugh
ter, Miss Anna, and son Ed, were
Omaha passengers this afternoon.
Mrs. Egenberger has been threatened
with appendicitis for 6ome weeks and
will consult a specialist relative to
her health.