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DuuGRESS FACES STORMYSESS10N Four Parllas Walking at Odds oa Proposed LeatiM. r OCEMTlf IS THE KEYNOTE Uneasiness Equally Distributed Be- tween Two Major Parties Sharp Line Drawn Between Conservative ' and Progressive. Washington, April 10 H is daily l.coinin manliest Unit congress Is facing a Htormy session and there can .e made no Ion-east of the j iotu I j I JrvlflHlivp results. The fart that, tioth of the p eat political parties ar ; fivirti'd is no longer denied and the .caders appear to have little hope of rcnloritiK anything more than surface harmony. 'Iheie are virtually four parties, :.ch with n U'.a,n representation, work arc; lit odds In (lie present session. Tim Republican minority of the lion, c It divided between regulars find In (oirgents. ns was evidenced by the vole In the speakership contest. The iirwieh between these two factions Js ven wider In the Republican majority t.f the senate A sharp line has been drawn' be tween the conservative Democrats of the senate, who are opposed to tiny tterript at dictation by William Jen rlfifiH Bryan, nnd the progressive IN'tn rerats, Including practically all of the new members and soveral veterans, 'ike Senator Stone of Missouri, who sre Ilryan adherents, Tho house jH-mocnitlc malorlty Hcems to have es raped a hrerik, hut the leaders fear the j'firty contest In the senat may at any lime spread to the other brand). The situation lin Interfered with the ho lection of committees and the begin Jilng of legislative work. Much Uncertainty Exists. Probably there never ban been a roiigress where so much uncertainty existed and where the uneasiness had 1-itn ho equally distributed between (he two major political parties. Of course, thla Is due, In part, to the fact that In the present countess the Demo rats nre In power In the housn and the Hcpuhlic'in are in control of the enuto. The real caitHe of the nnxiety Is bo llcved to be due to the proximity of the party conventions which will so left the standard bearers for 1912 and the. knowledge that a slip by either In the extraordinary session or tho reg ular session to follow may very easily determine the result of the next na tlonal cr.mpalgn. tfo rar as tne administration pro arum In ronopiiied there Is no room for ((peculation. President Tuft has recommended the enactment of leglB latlon to carry out the provisions of tho Canadian reciprocity agreement, and It Is no secret he would he glad to hnve congies stop at Ihnt and do ffr tho question of further revision un til tho regular session nssembleH next winter. Ills reason for this Is that the tariff board will be able to report rveral schedule by that time. Clark's Intention Known, Neither Is there any obscurity about he program of Speaker Clark, Rcpre tentative Underwood, chairman of the I new ways mid moans committer, and othor Democrat who are directing the vu7 o m nuns, i ueir pian ior progressive legislation on several sub- wu with wMeh .h- i... .- tl - .L. i .. . I fsmlllnr in the last year or so has Won given out Tho division In the nemocrntle. ranks prolmMy would not have been ho pronounced If It had not been for the Interview given by Mr. Bryan d- irin k. .!..?. inn a . , .1 plorlng the election of Senator Martin 1... , ... .. . n llllliuiujr H'UlliT, II IIIIUWB UIB IS- ue In bold relief and It Is freely pre dieted It will crop out frequently In debate. If there Is any disposition on the part of the conservatives In both par ties to work together to prevent any radical revision of the tariff It Is con ceded that they will be able to carry out their plans. Tho progressives of .both parties, actuated by the spirit or misaders, will not hesitate to widen tile gulf between the fartloas In their parties, for they have announced that Ihey are playins; for future stakes, and supreme stakes at that SYMPATHETIC STRIKE OFF Eight Thousand Coal Miners In Ohio Ordersd to Return to Work. Indianapolis, April 10. Rescinding lhe ordr of their predecessors, mem hers of the new executive board of the Vnlted Mine Workers of America, Which came Into office with President White, annulled the sympathetic strike order, sent out by former President Lewis on March IS to miners In west trn Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, tut decided to stand by the 2.000 men In the Tusenrawas Held, who originally were on a strike. The action of the executive board will mean the return of about 8,000 miners to work. ' Commodore's Funeral In Missouri. 61. Joseph, Mo., April 10. Commo dore Frank 31ierman, United States navy, retired, who died at his home In Philadelphia, Friday, was burled here today beiilda bis parents, who were St. Joseph pioneers. Commodore Sherman was appointed a naval cade at large from St. Joseph by President Grant In 1871. HON. WILLIAM PL'LS HOME. Hon. William Tuls returned home last Saturday evening, not losing much time after the close of the legis lature to get to the old home west of Murray. His brother, Ixuie, and wife, Mrs. William Puis, were in Lin coln awaiting the close to return in the automobile, thus arriving home in pretty good time. Splendid Services, Good Attend- ance, and Eloquent Address by C. A. Rawls in Evening It was a large and intelligent audi ence which gathered at the Presby terian church yesterday morning and evening. An exceptionally fine duet was rendered by Mrs. Eaton and Miss Ruth Johnson. Mr. I!. A. McKlwain rendered a pleasing- nolo which was highly appreciated by the large audi ence. Rev. L. W. (Jade preached a strong sermon on "The Hope That Springs Eternal." In the evening C. A. Rawls gave a very eloquent address on tem perance." In the. course of his re marks he took up and discussed the temperance societies in bible times. He called the attention of his hearers to the wonderful thirty-fifth chapter of Jeremiah, which contains the greatest temperance pledge of all time. The Rechahites obeyed the command of Jonadab when they came into lne chamber or the roru s nouse and wine was set before them. They fluid: "We have obeyed the voice of the son of Rechab in that he charged us to drink no wine all our days." And be cause they obeyed the command ments of Jonadab the Lord Cod of Israel said: "Jonadab, the son of Rechab. shall not want a man to stand before me forever." He vigor ously emphasized temperance in thought, in language and in action. That thought influences character, and we thoughts. should guard Well our He said that everyone carries with him a mind picture of those with whom he comes in contact a picture that portrays the life and character of the individual. This be ing true, how important it is that we see to it that our life and character measure up to the highest and the best. In concluding the speaker centered the attention of his hearers upon Jesus Christ as the only true example for noble living. The nddress was a strong one and produced a profound impression upon his audience. KEEP YOUR HORSES UP OR TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES Unclu Nick Halmes was in the Journal office today, and informs us that someone in his negihborhood has been in the habit of turning out their family horse to graze at night, and several times during the past few nights he has been aroused from his slumbers by the animal being in his vrd. Last niirht it ramo a littln too --O--- -- I glron , cominK ciear u,)on his poarch, , . ,V , . , and hl8 first thought was of burglars, ,ur ,,,B KU"' " B"eu the norse. lhe light from the moon saved the horse from being shot. He says he is tired of being disturbed at night Biid will not put up with it lnnirer Uncle Nick savs he is not lontr- unue " 11 K BH 8 ne 18 "ol vprv bimv thpsn davs so if the owner verv ousy lnpH0 oays, so 11 me owner will only turn the horse out during the day he will herd him. At any rate, he thinks a timely warning is I sufflicent. ATTEND MEETING AT THE CLUB ROOMS TONIGHT At the Commerical club rooms this evening there will be a meeting of the merchants of the city, which will be addressed by Mr. Frank Cumknock, field secretary of the Federation of Nebraska Retailers, who will speak of the beneficial features of the Na tional Association of Retail Mer chants, and explain the need of such an organization, and show how it will benefit the merchants who takj hold of the matter and make it a success. Come out and hear Mr. Cumknock, will Interest you Announcement. 1 nereuy announce myself as a I candidate fr the nomination of the office of sheriff, subject to the de- clHlon of the voters at the coming primary. I ask them to place me in nomination on tho democratic ticket, D. C. Rhoden. For Sale. R. C. and 8. C. R. I. Red Cockerels, (1.00 each. Eggs, per setting, 75 cents; $4.00 per 100. Inquire of Mrs. C. E. Schwab, Murray, Neb. Phone 311 Murray. 2-16-2mos-w. AT PRESBYTERIAN c u sun FLOYD WATHERSTON HAS A CLOSE CALL The large derrick used for hoist ing the Btone to the top of the pil lars for the next porch at the Elks' club fell late Friday afternoon, crashing through a window on the east side of the building and nar rowly missing Floyd Wutherston, a well known Nebraska City man. Mr. Watherston and S. J. Thomas, the steward of the club house, were seated in the reading room convers ing, while the derrick was being used just outside the window, Mr. Watherston was seated near the win dow and as the derrick started to f;dl he jumped. As it was he was bruised about the head and shoulders as the heavy piece of timber crashed through the window. Floyd's guardian angel was surely on the job for it was noth ing but intuition that made him move from his seat. The crash was so quick that he had no warning ar.d some thing, he knows not what, caused him to move from his seat. The derrick, weighing thousands of pounds, tore away the window sash and scattered broken bits of glass all over the room. A laughable incident connected with the accident was the quick move of Jewett Thomas in getting away from the scene, lie moved so fast, in f:'.ct, that he fell down, disarrang ing the furniture and smashing the ten commandments into small bits. The accident was a bad one as it : had Mr. Watherston remained in his seat there would have been an en tirely sadder story to relate. Ne- brnska City Press. PROF. FRED MORROW FLING OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY Superintendent N. C. Abbott had a personal interview with Senator Hitchcock just before the senator left for Washington to attend the extra session of congress, nt which the sen- aU)r on u(.,.()Unt 0f pressing business ,.:mi.,,,l ,v th vtra session, informed " ' m- a Limit, thnt it would be imnos sidle for him to keep his date with the Plattsmouth High school at com mencement time. Superintendent Adbott at once got busy, as the time was short in which to Rtcuro a auitiible commencement ()av onitor, but his industry was soon rewarded, and he has secured for the occasion Fred Morrow Fling, head of the department of European History of the University of Nedraska. The suhject of Prof. Fling's address will be, "A World's Society and a. World's Peace." Senator Hitchcock will speak for Plattsmouth students at some future time, when important public duties will not interfere. WILL SUPPLY 1HE STATE INSTITUTIONS WITH SOAP J. B. Pitzer, who has lived in Plattsmouth for the past two years, but who is general traveling salesman for the N. K. Fairbank Co. of Chi- iKO, arrived home Saturday evening, . . . . as usual, to spend Sunday. He was ... met in Omaha by Mrs. Pitzer, who came home with him. While in Lin- coin Saturday Mr. Pitzer met the pr0per purchasing committee for the ,i .',i,i : ii u:. . . . - , . company the contract for supp ying ,1.1. tl u u- .lL , 1 tato buildings with soan for all the state buildings with soap for tho coming six months, which time is the limit to which the contract is let. Mr. Pitzer has only been with the Fairbank company about one year, but is advancing very rapidly and is at the head of the territory in which he works. H. C. FARLEY HERE. Mrs. Ida Hixon and her brother, H. C. Farley, who have been visiting relatives at Glenwood for a short time, departed for Omaha this after noon, from where Mr. Farley will go to his home at Hobson. Wyoming, Mrs. Hixon went to Plainview, where she has been staying for a few months. Mrs. Hixon expects to take the children and go to Wyoming and reside with her brother. Mr. Farley was formerly a resident of Mills county, Iowa, but has been In Wyonv ing for the past twenty years. VISITS OLD FRIEND. Mr. J. E. Green of Albion, Ne- brnska, arrived in the city Friday to visit his former neighbor, Mr. T. T Wilkins. Forty years ago Mr. Wil- kins and Mr. Green settled on claims in Boone county, which were in the snme neighborhood, and these gentle men have been fast friends since that time. Mr. Wilkins sold his farm some years ago, while Mr. Green yet holds his, with many added acres. Light Brahma Eggs for sale, 15 for fiOc. Mrs. William Gilmour, R. F. D Plattsmouth. ENGLAND FACES NEW DANGER Rats Run Rampant, Spreading Terror Over the British Isles. London, April lo Menkes to the safety of England tu.tinue to niulti ply. The German peril is always pres ent;.the free trade threat against the Integrity of the empire is an old friend: socialist spoliation o!t?n clouds the future, and recently the country has heard much about the white bread danger. The latest Fource of perturbation is the discovery in England that "th balance of nature has Item upset." am' that innumerable evils are expected to flow from this dislocation. Bo many of the natural enemies of rats have been destroyed that the long-tailed ter rors are rampant in every direction and the Associated Chambers of Com merce are advancing In a solid pha lanx aeainst the rodents. "Incredible though it seems," savs Secretary Matthews of this organlza tlon, "the country suffers from rats to the extent of J73,ooo,OoO annually. Nor Is the plagup of rates the on!) Klen of the disturbed balance of na tore. The la, aril of agriculture has ordered a general attack on tbo ml grant pigeons, which are des ending by hundreds and destroying whole clover fields in various parts of En land. Roel;s, larks and starlings. som working in one place and pome In an other, hnve more than decimated the wheat fields " LITTLE GIRL LOSES RAGEW1TH DEATH Fife Sweeping Comfiell Burns Tamora, Nob., April 10. Flames wind driven across a cornfield, over took and killed Bessie Moyer, five years old, after she had raced with death hulf of the distance to saiety Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elniei Moyer, were dangerously burned in at attempt to icsciie the child. Severn playmates escnped. The little girl was at play in the cornfield. She lighted a pile of foddei stalks and clapped hnr hands in glee. as they crackled In the breeze. The flames flared highly and sparks fel about her. Fhe blurted to run ns the fire spread about her. She sped across tho field as fast as she could in tlit rough ground and through the tangh corn stalks. Twice she stumbled and fell, as the Are bore down upon her. Th flames crept uHn her as she fell exhausted Her screams attracted the attention of the pnrents, who ran to the rescui" 1 The child's clothes were burned from her body when she was born from the bluzinic field. A physician was called, hut before he could reach the Moyer home, Resale was dead. Mr. and M's. Moyer were badly In Jured In thlr desperate struggle to save the girl. They will recover. G. A. R. LIBEL SUIT DISMISSED Charge Against Former Commander Morgan Stricken From Docket. Topeka, April 10. The Grand Army Of the Republic libel suit, which hue been In the courts for. several years, was finally disposed of when the court affirmed the dismissal of the suit. The action was a criminal one, In which Captain P. H. Coney was the prosecuting witness. - W. A. Morgan. then department commander of the Republic, was the principal defendant, and there were six others. The charge was that they had circulated a false and slanderous story about Captaiu Coney to defeat him for national com mander. The first trial resulted In a dls agreement of the Jury and the court dismissed the case. The state appealed and the supreme court now sustain! the dismissal. MRS. LILUE GETS INSURANCE Lancaster Court Decides Woman Didn't Kill Husband. Lincoln, April 10. Mrs. Lena M. Ullle, convicted of the murder of her husband, Harvey Ullle, and later par doned out of the penitentiary, won a suit in the supreme court against the Modern Woodmen of America on a S3,' O00 policy of insurance on the life ol her husband. The district court of Ianeaster county decided that she did not kill her husband and was entitled to the insurance money. The supreme court affirms that decision. Failed to Deface Stamps. Sioux Falls. S. D., April 10 After being out only about an hour a Jury In the United States court returned verdict of guilty In the case of the United States sgalnst E. R. Benson, pool hall proprietor of Hurley, who was tried on an Indictment charging that he had failed to deface the In ternal revenue stamps on six empty cigar boxes from which he bad sold cigars in his place of business. He as given six months and fined $50. This Man Is Four Legs Shy. Trinidad, Colo., April 10. To lose four legs in exactly the same manner Is an experience well calculated to strain credulity, but that Is what has befallen Roy Thorpe of this city. Several years ago Thorpe fell from a train while beating his way and had both hU legs cut off. He secured a pair of wooden legs. While beating his way from a neighboring town Thorpe again fell under the car wheels and again lost both legs. This time, bow ever, he s uninjured. CCC i wEbbikib mm J. A 1 T HE finest patterns in enable you to wake a propnate Wedding gift. j selected assortment of fine Plated Hollow S ft ft ft Genuine Hand Painted China Pearl Handle Goods Rich Cut Glass Mantle Clocks Etc. See Us for Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Etc. ft Eye Glasses Fitted. J. W. CRABILL WATCH MAKI-R AND JIvWKLKR C. B. & Q. R. R. Watch Inspector. Plattsmoiuh, Neb. ft Gl EXPLODES AND IN JURES WAYNE PROPST Way re Propst and Giles Lair of Mynard were out duck hunting Satur day afternoon on the Four Mile creek, when an accident occurred which came nearly taking off the left arm of wayne t'ropst, wno was carrying a j in Plattsmouth, all the new styles, double-barrel, muzzle-load shotgun. patterns, trimmings and shapes will He had just gotten a line on some of: be found in this line. Every lady in. the fowl wanted and pulled the trig-1 this part of the county is especially ger, when the gun exploded, wound- j invited to call and see what we have ing Wayne's left arm very badly. The j in this line. We are confident that forearm was gashed deeply and the j we can please them nil, for we know shoulder bruised and wounded. The : the goods we have bought and the result was that both barrels were ability of our trimmers to please. Re blown from the stock. member the doors will open on Tues Giies Lair brought Wayne to Dr. day morning at 10 o'clock, on which Livingston's office as soon as a horse date we would like to see the faces of could make - the triap, where the voung man's injuries were dressed. Severn! stitches were required to close the gash in his arm. SERVICES AT ST. LUKE.S. Palm Sunday was observed at St. Luke's church yesterday, with the ceremony appropriate. Cannon Burgess preached a discourse in keep ing with the beginning of holy week. The special music was particularly fine. Mr. C. W. Baylor, one of the best baratone singers in the city, sang "Palm Branches" in a most pleasing manner and in a way which touched the hearts of his hearers. The choir in the evening sang with much effect very beautiful anthem, the solo part being rendered by Miss Gretchen Donnelly, and was sung with much feeling. W. K. Shepardson, one of the hustling farmers of nvar Murray, was in the city today looking after some shopping, arrd while here called at these headquarters and renewed for the Old Reliable for another year. Mr. Shepardson is one or the Journal's staunch friends and we are always glad to meet him. Tho Boo n im 1 v&mir CORNER SIXTH AND MAIN STREETS Sterling Silverware will J$ choice selection for an ap- ZS Also a larire and well pattern? in vS and Flat ware & ft ft ft ft h Good Seeing Guaranteed ft . F1S MILLINERY OPENING GN TUESDAY The new store of M. Fanger will be opened to the pubile on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, at which time there will be on display one of, the finest lines of millinery ever displayed all our old customers. W will rnar. antee to please you. FINE DOG POISONED. R. M. Schlaes, the gentlemanly manager of the Majestic theater, will give $10 to know who the micreant is who administered a dose of poison to his valuable bulldog last Saturday night. Mr. Schlaes would not have taken $25 for the dog. That the animal was poisoned and that while the last show was going on, is quite evident, as the faithful animal was entirely normal and walked through the house until a few mintues before it dropped dead. The person who did the deed should be prosecuted. RENNER BUYS RESIDENCE. . Dad Renner has purchased a nice cottage, formerly owned by Michael Ilild, and situated on the north side of Granite, between Fifth and Sixth streets, and is having the same moved upon the premises where his former residence was recently burned. H. C. McMaken & Son are carting the house over the hill on house trucks. WANTED A good, gentle driving horse, safe for women to handle. Write W. IL Porter, Union, Neb. The new Summer Quar terly Style Books are now in. 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