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page a. PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. THURSDAY, AIMtIL 13, 1913. KEEPING HEWS OUT OF THIS PAPER BY REQUEST The Journal Has Decided That If It Is Neds It Goes. No .Matter AVho .Makes the Request. From "Wednesday's Dally. A "Treat many times in the past this ollicc has received requests from many persons to have different iicms in which they were interested kept cut of the paper on pleas qf all sorts as to the effect it would have, and this has been done far too cften. In the conducting of a newspaper it often becomes necessary to publish matters of public interest to the read ers of the paper that we would often rather had never become necessary, but it is a duty that is plain and it should be appreciated by the public mur-t give these facts to his leaders, regardless of what personal feeling there is in the matter. Xo items ap pears that is inspired by a desire to injure anyone or to cause them grief c r JMinoyance, but occurrences of in terest are demanded by the public and to withhold them causes the paper to r.ppear in an unjust light before its readers and the public, who view the situation that the items are matters of news and should be given to the public. It certainly places the paper in. a very peculiar position to hold back anything that is common prop erty :.:;d the subject of current tall; on the streets, and anyone who realises the ta.-k before the publish?- j of a pi:p?r can see where the publics-j iion of these matters are nce-sary. We have in the paX received con siderable criticism for failure to pub-j li.-h matters that have become public property, but which on request and pleas of tho-e interested have been withheld fiom publication, but it ha? Getting Along Nicely. From Wednesday's Dally. Colonel and Mrs. J. II. Thrasher were greatly pleased to receive this morning a card from their daughter, Mrs. Arthur Keffler, who is at the Wise Memorial hospital in Omaha, stating that she is feeling much bet ter and resting easier than at any time since the operation several days aero. The nature of the operation has been very severe and the patient stood it in splendid shape and is now in a condition where she will, prob ably be able to recover, although it will require some time. The improve ment in the condition of Mrs. Keffler will be most pleasant news to her host of friends in this city. HARRIS COOK HAS EX PERIENCED A CASE OF PTOMINE POISOHIHG come tn.t publhh th: picas c much i cessary : wil! be n hese items regardless of the those involved or interested, it mav be distasteful to us From Tiiff Jav's rn!lv. Harris Cook of this city, who is at tending the state university at Lin coln, had an experience with ptomine poisoning that came very near having the most serious results, and he still leols the effects o" it greatly. It seems that on Sunday evening ho par took quite freely of some salmon which was served at dinner, and short ly afterwards was taken violently ill, and in fact it was feared for a time that he might not recover, but prompt medical treatment was afforded him and relief secured. Harris recovered Mi.uciently from his illness be able to return home last evening on No. 2, but still feels the effects of the poison ing to some extent and will be com pelled to take sever:;! davs' rest. IEW SCHOOL LB PASSED THE LEBISLft' The Annual School Meeting Will Be Held cn the Second Monday In stead cf Last Mondav in June. fllRE FIRST BALL GM1E Or THE SEASON SEXI SUNDAY to il(t if, and at the cost of our own feelings in the matter. These who make these requests should bear in mind that all of the human race art c-.vrer to learn of the wror.g-dolrg- or rr.i.-huos of thei." neighbors, but when it is .-.t tncir .-n !o'-r would nave th-? publication withheld. There is always someone who feels grieved or inju-t-d probably in the publishing" of matter.-: of r.ews, and it is natural to eup.'j". them to be, but they cannot e evt, or .-kcuid not a si:, that mat te "s '.hat are of widesnerad interest do not like to chronicle the "tunes of i'nvor.e, but it . onic- tirnc? berones a necessity, av.d in the future we feel that those who make the !(--ue.-t5 .-hnu'id realize the posi tion that it places a publication in th-i. is suppose 1 to give the news to the Tii.tb!ie ar.jl be as generous in their -;side!atk-n of the newspaper as ihey expect the paper to be with them. Wc i.-ff MRS. J. M. flEISINBER If! A VERY CRITICAL CONDITION From Tuesday's lJally. .mis. .J. M. Alebniger, who has been in very poor health for the past few years, is lying at her home in city in a very critical condition ai:d hj;- hance.s of recovery are very flight. Mrs. Meisinger has been a ui7erer for .several years from iirie:hts disease, and it was on ac count of her poor health that the family removed from the farm to this city, where i-he could receive better medical assistance. The death of her husband about two months ago came as a very severe blow to this estima ble lady, as he had been untiring in his devotion and care of her, and so nee that time she has gradually grown weaker and the progress of her malady has been more marked. She has just suffered a paralytic stroke, in addition to her affliction, and this has caused her family to abandon v most all hope of her iccovery, as she is in a most critical condition. Since the death of Mr. Meisinger the chil dren have been in constant attendance at the bedside of the mother, and all that loving hands could do to sooth her in her affliction has been carried out by the family with the hope that s he might be spared to them. Sunday afternoon at G o'clock, from all present intentions, will see the base ba'! season in this city in augurated, as Manager Johnson ha 5 scheduled a game ,it the park here wnn tne Umana Lase i-.au Indians, an orvaniiiat'on from the state me trcpolis, who come he;e well recom mended as a fast bunch of hall play e:s, and should be able to give the fans a goyl game a: the opener of the season. The locals ure practicing no i.r.ti will be in very fair shape by Su: ady, although far from their usu; form, And it will be sove al weeks be fore they really sti ike their regula gait, but with goo 1 hard work th nateiiul on hand here should develo' into a fast bail ter.tr. There l as bec nuite a demand on Manager Johnso: to start tne season, arv.l lor tnis rea sen he is scheudlirg the game fo Sunday, so as to give the fans an op ncrtur.ity of enjoying a good game. While the Nebraska school c'ode commission failed in the passage of its general school bill the legislature accepted many of its recommenda tions in a more or less modified form. The measures which have passed are as follows: First: An act permitting the con solidation of grade and high schools upon the assent of a majority of the school voters in the territory affected. State aid is provided at the rate or $Iot per year for two-room schools, $2Q for three-room schools r.nd $300 for four-room schools, with an addi tional $10') in the first year for equip ment. Second: Kural high schools may be established in the same manner and with the same aid. Third: County rural districts are authorized on-. the vote of all coun ties with less than 7,000 population. This will permit about twenty-rive counties in the western part of the state to go under the county unit sys tem for the collection and distribution of taxes, the purchase of supplies and the election of teachers who are first nominated by the local boards. This is a compromise measure and ineludes cniy a few of the features of the full county unit plan. It distributes school funds equally throughout the county and gives all of the schools an equal share in the railroad taxation. The school affairs of the county are placed in the hands of a beard of five member-. Fourth: City Ft-hools are allov.-ed V IN" PLATTSMOUTII I- FORTY YEARS AGO. kK-:-w- The current in the Missouri at Ne braska City has changed so that the ferry lands at the foot of Main street, the first time in several years. An infant child of a German family in Patterson's row fell from a window of the upper story to the paved ground in rear of the basement, fracturing its -kull. At last accounts the child was doing well. so fortunate as to arrive there safely,' although we see by telegrams that de predations have been committed with in thirty miles of Deadwood. The house "of Hon. Joseph Buttery was burglarized Tuesday night and a gold watch abstracted. They cut the blinds to open the window, crawled In over a big bird cage and got Joe's vest, hooked his time and flung the jacket away because (it is supposed) it was to-big for one man and not quite big enough for two. Be that as it may Joe is out a ticker Next. to est blih trade or occupation a! THE HIGH WATER IN THE MISSOURI AND PLATTE RIVERS GDNTiNUES CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. TIi3 Kind Yea fare A!w3js Bougfit S7 Bears tbo Signature of Fr"m Weonesiiav's Dully. The hijih water in the Missouri an Platte rivers stiil continues and the rush of the flood water has made it necessary for Tom Stokes, wh re- skies on the bottoms east cf the Bur b.ngton passenger station, to abandon his home and move 1 is family and liva stock to a place of safety, as th watcis are now up :.o high thai they are almost sweeping into the house His fi rm land is entirely covered by the water and only a s.rr.ali tract of. high land west of the house has so far escaped from the water. This morn ing a very pathetic sight was present ed at the Stokes hcn.e, as the faithful dog belonging to the family sat on th? steps at the house and kept sen- tinal duty as the water crcp higher and higher onto his resting palce. Continued rises in the river are re ported from points along the Platte ard Missouri and it is thought that the water here will reach an even greater height and may last for some lime. If the fiool will subside in the next two weeks it will be possible for the parties using the bottom for farm ing to get in their crops, as the high water is early this year and gives thema better chance to secure a crop. Has Hand Hurt. From Wednesday'.-! tally. Yesterday Charles Ault, who is. em ployed as a truckman at the Burling ton coach shop, net with a most painful accident when a large, heavy car spring descended on one of the fingers cf his right, hand, and the spring bei.ig the stronger of the- two, resulted in the finger being mashed in a very severe manner. The inj jry was dressed and Charles will be com pelled to take a few days' lay-off from his duties. schools for any one over 11 years of age. Rural schools are authorized to establish short courses in domestic science and agriculture for the larger boys rnd girls who are unable to at tend the schools during the er.ti-e year. Finally, an important change is made i:i the state apportionment of rchool funds. Heretofore one-quarter cf the money has been divided equally among the counties and the remainder equally on a per capita basis. Un-L-r the law or.e-ouurter of the money will be apportioned equally among all cf the distric ts of the' state and the ro rr.ahd.ig thi ee-quaites to the schools according to the school census. The effect of this law will be to reduce the apportionment cf districts in counties having large cities and increase the funds going to the schools in the counties with a smaller population. The annual school meeting will be held under the new law cn the second ?Ionday instead of the last Monday in June. Lincoln Journal. Henry Kuhl, a son of Captain Kuhl, formerly of this place, died suddenly on Saturday morning last and was buried Sur.day. He was about 13 years old and had been living with Mr. Martin on the Maxwell place. Some visitor who rode up to Ber nard Drost's house on horseback Sun day a week thought so much of the family that he carried otf a gold watch, a ring and other articles as souvenirs of the family we suppose. DEATH OF PTHER OF JUDGE JESSE L. ' root, at mm The following clipped from the files cf the Nebraska Herald of some forty years ago will recall an incident of tragedy that will be fresh in the minds cf those who at that time made their heme in this city and where the parties were for years previous residents: On Tuesday evening news was re ceived here that William Armstrong of Plattsmouth, but who has been in Lincoln for a few weeks, was murder ed, and from the brother, Marion, we glean the following particulars: Some time rgo in one 'of the saloons here in Plattsmouth one. W. M. Yv'iles, rot into a row with another man, Arm strong came to his relief, and in the melee Armstrong's hat was badly torn; Wiles promised to get him a new one. Since he went to Lincoln, where he got a position as engineer in a flouring mill, he received a letter sign ed with Wiles name, saying that he :v.'i not forgotten the hat and would send it soon, also that he had sent by express a flak of whisky, of the ar rival of which Armstrong received notification on Monday last and went to the express off.ee and got it. The rcr.t morning, feeling badly, before going to his work, his sister, Mrs. Lewis, with whom he is boarding, ad vied him to take some pills, which he washed down with'some of the whisky from the fiask. walked a few rod from the house and returned saying, "I am roisoned." Dr. Carter was immediate ly called and pronounced it poison either by aconite or strychnine. A;5- Late on Saturday last a telegram : was received here, stating that Sheriff Hyers had a shooting scrape with the Mastins near Greenwood. It gave no particulars, and the suspense was ' great to know whether the sheriff was ; hurt or someone else killed. About 9 o'clock some details were received ' and it was ascertained that no one j was killed; on the late freight the. sheriff ami prisoners arrived and we i got the details: After two previous attempts to chronicle the wedding of Mr. (I. W. Thomas and Miss Sallie Wright, we do hereby announce that the aforesaid couple were duly and truly joined in the holy bonds of wedlock, at St. Luke's Episcopal church, on Friday evening last by Rev. H. B. Burgess, after which their friends had the op-j portunity of congratulating them at the Masonic festival. The bride was becmiingly arrayed in a drab princess dreSHi, draped with smilax, roses and other white blossoms, natural flowers; and the groom well, we didn't notice his dress so-much as we did his happy looks. "Here's to their good health, and may they live long and prosper." It would seem that Jos. Mastin has sepaarted from his wife, and as usual in such cases, there was trouble about who should have care of the children. Mrs. Mastin obtained the custody of the child by legal process and Judge Sullivan issued a writ of habeas cor pus to the sheriff commanding him to take the child from the custody cf the Mastin?. It was in enforcing this writ that the difficulty occurred. The sheriff went to the house and asked Joseph Mastin to read the writ; he re fused and the sheriff then read the paper and demanded the child, when both the Mastins jumped on him and pounded him over the head with wood and chairs. Finding he had no other resort, Sheriff Hyers at last drew his pistol and shot Lauraine Mastin in the thigh. Getting out of the room he went to Greenwood and obtained a posse, when Mastin was arrested and the child secured and brought to Plattsmouth as stated above. Younir plied such remedies as he had and sent Mastin woumlcd and the old lady re fer more, but Armstrong died .before ma:ned at Greenwood. The sheriff has Ucy arrived. fi!v two information norjimxt nl T . 1 1 , fX incline- ai me w;." three, ona for resisting an officer, and elicited tne lact tnat tne wmsKy nan - nalIH with :nfnf, tn ki1 i i . t i ; I oc-en leic mere oy a man answering in T.Q ;:,: v ascription to varies via... ior v, nom , hardlv anv nart riere ooys! is the good News AVo liavt' ;ir ran with th publishers of The Amer ican Boy to tfive a six months subscription abso lutely free to eery bov who buys his suit here. This is the best boys' It's all boy nothing else. We are planning bit things for our boys' department this is one of the ood things in our plan. I'omo in and let us tell you about it. magazine we know of 11 "RADNOR" H NEW TIES EVERY WEEK wescott s sons Everybody's Store P. H. Meisinger and wife were in Henry J. MeLdnger and family are the city yesterday afternoon, called in the city in attendance at the sick here by the serious illness of Mrs. J. bed of the mother of Mr. Meisinger, M. Meisinger. who is in a very serious condition. r.cv. Father William Iligir.s ? ?- r. l. Wo;f of the .Masonic Homo turned this morning to his home in v.;-s among tho-e going to Omaha this Manley, aftar a short vlsic here v.ith afternoon to attend the gran 1 corr.- his friend, Father M. A. Shine. mandery of the Knights of Templar. Attorney D. O. Dwyer v. as among those going to Omaha this morning, where he was called to hoi; at'Ur some legal matters for a few hours in that city. Mrs. W. T. Scott en and 'daughter, Miss Margaret, were among the pas sengers this morning for Omaha, where they will visit for the day with relatives and friends. Ivies Cap a of his head that was not contused and wounded. Not one man in a thousam would have had the patience and per servance he has displayed in endeavor ing to arrest the men without blood shed. Ve know nothing about the justice of the original cause of griev ance, but we are clear on one point the authority of the law must be made paramount in Nebraska: we cannot afford any more nonsense on From "Wc din day's Oaily. A message was received in this city today announcing the death l;:st night at her home in Omaha cf Mrs. ftoot, the mother of Judge Jesse L. Koot, solicitor of the ISurlington, and a former icsident of this city. The death of Mrs. Hoot was ouite sudden. but no details could be learned here, as the message merely stated that the body would be brought here fo interment Friday morning, beside the body cf her husband at Oak liill cemetery. She was quite well known in this city, having been a frequent visitor here during the time her son re.-ided in this city, and the news of her death is learned with the great est of regret by the friends of the family. Mrs. Hoot had made her home in Omaha for a great many years. LOOK THIS OYER. 1:0 acres, city limits of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska, two-story, 0-rocm brick house, new barn, six stalls, ten-ton haymow, all necessary outbuildings, concrete walks, hog tight fence, finest cave in country, evsn acres alfalfa, orchard, and small fruit of all kinds: improvements cost more than s being asked for en tire tract, it is a cracker-pack, and worth investigation. Price and terms tight. Inquire of W. E. Roccncrans. Armstrong had formerly been bar keeper here, and who is supposed to have a grudge against Armstrong, as being instrumental in his wife's leav ing hin last spring. Warrants have been issued and sent to Sheriff Hyers, among others, for his arrest, which has doubtless taken place ere this. The whiskv and the stomach of the deceased have been given to Prof. Aughey for analysis, and if poison is thig hea(J flnd officers enforcing cetected in them the chain o evidence have the right to protection, and to will be very strong. ,hnr.t in self defense if resisted. The Mr. Armstrong had lived in Platts- Magtins canthank the unusual for mouth most ot his lite; tor several bearance of our sheriff for life today years r.c was engineer nom on me The case has bccn put off for tr;al transfer and the ferry boats, and was I ti, th mh of Fcl,ruary, as thc a steady, industrious hoy. Alter he went into the saloon he became dis sipated and went from bad to worse. Of late, however, we understand he had endeavored to reform, and if so, his sudden taking off is more sad. lie has several brothers and sisters here and in Lincoln, of whom one, Marion, has worked for some time in the Her ald office. His mother resides here. Should the proof be conclusive of the guilC of the supposed murderer, no punishment can be too severe for him Later The body of William Arm Wounded man is not able to appear. YOUNG COUPLE FINALLY SECURE LICENSE TO WED this iss Mary E. Foster motored up afternoon' fiom her heme at This morning County Judge Bceson at his office in the court house, united in thc bonds of wedlock Mr. Blv Bartholomew of Miles City, Montana, and Miss Evalena Englcmcn of Ham- trong was brought to this place yes-I burg, Iowa. The young people had terday and is buried today. I experienced some delay in securing Viall was arrested at Palmyra yes- their license, from the fact that hcy rordav and taken to Lincoln. did not have the conseni oi thc In the trial of the case, which was bride's father, but this was later so hotly fought, the state rested largely cured and the young people went on on the testimony of the express agent, tneir way rejoicing, who was supposed to have received I A license was also issued today to the package containing the whisky C. E. McKenzie of Havelock and Miss from Viall, but through the skill of the Myrtle Hall of this city. Thse youn r ttorncy for the defense the prisoner people will be married this cvenin r at v.;i5 !iroiiUed. Ths attornev. when the home of the brides parents, idi tho express agent was on the stand, I and Mrs. Julius M. Hall. had a man similar in appearance to Viall, come into the court room, and If you check up the number of bat he express agent was unable to ties used you will find roleys Honey identify Viall as the right party, and and Tar in gieater demand than any as a result he was acmiitted. He was other cough medicine. It is sale, killed a few years ago in Fremont byjrrompt and effective for colds, croup, a colored man. hoarseness, bronchial coughs, tnroa. trouble and la grippe. It contains no i ii. r J 1- Wo understand' that the Stage in opiates .nu l"'e m I ... -ii i 11 r,.e,i .,;o-h.im nn.-t Mrs. medicine ior cnuaren. oia e-icrj- 111'. 1. V J - 1 . - i 1 V. li ' " - - - - Letter f.los at the Journal office. We have just received an assortment of thc popular D. !V?. C. If you need any getyourswhile the line is complete. E. G. DOVEY a SON 3 YV Vi Heicl Caps for Spring are Here! 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