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FRIDAY, JUNE 21. 1901
$1.00 per Year
Vol. 21 No. 26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our reiruiar correspondent.
Washington, June 21, 1h)1.
Mr McKinley again demonstrated
when he knocked tlie liottom out of
the third-term bucket by declaring
tliat he would not again accept
a nomination that lie is one of
the shrewdest political) of his party.
He knows there are lreakers enough
ahead of the republican party with
out the addition of a third term ele
phant, as he frankly acknowledged
when he .said: "There are now ques
tions of the trra vest importance before
the administration and country, and j
their consideration should not le pre-
. - i . 1 t - 1 l.. !
juuiceu n ine puonc iiimu uy eeu
the suspicionof the thought of a third
term. " Mr McKinley knows there
are several questions of importance
which may wreck all chances of the
republican party to elect the next
President, and wishes to impress that
fact upon the mind of some of his
party who act as though the adminis
tration owned the country and could
do anything they pleased without jeo
pardizing the future sucess of the re
publican party. The immediate ef
fect of Mr. McKinley "s announcement
was a sort of fluttering activity anions;
those who are coaxing the growth of
boomlets for the next republican nom
ination of a number of men, including
Senators Fairbanks, of Ind. : Ilanna
and Fo raker, of Ohio: I'iatt, of Conn.;
Lodge, of Mass. . Gov. Odell. of New
York, and Judge Taft, of Ohio. A
notable thing at" ait the situation is
that there Lsn't the slightest evidence
of a Koosevelt In mm in Washington.
Mr. McKinley has said that he didn't
want another nomination himself, but
lie hasn't said that he doesn't want to
name the man. and he won't say so.
Shrewd observers will ascertain Mc
Kinley's favorite before betting on the
name of the next republican candidate.
Representative Hichardson. the demo
cratic leader in the House, who is in
Washington, said of Mr. McKinley's
anti-third term announcement: It
is what anylHxly could expect No
man is good enough to ! elected Pres
ident three terms. It is a rule that
has never !et broken and never will
k. 1 think Mr. McKinley is too good
a iN'aitician to ever undertake to vio
late that law of precedent.''
V Nothing ni'-re autocratic has oeeur
ed in offi.-ial circles for a long time
than the announcement that the Com
missioner and Assistant Commissioner
of Patents would grant no hearings
during. I uly and August. It is a lit
sequel to lioss Piatt being allowed to
put a political figurehead in charge of
the enormous busin -ss int rests of the
Patent office. That order, if not set
aside by high, r authority, will delay
the business of every inventor who.se
case requires a healing for more than
two months and pile up a class of busi
ness already in arrears, which will le a
future incentive to improper and un
just decisions. It is an outrage, which
should cost tlie Commissioner his place
After thinking the matter over the
Cubans accepted the Piatt amendment
just as it passed Congress.
T. J. McKlroy. of Chicago, who
longs to a family of democrats, thinks
that Mr. McKinley's iiisetting of the
third term loom which had U-en star
ted for him, ought to be decidedly U-ne-ficial
to the democratic party. He
said on tlie subject: Where can you
find another man prominent among
the lead, rs of the republican party j
whose political life is enlvvuieU wun
the trusts which sell their products,
made in America, at a lower price
abroad than they get at home, and
this because the high tariff over pro
tects them. McKinley's declination
to run for the Presidency again cer
tainly makes the race among the lead
ers of his party to suceed him an open
one, and it should encourage the dem
ocrats to come together and develop
their leal strength. "
y, The impression prevails among the
Vlabr leaders, who are already at work
preparing to bring pressure upon Con
gress at its coming session ti reenact
the Chinese exclusion law, which ex
pires next May, that the administra
tion is secretly if not openly, against
reenactment. although they do not
care to talk about it for publication at
this stage of the fight. They hint,
however that if the administration
opposes reenactment there will be
some lively. times in Congress, which
will have an effect on next year's Con
ressional cam paign.
MaLple Grove.
Special Correspondence.
A, goodly number of young folks
from this vicinity attended the dance
at A V. Philpott's last Saturday eve
ning. T. Smith purchased a new riding
cultivator this week.
Corn and small grain are looking
finely in this part of the county, and
the farmers are all busy plowing their
corn for tlie second time.
Philip Hi Id and wife were visitors
of W. H. Puis' family one day last
week.
John Fit z Kolierts. the South Oma
ha commission man, was in this local
ity last Saturday, visiting among cat
tle feeders.
Children's lay services at Hterbein
last Sunday w ere largely at tended. the
program U'ing a very pleasant to every
hearer.
C. H. F.oedeker and Uobert Young
made shipments of fat cattle toSouMi
Omaha Monday.
Mynivrd
Special eorrf-puiKii-iiee.
That rustling sound you hear all
a ion ad town is the corn growing.
That young man in Myuard does not
let that one spot "jar" him as much
as some- "very small' portion of My
nard's )Mipulation may think, he can
answer the "Knight of the Shears"
without "stuttering."' It's all right
for a man to w ake up in the morning
fresh as a cucumber but he shouldn't
allow his freshness to liecome chronic.
Grandma Kiser met with a very
severe and painful accident by falling
and breaking a lone of her arm above
the elltww. lr. Breiidel was called to
attend the patient.
Martin Prolist visited with friends
in Mynard one day last week.
Since the new girl came to J. II.
Yallery's. Jake is consequently so jub
ilant tiiat he scarcely recognizes his
lest friends.
Tlie infant daughter of M r and Mrs
John Archer, who passed away on Fri
day, was laid to rest in the Oak Hill
cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Joe Adams were shop
ping in Plattsmotith Saturday.
Miss Wood closed thespring term of
school at Cottenwood on Friday, with
a picnic for thechildren and their par
ents. Miss Wood is a very efficient
teacher and has given jtertect satisfac
tion. MrsG.W. Snyder and mother-in-law
have returned from their western
trip. They seem to have enjoyed
themselves while gone, from all re
ports. The general store of J. M. Kiser was
burglarized Sunday night. Fn trance
was gained by pushing in the front,
door. A small amount of stuff was
taken, consisting of shoes, cigars,
shirts. tc. The miscreants ate a gen
erous lunch before retiring from the
place. A i M Confederate bill, long in
possession of the owner, is among the
missing articles. The one or more
burglars were evidently lad men. as
two trftxes of x!-ca liber cartridges were
also taken. Half a lx of them were
left at the door, where, it seems, they
loaded their guns.
The M. P. depot was broken into
the same night, by prying up a win
dow. The agent lost a coat and two
vests. This is the second tune Kiser's
store has U-en burglarized within six
months. He is very unfortunate in
t he burglary line, as all that has taken
place has fallen upon him. He says
burglar skins will l on the fence
Mane Sine day in the near future, if
they have the kindness to call again.
A My nard girl has seated herself at
the parlor organ and played "1 Would
Leae My Happy Home for You, "seven
times in one vvvck, and still the y oung
man does Hot catch on.
Hey diddle, diddle.
The cat and the liddle.
The cow kicked over the pail.
The milk maid laughed,
And went plumb daft,
As shi grabbed at the Irvine's tail.
Lcruisville
(From Our Fjtecial Correspondent.
Judge Wood is on the sick list this
week.
James Stander made a trip to Om
aha on business Wednesday.
C. K. Foultz has taken possession of
the hotel, succeeding the unmitigated
old fossil who formerly presided over
that pleasant little hostelry. Mr.
Foultz and his wifeare most agreeable
young people, and above all else know
how to keep a hotel, setting such an
excellent table that the half starved
BSorray Harness Co.
T. H. TOLLIF, Mgr.
Best and Dewest of everything
U ADM CCC lit, A NKKTS. NETS
nnnliLOO koh, num.
SADDLES, BRIDLES-! ETC
look on the faces of Pierce Agnew and
Frank Dickson, is giving way to an
expression of content, and a coinci
dent letting out of their belts.
Mr. and Mrs. Speaker expect to
spend some time in Ies Moines.
Dr. Ilasemeier returned from Cali
fornia last week. His family will re
main there through the summer in the
ho.e of bettering Mrs. Hasemeier's
health.
Mollie lierger left Wednesday for
Oregon, where she will remain for the
summer.
We expect to have the rip-roaringest
old time here on the Fourth that this
town has ever seen. Arrangements
are being made for the accommodation
of 1.1.nou people. The time for the
arrival and departure of excursion
trains over the various roads has not
yet leen announced.
It was with feelings which prudence
forbids us to express, that we saw a
party for Oklahoma set out Tuesday
evening of this week. It consisted of
.1. A. Hennings. Chas Caehel, Henry
Fuller. Louie Fickhoti, J. Shellhorn.
Chas Williams and wife, and C. G.
May Held and wife. While we earnest
ly hope and trust that fortune may
smile upon them in the land to the
south, the chances are tli.it they will
be disappointed in their exudations
and fail to lindanyvv here a place which
will in anywise lavorably compare
with Cass county. Already Oklaho
ma isovei-ci 'Wtled with home-seekers,
and those who leave Itchind them the
certainties of this county for the un
certainties of the land of the Choctaw
and red pipe clay, are taking risks that
no man with a family dependent upon
hiiii should care to brave.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
The people at this point are anxious
to know Irjvv much and in what way
they are to be benefitted should cer
tain Murdock citizens succeed in their
efforts to secure the establishment of
the rural free mail delivery system for
the country aliotit that iostotice.
If the delivery system is inaugurat
ed at M unlock we here know that it
means the abolition of this postoitice,
and as to that we hold that we should
have more of a voice than our neigh
Ions ov er at M unlock. There are bus
iness interests at Wabash, small tow n
though it may be. that would lie en
tirely ruined by taking away the post
otbee. and when the petition of Mur
dock for free delivery goes in to the
government there will also be trans
mitted a riot est from the citizens of
this place praying that M unlock be
refused what she asks unless the post
oilice here be allowed to remain.
What we think of the folly of those
a 1 ait M unlock, and especially of those
in the town who favor the free deliv
ery system, is probably material for
anot her story.
Weeping Water
i From Our perial Correspondent.)
Frank I My went to Lincoln Tues
day night to enter the engine service
of the Burlington. He will begin in
the round house and from there his
friends hut-e very soon to see him on
an engine. Frank is a blight energet
ic young fellow with plenty of push
and determination in his make up.
He has a natural fondness for mechan
ics and will probably tind himself pul
ling the throttle on a fast train in due
course of time.
Miss Kate Russell has lieen visiting
at the home of County Sujierintend
ent Smith at Plattsmouth this week.
Wednesday night of next week the
ladies of the Congregational church
will hold a social at the Inane of Mrs.
Helen Reed.
C. E. Doty who is employed in the
Burlington store house at Plattsmouth
drove down with his brother Frank
Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday
with his parents.
A Puzzling Problem.
A wli. ml teacher ill Sheffield. Eng., received
tlie following fnm ;i complaining parent re
cently :
"Sir Will you please for the future give my
li.ty sum eesier somes to lj at uiglits. Tills Is
what lie hrouirht lioatn to or three nites buck:
If for? culling uv Itere will fill thirty to pint
bottles, how meny pint and half bottle will
nin jrallins till';-' Well, we tride and cud maik
nothink out of It all; and my boy cried and
sed he didn't dare go back in the tnornin with
out doiu of it..
"So 1 had topiand Imya nine pal tin cask of
liere. which I could ill afford to do. and then
we went and borrowed a lote of wine and
brandy ltottles. Iiesidcs a fu we hed by us.
Well, weeinptid the casks Into thebottles.and
then counted them, and thur wur 19. and my
lky put the nuuilier down for answer.
" 1 don't kuir whet her It Is rite er not. Sis we
spilt sum w hile doin hit.
"V. S. Please let tlie nex some In water, as
I am not able to buy any more bere." Stray
Stories.
Mrs. W. E. Paddleford of LI ai wood Is In the
city this week visiting In the famllesof Conrad
Schlater and W. C. Smith.
INTERRUPTED WEDDING.
Police Judge and Lawyer Wait
for Bride Groom Who
Returned Not.J
The more urgent need for the ser
vices of a surgeon and mid-w ife rathar
than for those of a justice of the peace
put a sudden and rather sensational
stop to ehe intended marriage at this
place Wednesday night of George S.
Gatlett land Frances Oliva Harks or
Hannibal, Mo., aged respectively 32
and 20 years.
Catleot and Miss Harks arrived in
the city late Wednesday night. They
put up at the Plattsmouth hotel, the
lady pleading illness and retiring to
her" room immediately after register
ing. Catlett did not register but went
out in search of the county judge for
the purpose of I procuring a marriage
licence, incipentally looking up the
police judge and asking him to hold
himself in readiness to perform the
ceremony. Hut when Catlett returned
t the hotel he found the hostelry in a
commotion, with the general tenor of
excitement pointing apparently to
ward the room assigned tohis intended
bride. As he opened the door his ears
were assailed ny the shrill cries of an
infant, and he saw lie fore him a physi
cian and several women in attendance
on Miss Harks.
In the meantime the police judge
and the young lawyer who parts his
name in the middle w hom he oad cal
led to act as a witness.waited, more or
less patiently, until in the course of
two hours word was sent them that
the lady was too ill to be married that
night
At last resorts both mother and
child, a baby boy, were doing nicely,
while the marriage ceremony will lie
performed as soon as the condition of
the woman will permit.
FARMER CHARGES SLANDER
Thomas Mansons has brought suit
in district court against Thomas A.
Sullivan, a farmer living south of town
to collect .VoO for alleged slander,
the plaintiff charging that the defend
ant accused him of having stolen corn
and chickens belonging to the latter.
OTTO AND THE AUTO.
"Tis -stranee how fashion makes us change tin
objects we admire;
We used to sing of the tireless steed, but now
the steed less tire.
Sj Otto tioui;lit an auto, so as not to ! an
tique.
But the thins was autocratic.
As well as automatic.
And the auto wouldn't auto as it ouirl.t to. so
to peHk.
He thought to jret an auto-operator for the
work.
And first he tried a circus man and then he
tried a Turk.
For he knew the circus man drove lifty
. horses w ith success;
And if a man ! shifty
I.noiiL'li lo mauaire fifty.
It's palpable enough he out'lit to manage one
horse-less.
As for the Turk, 'tis also plain. leny It if you
eau.
Ileouirht to run an auto, since a Turk's an
Ottoman.
'Twas all no use. so Otto moved to Alabama,
pu rely
That he mlirht say, "I'm Mto.
from Mobile, and my motto:
A Mobile into outrht to run an automobile,
surely.' "
Then Otto sought to auto on the auto ;is he
outrht to.
But the auto sought to iauto as Otto never
thought to.
So otto be jfol hot. oh. very hot! as he ought
not to.
And Olio said. "This auto ourht to auto, and
it's ot to.
And Otto fouirht the auto, and the auto It
fought Otto.
Till the auto also got too hot to auto as it
ought to.
And then. Oreat Scott! the auto shot to
heaven o did Otto
Where Otto's auto autos now as Otto's auto
ought to.
Edmund Vance Cooke, in July Smart Set.
The new bowlim; alley of W'i'.I Stadelmann
and John T. Coleman, over Atwood's drug
store. Is nearly eonipleteand will probably be
opened to the public Saturday night. It will
lie the only establishment In the city using
the regulation alley, three of which, now in
place, were obtained from the Brunswick
Hal ke company. On certain evenings the
alleys will le rented to bowling parties at a
reasonable rate. The location Is an excellent
one and the enterprise promises to be appre
ciated by the devotees of the sport of lmwling
and remunerative to the young men who have
undertaken quite a venture in putting In ex
pensive alleys and the best balls and pins that
money could buy.
Low Rates to David City.
VIA THE BCKLI SUTOS UOL'TK.
i.63 to David City and return. J una 27-.luly
4. return limit July & for the Iavid City Chau
tau(na.
This assembly will be unusual ly Instructive
and entertaining.
Among the notable persons who will appear
are: Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri Senator
Benj. P. Tillman of South Carolina. Hon. J.
T. Sweeney of Illinois. Hon Chas E. Landis of
Indiana. Kev. Thomas W. Conway Chelsnian.
Hon John P. St. John of Kansas and Congress
man E. J. Burkett of Lincoln.
An abundance of good music and other en
tertainment. For information alout tickets and train ser
vice apply to nearest agent or write to
J. FKAXCIS, general passenger apent.
Omaha. Neb.
Commissioners Proceedings,
June l-1, ltml.
Hoard met pursuant to pdjourniueiit
-all present.
lloard engaged with county business
which was not completed on adjourn
ment. June l!i, l'.tol.
Hoard met all present,
f'laims allowed on general fund:
Turner Zink. salary and expenses ?4j.ii
.1. W. Cox. same -'"
J. 1". Falter, same -'
Vi. C. Smith, same lol.l
lr. Oeo V. Allen, salary if.d refused
F.d Newloii. tax refunded I.W
Israel Pearlmaii. mdse to ,r T.u"
A. Clark, same
John Kopia. same
Streight.V Streight. same. . . ti.:C
Kgrlilierger &- Troop, same.
S. F. Oirardet. same S-Si
Kvening News, printing aX-'n
Tribune, same V.."i
I. J. May m id. same W
The Beacon, same .u
Fellows iX. Kirkham. same .'I.Tj
Wm. Nye. asses'ng Kock Blutt precinct. l?:;.tl
.1.11. Halt. " SloeCre'k " 14I.M
Alloway A. Johnson, team for commi-'rs
C. H. Smith, p. in.. stain-d eiieloies . 4:S..Vi
I'eter Kauen. rent to r 4.W
J I- Hadirley, serving palters 1 T.V0
.1. it, IViisoii. same .si
1. 1. Bates, work at jail M
.1. Robertson. jkI ft ch'gs etc -sj
I ir. M.M. Butler, quarantine services. . . 2u.V
T. 11. Sherwood, work at c. h aj.iw
hdwai.x: Bradford, lan.lter 40.57
Avi'a liUtnlit r Co.. same 77.K1
II. Wilkinson, same
Mat Sulec. work 7..'ii
J. W. Staten. mdse H7.51
Hoard adjourned to meet July d.
J.VMKS INillKKTSON",
County Clerk.
Otto Wurl, CIgarmaker.
Iown at I'ourth and Main streets,
on the tirst fl'ior, over 1'hil Thierolf's.
is the commodious and well appointed
cigar factory of Otto Wurl. where
some of the liest ciirars in this part of
the country are turned out. In the
light, airv, well ventilated rooms, fit
ted with all conveniences and modern
improvements w Inch occupy the en
tire floor, otto A. Wurl has for the
past live years plied the vocation of a
cigar maker and has seen his business
grow and expand from one of modest
proportions to a size in which he can
take a natural and justified pride, a
business at once lucrative and as sol
idly built up as m;iny a large com
mercial enterprise of live times the
age.
In this factory which has come to
le known all over eastern Nebraska
and western Iowa there are turned
out by skilled union workmen, all
classes of goods from the common $25
cigar to the hitrh grade To goods.than
which no U tter smoke for the money
ever tickled the palate of the most ex
acting devotee of the seductive weed.
Otto Wurl carries a running stock
of over .ooo pounds of tine tobacco
leaf valued at over -1nni. The lalels
which he uses are all his own. The
Silver Wreath, which is his leading 10
cent cighar, is hand made, of the I jest
Vuelta Aba jo Havana tolaecos. It is
the only hand made ten cent cigar
manufactured in the city.
The iut Heil and Tride of I'latts
inotith are his leading cent cigars.
They are made of the lest Ohio and
I'ennsylvania tobacco carefully select
ed and cured, and acknowledged by
experts to lie the li nest tobacco grow n.
For a cool sweet smoke these cigars
have found ready favor everywhere
they have lieen introduced.
Otto Wurl is a type of progressive
business man. He is enthusiastic and
indefatigable in building up the ma
terial interests and business condi
tions of I'lattsinouth not only in the
cigar trade but in other lines as well.
He lielieves that Plattsmouth has
great manufacturing advantages and
that with a little hustle and push,
rightly applied, manufacturing and
other industries could be built up here
to an astonishing extent. In short he
is a man w ho being successful deserves
success, for he has won it for himself
through his own unremitting zeal and
hard work.
I'eter Welsh, the husky partner of
Hach & Co., had an experience with a
mild form of lunacy or a new kind of
jag done up in a package very closely
resembling commercial traveler one
day this week. The stranger walked
into the store and pointing his linger
at Welch exclaimed: 4'Novv I've got
you." Hut the next moment the face
tious gentleman was lying out in the
gutter, for Welch, who has lived in
South Omaha, therefore knowing a
thing or two alniut lunatics and the
liket had bounded over the counter,
siezed the stranger by the nape of the
neck and the seat of the pantaloons
and pitched him liodily intothestreet
Later in the day the day the man was
arrested on the charge of drunkeness.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoeck have
put in this week in a most enjoyable
vacation. In a light rig they have
been making a tour of the county, vis
iting friends and relatives both in the
towns and on the farms. Mr. Hoeck
j said in starting out that he expected
! to enjoy this trip as much if not more
' than any outing he ever took in his
i life.and from all reports from the dif-
fei ent places where they have been
all immensely.
INFORMATION GIVHN
Ey Deputy Sheriff Mctiride Leads
to Arrest of Oklahoma Ai
leged Offender.
Through theijuick and certain work
of I eputy Sheriff McBride the author
ities of (Jrant county. Oklahoma,
were enabled this week to get their
hands upon Guy Hatelzy, a young man
much wanted to answer the charge
of grand larceny. And th experience
of Hatelzy should be a warning to law
breakers that the fool hardiest thing
they can do is to venture into the
county as long as Mcliride has any
thing to do with the sheriff's office.
When Sheriff Hutts of Oklahoma
sent out the description of Hatelzy
with the information that he was
supposed to be headed in this direct
ion, McIIrideset to work and soon
located his man registered under an
assumed name in an Elmvvood hotel
and cntting a wide swath in that
place as a smooth young man. Hefore
he could be apprehended, however, he
had taken alarm and started back to
ward Oklahoma. Through the med
ium of orticers enroute McHrid kept
tab on the progress of his quarry so
vvlien he again entered Oklanoma the
orticers had no trouble in apprehend
ing him
PARALIZED COMMISSIONERS.
Tlie county commissioners, sitting
as a board of equalization, listening
patiently to kicks on "extortionate"
assessments, were given a shock to
their nervous systems one day this
week from which they have not yet
fully recovered. A Plattsmonth prop
erty owner came in with an expres
sion on his face w hich the board con
strued as meaning trouble for its mem
bers, singly and collectively, and they
forthwith prepared to lock horns with
their visitor in the contention which
they supjxised he had at issue.
"The assessed value of my property"'
Viegan the property owner, and
paused as the commissioners jerked
themselves into tense and rigid atti
tudes of expectancy in their chairs,
"The assed value of my property," he
repeated, "is far too low "
What's that?" shrieked the com
missioners in chorus, rising in their
chairs, only to fall prone upon their
desks as their strange visitor repeated
his statement, and insisted that his
assessment be raised fully lifty per
cent!
In the course of an hour the officials
had recovered sufficiently to comply
with the property owner's request, al
though eying him the w hile suspicious
ly, as though to be prepared for any
new violent indications of temporary
mental aberration, and the visitor was
shown the revised list. The commis
sioners began to breathe w ith a certain
degree of freedom, but were thrown
again into a condition bordering upon
nervous convulsions when their visitor
after looking over the list declared
that it was still Um low, and insisted
on increasing his assessment 33 per
cent more.
On July 4 the Tigers of this city will
meet the Havelock shop ball team in
a game to the finish for ") a side at
Havelock. Both teams are in tine
shape and tha contest bids fair to be
hotly fought.
CHEAP TRIP TO CHICAGO.
Via Burlington Route.
One fare plus $2 for the round trip.
Tickets on sale June 12, 13, 14 and 15.
Keturn limit September lo.
Additional information about rates,
tickets and train service may be had
from nea rest agent, or of
J. Francis,
General Passenger Agent,
Burlington Route,
Omaha, Neb.
Read it In His Newspaper.
George Schauti, a well know n Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon, O., is a
constant reader of the Dayton Volks
zeitung. He knows that this paper
advertises only the best in its columns,
w hen he saw Chamberlain's pain balm
advertised therein for lame back, he
didn't hesitate to buy a bottle of it
for his wife, who for weeks had suffer
ed with the most terrible pains in her
back and could get no relief. He says:
After using pain balm for a few days
my wife said to me, 'I feel as if born
anew,' and before using all the con
tents of the bottle the pains had en
tirely vanished and she could again
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