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Of any Cass County Paper.
READ President McKinley's rcessngo
to congress.
The News-Hekald could take sorao
wood on subscription.
A KILL has been introduced in
congress providing for a supreme
court in the Philippines, said court to
consist of five members and the tenure
of office to be for life or good be
havior.
ASS'T SECRETAHY MEMvELJOHX
will stick close to Lincoln until after
the contest for TJ. S. 6eoators shall
have been settled. lie will pive the
other fellows a lively chase for the
coveted position.
President McKixley recommends
that congress apply restraints upon
such combinations as are injurious and
which are within the federal jurisdic
tion. This is about all he had to sug
gest in regard to the question of trusts,
Senator Newell of Plattsmouth
must have gone into the campaign
with a scoop-shovel, from the manner
in which he scooped in his mrjority
The senator probably did some of it,
then, among the corn piles of Cass.
Nebraska Blizzard.
Forty-five thousand eight iiun-
ri:ed and tiiirty-eioht voters ex
pressed themselves at the polls as fav
oring Mr. Rosewater forTJ. S. senator.
Gilbert M. Hitchcock seems to have
been the only fusion ist recsiving any
votes for the position.
MANY republicans have felt that
Mr. Rosewater would, if need be. tie
up with the fueionists in order to bo
elected to the United States senate,
but there seems to be little, if any
thing, up to this time to justify any
such claims.
It HAS been suggested that in case
the captain of the Kentucky fails to
make the desired impression on the
sultan of Turkey it might be well to
let Bob Evans go over and deliver a
few of his favorite remarks within the
hearing of the porte.
LOCAL musicians are very buy get
ting realy for the opera to be pro
duced at the Parmele Theatre Decern
ber II and 12 for the benefit of the
public library. They will spare no
pains in their efforts to make it a suc
cess, financially and otherwise.
The duke of Manchester has been
declared ineligible to sit in the Eng
lish House of Lords on account of the
fact that he is a bankrupt. As it re
quires only $125,000 to square up his
accounts. Senator Clark of Montana
would consider the feeat cheap. Bee,
CHARLES A. Towne has been ap
pointed to the United States senate to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of the late Senator Davis of
Minnesota. Mr. Towne goes to the
national capital today. He will be
there but a few months, and doesn't
intend to lose any time.
Senator Allen hns most always
made himself more or less conspicuous
in Washington, and at the opening of
congress in Washing-ton yesterduy he
kept up his record by making himself
conspicuous by his absence. He will
not likely go to the trouble of prepar
ing many lengthy speeches during the
short session.
PLATTSMOUTH will carefully watch
the bill introduced by Congressman
Burkett, providing for an appropria
tion of $75,000 for a public building.
Were it not lor the fact that a great
many predictions made by citizens of
Nebraska have not materialized. The
News would venture one that this city
would get a public building within the
next two years.
President McKixley has selected
four of the most distinguished jurists
this country affords as members of the
American international arbitration
committee. The personnel of the
board is as follows: Ex-PresideDt
Harrison, Chief Justice Fuller, At
torney General Griggs and ex-Senator
Gray ot Delaware two members be
ing republicans and two democrats.
A WASHINGTON correspondent says
that Congressman Burkett of NebrasKa
is to lead the opposition in the house
to the congressional reapportionment
bill which wculd deprive Nebraska of
one of its congressmen. The entire
Nebraska delegation will doubtless op
pose any measure which would deprive
us of one member, but it is quite pos
sible that the reapportionment, based
on the new census, will leave us one
short.
There is not a little speculation as
as to wbether Emperor William really
cared to receive Mr. Kruger. The
South African's neglecting to comply
with the strict etiquette of the German
court in not asking for an audience
with the emperor before he reached
the Belgeo-German frontier, is, by
many, looked upon aa an excuse for de
nying the audience. It is quite evi
dent that the tnipe or desired to re
main neutral.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The constitution of the United
States, in artie'e II. section 3, provides
thar, the president "a! a.l from time to
time give to the congress information
of the 6tate of the union, and recom
merds to their consideration such
measures as be sbill judge necessary
aad expedient. "
This the president has done in a
most business-like manner, reporting
to congress the conditions of the union
and calling' the attention of the con
cress to various matters wherein wise
legislation is necessary, without nr
rogantly attempting to dictate to the
legislative branch of the government.
The message is in no sense radical, and
is in every tense plausible and safe and
conservative. In not invading the do
main of congress, Mr. McKiuley is
traditionally following the teachings
of the fathers of the republic, and
wholiy unlike a dictator or emperor,
This must appeal to the good cense of
the American people, and at the same
time sound the funeral knell to the
shouts of the anti-imperialists.
Critics have and will take the most
diametricallv opposite views of this
great state paper. Some have criti
cisdd it for devoting so much space to
foreign affairs and less space to the
diocu.-ifcioo of domestic matters, while
others have commended it for its com
prehensive ditcussiou of our foreign
relations.
Two illustrations will suffice. The
St. Joseph Daily News says: "Even a
cursory reading of the message cannot
fail to impress any one that our foreign
affairs have been elucidated down to
the most unimportant minutia, while
domestic matters of the utmost im
portance are lightly passed over.'
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
saj-s: "Time was when as many as
eighteen thousand words were con
sumed in the discussion almost entirely
of domestic affairs, with half a dozen
p:ragraphs, addenda, so to speak, de
voted to foreign affairs. In no
country in the world are the United
States without interest. Within a few
years we have gained possessions in
every sea. We have become factors in
the tremendous problensof the east
and the west."
There are those in a morbid and un-
patbologic condition of both mind and
conscience who are unable to see a fact
when it presents itself naked, and must
5ml fault with everything that is real,
and who will doubtless find fault with
paradise should they be permitted to
enter therein, while on the other hand
there is n element of human family
sober, sound, reasonable in all things
Men with normal, active minds and a
pure conscience are those to whom we
must look for the betterment of the
world.
To the man who will read the presi
dent's message without prejudice it
must appeal most strongly. The most
absolute frankness and honesty in pre
senting the facts showing the condi
tions now existing with which the re
public is most deeply concerned is
most truly apparent to the most cur
sory reader. When the present mes1
sage is read together with the message
of a year ago, which it must be remem
bered was delivered to the same
congress, a most complete and explicit
statement of all the conditions of the
union, both domestic and foreign, it
will be found is presonted by the presi
dent. THE HATH Cllitfi FOR TKA M I'S.
(Chicago Times-Herald.)
lleieit criticism of the mayor's
plan to establish a "municipal free
lodging-house" was called forth by a
misipprehension concerning the na
ture ard scope of the proposed institu
tion. The idea of a free lodging-house
for tramos mHintained at public ex
pense naturally excited viorou pro
test. Such a muoitiip'tl benefaction, it
ws very well known, would make
ChicRgr the Mecca for all the hoboes,
thugs and crtoks in the country.
It haonens, however, that the may
or's1 lrdgine-house i- to h "free" only
in the sense that it is not to le run as
a money-making institution nut us a
place where vacrants may icceive
lodirine and food in exchange for
work. Admission to the lodging-
house has conditions attached wh'ch
are not calculated to make the resort
a popular one with tramps. It means
rigid inspection by the police, an un
covering of the hobo's checkered
career, aud a bath. "Dusty Pike"
will not care much about the scrutiny
of his dark and dubious past, but wheu
it comes to a b;.th the thought of it
will miike him give the town a wide
berth. As be will have to take his
choict between jil and a buh, under
the proposed lodging-house system, it
is a safe iruss that six months' trial of
the plan would suffice to rid the city of
the able-bodied, acd hence most dang
erous cl:is3 of hoboes.
The mayor's loiging-houne scheme
as now understood hts the unqualified
indorsement of Jacob A. Rii. the
student of srcihl problems, who re
cently criticised the mayor for his
prodamition of friend-hip for the
hoboes, on the ground tbat it was an
advertisement of Chicago as a haven
for footpads and an aesurance of wel
come to vigrants. Dr. R is bcliaves
that the establishment of a muTicipal
lodging-house patterned after the ones
that have worked su i-u.c !-fully in
eastern cit'os would solve tl.c vagrancy
prob'em in th:s city.
The municipal lodging-hou e with a
shower-bath attachment is all right.
If THE reapportionment bill intro
duced in congress becomes a law, Ne
braska will ba entitled to but five rep
resentatives icstead of six The rep
resentation from fifteen ptates would
be increased a: d that from teven
diminshtd. The passage of the bill
would, of course, necessitate the re
districting of this state, which might
materially change the pslitical com
plexion of some of them.
FRYE S SHIPPING BILL
The Maine Statesman Begins a
Speech for Subsidies for a
United Staes Marine.
EEP0BT ON THE I3THMIAN CANAL
Commission Favors the Xicaraguan
Kouie Conclusions of the Ite
- port House Session.
v. asmngron, uee. o. Tne pro
gramme of the senate leaders for i
business session was taken up In earn
est yesterday ana material progress
was made. What is popularly known
as the ship subsidy bill was made the
unfinished business of the peuate in
stead of the Spooner Philippine meas
ure, ana tue discussion or It was
opened by Frye of Maine, chairman of
the committee on commerce -from
which the measure was reported. He
addressed the senate for more than an
hour and a half, and had not con
eluded when the senate adjourned.
ms statement was elaborate and at
times eloquent. Thjs great maritime
nation, he said, was placed in a po
sition Humiliating beyond, expression
oy tne present condition of our iuer
chant marine. With a boundless sea
coast, unparalleled and unapproach
able natural resources, shipbuilders
the equal of any in the world, the
greatest exports in the world and ev
ery other argument in our favor the
United States had permitted its coin
mercm rivals to seize the pathways
or commerce and hold them practically
to me exclusion of tins country.
Cot of Carrying Our Export.
Last year of all the enormous ex
ports and imports of the United States
only y per cent, was carried In Ameri
can oottoins, and the United States
paid to foreign nations (principally
Great Britain and Germany) $300,000
a tlay for doing carrying-trade work
for this country. He pointed out that
during tne war with Spain the United
States was forced to search the seas
over for auxiliary cruisers and trans
ports because we had sacrificed our
carrying ships.
Our Mitpa Are Most Costly.
lie presented an array of figures to
prove that it cost not only more to con
struct American ships, but more to op
erate mem a;tter tliey were built than
foreign ships. His figures indicated
that ships of Greatn Britain had an
uuiauuf ui rrom u to per
gross ton over American ships in the
expense or construction and operation
He related the incident cited by Clyde,
of the Clyde Steamship company, be
fore the commerce committee, of tlie
operation of a shin under the Nor
wegian flag and an exactly similar ves
sel under the American flag. The ex
pense of operating the Norwegian shin.
he said, was just half that of operat
ing the American ship between the
same ports.
8ubsily Feature IiMisel.
Frye took up that provision of the
bill which provides the amount of sub
sidy to be paid vessels and explained
how the payment was regulated. Clay
of Georgia asked if it were true that
a 21-knot ship would draw under the
bill $.304,000 a year. Frye admitted that
it was. "i understand," said Clay, "that
tne lu-knot and 12-knot ships which
carry the agricultural products of the
country do not receive more than one
third the subsidy of the fast passen
ger vessels which carry no agricultural
products."
"And I was showing." responded
Frye. "that the low speed vessels were
the ones which received the actual
benefits from the subsidy and not the
fast passenger ships."
A3 TO THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Commission's Report Is In Favor of It
Over the Panama.
Washington, Dec. 4. The report of
the -Nicaragua canal commission was
made public yesterday. The conclu
sions of the commission are that the
estimated cost of building the Nica
ragua canal is about $58,000,000 more
than that of completing the Panama
canal, leaving out the cost of acquir
ing tne latter property; that the New
Panama Canal company has shown no
disposition to sell its property to the
Limed States. Should that company
be able and willing to sell there is rea
son to believe that the price would not
e such 4is would make the total cost
to the United States less than that i f
the Nicaragua canal.
The Panama canal, after comple
tion, would be shorter, have fewer
locks and less curvature than the Nic
aragua canal. But the time required
to go from New York or Liverpool to
San Francisco would be shorter
through the Nicaragua than the Pana
ma canal. The government of Colom
bia, in which lies the Panama canal,
has granted an exclusive concession.
which still has many years to run.
It is not free to grant the necessary
rights to the United States, except
upon condition that an agreement be
Teached with the New Panama Canal
company. The commission hellers
that such agreement is impracticable.
"The government of Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, on the other hand, are nn
trammeled by concessions and are
free to grant to the United States such
privileges as may be mutually agreed
upon. In view of these and other
facts the commission is of the opinion
that the most practicable and feasible
route for an isthmian canal to be un
der the control, management and own
ership of he United States, is that
known as the Nicaragua 'route.
The estimated cost of the Xiearncn.a
canal with a depth of thirty-five feet
is .5200.540,000.
Washington. Dec. .I. The session of
the house yesterday -was brh-f. HuH
asked unanimous consent or the con
sideration of the armv reorsn nation
bill today, but Sulzer objected, so Hull
Introduced a resolution for a special
order for the consideration of. tjip bnj
akes short roads.
-nd light loads.
(TrrMEASE
rdood for everything
that runs on wheels.
Sold Everywhere.
witn provision Tor a vote at me -m m
six hours' general debate. Other house
business was purely routine.
Routine In the Senate.
Washington, Doc. 5. Frye began in
rne senate yesterday a sieech In favor
of subsidies for United States ship
ping. Dolllver was sworn In as sen
ator from Iowa, and assigned mem
bership In several committees. A
mimbfT of bills were passed, two belnr
tx permit Caprin N. M. Brooks- and
George D. Meiklejohn to accept deco
ratibns from Germany and Sweden
respectively. The shipping subsidy
bill was given the precedence over the
Philippine bill by a vote of 3S to 20.
In executive session it was an
nounced that the Ilay-Fauncefote
treaty would be pushed.
Gage's Report on Finances.
Washington, Dec. 5. The report of
Secretary Gage, on the national
finances, was sent to congress yester
day. It 1s a complete exposition of
the financial condition of the United.
States, and contains comments on the
present policy as to finances that are
interesting reading for students of
financial science.
I CITY AND COUNTY
WEDNESDAY.
Miss Beulah El son spent tne Jay in
Omaha.
Joseph Fe'z ?r visited in Omaha this
afternoon.
Dave MeEntee of Lincoln visited in
the city today.
W. H. Pitzer of Nebraska City was
in town today on business.
M. W. Betts and George Peters of
Avcca were in town today.
Attorney D. K. Barr of Greenwood
was in town today on legal business.
Henry Snyder, the jeweler, was a
passenger for Omaha ou the fast mail.
Rjpresentative-elect Richard Wil
kinson of Eagle was a county seat vis
itor today.
W. E. Pailing of Greenwood was in
town today, looking after some busi-
ness matters.
I have several applicants for farms.
do you want to sell? Address, R. B.
Windham, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Mrs. Eva R:ese and children of
Omaha are in the city for an extended
visit with the former's father, II. C.
McMaken.
William Il'ibbermsn, an aged Ger
man citizjn, who has been ill for some
time, was removed to the county hos
pital yesterday.
Miss Aimee Burgert of Nebraska
City, who has been visiting; in the city,
the guest of Miss Mae Patterson, re
turned home todav.
Chailt-s Peacock and Miss Dora
Becker departed this morning for
Higginsville, Mo., where they will
visit relatives and friends.
For family use in numberless ways
Ballard's Snow Liniment is a useful
anl valuable remedy. Price 25 and
50 cents. F. G. Fricke & Co.
Fred Warren, who has been making
his borne in Clav county during the
past summer, is in the city for a visit
with his mother, Mrs. It. I). Blunt.
M. D. Polk of Lead, S. D., is in the
city, having been summoned as a wit
ness in the cae of Rowitzer vs
Wheeler, now on trial in district
court.
Frank Krcehler, who has been work-
in The Needles, Cal., for some time,
returned home this morning. He has
been on the sick list for the past two
week?.
Mrs. Mable UfiruL-Butler of Chi
cago, woo for some time nas been
visiting with her parents, J. I. TJnrub
and wife, in this city, departed this
aftornoon for her heme.
For Sale Fifty-five full blooded Ply
mouth Rock cockerels at $1 each, or
four for $3. They are of the Hawkins
and We?tbrc ok strains. Enquire of or
write Mrs. L. II. Young, Nehawka.
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment has
been thoroughly tested for many years
and is a positive cure tor tr.is most dis
tressing and embaratsicg of troubles.
Pries 50 cents in bottles. Tutus 75
cents. F. G. Frictte & Co. .
Judge M. Archer ex pec's to goto
Oai-dii tomorrow and will reti:rn with
bis wife, who has bten at Emanuel
hospital for the psst seven weeks. She
is rapidly recovering from the effects
of the oper.-ition she underwent.
Worm take refuge in the small in
testine, where they c -n easily multiply.
White's Cream Vermifuge will destroy!
these para-itee. The verdict .f the
people tells plainly how well it has
succeeded. Price "o cents. F. G.
Fricke & Co.
When one rcmemhers '.hat thirty
of our singers have given up their
time and money. ?n mauy instances, to
help give "The Pirates of Penzance,"
for the benefit of ilu public library, it
seems thit a full house both nights
would be a fitting rewird for their
efforts.
An attractive woman thrives on good
food acd sunshine, with plenty of ex-
ercisa in the epen air. Her form
glows with health and her facobioomp
with its beauty. When troubled with
a costive habit, she t kea a few deses
of Herbme to cieanse her system of all
impurities. Price M. cents. F. G.
Fricke & Cc.
A small blazo occurred at the home
of Ars. It. P. K -nnedy in the Stcond
ward ycatciday, bu. fortunately the'
J - . . 11-1 . 1 1 M.
coals were beiug removed Tom one
stove to aoother a curtain caught fire,
th iu u.-iure it l-uuiu uo exiinguiaucu
hid spread to the window casing.
Disease and danger lur in the vital
crgans. The b;oad becomes vitiated
i .i , ..I i - .
anu iue gene:ai neaun is unuerminea
whenever the stomach aod liver fail to j
perform their functions as oature in
tended. Heroine will tone up the
stomach, regulate the liver, where
other preparations only relieve. Price
50 cents. F. G. Fricke & Co.
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THEl.MAYOrTA .
This U the Mayor of 5potIe.fi Town.
The brightest man for miles around.
The shining light of wisdom can
Reflect from such a polished man.
And so he says to high and lew t
"The brightest use SAPOUO."
Some one must direct the affairs of
the city. Equally important is the
cleanliness of the smallest home in
that city. If this can be accomplished
by small exertion, at small expense,
so much the better. A cake of
in the hands of a bright, active woman I
will keep a house clean enougn xor
the Mayor to live in.
THURSDAY.
A force of men today removed tome
of the superfluous dirt from the paved
streets.
Walter Johnson and A. II. Dillan of
Council Bluffs were in town today on
business.
Mrs. Isabel Richey has returned
from her visit to the western part of
the state.
Mrs. M. E. Thompson went to Lin
coin this morning for a short visit with
her son, Oscar.
The case of L. M. Rowitzar vs. W.
D. Wheeler continued to grind away
in district court today.
M. S. Briggs returned yesterday
from Salem, la., where be visited with
his family and other relatives.
W. C. Tippens and wife have re
turned from their trip to Ohio, where
thev visited with the former's parents.
E. E. Hohonshel of Lincoln, who has
been in the city for two days the guest
of T. S. Becker, returned home this
afternoon.
Father Hennissy of Louisville, who
has been in the city for several days
the guest of Father Nugent, returned
home today.
Judge Douglass issued a marriage
license this afternoon to Harvey W.
Dragoo of Nebraska City and Mrs.
Hester McCarthy of Red Oak, la.
Gene Williams returned to Council
Bluffs this afternoon, where he will
resume his duties in the Union Pacafic
transfer barber shop.
Harry Robinsonxan old-time Cass
county boy, who is now traveling for a
tea and coffee com piny of Omaha, was
a Plattsmouth visitor today.
The case of the Peoples' Building
and Loan association vs. I. Pearlman,
which was appealed to the supreme
court from this county, has been af
firmed. Father J. T. Carney, who has been
at St. Joseph's hospital, Omaha, for
the past six weeks, returned home last
last evening. Hia health is slightly
improved.
A large number of married men
have been reported missing from var
ious parts of the country recently.
This behooves wives to treat their hus
bands to more beefsteak and less
tongue.
The most beautiful thing in
the world is the baby, all
dimples and joy. -The most
pitiful thing is that same baby,
thin and in tain. And the
mother does not know that a
little fat makes all . the differ
ence.
Dimples and joy have gone,
and left hollows and fear; the
fat, that was comfort and
color and cui-ve-all but pity
and love-is gone.
The little one gets no fat
from her food. There is some
thing wrong; itis either her food
or food-mill. She has had no
fat for weeks; is living on what
she had stored in that plump
little body of hers; and that is
gone. She IS Starving IOr tat;
jt is death, be quick !
Scott's Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is the fat she can
take: it Will Save her.
SAPLD
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It, take no other.
If you hare not tried it, sejid
, for free sample, its agreeable
taste will surprise yon.
SCOTT A BOWNE,
Chemists. . ,
,409 Pearl St.. N. Y.
50c. and St.OO
i aU druggists.
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It Would AlaJze
You ile . .
To Call on . .
Elson Clothier
To see our elegant line of floods.
Our . .
Mens' Overcoats
$4.35 to $18.00
Our . .
Children's Overcoats
$1.50 to $8.00
Our . .
Heavy Under Suits
$3.75 to $20.00
Our . .
Nobby Youth's Suits
$2.90 to $15.00
Our . .
Elegant Child's Suits
$1.25 to $6.50
Will you
with us?
Elson, the Clothier,
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Queensware,
Glassware,
Chinaware,
Dinner Sets,
Toilet Sets, Lomi'S
you are looking" for, remember that
B
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have the finest line ever brought to the city.
Remember also that their stock of . .
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.THAT'S WHAT YOU FIND IX OUR.
..Buggies,
Road and Spring Wagons.
See our Racine Bmg-ies the best manufacture!. We bu-bug-gries
in large lots and get them at the right figure. '
also sell them reasonable.
Hand-Made Harness
Genuine Oak-Tanned Leather.
Plattsmouth,
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Our Hat deparlment is
complete.
Our Gloves and mitts, 5c
to $2.00.
Our Shirts and Drawers
for 45c are daisies.
Our Boot and Shoe de
partments are also full.
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