The Semi-Weekly News-Herald
GEORGE L. FARLEY, Proprietor.
DAILY EDITION.
One Year, in advance, 15 92
Six Months 2 50
One Week, 10
Single Copies 5
SEMI-WEEKXT EDITION..
One Year, in advance 1 00
Six Months, 50
w LARGEST CIRCULATION
Of any Cass County Paper.
The News-Herald could take some
wood on subscription.
AX EXCnAXGE pays Mr. Bryan's
new paper will favor expansion for
itself, but oppose it for the country.
Nebraska educators as well as
others are surprised at the unusually
large enrollment at the state teachers'
association.
Secretary Mkiklejohn is in Lin
coln, donned with his fi?htiogr clothes
and rerdy to make it interesting for
the other fellows in the race for
United States senator.
MARK Banna can make other than
political speeches. He addressed the
Salvation Army of Cleveland on Christ
mas day, and it is said ho is a staunch
friend of that organization. The army
fed 1,500 poor people on that day,
thereby making Christmas a more
joyous day to the unfortunate.
Fathers and mothers in Omaha are
rejoicing in the fact that the Cudahy
case has had a tendency to make their
children feel that there's no place like
home. They think so much of the
family fireside that they no longer
wait for the curfew to remind them
that it is lime for them to hie.
- PRixcirAL. A. H. "Water house of
the Omaha High school, but , at one
time superintendent of the Weeping
Water schools, is prominently men
tioned for the presidency of the state
teachers' association. No better man
could be found in the state for the
position, and The News hopes to see
him elected.
Bryan is reported to be hopeful
that the people will soon come to his
way of thinking on public questions.
Bryan's hope would be sublime if it
were not so ridiculous. It is only a
short step from one to the other and
the late candidate always lands on the
ridiculous side of the lino without any
apparent effort. Bee.
Oxe by one the witnesses against
Secretary of State Po we rs, accused and
convicted of the murdsr of Goebel, are
confessing that they swore falsely for
tmo3-y consideration. They received
from $200 fd'?500 each for their val
uable testimony," wlT'.cH,. as. ftov. state,
was manufactured by Arthur Goebel,
the brother of the murdered man.
BUT a few days and our lawmakers
will assemble at Lincoln and have to
listen to tho reading of a lot of old
bills that have been introduced at
every session for ten years or more.
Many of them are what are usually
termed "hold-up" bills, but their in
troduction has become so common that
the members are not often deceived as
to the purpose of them.
TnE News acknowledges receipt of
the program of Christmas exercises
at the Nebraska Institution for Feeble
Minded Youth at Beatrice. It would
appear fromjthe same that Dr. Gear
ing were doi ng the right thin? by the
unfortunate young people under his
supervision. It can be snid to his
credit that very little, if any fault, has
has been found with the management
of the institution since he took charge.
MUCH interest is being manifested
in the matter of circulating libraries.
Mrs. Stoutenborouh, who is a mem
ber of the committee on library ex
tension from the Nebraska Federation
of Women's clubs, is receiving letters
from prominent business men in var
ious parts of the state, offering to lend
all assistance possible in securing fav
orable legislation this winter. If wis
dom is used in framing the bill it will
meet with little opposition.
OAt THE Jeffersonian binquet at the
Lincoln hotel last evening the Grover
Cleveland democrats were "toasted"
to a turn. Mr. Bryan was the guest of
honor,and his admirers rather spurned
the idea that a reorganization of dem
nflracr was necessarv. Thn fusion
rf - -
.wuva , w vuv " ' w ...... . lilill HO,
eaid: "Whether I shall ever be a
candidate for office again is a question
which must be determined by events.
No one can speak with certainty of the
future, for one's destiny is not known
until his life's work is complete."
If ANYBODY has a monopoly of re
publicanism in Nebraska wo have not
been able to find him. Men who are
most rigorous in denouncing others for
some shortcoming ' in party fenlty, at
some date more or less remote should
examine,. their own record carefully
with a view to finding out whether or
not they are in condition to "cast the
first stone." This is a year of jubilee
for republicans and should be for
everyone, and the man who stood on
the firing line and bore his share in
the fight should not be tabooed on ac
count of former political shortcomings.
There are a good many who have not a
skeleton of this kind more or less suc
cessfully secreted in their closets. Now
Is a very good time in this year of re
demption, of restoration and jubilee to
clean them all out and start a new era.
The first year of the new century will
also be the year of Nebraska's redemp-
n. ork Times.
CAPITAL C11V LETTER
Lixcolx. Neb., Djc. 24. (Special
correspondence.) Ojo of the princi
pal questions to came before the com
ing legislature is the reapportion
ment of the state into legislative dis
tricts, and in thi a new departure
may be taken. The rotten condition
of affairs at South Omaha has opened
many eyes and there will without
doubt be an effort to fix the new dis
tricts so that hereafter the strikers at
the packing house city cannot, by the
holding back of returns, dictate the
complexion of the state legislature.
The most feasible plan will bo to cut
Omaha and Djuerlas county into
legislative districts, thus leaving
South Omaha in a district by i'self.
This plan hns beeo adopted by some of
the enstern states. It turns over to
the hoodlum element the Hbsolute con
trol of one district, but destroys their
power to sseal ten or twelve votes.
The report of the recent attempt to
rob tho state treasury has aroused the
skepticism of snnie who remember
that there are two deals on foot one
on the part of certain contractors to
get a bill through the e; 4 it ir3
build expensive burglar proof vaults
in the state hou-no aDd one by bond
companies who desire to prevent the
incoming treasurer from securing a
personal bond, in order that they may
furnish a guaranty bond at an exor
bitant rate. The people may approve
of the vault and tho guaranty bond
ideas, but they are apt to view with
some suspicion spectacular midnight
robberies.
The present week is expected to be
one of the liveliest ever experienced
in Lincoln. The state teachers have
their meeting here, bringing to the
city a large number. The senatorial
struggle and the contest over the
speakership crowd tho hotels with
legislators and partisan workers, while
the apportionment of legislative jobs
is a power that draws many anxious
ones here.
The inauguration ball is expected
to be one of the "events of the sea
son," and, while it is announced to be
a full dress affair, many of the repub
licans who helped redeem the state
will insist that rag-time music is the
proper thing.
The governor has recognized two
good newspaper men "by appointing
them as colonels on his personal staff.
Lest the boys in the ranKs suspect that
the emoluments of i-Rice will cause
Huse and Hammond to live in un
wonted luxury and contract the gout,
it is well to remark that the office car
ries no salary, and the new colonels
are obliged to'blow in $100 apiece for
new uniforms. To receive a commis
sion as colonel is a great honor, espe
cially under a republican administra
tion, but it would be a joke on a news
paper man who had no credit at the
bank.
From the sentiment expressed by
legislators who have visited the city,
it is now certain that the coming ses
sion will be marked by economy and
good business sense in the matter of
useless employes and double payment
of official perquisite.
Adam Graxger.
IN NEED OF SYMPATHY.
Mr. Bryan wired Christmas greet
ings to his political friends of Leaven
worth, Kan. To the Evening Stand
ard of that city he says:
"Please publish greetings to my po
litical friends of Leavenworth and of
Kansas. The princip'es of democracy
still live, and the policies for which
ihe fusion forces fought will yet be
vindicated. We can enter the twen
tieth century with the confident be
lief that the people will scon return
to the te iching of the fathers and to
the tradition of the repub'ic."
The fusionists of Kanstis are with
out question in need of sympathy, as
the state is becoming more and more
strongly republican, and a word from
their leader to the effect that "demo
cratic principles still live," ought to
inspire them to "pre-s on" till victory
sha'l attend their efforts.
At the Purmele Theatre January 1.
Tha new comedy success, "Miss
Ilobbs," which has been received with
open arms, both in London and New
York, will have its first presentation
in this city at the Parmele next Tues
day, January 1, matinee und e yen i tic.
The story deals with tho family tiffs
of the Kingsearls, a young couple but
six months married, and with the in
terference of a certain Miss Hobbs,
who turns out to be a man-hater. Mrs.
Kingsearl leaves her husband and
lives with Miss Ilobbs, as does Miss
Milhcent Farey, her friend, who has
broken off her engagement with
George Jessop. who Miss Hobbi de
scribes ss a typical man. Miss Ilobbs,
visiting the Kingnearle home to ob
tain some clothes for the young wife,
meets a man who sh supposes to be
the husband, Percival Kingsearl, but
who really is Wolf! Kingsearl, a name
sake and former oilee classmate of
Percival. To show Mrs. Kingsearl
the porfi-Jy of man, Miss Hobbs invites
this man to visit her the next day, pre
tending t the time to be a lady's
maid. Prior to this Percival has
offered to bet Wolff that he cannot
kiss Miss Hobb3 within a month and
Wolff, after this interview, accepts the
offer. The wager is noted in a note
book, which Wolff loses and Miss
Hobos finds. She imagines she has
conclusive proof of th uu faithfulness
of Mrs. Kingseari's husband and con
trives to bring about a denouement
whereiD Wolff is revealed to Mrs.
Kingsearl and Miss Farey at Miss
Hobbs' feet on his knees. The balance
of the play treats of the shy surrender
of Miss Hobbs to Wolff's wooing nd
the unraveling of the complications.
THE meeting of tho state teachers'
association opened at Lincoln yester
day. The' gathering of the school
teachers and politicians will make the
capital city a live place this week.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
BOME OF THE THINGS CONGRESS IS
DOING IN THE SHORT SESSION.
Several Important Measures "Which
Are Xoir Inder Consideration A
Gar Social Season aa Well a a
Busy Time at the Capital.
Special Correspondence.
Washington, Dec. 22. It would seem
that the closing will be as Important
and interesting as were the opening
days of President McKinley's first term
at the White House. .When President
McKInley was inaugurated March 4,
1S97, the country was in a condition of
commercial paralysis, and the people
threatened a revolutionary movement
against Spain. After the work of the
extraordinary session of congress call
ed by President McKInley for the en
actment of a new tariff law and the
authority which brought us war with
Spain and the long train of exciting
events which gave to our country the
greatest prosierity ever enjoyed by
any people in the world and within 90
days of actual fighting brought us per
fect success In arms and the acquisi
tion of Porto Rico, Cuba and the Phil
ippines, it would seem that there was
little more for an administration to do
in order that it might be crowned with
the. greatest possible success. But It
appears that President McKinley's first
four years of administration have much
more in store.
The second term of a congress is al
ways brief. It opens on the first Mon
day in December, takes ten days of
holiday recess and must, by limitation
of the constitution, expire at noon on
the 4th of March. This gives only
about ten weeks for actual work. There
are all the great appropriation bills to
be passed yet and some of the most Im
portant legislation that has been pro
posed since the advent of President
McKInley. The great tariff law or
1897 has performed wonders in bring
ing prosperity. It secured protection
to home industries, and the commer
cial reciprocity provisions made It pos
sible for the president to find many
new markets for American products.
The currenc bill fixed the gold stand
ard and placed us among the foremost
of the civilized countries. The national
banking act perfected our financial sys
tem and refunded the government debt
on the lowest interest basis enjoyed by
any people on the face of the globe
2 per cent.
And now there are before congress
two of the next greatest measures for
the future prosperity of our country
ever proposed the merchant marine
and the Nicaragua canal bills. If the
government will only secure the estab
lishment of a number of new steam
ship lines to our old and all of our new
markets, securing steady and reliable
sailings and low freight rates, we will
not only hold all of the markets we
now Lave, but will be able to enlarge
them and increase our exports, which,
remarkable as it may appear, were
larger during the past three and a half
years than during all the previous ex
istence of our republic. It has become
necessary, however, in order to hold
our great export markets and keep up
prices for the products of the factory,
the mill and the farm of the United
States, to provide for the shipment of
our surplus on the bottoms of Ameri
can registered steamships.
The same Republican principle that
secured the adoption of the present
tariff law and the financial bill which
fixed the gold standard and secured the
greatly enlarged circulating medium
and brought about the refunding of
the national debt at 2 per cent promises
to secure the adoption of the merchant
marine bill, which will undoubtedly
open up many new markets and give
our farmers and manufacturers great
advantages. The principle Involved In
the upbuilding of the merchant marine
is Identically the same as that Involved
In our American system of tariff pro
tection. It is said that from 10 to 20
times more people will be directly in
terested in the building of new lines of
merchant steamships and their mainte
nance than were interested in certain
articles protected by the tariff bills of
1SS3, 1890 and 1897, which protected
the "Infant industries." The tin plate,
the plate glass and the beet sugar in
dustries were established and fostered
entirely by the large duties imposed
upon them by Republican tariff laws,
and it has been proved by 30 years of
experience organized efforts constant
ly made ever since the civil war that
our own lines of steamships cannot be
established or maintained except
through government support until
there have been found for a period of
years steady markets for our products,
markets which will give profitable em
ployment to our steamship lines.
After the adoption of the merchant
marine and the Nicaragua canal bills
the Republican party and the Republic
an administration and congresses will
have faithfully fulfilled all of the prom
ises made in the platforms adopted at
St. Louis and Philadelphia and the sub
sequent presidential campaigns. There
is little doubt of the early final adop
tion of the merchant marine bill. The
adoption of the Nicaragua canal bill
has all along depended upon the rati
fication of the treaty -with England,
providing for the neutral and peaceful
control of the proposed waterway.
Washington will not only be a very
busy place until the 4th of March, on
account of the very Important measures
before pngress. but it will be a gay
place socially. Lent will make the sea
son short, scarcely more than six weeks
In duration, with the Christmas holi
days deducted, but the reinauguration
of President McKInley promises to be
the most brilliant and most largely at
tended of any ever held. J. B. M.
Windmill Power for Djnamo.
A new Idea for utilizing the powei
of the wind In order to produce elec
tricity has Just been made known.
Windmills are too uncertain to permit
of their twing used for driving dyna
mos, so it is proposed that windmills
be used to pump water into a high
reservoir or tank, and this water
would drive a dynamo in an ordinary
way by means of a turbine. Although
the windmill might work fitfully, it
would he sufficient to keep up a con
stant supply of water so that the pro
duction of electricity would be continuous.
I flTTY ATSi 'V) COUNTY 1 1
-
TnU SSDAY.
C. S Polk went to Onuha this after
noon on legal busin eas.
John Hall trans cted business in the
metropolis this mo rniog.
Cua Hager, the carpenter, was a
business visitor in Omaha today.
Mrs. Joseph "Wildi or Cedar. Creek
was a Piattsmouth visitor today.
Glen Smith has gone io L-ad, S. D
to spend a few days with relatives.
Mrs. B. M Stouten borough was a
pisserger for- the state capital this
morning.
A B. Tuild retu ned this Tjorning
fromhis'trip to the west rr part of
the ttate.
Dr. Torrence of Djad woe d, S. I)., is
in the city for a visit with f jyron Clark
and family.
James Ilodgert and D. M. Jones
made a business trip to Oman on the
early train.
The ccunty commissioners nre en
caged at present checking up the
books of the county officials. '
Misses Para and Rom Lote of Fre
mont, who spent ChriHtmas wtUi the
Wescjtts, returned borne today.
George W. Roderick of Lincoln re
turned home this morning, after a few
days' visit with friends in this city.
Constable Cannes of Greenwood was
a Piattsmouth visitor today, having
been summoned as a witness in the
Seloby case.
J. A. Conaway went to Lincoln this
morning to purchase more iroods for
his new "Racket" srtore, on Lower
Main street.
' David E. Dutton of this city and
Miss Elna F. Barnes of At wood, Kar.,
were married in Linccln yesterday by
Judge Walters.
William Renner nd wife returned
to their home at I,iDcoln last evening,
after spending Christmas with rel
atives in this fi ,r
-j i
A marriv;n license was issued today
to Adam Hilderbrnt, aged thirt
seven, and Miss Lizzie LaForge, aged
twenty-six, both of Murdock.
For family use in numbvrlees ways
Ballard's Snow Li imdul is a useful
and valuable rem dy. Price 25 and
50 cents. F. G. Fricke & Co.
Everybody U invit.;d to attend the
masque ball to be given by the T. J.
Sokol society on S iturday evening. Jan
uary 12 Four p izds will be offered.
Mrs. F. A. Burke nd children of
Omahi, who have been visiting in the
city with the form r's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Marshall, returned
home this afternoon.
Miss Jessie Lansing, formerly a
teacher in the Tlattsmouth schools,
but who is now teaching in the Lin
coln schools, came in lHt eveniug for
a visit at the home of A. 11 Gass.
News whs received in the city today
of the death of Henderson Linville, at
his home in Hillsdale, la. The de
ceased wa th fnther of Mrs. Thomas
Wiles and Mrs. Isaac. Wilts of this city.
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment has
I been thoroughly tested lor many years
and is a positive cure for this most dis
tressing and embaras-sioer of troubles.
Price 50 cents in bottlts. Tuhes 75
cents. F. G. Fricke & Co.
Mr. and Mra. Glen Dutton of Rich
land, la., who have boen visiting in
the cit. for a few days, left for Louis
ville yeetordf y in company with the
former's coufin. Miss Ethel Dutton.
They will vis.t with Mr. and Mrs. C
A. Richey at that placs.
Worms take rofuge inltho small in
testine, where they can easily multiply.
White'b Cream Vermifuge will destroy
these parasite-. The verdict of the
people tells plainly how well it has
succeeded. Price 25 cents. F. G.
Fricke 4; Co.
Frank E gin t,f Council Bluffs is in
the city mid tomorrow evening will as
sist C. W. Taylor in the work of or
ganizing h. local lodge of the Independ
ent Order of Forrester. The new
lodpe will btart out wiuh a charter
membership of over twtnty-twe.
Praise, thu br idge that carries you
over either a flood or cough. Ballard's
Horehound Syrup has brought bo many
over th.oat and lug troubles, such as
coughs, coldr, brouchitis, etc. thai
its priise6 are suny everywhere.
Price 25 and 50 cts. r'. (J. Fi icke & Co
Dr. Honrv O. Bunn, professor oi
Greek and Ettrdsh literature in St
Job n"s military M-hool at Manlius, N.
Y., hao enlisted as u private in the
i'wenty-:hira regiment. United States
infantry, now at Manila. This is Prof.
Buun'a third attempt to join the reg
ular army. Hi is a son of the Rev. Dr.
A. C. Bunn, rector of tho Church
Charity foundation in the diocese oi
Long Island.
D'sease and danger lur.c in the vital
irgaas. The blood becomes vitiated
and the general health is undermined
whenever the x.omHch ai.d liv. r fail to
perform their functions as nature in
tended. Hert.lne wilt toao uo the
stomach, re;ulate thu liver, where
other prepar.ttiii- or. VMive. Price
50 cents. F. G. Fr:"cke & Co.
Kmg A'esDi)er of Servi sent his
medical man to tho representatives f
a foreign lifi intu'-ance company jisk-
THE
SPOT-LCSS.
id
This U the Maid of fair renown
Who scrub the floor of Spotless Town.
To find a speck when she Is through
Would take a pair of specs or two.
And her employment isn't slow.
For she employs SAPOLIO.
Ever since there have been homeS,
scrubbing has been considered the
hardest part of the day's work.
APLfl
has chanced that, and to-dav. every
surface, from the kitchen floor to the
most delicate paint in the parlor, can
be kept perfectly clean by SAPOLIO
rubbed lightly on with a brush or a
cloth, and rinsed off with clear water.
POINTED PARAGKAPH8
Chicago News.
Some actors appear at their bes$ in
a dying scene.
But for prejudice more opinions
would become universal.
Unless people swallow flattery it is
apt to make them sick.
Little 6!ns aro the eggs from which
great sorrows are hatched.
Some female fools and their fithers'
money acquire foreign titles.
A miser is never contented until he
is put to bed with a shovel.
Wit never killed any one, but many
t i . i.
i nave uieu irom me want to n.
It's all well enough to be charitable,
but you should pay your debts first.
The skeleton io many a closet is the
result of the jam inside the email boy.
Many a man is spoiled by success
and many a man is ruined by the lack
of it
An enterprising St. Louis tobacco
nist advertises: "Imported cigars of
my own manufacture.
A Cincinnati policeman recently ar
rested a legless m in because he had
no visible means of support.
With the single tx.'eption r.f being
unable to decline marriage many a
girl's g' ammer is absolutely faultless.
A bld-headed clergyman recently
preached from the appropriate text:
"The hairs of our head are numbered."
An Irish lecturer, upon being intro
duced to bis audience, said: "Lidies
nd gentlemen, bfoe I begain to
spe k I wish to say a ft-w word-."
Hooks Under Umbrella Beads.
Umbrellas or canes may be provided
with a spring hook, fixed Just under
the head, by which they may b hung
on a rack or hooked into the pocket
when It Is desired to use both hands
for some other purpose. The hook Is
concealed when not In use, formlnc a
smooth Joint with the surface of the
6tlck, and is released by pressing a
button.
Thlng-s Have Chanced.
"That young gentleman doesn't take
much Interest in political news," re
marked Miss Cayenne.
"How Uo you know? You met him
only a few minutes ago."
"Yes; but he alluded to Philadelphia
as a quiet town." Washington Star.
1
This picture is the trade mark of
SCOTT'S KMULSION, ami is on
every Imtik- of SCOTT'S KMUL
SION in the World, which now
amounts to maii' millions yearly.
This great business has grown to
fi such vast proportions,
Frsty-Because the proprietors
lave always been most careful in
.selecting the various ingredients
-used in its composition, namely;
the finest Cod Liver Oil, and the
purest Hypophosphites.
SMif:-Because they have so
l-;iifiillv combined the various
ing whether th ,y would i.ue u policy j xtrrtkA-'t- tht- the best oossible
of 200.0(K o.. hi. i itc The di.ecisrs of are obtained by its use.
the company replied regretting their K
inahilitv to writ iht rick, savins thbt t Tfcfvft.'Dn m-o toe mndf so
w - - " j f. i ii ji u iA.wau
since the assassination of the kin j; many sickly, delicate children
Italy, who had beeo insured fo. 3600,'!' strong and healthy, given health
000, they hac decided not to enter into
any further engaK'eiaenls with reign
ing bovereigns. i
Holiday Bitw kJurllngton Kuat. !
Djcember 22. 3. 24. 2-5, 31, and J'm--uary
1. Between stations not more
than 200 miles apart. Good to return
until January 2. See nearest ticket j
agent. (
and rosy cheeks to so many pale,
anaemic girls, and healed the lungs
and restored to full health, somanv
thousands in the first stages of
Consumption.
If voti !iafrUbt tried it. send for iree sanc
its sgre-jSble taste will mrprise jou. I
Nfw York, s.
Mill fi.oo- au bi"si
I1U 1 m
ESS
Parlor Lam
13
Vi
An
Exact
Counterpart
Of
Any
Globe
Furnished
".Vith
These
Lamps
Can be
Supplied.
Inspection will verify the -insertion
that we have, without a
iloub the finest display of Kle-g-ant
Parlor Standing Lamps that
money can buy. This line com
prises the latest designs in man
ufacture ami ornamentation, and
ranges from the deepest colors to
the most delicate tint-, e:u h sup
plied with a haniKome ornament
ed ylobe. If you would feast
your eyes on a truly in-pirinr
anil pleasing spectacle, observe
the display of these elegant l imps
in our corner window. In price
they ranjjc from ....
$1.25 TO S9 00
We are also showing a suporb
line of ... .
cnina-Glassware
Vi
55
Elegant hand painted and fres
coed Wine and Water ets, nice
ly iL-siyned individual fruit, cake
and b.rry dishes, in fact this line
comprises all the novelties in
Chinaware manufacture. anil
must be seen to re appreciated.
Come in and let us show you
through this stock.
Zuckweiler & Lutz
Corner Sixth and Pearl Sts.
a
9
cA eA cA eAa
CO O.JO
It Would Maize
You Smie . .
To Call on
Elson Clothier
To see our elegant line of goo
Our . .
Mens Overcoats
$4.35 to $13.00
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
4
1
Our Hat department 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.
Will you
with us?
come and mil
Elson, the Gothic
DOVEY BLOCK.
Piattsmouth,
tt he has
W' t-i fr"- SL
CJ0 CMt
ng
Sherwin-Willi Hotel Block.
ie,
J-
Covers Most, Looks BestIERS TO CALL
Economical, JDS AND PRICES.
For sale in Plattsmoutn by '
F. G. FRIC
V
1
1
,.".r"JS "