PlATISMOUIIIMYSIIERIuD R. 0. WATTERS, business Manager FLATTSMOUTH, NEHRASKA )- if ) ) : i IN Epitome of the Most $ Important Events $ :. Gathered - Frcm All Points of the Globe. 2 i 5 CONGHESSlONAL. Mr. Clark of Florida, a Democrat, in a speech on the tariff hill in the house, repudiated William J. llryan, whom Ire nilled a "Populist leader." The house of representatives adopt ed the rule limiting dehato and amend ments on the tariff bill and requiring a vote at three o'clock on the afternoon of April 9. The senate confirmed the appoint ment of Charles Dyer Norton of Chi cuko to be assistant secretary of the treasury. Mr. Norton was sworn in nt once. Fears for a protracted tariff fight In the benato began to disappear when It was announced that tho minority members of the finance committee will not filibuster against the bill. Congressman Lowdeu of Illinois has Introduced a bill asking congress for 1100,000. to bo used by the department of agriculture In eradicating hog chol era. Senator Scott Introduced a resolu tion In tho senato, providing for the purchase of an automobile to he used by Vice-President Sherman. President Taft is In favor of the creation of a tariff bureau at this ses sion of congress. PERSONAL. Secretary Knox cave u dinner In honor of Messrs. Wad a and Sakai.Jap anese exposition officials, who are vis King this country. Former President Roosevelt arrived at Naples and was greeted by a large crowd. Including the German consul who delivered a special welcome from the kaiser. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Coolldge has approved a plan for sys tematizing designs for United States notes and coin certificates. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, In an address to tho Civic Federation do fended the use of the boycott. Count Geri. Kurokl, commander of tho first Japanese army In the field against the Russians, has retired, owing to the expiration of his mili tary term, according to advices re ceived from Yokohama. F. 'W. I)e Wolf succeeded Dr. H. F. Bain as state geologist at Champaign, Hi Isaac Foster Mack, after 0 years as editor of the Sandusky Dally Reg ister, retired and was succeeded by Ills brother, John T.Mack. Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia will retire next fall from the position of cimmanderlncbief of tho uavy, to become grand admiral and general In spector. He will be succeeded either by Admiral von Flschel or Vlce-Ad-iulral von Holtzendorf. GENERAL NEWS. Norwich, N. Y., claims the distinc tion of the first football accident of the season. Ray Conklln, a 12-year-old school boy, is the victim, and sustained his Injuries In a game between the teams of two ward schools, bitter ri vals, who had met to settle the ques tion of supremacy left undecided last fall. England is preparing to build a fleet )f airships to be used In war. ' Treating friends to drinks of whisky or beer on Sunday Is a violation of the law, according to a decision handed lown by Judge Krieger in Louisville. Admiral Tore?! chief of the naval station at Taloahuano, has been com missioned by the government to visit the United States on an Important mission, the nature of which has not been disclosed. At the request of the king of Greece the cabinet, of which M. Tueoiokls Is premier, has withdrawn Its resigna tion. The fifth annual conference of the council on medical education of the American Medical association began at the Auditorium hotel In Chicago. Rather than pay $1,000 alimony to Ills wife as ordered by the court, Ro land I Hnton Perry, a New York sculp tor and painter, declared that ho would surrender himself to the sheriff and pass six months In Ludlow street Jail. Rev. William McMahon, pastor of St. lirldget'a church, Cleveland. O., and editor of the Catholic Universe, filed a petition in bankruptcy, sched uling assets at J75.207.08 and liabili ties at Jl.G49.14l.C4. He was caitght by the failure of tho Fidelity Funding Company. Three Massachusetts boys who started out to help capture Crazy Snake got Into trouble and were ar rested because they shot Into Iioubps from a freight train. Wolf Wordrll, an Insane man, at tempted to get Into the office of Mayor Reybuin In Philadelphia to kill him. H I ITEMIZED FORM Ministers of the gospel Joined a posso which raided a "blind pig" at May field, Ky., and prayed while the liquor was being seized. Count Zeppelin of Germany went up In his airship In un attempt to remain in the air I'l hours. Thomas lllte and Samuel Merts baiigh. veterans of tho civil war, were killed hy a train at Llgonler, Ind. Richard Croker called upon Presi dent Taft, talked golf and afterwurd said he intended to remain in this country more, although he will keep his plate abroad. The steamer Oak Hranch struck a derelict near Punta Arenas, Chile, and sank, 21 persons losing their lives The life of James Krelger was saved by his suspenders as he plunged down a 200-foot mine shaft In Penn sylvania. Fargo, N. 1)., voted in favor of mu nicipal ownership of lighting and wa ter plants. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma In the federal court attacked the legality of the indictment charging him and oth ers with land frauds. A Jury to try Mrs. Allyn Sampson for the murder of her husband was selected and the taking of testimony began at Lyons, N. Y. Judge Morton in the supreme court at Itoston refused to appoint a re ceiver for tho estate of the late An drew J. Davis of Montana, or to Issue an Injunction against the removal to Montana of any of the property of the estate located within Massachusetts. Arguments In the government's suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, the trust's parent or ganization, were begun In the United States court at St. Louis. Fire caused by boys who were smoking clgaretteB resulted In $2,000, 000 loss to Fort Worth, Tex., and the death of one man. Miss Virginia Carter wub burned to death in a flro which destroyed the historic "Yellow House" near Win chester, Va. Twenty-seven counties In Michigan held option elections April 5. Officials of the internal revenue de partment expressed the opinion that moonshlnlng In the south has In creased since tho "drys" have begun to win victories at the polls. The body of Harold Moon, who was believed to have been kidnaped, was found in a pond near his home at Flint, Mich. An unidentified man committed sui cide by leaping into Niagara Falls from Luna island. Inmates of an Insane asylum at Woodward, Okla., were panic stricken when several of the institution's buildings were destroyed as a result of a prairie fire. The stock exchange firm of John Dickinson & Co.. with offices In New York, Chicago and other cities was forced to suspend by nufortunate stock deals. The report of a committee of tho Civil Service Reform league said former President Roosevelt did not use coercion with government em ployes to aid in the nomination and election of Taft. An Arabian stallion valued at $2,500, Fred Atherton, a race horse, and other stock perished in a fire which de stroyed the stables at the country home of R. C. Hall, president of the Pittsburg chamber of commerce. The engineers' board has com pleted Its report on the survey for the deep waterway between St. Loula and New Orleans. Former President Roosevelt arrived at Gibraltar and went ashore. King Victor Emmanuel will not meet him while he Is In Italy. Collector of tho Port Locb of New York has ordered a reassessment of duties on sugar Imported by the trust which amount to a total Increase of $1,239,000. It Is announced that the subsidiary companies of tho United States Steel rortoration will cut wages la per cent, on May 1. A report from the Michigan City penitentiary says Ray Lamphere, con victed of burning the home of Mrs, Pello Gunness at Lanorte. Ind., Is dying of consumption. Fire In Heyn's bazar at Detroit, Mich., caused damaue estimated at $250,000. The Soo line will carry grain to the head of tho lakes this fall, says President Pennington of that road. Names of some of the moBt eminent chemists of the country were submit ted by Dr. W. Wiley to the state de partment as official delegates from the United States to the seventh Interna tlonal congresB of applied chemistry In London next month. It Is announced tort Jacob H. Schlff has given the famous Tlssot collec tion of water colors of Old Testament paintings, which cost lilra $37,000, to the public library. Pecauso of a misunderstanding as to dates, the proposed conference be tween Secretary Knox and Senator Root and various Canadian officials touching the senate amendment to the waterways treaty, negotiated about a month ago, has been postponed. Fire partially destroyed the military prison at Fort Iavenworth, Kan., troops preventing the escape of any of the 800 convicts, who were panic stricken. Three Belgians and four men from other countries are to Judge the es says submitted for the prize of $5,00'J offered by King Leopold for tho best description of "The Progress of Aerial Navigation and the Rest Means to Encourage It." New Indictments were returned In Chicago against V. Vernon llooth and Frederick It. Robblns of the failed fish trust. Tho women of Washington have pre pared to clean the city's streets un less the district commissioners give them relief from the dirt before April 15. I GOV. SH ALLEN BERG ER SIGNS BILL TO THIS EFFECT. ALL SALOONS CLOSE AT 8 P.M. Governor Says the Innovation Works Well In Lincoln and Believes It Will Oo So Elsewhere. Lincoln. Governor Shallenberger has signed the 8 o'clock closing bill and on and after July 1 it will be un lawful for any person to keep a saloon open between the hours of 8 o'clock In the evening and 7 o'clock In the morning, or to sell liquor between these hours. Because the bill did not carry the emergency clause It does not become effective until three months after the. adjournment of the legislature, which will be July 1. Immediately after signing the bill the governor dictated a statement to his stenographer and then, when that had been written, he, with Private Secretary Furs, went at once to the funeral of Ex-Governor Poynter, who had died suddenly after making a speech in favor of signing the bill. Governor Shallenherger's statement was as follows: "Senate File No. 283 Is a regulatory amendment to the present Slocumb law, which has stood for twenty-five years upon our statute books as an example of reasonable liquor legisla tion for the state. The Slocumb law was passed at a time when public opinion was excited upon the liquor question much as at present, and be cause of the fact that it was a decided step In advance of anything before enacted, It has remained Intact through the years pnst as a model of regula tory legislation. "The tide of further limitation aud restriction of the liquor traffic lias re cently risen so high tliut a great many states have lately taken action upon It, some enacting county and others state-wide prohibition. Nebraska through this amendment has elected to apply further restriction to the liquor traffic by limiting the time that liquor may be sold In those hours uni versally admitted to be the least ob jectionable of the twenty-four. "The plan proposed in this amend ment for the entire state has been tried in the capltol city of IJncoln, and both "wets" and "drys" alike commend Its effect. Business thrives in this city und tho hotels and places of amusement, claimed most to be af fected, are being continually improved and constantly crowded with patrons. It is admitted upon all sides that in this city it has had the effect of elimi nating much of public rancor from tho liquor question. "This amendment has much opposi tion in the two Omahas, because busi ness men are fearful that it will af fect trade and commerce adversely, and for the further reason that it limits to a certain extent the policy of '1101110 rule' upon this matter. I believe, however, that experience will Justify the law, and that our large cities will find that their prosperity does not depend in any way upon two or three extra hours for the sale of liquor. "If the law Is as wholesome In Its effect as I believe it will be, it will give solid standing ground for those who believe in strict regulation as the best way to hnndle this question." KING GREETS MR. ROOSEVELT. Former Executive Meets Italian Mon arch on Deck of Battleship. Meslna. Theodore Roosevelt and King Victor Emmanuel met on- the Italian battleship Ro Yniberto. in Messfna harbor. The meeting was characterized by the utmost cordiality and the king took the ocaslon to ex press the gratitude of himself and the Italian people for the generous assist ance of the American people to the earthquake sufferers. At the close of the Interview Mr. Roosevelt weut ashore and Inspected the ruins of the city, the desolation of which moved hliu strongly. Then he boarded the steamer Admiral, which just at sun set hoisted its anchors and proceeded on Its way to Mombasa. Land Office Decision. Washington In a decision of the general laud office it was held that in order to enable the heirs of a home' stead eutryman to submit coiiiniuta tion proof of his entry they must Bhow both residence on and cultlva tion of the land for fourteen months by the entrynian or the heirs or by both. The same rule, It was said, applies In a case where commutation proof Is submitted by the widow of the entrynian. Funeral of Poynter. Lincoln. The funeral of ex-Gover nor William A. Poynter was held from St. Paul church, after which the body was burled In Wyuka cemetery. The immense church was crowded to the doors and larger numbers could not gain entrance to the church. Tax on Stock of Corporations. Trenton, N. J. The state senate passed a bill Increasing the annual tax on the capital stock of corpora tions formed under the laws of New Jersey. Tho bill applies to corpora tions with $5,000,000 or more capital ization and Increases the tax from $50 a million to $150. This would provide- an annual revenue to the state of about $500,000. It affects about 2mi corporations and would compel the United States Steel corporation to pay the- state about $r,5,000 a year in nddl Uou to the $17,000 paid now. A SUDDEN SUMMONS. Ex-Governor Poynter Stricken at Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb. Ex-Gov. W. A. Poyn ter of Nebraska dropped dead Monday In the office of Gov. Shallenberger, following a talk In favor of the S o'clock closing law for saloons. The former governor had talked briefly and then stepped back Into the crowd, and Mrs. Frances 11. Heald had started her talk in favor of the measure. Suddenly the ex-governor began to breathe hard and then grad ually collapsed, those close to him catching him as he fell. Still breathing, he was carried across the corridor to the office of the adujtant general, where he died Immediately, living probably five min utes from the time he was stricken. Drs. Blrkman and Carr, who were present at the hearing,, waited upon the stricken man, but c ould do noth ing for him. T. M. Wimberley mounted a radia tor In the corridor of the 'state house, at the door of the adjutant general's office, and announced the death of ex Gov. Poynter, and suggested that a committee be appointed to draft suit able resolutions and take action In honor of the work he had been doing when he was stricken. "A good man has glvn up his life In a good cause," announced T. M. Wlmberly to the anxious throng in the corridor. A committee of fifteen was appoluted to draft resolutions express ing the sorrow of the entire state. Efforts had been made in the ad jutant general's office to induce arti Heal respiration and heart stimulants were injected, but the doctors in charge were unable to find any trace of life. I They were of the opinion that he was dead when he was brougtit to the room. Dr. T. J. Merrynian and Dr. J. M. Birkner were the first physicians present and they were joiued later by others. Relatives said Mr. Poynter hud been suffering from heart disease and that he had been warned not to over exert himself. He had been In fair health to all appearances, but with the prospect of sudden death at any time. AP1 Ex-Governor W. A. Poynter. The office of the governor, both the private room and reception room, wus crowded to the doors and a large number of people stood on the out side unable to gain entrance when the hearing began this morning. Ow ing to the crowd the air was close, and it Is supposed this helped to bring on the attack, presumably of heart disease. The former governor ap peared unusually well when he began to talk and made n dear statement of his position For some time the ex-governor has been a sufferer from heart disease, and the unusual excitement this morning was too much for him. William A. Poynter was but fil years of age. When he was elected. In 18:8, as governor of Nebraska, defeating Judge M. L. ljayward of Nebraska City, In an exciting contest, he lived upon a farm In Boone county, where he had settled thirty years ago. In 1900 Mr. Poynter was again candidate, but was defeated by less than 1,000 votes by Charles H. Dietrich. In those days Mr. Poynter was known as a firm ad vocate of temperance, and his defeat was generally laid at the door of the liquor Interests which were solidly ar rayed against him. In 1892 he was de feated for congress by George D. Melk lejohn. Gov. Poynter served as chief exec utive of the state from 1899 to 1901 He was a populist and elected on a fusion ticket. He leaves a widow, son and daughter. Gov. Poynter was 05 years of age, and came from Al bion to Lincoln. He was engaged in the insurance business. Mr. Poynter was born In Eureka, III., In 1848. At the age of 19 he graduated from the Eureka college and then taught school until coming to Nebraska in 1879. He locaUd on a homestead near Albion, where he lived until elected governor in the fall of 1898, moving to Lincoln the first of the year, 1899. Lived to Be 112. New York The death of Mrs. Fanny Frlerman at the age of 112 years was reixirted to tho health board. She was born lu Hungary. Junuary, 1797. Five chlldrcu. 51 grundchlldreu and 18 great-grand children survive her. Wheat Hits New Figure. New York The local wheat pit was thrown into a state of excitement Monday by a sudden rush of May shorts to cover, advancing the price to $1.26, the highest figure in sev eral years. &l rj. V t NEBRASKA III BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The Midwest Life (old line) wants good local agents all over Nebraska. Write to Home Office at Lincoln for particulars. A life Insurance company is a finan cial Institution which furnishes money to the family of the man who dies holding a policy in the company. It stands in precisely the same relation to the Individual that the fire insur ance company does to the house in which he lives. If your home is fully Insured In a fire company and it burns you are paid Its value. If it is not in sured the fire company pays you nothing. You carried your own risk, and not the company. But you can not carry the risk on vour own life although you may on your property. l his risk must be carried either, by your family or some life insurance company. Which of the two is the better able to assume It, the family or the company? Upon which of the two ill the loss be less severe? And upon hom do you prefer to leave the risk. upon the family or the company? The Midwest Life of Lincoln Issues all the standard forms of policies. Nursery companies are reporting large sales in the line of fruit trees. The fiscal year ending with March. 1909, has proven the most prosperous one for the Seward postoffice in its history. Pierce has won the championship of the north central district of the Nebraska high schol debating league by winning from Albion. The other day a horse was mlsslne from the barn of Mr. Dean, three miles northeast of Nellgh. Lee Hun, a hired hand, is also missing. Fred Kelso, Implicated In connec tion with the robbery of $400 from am urave at Pender, waived exami nation. His bond was fixed at $1,000, which has not been furnished. The York colleges report a lareer attendance than ever before. One thousand students are attending the college, the Ursuline academy and the York Business and Normal col lege. Ira Rigsby, a young man charged with criminally assaulting Mable Meyers, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Meyers of Glen over, Gage county, was bound over to the district court. Will Nolan, the young Dodge coun ty farmer who caused so much excite ment and speculation by disappearing about three years ago, was in Fre mont last week on his way home. He has been living In Montana. Frank Zoubet, a farmer living nine miles northeast of Tobias, was found dead in his field under a stalk cutter. The broken seat indicated the cause of the fatal accident. He leaves a wife and five children. While Claud Morgan, who resides on the Missouri river bottoms east of Plattsmouth, was cleaning a 22-caliber rifle, it was accidentally discharged, and the bullet entered the groin and lodged In his abdomen. He is in a critical condition. Steps toward probating and settle ment of the estate of William Earhart who died at Louisville, develops tho fact that he left an estate of about $400,000. Thirty thousand of it is lu llfo Insurance, all payable to his widow. Articles of Incorporation of the Mc Cllntock Hotel company, with a capi tal stock of $100,000, In shares of $100 each,' were filed in Grand Island, and negotiations are pending for the pur chase of (he Koehler hotel of that city. Sheriff Dunkel of Hall countv ar rived at Salina, Kas., to bring John Cole, who enticed from her home Miss Irene Sonic of Grand Island back for trial. Cole had been placed under $500 bonds at Sallna. but when the sheriff arrived there the bird had flown and the bond was declared for felted. News reached Alliance uf a brutal double murder near a small tow named Provo. Just across the lino I South Dakota. The man who did the killing was Dick Barton, and the vi tlms were the parents of his wife, M and Mrs. Tucker. Tho murder was fiendish one, the brains of the victims having been beaten out with an nx. The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hlnsev. who reside on n farm two miles west of Nebraska City was seriously, if not fatally burnt She was playing about the kitchen the absence of the parents and her clothlnc caucht fire, and before t flames could bo extinguished she was badly burned on both legs and arms and about the side of the head. Her recovery Is doubtful. Ashland Is greatly In need of resi dences to accommodate now comers. Dr. H. I Mathers, for forty years a physician at Auburn, died last week, aged 80 years. A clock has been Installed In the tower of the mw city hall at Schuy ler. It has a good elevation and four dials, so that it can be seen from every direction, and It strikes the hours and half hours. It cost about $900. W. B. RobertB, living south of Ash land, last week sold fifty-three live chickens in the local market for $11, or an average of 77 ceuts a fowl 8NAP FOR JIMMIE. 'Oh, Jimmie. our pa's been appoint ed postmaster!" "Good! Now I won't have ter nut any stamps on de letters I sends youse!" CHILD ATE CUTICURA OINTMENT. Spread Whole Box of It on Crackers Not the Least Injury Resulted. Cuticura Thus Proven Pure and Sweet. A New York friend of Cuticura writes: "My three year old son and heir, after being put to bed on a trip across the Atlantic, Investigated the state room and located a box of graham crackers and a box of Cuticura Oint ment. When a search was made for the box, it was found empty and the kid admitted that he had eaten the contents of the entire box spread on the crackers. It cured him of a bad cold and I don't know what else." No more conclusive evidence could be offered that every Ingredient of Cu ticura Ointment Is absolutely pure, sweet and harmless. If It may bo safely eaten by a young child, none but the most beneficial results can be ex pected to attend Its application to pected to attend its application to even the tenderest skin or youngest Infant. Potter Drug A Cbotn, Corp., Solo l'rops., lloiton. More Than One. A young fellow, whose better-half had Just presented him with a pair of bouncing twins, attended church one Sunday. During the discourse tho clergyman looked right out at our innocent friend aud said with thrilling eloquence: "Young man, you have an important responsibility thrust upon you." The newly fledged dad, supposing the preacher alluded to his peculiar home event, considerably startled the audience by exclaiming: "Yes, I hava two of 'em." Liverpool Mercury. Sheer white goods. In fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done In a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory If proper attention was given to Btarching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the Improved apnearance of your work. A Slight Boost. "Excuse me, sir," began the faithful clerk as he paused in front of the rail ing behind which the boss was seated, "but I would er like an Increase la salary." 'Oh, you would, eh?" rejoined the boss. "Well, I'm willing to do the right thing, so I'll pay you tho same amount for 305 days' work this year as I paid you for 3CG days in 190S. Good morning." Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local appllmtlnns, is llii-y rannot n-.irh tho (lis. eawU portion o( the rar. llu-re H only une wny to run- dt'utnras. ami that U by cmntilutioiiul remiill.-s. lK-afni-M It riuKed by an InlUinnl condition ol lh Diucoiu llnliiK ut tho KiiKlKihuui Tutie. When tliB tuho la lnltml yoti hava n rtimbliuu Bound or liu. prrfrct hi-ariiiK. and whi-n It li rntirviy rlom-d. Dwit liia la th miult. anil unlrm tho Inflammation ran ba taken out anil thw tube rroturnl to Ita normal condi tion, hearing will be dentniyM forever; nln raws out ot ten are raused hy t'atnrrh, which la nothing Out an Inflamed condition of the. mucous mirlacca. W e will mve One Hundred Dollara for any caae of Prafnem (raused by catarrh! that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Semi for circulars, free. V. J. CUKNE V 4 CO.; loledo. O. Bold by DnnrflaUi. ?!. 'lake Utll'a 1-amily Tills for constipation. Polite Interruptions. "And it's awfully impolite to Inter rupt one who is talking, isn't it, mother?" "Except when a woman Is describ ing clothes, my dear, and then It Is polite to constantly ejaculate 'How lovely!' or 'How ridiculous!' as the case may be." Kansas City Times. No Wonder She's Cross. The woman who lma a thousand potty enrr-s and antioyaiircg while lie uii'ers with headache or bide nche nm.st not be ilanied if h(. cannot ahvavs be angelical ly amiable. What flic need's in thouclitful. lies lrom her family and such a himpla and nut ami remedy nx Lane's Family Med icine, the herb lea that makes weak worn rn MroiiR mid well. i?uld by druggists and ucalcr, ijt. The Plain Facts. "Then you wero not one of Gen. Washington's body servants?" "No, sir. I'll tell you do trufe. sir. I was Jest one of his field bauds." Kansas City Journal. Asthmatics, Read This, If you are- afllicted with Asthma write me at once nnd learn of somethiiiR fur which you will be (rrateful tlie rest ol your life, J. Ci. Mdlride, Stella, Xebr. Women like to talk of the days they were single and had a good time. Sum