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NiWS. Established No. S. 1891
HERALD. Established April 16. 1864
Consolidated Jan. 1. 1895
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. MONDAY. AP1UL 11, 1010
VOL. XLVI NO. 102
A
KIND WORDS
OF WELCOME
Laughable Incident Connect
ed With Proceedings.
CASS CO. INSTITUTE
W. C. T. U. OPENED
Words of Welcome by Mrs. Miles
County Superintendent
(From Saturday's Dally)
The Cass county institute of the
W. C. T. U. was opened Wednesday
evening March 30 by county presi
dent at Louisville. Scripture reading
by Rev,Jones and invocation by Rev.
Burdick of Nehawka with hymns by
Audience.
After the words of welcome by Mrs.
Miles, county, president and repsonsc
from ex-county president, a short il
lustrated talk was given by the local
president on "Where to place the
blame of saloon evil, with the voter,
the petition signer, the councilman,
or the 6aloon keeper."
Just at this point a laughable inci
pient occurred. The speaker had se
lected an article to read on some sub
ject. She began to read in a clear
i distinct voice, when the Medal Con
test Superintendent leaned over and
in a stage whisper said "Don't read
it," "Don't read it." The reader
turned around in scorn and saying
"I will read it" began again. The
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superintendent then had to explain
that the piece was the same one that
one ot the contestants was to recite
next night. The audience cheered
this little by play and the joke was
enjoyed by all.
A dialogue was effectively given by
three little girls as a forcible conclu
sion to the illustrated talk.
A pleasing trio was then rendered
by the T. L. L. girls, followed by a
fine address from Mrs. Covell of Om
aha, who is a forcible speaker. Rev.
Burdick closed the first program wiUi
an account of the temperance work
done in Cass county.
On Thursday morning after devo
tional exercises ubly conducted by
Mrs. Jones of Louisville, the regular
routineof the Institute work was be
gun and continued all day. Good
papers were read and pointed discus
sions held on the topics being consider
ed by the W. C. T. U. and church
epople generally. At the noon hour
the visitors and members of Union
were invited to the beautiful home of
Mrs. 1'. 'C. Stander for luncheon,
where a delightful hour was spent.
Miss Rachael Stander furnishing love
ly music while the feast was going
on.
In the afternoon Rev. Burdich gave
a fine talk on the subject, "The chuvch
Opportunity," and also sang a solo
in a pleasing manner. The circle was
formed and audience dismissed with
prayer. On the outside was the wait
ing "picture man" as all the happy
faces were told to look even more
pleasant so they could have a pleasing
souvenir of the occasion.
As a fitting conclusion to a successful
institute, the first of a series of medal
contests was given on Thursday night
at the Babtist church, when a large
and appreciative audience greeted
the seven young speakers. The con
test was close and the medal was award
ed to Miss Rachel Stander and pre
sented by Mrs. Moore. .Miss Oldham
of Murray assisted in the training of
the class. The music and the News
Boys drill, between the readings
were much enjoyed and another con
test is looked forward to.
TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE
Be Civil to the Telephone Girl, for
She Has Her Troubles Also.
James Barton Adams in the Denver
Times gives the following advice
to users of the telephone:
When the girlie at central says
"busy" don't let yourself bcworked
into a fret and a sweat; don't tell her
in a language all freckled with fire,
you think she is near approaching a
liar. Don't paw at the carpet, don't
chew at the rag, nor roar like a bull
when it sees a red flag, nor tell her in
voicing that paints the air red, you'll
have her tincanncd ere the sun goes
to bed, but murmer in sugary, marsh
mellow tones words 'twill fall on her
ear as the carol of birds, to please
ring you up when the line is at rest,
and she raises the party of whom
you're in quest, and when she replies
she will do so, just hang the receiver
up gently and not with a bang. You
scohli ng old fellow, if you had to bear
but one half of the hello's girl burden
of care, that temper of yours would
explode with a boom, 'twould scatter
earth fragments all over the room.
They often are cussed at and growled
at by men when trying to do the best
that they can do to keep service
moving along without hitch, when sore
heads believe them asleep at the switch
and sometimes the harsh words fall
on their ears fill their throats full of
lumps and their eyes full of tears.
Just do unto them as you would have
others do unto a sister of yours
were she one of the crew, and you
will find that your service is far bct
tter than it will be if by your crossness
you rattle them, see? And all the
girls will pronounce you a dear, in
stead of an ill-tempered, sore head bear
Just give it a trial, and if our words
lack truth you can boot us to Briug
ton and back.
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Blacksmith.
Wanted a good blacksmith. No
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tf D. B. Ebcrsole
TEDDY LAUDED
BY WATTERSON
Remarkable Editorial on Theodore
Roosevelt
ONE MOST STARTLING FIGURE
None More So Since Napoleon, the Louisville Editor Says,
In Describing the Ex-President.
LOUISVILLE, April S In a most
remarkable editorial headed "Whith
ere" Henry Watterson in today's
Courier Journal sayB:
The time has come for the people
of the United States to consider
Theodore Roosevelt as they have never
considered him before; to take him
more seriously than they have ever
taken him; to realize that he is alto
gether the most startling figure who
has appeared in the world since Na
polean Bonaparte, a eirciumstancc
not without significance and portent.
He must be a poor American whose
heart does not glow with pride at the
unwonted honors bestowed upon
this representative of his country
and swell with exultant admiration
of the splendid way he is carrying him
belf. It is too late, if it were Hot
personally offensive, to talk about
self exploitation. The incident in
Cairo was wholly characteristic. The
incident in Rome was thrust upon
him. In both he showed the Theodore
Roosevelt whose brilliant many side
edness has captivated the universe.
He is pre-eminently a man who
fits the word to the act, the act to the
word, and does the thing, which, how
ever provocative of conuoveisy re
dounds to his advantage.
All that has happened in Rome,
and more, will be repeated in Berlin,
in Paris and in London. No conquer
ing hero was ever made the subject
of such demonstrations, each of the
foreign capitals, each of the foreign
potentates vying with each other to
pay him homage. Yet he is the winner
of no victory on land or sea. What
is the meaning of it?
"We look again to see him the
head of a great republic" said the
mayoi ot Rome. That is the keynote,
and it will continue to be the keynote
where ever he goes. Thus he will
come back to us the European nomi
nee for president of the United States.
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The Rivers and Harbors bill which
will be reported out of the Commerc
Committee of the Senate certainly
not later than Thursday, will carry in
the neighborhood of fifty two million
dollars; but of this amount between
seven and ten millions will not come
out of revenues for the current fiscal
year, because they arc only recogniz
ing the meritoriousness of projects
which have heretofore had no legis
lative endorsement.
The bill that will recognize the ne
cessity of completing the improvements
ccssity of completing the improvements
of the Missouri liver from St. Louis
to Kansas city, will also appropriate
300,000 for the improvement, of the
Missouri river above Kansas City,
taking in that stretch of the river as
far up as Yankton, S. D. and possibly
beyond. The sentiment for improving
the river and harbors of the United
States has grown enormously in the
last few years, and Senator Burkett
stands among the first senators to
recognize the necessity of proceeding
with these improvements along broad
and conservative lines. In season
and out he has urged congress to
adopt a broad and comprehensive
Let no one fancy that this is an
unmeaning or an idle compliment.
Taken jin connection with what ap
pears V be the hopeless breakdown
of the Paft administrate, it consti
tutes an event of the first consequence.
If we arc to rctuin Theodore Roosc
vcU to power let there be no mistake
about the terms of the new commis
sion which is to be issued to him.
History has agreed that the best
kind of government is a wise and ben
evolent despotism. If the government
of our United States under the written
constitution of checks and balances
be a failure as many think it and
if there be needed of its executive
head aVstrong man having the cour
age to take all the bulls of corruption
by thcjlhorns, and, regardless of ob
solete ltgal restraint, to shako the life
out of them, then, indeed, Theodore
Roosevelt would seem one fitted by
temperment, education and training
for the work.
He is a patriotic American with
humanitarian proclivities. He is an
incoruptable man; ho has shown him
self fearless of consequences. If the
people are sick and tired of the slow
processes of constitutional proceedure
if they want in the White House a
President, who disregarding the letter
of the law, will substitute his own
interpretation of its spirit and in
tention, if they think that the reign
of hypoeracy and cant and graft
which marks our professional poli
tics may be ended by the absolution
of a ruler who, as Roosevelt himself
puts it, translates his words into
deeds," and who, charged with .the
cleaning of the Augean stables by an
election putting the seal of popular
appeal upon conceded excesses in the
use of power and bidding him go
forward and apply the same remedies
to a disease otherwise incurable, then
Theodore Roosevelt fills the bill to
perfection.
policy of river improvements to the
end that great national waterways of
ouis with which this country has been
most bountifully provided shall be
put to their best use; for the time is
not far distant when the railroads of
the United States will be wholly in
competent to move the enormous
freights we are producing. Senator
Burkett was before the Commerce
Committee of the Senate the other
day urging that not only the Missouri
river should be looked after, hut he
asked for a liberal appropriation to
the end that the lands be saved and
made stable rather than have them
washed away at flood periods; and if
the annual feature of the bill becomes
fixed, as both committees dealing with
this subject have voted, the "pork
barrel" as this has been called, will be
done away with, and the annual ap
propriations to carry out the projects
endorsed by the Board of Engineers
of the Army will be certain of comple
tion within a reasonable time,
a consummation most devoutly to
be wished for.
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Congressman Broussard of Louis
iana, who has introduced a bill provid
ing for an appropriation of $230,000
to be spent by the Department of
Agriculture in the propagation of new
meat-growing animals, had a most
interesting hearing the other day be
fore the House Committee ou Agri.
culture, in which it was shown that
the horse, the cow, the goat and the
pig were not native to this country
but had been brought in in the early
days from foreign countrys. It was
also shown that a hundred other ani
mals could be introduced and would
thrive in this country, and if intro
duced would go far toward solving
the problem of our meat supply.
Farmers, according to the statements
made before the committee, could
have species of the smaller deer around
their places weighing anywhere from
five to one hundred pounds, which
could be used for meat; and the intro
duction of the hippopotami into the
lily-pad section of the south, notably
Louisiana, Florida and Texas, might
clear the streams in that section of
the water-hyacinth.providc for a larger
fish supply, and at the same time fur
nish food for persons living on the
bayous tond the rivers in that section.
The hippopotamus gets his full
growth in four years and weighs about
four tons. The Boers in South Africa
live upon this meat most largely, and
and the fatty portions of this mammal
between the skin and the muscles,
when cured and salted, make a most
delicious morsel, and is called by the
Africanders "Lake-Cow Bacon."
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The Sixth Annual Banquet of the
League of Republican Clubs, composed
of twenty-five state organizations, of
which E. C. Snyder, Washington cor
respondent for the Omaha Bee, is
president, gives promise of being the
most largely attended banquet of Re
publicans ever held in Washington.
It takes place at the Arlington Hotel
Saturday evening, April 9th, at which
time President Taft, Secretary Nagel
of Commerce and Labor, Senator
Henry Cabott Lodge, and Represent
atives Nicholas Longworth of Ohio,
Win, B. McKinley of Illinois, Chair
man of the National Republican Cori
gessional Committee, Duncan Mc
Kinlay of California, J. Hampton
Moore of Pennsylvania, and John
Hays Hammond, President of the Na
tional Republican league will make
addresses. Hon. W. E. Andrews for
meily of Hastings, now auditor for
the treasury department, is chairman
of the banquet committee, and it is
expected that Nebraska will be among
the states having the largest repre
sentation present. There will be four
hundred covers laid, and more tickets
could have been sold had there been
seating capacity, for interest in the
banquet is very keen. The Republican
members of the Nebraska delegation
will attend in a body.
Ashland vs. Plattsmouth.
(From Saturday's Daily)
The Ashland High school base ball
team arrived this morning on the ten
o'clock train and after registering
at the Riley went out to the diamond
to warm up for this afternoon's game
with the Plattsmouth High school
nine. They were a rather husky look
ing bunch of bat artists and appeared
like they could put up an interesting
game for the Plattsmouth lads. To
day's game is the first one of the
season for both of the teams but they
have put in a good nuiny hours in
shaping themselves up and the re
sult this afternoon was a good perfor
mance from start too finish.
The Plattsmouth line-up has been
given before in the News and the Ash
land players were;
R. Waybright, catch.
F. Woodward, pitch.
H. Middlcton, 1st base, captain.
It. Waltermire, 2nd base.
C. Knoll, short stop.
J. Waybright, 3rd base.
L. White, left field.
I). Meese, center field.
E. Clark, right field.
E. Harnsbcrger and E. Dean, subs.
A. C. Whitford, coach.
Death ol Elizabeth Bates.
Meagre reports were lcceived today
of the death of Miss Elizabeth Bates
a rather old lady who lived in the
neighborhood of Rock Bluff. Miss
Bates passed away Thursday night at
the residence of Phillip Bachelois near
Rock Bluff where the deceased had
made her home. She had not been
strong for some time and it is thought
she was suffering from tuberculousis.
The funeral is to be held this afternoon
from the Bachelor residence being con
ducted by Rev. Burgess of this city.
The body will be interred in the Rock
Bluff cemetery.
FIGHTERS
ARE FINED
Participants in Yesterday's
Brawl Draw Ten
and Costs.
ALL THREE IN A
BATTERED CONDITION
Geo. Matthews Gets Broken Arm
and Badly Bruised Face
In Fall.
(From Saturday's Dally),
The three men who were mixed up
in the big drunken brawl on Fifth
and Main streets yesterday afternoon
faced Judge Archer this morning at
ten o'clock, Arthur Jacobi and Ocsar
Matthews, pleading guilty to the
charge of being drunk and fighting
each drew a fine of 110 and costs.
George Matthews held to his plea
of not guilty which he entered yes
terday afternoon, saying that he knew
nothing about the fight and that he
couldn't remember a thing concerning
it. A few hours later he was finally
persuaded to change his plea to guilty
for which he got the same tunc of $10 .
ami trimmings. After sticking up tho
necessary spondulix, George clambered
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