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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1910)
Let Me Tell You Something Tr a i i i i ii juuniimuj property uivs you should have your clothes made to order. You can't yet up-to-date styles in ready-mades, for they are made six months before the season opens. BLUE SERGE SUITS The only place in the city where you can yet a yood blue serye, fancy worsted, cheviot or Scotch tweed suit to order that are actually worth from $:." to $40, for only $20 Cleaning and Repairing A SPECIALTY ALL WORK GUARANTEED James Socher The Tailor. Local Items to 535 Miss Gertrude Beeson left for a brief visit in Omaha this afternoon. There will be a meeting of the county teachers next Saturday at Louisville. (From Saturday's Dally) John Sneail was a traveler to Omaha this morning on No. 15. "Grandfather" Bailey's condition today is reported to be about the same there being no important changes during the night. Mrs. E. L. Polin was among the Plattsmouth callers at the (Jatc city todav. Mioses Helen and Irene Jess boarded the early train for Omaha today to spend the day. Mrs. F. A. Schicle of Omaha left this afternoon for her home after be ing a. guest for the past two weeks at her former home, William Weber's residence in this city. Mrs. William Wetencamp from near Mynard bought a ticket for Omaha today where she went to visit her son William. M. W. Kirkendall of Omaha was a egal caller in the county seat this morning. Call at Mrs. Norton's millinery store and see the new line of trimmed hats and nobby street hat that arrived too late for Easter. tf P. A. Harrows went to Omaha on a Commercial Club mission this morn ing to interview an alfalfa meal mill man, who has an ollice in the Bee building, concerning the starting of a meal factory in this city. Miss Genevieve Howard was a Burlington traveler to the Capital city this morning for an over Sunday visit with friends. Alva Campbell one of the visiting evangelists went to Lincoln this morn ing for a short visit returning later to be present at tomorrow's services. ROOSEVELT LEAVES CITY OF ROME Visit Closes With a Banquet Given by the Municipality Mr. Joseph Wooster and wife left this interning for Lawrence, Nebraska to be present at the wedding of Mrs. Wooster's sister, Anna Janda, which will take place Monday. Miss Mildred Cummins was among those who left on the eight-fifteen train for a day's stay in the metropo lis. W. E. C. Becker, news editor of the Ashland Gazette, was in the city this morning tyul while visiting among us mends stopped at the ,ews oltiee to inspect the interesting monotype in operation. ir ' The new arc light at Sixth and Main streets blazed away last night and attracted a crowd of people around it like a swarm of June bugs around a amp. It gives a fine light for the street and it is hoped it may be a permanent fixture on the corner. Misses Lottie Mauer and Helen Fosrct left this morning for a trip to Lincoln where they will remain for a day or so. Mrs. J. E. McDanicl departed on an early train for Omaha expecting to return this evening or tomorrow morning. COMPLIMENTS BESTOWED UPON HIS ACTION Methodists and Roman Catholics Repudiate Expressions Attributed to Them ROME, April 6-Bcforc leaving J Rome tonight, ex-President Roose velt had reason to believe that agreat triumph was his, because both the attitude of the Vatican toward him and the statements of the Methodists whom he had condemned were re pudiated by the leading adherents of those two institutions. Abbott Lawrence Jannscna, one of the most learned Benedictines and sec retary of the congregation of the af fairs of religious, called on Mr. Roose velt this evening, and, not finding him in, left his card, on which he wrote in French that he desired to congratu late him for the constant support given to his order and the Catholic church in general in America during Mr. Roosevelt's glorious career as president, which, he hoped, would soon be resumed. Contemporaneously, Mr. Roosevelt received letters from relatives of high prelates and cardinals, condemn ing what they styled "the personal at titude of Cardinal Merry Del Val, for which neither .the pope nor the Catholic church was responsible." On the other hand, Mr. Roosevelt received the following letter from Dr. Walling Clark, head of the Methodist oiganization in Italy: "The incident connected with the article written by the Rev. B. M. Tip ple for the American press has caused me untold regret. I was not aware that the article was written or sent until the day after, when it was brought to me by a newspaper corre spondent, together with the statement which you gave out on Tuesday morn ing. If I had known Mr. Tipple's in tention, I would ceitainly have used all my influence to prevent it. Let me assure you that the Methodists of Rome were not responsible for the article. Allow me once more to ex press my adniirationfor the courageous position you have taken in the face of the demands of the Vatican. The Meth odists of Rome will not forget it." The series of events connected witli the cancellation of Mr. Roosevelt's audience with the pope, and after his repudiation of the denunciatory slam issued by Pastor Tipple, of the Metho- to the dinner given in Mr. Roosevelt's honor tonight in the great hall of the historis capitoline palace by the mu nicipal authorities, where Mayor Naa than presided. No reference, however, either directly or indirectly, was made to this subject. "Rain In the Face." The Plattsmouth papers are busy now building a new jail. Interviews with leading citizens here by report ers, brings out the different views suggessted. Of course all of them want the jail, not for residence pur poses, but for safe keeping of prisoners. Some say it is best to vote bonds. Some don't really believe that it is necessary to do that, but just go to the county commissioners and say, "Gentlemen, we represent the big end of Cass county, and we want a new jail" and presto, a jail is built. In an interview with the janitor of the court house, lie tells them that they need a separate heating plant, even if the jail is built near the court house, to the rear. The janitor is probably right. If it had not been for those pesky men who stole goods out of Boone & Davis' store, trying to escape, all this trouble might have been avoided, but one of them and a sweetheart, and as love laughs at brick walls and locksmiths, he came very near making his get-away. Of course ot won't do to pasture crimin als, nor attempt to keep them in an out house, so what are we going to do about it. The people of Platts mouth do not care to build a jail at their own expense but are ready at all times to let the county do it. In asmuch as the county funds are gath cred from the citizens in nil parts of the county, perhaps gentlemen, you better let each taxpayer express him self on voting bonds to build a new jail or people outside of Plattsmouth will think that all they need to do over there is to dictate to the com missioners and the money is forth coming. Weeping Water Republican. Wanted Quick. , Small building, shed or barn suitable for club house at base ball grounds wliich can be moved. Call phone list church of Rome, added interest 86. Mrs. Norton, the milliner lias sam pies of ladies suits and all kinds o ladies wearing apparel. Orders taken and satisfaction guaranteed. Cat and see her. Mrs. William Cowles took the eight fifteen train for the metropo lis today expecting to return late this evening with her daughter. Mrs. Mary Kerns was a morning passenger today for Stanton county She will make a short visit there with her son Joseph who is farming in that section. Mrs. M. W. Hicks and son left to day for Knoxvillc, Iowa after spending a few days in the city at the home of B. A. McElwain on their return trip from Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. B. C. Hvde and Mrs. T. E Jennings are spending the day wit friends and relatives at Oreapolis going up on one of the morning trains G. G. Adams, the good editor of the Woodbine Chronicle, and Bert Philpot of Weeping Water drove into the city yesterday afternoon in an auto, returning later in the evening for Weeping Water. Mrs. P. C. Stander of Louisville is a Saturday visitor in town. 0. Vergin was on the streets today from his home near Murray. Miss Pearl Nichols is making a brief visit in Omaha today. J. C. Hayes of Elmwood was Plattsmouth caller last evening. John Lloyd, of Murray was in town yesterday from his home at Murray. Mr. and Mrs. George II. Parks am children were morning sojourners to Omaha today. Philip Fornhoff a resident of Cedar Creek is a culler here today on a trat ing expedition. A. J. Reynolds, representing th Underwood typewriter Company i in the city today on business. Mrs. Lucy Abbott, wife of Frank Abbott, died at her home in Weeping Water Thursday afternoon. The de ceasedd was a lady of about forty- six years ami left a husband and our children, her death being ;caused by pneumonia. The funeral was held today at the Methodist church at Weeping Water, the pastor Rev. J Hygenia officiating at the services. L. 11. Young from Nehawka acorn panieil by his wife was in the city this morning on his way to Omaha where he is to have his broken leg rebandaged. Mr. Young had the member broken near the foot about six weeks ago and was confined in the St. Joseph hospital for some time The bone is rapidly knitting now and he thinks that this will be about the last trip he will have to make to have it dressed. Trick Bicyclist. "Happy Zarrow" a new York im portation blew into the city yesterday afternoon and did a few tiick bicycle stunts on the streets that made the spectators eyes stick out. He rode a battered old wheel of peculiar con struction, both sprockets being of the same size and the front forks without a curve. The tricks he pulled off on the old machine were good ones and he drew a hearty applause from the people on the street. About noon today he pulled his fi eight for Ne braska City for a day s exhibition. ANOTHER GOOD DRAMA BY GREW COMPANY Fine Scenery and Good Acting Up holds the Troup's Name as Usual. ciet service of his countiy into the foothills of Algeria to find the where abouts of the escaped French piisoner, Sanson. Here he aecidentaly meets the child of the desert whom he finds out to lie his cousin and, at the risk of their lives, they manage to leave the country for London after his mis sion has been completed. I'pon their arrival in England the couple are married, hut iney are loiiowcd in .ondon by the hypnotist Sanson who seeking the yiumg lieutenant's ife, foi the revenge of an old time hat red, and it is a vow of his life to re cover some stolen diamonds which le claims. The young wife is hypnotized by the criminal, who makes his escape after being caught in London, and is narrowly aveited from muidering icr husband by poisoning him. The officer is ordered back to Algeria this time to the desert region where ic is captured, while hclplcsB with a fever, by the criminal Sanson and lis confederate, and once trustcThc sf- of the English government, employ fering lietenant is tied by the hypnotist n the temple and left, with food in front of him, to die of the fever and become the food of the packs of wolves. In his miseiy he is taunted iy his false comrade but at this criti cal moment his wife arrives, gives the signal of a light from the hill top and the relief forces arrive just in time to prevent his death from the lands of the wicked Sanson. Shortly before the arrival of the relief forces the stolen jewels are unearthed from an old well in the oasis y the false English officer. In a skirmish following the arrival of the English forces, the criminal Sanson is shot but in his dying struggles he secureds his life coveted jewels and as us life expires he clutches the box of stolen diamonds. Next week's show will be "The strange adventures of Miss Brown in which Mr. Grew takes the leading part after an absence from the east for the past two weeks. It is a light comedy farce of life in a seminary where Grew is disguised in feminine costume at the girls school and his circumstances arc peculiar and cm barrassing. A BELIEF Irt GHOSTS. DISTRICT COURT WAS IN SESSION TODAY No Criminal cases up and the Morning's Session Was But a Short One. Finds Lodgment In Many Minds Ds tpite Scientific Denials. Are there such things us ghosts? The incredulity with which the question is yfte'i asked is paralleled by the passionate Mief with which the allinnative unswci is often stat ed. That there are apparitions is granted even by the most skeptical investigators. But whereas the im pressionable seer of ghosts believes they arc supei natural the colder scientist says they arc nothing but hallucinations. Frank Podmore, tlio English "ghost hunter," had much to say of the attendant circum stances in most ghost seeing, cir cumstances which do much to weak-' n the value of the testimony of Old Beer. Almost invariably there are mysterious noises, by which the wit ness is put in a state of nervous alarm. Then comes the vision, which often takes terrifying form, la the ghost seer viewing something objec tive and external or is he merely contemplating an image created by his own imagination? Of tlio good aith of many people who say they lave seen ghosts there can be no question, but Mr. Podmore shakes his head ns to their credibility. And yet when the testimony of people who believe they have seen ghosts has been attenuated to the utmost people will still believe. Sci ence may discredit evidence, but it cannot prove that ghosts do not ex ist. Throughout the ages there is a cumulative mass of testimony which, though it does not amount to proof, yet commands shuildcring re spect.' The sternest materialism will not eliminate from peoples minds that credence in the un known and the undemonstrablo which has been handed down to them from the beginnings of time. Plato himself accepted the exist ence of ghosts, and ho makes Socra tes explain their frequenting of graveyards. These ghosts, says the grent Athenian, long to re-enter the body in which they could gratify their desires. It is hopeless, but memory tortures them with vain af fection for the fleshly abode in which they formerly dwelt. Shake speare is full of allusions to the dwellers in the realm of shadows. But he, too, knows the meaning of philosophic doubt, for he makes ilamlet wonder whether the image of his father may not be some coin age of his fancy. Ho hesitates be tween contrary opinions, but in clines toward belief in the supernat ural. He savs to his friend : Charles L. Graves of Union was n visitor in the city yesterday signing up at the Perkins House. G. R. Boyd, a resident of IVt Wayne, Ind., was among the com meicial callers in the city yesterday and today. Mrs. B. W. Livingston and daughter Rachael went up to the metropolis this morning on a combined business and pleasure trip. Mrs. A. E. Gass and daughter Lucile departed on the north bound Burlington for Omaha this morning whern they will tpvnd thv day. (From Saturday's Dally) The William Grew Company held the board at the local theater last evening and in a very delightfu! manner presented to the , theater goers the four act comedy drama "The Wizard." It was a beautifu "The Wizard." It was a beautifu scenic production of the secret service side of the English government. Th plot was laid in Algeria and London and the closing scene of the Sahara was perfect. The old Roman ruins (tumbling pillars and dilapidate caves, were brought out in ghastly splendor by the weird light, the re flection from the during sands. Mr. Bennett in the role of Andre Sanson, a French criminal with hyp notic powers, wasj the strongest character of the evening and his difficult part was produced with a skill that made a hit with every pa tron in the house. Mr. Meharry, as Tom Meville, has a line carriage and voice which with his ease upon the stage perfectly fitted liim for his part. He is rapidly approaching the front rank of the weekly favorites. Miss Pet ten very effectively por trayed the beautiful portrait of Julie a true type of womanhood raised among the Algerian tribesman. Mr. Enders as Jerry Sprowls, as is his usual custom, kept the audience in a mirthful condition with his blustei ing ways and his "awful biceps." Mr. Ford as the tribesman Nizam deserves more than passing mention for he was thrown into his part last Saturday by the sickness of one of the cast, without a single rehearsal and but a few hours of study. ror a unci synopsis: A young The district court was in session at the Cass county court house this morning and a few minor cases were brought up but thcie was nothing doing in the criminal line. In the equity case of C. Wr. Baylor vs. Claude Butler the judge ordered a bill of ex eeptions drawn up and signed by the parties. In the case of Lorcnce Bowers vs the C. B. & Q. railroad the case was argued and submitted to the judge Mr. Bowers shipped a car of house hold goods and stock to Cedar Creek some time ago from the northern part of the state and in the handling of the car the horse was injured so that it later died. He also claiine( the furniture was damaged by the rough treatment. In the Norton vs. Norton case motion was tiled, sustained and agreed to by the defendant for the payment of $20 doctor bills and lying in expenses. A motion was entered to quash the hearing of Vesta Clark against the Banker's Accident Insurance Coin pany of Des Moines. It is u peculiar case. On Oct. 2S09 Clurktookoutan accident policy with the insurance company for $l,f()() and the day fo! lowing lie was instantly killed whi at work on some electric wires. The insurance was made out at Fairbury and the accident happened near that place therefore the insurance company claims that the case cannot be brought up in this court. Franlk Chyba filled out his papers of intention to be hecominng a citi zen of the 1'niied States yesterday ut the court house. He is a nativ of the land of Austria. Final settlement was made this morning in the estate of Mary J. Guth man and the administrator, William Rummel was dismissed. A decree was entered in the county court today , admitting the will of Esdras C. Swan to probate. It was foreign will, Mr. Swan having lived in Wyonung but was the posessor of a number of acres of laud in Cass county. Ice Cream at Mynard. The Junior League of the Meth odist church of Mynard will give an ice cream social next Friday night at the parsouago to which the public English lieutenant is tent by the gc-'are cordially invited. tf There are more things In heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of In itijr philosophy. From Shakespeare's day to now we have advanced in one particular. We know more of the composition of the brain and the susceptibilities of nervous tissue. We are assured today that a man may honestly be lieve he sees a ghost and yet see nothing but the projection of an image within his own brain. But as to the existence or nonexistence of ghosts we are us ignorant ns the an cient Egyptian or the modern red skin. Reason learnedly as we may, we cannot eradicate from our mind that vague feeling, half fear, half hope, that ghosts mny be. Sir Thomas Browne touches on this matter with characteristic quaint ncss. Some people, he says, hope to see a ghost that they may be per suaded of the immortality of the soul. But he adds that the devil will never let them see one, for that would be to turn them away from himself. Rochester Post-Express. Colonial Mail Routes. I The first record contained in our colonial history of any kind of mail tervice drstes from (?(, when the court in Boston appointed Mr. Joint Hayward to "take in and convey let ters according to their direction." In December, IT hi, arrangements were Made to receive letters in Bos ton from Williamsburg, Yii.. during four v(- of flic summer time and eight week in winter. In IMS Henry Pratt was appointed "riding postmaster" for all the routes be tween Philadelphia and Newport, Va., to set out in the beginning of each month and return in twenty four days. Postage stamps were first introduced into the United Slates in IS IT. New York Ameri can. Contrasts In Populations. The population of the known earth at the death of the Roman eniptmr Augustus, about the time of the beginning of the Christian era, was estimated by Bodio, an Italian statistician, at 87,000,000. The Romans knew nothing of Asia beyond the Indus river and nothing of Africa save the Mediterranean slates. In 1405, at the timo of the discovery of America by Columbus, the population of Kurojie was placed at only '10,000.000. , Today Europo has ten times that number, or 400, 000,000 people, with about a hun jrofl fr each sq'intrr mill'.