The Plattsmouth Journal
. I r.l.l-IIKD WKKKLY AT
iT-iUOUTH , NEBRASKA.
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i; . HATI'X rrm.iMiKit.
I. n -r.-. hi ilir i clolll.-t-n t Plaltsinouth. Ne
tir..k:i. :i !Tiil-l:t matu-r.
Ik ti e rcpuldican national convention
is In I t- lifld in Kansas City, we hope
th-tt t'jt: democratic convention will tfo
to Sr. Iiuis. It is really the most con
venient place to hold it, anyway.
With -l.'.'SO hills introduced even he
fore the president's message was read
in the District of Columbia bedlam the
country still refuses either to tear its
hair or to show other symptoms in sup
port of the scientific opinion that
crif.os of nearly all kinds are as catch
ing as smallpox.
Tiik only way to estimate how far
the president's messages "reach" is to
count the lines and estimate how far
they would extend from New York
toward North Dakota if the lines were
placed end to end. That statistical
oM'ation seems about all that is left
now for the third-term movement.
Although lie favors an "elastic
currency," the president's most stren
iiojs demand is for a constitution so
clastic that when he lets go after
stretching it to the limit those who
hod a fliilerent interpretation at the
opposite end will le sure to realize that
they are "stung."
As a result of the panicky times we
?tre afflicted -with, was the failure of the
the Glazier bank in Detroit, Michigan,
lust Monday for over a million dollars.
Ani the Ixrd only knows how many
little country banks have gone under as
st result of these prosperous times of
' peace and plenty."
The Lincoln Star endorses Roasevelt's
ine?s:ige in toto centralization and all.
The .ntralization of power, as the pres
1 lent would have it, riddles and casts
the American constitution to the four
winds of ihe heavens. Are the Ameri
ca i peo;ie ready to cut this sacred doc
ument in twain? We trust not.
Jinx;:: Oldham, of Kearney, and for
merly of the supreme ourt, is spoken
of as a i andidate for congress to sue
ceed Kincald, by the Kearroy Democrat.
1I-?:kss the Journal's suppi'i t, and only
wish v. e v. .is ojt there to give a more
cVreet support. If the Judge receives
th-i fi:. ion nomination, he "will show his
iyl onent. " as he is from Missouri.
s a ncans of restoring the "del"
-catf fu' lie of confidence" the Phila
le'ph:a Ilccord recommends "pay youi
biVts promr.tlv." As a matter of fact
lh Ta!-rie of confidence" based on the
hib?t of pr.ying 100 per cent cash on
djrn.iiu! v.v.cn 100 per cent is due might
! ramr.v.-d by all the men-of-war in
the n;wy without jarring it. We have
i .t l.-.t it yet.
f) Monday last when the Rock Island
ra'l ay company paid its taxes in Cass
coj-ity. ariong the funds received by
Treasurer Wheeler wa a package con-
3"i!;n m-pr four thousand dollars. On
h T-n"kp"-e was the date, where and
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vV.c-n 5Rr,ie was deposited. It came
vight ovt of John D. Rock erf eller's vault
in VTsM ?t-eet. New York, where it
has I con locked up ever since last
May. No doubt this is a portion of his
hoa'dir-g-s, drained from the people of
Ihe west in increased prices on on.
In 1S'J William J. Bryan advocated
ati income tax and every two-by-four
republican politician and editor de
meed him as an anarchist bent on de
stroying efTort to build up fortunes. In
ius late message to congress Mr. Roose
velt very strongly recommends an in
come tax. If Bryan was an anarchist
in 1S96 for advocating an income tax,
what is Roosevelt in 1907 for advocating
the same thing? The president's mes
sage is a vindication of many of the
fjreat Nebraskan's theories of govern
ment. It has given impetus to his pop
ularity.
The words "In God We Trust" have
teen dropped from the new gold coin
now coming from the mints. The
.republicans put their trust in the
Dlngley tariff and gold standard and
so the God side of the money had to
fto. Rut it is significent that about
the time "In God We Trust" was
stricken from the coin, a financial
panic knocked the country silly. Trust
in gold standard and robber tariff
don't seem to hold things up quite as
well as Trust in God. We do not believe
in promiscuous special providence, but
-we do believe that God is "keeping
watch above his own" and that the
.nation that forgets God will go down.
I'p.ksidfnt Roosevelt's heart is
.so set on centralization of power in
the federal government that it is for
this, in various phases, that he re
serves most of his thunder. It sounds
resonantly in his index and rever
berates all the way through the codex.
, ,Vot thi3 the president summons all his
tsterfulne88 of manner, and it is not
' difficult to realize the fire of enthusiasm
that inspires him when he pictures that
. greater nation he would bring into
being above the wreck of state
sovereignty. With business centralized,
he insists that control must be con
tralized as well. And for fear there
may be some who would suspect that
the thought is new with him he ex
tracts some two or three column? from
his messages of last year and the year
before to prove it is an old story.
Again he tells us that it is impossible
to either give to or get justice from
the railroads unless the national gov
ernment assumes control. Incidentally
he admits that the courts must ult:
mately define the limits of state and
federal jurisdiction, but it doesn't seem
to disturb him very much that this
must, after all, be a fact.
With $32,000,000 Standard Oil earn
ings in twelve months and ending in
these panicky times, is not to be sneez
ed at. These trust-protected holdings
are great things to have but hard on
the people.
We had hard times under the Cleve
land administration, we did not find the
chief executive planning with the men
who made the times hard for a method
in finance that would make it easier to
bring on panics at the will of the money
changers.
The Lincoln Daily Star, a stand-patter
republican sheet of the first water, says:
"We might as well admit, as honest re
publicans, that we are sayiner a lot of
things about our financial system that
we indignantly denied during the cam
paign of 1906." Isn't that a corker?
It is not necessary to take too liter
ally Mr. Andrew Carnegie's message
to the rivers and harbors congress that
instead of spending money on warships
we should spend it on our waterways.
We may need the strong navy. In
time of peace it is well to prepare for
war. But we certainly need the water
ways. When such masters of transportation
as President James J. Hill, of the
Great Northern, and Chairman Knapp,
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, unite is saying that the railroads
are inadequate, and must remain so,
to move the vast and increasing traffic
of the country, it is high time for the
congress of the United States to take
notice of the fact. No party which
overlooks the fact or neglects the
remedy can long retain control of con
gress. That Chairman Knapp did not
exaggerate the situation when he told
the national rivers and harbors con
gress we are at a crisis in transporta
tion is affirmed by the difficulties and
delays that the roads have encountered
in moving the enormous accumulations
of freight during the last few years.
nd the traffic, amounting, as Chair
m :n Knapp shows, to 4,000,000 tons a
day, grows faster than the roads, do
their re.-t as they may, can provide
for it.
The 50 Cent Dollar Back Again.
After an enforced retirement from
active part'eir-ation in the business of
the city for a period of nearly fifteen
years, the grer.t American silver dollar
has come forth acrain into the highways
and byways to a s'st. by the weight of
its influence, in restoring public con
fidence to the financial situation.
Associated Press.
v Truly the yellow cl.ic'.rens are coming
back in flocks to roost in the republi
can hen house. The despised "50 cent"
silver dollar had to be resurrected to
help tide over the republican panic.
Nothing looks better today to a single
gold standard man than the bright
silver dollar of our daddies. How
Bryan must chuckle. Cleveland's panic
didn't bring the country to the propor
tions of Roosevelt's panic. Anything
goes now from bond issues to silver,
"fat" money, pay checks and other
evidences of debt. The high tariff is
invited to take a back seat and remove
the prosperity label.
Do You Like the Picture?
The packers and the other big trusts
have shown their hand in the late
panic, and have been trying toprolong
the flurry as long as possible. The
packers have refused to buy anything
the farmers had to sell, even poultry,
which at this seoson of the year has
its greatest run. The packers explained
that they were not buying owing to
the unsettled condition of the market,
and this explaination can be better
understood when we know that the
packers' trust was in the devilment
that has brought about an unsettled
condition of the market. Refusing to
buy the products of agriculture at the
time when the farmers and stock
raisers need the money brings the in
jury direct to the people. This injury
to the agrisulturists and the stock
raiser and seller very naturally brings
the small manufacturer and others of
this class and rests upon the real peo
ple of the nation. The big factory.
The big manufacturers, who had al
ready an intimation of the intention of
the money power to create the panic
had overstocked the retailers and had
their money, then turned the keys in
their factory doors and said that they
would not risk manufacturing an article
owing to the unsettled condition of th
rnarke. The banks in the cities and
many in the small towns refused to let
depositors have the use of their money,
and yet loaned out money on gilt-edge
security at an exhorbitant bonus on top
of the legal rate of interert. Thus
with the things tint create our wealth
closed against us, and our own money
tied up in the hands of the money
power we could do nothing but howl.
Do you like the picture? Well, such
is but a fragment of the causes of the
panic of 1907, and which happened
under a Republican administration.
The republican national convention
will be held in Chicago on the 16th day
of June, and it now seems probable that
the democratic convention will also be
held at the same place or in St. Louis
at an earlier date in the same month.
In comparison with the money yield
from Iowa's surplus production this year
$2,500,000 is no such great matter. But
it shows that things are moving to the
front in Iowa, as usual, when it begins
third-rail interurban system for 1908 out
of this year's pocket money.
With the last term of the Otoe county
district court, Paul Jessen virtually
steps down and out as judge. Harvey
D.Travis will assume the duties of judge
of the district court after the first of
January, and litigants can look for fair
and impartial justice at his hands.
Everyone who attended the Dahlman
banquet in Omaha last Saturday night
unite in saying that Jim Reed is a "hum
dinger" in speechifying. Well, he's
from Missouri, and they all strike right
straight from the shoulder down there.
The democrats of Cass county will
give a banquet on the night of the 22nd
of February. Mr. Bryan may possibly
arrange to be with us on that date. And
also Ex-Mayor Reed, of Kansas City.
At which time a young mens' democrat
ic club will be launched upon the politi
cal sea.
The Omaha politicians are after Capt.
Palmer's scalp. A long petition, strong
ly endorsed, has been filed with the post
master general and President Roosevelt
for the appointment of Benjamin F.
Thomas. While no charges are preferred
against Capt. Palmer's administration,
it is urged that a younger man could fill
the office to better satisfaction.
The state of Nevada is showing it
self as much a rotten borough still as
when it was munufactured to order to
supply republican votes in the senate
and electoral college. It is as republi
can and as rotten as ever, and the
presence of the entire United States
army inside its line would not make it
less so.
The annual report of Secretary
Straus urges the distribution of future
immigration in a way that will prevent
it from overcrowding population in a
few eastern cities and set it to work on
the land which is waiting for workers
in the west and south. Secretary
Straus has found the surest way of
Americanizing immigration." Now
let him Americanize the cabinet on the
same general plan of decentralization.
The editor of the Beatrice Sun in
some manner secured possession of one
of the new $10 gold pieces and he does
not think very much of it. He says
that on one side is a buff cochin chicken
we will not venture an opinion as to
whether it is a rooster or a hen. This
gives the piece a striking resemblance
to a bronze medal awarded at a ponltry
show for the most feathers on the legs
and the biggest feet. The bird on the
coin is certainly entitled to the medal.
SO SOOTHING
Its Influence Has Been Felt by So
Many Plattsmouth Readers.
The soothing influence of relief after
suffering from itching piles, from
eczema or any itchiness of the skin,
makes one feel grateful to the remedy.
Doan's Ointment has soothed hundreds.
Here's what one Plattsmouth citizen
says:
Mrs. Joseph Warga, of 1400 Main
street, Plattsmouth, says: "Experience
has taught our family to value Doan's
Ointment exceedingly. My mother was
troubled for a good many years with a
breaking out which would cause water
blisters and of her remedies of various
kinds no relief was obtained until she
used Doan's Ointment, which was pro
cured at Gering & Co.'s drug store.
This preparation not only banished the
trouble at the time, but effected a
permanent and absolute cure. I used
Doan's Ointment for a breaking out and
terrible itching on my right hand and
wrist. The trouble resembled erysipelas
A few applications took away the inflam
mation and the itching ceased. I have
had slight touches of it since, but an
appeal to Doan's Ointment always
checks it on the start. We are never
without this splendid preparation in the
house.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50c.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
THE STAB
IMG AFFRAY
Foster Bound Over to District
Court, Now Languishes
in County Bastile.
As a sequence of the cutting affray
which accurred at South Bend some
days since, Homer Foster was today
bound over to the district court in the
sum of $500 in default of which he wa?
remanded back to jail there to await
the convening of the next term. In
the testimony it was shown that Foster
and Smith had met at the Union sta
tion in Omaha and had gone to South
Bend, staying for a few days, when
the trouble occurred. In which Mr.
Smith says Foster tried to hold him up,
and had done so to some extent, re
ceiving something over fire dollars,
which did not seem to satisfy Foster,
and he demanded more, which Mr.
Smith allowed him to attempt to ab
stract from his pockets. While Foster
was attempting to do this. Smith
struck and slashed him with a knife,
cutting him over the face badly, the
blood blinding him so that Mr. Smith
was able to regain his money, and
leaving Foster lying on the ground, de
parted, coming to this place and per-
ferd the charge, which resulted in his
apprehension.
SPEND DELIGHT
FUL EVENING
Merry Party of Young People Gather
to Make the Hours Fly Joyfully.
Misses Nannie E. Rouse and Sophro
nia Pelton entertains in honor of Miss
Eleanor Todd, at the home of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Todd, on Sat
urday evening, December 7, 1907. A
most delightful evening was spent by
the merry party of young folks. Vari
ous games were indulged in, mingled
with songs and laughter, until a late
hour, after which a dainty lunch was
served, when the party adjourned to
their respective homes, all agreeing
that Misses Nannie and Sophronia were
royal entertainers:
Among those present to enjoy the
social event were Misses Minnie Stohl
man, Fannie Will, Pearl Barker, Blanche
Barker, Muriel Mullis, Mollie Seivers,
Sophronia Pelton, Nannie Rouse, Isabel
Todd, Miss Ward, Bernice Richards,
and Eleanor Todd. Messrs. Ray May
field, of Louisville; Ralph Mullis, Cecil,
Clare and Glenn Thomas, Ray and Wes
ley Barker, Grover Will, Sidney Miner,
Jesse Brady, George Foster, and John
Stander.
FORMERLY LIVED
IN LINCOLN
The Late John Robbins Well
Known Over the State
In speaking of the death of John
Robbins, the Lincoln Sunday Journal
says: "John Robbins, a notice of
whose death at Passaic, N. J., was
printed in yesterday's paper, was well
known in Lincoln, having worked here
for several years as a newspaper man,
and in other capacities. His acquaint
anceship throughout the state was an
extended one, having been acquired
chiefly because of his enthusiasm over
bicycling, which took him over Ne
braska several times. The funeral of
Mr. Robbins will probably be held in
Plattsmouth.
GOOD FOR SEN
ATOR BURICETT
An Appropriation for $75,000 for
Postoffice Building.
A special from Washington says:
"Bill to appropriate $75,000 for the
purchase of a site and the erection of a
public building at Plattsmouth." This
appears among several bills introduced
by Senator Burkett yesterday. Mr.
Burkett is right on the dot in this mat
ter and does not propose to wait until
the last moment to take up such im
portant matters in the interest of his
constituents. Everything will be in
readiness by the dawn of the early
spring to begin work on Plattsmouth's
government building. Burkett will not
stand for any hanging up in this
matter.
Goods Missing.
Wm. Hendricksen, the man who runs
the saloon, formerly operated by A.
Gueise, complains that in the receiving
of goods, consigned from Council
Bluffs to this place, on numerous oc
cassion they are short, in a case of
liquor from two to four bottles are
missing.
Had His Eye Operated Upon.
J. B. Seabolt was in Omaha yester
day afternoon and had an operation
performed upon his eye, which has
been giving him somewhat of trouble
for some time, and which he is desirous
of having cured.
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Tho Kind Yon I Live Always
in uso for over SO years,
ami
J sonal supervision sinee its infancy
f'&CU'M Allfiw n innto(lH'iivi; voil ill tills.
All Counterfeits, Imitations mul Just-as-ood " arc but
Ixperiments that trillo with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTORIA
Castoria, is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind.
Colic. It relieves Teething- Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
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Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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WHEN THE KETTLE SINGS
it's a. sicn nf r.nal sa t isfnrr.inn Want.
to hear the music in your kitchen?
Easy order coal -from this ottice and
yard. The output of the Trenton
mine the fuel we handle has no su
perior anywhere, its equal in few
places
J. V. EGENBERGER,
'PHflHF Plattsmouth No. 22.
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEBRASKA
Not Feeling So Well.
Wm. Wynn, who has sick for some
time, at his home in this city, with
heart trouble and who has been pro
gressing nicely for some time, is re
ported as not feeling quite so well dur
ing the past few days. Drandpa Wynn
has had a hard struggle with this
trouble and we would be pleased to see
him regain his health.
How Diphtheria is Contracted.
One often hears the exgression, -'My
child caught a severe cold which davel
oped into diphtheria," when) the truth
was that the cold had simply left the
little one particularly susceptible to the
wandering diphtheria germ. When
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given
it quickly cures toe cold and lessens the
danger of diphtheria or any other germ
disease being contracted. For sale by
F. G. Fricke & Co.
Class "A"
$200 Pianos or
44 li"
300 Pianos or
Under
Class " C "
$325 Pianos or
Blacd Cub.
II IS,llr Dilano Cih
Every Plant S3ld by us Is fully guuanf9ei by th facftry, baoktd by our own 33 ytars'
axparience. Every piano include fine stool and scarf; if sold out of town, boxing
and delivery at depot free. Bring this advertisement with you; if out of town, mail
it with your order to get the 100 per cent premium. We are factory distributers for
Kranlch Sc. Batch. Pianos. $375 and up
Kimball Pianos. JJHO and up.
Hallet t Davis Pianos. tx and up
Melville Clark Pianos $t00 and up
Cable Nlsen Piano. $275 and up
Player Pianos, with player Inside; only
the best makes. $450 and up
DO HOT DEL IT THIS. Select yonr Piano
3HTQS3PIE: ICO., Omaha, Hob.
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Bought, aiul which has been
has borno tho nignaturo of
has been nuulo under Ins pcr-
Signature of
Do You Want to Buy a Farm?
Here a few bargains: 100 acres, 4
miles south of Glenwood; 75 acres fine
winter wheat; 35 acres blue stem hay,
balance pasture. A snap at $00 per
acre. 27J acres next to city limits of
Glenwood; the best dairy layout in wes
tern Iowa. Price $3,000; one-half down
and the balance to suit purchaser. I
have many other bargains; write me
for information.
K. K. I'AItNKTT,
Glenwood, Iowa.
Danger in Asking Advioe.
When you have a cough or cold do
not ask someone what is good for it, as
there is danger in taking some un
knownpreparation. Foley's Aoney and
Tar cures coughs, colds, and prevents
pneumonia. The genuine is in a yel
low package. Refuse substitutes. V.
G. Fricke & Co.
If You Haven't Already Ordered
That PHONOGRAPH
now is the time to come in and make
the selection before the holiday rush be
gins. We are showing all the popular
sizes and styles of these instruments
the best home entertainment that any
family could possess. We have a com
plete stock of the latest records. Let
us play your favorite for you when you
call, which we hope will be soon.
Nebraska Phonograph Company
JESSE PERRY, Proprietor.
Big Cash Saving Holiday Piano Offer
From now until ' VearN n maV- tin following
offer. Our loss I y nr srin. V iu.it h ir the monpy,
and quickly. Our K I'KICK ami i CO t H ISMON
rdan enabl us to iii;ik- t'n'x ff.-r V.w'n first payment
acoeptPd by u for TW U K TIIK A.tlUl'.N V. The ftf
ins: N q :al whether yon pay the balance either in cah
or eu!y p.iym -nt:
i If f n f'.iymnt U fin 0.1, we receipt you for fft
1 If l w i 1'iyin-Mit Is IIVOO, we receipt you for ' tin
) If Ho i P.ym-iit is 10 M, we receipt you for... 4'l
' If D in Paym'nt Is i".0, we receipt you for . .V)
2ft OOt
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or Zaj Payment! $9.00 Monthly or Kor
If Town Payment Is .,5 01. we receipt you for. . LV 0M
If linwn Payment Is :n (m, we receipt you for l(0 1.
ii iiiiwii rayuieni is .uu. we receipt you for. ... 170.00
Baliace Cash or Eatj Payments. S7.00 Monthly or More (
( If Town I'iyroent Is I'M. 00, we receipt you for -v on
J If l)wn Payment Is I tS.OO. we receipt you for 170 00 I
) If Ion Payment Is 140.00. we receipt you for ' 0 00
' If Down p iymeot Is 430.00, we receipt you for. . ioo 00 I
or Ety P7meoti, $8 00 Monthly or Mora
Kensington Pianos. 1225 m.nA tin
Kraltauer Pianos, tV0 and up.
Huh & I-ane Pianos, TT5 and up. -II.
P- Nelson Pianos, .Ti5 and up.
Decker Bros. Pianos, 375 and up.
Weser Bros. Pianos. 2S0 and up.
Cramer Piano, f 160 and up.
at onct and have it pat away for Chrlitmaa