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DAILY PERSONAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest, From Fri
day Evening's Daily Journal
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T. P. Ieonard was a passenger to
Omaha this afternoon on business.
T. M. Patterson and son. Jack, were
passengers to Omaha this afternoon.
John Albert of Cedar Creek was a
visitor with friends at the county seat
today.
Mrs. Robert Windham, jr., and Ben
nie Windham were visitors in Omaha
this afternoon.
James Speck, of Mynard, was a visi
. tor in the city this morning, looking af
ter some business matters.
Perry Utterback was a visitor in
Omaha this afternoon, going to trans
act some business in the metropolis.
Our old friend J. H. Snell of Ashland
' was here today in the interest of the
mill and its output at Ashland, and re
newing acquaintances.
W. H. Haywood of the firm of Hay
wood & Pitzer, was in the city this
morning, looking after some legal mat
ters in the county seat.
T. J. Fleming of Huron, South Da
kota, was visiting friends here today.
Dan Shaw of Beloit, Kansas, was in
the city on business today.
L. A. Newcower, of the Burlington
shops, was a passenger to Silver City,
la., this morning, where he is looking
after some business for the day.
Frank E. White, and wife of Omaha,
visitor in the city this morning, coming
down to attend the funeral of Joseph
Worel, which occured thi3 afternoon.
A. P. Wain of Omaha was looking
after some business matters in the city
today and employment in the Burling
ton shops at this place, as a machinest.
Mrs. Harry Reese and daughter, Mrs.
C. W. Baylor, were visitors in Omaha
this morning.
Mrs. J. H. Johnson and little daugh
ter, from Glenwood, were visitors in
the city today.
Mrs. Carl Fricke was a visitor in
Omaha this morning, looking after some
business matters.
F. E. Leffler, of Lincoln, was a busi
ness visitor in the city today, looking
after some matters for the Burlington.
Mrs. John Polecek ar.d daughter,
Anna, were passengers to Omaha this
morning visiting with friends in that
city today.
Mrs. Henry Steinhauer and little
lanhter were passengers to Omaha
this morning, wheue they will visit for
the day with friends.
Mrs. Nels Hawkinson departed for
her home at Havelock today. . after
having visited with her daughter in the
city for a few days.
A. V. Chriswisiser and 'Mrs. Ray
Chriswisser returned last evening from
Omaha and report the condition of Ray
as being slightly improved.
JMrs. James Hutchinson departed this
morning for her home in the western
lortion of the state, after a visit and
looking after some business matters in
the city.
J. C Richey returned last evening
from Grand Island, where he has been
for the past few days, looking after
some business connected with the trans
fer of lands.
L. II. Brown departed this morning
for Omaha, where he has some business
to look after, and from there he will go
to Wahoo where he is training some
horses.
Martin Anderson and wife departed
this morning fr their home at Parnell,
Missouri, "after a two weeks visit at the
home of Mrs. Anderson's brother, Mr.
John Anderson.
C. J. Thygusen and wife of Nebraska
City arrived this afternoon, and are
the guests at the home of Mrs. Thygu
son's parents, A. W. White and wife.
Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Burgess of Cedar
Rapid, Neb., came in last evening and
are visiting with the parents of both,
A. W. White and wife and Canon H.
B. Burges and wife.
J. C. York departed on a late train
today for Watson. Mo., where he is
attending the funeral of his aunt, Mrs.
Elizabeth York. John Ewing, the
barber, has charge of his place of busi
ness, while he is away.
B. O. Redman, wife and little child,
departed for their home in Omaha to
day, after having visited in the city for
the past few days, the guests of Mrs.
Redman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
II. Griffin, superintendent and matron
of the Masonic home.
John II. Quellhorst and wife, Mrs.
Delila Quellhorst of Alvo were visitors
in the city this morning on legal busi
Tiess, the latter being appointed ad'
ministratrix, for her four children by a
former marriage, Clinton, Westly, Zena
and Paul Maxie, miners, who have
some 80 acres of land and other prop-
rter in Nemaha county.
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J. L. Smith of Rock Bluffs was a
visitor in the city today.
G. P. Meisinger of Cedar Creek was
a visitor in the city this morning.
A. J. Maitland was down town today
after a month's tussel with the grippe.
J. W. Lowthers, of near Mynard, was
transacting business in the city this af
ternoon. Chas. C. Parmele and wife were visit
ing in Omaha this afternoon with
friends.
Henry Sanders from near Cedar Creek
is looking after business in the city this
morning.
Mrs. Joseph II alias and son, Adolph,
were visiting with friends in Omaha
this afternoon.
Peter Meisinger and wife, from west
of Mynard, were visitors in the city
this afternoon, transacting business
with our merchants.
Allen Land of Mynard was looking
after some business in the county seat
today.
Highest cash paid for poultry, deliver
ed at Mynard any day in the week.
. Tel. 3 O. W. F. Richardson.
Mile Lutz departed this afternoon for
Blair, where he will visit and look
after some business for a few days.
A. L. Anderson was looking after
some buisness matters in Omaha and
visiting with relatives this afternoon.
License was granted this afternoon
to William Heinemann aged 28 to wed
Miss Caroline Wilkens aged 18 both of
Murdock.
Glen Brown was out and down town
today for the first time in a number of
weeks, having been confined to his home
with the grippe.
Will S. Crisman, of Omaha, of the
Burlington surveying gang, was look
ing after business in the city this morn
ing, returning home this afternoon.
John Group, of Louisville, was a visi
tor in the city this morning and made
this office a very pleasant call while in
the city. John is the kind of a man we
like to meet.
Chas. Bell sold his property yester
day to Ed. Polin, formerly of Lincoln,
who will occupy the place for a resi
dence as soon as Mr. Bell can find an
other place to move.
Mrs. F. E. Denson and children de
parted this morning for Council Bluffs,
where they will visit friends and rela
tives for a short time, guests of Mrs.
Denson's mother and sister.
Mrs. Otto Wun returned from Lin
coln this morning, where she has been
the guest of friends for a few days, and
will visit in the city for a few days, be
fore returning to her home in Quincy,
Illinois.
Chas. L. Jean is building a handsome
new residence on his farm just east of
Mynard, which will, when finished, be
very comfortable wr.d comodious, and
will add t the appearance of his farm.
Thomas Stokes is doing the carpenter
work.
Mrs. Joseph Karnes departed this af
ternoon for her home at Filger, this
state, after a visit in the city of some
two weeks at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Miller, south of the
city. Miss Katie Miller accompanied
Mrs. Karnes home and will visit for
some time with her.
O. G. Hale and wife returned this
afternoon Watson, Mo., where they
have been for the past few days at
tending the funeral of Mrs. Hale's
grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth York.
Burlington Station Agent W. L.
Pickett came in this afternoon and
kindly assisted us in the rush owing to
the many happenings of the day in get
ing up the stuff for the paper. Brother
Pickett is an old time printer, and
knows hows it is done.
Miss Eva Sayles and Miss Cora
Schlegle, came in this morning from
Cedar Creek, and are visiting in the
city today. While in conversation with
a reporter, Miss Sayles said that her
father, George E. Sayles, was making
considerable improvement in his health
and condition, being so he was out a
good deal of the time at present. We
are glad to note the bettered condition
in the health of our old friend and hope
he may soon be entirely well.
Teachers Examination Today
The following teachers were taking
the examination at the county superin
tendent's office; Miss Eva Sayles Cedar
Creek, Miss Pearl Barker, Plattsmouth,
Misses Mary Fisher, Grace Country
man, of Weeping Water, Grace Wool
brandt. Cedar Creek, Mns. L. F. Queen,
and Miss Agnes Cennedy, Murray,
Misses Edith Anderson and Mary Arvis
son of Louisville, Miss Sadie Lippen
cott, Greenwood, Miss Bessie Denier,
Elm wood, and Max Adams, Plattsmouth.
Hie Plattsmouth Journal
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
K. A. BATES. PintLisjiKK.
Entered at the posloftire at IMattsmoutb, Ne
braska, as sccondclass matter.
Fkom reports from Washington it
would seem that the nomination of B. F.
Thomas for postmaster at Omaha, has
been hung up to dry in the senate.
"Frank Harrison is a petty slick,"
says the Plattsmouth Journal. A pretty
slick what? Lincoln Star. You fellows
around Lincoln ought to know politcian,
of course.
The Cannon and Aldrich branches of
congress are now working together in
perfect harmony on the theory that the
way to proceed cautiously is to keep on
doing nothing Until there is nothing left
to do.
That was indeed a most enthusiastic
gathering of loyal democrats in the state
capital last night. The true principles
of Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan, pervad
ed the very atmosphere in and around
Lincoln the hot bed of Nebraska re
publicanism. A special from Havelock to the Lin
coln Star says: "The men who were
'laid off' last Thursday from the supply
department until Monday were 'laid off'
permanently yesterday. Thh ty-two men
were thrown out of employment by the
order." Will the Lincoln News please
take notice? .
As . the president is suffering from
nothing more serious than his usual ro
bust condition, the fact that no addition
has been made to the undesirable list
for more than five days must be the fault
of the undesirable. He may suspect
them of degenerating into milksops or
mollycoddles if they do not start some
thing soon.
The split which is liable to occur in
in the republican party of Nebraska over
the primary question, may prove a se
rious matter to the party before they
get the matter settled. The Lincoln re
publican ring, engineered by the State
Journal clique, will find out one of these
fine mornings that the republican masses
of the state refuse longer to submit to
its dictation.
The democratic state convention for
the purpose of selecting delegates to the
national convention at Denver, will be
held in Omaha on Thursday, March 5.
The numerical strength of the conven
tion is fixed approximately at 1000, the
representation to be based upon the vote
for Parker in 1904. Congressional dis
trict conventions are to be held at the
same time and place.
The indignation Congressman Sabath,
of Illinois, feels because American mil
lions go to buy Counts, Dukes and
Princes for American heiresses shows
itself at the wrong end of the system a
republican congress is supporting. It is
merely a bad joke to propose to tax
such marriage settlements made by mul
timillionaires who can afford to buy for
eign" Princes when the republican sys
tem taxes every American family to
make more multimillionaires and a bet
ter market for foreign Princes.
The Weeping Water Republican and
the Plattsmouth Evening News each
publish a communication from Congress
man Pollard on the ship subsidy propos
ition. The matter contained in these
communications is identically the same,
and winds up as follows: "I should be
glad to hear from you on this question
and to know whether I cannot depend
on you to help mold the republican seti
ment in your community along the lines
that are in harmony with the Roosevelt
administration in its entirety." While
the Republican and News (the former
because of its editor being postmaster
at Weeping Water, and the latter under
obligations equally as binding) may be
depended upon to support anything that
Pollard wants them to, we seriously
question the ability of either to mold
the republican sentiment in Cass county
in favor of ship subsidy to any great ex
tent, simply because Mr. Pollard so de
sires. He is almost alone with the Ne
braska delegation in congress in his sup
port of one of the president's pet meas
ures, and it will be the hardest job he
has ever undertaken to convince his re
publican constituency that ship subsidy
will result in any good to the people he
represents in congress.
Governor Sheldon refuses to call
an extra session of the legislature, and
gives several good reasons for not doing
so, the principal one being that it will
cost the state $50,000.
Frank Barker, who was tried and
convicted of the murder of his own
brother and sister-in-law, paid the pen
alty Friday afternoon, at the peniten
tiary. His body shot through the trap
at 2:27, and he was pronounced dead in
eleven and one-half minutes later.
Lincoln is arranging to send a big del
egation to the Sioux City river conven
tion next Wednes and Thursday. What
has Plattsmouth done in this matter?
Certainly this city should be as much in
terested in river navigation as Lincoln,
a city fifty-five miles west of the Mis
souri. Nebraska's two graft-distributing
senators have fallen out over the collec
torship, one desiring Rose for the posi
tion, and the other wants Ross Ham
mond, of the Fremont Tribune. It is
perhaps hard to tell which has done, the
most dirty work for the republicans of
the state, and Roosevelt has been called
to consult with Burkett and Brown in
regard to a settlement of the matter.
The republican congressional conven
tion for the First district is called to
meet in Lincoln on Friday, March 4. It
is said that Congressman Pollard fears
Becky Sharp influences and will not have
the convention held in Omaha when oth
er congressional conventions are held
there. Cass county is entitled to 18
delegate.
At the great democratic love-feast in
Lincoln on the 15th, a magnificent move
ment was inaugurated which crystalized
itself into an organization to be known
as the Bryan Volunteers. In more ways
than one is it particularly laudable in its
inception. It has, in the first place,
three of the most capable young men in
the state at its head Arthnr F. Mullen,
of O'Neill, president; Chris. H. Gruen
ther, of Columbus, secretary, and E. A.
Gilbert, of York, treasurer. The Bryan
Volunteers should spread to not only ev
every county in the United States, but
every school district, as well.
The Journal has received a statement
from the Lincoln News to the effect that
this paper had accused the News wrong
fully regarding the number of men laid
off in the Burlington shops here, and
claim that no such item appeared in that
paper. Our informant is one of our
most prominent citizens, and unless he
is prepared to produce the item, we will
be necessary compelled to divulge his
name. We have always considered the
News one of the reliable dailies of the
state, and hesitated before saying any
thing about the report.knowing well that
paper's established repubtation for ac
curacy upon such matters.
The horrors of fire and panic in the
opera house at Boyertown, Pa., serve
as an advance notice of like dangers to
which the public is exposed in scores of
towns in the west. The same horrors
in Chicago warned the great cities,
which are greatly criminal if the warn
ing has been in any respect neglected.
Now there is hardly a town of a thous
and inhabitants whose public hall or
opera house may not need immediate
inspection in the light of what this ter
rible Pennsylvania calamity shows to be
possible wherever public halls must be
reached by stairways that are not fire
proof. Many people think that the country
press is favored by the the government
in the recent postal ruling, but they are
greatly mistaken. The country press is
forced to a cash basis on subscriptions,
and this feature is not altogether dis
tasteful to us fellows but there are oth
er things in the rulings which are dis
tasteful to the press, and which are not
brought into prominence so much as the
subscription matter because they do not
concern nor interest the readers. v We
refer to the part of the ruling that com
pels the papers to account for copies
sold on the streets and which are not
circulated through the mails, to the proof
of publication of the foreign ads, and to
the quarterly reports and to other fea
tures of the ruling. The government is
not friendly to the country press nor to
the press at large, and that is a good
and sufficient reason for the existence
of the paper trust which is annually rob
bing the press of the country of millions
of dollars.
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Newspapers Printed Especially for Advertising
Purposes are Considered Advertising
Sheets and Don't Go.
The amendement of section 437 of
the new postal laws and regulation, are
so amended as to read as follows:
Sec. 437 The question of whether a
publication is designed primarily for
advertising purposes or for free circu
lation at nominal rates is one of fact
and will be determined in each case
from the evidence.
2. The word "primarily" is intended
to indicate the chief or principal object
of a publication.
3. Among regular publication de
signed primarily for advertisment pur
poses within the meaning of the stat
ute (section 428) will be included:
(a) Those owned and controlled by
one or several individuals or business
concerns and conducted as an auxil
iary to and essentially for the advance
ment of the main business or calling of
those who own or control them.
(b) Those which, having a few or no
genuine or paid up subscriptions, insert
advertisement free, on the condition
that the advertiser will pay for a num
ber of papers which are sent to persons
whose names are given to the pub
lisher, DIED AT BURL
INGTON, IOWA
A Former Plattsmouth Lady
Died Yesterday in an
Iowa City
Joseph I). Wampler received a mes
sage last evening, bearing the sad in
telligence of the death of his daughter,
Mrs. Edward Klaus, who died at Bur
lington, Iowa, yesterday. The remains
will arrive this eveniug and the funeral
will be held tomorrow. The interment
will occur tomorrow afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs.
Klaus was the daughter of Joseph
Wampler and wife and has been mar
ried and living at Burlington for about
six years, and will be remembered as
Miss Viola Wampler. Her huaband was
a former resident of Plattsmouth, hav
ing resided in the city for a number of
years, working in the Burlington shops.
He is a nephew of Mrs. F. II. Stempker.
The death of this lady leaves of her
immediate family, her husband and two
sons, one three yeaxs- old and one only
about four months old, besides the f am
ly of her parents, to mourn the un
timely loss. An account of the funeral
will be given in these columns Monday.
Dies At Los Angeles.
John Brady received a message from
his son, R. W. Brady, of Los Angeles,
California, telling of the death of his
wife's mother, formerly living at Leon,
la., but was at the time of her death
making her home with her daughter
and husband. It will be rembered that
Mr. and Mrs. Brady visited in the city
last autumn, and while Mr. Brady was
in the east on- business, Mrs. Brady,
daughter of the deceased lady, remained
here during his stay in the east, stopping
for her on his return
Pad Seeley Married.
An item of news of especial interest
to the Chronicle family is the marriage
of Mr. Paul T. Seeley and Miss Julia
Capex, which occurred in Ord, Neb., on
Tuesday of last week. Mr. Seeley is a
brother of Mrs. W. E. Wells, and visit
ed in Emerson a few days last summer.
He is foreman in the office of the Ord
Journal, a fine printer and an estimable
young man, if we do say it ourselves.
We have never had the pleasure of meet
ing his bride, but she is said to be a
very popular and handsome young lady
of a prominent family, and knowing
Paul are prepared for the best in his
choice of a wife.
"We hope they may not be long in
coming to Emerson and making us a
visit. Meanwhile we extend to them
the best of good wishes and congratula
tions." The above is taken from the Emerson
(Iowa) Chronicle, of which Ernest
Wells, a brother-in-law, is publisher.
Mr. Seeley has visited in this city many
times, and was employed here a short
time. The printers all know Paul as a
sober, industrious young man, as well
as a good workman. The Journal ex
tends its heartiest congratulations, at
tended by the wishes of all hands that
he and his bride may find smooth sail
ing down the river of Time.
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(c) Those which do advertise prin
cipally and whose colums are filled
with editorial puffs of firms or individ
uals who buy a certain number of copies
for distribution.
(d) Publications devoted largely to
advertising and having a nominal list
of bona fide subscribers, but whose cir
culation is mainly gratuitous.
(e) Publications which restrict ad
vertisements to a single one in a given
line of business to the exclusion of all
competitors or which contain the price
lists or advertisments of certain busi
ness houses while refusing similar ad
vertisments of competing houses.
4. Similarly a publication the sub
scription price of which is low and
from the subscription list of which the
publisher does not regularly exclude
expired subscriptions (see section 430,
paragraph 3) with the same care and
accuracy as are exercised by a publish
er whose rate is evidently more than
normal or where the subscription price
does not appear to be a material con
sideration in the business of the pub
lisher will be considered as circulated
at a nominal rate within the meaning
of the law.
LOSES hand in
conn SMELLER
II. Tigner Gets Hand Caught
With Mitten and Drawn
Into Sheller.
Late Saturday Harry Tigner was as
sisting with shelling corn at his father's,
when trying to clear the elevator of
some trash which was being drawn into
the sheller proper, before he could
withdraw it. The mitten which held
his hand like a vice was soon riddled,
when the sheller spikes got well hold
of it; also lascerating the flesh, and
breaking the bones in such a way that
the hand was mangled in an instant,
the two front fingers on the right hand,
being entirely ground to pulp, while
the thumb fared but a little better,
and the third finger had about a half
inch of a stub left.
Dr. J. S. Livingston was immediately
summoned, and arrived in a short time,
amputating the fragements of the two
front fingers at the knuckle joints, and
leaving a portion of the thumb and the
entire little finger with a portion of the
third finger. The hand is giving much
pain as would be expected today. Mr.
Tigner lives about three miles south
east of Murray, and is a farmer, having
but recently married and on a farm
which he expects to farm the coming
year.
Which Should Be Eliminated?
The following appeared among the
Wabash items in the Elmwood Leader
Echo: "An automobile occupied by three
men shot through our town Tuesday,
causing a horse driven by our rural
carrier to scare and run away, throwing
the carrier, John Wood, to the ground.
The horse ran some distance until he
came to the stable. No particular dam
age was done, but the occupants of the
automobile did not stop to see what was
the result of their fast driving, and it
was no fault of theirs that Mr. Wood
was not injured. It is our opinion that
either the automobile or the horse
should be eliminited from the country
roads."
We do not think there should be any
eliminationHn either case, but we do
knew that there are some damphools,
who should never be trusted with an
automobile.
Drunk and Disorderly
Last Friday evening two young men
from Union visited at the county seat.
I saw the city by moonlight, and when
they attempted to go home on the mid
j night train, became boisterous, disord
erly and insulting to the people in the
waiting room, as well as the night
operator, R. Hale. Complaint was
made and the young men were brought
before Judge Archer Saturday evening.
f After the evidence was all in, the judge
assessed a fine of $5.00 and costs
against one by the name of Davis,
and the other, Chas. Carrier, was dis
charged Public Sale.
The undersigned will sell on his farm
1 mile north and h west of Murray on
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1908. commenc
ing at 10 o'clock, the following prop
erty consisting of horses, mules, cattle,
hogs and farm implements.
F. W. Kloepping.