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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1908)
r .-. i . ... ?.... fiu-7. -.. T,., ou. 7,, r T7-, r : ' jr. ?:-... jT '-. ft DAILY PERSONAL NEWS Short Items of Interest, From Fri day Evening's Daily Journal Alfred Nickels and family were vis itors in the city. James Speck of Mynard was a busi ness visitor here today. Peter Keil of Cedar Creek, was a visitor in the city this morning. Mrs. Emily Morrison was a visitor with friends in Omaha this mornigg. Miss Eva Sayles departed this morn ing for Peru where she will attend the Normal at that place. Dr. Brendel and Lloyd Gapin of Mur ray were transacting business at the court hourt house today. Rev. F. W. Brink of the United Krethern church, south of the city, was a visitor in the county seat today. Ed. Fitzgerald was a passenger to Fremont this morning where he has Borne business matters to look after. T. E. Parmele and wife returned this morning from a few days visit at Louis ville, where they were guests of friends. George M. Porter departed this morn ing for Red Oak and Shenandoah, Iowa, where he will work the remainder of the week. Miss. Ruth Sayles who has been visit ing in the city for the past few days, returned to her home at Cedar Creek this afternoon. Joseph Lloyd was a visitor In Lincoln ty,is afternoon. A. W. White was a business visitor in Omaha this afternoon. John Hatt was a brief business visi tor in Omaha this afternoon. John Harris, of Hinton Station, la., was a visitor in Plattsmouth this after noon. Mr. and Mrs. V. Josslyn were brief visitors with friends in Omaha this morning. G. W. McClannahan was a visitor in the city this afternoon from north of Pacific Junction, la. James Brown departed today for his home at Griswold, Iowa, after visiting in the city a guest at the home of Mrs. S. E. Hall. W. II. Hyde, of Pacific Junction, was a visitor in the city this afternoon, a guest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bobert Brissey. W H. Hyde, of Pacific Junction, v. s1 a visitor in the city this afternoon, a guest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Brissey. rr. V. P. Bradshaw, a specialist was -a visitor in the city this morning from Omaha and was looking after some busi tuis in the county seat. Harry E. Chapman was a visitor in ;the city this morning looking after some business matters for the firm of Otto Young & Co. of Chicago. E. A. Hunt, E. C. Morton and A. L. Howard, of Union, were visitors in the city this morning, having business at .the court house to look after. E. A. Hunt, E. C. Morcon and A. L. Howard, from near Union, were visitors in the city this morning, having some business at the court house to look af ter. E. P. Briggs, of Philadelhia, Pa. was a business visitor in the city last evening, looking after some business affairs, departing for Omaha this morn ing. Henry Kemp and his friend, John Fbert, of Pacific Junction, were pas sengers to Omaha this afternoon, where they will visit friends for a few days. Lincoln Creamer was a visitor in the city this morning looking after some business matters in the city, and return ing to his home at South Bend this afternoon. Miss Dora Anderson, after visiting in the city for a few days the guest of her father, departed for Glenwood, Iowa, this morning to resume work at the institute. Mrs. C. D. Clotfelter will depart in tlio morning for St. Joseph and Fairfax, Missouri, where she will visit with rel atives and friends, and will also visit at Hamburg, Iowa, while away. A letter from Clayton, New Mexico, relieved today, says that little Leland "Zink. who has been so sick for some time past is making very satisfactory improvement at the present time, with a promise of his ultimate and complete recovery in the near future. C. E. Messert of Council Bluffs repre senting the Glenwood Granite company, and W. R. Bruce, the vice-president of the company, were visitors in the city this morning looking after some busi ness matters in the city. Frank Goodman is moving his house hold goods into the place which he Tented from W. T. Cole, and where he -will farm the coming summer. Frank jrot in with his car last evening and cema glad to be numbered with the citizens of this bailiwick again. W .?-,. v.,- Tv '.e'Jv r w7-,?., -5W y. v . '"-? ?f, - -y. "-3. fr John Shiappacasse was a business visitor in Omaha today. Mrs. W. P. Speck and Mrs. Roy Xline were passengers to Liocoln this after noon. John Lee was a passenger to Crabill, Iowa, this morning where he has a saw mill running. Fred Schiefert of Louisville camein this morning and is looking after some business matters. Mrs. J. H. Thrasher is reported as being very much "improved and hopes soon to be well again. Bert Spies, of the Journal force, has been sick at home with the grip, but is reported much better. George Sayles will give a masque bal at his hall in Cedar Creek, a week from next Saturday, February 15th. Deputy Sheriff Eli Manspeaker was a visitor in the metropolis this morning looking after some business matters. F. L. Sallee was a passenger to Om aha this morning looking after some business matters and visiting friends for the day. W. F. Ackerman, of Lincoln, assist ant superintendent of motive power for the Burlington, was a visitor in the city this morning. W. E. Palmer, of Lincoln, represent ing A. Hospe & Co., was a visitor in the city this morning, looking after some business matters. Wm. Ottens, an engineer for the Burlington, was a visitor in the city this morning for a short time returning home this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Peacock were passengers to Omaha this morning where they go to have Mrs. Peacock's eyes treated by the specialist, Dr. Gifford. Postmaster A. A. Hyers of Havelock was a visitor in the city this morning, renewing acquaintances and looking after some business matters in the county seat. Mrs. Frank LeRoy Boyd has accepted a position at Murray, with the Platts mouth Telephone company, and will work in the capacity as operator on their switch board there. Frank Soboda, who has been sick in bed for the past week, is so far im proved as to be able to sit up for a sl.ort interval this morning. Mrs. C. L. Martin and daughter Miss Lucele were visitors in Omaha with friends today and were looking after some business matters as well. J. li. Rummerfield departed this morning for Watson, Missouri, where he was called by the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. W. L. Hunter, he hav ing received a message to that effect last evening. Mrs. Thomas South departed today for a two weeks trip to Ponca, Okla homa, for a visit with her father, F. M. Ward. Mr. and Mrs. South formerly lived in Oklahoma, she will meet many old acquaintances. E. E. Hilton, wife and son Gwenneth departed this afternoon on the Schuyler train for Blue Springs where they will visit for some time. Mr. Hilton will ex pect to return on the first of the week while the remainder of the family will stay for a longer visit. Had Two Fingers Mashed. Henry Theirolf while working with his corn sheller about a week since, near Cedar Creek, in some way got his fingers in the working parts while try ing to clear the elevater of some trash, and mashed two of them quite badly. They are gettling along in nice shape, are healing rapidly, though quite sore yet. Henry was a visitor in the city today, and it will be some time before he is able to work with them again as before. Death of Little Babe Edward Pittman and wife, who reside in Omaha, were called upon to mourn the loss of their little girl baby six days old, its death having occurred last Saturday night. The remains were broueht here Monday for inter ment in the Buck cemetery northwest of thisvillage, being accompanied from Omaha by the father, Edward Pittman of Omaha, also by Mrs. James Pittman, Miss Josie Pittman and J. D. Bramblet, of this village, who had gone to Omaha Sunday evening. The child's mother is seriously ill at their home in Omaha, and it is said that her recovery is regarded as very doubtful, and a message from there yesterday stated that her condition was not improved and that she would be re moved to one of the hospitals for the purpose of having an operation per formed. Many friends here are hoping for a favorable report of her case. Union Ledger. rtie Plattsmouth Journal PUULI.SH KL M'KKHLY A l PLArTSMOUTIl, NEBRASKA K. A. BATES. I'UliLlSHfcK. Eitred at the postotflce at l'luttsmoutli. N'e- ! hraska. as scconUclass matter. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION To Select Delegates to the State and Congressional Conventions. The democratic county convention is hereby called to meet at the court house in Plattsmouth, On Saturday, February 22, 1908, at 1 o'clock p. m., sharp, for the purpose of electing delegates to the state con vention to meet at Omaha, on March 5, and also to elect delegates to the con gressional convention. Delegates from the various precincts and wards to the county convention shall be selected by primaries, duly called by the committeeman of each precinct and ward, the same to be held at the regu lar voting places in the various precincts and wards on Thursday, February 20th, The basis of representation shall be one vote for every ten votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for Hon. George L. Loomis for supreme judge in 1907. The various precints and wards shall be entitled to representation as follows : Avoca 5 Salt Creek 8 Center it South Bend 5 KltrlitMile Grove. .11 Stove Creek 9 Elmwood 7 Ttpton 9 Greenwood 7 Weepinir Water Pr'ct, 5 Libert y eeptn Vt ater City, 4 Louisville 7 riattsmouth City Mt. Pleasant 7 First ward 7 Nehawka 6 Second ward 12 riattsmouth IVct..l3 Third ward IS Bock Bluffs (Hrst )..!( Fourth ward 7 Bock BluffsCseeond) 4 Fifth ward 6 Henry R. Gering, Chairman. W. C. Ramsey, Secretary. According to the census just taken tor the Omaha Directory company, the metropolis of Nebraska contains a pop ulation of 157,500. "Another bank closed, "is the famil iar headline in the daily papers nowa days. And it is not Grover Cleveland doing business at the old stand, either. Trust busting and bank busting seems to be the order of the day. The former is all sham, but the latter is the real thing, and given in double doses some days. One of the most remarkable things in Roosevelt's remarkable message is the admission that there are some functions which it is permissible the states to per- perform. This much he must have learned from a recent supreme court decision. It is an ironical coincidence that the dilemma of finding a place for the statue of the late Senator Quay should confront Pennsylvania at the same time the state j is facing the humiliating capital scan dals at Harrisburg. At least one of these developments is "importune." The tariff agitation will no more go down than Banquo's ghost. It is cer tainly a living issue and must be met by some party. The people have . about concluded that the tariff robbery has gone long enough. That system has al ready made too many millionaires to the detriment of the toiling millions. There is no compromise to Ross Ham mond on the collectorship either that or nothing, he says. The two senators Burkett and Brown have been trying for several days to concoct some scheme by which they could shift Ross to some other graft, but he won't have it that way. No one can blame him. He is more entitled to the position than Sen ator Brown's pet. Rose, who engineered Brown's campaign so successfully. It seems to be a case of "you'll be damned if you do, and you'll be damned if you don't" with the two senators. In 1896 republicn spllbinders and papers inveighed with might and main against the '50 cent dollar. " In 1907 they com mended "wild cat" money and "rag paper" money, "certificates of indebt edness," "fiat" money and every other kind of old money that would patch up and tide over the panic. No green backer, no populist ever advocated the kind of money the present administra tion endeavored to help out on the panic. What Bryan taught in 1896 came to pass in 1907. The Chicago Journal (rep.) says: "One reason why people are demanding revision of the tariff so insistently may be found in the following figures that have just come to light in Chicago re- i? .T!" T uiuicu oiuics oicei pui uuum. a lie Steel trust sold some sheet steel bars to manufacturers in Wales at $21. 90 a ton. j Freight from the United was $1.10 a i ton, which was paid by the trust, leav- ing it only $17.80 a3 the price of the bars. ' Identical sheet bars cannot be bought by American manufacturers here at home, with no freight to be paid, for IaQQ than SJ9 a fnn T'hllu A rvt.iro have to pay $7.10 a ton more for Amer-can-made sheet steel bars than their foreign competitors." The man in town thinks some day of moving to a farm and the farmer thinks of some day moving to town. The farmer at the present time is the one of the two who i3 rich enough to do what he thinks of doing. When Lincoln's messages are quoted now as White House precedents it must be remembered that, though Lincoln told many nature-stories, his motto of "malice toward none and chaity for all" prevented him from writing magazine articles to expose the authors of con flicting stories as Ananiases. The president's demand for the re peal of the part of the antitrust law which hurts good Dingley trusts will have the necessary guarantee of its good faith for further publication when he signs his name to a special message reporting the first bad Dingley trust he has broken up since he began trust busting. Thus far Governor Hughes is handi capping himself somewhat by omitting too much of the strikingly picturesque element from his variety of republican ism. He may not be able to afford a bear hunt, but a Japanese wrestling match pulled off on the floor of his re ception room in the capitol at Albany might be accepted as evidence that he has red blood. Establishing its own working method of government of, by, and for oligarchy, the republican party inevitably forces the country toward autocracy. The only effective means of checking this revo lutionary movement is the assertion of the principles of American democracy, compromising with neither autocracy nor oligarchy, but resisting both more emphatically when their radicalism ap pears in division between them. Bourke Cockran paid a most glowing tribute to William Jennings Bryan in a a speech before congress last Monday. He said he expected to give the great commoner a most loyal support, and that it was the duty of every other democrat to do the same, and that he should receive the support of everyone who opposed the corrupt methods of the republican party. There seems to be a movement on foot among the democratic leaders to lo cate headquarters this year in some point in the west as well as in Washington. This is a spendid idea, and believe Oma ha would be the proper location. Much can be done in the way of carrying sev eral of the western and northwestern states for Bryan, with headquarters at Omaha. And then, also, you might look out for Nebraska to wheel into the dem ocratic column. Startling disclosures have again been made in the running of the republican administration at Lincoln. This time it comes from the penitentiary. A sepe cial from the capital says: "While hundreds of workingmen in Lincoln and other cities of the state are out of work, and not knowing where tomorrow's meals are coming from, the state of Ne braska is renting out to private com petitive contractors bunches of convicts from the state penitentiary here, often permitting them to go miles away from ine institution. And the way that some of these strange and unprecedented uses of convicts have come about is an interesting story in itself." That battle-scarred veveran of the civil war, Captain Palmer, has been re moved by the "graft power" of Sena tors Burkett and Brown as postmaster at Omaha. Captain Palmer has only served one term, and it is an outrage on the old veterans of Nebraska, to have one of their comrades thus treated, es pecially when there was no just cause for his removal, only to make room for one of their henchmen. Every old sol diers of this section will remember the two senators when they come up again for re-election. It is, however, ex tremely doubtful if either Burkett or Brown succeed themselves. ! liu ram? my. j ! j Railroad f.leii Say Few i Placed, Bui Herchanls Are Replacing Diminished Slocks. The Lincoln Journal says that the merchants are placing orders for goods more freely now than a few weeks ago, according to freight traffic officials and the amount of merchandise in sight to move has grown considerably. It is claimed by railroad men that the size of orders placed is not great and that were it not for the fact that stocks have been meterially reduced the orders might not be placed now. One railroad j man says: "The merchants are not of a mind j now to buy on a market that is show- i ing a downward trend. Dealers pre fer to buy on a rising market. The situation now promises a relief from thi3 danger. The closing of many manufacturing plants in the east is bound to make a short supply when the merchants' orders begin to pour into manufacturing centers and that will stiffen the market. "Take lumber, for instance. The; trend has been downward for some time and the result is . that but little lumber is moved. Were a merchant to stock up on lumber at present prices By Trust We Bust. Pierced by the Pin trust. Chilled by the Ice trust. Roasted by the Coal trust. Soaked by the Soap trust. Doped by the Drug trust. (W) rapped by the Paper trust. Bullied by the Beef trust. Lighted by the Oil trust. Squeezed by the Corset trust. Soured by; the Pickle trust. Chairman Tawney has warned his re publican colleagues in congress that there will be $100,000,000 deficit in the national treasury this year. They're getting ready to unload it onto Presi dent William Jennings Bryan. A Kansas City man who was wanted by the federal authorities! was captured by means of a souvenir post card. It will be seen, therefore, that about once in 20 million times a souvenir post card may serve some useful purpose. Blind Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, is pretty clever. In a speech last week he said : "Under Cleveland banks closed in the southwest and they called it a panic. Under Koosevelt all tne Dank closed and they declared it a legal holi day." The Kearney Democrat says : ' 'There are four good men for delegates at large to the Denver national convention: Hay- den of Omaha, Brown of Lincoln, Shal- lenberger of Alma, and Oidham of Kearney. That gives every portion of the state a good representative. " That suits the Journal exactly. When the trouble in Washington at both ends of Pennsylvania avenue is re publican irresponsibility the country has its remedy at hand in a return to re sponsibility and democracy under the constitution and the laws made in ac cordance therewith. The editor of the Fairbury Journal gives the following excuse for his pub lication: "This paper is published for two reasons: First, to make it un necessary for the editor to steal a living for himself and family; second, as a safety valve for boiling and bursting ideas. To get someone into office has no part in the scheme whatever." W. J. Bryan, when asked whether his Carnegie hall speech Tuesday night had been intended to include an intima tion that free coinage of silver was still a public issue, replied: "No, free silver is not an issue. What I said last night had no connection with the silver ques tion. I simply referred to it to show the change that had taken place in the arguments that are being made at the present time. The silver question was an issue in 1896 because prices were falling and there was no other relief in sight. Since gold production has mate ten ally increased, prices are rising or were until the recent panic, and will again, as soon as normal conditions are restored. The silver question, there- cm m- Big Orders Have Been and the decline continued for some time he would have a stock of high priced lumber on his hands that would be hard to dispose of for the money he has in it. The same is true of other lines of business. The coal shipments have been dropping oiT. The decrease in the amount of coal used by the rail roads has permitted the mine owners to pile up a great surplus, and even the merchants have not been placing heavy orders because of the mild winter. "I happen to know the number of fair-sized orders for merchandise placed by local merchants recently and the result will be that the rush of business that we usually experience early in the spring, and sometimes late in winter, will come on us a month or two later." Burlington reports continue to show a fair movement of live stock and grain. Northwestern reports show a good movement of live stock and hay and a rather light movement of grain. Union Pacific reports are said to show very light movement of grain with much of the stock in its territory moved. fore, is not an issue." This should set tle the silver question so far as Mr. Bryan is concerned. At last the mule has come to his own. His admirable traits have long been re cognized, but there have always been detractors to malign him. Now comes the report of the federal bureau of sta tistics with the evidence. The average price of horses, to quote the report, was $93,41; of mules, $107, 7G. Which proves that the public at large has reached a fair valuation of this staple of the Mis souri valley. The following from the Clarkson Her ald hits the nail about as squarely on the head as newspapers do the strik ing: "A newspaper whose editor has no opinion of his own or, having one, is always afraid to express it, i3 a worth less, tame atfair and a detriment to the locality in which it is published. There are several newspapers in Nebraska that never express editorial opinion?, and they are the ones that other editors generally throw into their waste-paper baskets without even removing the wrappers." The Farmers' Institute which closed its two-day's session last night, cannot be said to be "a howling success." It would seem that farmers in general, for whose special benefit the institute was inaugurated, took very little interest in these meetings, if the small number in attendance can be taken as an indica tion. When the farmers fail to appre ciate these meetings at a season of the year when they could just as well do so as not, we do not believe it is worth while for Plattsmouth business men to interest themself to the extent of put ting up money for another one next year. The editor of the Journal conversed with. Commissioner Switzer in regard to J. M. Jeyda's communication which ap peared in last ovi-r:ng's paper. Of course, Mr. Switz.- loe not hold the Journal responsible f n- the article, as the author's name was signed to same. He justified the acts of the commission ers thusly: The family refered to are in very poor circumstances; that they had given fully as much aid to them as to others in like circumstances. The head of the family owns three good teams and a number of farming imple ments. He says that the unfortunate man has rented the big farm of Coates and Falter which he expects to work the coming season. He is an honest man, who always paid his debts, and if he recovers his health he will pay his back rent. Mr. Switzer says they have no objections to helping the destitute, but that a man who owns three good teams is not supposed to be entirely destitute. Yet the commissioners have not refused to provide the family with something up on which to subsist. The Journal has always viewed Mr. Switzer as a straight business man, and we are not ready to believe that he would discrimate in pro viding for those who deserve aid from the county. i V i i il ) 4 ! ! 'j .- i id ! J 11
