DAILY PERSONAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest.From Satur
day Evening's Daily Journal
J. I Hardroba was a visitor at Om
aha. A. S. Will was a visitor to South Om
aha this morning.
Frank Koback was a visitor in Omaha
this morning.
Miss Lillian Fitch was a visitor in the
city this morning.
Joseph A. Connor, of Omaha, visited
in the city today.
George Horn was a business visitor
in the city this morning.
Jas. Chalfant, of near Rock Bluffs,
was a visitor in the city this morning.
Claude Shumaker wa3 a business visi
tor in Omaha this morning.
John McQuiston was a business visi
tor in Omaha today.
Miss Barbara Gering was a visitor in
Omaha this morning.
Mrs. C. S. Johnson was a visitor in
Omaha this morning.
J. N. Wise and wife were visitors
with friends in Omaha this morning.
Terry Marsh was a business visitor
in South Omaha this morning.
J. J. Schneider of Cedar Creek was a
visitor in the city this morning, having
business at the court house.
Georg and Phillip Horn were visitors
in the city this morning from Cedar
Creek.
Mrs W. D. Smith and Miss Letta
Smith are visiting with friends in Lin
oln today.
C. A. Harvey and wife, from near
Rock Bluffs, visited in the city this
morning.
H. H.Stoll, of Nehawka, was visiting
in the city today and gave this office a
pleasant call.
George Rhoden and Sam Campbell, of
near Murray, were visitors in the city
this morning.
Fred Hinton departed this morning
for Glen wood, where he is visiting with
friends for the day.
C. N. Parker and wife are visitors in
Lincoln going this afternoon, and will
remain over Sunday.
Frank Ballance came over thi3 morn
ing from Glenwood, and will visit with
his parents over Sunday.
Miss Lillian Bookmeyer returned from
Omaha this morning, and will visit over
Sunday with her mother.
Ed Case of Decatur, Indiana, came in
this morning and will visit for some
time with friends in the city.
Mrs. Theodore A. Steuklin returned
this morning from an extended visit in
Watson, Missouri, with relatives.
W. H. Newell departed this morning
for Cedar Creek, where he will look
after affairs at the quarries today.
Mrs Wm. Shea and daughters, Eliza
beth and Winnifred, were visitors in
Omaha today.
Mrs. J. J. Waddick and daughter,
Catherine, were visitors with friends
and relatives in the capitol city this
morning.
Eddie Zuckwieler while at play the
other day fell, striking his eye which is
inflamed in such as way that he has to
carry it in a sling.
S. L. Cotner and wife and Miss Laura
Tower were passengers to Omaha this
morning, looking after some business
matters and visiting with friends for
the day.
Frank Swoboda departed this morn
ing for Lawrence, this state, where he
will visit for some time and try and re
gain his health, which has been very
bad for some time.
W. D. Jones, W. D. Wheeler and
son, Albert were visitors in South Om
aha this morning, where they are visit
ing the horse market.
Frank Rand and wife of South Om
aha were visitors in the city this morn
ing with friends, guests at the home of
John McNurlins and wife.
A. P. Campbell departed this morn
ing for Hordville, this state, where he
has heen making his home for some
time past. They will pack their goods
and return to Plattsmouth and will
make this their home. Truly there
are worse places than Plattsmouth.
August Raceler was a visitor in Om
aha this morning, where he goes to see
his wife in the hospital. Mrs. Raceler
is improving nicely and is able to sit
up in an invalid's chair, and has hopes
of being able to return home by the end
of the coming week.
Henry Steinhaur and family departed
this morning for a few days visit "in the
west, Mrs Steinhaur and daughter,
Gladys, will visit with relatives at Lin
coln, while Mr. Steinhaur and son,
Henry, who is fourteen years old today,
in celebrating the event, will go
to Superior for a few days, timing their
return to the same train for coming
home.
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John Kraeger.of Mynard.was visiting
in the city today.
Rae Patterson and wife were visitors
in Omaha today.
Wm. Ballance was a visitor in Oma
ha this afternoon.
Miss Estelle Baird was a visitor in
Omaha this afternoon.
John Smith and wife are visitors at
Council Bluffs over Sunday.
C. A. Miller of Thurman, Iowa, is
visiting in the city for a few days.
J. P. Guth of Omaha is in the city
perfecting the plans for the New First
National bank building. & .y
Miss Minnie Born was a visitor in
Omaha this afternoon, where she visits
her little niece in the hospital.
County Attorney, C. A. Rawls, was
a visitor in the capitol city this morn
ing, looking after some legal business.
Ray Travis and Bruce Rosencrans
came in last evening and are visiting
with their parents over Sunday.
George Alivas and Gust Karvalas,
two men Greeks, departed for Kansas
City this morning, where they have ac
cept a position.
Ralph Mullis and Earnest Wurl were
visitors in Omaha this afternoon, where
they will witness the the first ball game
of the season.
Miss Laura Kinkead arrived from
Lincoln this evening, and will spend her
vacation, which comes next week at
the Lincoln schools.
Wm Miller, son of W. H. Miller,
arrived this morning from Seattle,
Washington, and will visit for some
time with his parents.
T. J. O'Brian is out again, after hav
ing been laid up with the rheumatism,
and accident which gave him a lame
back.
Miss Dora Fricke was a passenger to
Omaha this afternoon where she goes to
meet with a Missionery society of the
Episcopal church.
Miss Anna Paasch departed for her
home at Fremont this afternoon, after
a visit for some weeks with her sister,
Mrs. V. T. Kuncil.
Max. Peterson, formerly in this city,
engaged in the moving picture busi
ness was a business visitor here today.
Mr. Peterson is now located in Lin
coln, where he is engaged in the same
line of business.
John P. Meisinger, one ol our pros
perous farmers, living west of Mynard,
was a visitor in the city this afternoon,
transacting business at the county
clerks office, and renewing acquain
tances. A party made up of Misses Grethchen
and Marie Donnelly, Helen Clark,
Hallie Parmele, Jean Morrisey and Eva
Fox went to Omaha on number seven
of the Burlington, to see Dorothy Don
nelly, in the "Lion and the Mouse"
this afternoon at the Boyd theatre.
C. H. Rist, wife and son departed for
their home, near Glenwood this morn
ing, after having visited south of the
city for the past few days.
John Bergman has a cancer removed
for his lip yesterday by one of the local
physicians, which has been troubling
him for some time, and has hopes of it
being entirely cured in a short time.
D. S. Ralston of New York City and
Harry A. Stone of Lincoln were visit
ors in the city this morning, looking
after some insurance matters for the
Home Insurance Company of New York.
August Broadley and his mother Mrs.
John Geiser returned home this morn
ing from Chicago, where they were at
tending the funeral of A. W. Bradley,
the father of Mrs. Geiser and grand
father of August Broadley.
Miss Ina Randall returned last even
ing from Omaha, where she is attend
ing school and will remain over Sunday
at home. Her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
A. A. Randall are absent, called to
Geneva, by the serious illness and
death of Mrs. A. S. Randall, the wife
of the brother of Rev. Randall, . which
occurred Wednesday evening.
Lowers Tree Four Feet
In order to make his lawn look nicer
at his home in the north part of the
city, W. W. Coates is having an aged
hackberry tree lowered four feet. The
tree is probably fifteen inches in diame
ter, and something like a hundred years
old. H. C. McMaken & Son are doing
the work, which required the digging
of a trench, about three feet wide, down
to a depth of about six feet and then
digging underneath, holding up the
mass and tree with jackserews, while
the dirt was taken away for four feet
and then allowing the tree to settle in
to the new place. The changing of the
tree required the support of fifty thous
and pounds of dirt and required a weeks
work to do.
VALUATION FIX.
ED SEPARATELY
That Will Be the Method in
Assessing Real Estate
and Improvements
A change in the method of fixing
values of real estate for assessment
wifT result this year in a big increase in
the values of farm property. Even
under the old method there would have
been a big increase, but under the op
eration of the new revenue law there
will be a very large increase with all
of the heavily and costly improved
farms.
The assessment of real estate this
year will be the first in four years and
the first under the new revenue law.
Heretofore lots and buildings have been
valued in the aggregate and the same
rule was followed with respect to farms
and the improvements thereon. This
year the items must be separated.
Probably the new rule will make but
slight difference in the valuation of city
real estate because in the past their
value has been determined largely by the
improvements. Farm land, however,
has been assessed more uniformly, the
principal consideration being produc
tivity or earning power.
For instance, two adjoining farms
might be identical in earning power and
yet one might have $5,000 of improve
ments and the other comparatively no
improvements of material value. The
policy here, and the same plan was fol
lowed elsewhere in the state, was to
pay less attention to the improvements
than to the character of the land. The
improvements were considered by the
assessors, but not to the extent that
they were in the cities.
Under the new method a specific
value must be placed on the improve
ments and the man who has more ex
pensive improvements than his neigh
bors will pay taxes accordingly. The
plan largely increases the work of the
assessors in both city and country dis
tricts. DEBTS CAN
BE DEDUCTED
Supreme Court Makes an Important
Ruling on Revenue Law
The supreme court has just handed
down some rulings on the new revenue
law that looks good to a poor - man
from the standpoint of double taxa
tion. When Judge A. R. Oleson of Cum
ing county met the assessor last year
that officer insisted upon putting him
down for $3,500 worth more of prop
erty than the judge believed he pos
sessed. Some time before the judge
had sold a farm in Stanton county, and
taken in part payment a mortgage for
$3,500. A little later he bought an
other farm and as part payment he ex
ecuted a mortgage for $3,500 upon it.
He desired to offset, on the tax list,
the mortgage he owned against the one
he owed, but the assessor insisted that
as the law said he must pay on money
loaned and invested, he would . have to
list the mortgage he owed. The dis
trict court held the same way. Oleson
appealed to the supreme court.
That tribunal says that it was no
part of the intention of the legislators
when they enacted the new revenue
law to make $7,000 where only $3,500
really is. It holds that a note and
mortgage taken in exchange for prop
erty is not money loaned and invested
within the meaning of the statute, but
is a "credit," from which the holder
may deduct the just debts by him ow
ing at the time of making his tax re
turns. Weeping Water Wins Debate
A special from Weeping Water under
date of March 27 says: The inter-high
school debate between Weeping Water
and Plattsmouth on the subject, "Re
solved, That the Federal Government
Should Own and Operate the Railway
System of the Country," resulted in
a victory for the negative as supported
by the Weeping Water debaters. The
Methodist Episcopal church was filled
with an enthusiastic audience. The
judges were Rev. J. H. Salabury of
Plattsmouth, Superintendent N. W.
Gaines, of Louisville and Principal C.E.
Corbin of this place.
The young ladies who took part in
the debate from this place are Misses
Josephine Hall, Mattie Larson and
Marie Douglass. The Weeping Water
parties were accorded the decision on
account of proficiency in delivery.which
no doubt will spur our young debaters
on to more training in this respect. It
is said that otherwise, they did remar
able well' and reflected considerable
credit upon the town and school.
Notice to Cass County Farmerls
The secret of curing hams and
bacons lies in the use of Wright's
Liquid Smoke. It's quicker, safer
and gives better results than the
old style method of using a wood
fire. Sold by
F. G. FRICKE & CO.,
Druggists, Plattsmouth, Neb.
New Steward for Masonic Home
Yesterday Dr. Haggard and wife of
Nebraska City came to the city and
looked over the institution at the Mas
onic Home, expecting to take charge
as Steward and Matron, and were sat
isfied, after a careful inspection, that
the requirements were too much for
the price paid, and would not accept the
position. Today O. J. King, grand
master of the lodge, and Michael Dow
ling were in the city, in company with
W. S. Askwith and wife of Omaha,
who have been prevailed upon to accept
the position and who will assume charge
on next Wednesday, the first of April.
nn OLD CITIZEN
KILLED DY GARS
Dennis Dowd Falls Asleep on
the Burlington Track and
is Run Over
A special from Greenwood, under
date of March 27, says: "Dennis Dowd,
an old resident of this place, was killed
by Burlington train No. 14, a half mile
east of town this evening. Dowd was
lying on the track in an intoxicated
condition when the train came along
and struck him, killing him instantly.
He was about seventy years of age and
is survived by a widow and three sons.
He lived on a large farm nearthis place
and was wealthy."
The deceased was well known in
Plattsmouth and in the western part of
Cass county. While a very excentric
individual, and was worse to himself
than to his neighbors on account of
drink, he was honorable in all his deal
ings with mankind. He owns a large
farm near Greenwood and is considered
one of the wealthy farmers of the sec
tion in which he resided. It is pre
sumed that he was returning home
from Greenwood and perhaps sat down
to rest and went to sleep, with the fore
going result. He is an old citizen of
Cass county, and what he possessed
was ammassed by hard work in his
earlier years.
ELHER FARTHING
LAID TO REST
Died at Nebraska City and Re
mains Brought Here
Last Evening.
Elmer Farthing was born in this city
some thirty years ago, and lived here
until about grown, departing someyeai-s
since to make his home in Kansas City,
where his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carlos Nichols, had made their home
after many years residence in this city.
At Kansas city, Elmer entered the
employ of the Swift Packing company
as meat inspector and becoming profi
cient in the art, commanded a good
salary, receiving $125.00 per month. At
the time of the breaking out of the
Spanish-American war, he resigned his
position to volenteer in the service of
his country, and was sent to the Philip
pines Islands, remaining there for a
period of two years. On his return his
health was badly shattered, and symp
toms of the white plague was appar
ent. He accepted his old position, but was
not able to remain long at the place, as
his lungs much trouble and pain.
Elmer went to the mountains, in an
endeavor to rid himself of the consump
tion that was destroying his health, and
remained at Boulder, Colorado, for some
four years, and not getting any better,
he was taken by his father to San An
tonia, Texas, with the hopes that a
milder climate would prove beneficial.
This did not have the desired effect. In
company with his father, he started
for Creston, Iowa, and had gotten as
far as Nebraska City where, in changing
of trains, he grew rapidly worse, and
died at that place Thursday evening, of
tuberculosis of the lungs or consump
tion. His remains were brought to
this place last evening and interment
made at Oak Hill cemetery. This
makes the sixteenth of the Farthing
family to rest in this place, Grandpa
Nichols is still alive, and makes his
home at Girard,Kansas, and is 95 years
of age, having lost his wife last sum
mer at the age of 89, both living to a
good old age. Mr. J. L. Farthing the
father of Elmer, departed for his home
at Creston, Iowa, this morning.
Clyde L. Farthing, who is a goverment
inspector and located at Nebraska City,
at whose home his brother died, was in
the city last evening at the funeral, and
was a pleasant caller at this office, de
parting for his home at Nebraska City
on the late train.
A Little Daughter Arrive
Jimmie Bolin, the tinner at AA L.
Asemissen and Son's hardware store, is
not working today. He is taking a lay
off. Too much joy to work, when there
is a little daughter at the home in the
north part of the city who arrived last
evening. Jimmie is going to work again
but now this week, as the little one is
taking all his time just now. Not alone
is he wearing a smile, for there is Aunt
Clara and Grandpa and Grandma Mock
enhaupt, who are pretty- well pleased
too you bet. Father and mother Bolin
and the little daughter all doing nicely.
GIVE MASQUE
BIRTHDAY SUPRISE
Yesterday being the thirty-sixth
birthday of Judge A. J. Beeson, a num
ber of his friends, only one less than
the number years he is old, met mask
ed at his home last evening without
invitation from him, and had a merry
time marking the passing of the mile
stone of the Judge with joy. They
captured the house, and all, either Mr.
Beeson or his family could do was to
set in astonished wonder at the pranks
which were played. But as they were
all masked, no one knew for a certainty
who they were talking to, and "All
went as merry as a marriage bell."
There were games for all classes,
ages and previous conditions of servi
tude, music both instrumental and vocal
and a lunch consisting of frank furters,
pickles, sandwiches, onions, coffee and
a general good time was had until a
very late hour. The Knights and
Ladies of Security, were assembled in
great numbers, and were out for a
time, and had it. Those who were of
the number which made the pleasant
occasion were: G. F. S. Burton and
wife; Miss Gertude Beeson; Dr. W. B.
Elster and wife: Mrs Harriett Becker;
Dr. C. A. Marshall and wife, Mrs.
Blanche Snyder, John Beeson and wife,
Mike Mauzy and wife.Misses Margeret
Rennie, Minnie Will, J. M. Leyda and
wife, R. B. Windham, W. C. Ramsey,
Mrs. W. C. Tippins, Mrs Wm. Mc
Cauley and Judge A. N. Sullivan and
John Isabel.
Land Business Good.
Frank Stanley who has for the past
few days been touring the western
part of the state, also Colorado and
Wyoming, returned home Saturday. D.
O. Dwyer accompanyed him on a por
tion of the trip, and thinks well of some
of the lands on Mr. Stanley's list. The
J. B. Dodson Land Company, of Kan
sas City, who Mr. Stanley represents
here, on a trip to the south last week,
sold 30000 acres of land in the famous
Panhandle county, and it was not a
good land day either. Their system of
sales makes it easy for a poor man to
own a home. Ten per cent of the pur
chase price is cash, and balance ten
years time with six per cent.
Mrs. Theodore Boedaker Sick
Chas. Boedaker came in this morning
from a visit at Louisville, where he
was to see his aged mother, who is a
widow of the late Theodore Boedaker,
and is 76 years of age, and very feeble,
Charles has been visiting with his
mother, and rendering what care he
can of her, who is making her home
with her son. Lute, who is doing every
thing he can for her.
A New Division
The belief is expressed at Sioux City
that a new division is soon to be es
tablished by the Burlington with head
quarters at Sioux City. The question
of creating a new Burlington division
has been considered by officials of the
company, but the information here has
been that it was to be known as the
Omaha division and that it would in
clude the Omaha yards and all of that
part of the Lincoln division north and
east of Asland.
In The County Court
This morning in the county court
Wm. Chalfant was appointed as admin
istrator, of the estate of L. H. Chalfant
his son, whom it will be recalled died
with pneumonia some six weeks or there
about since. Mr. Chalfant was in the
city this morning, looking after some
business matters and also at the
court house.
IS TAKEN TO
THE ASYLUM
Examination Held Last Even
ing by Insanity Doard,
and Lady Found
Insane
Upon complaint of her husband, C.
Eisenhut of Murdock, the board of in
sanity last evening declared Mrs. C.
Eisenhut insane and directed that she be
sent to the hospital at Lincoln. Dr.
Jones of Murdock, was a witness be
fore to board in the case. This morn
ing, in company with her husband, the
sheriff and Mrs. M. E. Manspeaker,
the unfortunate lady was taken to the
hospital. This is the family who some
time since lost a young child, and were
burrying it without a funeral in a wood
en box, and of whom a coronor's jury
made inquiries at Murdock.
Will Be a Voter Bye and Bye
During the absence of Fred L. Kru
ger and little daughter at Greenwood
last evening, where they had gone for
a visit, the stork made a visit at the
home, leaving a little fellow that arriv
ed about three o'clock this morning,
who expects to be a voter some day.
The message which was winged to Mr.
Kruger at Greenwood by telephone,
calling him home on the first train.
When he arrived a new born son and a
happy mother greeted him. All concer
ned are doing well.
ctona TO
PLflTTSnOUTH
The World's Famous Medical Spec
ists to Visit Here Three Days
at the Riley Hotel.
Word has been received here that
Dr. Ben W. Kinsey, chief of the staff
of the Hot Springs Doctors who have
their Nebraska State Institute perman
ently located at 14th and O Streets,
Lincoln, have decided to pay a three
day visit to Plattsmouth, and while
here stop at the Riley Hotel, where he
will receive patients. Dr. Kinsey will
make examinations and give consulta
tion free of charge, and all curable
cases will be treated free of charge ex
cept for the bare cost of the medicine
used.
This wonderful Hot Springs system
of all home treatment which Dr. Kinsey
i3 bringing to Plattsmouth on April 20,
21 and 22, has a national reputation as
is attested by the fact that the United
States government owns Hot Springs
Ark., and has established its army and
navy hospitals there where soldiers and
sailors are sent after all other methods
have failed to cure. The United States
government highly endorses the Hot
Springs system of treatment, and the
Hot Springs Doctors hold a government
license to treat all chronic diseases by
Hot Springs system of home treatment.
The Hot Springs Doctors treat chronic
diseases of the nerves, blood, heart,
lungs, bowels, kidneys, liver, skin, in
cluding rheumatism, neuralgia, paral
ysis, catarrah, gall stones, piles, goitre,
and diseases of women and diseases of
men.
The daily papers throughout the coun
try are continually publishing reports
of the wonderful cures that have been
made by these wonderful Hot Springs
Doctors.
The Hot Springs System is all home
treatment so that frequent visits to the
office are not necessary and it may be
used in any home anywhere without in
convenience, publicity, or annoyance,
and without detaining the patient from
his or her usual business or occupation.
The Nebraska State Journal in a re
cent issue published the following re
markable article:
"Rufus E. Geiger, of 210 South 10th
street, Lincoln, tells an interesting
story of how he was cured of epileptic
fits by the Hot Springs Doctors and i3
now able to go back to work at his trade
as a machinist without fear of falling
among the heavy machinery and being
killed, while having a fit, because he
has no more fits.
Mr. Geiger also tells another story
of his letter, which was published in
this paper telling of his cure has brought
him a host of visitors. In a letter to
the Hot Springs Doctors he says : ' 'Gen
tlemen: Since that letter I wrote you
telling you how the Hot Springs doctors
cured me of epileptic fits, after I had
been treated and experimented upon
by fourteen doctors for six years with
out receiving any benefit whatever,
since that letter was published in the
newspapers, I have had hundreds of in
quiries from people "who wanted to
know whether it was a fake advertising
scheme. Some evenings when I return
home from work I have five or six call
ers to ask about my cure. It seems
funny that so many people would think
the letter a fake and come to ask about
it, but I guess it is because of the ex
perience they have had with other doc
tors like I had with those fourteen that
treated me and took my money, but
done me no good. I think some of the
peaple are sent by other doctors who
could not cure me themselves, and it is
hard for them to believe that anyone
else could cure me. But here I am
sound and well. Hot Springs treatment
cured me after fourteen doctors failed.
Go more fits for me let the skeptics
keep on coming, I am here as a living
testimonial and glad to help any sick
person to a cure by sending them to
you. R. E. Geiger.
"While calling at the office of the
Hot Springs Doctors at 14th end O
streets, the reporter asked Dr. Ben W
Kinsey, who is chief of the staff of the
Hot Springs Doctors, if it was the cus
tom of the doctors to publish a testi
monial from each patient . ' 'No, indeed' '
said Dr. Kinsey. "There would not
be enough room in your paper to do
that, so we publish only a few of the
thousands that come to us from patients
who express a desire or willingness to
have them published for the benefit of
others."
The waiting rooms of the Hot Springs
doctors are now filled every day with
patients who have come from all over
the state and adjoining states to con
sult with these noted specialists and
diagnosticians.
This wonderful Hot Springs treat
ment is what Dr. Kinsey is bringing to
Plattsmouth. He will be here . but
three days. April 20, 21, and 22, and
while here will receive patients at the
Riley Hotel. Examinations and con
sultation is free to all who call and cur
able cases will be treated free except
for the cost of the medicines used. If
your cases is found to be incurable, you
will be frankly told so and you will not
be accepted for treatment at any price
or under any condition as the Hot
Springs Doctors absolutely refuse to
accept an incurable case for treatment.
Remember the dates and place April
20, 21, and 22, at the Riley Hotel,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.