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VOLUMK XX VI II
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, IDOS.
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Bryan and Harmon the Guesls of Honor and
Principal Orators-Nebraslcan Booms Sen
ator LaFollette of Wisconsin
Kims.is Ciiy, Mo., Man . 31. Demo
crrits from :ill paits of Missouri to tin?
number of '.mh attended a banquet in
Coiivnt:on hall in this ity under thn
auspices of the Young Mcu'n loino
eratie Club of Missouri, at which Wil
liam J. Ilrynn and Judson Uarnton
were the guest m of honor and princi
pal speakers, :inl the recipients of re
peated ovations from the I.'i.umi per
sons -who thronged t he hall. Kaeh lan
queter paid $1 for the privilege of at
tending, even the distinguished quests
Insisting upon the democratic prerng-i-tlve
of paying for their plates. Peino
cratic c!uls In St. Ixnils, St. .loscpli
and other cities of the state sent rep
resentative delegations to the dinner.
It Was a Bryan fathering.
Among the guests were four ex gov
ernors of Missouri T. T. Crittemlea.
David I!. Francis, Senator Stone and
Alex. M. Iiockery. together with the
present governor, Joseph W. Folk. All
of the candidates for state olliees were
present. The meeting was essentially
a ISryan affair, spontaneous enthusi
asm marking every mention of his can
didacy for the presidency. The recep
tion accorded Harmon was no less cor
1 in I. ami suggestions promising him
high, honors from his party were enthu
siastically received.
;ood Word for Ial'ollette.
Itryan s opening statement that "We
hnve met tohegiu the campaign of lltOS
and to present those principles and pol
icies which ought to appeal to jn-cgre-
unknown
GRAVES
Former Citizen of Piatt smouth
Pays
Tribute to Kis Par
ents Who Sleep in
An Unknown
Grave.
John C. Boone, who for a number of
years was a citizen of this place, and
who is well known by the majority of
our citizens, has paid tribute to his
parents, who sleep in the sunny south,
their last resting place marked only by
a solitary beech nree, which has long
since gone to decay, and left the graves
unmarked. Mr. Boone, it will be re
membered often dropped into verse,and
many a good piece of poetry has come
from his pen. This is especially good,
as breathing the longings to know the
last resting place, of the mortal re
mains of his parents.
Father and mother silently sleep!
Lost in unknown graves.
Which seemeth as sad, as if they were.
Beneath the briney waves.
There are no mounds or marble slabs.
To designate the spot:
The sacred mounds where they were laid.
Are lonff atro forgot.
They passed away when I was younc ,
They were laid beneath the teech:
Their spirits dwell far. far away;
Where no mortal eye can reach.
Though their cares and trials are over.
They dwell in boundless space:
It would lie to me consoling,
To know e a rtli's resting place.
The beech has fallen long ago.
No land mark can be found:
I sadly ponder and only know.
They sleep leneath the ground.
Though could I only designate.
Whore father and mother lie:
I would wreath their graves with garlands
Then pause and give a sigh.
To the Pleasure Loving Public.
The management of the moving pic
ture entertainment who has for the
past week been playing to crowded
houses wishes to announce that on ac
count of the small seating capacity of
the Alcazar, we will locate in the Far
mele opera house, where you may set in
perfect comfort with surroundings be
fitting a play house. The pictures will
be more plainer and flickerless than
heretofore seen in the Alcazar. It will
be a comfort rather than a dread to
look upon the best pictures ever pro
duced in Plattsmouth. We run our own
machine which will prove to you the
difference in the pictures. Again we
thank you for your attendance and hope
you will patronize our present show
more than ever. See our add for Wed
nesday night's show.
sive lU-puM caiiS as weii ..s t.i tivd'.
tloiial In iiiociats.' was the keynote of
his speech, and showed the impoi'ant
Bignitiaiicc he and his tollower
attached to the meeting. A fe.it
ure of r.ryan's speech was 1.1
approval of Senator I.al-Vllette a
the Republican candidate fur presi
dent. He said: "If the president had
picked out Smator LaFollette. a real
reformer; if the Kcpuldican party had
rallied to Senator I-siFolIette's siipp rt.
It could have eompcllcd the eontiden.-e
of reform Republicans. Sen itor l.al'ol
lette has a record as a ref inner: he
has fought corpora ted domination iu
his own state for a decade."
Not an Admirer of Taft.
The speaker said that without the
support of th.n administration Secre
tary Taft would scarcely have a state
In the convention, and that Taft was
the best man the president could find
among his cabinet otlicers. but that Iho
secretary's superiority over his col
leagues is due not to his positive vir
tues, but to the fact that none of th
rest of them has any reform tendencies
whatever, r.ryan's speech was largely
a criticism of Taft as a presidential
candidate. He also said that the
"IJoosevelt sentiment" was nit for a
man. but for an idea, and that Me.i
was a Democrat ie one. for which rea
son the Democrats should have t lie
votes of those holding the "Roosevelt"
Idea.
Harmon's speech was a general re
v'ew of polities and policies, and a
criticism of those held and acted upon
Uuncalled For Letters
Remaining uncalled for letters at the
' Plattsmouth Post office on Monday,
March 30th, was the following list and
which when called for please say "ad
vertised." Ladies, Mrs. Hettie Baley, Gentle
men, C. Barkus, John Bignall, Henry
Snoke, C. I. Smith, S.Smith and Harry
Tigner.
EN THE GRASP
OF THE LAW
A Nebrska City Couple Appre
hended for Desertion of
Children and Wife Will
Have an Accounting
A special to the Lincoln Evening
News of Tuesday says: Mrs. Emery
D. Tibbetts and Ulysses Shelby, both
of Nebraska City, Neb., were arrested
Rockfordlll on request of Sheriff Fisher
of Nebraska City. Shelby, who has a
feather renovating business is charged
with having abandoned his wife and
several children. Mrs. Tibetts was ac
companied by her two young daughters
and her brother, Earl Tuttle. The
woman left Nebraska City ostensibly
for a visit to Kansas with relatives.
She met Shelby at Payne Junction and
the two have been stopping at Illinois
points. Shelby is a painter and paper
hanger. A few years ago he came into
a fortune of $30,000. Most of this has
been spent. A small piece of property
was sold recently for $250, and with this
money Mrs Tibbetts and Shelby eloped.
The Tuttle boy, Mrs. Tibbetts brother
was sent back to Nebraska City. Wife
desertion is charged against Shelby.
Both were taken back to Nebraska
City, by Sheriff Fisher.
Expect To Stop The Burlington
Phillip Neuman of Chicago, the great
and windy city, was in city of Flatts
mouth for the past three or four days,
representing a house for the sale of
dress goods and while here left his bag
gage at the Burlington station. The
trunks came in Friday morning and re
mained until yesterday when he had
them taken to the hotel where he dis
played them. When he got the trunks
the baggageman was not at the station
and the storage which the road requires
was neglected to be paid. This morn
ing where he departed from the city,
for Omaha the baggage man Frank
Barcus, taxed the gentleman 25 cents.
This incensed the Chicagoan, who storm
ed and said that he would see that the
baggage man would be discharge, but
which did not turn a hair of his head,
for as he was in the performances of
his duty and had nothing to fear.
HORSES HAVE
HYDROPHOBIA
Have Puzzled Doctor's For
Sometime Causes
Much Loss of
Stock
The following from Elm wood says:
Friends here have just learned that
Dr. W. L. Cameron of Palmyra, is in
Chicago to take treatments for hydro
phobia. The past two weeks, the doc
tor has lost three of his fine horses,
the last one Cameron's Rest, a fine
stalliun valued at $2,000, from dumb
rabies. A veterinary from Lincoln
and one of the state farms were
called, but could do nothing to save
the animal. In injecting medicine into
one of the horses the doctor scratched
one of his hands with the needle
thus causing him to be apprehensive.
The horses were very vicious, one of
them biting Lent Henderson on the
leg, but fortunately not breaking the
skin.
It is thought the horses were bitten
by skunks or rats. A short time ago
the barn was over run with rats, but
recently skunks have appeared in the
barn and the rats have fied. Three dead
skunks have been found in the barn,
and it is surmised that rats and skunks
in fighting may have become innoculated
and bitten the horses.
A Good Word for the Press
A farmer in speaking before an inst
itute of his profession, recently said:
"As a rule a farmer knows no better
friend than the country press. The
home paper is distinctly the farmer's
own paper. It is supported directly or
indirectly by the farmers, who compose
the backbone of the printer's subscrip
tion list and largely for him the merch
ants advertise. Now brother let us not
forget our friends. Let us see that our
subscription is paid before the first of
April and a year in advance. Another
thing, the merchants who advertise are
the ones who make it possible for us to
get a gooUpcal paper and the men or
firms who are too penurious to advert
ise and help support the local press have
no right to the farmers' patronage. I
propose hereafter to go to a good, live
advertiser instead of to those who pro
pose to take all and give nothing in re
turn. If the farmers, as a class, would
support their friends, the other fellows
would soon be out of business."
Look Out for the Picture Faker
He is the same man, same old game,
and it looks like he finds the same old
sucker every time. He comes around
now giving an enlarged picture for no
thing, secures a photo and goes away.
Then he or another man gets you to
give an order for a frame ($3.) After
i a while he shows up with a poor picture
in a cheap frame. Well, you know the
rest he bulldozes you into taking it.
Now for some advice cut out the
picture habit, unless through a repu
table photographer.
The editor helped extricate one of the
Countryman boys from a shark of this
kind. He sent notices that has been
sued, and that he would get judgment,
etc, etc., and if it had not been for us
he would have paid him to get out of
trouble. Don't he bluffed, but better
still, don't bite. If you do you ought
to be buncoed. Nehawka Register.
Andy Taylor Very Sick
Will Hull is a visitor in the city from
Hendley in the western portion of the
state, called here by the very danger
ous sickness of his uncle, A. B. Taylor,
who has been sick for some time, and
who has not been able to get out of
house since last fall. Mr. Taylor i3 well
advanced in years being 77 years of
age, and the sickness which had been
his lot to be affllicted with for the past
two years, makes it more difficult for
him to rally from on that account. His
many friends would be greatly pleased
to know of him improving, and trust
that he may be get out again though
the advanced age make it less probable
that his recovery will be very rapid.
To Be Tried In Kangaroo Court
A question is being discussed among
the switchman and others in the train
service as to whether one not born in the
state one not at the coming municipal
election; and especially when one had
been born in Missouri, without first
taking out naturalization papers. The
matter had been tried before, Judge P.
M, Linsey, and the case has been ap
pealed to the court presided over by
Judge Thrall, arguments will have to
be submitted by or before the time John
Snead pulls out for Sioux City tomorrow
in order to get a dicision in time to
settle the matter.
Improved Economy Separator
Printed announcement has been re
ceived in this city which gives the in
formation that the Court has decided
that the socalled "Improved Economy
Separator," marketed by the Sears
Roebuck Company is an infringement
on another patent and that the company
is enjoined from further sale of this
particular make. The winner of the
suit warns even the user of this make
as it is stated that he is liable also if
use is persisted in; and states that on
January 6th the Sears Roebuck Co.,
was ordered to produce the addresses
of all purchasers, dates and prices.
Nebraska City Press.
COULD NOT AF
FORD TO MARRY
Young McDonald of New London,
Iowa, Could Not See His Way
Clear to Marry With Only
A Dollar and a Half
The" following telegram from Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa, bearing date March
30th, says. On March 12 a marriage
license was issued Parrott McDonald
and Miss Ora Cressup of near New
London, but as yet they have not been
joined in the holy bonds of matrimony,
and the question is, will they ever be.
They have been going together for
about five years, and it is reported that
Miss Cressup had been wanting to get
married-for the past two years, but that
McDonald has put her off with one ex
cuse and another.
Finally the young woman got so per
sistent that McDonald bantered her to
get a license if she could and he would
get married. She bet him $25 that she
could get a license, and he took her up.
She came here and got a license over
two weeks ago, but went back and found
that he had back shaden. The hour of
the marriage was set and the pastor
come to perform the ceremony, but no
groom appeared. After several hours'
delay a searching party started out
after the groom, and he was found at
the club rooms. He was brought to
tbe house where the marriage was to
be performed, but he balked and would
go no further. Entreatly was used,
but of no avail. He said he had only
$1.50 in his pocket and the old clothes
on his back and that he did not want to
get married, and since that time the
two have been on friendly terms, but
have had no occasion to use the
license. The whole community is await
ing the development with interest.
DROWNED IN AN
OPEN CISTERN
Father Saves Little Son But
Pays
His Life as the Price
Monday a man at Omaha, whose
child fell into a cistern, jumped into
the water after the child, and while the
water was only seven feet deep, was
able to hold the little one above the
water and out of danger until help came
and the little one was saved. In order
to do this the man stood on the bottom
of the cistern and held the child above
his head, and in doing so was drowned,
the rescuers saving the child just as the
father could stand it no longer and be
came unconscious. Many such places
as this trap which took toll of the life
of one of the citizens of Omaha, exist
in every town with a fair possibility of
the same kind of an accident being en
acted, cisterns and wells should not be
allowed to remain open and unc cvcie
and in an unsafe condition.
The Greatest "Free Pass" Sinner
The Kearney Democrats puts it right
in the nutahell, when it says: "Victor
Rosewater has been elected to head the
reform forces as delegate at large to
the republican reform convention to
nominate a republican reform candidate
for president. In spite of this promin
ent condition, Victor Rosewater, accord
ing to the expressed opinion of Attor
ney General Thompson, is the greatest
"free" pass sinner in the state, and up
to the present time the attorney gener
al has made no attempt to purge his re
form party of either Victor Rosewater
or the "free" pass sin which he carries
to the amount of $500. Why does not
Attorney General Thompson act against
Victor and purify his national con
vention? Why should the attorney gen
eral be afraid of the Omaha Bee or of
Douglas county? If a $50 advertising
contract is a crime, is not a $500 con
tract ten times as great a crime? Does
the attorney general find it convenient
to only annoy the little sinner and give
Victor an immunity bath? Or does the
law only apply to those who are not re
publican national delegates?
E MUTUAL in-
UfiAHCIE DfflBPflHV
The Insurance Examiner Hakes A Very Favor
able Report of the Condition of the Above
Named Company, And Shows a Good
Business and Lower Rates
The inaugeration of the Platte Mut
ual in the insurance business some time
since was the death knell to the ex
orbitant rates charged by many of the
old line fire and lightning insurance com
panies, as they nearly funish the in
surance at cost, while they are keeping
their reserve fund well protected and
readiness for any contingency which
may arise that would deplete or wipe
out the general fund from which they
pay the current losses or current ex
penses. The careful management of
the company has gained a enviable
reputation for this company and
brought them lots of business, and of
a character which stays and pays. The
company are to be congratulated on the
condition of their finances which the
report of the insurance examiner shows
which is appended herewith.
Lincoln, Neb., March 30, '08.
E. M. Searle, jr.
Auditor of Public Accounts,
Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sir:
In pursuance of your instructions, I
have made an examination of the ac
counts and business of the Platte Mut
ual Insurance company of Plattsmouth,
Neb., and beg leave to report.
This is a city and village mutual in
surance company organized under sec
tions 3968 to 3988 of the compiled
statutes. The company was organized
and commenced business April 4th,
1898. - .-
I carefully varified the financial re
port of the company, of the business
for 1907, filed with the insurance de
partment and find the same corres
FINE FARM HOMES
IN GASS COUNTY
Many of our Farmer Friends
are Starting Spring Build
ing Early.
We do not believe there is a county
in the state of Nebraska that can beat
old Cass, when it comes to fine farms,
well improved in every particular, fine
residences and out buildings, fenced and
cross-fenced, but at that it is not what
our up-to-date and prosperous old Cass
can boast of within a few more years.
Our excellent friend Ed Tritsch, resid
ing three miles west of town, has now
under course of construction a fine new
home, Amil Walters having just com
pleted the foundation and brick work.
It will be a modern two-story struc
ture 28x28, and is now ready for the
carpenters, Smith & Toeketter, who
will start the at once. We mnderstand
that Henry Born, residing west of
town, is the next on their list for a fine
home, to be erected by the same gen
tlemen, and he sure can rest easy that
it will be done right. The new home
of Mr. Born will be one of the finest in
Cass county, strictly modern in every
particular. Another one of fine ones
that will be erected before many days,
will be on the farm of Peter Meisinger,
out near Cedar Creek. Mr. Meisinger
is one of the prosperous farmers of this
ceunty, and in his own language he
says he wants to live in a good house
before he dies, and he is sure going to
have one when the new structure is j
completed. The last time Mr. Meisinger I
was in Plattsmouth he informed us that
a portion of the lumber was on the i
ground, and work would be started as '
soon as the weather settled. Let the i
good work go on, for we are glad to see j
our farmers in their present prosperous !
condition, and to see them build fine j
new homes.
Will Live In Plattsmouth
A. P. Campbell and wife returned
last evening from Hoardsville, this
state and will make this their home
again. They have rented and will
occupy the rooms over Wescclis cloth
ing store as soon as their household
p-oods arrive which was shirjoed a few
'days since.
ponds with the hooks of the secretary.
I find the secretary of the company
keeps correct accounts of all transac
tions of the company and the books
show fully and in detail all the affairs
of the company and this fact was of
great assistance to me in making the
examination. The company provides for a reserve
fund by taking 10 per cent of the .ross
receipts which is in accordance with the
law. The company charges one half
the board rate and a 50 cent policy fee
which goes to the secretary. The
rates charged have been sufficient to
meet all fire losses. The company has
on hand $1,510.70 reserve fund and $2,
071.95 general fund, $2,000 of the same
is invested in a real estate morgage
and the balance is deposited in the
bank to the credit of the company. The
officers of the company are managing
the affairs of the company in a compe
tent business like way.
The secretary was very courteous to
me and furnished me every assistance
in making the examination. The secre
tary and treasurer are under bonds for
the faithful performance of their du
ties. The following are the officers of
the company:
W. J. White, president.
II. M. Soennichsen, vice-president.
II. J. Helps, treasurer.
Henry Gering, Secretary.
W. J. White, H. J. Helps, H. M.
Soennichsen, D. O. Dwyer, T. E. Par
mele, C. A. Marshall, Henry R Gering,
directors. Respectfully submitted,
A. L. Si:akik,
Examiner.
WORKED OVER
QUARTER CENTURY
A Faithful Employe of the Bur
lington at This Place
For Over Twenty
Six Years
With the blowing of the whistle at
the Burlington shops last evening com
pleted the work at that place of Fred
Heinrich, who has faithfully worked
day after day, day in day out, at the
shops at this place. Since 1882 has he
been ever at his post and has made a
good and faithful workman. During
the first years he was employed in the
blacksmith shops, where he put in a
number of years of good hard work.
From that place he was placed at the
coal chutes, where he worked for a
number of years, and was afterwards
to work around the shop yards at any
point, where their services are re
quires here he continued until in 1892,
or ten years from the time when he
first entered the shops. At this time
he was given a position which he has
occupied until the present, that of
watchman he has been a very trust
worthy gentleman in whom the com
pany could place the utmost relaiance,
and it is due to this fact they have re
tained him in this responsible posi
tion for so long. With the present he
has been in the latter position for six
teen years making in all his term at
the local shops something over a quarter
of a century. Mr. Heinrich Las a home
south of the city, which he has made
from from his savings which could not
be very great as his earning were never
very large, and expenses r.ecessariiy
considerable. He will look after his
home place and do much work as he
shall to offer in the city.
Hunted Ducks Yesterday.
Banker T. M. Patterson, was at Rock
Bluffs yesterday hunting ducks and we
haven't heard whether he got anything
more than got back or not, but Fred
Patterson tells us that he had a fine
shot at a Mallard duck, as large as a
horse and missed the beast. Well those
Mallards are ornery critters to hit
anyway.
