WESTWARD TO THE
GOLDEN STATE
Another Interesting Brief Letter from
One of Governor Sheldon's Party.
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At Albuequerque we arrived at 3:45,
p. m. ; was met at the depot by recep
tion committee and shown over town.
Was shown through plaining mills which
are among the largest in the world, em
ploying about 800 men.
Albuequerque is on the Rio Grande
river and considerable of the valley is
under irrigation. Was shown through
the old town which is inhabited mostly
by Mexicans, who live in low, sqatty,
doby houses, and of which are very old,
(and they look it.) The old town was
surrounded by a doby wall (now delapi
dated) and in olden times the gates of
this wall were ctosed at night to keep
out the Indians. At night we were
given a grand reception and ball at the
parlors of the Commercial Club. 'I do
not dance, but feasted my eyes on the
handsome ladies and gallant, men of
New Mexico.
Left Albuequerque at 11:00, p. m., and
woke up at 7:00, a. m., the 29th, in the
desert of Arizona. It certainly is a
desert nothing growing but sage brush
and that is as thin as a republican's ex
cuse. Will arrive at Grand Canons at
2:00, p. m. today.
At 8:30 this a. m. we crossed the eel
ebrated Diablo (meaning devil) Canon,
The land is perfectly level on both sides
of this canon and then drop down two
hundred and twenty-eight feet almost
perpendicular. The bridge crossing this
is four hundred feet long and looking
from the car window makes one dizzy.
It is said the Indians in early days
would, in chasing white men, endeavor
to run them toward this canon and then
run them over the cliff before the
whites knew the canon was there, and
the place looks as if this could be done.
Will tell you of Grand Canon in my next.
Say, Colonel, did you ever try to write
on a train in the Rocky Mountains. We
have been in sight of snow ever since
we left Denver.
All Plattsmouth people are well and
the happiest crowd on this green sward.
For unadulterated bliss the angels are
r.ol in it with us.
Presbyterian Jubilee
The following is an outlincof the ser
ies of events attending upon the Pres
byterian Jubilee next week:
Wednesday night the 6th, a public
reception, to which the entire public is
invited. Hour eight to ten thirty.
Thursday night at eight o'clock, a
free organ recital by Mr. J. H. Simms
of Omaha.
Friday afternoon at 2:30, letters
from old friends and short speeches
from any of them who may be present.
Also an address by Dr. Wadsworth, of
Bellevue College.
Friday night at eight o'clock, the
presentation of the history of the church
by Dr. Baird, the burning of the mort
gage and the Jubilee address by Dr.
Jenks, of the First Presbyterian church
of Omaha. Subject, "Silent Forces."
Saturday night a sermon by Rev.
Thomas L. Sexton, D. D., of Lincoln.
Sunday morning, the sermon of de
dication by the pastor and the dedica
tion of the church.
Sunday night, a service of evangel
ism, addressed by Rev. Wm. H. Kearns
of Beatrice, Superintendent of the
Synod of Nebraska, and synodical evan
gelist. An abundance of good music is being
provided for all these events and the
general public will be welcomed to
them all.
JUNIORS ENTER-
TAIN SENIORS
Have a Very Enjoyable Time
at Their Annual Recep
tion at Coates Hall
With the Coates Hall decorated very
tastefully, last evening the Juniors of
the Plattsmouth High school gave their
entertainment to the Senior class of
tie High school. Much skill was dis
played in the decorations of the hall
which was in the colors of the
Senior class, which is black and red.
The first on the program was the
drawing of one of the members of one
of the classes, allowing the others to
guess who it was. This was a source
of much amusement, and thoroughly
enjoyed by all. The literary program
was good and one enjoyed by all present.
Then followed the refreshments which
was one of the pleasing features of the
evening. All who attended this annual
function were more than pleased with
the entire entertainment.
Be Careful What You Do
Two men were arrested in St. Joseph
for throwing samples of tablets and
pill3 in doorways and yards where chil
dren could easily find them: Notwith
standing that the samples were analyz
ed and found to contain no poison the
individuals were fined five dollars each
for violating the city ordinance.
Boquets for the Journal.
Mrs. Mary A. O'Leary, who returned
yesterday from a trip to Seward, where
she was visiting with two daughters.
was a pleasant caller at the Journal
home this morning, bringing a beauti
ful bouquet, each for the editor, book
keeper and reporter. For these please
accept our thanks. Now is the time
when we enjoy flowers, and they are
more highly appreciated than to have
them appear after our work here has
been finished. The good things which
we all intended to say we often leave
unsaid until it appears in an obituary
notice. The same with the flowers;
we acknowledge the good and timely
giving of these tokens. of friendship.
BEWARE OF
PRESENT HOUTil
Fierce Storms Are Scheduled for the
Merry Month of May.
May is to be a continuous perform
ance of tornadoes, thunderstorms, ' hail
and frost. Rev.Irl R. Hicks has hung
out the danger signals in his long-die tant
forecasts for the month, and trouble is
feared by those who have faith in his
prognostications.
The merry month is to open with a
series of violent thunder storms, ap
proaching tornadic violence in the west.
specially on the 3d and 4th. Low
barometer, sultriness, fitful south
winds and restless clouds, indicate an
almost positive danger at this time,
says Mr. Hicks. The country at large
is to be visited with heavy rains and
hail, followed by late snows, squalls
and sleet. Frosts will be natural and
much probabilitytof seismic disturbances.
Careful watching is advised by the
St. Louis prognosticator from the 7th to
the 11th generally. High temperature,
daily rains and thunder storms with
probable tornadoes, is on the menu for
the 13th to the 16th, and floods over
wide sections follow immediately. Much
cooler weather is due from the 16th to
the 19th. From the 19th to the 22d is
not seriously threatening, but look out
for tornadoes, says Mr. Hicks.
Quiet and calm and much warmer
until the 24th will usher in the most
dangerous period of the month, and
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the
25th, 26th and 27th, storms may be ex
pected to become very threatening, if
not tornadic. The 27th is the twelfth
anniversary of the St. Louis cyclone.
The danger area extends over the central
and western parts of the country. The
month is to end in comparative peace,
although seismic disturbance is possible
from the 27th to the 31st.
TOLIPARUELE
VISITS FREMONT
He Says the Independent Telephone
is "Hot Stuff."
Tom Parmele of this city visited Fre
mont one day this week and in speak
ing of his visit to that city, the Herald
say:
Thomas E. Parmele, the well known
Plattsmouth capitalist and telephone
promoter is in the city on business.
He came in last evening in an auto
and went directly to the Eno, to so
journ with his old friend, Landlord H.
K. Dunbar. He will return to Omaha
today.
"I am coming in this way from
Wahoo," said Mr. Parmele, "having
driven to that place looking over the
new independent telephone line from
Omaha to Wahoo in which I am inter
ested.
It's a great line, and it will soon be
connected up with Fremont. That is,
we are about through between Omaha
and Wahoo now, and at a point about
five miles north of Meade, we fexpect
to cut for Fremont, and it will be a
perfect line when we get it builded.
"As proof of this I only need to tell
you that the poles - are 30 feet high
with a 7-inch top, and they run 50 to
the mile. The support five ten-pin
cross-bars which will hold 25 No. 8 cop
per circuits. That shows the character
of our construction work.
"Omaha? Oh, we have a great future
there. We already have 4,000 sub
scribers in our new book. That's not
bad for the first year. More that 15,000
next year sure.
Mr. Parmele asseverated with su
preme confidence that the Independent
toll lines would make talk very cheap
and easy from Fremont to Omaha, and
all over the state, and then he declared
that the next president would hail from
Nebraska, a fact that no one would
gamble on with more certainty than
Tom Parmele.
Glenwood's New Ice Plant
J. A. Bortenlanger, of Glen wood, was
a visitor in the city this morning ha v
ing business with H. C. McMaken. Mr.
Bortenlanger has recently incorporated
and established an ice plant at Glen-
wood, Iowa, which is now turning out
15 tons of artificial ice per day of the
finest quality. Mr. Bortenlanger while
unassuming in manner is a russler and
does things, and the kind of a man for
any city which expects to make a live
town of itself, to have.
ANOTHER PIONEER
PASSES AWAY
Henry Sitzman Passes Away
This Morning at the
Home of His Son.
Aftar a lingering illness of malignant
cancer of the stomach which has lasted
for the last six months or more, and
has kept the sufferer confined to his
bed, Henry Sitzman passed away this
morning at the home of his son, Wm.
Sitzman foreman of the Evening News
office. Mr. Sitzman was born in Ber
land, Germany, August 15, 1851, and
would have been fifty-seven years of
age this summer. When a young man
he came to this county and made his
home in Spencer county, Indiana, where
he lived for number of years. Here
about thirty-five years ago he was mar
ried to Miss Catherine Ender, and but
a short time later removed to Platts
mouth, where he has made his home
ever since." Some-three years since his
wife died, passing away on the 27th of
September, 1905. Of the union there
were four children born, one (Edward)
dying some years ago at the age of 3
years. Those left to mourn his death,
of his own immediate family, was his
three sons, Paul, Frank and William.
At the home of the latter, Mr. Sitzman
has stayed since the death of his wife.
The funeral will be held from the St.
John's Catholic church, Monday morn
ing, but at what hour is not at this
time definitely known. Rev. Father
Bradley will deliver the funeral ora
tion.
THERE WILL BE HO
COMPANY STORES
Burlington Employes Project
Believed to Have
Been Dropped.
It is believed that the project to
established co-operative stores under
the management of labor unions repre
sented by the Burlington employes has
been dropped. Coincident with the
dropping of this project comes with the
organization by representative of all the
labor unions on all the roads in the
states of an association having for its
purpose the protecting against reduc
ing freight rates of the passage of
further restrictive laws by legislatures
of ruling by the railway commission
affecting railroads. To work effec
tively the men have thought best to
take petitions to the merchants in the
towns where they do much trading and
to get these signed. Sizing up this
situation a Burlington employe said
yesterday:
"The co-operative store idea might
be all right in many cases, but now, I
think we perfer to buy of the local
merchant. We must not antagonize
all the business interests to the point
that they will in turn antagonize our
employers and thus, by. restrictive
legislation and rate reduction force
loss of dividends and cut in wages. We
are now trying to get close enough to
business interests to show them that
the interest of the railroad and its
employes is the interest of all business
men."
The railroad labor unions will be
represented more strongly than ever
when the legislature meets in Lincoln
next winter. The strength of the labor
unions on the roads will be exerted
wherever there is any considerable
number of votes at the primaries and
at the election this fall. Already some
organizations have named legislative
representatives to look after their
iaterests during the next session. The
labor unions will see to it that they
leave no stones unturned to advance
wh at they now consider their best in
terest. A Warning to Fast Driving.
The killing of Miss Nellie S. Smith in
Lincoln last week by being run over by
an automobile, should serve as a warn
ing to some of the .fast drivers in Platts
mouth, who seem to think that pedes
trians have no rights which they are
bound to respect. But they have, and
we want to tell them for their own
good, that pedestrians have the first
rights of all street crossings, and should
a team passing over these crossings run
over a person, the driver will be held
criminally liable for injuries done in so
doing. There are some drivers who
are ignorant of the law, but this is no
excuse. They at times become so reck
less that we have seen them barely
miss women folks who had to run to
get out of their way. A word heeded
in this direction may save trouble to
drivers.
Burlington Train Change Time.
While the time to which the morning
trains have been changed, is slight,
(number 19 coming five minutes sooner,
its time now being 8.08 a. m., while
number six the train going east which
has arrived heretofore at 8:18 comes
now at 8:08) making the trains pass at
this point. In order to avoid a race
for the train, it will be necessary to
get there about ten minutes sooner.
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Beginning Tuesday, May 5th and ending Saturday, May 9th. During
this week we have a Special Sale on Our Entire Stock of Lace Curtains, and
now while you are housecleaning we offer this opportunity while these goods
are in season. We cut the price not for our benefit, but for yours. So if
you want a bargain come to our store during this week. There are too many
to describe you must see them. We have anything you want from a Cheap
Notingham to Fine Cable Net. Bring this list it will prove to you that we
live up to our advertisement.
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CURTAIN FORUER SALES CURTAIN FORUER SALES CURTAIN FORUER SALES
NO. PRICE. PRICE. NO. PRICE. PRICE. NO. PRICE. PRICE.
7131 $4 00 $3 25 8587 $2 00 $1 50 7799 S3 25 $2 48
7164 1 50 1 15 7138 95 65 9698 3 50 2 75
775 2 00 1 50 6654 2 50 1 95 8365 3 50 2 75
638 2 25 1 79 555 1 50 1 10 1721 6 75 5 89
381 3 00 2 69 550 6 00 4 75 4356 6 50 5 75
8038 3 00 2 69 296 2 00 1 60 4170 7 50 6 65
4708 6 50 5 50 500 2 75 1 89 9128 2 50 1 98
2526 3 50 2 89 2743 4 00 3 48 5694 5 50 4 75
4232 5 00 4 50 4182 9 00 7 50 506 4 50 3 89
7157 3 50 3 00 8838 1 75 2 15 . 9085 1 00 75
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DAILY PERSONAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest, From Wed
nesday Evening's Daily Journal
District Judge, II. D. Travis, visited
Omaha this afternoon.
Mrs. W. L. Pickett was a passenger
to Omaha this afternoon.
J. P. Guth, of Omaha, was a business
visitor in the city today.
Miss Pearl Nickels was a visitor in
Omaha this afternoon.
Miss Emma Shafers, of Omaha, was
an over night visitor in the city.
Henry Krager, of west of Mynard,
was a business visitor in the city to
day.
Frank Stanley had some business
matters at Pacific Junction this morn
ing.
A. W. O'Neal was a passenger to
Omaha this afternoon, going on the fast
mail.
Walter J. Schneider, of Cedar Creek,
was looking after some business in the
city today.
Mrs Joseph Droege and son, Emil,
were business visitors in Omaha this
afternoon.
Joseph Nouck and Edward Chappel,
of near Nehawk, were visitors in the
city today.
Jeff Lewis and family from near
Murray were visitors in the county seat
this morning.
The Nebraska City ball team which
came in on the noon train is a good look
ing set of young men.
Mrs. George Mason departed this af
ternoon for York, where she will visit
with friends for a few days.
N. J. Hilding, superintendent of the
firm of Hoye & Bridges of Omaha was
a business visitor in the city this morn
ing. Mrs. N. K. Peeples and little child
returned this afternoon from a weeks
visit at Phelps, Missouri, with rela
tives. Little Chester Todd, who has been
quite sick for some time past, is re
ported as being almost entirely well at
this time.
A. L. Anderson returned last even
ing from a business trip to Ashland,
and was joined on his return by Mrs.
Anderson, who has been visiting at Om
aha. Bert Crissman came in last evening
and will make this his home, having
accepted a position as bar-tender in
Frank Benfers saloon at the new loca
tion. John Seagraves returned to his work
at South Omaha this afternoon, after
having visited in the city and at his
home south of town, for the past a few
days.
J. B. Dodson, of Kansas City, came
in this morning and is looking after
some business matters in the city rela
tive to the land business in which he
and Frank Stanley are engaged.
Mrs. Thomas Kemster and daughter,
Miss Alice, departed for their home at
McCook this afternoon, and were ac
companied as far as Omaha by the
Misses Margurite and Ruth Helps.
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G. F. S. Burton was a visitor in Om
aha this morning.
T. M. Patterson was a business vis
itor at Lincoln this afternoon.
Conrad Meisinger and family were
visitors in the city this afternoon.
Gus Smith and family of west of
Murray were visitors in the city this
morning with friends.
Philip Meisinger and wife were vis
itors in the city this morning, looking
after some business matters.
G. G. Meisinger, wife and Mary
Stochr, mother of Mrs. Meisinger,
were visitors in Omaha this afternoon.
George Rhoden from southwest of
Mynard was a visitor in the city this
morning, looking after some business
matters.
Mrs. J. W. Peters of this place and
sister, A. E. Stephenson, of Glenwood,
who is visiting in the city, were pas
sengers to Omaha this afternoon.
Judge J. E. Douglass, the reporter
for the News, is not feeling the best,
but was working today because it was
not possible to obtain someone to work
in his place.
J. O. Oberie of Omaha is visiting in
visiting in the city with friends, and
will remain over Sunday. Mr. Oberie
is at present engaged with the Union
Pacific at the freight station.
M. L. Freidrich, commissioner, re
turned home last evening from a trip
over the county with the other mem
bers of the board, who have been out
with the bridge contractor looking up
the bridge work of the county.
J. C. Coleman returned last evening
form Minco, Oklahoma, and reports
things looking fine in that county, but
there, as well as in this and the other
northern countries, they had frost, so
the wave has bomn general, and we
probably are suffering less from its ef
fects than many other places.
C. E. Metzger and Earnest Horn came
down from Cedar Creek last evening
and remained over night, taking the
early Burlington for Omaha, where
Chris has a two loads of stock on the
South Omaha market, and where Earn
est will visit a couple of days. Mr.
Metzger will spend Sunday with his old
friend, Manager of the state fishenies,
at Gretna. While here the latter re
newed for the Daily Journal another
year.
The Lindsey brothers, Thomas an
George, returned last evening from
near Murray, where they have just
completed the laying of a foundation
for a barn for Chas. Perry, which is
23 by 42 and which will be constructed
at once. W. W. Hamilton will do the
carpenter work.
Wm. Brinkman and Goddard Rhode
departed this morning on the early
Bnrlington train for Omaha, where
they will vi3it with friends for the day,
and see the sights in the biggest city
in Nebraska. They have been hearing
of that place for some time and are
now going to see its wonders.
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Adam KafTenberger and wife were
visitors in Omaha this afternoon.
Mrs. Elmer Taylor was a visitor with
friends in Omaha this morning.
W. F. Gillespie, of Mynard, was a
visitor in the city this morning.
George KafTenberger and wife were
visitors in Omaha this morning.
Mrs. May Morgan and little daughter,
Clara Mae, were visiting with friends
in Omaha this morning.
Miss Myrtle Sanders was a visitor in
Omaha this morning, where she will
visit with friends for the day.
Work at the A. O. U. W. hall has
been stopped on account of a failure to
get stone to continue worka few days.
August Raceler, wife and Miss Anna
Bohmer, a sister of Mrs. Raceler, were
visiting with friends in Omaha this
morning.
John Janda departed for Omaha this
morning, in response to a message call
ing him to that place, where he has a
daughter, Mrs. Joe Hardroba living.
David Hawksworth, wife! and neice.
Miss Nettie Hawksworth, were visitors
in Omaha this morning.
J. H. Epps, of Chicago, was a visitor
in the city last evening, and departed
for Omaha this morning on the early
train.
Miss Ina Randall came in this morn
ing from Omaha, and will stay over
Sunday at the home of her parents.
Yardmaster, C. S. Johnson, was a
visitor in Lincoln this morning, looking
after some railway business matters.
Mrs. Will Vallery and Miss Lottie
Vallery departed this morning forJOma
ha, where they will visit with friends
for the day.
Mrs. Ignac Wooster and son, Joseph,
were passengers to Lincoln this morn
ing, where they will visit for sometime
with friends.
L. B. Tillman, wife and daughter,.
Lena, of Union, are visiting northwest
of the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Clugey.
Mrs Thomas Kemster returned last
evening from Omaha where she went
yesterday to meet her daughter, Miss
Alice who accompanied her.
Miss Alice Kerr, who is working at
Glenwood, was a visitor in the city this
morning, and will stay until over San
day, a guest of her mother, Mrs. B. C.
Kerr.
J. G. Stuart, of Aurora, Illinois, head
storekeeper of the Burlington, was a
visitor in the city this morning, looking
after some business matters for the
company.
J. W. Thomas tells us that he has
transplanted some 3150 blackberry
plants this spring and is getting a much
more extensive field of berries than he
has had before.
Mrs. Fred Gorder and daughter, Miss
Louise, returned home this morning
after a visitor of a few weeks at Lex
ington, this state, where they were the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Ploetz
Miss Efa Kennedy of Marysville, Mis
souri, arrived this afternoon and will
visit with her cousin, Mrs. J. W. Cra
bill, and will probably accept a position
in the city as a compositor on one of
the papers.
Sam M. Parker has just finished
planting some 5,000 strawberry plants
which he had shipped from Borne point
in Maryland. They are of the finest
variety and he expects to raise some
fine fruit.