ENJOYABLE
EVENING
Farewell at Presbyterian Church in
Honor of Departing Members
From Friday's Daily.
One of the most delightful affairs
of the season was held last night in
the parlors of the Presbyterian
church. It was in the nature of a
reception given by the Ladles' Aux
ilary and the Men's Brotherhood to
Mr. Chancellor Phillips and his wife
and to Mr. W. L. Cooper and his
wife who are soon to leave the com
munity. Mr. Cooper is the president
of the Brotherhood and Mrs. Cooper
is the secretary of the Auxilary and
each has done most excellent and ef
ficient work in these places; Mr. Phil
lips is the vice president of the
Brotherhood and his wife has been
reared in the midst of those friends
gathered to do them honor.
The ladles had prepared a pleasing
luncheon and the tables were artfully
arranged with vines, potted flowers,
chandalabra and beautiful white lin
en. After the luncheon a post pran
dial of more that ordinary merit was
indulged In, in which several took
part expressing their appreciation of
these good friends and the regret
with which all viewed their depart
ure. C. A. Rawls responded to the
toast "Fellowship." He gave im
petus to a succession of good things.
Miss Addle Searle responded to the
toast "Relations of the Church."
Mrs. C. A. Rawis spoke of the "Com
ers and Goers.'" Pdof. J. W. Gam
ble had been asked to respond to the
toast "Elijah's Mantale Wanted,
Elishas," and right well did he meet
the requirements of the occasion.
Prof. Gamble adroitly opened the
hearts of all present to these guests
of honor that' they might see the
large place they had occupied in the
esteem of the church and how great
ly they would be missed when they
were gone. He presented many
helpful suggestions from the lives
and labors of these two prophets and
emphasized how in each department
of life there is that leader parallel
ing Elijah but there is not always
an Elisha on whom the mantle can
fall. At the close of his remarks we
felt more than ever what this parting
would mean to all concerned. Mrs
Cooper, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Cooper
each In turn responded to these
words of their friends after which the
pastor who presided over the "flow
of the soul" offered a few words of
prayer, the company arose and sang
"Blest be the Tie that Binds" and
after the benediction the doog wish
es and the goodbyes were said.
, Farewell to Friends.
From Friday's Dnlly.
A farewell surprise was tendered
to Miss Anna and Mr. Alfred Janda
last night at the home of their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Janda in the
north part of town.
Mr. Janda and family expect to
move to Lawrence, Neb.; the latter
part of this month, so the friends of
Miss Anna and Mr. Albert planned
a surprise in honor of them. i
For the occasion their friends
came masked, which afforded much
amusement as some did "beat the
cake." Two of the boys came mask
ed as girls and to say they were
charming is no word for it, as all the
boys were "sweet" on them. Some
time was passed thus among the
maskers, trying to make out one an
other and their masks were taken off
and the rest of the evening was
spent in games, music and dancing.
At a proper hour refreshments
were served to which all did ample
Justice. Shortly after midnight the
home waltz was played after which
all started for home, all sorry that
the night was not longer, also bid
ding farewell to Anna and Albert,
wishing them success In their new
home, and all were sorry to lose
them from their social circle..
Those . who were present were
Misses Anna Janda, Mary Novotny
Hermice Novotny, Ilermlce Chaloup
ka, Frances Stupka, Rebecca Haines
Clara Jlrousck, Rosa Novotny,, Anna
Vetersnik, Anna Jirousek, Anna Pal
acek, Messrs. Jno Hadraba, Jim Re
bal, Tim Wooster, Roy Holly, An
theny Neslader, Anton Vetersnik
Albert Janda, Frank Lorenz, Frank
Libershal, Joe Hlber, Chas. Hula
Anton Toman.
Koine Sprinter.
County Attorney W. C. Ramsey of
Plattsmouth was In town Monday
evening on his way homo from tho
west part of tho county, where he
had been on official business. While
he strayed up town to meet some
of his friends, and when the train
rang its bell to start there was some
thing doing in the(sprlntlng line, and
the last we saw of the genial county
attorney was a coat tall waving in
the breeze as he "cut the corners.'
Ho won the race with time to spare
and a boy who snw It remarked
"Gee! Hut watch tho mud fly, Why
he ran give the old Missouri Pacific
a mile the start and beat It to
Plattsmouth without drawing a long
breath. "Union Lodger.
Save Money ly Buying OiaiuWr
luln's Cough Remedy.
You will pay J vst as much for a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy as for any of the other cough
medicines, but you save money In
buying it. The saving is in what
you get, not what you pay. The
sure to cure quality is in every bot
tle of this remedy, and you get
good results when you take It. Ne
glected colds often develop serious
conditions, and When you buy a
eougii ine-i 1 ..; you want to be surt.
that vo i an potting one that will
cure . jour did. Cnanibeiiaiu s
Conch .;rol always cur.'
2T ip' "C ecu a bottl.. For i1;i
by F G Ffl-fcc & Co.
FORGER IN
THE CITY
Works Number of Merchants For
Various Sums
A very smooth check artist visited
Plattsmouth yesterday evening, and
in a very clever manner succeeded in
passing two forged checks on two of
our business men, this time new vic
tims were selected from among the
merchants of the ,clty. The fellow
came in yesterday sometime and reg
istered at the Hotel Perkins for din
ner, also stopping there for supper.
He gave the name of Samuel John
son and represented to those with
whom' he talked that he intended to
install a block system on this divis
ion of the M. P. Railway. He visited
R. B. Windham's office and entered
into &t contract with agency for a
house situated near Jlrousek's store
in the western part of the city.
Later he visited the store of M.
Hild, the furniture man and told him
that he intended to move into the
property which he had taken from
Mr. Windham and that he would
want furniture for it. He bought
furniture to the value of $256 giving
Mh. Hlld a check on the Northwest
em bank of Sioux City, la., and pur
porting to be signed by one A. B
Waring. The amount of the check is
$275 and he received $19 in change
He was careful to make the purchase
after banking hours so that the check
could not be discovered until morn
ing.
From Hild's he went to the hard
ware store of H. L. Asemissen & Son
where he laid In stoves and hardware
to the extent of $77 giving them a
check for $90 and receiving $13 In
change. Of course this check was
like the other and bogus.
This morning the two checks were
presented at the Bank of Cass County
and Cashier Patterson suspecting
that something was not right called
the Sioux City bank over the phone
and was told that they were no good
and that the same swindler had been
working business men in Wisconsin
on the same deal. By this time he
had gone, which way no one knew.
Johnson, as he was called, Is a
man about 60 or 65 years of age,
smooth shaven and about five feet
eleven inches or six feet tall, weigh
ing about two hundred pounds. He
wore a black ribbon for a tlo. His
hair was turning gray, he walks lame
and is hesitating in his speech
He had a nose which was prominent
for Its large size.
The officers were notified and are
now looking for him and it is hardly
likely he will be able to escape. The
gag is not a new one but the men
were deceived by the elaborateness of
his plan.
Miss Jessie Maple, a sister of Mrs.
Charles Byrnes, arrived In this city
from her home in Schuyler, bring
ing with her the two little Bons of
the murdered man, Donald, aged 3
years, and Scth, aged 2 years.
MORE PROFIT IN
STOCK RAISING
can be made if the digestive ca
pacity of your animals is increas
ed and perfect health is main
tained. Dr. Hess Stock Food is
the prescription of Dr. Hess (M.
D., 1). V. S.) for Increasing the
digestion, regulating the bowelB,
purifying the blood and relieving
the minor stock ailments.
A healthy animal only digests
about GO per cent of its food. By
the addition of bitter tonics this
amount can be increased. If a"
healthy animal can be improved,
think of the profit in feeding.
Dr. HESS
Stock Pood
to an unthrifty animal. Itrestores
health and compels the animal to
convert the largest possible per
ccntnge of the food eaten into
bone, muscle, milk, fat etc., per
mitting less to pass off an waste.
Dr. Ilecs Stock Food is the
scientific kind; it has the medical
and veterinary institutions back
of it. Sold on a written guarantee
100 lbs. $5 00. J5 H pill, $1.60. For till tj
F. G. FRICKE & CO.
Ultt'CKilST..
Plattsmouth, Ned.
BIG SHIP NAMED
FOR LITTLE STATE
Delaware, New Dreadnought,
Launched Today.
TP BE OUR LARGEST WARSHIP.
She Will Displace Twenty Thousand
Ton or Water and Make Twenty
one Knots Named by Daughter of
State, Surrounded by Prominent Men.
Newport News, Va., Feb. 6. Bear
ing the name of the next to the
smallest state of the Union, the Dela
ware, the largest battleship of the
United States, was launched here to
day. - She shares with her sister ship,
the North Dakota, recently launched
at Fore River, Mass., the honor of be
ing the American Dreadnought.
Standing sponsor for the Delaware
was Miss Anna P. Cahall, a daughter
of the state for which the new ship is
named. She Is a resident of Bridge-
ville, Del., and a niece of Governor
Pennewlll of Delaware. Assisting
Miss Cahall In the task of smashing
the bottle of champagne on the bow
of the Delaware and naming the huge
hull was Miss Hazel of Dover, Del., a
niece of Mrs. James Pennewlll. sister-
in-law of the governor.
Despite the agitation of the temper
ance societies of Delaware to have the
state's namesake christened with wa
ter, the customary bottle of champagne
played its usual sacrificial part in the
launching of the Delaware.
State's Leading Men Present.
Governor Pennewlll, his brother
Judge James Pennewlll; Delaware's
representatives in the national legis
lature and the members of the state
legislature, as well as a large number
of prominent citizens of Dover, Wll
mlngton and other places, were pres
ent to see the battleship take the water.
When completed the Delaware will
be a first class armored battleship ot
20,000 tons displacement. Her gen
eral dimensions are as follows: Length
over all, 518 feet 9 Inches; beam, 83
feet 2 inches; depth, 44 feet 6 Inches,
Her main battery will consist of ten
twelve-Inch guns mounted in pairs In
turrets. She will be propelled by twin
screws driven by two four-cylinder
triple expansion engines enpabie of
sending her through the water at a
21 knot gait. She will cost $4,000,000.
CLAIMANTS JjAYEINNiNG.
Debate In House Is Both Humorous
and Exciting.
Washington, Feb. 6. Private claim
ants by the score had their Innings In
the house of representatives, the whole
session being given over to a special
order for their consideration. The de
bate was not without Its Incidents,
both humorous and exciting. Mann
provoked the house to laughter by
questioning the value of two Kentucky
thoroughbred horses, and he charged
that the committee had accepted the
valuation of the animals as fixed by
an "Idiot." But it was left to Hep
burn (la.), Macon (Ark.) and Gaines
(Tenn.) to furnish the exciting feature
of the proceedings. The Iowa mem
ber protested against the reservation
of objections to bills, claiming that ob
jections should be made outright or
not at all Macon, who was doing
much of the reserving, declared' that
his sole object was to elicit explana
tions which would enable him to "ob
ject intelligently." The Bpeaker be
came Involved in the controversy and
was called on to make a ruling, and
then Gaines threw the house into an
uproar by charging that the rules pro
hibited a "square deal" to claimants.
He grew so vehement that the speaker
ordered a deputy sergeant-at-arms to
conduct him to his seat Gaines, how
ever, sat down before the official
reached him.
ALLISON REMEMBERED,
Senate Pays Honors Today to Memory
of Deceased Leader.
Washington, Feb. 6. The senate
transacted no public business today,
Its time being devoted to eulogies of
the career of the late William Boyd
Allison, senator from Iowa, who died
Aug. 4, 1908.
An unusual note of feeling ran
through the addresses. They had little
of the perfunctory nature generally
marking the obituary exercises In the
senate, as Senator Allison's long serv
ice In the upper national house ami
the qualities of his character com
manded the respect of his colleagues.
The principal address was made by
Senator Dolllvcr of Iowa.
QUESTION ONURISDICTION,
First Thing to Be Settled In the South
Dakota Passenger Rate Case.
Pierre, S. 1)., Feb. 6. About tho
only subject of discussion hero Is the
question as to which side wins the
race to tho courts Wednesday on tho 2
cent rate law. Tho situation is such
that tho first legal question which
will have to bo settled Is that of
whether tho state or federal courts
first secured Jurisdiction, the state
le;al department claiming to have got
Into tho state courts first by a few
minutes and tho railroads alleging
they were busy In the federal courts
at Sioux Falls a cratch ahead of the
ttate court.
ELIOT'S LONG JOURNEY.
Aged Harvard President Starts on
Tour of East and Scuth Tomorrow.
Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 6. President
Charles W. Eliot of Harvard univer
sity, who will retire from his office in
May, will begin tomorrow a tour of the
eastern and southern sections of the
United States. Considering the length
of the tour and the frequency of the
stops, It will be one of the most re
markable Journeys ever undertaken by
a man of Dr. Eliot's age. The vener
able president of Harvard will be seventy-five
years old in March.
President Eliot's trip will extend as
far & Texas. He will make many
Btops on the way to that state, visiting
universities and colleges and acting ai
guest of honor at gatherings of Har
vard men. His return Journey will be
marked by similar breaks. He Is due
back in Cambridge on April 3.
REFUSED DRINKJULLS THREE,
Mexican Soldier Then Shoots Out Pt
liceman'a Lantern and Escapes.
Sallna Cruz, Mexico, Feb. 6. Plai
Lopez, a soldier in the Twenty-fifth
Mexican infantry, went on a rampag
because the bartender at La Union
Cantina refused to give him a drink,
and began shooting into the crowd.
When he had finished' two Mexicans
and a negro were dead on the floor.
Lopex then shot the lantern out of the
hands of a policeman and escaped.
TRADE REVIEW
FORM WEEK,
Retail Dullness More Pronounced
Than Usual at This Season.
New York, Feb. 6. R. G. Dun A
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Dullness of retail trade is somewhat
more pronounced than usual at this
season and distribution in wholesale
lines continues considerably restrict
ed, although there is demand foi
some varieties of cotton and woolen
goods to provide for Immediate re
quirements and eastern manufacturer!
are very busy. Future orders In mosi
lines are still placed with great cau
tion, but confidence In the future li
stronger. Conditions in Iron and stee
continue disappointing. In the prlmarj
market for dry goods the feature o:
importance Is the increasing evidence
of shortness of stocks In Jobbers
hands, supplies in the west especlafi)
having been reduced to a minimum
Export business has ceased for thi
present, owing to advanced prices li
nearly all lines bought for China
While the trend of the market foi
woolen goods has not been fully deter
mined, the tendency appears to bo li
favor of better grade fabrics. Prlcei
for footwear are firm at the advancei
rates demanded by manufacturers, ow
lng to high cost of leather, but pur
chases by visiting buyers In the ag
gregate continue disappointing. Pricei
of domestic hides were somewhat eas
ier, with the exception of brandet
stock, which continues strong. Coun
try hides are lower.
In Hands of Receivers.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 6. The DIr
mingham Coal and Iron company wat
thrown into the hands of receiver!
and Judge Jones named A. W. Smltt
and James Donnyman receivers. Tht
petitioning creditors are the Aetm
Powder company and others. The Bir
mingham company has properties U
this district valued at over $6,000,000
CHICAGO GRAINAND PROVISIONS,
Features of the Day's Trading anc
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, Feb. 5. Heavy shipment!
from Argentine and Australia for tht
week, with only a light movement
from America had a depressing effect
today on the wheat market here, Qua.
quotations being Vic higher to Vic low
or. Corn, outs and' provisions close
steady. Closing prices;
Wheat May, $1.09; July, 98Vic
Corn May, 6363cj July, Wfc
Oats May, 62c; July, 46Mn.
Pork May, $16.95; July, $ 17.05.
Lard May, $9.67,; July, $9.77!
Ribs May, $8.90; July, $9.07.
Chicago Cash prices No. 2 hare
wheat, $1.071.10; No. 3 corn, Cl4c;
No. 3 white oats, 50(5520.
8outh Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, Feb. 5. Cattle Ro
celpts, 600: active. lOffilSc hlaher:
native steers, $4,255-0.25; cows and
neiters, $;um5.00; western steers
J3.25ft5.EO: Texas steers xrnoffK.in
canners, $2.002.85; stockers and
feeders, $3.005.25; calves, J3.00&
7.00; bulls, stags, etc., $2.7504.75
Hogs Receipts, 3,500; 10c higher;
heavy, $G.20(& 6.35; nflxed, $6.10(&6.20;
light, ICOOaj 6.25; pigs. Il.504i5.50:
bulk of sales, $6.00Ij 6.25. Sheep lie
celpts, 1,000; steady; yearlings, $r,.0l
tfC.GO; wethers, $1,1545.10; ewes
$4.00f4.75; lambs, $G.50&7.40.
Chicago Live Stock,
Chicago, Feb. 5. Cuttle Receipts
1.500; steady; steers, $1.00?i7.15;
cows, $3.005.50; heifers, $3.00 W 5.75;
bulls, $3.40tf 3.90; calves, $3.50 fi 8.25;
Blockers and feeders, $3.(H)fr5.40
Hogs Receipts, 21,000; steady; (holci
heovy shipping, $6,405 6.55; butchers
$6.3547 0.50; light mixed. $C.006.2O:
choice light, $6.10?; 6.30; packing.
$6104( 6.45; pig, $5.iiK.j 6.00; bulk of
sales. $ii.l5fff 6.43. Sheep Receipts,
r. nnfl' ul, ...... , n-r
I lambs, $6.7.147.60; ynrllags, $54. 7. x
RECIPROCAL
DEMURRAGE.
Joint Raliroad Committee ot Botr
Houses Recommends Bill,
LINCOLN MONUMENT IN FAVOR
Senate Recommends for Passage
House Bl Providing for $25,000 An
proprlation Pure Seed BUI Passes
House Bill for State Normal Board.
Lincoln, Feb. 6. The report of ihe
railroad committee of a reciprocal de
murrage bill was one of the features
of the proceedings in the legislature.
It wus reported by the Joint railroad
committee of the two houses and
there is every Indication that it will
become a law. This bill provides that
railroads are required to carry all
shipments of goods at a rate not less
than fifty miles per day, and that they
are responsible for all delays at the
rate of $1 per day for carload lots and
5 cents per package as a minimum.
In addition the railroad Is made liable
for all loss the consignor may sustain
as a result of failure to forward
freight under these specifications
Other provisions relate to the time ol
notice being given and gives consignor!
thirty-six hours lu which to unload
cars and places the obligations equally
on the shipper for failure to carry out
contracts made by bills of lading.
Norfolk Wants Normal School.
Norfolk wants a normal school and
citizens of that city are ready to do
nate property and make other con
cessions with a value of $10,000 if the
legislature will do the rest. The pe
tition was presented to the legislature.
Omaha merchants, headed by David
O'Brien, a candy manufacturer of that
city, object to stamping the net weight
of packages on the box in which they
stro contained. The members of the
Douglas county delegation are asked
to secure a modification of the purt
food law, In which this feature will
predominate.
Tho creation of a state normal
board Is provided for In a bill which
has been introduced in the house. It
would do away with the present state
board of education and make the live
places appointive by the governor
Other bills changing the appointed
on various boards, particularly the
pure food commission and a state ac
coutant, are now before the Bolons.
Pure Seed Bill Passes House.
Buck's pure seed bill was passed by
the house, as was a bill by Senatoi
Rundall placing Jurisdiction of tru
ancy cases In small cities under the
pollco Judge.
Representative Thomas Introduced
bill providing for a municipal court in
Omaha composed of three Judges with
a salury of $2,000 a year each. The
Benate recommended for pnssago the
house bill for an appropriation for a
Lincoln monument on the state capltol
grounds. There was no opposition to
the increase of the appropriation from
$15,000 to $25,000. Tanner's bill for a
board of osteopathy to regulate the
practice of this branch of medicine
was also recommended for passage In
the senate.
Senator Ransom's committee on
privileges and elections 'recommended
for passage H. R. 82, Taylor's bill glv
ing the state canvassing board the
duty ot canvassing the votes on con
stitutional amendments. The same
committee recommended for general
file Randall's bill permitting women
to vote in cities and Ketchum's bill for
an open primary and rotating ballot.
WOMEN FIGHT IN PENITENTIARY.
Reduction of Sentence for Good Be
havlor Cut Down Result.
Lincoln, Feb. 6. Although there are
only six women confined in the state
prison, three of them insist on dis
playing their ability in the manly art
by fighting. This was shown in a re
port Just made by Warden Boomer, in
which he adds that he has found it
necessary to cut down the time of two
of them forty days and the third six
ty days, which had been placed to
their credit for good behavior.
Mildred Bowles of Lincoln, who Is
held In the institution for robbing a
Lincoln firm, asks for a pardon. The
husband of the woman has filed the
petition and In addition to naming
four diseases from which he alleges
she is suffering the petition states she
will lose her mind unless released.
Grace Allen, May Thomas and Net
tie Miles are the three who are
charged with fighting and whose re
duction of sentence for good behavior
has been cut down.
Blacksmiths to Meet in Norfolk.
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 6. A con von
Hon of the Nebraska Association of
lHaclismlths ind Wttif elwrlghts has
been colled to meet In Norfolk, Feb
21-25. The convention Is specially
called for the purpose of securing ad
vantngeous legislation. The nssru la
Hon wants a law passed similar to
tho present law providing for median
Irs' lien, and also asks for a law pro
vlding that nil blacksmiths and hone
shoers shall be licensed.
Judge Oldham May File Suit.
Lincoln, Feb. 6. Leave was granted
JuU VV 1). Olilliam by the supremo
court to file bin suit providing for a
test of the right of Jinlgo Dean to his
pent on the Hiipremo bench under Hie
appointment of Governor Sheldon.
WESCOTT'S
SONS
"Where Quality Counts."
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Copyright,t908,Rosenwald&Weil,Chicga
You can double the life
of a Suit by buying an extra
pair of Trowsers, provided
they are good Trowsers.
GUST Trowsers
excel in every respedt They
are made to fit you not to
fit a price.
True value for money, or
money back.
All sizes from 27 inch
waist to 56 and from 27
inchlongto 37. Largest
range of patterns to se
lect from in the city.
c. E.
WESCOTT'S
SONS.
"Where Quality Corals."
For Hale.
At a bargain. The O'Neill proper
ty consisting of lot 7, Sec. 19, town
12, Rnngo 14, being six and one-
quarter acres with house, barn, ccw
shed, chicken coop, a fine big spring,
hog pasture of three acres, balance
In cow pasture. Also lot 14, section
18, town 12 range 14, containing
one and a quarter acres, two houses,
good well and clHtern on each place,
and all close to B. & M. shops. Also
32 lots in Blocks 2 to 10 Inclusive
O'Neill's addition and one lot In
block 138, all in the city of Platts
mouth. Terms to suit the purchaser.
Phone 207 White, or apply to Frank
O'Neill, at the property.
Many Sleepless Nights, Owning to a
Persistent Cough. .Relief found
At Last.
"For several winters past my wife
has been troubled with a most per
sistent and disagreeable cough,
which invariably extended over a
period of several weeks and caused
her many Bleepless nights," writes
Will J. Ilayner, editor of the Bur
ley, Colo, Bulletin. "Various reme
dies were tried each year, with no
beneficial results. In November last
the cough again put In an appear
ance and my wife, acting on the
suggestion of a friend, purchased
a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. The result was indeed
marvelous. After three doses the
cough disappeared and has not man
ifested itself since." This remedy
is for sale by F. G. Frlcko ft Co.
A Good Investment.
320 acres of well improved land In
Dickinson county, Iowa. Black loam,
clay sub soil, slightly rolling. 9
room houso, cellar and cistern, largo
barn with basement, corn crib, nor.
shed, chicken house. Good well and
windmill. All fenced and croRS
fenced. Largo orchard, large grove.
About 90 acres in pasture and hay
land, rest under plow; R. F. D. and
telephone. 7 ',4 miles to nearest
town.
A new electric railroad Is nssured
from Sioux City to Spirit Lake, and
tho land will bo Insldo of 2 miles
from a station.
Price per ncro $G0. Terms, easy.
For further particulars call upon or
address. Geo. L. Farley.
Ind. Telephone, No. 127. Plattsmouth
(iraml Hull,
Given by Geo. 13. Berger at Jen
kins' Hall, Murray, Nebraska, Mon
day night, Feb. 15. Music will bo
furnished by the L. F. Jacobs Or
chestra of Omaha. Good order and a
good time. AH are cordially Invited.
If you appreciate a good tlmo you
will make It n point to attend.