The Plattsmouth - Journal
t 1 Published Semi-Weekly it Plattsmouth, Mehriskif 1
R. A. DATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffke at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
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Secretary Ballinger declares he
will not resign "while there's any
thing to fight." And this manifest
ly settles it; he will never resign.
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There's this to be said for the pro
posed motor car trust: Poor people
can't afford cars anyhow, and the
rich don't care.
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Still others may be discouraged
from undertaking the trial-acre ex
periment next spring owing to the
high price of acres.
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could have control over the coal
lands, etc., in Alaska, or state who
suggested the name of the former
attorney of the Cunninghams in their
efforts to obtain patents to those
coal lands, for Secretary of the In
terior, be would clarify the political
atmosphere in the whole country.
Do you believe that Taft made this
appointment without knowning the
former connections of his secretary?
Is he a fool? ,
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bodies possible. Owing to the fact i will carry u ana tnai me loras musi
that a part of the train was burned pass It. In addition they feel that
a large number of the dead will they can muster votes enough to
likely never be Identified and the order the reorganization of the upper
total may never be known. house. It is an interesting situation.
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France Is being overwhelmed with Small pox Is reported as raging
Hoods and the prospect is that the In China and thousands are dying
loss will amount to a national dla- from it. Owing to the peculiarities
aster. Paris is reported as partly of the race, it is a difficult matter
Inundated, the waters of the Seine to combat the disease in that coun-
belng higher than ever before. The try and many lives are lost owing
many beautiful bridges whldi span to the superstitution of the race. Bu
that stream are threatened with de- bonlc plague is also raging In that
structlon by the high water. The country again, u tnere is any trutn
floods are caused by melting snow In the story of comets portending
and rains. Thousands of people pentilence and famine" then
have been rendered homeless and the we ar indeed up against It for there
problm of caring for them is of the ar two tramps wandering about in
gravest nature." In addition to the the heavens just now.
tes of the city who keep expensive
shops and who sell cases inlaid with
games of their customers, some of the
cases costing several hundred dollars
in money. This Is surely going some
and the girls are literally burning
their money up. It is said the disease
reaches such a stage that some of the
smokers would do without their meal
than their cigarettes.
Germany is preparing to retaliate
against America for the Payne-Ald-rlch
tariff. It seems that the new
law is no more popular in Germany
than it is at home.
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One advantage of the airship as a
war craft over the battle ships is
that an airship does not require three
or four years in building, and cost
6 million dollars.
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Count Zeppelin, who Is planning
to build a buloon 980 feet long by
dghty-five feet In diameter, to car
ry three hundred passengers, may
find It eanlcr to" build the baloon
than to find the three hundred volunteers.
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Governor Shallenberger has an
nounced that when a Judge ana Jury
send a man to the penitentiary, there
must be a reason. Therefore the
governor refuses to Interfere unless
the Jury and the Judge tell him
they made a mistake.
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flood, the water mains In several dis
tricts of Paris have broken and the
people are threatened with fire with
out any adequate protection. The
situation is one of the greatest grav-
The matter as to a special ses- tty.
slon of the legislature is about set
tled in the minds of the masses of Another heavenly wanderer is visi-
the Democratic Tarty. The senti- D,e ln the western heavens and it is
ment is unfavorable. Trenmore Cone, exciting the astronomers by its very
it seems, started the cry for a spec- strange formation. The usual comet
lal session by sending out petitions spectrum consists of a bright series
to members of the legislature, and ' hydro-carbon bands, but this com
the responses have been but few, et shows light hydro-carbon bands
many of the members refusing to wltn a Pa,r of Intensely bright sod-
answer one way or to the other. As ,um llnes- The striking orange color
for the writer, who is a member of of the comet head, is said to be due
Thirty-nine mayors of Ohio cities
have united in a movement to secure
the repeal of the county option law
now in force in that state. They con
tend that it has resulted in ruining
the business of their cities and
threatens to bankrupt them. This
has been the experience of every sec
tion which has adopted local option
and the Ohio executives are right in
their contention that it should be
repealed. Lincoln may claim that it
has not hurt that city but the claim
is not well founded. A traveller in
the city will note the change from
several years ago right easily. -
A highwayman with less Judgment
that body we can see so material good to Incandescent sodium vapor. This
a session could accomplish at this comet is not Halley's comet as many tnan U8ual trled to hold up m&3 Luiu
time. Wo are In the dutches of a thlnk Dut '8 another altogether. The Van Flwti a Behooi teacner of Cleve
Republican supremo court, and that Halley comet will not be visible to the iand yesterday and he got himself
s all there Is to It. naked eye until March. The comet ...., w , hla na.a
now ln sight Is pronounced to be that The young woman who evldentI lsJ
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and Hon. G. M. Hitchcock of Omaha, bright. It's appearance now Is puz- wa8 black and blue and tnen ,eft hlm
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.c .,uiu luu-muBcu luiiuiumes iur iiiug UBUUiiuiiiiTB lor luey urn uuui. . Bnnw hank' Thin norvoa tho
United States senators. As between expect it for many years. It can be
young man right. He ought to have
The labor department at Washing
ton la authority for the statement
that It now requires $1.44 to buy
the same amount of the necessaries
f life as $1.00 would buy three
years ago with scarcely any corres- the Republicans know it
ponding Increase in wages.
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lw" we UI" tur congressman seen auoui sundown in me wesi ana tackled a man if he .wanted to do
Hitchcock, because he has been tried It's course is toward the northeast
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not ln the least found wanting.
But we believe that Hon. W. j. succeeded in getting the factions of
It Is said that President Taft has
any looting, a man who tries to rob
a woman deserves to get a hammer
ing up which he will not forget. The
lady was so mad, however, in this
case that she left her purse lying on
the ground and the fellow got it
after all but he sure knew It was a
costly Job.
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KKOM TIIK BUSY WOULD.
"There Is poor economy In Uncle
Sam giving everything to the corpor
ations in the form of protective and
non-revenue producing duties bolng
levied, and at the same time the
government running behind. And yet
the powers that be would have con
gress pa a ship subhldy bill and
thus open another tremendous drain
on the public treasury.
Enthusiasts gleefully remark that
high prices make good times. They
do to the seller, but what of the buy
er? Take our farmers who are ob
liged to buy high priced hay and
corn. They will not agree to the prop
osition that times are good with
them. Neither will the laboring poo
pie whose wages are at the old notch,
but what ttey buy has incrdased
from 25 to 50 per cent.
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When the stock of a corporation
is held at a fabulous price bo as to
practically take it off the market,
that corporation must of necessity be
a paying institution. This is true
Bryan should be pushed to the front the Publicans In the house together
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and Insisted upon to accept the nomi- u u,ey uavo BBreca l paHS Bucn
notion Th,. , legislation as he wants. It Is said he
aati.vra IIVU IIIUIU U II II J U II XX. Ill C 11 I I
from Mr. Bryan himself that he will haS dl8p,ayed much tact ,n hls handl
accept the nomination, will remove ,ng of the ln8urKent and
.11 . . . I cannot control all of them and some
mi oiuer tanuiuaies. me people or Another fool and his money have
NnlirnHkn' rnn .w ti. n.n a will vote against his pet measures he . J ,
iseuraska ran elect Mr. Bryan, and v had the same old experience. They
is buio ul a itiajuiiiy iur Uii lie I .
nuve seperaiea company, mis partlc
ular character Is trying to have the
Kansas City police recover some
$20,000 which he claims some young
woman fleeced him out of. He ad
vanced the young woman the money
he says on her prospects ln an es
tate located in New York and fin
ally concluded to investigate only to
find that the estate was purely mythi
cal. Now he wants her nrosecuted
He gave the Kansas City authorities
an alleged name and residence, fixing
the latter as Lincoln which Is prob
ably true as Lincoln has always man
aged to produce about as many sep-
I wants with the possible exception of
the federal incorporation bill which
many of the senators are afraid
would be unpopular and cause them
The national conservation assocla
Hon has administered a real Baucy lo ,08e thelr 8eats- The federal Jn
slap upon the elbow to President corporation bill is said to be a Ae-
Taft. It has chosen GIfford Plnchot v,pe to flake from the states the
as president of the society ln sue- Pwi'r of controlling the big trusts
cession to Dr. Charles W. Elliott. and corporations and the Democrats
This Is an unkind cut especially af- a,ded by the western Republicans are
ter the way Taft treated GIfford. squarely against it. It is believed
that this measure Is sure to fall but
Reverting to President Taft's state- the amendments which the president
ment. It Is a most remarkable docu- ,reks to the insterstate commerce
ment. It is a confession of weakness aw ftnd his conservation bill are be-
in the president which even those who iiev6d to be certain to pass. Consider
knew him best could not have con- abIe curlo8ty ,8 manifested as to 6me and d,8Unct' brand8 of that ar
sidered possible. He covers himself what tne ln8urgents such as Con- UcIe 88 any plac.e.on eartD'
and his party in sackcloth and ashes
gressman Norrls will do with the
A great deal of unnecessary ex-
rich tariff bill makes iron and oil
products even more profitable, while
smaller concerns and individuals
never dream of asking aid from the
government.
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Some time ago the Omaha Bee at
tacked the extravagance of Governor
Shallonbcrger because ho had pur
chased seventy-fivo cents worth of
llowers. Now they are fighting like
dogs over the bone because It has
ont the nation $9,000 for flowers,
$35,000 for supporting tho stables,
$2.r(,000 for traveling expenses and
$73,000 for salary for Taft for ono
yenr. Taft's total allowance for the
pant year amounted to $329,420. And
i'Krs nro forty cents a dozen.
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Probably if tho president w ould
elate why ho appointed Ballinger as
Secretary of the Interior, whero h
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If a postal savings bank passes , u a l " wnai iney wani
It will bo Buch as will kill the Bmall That they wlU ask for a home ru,e
and his administration Is not yet a gevera, moa8ureg and whthPr thev . , .
,. . several measures ana wnetner tney cltement is belng cau8ed b, the boy
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... ...bu.bb ouu.wruv lU u o6u.Bl coU on meat and other products
thn mnHiirpR. I ., . .
Another railroad horror occurred wn,cn 18 now sweeping over the
yesterday when a passenger train on The final results from th English counirjr' inai any per80n 18 rooll8n
the Soo branch of the Canadian Pad- parliamentary election are Buch as to enUgh l CUt meat' the chlef article
fie leaped from the rails and plunged leave little doubt that the liberals f d,et Ut f h,S r her fare' ,U8t
through the ice into the Spanish river or fath(,r thn nrPBPnt HminitrMr,n
near North Bay, Ont. A broken rail wlll have ft maJorIty ln thenew hou8e tru8t or any other trust ,8 rldIcul
. I lMnK'M a. V.nl l I II .
caused tne disaster which is among of common8. But thft ma1orltv ig
!the worst in the history of Canadian ,ng tQ bo dependent upon the Ir,8n ndard of living but he
railroadlne. It In ronnriixt thot nt . . . does a postive Injury to himself. It
the United States Steel corporation i . , . J vote8 or the nationalists and this ,
lJn,ua maB Hieei corporation, ica8t forty per8on8 met deathi . l8 p0Bstblo of course injury to hlm-
also of the Standard Oil. The Aid- leaves the Ir,8n ,n a Position to de-
along and wax strong, meat without
ment In n Hint hut 4a it inn;
hnnv unA zinnia k iud n-oi- bill is certain and upon the fate of . .
luv uuauwe. judgment. The American laborer
The big bank will benefit. As an use-P utri,euu8 l" "uccess m uie uo
fni oiiinni.w Airini.' erals . Home rule for Ireland would .
" "u , , , , u body in good health and if he cuts
tral bank, the right kind of a postal - P- out nnU he mu8t fiub8tUute
gvlnig linnlr nrnnt,! I, ln.llsnnnnnI.U PlQ Will not CXDOCt tO SCO Carried.
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Mark it! If Aldrlch passes a postal lue ,iUH- OI success oi me noerais
savings bank bill, the funds will find n carrying the house with a large
their way Into his proposed central working majority is credited to the
bank. fact that the country districts are
I wmlrloil In thn ni l 1 l,l., n n ,1
i .'.... niu uiu .vuua. .viva aiiu
The disuser on the Canadian Pad- that In them exists a veneration for
fie railway near Nairn, Ont., last ho house of lords. Tho fact that
Friday continues to grow worse wltb the lords are practically an out-of-
each passing hour. The dead In the lato body In the present' times does
train which went into tho Spanish not seem to impress the British elec
rlver nro now estimated to number torate and their votes have largely
fifty or more, nil of whom were gone to sustain this andent body ln
caught like rats In a trap and drown. Its supposed to be lmeprlal author
ed. Divers are bring bodies out of Ity. The friends of tho budeet which
tho submerged cars and every ef- was tho cause of the recent upheavel
fort Is being made to recover all feel confident that the new house
which has not advanced In price ex
cept wire nulls and they don't make
a very digestible diet. Clearly, If tho
price of meat is to, come down, the
price of everything else must follow
it. Boycotts do not Improve condl
Hons contrary to what many may
think.
According to the press dispatches
from New York, the women of that
city smoke up annually $500,000
worth of cigarettes nnu this year they
give every Indication of using more
than that amount. The practice Is
said to be encouraged by the modis
The postoffice department has Is
sued ordera by which the practice of
rural carriers in taking pennies for
postage on mail matter deposited,
will be discontinued after February
15. This is done because there had
been so many complaints registered
with the department against the prac
tlce. It is estimated that 3,000,000
penny pieces have been collected an
nually by the carriers ln this way and
there was bound to be more or less
leakage in handling bo many pieces
of coin. The new rules wlll abolish
the practice and hereafter stamps
must be sued on mall matter.
Announcement is made that W. H
Thompson, the well known Democra
tic attorney and politician of Grand
Island, will file for United States
senator on the Democratic ticket this
fall. Mr. Thompson is a very strong
and able man, an unswerving Demo
crat and a man whose sympathies are
always with the people. Should he be
chosen senator, Nebraska will have at
least one man who will rank among
the ableBt in the upper house. Mr
Thompson has been before the peo
pie of Nebraska for many years and
has been honored by his party with
several nominations. It is to be hoped
that If he is chosen as the Democratic
candidate for senator, the party will
rally to his support and see that a
majority of the people vote for him
Dr. D. K. Pearson, almost 90 years
of age, a resident of Chicago and
many times over a millionaire, an
nounces that he intends to give away
every cent of his vast millions. The
doctor In announcing his intention to
give his fortune away states that he
had endowed forty-seven colleges and
he intends to keep right on. He fig
ures that he Is going to live ten years
longer and during that time he in
tends to have a royal time in giving.
He finds it the most interesting and
musing thing in the world. The good
doctor seems to be the right sort of a
man and. he makes his suggestions, he
says, bo that some of the other mil
lionaires who have more money than
they know what, to do with, can do
the same and enjoy their wealth.
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The president announces that, as
soon as the supreme court has passed
on the Standard oil and tobacco trust
cases, he intends to follow up their
lead by starting prosecution against
some of the numerous "bad" trusts
which Inflict the country and that the
prosecutions will be carried out to the
bitter end. The attorney general's
office has been engaged in collecting
information as to the operations of
these bodies and they will find a strat-
ling mass of evidence piled up against
them, so it is said. The public will
await with considerable curiosity the
outcome of this war upon the trusts
and it hopes for some relief from the
ruinous prices which now prevail the
country over.
The great flood which has been
hreatening to overwhelm Paris shows
no signs of abatement but as a mat
ter of fact, It gains with each passing
hour and the city is threatened with
destruction. The fine bridges over the
Seine are within a few inches of
destruction and there seems no way
to avert the disaster. The great build
ings which line the stream are being
undermined and seem, destined to
collapse and fall into the stream. The
flood Is said to present an awe-Inspiring
spectacle, the waters extend
ing for miles over tho city and the
handsome buildings Betting in a re
gular lake. All the available firemen,
police and troops are being used to
protect the fine bridges and save the
buildings by keeping them free of
debris. Factories throughout the af
fected territory have dosed down an
the greatest distress prevails. The
loss of life has been very small, how
ever, owing to the slowness of the
rise of the waters and the steps which
had been taken to forestall the flood.
From Washington comes the news
that the postal savings bank bill li
coming out of hiding today and will
be reported to the senate for passage.
The president has been assured by
the organization senators that the bill
as drafted will pass that body and
that there will be very little opposi
tion to it in the house. The public
will study the provisions of the bill
very closely and it will undoubtedly
be subject to considerable adverse
comment should its provisions con
tain any "Jokers" which many ex
pect. That the postal savings bank
will hurt the country banks is quite
generally expected on account of tak
ing the small deposits from them and
depositing them in the government
bank. There are a number of provis
ions of the bill which will be watch
ed with a great deal of interest, one
of which will be the ultimate dis
position of the funds deposited ln the
bank. Whether these funds will find
their way to New York and Wall
street is something which the public
will be Interested in finding out.
Yesterday the tide which seemed
setting toward the Unionists in the
English elections, was checked and
the Liberals held their own for tho
day. This leads to the belief that
they will have a working majority
after all and that they will be able
to carry out their program as out
lined. Liberal majorities have been
reduced greatly but they still manage
to hold onto most of their seats. The
boroughs which showed such strong
Unionists gains, were In the counties
where the worship of royalty and no
bility prevailed. The combined Li
beral labor and nationalist vote give
that party a heavy majority but there
are a number of nationalists who will
not endorse the entire liberal pro
gram and also some laborltes in the
same boat.
Current report has it that John L.
Sullivan is about to be married again.
About one year ago he obtained a
divorce from his wife whom he claim
ed deserted him twenty-five years
ago and now it is said he is to marry
an old time friend of his early youth.
It is said a bridal stateroom has been
engaged on a steamer for Europe to
said on February 18. Sullivan who
Is showing at present through Ohio
declined when asked about the mat
ter, to make any statement for publi
cation. The friends of the big "un"
ln Boston intend to give him a testi
monial before the nuptials are cele
brated and previous to his departure
for Europe. Perhaps, no man in the
pugllstlc world has as many friends
and admirers as Sullivan and none
will enter upon matrimony with bet-"
ter wishes than he. He Is getting well
along in years now and has tamed
down a whole lot from his former
state so that he- may make a pretty
decent husband.
Brave Fire Ladies
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D. S. West, the Nehawka banker,
came up from his home last evening
to look after business matters, re
turning to his home this morning.
Mr. West paid the Journal a very
pleasant call this morning and was
warmly welcomed. He is one of the
livest wires in his home city and a
good business man.
. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails.
Sold by Gerlng & Co., druggists.
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ROBERT WILKINSON,
Dunbar, Neb.
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