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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1910)
r COflDiiOLDEP.S ASKJFRANCHISE Oes Mo'nas Street Car Problem May Soon Be Salved.. OFFER TO AUTHORITIES OF CITK KEARNEY PIONEER ISDEAD innriSim fUlfir !i rncmicn uiioc h STRIKE ADVISER SUNDAY STIRS BIG THRONGS Street Car Company Willing to Civ City Right to Purchase Ofleri to Irnrcate Equipment and Extend Tracks Ten Miles. Lea Moines, Nov 12. The bond bolder or the De Moines Street Inn I vay company came b' lore the city au thorities with a proposition lor u new franchise, which they expect u end the long controversy betweeu lim city and the company. The couipauy offers a franchise which has bceu 4UU.IHUI Ized a follows: Asks for an Indeterminate franchise. Grant a city pure tut so right In year 1820 and at expiration of live year pe riods thereafter. Fixes price to be paid by city taped on present capitalization of, $4 423,000, plus additions subsequently luatle. Asks 3 rent rate of fare. Says company will not ex'.eud tarkj without city consent. Promises improvement of physical proper I y by rebuilding of ten miles of track wilbin two years, and providing twenty five new cars. Grants city power to regulate ser vice under police laws. Asks terminal (lights fur Interut bun railways. Asks that present statutes of Iowa govern paving in city. ODers books and arcounts of thi company for Inspection. Contest in Fourth. The Democratic slate committee vir tually announced its intention of pav ing the way for a contest In the next congress over the Fourth congres sional dlstilct of Iowa. The return! how Ilaugen was reelected by 2X0; but Murphy is to make a contest, and as this would come before a Iieino cratlc bouse, he, would have the ad vantage. Chairman Heed Intimated that this would be done nnd if thero was any unseat In; of Democratic rim dldatea for the (own legislature' Mur phy would then insist upon being seated In congress. The Demounts make no Recusations of fraud. Chairman Nicholas Heed of the Democratic slate central committee Is Mrs. ScpMa Porter Passes Away ei Age of Sixty-Six. Kent .if .v. Neb., Nov. 12 Mis. So phia I'orter, who bad lived In Kearney for a greater number of years than any other woman, dit'd at her homo of cuner after several weeks of in ' tense sulTeiing. She was sixty six years of bge and had c me to Kearney In 1871. She had resided ' here con tlnuotisly since then and saw the town grow from a hamlet of two or three houses to Its present size, and re menihered well when Buffalo county was considered a portion of "the Great American desert." The funeral services were held tMs afternoon. Rev. Philip G. Snow, pas tor of the Kplseopalian church of this city, preached the funeral sermon. BLACKSMITHS NAME OFFICERS Fifth Annual Session of Association Concludes Work at Grand Island. Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 12. The fifth annual session of the Nebraska Blacksmiths, Wagonmakers and Wheelwrights' association was a most successful one. It came to a close by the election of officers and the selec tion of Omaha as the place for tne next annual meeting. Dietrich Spetn mann of this city was elected presi dent, Robert Mclntyre of Kearney vlco president, F. VV. Mines of Davenport secretary-treasurer, V. C. Wooster of Fairbury, Ed Krall of Grand Island and Jacob Morrow of Carleton execu tive committee. Ye! DM's Tactics Ended fail's toilway Ti:cp. W, J. BRYAN JESTS . ABOUT MIMING BACK Colonel Maher Tells Him He Musi SuH to Thorough Search. Lincoln, Nov. 12 V. J. Bryan, Colo nel John G. Maher and several others were discussing the outcome of the recent election while ut lunch In lo'Hl restaurant. After talking of the Lahlmnn defeat for some minutes, or rather, listening to Colonel Maher ex press himself on that subject, Mr Bryan said: "Well, do you suppose they will lei me come back Into the ranks as a pi I vate now?" "Yes, Indeed," replied Colonel Ma her, "we will be glad to welcome you back, not as a private, but you shall retain your rank of colonel. But we will take your side arms from you end you will be thoroughly searched ..,i... n,..,c ,., ,..,.,. bt,forp w ,,,t yo ,n ,in((r th0 ,,,nt T' ,a B(;m'nt ro"r,',ll,1, lh1" r' Mr. Bryan laughed at the retort as election of Governor Carroll and con-I h m d,() )h(i un w()o har(, ,L gratulutlng him. lie explains that the. Democratic defeat was due to the nor mal Republican majority of 60,000, hleh, he says, the Democrats could not overcome. Revised returns from the counties' of Iowa give Carroll a lead of 19,1(10 over I'orter. Will Campaign for Resubmission. Notwithstanding such obstaelen a the defeat of the constitutional con vention and the majority of ant I tem perance supporters In both bouses of the state legislature, Iowa will go dry la 1914 is. the confident belief of the temperance forces. All of the pre election sentiment rounded up for pro hibition and temperance measures will have Its effect during the next two or more years, according to the opti mistic prophecy of the temperance leaders. With the constitutional con vention defeated there In no other re course left to the saloon fighter thnn In secure the passnge of the Joint res olution providing for the resubmission f tho prohibitory amendment to the electors through two successive legls Initios nnd then to the vote of the poo Tie. With the best possible results the temperance people cannot hope to secure constitutional prohibition in lown within four years, but to offset that fact they will ask for the repeal of the mulct law, making the statu tory prohibition law effective In the State. TWO PERISH IN FIRE cne?s S93ULIST cogtr!::: Cabinet Leader Who Resigned After Scoring Victory For His Course In voked Patriotism of Employees by Calling Them to the Colors and Mak ing Them Work Against Themselves. The resignation of Arlstlde Brlaud, French premier, and bis entire cabinet recalls a curious coincidence. The res ignation was caused ostensibly by the attacks mude upon the prime minister because of his crippling the railway strikers by summoning to the colors those employees who were army re servists and compelling them to ojv erate t lie trains through their patriotic allegiance. Yet this same premier who Invoked patriotism to end the huge walkout had but a few years before advocated wholesale labor strike and been among the forefront of Fruuce's Socialists. Reorganization Is Likely. As Brland scored a victory In the chamber of deputies When the govern ment's Htrike uctlon was considered, so It Is predicted that the resignatlou of the entire cabinet was due chietly to l Visitors From Cdar Rapids Get Men tion by Nime in prayer. Waterloo, la., Nov. 11. Alter a won derfiill;- dramatic .if.n-nnt !., ii. ai'ii Evangelist s iniiuy 'o'lt t!.e jr. spjciious hull, r ill to Joitu How-itd Payne, the aalltot of so..,; that h.is beun tl;e so'.: t- o,' m.'.i;., the cHotl or r.no vo; i s stun roit'y tit? refrain of "Home, Sv"'t Home.' Tl" effect w;.s lingua!. At its cios.? tne f.n gT-i,sl oneuti a tyu'-ai piuycr, m which he mcn!onM In ru.ne each ol the dozen business nvu from Cedu Rapids who hud come to pay their re spects and rr.Joy tee services. The tabernacle wt-s picked to I'.t capacity, and everyone of the 7.0u(j P'-Oi;!e present s;;t spellbound under the man'e of Sunday's oratory. The language leaped from his lips In a limpid stream. It b ought cheers and laughter, and air-ms from the minis ters' section. A delegation from Iowa City is ex petted to try t., induct' the evangelist to promise to deliver a temperance addrtss to the students and' citizens tl.eie some time i.rxt week. All classes of people are hocking to the tabetnacle. nnd the crowds at tho afternoon meetings sre growing rapid ly. Next Friday will witness a great company from Cedar Rapids, who will Cwiiie on a special ttain. FARMER HAS BIG EAR McCullough Is Possessor of Corn Thir teen Inches Long. Des Moines, Nov. 12. An ear of corn thirteen inches In length and weighing two and one half pounds was brought to Des Moines by Fred McCullough, treasurer of the Iowa Corn Growers' association. The ear Is Reed's yellow dent variety nnd was grown on Mr. McCullough's farm near Hartwlck, la. It Is an evidence of the unprecedented yield of corn to be husked In Iowa this year. According to Mr. McCullough, the com on his farm this year will bring 130 bn.slK''K nn acre, which Is an ex ceptientillv heavy crop Ho declares thiit coin i: husking high throughout the state nnd that sixty-bushel crops will he loii.-nlered small this year. Iowa Eny Makes Good In Chile. Mason City. la., Nov 12. Mr. snd Mrs. James Mclaughlin of this coun tv receive very gratifying news from their son, Harold, who has been lu Chile, South America, for the last four years. Harold, who Is a mining engineer, has been superintendent of n mine owned by a London company He had expected to take n trip home for a short visit, but the general man ager resigned nnd Harold has re reived the promotion from superin tendent to general manager He Is to receive $.1,000. $0,000 and $6,500 for each of the three coining years, In gold, all hlB expenses paid and a trip home next year with a three months' vacation on full pay. Husband and Wife Lose Lives in New York Apartment House. New York, Nov. 12. Two persons were killed nnd four seriously Injured in a fire that destroyed two upper floods of the Rosullnd apartment house on Manhattan avenue, In the upper west side of the city. William 11. Abbott, a real estate operator, Jumped from a front window on the fifth floor and was Impaled on a picket fence, dying instantly. Ills wife was burned to death. Serious Injuries were sustained by three other occupants of the building and by one of the firemen engaged In putting out the blaze. Twenty-One Drowned. Boulogne SurMer, France, Nov. 12. Twenty one persons were drowned In the wreck of two Ashing vessels during a severe storm in the English channel. One of the craft collided with a coast steamer, Two other fish ing boats foundered nnd it Is feared their crews were lost. A boat occu pied by four customs agents Is missing. Government May Sue for Oil Lands. Washington, Nov. 12. Attorney General Wlckersham, by direction of President Tnft, has begun an Inquiry to determine whether 6,000 acres of valuable oil land in California were known to contain oil when patented by the Southern Pacific Rnllway com pany. If such Is the case suit to re cover will be Instituted. Justice Charged With Murder. Alva, Okla., Nov. 12. A coroner's Jury returned a verdict recommend ing that N. U Miller, a Justice of the peace here, he held for trial In con nection with the death - of Mabel Oakes, twenty two years old, whose body was found n a room adjoining Miller's office. V, 'v S!Yj J o FECIAL Seveial discontinue.! members in corsets that are not up-tj-date in style, but are good quality and will give good service. All sizes and in one lot, at TAINTED MONEY SENT TO JUDGEWTPHERSON Rcceivas S10 Wiih Slip o'Papsi Marked "Consc'ence Fund." Red Oak, la, Nov. 12. The owner ship of a icil-in bank note is a lea! question hich Judge Smith Mcl'tteihon of tits United States dis tricl court for tnis district frankly ail n,lis is about the greatest problem lie has been tailed upon to solve sinco he w is elevated to the bench. The Jurist is of the opinion that the fa mows Missouri railroad rale case, in whun he handed down the decision Unit the state's 2 cent fare law waJ unconstitutional, was a simple propo sit ion as compared to the'one which now confronts him. The troublesome "tenner" ' was re reived by Judge Mcpherson In thfl mail at his home In this city the other day. The only thing in the envelope beside the bill was a plain piece ol note paper upon which was written the two words, "conscience fund," the bill being pinned to this paper. The letter, which had been sent to Des Moines, where the judge generally holds court and then forwarded to u oc 6Q 3C DC DC DO 1 I Movement to Extend Steamboat Navigation on the River. A Kansas City dispatch sayB: Next year for the first time in many years, steamboat navigation on the Mis souri river will be extended to Fort Benton, Mont., the head of naviga tion. Years ago many boats ran through from St. Louis to Fort Ben ton, the round trip of more than four thousand miles, consuming practical ly the entire navigation season on the Missouri. As the railroads advanced westward and northward the boats ran only from the railroad terminus, him here, bore the postmark -of Tulta. j and when the roads paralleled the Tex. Hver from one end of Montana to DR Herman Greoder, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nebraska State Board Calls Answered Promptly Telephone 378 White, riattsmouth. Plans for liuildlng Arrive. The building committee of the Plattsmouth Realty company, which has charge of the construction of the new foundry and gas engine factory, received the plans yesterday. The committee has been delayed In re ceiving the plans on account of the AKISTIDE B1UANI1, a r to shake out some undesirable met., tiers nnd that Itrlaud would soon be found forming a new otlk-lal family. The appeal to patriotism, which wa.s Rrland's chief wettpou lu his defense of the government's strike tactics, won him the victory, but It necessitated the enunciation of some strong doctrines. For Instance, Itrland declared the strike, was u plot to ruin France and amid Intense excitement said that if the laws had not given the government the means of keeping the country mas ter of its railways and national de fenses It would not have hesitated to have recourse to illegality. He after ward iiuxl I tied this statement by say lug that what be meant was that in grave hours of national peril exception al measures were Justified. Hi'laud. though once a Socialist and labor man. apparently modi lied his for nter radical views when he took the premiership. Briand Brilliant Scholar. Prlanil was minister of Justice and public worship In the Clemeneenu cab inet. He Is a brilliant scholar and orator, an avowed Socialist and whs the author ol the final chapters of the separation law. On July 22, 1900, Pres ident Fallleres Invited him to recon struct the Clemeneenu cabinet, aud the next day he announced the minis try which recently resigned. It con tained six of the members of the Clemeueeau cabinet. Itrlaud. In addition to the premier ship, retained bis portfolio of minis ter of Justice and public worship. At this time Itrland was described by some as a reformed Socialist because he had modi lied some of his former ex treme doetrlues. lie was generally admired for bis handling of tho long campaign between the state and the church. ' What wl!l he do with this money? he 0theivtne Doat8 qxit entirely. It! architect being behind with his work mat is tne .ssue wn.cn tne lean-c. , n(ar, t year, since a Judge has to decide. The conscience , , stricken Individual down in TexnijreKU steamboat service was main failed to specify whether this $10 was tained and in the last ten years the sent to the Judse to reimburse him! only boat that has touched at the for some old debt for his services or whether it was Intended to go to Uncle Sam's strongbox In reparation for some postal theft or similar crime against the national vesources. Judge McPherson would gladly turn the case over to some other Judge, but there Is the grave question of proppr Jurisdic tion. The Solomon of Iowa has Just nhout determined to send the tainted ton to Washington to be added to the conscience fund long opened there Michael Cudahy Is Better. "'Chicago, Nov. 12 Michael Cudahy. .he packer, whose condition caused some alarm, Is reported Improved. Physicians In attendance predicted that he could leave his bed within a week. Cable Party Survivor Dies. Omaha, Nov. 12. At the nge of eighty-two years, "Commodore" John A. Lynch, the last survivor of tho hand of men who laid the first Atlantic cn ble, died In the county hospital. New Head for Princeton. Wen, N. Y Nov. 12. Friends of Hamilton college and of Dr. Stryker, the president, declared that he would bo called to the presidency of Prince ton university. River Seine Again on Rampage. Pnrls, Nov. 12. The Seine Is ngaln cn a rampage. The rapidity of its current forced all the steamers on too ktrcntn to suspend operations. Jersey V. Is Dead. Fairfield, la., Nov. 12 Jersey thp world's chamrlon celebrated cow, belonging to F. VV. Voorhels, Is dead This Is the cow that at the National Pei-y shew In Chicago recently was declared by experts the champion grade cow of the world Her death resulted from pneumonia. Mr Voor hels had recently refused nn offer of $1,(100 for the nnlmnl Her record for twelve month shows n production of 11,41(5 6 pounds of butterfat nnd 70G.fi pounds of butter. SPECIAL VANS FOR BIG HATS. Austrian Government Gallantly Pro tects Feminine Fashions. So gallantly disposed Is the Austrian government toward Its fairer subjects that the postal authorities have decid ed to devote special parcel delivery vans to the transport of the. extremely large hats which are the mode In Aus tria Just now. Many complaints were received from their customers by the leading mllll uery Arms of Vienna that these costly creations reached their destination In the form of an unrecognizable tangle of velvet and feathers. Representations were thereupon made to tho iKtstollUe. with tho result that s(HH'lal "hat collecting vans" nre to be brought luto service In Vlenuu. Boone Boy Mysteriously Shot. Poone. Ia Nov. 12 Harry Ander son, twelve years old, was killed in a mysterious manner He rushed into the house, covered with blood, crying "I'm shot," nnd fell unconscious. Ik nevfr regained conselousness, death following a short time afterward The case Is shrouded In deepest mystery. Ireland Blessed With Rain. Rain falls on the eastern const of IrHsnd nbout 208 diiyp In the rear. CONDENSED NEWS The Panama national assembly ap pro ed a resolution instructing the executive to recognize the republic of Portugal Rev Pr Charles Hummer Burch. archdeacon ot Richmond. Staten Isl and, has been elected bishop suffragan of the Prott statu Kpistopal diocese of New York John Dunihoo. a railway conductor, was sentenced to serve one year in prison and pity a due of $1,000 for as Anting opium smugglers, In the Unit ed Elates district court in St Louis Leigh Rhodus. arretted at Fast VI Louis on a rhuri; uf burglary and bo lonfessed tv bsvl'ig shot'snl killed Pt W F Mtcluells and Anton Helblg In this city brought to Chicago by Chicago detectives The New Mexico constitutional con ventlon disregarded ttie advice given by Theodore Rncse'clt to mak s trtitBtltutlon er.flly amended and adopt d an Httttle reqtttm it two thirds if nch bouse to ficpo.v' nn amendment ann n tug mnjotity of tl.e eiec toti'.te to kpprixe Fort Benton landing was a govern ment snagboat. In order to give every encourage ment to the revival of navigation on that portion of the old Missouri, the government is going to spend more money on that sec tion of the river in the next year than has been spent there at any one time since the gov ernment began appropriating money for river Improvement. The plans have been made In the office of Ma jor E. II. Schulz of Kansas City, engi neer in charge of the Missouri river and they1 have Just been approved by the chief of engineers. A total of $82,500 is to be spent, of which $29,000 will be spent Imme diately In making landings and pro viding stable banks at various ship ping points. Between the mouth of the Milk river and Fort Benton rocks have always constituted a great dan ger to steamboats and $10,000 will be spent In removing the largest of these while the snagboat, Mandan, working under a separate approprla tlon, will clean the snags and smaller obstructions. On the harbor at Fort Benton. $2,000 will be spent. For work at Bismarck and Wllllston, $41,500 will be spent. Formerly there were several lines of steamboats operating out of Bis marck, but the building of the rail roads drove most of them out of business. Those that remained were consolidated into the Benton Packet company, which now operates six packet boats and a number of barges, and hauls a large quantity of freight between Bismarck and up river points as far as the mouth of the Yellowstone river and up the Yellowstone as far as Glendlve, Mon tana. The country along the Mis souri river which was too thinly set tled a few years ago to make Bteam boat traffic profitable In competition with the railroads, is settling up rap Idly and there Is a strong demand for river transportation. Great quanti ties of grain are shipped down to the railroad at Bismarck and the settlers above require quantities of supplies. The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads do not touch any where near the river between the North Dakota line and Great Falls, so that the boats will furnish trans portation for on area as large as many states. and could not get them out any sooner. Plattsmouth contractors are figur ing on the building now and will be gin making an estimate the first of the week, so that from this time on everything is expected to move along smothly. Anyone interested in making a bid for ihe contract can see the plans of the building by stopping at Falter & Thierolf's store, or at the postoffice, as both Mr. Thierolf and Mr. Schnei der have a copy of the plans and specifications of the proposed bund ling. If the good weather holds out for a few weeks, the Plattsmouth busi ness men will see the results of their enterprise and the hum of the wheels; In the gas engine factory will he a reality before the end ot the year. ;ial He Is Looking Well. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Schelfeit, or Louisville, drove down today to look after some business matters. This is Mr. Schleifert's first visit to the county seat in over a year, he having been 111 for some time. He was first attacked with pneumonia, which re sulted in a severe case of tuberculo sis, which he had to battle with for Beveral months. But we are pleased to learn that he is now enjoying fairly good health, and we hope he will be his former self again soon. While in the city Mr. Schleifer called and renewed for the Journal, which he says he cannot keep house without Farm For Sale. 160 acres two miles from Avoea. Two houses and barns In fair shape. Will sell for $140 per acre. A sixty acre tract, well Improved, 2 mllea from Avoca. And lots of other land In other sections. Come and see me before you buy. Jacob Opp, 11-3-wklytf. Avoca, Neb. ..Interred In Oak Hill Cemetery. The remains of Mrs. Mary Hubbel. of South Omaha, were Drought to this city on the morning Missouri Pacific train today, arriving here at 10:07 o'clock, and Interment made in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Hubbet was formerly a resident of this city. Mont Robb, the grain merchant, of Murray, was In the city last evening looking after some Items of a busi ness nature.
