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TWICE A WEEK
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HBRALD. lUblubd April 16. 1864 ( U,Molldlted J,n-l- 1894
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY APKIL 18. 1U10
VOL. XLVI NO. 104
V
WIN FIRST
BALL GAME
Plattsmouth Defeats the Old
Rival, Glenwood by
Good Margin.
FIRST SCORE OF YEAR
WAS EIGHT TO THREE
Boys Pleased Over their New Suits
Which Were Sprung on Them
by the Association.
Old Sol didn't especially favor the
Plattsmouth fans yesterday at the
opening of the base ball season, but
the boys played the game anyway and
put it over the Glenwood nine by the
score of 8 to 3. The weather that was
turned out was more on the foot ball
style, and the cold and disagreeable
wind with the threatening clouds pre
vented a very large attendance. The
boys were given a pleasant surprise
when they went into their dressing
moms and found brand new suits
.hat had never been donned before.
They were purchased by the associa-
..tion without the team getting next
to it and are some of the best of Spaul
dings goods, white suits and caps with
red and white stockings. The players
christened them well too, by winning
their first game inHhem.
When a base ball team with new suits
on wins the first game of the season,
when it starts on Friday, with two
colore! gentlemen on the opjosiiig
side and the thermometer hovtringrPlatramouth was given a batfc oil balls";
around zero, that is certainly going
some. Things looked pretty bad for
the local nine until about the fifth
inning when they came in strong with
four rujus and from then on they had
things going their own way. .
The first inning started out rather
siow. 1 lie dully winds whistled
around their ears and the pitchers
didn't get warmed up. On the toss
up, Glenwood went to bat. By steal
ing bases, the' visitors got a man as
far as third, but the third out pre
vented him from making home. The
local men were unable to get a man
past first and the the inning closed
without a scare. , . ,
One of the the first throws in the
second inning, with Glenwood at bat,
hit the batter heavily in the ribs and
the man was placed on Uis base. Two
of the Iowans walked on balls and
the catching of a pretty fly wound up
the inning with two runs in their favor
The first man up for Plattsmouth went
out, th,c second put a Hy in the hands
of an Ioyan, the third succeeded
in getting to second but here a third
out stopped him.
In the third, one of the dark gentle
men slugged the ball and reached sec
ond and later stole third. Deal in the
'-.49Jd caucht a pretty fly and the half
closed with one visitor reaching nome
The first Plattsmouth man fanned the
wind, but Deal found the ball for a
cood slug. None of the men made
home and the frame closed 3 to 0.
In the fourth, the Plattsmouth
pitcher struck out the first man.
Fitzgerald made the .second out, by
getting under a Glenwood fly.. . One
of the men was hit by a hot one in
the arm, and the bases began to fill.
The man stole second and third when
McCauley made one . of , the . pretty
iJays of the games in closing the in -
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ning by catching a hard fly with a
man on third and one on second. The
first Plattsmouth batter was hit with
the ball and stole second. McCauley
made an easy hit that brought in a
man and their luck began to change.
With two men out and two on bases,
a home man fanned out leaving the
score 3 to 1. .
In the fifth McCauley did some fine
work in the box and put out the Glen
wood men as fast as they could stick
them up, and not a man reached first.
Then the local boys started something.
One of the first men was hit and walked
Mann and McCauley- found the pit
chers ball and ran in a couple of scores
Mason made a nice hit and the bases
were well filled when a man fanned
and closed the inning with the score
of 3 to 5 in Plattsmouth's favor.
In the sixth, the good work contin
ued. The first visitor couldn't find
the ball with a scoop shovel. The1
Ethiopcan was the second man to
bat and he had the same luck. The
third man struck out also and the
bleachers went crazy as the game was
practically cliched. Plattsmouth went
to bat and Warga landed on the sphere
for a two bagger, and had the pround
rules not prevented he would have
made a home run. One runner got
in and the frame closed with a man on
third, score 3 to C.
The seventh was an exciting one
and the home plate was endangered
more than once but no knight from
across the river succeeded in safely
getting his foot on it. One of their
first men stolo second and third and
was just put out as he slid for home.
A man was run down between second
and third and the first half gave Glen
wood a goose egg. After a couple of
errors, Smith slugged the ball for threo
bases, and Mann with the only home
run of the game brought in anothei
run which made (he final score of 3 to 8.
The eighth was a short frame and
no runs were made by cither side.
The visitors staid in bat about two
minutes, but Plattsmouth nearly piled
up a few more scores on her side.
but in trying to steal second, the man
went out. Droege landed on the ball
for a good two bagger and with a man
on third, the inning closed.
In the first half of the ninth a
colored man nearly reached third on a
steal, but was tipped and the game was
closed with the score 3 to 8 in Platts
mouth'B favor.
Following is the score:
Plattsmouth:
Bcal.cf 1 1 1
Drege, 89: . . . 0 1 0
Fitzgerald, 3b 2 1 0
McCauley, lb 1 1 0
mith,2b. 2 0 2
Mason, p, lb.. -y . . . 0 2 2
Maun, c 1 1 0
Warga, If 1 1 0
Kelly, rf.. 0 0 0
8 S 5
Glenwood.
Wheeler p...., ..... 0 0 0
F. Reeves, c....... 1 1 0
Albce,lf,p 0 0 0
Marshall, lb .010
Kagoe, ss 10 3
It. llceves 10 1
Uishell.rf.... 0 1 0
Collins, 2b, If 0 0 0
Allen, cf 0 10
' 3 4 4
Score by innings:
Plattsmouth. . 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 8
Glenwood .... 02100000 0-3
Batteries: Plattsmouth: Mason
McCauley and Mann. Glenwood:
Wheeler, Albee and F. Reeves
Umpires Barrows and Albee.
D. Ilawksworth was a traveler on
a north. boifud. Burlington this mom
ing, going up to Omaha for the day.
Is the price of the Hercules Boys'
Knickerbocker Suit, No more. No less. If you pay
more for vour bov's suit vou can't eet more value. If
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you pay less you are not ' getting enough for your
money. These suits are strictly all wool, have full
. lined trousers, are extra sewed and taped, have rein
forced sleeve lining, are water proof and moth proof.
They come in handsome shades of brown, gray and
olive mixtures. Also a beautiful blue serge for $5.
Compare them with other suits and you'll appreciate
their value.
WESCOTT'S SONS
STEELE CIH WOMAN
KILLS HER CHILD
Jefferson County
Brains of Two -
BELIEVED TO BE MENT
ALLY UNBALLANGED
Cuts Her Own Throat so
Long Survive
Steele City, Neb., April 14. Some
time between 3 and 7 o'clock this
morning Mrs. Cora Van Orsdale, a
widow residing here, killed her two
year old daughter by beating out her
brains with a hammer and then in
her frenzy, to make sure of ending
the child's life, she cut a frightful gash
in the little one's throat.
The woman then cut her own throat
with a knife, making so many fear
fully ragged wounds that it is be
lieved that she will not live until
morning. "
The terrible crime was enacted in
a bedroom occupied by the woman and
M MICHEL DRAWS FIVE
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YEARS IN THE PEN
Man
at
Who Exchanged Diamonds
Mynard Gets StlHTerm
From the Judge
James McMichael, the man who had
a diamond ring worth $145 sent from
the Nebraska City jeweler, J. B.
Mikkelscn, to Mynard, and there
substituted it for an imitation stone,
plead guilty to the charge of grand
larceny before District Judge Travis
this afternoon and received a five
year penitentiary term and costs of
the legal proceedings. The man gave
the same statements regarding his
life as has been before spoken of in
The News, but the judge regarded the
man a,s a crook and gave him nearly
the maximum sentence, only missing
the mark two years.
Interesting things nre still turn
ing up about the diamond swindler
McMichael, who claims to hail from
the west. Yesterday afternoon, the
jeweler, B.A. McElwain, took the rings
up to Omaha to sec if he could find
out anything about them and whether
the man had bought them as he had
claimed.
He found the concern of which Mc
Michael spoke, generally known as
the DeLong Jewelry company, a new
establishment in Omaha. He took
with him the neat leather wallet in
which, tho man carried the jewelry,
There were five rings that could
Widow Beats Out
Year - Old Child.
Badly That She Cannot
Wounds.
her babe. It is supposed by. some
that she was mentally unbalanced,
out others say that her mind is
normal.
Mrs. Van Orsdale is a very wealthy
woman. Her husband died about
a year ago and some people hero thing
that she took the life of her child
and tried to end her own existence
because of grief over her .husband's
death. .
Mrs. Van Orsdale is at her resi
dence under, the continual care of a
physician'.1 People who know her well
say that she never has shown any
symptoms of insanity.
not be distinguished from each other
by a casual observer, and these he
claimed to have purchased from the
Omaha house. They were spark
lers, looking much like diamonds, and
were set in solid gold k mountings.
It took but a moment for ' the
Omaha jewelers to recall the man,
McMichael, who appeared at the store
last Saturday giving the name of Jack
son, ins actions were noted to be
peculiar, like that of a person under
the influence of dope, and the jewelers
watched him closely, but in liis deal
ings .with them he was fair and legi
timate. He produced three of the
five rings, which are now held, and
asked that two exact " duplicates of
them be made, with the exceptions
that- in one a real diamond be placed.
His order was correctly carried out
and the goods were turned over to
him. In the examination of the rings
in Omaha, the real diamond was found
to be among them, a "straw diamond"
it is termed by jewclrymen. :
It was at this store that he picked
out the imitation stone and ordered
it set in a solid mounting. This was
the stone that he switched at Mynard
The Omaha men knew nothing of
the large imitation pearls but they
stated that he . had a large white
diamond when iu their store, which
he must have disposed of the first of
the week for no trace of it can now
be touna. 10 the Umaha jewelers
he gave the same story of being west
and said that he purchased the three
rings from the Davidson Jewelry com
pany of Sai) Francisco.'-,. " " . , .
It is the general supposition that
the man had a stock of rings mndefor
the trick similar to the one lie worked
at Mynard He would, use the. real
stone. for the sample, "perhaps have
it examined, by u jeweler, but instead
of delivering ,tho atone ho would slip
one of the cheap imitations into-the
box. The riugs look so much alike
that it is ouly possible for a person
with an experienced eye to tell them
apart, and the scheme no doubt
would have proven quite successful,
Mr. A. E. Sheldon a inemlxT of
the . Historical society of Lincoln,
who a'tedns ouo of the judges of the
debate hist evening was in to pay his
respects at the News olliee during his
short stay in the city.
Mrs. Albert Nelson departed for
Lincoln where she will make a brief
visit with friends and relatives.
WIN THE DEBATE BY
UNANIMOUS DECISION
Plattsmouth High School Team
Clearly Outclasses Its Old
( Rival Blair.
(From Saturday's Dally)
The debating trio of the home school
crushed the visiting team from Blair
last night by the unanimous decision
of the three judges. The P.lattymouth
team seemed to have their oponents
bested m every part of tho work; their
argument was deeper, their rebuttal
stronger and their delivery better.
The subject in question was, "He-
solved, that labor unions arc, on the
whole, beneficial. Plattsmou'h up
holding the affirmative side of the ques
tion. The local team lead out strong
by Miss Cass's opening speech, pre
senting and explaining tho question.
The orators followed in the order as
stated: John Falter and Marie Doug
lass. For Blair, Carl Hathaway, li.
V. Haten and infield Itoss.
The home team again proved the
old supposition among the league de
baters, that a delegation comprised
largely of girls can defeat a masculino
team nearly every time. The fine de
livery and the ease of speech was a
very noticable feature of the Platts
mouth debaters, and their lack of a
set speech was of great advantage to
them iu upholding the affirmative.
The visitors lead off in the rebuttal,
but did not rise to tho occasion with
as keen argument as the home students
put up. Every speaker took his full
time, ten minutes for main argument
and five minutes for rebuttal, and
it was one of the best high school de
bates ever seen in the city. All of
the Plattsmouth speakers showed them
selves to be artists "with the gift of
gab." -: ;
The judges were C. A. Robbins,
A." E. Sheldon and E. B.'Conaut who
reached their decision in a few moments
time. The gratifying result was an
nouced by the principal, Ben. Harrison,
who is feeling quite elated over the
out come of the meet.
During the evening a number of
pleasant musical selections were ren
dered. Before the debate a delightful
piano solo by Waldemerc Socnnieh
sen and a vocal solo by Mrs. J. W.
Gamble were greatly appreciated by
the audience, and just befcre the de
cision was announced Miss . Virginia
McDaniel gave a pretty piano selec
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MAYOR IS
VERY MAD
Proposes to Throw the
Preachers of Topeka
Out of a Job.
OPPOSED HIS ELECTION
. AS TOPEKA S MAYOR
Calls Preaching Common Everyday
Labor and Is Therefore
Unlawful.
Topeka, April 14. Does the preach
ing of a sermon on the Sabbath for pay,
the singing in a church choir for com
pensation nnd the playing the church
organ for money on the Lord's Day
constitute a breaking of Topeka's
Sunday labor law?
Mayor Billard says theso things
arc just as much an infringement
on the ordinance as the working of
actors, actresses and Btago hands
who are now prohibited from follow
ing their vocations Sundays. Mayor
Billard also calls attention to the opera
tion of street cars on the Sabbath and
to open drug stores, cigar stores, pea
nut stands and soda fountains. Tho
plain inference is that he expects to
make Topeka the "tightest" blue town
in christendon unless the people ap
peal the present anti-labor law. ,
Mayor Billard docs not believe in
the closing of theatres Sunday. Ho
says that this day is the day of re
creation for the laboring man, and, so
long as the attending of the theatres
is an innocent amusement, the people
should bo allowed to "enjoy it.
"In other words," said the mayor,
to a reporter for the Star, "the best
way to get an obnoxious law repenled
is to enforce it to tho letter. That is
what I intend to do with '.he anJ
labor law."
But Billard believes that the peo
ple at large should first have a say. It
is for this reason that petitions ara
being circulated for a special election
to repeal the alleged abnoxious ordinance.-
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"Should the people by their votes
demand that the ordinaucc remain in
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