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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1910)
ERALB. SEE PLATTSMOUTH SUCCEED PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JUNB 10, IU10 VOL. XLVII NO. 17 HIZZONER'S BUSY DAY Effects of Saturday's Cele brations Settled This Morning. ELLEDGE AND BARR HAD DANCE MIX-UP "High" Henry and Friend "BUI" Took Main Street for Horse , Speedway. (From Monday's Daily) Hizzoncr Judge Archer will take his check ut the end of this month with the satisfaction that he has earned every cent of it that it calls for and a little bit more. The last few days have been strenous ones for him and today was not exactly a dead one. At nine o'clock this morning George Barr and Grover Hodge were brought be fore him on the charge of fighting and conducting themselves in a vicious and offensive manner, to which they both pleaded guilty. The justice stung each of them for a fiver and attach ments amounting to S3 per, which the latter forked over, while Barr's fine was suspended till four o'clock, in order that he might get some of his friends to stake him. Their trouble originated Saturday night when they went out to a dance that was being conducted at a home near the stand pipe. The fellows had at least smelled the cork of the little brown jug, for when they reachedtbj .scene of the dance they had a strong inclination of raiding a genuine rough house. With a coupfc of knives, they entered the house and started cutting up. They soon had the dance hull resembling the arena of a Spanish bull fight. Several of the merry nmkers were eiwn a slush or t wo nnd the hostess, in trying to protect the fiddler, received some bad cuts from their "niessrs." A hurry-up call was Kent to the police and Night Officer Trout was dispatched to the scene, where he rounded up one of the scrap pcrs.the other remaining at large un til some time later. They were re leased over Sunday in order that they might attend Sunday school, giving their word to appear before the judge this morning. Saturday afternoon, "High" Henry Burroughs and William Sayhs drove ii" with the former's pony from their ..mn? Miuth of town to "swap horses ' They succeeded in making a trade, getting an old blind mnrc and a jag to boot. In order to try out the new steed, they considered it necessary to display her speed on the main drags of the city and ihey had her stepping it up and down Main street at a 2:40 gate when the police informed them they had better make themselves scarce and vacate before they were given a free night's lodging. The good advice given them was soon for gotten when they once more became interested in their new animal's grace ful stride, and such a place as home sweet home never entered their mind until they again faced the blue coat and were piloted over to the city -jail. They were released that they might care for their stock over Sunday, giving the promise of their appearance ( at 9 o dock Monday morning. However, they did not show up at the specified hour and their hearing will bo delayed until they show themselves in the. city. Two young men appeared t the jus tice of the peace's oflicc Saturday af ternoon and wished to make a com plaint against certain parties who had delivered a few blows at them during the auction sale nt Smith's barn. However, after becoming familiar with the points of law and finding that they were also liable to a fine they de cided to keep the affair out of the courts, and they proceeded on their way. Mrs. Corly, daughter of Mrs. M. Archer, accompanied by her son and daughter, came down yesterday after ,t noon from her home at Omaha to re iv main over night with Mr. and Mrs. ' Archer. She and her children returned J . to Omaha this afternoon. HANDKERCHIEF AND TIE SHOWER AT WARGA HOME Betrothed Couple Presented With Many Presents at Last Night's Party. A fine handkerchief and tie shower was held last evening at the home of Joseph Warga in honor of Miss Ella M. Sattler and Mr. Jess Warga, who are to enter the bonds of matrimony in the very near future. The prevail ing color scheme of the evening was green and white. The rooms were effectively adorned with white clover and in the center of one was a large wedding bell, woven of white clover, from which hung streamers of pink, and white ribbon tied here and there with bunches of clover blossoms. The evening hours rolled quickly by n conversation, games and musical numbers, both vocal and instrumen tal. Pcurl Mumm, Hattic Hofman, Olga Sattler and Dewey Zuckweiler favored the gathering with instru mental numbers. Miss Ferris York rendered several pleasing vocal select ion tions, and the German choir of St. Paul's church gave one song, a most appropriate number. Toward the close of the festivities a dainty three course luncheon was served und late in the evening the guests departed, after showering the bjride and groom with many handker chiefs and ties. Those present were: Mrs. John Lutz, Mrs. J. P. Sattler, Mrs. Henry Zuckweiler, Mrs. Fred Ohm, Mrs. Frank Burr, Mrs. Emily Morrison, Mrs. W. H. Mason, Mrs. Anna Buck ingham of Omaha, Missses Pearl and Hose Mumm, Miss Hattie Hoffman Miss Edna Morrisou, Miss Minnie Heinrich, , Miss Ferris Yotrk, Miss Olga and Amanda Sattler, Misses Helen and Catherine Lutz. Miss Doris IV in, Miss Anna AVarga, Miss Anna Kopia, Mr. John Bauer, Mr. Fred Ohm, Mr. J. P. Sattler, Mr. Peter Herold, Mr. W. II. Mason, Mr. Will Heinrich, Mr. Carl Sattler, Mr. Henry Lutz, Dewey Zuckweiler, Mr. Joe Warga, Denver, Mr. Ralph Bucking ham, Omaha, Mr. Ralph Mason. Small Fire Last Night. Last night, for the first time in weeks the fire department had a blaze of sufficient volume to require the hose to be unwound from the reel. The hoarse whistle of the Burlington shops called the boys out about ten fifteen, making a hard run for the department up the steep grade of Wintersteen hill. Below the hill, in a ditch along the railroad right of way, a pile of rubbish and wood, which bad been smoldering all day, had broken out in a brilliant blaze, for w hich alarm was sounded. It was hardly a fire to justify the call ing out of the department as there was nothing in the vicinity that could have been injured and the brush and wood which were consumed had but a most trivial value. After con necting up with the fire-hydrant on the hill, the boys had to carry the hose over the bank, a drop of some sixty feet.,. Notwithstanding thescdifficultics they soon had the water on the blaze which was quickly quenched and by a quaiter past eleven, the hose cart was back at its barn. The flames and reflection of the fire made quite a showing from the city, and many, thinking the fire of some consequence hurried to the scene of the conflagra tion. Get Line on Carnival. A communication was received to day by the Red Men from the Harmon Carnival company which is now filling a week's engagement at Beatrice Their proposition is being considered and the company's merits are being investigated for the redskins don't want anything but the best. If they can secure an Al list of attractions, they will bill the company for the Fourth of July and probably for the week following, but if the boys cannot fret the right kind of a one, they will drop the carnival proposition altogeth er and put a little more money in mak ing the Fourth a big day. The buI scription committee is meeting with good success today in collecting up the money already subscribed and in getting new signers on the long list of donatcrs. Jesse Warga, William Mason, Carl Sattler and Joseph Warga made an Omaha party today, going up on one of today's early trains. ABOUT THE BIG CONTEST A Prize Worth $750 Easy Money for Few Weeks Work. BEST TIME OF YEAR TO RUSTLE VOTES Many Names are Being Entered and Much Interest Begin nlng to be Shown Over ' County. Already we are please with the out look for good results from the contest inaugurated by the News-Herald. The Maxwell runabout is this week again visiting every section of the county, where all may have an opportunity to sec the machine, and know exactly the kind of a prize we are offering to the hustlers. Don't stand back and say you have no show to win, that someone else stands a better show than you, for they do not. All have an equal chance. And if you fail to land the capital prize the second award will pay you ample for the time you have spent. The News-Herald is going to give its readers a paper such as has never before been attempted in the county. To do this we must have many more subscribers. To get them means a cost of several hundreds of dollars and much hard work. We are willing to devote both and thus soon place in the hands of live advertisers the medium through which they may talk direct to every family in this neigh borhood, and at the same time give our subscribers a paper filled with every happening of interest in the entire county. We want a list of at least 5,000 and we are going to get them. We have a dozen live onea already in the contest, whose" nanus will ap pear in Monday's News-Herald. They are from all over the county and we still want more. Greenwood has given out that the Maxwell will make its home in that little city at the close of the con test, while Cedar Creek and Avoca both will try to outdo the Salt Creek town. Cedar Creek already has one machine drawn in a newspnper con test and it should be up to other Cass county towns to make her rustle for this one. We want a representative in every town in the county. We real ize that this is a big undertaking, the largest ever attempted in thecoutry. But success in this contest means a great deal towards the aims we have in view. We are going to make the News Herald the BEST semi-weekly pub lished in the state, and with the addi tion of many hundreds of dollars worth of new material, pait of which is now being added, our facilities for up to date printing will not be eclipsed in Nebraska and our methods of han dling all classes of work will be such that our prices cannot be met by com petitors. Get in the race now and help us accomplish this result. Lawn Social The Altar society of St. John's church will give an ice cream social on the lawn of St. John's school Thursday evening, June 16, 1910. Ice cream and cake 15c. ' 208-3t Fill Ont Coupon Fill in your own name or the namo of a friend whom you think would be an earnest contestant and mail to "Contest Editor," Ncws-IIerald: You ought to send in a subcription so that the namo would appear in the first standing we publish, that tho contestant's friends will know that ho or she are in the race to win. Remember an To THE NEWS-HERALD, Plattsmouth, Neb. 7 hereby enter the name of. whose residence is 04 a contestant in your Great Subcription contest. Signed NO CLUE - 4 TO FIEND Honnds Fail to Find Scent of the Criminal at Avoca. CRIME AT AVOCA REMAINS A MYSTERY. Mrs. Frederlcka Schmidt, the Aged Victim. Is Not In Serious Condition as First Thought. A premeditated crime and a clean getaway of the perpetrator, is the de cision reached by the sheriffs of Cass county after visiting the scene of the horrible assault case at Avoca. Dep uty Sheriff Manspeaker returned to the city in his automobile last even ing wliile Sheriff Quinton remained at Avoca. The account of the hur ried trip to Avoca, where the criminal assault was made, and the determined search made in the attempt to run to earth the fiend, is a most interesting one. The sheriff was arroused shortly before four o'clock yesterday morn ing by the phone bell, and the report was sent over the w ire that Mrs. Frcde ricka Schmidt, a widowed German lady of 65 years, had been bound and raped about two hours previous, and that the brute had left without a feas ible clue remaining. For some rea son, phone connections could not be secured with the deputy's house, and, hurrieilly dressing, the sheriff hurried the the Manspeaker residence. "Mr Manspeaker was aroused and at 4:30 the two set forth injthe latter's auto mobile for Avoca. As the town has no police protection, there was nothing important done in the case until the arrival of the Plattsmouth party about 6:30. The little town was greatly stirred up over the affair when the officers reached the place. On investigation it was found that the injured woman was not in as bad con dition as was first reported and was able to talk with the authorities, throwing a few rays of light on the matter. The residence is situated in the south part of town, three blocks from Main street. It is a small house in which the aged lady lived alone. Entrance was made apparently by someone familiar with the premises. Taking his time at the ork, the man carefully removed a pane of glass from the kit chen window, cutting away the putty wit a knife. The glass removed, he reached inside, unbolted the sash ami raised the window through which he stealthily crept. When in the house he made no attempt at robbery but proceeded at once to the bedroom where- the woman was soundly slum bering. She was awakened with a start ty the senastion of someone clutching her arms. She attempted to make an outcry when a hand was roujililhy troust over her mouth. In her struggles a hand full of dark brown hair was pulled from the man's had and his face was probably more or less scratched by her finger nails. Siezing a knife, which she kept under her pillow for protection, the aged woman made several slashes with it Continued on page 5 and Mall Today. early start may mean victory. BELLEVUE TO HAVE STATE CENTENNIAL Big Celebration Being Planned at That Place For June Twenty-Third. The centennial celebration of the oldest town in the state, Bellevue, will be held a week from Thursdnv. June 3 by most elaborate ceremonies, among which will be the unveiling of a huge monument to commemorate the ancient Astoria landing which occurred at Bellevue many years ago. Citizens from all over the state will be present at the town's hundredth birthday and many noted people- will take part in the dAy'fl program." A great number of Plattsmouth people are planning on visiting the aged neighboring town nt, tlmir nnwd n the gala day. The event is to be con ducted not mere v as a local eol... iration but as a state centenial. Most of the towns of the state will (),. unrl'd ilwwl.it. n.. n 1...IM..... -..1 .1 1 I oni. mi utij un ii iiwiiuuy uuu ucciara- tions to that effect will be issued by the different mayors. ine committee Having chnrgo of uic program ot the day, met yesterday 1,1 11,1 uuu cuaracter which had de in Omaha and discussed the plans Parted from this world, of his glorious ior mc conung event. The selection of a monument which will mark the landing of t he vAjiivmuiii, nun uceil IliaUC, and its unveiling on the campus of in nillfirri it ill I... r. .. I Actnna nvmjit nn I I - 1. I . ... ,u ui; a JI Ulllllll'lll I feature of tlm rvorci.a r.r dm ,im The new monument is to be (mite large weighing over six tons, and will be constructed of brown granite. The unveiling will take place about 1 o'clock, and, according to the present lans, will probably be fo owed bv the speeches, which will constitute an important part of the program. Mayor Dahlman will declare the 3d holiday. The Old Settlers' asso ciation of Sarpy county, the Tentorial Pioneers' association, the Douglas County Tioneers association and the South Omaha Historical society are among the organizations whose mem bers will observe the gala day with picnics at Bellevue. River Falling. The Missouri is doing another freak trick today. The muddy waters of the big stream are grdually fallig, when it was generally expected that the June rise had begun. The water at the highest yesterday only regis tered 6.2 ft., which is two or three feet lower than it often is in the spring. lestcrday the body fell one tenth of a foot, which is not a great amount but it is one w hich is enough to make the people wonder what the trouble is with the June rise, which is irencrnllv scheduled two or three weeks before this time. The waters of the Platte are not so troublesome this spring as they have been for several years past The warm weather during the month of March may have had some effect in doing way with the high water of June, as the melting snows kei.t the streams running bank full for some time during the early spring. A few miles above the flit v. the river is eating its way into the banks and it is thought by many that the time is not far distant when it w ill airain cut through its sand bars and hug the west bank of its valley as it did a number of years ago. Bell Phone Manager Resigns II. K. Clark, central manncer of the Nebraska Phone company in this Lhc Nebraska Phone company in this jity, has resigned his position with ., . ,. the company and severed his connec- ,. , , i i , Lions from the telephone business. ci tl tions . .. II I x . r-, ue win leave tomorrow ior ureen n;... w o ii : ...J . ' " . f ,i . . . .. . . western part of that state, situated t J r. ni f. t v on the main line of tho I nion Pacific , , . ., ll ll i if VUIllllllL. tu tu 11 I I' r, r ii 4 i Green nv(r. Mr. Davis will take up . ., . , , . t f.i work on the simial deniirtmeiit of t he , . , . . , ,, , road 1 is place is to be filled by C. L f'lnrlf nf llmiilin uhn 14 in Inn rltv , . . . fanul.a.i..ng himself with the loca work. Da vis has always been a good booster in the citv and lias eonductei his part of the phone business in a most satisfactory manner. His nwnyfricnds among the business men and tele phone patrons will regret to see him leave, but wish both he and his suc cessor the best of luck in their new work. . Conrad Curt from the vicinity of Cedar Creek was in town for a short wliile yesterday noon. FUNERAL Of A.C.M'MAKEN Old Soldier and Mail Clerk Laid to Rett at Oak Hill. EARLTY SETTLER OF COUNTY ANp PIONEER OF TIIE CITV Died at Home at Atchison. Kan., Sunday Afternoon Alter Long Illness. (From Wednesday'! Dally) funeral services of llm nn A"urew u AlcMaken were held this uHtrnoon at o o'clock from tho resi Ill'IlrO fit t hn f ininnai.1'u 1 . I ' uiuooiu g uroincr, n, C McMakcn. The services were in chargv of Rev. J. W. Gade of the Pres. Pierian cuurcn, who spoke briefly luwiaijr nunauu 01 ais true American Hie, Hot oi ly in the field but nt hi "oni0 "Hd n the business world. His rPIIIIlrKN U'trn tm.t I ..i !A aiv iviiiujf, uui It would be hard to dwell on till the good points of lhn c, ; iy-"iu.mufl o IUU for his years were filled uiiti ihntr. Ie delighted in doirtg. something that would help his inighbor or comrade, and his life was one to hn nmnH r,t The members of the Episcopal church lurnisucu tne music for the service, giving several selections of very touch ing songs: The pall bearers were pick- ea irorn ins old military company, The First Nebraska Reserves. They were not chosen until the old veterans gathered at the undertaking parlor a few moment before the funeral, consequently tu correct list can not be given. Interment was made at Oak Hill cemetery where ho was nlnerd at rest by tho side of his first wife, Airs. Catherine McMakeu. The re mains were brought to the city this afternoon from his late home at Atch isoii, Kansas, beincr flreomnnnii d by his widow, Mr. and Mrs. Zoll and Mrs. W. H. Lcighton of Fayette- viiie, Ark., the two latter women. k'ing daughters of the deceased. Mr. Zoll is a traveling man for a New lork firm while Mr. Leichton is a journalist at Fort Smith, Ark. JUr. McMakcn was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. October 23. 1833. His father was one of the early settlers of that city, having run the first tav ern there. In 1850 A. C. McMakcn with his brothers, went to Nebraska, where the older pre-empted a claim. Mr. McMakeu was a civil encineer. at this time, and in company with CJ. W. I airfield and his brothers, surveyed almost every foot of the new state. He was nlso a freichter across the plains and in 18A9 mado the trip from Nebraska to Colorado going up Pike's Peak, Mr. McMakcn comes of a military family, his grand father having served through the Rev olutionary war. In April, 1S01, Mr. McMakcn en listed in Company A, first Nebraska infantry. In 1SG2 he acted as Captain in the United States colored infantry. This did not suit his taste and he re signed and re-enliited in the First Nebraska cavalry, of which he became ?u' D,,7"1 to 18h0 he saw a good dt fighting, wing in comn R ' , , Kearney, Nebraska, for , ". . ,, ..' , quarter master sergeant. From 1S64 to 181)0 he saw a good deal of Indian command of Fort a time. He IUUH Dill I 111 Ull IIIU II took part in all the Indian battles , , . . that occurred during those two years ii which service was very aruous. He , . , ,, 1CPP was mustered out in July, 1S66, after . . ... , i- .,.' n having served his country well. Mr. McMakcn .cumo home on a furlough . . , , . ,. , during ISoo, and before his return " . .'. ... . .. . was married to fllis usan Uialtant, of h mm . . . . .... 25. To this union three children were s(m find u0 d ht the . ,. . .1. k "lit " "v j v j up ters are Mrs. . R. Leighton and Mrs. G. A. Zoll, both of Fayetteville, Ark., and both of whom have been at the bedside of their father for many weeks. Mrs. McMakcn died some years later in Atchison. After the close of the war Mr. Mc Makcn spent two years on hi,s Nebras ka farm, later being appointed to the railway mail service. He took the (Continued on page 8) or 4 I