Nebraska Newspapers

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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
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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
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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
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the company and severed his connec-
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Lions from the telephone business.
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tions
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ue win leave tomorrow ior ureen
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western part of that state, situated
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on the main line of tho I nion Pacific
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Green nv(r. Mr. Davis will take up
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work on the simial deniirtmeiit of t he
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road 1 is place is to be filled by C. L
f'lnrlf nf llmiilin uhn 14 in Inn rltv
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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
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Kearney, Nebraska, for
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quarter master sergeant. From 1S64
to 181)0 he saw a good deal of Indian
command of Fort
a time. He
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took part in all the Indian battles
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that occurred during those two years
ii
which service was very aruous. He
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was mustered out in July, 1S66, after
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having served his country well. Mr.
McMakcn .cumo home on a furlough
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during ISoo, and before his return
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was married to fllis usan Uialtant,
of h mm
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25. To this union three children were
s(m find u0 d ht the
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"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
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