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The Scssion.a Lcnsiby
Transacted of Interest to the People
Sidewalks Requested, Official Re
portsClaims Allowed
It was a full house and an attentive
audiance at the council chamber Monday
evening that listened to the roll call
which showed not one of the legisla
tors missing, and the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting to
ratify of the meeting a fortnight be
fore. Petitions and communications
were passed, until a later period in the
session. Reports of finance committee
not being ready. Chief of police and the
police judge, were passed and the re
port of the Btreet commissioner was
read, which showed the work done
from March 11th until March 21st.
among which was the working out of
all poll taxes, amounting to $33.00. This
went to the streets, allies and bridges
committee. Then followed a call for
the report of the clerk and treasurer,
with none to offer, while the board of
health reported the last case of small
pox cured, the quarrantine raised and
the premises fumigated, and no other
contagious deceases in the city.
The report of the chief of the fire
department shows the lanterns as be
ing all right, made inquiry as to
whether the salary going to be allowed
the president of the fire department, as
well as the other officers of the depart
ment, and reported everything in good
shape.
This went to the fire and water com
mittee, for consideration. The judiciary
committee reported favorably on the
payment of a claim of the clerk of the
district court for $51.00, and asked for
more time on one for $11.00. The
claims committee reported favorably
on the payment of the claim for one
dollar for merchandise furnished by
Earl C. Wescott, and asked for time on
the bill of II. M. Soennichsen and i
others. The finance committee reported (
the payment of the bills following this j
article, and bv an amendment had
added thereto the salaries of the
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cers. After this they reported the j
rates obtained for the bond of the city j
treasurer, which was twenty-five cents j
per hundred and for the required
amount would $62.50. It was stated ;
V.o ac Vn Viunlr nf Hrwr;it was On the !
bond of the city treasurer they had ob-
jected to paying ' interest on deposits,
and it was ordered that the city fiumish
a bond and that the bonk be compelled
to pay interest on daily balances, which
should be placed in the general fund,
unless the interest should have ac
cumulated on a sinking fund, and in
this case it should go to augment that
fund. The interest to be paid on the
first of January, April, July and
October. v.
The cemetery committee, reported
the need of some repairs on the fence,
the well platform and curb, and grad
ing of one of the roadways in the ceme
tery which was ordered.
Gas and Light committee reported
nothing doing, while the police commit
tee reported O. K. on the reports of
the chief of police and police judge, the
latter of which showed eight arrests,
with one discharged, four, committed to
jail, and three paid fines, amounting to
$15.00 with $9.00 costs collected, mak
ing twenty-four in all which was turned
into the city treasurer.
Sidewalk resolutions took up a good
portion of the consideration of the
fathers, and one, covering a walk re
quested by Wm. Shea and nineteen
others, asking: a walk from the O'Neal
place to John Sharps, and with this one
there were others, makimr in all some
which was ordered to be submitted
to the citv attorney to see that the dis-
criptior.s were
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rip-V-r before heirurilhen louowea me reading oi anotner
served.
The report
of the city attorney
showed that on account of one mistake
in tfce discretion, a cost of $12.00 had
been incurred; he also reported that
there was an ordinance (No. 85) pro
hibiting the driving on the walks, and
section four of which provided a penalty.
The matter of fire escapes on the
three hotels, which has been placed in
the hands of the city attorney, he re
ported, came under the duties of the
labor commissioner, and that he had
notified the Hotel Riley, and the Hotei
Plattsmouth to place fire escapes on
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their places, but he did not know
whether he had notified the Perkins
House or not, but would ascertain.
Regarding the opening of the street,
near John Busche, the city attorney re
ported that it would be necessary to go
into court in order to quiet the title and
would probable cost some where about
$20.00, but just what he could not say.
On motion of Steimker, the city attor
ney was instructed to proceed with the
quieting of the title, while the entire
report was adopted.
Lutz moved that the clerk notify the
chief of police regarding the ordinance
forbidding driving over walks, and that
he enforce the law in that respect.
The Matter of Lowering Streets
Coming next was a communication
from F. T. Darrow to J. H. Merriam,
acting engineer for the city of Platts
mouth, telling of the finding of Mr.
Darrow, relative to the streets, and
what would be the change in the carry
ing capacity of the water after the pro
posed lowering of the streets had been
made. Showing that by making the
center of the street one foot and 85
inches lower than the curb, and one
foot and six and a half inches lower
than the top of the center of the street
now, would give it, according to "clut
ter's tables," a carrying capacity of
about seven times what it is at the
present time, and would ortly make a
three per cent grade, and from fignres
which the railroad had collected would
be ample to carry off the water, and
has a capacity sufficient to drain the
amount of water that would fall in the
basin which flows down through the city,
should the fall even be as high as three
inches per hour. He said that he had
considered the matter of placing sewers
on both Vine ancl Pearl streets, and the
cost would be prohibitive, lhe mayor
said that the estimate had been placed
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at $80,000. Mr. Darrow said that
having examined the ordinances, he
found that ordinance No. 29 established
grade at the curb, and that the lower
ing of the centers would not change
the &rade
He also said that there was
no provision on most oi the property
on the north side of Main street for
sanitary sewerage, which should be
made when the change occurred. He
recommended that the sewers be kept
cleaned, and that would add to the
carrying capacity of the streets when
lowered. Mr. Darrow reported that
the matter of open sewers on Vine
street was not practical, and that on
Pearl street would cost more than the
change contemplated on Main street,
and be a continual source oi annoyance
all the time. Engineer Merriam read
estimates and regulations under which
he recommended the work to be done,
showing it would probably require about
six weeks of work for the lowering and
repaving of the street and that at no
time not more than two-thirds of the
streets should be torn up at once; that
all precautions should be taken to pre
vent accidents, giving description of
way the work should be done. He re
commended that sufficient of the dirt be
used to bring alleys to the grade, and
that lot owners on either side be re
quired to also bring their lots to grade,
Ordinance number blank was read the
second time and on motion of Sattler
the rules were suspended and it was
! placed upon its tmra reading ty title,
! and passed without a descenting vote.
! This was an ordinance providing for the
! lowering of Main and Sixth streets
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j ordinance, for the second time, provid-
ng for the repaving,
but which was,
on motion laid over until the next
i regular meeting. Drawings showing
cross sections of the streets as they ap
pear at the present and win appear
when finished, and also the fall in Main
street, which is sixteen feet from Sixth
street to the Burlington station, were
submitted and are at the office of the
city attorney for inspection of those
who may desire to examine them.
On motion of Steimker, the city engi
neer was instructed to furnish specifica
tions for cement walks and
crossings
and for brick walks, to be ready at the
next meeting.
Clams Allowed.
AL Janda, street work $26 60
Clyde Funk, same 4 03
Wm. Gingery, same 4 03
Claude Smith, same 4 90
Al. Funk, same 4 20
Phil. Harrison, same 2 98
R. A. Bates, printing 8 80
Neb. Tele. Co., tolls 35
State Journal Co., mdse 14 50
Earl C. Wescott, mdse 1 00
James Sage, livery 2 00
Wm. Hassler, work 4 15
John Macin, salary 6 25
George Mann, same 6 25
Peter Evers, same 6 25
George McDaniels, same 6 25
S. L. Cotner same 6 25
Earl Travis, work 5 00
J. II. Merriam, same 43 50
J. M. Robertson, fees 51 00
FRANK W. RICIIEY
LAID AT REST
Last Sad Rites Celebrated
From the Home of His
Father Sunday
Afternoon
A large number of the friends and
relatives and acquaintances, of the late
Frank W. JRichey were present Sun
day afternoon to pay their last rites to
the remains of the one they loved in
life. The crowd was so large that the
building and yard could scarcely con
tain them, the addresses were de-
ivered by Revs. Randall and Salsbury,
who paid a tribute to the sterling man
hood of the one who had departed. The
exercises at the cemetery were con
ducted by the Order of Elks, and was
according to their beautiful ritual. As
they consigned his body to the silent
tomb, they will cherish a lively recollec
tion of his virtues, and which went to
make up a life which we all well can
emulate.
A Correction.
(Totlie Editor of tlie Daily Journal.)
Sunnyside, March 23, 1908. .
Mr. Editor: If you will kindly give"
me space in your daily, I would like to
correct, in part, a statement you made
a few evenings ago. At the time our
"boys in blue" were in camp at Fort
Omaha, prior to leaving for Cuba, our
Col. McMaken, with his usual enthusi
asim, patriotism, and thoughtfulness,
conceived the plan for providing them
with the useful article commonly called
house companion or housewife. " He
solicited funds and purchased the moroc
co for the cases. The merchants contri
buted the needles and thread, the
Grand Army ladies and others
interested, (myself and Sunday school
class included) made them. The
ladies of the G. A. R. and others also,
contributed, and made "comfort bags, "
so much needed by the soldiers in camp.
Col. McMaken and wife, and several
others visited our boys the day before
their departure for the south, I was ac
companied by two of my Sunday school
class. Unexpectedly, and without time
to prepare for "speech making," I was
called upon to present to Co. "B," the
articles that had been made for them.
I do not know to whom I am indebted
for the kindly mention in connection
with the incident, but feel that credit
should be given to whom credit is due.
Thanking you for your courtesy in
printing the above, I remain,
Yours for the right,
Mrs. Clarence Edgar Wescott.
The Teachers Meeting
The regular teachers' meeting, which
was to be held here, has been changed
and will meet at South Omaha on the
2, 3 and 4 of April. At this meeting
all the teachers and school officers of
Cass county are invited and expected
to attend. This is to be made a meet
ing of special interest to all people con
nected with the public schools and
should be attended by everybody. Let
the teachers and officers of Cass county
be wrell represented there.
Died in Chicago
Word was received last Saturday
evening telling of the death of A. W.
Bradley, father of Mrs. John Geiser,
and grandfather of August Bradley at
the advanced age of 88, from paralysis.
Mrs. Geiser and her son, August Brad
ley, departed yesterday morning for
Chicago to be in attendence at the fun
eral, which occurs this afternoon.
On and after tomorrow the mail car
with the mail clerk will not be run on
No. 4 or No. 7 of the Burlington, be
tween Pacific Junction and Omaha. All
mail hereafter will have to be in the
postoffice in time for the making of the
mail in order to go on these trains,
which will be carried only as pouch mail
Death of Old Settler.
Yesterday morning Uncle Peter
Rauen, at the advanced age of seventy
eight years, passed away after a resi
dence of forty-four years in this city,
of old age and a complication of diseases.
Mr. Rauen has been so he was able to
get around until within the past month,
and since that time has been confined
to his bed, and as he was troubled with
asthma has had great difficulty in breath
ing. Peter Rauen was born in Luxemburg,
Germany, in August 1830, living during
the early portion of his life in his
native home; and in the year 1864, came
to America and to Nebraska, settling at
this place, where he had relatives,
Mrs. Rauen being a sister of F. R.
Guthman, Mrs. B. J. Hempel, and Mrs.
Egenberger, the mother of J. V. Egen
berger. Mr. Rauen had followed the
wagonmaker's trade in the old country,
and when coming here established him
self in the same business in Plattsmouth.
While F. R. Guthman was in the west
in 1866, Mr. Rauen superintended the
construction of the Guthman block,
which was built in conjunction with the
Masons making the block which stands
on the southeast corner of Main and
Third streets. At this time he was en
gaged with a man by the name of
peorge Schafer in the wagon-making
and blacksmithing business, Mr. Rauen
doing the wood work, while Mr. Schafer
did the iron work. In 1882 Mr. Schafer
committed suicide, in the room where
H. E. Wilson & Son have their paint
shop, and formerly occupied by John
Cory as a. restaurant. Later Mr. Rauen
was associated with Robert Donnelly in
a shop where D. B. Ebersole now has
his place of business, and at a later
period with Dennis Mc Hugh in the place
where J. Iverson is now located. During
his life he has been an industrious, hard
working man. Mr. Rauen leaves, be
sides his wife, three sons and one
daughter, only one living at this place
at present Frank Rauen, the eldest
son living here and an employe of the
Burlington shops. The next, John
Rauen, an engineer, making his home at
Cincinnatti, Ohio, while the youngest
son, Rudolph Rauen, is a druggist living
in Kansas City. Mrs. John Hines, with
her husband has lived in Plattsmouth
until recently, when they moved to
Spokane, Washington, where Mr.
Hines accepted a position with some
road running out of there as engineer.
The oldest son, Valentine Rauen, died
several years since, and since that
time his family, most of them moved to
the state of Washington.
VISITS OLD II0L1E
AFTER 30 YEARS
S. G. Porfer, of Denver, Colo
rado, Visits the Scenes
of His Childhood
S. G. Porter was a visitor in the city
Saturday afternoon and yesterday,
a guest at the homes of Mrs. Harriett
Sharp and A. Baxter Smith. Mr. Por
ter lives in Denver, and having been
away from Plattsmouth for some thirty
years, though he spent his childhood in
this city, and had his home where Ira
B. Green now lives, and which for years
was knowrn as the Porter place. Yester
day he visited the old home and found
that about a week since the old tree in
which he had made swings when he was
a boy, cut down. He was greatly pained
that the tree which had given him and
his brothers and sisters so much pleas
ure in their childhood as a place to play,
both in its branches and in its cooling
shade swept away by the woodman's
ax. He also went out and looked over
the "Doud place," now owned by Chas.
Chok, and the place which was first
proved up as a premption in this county,
and by his aunt, a Miss Porter.
Fighting Hard
According to the Omaha World-Herald,
the Nebraska (Bell) Telephone
company is fighting hard to keep Inde
pendent out of South Omaha. It says:
"The Nebraska Telephone company
was able by a petition read at the coun
cil meeting last evening to prevent the
passage of the ordinance granting to
the Independent Telephone company
the right to operate in South Omaha.
It is evident that the monopoly is much
prized by the Bell people. It is esti
mated, however, when the matter of
granting a franchise to the Independent
Telephone company is put to a vote of
the people it will carry three to one."
Charley Graves Has Another Victim
James Robertson, clerk of the dis
trict court, was here Saturday to at
tend to some official business and made
The Ledger a social call. It is wonder
ful (as well as amusing) to observe the
interest Plattsmouth people take in our
red bats. Union Ledger.
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All
the Old Officers Renominated Except
Mayor Gering, Who Refused the Nom
ination and John Lutz
Heads the Ticket
The democratic city convention met
at the council chamber on Saturday
night promptly at 8 o'clock. The
various wards had held their primaries
to select representative to said con
vention, and every ward was fully
represented. The chamber was crowded
to its utmost capacity, many that were
met delegates being present and taking
great interest in the deliberations of
the assembly.
Dr. J. S. Livingston, chairman of the
city committee called the house to
order, and upon motion he was made
chairman of the convention. W. K.
Fox was selected as secretary, after
which the business for which the con
vention was call was transacted.
So many different constructions have
been placed upon the meaning of the
new law, regarding the holding over for
one year of the present city officials
(mayor, police judge, treasurer and
clerk) after due deliberations it was
thought best to place in nomination
candidates for same.
Mayor Gering having positively re
fused to make the race for another
term, the name of John Lutz, present
councilman from the Fourth ward, was
placed in nomination, and the same
went through without one dissenting
voice, and amid great enthusiasm.
Believing in rewarding the faithful
and competent officials, the convention
renominated M. Archer for police
judge; R. W. Clement for treasurer
and W. B. Elster for clerk. These
official were unanimously endorsed by
the convention.
In the First ward, II. J. Schluntz,
who was turned down by the republi
can convention for renomination, the
democrats came to the conclusion that,
as he had served his people faithfully,
they would endorse him, which they
did in the following resolution. "Be
lieving the best interests of the people
are served by rewarding those who are
faithful and honest to the city's inter
ests; and, further, believing that II. J.
Schluntz, as councilman from the First
ward, has served the people's best in
terests, we, as democrats, show our
Celebrates , Golden Wedding
On the afternoon and evening of
March 15, 1908, in response to dainty
invitations, over one hundred friends
and neighbors invaded the pleasant
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murfin.at
Wabash, to commemorate the fiftieth
anniversary of this worthy couple's
married life, and were royilly enter
tained as became the occasion and the
day.
Henry H. Murfin and Nancy Jane
Wiandt were both born in Brown town
ship, Carrol Co., Ohio, in 1836. In 1864
Mr. Murfin enlisted in the 182nd Ohio
volunteers and remained in service until
the close of the war. In 1870 they left
their Ohio home and located in Michigan
and twelve years later they came to
Cass county, Nebraska, where they
have since resided. They are the par
ents of five children, Mrs Eliza P.John
son, deceased, Mrs. Jessie P. Baker,
deceased, Mrs Cora Hobbs, C. S. and
W. L. Murfin. They are blessed with
six grandchildren.
Many beautiful and valuable presents
were presented them from friends here
and elsewhere as a reminder of the
esteem in which this estimable couple
are held. Elmwocd Leader-Echo.
Happy Over Arrival of Son
L. C. Curtiss from Union was in the
city this morning for a short time, and
while awaitining for a train on the
Burlington for Omaha, Where he is
purchasing some supplies for his barber
shop at Union, we noticed he had a
happy light in his eye, as he conversed
wTith old time friends at the station.
Before boarding the train he confided
to us that it was the result of a little
boy, weighing eight pounds, who had
come to make its home with the Cour
tiss family a few days since. The moth
er and little son doing well and Louis,
well he is all right.
confidence in him by nominating him an
our choice for councilman."
In the Second ward, John P. Sattler,
who has so ably represented the peo
ple in that ward, was renominated
unanimously. Here is where the demo
crats displayed more wisdom.
In the Third ward, F. II. Steimker
was endorsed for councilman. Mr.
Setimker has been termed the "watch
dog of the treasury," and very rightly,
too. When an expenditure is to be
made, he wants to know, and will
know, just where every dollar goes,
and for what purpose. Another in
stance where the democrats were will
ing to give credit where credit is due.
The Fourth ward renominated Geo.
N. Dodge, who has faithfully and effi
ciently represented that ward. Here
is one of the best men in the city of
Plattsmouth, and he is ever alert to the
best interests of the whole city. It is
unnecessary to say that he was unanim
ously renominated.
The Fifth ward nominated William
A. Mendenhall to succeed John Lutz,
the candidate for mayor. Mr. Menden
hall is a gentleman well fitted for the
place, and we predict his election on
account of this fact. The democrats
of the Fifth ward have been very
fortunate in their selections hereto
fore, and it is believed that W. A. will
look after the interests with that
energy and ability that they have been
looked to by previous councilmen.
Dr. E. D. Cummins and I). C. Mor
gan were renominated for members of
the school books. They have both dis
played great interested in the public
schools of Plattsmouth, and have been
untiring in their efforts to do thai
which elevates the schools to that
standard possessed by few cities of the
size of Plattsmouth. They should, hit.)
no doubt will, be relected.
The work of the convention meets
with the approved of every democrat
and liberal-minded voter, and will be
duly endorsed at the polls on the 7th.
day of April.
The committeeman from the various
wards is as follows: First -Victor
Anderson; Second J. P. Sattler; Thiid
-W. K. Fox; Fourth-John Schulon";
Fifth-Robert Richter. W. K. Fox
was elected chairman.
At The Hotel Manspeaker
Last Saturday evening John Wagner
got too much booze in his hide and
wanted to fight and being particularly
ugly, was correlled by the police and
his name added to the active list of
people who board at the Hotel Man
speaker. No charge having been per
ferred against him he was put to board
ing ont an old offense on which he was
parolled. The matters of last Satur
day to be taken up later. Arthur Jacobi
has also got his name in the pot, being
gathered in, when he returned from
corn husking, having taken "leg bail"
when he had worked out only one days
portion of a hundred dollars fine. John
McQuistion says he wants out and will
be good. The authorities will give him
a chance to show how good a worker
he is and if he makes good all right,
and if not back he goes. Besides these
Henry Burroughs, Bert Ellige, Sam
Goldman and Leopold Brandmeir make
the list who set their feet under Deputy
Sheriff Manspeaker's grub board at
present.
Better File Your Releases
AU who have mortgage release; in
their packets or secreted in the bureau
drawer at home had better hunt them
up and get busy having them recorded,
for those holding them will certainly
he assessed for their mortgages. As
essor Soennichsen states that he is
earnestly endeavoring to get a mort
gage record of this county that will
be as nearly correct as possible, and to
that end he is in hopes that "all who
have held mortgages, and have since
released them, or had the release, and
have not had the instument filed, would
"get busy." Othewise they will rc-it-ainly
have a chance to kick, when (1 ey
see their assessment.
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