DAILY PERSONAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest, From Mon
day Evening's Daily Journal
G. F. S. Burton was a business vis
itor in Omaha this morning.
Mrs. John Folecek was a visitor with
friends in Omaha this morning.
Phillip Roucka was a visitor with
friends in Omaha this afternoon.
V. A. Kirby, of south of the city,
was a visitor in Omaha this morning,
looking after some business matters.
L. Trior, of Dayton, Ohio, a carpen
ter, was a visitor in the city this morn
ing', looking after some business mat
ter. Miss Ina Randall departed for her
studies at Omaha this afternoon, after
having visited in the city over Sunday
with her parents.
Attorney C. E. TafTt of Weeping
Water came in this morning, and is
looking after some business matters in
the city.
Miss Jessie Lockey departed for
Omaha this morning, after having
visited in the city, the guest at the
home of her sister, Mrs. John Benfer
and family.
V. C. Ahlstrand returned this morn,
ing from a visit at Logan, Iowa, where
he was yesterday, having gone with
his family, who remain to make a
longer visit with relatives.
G. A. B. Hicks, of Cullom, visited in
the city today.
Clarence E. Mayfield was a visitor in
the city this morning. j
C. E. Metzger of Cedar Creek was a
visitor in the city this morning. j
Joseph Yeader, of Union, was a j
county seat visitor this morning. j
P. A. Jacobson. of Louisville, was aj
business visitor in the city this morning.
C. J. Gaebel, of near Louisville, was
a business visitor in the city this morn
ing. Bert McCarthy was a witness in the
mandamus case from Louisville this
morning.
Fred Shoeman and wife, of Louisville,
were visitors in the county seat this
morning.
Henry Herold departed this morning
for Omaha, where he is looking after
some business matters.
H. J. Sitzman, of Wahoo, came in
this morning to attend the funeral of
his uncle, Henry Sitzman.
Albert Fricke was a passenger to
Omaha this mornings after having vis
ited in the city over Sunday.
Otto Ossenkop, of Louisville, was a
visitor in the city this morning, looking
after some business matters.
Horace Rand, of Cedar Creek, was a
visitor in the city this morning, having
business at the county seat .
A. L. Becker, of Union, was a visitor
in the city this morning, looking after
some business matters at the county
eeat.
A. II . Kroh, of Chicago, represent
ing the Las Vagas Land company, had
business in the city with George Bal
lance. Misses Lillian Murphy and Mary E.
Foster were visitors with friends at
Wyoming Sunday, returning home last
evening.
Supreme Court Commissioner J. L.
Root departed this morning to look
after business relative to the supreme
court work.
E. P. Ellis of Louisville, was a visi
tor in the city this morning, as a wit
ness on the mandamus election case
from that place.
Henry Walker and F. J. Kalacek
went to Omaha this morning, where
they are employed on the bridge gang
of the Burlington.
Henry Kingery, of Omaha, who has
been visiting in the city with friends
since last Saturday, departed for . his
home on the noon train.
George M. Porter departed for Lin
coln this morning on the Missouri Pa
cific, where he will work during the
week for the Omaha Bee.
C. W. Baylor was a visitor in the
city, a guest with the home folks over
Sunday, and departed thi3 morning for
his work again on the road.
Wm Warner and little son. Willie.
of LaPlatte, were visitors in the city j
this morning, and were looking after
some business at the court house.
II. L. Williams, J. W. WTaldon and L.
J. Mayfield of Louisville, were visitors
in the city this morning as witnessess
in the mandamus election case.
M:s. Arthur Crissman, of Lincoln, is
visiting in the city for a few days, the
guest of her mother, Mrs. J. E. Kin
kead, having come Saturday evening.
Miss Nettie Vallery returned to Glen
wood this morning, where she is engaged
in the institute at that place, after
having visited in the city over Sunday.
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Miss Lillian Bookmeyer was a visitor
in Omaha this afternoon.
Mrs. George Hrasky was a visitor in
Omaha this morning.
Byron Clark was a brief business
visitor in Omaha this afternoon.
Perry Utterbach and wife were visit
ors in the metropolis this afternoon.
Miss Marv Moore, of Murray, was a
visitor in Omaha this afternoon.
Ed Schulhof was a visitor in the city
over Sunday, returning to his work in
Glenwood this morning.
Chas Troop was a visitor in South
Omaha this morning, looking some busi
ness at the stock yards.
Hugo Asemissen was a business visit
or in Omaha this afternoon, going on
the noon train.
W. H. Newell departed this afternoon
for Wyomore, where he goes to look
after some business matters.
Fred Ilinton departed this afternoon
for Hightown, S. D., where he expects
to make his home for some time.
Henry Johnson departed this morn
ing for Pacific Junction this morning,
where he had some business matters to
look after.
Master James Lindsay, the hustling
and popular bell boy at the Hotel Riley,
was a business visitor in Omaha yester
day, returning on the late train.
O. Oliver, of St. Paul, Minn., was a
visitor in the city over Sunday with
friends, departing for Omaha this
morning on the early Burlington train .
Clyde Hodson, of Winside, departed
this afternoon for his home after hav
ing visited in the city for some time at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Richard
Hale and family.
John Bull has servered his connection
with the Plattsmouth Telephone com
pany, and departed on the noon train
for Omaha, from where he will go to
the Pacific coast.
Chas. Becker of the Frie Presse, of
Council Bluffs, was a visitor in the city
yesterday, a guest at the home of
Joseph Stendyke, returning home this
morning.
F. R. Guthman is repairing his build
ing, the west half of the old Masonic
hall block, by raising the roof, in order
to afford a better opportunity for the
rain to run off.
Clay Clark, representing the Ohio
Time Bank Lock company, of Canton,
Ohio, was an over Sunday visitor in the
city, a guest of his aunt, Mrs J. E Kin
kead. Stephen Porter, formerly of this
place, but who has been making his
home at Grand Island, for some time
past, has returned to Plattsmouth and
will remain here for the present.
Mrs. Gertie Hunter and Mr. and Mrs.
James Stevens, of LaPlatte were visit
ors in the city this morning, looking
after some business, and returning
home this afternoon on the Burlington.
Misses Lillian and Ada Stiger of
Benson, the former the asssciate editor
of the Benson Times, returned to their
home this morning, after having visited
in the city yesterday, the guests at the
home of Mr. and MrsrD. B. Smith.
District court convened this morning
and most of the time in the early morn
ing was taken up in calling the docket
and setting cases. The matter of the
Maudamas case from Louisville was
taken up.
J. O. Sitzman, of Louisville, and Isa
dor Sitzman, of Cedar Creek, were vis
itors in the city this morning, and in at
tendance at the funeral of their uncle,
the late Henry Sitzman which occurred
this morning.
C. D. Vroodworth, of Omaha, one of
the bidders on lowering of the streets,
was a visitor in the city this morning
looking after some business matters,
and will remain until the meeting of
the council this evening.
T. H. Pollock was a business visitor
in Omaha this afternoon where he is
looking after the telephone business.
The Plattsmouth Telephone expect to
be working into Omaha and direct with
the subscribers of the Automatic com
pany by the middle of the month.
Miss Sally Agnew, came in yesterday
from Los Angeles, Cal., and was fol
lowed today by her mother, Mrs. Nellie
Agnew and sister, Marjory. They have
been making their home there for some
time, going on account of the more
healthful climate and will visit hera
for some time with relatives.
Michael Hild. in order to protect him
self from the floods, has had McMaken
& Sons place a concrete wall in the
rear of his building on the lot line ex
tending from the corner of the building
to the higher ground on the rear which
will exclude all waters from the over
flow source.
C. E. Fay and Chas. Cunningham, of
Sioux City, were visitors in the city
over Sunday with friends, departing
for Omaha this morning.
Mrs. G. S. Connor, of New Albany,
Ind., who is visiting in the city, a guest
at the home of F. S. White, was a pas
senger for Omaha this morning.
Mr. Roy Thompson, of South Omaha,
was a visitor at the pleasant home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Lindsay over Sun
day, returning on the late train for
Omaha.
VISIT TO THE
GRAND CANON
Governor Sheldon's Party Makes An
Inspection of the Same.
(On train just entering California. April 30.)
I said I would, but I won't. In my
last I told you I would give you a de
scription of the Grand Conons of Ari
zona, but before one could do that he
would have to diet for six months on
angel's food. It is impossible for one
to comprehend their magnitude from a
pen picture. They are not only grand,
but dazzlingly so.
The canons are 270 miles long (so I
was told) and at the place we visited
fifteen miles across from rim to rim.
The land approaching the canons is com
paratively level, at least as compared
with the canons, and then jumps down
more than 6,000 feet to the Colorado
river below. To stand on the rim and
look down into the bottomless pit at
the river below and not get Ferris
wheels in your head requires a better
head than mine. Morgan could do it
without affecting him, but for me it
fairly set me crazy.
Yesterday Morgan, myself and two
other men of our party started at 8:00
a.m., with lunch baskets to walk down
the trail to the river, which requires
one to travel seven miles. That is,
about 1J miles north, 1J miles down and
the balance of the distance ziz-zogging.
The person who engineered the blazing
of this trail was certainly a genius.
The trail is about six feet wide on an
average and scarcely a rod of the dis
tance but what is dangerous. If one
should step over the rim of this trail
most any place he would fall a distance
of well I do not think he wonld ever
light. This trail makes an abrupt turn
on an average of every forty feet down
to the bottom sometimes over one
hundred feet and sometimes only about
ten feet, and every turn presents a
view of grandeur that would fill an
Egyptian mummy with enthusiasm.
One does not get the full comprehen
sion of these canons until he gets to the
bottom and then he will stand enthrilled,
entranced no matter in what direction
he looks. Look which direction you
will, your eyes will rest upon a mystic
maize of mountains toweling so high
above, that one thinks ' it must surely
be the dwelling place of the Almighty
and his angels.
We arrived home (our train) at 4:00
p. m., having traveled fourteen miles
over the steepest grade I ever expect
to travel, and after a bath and a bite I
feel as fresh as a daisy. Promptly at
6:00 p. m. we left the depot at Grand
Canon, all of the opinion that we had
seen the grandest piece of mountain
scenery in the United States, if not in
the world.
Everybody on the train is well and
happy as larks. Yours,
Frank E. Schlater.
Real Estate Transfers. '
Geo. A. Johnson to A. E. Walker,
pt ne i se 1 18-10-13 Consider
ation $ 1050
Herman Bros to Geo. C. Schwartz,
lots 1 and 2, blk 22, Eagle Con
sideration 2100
Ann M. Goodell to C. M. Piper,
lot 9. blk 8, O'Neill's add. to
Plattsmouth Consideration 125
R. B. Windham to C. M. Piper,
lots 1 to 4, blk 8, South Park
Consideration. 40
Frank Bela to F. Padlacek, lots
1 and 2, blk 4, Duke's add. to
Plattsmouth Consideration 120
F. Padlacek to F. Slavecek, lots
1 and 2, blk 4, Duke's add. to
Plattsmouth Consideration 120
S. J. Hiner to Perry Marsh, lot
lot 16, blk 6, Lynn's add. to
Union Consideration 175
G. N. La Rue to Mary E. Davis,
lot 819, blk 2, Union Consider
ation 800
J. A. Hasemeir to Mary C. Rob
ertson, sj ne$ sej, 22-12-12
Consideration 8000
Isaac WTiles to Jacob Dominger,
nei 30-10-12 Consideration 14200
M. C. Robertson to J. A. Hase
meir, lots 5S0 and 351 Consid
eration M. B. Hawley to Elmira Davis,
lot 5, blk 33, city-Consideration
12000
Isabella Forsythe to Samuel West
lake, ni swj 26-10-9 Consider
ation 5000
S. D. Porter, of Wabash, came in
last evening, having business to look
after at the county seat, and departed
for home this morning.
WELCOME IIOLIE
SURPRISE PARTY
Tendered Mr. and Mrs. 7. L.
Thomas, Last Satur
day Evening
Thursday evening W. L' Thomas and
wife returned from a visit in the west,
where they have been visiting with
friends and sight-seeing for sometime,
and were surprised last Saturday even
ing by a number of their friends, who
gave them a welcome home reception.
Mr. Thomas and wife while away visit
ed at Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Sacreamento and many other points in
the west; and at Sacreamento, they
visited with Louis Thomas. While visit
ing at the Catalina Islands, they had a
ride in a glass-bottomed vessel, and
could see through and obtain a good
view of the bottom of the sea. At San
Francisco, Mr. Thomas obtained mai.y
excellent snap shot pictures of the U.
S. fleet as it steamed into San Francisco
harbor, and was accorded the pleasure
of visiting one of the vessels, and was
shown over the fighting machine by one
of the sailors.
At the reception which their friends
tendered them, Saturday evening their
was a general good time, composed of
social conversation, interspersed with
music, both instrumental and vocal.
Miss Fannie Will and Miss Minnie
Stohlman presiding at the piano.
At a late hour, a delightful luncheon
was served, consisting of coffee, cake,
sandwiches and oranges, the latter of
which was picked from the trees in
California by Mr. Thomas while visiting
there. Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Thomas the latter just from
Akron, Colorado, Messrs. and Mesdames
Wm. Stohlman, Matt Susler, H. N.
Isabel, C. M. Foster, Mr. A. A. Hertz
ler and Misses Fannie Will and Minnie
Stohlman, and Masters Willie and Ar
thur Stohlman.
IOWA THIRDS RULE
IN CONVENTION
The Suggestion That Tradi
tional Rule Be Abandoned
The suggestion that the democratic
nationational convention to be held in
Denver may abondon the traditional rule
requiring a vote of two-thirds of the
convention for the nomination of can
didates for president and vice president
has precipitated an earnest discussion.
The two-thirds rule was adopted in
1844, long after the caucus system had
been superseded by the convention sys
tem. It was adopted for the immedi
ate purpose of defeating Martin Van
Buren for the presidential nomination
and for the larger permanent purpose
of protecting the slave states from the
increasing power of the free states in
democratic national conventions. It has
been adopted by every democratic na
tional convention since then. In repub
lican national conventions a majority
vote suffices for nomination.
Experts in Jeffersonianism maintain
that majority rule is all right as a the
ory, but that in practice it is not only
allowable but necessary to give a ju-"
dicious construction to the term major
ity. Jefferson, they say, did not intend
to introduce exact mathematical can
ceptions into politics, and when he laid
down the principle of majority rule he
must not be considered as boldly assert
ing that out of one hundred persons
fifty-one constituted a majority. That
i3 too crude an idea for the up-to-date
Jeffersonians. They maintain that there
are many kinds of majorities two
thirds majority, the four-fifths majori
ty and the nine-tenths majority being
as deserving of study and observance
as the bare mojority. It is just as
democratic, they contend, to say that
of one hundred persons not fifty-one,
but sixty-seven, seventy-five or ninety
are necessary to constitute a "major
ity.' Each convention makes its own rules,
and it may be that sufficient weight
will le brought to bear at Denver to
cause a departure from the ancient
custom. However, the democrats are
slow to make innovations, and the
hange will not be made without a
struggle.
Destroyed Checks Recovered
The checks uttered by Wm. Schutz,
the man who was arrested Monday and
placed in jail for the cashing of one
check and the attempt of the passage
of another which is supposed he forged
and which was afterward destroyed and
thrown away when he attempted to
escape, were last night found by officer
Janda. They were turned over to
sheriff Quinton and Attorney Rawls,
and today patched then up, making the
checks complete. The restoring of the
checks and other circumstances sur
rounding the case makes it look bad for
the young man, smooth as he seems to
be, but not smooth enough to evade the
clutches of the law. Verily, the way
of the transgressor is hard.
EOT
IS
Efforts to Keep Bride From Rejoining Spouso
-.-Harried While al School in
Baltimore, Maryland.
The Chicago Sunday Examiner gives
the following account of the results of
an elopement that occurred last March,
in which the daughter of a former
resident of Plattsmouth is one of the
principals Rev. Ernest Wray Oneal,
mentioned below, at one time studied
law with his uncle, K. B. Windham,
and the daughter at one time sang in
the M. E. church at this place. It
would seem from what one can glean
from the following, that the irate
father is determined to separate the
daughter from her husband, aud that
the bride is just as determined to join
her husband. There are many in this
city who remember Mr. Oneal, among
them W. K. Fox, who says he used to
play ball with the now Iteverned gentle
man. The Examiner says in full:
Pretty young Mrs. Lewis J. Dumler,
separated from her husband after an
elopement and a brief honeymoon by
her father, the Rev. Ernest Wray
Oneal, pastor of the First Methodist
hurch, is said by her friends to have
declared yesterday that she would re
join her husband at the first oppor
tunity. "She will do nothing of the sort,"
said the father, with decided emphasis.
"I am much displeased at this mar
riage, and I shall take steps to have
the couple legally separated."
Meanwhile the . young bridegroom,
who is a traveling salesman for a Balti
more grocery house, has not been
heard form. His whereabouts are not
known by the Rev. Mr. Oneal. The
latter laughed when it was intimated
IOWA GIRL AT
TEMPTS SUICIDE
Takes Poison, But Physicians Save
Her Life Hints at Secret
Sin Daughter of Iowa
Minister.
A special to the Omaha World-Herald,
under date of May 4, from Denver,
says: "Evidently in an effort to hide
some secret sin which preyed upon her
conscience, Miss Alice Ward, aged 23,
and pretty, who recently came here
from Glenwood, la., attempted to com
mit suicide last night in her room, at
the Plaza hotel, by injecting a large
dose of morphine into her arm. Upon
being discovered, the young woman was
rushed to the county hospital, where,
it is stated, she has a chance to re
cover. After destroying all evidences that
would lead to the discovery of her iden
city, Miss Ward left the following note
for Rev. Christian F. Reisner of the
Grace Methodist Episcopal church of
this city:
"Dear Mr. Christian: Will you see
that the pastor of the Methodist church
at Glenwood, la., is notified. "Above
all things, I do not want my name to
appear in the papers. You may tell
him if you will, that I am doing the
best for him and all the rest, because
I do not care any longer whether I am
good or bad. And it is better for all
concerned that anyone should be out of
the world than it is sinning.'
"This is a great favor to ask of you,
a total stranger, but you see I am the
daughter of the fraternity, and go
sooner to you than another. I thank
you very much."
The young lady is the daughter of
Rev. Mr. Ward, of Glenwood, Iowa,
our neighboring city across the river,
and who is one of the most highly re
spected and popular clergymen in south
western Iowa. He says concerning the
attempted suicide of his daughter Sun
day night.
"I cannot understand this at all.
Only this morning I received a joyous
letter from our daughter, in which she
expressed the greatest desire to exceed
in her chosei line of work and to all ap
pearances was far from despondent.
"She is a high-strung young woman
and has always had a desire to make
her own way.
"After leaving college she taught
in the schools of this city. Believing
that she had a call to another sphere of
usefulness she went to Denver six
weeks ago and entered St. Luke's hos
pital as a novitiate. She later passed
successfully an examination and was
regularly entered into the training de
partment of that institution.
"My belief, without further know
ledge of the facts in the case, i3 that
she had become despondent over a pos
sible failure to get on as rapidly as she
that the young man might be hiding in
Chicago awaiting an opportunity to ab
duct his wife and run away with her.
"No, I do not think he wiH attempt
anything of that sort," said the min
ister. Will Fight For Bride.
Dumler has no intention, it in said, of
surrendering his bride, whom he mar
ried at Ellicott City, Md., March 11,
while she was attending a fashionable
school at Baltimore.
Mrs. Dumler, who is with her father
at the Alexandra Hotel, Rush and Ohio
streets, is determined to keep her new
name and status as a wife.
Dumler, whose identity the Rev. Mr.
Oneal at first concealed, is a nalesman
for Ottenheimer Company, grocery
supplies and fixtures, and lives at 1305
East Eager street, Baltimore.
Was Aurora Bello
In the years when Mr. Oneal was
pastor of a leading church at Aurora
his daughter was a much-admired belle.
Though letters were received from her
frequently after she went to the Balti
more school, there was no intimation of
any marriage, or even of a love affair,
until a telegram, received by her father
several days ago, told the story.
The young couple were married by a
Methodist Episcopal preacher They
had met in Baltimore and it was a case
of love at first sight.
So soon as her father heard the news
he hastened to Baltimore and brought
Mrs. Dumler back to Chicago.
Mrs. Dumler would have graduated
his coming June.
had expected she would and, being
practically penniless and entirely with
out friends in the city, she imagined
conditions that did not exist. I cannot
believe she was guilty of sin of any
kind. The very idea of it is preposter
ous. She is a pure girl and is very
ambitious and had probably applied her
self too closely to her work.
"Fortunatelyjwe had a son in Colo
rado on business and tonight we receiv
ed a telegram from Kirn stating that
our daughter was out of danger."
Where Did the Meat Come Frcm.
Last Saturday evening, while persu
ing his regular avocation as night
watchman at the Burlington shops,
James Severs found a side of bacon
near the round house which is used for
a freight car repair shop. The meat
was unwrapped and showed evidences
of having been dropped or carried
there by some beast. Whether some
one had been crossing the shop on their
way home and dropped the meat or it
having been carried there by some dog,
is a query.
In District Court.
There was filed in district court this
morning an order to amend the answer
in the case of M. Whalen vs. the City of
Plattsmouth, by striking out certain
portions of the answer. In this case
Mr. Whalen, through his attorney, D.
O. Dwyer, has sued the city of Platts
mouth for damges to his place, caused
by the grading for a walk last fall.
Thousands Rare Kidney
Trooble and Neier Suspect B
FreTalencr of Kidney Disease.
Most people do not realize the alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalencv-
oi Kianey disease.
While kidney dis
orders are the
most common
diseases that pre
vail, they are
almost the last
recognized by
patient and phy
sicians, vho eon
tent themseltest
vilh doctoring the effects, while the erif
ina I disease undermines the system.
What To So.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's
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fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
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