The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, March 18, 1909, Image 2

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    DEMOCRATS NAME
CITY TSC5CE1
Sattler for Mayor, Fricke for
Treasurer Elster for Clerk
Mayor
JOHN P. SATTLER
Treasurer
CARL U. FRICKE
Clerk
W. B. ELSTER
Police Judge
M. ARCHER
Hoard of Education
J. V. EGENBERGER
L. V. LORENZ
Coundhiicn.
Tlrst Word
D. O. DWYER
M. MAUZY
Second Ward
ADAM KURTZ
Third Ward
J. W. BOOKMEYER
Fourth Ward
JOHN SCHULHOP
Fifth Ward
FRED M. REASONER
Plattsmouth City democrats held a
large and harmonious convention
last night at the council chamber,
every delegate being In his scat and
great enthusiasm manifested. Pre
vious to the convention the several
wards held their primaries which In
every case wero largely attended and
at which the utmost harmonq pre
vailed although there were several
fplrlted contests for nominations.
An account of the several pri
maries follow the convention ac-
A motion that the credentials from
the several wards be handed to the
secretary and thoHe listed be accred
ited delegates to the convention and
that the reading of the list be dis
pelled ftllb. was unanimously car
ried. Tho call of the convention
was then read by Secretary Leyda af
ter which nominations for mayor
were called for.
It was obout eight thirty o'clock
when City Chairman Pox called the
convention to order and suggested
that the several ward delegates get
together In a compact body which
was done. Mr. Fox was Belocted
as temporary chairman and John
M. Leyda of the second ward
was unanimously chosen temporary
secretary which organization was
later made permanent.
On motion It was decided to take
an informal ballot for this nomina
tion and Chairman Fox appointed as
tellers for this purpose Messrs. P. 0.
Kgenbergcr and John Lutz. The re
sult of the Informal ballot was as
follows:
John Sattler, 31
I). 0. Dwyer, 8
John Lutz, 7
Dr. J. S. Livingston, 3
W. C. Tlppens, 2
A formal ballot held Immediately
Afterwards resulted in the nomina
tion of Acting Mayor Slnttor by a
practically unanimous vote, the re
sult being:
Sattler, 37.
Dwyer, 10
Lutz, 4
Livingston, 1.
On motion the nomination of Act
ing Mayor Sattler was made unan
imous. Mr. tattler called for made a brief
speech of acceptance to tho conven
tion for the nomination. He thanked
tho convention for the honor con
ferred and pledged himself to start
in at once and work for the demo
cratic ticket from top to bottom and
expressed his confidence that the
ticket would bo such a one as he
could work for. lie promised the peo
ple that he would give them a clean,
honest administration. Ills speech
met with much applause and enthu
tasm.
A sharp fight over city treasurer
resulted from the appearance of
Carl G. Fricke In the field as a can
didate for the nomination against
City Treasurer Clement who waa sup
posed to be, without opposition, but
the contest while spirited was
friendly and left no sore spots.
Judge Archer placed Mr. Clement
In nomination without tho formality
of a speech, while L. W. Lorenz made
a brilliant speech In placing Mr.
Frlcko before the convention, refer
ring to the need of a young business
man In the office and to Mr. Frlcke's
parly childhood In this rlty and the
fact that for more than twenty years
past ho hnd been one of tho city's
most exemplary young men, and
man of business ability and charar
ter a young man with honesty and
education, two prime requisites of
the office.
The bnllot was a formal one and
resulted In the nomination of Mr
Fricke as follows:
C. O. Fricke, 30.
V. K. Clement. 20.
On nomination the nomination
was made unanimous. Mr. Fricke
thanked the convention briefly for
the nomination.
For city clerk John Lutz placed I
the name of Dr. W. B. Elster before
the convention and he was chosen for
a second term by acclamation.
Dr. Elster also returned his thanks
to the convention for the nomina
tion and expressed himself as proud
to be a nominee of the democratic
party. This was loudly applauded.
An amusing Incident was the pres
ence of A. N. Sullivan, father-in-law
of Dr. Elster and an enthusiastic
supporter of the "citizens" move
ment, who was considerably embar
rassed by this reference.
Dr. J. S. Livingston placed Police
Judge Archer before tho convention
as a candidate and he also was nom
inated by acclamation. Judge Archer
thanked the convention and pledged
himself If elected to do the best he
could which would be (5 and costs.
The greatest good humor prevailed
In ika )AnAnrtnn
A tangle ensued over the nomlni
atlon of two members of the board
of education, several delegates In
clining to favor renominating the
two outgoing members who In this
case b&ppfcned to be republicans,
but the convention finally decided to
place a complete democratic ticket
In the field and named L. W. Lorenz
and J. V. Egenberger for the posi
tions. The ratification of the several
nominations for councilmen from the
different wards followed. Mr. Dwyer
from the first ward floueht to with
draw but the convention would not
tiKpn tn it. Frod m. Reasoner of
the fifth ward was called for and
m. 0nnnnrnn0 wnr h rn.
ventinn mnklnar an excellent 1m-
n.in. n o hHM nr.,tiP on
vigorous young man'. He received
Imiri nrnlso nil Ms nnnpnrnnpp
Aftr a number of gentlemen had
.... Qnwwi tnr rhirmn nf th
city central committee and had de
cllned for different reasons, It was
decided to leave the selection of a
chairman to the members of the com
mlttce and the candidates.
The city central committee was
empowered to fill any vacancies
which might occurr on the ticket.
Thn new cltv committee as select
ed is as follows: First ward. Fritz
" I
Fricke, Second ward W. C. Tlppens,
L. W. Lorenz. Emil Walters, Third
ward, W K. Fox, Fourth ward John
Sehulhof. Fifth Ward, Frank Liber
shal.
Tho convention then adjourned full
of enthusiasm and predicting the
most sweeping democratic victory
in years.
I lie Ward I'NllllirlCH.
First Ward.
There was a large and nethuslas-
tic attendance at the first ward prl-
marles which were held at the office
of D. O. Dwyer. Dr. J. S. Livingston
was chosen chairman and Fritz A.
Fricke, secretary. The following
delegates wcro chosen by a clama-
tlon: D. 0. Dwyer, Wm. Hassler,
Fritz Frlcko, Thomas Walling. Dr. J.
S. Livingston, Wm. Barclay, John
Cory and J. II. Donnelly. Fritz
Fricke was chosen city central com
mitteeman.
For the short term of councilman
D. O. Dwyer was chosen by accla
mation, while M. Mauzy was nomi
nated the same for the long term.
Second Ward.
The second ward primaries wereK'ever,l PP his
very largo, there being a sharp con
test on in that ward for the noml
nituon ior councilman wnicn was
settled by tho nomination of Adam
Kurtz by a decisive vote over L. W.
Lorenz. T. S. Glfofrd was chairman
of the primaries with C. G. Fricke as
Olivia,. un miiuwiiiK ueietuien
were rhoiten unamlnously to the con
vention: J. M. Leydn. C. G. Fricke.
Bert Tulenc, Jacob Trltsch, Jos. Had
raba, Chris. Uhlrlch, F. G. Egen
berger. Albert Stuttlor, Wm. Ilohl-
shuh, Emll Walters, L. W. Lorenz,
Adam Kurtz, J. W. Tulene, Frank
McElroy, W. H. Miller. For city
central committeeman W. C. Tip
pens. L. W. Lorenz. and Emll Walt
ers were chosen.
Third Ward.
The third ward primaries was well
tended. lv. r ox was chosen
at
chairman and Charles Grimes secre
tary. J. V. Bookmeyer was renoml
for councilman unanimously. The
following named delegates to the
convention were chosen by ncela
matlon, Ed. Donat. Wm. Holly, J. K.
Vcllanlcl, C. L. llerger, L. U. Lnr
son, Jos Wnrga. Bennett Chris
welser, P. J. Vallery. Jor. Warga. Jr.,
J. W. Bookmeyer. J. W. Grnwman
J. R. Kelley, Frank Kalnsck. W. E.
Roseiicrans. W. K. Fox was elected
flliimtinl ftf Ihn f'ltv ftnutfiit .n . ... 1 1
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Fourth Ward.
The Fourih ward primaries were
'also well attended. John Cchulhof
wfis chairman anJ Dr. V. H. Elster
secretary. The following named dl-
'egates were chosen: M. Archer, R.
jV. Clement, V. B. Elster. Aug. Tart
sth, John Sehulhof, Anton Nitka.
'George Dodge, II. E. Rand, Pat Egan.
!john Sehulhof was chosen member
of the city central committee. Coun
cilman Sehulhof was also renomin
ated by acclamation.
Fifth Ward.
The primary in this ward was also
well attended. Councilman Vorn-
dran was chosen chairman and Frank
Libershal secretary. The following
named delegates were elected: J. W.
Barwlck, John Lutz, A. G. Bach, Jr.,
Frank O'Neill, Wm. Shea, Wm. Gra-
vette, Wm. Mendenhall. F. M. Rea-
soner was nominated unanimously
for councilman. Frank Libershal was
chosen member of the city central
committee.
1TXFKAL OF MRS.
WILLIAM WOHLFAItTII
Funeral Attended By a Large Con
course of Sorrowing Friends
and Relatives.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Wil
liam Wohlfarth took place yester
day afternoon at two o'clock from
ft. Paul's Evangelical church. It
was attended by an immense con-
c0ur8e ' "arrowing friends and rel-
atives all of whom were filled with
brcaved husband, children and rela
tives. There was an especially large
attendance of members of the A. 0.
U. W. and the D. of II. and of the
M. W. A. and the Royal Neighbors
as well as the Odd Fellows and the
German Frauenvereln of which de
ceased was an active member. The
car workers of the Burlington shops
also showed their deep sympathy by
generous attenCance
There was a magnificent display of
floral tributes to this most esteemed
and wel1 be,oved lad' every order
ment,oned above sending a handsome
tr,bute 89 We" as a great number
01 personal menus or deceased ana
ncr rarauy
The funeral sermon was spoken
ev'. F- J' Longhorst of the St
eIo(luent veln- A graceful tribute to
many virtues and excellent qual-
ities of deceased, it dwelt upon the
,e880.n8 .whlctt her -u,et nome' ,lfe
and ner loving cievouon to ner ramiiy
and her God taught. Always a con
sistent Christian she had gone to
sleep with her faith untouched the
true Christian woman.
There was a long cortege to Oak
Hill where she was laid to rest as the
, A , . .
8U" 8 roys were lurning rwara
The pall bearers were Messrs
M. Glees, Wm. Ottersteln
Iskl and Frank Neuman, all old time
friends of deceased and her husband
Card of Thanks.
To the many kind neighbors and
friends and the members of the sev
eral lodges who so signally tshowed
us their sympathy In the last Illness
and death of our beloved wife, moth
. on.i ntpr Mr. William Wnlilfflrth
we desire to return our heartfelt
thanks and we do especially desire
to thank them for the very hand
some floral tributes which they gave
and assure them of our deep appre
elation.
William Wohlfarth.
Herman Wohlfarth.
Freda Wohlfarth.
Otto Wohlfarth
II. M. Sonnlchsen and wife,
liana Paash and wife.
John Wlchman and wife.
Claui Ploehn and wlfo.
George Ploehn and wife.
Excellent Opportunity.
M. Fanger, the department store
man, desires to obtain tho service
a.i.. I'm, i ... v . unuirn uuviii
experience will be paid a salary for
their services and all will be given an
excellent opportunity to learn the
trade from his expert milliners who
have come to this city direct from
T0 ,are m,Hnry hU8,,a- Co1' Bt
Clinrmlnir Xchrnkkit (ilrl.
MIhb Helen Dorrlngton, a former
North Nebraska girl, now In Manila,
has been chosen "Queen of the Occi
dent" at tho great carnival at the
Philippine metropolis, and Miss
Julia Agcaraolll "Queen of the Ori
ent." Thousands witnessed the crowning
of their royal highnesses and a
brilliant ball followed the comatlon.
In describing the event the Manila
c.Mo.Xpw uyt th quwn of t'h 0(V
rldont u the daughter f Colonel an,'
nd
Mrs. Lafayette A. Dorrlngton, "a
regal beauty of the brunette type."
In her court were a group of army
officers.
Miss Dorrlngton Is remembered In
Nebraska as a handsome girl. Her
father went to the Philippines some
years ago and lias lately held office
under the municipal government He
was first In the military service and
became Judge advocate before he
wont Into rlvll I If.. Vnrl,l.!l.,rnl.l
I .
m . llor liEton In ..ll Wm.un In
ri. u v. . .
niia wij, nuvir ner mini T was ooru
FAIL TO KIM) AN Y
S1GX OF HOlSKIlOAT.
Authorities Try to Locate Craft But j
Are l'nucre.sful.
The World-Herald of Omaha this
morning contained an account of t'ia
llwuliii rApeiltMn.es of the euuplo
spoken of in the Journal of last
evening which, on -Investigation, does
not conform with the facts as stated
in this paper. The World-Herald ac
count Is quite apparently wrong on
the face of It as It puts the couple
In a sail boat and gives the value of
the property at $1,000. It would re-
quire a large sail boat to carry this
much property. Investigation reveals
that the statement printed in the
Journal was virtually correct. The
boat was capsized near Hentons sta-
tlon but the couple were taken to
the home of Jud Shannon Instead of
walking to Tacific Junction In their
ozen loihes. They later wt'nt
acl'ic Junction and left for
tno tout!). The World-Herald Ja
also wrong in 6tating that Charles
Powell caught the boat near the
bridge.
Chief of Police Rainey this morn-
ng had a telephone message from
Omaha asking him to secure the boat
-.d de'.uin It and y -.. .s on thi m v.
sage, he walked down to the bridge
onl la fjiid that no beat had bee.
captured there or In the vicinity. He
dld find that Fred Black on the eve-
ning of the wreck had seen what he
considered to be a boat upside down
going down the river In the gloom
and amid the ice but the evening was
so far advanced that Mr. Black could
not be sure that It was a boat. Yes-
terday he and James Ault took a boat
and cruised up the river In search of
any trace of the ill fated crart but
tney were unaoie to secure any.
The general opinion among river
men is that the craft Is sunk at the
foot of the high bank which slid upon
it and that it will likely never be
found.
Chief Kalney did not know who
the man was that telephoned htm to
hold the boat and was unable to say
whether or not it was the alleged
owner. The understanding here is
that the couple were two traveling j
musicians and that they Immediately
abandoned the boat and departed for
the south ostensibly for St. Joe, Mo.
There seems to be more or less
mystery connected with the couple
as no one was aDie 10 learn ineir
names and they seemed very anx-
lous to get away from this vicinity.
iney were aiso quite evidently un-
used to house boating or they never
would have run into the bank at the
point they did. It Is presumed they
are now at Kansas City or further
south.
Two Ilnndsone Deals.
The firm of Pool & Colbert at
Weeping Water has Just closed two
large deals for Cass County land
which are deserving of more than
passing notice. William H. Pool, the
senior member of the firm, was in
the city Tuesday closing the deals
up,, his presence being noted In
Tuesday's Issue. The two deals
were participated in by Dr. F. M.'An-
drews who sold 160 acres of land
near Manley to August Stander. a
well known citizen of that locality,
for the sum of (17,400 or an av-
erage of (108.75 per acre, and the
purchase by Dr. Andrews of a 120
aere tract near Weeping Water from
D. O. Dwyer of this city for the
sum of 18,300 or an average of
(82.25 per acre.
At Nebraska City, Too.
Tho red light district residents
have served notice on those that fre
quent that part of the city Sunday
there will be no more intoxicants sold
or give away in that part of the city
In compliance with the orders of
the police. This means that all Sun
days will be as dry as the last one.
This is as it should be and has not
been for many years. Nebraska
City News.
FOR RENT A neat cottage, close
in, with one-half acre of fruit. Also
two four-room cottages. Windham
Investment Co.
All Who
Would Etyoy
good health, with iti WcssingB, must un-
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves tho
question of right living with all tho term
implies. With procr knowledge of what
U best, each hour of recreation, of cnioy-
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
bo made to contribute to living aricht.
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nirii mu u tn ini uHiiirs muy ue uis-
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p-iLsru iui iu am umagc, urn, unm-r tr-
cunary conumom in many instances a
simple, whok'somo remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper timo and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it i
alike important to present tho subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to thor dmirinir it
Consequently. f.,o Company's Syrup of
f r I
Figs and I. liir. of Senna gives general
y. , . ......
satisfaction. To get its bencficud effect.
KtlV llilt frmmnn tiinnnffif limit ttv thu
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Caldornia I ir Symp Co. only, and for sale
by all leading drupgiKts.
RINGS SUIT TO
PROTECT C!TY
City Attorney Ramsey Sues the
Bond of Earl Wescott
Mention was made in the Journal
last Saturday of the commencement
of the case of the City of Plattsmouth
against Earl C. Wescott, Chas. C
Parmele and Thos. E. Parmele. The
petition which was filed by City At
torney Ramsey is quite a lengthy one
and set forth the plaintiff is now and
has been a municipal corporation
having more than 5,000 and less than
25,000 Inhabitants; that on October
14th, 1907, plaintiff by Its mayor
and council passed and approved an
ordinance granting a franchise to
ana entered Into contract with the
defendant Earl C. Wescott wherein
defendant agreed to construct and
maintain electric street lighting for
the city and sets forth a copy of the
ordinance and agreement which Is
shown to have been accepted by the
defendant. That defendant Wes-
Cott as principal and Charles C. Par-
mele and Thomas E. Parmele as
sureties duly executed and delivered
to the city a bond in the sum of three
thousand five hundred dollars for
the faithful performance of the
agreements and obligations of the
defendant Wescott which bond Is as
follows
"Know All Men By These Pres
ents. That whereas the City of
plattsmouth has granted a franchise
to Earl C. Wescott for the furnishing
0f electric power and light for the
city 0f Plattsmouth for the term of
ten (10) vears. and.
"Whereas, the City of Plattsmouth
has entered Into a contract for the
term of ten (10) years with said
Earl C. Wescott, as principal and C.
c. Parmele and Thomas E. Parmele
as sureties are held and firmly bound
unt0 the City of Plattsmouth, Ne
traska, In the sum of thirty-five
hundred (S3. 500. 001 dollars to be
paid t0 the City of Plattsmouth, Ne-
braska
pnr whtph nnvment wpII and trnlv
to be made we bind ourselves, our
helrs, executors or administrators,
jointly and severally finally bv these
presents.
BARGAINS IN
REAL ESTATE
A well improved 5 acres. Tract
of 11 acres, 38 acres, 15 acres, 4
acres, 10 acres, and other choice
lands adjoining' Plattsmouth. Cot
tages In Townsend, Dukes, Young
and Hays, Wise's Thompson's
Clark's, Stadelman, South Park and
Orchard Hill additions, also In the
old town site, many of them at
great bargains. Over 50 opportun
itles of this kind on our books. We
also have improved farm of all kinds
and sizes, In counties in Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, South Da
kota, North Dakota, Wyoming, and
I Colorado. Over 400 in all. Describe
what you want, and in what locality.
Over 100,000 acres of unimproved
land for sale as an Investment. See
us before purchasing.
Windham Investment Co.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
For Disease of the skin.
Nearly all dlse?f.r of the Bkln atich
aa eczema, tetter, Bait rheum and
barber's itch, are characterized
by an intense itching . and
smarting, which oftena makes
life a burden and .disturbs sleep and
roBt. Quick relief may be had br an-
plyIng chamberlain's Salve. It al
lays the itching and smarting al
most instantly. Many eyes have
been cured by its use. For sale by
F. G. Fricke & Co.
At the Court House.
Matters at the county court house
today were very quiet, there being
practically nothing but routine work
n the several offices. There was but
I one matter beforo the county court
which was the filing of a report by
,he guardian of Iona Edgerton. Th's
report Is Bet for examination and
honrln on PrWay morning. In the
0lhr. oUk;? thrre wn8.no n?W8" No
marriage licences were issued
Rooster Found.
A roOKtPr wn found on lhe publlc
highway between Liberty Chapel
and tho parsonage, which the owner
may have by describing the pronerty
Bnd Pa)'lnK 25 cents for this notice.
Cnl1 I,ln,t8- rhono No- 20
I ,r8' ana .Miss
,,,v m " ' V .fo i t i n 111 llltf lllllll
, ,
trnl t noon for Omaha where they
w vhU wU for
aays, miss .cmcis expecting to re-
turn this evening while Mrs. Flala
J will remain for several days longer.
Sealed this 31st day of December,
A. D., 1907.
The condition of this obligation Is
such that if the above bonden
Earl C. Wescott, his executors, ad
ministrators or assigns, shall in all
things standt to and abide by and
well anLtruly keep and perform the.
covenants, conditions and agreements
mentioned and contained in the afore
said franchise and contract between
himself and the City of Plattsmouth,
Nebraska, on the part of the said
Earl C. Wescott to be kept and
performed at the time and in the
manner and form therein specified
then the above obligation shall be
null and void; else to remain In full
force and effect.
Earl C. Wescott,
Principal.
Chas. C. Parmele,
Surety.
Thomas E. Parmele,
Surety."
The petition further alleges that
defendant Wescott has failed, ne
glected and refused to do and per
form any of the agreements and ob
ligations he was to perform under
the franchise and contract, and by
reason of such failure the said
bond is forfeited to the City and
asks for judgment against the de
fendant in the sum of three thous
and, five hundred dollars with inter
est thereon at the rate of Beven per
cent per annum from the 14th day of
October, 1908, and for costs of suit.
Speaking of the case, City Attorney
Ramsey states that it is his intention
to prosecute the case vigorously. He
states that he has been asked by
members of the council to see if this
suit cannot be compromised but that
he will not take such steps. If the
council desires to compromise the
case, it may do so but he intends to
do his duty as they have ordered him
to. The case should be for trial at
the May term of court and gives
every promise of being hotly con
tested. Pleasant Visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jeary are
enjoying an extended visit with their
children, Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Coates
at Mexico City, Mex. Dr. Coates was
connected with the Lincoln Y. M.
C. A. before his marriage with Miss
Jeary and subsequent removal to
Mexico. The Mexican (Mexico
City) Herald gives the following
Item relative to Dr. Coates: "Dr.
J. Coates, for the past two years med
ical director of the Y. M. C. A., has
tendered his resignation to the board
of Managers to take effect March
1. The doctor Is making his ar
rangements to leave the city June 1.
He will go to New York for the pur
pose of taking a post graduate
course In medicine, after which he
win locate In the western part of the
United States for the practice of his.
profession." State Journal
You will hunt a good while before
you will find a preparation that is
equal to Chamberlain's Liniment as
a cure for muscular and rheumatic
pains, for the cure of pains and sore
ness of tho muscles. It Is equally
valuable for lame back and all deep
seated muscular pains. 25 and 50
cent sizes for sale by F. G. Fricke ft
Co.
THIS BANK WILL
LIGHTEN the BURDEN
of carinjr for your money. Open'
an account and at once be relieved
of all anxiety about thieves, fire or
other sources of danger to your
cash. The Bank of Cass County Is
a much safer place for your cash
than your home or office. Deposit'
yours here so as to get the securi
ty of its strong, fireproof vaults.
Commence today and Bleep sounder"
tonight
THE BUNK OF CASS COUNTY,
FlillsioiU, Nelnskl.
and raised