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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION- EIGHT PAGES
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1909
NO 47
VOLUME XXVI11
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LIGHTNING STRIKES
NEAR THIS CITY
Residence of Thomas Sullivan
South of City Is Damaged
PRODADLE
CANDIDATES
From Tuesday's Dally.
Lightning this morning about
8:30 struck the fine residence of
Thomas Sullivan, located some four
miles south of this city, but fortu
nately it did small damage. Aside
from burning a few holes in the roof
and knocking a number of bricks
from a flue which it struck and tear
ing up a porch on one side of the
house, It did practically no harm.
The house is occupied by Bert Sat
chell and at the time the bolt struck
It, he was at the barn milking. His
children were sleeping upstairs in
the house, and the eldest, a girl aged
about eleven years, was awakened by
falling plaster and bricks. She got
out of bed and ran to the barn to
to tell her father that the chimney
was falling down. He hurried to
the house and hastily extinguished
the flames which the lightning had
caused. The lightning passed off
Into a cistern next to the house.
It was quite fortunate that none
of the children were injured by the
bolt and that the property was not
destroyed. Quite a heavy rain ac
companied the storm which was very
severe all over this section.
Yesterday morning a mlnature tor
nado with a sharp and heavy rain
fall took place, the storm bursting
upon this city Just before noon. It
came from the northwest and was
sudden in its appearance. For some
thirty or forty minutes rain fell heav
ily and Main street soon had quite a
respectable stream flowing down it
The weather remained threatenint
all the afternoon but no rain fell un
til early thin morning when another-
storm developed in the southeast
They Are Numerously Mentioned it
Present
It is learned that the conference
last Friday at Weeping Water to se
lect victims for the fall' sacrifice of
the republicans, decided that Lee
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tfco vin.irl river I atayneiu wuuiu uv uu ...
fusing a heaV rain here about dork and decided to substitute Wade
.... th.0 w Windham of this city as the one to be
till ctj-imi Vj iuio luuiucb'
storm was accompanied by a fierce
display of lightning and nr.Kh tln.n-
der. It was peculiar in that it trnv
Immolated upon the altar of party
welfare. Aside from this change the
slate as printed in the Journal was
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eled in a direction unusual in this -"' . , ,,
section. There was also quite a lit- epow m. . " TJi
tie wind with it. Reports from west, of time select on of h s t ke
T .1 il, ll. 4U . T.- n 1UUKS US 11 llllO UUfelll IU ra iuuui
em Iowa along the line or the K. v..
railroad report a violent and almost 'or some ambitious democrat to
torrential rainfall, it raining for sev- break into public office, the slate
P.Mn Jnnrttlon. Perci. seeming to be weak in many respects.
TWmn mi all taints The democrats are commencing to
' it. 1 A V,
down the road. The storm struck
these points several hours before it field and a canvass is being made for
... ... . suitable party timber for the various
a, a .,, thu mnmfn? much suitable party ti
water was standing over the bottoms, races. County Treasurer Schla c
Grain also suffered some from the aBsured of another nomination
j d should he want it, as is Miss Foster
Anothe rain storm passed north of 'or superintendent For sheriff a
city this morning and heavy numDer " exce"envl "V, ?
Daylight Law Effective July 2. On Her Annual Tour.
... a a a .v I
All saloons in me siaie 01 .uur- mihs Mary Foster, county super
ka may conduct their business under ntendent, will depart the first of
the provisions of the present law next week on ner annual tour of the
up to midnight of July 1, and then C0Unty, to collect the directors re-
the new law goes into effect which port9 for the several school dls
forbids them Belling liquor before trjct8. This is a duty imposed upon
7 o'clock on the morning of July X the county superintendent by the law
or thereafter, and which compels and Mi83 Foster has arranged a
them to quit selling at 8 o'clock la schedule covering her movements for
the evening of that day, and every tne coming week. She has given
day thereafter. each director a memorandum show
This is the gist of an opinion giv- jug whn Bne will be in the several
en by Attorney General Thompson in towns for the purpose of colecting
a letter yesterday to Judge C. E. the reports which is as follows:
. . . i I .
Fields, who applied to mm ior a rui- Tuesday. June 29. 8 to 10 a. m.
ing on the question in behalf of the union.
Nebraska Liquor Dealers assocla- Tuesday. June 29, 11 a. m. to 3
tlon. p. m. Nehawka.
The saloonkeepers nave ueen mucn Tuesday, June 29, 7 to 9 p. m
at sea concerning the day on which Weeping Water.
the law goes Into effect, conflicting Wednesday, June 30, 8 to 10 a.
reports fixing the time variously m Avoca.
from July l to t. Wednesday. June 30, 7 to 9 p. m
Judge Fields also gives the Infor- Elmwood
mation that tne interests naving in Wednesday, une 29, 7 to 9 p. m
mind an attempt to elude the enforce- Eagle,
ment of the law until its constitution- Thursday, July 1 .
allty Bhall have been determined have lvo
abandoned it, and that there will be Thursday, July 1, to 3 p
no opposition offered in the courts Murdoek
to its strict enforcement, at least not Friday, July 2, 1 to 3 p. m
in an organized way. World Her- Louisville.
THESPECIAL
TO LINCOLN
aid.
this
thunderheads have been hanging off discussed, among them being ; Ed S.
all day on all sides of the horizon.
Tutt, formerly deputy sheriff under
Saturday night and yesterday the Sheriff McBride Ed. Rummell the
entire state of Iowa suffered severe- POP"""" Ul
, sin,,, ruv. T. mouth precinct, Will Rummell, also
-.nfiti. nf water com. the precinct. A. J. Snyder another
ing down. Denison. Ia.. also suffer- POP"1" young man of the precinct.
J severely as did Vail and other n Tlghe of Center preClnCi and
Ina Tu.r. rpnnrta three feet of numut-r oi u ruou u.c... w. .cb
yu.uo. -"" -- - .. J. J. irt.na. T?l,f
Comes From Texas.
J. II. Tarns, the hustling keeper
of the county farm, who recently
made one of the party which viBlt
ed the lands of the Bermuda colony
in Texas, has Just received a box
containing specimens of what is rals
ed in that country. This box Is at
water in the main business streets.
Floyd river, a trbutary of the Mis
souri which had a big flood in 1891
is again on a rampage and lnhablr
tants are prepared for another great
flood. At Vail, la., the C. & N. W.
lost much track while buildings were
In District Court.
In District Clerk Robertson's of
fice a divorce case has besn filed by
Anna Javorske against Anton Javor
ske. The petition which filed by
Attorney Byron Clark and John M.
Leyda for the plaintiff, sets foi ;h that
the couple were married in this city
on November 26, 1905, and have
one child, Frankie, aged three years
past; that the defendant struck and
won? ded plaintiff at various timis
uuj in February, 1909, struck and
jambed the plaintiff against a J yO",
'tavuig black and blue spots aud
biuises, on her; that defendan; hal
threatened to kill her and had appll
ed vile names to her citln? some
particularly vicious terms which he
had applied to plaintiff; that defend
ant wantonly beat and abused the
child of the couple and kept plaintiff
is constant fear for herself and hT
child; that defendant complained of
the amount of food the plaintiff ate;
that defendant was possessed of con
slderable property in real esiat j and
personal property; that defendant
had been guilty of extreme cruelty
toward plaintiff and was an habitual
drunkard.
Plaintiff was without meann with
which to prosecute the suit and in
the prayer palntiff asked that a CI
vorce be granted her with terapor
ary alimony and that the pnlntiff he
allowed permanent alimony and the
custody of the child, Frankie.
Another case filed In the court is
that of E. G. Dovey & Son by Wm
L. Nickles, assignee vs. Charles E
Wiley, a suit on account.
Judge Travis held a brief sosMon
of court last Saturday when he np
pointed D. O. Dwyer as g inrniaj a
litem for William Albin, incompe
tent, in the case of Albin v. Altln
He also set down for honrin on
July 2 at 9 a. m. of the motion for
a new trial in the case of th i State
vs. John Clarence convicted of mu
tier in the second degree.
Mile Grove precinct is mentioned
Water Palling of Greenwood has t
number of admirers. Judge M. Ar
cher Is mentioned as a candidate for
county judge, while two or three
prominent republican attorneys have
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reports are in yet as to the damage nomination on a non-partisan petl
h. , tnrm thl, morninir but it tion. D. C. Morgan, present deuty
seemed unusually severe from this hunty c,erk 18 mentioned as a sue-
.. cessor of Clerk Rosencrans wno ai
. -' I , .1I.,.,I nnll,
HU lius a ml gc luiiuniiiB iui nuuiuiji
term. For county commissioner
For the Third Time Rising. George P. Melslnger. the popular and
For the third time this month the able citizen of Eight Mile Grove pre
Missouri river is rising, having taken cinct has a large following who be
sudden leap upward last night at iieve he can take Commissioner
this point and packing up tne Frledrich s measure. On the whole
sloughs and ditches which empty the democrats have an excellent' field
into it. There is much more water I from which to choose candidates
on the sandbar in front of the city nnd they Beem bent on using good
than yesterday and the snags which judgment in dofng so,
covered the bar north of the depot
were all under water this morning.
There is much rubbish running and
logs and trees fill the main chan
nel. Reports from up-river points
state that the river Is rising clear
to its source, Bismarck reporting a
rise of more than a foot with a rise
at Sioux City. This rise is undoubt
edly what causes the rise hav-
9 to 11 a. m.
m.
Friday, July 2, G to 8 p. m.
Greenwood.
Saturday, July 3, 5 to 7 p. m.
Murray.
Monday, July 5, 10 a. m. to 2 p.
m. Office.
Leaves Promptly on Time and the
Boys Alt Happy
From Tuesday's Pally.
The excursion of the Burlington
shop men from this city to Lincoln,
where they will be the guests of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engit
eers at the reunion which they will
hold today and tomorrow, started
from this city this morning at 11:30
o'clock. The start was an auspicious
one and presaged success. There
was an Immense crowd of the men
and their families al lanxlous to
make the trip and enjoy a little out
ing as well as meet with the mem
bers of the Brotherhood and the rail
way officials who will attend the re
union. Before the train departed the
members of the Woodman band who
had been engaged for the occasion
gave a small concert at each corner,
this being in appreciation of the act
ion of the merchants of the city who
had raised money with which to as
sist In securing the band for the oc
casion. The boys did not have their
new uniforms yet and were arrayed
in the uniforms of the M. W. A. drill
team, presenting a neat and tasty
appearance. They played a number
of late airs In fine shape and will
make an Impression most favorable
if they obtain the opoprtunity at Lin-
Starting from the foot of Main
Mark Get Home.
J. E. McDanlel, mention of whoBe con
the county farm and Mr. Tarns would "P 10 iexas aB muer street they played at each corner up
be glad to have investors in Bermuda lDe "muua coiony commiuee. i t0 Sixfh ptreet where the men were
lands, call and see what It contains. mad ia another place, returned to canod to meet at Coates hall at ten.
Among other curiosities to Northern W ,af n'B". wr- CU,MW' thirty.
eyes In the mesqulte bean, a bean llkc the remainder of the committee The mectlDg at CoateH hall waa t0
which is much eaten by cattle returned smitten with the Texas fe- fom a proce88lon wh!ch wa8 placed
throughout that country and which ver d an enthusiast over, the out- und(?r charg0 of g narthold. fore-
makes an excellent cattle food. A 'OOK ,n l,,e rvai c man of the planning mill. Mr. Barth-
rare specimen of cactus was also found all Texan and Oklahoma towns oId lned up the menandformcdlhem
brought back by Mr. Tarns, it being booming and full of life, building go- ,n th(? proceBBton whkn hoadpd by
the variety known as the Devil's ,n on erwner si the band marched to the Burlington
oewg raisuu on uie mruis. j ne
Rail Game Saturday.
Manager Warren's young men
gave the Fraternal Union baseball
club of Omaha a neat and artistic
trimming last Saturday at the Chi
cago Avenue park. The visitors
Needle Cushion a speclman peculiar
and startling. He also has many of
the onions which have made the re
putation of the southwest, large, fine
speclmans. He also has corn which
was raised In seventy-two days from
planting and which was being pick
ed while he was there.
He gathered the onions and corn
himself. In addition Mr. Tarns has
many other things which people will
be pleased to see. He talks very en
tertainingly of that country and is
a genuine Texan in his sentiments.
He feels his investment In Texas Is
well placed and wishes he had taken
more when he had the chance, lands j),, (yk and Hon Return
which they bought last fall are now From Tudny., ,,nlly.
double the value they paid and are
ready sale nt the advanced prices.
weather was hot while there but the
usual cool nights prevailed and
served to make life well worth liv
ing. Mr. McDanlel had to go on
into Omaha to get home. His ticket
read from Kansas Clt to Platts
mouth, but owing to the change In
time of the trains yesterday he would
have to lay at Pacific Junction all
night getting there too late to catch
a train for this city, so he went on
to Omaha and came down on No. 14
last night an inconvenient and
tiresome way of making the trip.
station where the train was waiting
them. Besides the shopmen proper
a large number of the, members of
the commercial club were In line and
marched to the .train, being the in
vited guests of the shop men and the
Llncolln brotherhood.
The train consisted of engine
1242, a baggage car and six passen
ger coaches , all being handsomely
decorated for the occasion. The en
gine was festooned gaily with flags
and bunting, the front end of the
huge machine being almost burled
under the flags which were artis
tically displayed at all mailable
points. The boiler was handsomely
draped with bunting and the cab
was burled beneath bunting and
The tank of the engine had
i
streams are all reported as rising,
It is quite unusual to have three sep
arate rises in the river during one
month but probably better for the
Dr. E. W. Cook and son who have
been spending the past week at Colo- flags.
rado Springs, Col., where the doctor huge streamers on each side read-
was In attendance upon the meet- lng "Burlington Shop L'mployea,
ing of the state deputies of the M. Plattsmouth, Neb.," the work of the
W. A., has returned to the city, paint shop. Each coach was deco
Dr. Cook bad a delightful time rated with flags. Owing to the rule-
Knjoy Day's Outing.
The Social Workers of th M. E.
were outclassed and played rough Murch, last Thursday, enjoyed an
hnii n mv im tnr hir .imrirnm. outing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
ng Just reached here. The tributary They wpre thj r0UKneBt and Ed. Brantner at Paradise Park. Car- wh lie there and had the pleasure of now In force on practically all roads
rowdiest set of ball olaverB seen ryaiis conveyed tne merry company inspecting the tuberculosis sanltar- forbidding the display of streamers
here in many years and Umpire to the PnTlt ttna they l,re,y "fid Mum 0f the society which Is located on the sides of passenger cars, no-
O'Rourke was kept constantly at a nne t,me- Arier ineir ornvftl "- there. It is a model institution and such emblems were carried. The-
work calling them down for their Pafk and selecting a snuauie one which has been accomplishing train was a handsome one and many
people living In the bottoms as the tnpUcB They p,ayed d,rty hM from place for the picnic grounds, the re- wonders for the welfare of the mem- of the coaches we-e newly painted
total rise would have put the bot
toms under water had it all come at
one time. As it is they will prob
ably not suffer much owing to the
total amount being divided into sev
eral floods.
the commencement of the eame but malnlng hours of the morning were bers of the order who have been un
it did them no good as the locals out- whlIel away In outdoor games and fortunate enough to suffer from this
played them both at the bat and in sports and boating. deread disease. He says J. W. Grass-
the field. Richey was slated to pitch At noon uour a dc"('lllB l),c man who Is the occupant of the tent
the game for the locals but was too nlc dinner was spread, to which all erected on the grounds by Cass
wild and unsteady and was taken out flld ample Justice. camp of this city, and was pleased to
of the box in the second inning af- Tne afternoon was spent In listen, flnd that he was making remarkable
ter he had walked three men. two of ln to the fine program of music progress toward recovery. Wesley at T,n..n uhnnt m .
whom got home with runs. He n oiner "Pommies, wnicn nnu is looKing and reeling netter tnan lie turnnft W)l leave that city at 7 n
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Came In Prom Oklahoma.
H. H. laHsch and wife arrived In
the city this morning for a visit 01 Uitched a brilliant game in the first Peen propared for the accaslon and has for years and there Is practically
several days with their parents, com" inning, striking out the first three which was highly appreciated by all. no doubt of his early recovery from
Ing from Oklahoma city, OKia., b.tf... wn. f... . nl Vprvousness About G o clock a picnic supper was the dread malady. Dr. Cook and son
where they are now located. Mr. ... evidently the trouble in the sec- served. At dusk and after extending visited several of the nearby moun
Tartsch has been quite 111 for sev- ond and nfter ne nag a jtte more ex I to Mr. and Mrs. Brantner a vote I tains resorts and had a fine vacation.
from the shops.
Engine 1242 which handled the
train was In charge of Engineer J.
H. Stead and Fireman E. V. Lo.ve.
The train was handled by Conductor
C. S. Johnson nnd Flagman Sam
Goucbenour. It Is expected to arrhe
eral months but Is now convalescing perpnre nnd learns to keep himself of thanks for their hospitality, the
and will probably ue nimseir again gteauri he will doubtless develop
In a short time. Henry returns en
thusiastic over Oklahoma and lta
bright prospects. Ho reports there
will be a great corn yield In the new
state this year, the stalks being now
higher than a man's head and with
Into a good pitcher. McCauley took
his place and pitched the remaining
seven Innings In fine style, being an
enigma to the visitors whose hits
were very few and far between. He
was much steadier that at the game
Social Workers started on their Jour
ney home, all who made the trip, hav
ing enjoyed a most delightful out
ing.
New "Hello" CJIrl.
m. Arriving here about 8; M0 or 9
p. m.
There was probably 1100 pitasen
gers in the six coaches with a
possibility of the number reaching
350. Of these all are shop employ-
ies with the exception of likely CO
VInIu City.
Theodore Helm, the veteran demo-
Mlss Lillian Thompson who has members who belong to the Commer-
bcn connected with the Olson Photo- r,:l c,ub- Tnere were a great many
graph Company for the past two or "' among the passengers.
three years, has resigned her posl- Superintendent of Shopi Wm.
tton with them and will enter the Balrd was much gratified nt Iho out-
every Indication of an abundance of Lf a wppk ng0 and ,,nd lhe j1PavpBt "at and fine citizen of Louisville, employ of the Nebraska Telephone pouring of the men and pleased that
yield. Harvesting wll commence to-Lf the vlwllorB. batters guessing from came down this morning for a day's Company as one of their "hello" the local shops made so favorably a
Joes to Texas.
iE. 'Blgnell, Burlington
superin
tendent, accompanied by Mrs. Blg
nell, Miss Blgnell. and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Jons of Seward, will leave
this afternoon on Burlington 42 for
Brownsville. Texas, for a ten days
vacation trip. They will travel In
Burllneton car No. 78. Ptate Jour
nal.
day and the indications are excel
lent for a great wheat crop. Other
crops are In an equally ravorabie
condition and he looks for good
times in Oklahoma this fall when
the crops are moved. Business In
general he reports as excellent, nnd
everyone is happy and prosperous.
Fred L. Nutzmao cf Nebanka,
unent lact evenlne in the city on
buMows.
This Is encouraging to the friends
of the many Cass county, people who ,,,,, B PrB,PPnB, Union
nave located in me various pans or
the state and denotes that their In
vestments were fortunate. Mr. and
Mrs. Tartsrh will probably make a
wlslt with relatlvi8 In Sioux City
brfore returning home.
ho otnrt Tlio rnmnlmlnr nf tlia In. DUSineSS Visit In Hie CU. SIT. lieim a.nu muvu Kiau
ri f,.m ni,.vo,i ann, i.nii on v. has been suffering somewhat for term with the Olson Company has fled to find the members of the Com-
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McCauley and Rlchev both excellent "o"1" t,me Pn8t wltn ,,In''HH an1 has K'ven mem ! mm i hc.vi.u nnu m uinum uuu u engur io ncip mnse
and clean sunnort. Th visitors not been as well as his many friends one of their best employes
barring their rough tactics and vile might hope for. He Is now near regret her determination to sever The .ntlemcn who have spared
eighty years of ago but benrs his "r runnccuun wiui i iinn una no pains or expense, to make the ex-
great ago remarkably well. ove complimented her highly upon rurslon a success comprise the com
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He paid the Journal a call which ner worn uurinK hit i.im oi -m- mittoo on general arrangement?
was much appreciated as he Is one of ployment with them. The Nebraska headed by Frank Buttery as chair-
the b.'st friends the paper has In the Company Is assured of excellent ser
county In addition to being a man vice from this young lady
with n gmilal jpersonnllty. His
many friends tnmt that he will soon John O'Rourke Is spending the af
language on the field, played a game
throughout while their pitcher
pitched a good game although hit
quite frequently. The score was
s 4.
John P. Kell, the popular and
hustling farmer from near Cullom,
mr.n, with J. W. Bookmeyer, Victor
Anderson, Frank Neuman, Joe Pet
ers and Matt Joy as members, de
serve great pralso for their earnest
work. The several Bhop committees
for the
be himself again and that he may ternoon In Omaha going there on No.
cam? In this morning to look after live for many years to come. 23. Mr. O'Rourke expects to depart lalso deserve much credit
business In the city. Mr. Kell Is one While here he renewed his sub tomorrow for San Francisco and Pa- turnout which their respective shops
of the best farmers In a county scrlptlon to the Journal desiring to J clflc roaBt points where he will ppend furnished, every shop being repre-
Miss Isabel Wiles was a passenger where good farmers are the rule and I keep himself fully Informed upon I the summer. He also expects to reg- sented by a large percentage of the
this morning for Omaha where she I he will have fine crops this year If what Is doing in the wsy of county lister for the land drawing at Kalis-1 men employed. All in all, the occn
will rpend the day. appearances tell the truth. (news. p'id, Mont. (Dion has been a great one.