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VOLUME XXIX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, TUUHSDAY MAltCH 0, 1910
NO 20
ICE GORGES IBIEII TO SWEEP
All BRIDGES OVER TIE PLATTE
Missouri Pacific Has to Abandon
Afternoon on Account of
From Mondiy'd Dally j
The predictions of serious trouble
with Ice this coming spring seems to
have been well founded, trouble hav
iag started yesterday morning when
the Ice In the Platte river commenced
to move out. Above his city for
many miles there was trouble had
with the Ice.
Early in the day It became evident
that the ice was going to make trou
ble for the Missouri Pacific railroad
and it threatened to carry away the
bridge of that company. Immense
piles of ice lodged against the struc
ture and the water which It backed
up covered the surrounding country
for many miles. The railroad offi
cials were notified of the danger in
which their bridge was and at once
had a work train with men hurried
to the scene. Giant powder was used
to break up the gorge which threat
ened such imminent destruction and
within a very short time the main
channel of the river had been opened
and ice was running freely. This was
not accomplished, however, until wa
ter had spread out over the bottom
to the south, 'covering the space be
tween the river bank and the Bur
lington tracks and had seeped through
the embankment of the Missouri Paci
fic for practically the entire distance
from the bridge to the Burlington
crossing. In many places the water
had taken out the fill and the ballast
and the track for perhaps a quarter
of a mile was undermined.
The Ice gorge formed during the
morning but by two o'clock it had
been broken up and the river fell
rapidly. The gorge at the north end
of the bridge proved much more stub
bora than at the south end or over
The' main channel dud all 'afternoon
a gang of men was engaged in using
giant powder in breaking It up. This
part of the gorge held, so fast that
water threatened to tear out the
embankment to tlve 'north lof the
bridge and also to take out several
spans. Fortunately this trouble was
averted, as the opening of the channel
relieved the pressure of the water on
the piles of the bridge. ' A work
train arrived at the scene of the trou
ble at about 3 p. m., and work was
commenced cribbing up the track and
getting It in shafle for travel.
The Missouri Pacific had a lot of
trouble with its trains in consequence
of that trouble. Thb gular north
bound train which was quite late ar
rived here and was backed up to
Union, going around by way of Louis
ville Into Omaha. A special show
train was also held in this city and
the Orpheum road show and the
"Goddess of Liberty" companies were
fed here. That is some of them were
fed. The sudden and unlooked for
Influx of business resulted In the ho
tels and restaurants being swamped
with orders and a great many people
were compelled to do without any
thing very substantial to live on. The
howl which somy of the young women
with these show companies put up,
was something fierce. They com
plained that they were starved and
the ravenous onslaughter they made
n the meals of the resturants and
the hotels soon had the managers of
those establishments going some.
However, the girls were finally
gotten out of town and Into Omaha
and it is to be hoped they got some
thing to fill up on. A number of them
walked from the Platte river bridge
to South Omaha where they took
street cars into the city. They all
got there in time for the afternoon
performance.
There was an Immense number of
people' from this city out to the
h ridges during the afternoon. Train
No. 23 on the Burlington carried over
100 passengers for that point while
a great many walked out and back.
Those who made the trip did not
find much to pay them for their work.
The ice was practically all gone, al
In District Court.
A suit has been commenced in dis
trict court by Carl Rissman against
Milton Moore. Rissman claims that
Moore made a verbal lease of his
farm near Murdock to the plaintiff
' and then Bold the place, installing an
' other party in possession of the pre
I nlses. For this he thinks Mr. Moore
should pay him damages in the sum
Train Service Until Late in the
Danger to their Bridge.
though there were several immense
piles some distance up the river from
the bridge. The latter structure was
in good shape and the only damage
of consequence was the washed out
track this side of the bridge. .This
was repaired In a short time.
There was little trouble in the
Missouri river. After the breaking
of the ice gorge in the Platte the
river rose very rapidly and Wm. Hin
rlchsen who was hunting on the sand
bars In front of the city found him
self cut off from communication. The
chute between this city and the sand
bar rapidly filled with water and
heavy running ice and for a while
there was some apprehension of Mr.
Hinrlchsen's safety. He had watled
across the chute and had no boat,
hence there was a good deal of un
easiness felt for him.( However, the
rise In the river which was very
sudden when it came1 did not last
long and soon subsided. Eventually
he was taken off his desert island by
some friends with a boat. He was
well satisfied to get back on this
side of the water, however. V
The Missouri river tpday is, rising
but not very rapidly and unless some
unforeseen event takes place, Ihere
is little danger of a gorge or trouble
Just at this time.
Reports from up the Platte Indicate
very serious trouble at a number o
points. At Louisville five spans of
the Missouri Pacific bridge have gone
out but the wagon bridge was intact
this morning. As was the case at
Oreapolls, the railroad and the wagon
bridge people used powder and dyna
mite to break the gorges. At South
Bend, the Rock Island had trouble all
day yesterday with the Ice but man
aged to keep" tne'rft'er" open and
saved their bridge. At Ashland the
Burlington had a good deal of trou
ble but succeeded in keeping the river
open and the bridge escaped without
damage. At Valley a wagon bridge
was swept away as was the case at
Fremont. The ice which came down
the river yesterday was plentifully
nixed with timbers and the like show.
ing that some destruction had taken
place up the river.
Theer is every probability of a
change in conditions for the better as
the weather bureau predicts colder
weather for today or tomorrow. This
will result In checking the flow of the
water.
A telephone message received by
the Journal at 10 a. m., from Charles
Ryhart stated that the bridge at
Louisville was all right at that time
but that word had Just been received
there of another gorge forming which
threatened Its destruction. This gorge
13 the result of the breaking up of the
ice at Fremont'and it was sweeping
down on the Louisville bridge in the
shape of a mass of Ice almost a mile
wide. There were grave fears ex
pressed there that the wagon bridge
would go along with the railroad
bridge. If this Is the case there Is
serious danger threatening the brid
ges at Oreapolis.
The Missouri Pacific this morning
was getting trains through on time
and reported that its bridge was safe
and that all Its passenger travel was
being handled through this city.
There are two work trains here now
and they will remain here indefinitely
so as to be prepared for all emergen
cies. One is a steam shovel outfit
while the other is a pile driver crew.
These two will be engaged in working
here it is stated for several months
at least. Burlington trains this morn
ing were moving on time and that
road reported no serious trouble at
any point on its system.
The Missouri river this afternoon
is rising rapidly and is full or run
ning ice. The ice looks to be quite
heavy from tne shore and there
seems some liklyhood of it gorging
and making some trouble for dwellers
in the bottoms soon.
of $2,000. Both gentlemen are well
known in the vicinity of Murdock, Mr.
Moore being an old settler of that
vicinity and a man who is considered
worth a great deal of money.- D. O.
Dwyer represents the plaintiff in the
case as counsel.
Ray Hadley was a passenger this
morning for Omaha where be works.
PUS
Superintendent Gamble is Highly !
Pleased With the Great
Gather in; of
Educators.
Superintendent J. W. Gamble of
the public schools returned to the
city yesterday noon after an Inter
esting visit of several days at Indiana
polis, Ind., where be was in attend
ance at the national convention of
the superintendents and principals of
the public schools of the country.
Prof. Gamble states that this was gen
erally considered the greatest educa
lonal gathering ever herd in the coun
try. There were noted and prominent
educators present from all sections of
the United States and there were a
number of most interesting matters
up before the convention for'discus
slon. While in Indianapolis, Prof. Gam
ble spent several days In visiting the
public schools of that city. It may
be remarked that the schools of that
city are considered among the best In
the country and the professor found
them to be a veritable mine of infor
mation as to new school methods and
modern means of educating the
young. The Shortridge high school
of that city is considered a remark
ably good school and this Prof. Gam
ble visited, spending several hours at
the Institution.
Prof. Gamble was one of some
thirty Nebraska educators present at
the meeting and he was very much
pleased at the action of the conven
tion in choosing Prof. Davidson of
this state as its next president. Prof.
Gamble is a personal friend of the
new president and has a very high
estimate of his abilities as an educa
tor.1, He predicts that his adminis
tration of the affaira of the associa
tion will prove excellent and will help
It greatly in its upward building.
The attendance at this meeting was
1,400 altogether including a small
number of women who took a deep
interest in the subjects before tne
meeting. While the greater part of
the gathering consisted of men, a
thing which particularly pleased Prof.
Gamble, the ladies who did attend
were not at all backward in taking
part in the gathering and helped out
a great deal in the discussions of the
meeting. ,
While at Indianapolis, Prof Gam
ble met Otto Wurl who was In at
tendance upon the convention as a
representative of the Qulncy, 111.,
schools. Mr. Wurl at one time was
the head of a department in the
Shortridge high school of Indiana
polis and Prof. Gamble ' states that
he found he stood very high in the
estimation of all the heads of the
Indianapolis schools and was consid
ered one of the best men ever in the
schools there.
There was a big fight on at the
cenventlon over the next place of the
meeting. There were four strong
competitors including Chicago, 111.,
St. Louis, Mo., Dallas, Tex., and Mo
bile, Ala. The latter place carried off
the coveted prize, their methods win
ning easily. They had a fine collec
tion of young women on the ground
each armed with cigars, flowers and
what not all designed to goom the
gulf city. The girls did the trick,
too, as the convention voted for Mo
bile with very little trouble.
There were a large number of fine
speakers present at the meeting, Sen
ator Beveridge being one of the ora
tors who delivered Interesting addres
ses. Prof. Gulich of New York was
another noted speaker who spoke
very Interestingly. In addition many
others were present and added con
siderable to the interest of the meet
ing. These several speakers are ex
perts in their several lines and their
talks were full of much information
of real value to the educators who
had assembled.
Ed. Tritsch, the well known farm
er of the precinct, was in the city
Saturday making a visit with friends
and attending to business matters.
While here Mr. Tritsch made the
Journal a pleasant call and renewed
his subscription to the paper. The
Journal is pleased to be able to re
cord such good men as Mr. Tritsch
among its patrons and it appreciates
thoroughly his support.
W. S. Smith, the Murray merchant,
Is in the city today looking after
business matters, having come up
this, morning on the M. P. train.
Farewell Surprise..
A farewell surprise was given at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Mauer in South Park, Saturday even
ing in honor of Miss Effle Benedict
who will depart for her home at Af-
ton, la., in a short time. The evening
as very pleasantly spent in playing
games. Some nice music was furnish
ed by Miss Agnes and Mr. Everett
Ward, which was very much enjoyed
by all. At a late hour a delicious
luncheon was served to which all did
amply Justice.
Those present were Misses Agnes
Ward, Anna Petersen, Effle Benedict,
Helen Foster, Lottie Mauer, Agnes
Foster, Mary Petersen, Hattie FOrbes,
Lena, Mauer, Katie Foster; Messrs.
Clarence Beal, John Mauer, Philip
Rihn, Everett Ward, Ed. Mauer, An
drew Petersen, Eugene Mauer, Ray
mond Mauer and Mr. and Mrs. Mauer.
T
II
Matrimonial Dissapointment Said
to be the Cause of Her
Condition.
Some time ago the Journal reprint
ed from the Denver papers the Bad
story of Mrs. Margaret Maloney of
Elmwood, Neb., who travelled to that
city, to find an old sweetheart who
had promised to wait for her and
marry her. She found him, but he
had married and was unable to keep
his promise. Immediately after she
found this out she attempted to com
mit suicide by takink laudnum but
her life was Baved by the intervention
of the police surgeon. After her res
cue she was placed in the care of the
police matron but she refused to eat
and attempted to starve herself to
death.
Yesterday's papers contain further
news of her to the effect that she
is now insane, having succumbed to
hunger together with the mental
strain "which her disappointment
thrust-, her into , She ia at the city
hospital there and sits all day In -a
dazed and comatose condition'. The
superintendent of the institution now
states that Bhe Is better than she was
and he has hopes of her recovery. The
authorities there are at a loss to un
demand why her relatives do not
take some steps to have her given
treatment. , She is 31 years of age.
The old lover in the case was named
Samuel Freeman and he, too, former
ly lived near Elmwood, it is said.
Just as Expected.
The Jury in the case of Cass coun
ty vs. Sarpy county which was tried
last week In Papllllon, Neb., returned
a verdict. on Saturday morning in
favor of Sarpy county. The case was
one brought by this county to compel
Sarpy county to pay a portion of the
cost of the Louisville bridge and the
result is a victory for Sarpy county,
although the supreme court has held
that It is liable for its share of the
structure. The defense which was
argued against paying for the bridge
was that the bridge was constructed
of defective material and that extrav
agance had been used In building It.
As the Jury was composed of Sarpy
county taxpayers it was hardly ex
pected this county would win but
County Attorney Ramsey is going to
file a motion for a new trial and if
possible he Intends to get the county
attorney of Sarpy county to agree to
submit the case to the court without
a Jury, confident that this county will
win. Mr. Ramsey is In Papillion to
day on the case. The Jury was out
from 3:30 Friday afternoon to 7
Saturday morning before agreeing.
Highly Appreciated.
Last week A. L. Huffer, who lives
on the mail route out of Mynard, pre
sented the rural carrier, Jap Young,
with a quantity of fresh pork, and
Jap feels greatly elated to be thus
remembered that when pork In
price, is almost out of the reach of
thepoor man. Mr. Huffer is known
for his generosity, and Jap wants him
to know that he feels very thankful
for the donation. The rural route car
riers have had a hard. time In de
livering their mail, and the patrons
should not forget them. If more pat
rons would follow the example set
by Huffer, they would not only be do
ing their duty, but something that Is
highly appreciated by the rural route
carriers.
Hans Tarns was a passenger this
morning for Omaha where he will
do some carpenter work for the Burlington.
1
ARTHUR BRIUIII UIIDER AH
CHARGED I'JITK STEW HORSES
Pleads Guilty to All Four Counts,
fault of Giving Bond to
From Tutvlajr' pi)y.
A curious case appears to be that
of Arthur Brann, a son of Charles
Brann an old and highly respected
citizens of Wabash, for many years
but now a resident of Lincoln. The
young man was arrested at Auburn
Sunday night by Sheriff W. II. Jones
of that county charged with the theft
of a team of horses belonging to
Fred Lake, a prominent resident of
the neighborhood of Elmwood, this j
county, urann was caught In pos
session of the horses at Auburn and
placed under arrest, the sheriff of
that county notifying Sheriff Quinton
yesterday morning of his capture. ' I
The team of Lake wa3 stolen on
Saturday last and Brann who did the
Btealing drove It that night and Sun
day to the south arriving at Auburn
on Sunday evening where the team
was easily recognized and he was
placed under arrest. He did not
make any effort to deny his guilt but
in fact owned up to Sheriff Quinton
that he had taken the team. He
also admitted when the officer ques
tioned him that he was also the man
who stole the team of Frod Creamer
of Elmwood on February 11th, last.
This team was taken from a hitching
ack at Elmwood and driven by Brann
to Lincoln where it, was sold. After
wards Creamer recovered his prop
erty, it being traced to the capital
city and eventually located by the of
ficers there.
Brann made no effort to escape
from the officers and accepted his ar
rest with the utmost sang frold. He
was taken into custody by Sheriff
Quinton at Auburn yesterday and
brought back to this city last evening
on the M. P., being confined in the
county Jail.'"- , ; , .
This morning he was arraigned be
fore Judge Beeson In the county
court. County Attorney Ramsey hav
ing filed a complaint charging him
with the crime of stealing the teams
of Creamer and Lake.
The complaint charges that Brann
did on February 11th, last, steal and
drive away one dark gray horse, val
ued at 150, the property of Fred
Creamer and also one dark gray
mare of the same day date valued
Miss Elizabeth Thierolf, Daugh
ter of the Late John D.
Thierolf Passed Away
This Morning.
From Tutwlny'R Daily
Word was received in this city
this morning of the death at her
home near Cedar Creek of Miss Eliza
beth Thierolf, a daughter of the late
John D. Thierolf. MIbs Thierolf has
been ill for some time past and yes
terday Dr. E. D. Cummins of this
city was summoned in consultation
with Dr. Workman at her bedside.
Her condition then was very critical
and she steadily grew worse, until
death this morning ended hor suffer
ings. Deceased had lived in this locality
for many years and was a most lova
ble young lady with many frlenda
who will be most sincerely sorry to
hear of her death. She Is Burvlved by
her mother; three staters who are
Mrs. Adam Meisinger of Cedar Creek,
and Misses Anna and Eva Thierolf,
living at home. She Is also survived
by four brothers, who are George,
Henry, Philip and John Thierolf, and
all of whom live in the vicinity of Ce
dar Creek.
The funeral will take place on Wed
nesday afternon at 2 o'clock from the
home.
Deceased was about 24 years of
age, and was a young woman with a
great many accomplishments. She
was very popular with a largo circle
of friends, all of whom will be great
ly shocked to learn of her passing
away and whose sympathies are ex
tended to the sorrowing mother, sis
ters and brothers.
DEATH
EAR
and Is Remanded to Jail in De
the Extent of $1,000.
at 1150, the property of Fred Cream
er, and also that on March 5th, last,
Brann did steal and drjve away one
dark brown mare, the property of
Fred Lake and valued at 1150, and
also on March 5th, last, that he stole
and drove away one dark brown mare
with a Roman nose, valued at 1 1 50.
the property of Fred Lake. The com
plaint charged four seperate offenses.
Brann when arraigned before Coun
ty Judge Beeson entered a plea of
guilty to all four counts and Judge
Beeson remanded him to the custody
of the sheriff, fixing his bond tor
appearance in district court at the
sum of $1,000, which he .did not
give and in default of which he was
committed to Jail.
The next session of district court
will be on March 21st, when Judge
Travis will hold an adjourned session
to transact some matters which went
over from last Saturday when court
adjourned At this time Brann, it is
said, will plead guilty to the charges
as filed against him by County At
torney Ramsey and accept his sen
tence.
The case seems to be an unusual
one as the accused man seems to have
no good, valid reason for his actions.
He comes of an excellent family ac
cording to all who are acquainted
with them here and so far as can be
learned, there is no good reason for
his actions.
Ills father was a well known citizen
of Wabash and a great deal of sym
pathy for him is expressed here. The
family of the young man Uvea at pres
ent In Lincoln, the father having re
cently sold his store at Wabash and
moved to that point. It is said that
the young man's long residence
aro.und .Wabash, Elmwood, Murdock
and that vicinity resulted in his be
coming thoroughly familiar with that
locality and enabled him to select the
teams and horses which he wanted.
He was careful to select good ani
mals and seemed to believe that he
could sell them and never be sus
picloncd. It is said that he was sus
plcioned at the time the Creamer
team was stolen but that there was a
lack of any definite evidence upon,
which to base an arrest.
An AmuKlng Incident.
A amusing thing took place yester
day afternon at the Plutte river
bridge which cauRed spectators to in
dulge in a lot of laughter at the ex
pense of some well known Platta
mouth citizens. Dr. J. S. Livingston
together with a party of friends was
standing on the Burlington bridge,
watching the workmen at the M. P.
bridge blow the gorge up with giant
powder when someone suggested fix
ing up a trick on him. The men se
cured a quantity of rope which re
sembled a charge of powder or dyna
mite and attached a fuse to It. This,
was lighted and the "bomb" thrown
over to the Burlington bridge, the
man doing the, work cheerfully tell
ing those on the bridge to "look out."
When the doctor heard this "look
out" he acted with much alacrity. He
saw the sizzling bunch of destruction
coming toward him and he well nigh,
crippled up all his friends in getting
out of the way. As the "bomb" did
not explode there was a lot of fun
at his expense but he didn't see the
humor in the thing for several min
utes. Accounts for Ills Queer Actioiw.
Our good friend Mike Bajeck, se
cretary of the local clgarmakers un
ion, was acting up Saturday and
many of his friends wondered what
was the occasion. It developed later
In the day that the occasion was a
fine young son and heir which ar
rived at his house that morning. Mike
believes this young man Is golne to
be the fastest clgarmaker In the world
and predicts some extrordlnary things
ror him. He gives every promise of
being a son which Mr. Bajeck can
well be proud of and the chances are
that Mike's good feelings are quite
Justified. This la the first son for
Mr. and Mrs. Bejeck. Both mother
and son getting along nicely.
J. W. Broost of Louisville Is In th
city today looking after business mat.
ters.
