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IMPOSING SCENE
Graves of the Departed Strewn
With Beautiful Flowers.
MOST ELABORATE CEREMONIES.
Modrtit VmImi Lodges r'rm terl
Town .loin With the Veteran In
.Mm kin a; m (Iraud rr.MTtun
To the feiiielery.
Saturday, May SO, was Riven up by
most of the citizens of this community
to rwi obervance of Memorial 'day t
which wart duly celebrated tinder the
Hiipi:e.i of MeConihe post, Grand
Army of the Republic.
The day opened with verv inau
spicious weal her, the sky was lower
iiiiT all round ami dense clouds above
betokened a steady down-pour later
on. but a.iidn from a small liower
which it'll about tell o'clock the morn
ing's tokens were deceptive. It prob
ably nerved to keep many people from
the farms at home, however.
Trains from Lincoln brought in
Home " of Ilavelock' citizens in
eltiliu? a liberal representation of the
Modern Woodman lodge, in uniform,
headed by a band anil a baseball nine,
and from Union bringing some fifty
members of the Modern Woodmen
from that place in uniform. .Later on
came tnetulwrs of the Cedar Creek
lodge. Modern Woodmen, also in uni
form Th town rapidly filled with people
frnm the country, and by noon Main
street wan a busy looking place, the
sidewalks being alive with people.
At 1:30 the procession began form
ing, the represrnatives of the several
Modern Woodmen, some '-25 In num
ber taking the front and the Grand
Army, (numbering some fifty of the
M veterans.) and Relief Corp9 in the
rear, and marched to Oak Hill ceme
tery, the city band and the Ilavelock
band furnishing the music, with S. 1.
Holloway as marshal of the day.
Arriving at the cemetery the order
cf mr'ch fa.t reversed, tbe Woodmen
opening thtir ranks and the Grand
Army men and the Woman's Relief
Corps marching to the front. The
grand stand had been erected in front
of the Grand Army lot at the south
eastern corner of the cemetery, where
the exercises of the day took place.
The program carried out was as fol
lows: Heading of General order, S. It.
Carrigan.
Prayer by Rev. Post.
Grand Army Ritualistic service, by
Commander Ilickson, Chaplain Green
and others.
Oration of the day by Rev. Geo. M.
Caufler.
Address by Rev. Youtzy on behalf
of the Woodmen.
Memorial service by the W. R. C,
followed by the formal strewing of
llowers on the graves of the soldier
dead, after which -the procession re
formed and marched back to post
headquarters, where a superb lunch,
prepared by the relief corps, awaited
the return of the veterans.
For some unexplained reason tbe
announced address by Guy Livingston
was omitted from tbe program, bis
place being taken by Rev. Youtzy.
The graves at the cemetery never
before presented such an abundance of
decorations, nearly everybody having
friends buried there taking occasion
to express their love for those gone on
before by most beautifully bedecking
their graves wth emblems of their lov
ing veneration.
One of tbe pleasant incidents of the
occasion was tlte reading ot corres
pondence between Mrs. Kate Mc-
Maken and Miss Hattie Fulmer, (now
of Chicago), in which the latter made
a donation of 1 10 00 through the for
mer, to the Grand Army, to be given
to some needy old soldier as a mark of
respect to the Union savers, especially
because of her veneration for the mem
ory of the late Gen. R. R. Livingston
It was voted by tbe post to spread a
copy of her letter on tbe post record,
together with a formal expression of
its thanks to the donor.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
The police reported that notwith
standing a great crowd was in town
all day there no trouble of any kind
and there was no occasion for making
an arrrest.
The parade of the Modern Woodmen
was a most creditable event. Tbe
teams of Foresters were handsomely
uniformed, the display indicating
very prosperous condition of that
young order.
Main street business bouses were
generously decorated with flags in
honor of the nation's sacrifices for tbe
mion.
Tnr Runaways satorday.
Saturday appears to have been a
record breaker for runaway teams,
three being reported. Tbe most ex
citing one occurred out on West Oak
street, juBt as the procession was
marching along that thoroughfaie.
Several hundred people ' and a long
line of carriages tilled with men,
women and children, were enroute to
the cemetery, when a team attached to
a buggy and driven by Adam Weber,
a farmer, came dashing along at a
frightful speed. The animals were
completely beyond control, "and the
horrified spectators were powerless to
stopthem. S. P. Holloway, one of
the marshals of tbe day, who was rid
ing a horse, endeavored to crowd the
running team into one of the banks
before they reached tbe score of car
riages, about a block away, but was
knocked off his horse, without being
successful. Jacob Tritsch's team and
buggy, occupied by Mrs. Tritsch and
several children, was standing under
a tree at the south side of the road,
and tbe runaway team struck this ve
hicle with a fearful crash, causing a
shudder of horror among the hundreds
of people who hurried to the scene of
the accident, expecting to find the
mangled remains of the occupants of
the carriage. Tbe Tritsch buggy was
nothing but a mass of broken kindling
wood, and the four horses were piled
up in a confused heap, iiefore the
crowd reached tbe scene, Mrs. Tritsch,
leading her little girl, jumped out of
tbe debris and seizing one of tbe
frightened teams, held it until assist
ance arrived. This heroic act prob
ably saved another seiious runaway,
and, perhaps, a loss of life.
Just how Mrs. Tritsch and her little
girl escaped being killed or injured is
simply beyound comprehension. The
other occupants of tbe carriage
jumped out before the crash came.
Reyond a few scratches, tbe four
horses were uninjured, and tbe Weber
buggy also escaped any damages.
Mrs. T. II. Pollock and her little
daughter were returning from ( the
cemetery Saturday afternoon, and;
wheu near tbe old power bouse, tbe
king-bolt broke, throwing tbe occu
pants forward and frightening tbe
horse, which ran some distance before
being stopped. Mrs. Pollock was badly
frightened and her hands were
scratched, while tbe child was slightly
bruised.
Fred Denson'a horse started to cele
brate in the afternoon by dashing up
Main street at a lively gait, no one
being in the buggy. One of the wheels
struck Chas. Cummins' carriage, but,
beyond a bent hub, it was not damaged.
Tbe runaway was stopped on Sixth
street.
Ilavelock too Much for Plattsmouth.
The Modern Woodman base ball
club of Ilavelock crossed bats with the
Woodman club of this city at the ball
park last Saturday morning, and suc
ceeded in virtually wiping up the
earth with the Plattsmouth neighbors.
Tbe local club started out in a very
satisfactory manner, and for a few
innings gave the Ilavelock boys a
bard chase, but they soon went to
pieces and the visitors more than piled
up runs. When the smoke had cleared
away the score was found to be as fol
lows: Ilavelock, 26; Plattsmouth, IS.
Ratteries: Ilavelock, E. Ballance and
F. Ballance; Plattsmouth, Goos, Mc
Elwain and SchulbofE. Umpire, II.
Martens, Ilavelock.
Plenty of Trouble For Howard.
Monday's Daily.
Asa Howard, who was given a pre
liminary examination over at Glen
wood last Friday on a charge of steal
ing a team of horses, wagon and har
ness from Levi Kilgore, was acquitted
by tbe justice of the peace before
whom be was tried. Xilgore then
brought suit in replevin to regain pos
session of tbe property, the case being
set for trial before Justice Archer this
morning. Howard confessed judg
ment for the property and costs in tbe
case, the costs amounting to $19.50,
and also to damages in tbe sum of $1.
It is now understood that Howard
will be re-arrested on tbe ebarge of
stealing the property, and tbe trial
will occur at Glenwood.
Lint or Letter
Remaining unclaimed in the postoffice
at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. June S,1S06.
Everete. Wm Ivory, Nellie
Lemon, Miss B Tank. Emma
De Froy. Miss
Persons calling for any of the above
letters or parcels will please say "ad
vertised." W. K. Fox, P. M.
VACATION IS HERE
Gratifying; Conclusion of a Success
ful Year's Work-
DETAILS OF THE LATE CYCLONE
First Krportn An tu Hie i-o of Life and
IeniMKe to Property Estimated to
Ite About Correct Other
Local News Item.
The V lan Kntertaimnent.
From Friday's Daily.
The Presbyterian church was again
crowded to the doors last eveniugby
an audience composed of the city's
best people, who were present to wit
ness the entertainment given by tbe
class of '9G. The essays were all well
composed and delivered in clear, forci
ble language, reflecting much credit
upon the class and the school manage
ment. About the only criticism tbat
could be made of the essajs last even
ing was that, with the exception of
one, they were all interspersed with
more or lens alleged wit and humor.
Most of the "jokeu" sounded very nVt;
and should, by all means, have been
omitted. However, they were not
numerous enought to weary tbe audi
ence, and tbe many good points more
than covered tbe few defects.
a1 the papers read bore upon
themep, tbe investigation of which had
been engaging tbe attention of the
superintendent, teachers and pupils
during the past school year; upon
methods adopted for drawing out the
ideas of the pupils, upon topics indicat
ing their advancement in real educa
tion. In this it was unique and en-,
tirely original, and developed a new
idea in teaching, with tbe most prac
tical results that could be imagined.
Prof. McClelland deserves the highest
aommendation for this course, and it
is hoped that this method may be con
tinued and the field enlarged during
the coming year.
Tbe musical part of tbe program
was excellent. Tbe singing by the
Dovey s;etev? and aieo bj Tbe liaGiee
quartette, consisting of Mesdames
C. S. Johnson, Lillian Hasse, Mabel
Swearingen and Lulu Leist, was
highly appreciated by the audience.
That clever little violinist, Lillian
Kauble, completely captivated the
large audience by her perfect rendi
tion of De Berevt's "Fantaisie"
(Scene De Ballett), a very difficult
piece to play. The applause which
greeted her was so vociferous that she
was compeled to respond, and played a
verse of her old favorite, "Swanee
River," to tbe complete satisfaction of
all.
The following essays were rendered,
in the order given:
"Ideals in Education," Louise Martin
'Falsehoods,' Ellen Eikenbary
"General Information," Cora Walker
"Imagination," Jessie Oldham
"Children's Interests," Myrtle Schlegel
"Temperament," Marie Swoboda
"Thoughts Expressed by Drawing"
Lily Mathews
"Punishmente." Ray Wiles
"Observation," Clara Walker
Papers were prepared by Gerald
Drew, Maud Mauzy Chas. Patterson
and Clemons Bruner, but were not
read on account of the length of the
program.
A Sensation at Havelock.
A dispatch from Ilavelock to the
World-Herald says: "The mysterious
grave which was found in Fairview
cemetery 'last week by Councilmen
Maboney and Lysinger proves fair to
create more of a sensation than was at
first anticipated, as upon further in
vestigation it was found to contain a
well made pine box, sixteen inches
long, in which was tbe body of a new
born infant, which had undoubtedly
been born alive. It is well dressed,
but has distinct marks of violence on
its head. So far there is not tbe slight
est clue to its identity."
Uet Their Clothes.
Lou Thompson and John Lloyd each
own a running horce which they con
sider pretty "fast." After consider
able argument as to tbe respective
merits of the "neddies" they agreed to
wager a portion of their wardrobe on
tbe result, and go out to tbe fair
grounds and run tbe horses a half mile
dash to see who took the clothes
Frank Benfer was np on Lloyd's horse,
while Wilhelm Leuchtweis rode that
belonging to Thompson. Thompson's
horse landed under tbe wire about
thirty feet in tbe lead, and Thompson
was declared the winner of tbe gar
ments at stake.
G. E. Vandenburg of Elm wood was
in town today.
Kirt ilepfirta Not Kxgratrd.
The uews brought by this morning's
tiapers regarding the devastation
brought by J,be cyclone at St. Louis
and elsewhere, is largely a confirma
tion of the reports of the day before
regarding the awful disaster of Wed
nesday evening. The center of tbe
storm began its awful work in the
section of St. Louis near the river and
from that southward through the
Flench section, thence across the
river to East St. Louis, it did most of
ifs deadljv'Vt'rk. Estimates of the
number kiei-are thus far onlyguess
work, btzi""t m now thought that tbe
dead nHy le limited to 500. The
wrecked district comprises 750 blocks
in the city, and the property loss is
vii
lima'.tii ' at -4 ,000,000. The An-
ser-P,'ch and fifteen other brew-
en; s an? fu;vy losers in boutheast St.
L'uis They were fair targets for the.
eioim and all suffered heavily. The
stortn was most destructive in force
when it crossed Seventh street going
east. The eddying cuirents of wind
again and aain returned to make that
street a wilderness. At least forty
people were killed along this thorough
fare and the streets immediately ad
jacent. IIo;i.e after house was totally
demolished, ' and . the wonder grows
with extended investigation that the
number of dead is not far in excess of
what it now appears to be.
In East St. Louis the track of the
storm is as clearly defined, after
touching t.ba Illinois shore, as if
piatted by surveyor. Tearing diagon
ally through the city from the south
west to northeast, itcut a clean swatb
of destruction. Large freight sheds
were strung along the river-front.
Nine of the largest of these are in
ruins, l tie greatest damage wasvlone
to the Vandalia, the Mobile & Ohio,
tbe Big Four, the Chicago & Alton,tbe
Wabash and the Louisville & Nash
ville sheds. At the Vandalia the loss
of life was greatest.
There the struc-.yr
ture seemed lifted up and dropped
again oy er the foundations. Fourteen
of. the dead were taken from these
sheds.
The storm was . of such a general
character tbat it extended to the At
lantic cea ft, torching at various places
uTuc ccic:;rfi.lo the; fiistr no
tion of property and of life enrouttr.
It was the most destructive, however,
in and about St. Louis.
Will Go Overland to Arizona.
From Friday's Daily.
This morning Perry Walker pur
chased a complete camping outfit, con
sisting of a tent, cooking utensils,
guns, fishing tackle, etc., and next
week expects to start overland, in
company with his son, Bert, for Ari
zona. . Mr.. Walker is a sufferer with
consumption and the trip is made in
hopes of benefitting his health. He
says that he will camp at the pleasant
places enroute, and will probably
spend tbe summer in that manner. If
he finds a desirable location, he may
not go as far as Arizona, otherwise
he will go on to that place. They
will take with them four bead cf good
horses.
llismissed the Case.
The case of Mrs. Neligh vs. Mrs.
Schlanc, on the charge of disturbing
the pee by using indecent language,
etc., came up for trial in Justice
Archer's court. A number of specta
tors were present, expecting to hear
some pretty "rocky" testimony, but,
while they were in a measure satisfied,
it wasn't what was expected. In fact,
it didn't amount to anything, and the
testimony indicated that it was only a
little "neighborly rumpus," such as
occurs almost every day, and Judge
Archer dismissed the case. It was
evidently a case of trying to "get
even" for some past difficulties.
The Army Worm Rages.
At Talmage the army worm has put
in appearance in large numbers and
yesterday they destroyed a forty acre
field of wheat for James Cummings. It
looks as if it bad been gone over by
the reapers. They are moving onto
other fields. The way that they were
killed by the farmers in Missouri
when they were so bad, was to dig
trenches about tbe fields and when the
worms went intq the trenches, a heavy
log or a piece of timber was dragged
through tbe trenches, killing the
worms, or the trenches were filled
with straw and set on fire. Nebraska
Citv News.
Mortgage Record For May.
The following is the Cass county
mortgage record for the month of May,
as compiled at the office of Register of
Deeds Hay:
Farm morgtages, filed t5S.911 00
Farm mortgages, released. 21.4S4 00
Town and city mortgages, filed 2,200 00
Town and city mortgages, released 3,731 00
THE DAY'S DOINGS
What the People In and Around
Plattsmouth Are Doing.
MORE SUSPECTED BURGLARS.
A Couple of STru Arrented nt Auburn
Who Are Delleved to He the I'ar.
ties That Iturglarlzed the
Store at Alvo Notes.
Itelleve They are the Alvo Iturglurs.
Sheriff Holloway received a message
last evening from the authorities at
Auburn, announcing the fact that a
couple of men had been arrested there
while disposing of a quantity of goods
answering the snrae description as
those stolen from a store at Alvo last
week.
County Attorney Folk went out to
Alvo this morning to ascertain
whether any persons anouering the
description of the men arrested at
Auburn, were seen at Alvo last
week. If he is successful in this mis
sion the men will be brought to this
city by the sheriff and tried for burg
larizing the store.
I'rotest to the Governor.
Matthew Gering of Plattsmouth has
sent in a protest to Governor Hol
comb against the honoring of a
requsitioti from the governor of Iowa
for the apprehension of Asa Howard,
who is charged with the crime of
grand larceny in Mills county, Iowa.
It is alleged that Howard is a weak
minded old soldier. He held a mort
gage on his son's team and when tbe
son sold the outfit for a low price tbe
old gentleman took the property with-
o a writ and thereupon the charge
of. grand larceny was perferred. The
I ltroliminorv VinaririfT in Tntrn rnanlta1
"1""-!
iu nowara s aiscnarge, ana air. oer
ing alleges that tbe buyer of the team,
Levi Kilgore, now wants to be reim
bursed for money expended in getting
back the property in a replevin suit.
Howard took the property in Kilgore's
presence and dared him to interfere.
The two men had had trouble before.
FTtw ffver,uor nCTowa has not jet for
warded a requisition and notice or u
protest was forwarded to him yester
day by Governor Holcomb. Lincoln
Journal.
The Glenwood authorities tele
phoned the sheriff here today that tbe
requisition papers had arrived from
the governor of Iowa, and would be
taken to Lincoln this afternoon. If
Governor Holcomb honors the requisi
tion, Howard, who is now in jail here,
will be taken over to Glenwood to
night.
Had a Narrow Escape.
Mrs. Wm. Ballance was very much
relieved the other day to receive a let
ter from her sister, who resides in St.
Louis, announcing tbe safety of her
self and baby. The letter states, how
ever, tbat all their clothing and house
hold goods were destroyed, and a por
tion of the building in which they
lived was blown down. Mrs. Ballance
wrote to her sister as soon as she
learned of the terrible tornado, and
was greatly worried until the welcome
news of their safety came a day or so
ago. Mrs. Ballance'a brother-in-law
was absent from St. Louis at the time
of the storm. The lady mentioned
was formerly Miss Aggie Hill, who
was quite well know in this city, hav
ing visited here several times.
May Purchase a Cap.
The Omaha Tennis club is booming
tbe sport this season with great per
severance. In order to place tbe game
on a more even footing with other
sports, the club is endeavoring to raise
sufficient money in the various Ne
braska towns to purchase a Bilver cup
to represent the championship of the
state. The object of this is to cause
additional interest to be taken in
tennis and to bring out older players
and cause new ones to take interest
in the game, and so popularize the
fashionatle pastime. There are a
number of fairly good players in this
city; why not organize a good club and
let Plattsmouth become a competitor
for the trophy ?
Lester Stone Married.
Lester E. Stone of Nehawka, Neb.,
and Miss Sue H. Palmer of Tuscola,
Mich., were married yesterday after
noon at Omaha. The groom is a son
of Hon. J. M. Stone, one of tbe best
known residents of this county, and is
a very popular young man. He oper
ates a drug store at Nehawka and was
the democratic candidate for county
clerk at the election last fall. The
"Journal extends congratulations
to the newly-married couple.
A GREAT OFFER.
To the
Advocates of Free Coinage I
Cas County.
We are now at the opening of one of
the most important campaigns in the
nation's history. Concentrated and
law-made wealth has organized and is
bent upon the perpetuation of its pow
er over the people by the maintenance
of the destruction of values lu land, its
products and the practical enslavement
of labor, the producer of all wealth.
Under the rule of concentrated greed
values of farm lands, of city, town and
village property, of etock and of tbe
products of husbandry has gone down,
steadily, down, until distress and pov
erty, either present or prospective,
haunts almost every man's door, while
the demand for labor is so meager as
to leave countless thousands of our
countrymen without work at any price.
If this condition continues, as it is sure
to do if the single gold standard is
maintained, ruin and bankrupty must
be the outcome for all &ave those few
who are out of debt, w hile Shylock will
possess the homes of tbe people.
The love of home, of family, of kin
dred, of tbe constitution and of our
common country bids men arouse from
their stupor of selfish indifference, to
resist and overthrow tbe schemes of
this devil-fish of modern civilization
and once more determine to reinstate
manhood and humanity above gold.
The time of action has come. Delays -
are dangerous. Your country is in
danger and your homes are threatened
by tbe same insidious monster that
blotted out the civilization of Rome
and of Europe for almost a thousand
years the greed of gain. The manhood
of Cass county without regard to party
ought to assert itself and do it now.
The re-establishmeet of bimetallism
will throttle this monster and do it ef
fectually.
Let bimetallic clubs be formed in
every, neighborhood. Send for litera
ture and 6tudy the question now before
'the people.
- ItKtheiBltioT- 0f The Weekly
ui,wjt w rnstvhon
est and persistent advocate of the peo
pie's interests from this time on and
aid the people in every way possible to
help on the fight for liberty trov. .ba
crushing domination of avarice.
Every subscriber can help us in this
work if he will, by getting new sub
scribers among his neighbors and
friends. A thousand new subscribers
can be added to our lists within the
ihonth of June if the friends of free
ooinage but go to work. It will cost
but a trifle, but it may mean a clean
victory in Cass county this fall, and in
spire a like work in every other county
in the state.
LOOK AT THESE I'ltlCKS:
Weekly, one year $1 00
Weekly, six months 45c
Weekly, daring tbe campaign. 30c
Weekly, in clubs of ten, six
months 35c
Weekly, in clubs of ten, for
campaign
Send cash with names in
... 2."c
drafts or
money orders, not by check.
Now is the time to strike. Don't
wait a week or a day, but go to work
with a zeal born of duty to a high and
holy cause, and you will be gratified at
the result. Address letters to
C. W. Sherman', M'g'r,
Plattsmouth, Neb.
Was It Plunder?
Monday afternoon a number of
small boys were swimming in tbe river
opposite the Water Works pump house,
when they observed a couple of men
digging a hole in the bluff on the west
side of the railroad tracks. The boys
report that, after looking cautiously
around, tbe men buried a box in the
ground and carefully covered it over
again. One of the men carried a shot
gun and the boys were afraid to make
any investigation. What the mean
ing of tbe men's strange actior.s is may
develop later. It is quite .likely that
the box contained some stolen plunder.
The suggestion in last evening's
News urging the business men of
Plattsmouth to take seme steps
towards celebrating the Fourth of
July is a very good one and 6hould be
pushed along. A celebration euch as
this city is capable of getting up would
prove a paying Investment, as hun
dreds of people would visit the town
and spend considerable money. Let a
meeting of the business men's associa
tion be called at once and steps taken
to arrange for a grand celebraticn.