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PLATTSMOUT1I, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY. JULY 5, 11)10
VOL. XLVII NO. 23
LABORER
IS KILLED
Camille M. Suprenaut Met
Death Thursday in
Railroad Yards.
WALKED DIRECTLY INTO
SLOWLY MOVING BOX CAR
Expired Few Minutes Alter Being
Struck Without Gaining
Consciousness.
A slowly moving box car, kicked
from the Burlington yard engine
operated by Robert Gibson, ran down
and nearly instantly killed Camille
M. Suprenaut in the local yards at
4:50 p. m. Thursday. He was quick
ly removed to the baggage room of the
depot, where he died a few minutes
after five.
Suprenant, or "Sup," as he was
known to the men in the road, had
been working on the railroad as sec
tion man for a little over a year. He
was a quiet good natured sort of a man
making many friends with the train
men with whom he was thrown in
contact. A few minutes before his
. death, he was working on the track
about 500 feet north of the Burling
ton in company with McGuire. The
two were engaged in cleaning off the
ashes from along the side4 tracks
and removing the weeds from between
the rails.
The yard crew in charge of Yard
master Johnson was switching a num
ber of cars into the north end of the
yard. Johnson had gone ahead of
the cars to line up the switches' on
"the elevator" track and tracks 4 and
5. The switchmen of the crew, Fred
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Nueiisou luu iiarry uoucneuour,
were several car lengths south of the
scene of the accident, cutting off the
cars as they were being switched onto
' the side tracks. Supienant was
noticed a minute or two before he was
killed, walking slowly along a path
west of the tracks, apparently search
ing for something on the ground.
He then started to walk south, and
when w ithin a few yards of the mov
ing ear, lie turned and attempted u
cross directly in front of the ear,
never aware of the danger that was
bearing down upon him. The car
barely caught him on the right shoulder
twirled him around and threw him
under the trucks with his left arm and
chest extending across the rail. Had
he been two seconds slower in crossing
the tracks, the car would .have conic
before him and the terrible accident
would have been averted
Yardmastcr Johnson isgrcitld griev
ed over the death as he stood a short
distance from ihe man and saw the
car approaching its victim, but was
powerless to help him. A slug of five
or six cars had lie mi thrown down an
adjoining track and immediately af
ter, the death dcnling car was kicked
down the first track to the west
No. 5 track. The rumble of the
cars on the east track very probably
drowned the sound of the single ear
sent down No. 5 track and it was im
. possible for Suprenant to hear it mov
ing towards him. The cars on the (lif
erent tracks were but a few car lengths
apart. As they were started down the
track, Johnson, who was tending the
switches, noticed Suprenant and fear
ing that he might back into the mov
ing cars, he called to him a war ing.
The sound of his voice must have been
mingled with the grinding and grat
ing in the yard, for the laborer did
not heed the call, but a second later
started walking due south. Thinking
of course, that he must have observed
the switching process, Johnson paid
no further attention to the matter
until the car was within probably
twelve feet of the man, when he.
Suprenant turned slightly to his
left and walked squarely into the mov
ing car. It was then traveling at
about tho rate of three miles an hour.
Seeing the man stepping directly
f into the jaws of death, Johnson
cried to him, but the distance was quite
Jf ' great and no warning could have reach-
d turn through the noise of tho cars.
Sickening at the sight as the man was
struck Johnson turned l is eyes away,
but a few seconds later, he and Mc
Guire, Denson, Gochenour and two
Greek laborers were at his side. He
was unconscious when reached and
did not utter a word before he exj ircd.
A cot was mm ted from the depot and
the man was tenderly curried to the
baggage room. A physician anived
a few minutes later, but the spark of
life had nearly left and it was seen
that he could live but a few minutes.
It was stated by the railroad men
that Suprenant never actually real
ized what hit him, for without a
struggle, he went down to his death,
lie was a man that always walked with
za slight stoop, throwing his head down
and in this portion, he would not ob.
serve the track more than a few
feet in front of l.im. There was noth
ing to footer the belief that his death
was intentional. The first slug of
ears switched from the engine, ob
structed McGuire's view of the man.
When he h;st saw him, lie was walking
;outh along the path. The car, after
killing the man, rolled on about two
car lengths past the body.
The news of the death was broken'
to the home in a most pathetic manner.
Carl, the fifteen year old son of the
deeesed, heard the news of his
father's death while down town and
rushed home breathless with the words
on his lips, "Papa's killed." Mrs.
Suprenant' was nearly overcome by
the news,but ladies of the neighborhood
were sent to the home to console her.
Sheriff Quinton was on the scene
of the accident a few minutes after
it happened and as soon as it was de
cided to hold an inquest, he impaneled
a jury consisting of Messres. York.,
Baylor, Ilerger, Bajek, McElroy, Tril
ety and Martin. The remains were
viewed and the inquest called at 8:45
the evening of his death. Coroner
Clements of Klmwood was notified
of the death by phone and set out at
once for the city in an automobile,
arriving here at the hour above stated.
The inquest was held in the district
com t room, the principal witnesses
being McGuitrc, Johnson, Denson,
Gibson, Gouchenour and Williams.
Shortly after ten o'clock the evidence
was completed and the verdict was
given accidental death, caused by
moving Burlington freight car.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and three children, Carl age 15,
Maude &c 1 1 , and a baby four months
old. The family'have lived in the city
seven or eight years and now reside
at their little home on North Tenth
street. Mr. Suprenant worked in
the railroad business for many years,
acting as section man on the Mis
souri; Pacific for some time. Friday
morning, the remains were shipped
to Clifton, Kansas, for burial, accom
panied to the city by the family.
He had lived the curly part of his life
in and around the Kansas town.
His relatives Fdward Suprenant,
of Clifton, Kansas, a brother; Mrs.
Mary Beyer of Miltonvale, Kansas,
a sister in law; and Mrs. Salina Knapp
of Wyniore, a sister, were notified by
telegram of the death. The party ex
pected to meet Mis. Knapp at Wyniore
Nebraska, and have her make the rest
of the journey with them.
The faial accident was a most pathcit
tic and touching one, the life, as it was,
being snatched from the center of a
happy family with the mother having
a little baby in her arms. A day or
two before the death, Suprenant was
conversing with the undertaker's as
sistant and happened to remark that
he hoped he would never be buried
in Plattsmouih, that he wanted to
hate his final resting place at his
old home in Kansas. The decwased
bore the best of a reputation among
the men of the company, being known
as a sober, industrious worker, always
tending diligently to his own affairs.
His family was greatly attached to
him and he was greatly attached to
his home. Nearly all his spare time
he spent working around the little
placet. He was a true man, one who's
place w ill never be filled.
Elmwood Has Wedding.
AtS o'clock Fridav niirht ni. ihr
homo of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Deles Dernier, occurred
the wedding of their daughter, Myrtle
Deles Dernier to William Langhorst.
The bride was attended by Misses
Bessie Deles Dernier and Daisy Lnng
horst, sisters of the bride and' groom,
and Miss Verona Langhorst of Berlin
cousin of the groom, while Hoy Hoover
and Reynolds Deles Dernier acted as
attendants for the groom. Dr. Alton
conducted the ceremony More a
company of 150.
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LIST OF CONTESTANTS
Name
Residence
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tva rui icr, iviynaru, -
J Miss Daisy Twiss, Louisville -V
Y Miss Zelma Tuey, Plattsmouth,
Miss Maggie Gillette, Elmwood
J James D. Earhart, Murray, -J.
C. Yost Cedar Creek - -
Y Luetla Stout, Alvo, - -1 -
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Y Laura Oelschlager, Eagle, -', -
i. Noel Tyson, Elmwood - - -
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Y Walter Stuart, Greenwood - -
V Jess P. Rassmussen, Avoca -
TOO LATE
TO CHANGE
Contestants -Reports Not
Given on Account of
Fourth
NEW CONTESTANT FROM
CEDAR CREEK ENTERED
A Big Change Looked for Next
Week and It Will Pay Every
one to Hustle.
Owing to the celebration yester
day we will not give tho changes
in the standing of the contestants.
Reports have .been received at tljis
office but our forre laid off, and time
will not permit a composition of the
standing today. Howcvwr a marked
change was made which may surprise
a few when the standing is published
next week. Now that the Fourth is
over, each one should get busy, and
from reports which have reached us
there is going to be something doing
within the next few days. A new
contestant has ent ered the race, J. C.
Yost of Cedar Creek, and it win do
well to keep your eye on this Cedar
Creek gentleman, for he is a hustler
The game is yet early and there is
plenty of time to overcome the start
the leaders have. Watch for the next
standing which we hope to publish
Friday.
JOHNSON
WINS EASY
Black Pug Knocks Jeffries
Out in the Fifteenth
Round Yesterday
Reno, New, July i. In the thir
teenth round Jeffries seemed hardly
able to stand.
Round 15. They camo to a clinch.
Johnson sent the left to the face.
Johnson jabbed nose with a left five
times without return and knocked
Jeff down with a series of rights and
lefts to the jaw. Jeffries went through
the ropes. A volley of lefts and
rights to the jaw put Jeff out.
Mrs. J. B. Setz of Omaha returned
to her home at Omaha Friday after
noon after being a gurst ut the home of
George Dodge for the previous tun
days.
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No. of Votes
51,800
28,900
18,725
6,800
2250
1700
1500
1400
1400
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FACTORY
BOOMING
Olson Photo Machine Com
pany Mailing 17,000
Post Cards.
FIRST PRODUCT OF
CONCERN ON MARKET
Three Plattsmouth Machines are
Shipped to Cities In East
ern States.
A force of girls is busy this week at
the office of the Olson Photo Machine
company addressing the second issue
of advertising post cards which are to
be sent out by the company. A little
over a month ago, a series of 10,000
cards were sent out, reaching the prin
cipal towns of every state in theCuion
Fachof these cards will be followed
by other cards until a sale is made,
about five hundred replies were re
ceived from the first edition and twice
that number is expected from those
being sent out this week. Long lists
of photographers are secured from an
eastern directory company. The
names are listed according to the states
and there is not a photographer of any
importance in the land, who's name
and address does not appear in the
papers. If the receiver of this card
is Interested in the photo printing
business and is engaged in the work
on a largo enough scale to warrant the
purchase of a mechanical device for
the lightening of his labors, he will
generally make a reply to the postal.
A printed letter and booklets descri -ing
the machine are then sent to him.
If no reply is received by. the company,
his name is left on the mailing list until,
through the advertiseing, he begins
to realize what the machine renllv is.
The first issue of cards portrayed a
general view of the machine being oj
crated by a young lady and gave a
general announcement to the photog
raphers. The second series show the
electric machine more in detail The
cards arc all actual photograph prints
developed and printed at local plants".
Tho first stock machines were com
pleted last week and were crated and
shipped at once to fill orders from the
east. The first three machines sent
from the factory went to Lynn, Mass.
Reading, l'a.,and Clary, Ind. All of
the machines completed so far aru the
electric models, the only roal differ
ence being in the light used for the
printing of the picture from the
negative. Both models arc very sim
ilar to a job press in a printing shop
The day-light machines, as the name
explains, receives the natural light of
the sun. This model has to be placed
at a window, a north window prcferid
and the amount of light, which is to
lie admitted Into the interior of the
frame, is regulated by shutters and
screens.
The electric machine will probablty
prove the more popular, as tho inten
sity of the light seldom varies and fre
quent regulations are therefore over
come. The light is supplied by two
medium sized tungsten lamps in a re
flector case at the rear of the machine.
The exposure is made by the current
being sent through the lamps and shut
off by the action of the wires in mer
cury tubes. By this means, instead of
a raising and lowering shutter as in a
day light machine, over half the current
is saved and there is no possibility
of any light being admitted when the
time limit of the exposure is readied.
The infant factory among the Flatts.
mouth industries is certainly a lusty
one. Already the stock has increased
greatly in value and there is not a share
of it on the market, while good offers
have been received by the owners for
their shares. The principal beauty of
the corporation is that it is n purely
local institution. The inventor of
the machine, Mr. Olson, is an old
resident in the city, having been in
the photograph business for years.
The patent was secured by him and
instead of it being gobbled up by a
bunch of eastern capitalists, local
money was Btirred up and at present
nearly every share in the company is
held in the county, l'lattsmouth men
are employed at the shop and as much
work as possible is done in the home
town. In a few years, when the com
pany is well established, the castings
and wood work will be done here,
giving employment to a good sized
force of men. When the factory suc
ceeds in getting a good Btock of the
machines on hand, they will devote
their attention to the manufaeturuing
of other machines and photographers
instruments, the originations of their
own inventive genius. Among his
pieces of handiwork is a mailing ma
chine for addressing envelopes, which
bids well to make a hit when the time
is ripe for it to be put on tho market.
There are many of these machines
triauufacturcd now. but the main
trouble is found in the high cost of
operation. Tho new machine will
be supplied with material for about
a third the cost of the machines now
in usu. m"t''
A Bum of nearly $15!K).00 is to be
expended in the next six or eight
months for advertising purposes and
the name of the Olson Machine Com
pany, and incidentally l'lattsmouth,
will appear in the big photographer's
periodicals all over the land. Mr.
Olson, president of the company,
leaves in a day or two for an extended
trip through the eastern states, the
hot-bed of the photograph industry
where he will demonstrate the high
qualities and advantages of the ma
chine, taking with him several different
models. At Milwaukee and Boston,
he will attend photographers conven
tions and he will inuku vhort visits
at many eastern cities.
County Editors Met.
Monday, June 27, the Cass County
Editorial association met at Union
and according to the Union Ledger
the pencil pushers had a big time in
the little town. They arrived in the
city on the morning train and spent t he
early part of the day on a round of
inspection, taking in the business
houses and new buildings. An in
spection of the new Woodmen hall
made the visitors open their eyes and
one of them remarked, "This is a
much better hall than I have seen in
towns two and three times larger
than Union."
Iu the afternoon, the boys held
their business session in th;i form of
a lawn social, as the hot weather made
life indoors nearly miserable. The
boys taked newspaper till they were
black in the face, ripping one editor
up the back and handing another
bunches of bouquets. The talk was
again revived of "getting together on
prices," but no definite action was
taken. The visitors returned to their
homes that evening, with Union
occupying a favorable place in their
minds.
Those present were Lee Mayfield,
Louisville Courier; (leorge Olive,
Weeping Water Republican; Charles
Allen, Eagle Beacon; Harry E. Craves,
Union Ledger.
Dr. J. C. Munger and his attorney
William Deles Dernier, of Elmwood,
were business callers in the city Satur
day, coining to look after a number of
eases of the physician's that were filed
in justice court June -'7. On Unit date
cases were started against nine dif
ferent residents of Elmwood and vi
cinity to secure payment on bills for
medical service. The amounts in most
of ;he cases are not very large ones.
RED SOX
WIN THREE
Take Three Games From
Lincoln Stars and
Red Oak
BRANTNER'S RED SOX
ARE FAST AGGREGATION
Pete Hcrold's Drive to Lclt Garden
After Two Strikes Called
and Two Out Does
Wonders.
The last three days have been great
days for the base ball fans in l'latts
mouth, and tho local rooter has been
so full of base ball bubbles that it has
been one continual round of explo
sions. Saturday's game was played
with the fast aggregation from Omaha
who came down under the name of tho
Gas company team, but who in reality
were a team of the fatcst amateurs
Went Up to the Piste to "Kill It"
Ar! He Wd.
Pete Herold In the Ninth.
that could be gotten together to get
our goat, but there was nothing doing
and tlie" Red Sox handed them nine
goose eggs and not of the cold storage
variety either. They were manu
factured by l'a Brantner's colts in
the presence of the lias Works, and
were of the variety that were indeed
hard to swallow, but the Sox furnished
the capsules and down they went.
Bardwell, who was on the firing line
I for the locals, pitched a wonderful
GteamT He Had It to Bum.
Mighty Bardwell.
game, and the support he received
would have tickled Melter, Rholc
or Hollfiibcck to death, for it was
snappy all of the time, each of the
boys having even a reserve fund of
