THE LAW
STEPPED IN
Couple About to Leave City
Taken in by the Officers
of the Law.
TO FACE CHARGE OF
GRAND LARCENY.
Andy Brlssey and Wife Arrested
Last Night at M. P. Depot.
Last night as Andy Brisscy and
wife and their two little children
were about to board the midnight
train for the south, officers II. Trout
and Captian Young swooped down
on them and placed them under
arrest and escorted them to the county
jail. Andy was placed in jail and his
wife and the children were detained
upstairs in Deputy Ma nspeaker apart
ments. The complaint on which
the arrest was made was sworn to by
IYter Clause, and was filed with
Judge Archer, late last night, just
before the arrest was niade,charging
the accused man and his wife with
grand larceny and witlu obtaining
money under false pretense. The
value of the goods taken being claimed
to be over $50.00
Mr. Clause said concerning ,the
matter, that yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Brisscy came to his store and wanted
him to come out to the house and
place a value on some house hold
goods, with a view of buying, which
Mr. Claus did , offering her $26.00
for the goods consisting of a range,
wardrobe, tables, cupboard, chairs
and other articles, which she accpeted
at once. Mr. Clause sent right out
for the goods and paid the money
and had the goods in his store all in
a short time. Sortie of the neighbors
saw Mr. Claus at the house and after
wards saw the goods being moved to
his place of business, and at once
put Mr. Claus on tho inquiry as to
title. He learned from Mr. A. L. Tidd
who rents the house that the goods
in the dwelling were the property of
Mrs. Tagg, who is in the hospital
for the insane. Mr Claus at once got
busy and made a complaint before
Judge Archer, and on going to the
Brisscy home sometime after night
fall, found it deserted. He at once
had the police force go to the M.P.
depot as that was the only train on
which the accused could get out of
town on before morning. When the
couple were apprehended, Brisscy
had all but $1.00 of the amount
paid his wife by Mr. Claus and he
told the officers that he had expended
the dollar in getting the trunks to
the depot. The parties will be arr
raigned tomorrow, this being a legal
holiday.
PLATTSMOUTH SUCCEED
AT LINCOLN CONTEST
Fred Dawson A Plattsmouth Turn
verlne Takes Two Firsts.
Not alone in furnishing men for
successful business enterprizes is Platts
mouth successful, but also in the line
if sports her home trained athletes
are forging to the front and winning
laurels from men in other parts of j
1 he state. It has long been known
that the turnvcrine societies of Plutts-
mouth do most thorough work, and I
the fact was further emphasized this
week when at the Y. M. C. A. contest
nt University Place, Fred Dawson,
drilled in athletics in our own societies,
carried off a silver medal for first
on parallel bars, and Robert Hager
second. Mr. Dawson also won first
prize against tho Lincoln Y. M. C.A.
jn January, and a second on poles.
Col. Dempster Here.
Col. John A. Dempster, of Omaha
was in the city last evening and ad
dressed the K. & L. of S. at their
anniversary meeting.
Col. Dempster organized the first
council here fourteen years ago. He
came to Plattsmouth in January of
that year, hired the Waterman hall
and a brass band and delivered a
lecture on the order and called for
signatures, receiving seven applica
tions that evening. The first to sign
the list was Mrs. Col. J. II. Thrasher
of this city. . .
Y. M. C. A. Convention Is an
Interesting Session
. Mr. Ben Windham who has been
in attendance at the State Convention
of the Y. M. C. A. delegates at Univer
sity, sinco last Thursday returned
.home yesterday afternoon, having
imbibed some live ideas in regard to
the movement and tin; benefits to
be derived from the organization.
The meetings were held in the
largest M. E. church in Nebraska,
there bemg 259 delegates present.
The delegxates met for a reception
and banquet Thursday evening but
the work of the association did not
really commence until Friday morning
Rev. Howard A. Johnson, of Colorado
Springs was the principal speaker
and his talks were full of interest
and were attentively listened to by
the delegates. There were other
noted speakers present to address
the delegates, among them being II.
T. Hou8er of St. Louis, who spoke
on Committee work. J. N. Banks of
St.Louis spoke on finances and methods
N. A. McNight, of Champaign, 111.
was an interesting speaker, E. T. Baily
the St. Louis singer was present and
sang several selections. The univer
sity qaurtett, one of tho finest musi
cal organizations in the state sang
frequent numbers.
Mr. Windham was well pleased
with all that "he heard. Among the
delegates present were 22 students,
8 railroad men representing the three
railway Y. M. C. A's and 157 busi
ness men among theem.
There has been some agitation
concerning organizing at Plattsmouth
and Mr. Windham had a talk with
J. P. Baily of Omaha who will come
here . at any convenient time and
assist in the organization.
Dr. Martin Lectures to Y. M. C. A.
Dr. J. B. Martin lectured before
the Young Mens Bible Class of the
M. E. Sunday School, at their rooms
last evening on the subject of "First
Aid" or Emergencies". The lecture
was a scholarly effort, replete" w th
practiele suggestions to be used in
Overy day occurences so frequently
happening in the transactions of
daily life.
Dr. Martin first delt with the
human body as a whole, and it's
complex organism, incidentally re
fcring to the many accidents to
which the body is exposed, and which
so frequently and unexpectedly occur.
He then took up many of the more
frequent mishaps to the individual and
discussed the thing first to be done
in case of the particular accident.
Many valuable hints and suggestions
were left with his auditors, which
at any moment may be of service in
saving the life of some one. It is a
frequent thing when the unexpected
happens that much relief can bo af
forded if the persons present did
but know what to do till he Doctor
arrived. The young men were indeed
fortunate in procuring Dr. Martin
to deliver the talk he did, and many
expressions "o appreciation on the
part of the young men have been heard
The course this winter has been
one of much interest, and the young
men are showing their appreciation
of the good thoughts brought to
them.
THE WILLIAM GREW PLAYERS.
Laugh and the world laughs with
you, weep, and you weep alone; so
take the hint and come to the Parmele
Theatre next Friday. Leave your
cares and troubles behind, when you
come and prepare to throughly
enjoy your self, and if you don't
leave the theatre with a good feeling
in your heart for all mankind, "The
Man From Mexico," has lost it's
charm and you arc one in a thousand
that this merry farce comedy has
failed to tickle.
From the time the cutrain rises
on the first act, until the final curtain
in the last, you are kept in convulsions
of laughter by the numerous conuldy
situations that follow in rapid suc
cession. "The Man From Mexico,"
will be carefully staged and every
member of the company will be cast
to the best advantage. Mr. Grew
will of course play the "Man", and
Miss Marie Pettes, the popular Omaha
leading woman will ninkc her first
appearance with this company play
ing the leading part ot Clementina
Fitshugh. " Price 253550.
Better Yet
Mynard, Nebraska.
Editor News Herald,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:- -
In looking over the local items
in your paper of Febr. 17th I find an
item from Mynard headed'Rcmember
the Tastor." Now it seems to me that
the writer of this item must have been
a little modest in relating this in
cident for strangers would infer that
Rev. Ilarrcll's members and all the
people in the community were in
volved in presenting the beautiful
gallaway robe to the pastor. The
list of subscribers to this good enter
prise was headed by W. F. Gillespie,
and signed by twenty nine good
citizens of this community. None
of them being members of my church.
Words are inadequate to express
the emotions of surprise and gratitude
to the good people who, remembered
the pastor, with so warm a gift.
W. O. llarrell.
A. E. Hedengrcn, bridge man for
the Burlington was registered at the
Riley lust evening.
CHIEF OF POLICE
HAS A WORD.
Lincoln Olllcer Says a Few Things
About the Liquor Fight There.
Since the agitation of the liquor
question in Lincoln during the past
few weeks tho number of men arrested
for drunkenness has increased in
startling way. While everything was
quiet often days and days would go
by without an arrest for boozing, but
lately they have been picked up in
twos and threes. Acting Chief of Po
lice Malone ninde a statement yester
day afternoon in which he accused
saloonkeepers of Havclock of furn
ishing free whisky in order that men
would be picked up in Lincoln in an
intoxicated condition. "It's a case of
the brewers getting in their work,"
said Malone, "and they may think
that they are fooling some of the peo
ple, but they are not putting it over
me for an instant. I can see through
their game and know their object.
Free looze is being dished out to
people of Lincoln so that they will
be picked up here while full. The
Havclock saloonkeepers are backed by
the brewers and when manufacturers
of booze say, 'dish it out,' you can bet
that the whisky will flow as free as
water. There are a lot of professional
booze fighters who can lie used in
their game and the object is to swell
the police register with drunks so
that they can cry out that prohibition
in Lincoln has been a failure. The
poor devils who arc taking the booze
don't know that they are being over
loaded for a purpose and gulp the stuff
down as fast as it is dished out to
them. The real test has been gone
through and Lincoln has been a clean
city under the dry administration.
The brewers will try to make people
think otherwise. I certainly would
hate to see the town go wet again,
and I don't believe that it will when
people understand the true situation."
Chief Malone has been asked to
talk the temperance question in
Benadom hall in the near future. He
has had many calls to talk upon the
question but he is rather bashful about
talking from a public platform. State
Journal.
HOLDEN OF AMES
TELLS OF CONDITION.
B
Says to Farmers 'Test Your Seed
' Corn and Prevent Crop
Failure."
Corn growers face a crisis this year
on account of the severe early frost
which seriously impaired the seed
corn. 1
If this frost bitten seed is planted
this year, the yield will fall far below
what it was last season and will be
a serious loss to the farmers.
If I could give but one order to be
carried out by every corn grower in
Nebraska and Iowa, it would bo this:
Make a thorough germination test
of all seed corn to be used for planting.
Clay Clemant Dies at Kansas City.
Clay Clemant, the well known
actor and play writer, died very
suddenly in a Kansas City hospital
yesterday morning, lie will be re
membered by Plattsmouth people
as the gentleman who opened the
Parmele Theatre here about seven
years ago, at that time he played
the part of Napoleon with Blanche
Walsch as Josephine in "More than
Queen." Mr. Clemant was yet a
comparatively young man having
ccn born in ISiYi. He had been
working unusually hard of late, acting
much of the time, and nt the same time
was engaged in writing three new
plays. He had been ailing with
kidney trouble and his excessive
labor aggrivated the disease, until
uracnic poisoning set in and medical
aid could do nothing to help him.
Advertised Letters.
' Ladies:- Miss Winn Brandon, Miss
B. Johnson, Mrs. John McBridc, Miss
K. Moher,and Miss Bessie Walling.
Gentlemen:- Enal Beroiy, Frank
Ford, Elmer Hailtrom, T. E. Hough
ton, Gordon L. Jack, Geo. R. Morri
son, W. McBridc, J. W. McBridc
and Jim Mrasek.
All unclaimed by March 5th will
be sent to Dead Letter Office.
II. A. Schneider, P. M.
M. W. A. Notice.
Next Wednesday night, February
23rd. is the regular meeting night "f
Cass Camp No. 1532. All members
are requested to be present Have
a class of five candidates to initiate
and the team is in good condition
to do the work, will have smoker
after meeting. Better come up.
111-3
COUNCIL NO. 572 MEET
FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
Mrs. Clark, National Conductor
and Col. Dempster Here.
The local Natte Council No 372
of the Knights and Ladies of Security
held their fourteenth anniversary in
Coates hall last evening, and it was
a very successful and enjoyable affair.
Mrs. Gertrude Clark, of Nebraska
City, who is the National conductor
of the order, and Col. John A. Demp
ster, of Omaha, twice National Vice
President of the order, were in at
tendance and addressed tho company.
Tho order started in with a hundred
members and has now one hundred
and fifty. This council won the
prize banner for the district during
the last quarter for growth in mem
bership, the beautiful trophy was
received yesterday from Topeka, and
suspended over the chairman's desk
last night during the exercises.
A program of so ,o length was
given consisting of music and readings
by Plattsmouth talent principally
and speeches from the guests.
Instrumental solos were given by
Francis Whalen, Miss Lorainc Emmery
and Mr. Hilt Wescott. Reading
were given by Miss Marie Douglas,
Mr. Ben Windham, Mrs. William Baird
and Miss Mattie Tiller, of Hamburg.
Vocal solos were rendered by Mrs.
J. W. Gamble and Mr. B. A. Mc
Wlwain. A trio of Swedish muscinns,
composed of Mr. I). T. Kron with
violin, Mr. Gus Eriekson with triangle
and Mr. K. W. Zaegren with harp
furnished three numbers wich invoked
much applause. Mrs.Clark spoke
as did abo Col. Dempster on the
benefits of the order socially and
otherwise. After the program n three
course banquet was served in the
dining room,dancing and social conver
sation was indulged in until time for
departure.
i" WASHINGTON DOPE. $
Washington, D. C. February 22
(Special) The War is Over! By that
is meant the late Civil War, for the
Senate of the United States has said
it is over and the "wise old owls"
of the upper branch of Congress
ought to know, if anybody docs.
In some particulars as interesting
an event and as significant as one
could wish for was the effort made by
Senator Heyburn of Idahc A prevent
the loan of a number of wall tents
and accessories to the executive com
mittee of the Confederate Veteran's
Re-union which is to be held in Mo
bile, Ala., next April.
Senator Heyburn in the course of
an impassioned speech, in which
he protested that he was not
re-opening the wounds of the war,
said that when men make mistakes
and especially mistakes so grave
in their nature and far-reaching in
their results they should be the ones
to keep them in the background
rather than to bring them out for
investigation or review. That the
attempt to secure the tents for a
Confederate Vctran re-union was a
slap in the face of those who had
fought for the preservation of the
Union, and much more along similar
Lues,
When the vote was taken on the
resolution its full significance be
came apparent, for not a vote was
cast against the resolution except
that of Mr. Hepburn. His appeal
to the wearers of the blue to go on
record against the resolution fell on
deaf ears and as the names of the
Senators were called, names that arc
known in every hamlet in the country,
the occasion became historic for not
one of the legislators cared to say by
his vote that the war was still on
and those who had fought against
the Union were still outside the pale
of forgiveness. It was a lesson in
patriotism such as the Senators had
not seen in years. The war thank
God is over.
Representative Joseph E. Randall
of Louisiana, a member of the Rivers
and Harbors Committee of the House
and President of the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress !s greatly elated
over the act'on of the House comni'ttce
dealing with the subject of waterways,
in boldly proclaiming its position
in favor of an annual river and harbor
bill instead of biennial or triennial
as has been the custom heretofore.
For a number of years the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress has
advocated with all its power three
distinct principles which have been
nearly, if not quite, realized in the
bill which was reported to the House
and which passed that body recently,
These principles are first; that
appropriations for riveis and harbors
sliould.be made annually like appro
priations for the army and navy,
the postofliee department, or the
Treasury; second; that a definite
fixed policy of waterway improve
ment should be adopted and provision
made for completing great projects
within a reasonable term of years
and third that annual appropraitions
for rivers and harbors should amount
to fifty million dollars.
Tho bill as it passed the House
carries in the neighlorhood of $35,
000,000 in cash with authorizations
of nearly $0,000,000 more making a
total of $41,000,000. To this must
bo added some $9,000,000 which
will be carried in the Sundry Civil
bill and about $2,000,000 for the
operation and care of canals, removing
wrecks and snags.
It is a broad and comprehensive
measure giving due consideration to
every part of tho country which is
vitally interested in one of the greatest
problems of the day, the imperative
needs of water transportation to
handle the growing commerce of the
Nation.
Shortly after Easter, the first lady
of the land, wife of the President of
the United States is to have a new
social secretary and the women folk
in the National Capitol are on the
qui-vive at her coming. The new
secretary is Miss Mary D. Spiers,
a North Carolina girl educated in a
Woman's College in her native state
who is described as a charming con
versationalist, speaking several lan
guages and possessing in a marked
degree the tact,, diplomacy and re
sourcefulness required of one who
would discharge the exacting duties.
It is doubtful if any lWdent's
wife had as large or as varied a corres
pondence ns has Mrs. Taft. Her
lesk is threaded through and through
with letters from all "classes and
conditions of people," containing re
quests of every kind imaginable.
They are serious or foolish and some
times almost unintelligible; arc pleas
for help of various sort; requests for
souvenirs of tho White House and its
mistress; nnd above all countless
letters pleading for photographs and
autographs. All this is in addition
to the .heavy social correspondence
which Mrs. Taft's position demands,
the letters of congratulation and
condolence, the notes of acceptance
and regret and a thousand and one
communications to which tho name
of the gentlo mistress of the White
House must be signed. .
And Mrs. Taft signs all her letters
personally, which necessarily takes
time although her secretary relieves
her of much of the routine matter
by writing the less important letters,
but even this saving of time is hardly
noticablc in the many demands made
upon the mistress of the White House.
Miss Bleck whose engagement with
Mrs. Taft will terminate after Easter
is to be married during the coming
Spring to Lieut. Richard Wninwright,
Jr., son of Admiral AVa'nwright and
she will take away a most inccrsting
memento of her sojourn in the White
House in the shape of a scrapbook
containing many amusing and pe
culiar notices and documents which
have come to her during her stay.
Firemen Notice.
The fire department will hold a
special meeting tomorrow, Wednesday
February 23rd, at 7:30 P. M.. The
special meeting is held for the purpose
of erecting the hose house on west
Main, everybody that is interested
in the matter is invited to be present.
Emous Ptak, Pres.
Anton II. Koubek, Ch'f
Gladstone and Tobacco.
One of tho few accomplishment
which Gladstone never acquired was
the art of smoking. 11 is few at
tempts in this direction are reported
to have been dismal failures. Only
once was he known to try a ciga
rette, tho occasion being one even
ing when King Edward, then Prince
of Wales, was his guest at Downina
street. After dinner the prince de
sired to emokc, and Gladstone, with
fine courtesy, sought to place his
guest at case by at least lighting a
cigarette. In later years the "grand
old man" one day accused his sec
retary of smelling of tho weed. "No
wonder," was the reply. "I've been
over half an hour with Sir William
Hareourt." "What! Does Hai
court smoke?" exclaimed Gladstone.
"You must tell him to be careful
always to change his clothes before
lie comes to mo! Westnunstei
Gazette.
hii Portrait.
One of the members of a certain
mburban photographic society re
cently delivered a lecture, illustrat
ed by lantern views. Another mem
ber, thinking to have a joke at the
expense of the lecturer, slipped in
among tho slides a lantern portrait
of himself. Tho joko would come
in, of course, by tho portrait ap
pearing on the screen immediately
after the lecturer had announced
the appearing of something quite
different. Fate and chance were
unluckily against the humorist, for
when his portrait was presented the
lecturer, without knowing what win
on tho screen, gravel v read from bis
list:
"Tho next slide, ladies nnd gen
tlemen, is the picture of a refrac
tory donkey!"
PIONEER
IS DEAD
George Sitzman of Cedar
Creek Pas$es Away at
His Residence.
HAD BEEN UNWELL
FOR NEARLY A YEAR
Was on the First Train That
Crossed the First Burlington
Bridge.
George Sitzman, an old settler-of
Cass county died yesterday after
noon at his home near Cedar Creek
after an illness extending nearly a
year. The funeral will be held Thurs
day afternoon from the -Catholic
church in this city, immediately after
the arrival of tho Schuyler train, about
ten o'clock and the buriel will be at
the Catholic cemetery.
Mr. Sitzman was born in Germany
October 18th, 1S-17 and came to this
country in 1S72, going to Indiana
where ho resided till he came to Neb
raska and located in Plattsmouth in
1880. lie was on the first train which
crossed the Burlington bridge at
this place and worked for the Bur
lington road for 21 years, when he
moved to Cedar Creek and went to
farming, where ho has since resided.
Ho was sixty-three years of age
and leaves seven sons and three
daughters, all of which live in Cass
county. It is requested that as many
as possible of the friends of the family
e present at the funeral on Thursday'
morning.
BLISH WINS SUIT
AGAINST BURLINGTON.
Jury Returns Vlrdlct lor Plaintiff
In sum ol $10,000.
The case of Blish against the Bur
lington for $25,000 damages for the
loss of his foot was submitted to the
jury last night.
The jury was out about two hours
and returned a sealed verdicti nto the
court and were allowed to sepcrate
until this morning, when they appeared
before Judge Travis in the district
court room and delivered their verdict
which was received and read. The
vcridct was" for the plaintiff in the
sum of $10,000. It is not known
whether cither or both sides will
appeal. It is said the Company offered
the sum of $5500 by way of compro
mise to avoid the expense and time of
litigation with the uncertainties of
the outcome. Plaintiff declined, under
the advice of his attorney.
BOOM FOR SQUASH RACKETS.
National and Intercity Championship
Scheduled to Be In Philadelphia.
That greater Interest than ever In
being taken lu squash rackets was
evidenced at the ret cut sixth annual
meeting of the United States Squash
Racket association lu Philadelphia.
All the clubs holding membership in
tho association were represented. The
treasurer reported that the flininees of
the association were In a most, nourish
ing condition, nnd the secretary report
ed that overtures had been received
from New Yolk, Pittsburg amlAI
tooua, I'a.. with a view to these cltlej
becoming members of the organization,
nnd it Is- more than probablo that they
will be enrolled as members In due
course.
It was decided that the Intercity
championship between Boston, Phila
delphia and Hnltlniore shall be played
this year nt Baltimore on Feb. 11 nnd
12 and that the national champion
ships shall be held at the Racket
club from Feb. 2S to March 5, inclu
sive. Took tno boy'a View.
A well known London omedlan watt
starring at n music hall In a large
town when he heard from a friend
(bat tho son of the landlady where he
pud taken rooms was going round the
town stating that the star was rotteu
and not worth going to see.
The comedian went homo and called
the landlady and said: "Madam, you
would not like mo to leave your rooms
and in the next town I went to tell
my friends that were likely to visit
you that your rooms were bad, Well,
your little boy has made a statement
that 1 am no uso as u star, uml I
should like you to take him to tusk
for it. Mease don't lilt liiin. but speak
to uini sternly nnd severely."
The lnudlady waited till the boy's
father came home from work nnd told
hi in about It.
Tho father gave the boy a sound
thrashing nnd sent him to bed. went
that night to the hall to Bee the come
dian net, returned home, woke the bo;
up and apologized to him.