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WRECK ON
C. R. I. & P.
Passenger Train Jumps tha
Track and 45 Are
Killed.
DOULLE liEADER
SI'KLAD THE KAILS
Many Iowa Teoplc on the List of '
Killed and Injured.
Forty fic persons were killed and
forty injured, many ,f them fatally,
ia a wierk four and u half miles north
vf Green Mountain, at S:l(i a. in.
jf a Chicago, Uook Island A
Pacific train. 'J'he train, whieh was
a combination of No. 1!) from Chicago
itnd o. 21 fiom St. Louis, hound for
Minneapolis was hems detoured ovci
the tracks of tlio Chicago (ireat Wes
tern road. Running at about thirtv
miles an hour in a cut north of Green
Mountain, it struck a spread rail
it is helievcd. Tlie pilot locuinotivc
jumped the track and with terrific
force, was buried in a hank of soft
iy. A second locomotive, coupled
behind the first, rolled over, and the
impact of the sudden stop hurled all
the rear ears forward.
A coach, a smoker and a Pullman
car were smashed to splinters, almost
all the occupants being killed or in
jured. The superstructure of the Pull
man car was literally .shaved off, and
was jammed like a ramrod through the
sim.ker and day coach.
Many p;isengers were aparenily
killed outright. Heads were severed
from bodies and arms and legs were
rut olT. The wreckage was almost
ArilliSfttl U tl !i 1,1. ww I Si, , f i I,..
" ...til .f.v;i.. ,l Mil I FWt l-
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u being crushed beyond recogniuou
by tl:e mass e f trtisied mils and splin-
tavd cars. A few of I In- p.:s-ici;gr.-uere
found sul! living, with a rod or
.splinter impaling them in the wreck.
Decapitated bodies wen1 picked t:;
and it was ulnrt impossible to cor
rectly as.-ort the dismembered pu:is.
The wreck occurred at a point dif
ficult to reach wiih prompt rclhf.
Such bodies as coeld be pulled out wen
stretched out i:j an adjoining pasture.
IJut first aiiei'ii..u was then to h
wounded. The cries of ihesc coining
from beneath the cars and from places
which were walled in were pitiful.
Fortunately the wreckage did not taki
hre.
An explanation given by the rail
yiael was that the train was being de
loured on account cf u blockade due to
a freight wreck at Shellbtirg, Ja.
The section from St. Louis, which left
St. Louis at 2:15 p. in. Sunday, and
the section from Chicago, whieh left
at 4:15 p. in. Sunday, had been con
solidated at Cedar Rapids. They were
to be run as seporatc trains from
Waterloo. The St. Louis section is
operated by the Rock Island in eon
junction with the Chicago, Burlington
& Quiney.
STILL AFTER
THE WOMAN
Officers Seem Determined to Make
Charges Serious as Possible.
A search warrant was issued yester-
y atternooii on tlie union .vmior
place that was raided Saturday night
and a small quantity of beer was sei.od.
All the officers could find for some time
was the empty bottles, but following
on the supposition that where you
linf the bear tracks you 11 generally
find the bear, they followed the trail
of the dead soldiers until they found
the wooden box with the handle holes
on the sides.
The authorities have definite proof
that 4 he booze has been sold at this
place without a license and the pro
prietor will probably have to face
this rather serious charge before being
released from the grip of the law.
The four women who had their
preliminaries Monday morning will
imve their trial tomorrow at ten
o'clock.
River High.
The river rose steadily during the
night and all during the day continued
to creep up toward the railroad grade
east of town. It is not as high as it
was during the Juno rise last year, but
it is about the highest it has oyer boon
at this season of the year. The big
sand bar near the Burlington depot
is nearly covered and the water lias
JTaokod over the wagon road in some
places. This seems to be n caper
mused solely by the Missouri for the
rb.tte is running very low in its banks.
SAID SVOBODA MADE
. TOO MUCH NOISE
jtt'as Up Before Judjc Arclierl
and Drew Small Fire. !
( Knmi Tuesday's Iail) j
Thomas Scdlock, a resident f th.1 1
west si.le, appi a red Life ire lee ju.iiee
of the peace vesterilay morning and!
swore o.it a complaint :.ii:-1 Janus!
i
,h-!ik, Joseph Svoboda and his on nl
father in law . Frank I'o llesak on the'
charge of di.-turl ing the peace fyj
swearing, and cursing his wife on last!
Saturday night.
Scdlock dot sn't seem to be wry well '
acquaint) d w'itli the matters of law
for. wiien the men had been aniagned
before Judge Archer, he explained hoi
only wanted the other two fellows as I
witii'sses againct Svoboda. Jelik was I
dismissed by the judge, w hile Foeilesak
who was (hunk was fined SI and costs.
Svoboda faced the music this morn
ing and admitted he had been a little
hilarious and profane the other night
while polluted and was fined the dol
lar and trimmings, after ho had prom
ised to turn over a new leaf.
Charles Dell to Burlington, Ia.
Charles Hell who has been foreman
of the local Burlington machine shops
for years, has been transferred to
Burlington, la., at his own request.
Mr. Bell has been employed by the
road for about twenty-five years and
was one of the most export men in
the shops, lie has always given the
best of satisfaction to the company
and was a friend of nearly every man
on the local payroll.
The family iymiIo on high school
hill and in the fifteen years that they
have lived in the city, they have made
numbers of firm friends that will more
than ngrel their departure from
this locality, but they all unite in e
tc nding the lot of wish' s to the good
family that is lea ing their ranks.
The Bills will s;ari for their future
home Saturday evening on No. 2.
Mr. Bell will be succeeded by (ieorge
Dt Long, formerly employed in the
company's shops at llawleek, who ar
rived in town today to take up the
work.
Hansen Funeral Thursday.
I From Tuesday's Daily)
As spoki n of in yesterday's News
(ieorge Hansen, one of the oldc.-t set
tlers of the county, passed away at
his home near Nchawka about four
o'clock Monday morning. Mr. Han
sen was tS2 years of age at the time of
his death which was caused by com
plications of old age.
He was born in Holstein, Germany
and came to this country in lS5i.
In 1S01, he married a German girl,
Mi.vs Minnie Obernolty, who died at
the Hansen homo, about six years ago.
Most of his life was devoted to farm
ing and he owned a large amount of
land in the vicinity of Nehawka.
The old pioneer is survived be six
married children, all but one of them
living near the Hansen place. They
are George, Charles and August
Hanson and Mrs. Dysart, Mrs. John
Knabe and Mrs. Emma Obernolty
of Minnesota.
Mr. Hansen was a member of the
German Lutheran Church and the
services w ill be in charge of the Gorman
iniuiKter, Rev. F. Spriegel. The fun
eral will be held from the residence
Thursday afternoon at 2:30.
Mrs. Wilkinson Improlng.
(From Tuesday's Daily)
T. T. Wilkinson returned from Om
aha yesterday afternoon w here he had
been to see his sick wife. Mrs.
Wilkinson is confined at the Immanuol
hospital and following an operation
several weeks ago she recently con
tracted a cold that settled in a mild
form of typhoid-pneumonia. Her con
dition the last part of the week was
quite serious, but Mr. Wilkinson,
in a short visit at the News office,
stated that she seemed to be very
much improved today and was resting
much easier. It is expected she will
be well out of danger now in a day or
two.
Deserter Caught Here.
Arthur Doty was arrested bv Slier
iff Quinton yesterday morning at one
of the city hotels on the advice re
ceived in a telegram from Kussol,
Wyoming. The man was placed in
the county jail to await further in
structions from the Wyoming town,
and the sheriff received word from the
army officials today that he was
wanted for desertion from the I'nited
States Regulars at Fort Kussol. This
moans n neat little sum for the sheriff
for. Uncle Sam pays a good reward
for the return of any man deserting the
army. Quint on will turn his charge
over to the government at Fort Crook,
the nearest military post, cither to
night or in the morning.
FIREMEN WILL NOT STRIKE
THE DISPUTE IS SETTLED
A Compromise With the Western Railroad Managers
Effected at Yesterday's Meeting.
BROUGHT TO AN AGREEMENT
BY ACTIONS OF COMMISSIONER NEILL
He Declared That Unless Action Was Taken in 24
Hours He Would Return to Wahington.
CHICAGO, March 22 All ques
tions in dispute between the 27,000
firemen on western railroads and the
railroad managers will be amicably
settled, according to an arrangement
reached today through the aid of
I'nited States Commissioner of La
bor C 1'. Xeill. It was agreed by
W. S. Carter president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive liremen and En
giueiuen, and his committee, and the
general managers committee, repre
senting the forty seven railroads in
volved, to settle the controversy in
the following manner:
The question of seniority, or the
promotion of oh! time firemen over
new men, and ihc question of new
representation by the u.iion of firemen
who have been promoted to be en
gineivif !i, are to be compromised be
fore any arbitration is attempted.
The demand of the men for an in
crease i.f wages of 12 1-2 per cent is
then to bo submitted to arbitration
under the Er linan act.
In previous negotiations the rail
road had agreed to arbitrate the wage
question, but had declined to ivrbi
tra!e the other two points on the
From Tuesday's Daily.
Sheriff Quinton went to Avoea to
day to si-rve papers.
1". G. l'rickc is attending to matters
of business in Omaha today.
John Gilson and his invalid wife
took one eif the morning trains for
Omaha.
Judge Travis of the district court
boarded an early train today bound
for Lincoln.
The P. E. O. society will meet Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
II. X. Dovcy. 2t
V. V. Loanord was among the- city's
business visitors in Omaha going up
on number fifteen.
Miss Fern Groenslatc of Omaha was
in Plattsmouth today the guest of
Miss Gertrude Beeson.
Attorney DelcsDernicr of Elmwood
was in the city today in the interest of
the K. J. Hudson estate.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry PfeilTor of
Philadelphia are guests at the Goring
home.
Mrs. Myrtle Mark took an early
train this morning expecting to spend
the day in the metropolis.
Mrs. J. F. Clugoy and daughter
are spending the day in Omaha,
going up on one of the early trains.
Mr. John Troup and wife ef Louis
ville were among the visitors in the
city yesterday registering at the Per
kin's House.
St. Luke's Church daily services
at 4:30 p. m. every day this week
except Friday. Good Friday resvieos
10 a. m., 12 to 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. George Saylos ef Cedar Creek
who has been visiting for some time
with her son Gctrge K. Sayles, left this
morning for a short pleasure trip to
Omaha.
Miss Emma Kaufman was among
those who started for the metropolis
this morning on the S:15 train. She
will spend the clay with friends in
that eitv.
Mrs. Josephine Langston of Have
lock, who has been entertained for
several days nt the homo of Mrs.
Thomas Wiles, left this morning for
her home.
St. Mary's Guild will hold a special
mooting Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the homo of Mrs. E. W.
Cook. Business of special impor
tance will be trancasteel.
ground that they were points of dis
cipline and authority only.
It was learned that both sides were
brought to an agreement to compro
mise through the insistence of Com
missioner Xeill that something had
to bo done quickly. Mr. Xeill in
formed each side that mediation had
been in progress since last Thursday
and that apparently no progress had
been made. He. declared that unless
action was taken in twenty-four hours
he would return to Washington. The
decision to arbitrate followed quickly.
The geiidal managers tonight issued
th" follow ins: statement: "The mil-
I roads have in; statement to make other
jthe.n thai a settlement of the whole
matter probably would bo made t-
morrow which will be satisfactory to
i both, sides."
Carter dd he had no comment to
make. The board of arbitration which
will hear the wage dispute under the
Krdman act, will be composed of one
member appointed by the firemen.
i ' no appointed by tlie railroads and one
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. i n in i i i in-i iiiiii iii.iii in uie inter
state commerce commission, the latter
to act as judge.
Louis C. Todd one of the up to date
residents of Xehawka drove down in
his automobile yesterday and kicked
up a little dust em the Plattsinout li
streets with his benzine buggy.
Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Marks and two
daughters residents of Ord left this
morning for their home town. Thev
ha v e been, guests for a number of d'iys
at th residence of C. E. Cook in this
city.
W. A. Wood of Louisville, the well
known artist and Thomas Parmole
drove up from Louisville yesterday
in Mr. Parmele's Stoddanl-Daytoii.
They left early this morning for the
return spin.
L. G. Panokin from the vicinity
of Grant.Xobraska, is spending a short
time at the residence of A. A. Koossler
in this city. He went up to Omaha
today for a short visit, expecting to
return to Plattsmouth cither tonight
or in the morning.
Mrs. C. II. Vallery and Mrs. E.
Shaw went to Omaha for the day to
see Mrs. Nettie Meisinger who has un
dergone an operation at the St. Jo
soph's hospital in that city. Mrs.
Meisinger is report eel to be doing very
nice ly and her quick, recovery is looked
for.
Mrs. Edward Fonton was hero from
South Bond and complained that John
Lish who was up before Judge Tiavis
for bootlegging and who was naroled
had arrived homo in a beastly state of
intoxication and had boon very di
orderly.
A lire alarm was turned in this nf
ternoon about 2:30 from the T. T.
Wilkinson residence in the west part
of the city, but the services of the de
partment were not needed, for the fire
was out long before the hose cart ar
rived. A fire on the lawn of the place
sot fire to a fence and fearing a bad
blaze the alarm was sent in.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kriskey and
family of Omaha have been visitors
at the Kriskey residence for the past
few days. They we're called here
during the sickness of his mother Mrs.
Katherine Kriskey, but her condition
is much improved and the Omaha
people returned to their home this
morning on the early Burlington.
Miss Gladys Marshall went to Om
aha today to attend the wedding of
Charles Loypoldt and Anna Karsh.
Mr. Loypoldt, the groom, has visited
a number of times in Plattsmouth and
is quite well known to many of the
younger set. Miss Marshall with
her sweet voice will render n vocal
solo at the ceremony this afternoon.
DISTRICT COURT
IN SHORT SESSION
t
All Tried Plead Guilty and Peni
tentiary Terms Im
posed. (From Tuesday's Dally)
The most interesting session of dis
trict court that has convened this
year was held yesterday afternoon in
the- district court rooms ef the Cass
County building. Three eases were
up dining the course; eif the al'teinoon
iintl all of the defendants plead guilty
to their charges. The men before: the
judge were- not of the usual tvpo of
criminals that generally figure in such
scrapes, but were nearly all young fel
lows that had strayed for the. first
time from the straight and narrow
path. It w;
One of the tirst eases to bo brought.
up was that of Arthur Brann. the al
leged hor.se thief. Brann plead guilty
and was sontenecel by Jtielge Travis
to a term of three years at harel labor
in the penitentiary ami forced to nav
the costs of the prosecution. Mfcv
Brann was charged with stcalinc
two teams and disposing of them at
Lincoln, i ho teams were the pron-
erty of Fred Creamer ami Fred Lake
from the vicinity of Wabash ami Mur-
(lock. liratin liail ret use-el to accept
the bail of his father ami uncle and re-
iiiaineel in the county jail until his
trial. Ho had hoped for a little more
leniency than was given him, ami
when his sentence was read bv the
judge, he ami his father seemed very
badly aflectcel.
John Lish, the South Bend man who
was arrested for selling liquor without
a license, plead guilty to the charge
ami was given a fine of Slot) ami costs
prosecution and in default of payment
is to be confined in the county jail.
The judge suspended the sentence dur
ing the good behavior of the fellow,
this "good behavior" moaning that
he will neithei touch, taste, nor handle
liquor of any description, or in other
weirds, he? must be a total abstainer
for the ten years to come
It was advised by .some' of lash's
friends to pay the fine' now and have
it all eive-r with, but Lish decided to
make a stab nt the dry life and he
clamored aboard the water wagon
to try his luck.
The third of the interesting eases
was that of James Lynch and Henry
Harrison charged with store break
ing at Weeping Water. Those men
also plead guilty and drew a peniten
tiary term of two .years each. These
wore the two men of a trio that broke
into the clothing store of Boone &
Davis in Weeping Water a week ago
Monday night and secured a Dumber
of article's of clothing besides fitting
themselves out in the latest styles
from the stock. They were arrested
a few days later in Louisville", after
the supposed leader hael made his got
away, ami placed in the city jail.
They were finally landed in the county
jail after nearly making their escape
fronm the Louisville jail where they
were confined for the night.
It was with some pain thut the judge
sentenced the two fellows as the youn
ger of the two was hardly more than a
boy and it appeared to be his first
criminal offence. The older to have
boon married in the fall, and when the
judge read his sentence of two years,
it was too much for him and he broke
down completely.The prospects seeiued
to look bright for him getting out
of his confinement before the full time
of his sentence is served..
The court was adjourned by the
judge until next Saturday, the twenty-sixth.
Large Funeral at Union.
(From Tuesday's Dally) '
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Gilorist
Barnum was held yesterday afternoon
from her former home just west of
I'nion, the services being conducted
by Rev. W. W. Harm of the Nebraska
City Episcopal church.
Mrs. Barnes came to Nebraska in
IStiO as a bride and from that date,
has always liveel on the farm where
she dioel. She died at the age of 78
years, her death being caused by an
attack of pneumonia. The deceased
leaves a granddaughter Mrs. Ward
Cheney and a daughter-in-law Mrs.
Hattie Barnum who both reside on
the Itanium place at Tnion. .
The funeral was one of the largest
ever held in Union and the flower
decorations were beautiful. The hon
orary pallbearers wore E. E. Woolsoy,
M. H. Shoemaker, Charles Swann,
Ketiben Foster, Dr. W. N. Bennett of
Lincoln and J. N. Stone. The active
pallbearers Albert Bennett of Lincoln,
W. It. Banning, Harold Switzcr,
J. T. Keynohls, II. W. Le.nl and
Mont Kol.b.
Final settlement was made in the
estate of Frank G. Brown, W. II.
Meeker the ailministrator of the es
tate, of Greenwood, ami O. B. Polk
of Lincoln the attorney were in attendance.
TYPE NEVER FOUND
NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT
HUSBAND EXISTS.
But, to Be Quite Fair In the Matter,
Writer Also Assert That There
Is No Such Thing aa a
Perfect Wife.
A distinguished lecturer, who has
also won fame In the pulpit. Is going
nrountl the country ch'scrlblng the per
fect husband, and Is received with de
lighted audiences of women. It Is
much to be regretted that men are not
in attendance We tire not aware that
there are many perfect husbands In
the world, and if the learned lecturer
has some new points which will In
crease! the serenity of the domestic
hearthstone the men nhould have
them.
It does not soem to have occurred to
the women who are so enthusiastic
over this typical but unround perfect
husband that ho will never be happy
without a perfect wife. We admit that
as a rule women are better than men
In the largo morals of life, but the
perfect one has not been discovered.
Hence the domestic squabbles, hence
the divorce courts, henco these tears.
The perfect husband has a large load
to carry, nnd it is much to be feared
that ho finds life a burden at times
because of his lack of sympathy. The
perfect wife, if she exists, is always
saddled on to human imperfection of
the male variety nnd much is the fuss
made about It, Men are content, like
the humble beings that they are, to
take their troubles silently, but wives
feel that the world Is entitled to know
the burden of their sorrows.
All of which la slush, of course.
There is neither a perfect man nor wo
man in the world, and it isn't particu
larly desirable that there should be
until the general average of humanity
is higher. What we want In this world
Is all the contentment, happiness and
entertainment that is possible and
laudLule It is impossible that there,
should be a quiet borne without fric
tion, but It Is quite possible and essen
tial that the difficulties be reduced to
the minimum. f
The whole trouble with the matri
monial situation to-day is that there is
so little of the willing mind on either
side to seek an accommodation. In
married life there is a necessary com
promise between two Individual na
tures. Wiso couples are willing to es
tablish a home based on mutual help.'
The unwise couples rush to home and
ninther and then to the divorce courts.
People in this world who complain of
trouble have usually themselves to
blame. Most of the troubles we have
never happen, and such as occur may,
for the most part, be-avoided. The
perfect man and woman are not neces-'
sary, but the sensible man and wife
do not need the law or the prophets to
make them hnppy In their own home.
It takes two persons nlways to make
a quarrel, nnd It Is easier to effect a
happy compromise than most persons
imagine.
Some people think married life a
torment. If so, it is because they have
remarkable facilities for making it so.
The world is filled with happy homes.
Philadelphia Ledger. . v
Changing America.
We admit and regret the fact that
England Is far better known to our
trans-Atlantic visitors than Is the
United States to British travelers.
We wish it were possible to extend
by any means among all persons of
tolerable means and leisure on this
side a personal knowledge of the re
public. If there Is a real danger It
lies in this, that after a few years our
experience or Ideas of the United
States tend to fall behind the facts.
For Americans belong to a country
which, If no longer so young as It
was, Is still passing swiftly through,
phase after phase of transition. Emi
gration decade after decade pours la
millions upon millions of alien men.
They are received, absorbed, assimi
lated. Out It Is the greatest mistake
In the world to imagine that in ao
quiring American characteristics they
contribute no Influence to American
society. They modify insensibly, but
Inevitably, to a greater or less extent,
the collective psychology of the
United States as a nation. -London -Daily
Telegraph.
"Way Out West."
The William Grew Players will ap
pear in a.woll known military comedy
entitled, "Way Out West," from the
pen of Ferdinand Grahamme, well
known in newspaper and social circles
in Minneapolis at the Parincle theater
on next Friday March 25, 1910. This
beautiful story of life upem the plains,
was first presented by the Dick Ferris
company in I'.tOl, who was at that
time, appearing in stock nt the Lyric
theater in Minneapolis. The play at
traotetl considerable attention by its
resemblance to "Arizona" but the critic
claimed that the play had many fine
points that the above play lacked. The
action of the play takes place in and
about Fori G'hsem, in Italian Tcni
tory around the year l'lu, during- the
Apache opi'is'inn under old chief Ger
onimo. The piece is historically cor
rect in every detail, nrnl full of action,
but eltios not stop into the atmosphere
of melodrama. All eif the Grew fav
orites will be in the cast inchidiiiK Mr.
Moharry the imvv member of the com
pany who will appear in the part ho
created in the original production.