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PAID FINE
LEFT TOWN
Skirts From Happy Hollow
Do the Disappearing
Specialty.
THE GRACE MILLER
CASE IS SETTLED.
Change Their Plea to Guilty and
Shake the Plattsmouth Dust
From Their Shoes.
(From Friday's Daily)
A big surpri.se was pulled oil in the
Miller ease this morning when the
women suddenly changed their plan
of procedure and make quick steps
to Ret out of town, while the sensa
tional trial went up in smoke.
Yesterday afternoon ut their trial
the women plead not guilty to their
charges and asked for a change of
venue on the grounds of prejudice
and hias of the judge. The change
was granted after the transcript fees
were protestingly paid and the ease
was to be brought up under James
Rishel, a justice of the peace located
in this town' Under whom they
would probably have had their trial
Monday but they didn't seem to like
the way the affair was dragging so
this morning they paid off and dis
missed their attorney Judgo Sullivan.
Grace Miller then appeared at Judge
Archer's office with her three girls and
entered the plea of guilty to selling
liquor after eight o'clock, unlawfully
keeping and selling liquor and running
a house of prostitution. .She drew a
total fine of nearly $180.00.
For selling beer after eight o'clock
she drew a fine of $100 and costs of
$16.65; for selling without a license,
no fine was imposed but the costs,
S5.M) were added up to her little bill.
For being a state nuisance, the judge
imposed the maximum fine of S")0
ami trimmings of $0.6"). After pay
ing a sum of S 13.35 and all the costs
of the proceedings, making $50 in all,
the remainder of her fine was sus
pended provided she leave town at
once. This she agreed to do as soon
as she could pack her belongings,
but if she ever returns to this town,
.she will find a neat fine of about $130
looking her in the face.
The girls all plead guilty to the
charge of being prostitutes and drew
a fine of $50 w hich was also suspended
on the condition the't they leave at
once. Their costs, amounting to about
$8.00 were paid by (Jrace Miller and
they were given their walking notices.
Spectacular Runaway.
One of K. A. Wurl's delivery wagons
full of groceries figured in a ruin
away Wednesday that would rank
well with one of Carnum k Bailey's
thrillers. The team was driven by
one of the regular drivers broke loose
from its moorings at the top of Wintcr
steen Hil1, where it had been tied,
!ind started in a mad dash down the
hill. According to eye witnesses of
the performance, the wagon was
trailing out in the air behind the horses,
like the tail of Bailey's comet, but
when the outfit struck the bridge neat
the foot of the hill, the first specialty
of the performance took place. The
wagon hit the steel structure and
pilled down into the creek, the horses
breaking loose aficr a desperate strug
gle, iiirain took tin the pi-cc down the
i reel and brought up against the side
of rumors coal olliee witn toe lorce
of a stray freight ear. Picking them
selves up, they ran through the scales
on the place and again tell, and be
fore they were up for a fresh start,
I hey were caught by some of the men
in the yards. The wagon box anil
seat were badly damaged, the horses
somewhat, briuiscd and the driver
spent the rest of the day picking up
beans and chewing tobacco out of
the granulated sugar that was strung
out over the hill.
Death of Dr. J. IV. Conies.
Dr. J. W. Cowles of Weeping
Water, aged seventy nine, died of ap
oplexy at his home at midnight
Wednesday, after a sickness of about
two weeks. Dr. Cowles was bom in
Amber, New York, in 1831, was mar
ried to Miss Mary Rhodes in 1866,
and came to Nebraska in 1SN0, He
was a pioneer in Furnas county, anil
practiced medicine in that part of
the country for about twenty five years
His home was at Cambridge. Since
his retirement about four years ago,
he has lived at Weeping Water.
During the civil war he was a sur
geon in a New York regiment.
(V He is survived by his wife and an
only daughter, Mrs. Carl Day.
Mrs. Day and her husband has been
touring Europe for the last four months
sailed for homo only yesterday.
COMMISSIONER I KILDRICII
HAD A HOT TIME.
In a Heated Game of IMnoehle His
Coat Caught Fire.
(From Friday's Daily;
Martin Fiiedrich, one of the good
commissioners of Cass County, nar
rowly escaped an untimely death yes
terday afternoon by cremation, and
not in a crematory either, but in one
of the well known buildings on Main
street. Mr. Fiiedrich stated todaj
that at the time of the happening he
was entirely unprepared to answer the
hurry-up call of the gray old man with
the big sythe and he is mighty glad
he escaped the summons. Such an ex
perience as he had is indeed trying to
any man.no irfatter how iron like his
constitution may be and it was no
ticed this morning when Friedrich
was seen on the streets in company
wiih two insurance men and the grae
yard sexton, that a number of stray
gray hairs had appeared on his worthy
head.
To give the prelude of the affair,
it must be understood what a great
stand-in the game of pinochle has with
the business nun of the town. It is
the old card game that half the people
in the country are dippy over, and its
epidemic in Plattsmouth is about
as serious as it could be. Every af
ternoon and evening the enthusiasts
around town gather around the lound
table or an old cracker box, as the
case may be, and display their skill
at the game. Then the grocery
man's customers wonder why theii
sugar sacks are covered with pinochle
scores.
Well, yesterday afternoon a number
of the pinochle gang got together for
a little session at the Coos house and
the game waxed into a hot one. Mar
tin seemed to be drawing the small
end of the deal, and the more he
played, the hotter he got. The com
missioner got moie excited with every
deal and finally he got so hot his coat
tail caught fire and the flames started
to reduce the healthy commissioner
to a eharred corpse; but here is where
his partner's saved the day, Ami also
the commissioner, for one of them
seized a bucket of suds and covered
the distressed gentleman with the
contents till he looked like the Falls
of Minnehaha. The fire alarm that
was turned in was called off and the
garden hose that was hurried onto the
scene was not brought into use.
Martin breathed a great sigh of re
lief when he got the burning article
off his back and in the excitement
said he'd never play another game
like that.
Motion for New Trial.
The motion for a new trial is being
I card before Judge Troup at Omaha
in the old Louisville bridge ease of
cass County against Sarpy. It is
the famous old case where Cass county
brought suit against Sarpy for its
share in the expense in rebuilding a
wagon bridge at Louisville, which has
long been destroyed. It is certain
that Cass county will get something
out of Sarpy when the case is settled,
for the Supreme Court once decided
that just payment be made by Sarpy
for its share of the expense. A new
trial may be granted and a change
of venue secured.
Chicken Pie Dinner at Mynard.
(From Friday's Daily)
Mrs. E. 1'. Goodwin who lives at
Mynard was hostess today at a Good
Friday dinner which was given at her
comfortable home. The affair was
given for Mrs. Glenn's Sunday school
class of the Methodist church and
a delightful time was enjoyed by the
little crowd that was present. A num
ber of the Plattsniout'a residents at
tended the gathering and those who
sat down to the fine chicken pie dinner
were, Mrs. Kuiser. Mrs. Fry, Mrs.
Karnes, Mrs. Swift, Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. Harrell,
Mr. Mont Robb, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Propst, Wayne Propst, D wight Propst,
Loretta Propst, Roberta Propst, Rev.
Austin and Mrs. Goodwin.
Masked Party Last Night.
(From Fridays Dally)
A pleasant surprise party was
given County Judge Beeson and
wife last evening at their home up
near the Missouri Pacific depot by
a small crowd of his friends in that
part of town. The judge has re
cently sold his place there and before
the family left that part of town to
make their home on North Fifth
street, the neighbors decided to give
them a little send off. The guests
arrived all masked and according to
reports this morning the affair must
have been a glorious success, After
an evening of games and music, the
guests indulged in an old time dutch
lunch.
John Vrish and family drove up
from Murray last evening in their
automobile and spent sotno time chug
ging around the Plattsmouth Btreets.
MOUNT ETNA IN SICILY
IN VIOLENT ERUPTION
Troublesome Old Volcano
Great Loss
GREAT LAVA FLOW TRAVELS 100 FEET AN HOUR
Earth Quakes Crumble Buildings and Peasants Flee in
Horror to Places of Safety.
CATANIA, Sicily, March 21.
Mount Etna, whose eruptions in the
past have wrought great destruction, is
again in aviolent slate of activity. A
pronounced movement within the cra
ter began last evening, steadily in
creasing in volume and tonight the
gratest fears are entertained as to the
results if the eruption continues in its
present violent form. From Catania
a correspondent motored in the di
rection of the mountain. Beyond
the village of Masculucia, twelve miles
in a direst line from the crater, a thick
curtain of smoke was encountered
which entirely concealed Etna.
At Xieolosi, ten miles from the cra
ter, the entire population has gathered
in the square to watch the volcano,
which appeared as a black phantom
above. Now and then it was il
luminated with flashes of light appear
ing almost red. Higher up the rain
of cinders became thicker and ex
tended like a veil across the mountain.
A deep roaring was hear and de
tonations like the sound of artillery,
following one another in quick suc
cession, while the earth shook under
foot.
Proeeedinc a little further along
four colossal columns of black smoke
could be observed. Occasionally they
were cut by flashes of fire, presenting
an awe-inspiring appearance. Then
the wind opened the clouds for a mom
ent and a wide strip of fire could be
seen in the distance, advancing with
monstrous contortions. It fell like
From Friday's Daily.
Bruce Rosenerans hit out this morn
ing to pay Omaha a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Haldeman made
a short trip to Omaha today.
Miss Anna Rys was in Omaha to
day returning on an evening train.
Grosvcnor Dovcy was among the
Plattsmouth travelers to the Gate City
today.
W. F. and James Chalfant hailed
for Omaha today to spend the day
on business.
Miss Lolhi Burianek made a short
pleasure trip to Omaha today going
up on No. lo.
Alva Haney a citizen of Glenwood
was in town yesterday registering
at one of the local hotels.
Mrs. Joseph Wooster was among
the Plattsmouth people who sojourned
to Omaha this morning for the day.
Mis. 1). F. Riser and daughter lone
from the vicinity of Murray were
morning travelers in the direction of
Omaha.
Mrs. Henry Born and daughter
Helen from a few miles west of town
boarded a morning train today for the
metropolis.
Mrs. Wdlliam Wetencanip and son
William from the Mynard precinct
headed for Omaha on a day's shopping
expedition.
Mrs. D. E. Wellman, who was for
merly a Plattsmouth citizen, arrived
last night from Denver, where she now
with her brother.
Mrs. John Crabill was a morning
passenger on the North bound Bur
lington today, spending the day in
the metropolis.
Mrs. William Becjker accompan
ied by her daughter Viola is spending
the day in Omaha, going up on the
popular morning train.
Mrs. II. Bestor started on n Bur
lington train this morning for Green
wood to make a brief cvisit with hei
niece Miss Besse Donley.
Charles Ofe and Miss Mary Ofe
who live at Oakdale, Nebraska
Breaks Forth Again Causing
of Life.
a torrent from Mount Capriolo,s tread
ing out in the valley below.
The lava flow had already reached
the vineyards above San Leo and
Ilinazzo, seven miles from the crater,
and had buried a large number of
peasants houses. It came in several
streams and united in one great mass
about twenty feet in height and 1500
feet wide. Its velocity was estimated
at three; to four feet a minute.vary
ing according to the condition of the
ground. This mighty wall of lava
was today not more than five miles
from Bolpasso and Xieolosi.
The meteorological station on the
mountain side has been' destroyed and
the village of Borello is in serious
danger.
The populace, terror-stricken, are
fleeing from their homes. The earth
shocks have reached about fifty in
number, but there is a continous vi
bration and trembling for miles around.
Everwhere the villagers are carrying
images in procession and imploring
mercy. Twelve new craters have been
opened up.
Help for the neonle of the devastated
region is being organized here. A de
tachment of soldiers and many
engineers and doctors have gone for
ward. The prefect of Catania, returning
from the scene this evening said:
"I have witnessed a spectacle of
desolation and ruin which those who
saw the eruption of Yesuvious in 1901
can imagine. The present eruption
can be compared to no other." World
Herald.
left this morning after spending a
day with Mr. Ofe's brother Henry
of this city. Mr. Ofe will return to
his home at Oakdale while Miss Ofe
expects to make a short stay at Om
aha. George Dovey went up in the di
rection of Omaha this morning to
spend the day in the city with some
of his Plattsmouth friends.
Mrs. James Ptaeek, Mrs. Charles
Janda and Mrs. Antonio Ptaeek con
stituted a trio that boarded the early
train for the metropolis today.
Mrs. William McCaulcy took a
morning train for Concordia where
she will spend a few days with her
daughter Mrs. Doris Patterson.
Mrs. I). C. Morgan and daughter
Gertrude made a short pilgrimage
on the Burlington today, making
their destination at South Omaha.
Miss Lillian Thompson, one of the
clerk's at WuiTs, has been on the
sick list for three or four davs and has
not been on duty at the store this
week.
Mr and Mrs Charles Bell, who are
to have Plattsmouth for their Iowa
home tomorrow, arc in Omaha today
where they went on No. 15 this morn
ing. Mrs. J, E. Jones accompanied by
her son and daughter Ethel left tlu
morning for Havelock where she will
make a visit of a few days duration
with her mother Mrs. Stanciforth.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kinkead, rest
dents of Sioux Citv left this morning
for Omaha where they will stop a
few days before returning to t heir home
The visitors have been guests at the
home of Mrs. Jennie Kinkead, Mr
Kinkcad's mother, in this city.
Albert Stang and his wife who re
side in the neighborhood of Bethany,
two of the principal witnesses in the
Ossenkop niuuler trial a few years
ago, have just been divorced from each
other, the children being kept be the
wife Mrs. Frances Strang.
Robert Propst, one of Mynard'
best residents, went down to Omaha
yesterday and returned with his son
Dwight, who underwent an operation
at the Immanuel hospital some time
ago. His condition is improving rap
idly and he is now able to be around.
X WABASH M
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XiKiXIiXIXiKiKXXiXIiHIiXiXX
Mr. J. M. Ward of Ehnwood was a
Wabash caller Thursday.
Mr. O. O. Thomas of Lincoln took
Cashier Creamer's plan- in the bank
Thursday.
The Elmwood doctor was called to
Mr. H. II. Gerbelings place Saturday
to see one of the twins which was
taken dow n quite suddenly w ith spasm.
Mr. Ollie Ward of Elmwood was
in town Saturday with his auto.
Mr. Shaw and wife from York came
in on the 3 o'clock train Saturday and
went out to Mr. Geo Mclvins, Mr.
Shaw is a brother of Mrs. Mclvins.
William Copple and wife came in
from Alvo Saturday evening return
ing Sunday afternoon. They were the
guests of Mr. John John Copple Sat
urday night and at the hotel Sunday.
Mr. Chas. Ward took the cake at
the shooting match Saturday after
noon shooting blue rock.
Mr.Henry Murfin has been appoint
ed assistant road supervisor in this
part of the district.
Mr. G. Derring of Lincoln is a
guest at Mr. S. Hulfishes over Sunday.
Mr.Anthony Dudley is stopping in
Wabash for a short time making his
headquarters at the hotel.
Mr. Willis Horton an old tinier
having resided here for the past forty
years was taken down with pneu
monia less than a week ago and died
Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock. He
was seventy eight years, 9 monthes 12
days old.
The Time to Advertise.
There is nothing on earth so mys
teriously funny as an advertisement.
The prime, first and last and all the
time object of an advertisement is to
draw custom. It is not and never will
be designed for any other purpose.
So the merchants wait till the busy
season comes and his store is so full
of customers that ho can't get his hat
off; then he rushes to the printer and
gees in for advertising. When the
dull season gets along and there is
no trade and he wanls to sell his goods
so bad he can't pay his rent he stops
advertising. That is what some of
them do, but occasionally some level
headed merchant does more of it and
scoops in all the business, while his
neighbor makes mortgages to pay the
fuel bill. There are times when you
couldn't stop people from buying
everything in the store, if you planted
a cannon behind the door, and that's
the time the advertisement is sent on
its holy mission. It makes light work
for advertising, for a chalk sign on
the sidew alk could do all that was need
ed and a half holiday six days in a
week. But who wants to favor an
advertisement They are built to
do hard work and should be sent out
in dull days, when a customer has to
be knocked insensible with bankrupt
reductions and dragged in with ir
resistible slaughter of prices before
he will spend a cent That's the end
and aim of advertising, anil if you
open a store don't try to get people
to come w hen they are ulready sticking
out of the windows but give them your
advertisement right between the eyes
in a dull season, and you will wax rich
and own an automobile and perhaps
bo able to smoke a cigar 'once or twice
a year. Write this down where you
will fall over it every day. The time
to draw business is when you want
business. Ilnmburg Ore) Sews.
C. E. Wescott returned from a
three weeks trip to Alberta, Canada,
C. II. Hennings one of the pros
perous Cedar Creel; farmers returned
todav from a trio out in Montana
where he bought about 400 acres of
farm land.
Two or three of the Plattsmouth
people went over to Mynard this
afternoon to attend a meeting of T.
V. Glen's Sunday school class at the
home of Mrs. E. E. Goodwin.
Miss Stanfield Jones nnd Miss
Emma Falter, two students of the
state normal school at Peru, are in
town to spend the spring vacation
with their parents and friends.
Cahin H. Taylor one of the Union
boys who is attending University at
Lincoln, has recently been elected a
member of the Theta Kappa Nu, an
honrary law fraternity at the school.
Peculiar Contract Upheld.
In n llelfust breach of promise ease
the man. a farmer, won. lie agreed
to marry a spinster if she could ralase
$300. Sho was able to get together
only $300, fo the fanner called It off,
despite tho fact that he had ordered
the clergyman to he on hand to marry
them. The Judge said that the prom
ise to inprry whs conditional and the
condition had not been fulfilled.
More About Mary.
Mary ordi'rtd porlr rhnime.
And It marie htr olilvcr
When ilie found the tiutchar had
Gent two pound of. liver.
ATTRACTING
ATTENTION
Eight Years Ago Unknown,
Now it Does the
Business.
SAN PEDRO. COAST
TOWN. A HUMMER
Something About the CaUfornla
Town of Interest to the
Reader.
San Pedro a name almost unknown
east of the Mississippi today one
of the biggest lumber receiving ports
of the country, according to the fig
ures of her collector of customs.
The gazetteers of eight years ago
assigned less than four lines of de
scription to San Pedro. It was de-
seibed as a bay and inlet of the Pa
cific Ocean, in California, 105 miles
southeast of Santa Barbara, 33 de
grees, 48 minutes North." That was
all. Today it is known as the ocean
port for the immense horticultural
and commercial activity that centers
about Los Angeles.
San Pedro's custom house figures
show receipts last year of over 500
nullum board feet of lumber. This
was largely redwood, Douglas fir,
and yellow pine, brought in by coast
vessels from the forests of the north
west. According to the Department
of Comme'ree and Labor, New York's
coastwise receipts of Southern pine,
for the year ended December 25, were
a little under 490 million feet. Chi
cago received by water, for the full
calendar year 1909, not quite 340 mil
lion feet of all kinds of lumber ex
clusive of logs; North Tonawanda,
N. Y., received over 170 million;
Ludington, Mich., nearly SO million;
Cleveland about 72 million; and De
troit, a little over 6(5 million. The ar
rivals of redwood, pine and fir, at all
the ports of San Francisco bay totaled
900 million feet.
The lumber arrivals at San Pedro
are suggestive of the remarkably
rapid development not only of southern
California but alcso of the inland
Southwest.
The fruit growing section of a south
ern California consumes much lumber
most of which is cut a full thousand
miles to the north, but Washington,
Idaho, and Oregon lumber is also
distributed by rail from Southern
California to many inland points.
Despite the cost of the long ship tran
sit added to the rail freight charges,
the competition of lumber shippers
who use the all-rail routes from the
northwest coast states, or from the
east, can be successfully met at sev
eral of those points by the ocean to
ocean route shippers.
The lumber business of the match
less forests of the Northwest has been
fighting against great odds in the
Mississippi alley and eastern mar
kets because of the cost of transpor
tation. "In the Paeific coast states
which contain so large a part of the
total stand of National Forest timber,"
says the Forester of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, in his annual re
port for 1909, "sales are made only
when a fair price is offered and only
under rcstrictiens which safeguard
the future w lfare of the forest. Both
these conditions tend to restrict sales
in a region where timber is at present
so abundant and so cheap.
The opening of the Panama canal
will of itself almost revolutionize the
situation. Cuttings which can not
now be mi de in the best way for the
welfare of the Forest, because only
the relatively high grades of timber
can be sold, will then be practicable
under much more favorable circum
stances. Making Improvements at Farm.
C. L. Wiles living on the old home
stead, 'Oakland' west of the city is
progressive, and displays a spirit
of improvement in all his business
transactions. "Ted'' as he is called
has just finished having his large and
commodious bam newly painted, and
it looks now like a little red wagon
in its shining coat of oil and lead.
Leonard Weeks assisted by C. N.
Cline did tne work, and it is certain
they made a good job of it. When
it comes to applying paint to a build
ing, they are the boys, as they go over
the structures like a pair ef squirrels.
John Kuhney, the barber who is
locating here from. Nehawka, was in
town yesterday and today, making
preparations for opening his shop
here. He went back to Nehakwa
this morning to see about packing
his fixtures which he will send up the
first of the week. Mr. Kuhney's
equipment is all nearly new, being
purchased last year for his Nehawka
shop.