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NewsHebahd THE SEE PLATTSMOUTH SUCCEED TWICE A WEEK PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY. APKIL4 , 1910 VOL. XLVI NO. 10O NEWS. Established Nov. B. 1891 HERALD. Established April 16. 1SC4 Consolidated Jan. L 1896 BIG CROWD AT THEATER Best Scenery of Season at Grew's Weekly Show Lat Night. THE WILLIAM GREW CO. MAKES HIT WITH CARMEN Beautifully Put on By the Excell ent Cast of Fifteen Characters i. tFrom Saturday's Daily) The Grew company attempted difficult production last night in pre seating to the lovers of good shows Olga Ncthersolc's version of "Carmen" It is a play that is seldom put on by a company of this sort but in the few short hours of last evening the com pany brought out a depth and quality of acting that raises them far above that class of actors generally thought of in the term stock company." During the second and third act an interested drama lover might well have thought he were seeing the pro duction of a New York theater, so capably was every part carried and so well was every detail worked out. The leading part of "Carmen' was taken by Miss Pcttes who by her clever actinc kept the audience n quickly alternating states of admirat tion and hate towards her. Mr. Benmt, the leading man of the " play, in the'role of "Don Jose" played in a manner that would have done justice to the ideal representation of the part. ;The character Toforca- dore Lucas presented by Mr. Mcharry was strongly brought out and in the third act the encounter between the two lovers was as rcalastic as could be imagined. The scenery throughout the entire play was nearly perfect and the third act, showing the smugglers camp in a small valley among the mountains with its blazing camp fire and piles of stores, guarded by a silent sentry and with it's sleeping band of smug glers, was superb. The plot is laid in the mountainous district of Spain and the play opens with a public square scene at Seville. The town is filled i with the King's dragoons, a hilarious crowd of young fellows who delight in taunting the handsome corporal Don Jose, a resi dent of Bask that has just received his stripes because he never joined them in their frivolities with the cigarette factory girls in the city. He has left in his home country, his sweet heart and mother both of whom he is i deeply in love with, But when he first sees the wicked "Carmen," one of the factory girls his heart is immed iately affected and af ..r a hard struggle he is turned by her tricky deeds from . his promising military life into the band of smugglers of which he later becomes leader. On the day of their first meeting he is ordered to arrest her for attacking a woman in the factory. While left under his guard he allowd her to es cape but the trick is exposed and he is imprisoned, lowered in rank and later put on sentry duty at the city wall. While on duty, he again meets the quick tongued Carmen who in fluenccs him to let her friends smuggle goods through the break in the city wall where he stands guard. Then following a quick change of scenery is shown a wine room where the dragoons, factory girls and smugglers all congregate and drink to each others health. Here a quarrel starts over Carmen between Don Jose and the Lieutenant and in the duel that fol lows the superior officer is killed. Under the pressing circumstances Don Jose is finally persuaded by the woman to flee from the city and join the smugglers in the highlands. On account of Don Joses strong character he is later made leader of the gang and while away from camp for a few days, the fickle Carmen is isitcd by her former lover Lucas who has now become a famous bull-fighter. The hero, unexpectedly returning to the mountain quarters, finds Lucas and in a jealous rage would have killed him had he not at that moment received word of his mother's death. He hurriedly leaves for her death bed and coming back a short time later informed that Carmen, who he TWENTY AUTOMOBILES DESTROYED IN OMAHA Fredrickson Garage Scene of Conflagration Which Does Great Damage SCHOOLMASTERS' CLUB HAVE A CINCH Can Make or Break any Teacher Who Does Not See Their Way. FIREMEN DO EFFECTIVE WORK AND FACE BARRELS OF GASOLINE L oss Estimated at About $75,000 Which Is Fully Covered by Insurance IS claimed as his wife, had gone to the city with the bull fighter to enjoy the festivities of the fieht. He follows her into the town and meeting just outside of the bull ring is spurned by the womtfn he loves and rather than to' see her go back to his former rival he stabs her before the crowd of merry makers. In her last breath she calls for her slayer and in his arms with the words on her lips "I love you" she dies. On account of there being no part being fitted for William Grew he did not appear in the play but in next week's presentation of "The Wizard" he carries one of the leading parts. "The Wizard" is a military melo drama of life in Spain and Algeria which promises to be an interesting one. Will Debate Here. Airangements have been nearly completed foi the inter-schoolastic debate which will be held here on Friday, April 15. The contesting teams are representatives fiom the Plattsmouth and Blair High Schools and an interesting argument by the young orators is being looked for ward, to. The Plattsmouth team has been Very successful so far in its de bates, having decisively cruzhed the Fremont High School which had gained a victory the week before at Ashland. The question under dis cussion is the one decided on last spring by the state league in thcil annual meeting ut Lincoln, "Resolved, that labor unions on the whole arc bene ficial. The local team consisting of John Falter, Marie Douglass and Lucilc Gass is slightly at a disadvantage in having to uphold the affitmativc side of the question in the coming de bate, but they're going after the work in a manner that looks like it will mean success, The state league Is divided into sections and after the winners of each section are singled out during the school year, they meet in Lin coln the last of May and the state championship is decided at a big debate wherein every nection is repre sented. Plattsmouih still has a chance to send a representative to Lincoln and here's hoping they'll make good in the Blair debate which will mean a hie steepping stone toward the Capital city meet this spring. Fire which for a time threatened half of "Automobile ItowV caused $75,000 damage at the H. E. Fred rickson company garage, 2044 Farnam street, early this morning, destioying twenty motor cars and severely dam aging the building. Insurance covers the loss. It was a battle with the flames in the face of a blast furnace, with dan gerous gasoline tanks ranged about like mines of destruction. I'ireincn struggled against the flames for nearly an hour before an appreciable effect could be made. The cause of the fire is uncertain and could not be determined this morning. While the fight with the fire was 111 progress an equally venturesome strug gle for the rescue of the valuable motor cars which packed the building was in progress. Chauffeurs and volun teers about' the scene worked therr way into the. heart of the garage against the fumes and heat and in the face of probable explosions to take the automobiles out to Rufcty on the..' Six streets. The garages of the Sweet-Edwards company and C. J. Louk were em ptied and their gasoline supply tanks safeguarded against communication with the flames. The situation was pregnant with possibilities for a much more disastrous fire. The Plaza flats adjoining the burning building were also emptied, but firemen on the roof prevented spreading of the flames in that direction. Mr. Fredrickson was unable to a 1 venture more than a guess at me cause of the fire. "There were men, he said, working here last night until 9 o'clock. It could not be the gaso line tanks, as they are buried be neath the floor of the building. I would say that the damage would be beyond $50,000 to machines alone. About twenty or thirty-five cars were in the garage and twenty of these have been destroyed. "We.werc able to save ten. There were three carloads of cars in the building that had never been benched." ' All the cars, lie added, "were individually insured aside from the building. My greatest loss will be that of business. The fire has occurred at the busiest time of the year and I will lose the advantage of the best part of the season. The fire was discovered by W. P. Boiler, driver for the Guy L. Smith company, on duty at the garage at 22"05 Farnam street. He saw the flames just as they were breaking through the roof of tho garage, ap parently well bat'k in the building to- ward the repair shop His alarm was turned in at 1:30 o'clock and at that time the interior of the building was aglow. fire, .companies answered , the alarm and numerous streams were brought to play on the center of the conflagration. The fire had to burn itself out after confinement in the rear of the building by the flood o water that pushed it back against the concrete walls. The members of the company sus taming loss are II. E. Fredrickson, W, II. Wigman and E. L. Edholm. The handsome new display rooms of the company at the plant attacked by fire this morning were opened last October. A considerable expense was involved in art interiors and fittings for the building. It was one of the most pretentious sales establishments in the west. Dee. The last hearing on claims in the John Rhordanz estate near Union was held this morning in the county court room under Judge Beeson, being attended by a large number of Union people. Repairing RIp-Rapplng. Work was started this morning by Foreman Savogren and a large force of men from the Burlington to stop the ravages of the Big Muddy on the point of land across on the Iowa sido of tho river. The troublesome place in the bank is visible from this side of the river and is a little north of the city. During tho high water of the past month the swift current has eaten into the bank and has un dermined and destroyed a large amount of the riprapping recently placed there by the railroad. Two years ago this spring there were lodO Cftr df material used in strengthening the pofnt of land to prevent the river from taking it away and thereby changing" ltd course. Today the men were set to work preparing new mat work of willows to lower into the stream at that point to replace the part that recently washed away. The matting is weighted with rock and clay and interwoven with willows until it would seem impossible to have it destroyed by the action the muddy current. Six cars sapplings and brush were sent over to the Iowa side this morning and many moie will follow now until the banks are in good condition again BACK FROM CALIFORNIA LINCOLN, April 2.-Spceial) ic fact that it was published that a prominent educator of the state had men "blackballed by the Nebraska Schoolmaster's club has led to some discussion of this club and its ways. n addition to the teacher, whose name as given to tho public, it is now said uit one ami possibly two very prom inent educators, teachers in the state university, were also "blackballed. The rules of the club, however, in dicate that very little discredit attaches to a person who is blackballed by the club, for under these rules one member may secure the rejection of a person ho has not even thought of becoming member. The rules as printed provide that the membership is limited to 100 and that no person may make application for membership. So when anyone is elected to the club he must bo pro posed by one member ancd endorsed by two others. If six black balls arc voted aeainst him his election is 'postponed." Should one member desire to dis credit a teacher, he could propose lis name for membership, then secure si persons to vote against him, give the matter publicity and the trick is done. A number of persons who do not teach school, but who sell books and publications to teachers, are members of the club and are in sufficient num- jer to use it as a club against teachers who refuse to do their bidding. Omaha Ike. C. L. Creamer Returns After Protracted Absence From Plattsmouth. WITNESSED THE BIG EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 1906 Perilous Return Trip on Account. ol Floods and Wrecks In the West. J. A. Dyer, representing the Metro politan Insurance Company, the com pany that carried the insurance of Doty, the deserter, was in town today looking up the details of the affair which was dcsciibed in a recent num ber of the News. Henry August Newmann, a loyal subject of William the Second of Ger many, declared his intentions of be coming a citizen of the United States and took out his first naturalization papers at the court house this after noon. (From Saturday's Dally) C. L. Creamer, an old resident of Cass County, returned to Plattsmouth this morning after a long absence of over seven years from tho good city and county and although he liked the beautiful climate of California, he is indeed glad to get back to old Ne braska and his many friends of this Vicinity. Mr. Creamer and family moved out to the sunny fruit land In California and bought a fine fruit faim near Sab Jose about seven years ago and itt, those years they have had some ex periences that would look well in a book of adventures. In an interesting conversation with a representative of the News, Mr. Creamer related some of tho exciting times he has ex perienced while away. When first going to the coast he located on a fruit farm, consist ing of a large number of apricot, peach and prune trees where he re mained for about three years. The climate, for people who like warm weather, is ideal. The mornings arc very warm but about two in the afternoon a refreshing breeze always comes in, which makes the late after noon and evening delightfyul. They say there are ncvci prostrations from the heat, but the residents there never stay in the sun long enough to see what the result would be. The land in tha, locality is nearly all irrigated, but this spiing they have had bountiful lains and the fruit Continued on Page 8 - W feMl i EC. E. The "Blue and the Grey" Sounds like '01, but instead it 1910 color in Clothes. Tho blue serge md the gray mixed cheviots are the proper thing for the present season. We also show a sprinkling of the new nut browns which are coming in. We can sell you a pure all-wool blue serge for $10. $12 or $13. Our QUALITY LINK, hand-tailored, $20 to $33. No matter what price Suit you want, from tho fairly good to the very, best, you can find it in our largo stock. Sarah Peterson vs John Bauer. A. partition case was nieu in dis trict Court today of Sarah M. Peterson plaintiff, vs. John Bauer. The case will be remembered by many of the people in the town. Sarah Peterson was adopted boiiic years ago by John Bauer, Sr., with an understanding that she should get half of the estate on the death of the owner( A fiei hlti death it was found that the will did hot give her the portion of the OS' tate a$ Wa agreed upon and she at once started suit to obtain land. Being taken from the district court to the supreme court a decision was rendered in her favor April 19, 1009. The district court gave her tho decree for the portion of the estate on July 9 1909 but the land has never been actually secured by the plaintiff, therefore the action is now being taken in the district court. The estate consists of 320 acres or more of good farm land situated near Wabash. WESCOTT'S SOWS THE HOME OF SATISFACTION C tr JIBIilll IdP? pit 1 Hi lylKS1 r ill A-h E 3rar '- fi Y I -T Copyrijht Hrt Schifner & Mir I An administrator's sale was con duetcd on the seeps of the court house this morning by D. O. Dwyer, the at tornety.of the Miles It. Smith estate The estate consisted ot a larm near Union and an old violin. The music for the occasion was furnished on the ancient instrument by Prank Schlatoi who managed to render suoh beauti ful strins from the old box that it's value advanced at the rate of five cents a selection until it was sold for $5.03 to Charles (J raves of Union. The land was purchased by tli M. Smith of Union for f 1,500. IS EASY, If you have it to count If you count your clothes money carefully, you'll spend it here for our Hart Schaff ncr & Marx Clothes ; you'll havn more money to count at the end of the year. The all-xoool quality is real economy; and the correct style and perfect tailoring pay you. They're profit able clothes for you to wear. r The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats Falter & Thierolf i Value Giving Clothiers.