BOOST FOR
PLATTSMOUTH
Baseball Grounds Are Now
in Good Shape for Practice
and Good Material Handy
BE A ROOTER
AND A BOOSTER
Get Into the Game According
To Your Ability and Help
line'er Out lor a Good
Team.
(From Thursday's Dally)
Manager Brantncr with a force of
men and teams has been putting in
Bonie good work on the base ball
grounds so that they will be ready
for the work out this evening and all
who expect to make a try for the team
are expected to be on the grounds
this evening.
As fast as possible other improve'
nicuts will be made, including a grand
stand which w ill be placed in the cor
uer immediately back of the home
base, while the bleechers will bo left
in the same position they formerly
occupied. A wire screen will be
crcted in front of the grand stand am
will run front the stand in front of
the bleechers out to several feet be
yond third base and connect with
the fence so that the crowd cannot
get out on the field and intercfere
with the players.
Buck from the first base line a fence
will be erected, behind which there
will be a place for automobiles far
euough away so that there will be no
possible chance for interference. Per
mission has been received from proji
erty owners around the grounds not
inclosed by a fence to erect signs
warning people from trespassing and
special police will be placed there to
sec that there is no trespassing
Everybody who desires to sec the game
will bo expected to pay for the privi
lege and the dead head list w ill be
confined to as small a bunch as pos
sible.
It is the intention to make base bal
in Plattsmouth this season such that
it will be a credit to the city and the
management will ask the hearty
co-operation of everyone interested in
the game to make it so. A goo
base ball club is a good advertisement
for the business interests of the town
Tomorrow the executive committee
will call on the business men for the
purpose of asking financial aid in get
i' 11 i
ung inc ciuo started, it you are
interested in seeing Plattsmouth have
a club that will not have to take the
little end of the games when in com
petition with other towns around us
make such subscription as you fee
that you can afford to assist in the
work. If you feel that you cannot
afford to give very much, give what
you can and it will be appreciated by
the management.
A correct account will be kept of
all monies received and disbursed ant
a report made at public meeting hel
each month, and the books will be
open to the public at any time a sub
scriber feels that he would like to know
how his monev is being used. The
executive committee, officers and man
ager arc all busy businessmen of the
city who are giving their time 10 seeing
the club get a good start, the players
are giving their time and effort to
the good cause, and the citizens of
the city are asked to give what they
can both in money and attendance
to the success of the club. At the
end of the season, after all bills are
paid, the money remaining will be
divided among the players according
to the number of games they have
participated in.
The question for you to decide now
is will you get into the game with
your assistance and g od will and
boost for the Plattsmouth Base Pall
Association and a winning team
MR. MURPHY CAN'T
PAY KLING'S FINE
Decision ol Base Ball Commission
Puts It Up to Kllng.
The. National Commission, which
reinstated Catcher John Kling of the
Chicago Cubs, tacked on n stipulation
that Kling must pay his own fine and
that ho must stay with the Cubs one
year before he can be disposed of.
Tho fine is said to be $700. Tho Chi
cago management must also explain
why they tendered Kling a contract
after he had been made ineligible.
SEASON'S FRUIT CROP
NOT RUINED BY FROST
Big Colorado Blizzard Misses This
Section With little Harm
to Vegetation
(From Thursday's Daily)
Pliittsnioutu nas figured m Us ,
share of good luck in the last two days
by missing the cold wave and snow
storms that have been sweeping
through Colorado, Wyoming and Wes-
crn Nebraska. The lug bhzzp.nl
which did so much damage to the
telegraph Hues and train service-
seems to have nearly died out and what
was left of it passed more to the north
through Minnesota so the only ef
fects of it that were felt here were a
w chilly breezes from the snow bound
region.
Most of the wires ore btill down
between hero and tho western points
and the mercury out there has not
crawled very far out of the bulb for
the last three days. At Deadwood,
S. D., the thermonmctcr stood at
fifteen degrees last night and the
ground w as heavily covered with snow.
At Denver there was a snow fall of
six inches. The farthest east that
the storm was felt in Nebraska was at
Cody, where tho five inches of snow
was drifted into tho railroad cuts to
the height of five or six feet, making
travel for some time impossible
It is thought in the west and around
Plattsmouth that the storm is not
going to effect the fruit as seriously
as many people expect. In the wes
tern part of Nebraska it is claimed
that more snow and wind did not de
stroy the budding trees, and that as
long as it remains cloudy there will
be no frost. The temperature in
most points in the state has not been
below 21 or L'5.
The fruit men that were inter
viewed by the News today do not seem
to be alarmed over the condition of
the buds. "Of course" one of them
stated, "There were bound to be a
few blossoms killed but I don't think
my trees were badly hurt."
The plums and the peaches were
only ones out far enough to be nipped
by the frost hist night but the dry
condition of the vegetation seemed
to prevent them from suffering se
verely. If we had had the rain that
was expected Tuesday, the condition
of the trees today would have been
much more seiious.
The tcmpeiature late list night was
only 42 but by cm ly morning it had
crawled down to 2i) which was the
lowest reported by a regulation ther
mometer. The moisture from the heavy snows
of the winter has all been absorbed
and the fanners say the ground is
now drying out rapidly and is very
badly in need of rain before it can be
fit to work for the spring crops.
LIVELY RUNAWAY
CLOSE TO MYNARD
Alter Putting Driver Into Ditch
Horses Ran Three Miles
Belore Caught.
(From Thursday's Dally)
A lively runaway happened last
night near Mynard when three young
men of that locality started for some
religious services at the town with a
spirited team of horses. John Long
two of the Speck boys and Guy Mur
ray were in the buggy at the time and
as they approached Adam's hill the
horses suddenly shied to the side of
the road, throwing ihe occupants out
into the ditch.
The team by this time became
greatly excited and started at a break
neck speed toward Mynard. As they
passed through tho town William and
Wayne Propst saw them, and jumping
on their horses, started in pur
suit of tho runaways. After follow
ing them for over two miles, they came
up with them at Cook's place and by
one boy going on each side of the gal
loping horses, they raced them for
a half mile before they managed to
get gold of the check reins and with
some difficulty brought tho worn out
animates to a stop.
The horses wero finally quietd with
out being injured but the buggy was
badly damaged and the seat and body
were smashed in many places. The
young men who landed in tho ditch
were none tho worse for their jarring
up and they started out to look for
their team in the direction where a
fail lady friend of one of them lived.
The horses were very familiar with
that road and had often traveled it but
they were not out for a social evening
hist night so they took another road
through Mynard, which threw the
owners decidedly off tho trail. The
fellows were luter notified by tele
phone that the team had been caught
and they managed to get to the lay
men's meeting in time to hear the "
1 "Amen" of the last prayer.
BURNED TO DEATH IN
PRAIRIE FIRE IN HILLS
Four Persons Said to Have Lost Their Lives in a Fierce
Fire in McPherson County.
COUNTY TREASURER OF COUNTY
ONE OF THE FIRE VICTIMS
Mnch Property Destroyed and
Families Are in
The prairie fires which have been
raging in McPherson and Lincoln
counties are now probably out, as a
heavy rain fell in the. western part of
tho county last night and probably
where the fire was elsewhere, al
though no rain fell in North Platte.
The prairie fires south of North
Platte was the most disastrous ever
known according to reports which
have now been received. Many -people
lost their homes, stock, improve
ments and the range. The wind was
scmething terrific. The fire was un
dcubtedly set by a Burlington engine
near Dickens, Neb., and it is reported
that a representative of the Burling
ton railway will hold a meeting with
the people who have lost by the tire.
The fire to the north in McPherson
county was probably not as disastrous
MISSING TIMEPIECE
RETURNED TODAY
Watch that Disappeared at Mynard i
Found This Morning by
Owner In Town.
(From Thursday's Dally)
The misterious disapperance of a
watch from the home of It. L. Propst
in Mynard some time ago culmin
ated in a little, throe cornered wrangle
on the streets today between the
sheriff, Mr. Propst and Mr. Stewart,
and now the time piece again reposes
in the pocket of the Mynard resident.
The last time that Mr. Propst rc-J
members seeing the ticker was on
Feb. 20 when he placed it on a bureau
at his home. A couple of weeks ago
he happened to pick up a paper and
notice where a watch had been found
tile description seeming very much
like his. Mr. Propst at that time was
not aware that his "Ingersoll" was not
where hp had placed it a month ago,
but just to satisfy his curiosity, he
went to the bureau to investigate
and found it to be missing.
A few days later he saw the man who
had advertised it, and Mr. Propst
claimed the "'turnip' but the possessor
refused to turn it over until he had re
ceived five dollars for the advertise
ment and his trouble.
This the owner refused to pay and
he came into town this morning to
take steps -o recover it. The man
was easily locaied and after a warm
conflab the watch was turned over to
the owner without any black eyes
or disfigured countenances resulting.
The watch was quite a valuable
time piece, and it was highly valued
by the owner for it was given him
by his mother some years ago and
has her name engraved on the case.
How it got out of it's place and
strolled down the road nearly a mile
nobody has explained but it was said
to have been found in the road some
distance from the Propst place.
To Mr. Bock's Funeral.
Theodore Starkjohn, Conrad Meis
inger, Philip Thierolf, and John Bauer
Sr., left this morning to attend the
funeral of Mrs. John Bock who lived
near Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. Bock was one of the old settlers
of the county having resided in this
vicinity for nearly forty years. She
died at the homo of her daughter
Mrs. Henry Wolf at Avoca last Mon
day morning, her death being due to
heart failure. The funeral services
were held this afternoon from the Ger
man church at Eight Mile Grove.
The deceased leaves her husband
and a number of grown children, in
cluding Julius Bock of Wyoming,
Mrs. John Hilt of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs.
Ed Enklemeier, Mrs. William Hunter
of this city, Mrs. Henry Wolf of Avoca
and a sister in this city, Mrs. ltice
A party of four Plattsmouth people
went to attend the Laymens meeting
and banquet at Mynard last evening.
The members of the crowd were Miss
Hazel Tuey, Don York, Cliff Wescott
and P. A. Barrows. Mr. York ren
dered a pleasing vocal solo with Miss
Tuey as accompanist and delightful
addresses were made during the even
ing by Mr. Wescott and Mr. Barrows.
More Than Two Hundred
Need of Help.
to property, but it is reported that
three children were burned to death
and reports have also been received
here today that C. T. Cline, the county
treasurer of McPherson county, lost
his life in the fire. It is said that he
was busy in his office and did not no
tice the coining fire until it was near.
He then started for his home and was
surrounded by the flames which set
fire to his clothing. Whether or not
it is true that the three children were
burned to death is not certain. It
is said that a camper upon the forks
of the Birwood started the fire.
An appeal has been made to the
governor of the state for the 200 fain
;i? i i ii t
uies wnica nave necn mane Homeless
and have lost all their possessions
The loss is estimated at over a million
dollars.
STRICT NEW ENGLISH LAW
Grir.s of Clown and Acrobat's Contor
tions May Be Copyrighted
In the Future.
"All grimaces In Mr. So-and-So's
performances are copyrighted."
This notice on the Program may
greet the eye of a spectator of the har
lequinade of the future If effect is
given to the recommendations of the
committee to consider the law of copy
right, which has just concluded ltd
sittings, says an English exchange.
For In Its report just published ap
pears the recommendation that the
protection of copyright should be ex
tended to "entertainments In dumb
show," and these Mr. Scrutton, K. C,
a dissenting member of the committee,
points out, must necessarily Include
facial expressions.
But the clown will not be the only
one to benefit. The contortionist who
tleB himself In a novel knot, the gym
nast who invents some new feat, may
equally copyright them, for their en
tertainments may be "entertainments
In dumb show."
Verbal contortionists, too, will have
their need of protection, for the com
mittee recommends that authors of
lectures, speeches and sermons should
have the sole right of delivering them,'
though newspapers may report them
unless notice prohibiting publication
is given at the time of delivery.
No longer will the author of a mu
sical work groan at the thought of lost
royalties when he hears his master
piece ground out on a barrel organ,
for he Is to have the sole right of au
thorizing its "adaptation to instru
ments which can produce them me
chanically." And the artist who sees his picture
reproduced by a cinematograph may
be tempted to overlook the absence
of some of Its finer shades In reckon
ing the profits of the performance.
For, so the committee recommends,
authors of literary, scientific or artis
tic works are to have the exclusive
right of authorizing the reproduction
and public presentation of their works.
Palestine and California.
That the soil possibilities of Pales
tine and California are much the same
is quite a revelation. Prof. A. Aaron
sohn of Haifa, Palestine, has pointed
out that each region has a range of
low mountains near the coast, and be
yond this a long Interior valley with
a range of higher mountains for the
eastern wall, and, as the prevailing
winds have the same direction, the
distribution of rainfall corresponds
closely. It is found that the very sim
ilar climatic and topographic condi
tions have produced similar plants.
The languishing of agriculture in Pal
estlne seems to be a result of poor
government, not of Bterlle soil and
arid climate, and it is believed that
under better management the econom
ic plants that flourish in Callforlna
will be successfully introduced.
Among the plants discovered in Pal
estine is a wheat, growing wild in
high altitudes on sterile soil, that is
considered the prototype of our cul
tivated varieties.
Tommy's Excuse. ..
"Tomniy," exclaimed his mother as
she caught him red-handed In the pan
try, "what ore you doing In my jam
pots?"
"Didn't you say I could play detec
tive, ma?" whimpered Tommy.
"Yes, but what are you doing In my
Jam pots?"
"Making some thumb impressions,
at'i all, ma; honest."
FUNNY THINGS
FOUND AT JAIL
Big Empty Space above Celling ol
Prison Room lor no Ap
parent Purpose.
(From Thursday's Daily)
Some peculiar things came to light
yesterday when the carpenters started
to make some slight repairs in the
old county jail building. The build
ing is in a very dilapidated coitdition,
rocking in the wind storms and
trembling at the passing of trains,
so it was decided to make a few tem
porary repairs. Some large rods are
being put through from one side to
the other to strengthen the structure
and a coat of cement is to be placed
on the inside of the walla in the pris
oner's rooms to take the place of the
old wainscoting w hich nearly resembled
punk in some places.
When the wainscoting, which ex
tended about six feet high around the
room, was taken down a number of
unknown conditions were made pub
lic. In the south wall of the building
below the sill of the east window.a
hole nearly two feet square had been
made in the inner wall of brick and
it would not have taken five minutes
work to knock out the outside brick
and make a break in the wall large
enough for any man to get through.
It is not known when the work was
done, but it must have been carried
on with the greatest care and pre
cision for not a trace of the missing
brick could be found and the place
was boarded up without any sign of
it ever being removed.
The lower part of the walls bear
many marks of where prisoners made
attempts of securing their liberty and
it is said there is still an old saw under
one corner of the door that was used
by some men that made their escape
about four years ago. The men on
leaving left a message saying that the
saw which they used in cutting
through the wall, would be found in a
crack in the floir. The saw was
located but just fie egde of it pro
truded and it was impossible to ex
tract it and as the time wore on the
saw settled and has now disappeared
from sight.
Lynch, the fellow who nearly es
caped last Sunday, told the reporter
yesterday, "It s a cinch to get through
the wall any place, it only took me
about ten minutes to cut that hole
the other day."
The old building, which was put
up over twenty-five years ago, is of
very peculiar construction and does
not seem to have been a very good
job of brick work. Between the ceil
ing of the jail room and the floor of
the living rooms above there is a space
of four or five feet which does not
seem to have l en left there for any
any particular reason and is only
used now and then by an inquisitive
prisoner who is bent on doing a little
exploring. One ef the city prisoners
that was lodged in the jail last week
made a little tour of the dark room
gaining entrance to it by crawling on
top of the prisoner's cage and forcing
open a trap door which leads into
the place.
The men in the jail state that the
place abounds with rats that play
hide-and-seek and squeek around the
place at nearly any time of day.
It is cerrain that Cass county needs
a new jail and if it expects to hold it's
prisoners it will have to have one
Carmen Friday Night.
The William Grew Players of Om
aha, with William Grew and Marie
Pettes will appear at the Parmclc
theater on Friday night, April 1
in a sumptuous scenic revival of the
ever popular story of old Spain
"Carmen" an adaption from the
story of Prosper Merimce by Henry
Hamilton "Their version of Carmen
used on this occasion will be the one
used by Olga Nethersole during her
never to be forgotten engagement of
ten years at Wallack's theater, New
York City. The cast of "Carmen"
calls for the entire acting force of the
Grew Company, together with many
extras. All the populur members of
the company will be in tho company
will be in tha cast including: Messrs.
Grew, Bennett, Meharry, Ford, En-
ders, Hetterick, Snyder, Fox, and the
Misses Pettes, Spencer, Bowman,
Clair and others. Special costumes
and scenery are bein made for this
production, and the engagement should
prove one of the dramatic events of
the season. ,
Free Test.
The class in agriculture ef Bellevue
College will test free of chime not to
exceed a bushel of seed-corn for any
farmer who will send m ii is corn lor
that miinose. the com to be carefully
and accurately tested, each ear scp-
erately, n uelinito report will be made
and cverv ear returned to the owner.
Correspondence may be addressed
to Prof. A. A. Taylor, Bellevue, Neb.
TRIES TO
KILL WIFE
Richardson Co. Man Breaks
Into Home of Wife and
Attemps Murder
GILBERT IRWIN THEN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Irwin Terribly Beaten up But
Will Probably Recover
In Short Time.
DAWSON, Neb., March 31. Gil-.
bert Irwin a prominent farmer who
lived ten miles south of Dawson,
committed suicide by hangingabout
midnight last night.
Irwin had been acting queerly
for some time past, and his wife had
commenced proceedings for divorce.
A division of the property has been
agreed upon and for several weeks Ir
win had been working for a neighbor
ing farmer. Last night about 8 o'clock
he returned to his home.
After first cutting the telephone
wires he gained entrance to the house
which was occupied by his wife, two
grown stepdaughters and an S-year-old
stepson, by prying open a window
with an ax. The occupants hearing
the disturbance locked them selves in a
bedroom. With the ax Irwin bioke
open the door and tried to brain his
wife.
She grappled with the madman and
in the desperate struggle . she was
dragged into the yard and terribly
beaten. In the meantime the little
boy ran to a neighbor's for aid, and
Irwin, lealizing that his capture was
inevitable, fled and disappeared in
the darkness. The sheriff was no
tified and when he arrived he found
the lifeless body of Irwin hanging in
the barn by a line taken from a set
of harness.
County Coroner Wilson impahneled
a jury this morning and held an in
quest, a verdict of suicide while tem
porarily insane being rendered. Ir
win had lived in the neighborhood
for a number of years and had borne
an excellent reputation as a citizen
and a husband until about three
months aro, when his mind became
unbalanced. World-Herald.
J. R. Peoples Is Dead.
J. R. Peoples a three year resident
of South Park, passed away at his
home early this morning. Last Sat
urday Mr. Peoples was cutting down
a prickly ash and ran a thorn into
his thumb. It was hardly noticable
at the time and there was no mark
left from the thorn, but is thought this
poisoned his hand, About four days
ago he contracted blood poison and
grew steadily worse until his death
this morning.
Jonathan 11. Peoples was born in
Harrison county, Ohio, on July 13,
1S35. From Ohio he moved to Mis
souri where he was engaged as a far
mer nearly all his life, at one time
owning a great amount of land which
by various means he later lost pos
session of. When quite young he
married Miss Sarah E. King w ho w ith
six children now survive him.
About three years ago he moved here
from Craig, Mo., and took up a little
place in South Park where lie spent
his time tending a small garden.
The funeral services will be held
from his former residence Saturday
afternoon and the remains will be in-
terred at Watson, Missouri. The ser
vices in the city will be conducted by
Rev. Austin of the Methodist Church.
Of the nine children born six of them
are still living. They are William
A. Peoples, who lived at home. N. K.
Peoples, a painter in tho Burlington
shops. Fred R. Peoples, of Skidmore,
Mo. Joseph Peoples, of Watson, Mo.
E. B. Peoples of Corning, Mo. Mrs.
J. C. Baughman, of Coschocton,
Ohio.
Tho three sons and daughters who
reside in Missouri and Ohio have been
telegraphed and will probably arrive
in the city tomorrow.
II. G. Todd.. DrOSDCroUS land nnnir
of Union, started today for Calgary,
Can. Besides owning considerable land
in Nebraska, Mr. Todd has a large
amount of land in the new wheat lu.lt.
of Alberta, in tho northwest, and has
gone there this spring to look aftei the
interests of his property.
J. M. Archer, who was formerly
Burlington ticket agent at Fremont.
is in town for a day or so with his
father Judge Archer. Mr. Archer,
on his return to Fremont, will take
up a new position at the Fremont
Carriage Factory.
