A. CHENEY
GRANDMASTER
The Masonic Grand Lodge
in Session at Omaha
Elect Officers.
BANQUET AT THE TEMPLE
COVERS FOR SEVENTY-FIVE
There are Now 211 Lodges In the
State of Nebraska and the
Membership 17,886
OMAHA, June 8 II. A. Cheney,
Creightoji, grand muster; Henry Gib
bon, Kearney, deputy grand master;
James It. Cain, jr. Stella, grand senior
warden; Alpha -Morgan, Broken Bow,
grand junior warden. El
These vrec elected at the thirty
this annual election qf grand officers
of the A. F. & A. M., which was held
Wednesday morning at the Masonic
Temple with 500 present.
The Nebraska veterans of Free
Masons held their banquet at the tem
ple Tuesday afternoon with covers
laid for seventy-five. Judge M. R.
Hopewell, president, presided at the
dinner. Toasts were responded to
informally by Judge J. S. Davidson,
J. II. Ehrhart, Itcv. T. . Maekay
and others. The meeting Tuesday
afternoon opened at2 'oclock with the
reglar business of the order.
The Yovention will ndjorn Thurs
day afternoon.
There are now 214 Masonic lodges
in Nebraska and delegates from nearly
every one are represented in Omaha
today. The entire Nebraska mcmbcr-
1p has reached 17, SSO which shows
an increase during the last year of
. I
New Mascot for Team.
The Red Sox wont have any trouble
at all in putting up the winning arti
cle of ball Sunday for it will be their
first game with their new mascot,
an English bull terrier, which High
Mogul Brantncr purchased at Council
Bluffs the other day. The dog is a
close relation, either a half brother or
a brother-in-law of the one owned by
Billy Egcnbcrger and the animals
look very much alike. The pup has
only seen eight pay days, consequently
he is only about half the size he will
be vhen he becomes of age. and will
iav; to grow some to catch up wi h
Ins ct. He has a hair-hp expresiein
f on lis countenance and two protrud
ing ivories that would hardly ninke
a tramp feel safe on t op of a six-foot
i fence. His owner has not announced
what it will be christened.
v GREENWOOD TO HAVE
1 A COMMERCIAL CLUB
'is
Salt Creek Town Falls In Line
After Pattern of Other
County Cities.
The question of organizing a Com
mercial club at Greenwood, which
has been agitated ome time by many
of the progressive business men of
that city, was finally threshed over
Monday evening at a meeting held
the store of the Stone Mercantile
company and a definite conclusion
was reached on the proposition, which
shows the general attitude of the mer
chants towards making Greenwood
a city of boosters. Practically every
business man in town was represented
and those present were enthusias
tically in favor of suth an organiza
tion being perfected.
The men present were anxious
to have no time wasted in getting the
club under way as there are a number
of matters that may well fall under
the jurisdiction of the boosters this
spring and, in order that the ball
might be started rolling at nee, a
temporary organization was made for
the transaction of business. The of
ficers chosen for the time being were
W. E. Failing, president; Edwin
Met calf, secretary; L. II. Daft, treas
urer. Following the election of of
ficers, a committee was appointed
by the chairman to draft constitu
tion and by-laws, with the instruction
to report at the next meeting, which
was set for Monday evening, June 13.
The progressive spirit shown by the
Salt Creek town is well in keeping
with Cass county and Greenwood's
neighboring cities which have clubs
hat are of the most beneficial nature
to the communities. A number of
suggestions were offered at the first
meeting of the club, which, if take
up and put through systematically,
will work for the betterment of the
town and surrounding territory.
TORE THEMSELVES AWAY.
It Wm Hard F-V th Auditnc to Ltavr
After th Lecture.
"One of in v wA surprising ex
periences." said w lecturer, "whs rt
Comparatively small tliiii: thai hi
left a ii unforgettable- impression. It
occurred in a small town bull that
had just Imtii refurnished and iv
decorated. The scats were of that
collapsible wooden kind with learn
er bottoms, and thev had all .been
freshly and neatly varnished.
"So far as I could jude from the
lecture platform, my remarks went
off excellently. The audience was
attentive, and when I had finished
there was the usual applause that
sometimes leaves a lecturer won
dering whether the audience is
pleased with the lecture or is just
expressing its satisfaction that the
infliction is over. I was about to
leave the platform when I was sur
prised to notice that the audience
was still seated.
"I stood and looked at them, and
thev sat and looked at me. It was
a small hall, and there were only n
dozen or so rows of seats immedi
ately in front of me. I could see
the faces of all the people, and the
expressions puzzled me. In fact,
each face wore almost the same ex
pression of surprise, astonishment
and icdignation. Here and there
one of tliein would start to get up
and then change his mind and re
main, thinking it over. They seem
ed to be waiting.
"Then it dawned on me. The
seats! They had been newly var
nished, and my entire audience was
6tuck to them. I began to wonder
whether 1 should have to call for
the janitor and pry them off one
after another.
"Fortunately one man. sitting in
the front row, had the courage to
meet the situation, lie drew him
self together, made a mighty ef
fort and rose suddenly to his feet.
The thing happened just as every
body had expected. There was a
tearing sound as he left the var
nish, but he was on his feet and
had set an example that the rest
felt they must follow or remain
there forever.
"I went to the edge of the plat
form. "'Ladies and gentlemen,' said 1.
'shall I begin unother lecture?'
"Apparently the threat .and the
successful escape of that one de
termined man inspired the others.
There followed a" succession of re
ports, like u line of infantrymen
firing their guns one after another,
and then the audience was on its
feet and moving toward the en
trances. But the expression witn
which most of them looked back at
those newly varnished chairs was
something to remember." Youth's
Companion.
Sardinia.
That large Italian island Sar
dinia still belongs to the middle
oges. It is hard to believe that
Sardinia, known to the ancient Ro
mans as the granary of the empire
and its mineral treasure house,
should so recently as 18?8 have
been entirely without roads. The
beautiful highways over which, in
Augustin (lays, golden harvests had
been w heeled to the coast had been
lost 6ince the fall of the empire.
Even feudalism retained its hold on
the life of the Sardcs till 1S5G.
Pestilence due to neglected soil and
undrained swamps has no doubt
helped to retard the return to civ
ilization of the island which gave
the crow n to King Victor's house.
London Chronicle.
A Plant Watering Schema.
Persons engaged in rearing
household plants are often in a
quandary when it is desired to leave
die house temporarily without neg
lecting the plants. An arrange
ment can be readily rigged up so
that the necessary water will be
supplied to the soil automatically.
Take a bowl of water and raise it
well above the level of the plant to
be watered by means of a box or a
pile of books. Twist several strands
of common darning wool together
to form a long thread and soak
them in the water. If one end be
hung over the bowl and the other
end left in the water a steady drip
drip will commence and continue
until the bowl is empty. London
Globe.
Education and Efficiency.
Nowhere for many years continu
ously has the education machine
worked more untiringly than in
London. Yet of the skilled labor
of London two-thirds is done by
men and women from the prov
inces, while seven out of every ten
dock laborers and 60 or 90 per cent
of those who seek refuge in night
shelters are London born and bred.
What docs this mean ? Is it mere
ly the fierce competition caused by
the compelling attraction of Lon
don, with its glitter of wages, or
does it prove some fatal weakness
! in the London schools? London
Saturday Review.
COMMITTEE
RED MEN
Develope Plans for the Celebration
of the Fourth of July.
WILL HAVE BIG PARADE OF
SHOPS, LODGES, MERCHANTS
Every Event and Concession to be
Strictly Clean, Moral
and Refined.
(From Thursday's Dally)
The Fourth of Julty committee of
the Red men consisting of William
Gravett, Anton Koubeck, J. E. Me
Daniel, and William Heiiriehsen, met
at the Red Men parlors last evening
and discussed the coming celebration
of Independence day. The ruling
sentiment of the eveni g was that the
festivitits be arranged to meet the
satisfaction of the most fastidious
a nd to make something doing for the
old, the young and all, no matter
whether they be Swedes, Germans
or Yankees, and that the money
making side of the entire affair be
reserved for Plattsmouth people as
far as possible. They do not intend to
have the streets filled with refreshment
stands and eating parlors of traveling
companies that generally flock around
such events like moth-millers around
a gas lamp, but they will endeavor
to sec that the local merchants reap
the benefits of the day and that the
money is kept at home. The meeting
last evening was called to order by
Chairman McDanicl, the first business
coming before the body, being that of
arranging for the day's music. It was
about decided to secure the Modern
Woodmen band, of twenty pieces to
play from early morn till nine o'clock
in the evening and to be there with
the goods for all the big events of the
day. A report from Ilenrichs was given
concerning a m rry-go-round for amuse
ment of the younger ones, and inci
dentally some of the older ones who
have to see their offspring arc given
a safe journey on the revolving jigger.
The Tulene brothers expect to have
their patent machine in working order
by that date and it will be put into
operation for the first time on the
streets of Plattsmouth, probably put
up the Saturday before the Fourth.
A report from the committee ap
pointed for the purpose, assured the
enterprising members that they could
secure exclusive right soft he streets and
and would undoubtedly receive the
suppoit and good faith of the city
council. The manager of the base
ball association has been interviewed
and two base ball games will be sched
uled with big teams, one in the morning
and the other in the afternoon. The
M. W. A. band will escort the teams
part way to the grounds, but on ac
count of the long distance, they will
not proceed all the way to the park.
In order that the young folks may
have their hand in the celebration
a committee of 0. P. Monroe and Roy
Taylor was appounted to prepare
contests and secure prizes for chil
dreiis egg races, sack races and any
number of amusements. Ilenrichs
and Grimes were named as high sports
in the ring committee, to line up a
good wrestling bout and boxing exhi
bition, so the Cass County pugs will
not have to travel half way across the
country to see the Jeffries-Johnson
mill. The amusement company prop
osition has not been definitely settled
as yet. Emil Walters was in Council
Bluffs last night, making negotiations
with the Parker Amusement Company
No. 1 and correspondence is being
carried on w ith other concerns, so there
is a certainty of having plenty to do
along that line.
One of the most important proceed
ings of the meeting was the decision
of the committee to have a big parade
during the morning hours of the the
Nation's birthday and Gravett, Lu
schinsky and Budig were named to
arrange the details of the procession
It is the intention of the promoters to
have every department of the Bur
lington shops, every merchant of the
city, and every order in the county
represented' in the parade and they
have made it worth while to compete
in the event by putting up $45 in
prizes for the winners, the sum to be
divided in denominations of $25, $15
and $5. The boys are going to plan
for a big turn out on the streets and
it is safe to say they will have it too
OF THE
IN SESSION
Henry Stull, J. W. Lowther and Chas.
Truman were appointed to work out
the Haymaker float, and J. C. York
Emil Walters and Ren Rainey to make
Plans for the Red Men float.
For the gentler sex, a grand ball
is scheduled f()r Coates Hall, with
dancing from nine p. m. until q x m.
The hall has been rented for the night
and good music can be banked on.
The committe discussed the advisabili
ty of leasing the ferry for the day in
order that the Iowa people might be
transported across the river gratis.
So far as can be learned, none of the
neighboring towns on the Iowa side
expect to celebrate the day and if
the weather is favorable, the ferry
barge will be kept busy all day. Trap
ese artists are oil the minds of the
boosters and a few thrillers will be
on the bills to stir up the blood of the
excitement seekers.
For the formulating of plans and for
the hearing of the different reports
a meeting of the various committees
was called for the coming Saturday
evening when the concession arrange
ments will be taken up in de'tail and
the rules and restrictions made out.
The advisability of having public
fire works, probably on the sand bar
will be brought up and other matters
settled. The. Red Men, about 250
strong, are giving the public to under
stand that the cclcbrution is to be
a perfectly clean and moral one with
no gambling or questionable conces
sions and that the strictest order will
be preserved during the entire day.
The boys will later print large placarels
and posters to place conspicuously
in this city and every town in the coun
ty. A few weeks before the Fourth,
the Re dnien in costume will make a
tour of the neighboring towns in
autos stirring up enthusiasm which
will make the celebration the biggest
event the town has ever seen. Today
the duskies are continuing to cir
culate their sul ascription paper among
the merchants and when the list is
completed it will probably appear in
the columns of the local pape rs. The
boys are going into the ileal like win
ners and they are going to ce,mc out
on tep.
Should be Done Away With.
Complaints are reaching The News
lately of the vulgar habit tolerated
in the business sect ion of expectorating
on the sidewalks. It is a practice
covered by an ordinance which im
poses fine for the offense and if the law
were enforced it would roll an incon e
into the city coffers that.would soon
make a sum large enough to buy a
few steamboats for the Missouri
Yesterday afternoon one of the re
fined women of the city just missed a
deluge of star plug as she was pro
ce'eeling to the postoflice, which was
only one occasion of the insult thrown
upon the ladies of the community
bythe curb stone canarii'8. It is a dis
grace that can be easily overcome;
the ordinance stands upon the books
of the city. Why not enforce it?
Improvement at Depot.
Ouitc a noteworthy imnrovcrnrnf
is to be made this week at the Bur
lington depot in this city. The wooelt n
floor if the baggage room is to lc
torn up and replaced by a permanent
one of Burlington imvinir brick. At
present there is n four-foot excava
tion under mat portion of the build
ing which will be filled in with fine
stone dust, a ear of which is now on
the side track for that purpose. The
brick for the work has arrived and as
soon us the bridge and building crew
finish up a little job at the slums
the work will start at the station.
The new work at the dctiot shows that
theroad is keeping up its local build
ings in the most up-to-the-minute
fashion anel is willing to go ton little
extra expense in making the details
of the structure as near perfect as
jKissible.
Who Belongs to the Cow?
P. M. Nord, w ho takes care of a herd
of gentle boviues on his patch of ground
near Orcapolis is trying to figure out
who a certain Jersey cow belongs to
which he has been taking care of since
la.t December. The animal, a dark
Jersey heifer, was brought to his
place a short time before Chi iM mas
and as he was away at th time, she
was left in his lot. Since the cow
made its appearance on the farm she
has added another to the herd and
still the owner has neither shown up
to recompense Mr. Nord for its care
nor to claim the beasts, lie is now
beginning to hink the Jersey was pre
sented to him as a Christmas gift,
but even at that, he would like to be
able to thank someone.
Bellcvue Graduation Exercises.
A party of Plattsmouth people
left this morning for Rellevue college
where they will witness the gradua
tion exercises of that institution.
In the class of about thirty graeluates
arc two Plattsmouth students, Miss
Florence Raird and Oscar Larsem,
who have been preparing themselves
in the teachers course. Larson
spent two years of his course in
the engineering department, but
the; latter part of his time he devoted
to specializing in t'achers' work.
The people leaving this morning
for the big year-end ceremony were
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Farley and fam
ily, Mrs. J. C. Raird and daughters,
Mrs. W. H. Newell, Mr. and Mrs.
L. G. Larsoji and daughter Mrs.
R. A. Foster.
Soldiers to Alaska.
Thirty olficers and 5S2 men of the
Sixteenth infantry will leave Fort
Crook on June 15 for Seattle, Wash.,
where they will sail on transports for
Alaska. ,Thc trip will be maele over
the Burlington to Denver, and fremi
there over the Union Pacific, Oregon
Short Line, Oregon Railway ami Nav
igation company anil Ore gon & Wash
ton. The Fourth Infantry is on its
way from the Philippines to succeed
the Sixteenth infantry at Fort Crook.
Funeral Tomorrow.
The funeral services of the late
William F. Leuchtweis will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the residence of the deceased 'smother
Mrs. (ieo. Shocman on North Eighth
street. The funeral sermon will be
given by Rev. W. L. Austin, the Meth
odist minister. The nearby relatives
of the late Mr. Leuchtweis will be in
the city to attend the final rites and
interment will be made in the local
cemetery.
Artery Gashed.
William Warga received an injury
at the shops this morning while trim
ming down an S wrench in the black
smith simp. A sharp piece of steel
flew from the machinery, striking him
on the It ft wrist penetrating an artery.
He hurried to the company physician
who stauncheel the flow of blood and
covered gash with heavy banelages.
The wound was no a large one, but
the man wss somewhat wcakeneel
by the.' loss of blood.
The local aeiie of Eagles, No.
3(i5 is today putting out the tickets
for "The Boys in Blue " which will be
given under their auspices Saturday
evening, June 18, at the Purine!
theatre. The reserved seat sale
opens June 1G ut the Riley hotel am
the admission for the performance
has been placed at 15c. The pro
moters assure the public that the show
will be true to the name of the order
it will be u bird.
William Robertson ri turned this
morning from Fort Morgan, Colo.,
to which place he went Montlay after
noon to act as best man at the 1 lender
son-Whity nuptials, the groom being
a fraternity brother of Robertson's
There whs a good sized party of Platts
mouth people at the a l emony, in.
eluding Miss Chira Dovcy, Mrs.
John Donelan and daughter, Mar
garet, and Miss Verna Leonaiel.
The Wednesday night prayer nuk
ing at the Methodist church is hav
ing an increased attendance at nearly
every stssion, the number now run
ning between fifty anil seventy-five.
Much interest is being manifested
in them and the religious workers
arc well pleased with the outlook.
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tins morning lor Minpson, Kansas
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nnwi: iiii J- win in ijj lull iwi llll Jl
grandson, Allan, sem of Mis. Eliza
beth Saylts, who is very sick at his
i
inline.
Mrs. J. W. Mickelwait. of Gh nwood
was in town between trains this morn
ing enroute from her home at Auburn
where idie has bee n making a few days
visit.
Mr. South, who was hurt in yester
day's railway accident, was R. J. and
not Thomas South as first reported.
Mrs. Chas. l lrieh ami two daugh
ters went up to Omaha this morning
to spend a few hours with a nephew
who U confined in a hospital at that
city.
MELEE ON THE
MAIN STREET
Officers Stopped Mix-Up
Last Night Near
Riley Hotel.
AGGRESSOR FINED
FIVE AND COSTS
Hello Man and Curry Comb Artist
Made Some Excitement
lor Short While.
(From Tuesday's Dally)
A somewhat dramatic fracus oc
curred on Main street rather late
last evening when Johnny Jones
helped out the local street cleaning
force by mopping up a portion of the
principal thorouglifare, using for the
purpose one E. S. Harvey, who evi
dently did not enter into the spirit
of the cleaning escapade, and objected
strenuously to the treatment he was
given. As usual there was a woman
in the case, and over the fair feminine,
was the whole; affair started. In
police court this morning, Jones ad
mitted that he had taken a drag or
two from the umber colored bottle '
that might have had some effect on
the pugilistic tendency of his dukes,
but nevertheltss, he was under tho
impression today that Harvey had
put his nose in where the directions
tlid not call for it. The general out
break of hostilities happened at the cor
ner of Main and Seventh, win n Jones
decided to take a poke or two at his
friend Harvey. The latter was not
especially smitten with that neighbor
hood and withdnw his force post
haste, but he was overtakin at the
Riley corner by his pursuer who
climbed his fruintwoik and was per
ceciling to deal out a bunch of nose
warmers whin the night police
force arivfd and restore d the peace
of the vicinity by their general appear
ance, but Big Chief Rainey had to
be summoned to exercise the hand
of the law by roping in the aggressor.
This, however, was not done as easily
as it reatls, for Johnny did the dis
appearing act by crawling up in the
haymow of Martin's barn from which
establishment he rcciivts his pension
but Rainey was hot on his trail and
soon had him out of his hiding place
and on the way to the strong house
where he huel time to think it over
until this morning when he was hauled
before Judge Archer to till his honor
what he knew about fighting and
using profane language:.
He seemed to be well ported on
details ami admitted he hud been the
big noise in the mix-up for which the
law presented him with a prescription
of five bones and frog-It g trimmings.
This Johnny decidttl to lay out and
he is now entered as a wet k's boarder
at the Manspiaker apart mint house.
Harvey, a iiewcotmr in tl.c city,
who depe nds upon the Nebraska Tel
ephone company fer his pritzcls and
makin's, maele an invoice of the re
mains and found himself mints one
three-buck Stitson and a Watt man,
which he has joltul down in his profit
anil loss column, muKii g his account
balance for the experience and know
ledge he got out of the excite ment.
Increase In Tcrtslcn.
Word was receiviel te.elny of the in
crease in pmsitn fnm $.'i0 to 50 a
month of L. 11. Karnis if this city
on account of l is alinist total blind
ness. The iiKrer.se of 120 is to date
from Apiil 20, when ti e iirj lication
for the raise was made 1 y Judge Ar
cher. The condition of Mr. Karnes'
eyes is quite a st rioi;s one, for, with
the ifTiets of mai y winters on his
shoulders, it is not ixpeited that he
will ever regain his lest sight.
A. 1). Despain and two sisters,
Mrs. R. D. Thompson and Mrs. R.
B. Swartheiut dt parted this morning
for Concordia, Kas., to be present at
the graduation exercises of MisB Helen
Swarthout, who is finishing hir senior
year at an academy in that city.
They will remain there for a day or
two In fore returning home.
Mrs. James Kohoutek and Tim
othy Kohemtek are spending the day
in Omaha, going up on the early Bur-
mgtoii train.
Miss Florence McElrov, daughter
of Frank McEIroy, arrived in the
city last evening from Lincoln to spend
a short visit with her parents.
P. J. Wheeler and sister, Miss Lil
lian, who reside about six miles south
of the city, started out this morning
for a brief Omaha visit with friends