'flMattamnoutb Soutnal
VOLUMK XXV
lVLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SO VKM Mill ir, 15.
NU3IKEH 1;
DEATH OF MRS. HARSHMAN
She Passes Away at Her Home NearAvoca,
November 2, 1805.
The following account of the death
of the wife or the Journal's old rriend,
George W. Ilarshman, is taken from
the Nthawka Kegistcr. Mrs. Harsh
man had hcen suffering for scveial
years and her husband went with her
a year ago to Oregon, in the hopes
that a change of climate would bene
fit her. She remained t here w ith her
children tor several months, hut gained
no relief. She was a mo-t e-.titn.ihle
iady, a kind and loving wife and
mother, and the Journal sincerely
sympathises with its old friend it this
the hour of his deep affliction:
" )n last Friday, afternoon, Novem
ber:;, 1! ).-, at :::iO, Mrs. deorge Harsh
man, sr , passed away at her late home
four and one-half miles southwest of
town, at the age of W years, 2 months
and i days. Mrs. Ilarshman was
born in the state of Delaware, and
while quite young her parents re
moved to Ohio where the family re
sided for a Tew years, but the western
fever again caused the family to again
drift nearer to the setting sun, and
they came to 1 llinois,w here her parents
resided for some years, and where she
met and married the husband she has
so recently left to mourn. In 14,
Mr. Ilarshman and his bride came to
Cass eounty and took up a homestead
which has been their residence for the
past 41 years, and where a family of
ten is the result of their union. They
areas follows: Mrs. Charles Doty of
Alva, Oklahoma: Eugene, Oregon:
Boscoand deorge are the sons; Mrs.
Jennetta Tombell, Mitchell county,
Kansas: Mrs. Cora St. John, Cass
county; Mrs. Barbara lngwersen,
Cheyenne county, Neb.; Miss Sadie
Ilarshman, at home: Mrs. Celia Koyels,
Cass county: Mrs. Ilattie Ashton,
Oregon, and two brothers, B. B. Betts
and W. II. P.etts, Cass county. These
children with her life partner, George
Ilarshman, sr., are left to mourn her
loss.
"The funeral cortege left the resi
dence at 10 o'clock Sunday morning
and conveyed the remains to Avoca
whereat 11 o'clock the funeral was
held from the Christian church, after
which interment was made in Avoca
cemetery. The friends and relatives
have the sympathy of the whole com
munity. The bereaved wish to thank
all who assisted them in their sadness."
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
Three-quarters of a Million Used to Better
Physical Conditions West of River.
During the tiscal year the Burling
ton has spent nearly three-quarters of
a million dollars improving the physi
cal condition of the lines west of the
river, says the Lincoln Journal. It
spent more than a million on the lines
of the road east of the river. An
official statement of expenditure says:
West of the Missouri river the com
pany expended 214,050 for new sidings
and passing tracks; S109.835 for new
bridges, and $124,359 for new ballast,
in addition to the sum mentioned
above. A change of line was effected
at Wymore, and new viaduct and
bridges were constructed at South
Omaha. For new rails the company
spent $87,853 on the system east of the
Missouri; and $115,002 on the lines
west.
In Iowa alone the company spent
J40,340 for grade reductions, includ
ing new land and second track. In
Illinois the expenditure for similar
purposes was $122,451. Track eleva
tion in Chicago cost $50,881: a subway
In the same city, at Forty-eighth ave
nue cost $47,7'.j and land for addi
tional terminal facilities was acquired
at a cost of 4rt.5:;i. For new side and
passing tracks at various points
throughout its eastern system the
Burlington expended StGS.StiT: $275,157
was spent for new bridges and Si:;o,:;52
for ballast.
Several small feeders were built into
important new sources of traffic.
These included a line from Centralia
to Ilerrin. 111.. Fenton to Thompson,
111., and Old Monroe to Mexico, Mo.
Will Change Location.
John Fearceof Council Bluffs spent
Sunday in this city among his friends.
It is stated upon reliable authority
that Mr. Fearce expects soon to make
a change in location, and that he has
gone to Lincoln where be has accepted
a position with one of the leading dry
goods . establishments of that city.
The Journal is very much interested
in the success of our good friend Jack,
and we are pleased to learn that the po
sition at the capital is a more lucretive
one than that which he occupied at
Council Bluffs.
LOUIS VELLNOW'S INSANITY
Was Released From the Asylum on Re
ques of His Relatives, Who Prom
ised to Look After Him.
HAS SOME PROPERTY OF HIS OWN
His Relatives Quite Well-to-do, and Has
a Brother Living at Nortoix.
As was supposed in the case of Louis
Vellnow. who was brought before the
insanity hoard one clay last week, he
has been a ti inmate of the asylum at
Lincoln. County Attorney Bawls has
received a letter from the authorities
at the Lincoln asylum to this effect.
In the letter from Superintendent
Green of that institution the county
attorney is informed that Louis Vell
dow was an inmate of the asylum from
September 1, 1904, to September 28,
1904, when lie was discharged at the
request of relatives who agreed to
look after him and see that he was
well cared for. The superintendent
also says that he understoo J that Veil
now had some property of his own at
the time he was brought to the asylum.
Anton Vellnow, a brother, lives at
Norfolk, from whom the county at
torney is expecting some directions in
the matter. It is thought the unfor
tunate man's home is in Madison
county, and if it becomes necessary to
have him sent to an asylum, he should
be sent to the hospital at Norfolk.
Vellnow has been in the vicinity of
the home of J. W. Thomas since some
time in last July, and it appears very
strange that those relatives who prom
ised to care for him have made no
efforts to find him, but allow him to
tramp over the country subsisting on
just what he could get.
The man is as harmless as a kitten,
and if the authorities here had not
taken him in charge he would have
perhaps frozen to death the first severe
cold spell. The authorities at the
Lincoln hospital are not to blame for
his condition, but his relatives seem
to be. lie will be removed in a few
days either to the Norfolk asylum or
to his former home in Madison county.
Farmers Institute.
Prof. A. G. Peters, of the veterinary
branch of the State University, was
in the city a few hours Saturday and in
his rounds gave the Journal a pleasant
call.
Frof. Peters was solicited by the
agricultural branch to see what could
be done, or rather what encourage
ment could be given in the direction
of holding a farmers' institute in
Flattsmouth. At the time be visited
the Journal he had seen but very few
of our people, but we are satisfied tha
he will meet with proper encourage
ment. These farmers' institutes are be
coming quite popular throughout the
state, and we hope arrangements will
be completed for holding one in this
city as soon as the busy season with
the farmers is over.
The Farmers' Institute.
The farmers of Cass county should
not forget that Saturday, December
9, is the date for holding the institute
at Flattsmouth. There will be speak
ers here on various subjects of interest
to the farmers, and this should induce
a large attendance. It has been sug
gested that the merchants offer prizes
for the finest selection of a dozen or
more ears of corn on exhibition at
that time. This proposition,if carried
out, will be the means of showibg
xcellency of the corn crop in the
county. We shall have more to say
regarding the institute, but we desire
the farmers to particularly remember
the day and date Saturday, December
9th.
Beware of Fake Advertisements.
Too many people are trying to get
something for nothing, and this desire
on their part makes them easy victims
of the sharper and swindler. All the
time on the hunt for somethingat half
its cost, they scan the advertising
sheets with which the country is
Hooded, and eagerly seize upon every
attractive bait held out by the
schemer, who is sharper but not more
dishonest than they are, and in the
end, find themselves taken in, and,
instead of getting something for
nothing, they have paid dearly for
nothing. The man who is anxious to
give away his wares, and to pay for
ads telling people of bis anxiety has
an ax to grind, and you will find your
self turning the stone, if you pay any
attention to him. Answer one of
these "give away" ads, and you will
regret it for years, besides having
your named hawked about among the
sharpers as a sucker.
Hon. Frank E. White Selected.
A number of the policy holders of
the Equitable Assurance company of
New York met in the office of Attor
ney Byron Clark in this city Saturday
evening and selected Francis E. White
of Omaha as their candidate for direc
tor of the company and appointed a
committee to solicit proxies for the
voting trustees, of which (I rover Cleve
land is chairman. This selection was
made on account of Mr. White's high
standing in this state and his personal
acquaintance with drover Cleveland
and Paul Morton, he having been Mr.
Cleveland's United States marshal for
Nebraska. The meeting also appoint
ed a committee t o ascert ain if it was
possible to secure a state organization
of its policy holders.
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
Burlington Will Build New Yards at Ox
ford, and a New Freight Depot at
Omaha.
It is believed in Omaha that the
Burlington is trying to secure ground
on which to build a new freight depot.
Land leases secured from the company
along the river front are being taken
up and some move by the company is
being forecasted by this.
The Burlington railroad will build
new yards at Oxford, Neb. Five and
one-third miles of track will be added
to the present yards on the wes, ex
tendine 4,000 feet west of the Rail
road hotel. The right of way has been
secured for these yards, a strip27.'5 feet
wide and 4,000 feet long. While the
company has bought room for twenty
tracks in this strip, it is understood
that but seven tracks the length of
the strip will be put in at this time.
It is not stated how much this im
provement will cost, nor just when it
will be completed, but it is understood
that the work will be started this
winter, and perhaps completed by
spring, unless weather should prove
unfavorable. It is said that congestion
in the Oxford yards has intered con
sideraly with handling business in the
past; that land could be secured there
for a reasonable price, and that con
ditions were favorable for extending
the yards and making it possible to
handle business economically. The
company is completing extensive yards
at Ravenna, and it is said that within
the next few years all congested yard
districts will be relieved.
A report from Chicago says that the
Rock Island has issued orders reduc
ing its shop and operating forces to a
minimum. Coming at a season of
heavy business the reason for this is
not plain to railroad men.
Caleb Haley, one of the oldest en
gineers on the Union Pacific railroad,
died Wednesday night in a squalid
hovel in the railroad yards, under the
Eleventh street viaduct in Omaha.
Old age and neglect are supposed to
have caused his death. Haley ran one
of the finest trains on the Union
Pacific railroad years ago, and pre
viously ran a steamboat, and was
known as 4,Dude" Ilaley because of
his love of finery. The house which
he occupied and died in, it is interest
ing to note was the same one in which
Maude Ruble was murdered fourteen
years ago by Sam Payne. Ilaley had
been seriously injured in a steamboat
explosion several years ago and had
had many thrilling experiences. Wm.
McIIugh, wondering at not seeing
Ilaley for several days, went to the
hut on Wednesday night and found
that be had been dead for several
days. "Dude" Ilaley was one of the
nattiest dressers in all Omaha twenty
years ago. He was nearly seventy
years old at the time of his death.
Then re Moved.
A few nights since a sweet Flatts
mouth girl after entertaining a young
man until the chickens were crowing
their last crow, handed him a pencil
and paper, and asked him to make
nine ciphers in a line: 0 0 0 000000
then to commence at the first and
from the right side of the cipher draw
a straight line down, the right side of
the fourth a short line up. on the right
side of the fifth make a line down, on
the right side of the seventh make a
short line up, and from the right side
of the eighth one draw a short mark
down, and then to read what he had
written.
C. S. Wortman, sr., and son, O. J.,
came in on the Schuyler this morning
and spent the day at the home of
Prcf. Wortman. While in the city
they gave the Journal a brief but very
pleasant call.
HAS BEEN DECLARED INSANE
Miss Mary Louise Hill Who Mysteriously
Disappeared in Chicago.
The readers of the Journal will re
member the account published in this
paper of the disappearance of Miss
Mary Louise Hill from her home in
Chicago a few weeks ago. Also of her
discovery in a police station under
arrest for shoplifting.
Dr. A. P. Barnes, her unele, received
information Saturday that his neice
had been adjudged insane and would
have to be sent to an asylum. It now
turns out that the unfortunate lady
had been acting very strangely for
several weeks before her arrest, and
this is what gave belief in the suicide
theory advanced by some of her most
intimate friends. The shoplifting
charge is the only disreputable one
against her or was ever known to be
against her, which a thorough investi
gation of her past record has brought
to light.
She has always borne an excellent
reputation, and while her insanity is
very much regretted by her relatiAes
and friends, they feel considerably
relieved that the charge against her
was not committed while in her right
mind.
Aid far Christians in Russia.
J. Pepperberg received the follow
ing message from New York: "On
behalf of Nati'nal Committee for
relief of sufferers by Russian massacres
of which I have been appointed treas
urer, we urge you and your associates
to call a meeting of the Jewish com
munity to form branch committees
and collect immediately funds, neces
sitates very great, conditions appal
ling. Jacob II. Sen iff."
Mr. Pepperberg says that those who
desire to assist the sufferers can leave
their money with him and it will be
forwarded. He heads the list with a
f 10 contribution.
Card of Thanks.
The undersigned desire to extend
their thanks to those kind friends and
neighbors who rendered such valuable
assistance during the illness and death
of our dear mother and grandmother.
Will, Lushixskv and Family.
dEO. LrSIIIXSKY AXD FAMILY,
Mr. and Mks. E. Roesxkk.
A Forrner Nebraskan.
Fred S. Nave, United States district
attorney for the territory of Arizona,
who was recently appointed to succeed
Judge E.A.Tucker on the supreme
bench of that territory, proves to be a
former Nebraskan. This is consid
ered solace to those who desired to see
a Nebraskan succeed Judge Tucker
who was a Nebraskan. Mr. Nave is
the son of Chaplain Orville J. Nave,
the auditor of the Topical Bible, who
donated the proceeds from this work
to the Wesleyan university of Ne
braska. The newly appointed judge
is about 23 years of age. He attended
the Wesleyan university in the year
1888 while his father was chaplain in
the regular army, stationed at Fort
Niobrara, Neb. The young man prac
ticed law in Chicago, eight years ago,
but removed to Arizona on account of
his health. After four or five years'
residence there he was appointed
United States district attorney and is
now promoted to the supreme judge
ship of the territory.
Taken to the Poor Farm.
Lewis Villnow, who had been living
in a straw house on J. W. Thomas'
farm in a plum thicket since last
July, was taken before the county
insanity board"Saturday. .
After being examined he was given
a bath, some hot soup, a new suit of
clothes and then taken to the Cass
county poor farm, where he will be
cared for until further investigations
have been made.
Will Not Pay Full Taxes This Year.
Daily reports from out in the state
confirm the earlier impression among
state officials that the Burlington and
Union Pacific railways will refuse to
pay their full taxes this year. This
had been anticipated because of the
existence of suits questioning the as
sessment last year, which could not
have been maintained, if it were ad
mitted that the taxes for 1905 were
legal. It is believed, however, that all
of the other roads operating in the
state will pay taxes. Among them is
the Northwestern, which has a mile
age in the excets of the Union Pacific
although of a much smaller aggregate
value. The Northwestern corporation
paid its taxes promptly last year and
has been pointed out as an example to
the litigious companies by Governor
Mickey. '
New Title
"Superintendent of Shops" not mas
ter mechanic, is the correct title of W.
F. Ackerman, His official title was
changed Oct. 1, but as the notice was
not served until Wednesday the fact
was not generally known among the
shop men. Similar notices have been
served on the master mechanics of all
the shops of the Rurlington system,
and all are now bearing the title of su
perintendent. Ilavelock Times.
READS LIKE A ROMANCE
A Young Lady Starts Across the Ocean to
Join Hands With Her Future Husband.
Miss Lena Wesch, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Adolph Wesch, departed
Monday for her old home in dermany
She was accompanied as far as Omaha
by her father. And thereby hangs a
story which reads somewhat like a
romance.
A few years ago Mrs. Wesch, and
her children, accompanied by a young
derman lad, arrived from the Father
land. The young man and Miss Lena
had decided to remain in dermany,
but at the last moment when she saw
her mother and sisters leaving (her
father and brother were already here)
she broke down and informed her
future husband that she must go. He
was not long in deciding that he pre
ferred Miss Lena for a wife rather
than to remain in his native land, so
he came along with them.
After staying here for a short time
it seems he did not like this country
and returned to dermany last spring,
no doubt with a promise from the
young lady that she would soon follow
and then be united in marriage.
There is much written of love, but
this romance shows the true spirit of
the word in its fullest sense, and the
Journal hopes that her voyage across
the ocean may be as pleasant as the
happiness she expects upon meeting
her future husband.
RAILWAY TAX OF YEAR !905
Attorney General Brown Says It is Duty of
Treasurer to Refuse a Tender of
Less Than Amount Due.
According to the Lincoln Journal,
Attorney General Norris Brown does
not sanction the acceptance by county
treasurers of a portion of the taxes due
from railroads. The question arose
last year when the Burlington and
Union Pacific refused to pay the tax
levied by the state board of equaliza
tion and tendered partial payment.
The roads filed a suit restraining the
county treasurer from collecting the
tax. This suit was filed in the federal
court and that court issued an order
permitting acceptance of partial pay
ment without prejudice. Until the
roads file similar suit to restrain the
collection of the 1905 tax and the
federal court issues a similiar order,
Attorney General Brown will not ad
vise county treasurers to accept partial
payment. Mr. Brown has sent out a
circular letter to county treasurers,
being a copy of his opinion given to
County Attorney C. O. French of Ne
maha county, who inquired about the
acceptance of a tender made this year
by the Burlington. The letter con
tains the following:
"In replyil beg to advise you that
the revenue law nowhere authorizes
the county treasurer to receive a par
tial payment of taxes which appear on
his books to be due from any person or
corporation. It is obvious from an
inspection of the law in question that
it was the intention of the legislature
to authorize the tax collector to collect
the taxes in full. There is no distinc
tion made between taxpayers. They
should all be treated alike. The
treasurer is required by law to keep a
set of books: his form of receipt is
prescribed by statute: his warrant to
collect taxes, and the manner of mak
ing payment, all lead but to one con
clusion, and that is that the treasurer
has a right to refuse and it is his duty
to refuse a tender of anything less than
the full amount due as shown on his
books. The treasurer is vested bylaw
with no discretion or judgment touch
ing the validity of the tax assessed or
any portion of it. In the absence of
an order of the court having jurisdic
tion of the subjectdirectingor author
izing the treasurer to do otherwise, I
am clearly of the opinion that it is the
duty of such officer to refuse to receive
from any taxpayer a portion of the
taxes assessed against him. The
warrant of the treasurer provided by
law commands him to collect taxes;
this means all taxes assessed, and not
a portion thereof."
If you are a judge of a crood moke,
try the "Acorns" 5 cent cigar and you
will smoke no other.
NO PAY FOR STAY-AT-HOMES
Men Exempt From Army Drafts Have
Been Misinformed.
A special from Washington says:
Many Inquiries arc received at the
pension bureau from all parts of the
country asking if a law has been en
acted reimbursing those who paid
money to be exempt from the draft in
ls;:$-J, but the pension officials point
out that there has been no legislation
to warrant the reports which led to
the inquiries. Deputy Commissioner
of Pensions Davenport today said:
J lie pension bureau has no knowl
edge of a proposed law ot this kind
and it is a lit tie st range that anyone
would expect the government to come
to the relier of these stay-at-homes.
In it became necessary in some
states to resort to draft to till town
quotas. It seems at that time anvene
could purchase exemption for a fixed
price. In many towns that price was
$.'500. It was simply a barter and
trade arrangement between the man
liable to be drafted and the town.
The man purchased exemption upon
paying his $.100. This money was used
by the town to hire a substitute to
serve in the place of a man who pur
chased his right to stay at home. The
question is, 'Did the man receive the
full equivalent for his money?' It
seems that he did, as at that time the
regular price for a substitute was
something like 8500. The town was
compelled to add f20O to the .:$oo it
had received from the exempted man
to purchase his substitute.
"Somebody must be laboring under
the impression that these drafted men
should be reimbursed for this .!00. It,
does not look that way to an outsider."
THEY ARE COMING WEST
Why Not Make an Eftort to Get Them to
Come to Plattsmouth?
THE LOCATION IS AN AVAILABLE OKE
Many of the Big Eastern Manufactories
Are Sesking Location in tie West.
In looking over the great daily pa
pers we notice that numerous large
manufacturing establishments are
seeking locations in the western states.
Among the number are the proprietors
of the Baldwin Locomotive works of
Philadelphia. There are others, per
haps, not so large, but any of them
might be induced to come to Platts
mouth if the proper effort is put forth.
There is nothing like trying.
Located as we are on the banks of
the Missouri river, with two of the
greatest railway systems in the west
running through the city, pienty loca
tions for manufacturing establish
ments, we can see no reason why some
of these establishments cannot be in
duced to come to Piattsmouth. We
know of cities of far less advantages
who have succeeded in steering estab
lishments or this character to their
towns and why can't we?
Manufacturing establishments are
not in the habit of locating in towns
or cities unsolicited. Then why not
let the secretary of the commercial
club "get busy" and write some letters
to the eastern cities, find out the
names of these establishments who
think of locating elsewhere, and invite
them to send representatives here to
confer with our people and view the
situation over. The winter season is
a splendid time to do this work, and
perhaps by the dawn of spring we will
have several enterprises on the string.
There is no doubt that manufactur
ing establishments in the east are be
coming too crowded for comfort, an'l
desire to spread out and must come
west in order to do so.
Let us all "get busy" and talk for
new enterprises from now till noxt
spring, and all put our shoulders to
the wheel of enterprise and we will be
able to fare equal with other towr:s in
the west.
Congressman Pollard in Town.
Congressman Pollard drove over
from Nehawka Monday and rr.et
with the business men of Plattsrnouth
this afternnon to secure data, etc., in
regard to securing a new government
postoffice building for this city. He
stated that he would do all that he
could to secure one, and that he ex
pected to have the assistance of Sen
ator Burkett.
He desired to secure any data on
file or otherwise. He stated that the
government was spending millions of
dollars on the Panama canal and for
the navy and it seemed to him that
the leaders in congress will be for
retrenchment.
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