Journal.
l'LATTSMO UTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAIU.'II S 1907.
VOLUME xxvrin
JOTTINGS FDR THE JOLLT
Short Paragraphs Prepared and Psrlolnel
For tbc Readers of the Journal.
SluWijr 1 t'omini;: wliut's tin- usoV
'Tls .shaklnir of tli- li-
Miji on a lianana ! I
iit-al .f on tlio !.
Why are not ejjgs used In ornament
ing the Easter bonnets.
Jf you have potatoes to plant, pre
pare to plant them now.
The world doesn't owe you a living.
Remember it was here iirst.
It seems to take the Thaw trial as
iccg to finish as it did to start.
It will soon be time to cage your
tens. Then there will be trouble.
The brave deserve the fair, but they
are not always able tosupport her.
Lazy men are always talking about
some other men who are fools for luck.
The way to convince a man is to
make him think he is convincing you.
Early to bed and early to rise makes
a man healthy, wealthy or otherwise.
It will soon be weather for catching
ball. The kind for catching cold is
here.
A widow's mite is spelled m-i-g-b-t
when she makes up her mind to marry
again.
Ion"t say you saw a robin unless
you saw a robin. Some people are so
suspicious.
Perhaps seme day a genius will rise
to the occasion and give the world a
noiseless phonograph.
There is something the matter with
a woman when she is willing to let a
man du all the talking.
Make a list of your acquaintances
and you will be surprised at the num
ber of small men you know.
Necessity usually knows a Rood thing
when it sees it, even if it does fall
down on a law examination.
An old bachelor declares that you
may be sure that when a girl admits
a fellow kissed her, he didn't.
Is lif- rtli Iiviiu'V
No. it ain't,
l"nl-s your Hvt
Is a aint.
Before doing anything that you are
ashamed of be sure and see that all
your neighbors are several blocks away.
Don't you wish, sometimes, that you
could run down to the corner and buy
a ccuple of hours from the first loafer
you meet?
Women, as a rule, have poor heads
for figures. That may be why it is al
most impossible for one to figure her
age correctly.
A man may be excused for worrying
about the present, but there is no ex
cuse for him if he sits down and wor
ries about the future.
So common has the habit of chew
ing gum become in Gower that the
Enterprise says the young folks even
chew while in church. .
The water wagon which has been
out of business since January might
be utilized to advantage now by doing
a little street sprinkling.
As between two evils, some men in
this old town are inclined to take
chances with boarding house bash in
preference to matrimony.
Heirship Is Established.
In the matter of the claim of Tilly
Petersen to the estate of J. A. Bauer,
deceased, which action was taken
from the district of this county to the
supreme court on errors, the former
opinion is adhered toby Judge Let
ton of the supreme court who says:
"The right of heirship in an estate
can only be established in an action in
equity; an action at law cannot be
maintained to recover on the ground
that the decedent agreed in his life
time to make the claimant his heir."
The suit was originally tried in this
county, where the issues were found
in favor of the plaintiff, Tillie Peter
sen, an adopted daughter of J. A.
Eauer, who resided near Wabash, and
left an estate jvorth about 925,000. It
would seem that no disposition of the
property was made except through a
promise made to the plaintiff by the
deceased foster father, who agreed to
leave the property to the adopted
daughter. The children of Edward
Eauer, a son of J. A. Bauer, contested
this disposition of the property, with
the above results.
Worked Like a Charm.
Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of that
spicy Journal, the Enterprise, Louisa,
Va., says: "I ran a nail in my foot
last week and at once applied Buck
Jen's Arnica Salve. No .inflammation
followed; the salve simply healed the
wound." Heals every sore, turn and
skin disease. Guaranteed at F. G.
jricke & Co.'s, druggists. 25c.
In Honor of Mrs. VanHorn.
Last evening being the regular meet
ing of the Star lodge, Degree of Hon
or, after the regular business session of
the order a reception wasgiven in hon
or of Mrs. VanHorn, in honor of her
recent wedding. Mrs. VanHorn,
formerly Mrs. Dickson, holds the of
fice of Chief of Honor of the Star
lodge. A daintily prepared luncheon
consisting of many delicacies of the
season was set before the members.
The occasion was a most pleasant one
to all present, especially the honored
one, Mrs. VanHorn.
THE MATTER FULLY SETTLED
The Supreme Court Says that Governor Shel
don is Entitled to Use of Mansion.
"It is not a perequisite of office or
other compensation," are the words of
the Nebraska state constitution which
the supreme court of state used yester
day when it rendered an opinion in an
original case which Governor George
L. Sheldon requested Attorney Gen
eral W. W. Thompson to institute to
test the right of the governor, to oc
cupy, rent free, a residence owned by
the state and which has been set aside
by legislative enactment for the use of
the governor. The state constitution
says that no state officer shall receive
"to their own use any fees, costs, in
terests upon public moneys in their
hands or under their control, per
quisites of office or other compensa
tion, and all fees that may hereafter
be payable bylaw for services perform
ed by an officer, provided for in this
article of the constitution, shall be
payable in advance into the state
treasury."
The Lincoln Journal adds: "Sev
eral governors have occupied a resi
dence set aside for their use by an act
of the legislature and no one question
ed the propriety of this until Gover
nor Sheldon had the attorney, the a
test case. The constitution requires
the governor to live at the capital of
the state and the legislature, by an act
has said that the governor shall occu
py a residence ownad Ay the state.
The precedent set in other states hav
ing a similar constitution shows that
either a cash appropriation has been
voted for the payment of bouse rent
for the governor or the state has fur
nished the governor a house in which
to live.
"Governor Sheldon was defended in
the suit by two attorneys, United
States Senator Norris Brown and State
Senator J. L. Root of Cass county. At
torney General W. T. Thompson rep
resented the state. Governor Sheldon
tiled a demurrer to the suit to collect
from him $100 a month rent for the
use of the governor's mansion. The
supreme court yesterday sustained the
demurrer. The opinion of the court
was written by Judge Letton. The
court finds that the furnishing of a
house in which the governor may live
is no 'more a ; perquisite of office no
more than providing him with office
rooms in the state house. The sylla
bus of the opinion dismissing the
action is as follows:
"When the legislature hasconstrued
a provision of the constitution in an
administrative matter in one of two
equally reasonable ways, the court will
not take the opposite view, but will
adopt and follow the legislative con
struction. "The occupancy by the governor
during his term of office of the execu
tive mansion provided by the state, in
which he is required by law to main
tain bis residence, is not a 'perquisite
of office or other compensation' and is
not prohibited by the constitution."
Compelled to Remove Track.
The river is fast cutting away the
land in the vicinity of Minersville and
the Burlington track is so near the
main channel of the river that a
large force of men are at work there
moving it back and further up the
bluff. The railroad -has experienced
considerable trouble with the river at
this point and they are going to put
the road bed so high this time that
they hope not to be bothered in the
future. Nebraska City News.
With Grit and Energy.
Now is the proper time for our mer
chants and business men in general to
resort to some means by which they
might instill a little more energy in
their beings. Now is the proper time
to agitate something that will draw
more trade to Plattsmouth. This can
easily be done if we go to work and
organize a company to inaugurate a
sales day every two weeks. While
these sales are in vogue, the merchant
can make it also a bargain day at his
store. We can instill more life in the
old town by using grit and energy.
Let us try the remedy through one
summer.
THECEREMONY WAS DELAYED
But Not the Fault of Either the Bride
or the Groom.
WENT TO OMAHA FOR THE LICENSE
But the Document. Received at Omaha
Would Not Go in Cass County.
Young people sometimes have a
great deal of trouble in getting mar
ried, but not many make such mis
takes as did the groom in the instance
the Journal here relates, and which
retarded the ceremony somewhat.
Oscar Fred Johnson, it seems, de
sired to marry Miss Edna Kelberg,
and the hour was set for the cere
mony. Instead of coming to Platts
mouth for the. necessary permit for
their marriage, the groom hied him
self off to Omaha, where he procured
the license. Returning to Nehawka,
and everything being in readiness for
the event, the officiating minister
proceded to open the envelop that con
tained the license, when he found
that the groom had made a great mis
take in not procuring hi permit in
the county in which the bride and
groom reside. The consequences were
the postponement of the wedding.
As soon as the mistake was discov
ered, the very muchly disappointed
groom procured a team and "lit ont"
for Plattsmouth, where they arrived
about 5 o'clock. After the license had
been issued another predicament oc
curred. In going down in his pocket
for the necessary wherewith to pay
for ths document, he was surprised to
find that be did not have his pocket
book with him, and felt very much
embarrassed. He appealed to his
prospective brother-in-law, who also
failed to have the necessary amount.
The groom told Judge Travis that
he thought when he left home he had
his pocketbook containing $50, and
that be had either lost it or some one
had slipped it out of his pocket for a
joke. Judge Travis sympathized with
the groom in hissad predicament, and
told him that in order not to further
delay the happy event, he would con
sent to him taking the document and
send the money to him after he return
ed home.
Evidently the young man was in
considerable trouble when he discov
ered that his pocketbook had mysteri
ously disappeared, but when Judge
Travis kindly consented to his taking
the papers anyway, his countenance
brightened up, and he was ready to
pronounce the judge his savior. He
departed fiom the Judge's office in
great glee, and the Journal hopes that
he did not meet with any more ill-luck
before the nuptial knot was tied.
Burlington Improvements at Ashland.
A special from Ashland says: "The
Burlington is slill continuing its im
provements . .here. The foundations
'for the new water tanks have .been
completed and the large force of men
is now at work, tracking for the mains
that will lead to the different cranes
in the yards. Plans for the new pas
senger station have been leceived and
work will at once commence upon the
erection of this depot. It will be
modeled after the Burlington station
at Crete. A corps of engineers is now
in the city making a final survey for
the realignment of trackage for the
new yards which have just been com
pleted."
Struck By Stray Bullet.
While at work in the Burlington
coach shops this morning, Roy Bur
dick felt a sudden stinging pain in bis
left breast. Think that some of his
clothing was scratching him, be rub
bed the affected spot vigorously for a
few minutes and then continued with
his work. In a short time he began
to grow faint, and ceasing the laber
at which he was engaged, he observed
that his shirt was saturated with
blood. Fellow workmen assisted him
to the company surgeon's office, where
upon examination it was found that
the man had 'been pierced in the left
breast above the heart by some un
known missle, presumably a bullet.
The young man was taken to the
home of his father-in-law, J. M. Johns,,
where he is resting nicely this after
noon. A further examination will be
necessary to locate the bullet, which
did not go completely through the un
fortunate man. The wound is not
considered serious, and it is thought
that the patient wili recover'in due
time.
On learning of the accident Mayor
Gering directed an investigation in
the neighborhood of Wintersteen Hill,
from which direction the bullet is
thought to bare come, but this failed
to disclose the party or parties who
did the shooting.
F. G. Ackerman Dead.
The following account of the death
of F. G. Ackerman, formerly of Platts
mouth, was taken from the Havelock
department of the Lincoln News, of
Thursday, March 21:
"F. G. Ackerman, who has been seri
ously ill for some time, passed away at
his home at 2:15 yesterday morning.
Mr. Ackerman was over sixty-six years
old, and had been a resident of Have
lock for about fifteen years. He is
survived by a wife and nine children,
two of the later, WT. F. Ackerman,
master mechanic of the Havelock shops
and George Ackerman being a resident
of this city. The other children are
Mary Ackerman of Chicago, Edward
Ackerman of Piaitsmouth, Mrs. Anna
McClary of Mt Pleasant, la., August
Ackerman of Bennington, la., John
Ackerman of South Omaha, Mrs. Min
nie Knox of Lincoln and Frank Ack
erman of Tacoma, Wash. Services
were conducted today at the Metho
dist church by Rev. Prescott of Lin
coln, the body afterwards being taken
to Mt. Pleasant, la., for interment."
GREEK MEETS WITH GREEK
Several Arrests of the M. P. Foreign Sec-
tion Men Made by Officers
i
I
POLICE JUDGE ARCHER HEARS TROUBLES
F i n e ; o f $5 and Costs Paid by One, Another
Pleads "Not Guilty;" Still Another
' to be Tried for Hurling Plates
From the appearance of a num
ber of Greeks of the Missouri
Pacific section gang in police court
Friday morning, it would seem life
in the bunk cars at the above station
is not as peaceable and free from dis
turbances as our citizens are lead to
believe, from the general conductor
the foreigners recently imported to
this vicinity.
The first complaint made was that
against Angels Kalos for carrying con
cealed weapons, mention of which was
made in yesterday's issue of the Journ
al. The trouble arose when Kalos per
sisted in abusing and insulting the
Greek interperter, whom he claimed
owed him several dollars. This fact
he seemed to think, gave him a right
to be abusive to the interperter, who,
as soon as be received his check, paid
Kalos the obligation, and warned him
to desist from further insulting re
marks. Kalos upon bearing the above
warning, jumped upand "took a crack"
at the interperter, whose friends at
tempted to interfere. Kalos then grab
ed a fierce looking knife but it was
taken away from him, and he drew a
a pistol but was prevented from doing
injury to anyone. The officers ' were
notified of the disturbance and started
out for the quarrelsome Greek, who,
anticipating their coming, took up
the track toward Omaha. After sev
eral hours' chase, the fugitive was
landed behind the bars. At the pre
liminary hearing he plead "not guilty"
and giving bond of $300 for bis appear
ance for trial on tomorrow morning,
he was released from custody.
The second case to be heard by
Judge Archer was that of fightingand
disturbing the peace, Sperious Bon
holsas being the defendant. A plea
of guilty was entered, and the judge
interposing a fine of to and costs, which
was handed over and the Greek dis
charged. The climax of the trouble which
seems to have been brewing in the
Greek quarters came this morning
when Dan Movros hurled a plate and
several other dishes at a fellow coun
tryman, because the latter refused to
to get up and cook breakfast. A war
rant was issued for his arrest, but no
return has been made up to this time.
The arrest of the Greeks caused con
siderable excitement among the oth
ers, who collected about on the streets
last evening, talking and gesticulating
in excited tones and manners. A Greek
interpreter from Omaha was present
at the trial in police court to assist
the one in this city with the examina
tion and explanations.
Willie wailed and Wienie wheezed,
while wintry winds whined weirdly.
Willie wriggled while Winnie wheezed
wretchedly. Wisdom whispers, win
ter winds work wheezes. Wherefore
we write, "Use Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup." Nothing else so good.
Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co.
For Trade 13-acre tract of land
south of town for city property. In
quire of J. H. Thrasher, Coates Block.
LOSES FOOT UNDER WHEEL
Tramp Attempting to Steal Ride on Fast
Freight Meets with Accident.
INJURED MAN CARED FOR BY COUNTY
ANative of Edinburg, Scotland, Where
Father and Sisters Reside Has No
Relatives in this Country
About l a. m. Saturday fast
northbound freight No. 71 was passing
through the Burlington switch yards,
two tramps attempted to steal a ride
one succeeding in boardiDg a car,
while the other was thrown under
neath the wheels and got his left foot
badly crushed and mangled.
The accident was observed by Con
ductor Sweeny of the freight, and he
alighted from the train to notify the
station agent. The injured man was
found on the west side of the track
near the elevator, south of the depot,
where he had rolled after escaping
from beneath the wheels of the pass
ing train, lie was conveyed to the
station where further loss of blood was
stopped, and a temporary dressing
made by company surgeon T. P. Liv
ingston, who had been hastilly sum
moned. The case was then turned over to
the county physician, Dr. J. IJ. Mar
tin, who had the patient conveyed to
the Perkins House, where he is being
cared for.
The unfortunate man is a wood
chopper and was enroute from Chica
go to the west where he expected to
find employment. He is 23 years or
age, a native of Edinburg, Scotland,
where he has a father and several sis
ters living, but has no relatives in this
country," or is n ot" a rA lh VHit T) f "d u y so
ciety, on account of which the county
had to take care of him.
After examining the injured limb,
from which the foot was severed near
the ankle, it was found necessary to
perform a surgical operation. In
this Dr. Martin was assisted by Dr. T.
P. Livingston, Dr. E. W. Cook and
Dr. B. F. Brendel of Murray. The
left limb was amputated a short dis
tance below the knee this afternoon
and Fred Nixey, the patient, is slowly
recovering from the anesthetic admin
tered. THE THIEVES AND THIEVES
Inadequate Penalty for High Crimes
Against the Government.
Four Nebraska cattlemen who con
spired to steal 200,000 acres of govern
ment land have been condemned to
pay the penalty for their crimes. Two
of them are to pay a fine of $1,500 each
and serve one year in the county jail;
two of them must pay 8300 each
and speed eight months in jail. It
cannot be said that this is an excessivr
punishment for the theft of 200,000
acres of land, says the Chicago Tri
bune. Suppose that these men had been
convicted of stealing $200 in cash or
that by force they had held up a citi
zen and taken a dollar from his pocket
they would not have got off so easily.
There is a defect in the laws when
greater thieves escape with penalties
mild in comparison with those impos
ed upon the lesser thieves. If the man
who stole $173,000 from the sub-treasury
is found to be a trusted employe
of the government no greater punish
ment can be inflicted upon him than
upon a sneak thief who takes an over
coat worth $15, while the minimum
penalty in the latter case is one year
and in the former case six months.
Whether viewed from the stand
point of punishment or warning the
penalty afflicted upon the landtheives
is not likely to have a great deterent
effect. To serve one year in the coun
ty jail, where money will procure lux
uries and where there is no hard labor
to perform, is little enough to pay for
the use for years of 200,000 acres of
land. The government is making a
good beginning in prosecuting the men
who seize the public domain, but the
next convicted criminals should be giv
en the extreme penalty of the law if
the practice is to be rendered unpopu
lar.
A Sudden Death.
The report arrived here yesterday
(Sunday) early that Mrs. Sarah
O'lonnell had passed away very sud
denly a little after midnight Saturday.
The deceased was a large woman, and
apparently in the best of health all
day Saturday and had transacted busi
ness in Union in the afternoon.
Soon after returninghome in the af
noon, she began to feel 111, but it wan
thought to be only temporary, and had
revived to some extent. The next at
tack terminated in death in a very
few moments.
Mrs. O'Donnell is a widow, and is
the mother of four children Misses
Alice, Hose and Mamie, and one son,
Henry all of whom survive her. The
deceased is a sister of Pat Egan of thl
city, and she Is well known in this
city. Mr. and Mrs. Egan went down
yesterday, having been notified of his
sister's death soon after its occur
rence. The remains will be brought to this
city and interment made in the Holy
Sepulchre cemetery, but as to the
exact hour the services will occur wt
have not been informed.
WORK TO BEGIN MAY FIRST
Three Snag Boats Are to Be Kept in Oper
ation on the Missouri River by
the Government.
$400,000 AVAILABLE FOR UNDERTAKING
Plans for Clearing Channel for Navigation
Approved by the War Department.
From all reports one year from the
present date those who are alive of
the pioneers of this section can again
view steamboats plying up and down
the Missouri river. Telegrams from
Washington are to the effect that
plans have been perfected for improv
ing the river, under the appropri
ation allowed in the river and harbor
bill. Work will begin May 1. A
special from Washington, under date
of March 21, says:
"The plans were approved today at
the War Department by General Mc
Kenzie, Chief of Engineers. They
weresubmitted by Colonel J. 15. Quinn
whose office is at Sioux City, and who
is the engineer in charge of the Mis
souri. "The rivers and harbors bill made
available for Missouri River work 100,
000, to be expended as follows: Between
the mouth of the river and Kansas
City, $150,000; between Kansas City
and Sioux City, $150,000, and between
Sioux City and Fort Benton, Mont.v
$100,000.
"The most important part of the
work, as outlined by Colonel Quinn,
will consist in the removal of snags
and other obstruction in the channel.
On this work about one-half of the to
tal appropriation will be expended, it
is expected that, when it is finished,
the river will be in condition for the
navigation of the boats of the propos
ed freight lines that are being organ
ized in Kansas City and Omaha for the
greater part of the year.
"Three steamboats will be put at
work, the C. R. Suter, between Kan
sas City and St. Louis; the James M.
McPberson, between Kansas City and
Sioux City, and the Mandan, above
Sioux City. None of these boats are
now in commission, and Colonel Quinn
cays it will cost $23,000 to get them
ready for the work. He thinks it will
require two snagging season's work
for the removal of obstructions in the
channel. He estimates that the cost
of this work will be from the mouth to
Kansas City, $85,000; from Kansas
City to Sioux City, $5'J,000, and from
Sioux City to Fort Benton, $.'7,000.
A considerable portion of the ap
propriation will be expended o work
of protection of the bauks where such
work is necessary to navigation.
"Colonel Quinn states that a sur-ey
of the river at St. Joseph, which was
specifically provided for in the rivers
and harbors bill can be completed at
an expense of about $1,000.
ManZan Pile Remedy put up jn con
venient, collapsible tubes with nozzle
attchment so that the remedy may
be applied at the very seat of the trou
ble, thus relieving almost instantly
bleeding, itching or protruding piles.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re
funded. Sold by Gering & Co. Drug
gist. Two days' treatment free. Ring's
Dyspepsia Tablets for impaired diges
tion, impure breath, perfect assimila
tion of food, increased appetite. I
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