ANOTHER
BLOW FOR
PLATTS.
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the HkmI anI compelled to remain until
the waters had receeded, notwithstand
iug they complaints! loudly.
August Hach has a loss in some hay
which was stored in a harn in the rear of
the lower Main street store ami which
ws rendered almost a total loss.
The lody of the unfortunate Grassman
when recovered was a sorrowful sight.
It was viewed by hundreds of people
this morning at Hild's undertaking es
tablishment. . Mr." G. Knapp is a heavy loser by
reason of the flood, as he is the owner
of the building in which the glove fac
tory is located ami the water cutting a
hole through it causes a large loss.
Otto Herold, who Saturday, bought
Main Street, Looking West, Showing
riiili.-i;ipli )y Non
the Kn;:pp machine shops is getting in
to it in a swift way by having a pro
position which causes him a loss of
more than a hundred dollars, the first
thing.
J. W. Thomas reports that he is a
severe sufferer by the hail storm, say- ,
frig that he will lose almost his entire
crop of blackberries which he had calcu
lated would net him in the neighbor
hood of $1,000.
Notice was received early yesterday
morning from Burlington headquarters
to clear away the debris at the shops
as soon as possible, and in less than a
half an hour every available man was
put to work.
W H. Scott living west of the city1
was a heavy sufferer by the flood and
lightning, and kindred things. The
lightning struck his barn and the wind
blew his stables away, the hail pounded
his crops into the ground, in all causing
him a loss of near $6oo.
J. V. Egenberger suffered some loss
from wood which he had sawed and
split, piled up nicely for delivery to his
many ratrons. The flood mixed this
up with the neighboring farms which it
brought in Saturday evening, and now
before he can use the wood it will have
to be mined.
It is strange, but nevertheless true,
that people who rush to see a fire will
One of the Many Flood Scenes
I't.ott fiai li ly !-( n
? always insist on keeping as near' as pos
sible to the burning building. Several
nnrmwlv psranpd K?ncr strnrlr Kv fallinor
bricks. After which ropes were stretch
. ed to keep the crowd back.
i H. C, McMaken had just hauled a lot
of several thousand . brick and piled
them on the east side of Sixth street,
"near the earner of Pearl, and the cur
rent when it .struck them and took them
away in much less time than it takes
to unload one-half the amount.
Hundreds of acres of corn west and
south of town was leveled totheground
by hail. It seems from all reports that
the hail started in at the Flatte river
running south to near Mynard. where it
changed its course eastward. For a
space ef three miles wide the corn is
ruined.
John Hall and family had toleave the
house, although the storm ahd the
warters subskled, still there was that
fear of a reoccurrance of the troubles
before morning that would not allow
them to stay at home and tor the rest
of the night they stopped at the Hotel
Riley.
Frank Svelah, who lives near the river
south of the ferry had a reservoir built
just above his stable for the storage of
water for use on the farm. When the
hard rains came the dam broke and
washed his stable away, carrying also
three buggies, one horse, three hogs
and a number of chickens.
Leslie McKinney known as "Dutch"
made a fast run during the storm when
he was coming from the Burlington
bridge, he discovered a landslide which
had covered the track, and as it was
nearly time for No. 1, the fast night
passeuger, he ran at breakneck speed to
the station and got notice in time to
keep the train from running into the
obstruction.
Mrs. Fred Murphy had water in the
basement of her home, which is used
for kitchen and dining room puroses.
When the water had been drained off
there remained about four inches of mud
which required some hard work to clean
up. She is not wishing for more floods
at the present.
The home of Mrs. S. M. Chapman, on
Chicago avenue and Granite, was in
a sad flight. After the water had reced
ed several inches of mud was left on the
carjets and rugs upon the lower floors.
Miss Ruth, who has been confined to her
room with rheumatism for some time,
was carried to the barn for safety.
J. E. Tuey was a very heavy loser, as
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Block Receiving Greatest Damage
the water got in behind his store and
came povring in a torrent through his
store room, taking away a large amount
of goods and damaging a much larger
portion, he represents that class of
progressive American who will go after
the proposition in the proper way, and
wrest victory from the very jaws of
defeat.
Many of the county bridges are out
and telephone calls have been coming
in from this commissioner district notify
ing Mr. Fredrick of road district No. 2
lost two bridges, No. 1 losing one and
No. 15 losing one. The ferry bridge
being gone via the hills and the one via
the river bottom being out of com
mission on account of the badly dam
aged commission.
Chris Mockenhaupt, the proprietor of
the briokyard south of town, was a
loser by the flood to the extent of 25,000
brick, which were wet in the bottom of
the kiln, and which will have to be
burned anyway to burn the rest of the
kiln. He also loses a large quality of
wood which he had piled up ready to
use in burning brick.
M. Hild who went out in the country
Saturday night to visit with his folks,
did not know anything about the
flood or the loss which he had sustained
until he returned home last evening.
But he got busy at once in getting the
at the Burlington Shops.
store cleaned out. He had a large
amount of mnd and water in the under
taking rooms, on the floor but as the
j goods were out of reach of : the flood
j his loss though heavy was not as much
as they would have been otherwise.
"Old Pelican," Briggs' horse, whom
the folks left stand in front of the bar
j ber shop on Sixth street, when they ran
in to escape the rain, stayed in his
j place until the hail got the thickest,
I then turned around and catching a
i buggy standing on the other side of the
street, dragged it down the street in
front of Wurl's store, where it became
loosened, from there he went to
Streight's corner, and someone un
hitched him and he went to Manspeaker 's
stable.
David B. Ebersole is evincing the
: true Americanism in digging out of the
I wreck, the material for the construction
J of a smaller temporary blacksmith shop
i that he can do work in until he shall
have gotten the old shop rebuilt. It is
the unconquerable spirit of progress and
get there that has made this country of
ours, which is the envy of every nation-'
on the globe. Hit it hard Dave; you
have the right view of the matter. I
ANOTHER CALAMITY
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Grassman.
Mr. Grassman, the unfortunate man
who lost his life in the fire, leaves a wife
and four children to mourn his untimely
death. The eldest child Fern, a girl of
eight years; Charlie, aged six years;
Carl, aged four, and a little girl young
er. Mr. Grassman was a member of
Woodmen of the World and carried $1,
000 insurance on his life. ThcWuneral
will be held tomorrow morning under
the auspices of the order.
LAID AWAY IN
THE SILENT TOMB
Ed Grassman Who Lost His Life in
the Explosion Sunday.
A VERY IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
And a Large Number of Sympathetic
Friends and Neighbors Attend
the Last Sad Rits.
On the ninth of March, 1874, near the
city of Plattsmouth, was born Edward
Grassman, who has made this his home
during his entire life time. Here he at
tended school, acquired an education
and entered business, having held a few
positions in which he gave such abun
dent satisfaction that his employers
were always desirous of retaining him.
For seven years he worked for I. Pearl
man, then for A. Clark, the grocer,
while he stayed here, and upon his go
ing to California he engaged with his
present employer, staying with him
ever since. In the commercial world
it was pleasant to get to do business
with a man like Ed. You were always
sure of prompt and courteous treatment,
and whatever he told as a fact you
knew it was so.
On January 29th, 1898, when nearly
twenty-five years old, he was united in
marriage with Clara May Wheeler,
daughter of our townsman, Frank
Wheeler and wife, Rev. J. T. Baird
performing the ceremony that joined
these two young lives for the rest of
life's journey. Of this union there
were born four children, all of whom
survive their father, and who are: Fern,
aged eight years; Charlie, aged six
years;" Carl, aged four, and Mare the
baby, aged two, who with their.mother
mourn his untimely death. Of his
father's family there are left to survive
him, his father, now a man vell ad
vanced in years, though still retaining
a great deal of vigor of body and mind:
Mrs. W. H. Mann, a sister living in
ED. GRASSMAN
Unfortunate Victim of Sunday's Fire.
this city; J. W. Grassman, also residing
in this city; Charley Grassman, living
in Alliance, and M. T. Grassman, who,
when last heard from was in Sioux City,
but of whom '; nothing could be learned
up to the present time. -
Mr. Grassman came to his death .by
being bnmed and injured by an explo
sion Sunday afternoon while in the per
formance of his duties as an employe
of E. A. Wurl. The funeral sermon was
delivered by Dr. J. T. Baird, and in
terment was made in Oak Hill cemetery.
Mr. Grassman was a member of the
Methodist church of this place, a mem
ber of the Woodmen of the World, a
member of the Knights and Ladies of
Security and was a short time ago elec t
ed a member of the fire department.
There was a large attendance at the
funeral, which was held from his late
residence, and was a demonstration of
the deep sorrow of the many friends of
the deceased, who assembled to pay the
last sad respect to the memory of a
noble man and friend. At the cemetery
Rev. G. H. Schleh paid a very eloquent
tribute to the character of the brother
who had passed away. The pall-bearers
selected, were chosen, not for the fact
that they may have been members of
any- order of which . the deceased belong
ed, but as an acknowledgement of the
bond of friendship which existed be
tween them as friends of Mr. Grass-
Q J
man. They consisted of"" Fred McCau
ley, Ed. S. Tutt, Robert Hayes, Robert
W. Sherwood, George Tartsch and Em
mons Ritchey.
There weresveral very beautiful floral
offers, tribures of esteem in which the
unfortunate man was held. One of the
most hansome was that of E. A. Wurl;
one from the Woodmen of the World;
one from the Woodmen Circle; another
from the boys of Burlington coac h shops,
and another from the Knight and Ladies
of Security, which through carelesrness
of the florist, did not arrive at the late
home deceased until this morning. Suc h
tokens of esteem speak louder than words
the appreciation of the sterling worth
and the estimation in which Mr. Grass
man was held by his fellow man. The
vocal music was furnished by Mrs. J.
W. Gamble, Miss Brady, Geo. L. Far
ley and B. A. McElwain and was very
beautifully and touchingly rendered.
IN MEMORIUM
As a culmination of the many disasters
that has swept our little city, the
Black Rider Death swiftly passed
through our midst and took with him
the life of a good citizen, leaving, in
stead, sorrow and gloom.
But a few hours ago, Ed, Grassman,
strong, vigorous, hopeful, in the pur
suit of his employment, was here; in an
instant his life passed out into eternity,
and this evening his body lies in the
"silent city."
What should be said of the life of this
man among his fellow citizens? He
made no claim to superior attainments,
but never faltered at the daily duties
confronting him; he had no vaulting
ambitions but his aspirations were holy ;
he never sought the commendation and
applause of his fellow-citizens, but in
his daily life merited their admiration
and love; he was not wealthy but un
falteringly, through cold and heat, storm
and sunshine, sickness and health,
through persistent, faithful industry,
held firmly in his grasp the comfort of
those dependent upon him whom he
loved. When grim disease sat at his
hearthstone and attacked those he loved,
he neyer faltered nor murmered, but
steadly pressed forward with all his
strength procuring all the help within
his means and power until he surmount
ed with victory the barrier to his hap
piness, and again walked the streets
with his companion and little ones.
Never obtruding his personality upon
any one, yet those who came often in
contact with him failed not to observe
a quiet gentle manhood that won respect
and admiration. He made no preten-
tions to great virtues but lived a life as
sinless as possible.
Though never seeking the public gaze
yet within his sphere he wrought with
all his migbt, and it is not meet that he
go unheralded to the grave. The j the inrress and egress as easy as form
writer, whose doorway this good man j erly-
daily passed, and who watched with I Ve next encountered the place of C.
interest and admiration his patient
fortitude, found inspiration in his daily
life and will cherish his memory as will
all those who care to note the trials of
those thej' daily meet.
Who knows but that Ed. Grassman
has won a diadem, and is kingly in an
other world? A Friend.
THE RECOVERY
OF THE BODY
A Portion of the Story That
Has Never Been Told
by the Journal
In our account of the fire and the find
ing of the body of Mr. Grassman, we
were not in possession of all the facts
as to the matter, as it was rather diffi
cult to obtain, and did not narrate them.
It was at a little after midnight Sunday,
or rather Monday morning, before the
fireman were able to get to where the
body lay. W. T. Mendenhall and C. A.
Downs were the ones to recover it, go
ing down into the cistern after it, and
was frought with a good deal of danger
as the fire damp or gas settling there,
which would make a long stay in the
cistern almost sure death. In the notic
ing of the firemen who did such good
work at the fire we were not able to say
something about each individual, as .it
was not so we could see all places at
once, but we know that the work done
was enough for all to have a share in the
glorv of rendering this service to the
people they loved to serve, as saviours
of their proerty or lives.
DAMAGES ARE
BEING REPAIRED
The spirit of enterprise and progress
is being forcibly enacted into the real
go-ahead business activities on our
streets, in the way that the sufferers
from the recent floods are getting every
thing into shape and running again.
Here is being made into realties, the
very things which make for the advance
ment of business progress. When things
look dark and the timid would be af
frighted, and the discouraged feel like
dark despair had claimed them for their
own, these people have grasped with a
firmer hold onto the mastery, of the sit
uation, and are manifesting that in truth
they expect to win in the end. We well
know that they will and are more than
pleased with the fact that they are
wrestirig victory from the very' jaws' of ! filling which is being made and which
destruction. has to be completed before anything
Our merchants have rolled up their ! ran be clone towards, making a per
sleeves, donned a pair of old trousers, a i manent walk.
pair of rubber boots and waded into the At Dovey's the damage was slight
mud and water, and have worked with compared with the immense stock car
a will and determination, and at this ried, and was in the shape of soap and
writing have things in almost as good canned goods in the cellar which cannot
shape as they were before the waters, be entirely cleared away for a few day
on their way to the gulf, came and took yet.
toll of the stocks of our enterprising Kunsman fc Ramge report they have
merchants. In our rounds this morning things in shipshape, and are doing busi
we found that things had begun to as- ness with the rush and dispatch which
sume the wanted appearance they had have characterized this firm in the past,
before the occurrance of last Saturday Julius Pepperherg has all his stock re
night, moved to a vacant room in the Hotel
Beginning at the lower end of Main Riley building, and is taken care of. He
street, we find that Jacob Heinrich and did not have any damage except in the
A. G. Bach & Co. have things in shape store house, which is situated on the
again ahd the walks are in good shape, alley. Mr. Pepperherg immediately
L. B. Egenberger has his lot filled in in telegraphed for a lot of new fresh to
front of the store and is waiting for it bacco which will be here in the course
to pack, ready for the re-laying of the of a few days, it having been shipped
brick walk. He also has his cellar clean-; from New York last Monday. At F. S.
ed out and everything in shape. Peter
sen and Speck have things coming in
good shape, while D. P. Jackson has his
goods all straightened up and everything
in apple pie order inside, but he is wait
ing to get some one to fill up the wash
ed out space in front of the rom he oc
cupies. The next building on the west
which is owned by a non-resident, and
has the front basement wall washed out
and a large excavation in front, still re-
View of Ebersole's Blacksmith Shop Sixth Street.
I'li)t'i :i:li l.v ( lsnii
mains untouched, and the occupants
have to go and return via the alley. H.
M. Soennichsen has his damage, which
was small, all cleaned up and has no
damaged goods to offer, but all the goods
his on shelves are free from any taint or
contamination with the flood. Bookmeyer
& Co. have their place in shipshape, as
aso has Hatt & Son. M. Fanger has
I lilts r o j nr oil nl-jn im Viilt 1G CVtmP.
I what handicapped by reason of the own
I er of the building not having the side
! walk repaired in front, so as to make
E. Wescott's Sons and Kraft Clothing
Co., which come together. They with
the Bauer hardware store were the
hardest of those on Main street. Wes
cott's have grappled with the situation
in a way which means that the matter
has to yield to the efforts to clear up in
j as short a space of time as possible that
i the eliminating of this temporary in-
terruption of progress may not consume
any more time than possible. They
have a large force of workmen clean
j ing and getting out the damaged goods,
and are taking them to the Leonard
room, formerly occupied by Mauzy &
Murphy, where they are taking care oi
them to prevent any further loss that
might occur if they were not cared for
at the present time. They cannot say order with the exception f the corn,
as to what they will do until they get j which he is getting dried out. And the
things in shape to know just where they i portion of the barn adjoining whic h he
stand. They do know however that i is going to raise and put in a new floor,
their loss is much more than at first j On both of the lumber yards there re
supposed and that they are awful busy ; mains a good deal of work to be done to
and will be for some time to come git- get things in the proper shape,
ting things in shape. The Kraft Cloth- Q. K. Parrr.ele has his barn in run
ing Company were more fortunate, as j ning order but hj not had time to get
at the point where the wall broke and j the rigs fixed up yiet. John S. Hall
precipitated the stocks, they only had j who received the hard knock, which run
shoes and overalls, the latter does not ! a real river through his plac e, has things
run into money so very rapidly, and j mostly straightened up and has dispos
either of which the damage would not j ed of all of the damaged goods with the
be so great as on other lines and grades J exception of a little laundry soap, and
of goods. They have placed a partition j all which he wilt hav to offer will be
in their room and have the front so they new, fresh good's. Soon Mr. Hall will
can do business again and are ready for j build a concrete wall around the rear
the trade. With the portion of goods i portion of his store for a protection
that were damaged they have them re- I from anything of the kind in the future
moved to the Palmer building, east of ' which may occur.
the court house lawn, and are taking Zuckweiler & Lutz suffered a very
care of them in good shape. Much of slight loss, and are in running shape
this stock is damaged by mud and water, again. M. Hild has, after some hard
and is being brushed up, preparatory to work, gotten cleaned up again and in
being placed on the market as damaged ' shape to do business. J. E. Tuey, who
goods and at greatly reduced prices.
At the Bauer hardware store we find
things in pretty good shape, after the
forcd of workmen wfao have been work
ing like beavers, going over the stock.
They find that the damage was not so
great as hard been supposed at first, and
are confined to certain classes of goods.
The nails which received a thorough
soaking of both mud and water, have
all been disposed of, they going like hot
cakes to the farmers, and are all clean-
ed up and gone. Some rope still re-
mains, which they have not been able '
to give the attention that was needed !
at first, but will be taken up for dis-
position tomorrow, But otherwise all j
the balance of the damage has been at- j
tended to, and they are in "shape to' go I
ahead with business as formerly. The
walks along the east half of this block,
which was swept away still remains
with nothing done to it, more than some
White's the real flood damage was only
nominal, but the damage caused by the
fire in the Boeck building, and waUr
for the extermination of the fire was
heavy. The insurance carried on this
sto k and building was in the Phoenix,
and the adjuster carrn yesterday, and
asked what the damages were and what
was wanted. On the stock Mr. White
said that he thought that the damage
had been twenty-five per cent, and that
he wanted on the building what it would
take to put it in as good shape as before
the fire occurred. Mr. L. (J. Larson
was called in and estimated the cost of
putting the building in as good repair as
formerly was placed at .f'COO.OO, which
was agreeable to the adjuster and the
the owner of the building and goods.
Then the matter of taking an invoice of
the damaged roods was began and after
the amounts had been calculated the
amount was paid by 'draft.
At E. A. Wurl's store an invoice is
in progress, and as the goods are taken
they are conveyed to the Todd building,
next to the court house. Upon this
stock Mr. Wurl carried an insurance of
$8,(KK), and it is not probable that the
invoice will be completed during the day.
It is thought that 'when the settlement
is made that the stock will be disposed
j Gf and that when Emil opens up again
it will be with new fresh goods in all
lines, with no old stock to offer.
D. B. Ebersole has his blacksmith
shop in order for business and and has
begun work again, the loss which was
considerable, has not yet been fully
determined. Otto F. Herold is ready
to do business and in shape to do it at
his mac hine shops next to Mr. Ebersole.
; The Glove factory will not be in shape
to work for a few days yet. James
, Sage has his barn in good running
had so much loss on-account of the wat
er shooting past other stores and catch-
ing his store in full force, has had a big
job getting things righted and has suf
fered a great dear of loss, but is almost
through with the hardest of the clean
ing up job. F.' G. Fricke & Co. have
things in good order with the exception
of a little work in the cellar which will
soon be done. On the north side of the
street Gering & Q. were the ones to
suffer the worst, and have things about
cleaned up. Kroehler Bros, have their
store all right, with the cellar to attend
to sucn as removing the accumulated
mud.
The walks in front of Gering's and
Mrs. Herold's buildings have been put
m good shape again. The Nebraska
Lighting company have gotten their
place so they can occupy it, but have
their office in the bank up stairs for the.
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