mmoutb Journal.
VOLUME XXVII
PL.ATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOKKIl :J, 1007
NUMI5EK 1
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A RED MOT Tir.lE
IS NOW ASSURED
The Party Split Over the Selection of
a State Chairman.
A special from Iinooln, referring - to
the selection of a chairman for the re
publican state committee says: "The
meeting of the republican state central
committee next Monday evening will be
one of the most interesting affairs of its
its kind for some time. The forces in
the party have lined up for Keifer and
Hayward and it is a problem to figure
out which will be the winner. Gover
nor Sheldon is said to be favorable to
Haywood and so is Victor Rosewater.
The candidates themselves want Keifer
of Nuckolls county for chairman and it
looks as though he will be chosen, but
the other fellows have not abandoned
the field.
"One feature of the contest seems to
be the fact that Pollard is slowly but
surely being driven into the Burkett
camp because of the alliance which
seems to be forming between Sheldon
and Hayward. It is known that Hay
ward is opposed to Pollard and by align
ing himself with Hayward, the gover
nor places himself in the attitude of op
position to Pollard. Some friends of
the governor, believe this is a mistake,
as Pollard has all kinds of friends among
the farmers of the state. Should Pol
lard ally himself with Burkett, the lat
ter will be the gainer and Sheldon will
be the loser.
"Because of the support of Hayward
by Victor Rosewater, the Omaha Bee,
Harry Linsay, Judge Sedgwick and
Governor Sheldon are all bedfellows,
the Bee and the governor being gradual
aligned again their former political com
panions. "It is a great political game that is
being played in the political camp and
the result is awaited with the greatest
of interest by the politicians who want
to be the candidates next year. "
ROMANTIC WED
DING NEAR UNION
Young Iowa Couple Gome
Across the Big Muddy fo
Get Married
The Union Ledger gives the follow
ing account of a very romantic marriage
which occurred near that village on
Thursday last in which Editor Graves
assisted the loving couple in their eff
orts to get "spliced;"
Yesterday forenoon a nice little wed
ding took place at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Shoemaker, just across
the line in Otoe county, the principals
being Guy W. Eyler and Miss Bertie
A. Connor. loth residing near Bartlett,
Iowa. The officiating minister was
Rev. Byron Beall, of Lincoln, and the
attesting witnesses were M.
H. Shoemaker and Chas. L. Graves.
The romantic feature was the fact that
the contracting parties had secured a
marriage license in Nebraska City and
when they arrived here on the yester
day morning train they found it neces
sary to cross the line into Otoe county
in order to have the ceremony legally
performed. The senior editor was ap
plied to and consented to help out, and
securing the services of Rev. Beall, of
Lincoln, who happened to be in town,
the party drove accross the county line
and surprised the Soemaker family by
asking the privelege of having ' a wed
ding there. Consent was cheerfully
given, and at 11:30 a. m. in the parlor
the ceremony was pronounced by Rev.
Beall, there being present Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. Shoemaker, Miss Isadore Hall
Mrs. OnejT Carper, in addition to the
wedding party, all of whom extended
hearty congratulations, and Mr. Shoe
maker could hardly be restrained from
kissing the handsome and blushing
bride.
. The party drove back to Union and
the new married couple departed last
evening for Iowa. The groom is one of
Fremont county's popular young men, j
an industrious farmer and good citizen. '
The bride is a daughter of Harvey i
Connor, a highly respected resident of
Bartlett, Iowa. She is a handsome and
intelligent young lady and highly es
teemed by many friends in the com
munity where she grew from childhood.
In District Court
As we go to press, the state against
C. Laurance Stull, is still on trile, the at
torneys are addressing the jury, with a
probability of the case going to the jury
thia evening. This is a case in which C.
Lourence Stull is charged with assault,
with intent to do great bodily injury on
the person of one Henry Green.
Must Complete the Course
According to the Lincoln Journal,
State Superintendent McBrien is re
quiring pupils of high schools who take
the normal training course to pledge
themselves that they will complete the
course. The law requires them to re
main in class eighteen weeks and there
must be ten in a class.' Each high
school that qualifies will ' receive ' from
the state $350 a year. Some of the
schools that have qualified and the
number in the class are as follows: Hol
drege, 44; Lexington, 34; Hebron, 30;
Geneva, 29. Hastings, 21; North Platte,
24; West Point, 13; Winser, 18; Fair
field. 12; Superior, 15.
GO FROM HOME
TO GET SPLICED
An Omaha Couple Have the
Knot Tied by Judge Travis.
This morning a fair haired lad and a
petite blond, alighted from the Burl
ington train, coming from Omaha, and
viewed the crowd bashfully, for a mo
ment, and were joined by a third party,
a young man looking scarcely out of
his teens. The trio journeyed up the
street not letting anyone know them or
their business. They looked at the
sights, and viewed the flag pole on top
of the court house, and after a few
moments of hurried consulation, ad
vanced up the walk which led to the
county's office building, and sought the
office of the county judge. Here se
curing the necessary papers, Frank A.
Johnson and Miss Marie Sullivan, join
ed their fates, their lives and their
loves, becoming man and wife. They
seemed to want to keep the matter
from the folks at home in Omaha, and
cautioned Judge H. D. Travis and at
tendents not to let anyone know any
thing so that it would get to the Omaha
papers. Though entirely unused to .the
new situation, and in a strange place,
and among strangers, with the single
exception of a brother of the groom,
Ira Johnson, they seemed very happy.
They departed for Omaha on the fast
mail.
OPERATE 'PHONES
IN SIXTY DAYS
Independent Company Will Be
Ready For Business in
Omaha
The Omaha World-Herald, in speak
ing of the Indej.endent telephone com
pany in that city says:
"A force of twenty expert electri
cians from Chicago have begun setting
up and connecting the automatic switch
boards in the new building of the Inde
pendent telephone company at Twen
tieth ami Harney. Practically all the
material is on the floor and unpacked,
and most of the material for the switch
board at the branch exchange on North
Twenty-fourth street has been delivered.
"Sixty days will suffice to complete
the work of installation, and the com
pany expects to begin giving service the
latter part of November.
"The underground cables have been
placed in the conduits in the district be
tween Farnam and Jackson, from the
river west to Twentieth street, and the
district from Famam to Davenport
will be ready in another week, with all
the splicing done.
"Work is now progressing in the dis
trict from Twentieth west to Thirty
third. A testing plant has been in
stalled at Twelfth and Nicholas, and
every pair of wires in the cables is be
ing tested before the cables are pulled
into the conduits.
"Sixteen carloads of cable have been
received. Eight more are this side of
Chicago and forty additional cars are
scheduled for delivery within the next
ten days. The aerial cables have been
put up and spliced in the Hanscom
park district.
"The independent company will manu
feature its own "P. B. X.'s" or private
branch exchange switchboards. The
T. II. Welrich company will furnish the
cabinet work and the electrical equip
ment will be fitted in the company's
workshop in the basement of the main
exchange. Vice-President Stow asserts
that he will have a switchboard that
will be three times as fast as anything
of the kind that has ever been operated
in Omaha.
"A new feature will be a school of
instruction that will be conducted for
the education of employes, for the pur
pose of turning out a corps of inspec
tors fully acquainted with all phases of
the automatic system"
Louis Egenberger, jr., is so far re
covered as to be around again but not
able yet to do any work.
FREIGHT ROBBING
HAS CEASED
Cars Opened in Transit and
Good Taken Therefrom
by the Wholesale
Robbing valuable merchandise cars
while in the fast freight trains has now
ceased on the Burlington since the ar
rests of three men were made at Ash
land a little more than a week ago. It
is claimed by Special Agent Malone of
the Burlington that two of these men
have confessed to robbing Burlington
fast freight No. 77 of valuable freight
and that they will be taken to Iowa for
trial, where the cars were entered,
says the Linooln Journal.
The systemhtic robbing of the train
offered a problem for the special agents
of the railroads that has been a serious
one. The train would start from
Chicago sealed, and many of the cars
distined for Denver and beyond would
arrive at the terminus with the seals
apparently intact, but with freight in
side disturbed and short many of the
articles shown on the billing. . The cars
had been robbed in transit. A closer
examination, however, would show
that the seals had been broken and
placed together in a manner that, with
rough inspection, would escape detec
tion. The method of car burgulars is far
milliar to most railroad men, and at
this time when burglaries are frequent
on every road all the trainmen and
special agents are on the lookout for
these men. Cars are opened while the
train is standing in the yards and one
man secrets himself in the car and
closes the door. At a certain place
along the line he opens the door and
throws freight out along the line while
the train is in motion- Confederates
follow along after the train and pickup
the loot, taking it to some place where
it may be "planted" until an oppor
tunity comes for disposing of It.
In recent instances a market has been
found for stolen goods among gangs of
foreign laborers in the employ of the
railroads. The thieves take the goods
out to the camps of the laborers and
sell the stuff. Twenty pairs of shoes
will be sold to laborers for twenty
dollars. Like prices will be made on
other goods that the robbery of the car
affords. In this way ready sales are
made to people who are not at all talk
ative. Because of the manner of sell
ing the goods it has been difficult to
trace the thieves.
Sometimes the thieves do not find all
the goods thrown out by the man on
the train, and the section men going
over the road the next morning locate
boxes and crates by the trackside and
repoJt the find. In this way roberies
have been discovered before the check
of the robbed cars has been made.
For several months railroads operat
ing in Nebraska have been reporting
heavy losses to freight in transit. It
is said that the summer and fall months
are the times of greatest activity of
the car robbers. When the weather
gets cold the robberies are not so fre
quent and do not cause such a heavy
loss to the railroads.
Had a Fine Time in the East
V. V. Leonard was a passenger to
Omaha this morning, where he goes to
look after some matters pertaining to
his business here. While at the Bur
lington Station, in conversation with a
reporter, he said that while in the east
where he and Mrs. Leonard have been
for the past month, they visited all the
places at which thay lived years ago.
At Montrose, Pa., a place where they
formerly made their home, he met
with the 50th Pennsylvania regiment,
the one of which he was a member dur
ing the stormy times of the Union from
1861 to 1865. This is the second time
he has met with them or seen them
since he left the east, just after the
close of the war. During the time
which has elapsed since the last meet
ing, which was only four years since,
he noticee many who were absent, hav
ing answered the last roll call.
Now Burning Brick.
Christain Mockenhaupt, the brick
maker, living and having his yards
south of the city, is now burning a
brick kiln which contains about 175,000
brick. He has had his fires going now
about two days, and will have to keep
them going continually for from nine
to eleven days in order to complete the
burning. This is a proposition, which
when the fires are first started, have to
be kept going until the kiln has settled,
which is taken as an indication that the
kiln has been sufficiently burned. Mr.
Mockenhaupt makes on an average o
about half a million brick per year, for
which he 'finds a market in this vicinity.
THE PURE FOOD LAW
Commissioner Johnson Sends Notice
to the Packers
State Food Commissioner Johnson
sent to the various packers who are
selling cured meats in the state, notices
calling their attention to what he terms
the general wholesale cheat which he
asserts these people are practicing up
on the consumers of hams, bacon and
other meats which are put up in pack
ages, says the Lincoln News.
Commissioner Johnson says that ever
since the pure food law went into effect
the department has been receiving
emplaints from retailers who claim
that the packers are engaged in carry
ing on a systematic short weight game.
It is asserted that when 100 pounds
of meat of this kind is ordered, from
93 to 95 pounds is received, the balance
of the hundred being made up of paper
and canvass. The net weight is not
branded on each package as provided
for by law. Mr. Johnson has been for
some time investigating the matter and
finds that the complaints are only too
well founded. Henceforth the net
amount of meat in each package must
be stated on the same and any packer
who fails to comply with the law will
be prosecuted. It has been ascertained
that the average shortage is 5 per cent,
and when the average price of meat is
16 cents per pound, it will be readily
seen that the packers make a very good
thing out of their brown paper and can
vass. "The way that the people of Nebras
ka are being and have been cheated on
short weight packages is a monstrous
scandal," said the food commissioner.
"A part of the dishonesty which is re
sponsible for this state of affairs is
traceable to the retailers, a part to the
wholesalers and a part to the manufac
turers. This department is determined
to put a stop to it and prosecutions will
soon begin all along the line. We have
been inclined to give manufacturers
and dealers plenty of warning arid allow
them a reasonable time to change their
manner of doing business,' but that time
has just about expired.
"The package system offers the
greatest opportunities for fraud in the
matter of weights, and it has been
taken advantage of to the limit. This
system in the beginning was a whole
some one. It is sanitary and conveni
ent. When a customer calls for a
pound of butter, for instance, the deal
er would much rather hand out a neat
carton, which has kept the product
clean and fresh, and the customer
would rather receive the butter in that
form. The custom grew until it was
adopted by practically all crermeries,
then the custom of cutting down the
amount of butter in the package began.
It was found that it was just as easy
to sell a 15 ounce package as one con
taining a full pound. Then some of the
manufacturers cut the size down to 14
ounces and for a long time thousands
of consumers have been paying for one
or two ounces of butter which they did
not get, every time they purchased a
package of the creamery product.
"But it is not to butter alone that
the cheat is confined. It is found i;i
almost every article of food which is
put up in packages. Take flour for in
stance. Every so-called 50 pound sack
is from one to five pounds short, and in
a communication just received from a
miller, he tells me that the retailers
are largely responsible for this state of
affairs. He says that when a dealer
gives an order for a couple of ton of
flour, instead of having it put up in 80
sacks, he will order it put into 90, thus
practicing a 10 per cent cheat. Of
course all retailers do not do this, and
in the future none will be able to do so.
Every sack of flour must be branded
with the weight of its contents.
"I met a representative of a large
house the other day and he stated that j
his firm was engaged in putting up
macaroni. He wanted to know if it
was necessary to brand the packages
with the weight and was told that it
certainly was. He was asked how much
his packages contained and replied that
they were supposed to contain ten
pounds, and that originally they did,
but this had been gradually cut down,
until now the net weight was only
about 7 pounds. This was a case where
the retailer got the worst of it.
"These are only sample cases, and
one who takes the time to investigate
will be amazed at the amount of dis
honesty shown in the manufacture and
sale of foods. Not only are there short
weight packages, but there are short
weight scales. I am informed that in
this and other cities and towns there
are in use scales which are manufactur
ed for the express purpose of allowing
the dealer to cheat his customers. I
suppose, of course, that those who
use these devices are - comparatively
few, but it would be a good idea for
those who make purchases to have a
set of scales of their own, and weigh
what they buy. This phase of the situ
ation will be taken up as soon as possi
ble and prosecutions may be looked for
if it is as has been reoorted. The Ne
braska pure food law will be enforced
to the letter, thus making it possible
for everyone who makes a purchase to
know just what he is getting and how
much of it."
Food Commissioner Johnson has
notified County Attorney Thompson, of
Chase county, to institute proceedings
against parties at Imperial, who have
been reported as testing cream, with
out a license, and in violation of the
law.
The question is raised at the food
commissioner's office as to the duty of
county attorneys is bringing prosecu
tions where violations of the law are
reported to them by the food commis
sioner, says the Lincoln Journal.
In some cases already reported for
prosecution the county attorneys have
hesitated, desiring the food commis
sioner or some representative from his
office to go to the county where the
prosecution is to be brought, to sign
the complaint and to produce the re
quired testimony.
The attorney general, consulted in
this matter, holds that it is the business
of the county attorney to sign the com
plaint, he taking the place in such
cases of the grand jury. It is impossi
ble for the food commissioner or his
assistants to be personally in atten
dance in every prosecution.
If county attorneys hesitate on tech
nicalities, insisting that each complaint
must be signed by the commissioner or
some one from his office, the impossi
bility of such attendance in every case
might delay and hinder prosecutions
and interfere seriously with the work of
enforcing the law.
A number of county attorneys have
already signified their desire to co-operate
with the food commissioner being
ready and willing, not only to sign com
plaints and bring action, but to make
investigations where violations are re
ported in their counties and to assist in
procuring evidence, especially in cases
where the evidence is easy to be ob
tained, as in the case of unbranded food
packages.
Unbranded meat and butter, for ex
ample are in evidence in most of the
counties in the state.
While the Nebraska creameries are
now branding their butter as a rule and
are putting in the full 16 ounces into
the packages, and inspection of the
grocery stores in Lincoln, Omaha and a
number of other towns within the last
three days shows some creamery butter
still being put out in an unbranded con
dition. Wherever this unbranded pack
age butter appears there is a case for
prosecution and the unbranded package
is the evidence.
This is also true of unbranded meat
packages.
While the county attorney of Doug
las county and of Otoe where there are
packing houses, have been notified of
this unbranded meat, any meat dealer
in any town or county in the state
handling unbranded packages is violat
ing the law if he sells the package meat
in package form. Wherever there is a
violation of the law there is business for
the prosecuting attorneys.
Governor Sheldon has expressed him
self as being in sympathy with vigorous
prosecutions wherever prosecution is
necessary to get the law into working
effect. The governor believes, and the
same view has been expressed by the
attorney general, that the county attor
neys as a rule will be found ready to do
their full part in bringing the law into
working effect in every county in this
state, not only as to the branding of
meat and butter packages but to all
other food packages and not only to the
branding requirements, but as to adul
terations and misrepresentation of foods
wherever it is found.
Western Bees Organize.
Last evening at the Odd Fellow's
Hall, under the guidianship of Otto H.
Stubin arid wife, Lodge No. 24 of the
Western Bees was organized, and have
began gathering honey for the future.
They had a good sized crowd, having
26 iniations at the meeting last evening.
The officers selected for the coming
term were: F. K. Jackson, President;
Raymond Henry, Vice-president, Frank
Boetel, Past President, M. Peterson, Ser
geant; Miss Hannah Black,' Secretary;
Mrs. M. Peterson, Treasurer; Mrs.
Henry D. Kingery, Chaplain; Henry D.
Kingery, Inner "Guard; Joe Kastel,
Guide. Board of Trustees, for one
year, F. K. Jackson, for two years,
Raymond Henry, for three years, Mar
tin Peterson. The next meeting will
be held on Oct. 12 at the same place.
This is a fraternal insurance order and
starts out with a good membership and
we hope they will succeed.
Wanted A good dinning room girl
at once, at the Plattsmouth Hotel.
MERGE NINETEEN
RAILROADS
The Burlington Stockholders
Asked to Approve the Ab
sorption of Subsid
iary Western
Lines
The stockholders of the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy will vote Number (1
on merging in the company the follow
ing subsidiary concerns, all of whose
securieties are owned by it:
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad, At
chison, Kan., to Lincoln, Neb., and
branches 142 miles; Beaver Valley
Railroad, Nebraska state line to St.
Francis, Kan., 74 miles; Burlington and
Colorado Railroad, Nebraska stat line
to Denver, Colo., 175 miles: Chicago,
Nebraska and Kansas Railroad. Odell
Neb., to Concordia, Kan., 71 miles;
Chyenne and Burlington Railroad, Colo
rado state line to Cheyenne, Wyo., 21
miles; Colorado and Wyoming Railroad,
Nebraska state line to . Wyoming state
line, 145 miles, Denver, Utah and Pa
cific Railroad, Denver to Utah Junc
tion to Lyons, 36 miles; Denver and
Montana Railroad, Sterling, Colo., to
Nebraska State line and branch 3t
miles; Kansas City and Omaha, Storms
burg to Alma, Neb., and McCool June
tion to Fairmont, Neb. ,103 miles; Lin
coln and Northwestern Railroad, Lin
coln to Columbus, Neb., 71 miles;
Lincoln and Black Hills Railroad, Pal
mer to Sargent, Neb., 7.'! miles; Central
City to Ericson, Neb., (53 miles and
Greeley Center to Btirwell ,Neb., 40;
176 miles; Nebraska Railway, Nemaha
to York, Neb., and Nebraska City
Bridge line 142 miles; Nebraska arid
Colorado Railroad, DeWitt, Neb., to
Colorado state line, 21)8 miles and bran
ches ho Oxford, Chester and Superior,
Neb., 133 miles; 431 miles; Nebraska,
Wyoming and Western Railroad, Alli
ance, Neb., to Gurnsey, Wyo., 121)
miles, and Northport, Neb.,, to Colo
rado State line, 5:5 miles; 182 miles;
Omaha and South Western Railroad,
Omaha to Oreopolis 17 miles; Crete to
Beatrice, Neb., .31 miles; Pappio to
Gilmore Junction 4 miles, 52 miles;
Omaha and North Platte Railroad, Om
aha to Schuyler, Neb etc., XI miles;
Oxford and Kansas Railroad, Orleans,
Neb., to Kansas state line, 60 miles;
Republican Valley, Kansas and South
western Railroad, Republican, Neb., t
Oberlin, Kan., 7 miles.
The step will change the company's
$24,505,00() Nebraska extension 4 per
cent bonds of 1907 from chiefly a col
lateral issue into a direct first mortage
loan, ten of the foregoing lines repre
senting a total of abont 1 171 miles of
road, heretofore covered by the Neb
raska extension mortage only through
deposit of their $23,403,200 bonds, being
brought under the direct lien of the
mortage, along with 297 miles already
owned.
The Way to Keep Help.,
The Fremont Herald has adopted the
following formula as an advertisement
for those wishing domestic help, and
guarantees results or money refunded:
"Wanted House maid for light work.
Top wages; parlors for company; piano
and library privileges; no babies, no bier
dinners, no sweeping, no washing, no
scrubbing; theatre tickets free; out all
night and no questions asked; must be
sober for breakfast. "
One of the Pioneers.
Tuesday afternoon the senior editor
and wife drove up to the ancient town
of Rock Bluffs to visit our mother, Mr.
Mahala P. Graves, who on that day had
reached the age of eighty-six years.
Upon arriving there we fouud we were
a little late for the dinner that had been
prepared by several of the neighbors
who had called to give her a surprise
and spend the day. However we got
a liberal portion of the good things that
were left and enjoyed a few hours visit
with as good a mother as any man ever
had, besides meeting a number of our
old acquaintances.
Grandma Graves, as she is familiarly
known, is one of the old settlers of this
county, the family coming from Ten
nessee in early days and locating in
Iowa. In 1864 they came to Platts
mouth, and a few years latter moved1
to Missouri, returning to this county
and locating at Rock BlufTs in the spring
of 1870 when that was a flourishing lit
tle city. Grandma Graves is remark
ably well preserved for one of her age,
and sees a great deal of enjoyment in
this life. Of her twelve children there
are eight living, the writer being- the
youngest. She also has living 45'grand
children and 33 great-grandchildren. -Union
Ledger.