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VOLUME XX VI II
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, APRIL ?, 1908.
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Addresses by Dr. William Quale of Chicago,
Superintendent Gamble of This Place and
Others, Those Attending From Here
A Most Interesting Meeting
The first Bession of the East Central
Nebraska Teachers' association was
' held at the South Omaha High school
Thursday night. The attraction of the
evening was the lecture of Dr. William
Quale of Chicago. The auditorium was
filled with local and visiting teachers
and their friends.
After Bock's orchestra had given a
well received concert, President J. W.
Mengel, superintendent of the schools
of Wahoo, in a few wholesome remarks
introduced Dr. McCrann, president of
the South Omaha Commercial club. In
his address cf welcome to the teachers,
Dr. McCrann said:
"You whose lot is to enlighten and
inform, and at the same time to be
lenient with the deficiencies of youth,
should, above many others readily
understand the awkwark attitude Of an
over-grown individual, whose gray mat
ter has not kept pace with the rapid
development of his osious and muscular
svstem. Yet even you, witn an your
with all
experience would hnd it very ainicun ,
to measure the mental depth and activ-
ity of such a one by the length of ex-
tremities. So it is with South Omaha,
which is a young city, greatly
grown and with very long, extended
extremities.
"Therefore, we ask you not to meas-
ure our appreciation of the honor your Columbu5
distinguished gathering has favored us The at;;ndance ,-s surpassing all of
with by our limited means to extend the maximum estimates of the execu
the hospitality and generous treatment, commiUee Already over 1,000
your association so truly deserves. j teachers haye enrolled.
Gamble of Plattsmouth. ( The pui,lic schools are closed today
Superintendent Gamble of Flatts-1 to enable the teachers to attend the
mouth responed to the address of Dr. j East Central Nebraska Teachers As
McCrann. He stated that judging ! sociation which holds a three days ses
from the number of teachers attending j sion at South Omaha beginning yester
the meeting and from the hospitality j days and lasting until tomorrow. Some
extended to them the association has ! of the teachers with superintendent
made no mistake in choosing South i J. W. Gamble went early last
Omaha as a place of meeting, "that j evening. Miss Nelle Wilson is to have
South Omaha does not believe in doing i a paper today on Free Hand Drawing,
things on a small scale." j while Miss Pearl Nichels will have one
Superintendent Davidson of the Om- j on the weak points of the Freshman,
aha public schools introduced Dr. Quale, j and Miss Anna Heisel will be superin
These two men were boys together in i tendent of the grammer section.
Kansas and the introduction was brial - Great good is expected of this teach
liant one. Professor Davidson told of j ers meeting and the matter is receiving
their first meetiug at an oratorical con- j the support of all the teachers who see
test, with much feeling. I the god to come from it. Those to go
Dr. Quale, eminent lecturer, preacher last evening were Mrs Mae Morgan
and author, proved to his large audience and Hulda Barwick, and accompanied
that he was all of what his introducer ! Principal Brooks and Superintendent
said of him and more. Ponderous in
his eloquence, at times intensely
dramatic and again pathetic, he told
the story of "Sydney Carton, as only
he himself can tell his message of
equality of men. Dr. Quale is plainly
ENTERTAIN THE
LADIES AID
Mrs J. L Root Entertains the
Ladies Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian Church
The Ladies Aid society of the Pres
byterian church held their business and
social meeting last Tuesday at the home
of Mrs J. L. Root, and after the busi
ness matters were satisfactorily dispos
ed of, they turned their attention to the
matter of the social feature's of the
society, and music and social conversa
tion was given the place of the busi
ness features' and this was closed by a
delightful luncheon, which was a most
pleasing feature of the afternoon.
Takes Up Work at Grand Island
Miss Hattie Fight, departed this
morning for Grand Island where she
will take up her school work again, she
was accompanied as far as Omaha by
her friends, the Misses Check, Miss
Elenor who has been attending the
State normal school at Peru, and who
has been visiting in the city for a few
days with her friend, and Miss Emma
Chech, of Omaha, a trained nurse, who
also been visiting here for a few days
past.
teaghieei
a lover of Charles Dickens as is evi
denced by the fact that he took a char
acter and a novel of Dicken3 for the
subject and theme of his great lecture.
The "Tale of Two Cities," from which
the character of Sydney Carton is
taken, deals with the French revolu
tion. Spoke for Two Hours.
With this tragic and terrible volcano
of history of his background, Dr.
Quale held his audience spellbound for
two hours last evening. In his open
ing he paid a tribute to Dickens and
from th's gradually and almost uncon
sciously drifted into his subiect. He
pictured the French poor breaking the
shackles which for centuries had been
bound about them by the nobles. He
told of the tremendous eruption which
occurred when the down-trodden began
to realize that they were men and be
gan to hght lor tneir Dirtnngnt 01
manhood. He ended his lecture by a
word painting of rare beauty. His dis
cription of how Sydney Carton gave
his life for another man that the
woman he loved might not die broken
hearted wag as powerful as it was
Affccr the lecture the president of the
assodation Superintendent Mengel of
ver-,Wanoo was preSented with a gavel
j finely designed The gavel was made
b tne pUpiis jn (ne manual training
. f .u Tt,.i, cwi q
uamDie, inose going ioaay were:
Cole, Larson, Martens, Yelinek, Freese,
Tartsch, Towle, Tresham, Heisel, Han
sen, Mason, Kanka,Hawksworth,Baird,
Whalen, Wilson, Smith Stenner and
Hiber.
DO MORE WORK
AT THE SHOPS
With Today There is an Increase of
Hours and Another Day Add
ed to the Week
With today the Burlington shops will
work on the freight repair track, nine
hours per day where they have been
working heretofore only eight, and will
work Saturday, where they haye been
laying off, they will add some fourteen
hours per week to the time which has
been put in for some months past, and
will be a great benefit to the employes
who have been on short time and scar-
t city of work. With the little increases
! of time, and some new work starting up,
j is absorbing a good deal of the unem
ployed labor which was thrown upon
the market by the suspension of the
active works in the fall.
Will Work For Burlington
Giuntoli Gino and Umberta Pallini,
two Italian laborers came in this morn
ing direct from Gascony Italy, and are
visiting in the city the guests of John
Schaippacasse, for a short time and will
go to work for the Burlington on the
steel gang, laying track west of Lincoln.
MARRIED IN
KANSAS CITY
A Former Plattsmoufh Lady,
Weds in Kansas City
and Will Make Her
Home in Ohio
From the Kansas City Journal we
clip the following account of the wed
ding of Miss Genevieve Stiles, fonf.erly
of Plattsmouth, and well known by
many of our people, she having visited
here some time since with her aunt,
Mrs Kate Oliver.
"An unusually pretty home wedding
was celebrated last night at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Ayles
worth, 3101 Tracy Avenue, when Miss
Genevirve Stiles was married to Mr.
Edward Thatcher Seshill. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. J. R.
Rodgers of the Linwood Boulevard
Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock.
There were no attendance. The wed
ding music was played by the orches
tra. The house was beautifully decora
ted in pink and green. In the cere
mony room pink roses and sweet peas
were effectively used with palms and
ferns in the dinning room as well as
other appartments were adorned with
them.
The bride wore a robe of white silk
messaline with full length train. It
was beautifully trimmed with point
seed pearls. The bridal veil was caught
with a sprav of valley lillies and a
diamond broach, the gift of the groom,
and the bouquet was a shower of the
lillies-of-the-valley. A small reception
ft.'V'wed the sevice for the relatives and
close friends only, at which Mr. and
Mrs Aylesworth, was assisted by Mes
dames Geo. Law, Chas Williams, Ruby
Van Gunton and Marie Olds.
Mr. and Mrs Seahill left for their fut
ure home in Gallopolis, Ohio.
The out of town guests were: Mr
Lauren Stiles, the bride's father of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs Kate Oliver
the bride the bride's aunt of Platts
mouth, Neb., Mr. Eueene Summer, of
Charleston, W. Va. a cousin and Mrs
Lydia Coultice, of Topeka, Kansas.
WILL MARRY
NEXT MONDAY
Thomas A. Moore Formerly of
This City and a Composi
tor On This Paper
Weds Soon
Cards are not announcing the coming
nuptials of Thomas A. Moore of Manilla,
Iowa, and Miss Lydia L. Winters, dau
ghter of Mrs. A. J. Lerson, the marri
age to be at the home of the bride's
mother. Thomas Moore as remember
ed by the Journal is a very clever and
agreeable gentleman, a good workman
in his line and one of the best of citiz
ens. In their joining of the lives and
fortuntes of these two young people
the Journal joines with their hosts of
friends in wishing their that happiness
and properity through life, which is the
wish of all and we are sure will be the
consumation in their case. They will
be at home to their friends after May
first at Manilla, Iowa.
Mrs. Robert Snyder Improving.
Mrs. D. O. Sampson of Webster City,
Iowa, departed for her home this morn
ing after having visited in the city for
some time with her mother, Mrs. Robert
Snyder, in the north portion of the city,
who has, been very sick with rheuma
tism, and who is making some improve
ment. Mrs. Snyder has been sick for
some time and her daughters, Mrs.
Sampson, of Webster City, Iowa, and
Mrs. M. C. Sprague, of Chadron, have
been with her and her many friends
will be pleased to know of her improve
ment. Elks Meet at Beatrice
Henry A. Schneider departed for
Beatrice, where he will assist the Be
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
in some festivites which they are hav
ing at that place. Mr Schneider goes
in an official capacity, he being the
Deputy Grand Exalter Ruler for this
dstirict which comprises Nebraska.
In The District Court
As we go to press the case of the
state vs Foster, which was tried at the
last term of court, and at which Hom
er E. Foster was convicted, for high
way robbery, is being argued on applic
ation for new triaL Gering and Tidd
appearkm for Foster, and county attor
ney C. A. Bawls for the state.
Had Paper Seventy Four Years Old
II. II. Bronell of Hastings, Iowa, and
wife came in last evening from a visit
at Council Bluffs Iowa, where they have
been visiting for the past few days, and
were looking after some business in the
city and departed for their home this
morning on the Burlington. While at
the station Mr. Bronell showed a paper
published in New York, in 1834, which
he got at Council Bluffs yesterday. The
paper contained an account of a man
some where in Massachuseets be arrest
ed for blasphemy.
A CELEBRATED
BURGLARY CASE
Against Charles Ferguson-
Alleged Counterfeiters
Held to Grand Jury
The two alleged counterfeiters ar
rested by the government authorities at
Ravenna, both have families, Charles
Ferguson, a veterinarian, has a wife
and four children, and A. B. Beers has
a wife and two children. They are both
held to the grand jury, having been ar
raigned Tuesday before the United
States commissioner at Grand Island.
Ferguson formerly lived at Nebraska
City, and was sentenced eleven years
ago to the penitentiary on a charge of
grand larceny. In default of a $2,000
bond he was locked up at Grand Island.
Omaha World-Herald. '
In conversation with Judge Ramsey,
he says the case of the State against
Charles Ferguson on a charge of burg
lary and larceny, was one of his first
criminal cases tried before him while
district judge, and owing to the many
points raised on the trial, became very
prominent, and is today a leading
authority on the legal problems settled
by the supreme court.
Ferguson was charged with burglar
izing in the night season, a barn belong
ing to Adolph Zimmerer of Otoe county
and stealing therefrom, a valuable set
of harness. Judge Paul Jessen was
then county attorney of Otoe county
and very ably and successfully prose
cuted the case. Lawyers Bane & Alt
schuler of Lincoln, very ably defended
Ferguson. The evidence was largely
circumstantial, but sufficient in the
minds of the jurors, to find Ferguson
guilty of the burglary.
A sentence of five years was imposed
and Ferguson carried the case to the
supreme court, where, on October 20,
1897, in an opinion written by Judge
Norval. the lower court was, in all
things, affirmed.
In this case, the supreme court settled
the doctrine of burglary as to what
constitutes a "breaking" and as to
"time." Also the doctrine as to "rea
sonable doubt," "alibi" and failure of
accused to testify on his own behalf.
Also, that when the information charged
both burglary and larceny, the accused
might be acquitted of burglary yet be
found guilty of a larceny. All these
propositions of law as given in the
instructions to the jury by the lower
court, the supreme court approved and
ever since has been the law of the state.
ENTERTAIN THE
FRAUEN-VEREIN
Mrs. Wm. Hassler Thursday After
noon Entertained the Frauen
Verein Very Delightfully
The ladies of the Frauen-Verein met
yesterday afternoon with one of their
members, Mrs. Wm. Hassler, and had
a most enjoyable time, they spent the
afternoon in social conversation, games,
music and the afternoon was made more
pleasant by a most delicious luncheon.
The members in departing were loud in
their praises of Mrs. Hassler as an
entertainer, and will remember this as
one of the most pleasant afternoons
spent as the meeting of their society.
Will Live In Plattsmouth
G. Davis of Louisville, is moving his
household goods to the city and will
make his home in Plattsmouth in the
future. Mr. Davis will do a general
teaming and draymg business. He has
rented the Ole Roman property, on
Chicago Avenue, and is moving in to
day. The Davises are the parents of
Mrs. E. E. Etherton, who with her hus
band recently came here from Wymore.
Hand Improving Nicely.
Anton Toman, who lost his index
finger some two weeks since in a bolt
machine at the Burlington shops, re
ports some very satisfactory progress
in the healing of the injured member,
and has hopes that the hand will soon
be well.
AT Tim
El-
A Journal Representative Visits the Live and
Interesting Little City on the Extreme South
west Border of Cass County
On Monday, March 30, a Journal rep
resentative took his departure from the
county seat of Cass county for a week's
outing among the patrons of this great
moral and religious journal. His first
stop was made at Eagle, where we
landed about noon in the midst of a down
pour of rain. The afternoon was spent
in visiting among our friends in the
business portion of the town.
A Pioneer Merchant
After partaking of a hearty dinner at
the hostelry managed by C. P. Snider,
than whom no cleverer or better land
lord has an eye to the cares of his guests,
in Cass county, we wended our way up
town, our first stop being at the hard
ware store of J. H. Latram, where we
were most cordially greeted, and who,
by the way, took a great interest in our
welfare during our stay in the little city.
Mr. Latram is a pioneer merchant of
Eagle, starting in business when the
Mr. J. P. Latram.
town was in its very inf mcy. Besides
carrying a line of hardware and stoves,
and other articles usually handled by
first-ciss; establishments of this charac
ter, he also handles furniture and farm
implements, and attachments thereto.
"Jim," as everybody calls him, is known
by all the farming community, and be
ing very popular among them, of course
does a splendid business. His kindness
to the writer f'urirg his stay in Eagle
will ever be remembered, with the hope
that he may always be attended by that
prosperity which he truly deserves.
A New Baiber Shop
We next dropped in to see the new
barber shop of our young friend, A. F.
Remely, who recently opened up for
business. Everything is complete in ar
rangement and the appearances denotes
that the young man is fully up to the
times as a perfect tonsorial artist.
Everything is new and tasty in every
particular, and the Journal is satisfied
he will receive his share of the business
in his line. Mr. Hemely was reared in
the vicinity, is a splendid workman,
sociable, genteel and honorable in all
his business dealings, and deserves a
good trade.
Eagle's Saloon
For a number of years George Oberle
has conducted a saloon in Eagle, and so
well has it been managed that the busi
ness men of the town have been con
tent to let the sale of drinks be con
ducted on this line. Recently Mr.
Oberle sold out to Mr. C. H. Trumble,
who is conducting the business in the
same manner as the former proprietor,
and consequently there seems to be no
agitation of this question. Mr. Trumble
is a perfect gentleman, and while some
may object to the business in which he
is engaged, the people have faith in him
Will Meet at Des Moines, Iowa
Yesterday Fred Stringfellow depart
ed for Des Moines, Iowa, where he go
es to attend a meeting of the managers
of the eleven different houses owned
and operated by the Kraft Clothing
company, of which the house here is
one. At the meeting the managers
will be entertained by the Kraft Broth
ers, who will show the boys a good time
and at which meeting they will make
purchases of what goods will be needed
for the different house, of represent
atives, who will be m the Iowa capitol
during this week.
to the extent that ho will continue to
conduct his place of business in an or
derly way.
The Bank of Eagle
We called at the bank several times
to see our friends, George Reitter and
L. M. Meilenz. This is one of the lead
ing banking institutions of Cass county,
and the business is conducted by these
two gentleman in a manner very ac
ceptable to the patrons. Mr. Meilenz is
one of the youngest cashiers in Nebras
ka, fully understanding every rudiment
connected with the banking system,
and the Journal predicts for him a bright
future in the financial world. Mr.
Reitter is vice-president of the bank.
while his father, Jacob Reitter, is presi
dent. The Reitters are old residents
and highly respected by the community.
Other Friends.
We consider Dr. Jester one of our
staunch friends and frequently called
upon him to spend a few moments in
social chat. We also met our old friend,
A. L. McDonald, who, since he sold out
his hardware store has engaged in the
real estate business. He reports busi
ness fair, and seems to enjoy the change.
We met Ed. I'etts, who is as "fat and
sassy" as ever. Having sold his eleva
tor at Eagle, and feeling that he could
not be happy out of the grain business,
bought another elevator at Elmwood, to
which point he expects to remove as
soon as he can secure a suitable resi
dence. He is the jossessor of a beauti
ful home in Eagle, and Mrs. Iletts, if
she is like many other women, don't
like to leave it, until she thinks she can
have one just as comfortable at Elm
wook. We also met Mr. J. Clinton
DroAn, of the Beacon, several times
and he seemed content in a business
way. He is a clever young man, and
enjoys the good-will of the people.
In the Country .
Tuesday morning we went to Lincoln
to attend the meeting cf the Nebraska
Democratic Press Asscciation, and con
sider ourself well paid for the time and
money spent in so doing. Wednesday
morning we made a trip to tbe country
in company with our good friend, Henry
Snoke, who piloted us over as fine a sec
tion of farm lands as there is in Cass
or Lancaster counties. We owe Mr.
Snoke a debt of gratitude for the in
terest he assumed in behalf of the
Journal, and words are inadequate to
express the many thanks which we owe
to him. His good-natured countenance
as we passed from house to house, and
the kind words spoken for the Journal,
will evei remain, not as a misty vision,
but a reality, never to be forgotten.
Thursday morning Mr. Snoke accom
panied us to Alvo, where we parted, he
returning to his home while we pro
ceeded to Murdock.
A Pretty Town
Eagle, while most of the business
houses are frame structures, they pre
sent a very fair appearance. But the
residence sections are up-to-date in
every respect. Many of the houses are
neatly kept with large lawns, that at
this season of the year are as smooth
as carpet on the floor. Large hand
some residences, many of them, with
modern improvements, surrounded by
excellent cement walks. In this re
spect Eagle will compare favorably
with towns of much larger proportions
in the state. It is a good trading point,
and not only do the business men exult
over their trade but the people in general
feel happy and contented with their
lot. The Journal wishes the town and
its citizens a future of prosperity and
happiness.
Many Thanks
The Plattsmouth Daily Journal has
enlarged to a seven column folio. The
Journal is a good paper and we are
proud that Cass county has such an
enterprising editor. Weeping Water
Republican.
Five Dollars Reward.
For information that will lead to the
detection of the person or persons who
have damaged or entered my residence
property on Dey street,
J. E. Barwick.
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