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VOLUME XX VI II
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOHI!! L, 1J)()S
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A MOST DISTRES
SING ACCIDENT
Father Accidentally Shoots His Two
year Old Child Through the Heart.
from Monthly'-, i:iily
As the .Journal goes ( ress word
was received that while .John .Murray
was repairing Ins JJ-i aliher rille in his
home mi Wa.-.hii.gtori
av ime and !ith
streets in this
tie
the
gnu
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was ai i i
ciitcring -on. ki!l-
dentally di bar;
the heart of his t
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know t ii ;r nn w as ! .
fellow was standinc
when Ik- pulled ha- I
tiie gun went od".
mother are both in
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father and
heat tbroken
l'l:e parents
entire com-
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have tin- s rtp.it hv
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at tin- road. In the r:u ante
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s .11 s ;ai'!c
ile of walnut los. An ef
fort was made to put these out, but it
soon became a roaring furnace of heat.
Won! was sent to town to have the tire
company come out with a chemical ap
paratus, and they did k ""'I worked
faithfully, charjrinjj the machine three
times, but only succeeded in subduing
the flames enough to save a portion of
the logs. The wind blew a gale and it
is doubtful if the city hose could have
saved much more had they been able to
reach the fire. There were more than
35,000 feet of lumber burned, and it
represents a good many hundreds of
dollars to Mr. Jameson. It can be
proven that it started from the engine,
we are told, so it may be that Mr.
Jameson will be able to secure dam
ages. He was getting his machine
ready to saw it this week. Weeping
Water Republican.
The Right Kind of a Democrat.
From Monday's Iiaily
Geo. O. Brophy, who was defeated
at the primary election by W. II. Cow
gill for Railway Commissioner, is a
democrat after our own heart. Mr.
Brophy is a resident of Omaha, and a
conductor formerly in the employ of
the Union Pacific railroad. Mr. Brophy
is in the city today, and will remain
over tonight to attend the Shallenber
ger meeting. He is also engaged in
doing good work for his successful
opponent in an effort to elect him. Mr.
Brophy realizes the fact that he was
defeated by a good man, and shows the
true party spirit by pulling off his coat
and going to work for Mr. Cowgill's
election. Mr. Brophy is a nice, clever
gentleman, and you can bet your bot
tom dollar that if this paper ever has
an opportunity to support him for
office it will do so with a vim.
Another Missouri Wreck.
From Monday's Daily
Another wreck occurred on the Mis
souri Pacific road about one and a half
miles north of Union this morning
about 6 o'clock, when five freight cars
loaded with grain and general merchan
dise went oif the track into the ditch.
The freight train was south-bound.
Very fortunately no one was hurt.
The morning passenger train south
bound this forenoon went via Weeping
Water. It i-; reported that the track
will be cleared in time for the ::fter-
rer to imag iton. .-v. .
Sh;
'enhergc-r to this city, but should
it not
he wid he hrouizht m a venicie.
ar.d will
even':::,;
ir, tne ore:
Attempted Highway Robbery.
her. John Sehulhof arrived at the
elevator, at the foot of Wir.tersteen
hill. Saturday evening about 11 o'clock,
while on his way home, he was met by
two men w ho asked where he was go
ing. He thoughtat first that they were
some of the boys in this city, but soon
changed his mind. He told them he
was a physician and was in a big hurry
to visit a patient and did not want to be
bothered. Then they let him depart.
He is of the opinion that the two were
tramps and had just alighted from a
Burlington train. Mr. Schulhof stated
that the two men were about his size.
Sunday School Rally.
The annual Sunday school rally in the
First Methodist Episcopal church Sun
day was very largely attended and was
a grand success in every way. The
decorations consisted of scroll work
covered with green leaves in the arch
way and festoons of green hung over
the chancel rail. The telegraph line
run from the platform to the rear of
the room, with an operator and mes
senger hoy at each end, who were kept
very busy. Miss Zelma Tuey had
charge of the program. W. C. Hamil
ton greatly assisted in trie music with
lis cornet. Evangelist Miller sang
very sweetly "Child of the Kim',"
which was highly appreciated !y all
.present, i '. C. Wescett, the .-uperin-tendi-nt,
dt sei ves mu h cr'eihl for lie
rreat Micces
the ra!
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u.n Septemiier '..'t h, W. S. I.ujvnz, of
the l:rm of I.oiei;. Bros., 1 ; aided on
a trip hi' sight seeing and ir.ciilentlv
"take in" a piece of land if the oppor-
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MIS OJtlM'.r
Vas a Lucky One.
Among the nainos of the lucky draw
ers of land in the Tripp County land
lottevv, the Journal is pleased to note
that of Miss May Vallery. Miss Val
lery is the only lady from this vicinity
to successfully land a prize and the
only one from the many near Mynard
who entered the lottery and came out
successful. She is the daughter of J.
R. Vallery, the well-known farmer
southwest of the city, and a talented
and accomplished young woman. Her
friends who are myriad rejoice in her
success and trust that the good fortune
which smiled upon her in this drawing
will never cease. The Journal is not
informed as to whether or not the
young lady will go up there and locate
or not. With the number of lapses
which will take place, it is highly prob
able she would secure a good location
should she conclude to take up her
chance.
Miss Asemissen Surprised.
Friday evening when Miss Leona
Asemissen went to answer the door
bell she was greeted by a party of
young ladies laden with mysterious
looking parcels. She invited them in
and they at once took possession.
Miss Asemissen was presented with
a sovenier teaspoon as a birthday gift
from the U. N. C's. Games and music
were plentiful, and later the mysterious
packages were opened, which proved
to be a delicious luncheon.
At a late hour the club adjourned,
all wishing Miss Asemissen many happy
returns of the day. Those present,
were: Misses Willa Moore, Villa
Gapen, Hattie Hoffman, Alberta Thom
as, fcilsa inieroii, oertruae Morgan,
and the guest of honor, Leona Asmmis
sen. A Pleasant Gathering of Little Folks.
Saturday afternoon at the pleasant
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ramge, a
number of Miss Edith's friends were
invited in to help her celebrate her
tenth birthday. The afternoon was
spent in games and various other
amusements. During that time deli
cious refreshments were served by
Mrs. Ramge, assisted by Mrs. Buttery.
At a late hour the guests took their
departure, wishing Miss Edith many
more happy birthdays. Those present
were Edith Ramge, Gladys McMaken,
Doris Nielson, Marie Spies. Essie But
tery. Gladys Duke, Lhen Leyda, Ed'.th
Rebal, Marie
ur.ger, Gladys Hall,
Latnerine ritzgc
?rald.
Florence Egen-
berger, Pauline Kalasek
Kaiasek. Margaret Butterv
Florence
i Cannct Be Helped.
The illness of my son, R. A., has j
prevented my seeing many of those
whom I would like to see before elec-!
tion. The business part of the ofiice
has devolved upon me during his illness,
ar.d those who I cannot see will fully
understand the situation in which I am
placed, and I hope will do what they
can for my succes in the election. If I
am elected to represent Otoe and Cass
counties in the next legislature, I want
to assure all that their interests will
be well looked after by me. Soliciting
the support of all voters I am,
Yours respectfully,
Col M. A. Bates.
EARLIEST OF NE
BRASKA PIONEERS.
D. T. Thacker Owned Farm Where
Lincoln Now Stands Recalls
Old Times.
D. T. Thacker, one of the earliest
pioneers in the state, died at his home
in Liberty precinct, October 21, after a
hrief illness. "Uncle Dab, " as he was
familiarly known hy his neighbors, was
horn in Kentucky, March 1. ls:!'l. In
1 .-..":; he was married to Miss Almeda
Kin- and moved to Xehraska the fol
lowing your, locating i:i Otoe county.
In 1 i'i.; he located with his family on
Salt creei., a part of his claim now be
ing within the corporate limits of the
c:ty of i.iii' oln. A little village hy the
name of I, an- ater had sprung up near
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most favorable 'o'' the locati
ines. A handful of tirc.ile e a t hered
Rath
at the approach o: the governor s car
riage and followed it to a point whe
the capital is now located. Beautiful
undilating hills, carpeted with waving
grass and wild flowers, stretched
away in all directions. The members
of the committee entertained their au
dience with a few songs. Mr. Thacker,
with others, assisted the committee
back into the carriage and they drove
to Captain Donovan's house in Lan
caster, where they ballotted on the
site of the state capital.
Three years later Dr. Thacker sold
out his claim and moved in on the Mis
souri river, where the winters were
not so severe and where there was
more tuel. Mis larm on the river
joined the townsite of Cleveland on the
bluffs. The town was composed of a
half dozen dwelling houses, a black
smith shop and a saloon. Lincoln soon
become a city Cleveland decayed
and vanished and a few sunken places,
old cellars and wells, mark the site of
a once prosperous village.
Mr. Thacker had a family of eight
children. All are married and well-to
do. Another sturdy pioneer who un
derwent the bitter hardships to aid in
the up-buildiner of this great common
wealth and whose life was a part of its
early history has passed away.
The Strength of the People.
Guy Carlton Lee, in his famous lec
ture, "The Strength of the People,"
powerfully discusses the manner in
which tremendous force within the na
tion may be used to the salvation of
the people without advocacy of this or
that, ism or 'ology the lecture clearly
demonstrates that the evils of today
may become the blessings of tomorrow
through "The Strength of the People."
Dr. Lee will deliver this lecture at the
Parmele Theater Saturday evening,
October 31, for the benefit of the pub
lic library. In speaking of Dr. Guy
Carleton Lee, the Omaha World-Herald
says :
"Dr. Guy Carldton Lee, formerly of
John Hopkins university, who will lec
ture in this city on October 2;th and
November 12, at the Young Men's
Christian association assembly hall,
was for many years prominent m the
work of the John Hopkins and Colum
bia universities, now devoting himself
. ' . ' J J
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ir.or. ji ms v. ui ks :ii literature anu
i history, thirty-two have been published j
i in England as well as America, and
! many of them have been translated in
i to foreign languages. Tor example,
! his ten volume series upon the world's
orators has been published in Japanese,
Dr. Lee's great work, however, is the
"History of North America," of
which the sixteenth volume has just
gone to press.
"In current Ht3rature as editor-in-
chief of the International Literary syn
dicate, the largest syndicate of its class
in the world, he keeps in touch with
current happenings in the literary
world. As literary editor of the Balti
more Sun, on the Atlantic coast, and
the Los Angeles Times on the Pacific
coast, with a chain of papers between
them, he keeps his hand in on modern
criticism."
App'c Blossoms in October.
Apple blossoms the last of Octoher
is surely going some for Nebraska, hut
that is just what Isaac Tenoant can
show you, grown here in Louisville, a
sample of which he brought to the
Courier o'lice. It is not uncommon to
see cherry trees bloom in ihe fall, but
this is the first incident where we have
seen an apple tree in bloom. Ike is
coi 'ii'er.t th.il it is a sign that Bryan
will be
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Courier advocated th .'a.i ei my
ing a stock company ar.d nutting
toll bridge, and about one month
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such a company was organized under
the name of the Platte River Bridge
company, of Louisville, Nebraska. The
company was duly incorporated under
the laws of the state, its capital stock
being $20,000. The following officers
were elected: President, W. F. Diers;
first vice president. Dr. E. H. Worth
man; second vice president, James P.
Ellis; secretary, James Stander; treas
urer, Frank H. Nichols. The board if
directors is composed of W. F. Diers,
C. A. Richey, F. H. Nichols, H. E.
Pankonin, J. W. Waldron, T. E. Par
mele and James Stander.
Just what the new structure will cost
has not been stated, but will be in the
neighborhood of $15,000. The contract
was awarded this week to a bridge con
tractor, of Springfield, and he will be
gin work as soon as the material arrives.
Two drivers will be used in putting
down the piling, working from either
side of the river. The spans will be
thirty feet in length so that there will
be less danger from ice gorges.
The decision to at once rebuild this
bridge is a source of much satisfaction
to Louisville citizens. The site of the
bridge is on the road direct from
Omaha to Lincoln and before the old
bridge was washed away the highway
was a favorite route for automobilsts
to and between the two cities. Now
they go around by Fremont. Louis
ville Courier.
NOISE LIKE A UEM
OCRATIO CAHPUGH
Democratic Candidates Swarm Into
Louisville From All
Quarters.
Louisville was alive with democrats
last Saturday, about all the candidates
on the ticket having met here either by
appointment or otherwise, and they in-
augerated a button hole campaign
which lasted for about an hour and
then they vanished as mysteriously as
they appeared. W. B. Banning, candi
date for state senator, was here in his
automobile, accompanied bv Tom Bar-
r.um, of Union, who says he was mak-
1 the triP Wlth the ex-commissioner
tj see how many babies he kissed. Will
Ramsey, the young man who would like
to succeed County Attorney Raw's, was
also here and was chaperoned by Dr.
Stewart Livingston. "Stub" wore a
smile that will not come off at least
until after election day and says that
his friend Will is going to win out.
Then there was Cam Seybert, candidate
for county commissioner from the Sec
ond district. Cam has never taken
much of a hand in politics until this
year, but he is catching on admirably
and you w ould know he was a candidate
if you was to see him a block away.
They were all putting up a strong fight
for votes and will not stop for feed or
water (excuse the latter expression)
until the poles closes on November 3.
Louisville Courier.
SHAILEHBERGER
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Hofwiihsianding the fnclemsn! Wea&er !ie
Udxi Governor Addressed a Large flinli-
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resent'. 1 that tbe train was about on
time which would have permitted him
to reach the city in due time to visit
the various stores and industries before
the closing hour, when as a matter of
fact, the train did not arrive until
considerably after closing time. In
consequence of this he was not enabled
to meet near so many of the people
here as he wished. His brief period at
the Hotel Riley previous to his meeting
was an almost continual levee, many
friends calling upon him while those who
had never met him, came in large num
bers to pay their respects.
The night meeting which he was to
address at the Parmele Theatre was a
brillant success despite the miserable
weather. The parquet was filled and
many were standing up back of the
seats which was an extraordinary at
tendance considering the discouraging
circumstances under which the meeting
was held, and everyone who attended
went away thoroughly satisfied for they
heard one of the greatest orators and
most able men before the Nebraska
public today.
Previous to the meeting the City Band,
under the direction of Bandmaster Cyril
Janda, played a number of airs upon the
streets and were in a great way re
sponsible for the splendid attendance.
Mr. Shallenberger delivered what
everyone concedes wras one of the finest
addresses ever delivered in this city.
He touched upon every topic of impor
tance either state or national and won
the hearts of his hearers by both his
eloquence and his convincing arguments.
He made the best exposition of the
merits of the bank guaranty plan yet
heard in this citv. A
banker himself
he showed the public where the plan ' plied that he does not talk pi ice, but
was for their protection and where it ' quality quality ail the time. He says
was a good thing for the bankers. This j if country merchants will once wake
feature of his speech did much to clear j up they can stop this agency and cata
the doubt which had existed in the Iogue selling. He says people are al
minds of several as to the safty of the i ways looking for quality and price and
plan. It was a plain, logical statemeut
of the plan in its entirety and was so
lucid and clear as to convince the most
skeptical.
He also touched upon the rise in taxes
for the administration of the state
government and plege-d himself to
practice economy in admistration. His
statement of the increase in farm taxes
this year over last caught the fancy of
the audience many of whom owner
farm lands and were su:Terevs from the
system now in force.
Gov. Sheldon ar.d his action with two
cent fare bill came in for scoring. The
vacillating and uncertain policy pract
iced bv the governor was scathingly
rebuked and much stress laid upon his reach an er.d before tomorrow night
failure to grasp the real needs of the or the day after. The plaintiff has not
people. ; yet closed and a great array of testi-
There were many other issues of the mony relative to the details of the
campaign touched upon and dealt with j business done by Coates' different vent
by Mr. Shallenberger in a manner j ures is going in, most of it dry and
highly pleasing to the audience as wa3 , without any sensational details. It is
evidenced by the frequent and hearty ! not probable that the defence will start
applause which greeted his rounded
periods.
Perhaps the most eloquent po rtion of
his speech was that devoted to a mag
nificent tribute to William J. Bryan,
the Great Commoner. Mr. Shallenber-
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entire democratic t'.-l.et a;.,' tlty
served to ma!;e his einllil' ' already
high much higher. In a conversation
he expressed himself as fc ii.";' more
than confident that he would he elect ed
and not alone himself but he believed
the prospects for the entire state- ticket
were more than good. He claims that
Mr. Bryan is absolutely sure' of the
state and he does not think the state-
ticket will b'j far behind. His meet
ings have been extraordinarily success
ful and he finds the enthusiasm which
he met here to be duplicated every
where in the state.
THEY CAN'T OR
WON'T SEE IT
Mailer of Attracting Trade io
the City of Plailsmouih.
Frequently we have insisted that
many of our business men are riot
active enough in the matter of attract
ing trade to our town. Our observa
tions along this line are based on facts
that we can readily see. As an in
stance we will state that one day last
week an agent was here soliciting
orders for groceries. He showed us a
large number of orders, among which
we will mention the item of cofiee.
The highest order to one person was
twenty-five pounds and to the lowest
five pounds. All this cofiee was sold
at .30 cents per pound. We haven't
the least particle of doubt that our
merchants carry the same grade of
coffee and can sell it just as cheaply as
this agent sold it. We asked him how
he can sell his goods right under the
j nose of healthy competition, and he re-
j will go where they can get both. He
says the day of waiting for the cow to
; back up to be milked has gone. You
j must now coax the cow to corne to you
! by oliering her something. In other
words, you must hustle. The people
must have commodities and are always
watching to see who has them and at
what prices they can be bought. Fail
ure of merchants to hustle gives the
other fellow the opportunity for trade
is this agent's order amply
I.i District Ccc
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I "i ,ra "i'.a -d iy '-, I .. :,
The Hero'd-Coates case in
:i.-".r::t
court is still dragging it:-c!f o-.t ar:d
there is little likelihood that it will
upon the evidence in the case before
tomorrow sometime and a great deal
depends upon how much Coates will at
tempt to produce. Interest in the case
is unabated and the court room i3 com
fortably filled at each setting.