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at.- lJ,v.--,.a, journal. J SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES VOLUME XXVI11 PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA. Til U US DAY, JANUARY 14, 1909 NUMBER 172 X.-b. FARMER'S MUTUAL HOLDS MEETING Hear Reports and Elect Off icers For Ensuing Year From Monday's Dally.' The annual meeting of the Farm ers Mutual Fire and Live Stock In surance Company of Cass County, Ne braska, was held last Saturday at the Hell school house, there being a large attendance of members and much In terest manifested. This is another local Insurance company which it is which it is a pleasure to recommend to the people of the county as an excellently managed, safe and con servative company. The annual re port which Secretary J. P. Falter presented to the meeting is a good one and shows that the management of the company is alive to the needs of the organization and are using the best endeavors to make it a glowing success. The amount of Insurance in force shows a flattering increase over that of one year ago, the figures standing at $1, 346, 212 as against $1,300,930 one year ago. The num ber of policies issued does not Bhow so large but is practically the same as one year ago standing at 899 against 904 for the same time last year. There were eight losses this year as against two last, the amount lo losses this year being $351.45 as against $40.00 for last year. In the matter of expenses the showing is a very favorable one, last year's ev penses being $188.29 while thi3 year they are down to $138.40, showing that Secretary Falter and the board of directors are using every endeavor to keep the expenses down to the lowest nossible notch. The amount ,. . Hosts in Tcace. From Monday's Dally. Yesterday all thai was mortal of the late Alex. Clifton was laid to rest at Oak Hill cemetery in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends, who gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to a good man. Despite the intense cold and the sharp northwest wind a great many old friends attended at the depot to receive the remains and many fol lowed them on the long, cold drive to Oak Hill. The Masons under whose auspices the funeral was held, walked out to the depot to meet the train, the attendance being very large in spite of the long walk facing the wind. They later conducted the exer- rises at the grave. . As has been said before, there were few better and more kind-hearted men than Mr. Clifton. Genial and whole-souled to a fault, he enjoyed the fullest confidence and respect as well as the love of all who knew him. His passing will be felt by many to whom he was as a brother and for whom he had often done many of those little things which goes to bind tighter the ties of brotherhood. Tiioa-Svelilu Wedding. From Monday's Dally. A wedding was solemnized this af ternoon in the private office of County Judge Beeson, the contracting parties being John Tupoa, aged 30, of Milllgan, Neb., and Miss Mary Svehla, aged 18 years of this city. The hap py couple accompanied by Ed. Kalas hek and Miss Josephine Ouranck, in vaded the court room while the Hreckenrldge attachment cases were on hand and caused Judge Beeson to interrupt the lawyers' flow of clo quesce long enough to tie the bans which made them one. Mr. Kalasek and Miss Buranek stood up with the couple while Judge Beeson tied the knot. Mr. Tuopa Is siild to be a well-to do young farmer from near Milllgan, a man who bears an excellent repu tntlon In his community and one who possesses many friends. Miss Svehla. (lie bride, is quite well and favorably known In this city where she has lived a great portion of her life. She Is quite popular with the younger Bohemians and Is mi estimable young woman.' Hot h Miss Svehla nnd Miss Buranek were handsomely dressed for the or canton, the proverbial white of the bride being much In evidence. The pHrty created a sensation around the court house. Gut Hell," the favorite cigar. in the treasury shows up much bet ter than a year ago, this year's bal ance being $3,287.74 while last year there was but $2,684.63. Taken al together there is a very flattering statement in the above figures and the members of the company are to be congratulated that their interests are being so well looked after. The annual election of officers re sulted in the practically unanimous choice of the old officers for another year, the following being the list for the year 1909: President, Jacob Tritsch, Platts mouth. Vice President, John H. Hecker, Plattsmouth. Secretary, J. P. Falter, Platts mouth. Treasurer, M. L. Friedrlch, Platts mouth. Directors, J. M. Meisinger, Platts mouth; John Albert, Cedar Creek; Henry Horn, Cedar Creek; A. A. Wetenkamp, Mynard; Adam Hlld, Mynard; Aug. Panska, Louisville; Philip Schaefer, Cedar Creek; Aug. Ost, Nehawka. From an examination of the above list of officers it can be seen that this company comprises the very best cit izens of the county and the soundest and safest business men to be had Their names alone are an absolute guarantee that the concern will be economically, safely and conserva tively managed. It also indicates the tremendous financial strength be hind the company. Frita Vogtman Dies. Word was received in the city this morning of the death yesterday at Kansas City, Mo., of Fritz Vogtman formery of this city but who has been living with his son there, for some four months past. He is stated to have died of pneumonia. The body will be Interred in this city at Oak Hill cemetery, it being shipped from Kansas City today. The general sup position of poses ir charge of the ob sequies is that the body will arrive in this city tonight on the M. P. and will be held at the undertaking par lors until tomorrow afternoon pend ing Interment. No definite an nouncement can be made of the hour of the funeral nor other arrangements until the body and the accompanying relatives arrive. Mr. Vogtman was quite well known In this city especially. among the German citizens among whom he had lived for so long a time. His unexpected and untimely death is re ceived with sorrow by them and they one and all join in mourning his pass ing away. A more extended sketch of this gentleman will be given later. With the Sick. From Monday' Dally. Mrs. John Beeson is reported as be ing much better today. She is able to sit up In bed now and It Is ex pected within a week she will be strong enough to bring back to her home. The continued favorable re ports from her are a source of great delight to her friends who have man ifested the deepest Interest in the cas, and who hope that her Improve ment Is bound to be permanent. W. L. Street Is reported to be pro gresslng splendidly toward recovery, his general condition being reported as excellent and there b ..ig every indicated tha he will soon be able to return to his home and personally re ceive the congratulations of his many friends In the city. Mrs. Grimes from near I'nlon, Is re ported by telephone tills noon as hav ing another sinking spell this morn ing nnd to be in a very critical con dition. Mrs. Win. Snttcin Die. Last Saturday morning Mrs. Win. Sutton aged 71 years, living near Rock Muffs, died ut her home. She was a sister of the lat Thomas Campbell and was a plnnwr settler In this county. Mrs. Sutton was quite well known by the older residents of the county, all of whom esteemed her very highly as a lady and all of whom regretted greatly to hear of her untimely death. The funeral Is un derstood to have occurred yesterday afternoon from her residence. VERY COLD WEATHER Yesterday and Today and Few Care to Face Wintery Winds From Monday's Dally. Yesterday and last night was one of the coldest days of the winter. The expected cold wave which the weath er man promised for Sunday sure enough materialized as the people who went to bed Saturday night with an atmosphere which was fairly com fortable, woke up yesterday morning to find the mercury down to about fourteen degrees below zero. The cold weather continued all day yes terday, It being bitter cold upon the streets with a stiff northwest wind blowing which brought tears to the eyes of pedestrians who had to face it a.nd drove the cold into the most remote nooks and recesses. Roaring fires were in evidence all day and even ac that it was necessary to keep them going full blast to drive out the wintry winds. At no time in the day did the thermometers on the street show over two above zero and as night came on they steadily fell. Street thermometers this morning registered all the way from ten to six teen below dependant upon their lo cation. At the depot the government thermometer registered three below at eight o'clock this morning. Ice cutting opened today in full swing despite the intense cold. The ice is about a foot thick and Is of superior quality owing to the lack of snow and frost. It is clear, and bril liant and has very little dirt in it. There Is small doubt that there will be enough harvested to fill all the houses in the city and give a good stock to enter the summer with. The opening of the season means a lot to the idle men of the city who have every opportunity now to get work for themselves and If they own teams, their teams. It means the disbursing of a lot of money in the city and will cause trade to surely pick up. The river is apparently closed be low the city and crossing on the ice will no doubt soon start in when the people from the Iowa bottoms will be seen on tho ttreets In number? with their various products. This should also help business to a large extent No teams have crossed at this writing but within a day or so they will com mence without doubt. The weather bureau does not hold out men cheer for the fellow who wants warmer weather. The predic tion for today and Tuesday is fair and continued cold. The weather bul letin of the department says "A dis turbance Is centered over the lower lake region, which has been causing precipitation In the northeastern quarter of the country. The north western cold wave has developed still fucther and no wrenches Illi nois and the east, Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle on the south. The tempentures are very low over the entire northwest." It can be seen from this that there is small prospect for warmer weather for several days at least and everyone might as well get reauy to grin and say the like It It is sure enough w Inter. The tee men who started In this morning to cut Ice, found their opera tions brought to a sudden end by the river rising and flooding the Ice to quite a depth. The rise of the river was about three feet and a half a sure Indication that the running Ice had blocked below the city and closed the channel. It Is believed now that tomorrow morning will likely see the river at the city here closed as the weather is steadily growing colder, There is no doubt but that the Ice crop will be a fine one when It Is gathered as the Ice Is much cleare than usual and Is excellent thickness already. Found f r Kyi. The replevin case of Mike Hy against Ninitn & Miiitn winch was heard Friday before Justice Archer w as decided by hi in favorable to tli plaintiff, he holding hat the pulleys belting, etc., In quest Ion h were Rys properly nnd was not permanently attached to the building. This belli the case It could not lie transferred to Smith & Smith by Fitzgerald, th former owner of the building. justice Archer today riled n sti brought by Jacob 1'lylion and Okey Campbell it (a ii I list Win. Dunn of Weeping Water. The case whs filed by Attorney t'has. L. Graven of I'nlon, who came up for that purpose. The plaintiffs reside near I'nlon and c laim to have a contract with Dunn to grub some twenty acres of land for him at $25 per acre. He paid them all the price except $7., which they claim he refuses to pay. A summons was Issued gnlnM Dun todny. After Some Negroes. rora Monday's Daily. Sheriff (juinton accompanied by nother gentleman and a Winchester rifle, is visiting some negroes out near Oreapolis, he having learned that a party of them had moved Into cave out there and were making themselves obnoxious. The sheriff nd his Informant concluded to go out and see what they could unearth In the cave. While there was no rea son to believe that there was any thing wrong with the "cullud pus sons." it was thought best to inves tigate them a little and make cer tain. They left for the scene of act ion about 3:15. RING THEM TO TIME Suit Filed Against Missouri Pacific to Compell Them to Replace Tele graph at Mynard The Missouri Pacific Railroad Com- pany is now going through the Bame fight it fought and lost at the town of Wabash In regard to a telegraph station at the town of Mynard, Cass County, before the state railway com mission. vv imam f . uiuespie has riled a complaint asking the commission to require the railroad company to re- nstate telegraph . instruments at Mynard. The Western Union Tele graph Company Is also made fendant n the complaint. A similar com plaint was made last year in regard to telegraph offices at Wabash and other stations on the Missouri Paclf Ic and the result was the reinstate mem oi leiegrapn service. An an swer filed by the Missouri Pacific In the Mynard case alleges that the con ducting of a commercial telegraph of flee was never a part of the business of the company, but that such busi ness was carried on at Mynard solely by the Western Union Telegraph company and was discontinued Janu ary 31, 1907. The railroad alleges ttat all business can be carried on at the station of Union the same as if telegraph office was operated at Mynard and that It will be a hard ship upon the company to order it to Install an operator there. The town has 100 inhabitants and the railroad company says Its en tire business declined at Mynard from $3,947.66 in September, 1907, to $1,575.57 in February. 1908, a decrease of $2,190.09 or 55 per cent The commercial telegraph business averaged only 4 6 cents a month for the six months ending December 31. Lincoln News. Will Archer Recover. From Monday's Dally. Judge Archer is in receipt of a letter today from his son Will located near Clemen, Neb., stating that the young man had entirely recovered from the effects of the broken collar bone which he sustanlned some time ago, and was now able to be about again although not yet able to carry on heavy work. ' It will be recalled that Mr. Archer had his collar bone broken In a fall off his horse some weeks ago. He reports the weather there as very stormy and bad. He Is located some twenty miles from AM a nee. Goes to Hospital. From Monday's Dally. Henry Hess departed this noon on the mall train for Omaha where he will enter Immanuel hospital to be operated upon for appendicitis. He has been sick but a very few days but had reached a stage where the at tending physician thought it best for him to hurry to the hospital and be operated upon. His many friends In the city will wait with anxiety, the outcome of the matter and trust that he will soon be back among us all right nnd well. Partition Suit Filed. From Monday' Imllv. District Clerk Robertson Saturday night riled a partition suit entitled Daniel Lynn el nl vs. Andrew Lynn et nl. Byron ('lurk appenrs for the plaintiff. The suit grows out of the death of the widow of the late Josh ua of near I'nlon, she having hail i life estate In the land which he died seized of. This net Ion Is by the heirs to secure partition of the land as it now descends to them by her death linker- ronmn .VuptliiK County Judge Beeson this after noon Issued a marriage license to Charles J. Baker, aged 4i of Ashtab ula County, Ohio, and Mrs. Dllllen B Vroman, aged 36, of this city. The happy couple Immediately on getting the required permit, hurried before Justice M. Archer who united them In marriage without loss of time. THE TEACHER'S COUNTY INSTITUE Elmwood Citizens Endorse the Position of Elmwood, Neb., Jan. 4, 1909. Editor of the Leader-Echo, Elm wood, Neb.: Will you kindly give space to the following article appear ing in the Weeping Water Republi can, which article will explain It self to the public: "The county superintendent, Mary E. Foster, for the third time has lo cated the holding of the county teach er's Institute at Elmwood, notwith standing that Weeping Water was the choice of a majority of the teachers of the county, but she has arbitrarily decided that the Institute shall be held elsewhere. Miss Foster makes the claim that as usual the" teachers decide this ques tion and that they have voted to go to Elmwood. At the meeting of the teachers in Weeping Water recently It was expected this question would be brought up and discussed. Many of the teachers so Btatcd, and were going to express themselves accord ingly, but Miss County Superintend ent who doubtless already had con cluded to go to Elmwood, did not bring the matter up for discussion. Miss Foster places the responsibility on the teachers, when she knows that she has the power to decide the time and place and work. "It is not a square deal and It will lose her more friends than she can possibly hope to gain by the decls slon. Now if the county superintend ent secured an expression of the teachers herself she will kindly state In w hat way. We are aware that the president or secretary of the Klm wood Chautauqua sent out cards to the teachers, but this does not set tle the question for the reason that it is a one-sided proposition, and tht) further reason that it did not come from the county superintendent. If has got to the point that side shows, refreshment booths and a list of attractions is a necessary ndiunct to a teachers' Institute Weeping VVa ter enn get a crowd without asking the teachers to pay the bills." In the above our county superin- dent feels attacked, tho cause of which article having In some measure been called for by our part, as stated therein, in securing Elmwood as the place for holding the next Teachers' Institute for Cass county. Were It not that we feel that the attack Is an unwarranted one not only upon an estimable lady but a trusted and competent official in our county, we would not give the matter more than passing attention, but we cannot In fairness permit accusa tions seemingly expressed therein and complicating the officers of the Elm wood Park Association to go unnotic ed and desire at this time to give the actual facts to the public as we know them. It Is our desire to again conduct our Chautauqua, and, also, being de sirous of having the teachers' Insti tute held here at the same time, we requested Miss Mury Foster, county superintendent, to name Elmwood for such event for 1909. We were told by Miss Foster that she would con sult the tpachers of the county re garding the place and whatever was their choice would be satisfactory to her. In order that a suitable pro gram could be arranged, It was nec essary that we know for a certainty before any general gathering of tho teachers in the county, hence by per- n Isslon of Miss Foster It was agreed that we would take a vote of the teachers by post card and whatever their choice might be sho il s ti. the niiestlon. Every teacher tlii co. 1.1 be reached had an opp r. unity ' i M'te for or ngnlnst Klniwoo 1 or for iw ether place In tho eounv t'n.v inl.ihl pnfrr. Upon recei iht voles ir wro Immediately fll J villi ' to the iiji 1 fi.temlcnt an l blic 1 1 ' w the iv J.i P. V:) y.lf pi, oi ti at vi te: Favorable to Elmwood SO Unfavorable to Elmwood No preference 4 Not voting 10 Total votes 133 It will be seen that a majority of the teachers favored Elmwood and so expressed themselves and are of rec ord to thin effect. Wo do not know why tho 44 did not vote; It may have been negligence, no preference or thnt the teacher addressed did not receive Miss Foster a card. At any rate it is only fair to presume that some of the 44 teach ers not voting would have favored Elmwood and hadthesameproportlon been maintained as in the others vot ing the result would have been nearly unanimous. Therefore we feel Mr. Editor that you are mistaken when you say that a majority of the teachers favored Weeping Water, and that you do Miss Foster an Injustice In Baying so, and that you will continue to do so until you rectify your error in your paper. An open, free and honorable voti having been taken, you are in error agaii., when you state a vote should have been taken at the teacher s meeting recently held In your city, as tae oiifcBtion had been settled. ThiJ criticism of placing responsibility on t'io teachers is to the credit rather than the discredit of Miss Foster, a she did not need, as you stat. t.; cor cult their wishes. She ha inn l friends among the teachers by such ' consultation. We must beg leave to again corrct your logic when you state, "It is not a square deal . Nothing could have been more honorable or free from suggestive taint thnn the meth od used in deciding this now moment ous question. You state that Elmwood's designa tion will lose MIsa Foster friends. We cannot believe that the good people of Weeping Water will let ihelr fiiendshlp be forfeited, espeehllv when they become acquainted vvl.li tht facts. We are rathfr of the opinion that this whole matter r.'st.-i with j on, Mr. Editor, and not with yitr people. We would suggest a"i HI plication' of the' Golden "Rul-V (It hi ing too soon for a campaign, wo presume nothing political nc.nit ) It Is our underst.'.uilin that your city has had the plu.un of entertaining the teachers of rss county In Institute assembled for 7 consecutive years nnd then after a loss of only year you entertained them again for two consecutive years. We do not now nor did we then find a.iy fault with you, or have we ever heard that any paper took any ex ceptions to the fact. "Consistency thou art a Jewel." Your pointed reference to our Chautauqua as a side show and re freshments booths is as quite as pointedly resented. We desire to say that our Chautauqua Is dean and up to date and It la recognized by list ing bureaus as one of the best held in the state of Nebraska. We place up on our platform such attractions as graced the platforms of other chau tauquas east and west, and especially In Iowa and Nebraska. Such places as Hastings, Beatrice, David City, Au burn and others all of which places places have conducted chautauquaa for many years. We congratulate you upon the ability of Weeping Wa ter to get a crowd without the meas ures suggested. We remember nn event at your city last year, when It was remarked (hat more people went from Elmwood In a single day to your city than came from Weeping Water to Elmwood to all our events during tho entire summer Just passed. You seem to insinuate that we ask tho teachers to pay the bills of our event. The first Chautauqua we did not re ceive a single cent from any teacher, the second chautauqua each teacher paid us 50 cents for a ticket that cost $2.00. If this Is asking teachers to pay our bills, we feel that tho teacher enjoys It, because we give them something for their money. We think Mr. Editor that hud you at tended our chatitauquiis sufficiently, you would have been better Informed and not made such statements. Our records show that you were not asked to pay our bills but on the other hnml you have been royally received. Bet ter gt sweet, Mr. Editor, and next year wine and see both our chautau qua ami the Institute and perhaps you can see something good In each. When we have till learned the les son that there are others besides "I" on this sphere, we will be getting rendy to live. Respectfully yours, Elmwood Park Association. John Gerry Stark, President. Floyd L. Woolcott, Secretary.