Neb. State Historical Sec.
Soutnai
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION-FOUR PAGES
PLATTSMOUTU. NEBRASKA. MONDAY, FKHKl'AIiY 1 , 1909
VOLID1E XXVI11
NUMBER ITT
VERY DESTRUCTIVE
WIND
OPT
IVI
Sweeps Down Upon This City
and Does Much Damage
From Friday's Daily.
The worst storm In the history of
Nebraska swept down yesterday af
ternoon and last night. With a gale
blowing not less than fifty miles an
hour the storm tore through the
state spreading devastation In its
wake and causing a loss of thousands
of dollars to the inhabitants of this
comunlty.
This storm which is unprecedented
In the annals of the state swooped
down last night and yesterday after
noon. The start was a summer rain
storm, the like of which no man has
seen Bince the year One. This storm
started with the characteristics of a
storm brewing In mid-summer. First,
came the lightning, then the thunder
and after that the deluge. And for
the time of year It was a deluge. It
was rain and then rain and after it
quit It was rain. Water was every
where and there was no doubt that
there was something doing in J
Pluvlus special line.
It was rain and then more rain
until night closed down and then
came the snow and sleet which con
tinued until gray light of the morn
ing peeked in on everyone who lived
In the city.
The storm did widespread damage
In the city and reports from the coun
try are more discouraging. Wires
are down In every direction and there
is no chance of communication being
restored in several days.
The morning papers report com
munication between points east and
west paralyzed and trains on nil
roads are moving principally by
phone communication. From every
many fine orchards and groves which
everyone compliments Cass County
upon are great losers because they
have not the same splendid growth
they had one day ago.
This has all been blasted by the
winter's storm. From every point
comes news of great destruction of
field products and a setback to in
dustry in this vicinity of one hundred
per cent.
The truth is the storm has crip
pled the business of the community
a great deal. The loss to Platts-
mouth people taken as a whole, has
been almost as great as a flood would
have been.
On the avenues the damage was
not so groat except on Washington
avenue where the storm swept down
in unrestrained fury. Trees were
street and assisted him in patching
up the big window.
In the Rockwood block or Masonic
hall as it is butter known, the storm
blew out a window and the same was
true of the Nebraska Telephone Com
pany which lost a window in the
shuffle.
The worst damage suffered was
that of the Nebraska Lighting Com
pany which had a dynamo burned out
yesterday afternoon. It Is figured
that the cost of replacing the ma
chine will amount to several hundred
dollars. At the time of the accident,
Supt. Clabaugh who was looking, af
ter the work, was busy in another
room and he failed to hear the warn
ing noise of the machine when it
began to make trouble. The first ln-
Movos to Flmkood.
On Tuesday J. T. Llston loaded his
household goods and sent them to
Eliuttood where he has been sta
tioned as agent for the Missouri Pa
cific railroad.
Mr. Llston has been agent here for
the past four years ami lie and his
family have made many friends who
are sorry to Bee them go, yet all are
glad to see him get a better paying
position and Bent to a larger town.
Mr. Llston is a good trustworthy
man and one that tends to his busi
ness.
On Tuesday evening the Royal
TO HOLD MASS
CONVENTION
Farmers of Nebraska Winter
Wheat Belt to Meet
As a result of a number of confer-
Nelghbors gathered at the home of enPPM. TmrtlHnnt Arf In hv rvtanv farm.
fclrs. R. B. Morgan and gave Mrs. Lrs of the winter wheat belt, it was
-.ibiuh a surprise iarewen party. . ...
This was a grand Buceess as she never UCV1UCU lu " " ,nt lu"B ttl
timation of trouble the men knew once thought of Buch a thing. Mrs. IIa8tlnE8. Neb., and invite the farm
was a great ball of fire over the dy- Liston is an honored member of this era of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska
namo. According to those who saw lodge and Mr. Liston is a member and eastern Colorado, to unite in a
me uispiay me Dau 01 lire was some of the M. W. A.
six feet across. It was of a bright The ladies snent the pveninr in
blue color and from this fact, It is social visiting and having a general
thought that the trouble did not start good time and when it came time to
from lightning but from a short clr- nerve lunch they phoned for the men
cult. In anyevent the figures given who had been placed under the care
by the electric light authorities are 0f Frank Clements, to come over as
that it will cost at least fifteen nun- they were ready for them. When
dred dollars to replace the machine. there is a chance for anything to eat
Another heavy loses is the Parmele the men never refuse. There was a
Theater which sustains a loss of sev- delicious two course luncheon served
eral hundred dollars by the destruc- by the ladles to which all did full
tion of the roof of the building. When Justice. The crowd stayed until a
co-operative movement with a view to
establishing and maintaining a bet
ter system of marketing than that
which has prevailed In the past. To
this end the undersigned committee
was appointed and Instructed to
make all necessary arrangements and
aavertise tne meeting, we, your
committee, realizing that the public
press is the farmers' friend, have de
plded to ask the newspapers within
the territory embraced, to assist us
in giving publicity to this convention.
. ... . . . I It tore loose last night it aroused hate hour and although the evening L....V. . . .u
snapped oft like reeds and houses .... . , . . ,aic ullu Bll""uK" i"e evening without the generous aid of all the
were literally pillaged of their con
tents. This was the result of the
wiles of the winds. Windows were
blown in no matter where they were
as old Boreas is no respecter of per
sons and he simply did what he in
tended to do when he swept down on
the city.
The fine residence of F. G. Egen-
all the boarders and transients at the
Hotel Riley who verily believed that
the end of the world was at hand
The rattling of the roof and the noise
of the wind coupled with the sweep
of the storm at the uearthly hour
of the morning, all served to make
nrn . n-nnn 1 . J .11 iL .
"M enjujeu uy mi mere was nrPH(, w onn nrrnmniKh tint Utile
a shadow of sorrow for all were filled The papir ln whlch thl8 nottce ap
with regret to think that they were pear8 ha9 agreed to publl8h and Bt,nd
to lose two or their best members. oinin y,a nm
Mrs. Llston and children left other newsoaner ln Nebraska with a
Wednesday morning, quite a crowd reaueBt to C0Dy and reDubil8n n
gathered at the depot to see them off
u . a . , . . i i ivvui vDCiiiaiiico iti vniauuiua aim
.... ....o, a, w.c ,cDi. me scnooi cnuaren came flown to hava inu(rn. in an
They fled pell-mell Into the halls bid farewell to the little girls . , .. , .. . .,
. ,,, . - . . iuiewe.1 10 me mut, gins. peal to the press of their respective
and corridors and for several hours Thin entimnhin fnmiiv win
berger was struck by the storm's the greatest difficulty was exoerl- L- n 71 , " states in tne same way. it goes
. . . , . . . .. .v 8 greatest aiincuuy was expen- greatly missed by all, yet we are wltho,lt Havlne thnt th fnpmprB in.
blast and the windows on the north Unced by Landlord Dunbar and his L,fl,, lh Bro . mIb, art f w,tnout. saj ng' tnat the farmers In
side blown out resulting In a loss rmn. in nOBJn .u f .: .7 teresteu in tnis movement win appre.
c iia.wv.-oiiivi.iru nut tnat tney can come up ana see ..ui.v., kq ,iq
...c nuv.c v.uuu.c vamn UL UB 0nPe ln a wniln. V8 lee tnat
oi several nunarea aoiiars. i guests,
At the second ward school house 0n account of the flying timbers and
the damage consisted in blowing tin frum the theater roof.
down tne ience ana aemonsning tnei There was a number of other
chimney and other small losses while heavy losses reported which have not
there are numerous reports of other yCt been verified, and for thnt rea
chimneys being destroyed by the fury
of the winds.
The third ward was in line with
We
think it is time the farmer should
what Is our loss Is Elmwood's gain. nave a word l0 say aboul the prlce ot
Eagle Beacon. ,hnt ha hRa nrnduewt. If the Inw
of supply and demand were allowed
One on Hyer. fo OIMrat without bcinc interfered
A humorous story has filtered out wltl, no one would haVe Jll8t raU(te
In connection with the dissolution ot t0 complaln. But It Is a firm belief
son no mention of names Is made,
fh. h , H C"f de"Ce the Partnership that has long existed of many that the Interests of gamb
wu, V .7 , "- Between a. a. iiyers ana James ma- ,ers on the board of trade have nul(h
history of the city for a winter I diecom. Recently a sheriffs sale no- L wlth tho IICtll.tinn- whirh
rpi . ... .... , "1'1'"",tu -""v""' I occur in the prices or rarm products.
Throughout the state the H ormL.nora .nnnnnin,. n, I
damage was done. A number of seems to be to have been very severe i e 1 This is not rlg.it ana wou,a not De
persons reported chimneys down and and there is no indication of the to- ! !k! 1 I 80 ' the farmr:9 wer? ?rfn B
past and west of the cty. From the in manv cases real damaee to their toi amn,,t nf t m a " tnat mey couiu murKei uieir pro
1 .v. . .v. .v. . ....bo "v,..c. Snerirr Hoagland. The "ad" i was drts eraduallv lust ns the con
past cornea the renort that the DroDertv. Uinrm ihrnimu,,! k .i.i. ,..o v. .... aucts graauany, just as tne con
seen by both these crafty real estate Burners demand calls for them
direction comes reports of trains be- the others and reported that out
ing late and little likelihood ot any- bouses -and small buildings were
one getting where they started for turned over and in this way much
on schedule time.
The storm seems to be worse both
east comes the report tnat tne property. storm throughout the state was much
trains from that section are badly Tho Flrgt and Fourth wards seem as It was ln this city. Starting with
delayed by the wind and snow and t0 bave fared alike as both suffered rain it changed to snow and sleet and
from the west tne trains are inaei- more or lef.g ln tne devastation, ln soon Dut the wires- out of buslnpss
inltely late. The train service is do- the Flr8t there were any number of In addition to the severe losses
ing all that can be dene to get trains treea ieveled te the gorund by the mentioned above the Masonic Home
through on time but without success. wlnd and chmneys galore were scat- lost a large portion of the roof from
There is reported a heavy snow tered far and wlde Tne Fourth ward the main building and the property
from McCook west and the trams added lt8 Bhare ln the fact that whUe lo88 wm be 8everal thousand dollars
from that section bear out tne re- many residences were more or less Later and additional reports from
Prt- damaged the Burlington shons were Omaha Indicate that the severity of
There is an estimated snowfall of ln even wor8e 8hape and suffered a the Btorm cannot be estimated. There
six Inches all over the western part i088 of many hundreds of dollars by Is no communication west of Omaha
of the state and Colorado. This r(BBOn 0 i0Hine smoke stacks and the and nothing working botwppn Omaha
means a tremendous amount of mols- llke aud Chicago and Kansas City
ture distributed over tne ana regions jn the Fjfth ward reports Indicate In Omaha telegraphic dispatches
of the middle west and excellent tnat tne prlncipal damage was on ac- tell of more than one hundred plate
crP8 count of falling limbs from trees and glass fronts being blown out while
wnue tne aamage in tne i uy like accidents. Nebraska City reports seven big
much it amounts to nothing as com- ... . . ,. . . J windows being dostrovpd Th nnlv
vii iuaiu oiirvi i lie uniuugu n aa l -
men and each secretly resolved to Farmers are getting fair prices now.
possess himself of these lots without But now often nave we Bopn )t this
the knowledge of the other member way when without an apparent cause
Of the firm. On the day Of the sale nrl.-na wnnld hronk nil tn tiIpiph?
Gus" betook himself to Lincoln, Gamblers can not always control
where he intended to secure the lots prces but they are organized in such
as low as possible, setting the mark a wny thnt they can do entirely too
at about $200. "Jim" however, dal- mnph ln that direction. The onlv
lied around the telephone until Gus way Jn whl(.h the farmers can pro-
was beyond ear snot when he called tect themselves Is through organlza-
up Deputy Sheriff Dawson and au- Uon and a harmonious system of
thorlzed a bid of $450 In case other co-operation. Farmers' elevator
bidders forced the price to that fig- companies and farmers' uhlnning as-
pared to the floods of other years.
They swept away the fruits of years
while the blizzard can take no more
than stands ln front of It
In the city the damage done was tre
mendous. It would take many pages
to calculate the damage done by the
storm.
Fences were overthrown, out
houses were toppled over and thero
was no end to the many strange
things which took place in the night
In the city the damage Is not as
great as many Imagine. There are
many windows blown ln and In many
cases great damage has resulted to
stocks of goods. Taken as a general
rule, however, the total loss from
the storm will not approximate as
much as generally supposed.
The force of the storm hit the city
between three and four o'clock In the
morning, at an hour when everyone
waa In bed and asleep. It was of
the tornado variety, swirling and
twisting about and searching out the
corners of the city. In the outskirts
of the city It played much havoc,
not so great although It was the oc- wire operating out or Omaha Is that
casion of some excitement at tlmeB. of the Plattsmouth Stock and Grain
The new Burlington undergrade Company which has a private wire to
crossing which has been In progress Omaha and Nebraska City. From
of construction for some time got Its Mr- Frank Gobelman, the manager,
Initial bath and It did well, carrying 11 18 learned that there Is no com
the water off In good shape. In ad- munlratlon between Omaha and Kan
.1 . t aim . . I QQa OI.V Dn1 tlAlKlnir K.l Ufnun nmnli.1 I
anion tne men empioyea aia tneir ' galhor together his six feet and
share and the water which noured BI,U -nn.ago.
down Main street In a torrent, was
cleverly diverted Into the open sluice-
way and allowed to drain out to the Hetunis From Maine.
Missouri. This resulted In saving William II. Miller returned this
the new pavement undoubtedly and morning from his trip to Westbrook,
was In Itself a saving to thn city. Me., where he was called by the ser-
Up the street there wus evidence lous Illness of his brother Noah. Mr.
ure. The sale opened and Hyers be
gan to bid and each time Dawson
would say that he was authorized to
bid $25 at a. Jump. Finally, Gus
said: "Dawson, who the deuce is bid
ding against me?" and when Inform
ed that It was his partner, Blddlecom,
the atmosphere became so warm the
woodwork of the court house was
threatened by spontaneous combuH-
tion. When Hyers got back to Have
lock he was mad through and
through and notified Blddlecom to
a
half of slender nnatomy and vam
oose. Jim did as requested, and this,
It Is said, Is the cause leading to the
dissolution of a partnership that has
lasted so long and lovingly. Blddle
com la now erecting a new office In
the east part of the town.
soclatlons are doing an Immense
amount of good. But they could do
much more good If they could com
bine with regard to the final selling
end of the line also.
But all these matters will be fully
and ably discussed at this convention
and you will bo free to Join In the
discussion if you attend. Farmers,
you have made it possible for others
to combine and become fabulously
rich! Why should you not take a
little time off and spend a few dol
lars combining for your own welfare!
If you don't look after your own In
terests no one else will. Hastings
and the farmers of Adams county will
be glad to meet you at the court
house, February 11, 12 and 13, and
Bhow you a good tln.e. Come the
first day. Some of the most import
ant business of the convention will
be transacted In the forenoon of that
day, and at one o'clock ln the after
noon the mayor of Hastings, Hon. C.
J. Miles, who is always a happy
speaker, will deliver a cordial ad
dress of welcome. Some of the most
prominent men who have consented
to be present throughout the con
vention are Theo. G. Nelson, of North
Dakota, president of the National
Grain Growers' Association; J. C.
Davis of Wisconsin, national director
and lecturer of the American society
of Equity; H. E. Holmes of Kentucky,
general salesman for the Tobacco
Growers' Union of America. Mr.
Holmes will probably tell something
about the night riders and Is in a
position to give us the real facts
about them; J. S. Canady of
Mlndcn, one of the best Informed men
ln Nebraska on the subject of farm
ers' elevators, will be an active fig
ure in the gathering.
We deferred this notice until tho
time should be close up to the con
vention date so the matter will be
fresh In your minds. Remember the
dates, Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, February 11, 12 and 13 and let
nothing stand ln the way of your tak
ing a step In which the business
world will applaud as wise and your
own conscience will approve as Just.
Yours respectfully,
J. S. Canady.
W. N. Thompson.
E. P. Hubbard. ;
T. R. Varah.
A. W. Vreeland.
0. A. Wheeler, Pros.
A. C. Tompkins, Sec.
Smooth IanIw.
From Huturilay'a Pally.
Yesterday afternoon two tramps
Invaded the clothing store of Wes
cott's Sons and while one of them
engaged E. H. Wescott In conversa
tion at the rear of the store while
looking over the stock, the other
Becreted four pairs of the most ex
pensive trousers In the store under
his coat. Mr. Wescott was watching
the proceedings although he was not
observed and when the men started
to leave the store, he quietly stopped
the one with the trousers and search
ed him discovering the pants under
his coat. He summoned the au
thorities who at onco placed the
men under arrest, taking them to
Jail. County Attorney Ramsey was
consulted and a complaint will bo
filed against them charging one with
grand larceny, Mr. Wescott placing
of some damage at different places. Miller had many novel experiences Mr. Mesne Break Ankle
At I). P. Jackson's furniture store I during his brief visit ln the Pine Trao I From Friday' 'Dully
the show window wus blown out and state. He visited several of tho larg. Tnl8 morning Mrs. Aug. Hesse suf
he suffered a severe loss by reason er cities In the state and found tin m f,'na a severe fall on on Icy side- the value of the stolen property at
of the water and rain which carao In to be far behind the times so far ns walk occasioned by slipping on the thirty-six dollars. A complaint will
on him. It Is figured Chat his loss progress In concerned. During his 1 v wnlk- M'8- Hesse, who la the no doubt be filed the fore part of
Big Success In New York.
Two of the leading papers of New
York City announce that Miss Alice
Dovey scores a decided success in
the big eastern city, where but few
professionals escape severe criticism
from the press as well as the patron
of the various leading theaters. In
their' mention of the "Stubborn Cln
drella" the New York American says
that Miss Alice Dovey whs an "Indi
vidual , buccpss," and the Sun critic
says that she was the one bright and
shining spot In the play. The bal
ance of the company received a se
vere "roasting" from both papers.
The company being a western one,
they have feured receiving just what
;v.me when they appeared in New
York. Plattsmouth people should
feel Justly proud of the little Indy
from borne, receiving the only prais
ing mention of tho entire company.
will amount to several hundred dollars.
.1. E. .Mi Daniel suffered n loss of
several dollars also tn the blowing In
of his storm doors. While this did
reports from every quarter coming seriously Inconvlence him. It
in of damage to outbuildings and
small houses. Everywhere reports I
say tho wind was of great violence
and there was great loss to prop
erty.
In the country the loss was prlmi-
windmills and like fixtures. From
reports It can be estimated that at
mount a property loss which he re
gretted.
Continuing up Main street the
Jn ii run I got Its. Owing to the storm
Frank H. Smith, one of the composi
tors, ilei liled to slay In the office
for the night and with this end lu
view, he retired. In the early nioin-
irip .Mr. .Miller states that lie saw
more drunken men on the street
of prohibition cities than he ever saw
In Nebraska and In addition thori i
no sign of progress In the itls, the
sidewalks being worn out ami d
lapidated and In fact everything ln
poor shape.
Mr. Miller states that his opinion
of '.he people who come bore n:id
delivers talks nlniot the virtue of pro
hibition don't sound right to him
and he Is firmly of the opinion th:it
mother of Henry Hesse, who hus been
having a sad experience at the hospit
al In Omaha recently, was up at the
hen house and In coming bock to the
house she slipped and fell breuklng
her light tinkle. While the Injury
Is serious It is not necessarily dan
gerous and Mrs. Hesse's niuny friends
hope to soon see her out and about.
the week.
George Murray who has been
spending several days lu the city
with his mother Mrs. John Murray.
that they are hypo( rites nnd"llurs"lo departed this noon of the fast mail
use bis exact language. He was thor
oughly disgusted with the workings
of Prohibition and comes buck
stronger than ever for a free com:
least ten thousand dollars damage ing, the storm broke lu lis run fury
was done ln the farming conimiinl- and destroyed the transom over the
ties adjacent to the city. Trees Main street door, causing a panic to
were blown over and ln many cases Mr. Smith who thought of Hoggin
they were uprooted and scattered to land Messina and figured out that the ,ry'
the four winds. The fury of the world wus about all In. Ho dlscov-
storm seemed centered In the trees erod soon where the real trouble Mrs. Jack Dorothy of Omaha Is
and shrubbery of the smiling lands laid and hurried out for help, secur- spending several days In the city, the
hloh lay bo close to the city. The I Ing Dick Osborn who came across the I guest of Wm. Hlnrlchsen and wife.
No Wonder It Stormed.
Within a year Grand Islanders
will know how It feels to walk upon
paved streets.
A broom maker stole another
man's wife and pocket book, and
mado good his getaway. Evidently
he believed In niiikliig a ( lean sweep.
A noted scientist says Hint In the
future battles will be fought In the
nlr. There am many buttles now
being fought with hot air.
Mayor Miles captured the state
poultry show for next year. It goes
without showing that HaHliugH was
"laying" for that convention.
That Aurora editor who thinks
flirting Is nil right, because It gets
people In the habit of going to church
Mrs. Mark White came up today I Is apt to have much to answer for
from her home near Rock Bluffs to before he fully realizes where he Is
loow after business mutters. l"nt. Hustings Tribune.
train for Stanton, Neb., where he
has been work ing for Albert Frlik
lor another Cass County boy. George
hod a very enjoyable visit during bis
brief stay Inthe city.
Good CHI.on Makes Visit.
Monday morning Frank (Justin of
Elm wood, who Is one of the regular
panel of Jurors, dropped into the
Journal office and added his r.oni'! to
the list of his subscriber. ut the hust
ling west end town. This was dono
without needing the Inducement of
premiums or anything save the mer
its of the paper. Mr. Gusllu Is one
of the prominent citizens of the west
end, a man of hUh standing and
and excellent character In his home
community and one who enjoys the
friendship und esteem of everyone
who knows him. He has boon chaf
ing somewhat over having to spend
his time on the Jury as ho has farm
ing Interests requiring his early at
tention but he has not yet been able
to convince Judge Trovli that ho
ought to be released.
Simon Clark, wife and daughter
spent Sunday ln Omaha visiting ltli
J relatives, returning In the evening.