TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
AT ELEVATOR
William R. Murray, Jr., Meets
Frightful Death
This morning C. Lawrence Stull
and Fred Helsel had occasion to go
to the elevator of W. R. Murray & Co
near the M. P. depot, to iook after
lome business matters. On entering
the engine room they were shocked
and appalled at the horrible sight
hlch met their eyes. The body of
William Murray. Jr., was found by
them to be lying upon the concrete
floor of the engine room, resting up
on the knees and face downward
while the walls were bespattered by
blood from the unfortunate man's
bead, the back of which had been
beaten Into a pulp by either the fly
wheel of the gasoline engine or the
shaft upon which the wheel revolves.
The men at once hurried to the office
of Agent Hugh Norton of the M. P.
railway tome 200 feet south of the
elevator and informed blm of the
terrible tragedy which had taken
place. Dr. J. 8. Livingston was hast
ily summoned and hurried to the ele
vator,' arriving there within a few
minutes of the discovery of the acci
dent. He was even then too lalw to
do any good and saw at a glance, that
Mr. Murray was dead and had been
for some time before his arrival. The
body was rigid In death and It was
apparent the accident had happened
tot loss than an hour before his ar
rival. ..
Later In the day the body was
conveyed to the undertaking rooms
Of 8trelght & Btrelght where It was
dressed for the grave.' The funeral
ill be held on Saturday April 17 at
2 p. m.. No Inquest will be held on
the body, the cause of 'death being
sufficiently evident to satisfy the au
thorities. From an examination of the body
and the circumstances surrounding
the finding of It, the prevailing Idea
la that Mr. Murray who had left his
borne t Mynard for the elevator' at
sometime around eight o'clock this
morning, had arrived there and had
started up the gasoline engine. After
doing t,hU he had went Into the eleva
tor proper from the engine room and
while here the engine had evidently
stopped. ' Returning to the engine
room he had started the engine ' up j
once more And had turned his buck
t6 the revolving fly-wheel. From
this wheel runs out a shaft several
Inches in length. .Tlio theory Is that
In turning about and swinging hlH
back upon the wheel, his cont caught
upon this projecting shaft Which In
stantly hurled him over backwards,
striking the' buck of his head upon
the concrete floor. The entire back
of the skull was crushed In and
blood and brains oozed from the
terrible Injury. The body must have
turned over several times by the
flying wheul for the blood and brains
from the head were scattered about
the walls. The cont had evidently
torn loose from tho shaft and Murray
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with a desperate effort had tried to
crawl from 'under the cruel beatings
of the wheel and shaft as be was on
his hands and knees , when found
That he had ever been conscious af
ter the first, cruel blow Is hardly
probable and the crawling action was
an Instinctive one. As there were no
witness to the terrible occurrence
the manner of its happening Is alto
gether problematical.
The coat of the dead man was torn
In the back while the overalls which
be had on were also badly torn at
the back. All these things Indicated
that the accident happened as set out
above. .
Immediately after returning from
the scene of the accident Dr. Llv
Ingston endeavored to have Sheriff
Qulnton take charge of the body
pending the disposition of It by the
relatives who were Immediately no
tilled, but the sheriff considered that
he had no occasion to move In the
matter and nothing was done. Judge
A,,N. Sullivan who Is related to the
dead man, was notified and through
him ' arrangements were made to
handle the body. Wm. R. Murray,
father of the deceased, was notified at
Mynard his home and hurried to this
city at once.
The funeral 'of Mr. Murray will
be held, from his late home at 2 p. m.
Saturday, April 17.
,Wm. R., Murray, Jr., was born at
the Murray farm some four miles
south of this city on January 18, 1882
and was therefor 27. years, 2 months
and 27 days old. He was a .most lov
able young man and possessed a great
many friends throughout this section,
all of whom, were shocked and grieved
to learn of his untimely end. He was
a very brlght young man and one. uni
versally esteemed as one of the best
of the younger men who have grown
up here. A native son of Cass Coun
ty, he. came of sturdy stock which has
made, the county and the state what
It Is. He was thrifty, generous and
. upright a man , without one to cher
i IhIi an 111 thought against him. All
Fraternal Congress Measure Meets
With Disapproval
Head Consul A. R. Talbot of the
Modern Woodmen of America, who Is
chairman of the legislative committee
for that order, has announcel that
the uniform bill governing rates of
fraternal beneficiary societies will
not be enacted into law In any state
this year. The bill, otherwise known
as the minimum assessment rate
measure, was backed by the National
Fraternal Congress, an organization
dominated by four or five hlgh,rate
societies. Its defeat all along the line
ity convinced the various legislatures
that the seven million members of
fraternal societies objected to higher
rates being forced upon them
through the creation of what was
termed a fraternal Insurance trust.
Mr. Potter, the Illinois superin
tendent of Insurance, summed up
the situation in an authorized state
ment which follows:
An Illinois View.
"In the opinion of the department
it would be unwise for the state to
undertake a regulation of rates. Dills
to establish minimum rates which
must be charged with the fraternals
have been circulated among the mem
bers of the legislature, but have not
been Introduced yet.
The Insurance department Is op
posed to them and the state adminis
tration w ill be, but hundreds of mem
bers of such organizations have ac-
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has caused Jubilation in the Modern
Woodmen of America, which led the. qujred the Idea that the state pro
fight against the proposed increase poseg to ra,se the rateg for f raternaJ
of rates.
Opposition Strong.
So pronounced was the sentiment in
Nebraska against the fraternal con
gress bill that It was not even In
troduced In the legislature here. Not
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Insurance and the legislators
hear from their consituents.
"The fraternals asking for such
action are unwilling to have them
selves restricted by the general Insur
ance legislation and the state admin-
only the Modern Woodmen but the Oration Is unwilling to establish
hUT life had been spent In these pre
clncts wfjere everyone knew him only
for the good that was In him. '
Ho was tUe on of Wm. R.. Murray
and.wjfe. two of,th most estlmable.of
people and both of whom survive him
In addition ho hon surviving five sis
ters and one brother. The sinters
are Mrs. Ella Emery of Lincoln, Neb.,
Mrs. Lorena Parker of this city; Mrs
Alice Fleming of Omaha; Mrs. Hat
tie Truelsen of Omaha and Mrs, Ada
Longworth of Omaha. Nelson .Mur
ray, the surviving brother, Is now a
resident of Takoma, Wash. -
Those who have been called upon
to mourn the sad ending of this no
ble young son and brother, are as
sured of the profound sympathy of
the entire community in their ter
rible affliction.
Woodmen of the World, Royal High
landers and other societies of this
state were lined up in a solid phalanx
of opposition. Nearly one-third of
the total membership of the legisla
ture was made up of M. W. A. mem
bers, and when this fact became
known the uselessness of attempting
to secure legislation not approved by
that order deterred anyone from even
offering the uniform bill for consid
eration.
The purpose of the measure was to
compel societies having comparative
ly low rates to raise them to a cer
tain level fixed by what Is known as
the fraternal congress table. Its op
ponents claim "that. the proposition
came primarily from old v. and. non
progressive orders which have- lost
In membership during . tlje recent
years because of Inability to compete
with the younger and more vigorous
ones, The older societies as a ruie
must charge more for insurance than
the others, on account of the. .aver
age age and death rate, among -their
membership being higher. . The adop
tlon of the fraternal congress table
would equalize-conditions -and .tyike
away the advantage of the organiza
tions which have been built; up, in
the past decade or two. r,j
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Last August the Modern. Woodmen
of America withdrew, from thtia.-
tionaIT Fraternal congress when that
body voted to ask the varloiis slate
legislatures to pass a bill requiring'
all fraternal societies to. charge the
same .rates. The Modern Woodmen
'ipon withdrawing from that federa-
rateg for them unless they propose
to come under the legal reserve In
surance regulations.
"The Modern Woodmen bave had
the question of Increased rates up In
their councils several times, and
while the officials bave wanted to
Increase the rates the membership
has refused.
The state administration takes the
position that the question must be
left to the societies themselves to
handle.'! Lincoln News.
RATES $1.00 PER DAY
We Solicit the Farmers' Trade
t and Guarantee Satisfaction, t
WHEN IN THE CITY GIVE US A CALL
The Perkins Hotel
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Water Republican.
scrap. Weeping
nop puonciy announces us poucy, 10 come8 the otner wlth a poetical ef-
be that of opposition to the state leg- fuBlon Btating that, it is not' charit-
Work on New Depot.
Work started this morning on the
Hew freight depot of the Uurllngton.
The structure Is to be a frame one
84x60 feet In slzo and will be modeled
after the building destroyed. Master
Carpenter Hodengrcn of Omaha di
vision wns In tho city over iilnht nnd
this morning was engaged In making
arrangements for getting tho work
under headway. It Is his Intention to
push the construction of the building
to an early finish." It will be, neces
sary to obtain permission of the city
authorities to erert the bull llng as It
Is within the fire limits, but no troub
In Is. expected along this line. The
bulldlni,' Is. badly needed Just now as
the arrival of spring goods Is com
tnenclng and several cars are being
used at present to store them In.
The building will occupy the site of
tho old structure at the foot of Malr
st reet.
Here to Attend Fiiiici-hI.
B. F. Allen and son Oscar of Wa
bash, came down Monday to attend
tho funeral of Mrs. A. C. Reach. Mr
H. F. Allenhns been quite poorly of
late and while here concluded that It
would be taxing himself too much to
remain, so returned home on the 11:-
15 train. He Is one of the old neigh
bors of Mr. and Mrs. Deach, had
known them since coming to Ne
braska. Several of the old neigh
bors from the vicinity of WabaHh
were down to attend tho- funeral.
Weeping Water. Republican;. - .
. "I'd Rather Die, . Doctor,
than have my feet cut off,' said M
L. Bingham, of Princevllle, 111. "But
you'll die from gangrene (which had
eaten away eight toes) If you don't"
said all the doctors. Instead he used
Bucklin's Arnica Salve till 'wholly
cured. Its cures of eczema, "fever
sores, boils and burns and piles as
tound, the world. 25c at F G. Frlcke
& Co.
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: 1 It Helps a Little
There are two ways of booming a
town. Now over in Plattsmouth
where the Interurban is rapidly near
tng completion on paper, they have
two newspapers, both working hard
to build up Plattsmouth, and both
snapping and snarling at each other.
One says the other is a political
trickster, office 'seeker, word mani
pulator' and old time ring machine
man'.' The other says his contem-
perary never upholds decency, and
even reflects on his own spotless
character, which Is as unlike snow as
earth mixed with water. And then
To Rebuild Bridge.
Master Caprenter Hedengren Is au
thority for the statement that the
Burlington will shortly commence the
rebuilding of the bridge over the
drainage ditch between this city and
Pacific Junction. The ditch at pres
ent is spanned by a steel bridge And
It Is the Intention of the company to
replace the present structure with
a longer one making the opening over
the ditch wider. The track at this
point will also be raised. some' nine
inches. During last spring when
the river was so high and overflowed
the bottoms, the opening at the
bridge was found to be too small to
handle the water and the company
determined to increase It to a size
which would permit draining the bottom.-
The work will take some time
and will be expensive: ': L A :. -
train which had passed Just a short
time before. There were five men la
the party but one of them took alarm
and escaped. The four captured men
were returned to Omaha on the spec
ial which reached there about mid
night. It la estimated that thousands of
dollars worth of goods have been
stolen from the trains in the last
few weeks, and Is Is believed that'
rnoBt of them had been secreted In or
near the soap works. A great mass
of stuff was captured at the works
last night and the search of the prem
ises will be continued today.
The ex-convict Adair who was
captured Is and old offender
and had given the officers and pris
on authorities no end of trouble dur-
ln ghls career in this state. Some
five years ago he escaped from the
penitentiary and the officers had a
hard time capturing him again at Au
rora. ' His brother- was employed
at the soap works for some time past.
Mrs. Isabel Rlchey made a flying
trip this morning to Lincoln, return-J
ing this evening on No. 2.
Millinery Spring Opening
Thursday, Friday nnd
Saturday will have on
display a beautiful litie of
pattern Hats, the most
Popular shapes and designs
Please call and sec
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legislatures fixing a minimum
standard, table of assessment rates
It Is contended .that with a represen
tative form of government each'or-
ganlzatlon is entirely competent to
enact the necessary laws and provide
for such assessment rates as are
deemed essential from time to time,
if based upon their own' experience,
hintory and conditions.
The rates contemplated in the uni
form- bill are practically as high as
the premiums charged by old line
'.onipanles. The effect of this bill, it
Is asserted, would compel the mem
bers on one organization to pay more
than the cost of Insurance In such
societies or an excess over Its obli
gations, while the members of an
other society, charging tho same rates
would not be collecting actual costs.
The M. W. A. held out for the princl
nle of self government, without In
terference by state legislatures in
the matter of rates. Nearly all tho
fraternal societies In the United
States co-operate with It opposing the
enactment of this bill and only foui-
or rive took opposite ground. The
Insurance commissioners of Illinois,
Missouri, Indiana and various other
states publicly announced their an
tagonism to the measure as being
wrong In principle and dangerous In
practice.
Head Consul's Work.
It Is not generally known that
Head Consul Talbot of this city, In
behalf of all societies opposed to this
minimum rate mensure, has had act
ive charge and direction of the cam
paign against rate legislation In
thirty-eight states where legislatures
were In session this winter. The bill
has been defeated overwhelmingly In
the states of South Dakota, Minneso
ta, Missouri, Texas, Iowa, West Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Kan
sas, California, North Dakota and
Oklahoma. It is now peiidlnit In Ill
inois and Michigan and Secretary
Ray. Mr. Talbot's assistant, received
word that the Insurance committee
of .these two states will next week
report tho bill for Indefinite post-
ponetnent. , This will ronsuninto a
complete victory for these federal
societies thot believe In the principle
of self government.
The exact situation wns placed be
fore each member of the Modern
Woodmen by Head Consul Talbot and
the bend officers of similar orders did
likewise with their respective mem
berships. The result of this public-
able to throw stones at a glass
house. That Is another way to boom
a town, for people like' to live
.. - . Make Capture, c ri .'
' Ah Important capture was made
last night by Burllngtoi special of
ficers and Omaha 'detectives at ' the
old 'soap' works 'Ju'Bt north' -'of " La
Platte ; The men'- captured' ''-'We're
members of a band 1 of .freight :car
thieves'' who have beefr plying their
vocation for the past" several weeks
on freights out of Omaha.- The men
captured included 1:tln"l"1ex-c6'nVlct
named "Robin" Adair," his' brother
and two other men 'who were un
known to either the Burlington Of
ficials or the Omftha' deteetlves' The
raid was planned 'by Spacial Agent
Malotte of the Burllhgtcri,j Who-1 se
cured the C"-oprotl9n of iWOniaha.
authorities' and' whw as',la8t night
accompanied by - Officers MSchmldt,
Searle ahd Davenport : and Defectives
Ferris and Dunn of Omaha. The party
left Omaha on a special train1 which
left Omaha about 8 ' o'clock and
made ft run to the old soap or ren
dering works Just 'north of LaPlatte.
The four men.- were, caught red
handed by the officers being engaged
in picking up goods thrown from a
You're going to put you're old head in
to a new hat one of these clays in the near
future.
If your head is ths least bit irregular, (9 out of every 10 are) you'l (ret a misfit. Chances are the man
that's Belling you will stretch the hat with an old out-of-date' wooden stretcher, or if its a little large he'll
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That's all nonsense, don't rtand for it. . .
If YOU COME HERE: First we'll show you by far the largest assortment of hats that has ever been
shown in Plattsmouth. Second we'll make the hat fit your head exactly tor at long as you can wear. it.
This we do by means o( our new French conformateur, which device takes ' the axact shape of your head,'
heats the hat and shapes it permanently. .,, r,.r
Another thing we do is to put your name in the hat.
We'll be glad to shape your old hat for you, if you'll bring it in. .r
Stetsons $3.50 to $5.00
Fricd's & Albcrtini's $2.00 to $3.00
Others $1.00 to $2.00
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Up Before the Bar.
N. H. Brown, an attorney of Pitts
burg, Xtl, writes: "We have used
Dr. King's Netv Life Pills for years
and find them such a good family
medicine we wouldn't be without
them." For chills, constipation bil
liousness or sick headache they work:
wonders. 25C at F. G. Frlcke & Co.
Regret .Action.
Gus. Peln of Pender, Neb., came In
several days ago for a visit with his
wife and family. Mr. Pein who had
been employed In a salopn at Pender
for. the past year Is thrown out of
employment by the election of a dry
board and the adoption of 'ho"" license
at the recent election. He states that
a number of people who voted for a
dry town have since regretted of their
ction and now want to sign a petition
for a saloon. This petition will be
presented to the village board and
the saloon men hope to' have It
granted and a license issued. Mr.
Pein returned to Pender this noon on
the mail train. ' :