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Neb. State Historical cc be f&lattemo.utb ournal. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES TLATTSMOUTn, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 1!, 1909 VOLUME XXVI11 NO. 209 3 AN KILLED NEAR CEDAR CREEK Attempts to Board Pilot of the Locomotive and Is Killed From Friday's Dally. The chapter of tragedies which seems to have been started in this vicinity within the last few days re ceived another addition last night when one man was killed and another painfully Injured at Cedar Creek. The man killed met his death in stantly by being struck by the locomo. tive of a west bound extra freight on the Burlington Just west of the sta tion at Cedar Creek. His name was Walker and his parents live in Council Bluffs, la. From parties coming in from Cedar Creek this morning and also by telephone some of the particulars of the disaster are learned- Yesterday Fritz Boedeker and three other men among them the unfortunate Walker and a man named Wilson, left the clay pit west of Louisville where thev were pmnloyed and went to Cedar Creek to do some trading. The wet weather prevented work In the clay pit and the men concluded they would take advantage of their enforced lay-off and spend the day in Cedar Creek. They were about the town all day making several pur chases and expecting to catch a ride home to Louisville at night. As near as can be ascertained the men waited until an extra freight on the Burlington came along somewhere in the neighborhood of nine or ten o'clock. The four men attempted to board the train, the unfortunate Wilson and Walker attempting to ride the pilot of the engine while the other two men Boedeker and one other essayed the cars. Walker and Wilson in some manner failed to make the engine anl were struck and hurled to one side, Walker being in stantly killed and his body badly mangled. Wilson was more fortunate and while he was knocked uncon clous and painfully bruised and hurt, he was not dangerously Injured. Boe deker and the other man made the cars successfully and rode Into Louis ville unaware of the tragedy which had happened to their companions None of the train crew were aware Supper a Success. From Friday'! Dally The ladies of St. John's church last evening from 5 to 8 o'clock served one of the ft nest suppers ever set before the public at Coates Hall, and ibe affair was a complete success in every particular. Despite the rainy and muddy weather and the disagreeable circumstances attend ing getting to and from the hall, the crowd was one of the largest ever attending an affair of this kind in the history of the city. It is quite unnecessary to waste words of praise of the two men on the pilot and also on tbe Ch0jCe mentx wnich the ladles found blood stains where the engine had prepared. Suffice is to say that had struck the men. He notified the the Bupper wnich they furnished the train crew and expressed his heller I nubile was one composed of every that someone had been killed. The thing the palate could ask for, and section foreman was notified at once, it wag certainly superbly prepared as there Is no night office at Cedar Too much credit cannot be bestowed Creek and no one there to notifly, and upon the ladies for the care and the foreman summoned his crew and attention which they gave to this af also Dr. Lewis of Louisville who fal. There was made every possl- went down with them. A short dis- pJ preparatlon to entertain a large tance west of Cedar Creek the party came upon the two men. Walker was dead while Wilson was unconsc- crowd but even with . all that, the crowd at times taxed the capacity of the large hall and the numerous ta ious and seemed to be badly Injured, bles. The body of Walker was picked up 0ne of the attractions which took and Wilson was also taken .on the wen waa a concert during the pro. car, the party going on into Cedar gres8 Qf the supper by the Bohe Creek where Walker's body was laid mjan Boyg Dand the young organiza- out in the depot while Wilson was tlon which has been so Industriously taken to the hotel. striving to make a name for Itself as i -.- It was at first thought that Wll- a musical organization. It has cer son's injuries would prove fatal but later it was found that while he was Dalnfully bruised he was not in a talnly succeeeded remarkably well judging by the quality of music pro duced last evening. The boys should dangerous condition. This morning U,e proud of the excellent Impression he had so far recovered as to be they ma(je an(j the applause which able to be about although suffering greeted their fforts much pain. x00 much praise cannot be ac- Tmmedlatelv after the finding of corded the several ladles who had Walker's body, the sheriff was notl- the management of this delightful af fled here, and he In turn notified fair In hand, and their efforts re- Coroner Clements of Elmwood. celved most cordial commendation In The coroner stated that he would the fact that the crowd was so large get to Cedar Creek on the first train In the face of such miserable weather which would be this morning some- Petullitr Actions of Filitor. -The. citizens of Eagle are all wrought up over the strange and pe culiar actions of J. E. Brinkworth, editor of the Eagle Beacon, and a young man well known throughout the county. Brinkworth last Tues day evening got up anl left the village without so much as saying "by your leave" to the citizens, and with no explanation as to the cause of his hurried departure. He was seen in Union on Tuesday evening by rn ac quaintance from Eagle, and Is said to have told this man that he was on his way to Kansas City, Mo. Fur ther than this no one seems to know where he went nor the cauBe of hu unceremonious departure. Previous to leaving the village he is said to have told another Eagle man that he was going away from there with no probability of return ing. The financial affairs of Brinkworth are1 reported as being in good shape and this adds to the complexity of the situation. It is not known that domestic troubles were worrying the editor and in fact, the general situa tion seems to be that he Just con cluded to "pull his freight" and left. He stood well in the community and had no personal enemies as far' as known. He had been editing the Beacpn for about a year and had made a fairly good paper of it con sidering the opportunities be had. It SNEAK THIEVES RAID HOTEL RILEY rs. Dunbar Loses Very Valu able Jewelry Guests Lose Small Amounts of Money time, and that the Inquest on Walk er's body would be held on his ar rival. Walker was badly mutilated and cut up. The body was in pieces and "It's a Girl." From Friday's Dally. Sheriff Qulnton was missing all day yesterday from his office and the streets and there were many In one foot was not found at the time quines as io wuy me rhhi h tha informant arrived. He must could not be found. The mystery has havfl been thrown beneath the wheels been satisfactorily explained and there is no one to blame him. It is man about 25 vears of age and was Just a case of the first born and well known and popular among the every fond father knows that it is men emnloved at the clay nit which like pulling teeth to A pair of bol l sneak thieves this morning made a raid upon the guests of the Hotel Riley and rudely des poiled several of them of their val uables. The men made their geta way frcm the hotel without being discovered although they were seen as they were leaving by C. D Lusk, the traveling representative of the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, O., who failed to surmise the men were crooks. Mr. Lusk, who rooms on the sec ond floor, was coming down from his room, having had breakfast a short time before and having gone gone to his room after Borne papers which he desired to look over In the office. He saw a man look out of the next room to that of Proprietor Dunbar and wife and seemingly size had secured a very good circulation up the outlook down the hall, then for a country weekly and was quite hastily withdraw. At the same time liberally supported by the people of a man came out of the lavatory on Eagle. He has considerable ability the gmnd floor and started down as a newspaper man and doubtless 8tar8, mr, Lusk paid no partlcu will turn up elsewhere in the pro- Iar heed to the men both of whom fesslon. were on the stairs at the same time Brinkworth was wen Known in aa he an(1 both of whom went out 0f this city where h had had business (h g(1e entrance. ' One of the men relations with the local newspapers carrled a leather grip which he paid all of which were pleasant, ana no attention to. He thought no more among the local fraternity, he was of th incident until he was aroused looked upon as a good fellow and a a few minutes later by the startling promising newspaper man. announcement that the rooms on the It Is announced on behalf of his gecond an( tnira nnor had beet wife that she will take up the news- ranBaked bv neak thieves who had paper business where Brinkworth left gotten away with several articles of off and that the Beacon win appear vaU6i regularly In the future under her is west of Louisville. Both he and Wilson bore excellent refutations and were quiet and peace able young men- They were not given to drinking much and it is stated that they were sober when the . . . -.1.1,,., i V n rw nA V- lilomn Ka ot. r,r accident until after arriving at , aceiumn. ... Louisville where the engineer got off ! tached by those familiar with the r,i an! to oil the machine. As he disaster, to the trainmen, who could was doing this he discovered the hats not have prevented It . Col. Bates in Lincoln. Col. M. A Bates, the only Demo cratic member of the legislature who ever had the strength of heart neces sary, to wear a silk tile, visited the governor's office Thursday morning, wearing, as usual, the pendulous nail on his little finger which he occasion ally grabs In his own fingers and uees as a pen Col. Bates was the de jure father of the bill designed to give the ap pointment of the Btrte printing ex pert Into the government s hands lien Schleicher Much Better. From Friday's Dally. C. B. Schleicher and wife departed this morning for their home at Brady, Neb-, after having spent sev eral months in this city aud at the hospital at Omaha where Mr. Schl eicher underwent another operation several weeks since. Mr. Schleicher report that he is now feeling much better than he has at any time since his first operation and thinks now extract the father from the home in a case like that. And It was a big bouncing girl too, which Is somewhat of a dis appointment to the worthy sheriff as he hoped to Increase the republican vote In the county. However, the disappointment was not great enough to tear him away from home and he camped manfully by the young wo man. When he did venture out, his expansive smile indicated to the many friends and neighbors that something had occurred and It is required only a little Investigation to find out what it was. lie always said "It's a girl" and produced them. Both Mrs. Qulnton and the little one are doing finely. management. There is to be no change in business because he saw fit to quit- The Elks' Special Train. A. D. Fester, traveling passenger agent of the Rock Inland-Frisco lines, was In the city this morning making that it is but a question of a short a call upon prominent members of the time until he Is quite fully recov- B. P. O. E. In behalf of bis road l 1 . 1 t .... II.,. I 1. I .. 1. I ... I.... . .. I . . r si n .i ail.nr. tha eTQU 8nU Will COlTltt Uiiiwiift uiu 1H iiu'iig u miuiih iiu aui several hundred business to the Elks' convention to T s hnnoioi hl work a little and 'olk weighing amended the wrong section. It waa ninny friends here that his antldpa- be held in Los Angela. CbI.. in July framed up that Col. Bates should have the Job which the bill was ex pected to place at the governor's dis posal. But the error beat the colonel out of the Job. It Is understood that Oov. Shallen berger made another proposition to the colonel in the way of an ap pointment for himself or a member of his family. This, it Is presumed, was the object of the visit of the Plattsmouth editor. Col. Bates left at 2 p. m. and according to report thero was nothing doing In the way of an appointment. Lincoln Stur. First Time In Years. From Frldav'a Dally. Geo. W. Thacher of Hubbard, Neb., was in the city lust night In com pany with Matthew C. McQuIn of Union. Mr. Thacker Is the elder brother of the late John P. Thacker and a prominent farmer living near Homer, Neb., although he Is on the mall route out of Hubbard. He came back from his home to make a brief visit with relatives for several days. During his stay In the city he made the Journal a pleasant call and added his name to the list of subscriber for the eml-weekly, the paper with the largest circulation In the county. Mr. Thacker states that this Is the first Tlslt to this section In twenty-five years. J. Livingston Rlehey came down this morning from Lincoln to spend several days with his folk. pounds. It Is the sincere wish or his tions are realized and thnt he will find the road to health stretching out In front of htm for 'a long tlm to come. Ben states mat tuis opera tion was a complete success and hu Is loud In praise of the surgeons who performed It. Released on l'urolr. The Insanity commission this morning had Grant Hursh of Eagle before them for examination and af ter hearing all the testimony In the matter, found that Grant was sub Jed to Inebriety Instead of Insanity and parolled him until June 15th, In charfe of Wm. Austin, marshal of Kagle. He is to be produced before the commission on that date and his drinking habits Investigated. Hursh took the Keeley cure some three years ago and for six months he did not drink any, then he started In again and has since endeavored to create a famine In the market at Eagle. If he cuts It out and behaves himself there Is some chance that he may es cape a trip to Lincoln. Slioitle rim for Sub. Three Rood lettered Shorthorn veiullng bulls for sale. Also good fresh milk rows. Mark White. Jacob Mi'lstngfr the promlnen farmer from Fight Mile Grove pre clmt was In the city this morning alending to business matters. next. Mr. Foster is featuring par tlcularly a train to leave Council Bluffs on July 7, and arriving at Los Angeles on July 11. According to the program the Rock island will furnish a palatial train for the ac commodation of the Elks who may care to go from this section, the train consisting of standard Pullmans, with diners and library buffet cars. All modern accomodations are promised. Convenient stop of the trains will be made at all sight seeing places and in addition, sldo trips can be ar ranged to take In all the scenic points along the route. Mr. Foster distrib uted a number or nandHome pam phlets during his brief Htay here. He returned to Omaha on the mall train. It is Oninliii Division. The Omaha division of the Bur lington Is now a fact aiid the offices were opened In Omaha Thursday morning. The division Includes all that part of the Burlington east of the Lincoln yard limits and as far east as Pacific Junction. This Is the first time In Its his lory the Burlington has maintained division offices in Omaha, and the shippers of this city, ns well an the traveling nubile, expect to derive great benefit from the change.. Officers and employes of the dlvls ion in the new offices who are now in their quarters are E. Flynn, super intendent; J. B. AubIIii, trainmaster; .1. T. McShane, chief dispatcher; R. W. Way, chief clerk to the superin tendent; C. II- Sage, dispatcher. F. E. Slnkey, dispatcher, and J. K. Mc Manus, J. T. Welch, A. T. Harris and G. S. Reefer, dispatchers; G. A. White eflr distributer; I). W. It. Martin, trainmaster's clerk; J. C. S. Wells, assistant chief Clerk, C. S- Loving, timekeeper; A. G. Sharpe, bill and voucher clerk, and V. L. Yager, road master's clerk. Most of these men moved their desks from Lincoln to Omaha Wed nesday night and Thursday morning, and are now Installed In their Omaha offices. More are expected to soon bo moved from Lincoln Omaha Bee. The robbery was discovered , by Mrs. F. H. Dunbar who went to her room on the second floor, the rooms being at the corner of Sixth and Main streets. Here she made the discovery that they had been en tered In her absence and a quantity of Jewelry taken Including a sunburst and a very valuable brooch The lat ter was of diamonds and valued at. quite a large Bum. Discovering the theft she at once notified her hus band and Claud Shumaker, the clerk and a hurried Investigation was stnrted. It was discovered that several of the rooms on the third floor had been pllluged as well as those on the second floor and a small sum of money taken from several of the lady boarders is reported to have lost Cora Walker Is reported U have lost some five or six dollars In money while Miss Mae Patterson Is also re ported to have been a loser to some extent. Owing to the fact that a number of the roomers on the third floor are employed during the day and were absent from their rooms at the time of the robbery, it is not cer tain just who lost and just how much was taken by the thieves. Many of the rooms were unlocked and prob ably were entered by the thieves. F A. Murphy saw a man come out of Miss Walker's room on the third floor and go down stairs and ho made It his business to Investigate confirming the news of the robbery. Immediately after ascertaining it to be a fact that the rooms had been looted Clerk Shumaker started out on the trail of the two men whom he suspictoned of doing the job. Two men entered the hotel at dif ferent, times yesterday evening one of them registering and taking his supper and getting a room for the night while the other came In later In the evening and did not get supper but merely took a room. The latter left this morning without the for mality of settling bis bill. Shumaker made an immediate at tempt to find the police without suc cess finally locating Sheriff Quln ton whom he notified of the rob bery and stating his suspicions to hom. He then hurried to the Bur lington station thinking the thieves might make an attempt to escape on the morning trains. The robbery took place between seven-thirty and eight o'clock and the thieves would have bad time to make the eight o'clock trains. At the station he found one of the men he wanted hiding In the tele- phone booth. He was not certain of the man and did not do anything with him, stating an officer was not to be' found at thnt time. As 'train No.. .19 pulled into the station the man ran out and entered the cars. Just as the train started to leave, the station, he leaped off. grabbing two grips setting t ho In the bnggpge room and ngnln board ed the train. Immediately Mr. Shu maker notified Sheriff Qulnton of phoned the police at Omaha to watch the train and arrest the mnn when ho arrived there. ; , Nothing has been heard from thu supposed robber of the hotel at the hour of going to press and the pre sumption Is that he got off the train at either Lnl'latty or Bellevue and either made bis way Into Iomn or Fouth Omaha or Omaha. There l small chance of his escape In any event as the police of nil tin no cities have good descriptions of him. Mr. Fricke Not So Wi ll. The many friends of Mr. F. G. Fricke will be disappointed In that he Is not so well today, suffering In tensely from the bruises and Injuries sustained In the severe fall which he had last Saturday. lie passed a very restless night being unable to sleep on account of the pain aud finding It difficult to get about. He had hoped to be down town but this morning his condition was such that It was not thought advisable for 1)1 tu to essay the task and the Ides was abandoned. It Is to be hoped 'hat the setback Is but temporary and that hi' will soon be himself and abb to be out and about his business oner more. An Idle Rumor. There has been considerable talk about the Junction tho past week to tho effect that, beginning on l iilc n I'im I!!c I"nt L;ui. The Overland Limited of tin? Vhlmt Pacific and all other trains on that rend, running between Grand Isl.un! Thursday of this week, the yards : and Omaha, were sidetracked Sunday To Acur Before CoiiiiiiInsIoii. Bert Pollock was a passenger this morning for Lincoln where he goes )n Nebraska, an Omaha division hav- were to pass Into the control of the B. & M. officials, the west end of the Creston division to be at the east end of the Junction yards. Sta tion Agent Jangqulst and others at the depot disclaim any knowledge of such a move. They are still do ing business under the old manage ment. There Iiiib been a change over to appear before the railway com mission as a representative of the In dependent telephone companies. Tho commission Is arranging for a uni form accounting system of telephone companies and Mr. Pollock Is called in for consultation upon the methods and details of such system. The sys Ing been created from territory taken from the old Lincoln division. Pa cific Junction Dept. Mills County Tribune. A Delightful Social. The regulnr social meeting of the Phllathea club was held yesterday tern to be adopted Is based upon th Lfternoon at the beautiful homo of same theory as that under which the Mr8 c E Wescott on High School railway companle of the country , Th ,,lub at lM mpHllK ,,. operate and Is Intended to secure re- t(,rtaIm,d the members of the Sunday liable statements or earnings ana ex. ,.,,, ,., of Mrg yVescott and a penses upon which to base reasonable vpry delightful time was had A rates for service. The hearing will riini-, nrnirrnm iv.n which was likely take several days. nartlclnated In by both member of Following To Dedicate Piano. the club and the class. Hon. R. B. Windham, president of a f, H0, ul " nt' r,,frt'sh- the board of trustees of the School for the Deaf, departed this morning for Nebraska City, where a public entertainment Is to be held this eve nlnir at which Mr. Windham Is to be one of the principal speakers. The prlmnry object of the entertain ment Is to dedicate a new grand pla nients, the flower of the season s good things. There were some six teen present at this pretty affair. Mrs. J. 11. Ilschcller of Bartlett. la , who has been taking care of hr slk sister Mrs Elizabeth. Baton, south of the city, retunml to her no recently added to the School and home this morning on No. 6. Mrs. tlm nrovrnm lends to the belief that Bates ha been III for some time the entertainment will be one of su- past and Mrs. Bncheller has put In perlor merit. I th" post six weeks nt her bedside morning to give a dear track for I 1(5 miles to a minstrel conipnuy's cars, running a special between tlr.se two points In. order to reach Omaha In time for a matinee. The show cars were to have bent hooked Into No. 4, leaving Kearney nt 2:47 Sunday morning, but were not, through some mistake In orders, and special orders were Issued 'from head quarter's to "make good." The curs were hooked to No. 14, leaving Kear ney at 8:47, and a fast run made to Grand Island, where one of the road's powerful engines, with steam up, was waiting. The show cars were at tached and the long run begun. The fast seventy-five miles was reeled off at the rate of a mllo a minute and the rest of the distance at a slower pace, the entire run of 146 miles being made in a fraction less than 170 minutes, or two hours and fifty minutes. It was a record run for a minstrel show on this sec tion of the Union Pacific. Conductor Condlsh was In charge of the special Mrs. D. L. Amlck and daughter were passengers this noon for Om ahn oh tho fast mall where they will visit with Mr Amlck at the hos-pltu-l.t 'Mr; Amlck Is reported ns settlim- along famously and there Is great hope now entertained thnt he will bo able to soon return hoim ami resume work. Ills many friends are quite wi ll pleased to leant of his Improved condition.