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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES
TLATTSMOUTn, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 1!, 1909
VOLUME XXVI11
NO. 209
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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
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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
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.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.