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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION- EIGHT PAGES
PLATTSMOUT1I, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 15, WOb
VOLUME XXVI11
NO 51
Neb.
MAYOR SATTLER'S
WEED APPEAL
The Proclamation Generally Re
spected Throughout City
From Monday's Daily.
Mayor Sattler last Saturday ap
pointed the committee which was to
drive over the city and make an in
vestigation of the effect of the "Weed
Day" proclamation which he had is
sued the fore part of the week. As
such a committee he named H. N.
Dovey, cashier of the First National
bank; D. B. Smith, president of the
library board, and Charles Grimes of
the Journal. These gentlemen, In
company with the mayor, spent the
greater part of yesterday morning in
driving over the city and investigat
ing conditions. They found the ob
servation of the proclamation to have
been general, and unhesitatingly
state that the city Is more free of
weeds and trash than In many years.
Especially is thU true throughout the
residence sections.
Starting with the First ward, the
committee drove over the several
streets and were surprised and grat
ified to note the work which the en
terprising and public-spirited citizens
had done. As a general rule the
streets were clean, while lawns had
been neatly trimmed and mowed and
the conditions as a whole were excel
lent. One particular Instance which
the committee noticed of disregard
of the proclamation was in the fail
ure of the county to have the weeds
on the lots north of the court house
and In the streets to the west and
north mowed.
This work, it was explained by
Commissioner Friedrich, was ordered
by the commissioners, but the man
who was to do It failed to show up.
The weeds were being mowed today.
The lots north of the building pre
sented an unsightly appearance,
while the growth In the streets was
also rank. Another instance in this
ward where work which was needed
was not done was around the public
library. Weeds were permitted to
grow on the lot and also in the street
which should have been cut long
ago. This work, it Is understood,
will be porformed by the library
board. In addition to this, there was
a number of streets in the north end
of the ward which were almost lost
in a jungle of tall weeds and under
growth
Councilman Frank Buttery, J. M.
Leyda, C. G. Fricke, J. W. Johnson,
C. Helsel, Carl Kunsman, P. E. Ruff
ner, Mrs. Jacob Vallery, the Masonic
Home, Joseph Hiber, John Hiber,.Ed.
Martin, J. C. Coleman, F. G. Egen
berger, William Weber, Claus Boetal,
James Bulln, A. J. Beeson, Mrs. A.
Bookmeyer, W. II. Freese, Joseph
to a finish. The people mentioned In
the foregoing list include some of
those particularly noted by the com
mittee. It must not be supposed they
Include all those whose work was
commendable, for that would be al
most an impossibility. There were
many pUr which showed signs of
good work, bC the owners or resf
dents of which were unknown to the
committee. Their names would cheer
fully have been given credit had they
best known. As It Is the list shows
that Flattsmouth people did the thing
necessary to make the city a clean
and pretty one, and that public spirit
has a hold her.
A MOST FRIGHT
FUL ACCIDENT
Hadraba, John P. Sattler, M. Bajeck, p0r yMr Qd 50 0f jy
Mrs. Ida Campbell, the Methodist
church, the public school, J. E. Doug
las and a host of others.
Main street, which is the dividing
line between the Second and Third
wards, presented a particularly at
tractive appearance, as the inhabi
tants along this street had made a
strong effort to clean up and had
well succeeded. In addition to those
named above some of the residents
on the south side of the street de
serving mention were J. M. Roberts,
C. E. Westcott and Byron Clark,
James Hodgart, Brad White and all
the residents along Main street in
that block, which was one of the
cleanest In the city, John Bajeck, Joe
John Svoboda and many more. .The
remainder of the Third ward was In
keeping with the others. There are
many tall weeds along Chicago ave
nue on the south end of the street
which should have been cut and
several of the less frequented Btreets
were quite weedy but on the whole,
the ward made a fine showing. The
following persons had taken much
pains to trim their lawns and cut
the weeds in the streets, viz: J. II.
and Mrs. Chas. Truman Fell in
Tub of Scalding Water.
From Tuesday's Dully.
A frightful accident this morning
about 11 o'clock will result in the
probable death of the little 4-year-old
Bon of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Truman. The Trumans live in the
Second ward, on Oak street, between
Tenth and Eleventh, and this morn
ing Mrs. Truman was engaged In
washing the clothes and family
laundry. She had heated a tub of
water to the boiling point and had
then taken the tub from the gasoline
stove and set it upon the floor. The
mother turned ber back upon it for a
brief moment and during that time
the child stumbled backward and
fell Into the boiling water. Its fran
tic cries instantly brought the mother
to its aid and it was jerked from the
water, but too late to prevent Us
body being frightfully scalded. The
breast and back of the body was
literally parboiled and the skin came
off as the little tot was lifted out
Medical aid was summoned with all
Glenwood Wins lwtll Game.
The ball game last Saturday be
tween the fast Glenwood team and
the locals was an exciting one and
kept the fant who witnessed it keyed
up to a high pitch. The home team
played in Its usual bad luck and lost
the game by the margin of one run,
something which has happened in all
the games which have been lost by
them this year. They played good
ball as usual and the defeat Is due
to errors by Fitzgerald on third,
coupled with timely hits by their op
ponents. Fltz made several bad
throws, which came In Just right to
permit the visitors to add to their
tally and suffered from an off day
In his playing generally. The re
mainder of the team batted and
fielded well and played a good game
generally. In fact they outbatted the
visitors, securing a total of nine hits
to seven for Glenwood. Atkins
pitched a good game, but was touch
ed up for two two-base hits and five
singles. He also was a trifle wild
and struck two batsmen. His sup
DEATH OF OLD AND
HONORED CITIZEN
Perry P. Gass, One of the Early
Settlers Called Home
DIED Gass, Perry P., at his home
in Flattsmouth, Neb., on July 12,
1909, of a complication of dis
eases, aged 82 years 7 months.
Funeral on Wednesday, July 14,
1909,' at 2 p. m. from the resi
dence on Marble street. Interment
at Oak Hill cemetery.
After an ..illness extending over
quite a period of time, death lust
night removed another of tho pio
neers and builders of Nebraska In
the person of Hon. Perry P. Gass.
Judge Gass, as he was well and lov-
nnaalhlA rillieenrp. hut when the nhv
Becker, Charles Martin, C. L. Martin, lclan ftrrlved he expre88ed no hope
of recovery, the loss of cuticle and
Dr. E. D. Cummins, Mrs. John Cum
mins, Mrs. M. W. Morgan, . C. A.
Rawls, John Albert, E. Ptak, William
McCauley, Joseph Peters, Dr. J. H.
Hall, A. Hawrick, C. R. Moran, Her
man Bestor, C. A. Richey, W. H.
Newell, J. W. Bookmeyer, Bernard
Wurl, W. H. Mann, William Baird,
John Nemetz, L. G. Larson, T. H.
Pollock. C. S. Forbes. A. S. Will, F.
M. Richey, John Bauer, Jr., C. S.
Johnson, Charles Rydberg.John Hall-
strom, Mrs. Dora Moore, F. H.
Steimker, Hon. H. D. Travis, Col. H.
A. Bates, F. G. Morgan and W. E.
Rosencrans.
port, however, was good and saved
him from several hits. Larson played "euiers or jNeDrasKa, ana aunng a
and was In his usual Ion8 lir extending over more than
fine game and was
good form. His work Is of a high
standard and almost always con
sistent. Beal and Droege and Smith
also played up to their established
standard and batted well. Mason
half a century In this city and vicin
ity, he had become known to every
man, woman and child In Cass coun
ty. He was honored several times
by his old friends and neighbors
and McCauley also batted and fielded with public office and few men stood
to their usual degree. Mann caught I as high as he In their estimation
a good game throughout and also land confidence. A man of unswerv
hit well. ling integrity, of unimpeachable
The Glenwood team had come character, of sterling honesty and
with an etsabiisnea reputation as great worth, his death comes as a
players and they lived up to it. They distinct loss to the community which
played Bnappy, aggressive can ana he dId B0 muca toward building up.
the burns precluding all chance of
recovery. Every possible effort was
made to alleviate the sufferings of
the little fellow. The father was bus
down town at the time of the acci
dent and could not be found for
some time. He was overcome by the
terrible news, as was the mother,
who Is prostrated by the shock.
took advantage of their opponents'
errors. Allbee and Connors twirled
for them and both did good work,
although batted freely. They were
no such terrors to the Plattsmouth
batters as had been expected and the
boys will undoubtedly bat them to
their heart's content Bhould the two
teams tie up again. Wllkins, who has
caught for Glenwood since about the
year one, played a consistent game
and Is one of the team's mainstays.
Cunningham on second was a run-
getter for his team and played a
good game generally. The fielding
of the visitors was good and the
Plattsmouth team had to struggle for
all their runs. On the whole the
He was born on December 12,
1826, near Mansfield, O., then al
most the frontier of the United
States. The earlier years of what
was destined to be so long and use
ful a life were spent on the farm
and his first venture into the big,
wide world was when he took the
part of a shepherd at the age of 12
and drove a flock of several hundred
sheep across the country to the far
eastern state of Connecticut. Re
turning after this venture into the
world, ha remained in Ohio and fin
ished a common school education.
When 1849 rolled about and the
gold fever seized upon the people
game was a good one and the teams of the Btates and immigrants In vast
are well matched. The score by in
nings Is as follows:
Glenwood 0x002041 08
Plattsmouth 01000420 07
July Clearance Sale.
C. E. Westcott's Sons have Inaug
urated their regular July clearance
sale, and they have genuine bar-
In addition to these there were gains in men's furnishings, clothing,
It must be said, however, quite a number of others whose work haberdashery and the like, which are
that these streets as a general rule
were such as ran past unoccupied
or rented premises. Where the lot
owner resided -on the premises the
rule was clean streets and neat lawn".
Third street In general presented
street with the exceptions
a handsome appearance.
county building and the library and
manifest. The ward on the whole
made a commendable showing,
especially on the several hills, South
Seventh, South Sixth, and Marble
streets being greatly improved.
The Fourth ward fell behind the
of the others, the west side of the ward helng new and original and decided-
Fourth especially that part lying on the west My attractive. These are being sola
side near the shoos. There were a at Prices which are scanaaiouBiy low,
tempting to the pocketbook. This is
nothing but a genuine mid-summer
clearance sale and the people who
want bargains can find them on their
counters. They have a window of
ties which Is a beauty, the patterns
a piece of property Immediately above number of good people who did their especially when the quality of t he
goods Is taken into consideration
Suit cases are also on sale at prices
which really do defy competition. It
will be worth the while of everyone
who contemplates buying anything
In their line to visit them and see
the latter was in similar shape. Fifth duty but those who did not predom
street was In very good shape and inated In that particular section.
Sixth street was In fine condition, the Along Lincoln avenue there were tall
residents of that thoroughfare mak- weeds and some of the cross streets
ing a splendid showing. Seventh looked like Importations from dark-
utrdPt wan not un to the standard of est Africa. Immediately around the
the others. The several cross streets public park the residents had taken how far nl8 money IU K0' For 8ev
n,nninr mat and west were In verv pains to Improve their nronertv and eral years tnls flrm nad tne ml8tor
shane. Among those in this the streets and this made one of the tune t0 ,0Re heavily by floods and
ward deserving special mention for best showings In the city. The own- 111,8 P'eveniea an annua! clearance
tholr rloanltneaa and nubile snJrit are ers of the property on the north. 8nie- uul in18 yenr iney nave Deen
I ' I . i a At m it
r, vrA r.nrrfnr rhnrloa fjnthman west and south sides of thn nrlr a more xoriunaie ana mey leei so eu
' 1 O. A V. A UUIWI x u u I - - J- w
Thomas Walling, Dr. Cook, B. Wurl, all entitled to credit for their work.
These include William Ballance,
George Dodge, Mrs. F. D. Lehnhoff,
Rev. J. T. Baird. George Ballance.
Mrs. H. Martens, W. C. Cook and sev- 8Pe what your monpy H you
eral others. That Dart of the Fourth " 18 a real- Dargain near
trude Morgan, Philip Thlerolf. Henry ward lying east of the shops and on ance 8ale and 1,0 ml8talte'
and Mike Mauzy, Rea Patterson, J. Wlntersteen Hill made a fine Bhow
P. Falter, the Catholic church and Ing. the streets being nicely cleaned Mr. Miller Wins Cunc.
the Episcopal church. This list does and the lawns In good shape. Those From Monday's Dally.
not by any means Include all, but In this section whose work was manl- Judge Travis this morning handed
these were particularly noted. Itnt Included George Hrasky, Harry down a decision In the noted rase of
The Second ward was next visited, Barthold, George Luschlnsky, Coun- Mary Miller by her guardian, David
C. Wohlfarth, C. Melslnger, Henry
Herold, Rev. Longhorst, F. E.
Schlater, A. E. Gass, F. C. Fricke,
Henry Gerlng, J. II. Thrasher, Dr.
Livingston. A. W. White, Mrs. Ger-
pleased that they have resumed
these sales. They make prices which
move the goods and you will find It
I to your advantage to visit them and
Died In London, Knglund
Last Friday's papers contained
the announcement of the death in
London, England, of Lawrence Mar
shall Byers, of Des Moines, Iowa
Mr. Byers was the son of Major S
H. M. Byers for twenty years Coun
sul General at Rome, Italy, and
Berne and St. Gall, Switzerland.
He was a nephew of Wm. Gllmour
of this city, his mother having been
Margaret Gilmour having been Mr.
Gllmour's sister. Mrs. Byers Is quite
numbers poured out toward Cali
fornia, the golden El Dorado which
was vomiting forth Us wealth In
vast volume, the young man Gass,
who had essayed the Btudy of med
icine, abandoned his books and made
the Journey across the "Great Ami
lean Desert," now a land of ho
mf s
n s
and fields, to try his luck at mining.
In company with a brother he spent
some five years seeking to woo gold
from the rocks, but with small suc
cess, finally returning to Ohio by
boat and across the Isthmus of Pan
ama and steamer to New York.
In Ohio he met Miss Hannah Wln
tersteen and she became his bride
in 1856, tho young people moving
west to Iowa City, la., tho following
year. They remained there but a
brief while when they were per
suaded to come to Plattsmouth, mak
ing tho trip in tho spring of the year,
and finding the Missouri river then
as right now very high. Their ad
vent Into NebrKs-, seemed to be
anything but prop, ous, as they
were met by a vigilance committee
as they landed and carefully scruti
nized before being permitted to
land. This committee sought to rid
the neighborhood of horse thieves
and well they did their work. Know
ing T. M. Marquette, then a prom
inent citizen here, "Mr. Gass was
Identified and permitted to land.
Duly installed here he took up the
carpenter's trado and literally as
sisted In building Plattsmouth.
The period of civil war past, Mr.
Gass was honored by his neighbors
with the high office of sheriff and
served with distinction In this ca-
pacltl. Since that time he had served
as coroner of this county with great
credit to himself and the county, and
also served as police Judge of this ,
city with similar success. He Is one
of that very superior class of men .
whose life has been spent in this
neighborhood and who lived to be
honored for his sincerity and lofti
ness of purpose.
Deceased is survived by a daugh
ter, Miss Olive Gass, and a son, A.
M. Gass, the former having been for
mnny years connected with the pub
lic schools here as principal and
teacher and Is an educated, refined
and dignified lady, while the son Is
the auditor of the Plattsmouth
Telephone company and a young
man with a brilliant record as a
business man.
Another Sudden Ilttom.
The Missouri river yesterday after
noon and last night took a sudden
boom, the result doubtless of the
flood at Sioux City, la., and jumped
up Ave inches during the day and
night. This puts the water higher
than it has been any time this spring
well known to the earlier settlers of or summer, and has resulted in put-
this section, having In her maiden ting the water over a large part of
the committee covering a large por
tion of the ward and finding the con
ditions very good. The samo causes
which made .some of the streets
weedy In the First ward prevailed
here. Non-resident property owners
iciimen Schulhoff and Neman, D. B. J. Pitman, agnlnst Jane Worth and
Smltn, Mrs. Rolnhackel, M. Whnlen Louis Todd, finding In favor of the
and mnny others. plaintiff. This case, which has at-
Tho Fifth ward made a good show- tentlon throughout the county, arose
ing unuer uio ronauions wnicn ban- over a deea to certain lands near
dlcapped tho ward. Owing to the Murray given by Mrs. Miller to her
and renters covered most of tho cases sparsely settled territory much of It sister, Jane Worth. Mr. Todd's con
of neglect. One particularly noted
featuro of this ward was the enter
prise and public spirit of the Do
hemlan citizens. Their premises In
tho west end of the ward were model
of cleanliness and showed tho own
ers to have tho right spirit. As In
the First ward several of the streets
were very weedy, but the Improve
ment over a week ago was . marked.
Those in this ward deserving com
was unoccupied and conBenucntlv nectlon with the rase arose from his
weeiis and grass encumbered the having been the tenant of Jane
streets. The occupied sections were Worth on this land. Juden Travla
generally well looked nfter. Those finds for tho plaintiff and sets aside
who deserve particular credit include tho deed to Jane Worth. Tim decree
August Gorder, Thomas South, Frank In the case will bo filed Saturday
O'Neill, Andrew Russell, who did a Owing to pressure on the news col
great deal of good work In weed rut- umns today tho findings of Judge
ting; N. K. Peoples, Robert Tatton Travis, which are of unusual Intcr-
and many more. . est, will be printed later. Byron
The result of "Weed Day" Is very Clark appeared for the plaintiff In
mendatlon Included Joseph Fetzer, flattering and the good work which the caao and Matthew Gerlng repre-
Frsnk Johnson. Jacob Trltsch. ex- has been started should bo pushed I sented the defendant.
days been a school teacher at the
Dr. Wiley School house In Rock
Bluffs precinct. As Miss Gllmour sir
lived In this county for many years
and was a very popular young worn-
man. She married Major Byers and
the deceased was the only son of the
couple. At different times he had
visited with William Gllmour here
and that gentleman was much pain
ed and shocked to read of his un
timely death. He was a young man
just reaching the prime of life, being
37 years of age. A member of the
faculty of the Iowa University Law
College, he had the commencement
of a brilliant and distinguished ca
reer before him. He was a graduate
of Yale law school and also of the
University of Zurich, Switzerland
His father served with distinction In
the civil war and visited with Mr.
Gllmour some twenty years ago. At
that time he met with Captain John
O'Rourke, one of this city's distin
guished citizens, since gono to his re
ward, and tho two found that they
had been Inmates of Andersonville
prison together. The meeting was
an affecting one. Major Byers was
an officer on the staff of General W,
T. Sherman and ono of that officer's
trusted aides. He was with him or
tho famous march to the sea and
Inter composed thnt stirring song,
"Sherman's March to the Rear." In
addition ho was tho author of a
"History of Iowa in War Times,"
which Is a standard work of history.
fThe citizens who knew Mrs. Byers
ro deeply grieved over the loss of
the bright young man, who had
promised to make so fine a name for
himself.
the sand bar In front of the city. In
addition heavy rains are reported
from the Interior of the state on the
Platte watershed and It Is possible the
rise may go yet higher. It is not be
lieved that it will get high enough to
do any damage save In cutting banks
and it Is the genera belief thnt no
flood will result In the Iowa bottoms.
Reports from down the river Indicate
a very serious condition or an airs
at St. Joseph and Kansas City, Mo.
Railroad traffic to the east out of
thcBe two cities Is very nearly sus
pended. Trains for Chicago and St.
Louis are being detourcd over the K.
C. to Paclflo Junction and then sent
east over the Burlington. Trainmen
report that yesterday morning within
a few moments five time freight
trains arrived at the Junction for
Chicago from Kansas City. Fast meat
trains are running that way and pas
senger trains of the C. A A C. G. W.
and H. & St. J. aro also going that
way.
Property loss from the floods In
Missouri and Kansas nro reported
very heavy. There hns been great
loss of wheat and corn and tho ef
fect has been felt In tho market,
which aro advancing sharply. Train
servlco through Kansas for tho west
Is also bndly Impaired and a number
of west bound trains have been de-
toured by way of Lincoln, the Rock
Island running Its through coast
trains which usually go by way of
Knnsns City, through Omaha and
Lincoln for the west. The Union Pa
cific Is also dctourlng trains the same
way. Flood conditions throughout
the Kansas City sections are very bad.
indeed.
In County Court.
From Tuesday imiiy.
County court today was occupied
in the preliminary examination of
one Dean Kame, charged with the
larceny of (105 In real money from
Delbert Skinner. The parties all come
from Alvo and vicinity, and there
are a large number of witnesses In
attendance. County Attorney Ram
sey Is representing the state' ancT
Hon. T. J. Doyle of Lincoln appears
for Kame. The evidence in the ease
ls largely circumstantial and the
hearing will probably take the
greater, part of the day.
In county court also a marriage
license was Issued to William It.
Strabel, aged 26, and Miss Ethel G.
Chrlstensen, aged 17, both of Elm
wood. The parties are well known
young people of their section, the
groom being a son of Carl Strabel
and wife and the bride a daughter
of James J. Chrlstensen and wife.
They have many friends In their lo
cality who will extend their sincere
congratulations on tber marriage.
Judge Beeson also granted a re
straining order In the case of Nor
ton vs. Norton, a divorce suit filed
today in district court. The re.
straining order enjoins the defend
ant from disposing of the household
goods and other property pending
tho hearing of tho divorce proceed
ings. Owing to the absence of Judge
Travis from the county, the pro
ceedings were brought before Coun
ty Judgo Beeson.
1'icnlc at Atom.
AVOCA, Nob., July 10. (Special.)
Tho Odd Fellows will bold their
fifth annual plcnlo on July 29. Every
ono Is looking forward for this great'
event. A large lino of attractions
have been booked, together with Tu
lone Bros.' merry-go-round of Tlatts
mouth. Arrange to attend one of
the best events In southeast Nebraska.