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rLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, AUGUST J, 190J
VOLUME XXVI11
NO 58
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ALLOW CLAIM FOR
MARRIAGE FEES
Ex-County Judge Douglas Gets
Fees He Turned Over to
County on Retirement
Considerable comment has been
aroused by the appearance of an
item in the commissioners' proceed
ings where they allowed a claim of
ex-County Judge J. E. Douglas for
the sum of $481-50, "marriage cere
mony fees," and it is but fair to all
concerned to explain the claim.
'When Judge Douglas was county
judge, it was customary to charge
$3 for each marriage ceremony per
formed, the Judge retaining the fee.
Later a question arose as to the
legality of the procedure and the
then county board threatened to
proceed against Judge Douglas by
law unless he paid into the county
treasury all such fees collected. This
he finally did under protest to avoid
payment of penalties and costs. The
6ame question was raised in other
counties, and a test case was finally
made of the matter, which went be
fore the. supreme court. That body
has recently handed down a decision
to the effect that the fees so col
lected belonged to the county Judge
and not to the counties, as the stat
ute provided no fees for such serv
Hurrah for Tom.
Thomas A. Moore, linotype oper
ator at the Enterprise office, came
down to the office at an unusually
early hour on Wedneseday morning,
his face aglow with "a smile that
wont come off." He was inquiring
for the census taker, stating that
the population of our little city had
been Increased, and he desired to
have it show upon the census re
port. Tom Bays It's a most promis
ing ten-pound boy. The mother and
.son are doing nicely and the attend
ing physician gives the encouraging
report that with proper care Mr.
Moore will speedily recover from his
"son-stroke." This paper congratu
lates the proud parents, and trusts
the promising, black-eyed boy may
grow into noble manhood and fill the
sunset of his parents' lives with com
fort and happiness such as can only
come from a dutiful child. Manilla
(Id.) Times.
The happy father la well known In
Flattsmouth, having been employed
on the Journal for nearly a year,
and his many friends In this city Join
the Journal In extending congratula
tions to both father and mother, and
may the young man live to be a
great comfort to his parents ns down
Time's pathway he glides.
To Attend the Annual Convention.
V. S. Pastor, linotype operator of
the Journal, departs tomorrow (Sat
urday) evening for St. Joe, Mo.,
where he goes to attend the conven
tion of the International Typograph
ical union, of which Is a member.
This union Is one of the strongest. If
not the strongest, labor bodies In
the world. It Is In practically com
plete control of the printing trade of
the United States, Canada, Hawaiian
Islands and the Philippines, and has
made a brilliant record as a great
labor body. In addition to being a
remarkably strong body financially,
ices, and that when they were per- Jt ,8 alg0 a great bo(jy of 80Cai WOrk-
formed they partook of tne nature er8i an(j has done WOnders In the
of voluntary services. As soon as way of rasing the standard of the
this decision was rendered, Judge prjnting trade. It has done a great
Douglas filed his bill in the sum of deaj for tne physical and social ad-
1481.50 and the board held a hear- U-aneement of printing workers, be
ing on the matter. Evidence was in- lng a pioneer in the fight against the
troduced to show the payment of the great whlte plague, and Its printers'
amount claimed under protest and nome at Colorado Springs, Colo., has
also as to the date when It was so warj8 for tubercular patients, which
paid. An opinion on the matter was ha8 we)1 repad the organization for
asked of County Attorney Ramsey, lt8 maintenance. As Is well known,
who filed one with the board holding (he printlng trade Is peculiarly sus-
that the statute of limitation had ceptible to tuberculosis, and one of
not run against the claim of Judge the great dreads of the men in the
Douglas, so that suit could be buBineB8 8 that disease. As a meas-
brought on it, and also that the pay- ure t0 check the spread of it, the
ment had been made under protest unioni years ago, established its
and coercion and to prevent the ganitarium at Colorado Springs and
county suing him and assessing pen- nag accomplBhed hundreds of cures,
altles and costs against him, and taking the disease before it became
that further under the recent hold- t0Q deep-seated to combat. This in-
Ing of the supreme court the fees be- 8titutlon is maintained in connection
longed to Judge Douglas as of right, w)tn the beautiful printers' home for
and recommending the payment of aged nnd indigent printers, a social
the claim. In view of this the noara ingttutIon of rare merit. In addition
acted favorably upon It and allowed th oreanization maintains a tent
Judge Douglas the sum as set forth Lty at phoenix, Ariz., where mem-
above, hers will be furnished with tents and
fed at the expense of the union. The
only requirement to take advantage
of this is that the applicant be a
member of the union and pay his
own way to the tent city. These two
places constitute ' great sanitariums
for the protection and cure of mem
Han the Ha, Hu on Them.
Several days since the Journal
printed an account of the sanguinary
affair which took place between two
Greeks who were erroneously classed
n Ttntlnna In tlia tmarrltncr rD1a tn
, ,, ' . . T. , br aga nst consumption and de
the Burlington yards here. It spoke -r;
Wants Twenty Thousand.
Yesterday John Rakes, Jr
through his father, John Rakes, filed
a suit in the district court of Lan
caster county against Chris. Schnei
der, a saloon keeper of this city, and
the Lion Bonding company of Om
aha, for $20,000.
The petition sets forth that on
June 5 John Rakes, Jr., went li
the saloon of Schneider's, where he
procured Intoxicants and become In
toxlcated, and that while in tha
condition he went to the Missouri
Pacific passenger depot, where in at
tempting to climb on a moving train
he was thrown thereunder and hi
left leg was caught under the wheel
of some of .the cars and so badly In
Jured that it was necessary to am
putate the limb to save his life.
states that he was a minor and that
the defendant had no business sell
lng him any Intoxicants. It further
states that he was an able-bodied
man prior to the accident and was
earning $2 per day.
A Judgment Is asked for $20,00
because of the fact that the plalntl
Is permanently Injured. The suit
brought by A. P. Moran of this clt
and an attorney at Lincoln. Ne
Iraska City News.
feelingly of the heroism displayed
by Sheriff Qulnton and Deputy Man
speaker and the deep-mouth baying
of the blood hounds as they took up
the trail, which they did nit, and
many more such details. Now comes
the aftermath. ' Foreman Scott re
ports that Pietro, who started the
trouble, lay concealed in the weeds
along the tracks north of the depot
and watched the doughty officers
untlng him down, laughing with ill
oncealed mirth at their ludicrous
efforts to locate him and marveling
greatly that they were of those who
ave eyes and see not, for he told
Scott they passed within a few feet
of him several times In the search.
With the falling of the curtain of
night, Pietro came back to the cars
and sought out Foreman Scott, to
whom he related the tale with many
a loud guffaw at the expense of the
sheriffs, finally proposing to leave for
Omaha If Scott would fix him out
with transportation there. This
Scott did, giving him a pnss to Om
aha by way of Pacific Junction 'and
sending him out on No. 14 at 10
o'clock, while the sheriffs slumbered
sweetly in their downy cots.
serve hearty aia ior meir great
work. In addition to these benefits
the union provides for the burial of
Its dead, and recently an old age
pension fund of substantial propor
tlons has been Inaugurated, each
member contributing his share of all
expenses. Then are 50,000 mem
bers In the organization. Mr. Pastor
will be gone for Beveral days to the
convention, where many questions of
I grave import to the union will be up
for review. Great preparations have
been made by the members of the St.
Joe union to entertain the visitors
within their gates, and a good time
will be shown, the business men and
board of trade of that city donating
$3,000 for this purpose. The ses
sions will Inst five days, and 298 del
egates will be in attendance.
liattsmouth Win mul Ixscs.
The Plattsniouth baseball team,
which has been putting In this week
at Malvern, participating in the base
ball tournament at that place, has
had streaked luck so far and the out
come depends upon today's game,
on Wednesday they played Under
wood, la., a strong semi-professional
team, all the members being salaried
players, and were beaten by a score
of 6 to 4. The game was a rattling
good one, but the Underwood team
outclassed the boys and won by su
perior batting and fielding. Wil
liams, the Indian pitcher, did not
meet expectations and was batted
freely. He complained of a sore arm
throughout the game. A comblna
tlon of hits and errors in the ninth
Inning gave Underwood two runs and
the game, as the score stood 4 to 4
up to that time. The game was ex
citing and close and the Plattsmouth
boys did good work.
Yesterday they played Carson, la.,
defeating them by a score of 6 to 1
The locals had an easy thing and
would have scored a shutout but for
an unfortunate error. McCauley
and Mason pitched the game, reports
conflicting as to which it was. Evl
dently the pitching was superb, as
Carson has a strong team and has
been, winning from nearby towns In
that vicinity. The locals played a
fine game throughout. Today they
play Sidney, la., and stand an ex
cellent chance of winning, which
would give them second money, or
$100. Underwood has an apparent
cinch on first money, or $150, as It
has beaten Plattsmouth and Sidney
and plays Carson today.
Tomorrow the local team comes
home and plays Baker Bros, of Om
aha, a strong picked team. The game
will be a hummer and there should
be a large crowd. The only way to
keep a good team and to Insure good
players Is to turn out and patronize
the team when they play at home.
It tomorrow's game have a record
breaking crowd and show the boys
their work Is appreciated. They
have been playing good ball and are
advertising Plattsmouth. Get them
In good spirits for the big tourna
ment during he fall festival. Buy a
ticket whether you go or not. It
helps Plattsmouth.
The Fever Spreads.
The movement for a cleaner
Plattsmouth seems to be taking root
n good earnest, and this morning
two enterprising Sixth street firms
proceed to brush off the pavement in
front of their places of business.
Messrs. Zuckweller & Lutz and John
Crabill taking the lead and making
their section of the pavement show
up nice and clean alongside their
neighbors'. These two are the pio
neers on Sixth street.
On Main street last evening and
this morning several other firms got
busy and swept off their pavement.
adding much to the handsomeness
of the appearance of the street.
These included Kroehler Bros., Carl
Herger, Kunsman & Ramge, the
Boxball alley, William Barclay, A. P.
Barnes, John Hatt & Son. A. J.
Trinity started In, but he had a weak
back and couldn't finish the Job.
However, he may Improve.
On the whole the progress toward
clean streets Is very marked and if
it keeps on a great public benefit
may result. There is some contro
versy now as to who really is the
father of the scheme. Some friends
of B. Goldlng advance the assertion
that he should be honored as the
founder of the day, while Charley
Martin's adherents claim the honor
for him.
Burlington ChangeM.
A bulletin of the Burlington an
nounces that J. A. Fay Is appointed
general storekeeper to succeed T. J.
Frier, resigned. Mr. Frier resigns to
accept the position of general pur
chasing agent of the Wabash rail
road, a position formerly held by C.
A. How, at one time located in this
city. It Is not known what Mr. How
takes up. be has resigned from the
Wabash.
Fast FIjIiik Fleet.
The rantankerous young man,
Fleet Wilson, who spread devasta
tion and terror In the neighborhood
of August Bach's residence in South
Park several days ago, and who be
came obsessed of the Idea that he
was the owner and proprietor of Mr.
Bach's residence, has been allowed
his liberty and told to fare him on
his way. County Attorney Ramsey
made a fleeting reconnalsance of
him, and after discovering the sadly
scratched and bruised condition of
his fnce concluded to let him go,
provided he got him into Iowa and
stayed away from this place. He so
Informed Fleet, who gladly availed
himself of the opportunity to make
himself scare and promised that if
he was allowed to get out he never,
never, never would darken the por
tals of riattstnouth again; never so
long as he lived. Jailer Manspeaker
then let him out of his cage and, as
the long confined bird cherishes lib
erty and the fresh air of morn, so
did Fleet open his lungs and Inhale
a long breath and make himself the
scarcest article hereabouts, gallop
ing over into Iowa and becoming a
constituent of Insurgent Senators
Dolllver and Cumins. Fleet's bruises
and scratches were obtained when he
sought to humiliate Sheriff Qulnton,
who rolled him In the cinders and
clods on Lincoln avenue.
M. P. Planning Improvements.
The Missouri Pnclfic Is planning to
make extensive Improvements on Its
line between Omaha and Kansas
City. Work Is already under way In
some places.
Falls City Is to be made a division
point under the new arrangements
and considerable work Is being done
in that town, ninny new tracks aim
some bridge work being required.
The plan contemplates a new and
heavier rail all the way from Kan
sns City to Omaha.
Work requiring the expenditure
of over $100,000 is now In progress
In Omaha, nenr the west side station
nt Forty-eighth and Invenworth
streets. Extensive terminals and
switching yards are to be Installed
on the south side of Leavenworth
street. After this work is finished it
Is the purpose of the Missouri Pa
cific to improve the condition of the
Belt line, which has been allowed to
remain as it was when Installed
twenty-five years ago. Some of the
grades will be eliminated and a dou
ble track installed part of the way.
The Belt lino Is becoming one of
the biggest switching propositions in
the west and fourteen locomotives
are now In dally use to handle the
cars to the various manufacturing
plants and material yards around
the city. This makes quite an oper
ating problem to handle all these
trains, as the Belt line Is also used
by the Illinois Central to run its
trains to the stock yards. Often as
many as four engines and crews tied
up for a considerable length of time
at the "Y" at Forty-sixth and Far
nnm streets, waiting for one of the
numerous trains to g't through.
E. M. Vanco Is the engineer In
charge of the work on the Omaha
terminals.
F. W. Noltlng and wife were pas
sengers n the morning train for
Omaha, where they will visit during
the day with friends.
Rev. ,1. H Salshury.
Rev. J. II. Salsbury, ho arrives
this week to take up the pastorate
of the First Presbyterian church of
this city, hns for the past four years
been tn charge of the church nt
Plattsmouth. resigning to take
charge of the Auburn church.
The following resolutions unnn
mously passed by the Plattsmouth
church and congregation on July
25th, Illustrates In a striking manner
the esteem and respect In which he
Is held In our neighboring city:
Resolved, Thnt It Is with the most
sincere regret that our beloved pas
tor, the Rev. James II. Salsbury, ha
felt It. to be his duty, under the
guidance and direction of Divine
Providence, to sever his relations ns
pastor, with this church, for the pur
pose of accepting n call to another
church.
Resolved, That we cannot sufft
this seperntlon without expressing
our most heartfelt esteem for him
and his beloved family; there
fore be it.
Resolved, That words can but feeb
ly express our appreciation of the
services rendered this church by Rev.
Mr. Salsbury during the four years of
IiIh pastorate, as a faithful, earnest
and zealous laborer In the Master's
vineyard.
Resolved, further, that we place In
the record of the proceedings of this
meeting an expression of our grati
tude for tho heroic and successful
effort made by Mr. Salsbury to raise
the enormous debt which hung over
our church, like a pall, for so many
years, the liquidation of which had
passed beyond tho hope of the mem
bers of the church and congrega
tlon.
RcBolvcd, That the prayers and
good wishes of this congregation go
with the Rev. James . Salsbuiy
and his family to their new field of
labor, and that we most cordially
commend the pastor and bis family
to the christian fellowship nnd sup
port of those with whom they go to
Inbor. Auburn Herald.
Quietly Murvled.
This afternoon George A. Sheesley
and Miss Claudia Compton of Alvo
came to this city and, securing a 11
cense, called on Justice W. T. Sloan,
who united them In marrlnge In his
most pleasant manner. Clerk Miller
says that It was one of the most im
presslve services that ho has wit
nessed In that office. The young
people loft this afternoon for their
future homo at Alvo. Nebraska
City News.
The groom Is a son of D. E.
Sheesley, a prominent farmer living
near Alvo, and is a young man high
ly respected In the community. The
bride, while the Journal knows noth
lng regarding the young lady, would
naturally Biippose she belongs to one
of the best families In the commun
ity. A large number of friends will
Join the Journal in extending con
gratulatlons, with the hope tha
their pathway through llf will be
strewn continuously with the choir
est of flowers.
An Unsightly Spectacle.
It has been suggested that the at
tention of the county commissioners
be called to the grass and weeds
growing up on the pavement In front
of the court house. If they are al
lowed to continue to grow much
longer some fine pasturage will be
for rent, as they are rnpldly getting
high enough for grazing purposes.
It ought to take a good mnn with a
hoo about thirty minutes by the
clock to rid this section of the pave
ment of the ornaments and the com
missioners are Invited to give It their
resnectful consideration. The court
house lawn Is In elegant shape, Cus
todlan Tom Svoboda having gone
over It very curefully with the lawn
mower nnd the shears, and it looks
better now than In years. It Is too
bad to have his fine work handicap
ped by the growth of weeds nnd
grass on the pavement and they
should be cut.
John Fight, accompnnled by his
brother-in-law, William Hagel, was a
passenger for Omaha, where they
will spend the day with friends.
The llartlett (In.) baseball team
which plays today In Union, passed
through the city this morning for
that point. They are fine looking
set of young men and look ns If they
might give Brother Graves' team
run for their money. The game
promises to be a hot one and de
serves a big crowd.
For I lie. Puclllc Const.
II. R. Neltzel, the Murdock bank
:r, came in yesterday afternoon to
oln Charles F. Guthmnn. These
gentlemen will depart this after
noon for Senttlo and tho Pacific coast
for an extended trip. They go direct
to Seattle for the Alnska-Yukon-Pa-lifltf
exposition, and after spending
some days there will Journey on
down tho const, visiting at Port
land, Ore., Pan Francisco, Ib An
geles, lng Beach and other points
In California, and returning home by
a southerly route. Tho entire trip
will tako several weeks, and they
will have a most enjoyabel time.
With the Sick.
The condition of Mrs. Alice Towle
t the hospital in Omaha continues,
to be very grave. Unless there
should be a change for the better
within a short time, her folks des
pair of her recovery. Owing to the
advanced stage of her disease, coupl
ed with heart trouble and other
complications, the probabilities of re
covery are quite remote. She main
tains a good fight and to this fact
considerable hope is attached. Her
friends in this city hope that her
noble fight may be successful and
that her recovery may, after all, taka
place.
The condition of Mrs. Lydia New-
land is reported as very little
hange from what It has been tho
past few days. She is very weak and
had several additional sinking spell
with her heart, which is not encour
aging. Her children are not hopeful
of the outcome owing to her ad
vanced age, and the weakness pro
duced by the attacks of heart trou
ble. While there Is a possibility of
her rallying, It Is not probable and
should she do so It is not believed it
can be permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Osborne,
who have had so serious a time with
the battle against disease, are pro
gressing very favorably now and
there Is every cause to believe their
fight has been successful and that
they have conquered. They are both
gaining in strength and getting
along Just as well as Is considered
possible. Their many friends will
be glad to have so encouraging re
ports and trust that the tendency
toward good health continues, and
that they will soon be quite well.
M. Hlatt Is reported bb very little
changed from his previous condition.
If anything, he does not feel quite
so well and seems to get despondent
nt times. Thnt he will take a
change for the better and speedily
regain his wonted health Is the wish
of his many friends in the city. Ho
Is not regarded as in Immediate dan
ger and with a turn for the better it
should be no trouble for him to rally
and become well.
Frank Svoboda is reported as very
little changed from the last report.
He is awfully weak and much emac
iated from the long confinement to
his bed nnd his condition Is, Indeed,
very serious. He Is conscious and Is
glad to see his friends, but he docs
not seem to rally with the accus
tomed energy which he has former
ly displayed and bis folks do not en
tertain much hopes for his speedy
recovery.
II. 'K. Dunbar, who has been at
the Hotel Hlley for several weeks
with his son Frank and family, Is
quite 111 nnd requires the services of
a physician. It wns owing to his
continued 111 health that he had to
give up trying to run the hotel nt
Fremont nnd retire from tho busi
ness. It Is to be hoped thnt Mr.
Dunbnr, who Is a most estimable
gentleman and a fine mnn, speedily
takes a more favorable turn and Is
able to Hoon be out nnd about nnd
at his business once more.
Mrs. Lillian K. llnsse Is not much
changed from her condition of a
number of dnys since and still re
mains at the hospital In Omaha ser
iously 111. As In many other cases
she does not show much Indication
of a change for the better, much to
the regret of her many friends in
this city.
Want Him Adjusted Insane.
A complain has been filed with
Clerk of tho Court Robertson by Mrs.
Bertha Hunger charging Albert F.
Hunger with being Insane. The par
ties live nenr Rock Bluffs and a num
ber of parties from that vicinity have
been summoned ns witnesses In the
case. Tho old gentleman who is
complained of lived In this city for
many years and Is quite well known
here. He has been partially para
llzcd for many years and at times
hnd been violently afflicted while
here. Owing tn tho absence of a
portion of the insanity commission,
no date has yet been set for a hear
lng on the complaint.
Candidate for SlieillT.
E. S. Tutt, candidate for tho Dem
ocratic nomination for sheriff of Cass
county, was in the city yesterday
from his home at Plattsmouth on his
way to the west end of the county to
spend a few duys campaigning. Mr.
Tutt says thnt, though Cass county
used to be strongly Republican, its
political complexion has gradually
changed until now the Republicans
have but 200 majority, and against
that a Democratic candidate who
I gets out and hustles has a good
chance of election. Omaha World-
Herald.
Builds a New Burn.
County Treasurer Schlnter
Joined tho procession toward
front in Improvements, and Is
gnged In the erection of a
has
tha
stable on his premises on North
Fourth street. Tho structure will
bo a large, handsome one, and of a
design to mnko It an ornament. Mr.
Schlatcr Is one of the city's enter
prising men and deserves to be com
mended for the energy with which
he proceeds to keep his premises in
the forefront for looks and style.