Nab. stats Historical Soo.
Blattemoutb Sournal
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION'- EIGHT PAGES
PLATTSMOUTll. NEIUtASKA. MONDAV, AUGUST 30, 190i
VOLUME XXVI11
NO 61
QUARRY MAN GETS
TOO FAMILIAR
Louisville Much Stirred Over
-Man's Actions Towards Dr.
Haley's Wife
From Friday' Daily.
Louisville is all wrot up over a
sensational episode which took place
yesterday afternoon, and this morn
ing the police coutr is thronged
with good citidens anxious to hear
the details of the affair. It would
all appear to be due to the rash and
impetuous actions of one Andrew
Bardlcy, who made himself con
spicuous by becoming enamored of
Mrs. Haley, wife of the Quaker doc
or who has been running the tent
show at that place for some weeks
past. The Haleys, it will be recalled,
conducted a medicine show here last
spring for several months at the Par
mele theater, Mrs. Haley being en
gaged In selling tickets for the en
tertainment. She is a rather hand
some and attractive woman and her
good looks seemed to have turned
Andrew's head, as he so far forget
his dignity as to make advances to
ward her. She promptly came right
back at Andrew, hitting him a right
smart rap over the head with a tin
bucket she carried in her hand at
the time.
Her daughters, Lucille and Ber
nice, happening along about this
time, she informed them of Andrew's
insulting demeanor and the young
women immediately seized upon
several large pieces of timber and
started In pursuit of Andrew, who
had scampered away after getting
smashed on the coco. In their pur
suit they were joined by several
young men of the town, always gal-
Wedding Hells.
From Friday's Dally.
Miss Ethel Wolfenbarger of Uni-
'verslty Place and Arthur Stevenson
of Greenwood were united in mar
riage yesterday at 3 p. m., at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Ci. Wolfenbarger, the Rev.
L. M. Grlgsby of University Place
officiating. Only relatives of the
two famillies witnessed the cere
mony. A reception to the bride and
groom was held later iu the evening
by the parents of the bride.
Miss Ina Williams of Lincoln was
bridesmaid and Philip Dale of Green
wood was groomsman. The bride
was given away by her father, A. G.
Wolfenbarger, and the impressive
ring ceremony of the Methodist
church was used. While the vows
were being taken the bridal party
stood beneath a large bell of roses,
which hung in the parlor, and other
decorations in the parlor were beau
tifully arranged with white tarna
tions and greens.
Miss Bertha Williams presided at
the piano, playing the Lohengrin
wedding march before the ceremony,
followed by the Mendelsohn wed
ding march. Before these numbers
weer given, Miss Nan Gabriel sang
"0 Promise Me."
The bride wore an empire dress of
white satin with trimmings of all
over lace, and she carried a shower
bouquet of white bride's roses. Miss
Williams wore a gown of old rose
satin.
At the reception, which was held
from 8 to 10 In the evening, those
In the receiving line were the par
ents of the bride and groom, and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Stevenson. The re
ception was attended by about 150
people. In the dining room Misses
Nan Gabriel and Bertha Williams
served the IceB, and Mrs. E. S. Wol
fenbarger served punch. During the
lant and anxious to make a good lm
presslon, and the merry party pro
ceeded to make Andrew go some.
The latter covered some distance in
record time, but was eventually over
hauled at the stock yards, as he was
climbing a fence and dragged back.
There were several swift blows ad
ministered to Andrew by the young
women, and he ws beat up a whole
lot. The village marshal was then
summoned and Andrew was turned
over to his clutches and taken to the
city jail, wherein he reposed during
last night. This morning he was
haled before the learned Judge of
the city court and promptly got what
was coming to him.
The Haleys have been conducting
an alrdome show at Louisville, Man-
lev and the vicinity for several
months past and have been conduct
ing themselves in a perfectly re
spectable manner. They had formed
an extended acquaintance among the
people of that vicinity and a great
deal of indignation is expressed over
Bradley's action, lie Is a laborer at
one of the stone quarries In that vi
cinity.
During the time the Haleys showed
In this city they had always conduc
ted thcmnolvpR In a heenmine man-
ner and nothing detrimental to their evenln? an l"??1 gaVe a P1"0"1
Greenwood Stin-k Man MKslng.
Greenwood conies to the front thU
truing with a sensation In the
liape of a mysterious dlsappearanct
ase. The disappearance, so to speak,
s J. M. Jensen, a prominent citizen
f that town. Jensen is a cattle
raiser and dealer of Importance, and
last Sunday evening he loaded a car
of fatted beeves for the South Om
aha market, accompanying them to
that point 'to do the selling. After
getting to South Omaha he hunted
up the commission company and was
duly taken out to dinner, as most
good customers are. Ilereat and here
abouts all trace of Jensen, cattle
dealer, is lost In the fog of sus
picion.
As Jensen did
character was heard here, so it
seems more than probable Bradley's
demonstration was caused by an
nvorhontpH hrnin nr Rnmfl similar
failing. Anyway, he will hesitate corners of the table and a,B ln e
of music. The dining room was dee
orated with green and white, these
colors being used as ribbon stream
ers from the chandaller to the four
before he starts anything of a similar
character ln the future.
Lose Hard Game.
From Friday's Dally.
Manager Warren's young men got
a most unpleasant surprise handed
them yesterday at Weening Water
when they 'got bumped by the local
team to the tune of 7 to 6. True,
the game went ten innings, but this
is small consolation when the game
is lost. The defeat of the Platts
mouth team was a decided surprise,
although the team presented a patch
ed up infield, which accounted for
the defeat, the errors being entirely
responsible therefor.
Up to the eighth Inning Platts
mouth had a handy lead, and It did
not look probable, or even possible,
that they would be headed, but in
that inning a couple of runs were
added and two more ln the ninth
tied the score. In Plattsmouth's
half of the tenth they annexed an
other run and forged ahead, but
were suable to stop Weeping Water's
rally In their half and after two men
had been retired the latter scored
two runs and won the game.
Williams was in good form to the
eighth inning, when Weeping Water
opened up on him and the Platts
mouth team got a bad case of stage
fright and began fumbling and jug
gling infield hits. The tenth Inning
saw' two men retired when Mason,
who was playing out of his accus
tomed position, and covering first
base, became nervous and made a
succession of errors, which were di
rectly responsible for the winning
run. As he Is an outfielder when
not pitching the errors he made in
the Infield can be largely laid to his
lack of familiarity with the position.
Coupled with this, it Is said, the
.ground were very rough and uneven
and several of the errors chnrged to
the team were caused by this fact.
The locals lilt the ball hard and often
and should have had no trouble In
winning owing to this, but the un
fortunate errors ruled otherwise.
Weeping Water, in addition, play
ed a good uphill game and, although
they had a number of errors, they
were not of consequence and did not
come when they were disastrous
They developed a batting streak to
ward tho close of the game at the
time when the Plattsmouth team was
going wrong in their fielding, and
every hit counted.
These teams are booked for a
game here during the carnival and
It ought to bo a live one. The locals
smart a whole lot over losing this
game and meditate sweet revenge
when they get Weeping Water here.
FIRE CAUSES ALARM
AT HOTEL RILEY
Miss Cora Walker Hears Sound
of Exploding Lamp in Bath
Room and Gives Alarm
From Saturday's Pally.
Plattsmouth's handsome hostelry.
not return to his I the Hotel Riley, this morning had a
native heath ln due time his family narrow escape from destruction, or
quite Justly became disturbed and
turned in a police call. The com
mission house being taken up with,
they stated Jensen had dined on
Monday with one of their members,
and that was the last they knew of
him. They promptly remitted for
the cattle, sending a draft to the
at least considerable damage by Are.
The timely discovery of the blaze
was all that prevented the ruin or
total destruction of the handsome
building.
The fire originated in the bath
room on the third floor and was
Greenwood bank for the princely caused by a lamp explosion. Taking
sum of $4,000, representing the place at the hour of 3 o'clock in the
fruits of Jensen's thrift, Industry morning, It had every opportunity of
and good judgment, which said spreading and possibly destroying
draft is lying at the bank there for the handsome building, as well as
many lives. Miss Cora Walker, who
Is one of the roomers on that floor,
was tho heroine of the occasion, be-
jing the ono to hear the chimney
break and the lamp explode. Within
him.
In addition to callng ln the South
Omaha sleuths to track Jensen up,
several of hla friends went to that
city and are now engaged in sleuth'
ing a little on their own hook, and a few seconds the smell of burning
will try to discover where he is at. oil was noticeable, and she quickly
The Omaha papers, do not print news realized that something was amiss.
of his disappearance and It would She raised an alarm and in a second
seem the Greenwood people have! almost the corridors of the third
put one over on them ln discovering I floor were filled with guebts. Sev-
the mystery. eral male members of the crowd as-
slsted the night clerk and Police'
Labor Day Proclamation. man Cory in extinguishing tne
Governor Shallenbereer Issued hli "". "uu mi luimu-ijr
procuration designating the first otten a Btart- and the torrlned
Monday in September as Labor day ue8ls
me ions oi Diu a lew moments sieep
flowers which decorated the table
and rooms. The guests from out of
the clty-who were present were;. Mr
and Mrs. J. C. Stevenson, Green
On the other hand the latter are wood rjr. and Mrs. Earl Stevenson
much encouragd at their success yes-Lf Gothenburg, Mrs. Mary Abbott,
terday, and entertain the belief that phnip Dale of Greenwood, Miss
Plattsmouth is not so hard a nut to Mabel Doom of Pennington, Kas.;
crack after all. They exect to re- Mrs. I(ia Van Alst of Elkhorn, Neb.;
peat the dose when they visit here, Miss Nan Gabriel of Cedar Bluffs,
and do It easier, and they may do Mrs. Mary Teyner of Salem, Neb.
this, but the local boys will do what Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson left last
they can to stop such foolishness. night f0r Denver and vicinity, where
they will spend their honeymoon,
after which they will return to
Greenwood, where they will be at
home to friends after October 1 at
and calling for Its general observ
ance. The proclamation is as fol
lows:
"In harmony with our Bister states,
the Nebraska legislature has set
apart the first Monday in September
as Labor day, and I urge that the
It Is understood that the lamp had
been filled yesterday afternoon and
had been filled too full. It is also
thought the burner had not been
screwed on tight enough and the oil
became ignited ln some manner,
causing the lamp to burst, It had
nennle of Nebraska. 'the most snlen
did example of industrial achieve- been nhled ear,y, in lhe evenlnK
ments among the great family of and Ieft ln the room' 08 ha8 b"en the
nnmrnnnwo-ltha 0hnM nh-prvo nrl CUSIOH1 IOr a long lime pasi.
CARNIVAL XOTKS.
Chairman Schneider of the exec- the farm of the groom
utive committee of the big carnival Mr. Stevenson is a graduate of
which opens here Wednesday, has the National law school of Washlng
finally concluded arrangements by ton, D. C, class of 1908, and the
which the famous Fort Crook mill- bride Is a graduate of the state uni
tary band will be here on Thursday, verslty class of 1906, since which
September 2, accompanying their time she has been teaching In public
ball team, which plays here on that schools of this, county Lincoln
day. on a special train. This means Journal.
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some nioie exi-cuem iuu. iU. w Mrs. Marsh Attempts Suicide.
occasion ana assures an um.um Mrg EJnorft Margh t))e d,vorced
upon me pioneers leumuu BMwlfe of Perry Marsh of Rock Bluff,
treat, in the evening mere win oe d tQ end hor troub,eg on
' . 1 1 tAu t Vol! rt l
a grami uuu uem i.uC. i.a.., VVedne8day by drlnklng a quantity
wmcn me puunc . ...viu. f carbolc add( but the re8Uit was
nan win ue a ipieuum uu, uuu.u- ony gevere burnfJ The Bcene of the
lng those of tho younger people a aUempted fiuk.,de was near u n,
piace 10 pass a lew ..uu.a ...u Drown.B homei near o)d Kenosha,
pleasantly, and does not In any man- x northeast of here. The
. . ...lit. A 1 t I ..t I n
ner imenere wuu me iuviu Mwnman had snent the nleht In the
the pioneers at Coates' hall, It being tmbe.( and wnen di8C0Vered she was
set for 9:30 p. m. This adds one . on ,,,..,.... onnditinn mid nn-
more attraction for the carnival and parently demented, and was Buffer-
makes an already aounaam program , f th effe(,t(J of the cnrbollc
1,1. 1 At. f I
Duuuie over wun goou muigs. she inclined to be vlo-
Chaii man Windham of the Pioneer 1t d ft.Ithorlllpa at rlatta.
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oay commiuee mis morning rete.vu mouth were notified, with a view of
positive assurance from lion. s. havlnK Mrf, Margh taketl before the
Fayne, secretary or me biaie msion- b . f lnBanlt- but wnat furtner
cal society and also secretary or me procedure waa taUen we are not in
Nebraska Territorial rioneers society formed.unlon Ledger,
that he would be present on rioneers
day, Thursday, September 2 and de
liver an address. Mr. Payne is a
pleasing and entertaining speaker,
and one who will repay listening to
lie is a veritable mine of information
on Nebraska, both In its pioneer dnys
and in its latter day history. The
revere the day that commemorates
and dignifies Ir.bor, the source of our
national wealth and the bulwark of
the material and moral welfare of
our people
"Now, therefore, I, Ashton C. Shal
lenberger, governor of the state of
Nebraska, by this proclamation,
ask every citizen of our state, on that
day to lay aside, as far as practicable
all daily cares and show our r'pect
for the dignity and importance of
labor ln a fitting manner. Let this
day be another step towards mutual
respect and co-oneratlon between
Matt Ilahn was the person who
labor and capital, the two great and gathered In this rich harvest of grief
iiiReperable 'forces In the onward
Mlnuture Hallway.
Chairman Falter of the concessions
committee has closed contracts with
a number of exhibits which will show
at various nlaces on the streets
Among others he has secured th
mlnature railroad which Is now at
adding to his name to the program is Lake Manawa. This Is beUig taken
something wen worm wnne. uover- ..... ,, ,, uhmwt hre direct
nor bheiienuerger win niso suieiy ue . th , t u g t t know
present on that day and this makes juHt whpro U)ls win l)C ,ocatea but
anoilier spienuia oraior lor me o , , . imsltlon handy for
cnslon. There is now no doubt of
the complete success of this day from
every stand point.
the llttlo folks and tho big ones as
well. This is an attraction which
always does good business. A six
legged steer will also be exhibited on
George Herger cr.me In this mom- the grounds as ono of nature's freaks
home lu tho country, nnd 11 ,s 80 novel an nnlmal that It 1
sure to draw well, in addition there
are Bonie eighteen to twenty-fiv
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ana, where ne win visn mu , booked so that the
Ing from his
and was a passenger for South Om
where he will visit the stock
yards and purchase some feeders for amusement lover will find plercy to
the coming fall and winter. I take up his time
I There was said to have been many
hlRhly amusing and ludicrous ex
periences indulged in by the guests
on that floor which is almost wholly
occupied by boarders, and some
startling effects in negligee apparel
was exhibited. At the time no one
hud much thought of appearances,
as most of them were Intent on get
ting out of the building. A grand
parade through the hall on the up
per floor was Indulged ln and some
unusual and extraordinary antics on
the part of some of the guests added
zest to the occasion.
Too much credit cunnot be given
Miss Walker for her promptness in
spreading the alarm, as that un
doubtedly lead to the putting out of
the flames before they had gained
headway sufficient to endanger the
building. The fortunate presence of
several men ln the office at the time
also aided largely In saving the
structure from serious loss and poss
ible loss of life.
The Hotel Riley is one of Platts
mouth's beet buildings and its loss
would be a catastrophe, Indeed. It
has been built almost twenty years,
nnd Is a solid, substantial and mod
ern structure. Adjoining it Is the
handsome Parmele theater, and the
loss of one would be sure to mean
the loss of both. From this the es
cape which was had can be judged
and the extent of the loss which
threatened can be realized. Across
the Btreet Is the Coates block, and
this, too, would likely have gone.
The damage which might have re
sulted from this Insignificant blace
can well be estimated and that the
escape was a fortunate one Is be
yond question.
Fifty Dollars anl CohIm.
A malefactor haled before Judge
Beeson of the county court yester
day drew a prize in the shnpe of a
fine of fifty slmoleons and costs, and
In default of the necessary spondullx
with which to compromise and set
tle same he was com milled to the
donjon keep, there to repose until
said fine and costs wus absorbed at
the rate of one and a half slmoleons
per diem.
march of mankind."
Matt is some stranger in these parts,
having only recently drifted into the
sand pits at Cedar Creek In search of
labor. He needed the money, and
consequently he got busy with the
shovel and the spade and sought to
earn an honest living by the sweat of
his brow. Albeit, ho also was given
a berth In the quarters of the com
pany nnd a bunk alongside Tony
Mro, a lusty young Hun, or some
thing of that nature. And they waxed
much friendly In their relations, and
when Matt retired at night he would
gang his overalls one one side of the
couc h while Tony, not to be outdone
In good fellowship, would hang his
trousers on the other side. And in
due time confidence was restored be
tween them and Tony exhibited unto
Matt the contents of his treasure
chest consisting of one gold, near
diamond stud, sundry pairs of shoes,
sundry and divers clothes of dif
ferent vintages and other articles too
numerous to mention, all such truck
being commonly denominated junk
by the learned in such things but to
Tnnv thnv ronrounntoil fnlllllollB RliniS.
Xot HIh Duty. . jnterR n )n a hU
Who ever heard of a city lmpos- Lrl8tlne KiorVi Matt becomes well lit
lng the work of killing worthless t me , clthl.r ln Cl,dar Creek(
curs In town upon the chief of po- ,,.,1,sv,, nr t'lattsnioiith and when
lice; Chief of Police Amlck is fol- L ,,, n Mm couch one nleht he
lowing the instructions given him by ft(,( piirloina nnd Heperates Tony
the higher authorities. But it looks from near.daim,nd stud, several
to a man up a tree as though it were H1.tH ... ..lothes nnd sundry and
Just as much the duty of the mayor dIvt,rB other ,llereB of jUnk whereat
to get his gun out ana kill dogs as it Tony W(l(J niU).h 8lr(.kp and well
is mo cnier or ponce, uui n snouiu 80ro an( rn,Hnd a howl ,ko unlo tuat
not be the duty of either. Employ of g R0U, ,ORt , the wi,i,,rncHBi an,l
a dog killer and relieve our worthy 8tralghtway ho h,,s hm to this city
where his tale was told to Judge
Many Concessions Hooked.
Chairman Falter of tho conces
sions committee of the fall festival
Is being literally burled beneath a
shower of aplleatlons for space at
the big event. He has concluded a
contract for twelve shows ln one
bunch which will be here for alll
week, and will go direct from here
to the state fair. These shows are
among the best on the rond, and they
umped at the opportunity of getting
n here, ln addltlon.it Is likely the
miniature railroad, now at Lake
Manawa, will be here for all week,
negotiations to that end being under
way and will likely be closed today.
This will bo a big attractions for
young and old allko and will prove
gold mine for both the festival
and the concessionaire. Altogether
the outlook Is that there wilt be
more concessions at this affair than
any similar one ln the state.
searched the near-diamond stud and
the other Junk was recovered. Now,
be it known, Tony had placed the
value of this near-diamond at sixty
bones which seemed excessive to
Judge Ramsey, who had the worthy
sheriff Qulnton take said rock to var
ious silversmiths and goldsmiths ln
tho city for their valuation. With
one acclaim, as it were, they said
Have too, tls but trash" and fixed
Its renl value at twenty-five cents to
one plunk. Likewise other things
were reduced in value until the total
did not exceed thirty-three slmoleons
at the utmost. Whereupon Judge
Rumsey filed a complaint charging
Matt with purloining goods, wares
and merchandise and property f
him, Hip said Tony Mro, to the value
of thirty-three dollars and Matt was
haled before Judge Beeson as nforc-
Buld with said disastrous .results.
The outcome was highly pleasing to
Tony who watched his erstwhile
friend taken to hU new boarding
house with Jailer Munspcuker ln Ill
concealed glee.
;(n Crowd rr I'iiIoii.
The Woodmen turned out thin
morning in large numbers and form
ed a good sized crowd to go to Union
for the log-rolling which takes place
there today. Headed by the Wood
man band, who looked neat and
natty In their new uniforms, the
forest era marched to the M. P. train'
this morning, the entire turnout
making a hnndsome appearance. The
bund boys especially looked good, as
their uniforms ure very handsome
ones, and being new, Bhowed up in
good shape. The foresters give an
exhlbltlon drlll this afternoon on the
grounds at Union, and will make a
hit, ns they have been doing consid
erable practicing and are ln fine
shape for tho occasion. , No other
drill team will be present. There
was quite a large crowd from this
city, nnd all started bent on having
a good time.
chief from this embarrassment.
Other towns have special dog slayers,
and why not Plattsmouth?
C. Rengen, the pronilent stock
raiser and farmer from near Mynard
Is In the city today looking after
business matters.
Ramsey who was nctliig county at
torney ln the absence of County At
torney W. C. Ramsey. Judge Ram
sey listened to Tony's talo and mar
veled greatly thereat. Likewise the
authorities were speedily notified and
Thomas B. Utiles and wife, who
have been spending several weeks in
Denver, Colorado Springs and other
Colorado points, returned to their
homo In this city this morning. They
had a mighty enjoyable trip and saw
many Interesting sights. While tho
weather and scenery were both high
ly enjoyable they were glad to get
Matt was taken into custody. When back to their home in this city.
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