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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY FElUiUAUY 11, l!)IO
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A BRIEF VISIT TO PLATTSMOUTH
In an Attempt to Organize a Company of the State Militia in This
City, and WU1 Visit Here Again.
Adjutant General John C. Harti
gan came in thia morning from Lin
coln and spent the morning in inter
Tiewing a number of the citizens re
garding the formation of a company
of the state militia at this point. Gen
eral Hartigan who Is a native of this
city, is quite solicitous about the mat
ter and in the interviews which he
held with some of the prominent men
such as E. H. WeBcott, secretary of
the commercial club, County Attorney
Ramsey and others, expressed himself
as hoping that a company could be
organized. The present opportunity
for-a company here is given by. the
passing out of existence of some of
the companies heretofore located in
the western part of the Btate.
It is probable General Hartiga'n
will visit the city again in the near
future when he will address a public
meeting upon the subject of the na
tional guard and explain in detail
what the duties of the guard are and
what Its benefits and privileges are.
He Btates that he Is laboring hard to
make the guard something more ef
fective than a political machine and
means if his tenure of office holds
long enough to make it a really active
and vigorous part of the state machinery.
In conversation with a Journal re
porter this moiling, General Harti
gan expressed himself as hoping that
there would be a company recruited
here He is in favor of organizing
these companies in the more densely
settled parts of the state and believes
that that is the only way in which
the guard can be made efficient. The
companies which have been organized
In the west do not keep up their mem
bership owing to the sparsely settled
territory in which they are organized.
Again he states there is usually not
so much need for the militia in the
thinly, settled parts of the state as
in the larger towns and cities. The
constantly renewing population of the
larger cities affords good material on
hand at all times for keeping the com
panies up.
. General Hartigan expressed him
self as surprised since he had taken
the adjutant's office at the irgorance
which he found existing as to that
office and its duties and the duties
pertaining to the national guard.-
The adjutant's office has more em
ployes than any state office, save the
audjtor and the land commissioner.
It has charge of more property than
any office save the treasurer. In
fact, it i3 among the most Important
offices in the state The general said,
with a laugh, that he believed that
he obtained the place owing largely
to the public ignorance of the im
portance of it. .
Speaking of the duties of the na
tional guard and the companies com
prising it, General Hartigan stated
that he would be glad to address a
public meeting here on the subject.
He would tell the shopmen here ex
actly what would be expected of them
in the event of a strike here. There
could be no objection to the men go
ing on a strike and the guard would
be called for guard duty here' but
companies from other points would
be brought here and the local com
pany sent elsewhere. He states that
experience has shown that the labor
organizations of the country do not
object to their members joining the
militia but, in fact, urge it. The
walking delegate who profits by the
strike is the one who objects to the
guard. Speaking further of the duty
during riot and strike disorders, Gen
eral Hartigan said that he did not
propose to have the militia. looked on
as tin soldiers and when they were
called out under him, they would be
supplied with powder and bullets and
expected to shoot to kill Blank cat
ridges will not be given thera. The
department has a gatling gun which
the general finds most efficient in sub
duing rioters and he believes its muz
zle pointed down a street has a sub
duing influence upon the most dis
orderly crowd.
It is in time of great calamity such
as fire or flood, that the best side of
the national guard is shown, in his
Judgment. He cites the fire in Fair
bury when a portion of the town was
swept away, and Btates that the mer
chants were greatly relieved when
they saw the militia turn out and.
take charge of their goods stored in
the street. The militia are the best
means of protecting property that he
knows of. In time when lynchings
are threatened, the presence of a com
pany of the guard often saves the
sacrifice of life and keeps the stain
of such a disgrace from the city or
county. . .. ,
These are only a few of the rea
sons whicn he deems necessary to
call to public attention, to enable all
to see why there should be a com
pany of the guard in the larger cities
and towns.
It is probable a meeting will be
arranged at an early date when Gen
eral Hartigan will be asked to come
here and present to the public his
reasons for wanting a guard estab
lished at this point. A number of
citizens who were seen on the sub
ject were in favor of it, some for the
reason that it is considered by them
a good thing for the city and some,
as they said, because it would afford
an opportunity to stick on some high
sounding titles to some of the citi
zens of the town. General Hartigan
departed for his office at Lincoln
this afternoon.
A conference of those Interested
in promoting the movement for a
militia company, wil lbe had within
a few days, this being determined up
on this afternoon by those with whom
General Hartigan talked the matter
over with. If they find conditions
favorable and Indications good for
organizing a company a public meet
ing will be called and General Harti
gan Invited to come down and ad
dress it.
A New Cub.
The new livery and hack firm of
Wehrbeln & Parmele this morning
received a brand new cab which they
will put Into immediate service. It
Is a modern one, especially construct
ed for easy riding, being rubber tired
and nicely upholdstered. It is hand
somely finished and one which Is a
credit to the city, it is the Intention
of Messrs Wehrbeln & Parmele to
give the people of Plattsmouth and
the traveling public the very best of
service and with this end in view
they will add to their stock from time
to time such conveyances as will
maintain the high standard which
they have set. In addition to a fine
line of cabs, carriages and buggies
they intend to keep the best horses
for either single or double driving
and to make the livery, business one
of the prime features of their busi
ness. Their efforts should receive a
'hearty welcome from the Plattsmouth
public. '
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ROBBED OF $2,600
hie in
Auto Season Almost Here.
The automobile business In this
city seems destined to open up this
spring with a rush, judging by the
start which it is taking. The Cra-bill-Cummlns
Automobile company
this morning received a shipment of a
carload of the celebrated Ford ma
chines which they are handling, the
car holding three fine machines. The
Ford is climbing still further to the
front iu the line of high grade ma
chines and It is proving one of the
best sellers. The machine is the
lowest price high class machine in
the market, a machine which is guar
anteed to stand the wear and tear
along with the machines costing con
siderably more. In addition the ma
chine is symetlcally built and is of
Glad to sec Friends.
Tom Smith who has been living
at Lincoln, 111., for some time past,
came in this morning for a vlBlt of
several days with his folks living near
Rock Bluffs. Tom Is looking fine and
hearty and the air in his new home
certainly seems to agree with him.
He was glad to get back to Platts
mouth and meet the large number of
good friends who happened to be In
the city.
Tom is engaged in farming near
Lincoln, 111., and is doing well. He
states that that section is one of the
most fertile in the United States and
that as a rule always has good crops,
his year being no excepion. The loca-
handsome design. All the improve-1 Ion and everything suits him first
ments which other makes have for
the coming season are also to be
found on the Ford and the aim of the
manufacturers to keep up-to-date in
the construction of the machines, is
being carried out. These machines
have all been contracted for and
when they aro out and running the
Crabill-Cummlns people do not have
any doubt but what orders for more
will pour in on them.
rate and he dors not feel as If he
would ever want to make a change.
He expects to make a visit with his
folks at Rock Bluffs and with friends
and relatives in this city for prob
ably three weeks beforo he turns
homeward. Tom is a popular fellow
here and his friends will all be glad
to hear of his doing so well and trust
that he will continue to have his
share of the good things on the earth, closely enough.
Little Doubt That it is Work of
Same Gang That Robbed the
Manley Bank.
The gang of cracksmen who have
been making their headquarters 1
either Omaha or somewhero along the
Platte river for a number of years
and who repeatedly broke Into the
Manley bank in this county, seem to
have turned their attention to banks
in other country towns. Yesterday,
(Thursday) morning tne bann at the
little town of Memphis, seven miles
northwest of Ashland was burglar
ized, the safe was blown open and
looted and money to the amount of
about $2,600 secured.
From . the similarity between the
methods used to get into the bank
and to open the safe there seems lit
tle doubt but the men perpetrating
the deed were the same ones who
have several times raided the Manley
bank and got away with the goods.
According to all reports, there
were four or five men in the crowd,
no one knowing the exact number.
They opened the Burlington section
house at Memphis and took out tools
which they used later to enter the
bank building with. They forced the
front door of the building open with
a crowbar, and then blew the safe
open with dynamite or some, other
high explosive. The resemblance be
tween the work on the safe and the
job at Manley is most marked. In
both cases the explosive used was
powerful and the safe was nearly de
molished. Several charges were used
In both cases and the interior of
both buildings was a mass of debris
when the explosion was over.
A mari named Charles Deck living
across the street from the bank
heard the reports but states he was
detained by his wife from giving an
alarm. He reported the matter to
the cashier of the bank when morn
ing came and they Investigated the
matter, finding as above set out. A
number of mutilated bills were found
later In the day by Burlington se
tion foreman lying along the track
where the burglars had thrown them.
They were thrown away for fear of
detection Bhould they try to pass.
them.
Memphis is a small town and has
no town marshal or night police, an
other thing which strongly resembles
Manley. The robbers took their time
to the job and did a good one. Af
ter lighting the fuse which exploded
the charges in the safe door, they
went outside and waited until the
job was over when they gathered up
the wealth and departed.
There are the usual number of
wild-eyed stories afloat as to who
did the job including the one which
always comes out of the three mys
terious men who came out to cut lco
for Armour & Co., and who sat on
a dry goods box across the street
from the bank and eyed the door for
a long time. Afterwards it becomes
a suspicious circumstance. As a mat
ter of fact there seems no clue and
the probability is that the same men
who creacked the Manley bank did
this job.
The rumor current when the Man-
Icy bank affair took place that it was
done by some men employed in rock
quarries some where about the towns
and who were famlller with the use
of dynamite, looks very reasonable
And mlirhf vlelcl rpmiltB If lnvfmtliratr.il
The Burlington Now Engaged in
Transporting Many Cars From
Minnesota to the South
As illustrating the various Bources
of railroad traffic, the Burlington is
now handling immense quantities of
potatoes from the Minnesota fields to
Kansas City and southern points.
This morning two trains passed
through the city within a few mom
ents of each other carrying "spuds"
to the southern markets. In one
train there was 15 cars while the
other had 25 or a total of 40 cars
of the Irish product in the two trains
Kailroad men say that this is a re
gular occurrence now and has been
for some time and every day witnes
ses solid trains of Minnesota potatoes
finding their way south. The dally
traffic through this city of this pro
duct is said to be around 40 Cars a
day, some days exceeding this con
siderably and on other days falling
slightly below it
The potatoes are all raised in Min
nesota and are hauled Into Sioux
City over the Great Northern road,
being turned over at that point to
the Burlington and coming by way of
Fremont and Ashland through this
city to Pacific Junction where the K.
C. takes the traffic for Kansas City
From Kansas City the spuds find their
way to the Texas, Oklahoma, Louis
iana and Arkansas markets, compet
ing with the native product.
The reverse movement of potatoes
takes place in, the spring when new
potatoes from the Texas and Louis
iana fields find their way north
This source of income has built up
largely since the Hill roads secured
an outlet from the Minnesota fields to
the south over their own rails, they
getting the long end of the freight
charges and making particular ef
forts to build up the traffic. While
the route Is rather longer than a
route through Sicux City and Omaha
is, It makes practically as good time
owing to the superior grade which
was secured when the Sioux Clty
Ashland line was built.
The northern grown potatoes are
more than holding the southern mar
ket as they are good keepers and
stand the shipment from the north
well. They are carried in refrigera
tor cars for which there is a steady
demand all winter. The demand for
IfFllll
OF
LIFE AND ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Family Troubles and Dt inking Leads to His Trying to End His
Earthly Career by Cutting His Throat.
This week has been one of suicide i throat but did not succeed In gash-
and near suicide in this locality, yes- 1"K It. Instead he cut a long stripe
down the left side of his jaw. Ills
wife at once summoned a surgeon
terday adding another attempt at
self destruction, this time In this
city. Family troubles and drink are
said to be reponsiblo for the attempt
which failed only through an accident.
W. A. Griffin living on Lincoln
avenue near the shops and who form
erly lived on the Hohlschuh place
Just west of the city, was the one
who sought to shorten his life and
hurry himself before his maker. Ac
cording to authentic information
Griffin had been drinking rather
heavily for some days and yesterday
he had gone to his home where he
and his wife had some words over
the matter. It is said that words had
passed on other occasions than this
and that domestic difficulties had
been at the bottom of his drinking.'
The words which pnssed between
them seemed to drive the young man
who hurried to the home where he
found Griffin looking considerably
like a stuck pig but not dangerously
hurt. lie was some gory spectacle
but several stitches repaired the dam
age he had done himself.'
After trying, to shuffle Dff this
mortal coll and making such a dismal
failure of the job, Griffin seemed to
regret exceedingly h la act. He was
quite contrite and ' seemed to feel
mighty good over the fact that his
aim had been so poor.. Ills injuries
are not at all dangerous and he will
be able to be out and about very
shortly. Griffin is a man with a wife
and two children and has been a resi
dent of this vicinity for only a short
time. He Is a brother of S. C. Griffin
of Havelock who recently married
Frances Hospcnthal In this city. He
is a young man who has always stood
Into a frenzy and he drew from his j high in the estimation of all who
pocket a common pocket-knife with, know him and his friends are sur-
whlch he endeavored to cut his own
throat. ' He made a slash for , his
prised at his having
commit so rash a deed.
attempted to-
E
MUCH SHED UP
Camps at St. Louis Missouri, are
Demanding an Investigation
Local Woodmen circles are stirred
up over an upheaval in the ranks of CXCPB8 0f $1,600,000 a month and
Woodmen which is the Woodmen
organization referred to above Is one
of the largest and most powerful
orders In the country, having a mem
bership considerably in execss of ono
million in number and located in
practically every state and every
county In the country. The rates for
Insurance carried In the order range
all the way from 25 cents on a $500
policy to 2.70 on a $3,000 policy
payable monthly. It has an Income In
the order started by the camps of gnce it8 organization In 1883, it has
paid out over $73,00.000 In claims.
V
St. Louis and St. Louis county, Mo,
These camps are demanding an In
vestigation into the national offices
of the order at Rock Island, 111. For
the purpose of the Investigation an
association has been formed known
as the True Woodmen's association
of Missouri. Officers have been chos,
en, R. I Palmer of St. Louis, Mo.,
being the secretary, and an effort is
being made to recruit membership
this class of cars, in fact, exceeds the fro,n evcry lo in that Btat0 0fn-
supply and there is a constant cry to
unload and hurry home refrigera
tor cars for use in this traffic. Rail
road tnen who are posted on the mat
ter assert that the traffic would be
much heavier than It is if there were
more refrigerator cars to be handled
and loaded.
WE FROM
cers have been opened at 629 Rlalto
building, St. Louis. The Missouri
lodges contain 100,000 members and
10,000 of these are In St. Louis.
One of the principal objectB of the
Investigation is the saalry and ex
pense accounts of the national board
of directors and the national board of
auditors The claim Is niado that the
Moving to This City. 'five members of the directors board
j Mention was made In the Journal turned in last year claims for salar
yesterday of the arrival of A. W. les and expenses amounting to $40,
Smith and family In this city from 800, an excessive amount according
Carson, Iowa, to make their future, to the members familiar with the
home on the Hohlschuh property west ! work. The order allows $15 per day
of the city. This morning they com-jand expenses for each day's actual
menced the work of moving their ( work and It is claimed the directors
household goods from the cars at the ; wanted pay for every day Including
Burlington station to their home and holidays while some of them were
one of their teams proceeded to start actually engaged in other work. The
something In the shape of a runaway. ! salary of Heal Counsul A. R. Talbot
The animals were hitched to a wa-Jof Lincoln, Neb., is $10,000, which is
gon loaded with farming macbln- also ciaimea to do excessive, me
ery when they took fright at a pas- members of the national board of dl-
slng engine and Btarted to run away. I rectors who are attacked are A. N.
In the excitement the wagon was Bort, Chairman, of Belolt, Wis.; R.
overturned and some of the machln- R Smith of Brookfield, Mo.; E. E.
ery spilled out. However, the team Murphy of Leavenworth, Kan.; J. C.
was stopped before any great dam Burns of Ishpcmlng, Mich.; and J. A.
age was done, help being fortunate Rutlcdge of Elgin, 111. It is charged
at hand at the time. that Chairman Bort Is a member of
' j. the Wisconsin legislature and while
m acting in that capacity, he also drew
Will Go to Texas. ... . . , ,
$15 per day from the Woodmen for
A party of some half dozen land h,8 BcrvlcefJ a(J a mpmbcr of the board
seekers are preparing to depart from Smltn and Murphy are aoged t0 ,)0
this city next Tuesday for Texas, ac-part owncrg of the Woodmen Casual.
companlng W. E. Rosoncrans to thatity company and whlle look,ng aftcr
country with a view of buying. The the affulr of that company they have
party will visit numerous towns along cnnrK(ul the Woodmen with work as
the gulf coast including Houston, San
Antonla, Galveston and various other
points of interest and landing at Fal
furrlas, 75 miles southwest of Corpus
Chrlsta, where Mr. Rosencrans has a
great lot of extra flno lands for sale.
This will bo a moBt plepsant trip, and
can be mado at a nominal cost, the
railroad fare for the cntlro Journey
Is only $27.50. "Roscy" Bays ho
members of the board.
Another object of tho investigation
Is to determine how It came that the
contract for bonding the clerks and
; bankers of the organization came to
be let to tho National Surety company
for a sum of $15,000 greater than
Innother company offered to tako the
i bonds for.
I Tho entire row promises to stir
The Merchants of Plattsmouth -Should
Feel Grateful to the
People in That Vicinity.
Plattsmouth merchants certainly
owe a lot to tho good people of Cul
lom and Cedar Creek. Today wit
nessed a large Influx of these peo
ple who came in to do their shop
ping and trading In the city and they
will help out a whole lot on the day's,
returns. The Schuyler train this
morning had many of them and they
all came here when they might just
as well have gone elsewhere. The
point which they make on coming
to this city to trade is that they
do as well or better than they can
do elsewhere and In addition, they
have the guarantee of the Platts
mouth merchants back of their pur
chase. Plattsmouth people who are
eternally finding it convenient to go
elsewhere to do their trading should
think a moment and realize that if
it pays people from Cullom and Ce
dar Creek to come here to trade, it
certainly pays the people of the city
to do the same thing. The prime
feature of trading with your home
merchants is that you can always take
back any article which does not come
up to the standard and have it ex
changed or get your money back. The
people of Cullom and Cedar Croek
have found this out and to their'
credit, it can be said, they prefer
trusting the home merchants to for
eign concerns. Plattsmouth people
ought to realize that the people from
up the Burllntgon really are better
patrons of their merchants than they
are theraselveB and they should learn
that a bargain for Cullom and Ce
dar Creek is a bargain for riatts-mouth.
still hna room for many more should
there bo any one wh. wishes to joIn.a 83 ln Woodmen circles and pos
Min nnrtv slbly will result ln a complete up-I
. heaval of tho national officers of the
John Schoeman Is among those In 'organization with an Injection of new
the city attending to his duties as a, blood and a reform In tho financial
(irowth Removed.
H. 'II. Frans returned Wednesday
from Omaha where ho spent several
days in the Methodist hospital, hav
ing undergone an operation for a
growth on his lip. Tho operation was
performed by Dr. Jonas, and wo aro
glad to report that Mr. Frans is get
ting along nicely since be returned
Juryman.
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