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v"- Slat Iffsfor!,! a o8. Tplatemoutb Journal. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION-EIGHT PAGES VOLUME XXIX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY AUGUST IS, 1910 NO 00 Ixbe BEL SIAVIGEK All OLD RESI IEIII DIES BY HIS Ol'JII HID The Sad Discovery Made About 5:30 Sunday Morning in the Barn at the Home of His Son. From Monday' Dally. The relatives of Michael Slavicek were shocked Sunday morning when, on going to his tarn to feed his pigs and chickens, Frank Slavcek discov ered his father in the barn dead. The sad discovery was made about 5:30 Sunday morning. The young man immediately notified his uncle, Joseph Svoboda, who with bis son, J. J. Svoboda, and Adolph Koubek went with James back to the barn. The deceased was on bis knees by the steps leading to the hay mow above, a small cord was around his neck and attached to a two-by-four which lay across the Jolce above. The cord was drawn tight and indi cated that death had been by strang ulation. The coat and hat of Mr. Slavicek lay on the hay where it appeared he had lain. The sheriff was summon ed immediately and at once came to the place, and on examination found that the body was yet warm, show ing that it had not been many hours before that the unfortunate man had ended his life. The sheriff thought it unnecessary that the coroner be summoned, as the cause of death was too evident to require any in vestigation. The deceased was addicted to the excessive use of liquor, and bad not been home for almost a week, and it is supposed that be had come borne during the night, whether in toxicated or not is not known, and that he went to the barn and laid mi Large Congregations and Fine Sermons at Presbyterian and Methodist Churches. The services at the First Presby terian church yesterday were of More than ordinary interest. Be fore the sermon, Miss Emma Falter, sang, "Plains of Peace," with the sweetness of tone and distinctness of accent which charmed the occupants ef the pews. Rev. Gade preached on the "Judgment." It was the straight old fashioned gospel that be gave his hearers yesterday morning, and it came to them In a message of love overflowing with tenderness. He emphasized the fact that there would be a day of Judgment. "The day will come when we shall stand in the presence of the everlasting God," he declared. "There is something more than this life, the present stretches beyond, and there is some way In which the wrongs of this world will be righted and justice done. There Is to be a Judgment God's word declares it. In Hebrews we read "It Is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the Judg ment." David declares "He will Judge the world in righteousness." Paul says "That we must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ that each may receive the deeds done In the body, according to that he hath done whether it be good r bad." The speaker said: "That the fact of sin in this world necessitates a future judgment. There are people who tell us that there Is no sin in the world that sin and suffering are unrealities. But you cannot look about you today without believing that there Is such a thing as sin- you cannot read the dally papers without believing that sin is a tre mendous reality. "Wrecked homes and blasted lives, the cry of wives and children In pov erty bring awful testimony of sin. "The Bible says: 'The Soul that sinncth it shall die.' 'The man that covert h his sin Bhall not prosper.' 'He is Just to forgive us our sins.' How often the misery, the sin, the wretchedness of this life, takes the heart out of one in the long strug gle toward the good. Our Bins crushed the Son of Cod our sins nailed Him to the cruel cross. "There Is to be a general Judg down on the hay for a time; that as soon as dawn came so that he could see to fasten the rope and make the fatal noose that then, in a fit of dispondency, ended his life. Michael Slavicek was born in Mora via, sixty-nine years ago and came to America and to Plattsmouth some thing over twenty years ago. In Bohemia about forty-five years ago he was married to Frances Svo boda, with whom he lived in the old couniy for twenty-five years when he left her to come to America. To this union five children were born, four of whom, with the widow, sur vive the deceased. The surviving children are Frank, with whom Mr. Slavicek resided, An tone, who is with his mother in Bohemia, Mrs. Fannie Shoumal and William Slavicek of this city. The deceased was a common la borer and for a time was employed in the lumber yard in the Burlington local shops. He was a kind hearted man, and never harmed any indivi dual, his habitual craving for in toxicants being his sole weakness, and it was a matter of great regret to himself, because of the pain It gave his friends. In his early years he was a devoted Catholic, but in later years be went little to the church. The funeral occurred this after noon from the Hild undertaking rooms. The pall bearers were: E. Wooster, A. Kanka, J. Svoboda, Sr., and Joe Svoboda. Interment was madeXin Oak Hill cemetery. ment, for it Is clearly stated that all of every kindred and tribe and people, will be there: when according- to the picture "glvetf us In' Reve lations, the dead, small and great shall Btand before God 'to be'judg ed according to their works1.' "While the day will be npon'us when Christ will be our Judge to day He is our Savior, and a loving Saviour. He came from heaven to lift us. There is the boundless love of the Christ, and there is mercy for you and for me. Ob! blessed crimson tide flowing from Calvary, The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in bis day, And there may we, though vile as he, Wash all our sIds away. At the Methodist Church. Rev. Wade L. Austin was greeted with a good congregation in the Methodist Episcopal church last evening. He chose for the subject f his theme "The Abuse of Polltl cal Power," taking for his text these words: "So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Morderla; then was the king's wrath pacified." Haman, the minister said, was a favorite of Ahasuenis, king of Per sia. In order to revenge himself upon Mordecal, the Jew, he plotted the extermination of all the Jews in the kingdom, but In the providence of God he was thwarted by Esther, fell into disgrace with the king, and wrought his own ruin and the up building of the Jews. His eventful history shows that pride goes before destruction; that the providence of God directs all things; that his peo pie are safe in the midst of perils, and that his foes must perish. lie likened the rise and fall of Haman to Cannonism, the trhsts and the liq uor traffic, and said that the latter had forced itself Into politics and that politics would be its downfall (iocs to Hospital. From Monday's Dally. Fred Oldenhausen went to Clark son hospital yesterday and may un dergo an operation there in a day or two. He has been troubled for some time with an ulcer on his eye, and went for treatment. His two daugh ters, Mrs. H. Kaufman and Mrs, Mary Evers went to the hospital this morning to be with their father for a short time. It had not been de finitely determined yesterday wheth er the operation would be had or not. If the trouble does not yield to treatment with medicine, the knife may be resorted to. M. L. Williams of Louisville was a Plattsmouth visitor today looking after some Items of business. IIEMSIA CITY LOSES BALL GAME Rex Sox Win From Boosters by Score of 8 to 3. From Monday's Dally. The Nebraska City Boosters, the crack second place team of that city, and also containing a number of ex Mink league players, and It might be stated here that they play good ball, too, but were easy victims for the Plattsmouth Red Sox on the Chi cago avenue diamond yesterday af ternoon. At no time from the begin ning of the game did the visitors have a chance of winning, and the first score that was marked to their credit was made at the time of the accident between Droege and Mason, at which time the players met in a terrific collision in left field in try ing to get under a short fly ball. The ball falling short of Mason, the left fielder, and long for Droege, at short, although at the time of the collision Droege bad caught the ball, but dropped it in the fall, and both players being quite badly stunned for the time being, and the atten tion of all players being directed to them, one man passed over the home plate. The batted ball was a short fly hit by White, and being the first man up in the third inning, he ran the bases without interference on the part of the home team. Two more men followed White In making the bases and safely landing at home plate in this inning. The three runs made by the visitors might be credit ed to the accident In this Inning. At this point is where some of the spectators feared the home team, with two good men injured might go to pieces and lose the game to the visitors. Barney readily realized the position he was placed in, and pitch ed much better ball the balance of the game, and the entire team came to the front and gave him the best of support, and the Boosters played the single 0 from here on. At this stage of the game the score stood 3 and 3, after which the home team passed five more men around the diamond, resulting in a score of 8 to 3. The game was In many ways one of .the best of the season. None of the players were dissatisfied with the decisions of the umpire, both teams played good ball, the visitors were simply a little weak and they knew it, and did not try to win the game through scrapping with the um Pire. One of the main features of the game was the usual heavy hitting by the Red Sox with Fitzgerald con siderably in the lead. He came to the bat four times and made . four safe hits, two two baggers and two single, one of them being at a time when two runs were made. Billy has sure made great advancement in his work during the present season, and at the bat he has made more than good. Mann, Beal and Mason in the field were in the game all the time and made good at every opportunity glv en them. Bardwell In the box and Herrold as the heavy back stop, played their usual game of ball, all of whom did good work at the bat, and Beal was there with his fierce base running; the way he steels sec ond base was sure a puzzler to the Boosters. McCauley was on first and even though his game leg refused to work at all times, he kept his mlts under full control and nailed everything that came his way. Fitzgerald play ed his usual second, and Droege was at home on short, while Pete Peter son, the terrible pitcher with the .Merchants of Council Bluffs, played third, and while this is not his cus tomary position, he covered the base wall with but a couple of very slight errors to his credit. Pete plays ball all the time, but where he makes more than good is in the box. The Red Sox held considerably the best of the game on points, mak ing but very few errors, and are credited with several more hits than the Boosters made from Bardwell. There being no official score we are unable to give the game by innings and credit the hits and errors. The Boosters are sure a gentle manly lot of ball players, and where they are short In playing ball they more than make It up in goodfellow shlp. We trust they may play a re turn game. Remember that there Is a good one billed for next Sunday. The J. I. Cross team of Omaha. The J. I. Cross team are considered one of the fast ones of the metropolis, and you will see a good game on this date. A Pleasant Social Dance. At the Katholick Sokol hall last Saturday evening a very pleasant time was had at their social dance. The attendance was large as usual. The music was furnished by the new orchestra of the society and was first-class in every particular. This society have given some most pleas ant dances and the one last Saturday evening was in keeping with all the former occasions. AI Earl Chandler Five Years Old, Accidently Shot Little Girl Three Years Old. From Monday's Dally. Last evening about 6:30 a dis tressing accident occurred at Cedar Creek which resulted in the death of little three year old Barbara Leon ard whose grief stricken parents re side in Weeping Water. The accidental shooting occurred while a rifle was being pointed at the little girl's head by little Earl Chandler, the five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chandler, also of Weeping Water. , The little girl survived until two o'clock this morning, although all that was possible to be done was done by the physician, Dr. Lewis of Louisville who was summoned im mediately after the shooting. The men had just returned from the river and bad laid the rifle which was a 22 special rallbre gun, down and had no sooner turned away, than the little boy picking it up aim ed at the little girl's head and pulled the trlger. The little girl fell to the ground mortally wounded. T.he ball striking her over the left eye, penetrated to the brain and came out about the center of the forhead Dr. Lewis was summoned within a few minutes, and he worked over the little sufferer as long as a spark of life was apparent, but she was be yond aid of medical skill. This morning C. C. Baldwin, and the Weeping Water undertaker, came out in their auto and the remains were taken to Weeping Water. The accident Is a very sad one and the grief stricken parents have the sym pathy of the community. Makes Good. Dr. Charley Kennedy and wife of Omaha are in the city the guests of the doctor's mother and other rela tives. Dr. Kennedy Is an other ex ample of a Plattsmouth young man who is making good. The doctor Is an expert surgeon and knows as much of ex-ray machine as the man who invented the Instrument. With the help of this instrument the doc tor is able to perform some remark able feats In surgeory. He Is the surgeon for the Union Pacific Rail way shops In Omaha and has an ex tensive general practice, beside as slsting the surgeon at a hospital, and In addition Is a member of the medi cal college and delivers not less than one lecture before the class In sur geory each week. The doctor has just purchased for his use In his practice a new Ford auto, so as to get around to his patients more rapidly. Doctor Kennedy's many Plattsmouth friends are pleased to note his steady climb toward the top in his chosen profession. l.ulti General Jit Nebraska. From Wednesday's Dally. Last evening about 8 o'clock news was received at the station that a half hour before a terrifco rain and wind storm had struck Havelock and that the wires at Grand Island and Fremont were down and a hard storm was expected here. But the storm had spent its force before It reached Plattsmouth. A general rain all over central and eastern Nebraska fell during the night. There was a heavy rain at O'Neill and all over the Burlington division. The guage at the station hero showed C2-100 of an Inch. W. M. Richards of South Hend, was In the city today looking after business matters at the court house A fine rain fell In that precinct Inst night. The election wbb lightly at tended. Out of 180 votes in the pre cinct only 23 votes were cast. ANOTHER Wi fe III OMAHA The Murderess a Former Resi dent of Weeping Water Where She Was Reared. From Monday's Dally. The following account of the shooting of Oils Hedy, a resturant waiter in Omaha a few days since is taken from the Sunday Bee. Mrs. Mott who did the shooting, formerly resided in Weeping Water: "Otis Hedy, the waiter who was shot on the back porch of the dou ble apartment bouse, 821-S33 South Nineteenth street Thursday evening by Mrs. Bertha Mott, died in St. Joseph's hospital last night. Hedy was optimistic until the very last conscious moment. This was between 10 and 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Following an acute seizure he col lapsed and never rallied until the spark of life went out. At the bed side was his wife and little boy. "A charge of second degree mur der will probably be preferred against Mrs. Mott. This was the statement of County Attorney Eng lish last night. "Mr. English visited the hospital yesterday in the afternoon with a view to getting an ante-mortem statement from Hedy. He was then, however, unconscious. "When the county attorney saw Hedy Thursday he felt bo confident of living that no legal statement could be recorded. Hedy In conversa tion repeated the version of the transaction that culminated in his death that he gave out Friday morn ing when he had recovered from the effects of the operation performed by Police Surgeon Harris. - He stated that the accused woman entered his room when there was no one there but himself and his little boy, that he asked ber to leave and when they got out on the porch she fired. , , "Mrs. Mott, who Is confined in the matron's department of the city jail, Is fast becoming a nervous wreck, She is a slightly built young woman, nothing but a girl, and when seen last night she was moaning hysteri cally. When sufficiently calmed to converse she corroborated the ac count of the shooting she gave to the police at the time of ber arrest and told afterwards to her husband. There were statements that Mott has fled the city after the tragic event In which his wife was one of the principal actors, hut he merely shift ed their slight belonglngB from 821 South Nineteenth ' street, and went to live with his mother at 1012 South Forty-eighth street. He has visited bis wife at the jail every day since ber committal. Her mother called with him yeBterday. Mrs. Mott's father, J. L. Wise, is employed on the Missouri Pacific railroad at Weeping Water, Neb. "In recounting the facts of the tragedy, Mrs. Mott said when Hedy entered the room her back was turn ed toward him and the first Intima tion she had of his presence was when he made an Indecent proposal. She said she did not know what he meant, but, as a strange man In ber room, she told him to get out. He wouldn't go, but Insulted her, and she ran for her husband's gun and following him out, shot him. "Mrs. Mott Is positive that the shooting occurred following the man's visit to her room and that there was no one on the porch but Hedy and herself." Mrs. Mott is the daughter of John Wise of Weeping Water, and was born and reared In that city, her father being a peaceablo hard work ing man. Her mother was a very high tempered woman, and some yenrs ago attacked a prominent phy slclan of that city and attempted to belabor the doctor with a buggy whip. Mrs. Mott married her hus band somo months ago and recent ly removed to Omaha. ricuiH From Itendle County. Adam Kaffenbcrgcr of Eight Mllo Grove visited Plattsmouth today Mr. Kaffctiberger received a letter from Georgo Wright of Bcaddlo county, South Dakota, where Mr Kaffenbcrger owns lands, stating that although It had been dry in Da kota, yet a good small grain crop had been harvested and that there were many good fields of corn. That Beadle county had fared about the same as the rest of South Dakota is evident. Karl Karl of Omaha spent Sunday with Julius Pitts and other relatives. A Visitor From the Far F.ast. From Wednesday'! .Dally. Dr. J. E. Monroe from Orange, Mass., and a brother of O. P. Mon roe of this city, arrived in Platts mouth Saturday for a few weeks vis it here with his brother and family. Mr. Monroe is a graduate optician and it Is possible that while here he may fit and make glasses for those who may want them. Mr. Monroe arrived from the east over the Burl llngton on train No. 4, and was met at Pacific Junction by his brother, O. P. Monroe and William Winn. This train arrives at the Junction at ten o'clock at night but with all of O. P.'s fast driving they failed to arrive in Plattsmouth until about two In the morning and 0. P. does not like to give up the cause, espe cially when he has made good time and travelled the required number of miles for the time out to keep up his record. The trouble was Blmply this: 0. P. relied on Brother Winn to mark the fence posts so their return trip would be safe, and Billy says he depended on the Judgment of Mr. Monroe to find the road home, and after travelling the south road from the Junction nearly to Bartlett they awoke a farmer from his slumbers to ascertain bow much farther it as to the ferry. You can Imagine le surprise of our two townsmen, hen they were apprised of their situation. Lost, and only five miles from where they have lived for so many years. Takes Well Earned Vacation. From Monday's Dally. J. W. Barwlck and wife and grand-daughter, Hilda Julyan, de parted this rooming for Thomas, Oklahoma, where Mr. Barwlck with his family, will spend ten days vaca tion. Mr. Barwlck has been In the employ of the Burlington at this place for twenty-three years, and this 1b his first vacation for forty years. Superintendent Balrd prizes Mr. Iiarwlck's work very highly, and is pleased to grant him his well earned vacation, and Jokingly In formed Mr. Barwlck that if he re turned before the ten days he would have to send him back. Mr. Barwlck came from England to Plattsmouth twenty-three years ago and has made many warm friends in the commun ity, who are glad to see himself and estimable wife take a trip for pleas ure. Funeral of Mrs. Severln. The Sunday Omaha Bee In refer ence to the funeral of Mrs. Severln says: "The funerai of Mrs. Joseph Severln will be held at 7:30 a. m., Wednesday morning from the resi lience, 173; South Twentyiecond street, to the Church of the Assump tion. The date of the funeral was fixed late that the elder sons from California and Washington may be present. After the ceremony at the , church the body will be sent to Plattsmouth, the home of Mrs. Sev ering daughter, for burial. Mrs. Severln died of burns due to scald ing water which she received laBt Thursday. She died at 3 p. m., Fri day, living thirty-six hours after the Injury." New DentlNt Arrives. From Monday's Dally. Dr. R. N. Ransom of Brock, the gentleman who purchased the dental office of Dr. W. B. Elster some few weeks ago, arrived In the city this morning and will take possession of the office at once. The Journal acknowledges a call from our new citizen this morning, and we ran truthfully Bay that we found him to be an excellent young gentleman, lie comes well recommended as such and also a thorough master of his chosen profession. The Journal wol romes Mr. Ransom to our city and trusts that he may meet with the success ho Is Justly entitled to. Broke III Collar Bone. From Wednesday's Dnlly. Yesterday afternoon while a num ber of boys were playing In the yard of Joe Smith, an accident occurred which resulted in breaking tho col lar bono of Harry, the sixteen year old son of Mr. Warton. Several of tho boys had climbed into the branches of a large boxclder troo, ' when suddenly the weight of tho boys caused the tree to break looso from tho ground and It went tumb ling down tho hill Btrlklng Harry on tho neck with tho above results. The Injured boy was taken to Dr. Cum mins' office and the fracture reducod and properly dressed. Today Harry is able to walk about, but his injur ed collar bone is quite sore. Jack Patterson was a passenger ' to Omaha this afternoon on business.