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VOLUME XXIX
PLATTSMOUTI1, NEBRASKA. MONDAY SEPTEMKEU 12, 1010
NO 07
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PROF. GAMBLE'S VACATION TRIP
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He Tells of a City Paved With Gold and Other Incidents of Inter
est to Journal Readers.
Since his return from his vacation
tbe Journal has asked Superintendent
Gamble to give us some of his experi
ences. He has put us oft from time
to time, saying he was too busy, but
since he has the schools going he
gave us the following interesting
story we print below. It is an un
usual narrative, and will prove very
interesting to Journal readers:
It Is not give" to fae lnnabitants
of many cities in this vale of tears to
live In a city whose streets are paved
with the proverbial gold, but in my
starch for health among the north
ern pines this summer, I came upon
such a city. It was a moBt Interest
ing thing to me and I will pass the
story of it on to you. The story as I
give It is true and can easilly be
verified by any one who doubts its
veracity.
About seventeen years ago great
excitement was occasioned by the dis
covery of gold on a number of rocky
islands in Rainy Lake, situated on the
borderland between Minnesota and
Canada. Notwithstanding the fact
that there wa3 no 'railroad nearer
than Grand Forks, N. D., men poured
into the region from all directions
Just as men always have responded
and will continue to respond to the
call of the wellow metal. Shafts were
sunk, tunnels drilled, and a large
stamp mill erected. The town of
Rainy City, built on the lake shore
adjacent to the Islands, sprang up as
if by magic, and in a few months was
a growing city of fifteen hundred peo
ple. But as is often the case with
mining regions, the ' gold was not
found to be a paying quality and af
ter three years of struggle, during
w hich fortunes -were sunk, the nJning
was abandoned, the people left and
the city fell into decay.
The old site is not very accessible
but I succeeded after a great deal of
persuasion, in getting transportation
on a barge that was freighting on the
lake and reached a point about two
or three miles from where the town
had been. I took a canoe and a
guide along and when we left the
barge we paddled to a log house oc
cupied by a fisherman and trapper,
the nearest house to the place, where
we obtained lodging.
Later I went in the canoe to the
site of the town. All that remains
to mark the site is the old dock
now which U fast falling into decay.
A few trails mark where the streets
had once been. Deer and moose
graze over choice corner lots and the
wild duck swim along the beach that
was once the pride of Rainy City.
Occasionally a band of Indians camp
there when hunting but the place
. ordinarily is as desolate as a store
that does -not advertise. About a
mile from the place is Little Ameri
can Island where the largest shaft
was sunk and the largest amount of
ore taken out. I found, here a large
hill of ore that had been taken out
WILL HAVE GUARDIAN AP
POINTED FQRRUBY CHILDREN
From Friday's Daily.
Grant Ruby of Kencsaw, Nebraska,
departed for his homo yesterday, tak
ing with him the three sons of John
Ruby, deceased. The boys are Ray,
aged ten; Teddy, aged . eight; ,and
Ross, aged six, there was one daugh
ter, Helen, aged four. Martin Ruby
of McCctok, remained in Plattsmouth
today and filed a petition for guard
ianship of the four chlfdren, sole sur
viving heirs of his deceased brother,
and Mr. Ruby will meet his brother,
Grant, at Kenesaw, Monday, and may
take one or two of the boys to Mc
Cook. The brothers of the deceased
will take his children and see that
they are properly cared for and edu
cated. Petition for administration
of John Ruby's estate will be filed at
once and the estate administered and
placed in condition to be preserved
for the children when they are of age.
Commissioners L. I). Swltzer and
C. R. Jordan departed for their
homes this afternoon after checking
the bookB of county treasurer, F. E.
Schiater.
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but never refined. Gold flakes could
easily le found In little quartz veins
and the ore looked as though it con
tained considerable gold.
About five years ago some capi
talists who visited International Falls
in the Rainy river, which flows from
Rainy Lake were impressed with the
possibilities of water power there
and built a huge dam across the riv
er at a very large cost, and the town
of International Falls was started
about twenty miles from the place
where Rainy City had flourished. A
paper mill with a capacity of two
hundred cords of wood a day Is now
In operation and the town of In
ternational Falls is growing by leaps
and bounds. Recently it was de
termined to pave or macadamize the
streets and then it was proposed that
the ore that was taken out of the
Little American mine but never re
fined, be utilized for paving. Ac
cordialy, barges were called into re
quisition, there i3 no road through
the woods overland, and the gold ore
Is being transported to International
Falls where it is dumped on the
streets and compressed with heavy
rollers so that the inhabitants can
truthfully say that their streets are
paved with gold. They take great
pride in telling of this unique paving
and nothing it out to strangers who
may be in their city.
There is but one more Incident in
connection with ', this story that I
might relate, and that i3 the fate that
nearly befell me while exploring the
old mines. As it contains a moral I
will relate: An Island called Bushy
head was also the scene of mining
operations, and my landlord told me
a tunnel had been drilled almout
through the island. As it was some
considerable distance from the house,
I prevailed upon my host to take me
over to it in a crazy sort of a small
scow, propelled by an old Sears-Roebuck
gasoline engine. We reached
the island all right after considerable
delay and I explored the tunned,
which I found went almost through
the island parallel with the water
and about four feet above it.
We then prepared to return to the
home of my conductor, but to my dis
may, all his efforts to start the en
gine was In vain. We were on a
small island about five miles from
home with no other settlements with
in miles. He informed me that boats
some times passed but not often. He
worked with the engine and I ex
hausted my vocabulary In expressing
my opinion of Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
for making such an engine and my
landlord for buying it. Dinner time
passed and I was starving. I stood
it as long as I could and has just
laid violent hands on the fattest of
the two dogs that we had with us
when the engine gave a snort and
started, and we were saved. I will
leave you to decide for yourself the
moral of this.
When Wilting is Expensive.
The government has fixed the maxl
mum fine for plating writing in pack
ages sent through the mails at $100,
Heretofore there was a penalty of
$10 for anyone who committed the
offense. Then It was only necessary
to hunt out the offender, and If he
acknowledged his mistake made him
pay $10. Then the postoffice inspec
tor could attend to that. But now
the fine has been raised from $10 to
$100 and has become a statute. In
case of an offense under the law, it is
now necessary to bring the offender
up before the court and the case
heard. If he is found guilty, the
judge may impose a fine as great as
$100 and not less than $10. Pack
ages are Included In all third and
fourth class mail.
Itcwunl for Murderer.
Governor Shallenberger has Issued
a proclamation offering the state To
ward of $200 for the arrest of the
murderer of John Ruby, whose body
was found in a river in Nemaha
county. The name of the supposed
murderer is not known, but it Is be
lieved Ruby was thrown from a mov
ing train Into the river. State Journal.
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The Officers of Nemaha County
Putting Fourth Every Effort
to Secure the Murderer
The following from the Auburn"
Herald will give a more extended ac
count of the search for the murderer
of John Ruby:
"As soon as the autopsy determin
ed the fact that Ruby had met with
foul play, a search was begun by the
officers for any clue that would leaa
to the discovery as to how his body
came to be floating in the Nemaha, or
to find if possible the whereabouts
of the balance of his clothing of
which he was possessed when last
seen alive by his companions. The
railroad track between the M. P.
yards and the bridge north of the
Junction were thoroughly searched,
as was Long's branch and the many
weed patches, but nothing was dis
covered. The officers then began a
search of the river banks from the
railroad bridge to the south. It was
soon determined that it would have
been impossible for the body to have
floated to where it was found had it
fallen off the bridge as the river is
filled with snags and brush.
"The officers had proceeded on
their way down the river until about
thirty rods north of where the body
was found, wagon tracks were discov
ered running parallel with the stream
between the corn field and the bank.
A few rods further down, a place was
discovered where the wagon had ap
parently been halted, as the marks of
the horses' feet showed that the
animals had stamped there for some
little time. The wagon had here been
turned, and In the soft soil was the
sign of where something had been
taken from the wagon, and dragged
through the weeds to the water's
edge. From the size of the tracks
the vehicle was either a very heavy
spring or light lumber wagon, and the
horses were of medium size. Where
the wjigon had stopped was only
about thirty feet up stream from
where the body was found, which led
the officers to the belief that after
Ruby had met his death, his body had
been hidden for a time and later
hauled to the river and thrown In'.
The tracks of a man wearing a very
large shoe, and prints of bare feet of
a boy or small man were also much
in evidence at the point where the
object had been dragged to the
water.
"The tracks were followed back and
led to the road which leads from the
neighborhood of the M. P. yards to
the Klein slaughter house northeast
of the city where they became ob
literated owing to the large amount
of travel over that thoroughfare. The
officers are confident the man was
murdered, but when, or where or how
is furnishing a mystery which, under
the peculiar circumstances surround
ing the case, may never be cleared
up." ,
Lost in the Sihuffle.
Lost, strayed or stolen would be a
suitable notice to hang out by Frank
Gobleman, the genial secretary and
treasurer of the Red Sox ball team
concerning a twenty dollar lady's hat
shipped by express from Malvern, la.,
about a year ago this week. The hat
was the property of Mrs. Gobelman
and has been expected for twelve
months now but has never yet ar
rived. Tracers have been put after
the shipment and every means known
to modern transportation used to dis
cover the whereabouts of the milli
nery creation but not a feather has
been found. Frank threatens to be
come impatient if the matter is not
fixed up in some way before long.
Hot urns From the Fair.
From Friday's rally.
Eddie Steinhauer of tho Journal
force who has been laying off several
days attending the state fair, return
ed last evening, having drank up all
of the rod lemonade in sight, and
admired tho show of fine chickens
and ducks on exhibition at the fair
grounds, lie brought with him as a
souvenir of his outing a young sala
mander which ho procured at quite
an expense, and this specimen now
dangles from his watch fob in its
wild state. The animal is becoming
tame anil cuddles next to the owner's
vest in approved fashion.
Mrs. Harry 11. Austin spent the af
ternoon in the metropolis where she
called on friends between trains.
Hurt at tlu Shops.
Hugh Riley, one of the Burlington
employees at the lumber yard receiv
ed quite a serious cut on his right
check while in the line of duty at
the shops a day or two ago. The
wound was dressed by Dr. Living
ston and the injured man made as
comfortable as possible. Mr. Riley
will have to lay off for a few days
to give his cheek an opportunity to
heal.
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Awaiting Action of the Rate In
creasing Proposition.
Reports received through official
sources indicate that the Burlington
1b slowing down on its construction
work in central Wyoming, and that
while present contracts Mill be fin
ished little or nothing new will be
undertaken for the immediate pres
ent. It is said the directors of the
road are awaiting action on the rate
increase proposition and that the slow
down will continue in effect until
there is a change for the better in
the comparison of gross and net earn
ings. The July earnings statement
are said to have shown an exaggerat
ed condition of net earnings decrease
and gross increase, and managers of
western properties are adopting strin
gent operating economies to get back
to the old basis.
It is understood, however, that the
Colorado & Southern, a Burlington
property, will build the line between
Wellington and Cheyenne and com
plete the improvement and rebuild
ing work on the Wahlsenburg coal
road without delay. The Burlington
recently floated three millions' worth
of securities to build these lines, both
being badly needed to further oper
ating economies.
Because the work has slowed down
is not evidence, it is said, that the
plans are to be abandoned. When
conditions are propitious the work
ing out of the big plans for a low
grade freight line from the east to
the north coast will be resumed. Just
now the attention of the manage
ment of the Burlington Is riveted on
the matter of reducing operating ex
penses and Increasing at the same
time the gross. earnings. When a
better balance between the two is
secured the plans will be taken up
again and carried forward. State
Journal.
.A. J.
JURED BY FALL ON STAIRS
Mrs. A. J. McKlnney met with a
serious accident Wednesday night or
rather at 2 a. m., Thursday morning
during the electrical and rain storm
which visited the city. Mrs. McKln
ney was awakened by the storm and
left her sleeping apartment on the
second floor of their dwelling to go
down stairs to close the windows
when by some mischance she fell
down the stairs, receiving serious in
Jury to her hip, breaking the hip
bone and otherwise bruising her up.
Mrs. McKlnney is about seventy-nine
years of age and has been in feeble
health for a number of years, suf
fering from heart trouble.
Dr. Cummins was called and ren
dered all the assistance possible but
owing to Mrs. McKlnney'a age and
physical condition the same treat
ment could not be undertaken that
would be taken in other cases. The
injured lady will be compelled to keep
her bed for Beveral weeks.
October Term of Court.
The following Is the list of Jurors
for the October term of tho district
court: John Kaffenterger, John
Coleman, John Bramblet, George
Farley, John Fowler, W. S. Phllpot,
II. W. Lloyd, J. F. Hamm, John Sans,
C. A. Gauer, F. H. Goodfellow, Joseph
Allen, Oscar Miller, Henry (ioos,
Henry Snss, O. It. Sayles, G. K. Per
ry, I). T. Dudley, II. P. Denning, C.
F. Vallery, W. A. Tulene, Elmer
lliitchlns, John Albert and C. A. Har
vey. W. II. Puis, Democratic candidate
for representative, was circulating
among his Plattsmouth friends today.
Billy has hosts of friends in Platts
mouth who will be glad to give him
a helping hand at the polls In November.
NUT PUSHING WORK
SIXTY DAYS IN JAIL
AIID COSTS TO PAY
The Sentence Henry Creek Got
For Disturbing the Peace
at Cedar Creek.
From Frltlay'i Tally.
Deputy Spence came in from
Cedar Creek yesterday, bring
ing with him Henry Creek of that
place who was placed under arrest
for disturbing the peace by threaten
ing assault and battery on Miss Marie
Kaufman, postmistress of the village.
The county attorney drew a form
al complaint against the accused,
covering three counts, one for drunk
enness, for assault and one for using
obscene and profane language. The
defendant was arraigned before
Judge Archer and given a hearing.
It was disclosed In the evidence
that the accused was a boarder at the
home of Mrs. Kaufman, mother of
the complaining witness and that the
accused had been drinking previous
to sitting down to supper the evening
before and that he said the meat was
unfit for canine consumption, Bay
nothing of human beings or words
to that effect. In connection with
his criticism of the grub he used
vile and obscene and profane epithets
toward Mrs. Kaufman at which she
invited him to leave If the board did
not suit him. This appeared to in
cense the accused and he swore yet
stronger than before, whereupon Mrs.
Kaufman 'phoned to her daughter
to come over and help protect her
from the abuse of the angered drunk
en man. Miss Kaufman drove over
to her mother's In her buggy, and up
on arriving at her mother's gate
Creek came out with a small stick In
his hand and threatened to strike
Miss Kaufman. She had held in her
hand her buggy whip and ordered
Creek not to advance toward her
any further to which he paid no at
tention but continued his tirade of
abuse and profanity and when near
the b);gy,MlH Kaufman struck him
with the whip and called for help
from the men near. The drunken
man was taken in custody and turned
over to the Louisville deputy.
Since the murder of Mike Geno on
the first of the month, the women
in the neighborhood have been ter
ror stricken, and an offense such as
Creek was guilty of puts them in
mortal fear.
On hearing the evidence Judge
Archer gave the accused a Bentence of
thirty days on each two counts or
sixty days in Jail and accused to pay
the costs. The defendant took his
sentence very hard, stating that he
had never been In Jail before and at
the age of forty-eight years, the dis
grace of a Jail sentence seemed to
weigh heavily upon him. The con
victed man Importuned Miss Kauf
man to Intercede with the court to
change the sentence but he was told
by the county attorney that this could
not be done. ,
A fii-cat Shock to Ills Undo.
From Friday's Dally
JameB Ruby of Smith Center, Kas.,
arrived yesterday to visit his nephew,
John Ruby, whom he did not know
was deceased until he arrived in this
city. Mr. Ruby formerly resided In
this county near Eight Mile Grove
and John Ruby spent a great deal of
his boyhood years with his uncle. It
was a great shock to the uncle to
learn that his nephew had been mur
dered in the way he had.
James Ruby had more than a usual
attachment toward him because of
having brought him up. James Ruby
came to Cass county in 1856 and pre
empted land near Eight Mile Grove,
and resided here until seventeen
years ago when he removed to Smith
Center, Kansas. Mr. Ruby will visit
old acquaintances for a few days in
old 'Cass before returning to his
home.
Will Move to Lincoln.
Byron Clark will remove to Lincoln
from Pluttsmouth about October 1.
Ho comes here partly because the
change of location will fit In well
with his duties as an attorney for
the Burlington railroad and partly
to educate members of his family.
State Journal.
i For Sale.
264 acre farm, 4 miles west of
Plattsmouth ono and half miles from
grain elevator, well Improved, and
known as the Jacob Horn farm. For
further particulars see Mrs. W. Hasa
ler, riattsmouth, Neb.
Moots With Accident.
I. Cummlngs had the misfortune
last Sunday night to fall into a wash
out on the avenue near Bach's South
Park store and injure his foot badly.
Dr. Cook was callod to dress the in
Jury which was rainful and much
swollen and bruised. There had been
a wash out In the comparatively lev
el walk which left a ditch nearly four
feet deep, and In the darkness Mr.
Cummlngs got a bad fall. He feels
pretty sore toward the city and feels
that he should be recompensed In
damages for the injury.
THE BI6 SHOVOF
THE PRESEliT AGE
"The Squaw Man" at the Par
mele Theater Tuesday Night
September 20th.
To demonstrate that Manager Dun
bar is putting forth his best efforts
to secure the very best attractions for
the amusement loving people of
Plattsmouth and vicinity, the next
performance at the Parmele will
fully attest. The next attraction will
be that of "The Squaw Man," ono of
the greatest in the land today, and
thoso who have seen the play say
that Mr. Dunbar has been very for
tunate In securing this company for
Tuesday night, September 20. "Tho
Squaw Man" company has not been
in the habit of playing as small cities
as I'latsmouth, but tho manager be
ing Informed that our city boasted of
one of tho finest play houses in the
Btate and through the persuasive
powers of Mr. Dunbar, finally con
clude to give on rtown a trial. "The
Squaw Man" Is an attraction that will
suit everyone and Is a clean, up to
date show in every particular, and
thoso who miss taking It In will miss
a very rare treat. But the best is
what Manager Dunbar Is after and
he has made a study of tho first
class companies on the road, which
he thinks will suit the patrons of
the Panni'lt' end "The Squaw Man"
Is one which he has booked for this
season. Make up your mind to be
at the Parmele Tuesday night, Sep
tember 20.
FRANK MCELROY AND
From Friday' Dally.
Frank McEIroy and his daughter,
Miss Florence, returned last evening
from Baltimore where they have been
for three weeks or more visiting rela
tives. Mr. McEIroy has a brother and
two sisters who have resided In Bal
timore for forty years. And it kept
Mr. McEIroy on the Jump to get
around to all the nephews and nieces
as well as visit his brother and sis
ters. It had been about forty years
since he left Baltimore and the chang
es were many, although his brother,
two years older than himself, had not
changed but little. Mr. McEIroy had
to cut his visit short on account of
the tailor he left In charge having
decamped In the absence of the pro
prietor which left the business with
no one to look after it. Mr. McEIroy
returns to Plattsmouth better satis
fied with the old town than when he
departed for his visit. He would not
care to live in one of the big cities
in the east.
Past Chiefs Picnic.
From Friday's Daily.'
The Past Chiefs of the Degree of
Honor held their annual picnic today
at John Busche's farm home near
Cedar Creek. Two carryalls loaded
with the ladles of the lodge left the
corner of Sixth and Vine early this
morning for the picnic grounds, tak
ing with them huge baskets ladened
with tho finest of eatables. Mrs.
F. It. Stelmker postponed her part in
the picnic until next season, having
arrived at tho starting point a few
minutes "too late for the wagons.".
$2."i.0M to California.
Tho Missouri Pacific Railway com
pany will have tickets on sale at very
low rates on September 25th to 29th,
Inclusive and from October 1st to
15th, inclusive, to destinations In
Arizona, California, Mexico, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas and .Utah. Stop
overs allowed. Call tip H. Norton,
agent, for further Information.
T. M. Patterson and wife were
Omaha passengers on the morning
train today.