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0 1! Neb. State Historical se ontttal SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES VOLUME XXIX PLATTSMOUTI1, NEBRASKA, MONDAY OCTOliER 2 1, 1910 NO 78 cxbe 3 t nniiiinn nr i uuuiiuiL ur LAST fflllllG Lincoln Decided on as Next Meeting Place William D. Woods of Omaha Elected Great Sachem. From Friday's Dally. The annual convention of the Great Council of Improved Order of Red Men came to an end in a blaze of enthusiasm last evening, terminat ing in a fine banquet at the Perkins hotel and an enjoyable dance at the Coates hall, both functions being well attended and were the enjoyable features of the two days' session of the Great Council. At the afternoon session yesterday the grand officers were chosen for another year and the time and place of the next great council meeting fixed as in the by-laws on the third Tuesday in October, and the place is to be Lincoln. It was the general concensus of opinion that the present session had been one of the best ever held in the state since the order was organized in the state, and the visit ing delegates went to their homes feeling that they had been royally entertained by Missouri Tribe No. 68. The following gentlemen were elected to the important positions in the Great Council: William D. Woods, of Omaha, Great Sachem; REALTY COM PUBIS C. C Parmele Elected Piesident J. P. Falter, Vice-President, H. A.Schneider, Secretary The stockholders in the Platts mouth Realty company met at the Commercial club rooms in the Coates block last evening and elected the following board of directors: C. C. Parmele, T. H. Pollock, Phil TIerolf, H. A. Schneider, J. P. Falter. A building committee was selected composed of Bert Pollock, Phil Thier olf and II. A. Schneider. After the adjournment of the meet ing of the stockholders a meeting of the board of directors was called and the following gentlemen were chosen as officers: President, C. C. Parm ele; vice president, J. P. Falter; sec retary and treasurer, H. A. Schneider. Nothing more can be done this week, but on next Monday evening at the meeting of the city council the proper steps may be proceeded' with to procure a site for the new factory building, which Is to be erected by the stockholders of the new corpora tion. The building committee Is com posed of hustlers and as fast as the legal steps can be taken, the commit tee will proceed with the work of constructing the building. Weather Interfere! With Paving. The weather for the past tnree days has Interfered somewhat with the paving jn district No. 3. McMa ken & Son have almost completed the laying of the curbs on Fourth, Fifth and two blocks on Vine streets, and the grading out of Vine and fill ing In on Fourth streets is proceed ing slowly. There will be some fill ing to be done on Fifth as soon as the curbs are all in, which will have been completed by tonight. M. Ford Is employing Plattsmouth teamsters to move the dirt, and he has not worked as many teams as he expect ed to get, as some of the heavy teams did not show up. The levelers and pavers are out of town help. If the weather settles by Monday, the paving on Fourth street will be commenced and pushed right along. The portion of the paving distrtct. on the west end cannot lie completed until the extension of the sewer Is finished, which will be commenced at once. (iocs to Hospital. From Saturday' Pally. Ed. Gllson was taken to St. Joseph hospital this afternoon for an opera tion for apendicltis. He has been suffering from the disease for two days. He was accompanied to the hospital by his mother and his wife. Both Ed. and his wife are deaf mutes and their trouble seems doubly hard in this case. nrniin ENDS ncuii HID BRAVES DEPART Claude S. Wilson, Lincoln, Great Prophet; Judge A. L. Sutton, of Omaha, Great Senior Sagmore; C. E. Sanders, of Lincoln, Great Junior Sagmore; Mr. Donahue, of Fremont, Great Keeper of Wampum; S. J. Dennis, of Lincoln, Great Keeper of Records; J. C. York, of Plattsmouth, Great Guard of Wigwam; James Ir win, of Omaha, Great Guard of Forest. ' G. H. Grosvenor, of Aurora, was promoted to Past Great Sachem. The representatives to the Great Council of the United States, at To ledo, in 1911, are Hugh Myers, of Omaha; Thomas H. Benton, of Lin coln, and Claude Wilson, of Lincoln. The officers were installed by W. S. Bird, Great Past Incohanee, of To peka, Kansas. Committees on Judiciary and Fi nance were selected. Thus ended the Twentieth Great Sun Council of the Great Council of Nebraska Improved Order of Red Men. The reports of the great officers will be placed in book form for distribution among the councils of the' state. GENUNG MAKES VERY ELOQUENT PLEA TO JURY In the defense of J. Lawrence Stull before the court and Jury yes terday Mr. Louis Genung, of Glen wood, made one of the most eloquent and forceful and ingenious argu ments that has been made in the court room for a long time. Mr. Ge nung analyzed the evidence, in a most skillful manner, showing up the inconsistencies of some of the cor roborating testimony of the state's witnesses, who swore that they had stood on the opposite side of the street and saw defendant kick his sister twice, and the testimony of ths nurse who stated that she had seen the bruises on Mrs. Monroe's side be fore the doctor was called and had directed his attention to them, which was contradicted by Dr. Cook, who stated that the complaining witness only mentioned bruises on the face. Mr. Genung commented on the dis crepancy in this evidence and the credibility of the opposing witnesses, speaking of the high character of Dr. Cook, and the speaker's long ac quaintance with the doctor's brother at Glenwood. Take it all round the speech of Mr. Genung was a strong feature of the defense. Funeral of Morris O'Kourk. The funeral service over the re mains of Morris O'Rourk was held at 10 o'clock this morning at St. John's church In this city. A large congre gation of relatives and friends filled the church during the hour of the funeral, the service being conducted by Rev. M. A. Shine, pastor of the church. The service was the solemn ritual of the Catholic church of which the deceased was a consistent adher ent. Many relatives and friends from out of the city attended the ser vice, at the close of which the re mains were taken to Holy Sepulcher cemetery for Interment In the O'Rourk family lot. The pall bearers were: Henry Goos, T. II. Clifford, Baxter Smith, William Schmldtman, William Scot ten and Dan McCullough. Among the out of town friends at tending the funeral were Mrs. Pat McCabe and son, Hugh and wife, Mrs. Spader and daughter, Katie; Mrs. O'Shea, Miss Roue Shields, Miss Blanche Kennedy, Mrs. Kate McClal lan and daughter, Mary, and Snm and Dan McCallen, all of Omana, and James Grace, of South Omaha. Buy More Property. William Barclay has recently pur chased the residence property on South Ninth street, owned by C. A. Johnson. Mr. Barclay has faith In the future of Plattsmouth and it will not surprise us if he is not the owner of a brick business block before many moons. Philip Horn, of Cedar Creek, was a Plattsmouth visitor today, looking after business matters. ILII ARMY OFFICERS ARE TO BE HERE TOMORROW Both A. L. Tidd and Bert Pollock have received messages from Major General William T. liurnham, presi dent of the purchasing board, in forming them that tomorrow the board will be in Plattsmouth and ac company the Commercial club to view the proposed site for a United States target range near this city. Mr. Pol lock is informed that the members of the board who will be here will be Major William T. Burnham, Major Dowel Devere and Captain Carl A. Martin, who constitute the committee to select a site, $25,000 having been appropriated by the last congress for the purchase of the same. The committee will be met at the train by the officers and members of the Commercial club, and with car- rlages or automobiles taken over the proposed range. The committee will be In Plattsmouth probably all day, as it will take some time to show them the site. To Our Hiring Brother. , The Plattsmouth Journal says The Republican is against the taxing of the people of Cass county to build a new Jail. The editor of The Journal Is hereby branded a member of the Ananias club. What The Republl has said was, $20,000 was too much. A 214 mills levy means that expen diture. The Journal don't dare tell Its readers that a mill levy means $20,000. They Bit back and laugh over how easy they are gulling the voters Weeping Water Republican. Brother Olive, we have always thought the republicans arrogated to themselves too much credit for hav ing a surplus of knowledge on "read'n rit'n and rlthm'tick," especially on the "rlthm'tick." But this time it is lucky you have had your laugh before you got some one to figure out the amount of the levy, for had you waited for a more care ful investigation, you would have had no laugh coming. We wish you would just cast your educated eye on the following few figures, and then with your cultured brain, reflect a few thoughts. The taxable value of the property in Cass county is one-fifth of the real valuation, and this year the total taxable valuation in this county is $8,071,258, now a 2 mill levy on this valuation, by democratic calculation, is Just $20,178.14. If the Republican can make it out any more, it will have to be by' some method of calculation hitherto un known to the science of rithm'tic. In the District Court. Yesterday afternoon a Jury was selected to try a civil case entitled Frank Polesak against Thomas Sed lek, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for labor performed extend ing over a period of eight or nine years, the amount in controversy be in? several hundred dollars. The answer of the defendant denies the indebtedness and claims an offset for board and lodging and other things. As this Is the last jury trial for the week, the Jurors not engaged in this trial were excused until Monday evening. On next Tuesday the case of the State against John Clarence for murder will be commenced. The names of the Jurymen engaged in the trial today are: John Bram blet, C. F. Vallery, C. A. Harvey, Joe Allen, G. L. Farley, G. E. Perry, Chris Isky, W. A. Tulene, John Al bert, Elmer Hutchlns, William Hunt er and C. II. Smith. Kiitcrtnincri Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Urish enter tained a number of their neighbors and friends at their country homo last Sunday, and the event was a great pleasuro to all who were there. Mr. and Mrs. Urlsh knew how the trick la done at entertaining, and it Is unnecessary to remark that all were lothe to leave their excellent company when the parting hour came. A feast fitted for a king or queen was spread at the proper hour, and to say that It was enjoyed to the ruuefii extent ny all, out hair ex presses it. Those who were present to enjoy the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Urlsh were the following: 'Messrs. and Mesdamcs John Sporer, George Sporer, Will Sporer, Albert Shafer, S. O. Pitman, James Terryberry, Mes dames Shafer and Hennlngs, Carl Gregory, Mrs. , Frank Wood, from Omaha; Ira Wood, Philip Shafer, Master Chester Sporer, Henry Uriah, Virgil Urlsh, Lucy and Mattie Urlsh and Miss Florence Terryberry. CASE OF POLESAK HAVE WARM TIME WITH GAME VS. SEDLEK TRIED MB MILE DUCK HTIIIG Jury Decides in Favor of the De fendant in the Case. From Friday's Pally. The court was engaged yesterday all day In the trial of the case of Frank Polesak, a Bohemian, who had brought suit against his son-in-law, Thomas Sodlek, for work and labor at the rate of $20.00 per month for several years back, and dating from the time when the plaintiff first came to this country. The parties to the suit. do not speak much Eng lish, and It was necessary to call in Mr. William Holly as Interpreter. The evidence In the case was In by four o clock, when the attorneys, Judge A. N. Sullivan, for the plain tiff, and Matthew Gerlng, for the de fendant,, addressed the Jury. It appeared from the evidence and argument that no written or oral contract had been entered into be tween the parties. That the plaintiff, Frank Polesak and his wife, arrived In New York ten years ago and sur prised their son-in-law with a wire for $35.00 to bring them on to Ne braska, it also appeared that Mr Sedlek had no intimation of their coming until he received the tele' gram asking for the cash for their fare. When the plaintiff and his wife arrived in Plattsmouth they went to live with their daughter, Mrs. Sedlek, and were not asked to ray anything for their "board and keep." Some time ago, for reasons best known to himself, the plaintiff and his wife left the home of their son-in-law, and after some reflection be made up his mind that his son-ln law should pay him wages for the time he had lived in Mr. Sedlek's family. It took the Jury fully twenty minutes to decide the case, taking but one ballot, which resulted in a vevdlrt for. the defendant. Mr. Sed lek. The court was gotten as soon as possible and the verdict returned into court. After the reading of the verdict the court discharged the jury, tnd informed them that owing to a motion for change of venue in the case of the State against John Clarenre, which would require Borne time to settle, that there would be ro further need of the Jury until Tuesday, November 1st. Meet With Mrs. Carl Fricke. From Friday's Dally The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Luke's church met at the pretty home of Mrs. Carl O. Fricke yester day afternoon at 2 o'clock. For the occasion, the charming parlors of the Fricke home had been very attract ively decorated with cosmos. In spite of the very disagreeable weather, there were fourteen or more of the ladles in attendance, who spent a very profitable, as well as, delightful afternoon. Most of the afternoon was very pleasantly spent In prepar ing and distributing the work for the mission box. A dainty luncheon was served by the hostess, which the ladles also thoroughly enjoyed. Visit I'lattHinoiith Friends. Mr. and Mrs. L. Merlnus, of Okla homa, formerly of Glldden, Iowa, ar rived last evening to visit Mrs. Merl nus cousins, Mrs. O.' M. Streight and Mrs. James Sage, not knowing that O. M. Streight and family had re moved to Omaha, and that Mrs. Sage was out of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Merlnus departed for Omaha this morning to pay Mrs. Streight a vllst. Mr. Merlnus was formerly principal of tho schools here. Soon to Null for Atlu. From Friday's Dally. Mr. Henry Pfelffer arid wife, who have visited Mrs. Paul Cerlng and other relatives for a short time, de parted last evening for their homo In Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Pfelffer are soon to start for a trip around tho world, during which they will bo absent about a year. They expect to spend considerable time In China, going up one of the principal rivers of the Orient with the Methodist missionary with whom Mr. Pfelffer Is quite well acquainted. Mr. A. E. Todd and wife and sons, Raymond and Richard, accompanied by Mr. Todd's mother, Mrs. E. R Todd, went to Omaha on the fast mall today, where they will spend Sunday with Mr. Henry Cox and family. Chris E. Metzger, Democratic One of the Nimrods Cass county democracy came near being shy a candidate for legislative honors, and only his desire to hurry home and look after his political fences, assisted by a good team of long-winded bronchos, made It pos sible for the gentleman to escape. About ten days ago C. E. Metzger, democratic candidate for the legisla ture, E. A. Rose, a prominent South Omaha stock buyer, and J. R. Noyes, a farmer, of Louisville precinct, went out to Metzger Bros, ranch in Cherry county to hunt ducks. They had very good luck and had fifty birds in the wagon when they drove onto the Rosebud Indian reservation without knowing just where they were. Metz ger was driving the team and the other two gentlemen were about half a mile away hunting. Chris got tired waiting and lay down on the seat and was dreaming of Oregon plains, coun ty option and many things far distant from Indian mounted police, when a gruff voice awoke him and he gazed Into the face of a big buck Indian wearing a star as big as a dinner plate. "Uh! paleface hunt on Indian land," said the voice. He then took an invoice of the contents of the wagon and obligingly permitted Chris to choose between 30 days in the guard house on a diet of dog meat or pay $25 for each duck in his poses siqn $1,250. Metzger chose the for mer. Just then the Indian spied the other members of the party and told Metzger to consider himself under ar rest and he would go after the other two fellows. He considered several things, but above all he considered how to get away from the Indian, as to spend 30 days on the Indian reser vation Just at this particular time was not at all to his liking. He remained very quiet until Mr. Indian was a half mile away and then he got busy with the whip. The Indian did not look DERRICK IS VERY VALU ABLE IN RAILROAD WORK There are no wrecking crews on modern railroads; there is no wreck er in use. Railroads still have wrecks, but they are known as wrecks only in the newspapers. The word Is being gradually eliminated from the railroad Vocabulary. Now the ordinary wreck is a derailment, and the serious wreck is a collision or an accident. This one short and ugly word Is losing place. "But you sent the wrecker out?" queried a news gatherer of a railway official recently. "No," eald the railroad man slow ly. "We have no wrecker. We sent out the crane and the .crane crew. They picked up tho damaged cars and cleared the track. It was the crane sent out and not the wrecker. Thero was no wreck. It was a de railment. There are no wrecks on the railroad any more unless It be nervous wrec ks that one finds some times In the operating department, caused by trying to mnke time and tonnage records and economy rec ords." On some ronds the wrecker Is known as "the derrick," and the wrecking crew as the "pick up gang." Progress has been made in hand ling of accidents as progress has been made in all other lines of railroad work in recent years. Every division has its "crane" or "derrick" and a crew is assigned for emergency work with theso machines. Tho derricks are also used for many other pur poses, for Instance, for loading and unloading heavy machines and freight,, such as railway bridges, turn-tables, etc. A few days ago tho Rock Island unloaded an eighty-foot turn-table In this city. It was picked up and placed In the pit where it is to do service by a powerful derrick, also capable of picking a big engine out of the ditch, or lifting a freight car from the water in the river to the track on the bridge above. The derrick in a valuable machine that is used for many purposes. State Jour nal. Herny Horn, of Cedar Creek, trans acted business with Plattsmouth mer chants today. Candidate for Representative Is Who Got Into Trouble- back until Mr. Metzger had gotten under good headway and then ho started in pursuit. Noyes and Rose had got wise by this time, but say It was the finest race they had e?er saw or ever expect to see again. It was about three miles to the reservation line, but Metzger never slacked his pace until he had reached tho ranch house, some ten miles distant. Noyes and Itoso did not lone much time In getting out of sight. They waded out into the lake belly deep and hid In a muskrat house. ThTIs was about 3 o'clock In the afternoon. The water was cold but thero was no choice but to remain. They had gone there to shoot ducks. As the sun began to sink behind the western sand duns the ducks came In by the thousands. They lit all around them and seemed to realize that the hunters dare not shoot. One big mallard in particular was more brafe than the others and persisted in trying to eat the buttons off their hunting coats. Noyes stood the torment as long as he could and grabbed the big fellow by the neck and attempted to drown him, but in doing bo let his gun fall Into the lake and had to dive in the icy water several times before he recovered it. All the while the Indian police pa trolled the bluff nearby. After about six weeks' waiting, night came on and the Indian rode away. Cautiously the pair crawled from their hiding place and started for the ranch house. Ten miles through a strange country, and wet to the Bkln, expecting every minute to Bee a hand of redBklna surround them, was far from being pleasant, but they congratulated themselves on having escaped so "easily." This little episode is perhaps a reasonable excuse for Mr. Metzger falling to keep his promise to bring the Courier a pair of mallards. .Lou isville Courier. Ask For a Change of Venue. John C. Watson and Attorney Kohn, of Nebraska City, were In the city today and filed a motion In the case of the State vs. Clarence nsklng for a change of venue. The motion was supported by the affidavits of numerous persons averring reasons why the defendant could not havo a fair trial in Cass county. The motion was rather unexpected and the docket had not been arranged by Judge Travis, the Clarence case being set for trial next Monday, the 24th Inst., and other cases arranged with a view of taking several days for the Impor tant case, and the court was not en tirely pleased with the counsel allow ing the matter to go until the caso was about to be called for trial be fore riling their motion for a change of venue. The county attorney will have, to hnve some time to get coun ter affidavits to those filed by tho defendant's attorneys, and the mo tion will probably bo argued Tuesday or Wednesday, when the matter will he determined by the court. In con sequence of the filing of the motion no jury will be In session next week, but will return again Tuesday, tiio 1st of November. An I'npleusuiit Surprise. Few people pay as much attention to their weight as they should, be causo a radical change In tho same often is tho only symptom of sick ness. 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