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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1910)
FFEE! TALENTED CONVICTS GD Song and Poetry Bring Firdon to Two; Cartoon Wc.k i Free Third. . A prisoner has just been released from Jail because he sang well. Only a little, while ago a convict was par doned because he wrote poetry. This sort of thing can be prolonged Indefin itely, the Cleveland Plalndealer re marks. Convict Bill Drydock will be pardoned next month because he Is a fine cartoonist. With a bit of plum bago and a whitewashed wall Bill drew a striking likeness of Banker Swoop, who is his seatmate In the prison dining room. Convict Joe Skeetch, the notorious Brooklyn thug, has developed rrae talent as a carver. A rolling pin he whittled out of a bed leg for the warden's wife shows a high degree of art craft skill. Active meas ures are being taken to interest the governor In Joe's behalf. .Convict Mulky Sludge, the kidnapper, has made a monkey wrench out of a bit of iron hoop from a water pall and two yards of wire from a broom. The fact that he tried to brain Guard Tomklns with this ingenious tool will not weak en a determined effort to secure the governor's recognition of Mulky's re markable mechanical skill. Convict Jerry Twiggs, who poisoned the ice cream at the Methodist church picnic in Sklnkle's woods In the Buburbs of Weehawken last May, has developed a keen interest in line-engraving. En tirely unaided, his only tools being a shoemaker's awl and a bit of sandpa per, he made a plate for a 2 bank bill which was so well done that he had no trouble in selling it to a visitor for two pounds of cut plug, a box of knockout drops, three files and a bot tle of sulphuric acid. Convict Twlgg's birthday comes next Monday, and his leading birthday gift will be an uncon ditional pardon. REASON FOR CHURCH EXODUS When Pastor Hears Why Men Are Leaving, He Stops Sermon and Goes Also. More than a hundred years ago, when the stone steps of the old house were In front of the meeting house in the village and worshipful feet went up them and along the uncarpeted aisles to the stralghtbacked pews, each with a wooden door held shut with a wooden button one Sunday morning after the "long prayer," while the clergyman was In the midst of his discourse, one of the members of the congregation was seen to rise from his pew and tip-toe quietly out of the church. Soon a neighbor followed and then another and another, slowly and with reverent regard for the sanctity of the place they were bo unwontedly leaving during the sermon. The min ister, noticing this, says Richard WIghtman in the Metropolitan, stop ped in the midst of his discourse and said: "May I be permitted to inquire the reason for this exodus?" At this one of the few remaining men stood up In his pew and answered thus: "Since the service began word has been sent us that a large school of shad has been pocketed in the Oyster . river. The tide has gone out and the meadows are covered with live fish. Thousands of them are flopping there In the sun, and we have thought best, sir, to Improve the opportunity and go down there and secure winter food for our families." Then he sat down, and after a moment's pause the clergyman gathered up his manuscript and said: "I think that is a very good idea. 1 will dismiss the congregation and gc and get some myself." Charity Covers, Etc. Mrs. George McFadden, the beautl ful Fhlladelphlan who made the Span ish dance of "The Roses" the feature: of the Newport season, said at a din ner, in answer to a compliment on her success with this waltz: "Yes, I had better luck than a friend of mine in Philadelphia. My friend gave a charity concert in the ballroom of her country house, and the piece de reslsatnce of the concert was the Spanish ' dance, performed by six young bachelors and debutantes. "At the entertainment's end my friend shook bands with a group of little old women from one of the homes to be benefited. " 'And how did you like our Spanish dance?" she asked. "The old women looked at one an other in some embarrassment, and finally In a soothing voice one replied: "'Well, ma'am, least said soonest mended, and besides, the object was so deservlnV" Looking Ahead. "So you want women to vote?" "I have declared myself to that effect," ald the keen politician. "And I suppose you want to see a woman elected to the office you now hold!" "No. After they have held a few spirited conventions I don't think any of them will have enough personal popularity among the members to se cure even an indorsement But there's no reason why they shouldn't all vote for me as their champion." After Dark. The Easy Chair I don't suppose there's a bit of fun about you you're so deuced old. The Colonial Sowing Table With Brass Knobs Who says I'm old? The Easy Chair Why, master said so. Ho said you was a George II. an tique. The Sewing Table That's what he said, Is ft? Much he knows about it. I'm a Grand Rapida antique, that's what I am. Any fun going on tonight? LOCAL NEWS from Saturday' J 'ally. Will Brinkmsn went to Omaha on business this afternoon. )!'. Tom Isner went tc Conn-:. I Hurts today, where he was oalle'l on important business. Fred Mann was a passenger for Lincoln this afternoon, where he will spend Sunday with friends. Miss Lillian Bookmeyer, of Omaha. arrived this morning to spend Sun day w ith her mother and sisters. County Judge A. J. Beesoa went to Omaha on the morning train today to iook after business matters. John Meislnger, Jr., of near Cul- lum, was a Plattsmouth visitor today looking up some business matters. Mr. A. M. Searl was called to Omaha on the morning train today to '.ransact Important business vhlcn he has had pending. Miss Hazel Dovey and Mis Apple pate went to Lincoln this morning to witness the high schools of Omaha nd Lincoln play foot ball. Charles L. Graves, attorney from Union, was in the city this morning looking after business In the county seat. Miss Angle McCarroll was a pas senger to Union this morning, where she will spend Sunday with her par ents. Mr. Will Srhnelder, of Cedar Creek, visited Plattsmouth today and was a spectator at the trial of Kee zer and Sltzman. C. A. Welch was engaged today in constructing a new set of stairs at the H. M. Soennichsen building on lower Main street. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Seybert, of Cullom, visited Plattsmouth friends today and spent some time listening to the trial at the court house. John Porter, of near Murray, drove up from his home, near Murray, this morning to look after some matters, and gave the Journal a pleasant call. Miss Blancne Robertson came down from her school at South Omaha last evening on No. 14, and will spend Sunday with her parents Mrs. W. It. Gardner and son Al bert went to LaPlatte on the after noon train today, where they will visit friends for a short time. Mrs. Anna Hart, of Omaha, who has been visiting Mrs. Wales for the past three weeks, returned to her home at Omaha this afternoon. Mr. W. M. Antrim, of Minneapolis, representing the Munslng Underwear company, was in the city this morn ing. and visited C. E. Wesootfs Sons. John Thierolf, of near Cedar Creek, came down today to see the end of the trial of Louis Keezer and Isadore Sitzman for the murder of Mike Geno. Prof. J. W. Gamble and wife went to Omaha today to meet somo friends from Lincoln and also to ta!:e In the fott ball game, between tho Lincoln and Omaha high schools. Mis. John Vorndran and daughter Miss Rose, were passengers on the uiornir.g train today for tfto metrop oils where they visited friends for a few hours. Lost: Last Friday, oetween the postofflce and my residence, in South Park, a mud-chain for run-a-bout, Finder please leave same at my store, August Gorder. ll-9-3tdlw Cam Seybert, marshal of Louis vllle, was a Plattsmouth visitor yes terday, looking after business mat ters, and while here was a pleasant caller at Journal headquarters. Mrs. M. McCool and her little son were Omaha passengers on the after noon train today to see the eye specialist. The little boy's eyes are Improving very much. Miss Elizabeth Kerr, who Is teach ing the Starkjohn school, northwest of this city, and who came home sick suffering with tonsllltis, Tuesday, has recovered and will return to her school duties Monday morning. Earl Barclay, who is engaged as brakeman on the Burlington, came In yesterday and will visit his par ents, William Barclay and wife, here for a week. He was a passenger on No. 15 this morning for Omaha Mr. II. S. Pelton, the Milwaukee contractor, Tias completed the erec tion of a wooden building near the site where the government building Is to bo erected, large enough to con tain tools and some material. The work on the trenches for the founda tion Is progressing, and before winter sets In this building will probably.be enclosed. Hon. W. II. Puis and little son Harry, came In this morning from the farm In Mt. Pleasant precinct to look after some business matters and was a caller on the Journal Billy wears his honors very meekly and you could not make him any other than Billy Puis every day In the week, either In or out of the leg islature. Mr. C. Franks went to Omaha on the afternoon train today, where he ' Mas called on business. I Henry Brinkman and Edward Kel- ly spent the afternoon In the metrop olis, going on the fast mail. Mrs. William Balrd and son Rob ert, were Omaha passengers this af ternoon, going on the fast mail. Mrs. M. Angel was a passenger to the metropolis on the afternoon train where she visited friends for a time. Miss Blaine Newland returned from Shenandoah this afternoon, where she has "visited friends for a week. Mr. Phil Becker, one of the lead ing Eight Mile Grove farmers, was In the city today looking after business matters. E. M. Prlbble transacted business In the metropolis this afternoon, run ning up on the fast mall and return ing on No. 14. Mrs. Emma McCrary, of LaPlatte, as In the city today and did shop- Ing with Plattsmouth merchants, returning to her home on No, 23. Mrs. G. .A. Crisman, of Lincoln, ho has been paying a visit to her mother, Mrs. Kennedy, for a time, departed for her home this after noon. Mr. L. A. Meis4r.ger, of near Cul lom, drove In from the farm this morning to do some week-end trad ing at the store. Mr. Meislnger dropped in and paid the Journal a short call. Our old friend, Jesse R. McVey, came In this morning from a tour In Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee and other states. He is looitlng well, and no doubt had an enjoyable trip. He 111 remain In Plattsmouth and vicin ity during the winter months. E. I Daniel, who went to Tuttle, Oklahoma, two years ago, from the Iclnity of Union, will arrive In that village tomorrow, returning to Cass county, where he will buy another farm. Mr. Daniel's family have been n the vicinity for somo time. M. L. Hubbel and wife, Bert New ton, D. H. Williams, William Hubbel and other friends of the deceased, came down from South Omaha this morning to attend the interment of Mrs. Mary Hubbel, which took' place from the Missouri Pacific station in this city this morning. XotJee to Creditor, State of Nebraska, Cass County, ss. In the matter of the estate of John Welllnger, deceased. Notice la hereby given that the H creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, be fore me, County Judge of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska, at the Court House room in Plattsmouth, In said county, on December 12, 1910, and on June 14, 1911, at 9 o'clock, a. m., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjust ment and allowance. Six months are allowed for the creditors of said deceased to present their claims, and one year for the ad ministrator to settle Bald estate, from the 12th day of December, 1910. Witness my hand and seal of said County Court, at Plattsmouth, Ne braska, this 10th day of November, 1910. (Seal) Allen J. Beeson, County Judge. Plan That Whiter Trip. You've already begun to tiave In efinlte ideas of a wrnter trip. Where will you go? Southern California? San Antonio? Mexico City? Hot Springs? New Orleans? if I can be of any service to you in making u decision, you may be sure I should le pleased to be called Into conference with you. I wish you'd let me point out the advantages of places along the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain lineH. Let me present facts, booklets and pictures, routes, time-tables and train connections, for your consldera tion. Let me tell you about our ex cellen 'rain service, dining cars and other 't features. Drop me a line about it (. u before you for get It. II. Norton, Agent I for IMattHinoiitli. While In the city yesterday Adju tant General Hartlgan paid the Jour nal a very pleasant visit. He la heartily In favor of the rifle range near Plattsmouth, and it will come here If the general can have his way. But he Bays he will be compelled to step down and out of office after the first of January, and may not have an opportunity to say much In behalf of Plattsmouth. Extra fine apples tnat we are sell ing at 1.00 per bushel, at A. G. Bach & Co's. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature NEBRASKA STATE OF L0STT0WN8 Mors Than 300 Havs Disap peared From Visa MISSOURI RIVER 01 CAUSE, Shifting of Treacherous Channel Doomed Many, While Other Suc cumbed to Change In Railroad Route, Political Juggling In Legis lature and Squaw Marriage. Nebraska Is the state of lost tow us. Since the time of Its settlement, sixty years ugo, more than 300 of them have disappeared. Some went iuto the maw of the shlftiug Missouri river. Others were the victims of hard luck of one klud and another. The shifting of county Beats brought doom ou some of them. Not a few were left strauded when the railroads they expected decided to take other routes. Perhaps the history of Archer Is as Interesting as that of uny of them almost forgotten communities. The first territorial legislature, which met lu 18."i5, made Archer the seat of Rich ardson couuty. Among its earliest set tlers was a party of French. They nninied Indian squaws and reared nu merous families. Couldn't Leave Reservation. Curiously enough it was fills fact that wiped Archer off Jhe map. When the government put Into effect tne reservation method of dealing with the Indians It found Itself confronted with the problem arislug out of the nroKoiu-B of so many French half i - breeds. As a solution or it tue com mlsslouers decided to set aside a spe cial reservation lir Richardson county for these families, When the survey was made It was found that the town of Archer was Included In the reservation. The army post was abandoned, the capital wns located elsewhere, the railroads pass- ed it by. it dwindled into a mere ham- let. and the university closed Its doors. Its prosperity lasted seven years, and. although Archer men sought to Have the government change Its lines, they were unsuccessful, and wltuin a rew months there was notnmg leit oi me town. Fort Cnllioun. the sue or tue i,ewis and Clark trenty with the Indians in 1S04. wns In the early sixties a town of about 1.200 persons, aue. in part, to the proximity to the military post. It was then the county seat of Washington county ana a strong con- tender ror cnoice as me capuai wneu the whites decided mat mey wouiu not live in a reservation cown or re- tain It as a county seat Legislators Change Location. Fontenelle. another Washington county town, now a hamlet had a col lege once, did much trading with the Indlnns and freighters and was the county seat of Dodge county. The politicians changed the county lines at a legislative session when Fontenelle wasn't looking and threw It Into Wash- Ington county, which eauued it to he overshadowed and speedily killed. Bellevue and Florence, toth located near Omaha., the one soulh and the other north along tho MlsnourL w-ere euch at one time much larger than Omaha. Florence once hnd 5.000 peo- pie; now It hns less than (100. It was the winter quarters of a great num- ber of Mormons, who camped there Chicago newspaper from the publish while on their way to Utah In the late Pr 0f the Almanac Gotha brought the forties and early fifties. Later It was the westernmost point or benvy inimi- grntlon. For a time it was doubtful whether Omaha or Florence would win In the race uetween me iwo cities, uui wnen the scales turned In favor of Omaha by favor of the Union raclflc railroad Florence became almost a deserted vil lage. CARIBOU BLOCK TRAVEL. Herd of On Hundred Thouiand Hold Lonely Trail In Alaska. A herd of caribou probably number ing 100,000 formed an amazing sight and stopped caravans ou the lonely trail between Fairbanks and Circle City, Alaska, early in September. The scene Is described as the most Impressive he ever witnessed by Cap tain E. T. Barnette, a Fairbanks banker. Captain Barnette believes the drove was of greater proportions than any other ever viewed by a white man. . HI pack train waited on the hillside for four hours while one wlug of the herd passed. The flock was nearly a mile wide, and It stretched out for miles la length, closely packed. Report Finding Great Lake, According to a dispatch from Wil liam Drulard of Windsor, Ont. now in Edmonton, Alberta, a lake supposed to be as large as Lake Superior has been discovered In the Canadian northwest. Indians arriving from the far north brought tho story to Edmonton that government surveyors made the dls- covery. A New Fruit. A new fiuit, the hallsliambcrry, was exhibited n the fortnightly show of the Royal Horticultural society In the Horticultural ball, Loudon, recently. This novelty bns been produced by William Knight of Ilallsham from the raspberry hnd the logaiiber.y, the lat ter Itself a hvbrld. CCNViCT ATTACKS OFFICIALS Life Prisoner Tries to Kill Or. Collin- j;er and Deputy V.'ar;!en Bailey. Concord. N. H.. Nov. 1?. lUpuiy Warden Frank . Triley of the Kate prison In this city w is s;-rio isly wounded and Dr. Ralph II. Cnl'ingcr, the prison physician ami son of Sena tor Uallinger, was cut on the wrist by a man known only as John Doe, who Is serving a life term for murder The prisoner rattle on the two men from behind and stabbed them with a fculfe. Deputy Bailey's wound Is fh the ab domen and his condition Is critical Dr. Gnlllnger's Injury is not serious While endeavoring to escape arrest for burglary at Dover In 1905, Doe rhot and killed a passenger on a train at Rockingham Junction and was sen tenced to life Imprisonment. MEMPHIS BANKER ENDS LIFE D. F. M. Schas Takes Poison, Shoot Himself and Cuts His Throat. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 12. D. F. M. Schas, president of the Continental Savings bunk and a widely known financier, committed suicide. Mr. Schas went to the main pavilion of Overton park about noon and swal lowed poison. Ho plunged a knife Into his throat and fired a pistol ball through his head, dying Instantly. Friends of the dead banker believe he was mentally unbalanced. They assert no reason Is known for the act. Tho Continental Savings bank Im mediately closed Its doors when the news of Mr. Schas' dath became pub lie. Oindals say that the president's accounts are in good shape. , COUNT DE BEAUFORT INJHIGA60 JAIL Arrested For Attempt to Visit Wile in Hospital. Chlcngo, Nov. 12. Count Jaqnes Von Moui Ik de Beaufort, son-in-law of jj, n KUgallon, steel magnate, was hustled Into a patrol wagon and locked un in the Harrison street po llc0 8taton when he created a Bcene at gt iMlc'a hospital, where hla wife i8 m Arter half an hour at the po jc(, Ration ho was released on $400 bnu A charge of disorderly conduct wa8 mn,ie aRnnf,t him. The disturbance at the hospital oe PlirrP(i wipn Delleaufort Insisted on entermK the room In which hlB wife ,B conn,ned Bpte ,,f nn order given hv h,,r ..,,.. thnt he -hoiIij be de b(,rml xtie count ref11H(,a to heed the or(ler Bnd R0gnt to foroe n way , , th r om Wnpn B,tPIumnt8 n,-e. vpn,p,. thn 1b nn,.c.,i to have (nr,,ntPn()( tnPin. Thft rn..utofil, do nentifort has been In the hospital for several weeks. Her arrival there was nee 'led by some mystery, and for d th hos pltal attendants and Coiiin de Beau fort denied that Rhe was nt the Instl- tutlon. Finally a statement was made that the countess had been seriously Injured by a full down a stairway at their home on Michigan avenue. The same day Count de Beaufort made a statement trnt he had been attacked by a negro near tho KUgallon home and beaten about the face. Mr. Kll gallon followed this with a statement that the count hnd hurt his face while shnvlng. An extended newspaper In vesication only deepened the mystery 0f the countess stay In the hospital Almost the same day a letter to a nWg )nat no nHt of Er0pnnn nobll tjr contained the name of Count de Beaufort ffJUR MINERS DEAD, TEN'HURT I Explosion of Gas In Coal Mine In Montgomery County, Illinois. Hlllfiboro, 111., Nov. 12. Four men, miners, were killed and ten wero In Jured in an explosion In the Shoa! Creek Coal company's mine at Pana. Fifty men who were working In the section of tho mine where the explo sion occurred were rescued. Alto gether 3!i0 men were under ground at the time, but 300 of them were In no danger. The cause" of the explosion Is not known. The dead and Injured were burned by the flames of tho explosion. The mlno was not set on fire. Gould's Auto Runs Down Man. Tjikewood, N. J., Nov. 12. A big automobile bearing Klngdon Gould to the railroad station collided with a bicycle ridden by Orvlllo Johnson. Johnson was so badly Injured he died In the hoRpltal. Seventy Bodies Taken Out. Trinidad, Colo, Nov. 12. The known death toll eif the Delagua mine disaster of last Tuesday has now reached the total of seventy-nine, of which all but nine bodies have been recovered. Garbage Kit's Two Children. LnSalle, II'., Nov. 12,-PeJer Mill- utnwlcz. four years old. ami Charles Ceorella, six, are dead of ptomaine poisoning as the result of eating re fuse taken out or garbage cans. Lawyer Drowns In Bathtub. Boston, Nov. 12. Henry H. Buck, an attorney, was drowned In a bnthtub at hla residence. lie Is believed to have been i.trlcken with lllners whllo. taking a bath. RESCUE SERVICE ' FOR THE MINERS Bureau c! Mines Sending Old Ills Saving Gars. RED CROSS STAFF INSTRUCTS Miners Taught to Aid Comrade Oxy gen Helmet Carried to Proteot From Poiionou Gase In Exploeion, at Five Miner Are Killed Out of Eah Thousand Annually. , A life saving service for the rescue of miners in time of disaster Is being Inaugurated by the L'ulted States bureau of mines. Six specially con structed cars, fully manned by a corps of miners trained In rescue work and equipped with the latest rescue appara tus find first aid to the Injured appli ances, arc being located In the midst of the great coal districts in different rnrts of the country. These cars will Lo ready at n moment's- notice to pro ceed to the scene of a disaster, where the rescue corps, lu co-operation with the state mining olllclals. will do every thing possible to save entombed min ers. This Is the first Important step tnken by the new bureau of inlues In Its efforts to reduce the, appalling loss of life lu American coal mines. Death Total Large. During the year 1000 there were 2,412 miners killed In the coal mines and 7,0I Injured. In the coal and In tho metal mines It Is estimated that 8.000 men were killed and 10.0(H) were lujuml in 10O!. For every l.fXH) men employed from three to five men are killed each year In the mines of the United Stales, lu foreign countries from one to two are killed lu each 1,000 employed. In those European countries where the deaths are least per 1,000 men employed rescuo n- paratus has been in use for some time, and It Is with tho hope thnt European conditions can be approached that the rescuo apparatus Is being Introduced here. The saving of human life will be the emergency feature of a general campaign of educational work nniong the miners, who will not only be taught the use of tho rescue apparatus, but also the proper way to take enre of nn Injured miner. A mining engineer and a surgeon of tho American Red Cross will accom pany each car and deliver Illustrated lectures on the use of explosives, elec trical equipment, fire prevention, sanl taMon and first aid surgical treatment. These lectures will be given lu the enrs wherever a suitable place cannot le procured. Tho cars will remain long enough at each place so that miners may go through the training In rescue work, which will bo lu charge of the foreman of the car, a practical miner. Every effort will be made to encourage the miners to form rescue corps at the mines where they are and to have the operators equip them with rescue ap paratus. The cars will each contain eight so called oxygen helmets, o supply of oxygon In tanks, one dozen safety lamps, one field telephone with 2.000 feet of wire, resuscitating outfits and a small outfit for use In demonstratic and actual practice of equipment r lutlug to the first aid to the Injured la connection with mine accidents. Demonstration Given Miner. One end of the cars Is fitted up ns an air tight room to be used In training the men In the use of the so cnlled oxygeu helmets.. This room will be fljled with pox Inu.s. fumes,, and the Dilners, Wen ling Tielinel s, vTIU remain tnilde for two hours In an atmosphere that would kill without the helmets. These are the helmets that permit one to enter n mine Immediately following an explosion, while It Is still filled with poisonous gases, and breathe artifi cially. Car No. 1, In charge of Charles En 7,!nn, uilulng engineer, left Iittsburx the morning of Oct. 31 for Motion gaheln City, Pn. It Is then scheduled to visit Marlannn, BrownsivUle, Union town, CoiinellHville, Scottdale, Indiana. Johnstown, Wlndber, South Fork, Por-. tage, Cresson, PunxHiitawney, Clear field, Pblllpsburg and State College. Cur No. 2 went to the bureau of mines rescue station at Urlmna. 111., Nov. 1. After remaining In Urbami for several days the car will proceed to Danville, III.; Terre Haute, Ind., and on through southern Indiana to Evans vllle. Four other enrs slmllnrly equipped are being made ready for delivery to the bureau of mines within a few days. They will make their headquarters at Hock Springs, Wyo.; Billings, Mont; Salt Lake City, Utah, and Knoxvllle. Tenn. BAR STREET CAR "TREATING." Each Cloverdale (Ala.) Commuter Pay Hi Own Fare. Citizens of Clovcrdnle. nn Incor porated Montgomery (Ala.) suburb, have formed a society prohibiting one citizen of the town from paying the other's street car fare. Each passen ger ou the Cloverdale line from now on Is expected to "pony up" with 5 retits, no more, no less; otherwise ho rlolates ethics and the unwritten law. Good Now For Dyspeptics. Peppermint growing Is n 'jew lndus Tj on the reclaimed lauds of Loulul-jia.
