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THOMAS JOYCE DROWNED
WHILE 001 BOUT RIDING
C. E. Wescott's Sons
THE HOME OF SATISFACTION
Unfortunate Man Was a Resident
of Plattsmouth and Had Gone
to Bellevue for a Few Days.
From Saturday' lally.
A 1 1 1 :i ii and women were drown
ed in the Missouri river yester
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, aft
er a skiff in which I hey had rigged
a sail was capsized. Three other
members of the party were saved.
The dead :
MRS. JAM KS DILLON, 30 years
old, llellevue.
THOMAS JOYCE, 41 years old,
llellevue.
The others in the party wert
Mr. Dillon, Arthur Dillon, a son,
and Mrs. Joyce. The party had
pulled up the river. Then they
improvised a sail and intended to
go hark with the wind. A sudden
puff overturned the tophcavy
craft. F.vory ineinher of the parly
succeeded in holding to the boat
for a time.
Karnest Collins saw tne peril of
the party from the hank. He put
out, after them in a skiff. Just, he-
fore he reached them he called to
Iheni to hold on for a minute
more. Just, then, however, Dillon
released his hold on the boat, and
started to swim. That spoiled the
balance and the skiff sank. -The
live persons were struggling to
save themselves in a moment. Mr.
Joyce and Mrs. Dillon sank for
the last, time before Collins could
reach them.
Mrs. Dillon was born and lived
all her life in llellevue. Joyce had
lived there for twenty-five years.
He was a laborer.
Efforts to llnd the bodies were
without, success. Omaha Rec.
Doing Well In Oregon.
We are in receipt of a com
munication from Mrs. (..tins
Christensen, who. with her family,
are now residing near Yaiuina,
Oregon, in which stie encloses
$1.50 due on her subscription to
the Journal. She says that our
naner is full of news and is well
read by them. She states that the
Christensen family are nicely
located on their ranch, and are in
the dairy business. The many
friends of the Christensen family
will be pleased to know that they
are doing so well.
RAVAGES OF II FIREf ELEMENT
DESTROYS SE 1HU 0
NIB PICK TO lit
mm 11 ihhii
The Los Very Heavy for a Poor Man, But He Carried Insurance
on Building and Furniture for $1,200--Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars in Cash Destroyed.
F
I SHOW
I MADE
BY NEBRASKA SCHOOLS
Here Is Number of Schools In the
State, Number of Pupils and
Condition of the Districts.
In the district schools of the
Male there are l,:M'i men and
,787 women teachers. The
average monthly wage paid the
men is $7.'l. i.'l ; to the women,
r2.7;i.
The school census shows 191,
1MM boys and 1 K t , T 7 I girls be
tween the ies of 5 ami :M years,
a total of :t7C,177. Ilelwccn lin
ages of 7 and lii there are l'.
fi:'U. Of tbnse between the ages
first given J?H,.TJ were enrolled
find only 1 '.;', iT I attended. In
tdmrl, I lie average daily attend
ance is about half the number be
tween " and 'Jt who base a riht
to he in school.
There are 1,1 f7 school houses
in the stale. Of this number 188
are sod houses uml '.' log. There
arc 5- stone, tit brick and (1,4 18
frame buildings.
Of the 7,071 school districts In
Ihe stale, 410 have school terms
of less than three months or none
t all: rtr have terms running1
from three to six months, 4,132
from six to nine months, and
1,9(11 nine months or more.
Over $7,50(1,000 was spent last
year in the district schools of the
stale. Of this sum, $1,500,000
ere for salaries, and nearly
$1,000,000 for buildings and sites,
while Ihe conl bills and Ihe repair
bills footed up a third of a mil
lion each.
For books and school supplies
last, year $317, (U)7 was expended
in Ihe district schools of Ihe
Male.
The tidal value of all school
district properly in the stale is n
little over $1(1,000,000, against
which is an indebtedness exceed
ing $1,500,000.
Nearly $31,000 was paid last
year by the taxpayers of the
state to aid in maintaining
schools in districts where suf
llcienl money could not be hail.
There were 387 of Ihese schools
in Ihirly-llve counties. Nearly all
of these were in western Nebraska
or in the cattle country of the
north. Nemaha county had one
district thus assisted.
Nearly $000,000 a year is dis
tributed by the slate among the
public schools of the stale, based
on Ihe nrooort ion of children of
school age found within the dis
Iricl. This money represents in
terest upon investments of the
stale school fund derived from t
ease of stale school
Tlfe Thomas Joyce referred lo
was a resident of Ibis city and
lived in the Fourth ward near
Constable J. 11. Denson's home.
Mr. Joyce was a fisherman and
frequently had fish for sale on the
street here. A few days ago he
and his brother went lo llellevue,
their old home, for the purpose of
fishing for a lime, and last
Thursday night, after Mr. Denson
had retired for the night, Mr.
Joyce called him on Hie telephone,
from South Omaha and requested
him to call Mrs. Joyce and have
her come lo llellevue the next day.
Mrs. Joyce left for llellevue yes
terday morning. ' "
Lived In Weeping Water.
Kriim Siitiinlay's I'm My.
Hie sale ol
lands.
There are 1 15 districts in the
Male where school is maintained
for from one to live scholars; I,
SHH where the daily attendance is
between six and ten; 1, 701 where
it is from eleven to fifteen; 1,171
where it is from sixteen to twen
ty; 833 where it is from twenty
one to Ihirly; 1(17 where it is from
Ihirly-llve to forty, and only i3
where it is above forty. There
are 15 schools in Holt ami 25 in
Perkins county where there are
less than five children tn attend
ance. There are two of these in
Lancaster county.
t May
press
Died at HavelocK.
('mm Siituriluy' lally.
Mrs. Y. II. Pickard received
word yesterday of the deal h of tier
sister-in-law, Mrs. Ceorge Ander
son, who died at her home at
llavelock yesterday. The deceased
was Ihe wife of (leorge Anciresnn,
a former Plallsinoulh man. She
leaves her husband and a small
child. Her father, mother and
four brothers and two sisters also
survive her.
The following dispatch from)
Cincinnal i, under dale
21, appeared in Ihe state
jesterday:
"Christian Shriimpf, aged .31,
supposed to be of Weeping Water,
Neb., and lo be insane. Is being
held here pending receipt of word
from Weeping Water. A week
ago Slirunipf was arrested tn Cliil
licolhe, Ohio, where he was wan
dering about the residence dis-
! Iricts. He said he was looking for
I a boarding house. He was sent to
Cincinnati, where he continued to
act. strangely and finally was
picked up by the police."
Christian Slirunipf has been a
resident of Weeping Water for
more than twenty-live years, and
at one time was so popular that
he was elected engineer for
Weeping Water city. He has al
ways lived alone, having never
been married. At limes of recent
years he has acted nueerly, and
Ihe small boys have often leased
him until be would be in a rage.
To Sell Twenty-five Millions in
Three-Year Notes to Pay
for the Work. .
The Missouri Pacific is now ar
ranging to negotiate the sale of
$25,000,000 worth of three-year
5 per cent notes for use in re
building the system. Speyer &
Co., New York bankers, are said
to have the sale of securities In
hand.
II. f. Miller, who has recently
made a physical valuation report
for Hie company, has been named
first, vice president, and will have
charge of operation and mainten
ance. It is understood that a con
struction expert will be placed In
charge of rebuilding, probably re
porting to President Hush direct.
A New York paper says the
bankers have decided that no
more than $10,000,000 a year will
be advanced for the purpose of re
building the system, holding that
a greater sum cannot, be spent to
advantage ami its expenditure
properly supervised.
Construction experts have
figured that it will lake between
five and seven years to properly
rebuild the Missouri Pacific main
lines and the branches on which
heavy tralhe is handled, tins re
building of course in the end
amounting to rebuilding all the
branches, because material taken
ironi trie main lines will lie re
placed on the branches, taking
out the lightest sleel and thus
adding to the Veight of rails over
all the system.
II is not, believed that, much
show of new work can be made by
the present management before
the end of the summer or early
fall, as it, will lake that long
lo decide what is to be done and
lo organize for doing the dork.
President Hush has announce!
From Saturday's 1 ally.
A disastrous lire occurred last
night in the west Second ward at
the home of Joseph Ilouchka,
which resulted in a total loss of
his nice cottage, his household
furniture, as well as $250 cash,
with only $1,200 insurance. The
fire department did all in its
power to save Ihe building and
contents, but the, distance out
from the central station and lack
of hose at the west station were
obstacles which could not be
overcome.
The origin of the fire, which
started about 11 o'clock, is
mysterious, and the building is
almost entirely burned, so that
from appearances this morning it,
is difficult to lell just where the
fire started, but from Mr.
Iloucbka's statement, it probably
started .in the kitchen. Mr.
Rouchka was occupying a bed in
the kitchen, while his wife and
two children were sleeping in a
room to the north. The first Mr.
Ilouchka knew of Ihe fire the
embers were dropping from the
ceiling on the kitchen to the floor
and the rooms were filled with
smoke. He and his wife and chil
dren bad a narrow escape.
The fire had gained consider
able headway when the alarm
was turned in, which was done
by someone not, known to Mr.
Ilouchka. A Mr. Hall, who lives
near Ihe green-house, observed
the glare of the lire, and informed
someone that there was probably
a fire on Ihe hill, and when he
reached his home heard the alarm
whistle. The fire boys in the west
end of town immediately re
sponded and got the west hose
cart, with its 500 feet of hose
stretched from a hydrant on Main
si reel,, but found that the hose
would not reach far enough. The
department down town got lo Ihe
I
that the management of (lie road
will be changed from Ihe depart
mental plan to tin' divisional plan
and that this change has been
made to facilitate the work of re
building and improvement.
fire and coupled onto the hose al
ready laid and prevented the fir-?
from spreading to adjacent resi
dences. The wind was high ami
the danger of firebrands alighting
on the roofs of neighboring
bouses was great.
After the fire was extinguished
the scene of. wreckage was re
markable. The floor was so ba i
ly burned that the cook stove
dropped into the cellar. Nothing
whatever was saved. The place
where Mr. Rouchka kept hi
money was near the flue in the
kitchen. He says he had a small
fire in the kitchen stove about
8:30, but (hat it was all out Ion,
before the blaze which burned his"
house started.
Mr. Rouchka has been a lMat',3
moulli resilient about six years,
and had bought his home some
time ago and had the house ami
premises fixed up in good shape,
and the loss will fall very heavily
on him and his family. His resi
dence was on North Thirteenth
street, which is hard to reach with
a hose cart drawn by hand.
Since the above was placed in
tvpe the writer has been informed
that the alarm was given by
James Polacck, who was awaken
ed by Mrs. Rouchka coming lo the
door with her little child and
rousing him. A part of the fur
niture was saved, although very
little. -
The fire department is entitled?
to much credit for the manner In
which the fire fighting was carried
on, and, considering the handicap
of distance and the course over
the hills, the department did ex
ceedingly well. Mr. C. C. Weseotf,
who made the run to both fires
yesterday, said he hail not a wont
of criticism for the boys, but
thought that the department dl5
exceedingly well.
SCHOOL CHILDREN SMASH'
II BOTTLES ON WALK
it in bis own pocket. Mr. Gobcl
man missed his watch soon after,
and it, was found in Ihe possession
of Ihe defendant when he wis
i taken lo Ihe jail for being drunk.
Miss I. aura Smith of York, who
has been visiting her father, Wil
liam Smith, for a lime, returned
to her home this morning. Her
sister, Miss llena Smith,' departed
on Ihe same train for Missouri
(Valley, Iowa.
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switches guaranteed absolutely human
hair and sanitary. These were pur
chased from a thorough reliable firm
We will be pleased to show them to you.
In District Court.
Knitn Saturday' Imlly.
A novel case has been Hied in
the district court of this county,
the plaint i IT being Mrs. Lizzie
Fields, who names her husband,
Fred Fields as defendant. The re
lief sought is (he annullmen of a
marriage between the parlies, the
ground for the prayer being that
Notice of Application for Liquor
License.
Notice is hereby given lo all
persons interested ami to Ihe
public, that the undersigned, W.
II. Thiele, has filed his petition
and application in the office of the
County Clerk of Cass County, Ne
braska, as required by law, sign
ed by n majority of the resident
freeholders of Center Precinct,
selling forth that the applicant
is a man of respectable character
and standing and a resident of the
state of Nebraska, and praying
that license be issued to said W.
II. Thiele for the sale of malt,
spirituous and vinous lifjuors for
Ihe period of one year from June
10th, 1911, ending June 10th,
1912, in a building on lot 1, block
2, in the village of Manley, in
Center Precinct, in Cass County,
Nebraska. W. II. Thiele,
Applicant.
Fine Strawberries.
From Saturdny'i Dally.
The. Journal publisher was once
more treated to n mighty fine box
The Law Very Servere Upon Such
Prepetrators, and They Want
to Look Out.
From Saturday's Pally.
Some of the Plattsmouth
citizens are ipiile perlrubed at the
reckless manner in which thej
school children have dashed their
ink bottles against the concrete
walk about the school ground.
There is a strict law against the
placing of broken glass in the
street or highway, and the
penally for its violation is severe.
Any kind of broken glass, ink bot
tles, beer bottles, whisky hollies
or any other kind of glass thrown
on the sidewalk or street or road
in Nebraska is a yjolulion of the
law and should be punished.
Last year at the close of school
a boy threw his ink bottle on the
pavement in front of a little girl,
Ihe bottle being broken into many
pieces, the ink Hying on her dress
and the pieces of glass culling her
hands, so that she went, home
crying with her hands bleeding.
It is reported that one of the
teachers encouraged Ihe breaking
of hollies yesterday evening, bull
this is hard to believe, as such
encouragement would subject the
teacher lo a fine as well as the
boy throwing Ihe glass.
was
c aland
Has Collision.
From Satin-day'H Imlly.
Mr. W. K. Rosencrans
chanting his new Mercer
in the country this morning
collided with some immovable
object, wrecking the lamp and
badly smashing a fender before be
could reverse his engine. Whilst
the damage was not great, it wa
somewhat annoying at the tim.
Ocorge Klinger and family, of
Oelrich, South Dakota, arrived in
the city last, evening for a week's
visit with Iheir many friends and
relatives at the old home, George
called at the Journal headquarters
this morning and we enjoyed a
few moment's chat, with him and
find that everything in that
locality is looking very prosper
ous. The hardware business has
been good, and they arc all happy
and well pleased with that part of
the country.
t. . ..I .. .1, n
i ol uome-nrow u si i iuti iei,
the plaintiff was but 15 years of coining from our excellent friend,
Julius Pitz, residing south of Ihe
city. We believe we are safe In
saying thai the strawberry crop
this year will be the finest for
some lime. We are judging from
what, we have already seen. They
are Ihe finest ever.
age m uuo, when the marriage
was solemnized. She alleges in
her petition that she could not
legally consent to the marriage,
and that she resided with her
husband but, little more than a
month, and that she has not lived
with him since. This is the first
case of the sort to be filed in this
court and will create some in
terest on the hearing.
Miss Clara Applegate returned
to her home in I'nion Ibis morn
ing, having finished her work in
the city schools for Ihe present
term.
EUCKWEILER LUTZ
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Yen Havo Always Bonghl
Slguutur of &$&Zt
Receives Locomobile.
Mr. C. C. Parmele is tho pos
sessor of Ihe finest car which has
ever been brought to this city, the
nuto having arrived yesterday.
The machine is a Locomobile and
nn up-lo-dale model, costing Mr
Parmele about. $3.rO0. The car is
n beauty and no doubt the owner
will find that it pays to buy the
best.
Mr. Joseph Sans, jr., left !r
Omaha this morning, where he
expecled to visit his aged fattier
:il the Initnanuel hospital, and, if
his condition is sufficiently Im
nroved. Mr. Sans will leave for
his home at Nerthond, Colorado
this afternoon.
Robbed of His Watch.
from Saturday'! Pall v.
County Attorney C. II. Taylor
today prepared and filed a com
plaint against Charles McCauley,
charging him with larceny of a
watch from the person of Mr.
Chris Gobelman on May 20, 1911,
while then and there being in Ihe
county of Cass, slate of Nebraska,
which the complaint alleges 19
contrary to the form of Ihe
statutes and against the peace
and dignity of Ihe slate. The de
fendant was thrown in jail last
night for being intoxicated and
for making an attempt to barm
his brother, threatening him with
a knife while in a drunken condi
tion. The complaining witness,
Mr. (iobelnian, was on Ihe street
when he was robbed oT his waleh.
He was with the accused and was
asked by hint as to the time.
When (iobelnian took his watch
from his pocket the defendant
took it in his hand, and while
assisting Mr. Gobeluian lo replace
it in his pocket unfastened the
watch from the chain and placed
DR.
Herman Greeder,
Graduate Veterinary Surgeon
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska State
Board
Calls Answered Promptly
Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth
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Dates mmle Rt this ofiire or the
Murray Stnte Pnnk.
Good Scrvic? an Rcasoble Pales.