Were Badly Burned.
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Besides Being a Fire Trap, and Liable to Be Burned Down Most
Any Time and Burn Several Prisoners, the Taxpayers Will
Be Held Responsible for the Loss of Life.
From Sittunluy's Dally.
Among other buildings con
demns by Assistant, Fire Warden
John C. Trout en yesterday was Hie
Cass county jail. Mr. Trout en
spoke in no uncertain terms re
garding the condition of the di
lapidated olil structure in which
the county houses its criminal
tlass. If a tire should break out
in the, jail there is no doubt but
loss of human life would result.
There lias been times within the
last month when from eight, to ten
people have been confined within
its walls, in addition to the, keeper
of the jail and his family. Should
khcre. be a lire, and with demented
persons and the hard class of I ing a nuisance
denizens lately incarcerated this 1 shall be abated
combustible or explosive material,
or intlamable conditions, placed,
kepi, or existing in or upon any
building or premises which is
dangerous to the safety of said
buildings or properly, is hereby
deemed and declared to be a
nuisance; and any occupant or
owner of such building who shall
cause, continue or maintain such
nuisance shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and, on conviction
thereof, shall be lined in any sum
not exceeding Hie sum of $500.00,
and I he court shall order said
nuisance In be abated. If any
such owner, or occupant, shall fail
lo complay wilh said order, he
shall be prosecuted for niainlain-
and said nuisance
may occur at any time, and loss of
life result, be county would like
ly be subjected to large damage
units.
The section of the statute on
.hirh T'ire Warden TroulCh relies
for aulhnrily for condemning the
jail and oilier properties is as fol
lows: 50oT0, Sec. 5 (Dangerous
Buildintrs Nuisances'1 Anv
The taxpayers of I In count y are
taking a great risk in allowing the
old shell lo be used for tile pur
pose of a jail, as the price of the
new structure would be very small
compared' v illi I ho damage thai
might occur, ami for which the
county would undoubtedly have to
an-wrr should loss of life occur.
Ami now I lial the old buililiiiu has
exp
oil can. The explosion occurred
while Mrs. Melvin was lighting a
fire by pouring oil out of the can.
Her husband and daughter heard
the noise of the explosion and
Mrs. Melvin's screams and hur
ried lo her assistance. They found
her enveloped in flames and both
the husband and daughter had
their hands badly burned in trying
In extinguish the blaze. Mrs.
Melvin was in a critical condition
for several days anil her sister,
Mrs. Uenrirhsen, went lo her bed
side at once.
ENGINEER MAKER
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Named to Succeed J. E. Johnson
on Burlington's Omaha
Division.
building or oilier structure, which been condemned by the slate auth
for waul of proper repair, or byjoiulies il would seem that ; move
reason ,,f iie or dilapidate)! con-! should be made In build a slrur
dilion, or for- any cause, isjlinv in keeping wilh lb'' needs of
pspoc iall v liable lo I' re, and wh ich j a county lia in ' Ihe population
is so situated a to endanger oilier ; and vealih llial Cass counly pos
buiblinps or properly: and any sesses.
INVADED THEIR !
PASTOR'S HOI;
Give l!im a Great Surprise, While ;
He in Turn Gives Them a
Cordial Groeting. !
Kugineer I'. It. Whillaker, who
has been in tin' Burlington freight
service for xears. has been named
In sue) il .1. 1'.. Johnson as road
foreman of cuuipmcnl on Ihej
Omaha di i-i"ii. The a pop in I men I ,
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For your patronage the
past year, and hoping you
will favor us with the same
this coming year. We
wish A Happy and Pros
perous RJew Year.
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We close at 1 2:00 o'clock
Koon, Monday.
v. a s a n in iiinc-
ell'ecl ive Janua I v
)'d e crdav
Motive Tower T. Roope. Mr.
Whillaker has recently been etn-pbi-d
in I lie local freight service
on trains No. -j) and ;si. runninu
In I'lallsmoulh.
recently made li
McCook di isiuii
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J. '.. Jidoison was
ainmaler of I be
Lincoln .I i hi i'-
Hev. W. A. Taj lor and wile
were enjoying Ihe uietude of
Hieir own home Tuesdaj evening,
but i'J 7 :'!0 a noise at Ihe door
all reeled their attention, and be
bl'ore I hey realized what was hap
pening about fifty of I heir cn
woi kei s and friends trooped in
lu'lhotil ev n waiting for an in
vitation, well knowing llial Ihej
were welcome. The "invaders"
name armed wilh a large supply of
in ov i s ion s of all kinds. which! week
they gave a a testimonial ol" per- r'" calmy
sonal freindshin and apprecial ion ! I aken, as In
f Ihe pastor's service to the
Mall MeOuiii. It. II. l-'raus, Iteese
Drlancy, W. II. Cross. John
I ' ! t. I ( , Mesdames Barbara A.
Taj lor, Vest I 'lark, James Taj lor,
Itachcl .fell, Allierl Johnson of)
Weping Waler, Mary A. Young,
fda Applegnle. Sieve Taylor, C.has.
Woodard, Misses C.lee Applegale,
llatlie 'J'ajlor, (irace Tax lor, Lclia
llobach, Lois Johnson. Bailie llo
haeh, Lenna Taylor, Loll ie Jh
back and Dorothy Delaney: Mes
srs. J. II. Lbl'-elt, Joe l.i.lgelt. .jr.,
Palmer Appb'-ale, Chns. Mobark,
.John. Ifoback, Ha ' I'raus, lien
I'rans, and Maiiin, Abla and Lla
Taj lor, I'nion Ledger.
Mr. W luHakei
been re idepl s o
snme lime and
warm personal
ie-rel il if
lieees-ilale I
Celelnt
at Hie
late Mi
worl liv
and lamilv haxe
Clnllsmonlh fur
iaxe made manx
riends, who will
Ihis promotion will
ie removal of this e-
amily from our eily. And
ame I ime I hey conral u
Whil laker upon Ihis mosl
ulx ancement.
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BURLINGTON GASUUJ1T
f.ir. VVilmct Released.
r'rem Siit tird;iy'n D:i!ly.
Mr. Wilmid. Ihe auvd black
smith, who v a- placed in jail I wo
ro for acl im; ipieerly, af-
vpson weed seed,
said, for a cold, was
ased from jail xcslenlay and
liun h. few hours were spent
very pleasantly ami a nice lunch
ton was an enjoxable fealure. Rev.
Tax lor requests the Ledger to
onvey lo Ihe doimrs sincere
thanks for the honor of the visit,
as well as for Ihe valuable gifts,
remarking thai we couldn't ex
press it loo forcibly.
The visitors were: Messrs. and ! "f lll( counly jail.
Hesdames William llobaek, James J
Niday, W. B. Banning, William I The Journal ofiico carries
Wolfe, Ban Lynn, James Wilson,) kinds of typewriter supplies.
lefl for the home of bis dam'hlrr
at Omaha. Mr. Wilmol was of
Ihe opinion that there was no
necessity for placing him in Ihe
jail, as he would have been all
right in a few hours. II is uu for
tunate thai I'lallsmoulh has no
place to semi anyone temporarily
who is sick except lo the corridor
Binders cs Fire Wardens.
Slale J'ire Warden Randall has!
wrilleu a eer to bankers askbm
lliem Jo ro-nnera'e wilh hini in
prevent iug loss of properly bv ire.
Tim ! ( tor says ; "If one of jour
eiisloniers has an old. dilapidated
liuildinir. if il is xvorlh repairing,
advise him lo repair it and put il
in a -ate condil in : if il is not
v o 1 1 1 1 repairing advise him to I ear
if down so thai il will not
jeonnrdi
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is o
all
Kovj
r buildinus and
the buililints of bis m i::hbors. If
be is permillintr rubbish and
paper and olhei' inflammable ma
terial to accumulale in and around
uis nuimnuis, iniorm mm oi ine
dangers thai lurk in the rubbish
Pi
and advise him not to permit
it to accumulale. If he is emplv-iir-r
his ashes on Hie streets and
allevs or piling them up against
lmiblintrs or storing (hem in a
dangerous manner, advise him lo
get a lieht metal can lo put them
in. If he is selling or using gaso
line, caution him againsf the care
less storing and handling of it.''
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Ficre j Flore
IrcvM 1 ' Vear
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L I flK m a ih nn n lt
" MOO
Thirty-nino ' Persons Killed on
Lines in Nebraska During 1311,
a3 flrjalnst 57 in 1910.
A u amended report lo I he 1 1 1 1
annual report nf the Burlington
railroad lias been filed wilh the
slale railway commission, Ihe ad
ded li'iiiri s fixing I he number of
d iilbs which occurred on ils lines
in this slale for the year ending
June III), till 1. When Hie annual
report lir.-l came in Ihe ligurrs in
this table were lacking, Ihe resull
of the Indianola wreck, which oc
curred ,lav mil heing listed.
jury or death, of all other per
sons, there was a loss of $-'(',-517
paid to the victims or their
I m 1 1 1 ! i ( i a i i i .
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LAND! LAND! LAND I
Take Your Time and Ra.vJ Thl3
Do You Want to Buy? Da
You Still Want to Pay Hent?
)o you want lo box a farm, or'
do on si ill wan! lo pa rent for a
la rrn and gi c e vcrj i b in '. j on
raise o the. nUmr fello... ? If .n
! w anl lo bux call on me. and it
; there is aiixthiim llial. can In- done
i for jou il shall come on way.
Land Ihis side of North I'fille at
i S." nil her acre m li ' H :iei ,. I, ,1
conducted by him in Ihe I'ul ore. j i , , .... .. '
in r ' ' o i en ; 1 1 u o o -iii i j ' r ; 1 1 -
hi".- and keep all the chickens ou
Louis Otlnat an Editor.
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special from Nebraska Hilx I
i under date of liecember 'JO, sajs:i
i "The Slaals-Zeilung, (iermanl
I ' , it- - - i I iii" ii . 1 1 ii-
1 cejil y sidd al public am'l ion. a f
ter a precarious existence, has
'ii hi bought b (ieorge Maurcr, a
, tailor of this eily. and will he
. i.ouis i n i nai, a iiecoraior, tin is
one of the prime movers in t be
' (ierman-Alliaiice m ganialioit, is
! announced a the new editor of
I Ihe paper."
i Louis Ollual resided in I'lalls-
wanl. Wake up! eo
; i ; i I liud mil bow mne
wort li I o vim rs auo. aiv
lo li;;:
raderwearE
The best wool underwear you can buy any
where. Cut extra lare and full; made from fine
combed wool yarns as soft as silk and as warm as
fur. If you are troubled with rheumatism or colds
buy this hygienic underwear and be free. Price
$1.25 up. All sizes to 52.
0 1. Uescott's Sons
Always Ihe Hone of Satisfaction
yj'Jtn i jig...m in-
restate
W Wish You Happy and Prosptrous New Year
, Held Without Ball.
From P.'it nnln v's Inlly.
The preliminary hearing of the,
complaint aaainsl Henry Burroxvs
or the wilful and premeditated
murder of William A. Rayles, in
this counly on last Sundav after
noon, was nan in .indue i.eeson si
court Ihis mornim;. Tin accused
man imd W. . Robertson in the
county court room and arrange
ments were made for bis defense.
Burrows waived his preliminary
bearing and there was nothing lo
do but remand him In the custodv
of the sheriff until Ihe court
meets January J'J, when Burroxvs
will have a trial, unless he
changes his plea of not guilly lo
gin'lly. He has confessed liis guilt
lo the sheriff and lo'olhcrs, and
just what has induced him to
plead as he did is not apparent.
The commission in
was forced to call upon Hi
eials for corrected figures in this
table before Ihe report could be
tiled as complete for I be year.
The report shows thai during
the year there were eight train
men killed and 3 LI injured on Ihe
Burlinnlon lines in Ihis slale.
This was out of an average of!
1.70J men xxliich were employed
daily on Ihe various lines. There
were no shopmen killed, but I wo
were injured during Hie year, out
fif an average of 2,0 il men cm
ployed daily in thai line of work.
There were Ihree trackmen killed
and thirteen injured during the
jeaf out. of an average of .'1,321
men employed on the Burlington
(racks everv dav of Ihe year. Of
oilier employes there were Ixvo
killed and nineteen injured during
the year out of an average daily
employed list numbering '2,'U'u
men. Of the Inlal number of 10,
H(iO men employed on Ihe road for
each working day of the year,
I here were fniirleen men killed
and ill'.) injured. In 1010 in the
same classes the annual report of
Ihe road shows (hat there were
twenty-four employes killed in
Ihe same period of lime and 17H
injured.
The 1011 report also shows
I hat during the year I here were
six passengers killed ami seventy
five injured, two postal clerks
killed and nino injured, ami six
teen oilier persons killed and llfly
seven injured, a total of twenty
four killed and Hi persons in
jured other than the employes.
brought on by a slight scralcli on I The grand lotal for I lie year
his arm from a rusty angle iron.!s"vs Ihat there were Ihirly-nino
employes, passengers and cither
persons killed during Hie year and
1.JL1 persons injured on Ihe
various Burlington lines of the
stale. In 1910 the grand lotal
amounted to II fly-seven killed and
1,251 injured.
During the year Ihe Burlington
Herman Klielch, Ihe Weeping paid out onnccnunt of die injuries
eonseipience ! In""l 'nl' ;i number of years, ami
Hi-I uis nunierniis mends here loin
the Journal in extending con
gratulations Upon his elevation lo
the edilorial chair and wish him
all kinds of prosperity.
Joseph Sinnott Improving.
Joseph Sinnoll, an employe of
I lie Burlington in the steel car
shop, who has been laying ofT for
almost a month wilh blood poison,
is improving. The trouble was
At tlrst the scratch was given lit
tle allenliou and infection set in,
which has knocked Joseph out of
work ever since. He and his wife
xxere passenircrs lo Omaha on Ihe
morning train today lo spend Ihe
day xx ith friends.
Water flour manufacturer, was in
the city Thursday and Friday, de
parting for his home via Louis
villi Friday afternoon.
or death of employes the sum of
t?98,r.fi7, while for the death or in
juries of passengers the total
amount was 29,851. For Ihe in-
Spends Day In Plattsmouth.
From Sut iimny'd I wily.
A. L. Klheridgr of I'leasaulx ill..
Iowa, for eleven years a resident
of I'lallsmoulh, alighted from No.
15 this morning and spent Hie day
wilh his sisler, Mrs. S. K. Mc
I'.lxxain ami sou. Mr. Klheridge
lefl on the Schuyler for (Ireen
wood. where he xxill spend Ihe exv
Year holiday xvilli relatives. Mr.
Klheridge came to I'lallsmoulh
xxilh his parenls when he xxas i
years old, and after living here for
eleven years Ihry removed lo
(ii'eenwood. Later he went to
loxxa. wlu-re he has lived since.
Fair Warnlnal
In company wilh Houncilmaii
( 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 ami Fire Hhief Manners,
Deputy Slale Fire Commissioner
John C. Troulen visiled a number
of places while in the cilx that
proved lo be the worst kind of lire
traits. Xnlirc xvill be sent to these
properly owners of (he danger and
asking them to tear down ami
creel more lire-proof buildings,
and it is expected that Ihesc peo
ple will ('(duply xvilli the state law
in reference lo such mailers. The
deputy fire commissioner desires
Ihe Journal lo give all parlies fair
warning.
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j.e i was
I 'I' ll look
ei:l, lime.
lelll.e lie-
beller-
Miss Florence McFlroy, vxlm has
been spending the Christmas sea
son with her father and sister, re
lumed lo Lincoln yesterday after
noon. She xxas accompanied by
her sister, Miss Oenevive.
at joursrlf al Ihe pp
Yon will liml ili-ii -i . l
Collies llCCCssary for Mi
itii'n I . I have land from Ihe p raz
ing land lo the best alffalfa land
in the slate. I will In: in I'lalls
moulh for a week, and if jou are
interested 'phone ;i -; write
lo C. B. SCIILFICIIFH.
Bradj. Neb.
J. S. Howard Hert.
J. S, Howard of Benedict, Neb ,
a prominent farmer of York comi
ly, has been a guest of his
nephew, lloj Howard, for a couple
of days, departing for his home
Ihis morning. Mr. Howard hail
never paid Hoy a isit before, and
look Ihis opportunity lo do .so. lie
reports Ihe crop in York counly
las season as very good and
spoke highly of that comity as an
agricultural couiitj. Mr. Howard
I was also pleased to find hi.
nephew very prosperous, he hav
ing raised a line corn crop in a
dry season.
Dr. Walker Visitls tho City.
From Sntiml:y's linlly.
Dr. W. C. Walker and wife of
Chicago, who have been guests of
Mrs. It. II. Cation and family, Mrs.
Walker's sisler, will depart for
(heir home tomorrow. Dr. Walker
and Mr. Caltou went lo Lincoln
lodux on business, and returning
Mrs. Walker xvill meet I hem in
Omaha, to return lo Chicago,
where Mr. Caltou will lake his
son, Hoy, for Ircalmeiil at a Chi
cago hospital. It is thought he
will receive much heller care lhan
al present.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bo'il
Bears the
Roy McKlnney In Town.
From Snturdny'i Dally.
Hoy McKinney, formerly chirk
at the Uiley hotel of this eily,
came in from his home at Lincoln
this morning and spent Ihe day
in shaking hands wilh his friends.
Hoy is on Ihe road for the Ai -buckle
euu'ce people, ; vith Ihe
west half of the slale as his ter
ritory. D. B. Smith transacted business
in the metropolis this morning,
going on Ihe early I rain.
