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-AO iv- -e mmoutb 3ourn'a VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1913. NO. 71. Platte cur council HAS A SESSION Meeting Had Considerable Busi-'naj Mercer avenue, reported that jthey hail looked Ttfter I lie petition' of the residents in that locality, i but were unable to find the pr it-f j lot lines anil recommended that the engineer secure a lot line in which they cmilj base a decision a to whether the street emiM or should he opened. Councilman CONVENT ON Ifl m E ABOUT THE THE CAPITAL CITY! HAVELOCK MYSTERY I ecti dated that f.-r several ; Four Big Ones for the Capital ness to Transact and Did It Without a Wrangle. from Tuesday's Dally The common council of the city of Plattsmouth assembled last evening- at the city hall to deliberate over what was best for the city's welfare, and the meeting- was attended by all the mem bers except Yromau and Lush iiisky, and following the reading of the minutes of the meeting1 the august body crot busy on the consideration of the matters of importance. A communication was received from the residents of North Third street, a-king permission to put "n a six-inch ever ex- t ensjon to connect with the main! sewer, and the request was) g ."anted by a unanimous vote ofj US- .-..iir.'-il. ' years past there had been con siderable argument over the opening of this avenue and ttiat as patties had some of the street fenced up he would like the mat ter rcfeierd to the city attornev. City in September and October. There Is Evidence That the Rys and Dimer Boys Are Re sponsible for Own Deaths. Lincoln will be iiost to live Councilman Buttery did not .v large conventions during Sfpii-m wnat me eny aiiornev coum oo i until a report of the surveyor wa made, and to this Mr. Bajeck re plied that it was because of the question of whether or not the parties having fenced up the street had secured adverse pos session that he desired it refer red to the city legal department. City Attorney Tidd. addressing the council, stated that prior to 1899 ten year undisputed pos session Would give parties the ownership of the street, but if the fence had been put in after ltfop i.r less than ten year- be fore that the city 'Continued or. :!d - ber and October. The Nebraska Conference of the .Methodist Epis copal Church will convene on Sep tember 10th. Four hundred of the leading pastors of this den omination are expected to attend the conference which will lat about fen days. September J5 and .' the Nebraska Bankers As. sociatioii me.-ts and the local bankers are preparing a program of entertainment that will excel an former efforts in that line. ; Prominent speakers from abroad (will appear u the program, but t I . . . . I . . . . r ... i . . ; ! I . .,;..... eCUI'el in' ' t i i u i I'-.iie iiinua 'the . i - i j i ; i of stale conditions' Eighth Y'32 Th 'it Raim-y the mouth J-eSfs I i ; I . I :. f Chi- sil. iWe.l ..f July :i made 1 oJJC f of that during twelve ar-f--r ari"ii WAS IT THE RE- City Clerk Wurl reported P the council that he had collected and turned over urer the sum IS OF Afl INDIAN? to the city flea -f S3.1.711, which ; sum represenTe.! trie r.-c.-mts i 1 his culice . i 1 r-1 1 1 - the month of July. On the reading of the report of the city treasurer, Councilman Richey desired to know if it was not possible for the city to ar range to carry the registered warrants and save paying- the in terest on them, as at present, but the mayor informed him that as fast as possible the city retirei the warrants, but there was no way they could carry them to save the interest. The reports f the various fire companies were read, and as they had been approved by the chief of the fire department, they were referred to the fire and water committee for approval. police Judge M. Archer report ed that some ten arrests hail been made and that different dis posals had been made of the malefactors, ami that the sum of li had been paid in to decorate the city treasury during- the month of July. The claims committee reported that after investigating the claim of I. N. Cumrnings for burying three dogs for 1..0. they would recommend the payment of the same and a warrant was ordered drawn for the amount. The finance committee of the council, after due investigation, recommended the payment of the following claims against the city: Ben Raitiey. salary as chief of police. 'T.": Frank .Neiiman. salary a- p.diee. .;.-; : John Fitz-patrit-k. salary as rri 1: ti t police. '2"i: M. Archer, -alary as police judge. -.-i: olive Jones. -alary as librarian. s:l.i; J. H. Donnelly, salary. s:3: W. R Iti-hel. street sprinkling and .-weeping. 'i3.i't; H. W. Haynie. street work, slO: Bruce .v. stanleeti. part payment of engineer work, district No. 1. ?,'": ti. I. Ka-twood. nails to city, Nebraska Lighting Co.. light to library, -2.T,n; PlaMs-i ; Skeleton of a Supposed Indian Dug Up on the WW. D. Jones Home in This City. i by b.ca! bankers. : As-. ia?io;! ..f M : o;-- m.--' ; t'-'uii'-v. ' . I ! be b i t ?!' i-!'!,! an nual o I the tV.M ;' now fan ; pa rades. ! filiiv dec. j and t he emblemat b i car w ill eXcel bos I ale , The lded Nebraska t From Tuesday s Daily. The case of the -tiooting of rJohn Rys and Ueorge limcr, the two boys found near lla clock ia-t Saturday, seems to be shrouded in mystery, although the coron er's jury at Haekck brought in a verdict that Rys shot his young companion and then, in remorse, turned the gun on himself, as the position of the bodies and the fact that the powder marks on the body of Rys was faint, lead many to doubt the murder and suicida story. Charles Oradoil"e, an uncle of the dead R- boy. who retuiiie.l from Hae!..r-k Sunday eenin-. slated that the ca-e was !!.' that baflled eeiv..l;., as it was impossible t.. find a motie f. 1 . bst:-act I lie till! 'I Weeri U; .j,,,v;l Octote-r 1 i. .j t,u l to ; siii.eri.nte! - d?.ys. on ,?,. r...,. li!l!ai;, uiin as-i .liail4-e W ill In. .! jl -'!, ). ...I the crime, his prai-e him ar del! and the difliculfy in makir.s- thc po-tiiioi tein. Ttie croner had a s!nall piece of doth cut from the' oliJer bo'- shiif, which was ex amined under a ;n iscros. ope. Iir. ; Ballard -aid that the piece of j doth sh'.WeiJ e ;.ieCes of powder rnarks and he felt satisfied that jfhe -hot tiad been made at short jranue. The wai-t of the smaller ! lad was examined and the hole made by the btiib-t did not show that the shot had been at close ran-e as nearly as could be told from such an examination and the state the clothillCT Was in The cartridges were tilb-ij with smoke less powder and this wowder and this would have made fewer marks than the other kind, it was thought. The coroner's jury met in the Masonic temple building- at Have lock, and quite a number of peo ple came to the hall to hear the evidence. The first witness on the stand was Mrs. Rys. the dead boy's mother. She told of seeing her boy alive f,.r the la-t time on Th irs.iay morning when -he left home to o to work. She -aid the ftdlowed her and the J.oy was al-o coining down the street be hind her. She turned to him and t,.-.. THE AMERICAN ROADJOIIGRESS Twenty-Eight Organizations are Taking Part in the Great Meet. Mayor Sattler of Piatt -mouth, Nebra-ka. has been request -J by !the Hon. I.okan Waller Page, President of the American Road Congress and Director of the Uni ted States Oilice of Public R Kids, to name three delegates to attend the sessions of the Congress at Detroit during the week of Sep tember 2'J as the representatives of the city. Twenty-eight great organiza tions are taking- part in the con gress under the leadership .,f the American Highway As-odatiou ie wa .f tii- llle r f Sh ! said he take the do- bac die .1 fo!-. Wed ;i i! e.i t iol m-ceeding day by the us ( ie; man -American The city will be beaut i-raU-d for the occasion Ib-ats this "f former 1 th. in fi. -.-a their -i! in the s t a : ie.; k; : : o ; h . :- r. Th Journal curtesy .iaties by !- A-ker- eery way and family i'o b iw : : g this iiioi'n- ! d and ;-.r:ts. -ailed th- seemed She had log and laugh- j to be in high j a-ke.J nun mar and t he American sociatioii. In his i Mayor. President tentioii (. in-- to th. had lie fair aiid h io iiiter.-s slie did not kn. hunting until w that die re in -i- -le I s wliaf particular of the trageiiy; :n fell Witness that evening fr..m an From Tuesday's uaSly. Yesterday morning while some workmen were engaged in dig ging for a concrete wall at the residence of V. D. Jones on East Vine street, on one of the large hills overlooking the Missouri river, they unexpectedly came upon a human skeleton, but not being aware of the fact of any thing being' buried there, the workmen broke the skeleton into years in excellence of design and finish. On Octder I i. !. and l'". (he odd Kelb.ws of Nebraska will! aNo be in exidence jti Lincoln those being the dates set for the( assembling of the grand lodge also the annual meeting of thej Rebekahs. the Orand Encampment and the Patriarchs Militant. While al crowds are expected Oil these October dates no one need remain away through fear of being unable to find accommoda tions. The Lincoln Commercial club has enough rooms register ed to insure the entertainment of lay a hi t -had -aid th in the fair. h- had go.;. iUr-le.j h"li her- work. j Mr-. Rys stood up well under Were t'X- .-.vinilnllmn o n .1 -il ,rr j ' . i v 'At:tiiuitti:eji i i ' i - 1 i i i : t and the coroner's jury ! lM1;fiK- offer, ch h-.i hr. i U V l U A t v a Cll' 1 H I t il IV. . 1 I h.'UI'S I s.o ,,.,1,1 n .r..U.uP of ll,a .It-n boy, Joseph, the oldest -on. frorn Chicago, came into the room, when she clung to him and sobbed. several pieces, but from what3" wfl" come. Visitors who are con I.I be ;i-certaine.l fr-..in an ev ! unable to find rooms at the vari- amiuation of the bones it was mouth Water Co.. water for! criuking fountains. s.'.O.j: Wil-! -on tte-l.niol C.-iJ ;oncret- Co.. twenty feel Concrete pipe. Sit); C.. Tyler, helping survey. .3.J; Lin- evident that it was that of an Indian. The remains were dug up at the northeast corner of the hoijse and the body had evident ly been buried there before th house had been erected, which wa in the early fifties. As is the custom with the Indians the body- was buried upiight so as to be all ready to proceed to the happy hunting; ground of the red man. and this accounts for the fact that the men engaged in digging came unexpectedly upon the skeleton and before they could stop had broken the bones up quite badly. The men working did not stop to investigate the matter, and if they had gone on digging out the grave might have secured more aluable material that would hae proven interest ing to the student of early days in territorial Nebraska. The body, it is thought, must have been buried at least sixty or seenty years ago in the days when the noble red men claimed this section of the country as their own ami roamed through the Missouri valley, the ma-ler of all he surveyed and before the settlement of Plattsmouth was even thought of. oUS Hotels nee.l otllV to lllOUMe at the Commercial club to find com fortable rooms at reasonable prices. THE AUTOMOBILE FELLOWS ARE GETTING WHAT'S COMING TO THEM hi Telephone C. rent and fo!sf .S.J.50; A. L. Tidd. expense to Lincoln, 4: Frank Kalasek. street work. :T: John Svaniin. san e, s.22: Al O'Xeil. same -22; Ain Jones, same. -20.S0; Cha-. McBride. same. 9: Chris r..bej man. same. J3.60; M. Lutz. same. 30: B. (i. Wurl. expense for July. 1.G0; Weyrich & Hadraba. supplies to police. S.?r2; Nebraska Lighting Co.. light at city hall. 50c; Edward Svoboda. work at eenietery. 20; Tom Walling, jr.. sprinkling the library lawn. -4 expense f.-.r Au Latw-or..i. rope buckets and chain for well at cemetery. s'LCS. The streets, alleys and bridges committee, to which had been re ferred the matter of widening W. C. Hamilton Married. From Wednesday's Dally. Among the marriage lic-n-es issUf.,j j Lincoln yesterday ap pear the Hemes of William C. Hamilton, of Red Oak. Iowa, and Miss Orace H. Wilkins of Univer sity Place. Mr. Hamilton vas a former well known resident here where he was engaged for a num ber of years in the manufacturing; of cigars and also in the conduct ing of a dairv farm until From Tuesday's Daily. Today saw the movement by the authorities on parties who have violated the law of the state in regard to the regulation of traffic by automobiles, and as a result the court "f Justice Archer was quite busy this morning- with the mill of justice grinding- out the different parties brought up. John W. Falter, who a week ago Sun day ran into the buggy of Max Pries and threw him out. was lined sio and cost- for running without lights, while Frank H 'st or was fined slo for speeding last Friday afternoon. E. M. Sinclair, superintendent of the water com pany, was also assess,.,! a line of and costs for running at a high rate of speed down Main street yesterday afternoon. There was a large number of complaints sworn ut by the police of the city before County Attorney Tay lor and some ten more offenders will be forced to dig up to assj-t in running the schools of the city. The matter of reckless driving has grown to such an extent that the move of the authorities was made neeessarv. death of his wife about two years J j, Found His Sister Better. Charles r'reen returned last the jevening from Kansas City where ago. and since that time he lias made his home at Red Oak where his parent reside. Mr. Hamilton will have the best wishes of his friends here-f..r his future m;c public library, j cess and happiness ust. -2; r;. i When baby suffers with croup, apply and give Dr. ' Thomas" Eclectic Oil at once. Safe for children. A little goes a long; way. 25c and rfc at all drug stores. ie was called in company with his moher. Mrs. Joseph Smith, a few davs ago bv the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. William. On their arrival at Kansas City they foiind the lady slightly improved and hopes are now entertained that she will recover from the at-th iur" waa anxiou tack of typhoid fever, from which t cleared up she is suffering'. learned Thou amineij was in -essjou f.r thre .uoiniay morning al tiaeioc., me mystery surrounding the death of M.eorge Dimer. 'j years old and John Rys, i. who were found dead in a pasture one mile north of Haxeiock aturday night, re mains almost as much a mvstery as ever. No one saw the -hooting, no one saw the boys in this particular lb-Id and all that is known is that they- were found dead, their bodies in a state of lb-composition and their guns, a 22 rifle and a shotgun. lying a shmt distance from the bodies. Most of the evidence was taken up with trying- to trace the path of the boys from the time they left home until they were found dead. The most important testimonv along this line was given by Ed win Nyden and Frank Humble. Loth 17, who were probably the last to see the two boys alive. Ny den said that he and Humble had gone hunting in a single rig- and met John Rys and the Dimer lad on the Salt creek bridge north of Haveloek and about a half mile from the spot in the pasture where the two lads were found dead. When they first saw the two lads they were coming upon the bridge where Nyden and Hum ble had been shooting- with their rifle. Nyden said that hi rifle had got clogged up and they ask ed the Rys boy for a ramrod. He said that Rys replied that he did not have a ramrod and then Ny den laid the rifle aside and they st I on the bridge and they took turns about shooting at a cork in the water. Wh.-n the two boys came to the bridge Rys was carrying- the -hotgnn and the smaller boy the t itle. They said they were thirsty and Nyden and Humble took the lads in a buggy and hauled uiem to the Moran home straight north of the bridge. Here they got a drink. Another development which may throw light on the matter was the claim of S. M. Mclntire when on the stand this morning that an empty cartridge had been found on the ground where the dead bodies were discovered. He claimed that this cartridge va found by someone and was given to a boy by the name of Dave Hartshorn. This was new evi dence and would add weight to the theory that no one besides the two boys had a hand in their deaths. The jury asked that the Hart -shorn boy the boy's father and persons at the Moran home be called this afternoon in order to get at the bottom of the mat ter. The matter of the empty cartridge was one matter which hould b1 As- the - at- Li-.-aL -Tills I 'ike '' at:t .- ion - J ! 1 1 e ,i.!ic ;!L to ;! aid i-ri- '.hich HQN. MATTHEW GERING RETURNS FROM CANADA From Wednesday's Dally. Hon. Matthew Oering returned yesterday from the east, where he had been in attendance at the meeting of the American Bar as sociation, which was held at Montreal. Canada, and at which all of the leading and dis tinguished members of the American and Canadian bar wvre present. Mr. Oering was present at the session when the address of Lord Haldean. lord high chancellor, was delivered, and was much pleased with the powerful address of the dis tinguished representative of the English bar and government. The occasion of the address was notable also from the fact that the speaker was introduced by Chief Justice Edward D. White of the United States supreme court, the most exalted position in the world, and the gathering composed of the leading" legal talent of the English-speaking world, was one that will hardly be met with again. At the ses sions of the association ex- I'resident V iliiam H. laft was elected as president of the as sociation, and one of the pleasant features of Mr. Oering's visit at Montreal was his meeting with the genial ex-president of the United States. Outside of Oma ha there was only one represent ative besides Mr. (iering present from Nebraska. The Omaha delegation included John L. Webster and W. D. Mellugh. two of the leading lawyers of the country. Ul"liii'i letter Pag.- ea rn- la that ptav ly .very state highway !: sjoiier will be present aim part in di-ci;--n:g the imp. ; problem ,,f road i-on-rr: and maintenance, and that of the foremost men in life will devote theii- atfen the great question of nati..;. to road improvement in a.: deavor to work out a policy inay be -ubmitted to tip Cor ui-.-ss of the United States With the sup port of the organied road move ment of America. The Secretary of Agriculture. Hon. Davi i F. Houston, win .e ttie spoke-man of the national admini-t rat i u at the congress. .n important move bearing upon state legislation will be made at the session to be held under the auspices of the Amer ican Har Association, at which steps will be taken toward the for mation of an official interstate commission for codifying and simplifying state road laws. President Page calls attention to the exhibits to b" made by the United States government, the states, and nearly a hundred of the leading manufacturers of the congress which will illustrate ev ery known method, material, and equipment for road construction and maintenance. He urges the city and county to be o;: cially represented, as the congress i- in reality a training school where a very great amount of u-efu! in formation can be obtained through attendance at lectures, in-pection of exhibits, conferen ces with leading specialists in road and street work, and the col lecting of the many instructive bulletins and documents which w il be available for distribution. The headquarters of the ( on gress ar in the Colorado Li i l.J - ing. Washington. D. C. of J. E. Penny backer. Sec ret a rv. in charge ral If you have a house for rent try little ad In the Journal. Dr. Ballard to!d of the post mortem examination which he conducted. vThe fearfully de- composed condition of the body- Little Child Burns Hands. From Wednesday's Dally. ,Ouife a serious accident occur red at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Vitersnek Saturday after noon, when their little i -year-old baby, in a moment when the mother's attention was called elsewhere grabbed hold of a hot stove and in an instant the hands of the little tot were very severe ly burned, the left one quite bad ly. The services of a physician were called at once and the little one's injuries dressed, but the babe suffered greatly from the accident. Here to Visit Her Sister. This morning Mrs. A. M. Har lan, of Corvallis. Oregon, arrived in this city for a short vi-r with h. r sister. Mrs. J. M. B : rb. e. Mrs. Harlan left her home on August old and reached ib-orge-town. Ontario, on August .j!h and remained there until the sit, when -he left for Toronto and Niagara Falls and then took the Mi higan Central for Chicago comin from there to this city to visit h-r sis ter who has been in poor health for some time. Mrs. Harlan will go from here southwestern Ne braska t visit a daughter and then return home by way of Den ver. Salt Lake City and I'm Hand. Do you know that the Journal office carries the finest line of stationery in the city? Return From Wisconsin .Trip. From Tuesday's Dallv. Mrs. J. H. Donnelly and daugh ter. Miss Oretchen. returned this morning on No. IZ from the.r outing- trip to Wafertown and Mil waukee. Wisconsin, and at. Chi cago, where they visited with friends. They greatly enjoyed the visit, although glad to get back home. Mr. Donnelly met them at Pacific Junction this mor ning and accompanied them home. For regular action of the bowels; easy, natural movements, relief of constipation, try DoanV Regulets.. 25c at all stores.
