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i, Si FUte' Historical Hoc & VOL. XXXIV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, M U( II L, 1!M7. No. 12. OINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Selection of Judges and Clerks of City Election Amnns Other Transactions. The seion of the city council last evening was one that was decidedly tame in comparison with other mce1. ings of that august body of lawmak ers and but little of importance came up for consideration at the hands of lii e couneilmen. A petition was received by the council from F. M. Welshimer in which l.e requested that the city pro cod to open a portion of the alley vav adjoining' his pronertv that was necessary in order to permit him to ! secure a way of getting into the place, and on motion this was refer- red to the street, alley and bridge committee for action. The report of Fire Chief Percy Field was received in which the chief j and police committee for action, requested that a box be placed on the I Councilman Johnson of the fire rear of hose cart No. 1 in order thatsnJ water committee desired that the smoke helmet might be brought ! connections be made at the hose house with the cart to fires where it might ! in the city hall building for a sink le needed. This matter was refer- i red to the fire and water committee for action Iniforc the next meeting. Chairman Johnson of the fire and water committee stated that ho had investigated a number of bills that had leen protested by the consumers of the w iter servi.-e and in the Wohl farth cae had found that the service pipes had been in use for twenty years and that in thi fa-t he thought it r.ot unlikely that they had perform ed their years of usefulness and .hould be replaced and that the consumer had no kick coming in this particular case. Mr. Johnson touch ed upon the search light that had been received by the fire department for a tryout and stated that he knew rothing of this matter personally, bu: requested that the chief of the de partment who was present might shed some light on the matter. Mr. Field stated that the light had been tried ojt at the Zuckweiler & Lutz fire an', had done good service in helping handle the blaze and was something that was badly needed in reaching fires in cellars or basements. This was referred tn the fire and water committee to take up with the fire department and determine Avhether or not the purchase of the search light was warranted. The selection of the judges and clerks of election for the ensuing year was brought up by the mayor and the different councilmen pre sented the names of those they de sired to have confirmed for these of fices and the following were selected and confirmed by the council. First Ward. Judges, W. D. Messersmith, Wil liam Hassler, John Cory. Clerks, Cari Schmidtmann, Edwin Fricke. Second Ward. Judges, Claus floetel, Sr., W. B. Rishel, John Kopia. Clerks, George Weidman, Nelson Jean. Third Ward. Judges. Gust Johnson, P. J. Val- lery, J. R. Kelley. Clerks, Ed Roman. Cyril Kalina. fourth Ward. Judges, A Tartsch. John Kirkman, -John Wevrich. Clerks, J. C. Peter son. John Ledgway. Fifth Ward. Judges. James Higley, Leonard Schafer, August Bach. Clerks, Ray Sawyer, William Ileinrich. Councilman Buttery chairman of the police committee requested the power from the council to purchase four more barrels for use on the inter sections of the streets of the city and this was ordered by the council. Councilman Baieck in touching on the plans for taking over the private owned sewers of the city stated that the engireer had been working on the blue prints for the sewer but in sever al cases it had been found that the persons putting in the sewers had ne glected to supply the city with an adequate blue print that could be Ued in the preparation of the maps for reference in the future when the confined to her home for the past one breed;" $1.00 per setting at the lines of sewer are taken over by the week or ten days suffering with a se- house, $1.25 per setting by mail; $5 city. On motion the clerk and city vere case of lung trouble is so far per 100, by express.. Phone Platts attorney were requested to notify . improving, which will be pleasing mouth 4021, W. B. Porter. Mvnard those lin ing along the private lines . - of sower to supply the city with the blue prints. The city received a communication from Edgar Steinhauer in regard to securing a motor driven truck for use of the fire department of the city which was referred to the fire and water committee of the council for fut'iie action. The ordinance covering the con struct ion and maintainance of the f ewer system of the city was read for the first time by its title and on motion of Councilman Luschinsky, seconder! by Councilman Patterson was ad vanced to the second and third read ings and was passed by the unani mous vote of the council. Councilman flattery called the at tention of the council to the fact that the dirt along the parking in the new paving district was not leveled off and on motion this work was ordered done as soon as possible and the streets placed in proper shape. Mr. fluttery alo brought up the fact that a party residing in the north portion of his ward was in the habit of tear ing up a portion of a vacant house in that locality every time he desired and that the house was the prp- ei t3' of someone else and in the opinion ol the councilman it did not look right at all. On motion the mat- (tei" as referred to the city attorney n oruer that tne nremen rnignt nave a place to wash and clean up when coming in from a fire and on motion the fire and water committee was authorized to go ahead and look af ter the matter. Councilman Bestor requested that Peter Claus be given permission to construct a permanent walk across the parking near his place of business on ashington avenue in order to give him an opportunity of getting to and from the curbing with goods. On motion of Councilman Luschin sky the street commissioner was au thorized to go ahead and place a con crete base for the ornamental light post on Washington avenue in order that the post might be put in as soon as possible. Councilman Buttery stated that a portion of the new paving on Wash ington avenue had been dug up by the water company and the bricks not replaced and he desired to have the matter looked after at once. Councilman Bestor reported that the water company had been compelled to take up the paving but had agreed to have the bricks replaced as soon .s the condition of the ground would permit of the work being done in the proper marner and that they would place their cut offs at the curb line o as to do away with the necessity of digging up the street. After the allowance of the usual grist of bills for the half month in cluding the salaries of the city offi cials and of the members of the fire department and the nozzleman at the fire yesterday the council adjourned. LOCAL CHURCH WILL CLOSE THE ' REVIVAL SUNDAY The official board of the Christian Church voted unanimously to continue the revival over next Sunday and Evangelists Hill and Streeter will resume their campaign for souls to night. After a day's respite and rest they will take up the work with renewed vigor. "The Spotted Cap tain" will be the lecture subject for this evening. Professor Streeter will sing, "A Crown of Thorns." The officers of the church have several ministers in view from which to select a prospective pastor. No de finite action will taken till after the close of the revival. Those who de sire to hear the evangelists are not missing a single service. Delegations from Louisville and Murray are in attendance. With the coming of good roads the country folks are much in evidence. The good weather is aid ing materially in the meetings. MRS. HANSEN IMPROVING Mrs. Mollie Hansen who has been i i news to her many friends here. NO OPPOSITION TO MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD From Tuosilay's Pnily. The members of the present hoard of education of the city seem to have easy sailing as far as the return to office is concerned as both of the two retiring members. J. A. Schulhof and F.. II. Wescott, have the endorsement of the two political parties. The re publican convention nominated both Mr. Schulhof and Mr". Wescott and by the retirement of Dr. F. L. Cummins as a candidate on the democratic tick et for this position the central com mittee has substituted the name of Mr. Wescott and will keep up the nonpartisan compleion of the school board as it has been for several years. The democratic committee has al so filled the other positions made va cant on their ticket by selecting A. J. Trilety as candidate for councilman in the fourth ward and George Kling- er in the fifth ward which completes their ticket. With only one week un til the election time there has been little excitement in the election and the candidates are not demonstrat ing any undue activity in the search though it was a case of the office seking the man. ZUCKWEILER & LUTZ BUILDING AND STOCK ALMOST TOTAL LOSS The building and store of Zuck weiler & Lutz which was swept by fire yesterday was one of the most complete wrecks that has been made by fire in the city since the fire on December 25, 1915, which destroyed several buildings and stores on lower Main street. The building is com pletely devasted as the result of the fire and water and the entire stock is practically wiped out of existence with only a few canned goods left to tell the story that there was once a business house in the building. The floor in the grocery department of the store has collapsed and fell into the cellarway below while shelving and goods are heaped over the wreck mak ing a total loss of the entire con tents of the store. The building it self is in bad shape from the fire and will require several week to put back into shape so as to be used. The roof of the building suffered considerably as it was necessary to remove a por tion of the tin roof to get atxthe blaze beneath and on the interior the fire did a great deal of damage in burn ing out the supports of the oor and in burning the partitions. The loss of the stock will reach in the neigh borhood of $13,000 while the insurance will probably cover $8,000 of this it will leave the firm losers by from $4,000 to $5,000, on the stock aside from the building. The loss of the building is not as heavy however and can soon be replaced. The members of the firm, Henry Zuckweiler and E. P. Lutz, have not yet definitely decided just what they will do but from present plans ex pect to resume their business as soon as the settlement can be effected and the debris of the fire cleared away. The book accounts of the firm have been saved with only a few exceptions of pass books that were lying on the desk at the outbreak nf thi firo on which were overlooked in the excite ment, The safe and its contents are still in the building but have not yet been opened up. The accounts and filing case of the firm has been re moved to the store of Avard & Mc Lean where Mr. Lutz has been en gaged today in checking over and at- tempting to secure some line on what ! they have secured from the wreck. It has been decided that the second fire was caused by the breaking of the gas pipe in the cellar and" the ex plosion of the gas causing the fire. SINGLE COMB REDS. EGGS FOR HATCHING Am breeding from Scott Covalt's I best strain of Reds this year. "Only i ' ' Neb. 3-8-d&w FUNERAL OF AN AGED INMATE OF COUNTY FARM From Tuesrlny's Ini!v. The funeral services of II. M. Wright, an aged resident at the coun ty farm, was held yesterday from that institution and the body htid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery. The death of Mr. Wright occurred Sun day after an illness of seme duration. He was born at Cincinnitti, Ohio, May 22, 18:54, and at the time of his death was eighty-two years of age. He has had varied career in dif ferent portions of the country an 1 prior to coming to Plattsmouth was a resident of Iowa where he was en gaged in business. For the past eighteen years he has made his home at the farm and was one of the most kindly and gentlest of men to tho-e. with whom he came in contact. .As far as known he had no relatives in this portion of the country and very little was known of his past life. GOVERNOR GAFFER OF KANSAS IS FOR WAR, TELLS METHODISTS From Tuesday's Daily. Topeka, Kansas., March 25. De claring that the United States can no longer endure th? ruthless conduct of Germany in sinking American ships and in taking the lives of American citizens, Governor Arthur Capper yes terday, in a speech before the Kan sas conference of the Methodist Epis copal church, urged Kansas to stand together and stand by President Wil son and congress in a national cri sis. "I have talked again it war be- cause I considered it a wrong against the masses," said the governor. "But the conduct of Germany is so unjus tifiable, so indenfensible, so criminal, that all patriotic citizens feel our gov ernment can no longer condone it without loss of self-respect for life and liberty that is dearer than life itself. If we would maintain Ameri can honor, and American traditions, we must defend them and curselv? - against these murderous assaults on human life and human rights. What the situation calls for in this emer gency is that we should stand by the president and his program." VERY CLEVER WREST LING CONTEST AT THE ROLLER RINK The wirstling match held last evo nign at the Crystal Star roller rink was one of the most interesting that has been held in the city, and afford ed the lovers of this sport a splendid cpportivity of witnessing seme very clever work on the part of Clarence Ecklund, the Canadian wrestler and McVey, t'r.e Falls City lad, who was the onpn-icnt of the clever Canadian. The Eohemian band was on hand to give number of selections as usual that housed to enliven the occasion and as n preliminary the two Wilcox sen boys were placed on for a short six rii'.'-.'.cs go which was well re ceived by tite crowd. The main event proved very in- i terestirK and the hrst lall required one hour and fifteen second before Eckland dumped the Falls City wrestler with toe hold and bar lock that stretched his opponent on the mat for the count. The length of the round gave -vn opportunity to Eckland to give a demonstration of the game that was int' resting and was enjoyed very much. In the second round of the match Fkland did not waste any time ;n evir.g after the fall as he threw MeVoy in four minutes and twenty-seven seconds, using the toe hold ard bar lock for the second time and which proved successful in win ning the match. The vom.otcrs of the wrestling game are planning on holdiner annther match in Apiil that will be one of the best y-L stager? in the city if the pres ent plans are carried out. A slightly used player piano, very special bargain cash or terms. Write or phone A. Hospe Co. 1513 Douglas St., Omaha, Nebr. 3-22-2twkly. FINE ENTERTAIN MENT OF WOOD MAN CIRCLE Quite a Laige number Present And All Eiijoyed the Progiam to the I.nst From W"twinr?(ln v'c t.-"i!y. One oi" the mn.-i delightful gather ings in the hi-torv of ihe local grove of the Wor.dmen Circle was held last evening at the od:.re rooms in the Modern Wodman building and the attendance was quite lav;.'e, and one that e r. joyed to the utmost the splendid program that had been pre pared for them by the committee in charge of the event. The program arranged for the en tertainment of the ladie-- of the order and their friends was of an exception ally high standard and varied so that the enjoyment of everyone was most complete. Miss Honor Seybert, one of the accomplished ladies of the city afforded the audience a very delight ful piano number that proved most enjoyable. Little ''Buster" Mumm was one of the big hits on the pro gram with his song and won the hearty encore of the audience for his pleasing number and the charming manner in which it was given. Miss Fern Jay gave a reading that was much enjoyed by everyone while Mrs. Joseph Drocge gave a short reading in German ih:.t was given in a pleas ing manner and added to the program. Another of the reading given was by Mrs. O. Sandin and this number was especially appreciated by ladies as being one of the most delightful in the long and interesting program. Piano numbers were contributed to the program by Miss Clara Mumm, Mrs. Eugene Set." and Mrs. Al Jen nan, all of whom were received with much enjoyment by the members of the party ar.d the ladies heartily en cored for their skillful performance of the different numbers. One of the rare treats of the evening was the appearance of the high school girl's ukalale club with their Hiawaian costumes and the native instruments with which they gave several charm- tries. iiit.lL wcic iculi vii- joyed by everyone, and the ladies of the club made a decided hit with everyone in the audience for the; skillful manner in which they per formed. Following the program the drill team of the order under the direc tion of the captain, Mrs. M. E. Man speaker, gave an exhibition of the drills, and this feature proved most enjoyable as the members of the team in their attractive uniforms carried out the different movements of the drill in a skillful manner that reflect ed great credit upon the ladies form ing the organization. The evening was closed with the serving of dainty and delicious re freshments by the committee and af ter a short time spent in visiting and enjoying a real pleasant social time j until a late hour when the members departed feeling that these social meetings were certainly a very pleasant featuie of the lodge work and that the committee was deserv ing of great credit for their work in arranging the event. M. S. BBIOOS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR From Tuesday's Daily. The republican city committee has filed with the city clerk the name of M. S. Briggs as the candidate for mayor on that ticket and just came under the wire as yesterday was the last day for the filing of names for vacancies on the ticket. This gives the final lineup for the coming elec tion and completes the republican ticket that has been without a candi date since the resignation of Mr. Rawls following the action of the con vention on March 17th, and a number cf the leaders of the party have been reeking for a candidate to carry the party standarel. County Commissioner Henry Snoke came in this morning from Eagle to look after a few matters with the county assessors at their meeting. SAM V. SMALL, D. D. TO LECTURE HERE MONDAY The Anti-Sah n League of Amer ica presents Rev. Sam W. Small, D. !, liie famous Southern Evangelist, editor and lecturer, whose abilities and equipment, have made him "A Prince of the Platform" for the past low decades, and whose work as a lecturer along reform lines, espec ially as a strong and convincing pub lic speaker for the cause of the aboli tion of the licensed liquor traffic, en titles him to a place among the lead ers in the great campaign for Nation- 1 Prohibition. Dr. Small is a man of exceptional attainments. He was; born in Knox ville, Tennesee, in the city founded by his family forbears; graduated with high honors from Emory and Henry College in Virginia, and after admission to the bar in Tennessee became private secretary to Ex-Presi- ' dent Andrew Johnson and followed that statesman's political fortunes io j the United States Senate He holds the literary degrees of A. P.. anil A. M . from his Alma Mater; Ph. D. from Taylor University, and D. D. from the Ohio Northern University, lie is a trained journalist, many years editor or leading boutnern papers, principally with the noted "Atlanta Constitution." He is the author of several books. By appointment of President Hayes he served as a sec retary of the American Commission in Paris in 1878, and as a delegate from this country to the International Literary Congress of that year. He has served in many notable national conventions of political, commercial and reformatory character. While in the United States Army in Cuba in 1S90 he was Military Supervisor cf Public Instruction, engaging in the reorganization of the public schools o fthe Island. In 1885 Mr. Small, then a promi nent editor and public official, was converted through the preaching of Rev. Sam Jones, the great Georgia evangelist, and joined with him in holding evangelistic services in all the greater cities of the United States and Canada. Those were in many ways the most famous and successful religious meetings ever held in this or any other country. Dr. Small has led campaigns resulting in the closing of more than 10,000 drink shops, and is recognized in all quarters of the -.it ion as one of the foremost apostl?s of Prohibition. This famous speaker will be hearel at the Presbyterian Church in Platts month, Monday, April 2, 7:30 P. M. Admission free. PAVING TO BE EX TENDED TO MISSOURI PACIFIC DEPOT A further addition is to be made to the paving in the city and which will complete the work on Washington avenue and give a completely paved street from the business section of the city clear to the Missouri Pacific depot on west Elm street. The Mis souri Pacific railway company has de cided that it will assist in the work of the mprovement of that section of the city in which their passenger sta tion is located and will accordingly have the two blocks along ther right-of-way and-leading to the depot pav ed and put in proper shape for travel. The work on the paving win oe aone ( Fals Cit Neb anJ I)r T A Trus. by the Monarch Engineering Company cott of piattsmouth. The dates for the of Falls City, who hafl the contract group rallies are as follows: Green for the work for the city and will wood March 30; Weeping Water, complete a very fine job of paving March 31; Nebraska City, April 2; and one that will pass muster with , Auburrif Aprn 3. Tecumseh, April 4; any in the state of Nebraska. The , pawnee city, April 5; Humboldt, April work will be looked after as soon as G A ocal ray an d i,anquet is to Im possible and completed in a short hed in the Methodist church in Platts time so that the travelers to and mouth on Aprii i3 from the depot may make the trip without getting into the mud as has PURCHASES NEW AUTOMOBILE. beenthe custom in the years gone by. "The Missouri Pacific has been ad- This afternoon Thede Amick de justing their financial difficulties and parted for Omaha to return with a fine are now re-organzed so as to permit new Reo touHng car, which was pur of their proposed improvements chased by B. W. Livingston through and among which is the completion of the agency of Mr. Amick. The car their portion of the paving of the js one of the late 1017 models of 'he street leading .to their depot. This Reo and is a beauty in every way, and latest improvement will certainly be one that cannot but prove a great appreciated by those who travel over pleasure to Mr. Livingston and family, that highway. 1 Mr. Amick has disposed of a great Wall Paper, Paints, Glass, Picture Framing. Frank Gobelman. FINE MEETING OF MODERN WOODMEN Cass Camp Enjoys a Most Interesting Meeting -at Their Hall. With :i Large Crowd Piesent. The members of Cass Camp Xo. 332 Modern Nvoodmen of America, held a 'ery i;thus,ia i c iwctiny last "veil ing at their hall on South Sixth street and one that was very largely attended l.v the members in thi- eiiv and vicinity. The numo'-rs of the order who held individual notes against the lodge for the buildiiig cf the M. W. A. at the corner of Sixth ;ii!.! Pearl street, were very ngreeab' surprised at tie meeting by having thir notes c: !!ed in and settled for by the clerk and banker of the order. The ledge is now gi t ting in a po.-ition where they will have the-i building cnthely fie" from deb. and make a lasting monu ment to the energy and splendid handling of the building question hy the officers of the order in the city. After the conclusion of the session of the lodge the members received a most ag-able surprise when the members of the Royal Xeighbors of America came in to assist in cele brating the occasion and gave their fathers, husbards and brothers a mt complete surprise as this pleasure was wholly unexpected. The ladies can e prepared with all the good things i. make a most enjoyable treat in t! .. way of a luncheon and this was en joyed to the utmost by the members of the party. To add to the delights of the evening a short program was given 1' at was enjoyed. The ukalale club of the high rchiol, composed of a number of young ladies were present to add enjoyment to the gathering and thei lumbers were received with markM favor by the audience. Mrs. Allen J . Becson wa? prevailed upon to give o"e of her usual pleasing readings that was enjoyed very much and a most enjoyable touch to the irogram. , H. A. McElwain was another of those to add to the pleasure of the evening with a well scdectei vocrl number and Mi-s Hor Seybert with a piaro number added greatly tc the thoroughly enjoyable program the evening. The b.dies of the P.oyal Xei-hbor-: then oi oceeded to serve the luncheon that eve" no enjoyd thoroughly ai.d which will long be pleasantly remem bered by the Modern Woodmen, and was appreciated to the utmost by every membr of the order. DR. T. A. TRUSGOTT TO VISIT CENTERS l , TEGUMSEH DISTRICT Dr. T. A. Truscott of the Methodist church will be out of town during Fri day and Saturday, March 30 anil 31. He has been appointed to visit several centers in the Tecumseh district and give addresses on ''Christian Steward ship." The team for the group rallies is made up -of the following gentlemen: , Dr E T Georjre superintendent of the Tecumseh district; Dr. F. I. John son of the Mansfield district of the Northeast Ohio conference; Dr. H. Ik Johnson, superintendent of the Japa nese mission; Rev. William Boyce of J many of the Reo cars in the last few : months and has been very successful I in their sale.
