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If You infant Printing that IS Printing let ZShe Tribune do the Printing. We guarantee it The Falls City Tribune. Vol. VIII ^ FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY, 7, 1911 Number 35 THE PAST WEEK'S DEATH RECORD SOME OF RICHARDSON COUN TY'S OLD SETTLERS. ANDERSON. Grandma Anderson, as she was familiarly called, died at her home in Rulo, Saturday at three o’clock p. m., July 1, 1911. Mrs. Anderson had been a sufferer for many mouths, hut was only con fined to her bed for a few days prior to her death, which result ed from a general break-down, which had been going on for a number of years until the poor tired heart ceased its troubled beating. About six years ago death claimed her oldest daugh ter, leaving three little children, which she helped to care for as long ae life lasted. Within two years the father of the children also died, and from then on they were almost Mrs. Anderson’s sole care. Shortly afterwards her husband who had been an invalid for many months, passed away, still leaving her a daughter who had also been sick for a long time and soon followed her fa ther in death leaving five little children vViose care the kind old lady also took unto herself as long as her hclath permitted. Mighteen months ago her oldest brother, Thomas Watts died at her home after a long illness through which she helped to nurse him. As a whole, her last days were fuii of sorrow, but through it all she trusted in her Savior’s love and died in the faith of a bright hereafter. She was ft kind neighbor and friend, and will be sadly missed not only in her home but in the entire community. In life she always welcomed one with a smil and “I’m glad you came’’. The funeral was held at the M. E. church, and in spite of the tor turing heat and stifling dust the building was crowded with those who had assembled to pay her the last tribute. The services were conducted by Rev. A. E. Waehtel of Barnard, Nebr! and the resident pastor. Rev. Pickett. Beautiful flowers bloomed above the silent sleeper, and they ten derly laid her to rest by the side of her loved ones. She leaves four sons and numerous grand children and other relatives who have the sympathy of a host of friends in this their sad hour of bereavement. CARL F. FISCHER Carl Fredericck Fischer died at his home in this city lliurs day, June 29, 1911. Deceased was born iu Prussia, Germany, January 15, 1843, and at the age of 39 came to this country, coming si aright thorugli to Ri chardson county. In 1873 ho was united in mar riage with \\ ilheuiina Schmuudt, and to this union six childrt n were born, four of whom died m infancy. He is survived by his widow, a son. Herman Fischer o1' Dawson «and a daughter, ITulda Peters of Council Grove, JCans., also four grand-children. The funeral was held at the family residence Sunday morning at 10 o’clock and was conducted by the Rev. S. DePresse of Ver don. Many of his old friends from surrounding towns were in at tendance at the funeral. The ♦ ermon, and also the music were rendered in English and German.; the songs by Rev. DeFresse and the two young ladies from Ye" I don, being very beautifully ren dered. Mr. Fischer had been a resi dent of Falls City for three years or so, and leaves in addition, to the bereaved members of his fam ily, a host of friends who mourn his death and extend their sym pathy to his sorrowing ones. EDGECOMB Mrs. II. M. Edgecomb died at her home in Kulo, Monday, -July 3, 1911, after a sickness of years duration. At this writing the funeral arrangements have not yet been made. A Fight On Grasshoppers. The ravages of grasshoppers in western Kansas have become so serious that the Atchison, Tope ka & Santa Fe railroad has an nounced that it will kill all grass hoppers along its right-of-way, and is urging farmers to help in the work. In Scott, Finney, Hamilton, Grant and Stevens counties, the grasshoppers are do ing great damage, especially to the alfalfa. II. O. Marsh of the government bureau of entomology is conducting the extermination work among the farmers and helping the railroad. A poison is being spread over all the grass and other vegetation [along its right-of-way. The poi son preparation is one hundred pounds of bran, four pounds of Paris green or white arsenic, three pounds of salt, and four pounds of molasses with suffi cient water to moisten the mix ture. The grasshoppers are said to eat the preparation readily aud it causes death in a few minutes. The railroad company is scatter ing the poison by the ton. and many farmers are spreading it also. One Scott county ranch man lias bought three hundred turkeys to war on the pests. Governor Stubbs has been ask ed to help the people of Winona, in Logan county, to obtain Paris green and fly poison. There is no drug store in Winona, so a gorcer has been selling these ar ticles aud also wood alcohol. The Kansas drug law prohibits any except registered pharmacists selling poisons and the grocers were put out of business. The people therefore have been un able to protect themselves against the pests. The governor has been petitioned to get a ruling from the state board of pharmacy to permit the sale, of certain poisons. Phone Girls To Play Ball. The N. E. phone girls have challenged the Falls City phone girls for a game of baseball, the game to be played here. The Falls City girls have accepted. If the Hiawatha girls beat Falls City they will challenge the Hor ton girls. The following is the line-up for Hiawatha: Nora Ger ber, lb; Lulu Gerber, c; Marie Arnann, If; Marie Baldry, p;: Mayme Beattie, ss; Bertha Tho nen, cf; Ada Byeos, ob ; Rachel Staley, 2b; Nora Culp, rf; Jess j Berry, umpire. Airs. Chas. Cor-1 noli and Aliss AVright will act ! as substitutes. The first pract | ice will be held Friday evening i on the Academy campus in full j uniform.—Hiawatha World. The Falls City telephone girls are good players and are simply invincible in their uniforms. A large crowd will, no doubt, witness the game. We suggest that the umpire wear a hair pro tector.—News. A little son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jess Harshburger of Humboldt, one day last week. Subscribe for the Tribuu >0')<WiV9VWV9W99v»V9V9999V9vVV9VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVvvyv Patriots Abou Ben Bunker, on July the third. Awoke at night and thought a noise he heard; And lo! within his morris chair there sate A ghostly vision, writing on a slate. ‘ What's that?” inquired Ben Bunker, not much seared. “Oh, just a list,” the ghost said, “I’ve prepared. Of noble patriots, whose names may stand A lasting honor to their native land." “And am I in it?” Bunker said. “Wliat1. You? Not much!” the vision jeered. Ben cried, “Skiddoo! But docket me as one, you bloomin' .jay, Who won't give children firearms, any way!” The vision sneered, but he skiddooed all right, And wasn’t seen again till the next night, After the Fourth its deadly work had done, With rocket, rifle, cracker, bomb and gun, Weeping, the vision came to Abou Ben And sat down in the morris chair again. He showed his list—it was no time for jest - And lo! Ben Bunker's name led all the rest! —Carolyn Wells in Judge. BASE BALL NOTES Drum certainly killed the ball at Auburn. Two home runs in one game. The team could be strengthen ed in centerfield. A good many games have been lost there. Did you ever notice that the man who loses his money loses his patriotism and local pride at the same time? Every team will take a slump. Our losing streak is nothing un usual and doesn't scare the fan who knows base ball. Manager Jack is the most pop ular manager in the league. We are with him and the public has every confidence in him. Drum and Trainor are two of the most valuable men on the team. Both are always trying and forever making good on this trip. Bobby McCabe continues to be the idol of the fans. He is al ways fighting to win and is the one man on the team that never quits until the last man is oijt. In the other towns the home team is the only team cheered. In Falls City the home team is the only team not cheered. A little more local pride would ac complish wonders. The most vocal of the oppen ents of Sunday baseball are those who never go to the games. If you want to make Sunday ball unnecessary go to a game now and then. Help as well as knock. Tappan’s showing this year is a great disappointment. Last year he was the class of the league. His friends have been hoping that he would get in his stride again, but he fails to come back. Finch has been pitching in hard luck. The writer believes Finch to be one of the best pitchers in the league. Wait un til the season is old and you will find Eddie to be our winning pitcher. To keep the team going there must be better attendance. For Falls City to quit now would make us the target for every envious town in the neighborhood Go down to the park occasion ally, if not to watch the hall game, at least go down and help a little. The view of the valley is worth your quarter in any event. Have you noticed that we have lost a good many games by a failure to hit in the pinches? This may be hard luck and it may be because our batting or der isn’t right. Manager Jack has been laying awake nights trying to solve the problem and has shifted several times with little results. How would this do to start it,-McCabe to lead off. He is a sure hitter and a good waiter. He is fully as fast after getting to first as Kteno and uses a good deal better judge ment ‘on bases. Forrester sec ond. He is a good bunter and has the best base ball head on offense of any man on the team. To put Jack in the bunting posi tion will keep him from swing ing at a high, fast ball. Train or third, a consistent hitter and the best pinch hitter on the team. Drum in the clean-up po sition. McNeil next, Tappen, Steno, Vanderhill and pitcher. This looks like the best combin ation to the writer and might bear a trial. Horse Thieves At Rulo. A horse and buggy were stolen at Rulo on the afternoon of the Fourth. The authorities here were notified and after a chase which lasted late in * the night the thief was caught and the rig recovered. The horse and buggy belongs to Jean Blodgett. The horse was tied to a hitch rack at Rulo and when Mr. Blodgett was ready to go home, he discovered that souk; one had taken the outfit. Deputy Sheriff McFarland and Chief of Police Aldrich were soon at work. They visited Rulo and soon were hot on the trail and landed the thief, Russell Cow hick ,a hoy of 19 years, at White Cloud. The horse and buggy were turned over to the owner and Cowhiek brought to this city and placed in the county jail. Cowhiek will not talk much. ITe says he was drunk, but he knew enough to make a desperate effort to get away. News. Returned To Pen. Weary and worn out from beating his way from New York state, where he had been since breaking Ids parole over a year ago, Ralph Neville, a convict at the penitentiary sent here from Douglas county following his conviction for burglary, returned to the folds ol' Warden Deluhun ty's institution 'J'lnirsday, a peni tent and weeping man. lie gave liimsclf up to the warden and begged to be put back in the cell that he might serve out the remainder of his sentence, which amounts to one month. Neville came the entire way from New York to right llm wrong he committed when he broke trust with the officers by escaping while paroled to l)r. Williams of University Place. Part of the way from the east the convict walked and part of the way he rode brake beams of overland fliers. At other times he was forced to be content with freight trains, whose wayside wanderings were slow and ted ious. He arrived at the state penitentiary dust-covered and be grimed with oil. Neville was sent here from Douglass county to serve two years for burglary. He was com mitted in July, 1908, and escap ed June 24, 1910. He relates that lie went from here direct to Now York, where he remained with relatives until about a week ago when he started hack for Ne braska and the prison which awaited him hero. NEW HOTEL IS OPENED UP. Is One of the Best and Nicest Equipped Hotels in the City. The new hotel built by Mr. A. R. Goolsby this spring and late ly completed was formally open ed last Monday night. Everybody in the city was inf vited to attend and there were approximately two hundred peo ple present. Refreshments were served, consisting of pun -h and lemonade. The lower floor of the hotel is composed of a large and spa cious office ,furnished with the best and most comfortable furni ture; an up-to-date barber shop; a nicely equipped pool hall, hav ing two pool tables and a billiar table, under the charge of ('lias. Walters, and two public bath rooms. Tlie second and third floors are arranged for sleeping apartments and are furnished with a view to tit* comfort of the guests. Before the guests departed they were invited to the second floor balcony where they were served with ice cream and cake. Mr. Goolsby now has one of the finest and most modern equipped hotels in the city and will be deserving of a good share of the business. Dry There. Dry weather note from lieno county: A brother-in-law of Rev. W. C. Johnson writes: “It is so dry in Hutchinson that they have to run the street sprinklers in pairs. Tlie first one moistens the air, giving the second a chanc to wet the ground.” -Hiawatha World. Shot His Rival. Finding liis wife talking with another man in the rear of the Cameraphone theater, Fourteenth and Douglass streets, at 7:30 o’clock Thursday night, J. W. Wheaton, (>23 South Twcuty sixth street, Omaha, opened fire on the man, Janu s Kellogg, shoot ing him through the right shoul der. Three shots were fired, but only one took effect. Mrs. Wheaton’s cries brought Officer Barta to the alley and Wheaton was arrested and hook ed for shooting with intent to kill. The Wheatons had been separ ated since more than two years ago. Mrs. Wheaton is employed as pianiste at the Cameraphone theatre. MCNAMARA DEFENSE SPRINGS SURPRISE DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO PLEAD TO CHARGE OF MURDER. The defense iu the McNamara dynamite conspiracy ease sprang a surprise Thursday when John J. McNamara, the accused Indi ana labor leader, and his brother, James lb, were called into Judge Bordwcll's department of the su perior court. Both men were summoned t# plead to nineteen charges of mur der, the result of the destruction of the Times plant. In addition, John J. McNamara was expected to plead to the charge of con spiracy to destroy the Llewellyn Iron works. Instead he challeng ed the jurisdiction of the court, claiming that it had no right t* exact a pica on either the nine teen charges of murder or th<* Llewellyn Iron works indictment because lie was extrailicted front Indianapolis not for murder, Wet for alleged dynamiting. A motion for the quashing o£ the indictments was made in tie ease of James B. McNamara, whn entered no plea whatever, hold ing that the indictments against him should not stand because Eurl Rogers, who acted as a spe cial district attorney to aid the inquisitors during the investiga tion, had previously been active on behalf of the Times and the Meruliunta’ and Manufacturers’ association during the search for evidence. The prosecution met the move of the defense with a motion to disallow the plea to jurisdiction. An argument ou the relevancy of John McNamara’s action en sued. % Governor Overcome By Heat Although spending his holi day at home in a quiet way, Gov ernor Aldrich was temporarily overcome by the heat ou July 4. Although he was rather sick for a time, no physician was call ed. The governor appeared at his office late this morning, hut after only a few minutes’ work was compelled tx» return to the executive mausion. Gov. Aldrich was overcome with heat about three years ago while working in a hay field, and since then has not been able to stand excessive heat. A date at which the gov ernor was to speak at the stock men’s convention at Alliance had to be broken this noon. Town Wiped Out. Fire wiped out the town of Newcastle, Neb.. July 4. entailing a heavy loss. Newcastle is in Dixon county, not far from the South Dakota line. Fourth of July Fire. It is reported here in a message over the telephone that Prince ton, Mo., is burning up, follow ing a fourth of July celebration. It is said the business section of the town has been destroyed. It is reported here from Tren ton, twenty-five miles south of Princeton, that half of the town has already been destroyed and that the fire is spreading into the residence districts. A special train carrying all the available firemen and fire fight ing aparatus has been sent from Trenton to the burning town. Let the Tribune do your print ing. Satisfaction guaranteed.