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TOIL XXXIV. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECemBeii n, 19ig. No. l."7.

A BUSY SESSION

OF CITY COUNCIL

Reports of City Officials ReceivedClaims Paid, and a Great Amount

of Business Transacted.

From Tncsd.iv's Daily.The city council enjoyed a very busy

session last evening", at which timea number of matters of importance tothe city were taken up and discussedby ths city dads, all of whom werepresent when the mayor summoned themeeting to order.

In the communications and petitions,one was received from residents onSouth Fifth street asking: that anelectric light be placed at the cornerof Fifth and Pearl streets, where it isvery badly needed owing to the steephill at this point, and also to the factthat quite a number use this streetfor travel. The petition was signedby R. B. Hayes and fourteen others.

Chief of Police Barclay reportedthat during; the month of Novemberthere had been thirteen arrests, elevenof whom had come across with fines;one still unpaid, and one ordered outof the city. This report was sent tothe police committee for examination.

City Clerk Jess Warga had enjoyedquite a successful month in collectionsduring November as $1,575.90 hadbeen gathered into the city treasuryduring this time.

Police Judge Archer reported thatthere had been collected in fines andcosts during the month the sum of$58.35, which had been deposited inthe city strong box.

Fire Chief A. F. Braun reported tothe council that he thought the pur-

chase of a small forty-gallo- n chemicalengine would be a splendid additionto the equipment of the fire depart-ment and could be used to the greatestadvantage in handling small fires andsave a great deal of loss by waterwhich frequently is accosioned in thesmaller fires over the city.

The judiciary committee of thecouncil reported through ChairmanMauzy that they had gone over thematter of the commuacnition of Dr.O. Sandin in regard to the tubercularcondition of the milk cows, and in theopinion of the committee the citizenshere were entitled to the same protec-tion that was given by other cities,and they strongly recommended thepassage of such an ordinance thatwould provide for the inspection of allmilk cows and provide a penalty forthe violation of the ordinance. Onmotion the city attorney was orderedto prepare such an ordinance at once.

In regard to the litigation over theland on the bottoms east of the Bur-lington right-of-wa- y, that has beenpending in the federal court at Lin-

coln for some time, the judiciarycommittee, reported that the railroadcompany had agreed through its legaldepartment to quit claim its rights tothe city for the land east of a certainpoint in return for which the city wasto give quit claim deed to its rightsfor the land from Rocky Point to thenorthwest corner of the land occupiedby Thomas Stokes, and in agreementof this the railroad company woulddismiss the suit in the federal courtat their own cost. On motion thecommittee and the city attorney wereauthorized to sign the agreement andexecute the deeds to the Burlington,who will join with the city in the suitfor the possession of the land in dis-

pute with the parties who are claim-ing title to it.

The lighting committee ' throughChairman Luschinsky reported thatthe Missouri Pacific railroad companyhad written to find out the cost of in-

stalling and maintaining a light atthe Locust street viaduct and wouldhave the same installed at once. Thecommittee also reported that the newornamental post for use on Washing-ton avenue had been selected andwould soon be in position. The lightwill be a sixty-wa- tt lamp with all-nig- ht

service.The police committee, to which had

been referred the matter of placingWilliam Wilson back on the policeforce, reported that at the time thesettlement was made by the countyMr. Wilson with the Bashus boys andWill Owens, the interests of the cityhad not been safeguarded and the citywould be out a part of their expensenot covered by the liability insuranceand the opinion of the committee itrecommended that Mr. Wilson be not

placed back in service. This reportwas adopted by a unanimous vote ofthe council.

The streets, alleys and bridges committee reported that they had inspected the paving on Washington avenueand found it in excellent shape, withthe work done in a satisfactory manner, and recommended that the contractors be given the balance due themon the work. The report of InspectorC. II. Fuller was also given and detailed the various amounts of materiaused, and spoke very highly of thework as a whole and the dispatch withwhich it had been handled.

The final estimate of the Washington avenue paving was then read fromthe office of the engineers in Omahagiving the sum of $2,578.24 as theamount still due from the ctiy on thetotal work, that amounted to $27,22979, and with the five per cent held bythe city would leave $1,196.27 due thecontractors, the Monarch Engineeringcompany. On motion the city was ordered to pay over this sum to the contractors, all voting in favor with theexception of Councilman Buttery, whovoted "no."

Councilman Buttery asked that thenext meeting be set for Wednesday,December 27th, as the regular datefalls on Christmas night, and this wasagreed to, as well as the fact that thesalaries be allowed for this time, andon motion of Johnson the officers ofthe fire department were included inthe salaries.

The council on the advice of CityAttorney Douglas selected Mondayevening, January 15th, as the date forsitting as a board of equalization totake up the matter of levying thetaxes in paving district No. 12, andafter allowing the large array ofclaims against the city adjourned towend their way homeward.

'THE BOHEMIAN GIRL"

HERE SATURDAY NIGHT

The coming of the Aborn Operacompany in their spectacular production of "The Bohemian Girl" tothe Parmele theatre Saturday night,December 16, is heralded as one of theimportant events, dramatically as wellas musically of the season. Balfe'smasterpiece will be presented in theavish stage environment given it forits New York revival by the Aborns,which was declared by the critics tobe superior to any production evermade of this operatic classic in America. It is, indeed, a replica of thefamous production made for thisopera at the Paris Opera Comique.

or that Parisian revival, revised andamplified libretto and score were madeand the same were used for the' firsttime in this country in this Abornpresentation. Consequently hearingand seeing the Aborn "BohemianGirl" is like attending a new operaeven to those who have seen it be-

fore in its primitive form.Among the features introduced in

the Aborn production of "The Bohe-

mian Girl" and formerly unknown tothis opera are the "Ballet of theHours," the fair scene in which areintroduced the Tzigani Troupe, saidto be the most remarkable group ofwhirlwind acrobats ever brought tothis country, an encampment of gen-

uine Gypsies who are seen makingand breaking camp with caravan, dogs,geese, pigs, chickens and other ani-mals exploited by these nomads andother novelties. These features areintroduced in conformity ' with :' thestory, fitting appropriately into theaction of the opera.

The cast, chorus, ballet and staff ofthe organization include members ofthe same careful selection as have dis-

tinguished this company during itssix successful seasons in "The Bohemian Girl," most prominent ofwhom are Harold Blake, JeanetteWells, Phillis Davies, Albert Wallerstedt, Francis J. Tyler, Baby Phillips,Ralph Nicholls, Carl Burton andothers.

ASKS FOR SALE OF LAND.

From Tuesday's Daily.A petition has been filed in the of

fice of Clerk of the District CourtRobertson by Frank E. Schlater, guardian of William and Ina Stettler, minors, in which permission is askedto sell real estate in which said minorheirs are interested.

FOR SALE Poland-Chin- a boar andone yearling Jersey heifer calf. C. EBabbitt, Plattsmouth, Neb.

platemonth omniaTHE DEAD MAN

COMES TO LIFE

Much Excitement Prevailed in theCity Yesterday Afternoon Over

Report Dead Man Was Upthe Railroad Track.

From Tup.clay's DailvYesterday afternoon intense excite

ment prevailed for several minutesaround the court house when a trampbrought in by Chief of Police Barclay related to the county attorney thedetails of the death of a comrade inthe vicinity of Swallow Hill and statedthat he had left the dead man thereand come on into this city to securehelp and meeting the chief o fpolicerequested him to do something to aidin bringing in the dead man. Thestory of the man was that he and hiscompanion were in Omaha for thepast two weeks on a big spree andthey had started out to walk to thesouth and on Sunday night had sleptin a box car in the vicinity of LaPlatte, starting out yesterday on theresume of their journey, only to beovercome by the cold. The storysounded good and Coroner J. F. Bren-dl- e

of Murray was summoned whoarrived in haste to aid in getting thedead man to town while a jury com-posed of P. J. Vallery, Sam Shoe-maker, Clarence Beal, William Gil- -mour, William Barclay and WillRothmann was hurriedly gotten together and with the sheriff preparedor the journey out to the scene of the

death. In the meantime a secondhoboe was picked upon the street byChief Barclay and this man detaileda story that was similar to that givenby the first tramp and he also spokeof a man in bad shape and inquired ifhe was dead. A few - minutes past3:00 o'clock the party composed ofthe coroner, sheriff, county attorney,chief of police, the coroner's jury andthe Journal reporter embarked inautos for the scene of the supposedragedy. The trip against the cold

biting wind was enlivened by thebumping and swaying of the auto thatmade it seem at times as though thecoroner's jury would have to sit onthemselves before reaching hte goal.On arriving at Swallow hill the partydivided to search for the dead body,Beal, Rothmann and the chief of po--

ice speding on toward Oreapolis whilethe sheriff, county attorney and Mr.Vallery proceeded down the tracks toward the pumping station and therest remained to relay any signals andto enjoy the fresh river breeses thatwere blowing in a very pronouncedmanner. After walking some distanceand finding no one, it was decided tomove to town by traveling down thetrack and then it was discovered thatthe "corpse" had left some time before in the direction of Plattsmouthas the section gang of Con Gillespiehad witnessed his sudden revival toife. It then dawned on the members

of the party that they had journeyedin vain and just about this time theundertaker's wagon with Mayor Sat-tl- er

in command came into sight allready to convey the unfortunate backto Plattsmouth, but the corpse wasnot forthcoming but it is safe to betif the ounch had been able to layhands on him at this time that thecoroner's jury would have had a realjob on their hands. It was then aboutforty below zero as Pete Valleryclaimed so the cars were called up andthe start back to the city commenced.The party stopped at the city jailwhere the "corpse" had revived fromthe combination of cold and drunkenstupor and was able to explain thatfie was- - the desired party. He statedthat he had been overcome by thecold and fallen snseless by the side oftheir campfire and that when he re-vived his companion was gone. Hegave his name as Tom Summers andhis home in New York but had beenworking at Des Moines, la., for thepast few months. The first man takenup who had started the whole wildgoose chase gave the name of MelvinWalker. '

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The whole affair was a mighty goodjoke on the members of the party butone that was not thoroughly appre-ciated at first out in the cold and bit-ing wind, but the more it was thoughtover the boys decided that it was oneon them. The jury viewed the "deadman" at the jail and decided that hewas not legally dead and then pro-ceeded to seek a warmer and morecomfortable spot.

PLATTSMOUTH GIRLS TAKE

A HIKE TO MAULEY SATURDAY

Prnm Tiinedriv's lhiilv.Saturday the young ladies of the

tuvning class cf the T. J.Sokol halldecided that they would enjoy a "hike"as has been their custom in the past,and according';, five of them set forthwith the town of Manley as their goaland made a rcv ord-breaki- ng trip. Theparty left ho;e' at 9:30 a. m andreached Murray at noon, having followed the Mi Pacific tracks tothat point. From here they proceed-ed west by wagon road to the town ofManley, arriving there at 4 o'clock inthe afternoon. They were royallytreated by the good people of thatcity, and entertained at a number ofthe homes until Sunday, when theyreturned home to this city. Those whocomprised the party were: MissesMarie Svoboda, Bessie, Alma andElizabeth Holly and Anna Vejvoda.

THE CHRISTMAS SHOP

WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

From Tuesday's Daily.The Christmas shop of the ladies of

St. Mary's Guild, that was conductedon Friday and Saturday last, in therooms in the Riley Hotel block, wasone of the best, and most successfulaffairs of its kind held in the city,both in the excellence of the articlesoffered for sale and in the paticnagefrom the public. From the opc-nir.- g

hour until the close there was a constant stream of shoppers present atthe shop and the many different articles of needlework were rapidly pur-chased by the seekers after son:? ap- -

priate gift for Christmas. The twohandkerchiefs which were sent to ;hcshop by Mrs. Wtodrow Wilson werethe objects of much admiration, andeach brought a neat sum to be appliedto the church work in which the ladiesare interested. The portrait and auto-graph of former President W. H. Taftalso brought a good price, and theadies feel very grateful to "the firstady in the land" as well as the ex- -

president for their generosity in do- -

noting these articles for the shop.There was very few articles left afterthe market closed on Saturday evening and these were disposed of yesterday afternoon, and leaves the ladieswith a very pleasing amount to theircredit as a result of the Christmasshop.

M. W. A. ELECT OFFICERS

FOR THE ENSUING YEAR

The Modern Woodmen of Americaast evening held a very interesting

meeting at their lodge rooms andquite a large number of the memberswere present to take part in the pro-

ceedings, the chief feature of whichwas the selection of the officers for theensuing year. The M. W. A. has en-

joyed a very successful year, with agood increase in the membership ofthe local camp, due to the persistentand efficient work of the officers ofthe order, and the showing has beenone that is very pleasing to all of themembership of the lodge. The officerselected for the year are:

Venerable Consul A. F. Braun.Advisor J. E. Ledgway.Banker William Hassler.Clerk H. F. Goos.Escort J. G. Skoda.Watchman Sophus Christianson.Sentry J. W. Fahlson.Physician Dr. P. J. Flynn.Manager for three years A. J.

Beeson.After the regular business session

had been disposed of, the membersproceeded to enjoy a short timerso-siall- y

in a smoker and a general get-togeth- er

meeting that was very pleas-ant to everyone, and the retiring off-

icers were congratulated on the splen-

did work that they had accomplished,and the new officers were extended thebest wishes for future success.

TONS OF CANDY.

Several tons of Xmas candies andnuts will be placed on sale Friday andSaturday. Special prices to churchesand schools. Make your selectionearly. Johnson Bros.' Greater Grocery, Nebraska City.

LANGHORST DID

NOT UND PLUM

Governor-Elec- t Said to nave ia(jeStatement That He Notn.

ing to Democratic StateCentral Committee.

Chairman Louis F. Langhorst ofElmwood, Cass county, after havingbeen drafted to lead the democraticforces in a fight for democratic principles and offices, and after havingwon the fight so far as the offices isconcerned, is to be deprived of thespoils. He is denied the privilege ofholding the appointive position of deputy state food commissioner, a placenow occupied by Clarence E. Harman

Governor-elec-t Keith Neville brokethe news to Mr. Langhorst Tuesday atOmaha.

"He told me he had appointed theother fellow," said Mr. Langhorstwhen he called at the office of Governor Morehead Wednesday forenoonto tell his troubles.

"Who is the other fellow?" wasasked.

"Muschel, I suppose," he replied."What have you to say about it?""Hell, Neville is governor. He

makes his own appointments, don'the?" said Mr. Langhorst as he dartedinto Governor Morehead's private of-

fice for a conference.No one in the governor's reception

room dared deny the statement of thedemocratic state chairman that Ne-

ville is governor and that he appointshis own.

Langhorst Turned Down.It is said Mr. Langhorst is not an-

gry because he did not get the ap-

pointment or because it went to OttoMuschel of Ord, at present one of theinspectors under State Fire Commis-sioner W. S. Ridgell. But it is under-stood he is mad because of the man-

ner in which Neville broke the newsto him. He is quoted as having saidthe governor-elec- t in denying him theappointment said he did not owe any-

thing to the democratic state commit-tee.

As Neville practically conducted hisown campaign from North Platte andas some connected with the statecommittee said too much attentionwas being paid to the head of theticket, the impression gained groundthat while no one at the committeeheadquarters were disloyal to Neville,the committee proposed to pay lessattention to the head of the ticket andmore attention to other candidates onthe democratic ticket.

It is also understood that Mr. Lang-horst believes he was sidetracked be-

cause he is a Bryan democrat and didnot have the backing of Arthur Mul-

len and Senator Hitchcock.Langhorst Drafted.

Mr. Langhorst was drafted intoservice as chairman of the state com-

mittee because the candidates andwho do things in the party desired aBryan man, and because it was be-

lieved Langhorst was a good campaignmanager. Neville had as much to doas any one in selecting Langhorst.

The work of the campaign pro-

ceeded and the leaders are said tohave made up their minds that Lang-horst was unable to deliver the Bryanwing to the entire ticket, and thencame grumbling about his ability tomanage a campaign. He had said itwas easy to get money. He failed toproduce campaign funds and the na-

tional committee had to put moneyinto the pot. Langhorst and SecretarySprague did not always work in har-mony. The democratic candidate be-

gan to get scared over the manner inwhich things were drifting. The can-

didates already in office commencedto draft their employes to work in thestate headquarters. Arthur Mullenoccasionally came down from Omahaand made things hum for a time.

Needed No Endorsement.When the election was over the

democrats found they had won by un-

expected majorities, Langhorst appliedfor the job of food commissioner. Hetold Neville if endorsements wereneeded he would get them. It is saidhe was told none were needed. Mr.Langhorst had the "nominal credit ofwinning a hard political fight, andrested easy on his oars. He had nopromise of the office, but expectedto get it. v

A group of democrats opposed toHarman's reappointment boostedLanghorst until it became apparent

that Harman was out of the race, thenthey suddenly lost interest, and theappointment slipped away.

Democrats familiar with the situation believe Neville merely passed upLanghorst because he did not believeLanghorst would do him much goodin the food commissioner's office. Thisdepartment employs many inspectorswho travel over the state and whodeal with the public. It is about theonly department under control of thegovernor that is able to do the governor much political good, and the in-coming governor naturally desiressome one at the head who will be aPolitical asset to him. Whether hehas such a man in Muschel is ques-tioned by many, but at any rate thegovernor does not want Langhorst.He has said so, and that is what ai,sLanghorst.

Still for Amendment.After Mr. Langhorst came out of

Governor Morehead's office he wasasked how it happened that he lostout on the appointment for food com-missioner.

"I have nothing to say just now,"he said. "I may have later. I don'tknow how I lost out, but I am stillgoing to be for the prohibitoryamendment." Lincoln News.

LADIES' AUXILIARY IS

NICELY ENTERTAINED

From Wednesday's Daily.

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church were entertained in avery charming manner yesterday aft-ernoon by Mesdames Fannie Dickson,Wm. Mann and Fred Morgan at thepretty home of Mrs. Dickson on Chi-gag- o

avenue. In spite of the severecold weather there was a large number of the members of this organization and their friends present, whodelightfully whiled away the after-noon .in various amusements, interspersed with social conversation, whichmade the occasion very pleasant to all.In deference to the coming Christmasseason, the pretty rooms of the Dick-son home had been made very attractive with decorations of the Christmasbells and holly, very artistically ar-ranged. The ladies held their regularbusiness session, at which time manyplans and arrangements were madefor the future work of this splendidsociety. The hostesses served a mostdelectable and dainty luncheon at aconvenient time, which was likewisemost thoroughly appreciated by thelarge number in attendance. At can-dlelight, the members of the LadiesAuxiliary and their friends saunteredto their homes, declaring MesdamesDickson, Mann and Morgan most excellent entertainers.

MERCHANTS DECORATING

FOR COMING HOLIDAYS

Several of the stores of the cityhave' decorated their show windowsand the interior of their stores in avery handsome manner for the holi-

day season and two of the most at-

tractive are the drug stores of Wey- -

rich & Hadraba and E. G. Fricke &

Co., both of which show the work andskill that has been brought to play inthe arrangement of the decorations andthey certainly add a very bright andpleasing touch to the interior of thestores with the bright colored redpaper streamers and the pleasingcombinations of colors. In the storeof Weyrich & Hadraba, a large belloccupies the center of the store thatis composed of narrow streamers ofpaper of red, white and green whileon both sides of the store room artificial flowers have been placed thatadd much to the effectiveness of thedecorations. Both stores are certain-ly to be commended for their work inthe decorative line.

ARRIVAL OF FINE GIRL.

From Tuesday's Dally.Last night the stork paid a tiymg

visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Armour Gamblin in the south part of thecity, and left in their care a fine littledaughter, who will make her homewith them hereafter. The mother andlittle one are doing: nicely and the advent of the fine little daughter hasbeen the source of a great deal ofhappiness to the parents as well asthe grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.Charles Hiatt, who are greatly pleasedover the addition to their family.

SCHMARDER PUTS

PAPPAS ON MAT IN

TWO STRAIGHT FALLS

The wrestling match at the Grandtheater last evening drew out a verygood sized crowd of the lovers of theathletic sport to witness FrankSchmarder put Gus Pappas, known asthe demon, down to the mat in twostraight falls, the first fall coming intwenty-tw- o minutes and the secondfall requiring eleven minutes beforea fall was secured by the powerfuland skillful Louisville lad. There wasnot much doubt about the outcome ofthe match from the stort as Schmar-der displayed a great deal more skilland strength than his opponent andeasily broke all attempts of his op- -

panent to secure a fall, and when hi.powerful holds were secured on theGreek from Kansas he soon had himdown for the count. This is the firstevent in the wrestling line that hasbeen held in the city and those whowere in attendance were very wellpleased with the showing made byboth of the boys. There is little doubtthat Schmarder is one of the fastestboys in the wrestling game today inthis section of the state and is a wor-thy opponent for anyone.

Pappas is a mighty Willful and sci-enc- ed

wrestler, and was also laboringunder the handicap of an injured arm.the result of a a match some tv.weeks ago, and this interfered to someextent with his work last night andkept him largely on the defensive. A!',

those who saw the match are merethan pleased and both of the wrestlersgave a fine exhibition of the sport.

Mr. Pappas has authorized the Journal to state that he desires to challenge Mr. Schmarder to another matchwithin the next three or four weeks,it any place and under any terms hemay desire, as he desires a try at theLouisville boy under more favorablecircumstances, when he feels he willbe able to bring home the honors ofthe match. If the match is arrangedit should be staged here and woulddraw a large crowd as the match lastnight was so pleasing.

LANGHORST A CANDIDATE

FOR FOOD COMMISSIONER

Chairman L. F. Langhorst of thedemocratic state committee, says thathe is a candidate for food commissioner, and that any report indicating thecontrary is in error. He declares himself to be aggressively after the posi-

tion. Mr. Langhorst has not been nsactive as some others in securing en-

dorsements, but says that he was ledto believe they would not be necessaryin his case.

He called the Star up by long dis-

tance telephone from Elmwood to con-

vey this information. He wants it un-

derstood that he is a candidate in ear-

nest and desires the appointment asfood commissioner. Lincoln Star.

E. B. SPERRY VERRY ILL.

The condition of E. B. Sperry, thecashier at the Burlington station, hasbecome much more serious in the lastfew days as the result of an attack ofpneumonia. Mr. Sperry has been offduty for the past few weeks sufferingfrom grippe, and this has been fol-

lowed by the attack of pneumonia andhas made his condition very serious.

Simon Gruber, one of the bestknown and most prominent residentsof Liberty precinct, was in the cityyesterday visiting with his manyfriends and looking after some mat-

ters of business in the county seat.This is the first visit of Mr. Gruberin Plattsmouth for some time and hisfriends were very much pleased tomeet him.

Ed Tritsch and Carl Meisinger mo-

tored in this morning from their farmhome and departed on the early Bur-lington train for Omaha, where theywill spend a few hours looking aftersome business matters.

CREAM, 37c, at Dawson's store,Plattsmouth.

Hampshire boars for sale. Inquireof C. R. Todd, Plattsmouth, Neb.