THE OMAHA DAILY HIDE : TIlitHlSDAY , MAY 13 , 1807.
COUNCIL BLUFFS DEPARTMENT.
Smith , plumber. 2401 Ave. A. Tel. 333.
Pasturage , L. P. Judson , 929 Gth avenue.
The confectionery store of 0. C. Drown
ha * been closed on a landlord's writ of at
tachment.
Officer Ward returned yesterday from MadIson -
Ison , Wl . . with Harry West , who will be
prosecuted for adultery by his wife.
Encampment No. 8 , Union Veteran Legion ,
and Ladles' auxiliary , No. 17 , will meet In
regular tctalon tonight. A full attendance
Is dtolrcd.
The Uualncfcs Men' Fraternity will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock sharp at Hoyal Arcanum
ball. All members arts earnestly requested
to he pirsent.
Special communication Illuffs City lodge.
No. 71 , Ancient Krco and Acn-ptcd Manons ,
thto evening. Work In the Master .Mason
degree ; banriuot. Hy order of the W. M.
Wanted A man with general acquaintance
in Council Illuffs. to canvass for a well
known Omaha establishment. State experi
ence and references. A'ldicss F G4. Omaha
Dec , Omaha
There never wan a tlmo when wo hove
done no much family work , and we never
have done the work so well aa this spring.
Wo have mude an nrt of the laundry bus- !
Jires , nt the "Kaglc , " 721 Broadway.
The Infant eon of Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Paughlcwalt died at 1513 Avcnuo U yester
day. The funeral will occur today at 2 p. m.
Services at the residence , Hev. Mr. Tweedy
officiating. Interment In Walnut Hill.
A special ircctlng of the Women's auxiliary
of the Ynuug Men's Christian tusnelatlon
will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
at the rooms of thu association to consider
Important buslncm. liy order of president.
All members of liluffii commandery. No. 27 ,
Uniform Hank , Knights of t'ythlas , aie re
quested to meet at armory Krlclay evening
at (5:30. ( : The conimandury will attend the
tournament of Thurston Rifles at Omaha
Friday night.
Arrangement ; ) have been nade for thrco
games of hnse ball on the homo ground * thl *
week. This afternoon the home nine
will meet the University club of Lincoln.
On Friday and Saturday the team from Dcnl-
on , la. , will be here.
Officer Ward was gent to the residence
of Mis. Hulbert yrnterday to report a. vicious
dog to Its owner. He found the residence
In the possession of the dog , and while at
tempting to fulfill his mission was badly
bitten by the brute. The dog was killed
during the day.
The tailoring establishment of A. M. Ltin-
gard has been closed upon a chattel mort
gage held by the State Savings bank of
Council niuffH to sccuro an Indebtedness of
$400 , There arc some other small creditors.
The bank has placed Prank Fowler In charge
of the stock until It Is sold under the mort
gage.
Miss Alice Foster , daughter of A. D. Footer
ter , was united In marriage at noon jester-
day to Mr. Edward McKesson , son of O. P.
McKesson. The wedding took place at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Foster on Grant
street. After the congratulations the wed
ding party drove to Omaha In carriages ,
where they took the train for Denver.
The ealo of tickets to the .Shakespearian
forfeit party to be given nt Dohany- theater
Saturday evening. May 15 , was opened yes
terday afternoon at the High school. About
200 pupils took advantage of the offer. The
sale was transferred to the box office of the
theater. This party will bo a complete suc
cess , and good scats may bo obtained by _
coming early.
Thcio was a good attendance last night at
the fir&t service of St. John's English Luth
eran church lit their now building at the
corner of Willow p onuo and Seventh street.
The pastor , Rev. 0. W. Snydcr , and Rev.
Leonard Qroh of Omaha gave addresses on
the subject of "The Opened Church. " To
night Hov. A. J. Turkic of Omaha will speak
on "Tho Work and Power of the Church. "
Robert R. WHnher of St. Joseph , Mo. ,
and MUs Mablo I > . Dcrkc , daughter of Henry
Derko of Omaha , were united In marriage by
Rov. Father Symthe at ) the Catholic parson-
ego yesterday. After thci ceremony the
wedding party drove to the Grand hotel and
took lunch , and then returned to Omaha In
carriages. Many handsome flowers and wed
ding gifts were sent to the hotel by the
friends of the young people.
H. Jcnse , a local artist of acknowledged
merit , has received a commission to paint a
number of large sized pictures for Swedish
Lutheran clnircluu. Oac largo piece was
finished yesterday and sent to Nlm , WIs.
The picture is a life-size representation of
Christ en tlio cross alone amid the desolation
of Calvary , with Jerusalem just discernible
In the falling twilight , ft is a bold concep
tion and remarkably strong. It was painted
on a contract price for { 250.
Complete arrangements have b cn made
for the public meeting of the Dcrthlck club
next Monday evening nt the hall in the
Brown block. The meeting is given solely
In response to the numerous requests made
to the club , whoso meetings have heretofore
been behind closed doors and for the ex
clusive benefit of the mem'iCiH. ' In the club
Is some of the lust inimical tilont In the
city. The program for the occasion will bo
In charge of of W. L. ThlcUstun.
All members of the Dodge Light Guards
and Council Bluffs High school cadets are re
quested to meet at their respective armories
at the tlmo heretofore announced for the
purpose of participating In the parade and
tournament given In Omaha Friday even
ing. May 14. No change of date has been
made , the matter having been reconsid
ered. All members of the Dodge Light
Guards are requested to meet at the armory
this ( Thursday ) evening. By order of W. O.
I'ryor , captain commanding.
C. D. Vlavl company , lernalo remedy. Med
ical conaultatton free Wednesday. Health
boo ) : furnished. 32G-327-32S Merriam block.
N. Y. Plumbing company , Tel. 250.
Polished oak sideboards this week $8.50 at
Durfco Furnlturo Co. . 20 ! > and 207 B'wAy.
J. G. W. & Co.'s Clear Tltlo 5c cigar just
placed on sale with forty first-class cigar
dealers In this city. Try one. At whole
sale , John G. Woodward & Co.
Fresh country butter at Dradley's , IS' e per
pound ,
Kri'nh Supply of Jnr > moil.
The jurymen who nerved BO long In the
Hood trial wcro not In good physical con
dition to bo called for further service for
Bomo time , and Judge Smith ordered an ad
ditional venire. The men aummoned were ;
Henry Krohn , Mlndcn ; II. II. Alexander ,
Hardln ; W. H. Drown , Council Bluffs ; Jos
eph Ford , Boomer ; John Allen , Council
Bluffs ; C. I ) . Lyinan , Washington ; Peter
Danker , York ; Ivor Peterson , Council Iluffs ) ;
L. N. Crockwell , Council Bluffs ; C , S. Vesey ,
Norwalk ; Mark Dartlctt. Garner ; Thomas
Jlcllrlde , ur. , Bonnier ; Peter Johnson , Nor
walk ; T. II. Crookor , Council Bluffs ; Sam
Undorwoodr Ncola ; M , J. Steel , Neola ; Steve
Doland , Neola ; Henry Benson , Hazel Dell ;
George Hans , Washington ; W. A. Doff , York ;
William Speara , Mlndcn ; Joshua Cnrllle ,
Norwalk : Peter Rlef , Jr. , Lewis ; II , M.
Thomas , Hardln.
ROUGH
HANDS
Itching , icaly , bleeding pulmi , ibipcleu nallf ,
and painful linger cudi , plmplci. blaclhcaji ,
inothyiUn.dry , thin , and fulling Lair , Itch-
lug.icaljicalju , all jleld quickly to warm bath *
vrltli Ctmcuiu Boir , and gcntlo anointing !
With OUTICIUU ( ointment ) , tbo great akin cure.
( uticura
Ii uld IhrouftioutUu Kortd. Form Dana i D Caau.
Co.r. . 8 l Pi p < , b ( oo.
Mr "Uo W VtoJut. Ucft , Wbll. Hind. , " Int.
ITCHINQ HUMORS "
SMALL VERDICT FOR DR , HOOD
Jury Tires of It * Long Wait in the Effort to
Agroa.
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFF
One Hundred llotirn Sprnt In tlio .Tnry
Itooni llofurrIn : Moinliurn
Con 111 DooliltVliiil to Set
tle On.
The Hood Jury , after being out Just even
100 hours , compromised upon a verdict at 3
o'clock yesterday and awarded the plaintiff
$200damagcs in full catlsfactlon for his suit
to secure $50,000 from the Northwestern
Hallway company for personal Injuries. Im
mediately after being discharged the jury
men received congratulations of the court
loungers upon having broken alt records for
hung juries. The county record previously
was seventy-four hours In the Dickinson
cacc , and the statu record was clghty-sU
hours. The jurors also won Hip bleeping rec
ord In the jury room and a half dorcn other
records , They were the first Jurymen who
liavo ever slept in good comfortable beds In
the Jury room. They wcro tucked in thcli
llttlo beds very shortly after they were prepared -
pared for them Tuesday evening , and they
nnver awakened sufficiently to bo able to
leave them until Captain Cousins had re
peatedly sounded the last call for breakfast.
Itfforo leaving the room thu jurymen
passed a resolution binding each not to dl-
vulgo any of the secrets of the Jury room.
All of the Information that could be given
out was the tact that there wao uo change
from the first ballot taken within ten min
utes after the Jurymen entered the room
and tlio ono next to the last taken within
ten minutes before they left. Every one of
the hundreds of ballots that wcro taken
stood exactly the same slx for the plaintiff
and six for the defendant. Some of the men
voting for the plaintiff's Interest were willing
to join In A verdict for the full amount
claimed In the suit , and It was scaled all the
way down to a few hundred dollars. Both
sides were obdurate and uneompromlslng and
the six men who were voting for the de
fendant only were Induced to consent to
mulcting the railway coaipany for the nom
inal damages when It was understood that
Judge Smith was uncertain whether to hold
them In the room for 100 hours or 100 days.
All were satisfied with the 100-hour limit
and the compromise verdict was made up.
The costs In the case arc enormous and
figured considerably in the compromise ver
dict. A number of the Jurymen believed that
a verdict for the defendant , throwing the
costu upon the plalntilT , would put a heavy
burden upon the county , for It Is well known
that the plaintiff has exhausted all of hUi
means In his long prosecution of his suit.
This , however , Is not altogether the case.
The cost of the Jury during the full twenty-
four dajs employed 1n the case will all have
to bo berne by the county with the exception
of $ G , which Is all that can be taxed to the
litigants. Only the witness fees and re
porter's * salary can bo taxed to the parties
Interested In the suit.
A Honk TIIut cott 91,000,0(10. (
When wo hear of $1,000,000 being ex
pended in the building of a mansion , or a
bridge , or a battleship , the outlay Booms
Immonsc , e\en considering the magnitude of
the object produced. I3ut It Is certainly
astonishing , and nt once excites our wonder
and Incredulity to bo assured that It coat
a million to make a book. This Is actually
the case with the Encyclopaedic Dictionary ,
which the representative of the Midland
Monthly Is disposing of In this city to boom
the magazine. Where all this money went
to may bo made clearer by a few facta.
There are four huge volumes to the work ,
neighing nearly forty pounds , with an aggre
gate of nearly 6,000 pageo. There waa an
Imposing staff of editors , many of them of
national and International repute , engaged
in the labor of preparing It for seventeen
years. In .addition to these was a complete
revision of the work , bringing It down to
January , 1897 , ccatlng thousands of dollara
The volumco contain a magnificent array of
colored plates In seventeen colors , Including
gold and silver , certain ones among them
having cost as high as $2,500 each. Be
sides these nro dozens of single and double
page engravings In monotone , In all more
than 700 additional Illustrations. Take the
foregoing into account along with the ad
ditional corps of editors who have been cm-
ployed to adapt the work to American Ideas
and urcs ami It will no longer be a matter
for surprise where the million dollars went
to. But the beauty of it all Is , as will bo
seen by the Midland's ad In another column ,
that lovcra of a good reference work can
now luvo a set of this for a mere trifle and
on terms to suit themselves * .
The Midland Monthly also has a great edu
cational adjunct , which Is being glvea free
at the present tlmo In connection with the
Encyclopaedic Dictionary , and which will be
fully explained to those who will fill up
and mall the coupon in the largo advertise
ment.
Bradley sells four dozen trcsh country eggs
for 25c.
IOWA 1IAHXEMA.VV ASSOCIATION.
1'hj-KlcIniiN llnlxe u I'roti-Mt
( he UtinriiiiflnliiK' uf
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the
Hahncinann association of Iowa opened In
this city yesterday In the Iloyal Arcanum
hall , opposite the Grand hotel , which had
been officially designated as the headquar
ters of the association during the session.
The attendance yesterday was not nearly aa
largo as was anticipated. Business ami pro
fessional engagements assisted In prevent
ing the attendance of a majority of the mem
bers. The result was that an assucla'lon
that Is numerically very strong In Iowa
was unable to muster 100 delegates when
the first session of the association was called
to order yesterday morning. A number of
the higher officers of the association wcro
detained at home by Illness. Dr. W , H ,
Pctltt of Cedar Haplila , president of the au-
eoclatlon , was too 111 to be present , and
the meeting was called to order by the vice
president , Dr. Leora Johnson of Iowa City.
Hev. John Askln , D. D , , of this city Invoked
the dlvtno blessing upon the labors of the
convention. Mayor Carson was introduced
and delivered a brief and characteristic ad
dress of welcome , and assured the physicians
that while they would find no encouragement
to practice their profession while they were
the guesta of the city they would meet
with a hearty welcome from all classes of
people. Prof. J. It. Gllchrlst was on llio
program to respond to this welcome , but ho
WOB not present , and Dr. A , P. Bowman of
Sioux City was pressed Into service and re
sponded without previous preparation In a
very felicitous manner ,
After the preliminaries were completed the
members of the association picked up the
business end of the session and spent the
remainder of the forenoon In hearing the
reports of the different committees.
The original program devoted the re
mainder of the day to visiting the Ion a
School for the Deaf and enjoying the hos
pitalities of Superintendent Hothcrt aud tils
family , but the bad weather caused this
feature to bo deferred until this afternoon ,
The members reassembled and began work
In the different bureaus. The first paper
was written by Dr. S. N. Watson of Iowa
City aud was read by Dr. Iloyal of DCS
Molues. The subject was "Tho first Rem
edies In Pneumonia , " Dr. J. L. Honchctt
of Sioux City followed with a piper on
"Ilroncho-Pncuinonla and Pneumonia In
Children Under E. " Tbo two papers were
then illacutscd together.
The next subject brought up for discussion
proved of more than general interest to the
physicians. It was the epidemic of measles
that has swept over thU porltlon of the west
during the past few mouths. The dlicusslons
developed the fact that all of the pbyilclans
present were decidedly opposed to the liar-
anlng quarantine regulations that had been
enforced all over the. state by orders of the
State- Hoard of Health. The action took the
form of a general protest against quarantin
ing tbo disease , because patients who are
young have the dlteate in a milder form and
have fewer complications than those who
are older. The protest was based also upon
the ground that the attempts to enforce
quarantine agalns ) measles patients were al-
w.ifl met by pronounced determination en
the part of the families and often of the
physicians to evade the law , If possible. This
determination , always more or less success
ful , had the effect , of cultivating a disregard
for this law that meant a weakening of popu
lar re [ > cct for other laws. The discussion
ended by the association adopting a resolu
tion calling upon the State Hoard of Health
to revoke the order for quarantining measles.
Valuable papers were presented by Drs. P.
J. Montgomery and W. 13 , Heller of thU city
mid Dr. F. A. Remington of Sioux City. The
discussions of these papers occupied the re
mainder of the afternoon.
A session was held In the ordinary of the
Grand hotel In the evening , -attended by
about thirty of the physicians. The session
was given up entirely to the bureau of nerv
ous diseases. Short and practical papers
wcro presented by Dr. P. C. McCarty of
Omaha , W. H. Hanchett of Omaha , Sarah
Smith and A. P. Hanchett of CouncilUlults. .
The member * discussed these papers until
10 o'clock , when they adjourned to enjoy the
j hospitalities extended by Dr. P. J. Mont
gomery , who banqueted n number of the
members at hla homo on Fourth street.
Among those who attended the banquet
were : A. P. Uowman , J. L. Hanchett , F. A.
Hemlngton , S. I ) . Ilarklns and J. Herman of
Sioux City , C. V. Wilder ; and Agnes Hess of
lUlantlc , A. M. Linn and Gcorgo Hoycc of
DCS Molnes , William Plimpton of Glenwood ,
J. L. Scott of Malvern , S. N. King or Albli.
Lena Johnson of Iowa City , W. S. Hlshel of
Atlantic , S. F. Do Vorc or Sioux City , W. C.
Wright of Dunlap , W. II. Gray of Leinars.
U Is expected that a number of new faces
will ! K seen nmonq the delegates this mornIng -
Ing when the convention U called to order
for the second day's session. The whole of
the afternoon will be spent In visiting the-
Iowa School for the Deaf , and after a brief
evening session , the physicians will go home.
HIIPNC 'I'll 11'f tliulcr ArrrMt.
Sheriff Morgan has safely locked up In the
county Jail the fellow who traded horses
with D. J. Ilutchlnson between Lovcland
and Council Bluffs on Saturday afternoon.
Immediately after ho discovered that the
horse tradbd for had been stolen he put
Deputy Sheriff J. C. Dakcr at work on thecae
cao with Instructions to take nil of the
tlmo necesssry to locate and catch the thief.
Baker chased the fellow from Missouri Val
ley to Sioux City , and located him at the
latter place. Ho telegraphed to the sheriff
\Voodbury county , giving the name , de
scription and location of the thief , and csked
for his arrest. Within ten minutes after
the receipt of the mcrsago the sheriff had
the thief In custody. Ho proved to bo a
young man named Ernest Yearlngton , of
Uecbetowu , neat- Missouri Valley. On. the
way down from Sioux City yesterday morn
ing Yearlngtoa confessed to Dakcr that he
was the man wanted. His father was
formerly one of the merchants of the little
town.
Sheriff Morgan had nothing to do with the
homo trade personally. He was only a
passenger In Hutchlnson's buggy , and was
picked up after the trade was made.
Fresh country eggs at Uradlcy'e , CV4c per
dozen ,
Sneak Thief nt Work.
A encak thief took advantage of the noon
hour yesterday to go through the offices hi
the Sapp block. A skeleton key was used In
nil doors found locked. Whllo opening- the
door of the office of It. G. Dun he broke his
key and had to leave it sticking in the door.
So far as learned in all of the olliccs In
vaded he succeeded only In securing CO ccuu
In stamps from Manager Peterson's desk In
Dun's olfice. Ho ransacked the desks In the
office of Deere , Wells & Co. , but received
no reward for his work. The combination uf
the vault and safe had been turned w cn
the bookkeepers and clerks went to dinner
or ho might have reaped a rich harvest. A
number of the employes were In the lower
ofllce and heard the fellow tramping around
above , but supposed It was some of the
regular office force. Ho visited the offices
of the Omaha & St. Louis Railway company ,
but found a number of the clerks at their
desks.Half a dozen people about the build
ing were able to give the police a descrip
tion of the thief.
Bradley sells two pounds beat country but
ter for 2Sc.
Heal intiiti > Trnllnf < TH.
The following transfers were reported yes
terday from the title and loan office of J. W.
Squire , 101 Pearl street :
Flora Borah and husband to H. C.
McCrca , lot 5 , block 0 , Oakland , w. d. $1,350
Rherlft to Jobn J. Hess , lot II and n S'/S
feet lot 13. block IS , Kiddle's subd. ,
e. d 22C
Two transfers , aggregating J1.33G
CKDAIl HAl'IDS OOO11 HO.VDS CMJIl.
IlniiilrpilH of MoinliiTN l iiy One Dollar
Much for C > ol < - I'nth I'lii-poHi-x.
CEDAH HAPIDS , la. , May 12. ( Special. )
The wheelmen of this city have organized
the Cedar Hapldi ) Good Roads club , which
promises to become a power for good. In
one week 400 members have been secured.
A house-to-house canvass Is now being made
bv a committee and It Is expected to raise
the membership to at least 1,500 and perhaps
2.000. The entire coat to each member ID
$1 a year. A portion of the funds raised
from these $1 mcmbcishlps will be devoted
to the building of permanent paths , which
will be continued from year to year until
thirr U a network of permanent paths run
ning over the entire county. These paths
will bo built of gravel and cinders. They
will bo from four to five feet wldo and
raised above the roadway from six to
twelve Inches. The club will put In all Uo
own bridges and will take steps to prevent
the paths from being destroyed. Such a
path will cert about $100 a mile and it Is
hoped to build from eight to fifteen miles
each year. The balance of the funda raised
will bo devoted to keeping In condition tem
porary paths.
I3M3CT OWICI3US FOR THE YEAH.
Itmu Junior OriU-r of American Me-
ohiuileH In Si'NHloii.
MISSOURI VALLEY , la. , May 12. ( Spe
cial. ) The state council of the Iowa Junior
Order of United American Mechanics met In
regular eecalon here. The following dele
gates wcro present from out of town : Ed
Canning. William Klnzel , E. F. AVag-
goner , E. H. McGlll , O. C. mown. J. W.
Turner and W. C , Norman of Council Illuffs ;
A. Wheeler. Fort Madison ; J. K. Nelson ,
Carroll ; M. E. Wilson and A. E.- Lane , Sioux
City. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year : State councilor ,
Frank Hall , Missouri Valley ; vice councilor ,
William Klnzel , Council 1)luffs ) ; state secre
tary , E , F. Waggoner , Council Illuffs ; state
treasurer , H. Hoblnsou , MUsourl Valley ;
state conductor , M. E. Wilson , Sioux City ;
ttato warden , W. S. Heffinger , Carroll ; In
side sentinel , A. Wheeler , Fort Madison ;
outsldo sentinel , L. K. Waters , Missouri
Valley : state chaplain , J. K. Wilson , Car
roll. The next annual meeting will bo held
at Carroll.
1VO.MUN SUI'KIlAOIhTS IN SKSSIO'Y.
IU-V. Alum Hlunv SIDH 1'hiifhc Cuimlim
IN Mentally Uiilinliuireil.
MASON CITY , la. , May 12. ( Special Tele
gram , ) The woman ouffragtsts are In con >
vontlon here , the session to continue over
tomorrow. Mips Hay of New York presides
over the meeting. The Introductory ad-
drrvs was delivered by Mrs. Carrie Lane
Chapman Catt , also of New York , She
dwelt at length on the progress of women
from boh ( moral and educational stand
points.
Hev. Anna Shaw of Philadelphia epoke
briefly at the forenoon secalon , When naked
her opinion of the position MUa Phoeho
Cousins had taken relative to the equal
rights cause , the eald It waa the ravlnga
of an Insane mind , that MUs Couslno had
been mentally unbalanced for six years ,
that Bbo bad preyed on the organization for
many yearn , and when uho found that the
people would stand U no longer , nought ro
veuKo in this way.
MUi Moore of Springfield , 0. , will arrive
tomorrow. Mlea 'Ella Moffet , superintendent
of petition work , la here lu tlio Intercut * of
the
CONDUCTORS BY TjSANDS ( ] ]
They Assemble to Participate in Their
Annual Convention , , ,
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CHEAT CROWDS CAPTURE J.OS. AN'GELES
lcli-ini < er < All I'roHrnt
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LOS ANGELES , May II. More than 2,000
delegates ( o the twenty-mill session of thu
Order of Hallway Conductor ! arrived yester
day and before sunrise this morning an addi
tional thousand had arrived to Bue.ll the
throng now surging through the corr'Jora of
the hotels. A largo number of the delegates
arc accompanied by their wives and many
have brought their daughters , a d the strecla
nro gay with fluttering badges.
The St. Louis special arrived this morning
and the Chicago special arrived yesterday
afternoon In two sections. The Pemislyvatila
division , which was to arrive today over the
Southern route , Is delayed by a. washout near
1'aso. 1 Is In two sections and U will
probably bo a day before It cau reach Los An
geles. Thet rain bearing the New York dele
gation Is expected Friday moining.
Promptly at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the delegates convened at Music hall , Grand
Chief Conductor Clark occupying thu chair.
The roll call showed n. majoilty of the dele
gates present. The reports of the grand
chief conductor and the other officials occu
pied the whole of the session and In the even
ing a public reception was tendered to the
visitors.
Promptly nt 1 o'clock the special conven
tion was called to order. But little busi
ness was transacted further than the ap
pointment of the various committees.
A number of amendments to the con
stitution wcro propciied and discussed , but
were finally referred to the committee on
judiciary. A report will he made In a day
or t\\o. . No ladlcal changes were pro
posed.
The first business session of the women s
auxiliary was held at 9 o'clock this morn-
Ing. Grand President Moore presided. The
session was occupied principally with the
presentation of reports from the officers and
the appointment of committees.
iu couuucrrivrs TISOISI.ATIOX.
lU-NOliitloii Ailoiitvil I > y Convention of
Uiillroml CoiunilsMloiuTH.
ST. LOUIS , May 12. The national con
vention of railroad commissioners continued
In session today. At the forenoon session ,
after same debate , the fololwlng resolution
was unanimously adopted :
Resolved. 1. Tlmt this convention does
hereby urgently recommend the Immediate
passage by congress of such legislation ns
will effectually prohibit the transportation
evils nml abuses described In the annual
reports of the Interstate Commerce com
mission for the years 1S)0 ! ) to. ISM , Inclusive ,
and to this end attention Is 'particularly
called to the recommendations' for legisla
tion contained In the tenth-annual report of
said commission. < ,
2. That any modification of , the net to
regulate commerce Intended to confer addi
tional powers , privileges or"exemptlons upon
curriers engaged In interstate commerce , or
persons acting for or under them , Is hereby
disapproved unless such moalfioatlons shall
be recommended by the commission created
by said act and therein charged with the
duty of executing and enforcing the pro
visions thereof. ' ]
3. That n copy of this resolution , attested
by the signatures of the chairman and sec-
"tary of this convention , be transmitted to
the senate of the United States and to the
house of representatives of the United
States. '
The report of the commltttco on uniform
classification of freight rates recommended
that congress 'be ' urged to pans the senate bll :
providing for * the establishment of n national
freight clasaification by the Interstate Com
merce commission. Tho' committee report
was unanimously adopted.
A portion of the etatkrtlclan's report rec
ommended that a committee bo appointed to
prepare a classification touching construc
tion and operating expenses of electric roads
the same as steam railways. This report
was also adopted.
President Jeffcry of the Denver & Hlo
Graiido road , who read a paper before the
convention , has Invited tlm commissioners to
select Denver as their next meeting place.
A Bpeclal committee has been appointed to
consldpr the proposition.
Allison Mayfleld , a member of the Texas
Railway commission , Introduced the follow
ing resolution , which was unanimously
adopted :
Resolved. That this association Indorses
the objects and purposes of the measure
now pending before congress Known us the
anti-scalper bill , believing that If It liecomea
a law profs discrimination and frauds on the
traveling public will be abolished. We earn
estly urge upon the members of congiess
early and favorable consideration and ac
tion on said measure.
The committee on "der3 attendant upon
enforcing orders of railroad commissions by
procedure In the courts" rep'orted that com
missions had no trouble with state courts ,
but were constantly eubjected to vexatious
delays in federal courts , more particularly
In the supreme court of the United Statts ,
where It sometimes took five years to get
a decision. The report concluded with a
recommendation that congress bo urged to
enact laws providing that cases involving
orders of state commissioners bo advanced
on the calendar. The recommendation was
unanimously agreed to. The election of
officers followed.
C. L. Davidson of Iowa was elected presi
dent , II. V. Laruo of California vice presi
dent , Edward A. Mosely of Washington , D.
C. , secretary. At 4 o'clock the convention
adjourned. The next convention will moot
In Washington the second Tuesday In May.
1898.
O. n. & ( I. Aiiiiuiil
CHICAGO , 111. , May 12. The stockholders
of the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy road
A Wonderful Medicine
For Dlllouo and Korrous dliordera.eu ch aa Wind
and Pain In tholitnmacb , Blck Iloadactie , OUdl.
nose , Pullnoaa and Swelling after meals , Dlzzl-
cessand Drowolness.Coia Ctillln , Flushings ot
Beat , LOBS ot Appetite. BUohntsA bf Breath , Cos-
tlvtnose , Blotches < m tbo Skin , Disturbed Sloop ,
frightful Droamo. nnd all if orriua and Trcmb >
ling Sensations , i.c.Khon ( beaaMgyinptoma ere
caused by constipation , na'tnMt'of tbem are.
THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIV 'flEl'lEH IN TWENTY
MINUTES. This la no notion. Every sufferer la
earnestly Invited to try onolidi of tbeso Fills
and they will l > o ackuowledgcd to bo
A WONDERFUL 'MEDICINE. '
BEECIIAM'S 1'ILLS , ' ( liken aa directed ,
Will quickly restore Fumalvb ( ocpjupleto health.
'Xhoy promptly remove obalrjjqUons or Irrogu *
lorttloa of tUoeyetem.
Weak Stomach
impaired Digestion
Disordered Liver
they act Ilko magic a few doses nil ! work won.
den upon the Vital Organs ) Btronctboulug tlia
muscular ejrstem , restoring tbo long-lost com-
plexlon , bringing back tbo keen edge of appo *
tlte , and arousing with tbo Iloielmd of
HcoltU tlio tvliolo physical cuorcy of
tbo buman frame. Tbeso nro facts admitted by
thousands , la all classes of oocloly , and one of
tbo best guarantees to tbe Nervous aud Debili
tated U that Ilecchani'a Pill * liuvo the
Larccit Sulo of uuy 1'atcut Dlcdlcltio
lu the World.
WITHOUT A RIVAL ,
Annual Sales more than 6,000,000 , Boxes
2Jc.ct Drugstores , or will bo sent \ > j U.S.
Agtnta. B. V. ALLEN CO. , Ml Oanol St. , New
fork , post paid , upon receipt or prleo. Book
tret ucon application.
hctrt their annual mooting 1i rc today. The
old board of directors was re-olecleil anil the
end ot the fiscal year was changed , making
It end June 30 , Instead of December SI , an
formerly. The date ot the nnnual meeting
was changed to the first Wednesday In No
vember , Instead oP the necord Wednesday In
May. The net enmities ot the road for the
last year wcro $3,280,111 , an Increase ot $253-
375 over the preceding year. The directors
will mcft In Doston In two or thrcu weeks
for the purpose of clectlnR the odlccrs. No
change Is anticipated among the officer * .
IXUAlUOAl > TAXATION.
Illll ( Join TltroiiKli I.dltrr HOIINC of
LANSING , Mich. , May 12. A bill passed
the lower house of the legislature today
\\hlch raises the specific taxes * -on railroad
earnings In Michigan from $700,000 to about
twice that amount. The ratca are ns fol
lows : Hoods .earnliiR less than $2,000 per
mile , 214 per cent ; from $2,000 to $4,000 , 4
per cent ; from $4,000 to $ n.OOO , B per cent :
over $ (5,000 ( , 10 per cent. This Is a partial
victory for Governor I'lngrce. but there Is
still considerable doubt whether any ot his
railway reform meamireB will pass the sen
ate. A bill for local taxation of railroad ? ,
which \\SB agreed to In committee of the
whole yesterday , was today referred to a
committee on motion of Colonel Atkinson ,
the leading 1'lngreo representative. If the
senate patses the specific tax hill passed
by the house today , the local taxation bill
will probably not ho punhed.
Asked If he would olgn the Merriam hill ,
Governor 1'lugreo said : "Thcso companies
ought to pay $3,000,000 or $4.000.000 , but
these are pretty hard times , nnd $700,000
would go a good way. Wo might acropt the
hill and then In two years from now make
the companies pay what they ought to pay. "
PMOTKbT FIIOM T1CK13T HUOKUUS.
Ante Rnvoriinr lllnck < < > Voio ( He Aiill-
Scalncr IJIITV.
IMTTSnURG , May 12. The American
Ticket Ilrckcm' association Is holding Its
nineteenth annual convention here. About
200 of the COO members In the association
are In attendance. The convention u 111 dis
cuss and take action on the new laws the
railroad companies are having Introduced ) In
congrcffl and the various states , prohibiting
competition In the selling of unused tickets
by ecVpcrs. A law has now been passed
prohibiting the iiame In New York. Secre
tary McKenzle of Cleveland hns prcpaicd an
elaborate report , which he will send to Gov-
etnor Black today. The statement piotcsts
against the law , oets forth the reasons for
such protests and asks 111 in not to sign the
bill.
bill.M3W
M3W COMXHCTIOISS FOH TUB II. % t O.
Mne from Olilo >
UiiNxIa IK Klvc-il Up.
I'lTTSnUHG , Pa. , May 12. In an Interview
hero today Itecclvcr Oscar G. Murray ot the
Baltimore & Ohio announced that the line
had effected an alliance with the Great
Northern Steamship company , the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific ) railroads nnd
the Pacific steamers connecting with these
lines and with steamship lines from IJaltlmore
to the continent of Europe , completing a
through freight line extending from Ohio
to Russia. The Baltimore & Ohio gets the
freight at Falrport , 0. , on Lake Erie , 150
miles west of Buffalo. Interchange of busi
ness via the new routes Ims commenced.
To AltollHli lIoiut'Ni'oUors' KxctirxloiiM.
CHICAGO , May 12. The Western Pas
senger association Is making a strong effort
to do away with the running of home-seek
ers' excursions during the coming summer ,
Last year the excursions were A fruitful
coutcc of demoralization and the results In
the way of colonization were not largo enough
tc\ repay the roads for the * amount ot money
they lost In the demoralization of rates. This
year the Illinois Central and the Union Pa
cific h.ive given notice that they will run ex *
cumlons , and an earnest appeal has been
made to them by the other loads In the asso
ciation to alter their plans , until It Is seen
It some agreement cannot bo reached In the
matter.
llllnolN Co n I nil llciiiMvnl llomln.
NEW YOHK , May 12. The Illinois Cen
tral railroad has negotiated a sale ot $30,000-
000 of 314 per cent gold bonds secured upon
the former Chesapeake , Ohio & Southwest
ern and St. Louis , Alton & Terre llauto ; alto
$1,3511,000 Chicago. St. Louis & New Orleans
first mortgage 3 14 per cent bonds to icttre
maturing divisional bonds nnd $2,000,000 of
maturing Springfield division bonds , to bo
renewed at 3 % per cent.
I'OUIl THOU.SA.M ) IX Tim TH13ASUIIV.
Condition XFtiltcil Itrrtlircii AVoiniui'n
CKDAIl HAt'IDS , la. , May 12. The twen
ty-second annual meeting of the board ot
managers of the Woman'o Missionary asso
ciation of the United Brethren church con
vened at Lisbon this morning for a three-
days' session , with sixty-two delegates from
twenty-eight conferences present , The re
port of the treasurer shows over $18,000
expended during the past year for missions ,
with a balance of $4,000 In the treasury.
Utiltvil Workmen of lomi.
KCOKUK , la. , May 12. The Iowa grand
lodge of the Ancient Order of United Work
men , In tcsslon hero , elected officers , headed
by U. L. Tllton of Ottmuun , grand master
workman. Next year's meeting will be held
at Waterloo. _
Atintlipr llrvnlc In ( lie Iicroe.
NEW ORLEANS , May 12. Another break
occurred In the Burton levee at 7:30 : o'clock
this morning. It Is under the dry kiln which
Is built across the levee. The break Is now
the width of the building. A largo force of
men Is now working on the break , but It
will take at least twenty-four hours to
close It.
The break which occurred at Baton Rouge
at 7:30 : this morning under the Burton Lum
ber company's dry kiln la widening and deep-
cntng lapldly , and It Is probable the build
ing will be washed away. Mr. Spcllman ,
president of the Pontchartrnln levee district.
and also In charge of the levee work being
done by the Illinois Central company , tele
graphs at 2:30 : p. m. that he sees no hope
of closing the break. Trains on the Mis
sissippi Valley railroad will bo suspended
until arrangements can bo made to transfer
passengers around the break by river. The
water from this crevasse will cover ono of
the richest su nr districts on the Mississippi
river , Including portions of East Baton
Rouge , Ascension and Ibcrvlllc nnd St. James
parishes and finding Its way Into the gulf
of Mexico through Bayou Manchac and Lakes
Maurlpas and Pontchnrtraln.
WASHINGTON' , May 12. The following
changes la the rivers ( In feet nnd tenths )
have occurred : Risen : Fort Smith. 3.S. The
river at New Orleans Is 3.4 above the danger
line and stationary ; at Vtcksburg It Is 9.8
above the danger line , and has fallen 0.1.
DIIIIIOII IN Here.
SAN FRANCISCO , May 12. Among the
pisEciiFcn : > from Hawaii on the Australia ,
which arrived today , w.in S. M. Damon ,
the minister of llnnnco , who will represent
the republic at the diamond jubilee of
Queen Victoria. He Is accompanied by
Juor J. C. lunkca ns hlH nlile.
Terrible , Yes ,
tiu ( "ionin mi ) ' people therenrp rvlio
ilrnK Ilirottuli wcnrjilnjn , otirmc l
with itvuU , tlrcili IntiRtilil trollim * .
Tit overcome till * milieu I thy , ilclilll-
liilrit condition there In nodilna
ln'ttrr ( linn
Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey
nil loll Mir * up rnrlclicx ( he Mood ,
roitoro * lout ctirrfry mid In * iKonUm
the viliolc Kjdtrin , It ioitOM np the
< llKrntl * < > orRnin , imtUcx Honnil ,
hcnUhy fteult nnil ilrUm nvtiiy llred ,
iiiUvrnhle ffoltiiKi. Itn rITcittN nrc
hpcodlly xliouit In lirluhtcr lookn , In-
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All Kraccm nil ( I ilriiKKlMn lirrn It.
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