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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1898)
r 0 rj ' 1 1 1C O1 ] \ AJl A iVAH-TY 'I I A . > u A it V n , CURRENT NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MIMHl MKVIIO.V. Cooper , Tire Ing , G Pearl , tcl. 372. H D. Parkli of Hoono te In the city. r H Ko ) went to St. Louis yesterday. " \V. E. Oulld of Carroll ! a visitor In tl c city. city.H O Cook of Sioux Oily Is a Council Dluff visitor. John S WrlKM of Hochestcr , X. Y. , U it the rlty on business. Klondike for fine gold and 1 io Uluft City for fine work. 'Phono 314. Ed E Wells , J N. Gidilmd C. H. Rolllra of DMI Molti ! are In the city on binl u , < s. Tno members of St. Agnes' guild will give a dancing pirty on Thursday evening u Chambers' hall. The Inrcgt cases of Carl and Nellie Crogfln have been fet for hearing In Justice Vein's court Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. Wo glvo attention to little things In laun dry work. You get all trial Is best _ in ' fine work nnd good service at the Englo lau'nilrj 721 Ilway. S. T Walker has been norlously 111 for the last ten dajs. He Is suffrrlng from hear trouble and wa reported to be ssinewha worao yesterday. A ladles' srclal will be given this afternoon at the icsldenec of Mrs. E. E Hart on Glet avenue. It will bo In the interest of the First Congregational church. Ilobctt Iloii'l. vvho has held a reportorinl position on the Nonpareil i iptT foi several months , resigned his position ) cstcrdny and will leave the city. Warren Dallcy was chosen tn fill his place. J. J Tlmsoii. who could not locate hlmscl nny neircr than by KHcarlng that ho war from Ohio , and Mrs Dale Illcn , wrtio had Hit i/niio difficulty In fixing her home In Illinois procure 1 a murrlige licence yesterday am were married by Justice Ilurko under the nnlcmn assurance tihat their marriage shouli never bo made public. A mooting of the executive committee o the Merchant * ' and Man ifaotiirorn1 nfsocla- tlrii jias born railed to meet at the olllce o Secretary Judson on Wcdiii-Hila ) evening Two Importint propositions from manufuc turors have been received nnd must bo actei upon Their representatives will bo prwcni to explain the nropcultlona that have tce made John Hjcrly , the pa k policeman , ctn- pl ( jcd at a nominal salary to look after the welfare of IIIIc Like park , was arrested yes terday upon nn Information lodged by l\irk I'ollreman Wolff , who has charge of Cochtan park Iljorly Is tlinrged with malicious mis chief and In accused of cutting down trees in the park and converting them into fire wood for his own use. Ho gave bonds to apioar for a hearing In police court this morning. He admits that iirt of the charge Is true , but ajs ho was only looping the trees , according to the orders of the park commlsslonecs nnd cutting those that were dead Anton Iloneckc , the Cut-off saloon kcepcc , was arraigned In Justice Vein's court yes terday morning on the charge of grand lar ceny and of receiving sto'cn circnerty. The first ca.-iu was dismissed , the Justice holding the value of the property to bo loss than $20 , and a new Information was filed , charg ing petit larceny. The evidence In the case charging Ilcnecko with receiving stolen prop erty was heird and the Justice took his de cision under advisement iritll Welnesday morning at 10 o'clock The two sets of har ness recovered under the search warranl were adjudged to bo the property of Samuel rrlcdcn , plaintiff In all the cases Clcik Stcadmcn of the federal court yes- UTi'ay received Iho opinion of Judge Shlras In the $110,000 damage case of DCCTO. Wells & Co against the Milwaukee Hallway comiany It was the final decision In the third attempt ot the railway coinrany to have tha eauo transferred from the stito to th federal court. The opinion Is bulky- covering over thlity pages , nnd goes fully Into all of the questions raised by the nt- lorneys on both sides It sustains the action of the other judges In refusing the motion to order the case transferred. This definitely settles l that the case will bo tried In the district court. H Is docketed for trial at the present term. C. D. Vlavl Co , temaie remedy : consulta tion free Olllco hours , 9 to 12 and 2 to G Health book furnished. 32C-327-32S Morrtam block. N. Y. Plumbing company. T l. 130. CIINIHKlilllNt Illiprel ami Ciil-Kllll. Tlio cases of Charles Engcl and Carl Cor- gan , charged In two separate Informations with larceny from L Feurhakcn , came up for trial In Justice Vlnn's court yesterday In each of the cases Engcl pleaded guilty and Corgan wns discharged For the ( list offon.so Ei'gel was given Iwo days In the county Jail , and for the other ho will bo sen tenced Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dm Ing the day developments were brought out whldi show that the two men have been engaged In wholesale stealing during the three mni.lhs they have lived In the city Flvo additional search warrants were Issued nnd nearly all the property mentioned In them was recovered The most Important Information was filed by Jens Jorgensen last ov Lining , mid charges tlio men with entering his barn nt 90S Avenue A , on the night of January 11 , nnd stealing n set of single haine s The other less important cases will bo held to await the result of this one , as it is a fc-lony , punlslnblo by a term In the penitentiary May Stevens charges both men with lar ceny of clothes She was washing for M Marcus at her own homo , and left the clothes hanging out over night. The next morn ing the line ami nil had disappeared and sliti had to pay Mr. Marcus $4 to cover his loss The clothes were found at the Coigan liouse. Clmrle.s Olson filed an Information , charg ing Corgan and Kngol with the theft of a buggy cushion Iho cushion was found , and the case will bo heard Thursday afternoon nt 2 o'clock. George Hoardman also suffered the loss of clothes fiom a line They were found at the homo of tlio defendants , nnd nn Informa tion against them will bo filed today. A saw and ax belonging to George Hertlo was stolen from his wooilnhed. They were found on tlio Coigan premises. Other Informations will doubtless bo filed , as there Is a great deal of other prcperty on the place which the olllcers believe wan stolen. A good opportunity for searching the premises Is had , as nil the parties have been in Jail over slnco the flret informations were ( lied by Fcurhaken , Hcbecct Degree lodge , No 3 , will hold a jiubllo installation ball and banquet January 24 at the Independent Order of Odd Pel- Iowa' temple , the first of lla KlnJ over held in 'tlio ' city. _ .VII I'rU--M Till tills week nt Sargent's. No coupons given at our January sole. Look for the Dear. Marriage licenses were IssueJ jeatorday to the following persons : Name and Residence. Age. V C. Cleveland , Pottuvvattamio county. . 21 iiln : G. Coleman , Pottuvvnttnmlo county 20 C. H , Vyso Hock Springs , Vv'yo . 22 Tamil K. Woods , llumburtla . 21 J. J. Timsan , Ohio . 29 Mm. Dale Illcn , Illinois . SO MAGICALLY EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR WEAK MEN OF ALL AGES NO WONKY IN ADVANOlf. Wonderful - dorful i > i > lianco aud uclciuinorem- cdlei eiil on trial to nliy rellublo jtinii. A worid-wldo reputation buck of thU offer. Evorr obstnclp to happy married lifo roinovod. Full etrongt i , development nnd teno given to every portion of tue body , rullurolmpoulbloi UBO 110barrier. 1 cBnaucninAimnn < 4 NIAQARA ST- .ERIE MEDICAL UUDtjFi'ALo , N. y. CITY COUNCIL AS COMMITTEE Several Important Matters Disciusai Informally Among Members. TO REGULATE TELEPHONES AND BICYCLES I'rlrr nT One anil Spcoil of I InOtliri Olen 'I linrnucli ContliU'riitlmi .to I hi nur Settled mi ( lie The city council met yesterday forenoon an a committee of the whole for the * con' sideratlon of several matters thit were to be submitted for examination. One was the charge- ) that ha\c been made against Street Commissioner Hardln , who has been accused by ether sidewalk contractors of having uaei ! his olficlai poaillon lo secure contracts It construct sidewalks at prices below the ac tual cost , and alleging that there were grounds for the suspicion tbat the street commissioner wus making use ot his posi tion and mcam a.s ono of the brads of du- lartmcnts to do the work. The bids ha\e " been filed 'In the name of hla BOH. Tie street comml loner was on huiaJ ready tc confront his accusers and show tftc council that ho had no interest in the cotitnictu let to his son and to disprove all of the oilier leases of itho charge The oMicr side wus not represented and the matter was not taken up. The committee voted to recom mend the approval cf the bonds cf Jehn Sklnkle , the successful bidder for the con tracts to construct a let of plank sldewalke In the western part of the city. Two other Important matters vvcro dis cussed In an Inforn.ul manner , but no action was taken. Ono was tie new ordinance w.- truJuccd by Alderman O iper regulating anil greatly reducing the < telephone tolls , and the other was the bicycle ordlianco that was Introduced several months ago The new telephone ordinaire requires the Nebraska company to reduce its tolla to a limit that Is far leca than has ever bean tniught of charging in i'ny western city. The price named In the now ordinance Is $1 per morth for all telephones In private residences -nil $2 for ithcso located in elllccs and buslnecs nouses The present rate IH ? 2 SO for icsl- doncea and $1 f > 0 for business houses Friends of the ordinance claim that tie telephone company Is getting Hch , or has gotten rich from the excessive tolls collected from sub scribers In years gone and that the prlcen named In the now orJinonce will pay all operating expenses of the esciiansc and re turn a handsome profit < that investment Tie telephone company and the people gen erally have not regarded Alderman Casper's ordinance as a serious men-ice to the Income - como of the company until within the ! ' > st few days. A communication was iccclvca yesterday from the managers of the com pany asking t e council to defer consilera- tlon of the ordinance until they could be heard The receipt of this communlculirn caused tno postponement of the discussion yesterday. It was Intimated on the streets yesterday that the nnnagers of the telephone company had declared that If the council saw fit to enact such an ordinance , the company would close Its exchange hero and wlthdiaw fiom trto city. The matter was deferred until the special meeting of the council , which has been callcJ for Thursday night , to consider It. The bicycle ordinance was talked about to some extent am the fact disclosed that several of the aldermen were In favor of itfl passage The ordlrunce regulates the speed of wneelmen , when , riding through Uio streets and makes it a misdemeanor to go faster than ten miles an hour. U also pro vides for the carrying of lanipo and bells and all of the parapherruLu that some cltlcB and many small country boroughs have seen fit to attach to bicycles A number of wheelmen wore present and listened to the discussion und at the conclusion announced their Intention of opposing Uo ordlmnco in its present form Several of Its features meet their approval and they will sustalii the council In the effort lo r s It , provided some of the other restrictions are removed. They favor the provision that hits the scorcher and nrc willing to attach bells for the accommodation of the careless Indivi dual who bolts across the street In the middle of the block wlthoul looking to the right or left and who would not try to dodge a can non ball , but they oppcso the lamp feature unless the ordinance is made to Include all other vehicles. This ordinance will also bo brought up for consideration at the meeting on Thursday night. For Sale1 Elgkty-flvo acre farm , three miles from Council Hluffs on main traveled road ; largo apple , cherry and plum orchards , three acres vineyard , three and a half acres straw ben les and other small fruite , twenty acres young timber ; first-cla&a well water ; all Improvements first-class ; free from in- cumbrance ; will sell at a bargain. Address lock box GUI , Council Dlurts , la. I.nillCH1 I > ntiii ( Leather MIOCN , Kii.tJO. I have 01 lot of nice $400 patent leather shoes that I do rot want. You can have them this week at $2.50. SAItGENT'S. MOTOR CfMII'VNY Cll VH'I'Ull SUIT. Ariiiiini'iit on tlic ni'iuurri'r Hail mill Mntfrr TnUi-ii I inli-r Vili iNi-nit'iit. In the district court yesterday attorneys for the city nnd the plaintiff urged the demurrer filed by the city In tlio case of C. C. Hump against the city asking the court to annul the charter granted to the Omaha and Council Dluffs Hallway and Bridge company. The demurrer asks the court to dismiss tlui suit on the grounds that no Individual IMS the right to maintain such a suit , und that it la against public policy to allow ono man to set up a claim that ho represents the people and prosecute a suit that Is meant to be an iiiterfereneo with the legal lights of the city and powers of the council to grant franchises for public utilities. City Attorney Ila/loton presented a long list of supreme court decisions sus taining this contention , many of them of very recent date. The court took the case under advisement nnd will announce his ruling within a few days Tills Is the ease that was started immediately after the mayor signed the motor company's fran chise last September , but which did not leach a hearing In the November term. The attorney B for Dump In the last day upon which new cases could bo filed In stituted a new suit In quo vvarranto which will come up for hearing during the pres ent term. The quo vvarranto proceedings brings the action in the name of the state. The question of ultra A Ires will figure largely in the latter case , and the attor neys are preparing for a strong fight to havu the courts annul the fifty-year fran chise granted by tlio council. Wolf .Sculp DcnItTM. The wolf Bca'p bounty swindlers , James ttclntash , Arthur Grosvenor and Thomas Jef ferson , who were arrested at the Instance } f tlio Madison county officers for fraudulent collections of bounty , have been Indicted by ho grand Jury , and It Is believed that three 3t the chief swindlers In this line are now safely on their way to the penitentiary ilclntosh. while l i custody of the olllcers icro , talked very freely concerning his achievements in tlio line of Importer and iroducer , and declared that ho had done lothliiK else for a living for the last twenty rears. Tlio records at the county court louse show that ho has been well paid for tig ctitertnlBo by the Pottavvattamlo county axpaycre. During lbt 7 ho drew out of the mbllo treasury $192. The Harrison county ecorda show that ho was equally success- ul In disposing of Imported scalps In that ounty , und thu name state of facts are re- > orted from Mills , Fremont and I\igo coun- lea , It is estimated that tie aud hla co- vorkrrs have drawn several thousand dol- ars wen year from the various counties In ho western part of the state. They might tot Imvo been caught at all if their success iad not bt'Como known to otlicr fellows whoso disposition to engage In the same bualnetn led to overstocking of the market to such a degree that surplclon was aroused. The Madison county officials annoiwico tfte probability of the adjoining counties where the swindlers have operated joining In the prosecution and making it sllll more Inter esting for them. no tun or 1:111 rvTiov MKIVIINH. ( II.1 ( liicxlloii of Tuition llnlix tip \ltnln with M-ri'iilt } . The question of collecting tuition from nonresident pupils of the public schools came up for consideration again nt the regular meeting of the Iloird of Education lust night. The secretary reported that he had sent personal loiters to the nircnts nnd guardians of each of the foreign pupils noti fying them thai unlc'ss arrangements weie made to pay the tuition or orders from the board were l sucd relieving them , the chil dren would be excluded from the privileges of the nchools. The majcrlty of the parents and guardlais treated the iiuutmnilcatious with silent toiitenipt , but a ft v of them ap peared and made nil sorts of excuses mil representations which tlitv thought would relieve them of the ncce < lty fjr paying the email amount demanded Not o.ie , however , had paid a cent. The secretary nkcd for specific Instructions as to whcthci ho v ns lo let the mailer rest ns it I ) or notify the principals ot the various schools lo exclude nil nonresident pupils who < c tuition had not been paid. The board decided to lot the matter rest until the next meeting nnd in the meantime hnvo the principals make anew now list of these delinquents. Mrs. Sarah I'ool reported that two ot her grandchildren , whoso widowed moiber Is employed In the Iowa School for the Deaf , wore making their home with her and were being sent to the city schools , and asked the board to exempt them from payment of the tuition feca. A similar request tame from Mrs Casey , living on Grace street , and both wore granted. Member Spruit from the tra hei's com- mllleo reported the resignations ot two pri mary teacher ; . Miss Thompson and Miss Xlpf , and the promotion of Miss Sister and Miss Bolm from the subitlttite list to fill the vacancies The action , wns approve 1 by the board. The salaries of the promoted teacheis was fixed at { 15 a month. Miss Maude Pierce wns appointed a mibatittilo teacher. Spruit reported that it had been necessary to appoint an assistant teacher from the substlluto list for work tu the Pierce and Madison street schools and that Miss Evcrs liaili been appointed she to receive the regular talary of promoted teachers. Chairman Thomas from Ihe finance com- mltteo reported that his committee had found It more advisable to borro.v a machine for canceling the voiifhcrs than to expend the $15 authorized by the board In the pur- chuso of ono The furnace in the Harrison street school was reported to have collapsed , and Mcmuri Mooio from the committee reported that ho had ordered repairs "by " wire. Member Sims announced tint the methods that have always been In vomie for pui- chnslng school supplies vvrrc sca.ci'ly what ought to bo expected to prevail in a country dlstricl school , that the practice had been to permit the Janitor to inn out and miy a single broom n the top iuarkct price , and all other small supplies In the same man ner Ho said Secretary Grnbon nnd himself had evolved a plan which ho believed would save the board annually a good deal of ir.oney. The plan was to require an wtimalo each year of the amount of supplies 10- qulred In each department and let the con tract to furnish them to the lowest bidder The board ordered the secretary to submit his plan In detail at the next meeting Superintendent Hlsey submitted the ropoit of , monUily attendance as follow1 Number enrolled December , 4,341 ; Novem ber 4,309 ; gain 35. Average number belonging December , S.CSOfl ; November , 3,7914 ; loss , 1125 Average dally attendance December , 3,359.3 ; November , 3,599.1 ; loss , 240.1. Number of cases of tardiness Decem ber , 540 ; November , 384j Incieasc , 150. D W. Dushncll , custodian of the school books , submitted a proposition to furnish the board with a now $15 pencil sharpener with which the Janitor of each building could sharpen all of the pencils used in the schools and prevent the annoyance to teach ers and pupils. The remainder of the even ing -was - devoted to the reading and allow ance of the monthly bills. Tlif People Lcnrn and dondt palronlzo all eo-callej sales , but when Sargent advertises a cut price sale they know it's business Look for the Bear. I ten I IHfnto 'i'riuiNf < TN. The following transfers are reported from the tlllo and loan olfico of J , W. Squire , 101 Pearl otreet Muigurotha Hngg ° to Town of Wal nut , e 3ti feet of lot I1 * , block 15 , Walnut , w. d $ 200 P. II. Wind and wife to John Huck , lots 5 nnd 0 , block 3 , Tervvllllger's ndd. , vv. d 370 County treasurer to George W. Llpe , lot I1 ! , block 11 , Hums' add , tnd. . . . . 11 Fred 13 Bird tu Hey Simpson , lot " of Auditor's subd of lot 3 , Auditor's subd of nw'i sclt , 12-73-10 , vv. d . . 50 Wllhelm Wlederiteln and wife ct aj to John Doll , und , 7-0 of n'A no'4 , 33-77-40 , w. d 2,333 Franklin Lowe nnd wife to Samuel Bnrnett , 1 acre In se'A se'5 , 21-74- 40 , w d 0 Heirs ot Betsey Kay to Caroline Cnvrs Woodward , lot 2 In svv',4 no'J nnd lot 11 111 s ° 'i ne' < i , 20-75-41 , n. c. d 500 IJinost U Hart , W. S. Cooper nnd George H. Mayne , reforec , to Etlle Jl Smith , part lots C , 7 and S , block 11 , In Bayliss' First add. , ref. d O.COO Eight transfers , totnl $12,513 Any dealer that advertises 'to ' pell you shoes that other dealers get $1 50 for at $2.23 is a humbug. Our $5 00 shoes are $3 88 , $3 00 bhoctj $2.48 , etc. , at Sargent's , Look for fie Bear. i' f'omplliuciitN SliiMV. DUBUQUE , la. , Jan 17. ( Special Tele gram ) Ex-Governor Larabco , en route to Mexico with his family , snld tonight : "Gov ernor Shaw's Inaugural address Is sound. If Iowa's delegation In congress had his courage - ago currency reform would bo accoin > ltshcd this session. Ilegret that our delegation seems to bo without aggressive leadership How the retirement of the greenback shall bo accomplished and when tlio other details of t'.io plan may eafely be trusted to Sec retary Gage Tlio Irrporiant tiling is to se- cuio a severe measure of currency reform In strengthening the gold standard bo that the olectlcn of no president opposed to It can overturn tlio finances of tlio country Just how the mtbn and our delegation at congress need aggressive men of the Suavv type. " loua I'olltlrnl Voti'M , The roudlr'acy ot M L. Temple of Clarke county , for tlio nomination for attorney gen eral of Iowa on the republican ticket , has been formally announced In. his home papers Ex-Governor Drake is at his homo In Con. tervllle , but will soon go to a sanitarium to recover his health. When ho left DCS Moluca he was escorted to tlio train by Gov ernor Shaw and a pirty of his friends. Tlio Dubuque Telegraph says there are four "free silver" republicans , whatever that may mean , In the Iowa house , Me&sra. Boyd ot Shelby , Christy of Hancock , Farley of Kos- fiiitli , and Illnkson of Guthrlo , and they cau cus with the democrats. I. B. Richmond of Muscattao is the Mus- catlno Tribune's choice for candidate for congress on thu democratic ticket this year Mr * Richmond has rot yet returned from abroad , where ho has served for four years as consul. Ho Is a young man of ability. Third terms are good In. Iowa , but fourth terms are tabooed , r. It. Conaway , state printer , Lafo Young , state binder and N N Jones , warden of the penitentiary at Fort Madison , were all re-elected by the legisla ture and all to third terms , but Warden Madden , of the penitentiary ot Anamcsa , failed to get a fourth term which ho sought. While a majority of the members of the Iowa legislature have hid but llttlo legislative tive- experience thcro are a few veteracn la the ee-ats. Senator C. J , A. Erlw of Iloono was a member of the fourtwntUe eral assembly which met In 1872 , and Bono- tor L U Bolter from the Harrison-Shelby county district was a member of the Eleventh general assembly , which met to 1SCC. AFTER STATjv , INSTITUTIONS Hcaly Investigating ! Committco Wil ! Submit Its-Report Today , RUMORED DISSENtfJDNS AMONG MEMBERS SOIIIPro Snlil ' 1J ' Ho rninrnlilo < < i Central Itonrit , ti 1th I.III-KC Ail- iiKlrnlU i I'OMITM niul IttMltiutliiii of ' 1 rustics. DES MOIXES. Jnn 17. ( Speciil Telegram ) The Hcaly committee to In\ tailgate state Institutions has completed Its report ami will lay it before the assembly tomorrow. Thcro were rumors today of dissensions In the commlttco as to the character of recom mendations to bo made In fa\or of a State Hoard of Control for ttie Institutions. It was stated that Senator Mealy and Uepresenta- tl\o Porter were faxorablo to a central bcctrdlth larpo administrative powers , and to a great reduction of the number of trus tees of the several Institutions ; ell the in stitutions except the University , Agricultural Collpgo and Normal School to como under the control of the board , while these should bo left under the present ejstem of man- igoment. IleprcscntatUo - Merc-lam was-rep resented to oppose glxltiR the central board SD largo powers as jircoosed by the ma jority , nnd a minority report wnn predicted. It is understood tonight that no minority re port will bo filed The document will be very lengthy , and will represent the results of soNornl mont'.is work examining the In stitutions It Is fiald to contain a s.c\ere arraignment of the present sjstem of managing state institutions on the ground of extravagance and Impracticability. I'ASSEXQBK UATD UII.U The representatives of the lown State TuavclltiK Men's association have completed the draft of the railroad pisseiiKor rate 1)111.lilch ) they will push before the legis lature It Is drafted by Trank T Camp bell , c\-railroTd commissioner , for the legis- lathe commlttco of the association. It de mands a Hat rate of 2'i cents a mile on class A roads , 2'i ' cents on class B roads and 2 % cents on c'.i s C roads , with the provision that all roads slull sell mllcogo books at $20 per 1,000 miles. A bill will bo Introduced according to the committee , In a few da > s , but It la not announced who will father It The railroads are asking leglslitlon extend ing till 1900 the time for equipping their frcig'jt cars with safety couplers The time lias already been once extended by the rail road commissioner- accordance \\lth authority lodged In them , by the legislature January 1 , 1SOS , was the extreme date for extension , nnd the roads ask htill more time. HOLDS ELECTION ILLEGL. . The district court handed down its de cision today In the Electric Light election case Last fall an.election was held to de termine whether the election rate would latlfy n contract the cty [ had entered with the McCaskej-IIolc mbo company of Spring- Hold , III , to build a municipal light plant. At the election twtV propositions were sub mitted ; the first elector was expected to vote first on the question whether ho favored building a municipal plant ; second , whether ho voted to ratify tlio contract with the Mc- CasKey-IIolcombo company. The cicoosltions both carried by Immeinso majorities , but the court holds the election Illegal because there was room for ambiguity In the de- clsl"ii ; If the first proposition S'ad been de feated and the second had carried , the will of tlui electors would have been still un certain ; accordingly tho. election Is declared Illegal Without an appeal the matter will probably bo submitted again at the mu nicipal election In March. W. C Miller of this city , Jay D. Miller and Amerlcus n. Melville of Chicago have applied to the city for a franchise to build a gas plant. They olalm to bo backed by the owners of the Hall irocess of gas manu facture , which they claim greatly reduces the cost. They ask nn ordinance fixing a maximum rate at 73 cents per thousand , the present rate in the city being $1 25. The council today declined to pass nn ordinance unless the company would put up a $10,000 bond. The company declined to do this till It should know the terms of the ordinance and announced that unless the council con sented to submit the question to the votcra It would secure a petition of twenty-five voters In each ward , which under the law gives It the right to ha\c the matter sub mitted to a vote without the Intervention of the council. \Vilii < cil to Sell Their lloillc-H. "Wo wnnt to sell our bodies to the univer sity " Thus spoke a young man and woman to a member of the medical faculty of the Iowa Siato university when tiie latter entered Ills olllco one diLy last week , hajs the Iowa City Republican. At the entrance of the doc tor the young people sprang apart , for they had evidently been wrapped in eaoi other's embrace. The professor pressed questions and learnel that the cauplc llvol In Jlusca- tine , loved to distraction and wcio willing to dlo together , closely clasped , even as did the unhi ippy hero and heroine of Sue's Immortal "Wandering Jew " The young woman needed money to secure a divorce fiom an unloved husband and the young man , who was to bo the succeeding spouse , lacked the necessary funds to eovor cxpertes. They decided , there fore , to raleo mc ey on their bodies Each was ready to seek death as soon ua fie other died und boMi were e-ager to turn their llfc- losa fonr.a over to edcncc In case science paid In advance for the sacrifice. The professor told them that tie C 0 D. principle was adopted by the nnlverrltj's pnatomlcal experts and sent the unfortunate t-oaploto Judge Haddock , The venerable &ec- rotiry was Umcat overpowered by emotion vvhoi the good looking , well dressed joung man of 20 and the comely , tastefully attired joung woman of 23 mndo t'helr ' proposition , but hci managed to ejaculate , "Wo can't pay Mil wo get tin bodies. " ( Much dltuppolntcd , the couple went avvuy anj when last scon the young man was pawning hla overcoat for $2 CO to got money enough , to secure passage back to Muscatlnc. The young people refused to reveal their Identity. limn 1'ri-MH Sioux City Journal The measure to glvo each county in the state at least one mem ber of the legislature has been promptly In troduced at DCS Molnes , and it Is not a. bad plan at all. Dubuque Telegraph ; , The resolution of Mr. Wilson of C'lnton county that text books for use In the Iowa public schools bo printed In tha penltentlnrlqs In not likely to meet the approval of the legislature. Dam port DemooyU : Two governors have given us fairly gopil piefcsages during the last week and the general assembly has made a start. It Is what the legislature docs , not what the executives ask It to do , that counts. Keokuk Gate Cltyj Speaker Punk of the loun house , Judging from his reports did a good Job of strad < | | | In his make-up of the commltteo on suppression of Intemper ance. Ho gave the qntl-prohlbltlonlstH a majority of the committee , but made chair man of It the ablest-aiid. most radical prohibi tionist in the house. This means In effect that thcro will bo nn legislation on the liquor question byt thg present general as sembly of Iowa , f Hurllngton HawJ-.cjo : It will require a longer session of the general assembly to re duce appropriations to meet the exigencies of state debt and doflclent revenue * than It would to vote largo appropriations and let Htato finance take care of Itself Therefore the Hawkejo Isn't worrying about the luigtu o ! the session What the peoplu want Is economy combined with a Just regard for the Ntato Institutions and they want this oven If the general assembl ) lias to light it out on that line all summer. 1 IIOIINIllt'l ( ) | K'1IK lit SI. I'lllll , ST. PAUL , Jan. 17 Magnificent weather today marked thu opnlntr of the bonsplel of the Northwestern Curling association In this city. It VVUH expected that a full half hundred rinks would tic piexent , but when the time for drawing arrived only thirty- seven had registered , Thu Canadian cities nprfrnkil arc N'cpawa Toronto. Kllir- nrItat Portage Ilrindon. Hollind , Pilot .Mound and I ortn * IM Pnirle.M ( on in had o\cn rinks , Chicago , Huluth nnd many other cltlw were rfpre ented and St. I'mil entered nlno rlnki. Pining began nt 2 o'clock this afternoon on the twenty-one rinks , MIMJHS AM ) Ol'KU VTOUS COM'UH , Will Allrnipl to rnrinulnlc n Si-nlv fin- tinuiir 1MIS. CHICAGO. Jan. 17 A Joint convention ol bituminous coal oj > crntors and miners met In the city today for the purpose of adjust ing a wngo scnlo for 1S9S. Tlvo hundred operators and miners , representing western Pennsvhnnla , West Virginia. Ohio , Indiana and Illinois , were present. Work was rather slow , owing to the fact that none of the delegations were thoroughly organized. After adopting the rules committee report , recommending four \otcs for each state nnd n scalu committee of four miners nnd the same number of operators from each state , the convention adjourned until tomorrow to permit organization of the delegations. Permanent organization was effected by the selection of . AV H. Hol- conib of Chicago as chalnran , nnd two secretaries r II. Ilrooks of Ohio and W. C. Pcarco of Chicago , the former representing the miners and the latter thu operators. A committee on credentials was selected con sisting of ono miner and one operator from each state. The selection of a committee on rules and regulations and order of business aroused considerable discussion , but was finally made up on the basis of onu miner and two operators from each state , with equal voting powers. The convention then took a recess until 2 30 o'clock , when the commlttco will re port. About COO arc in attendance. The principal point at Issue is the sweepIng - Ing demand of the miners for the universal adoption of the "gross weight" sjstem and the abandonment of "screens" Then the miners would bo paid for screenings as well as lumy coal The change will revolutionize the wage scale and will bo vigorously com bated bv thu operators West Virginia oper- atcis lm\o as jet bee unrepresented In the convention. At the afternoon session the committee on credentials reported 221 operators in at tendance , as follows : Ohio , 1C ; Indiana , II , Illinois. 02 ; Pennsylvania 12. The miners numbered 272 , ns follows- Illinois , III , Ohio , S3 ; Pennsjhanh , 10 ; Indiana , 27 , West Virginia , 17. The report was then adopted and pending the arrival of the rules committee Colonel William H. Morrison of Illinois addicsbcd the meeting briefly , rec ommending a peaceable settlement of all differences. The rules commlttco report was then pre sented nnd brought out the first heated dis1 ciisslon. It recommended that each stale jc allowed the same number ofotcs , four each , and that the scale commlttco bo com- > osed of four mlncis and four operators Irom each state , with the exception of Illi nois , which should have ftvo delegates , but only four -votes. This basis of reprcsenta- .ion was not agreeable to the Illinois con tingent nnd a minority report was pre sented , recommending ono \oto to each i.000,000 tons , based upon the output of ISOiJ. Operator Traier of Illinois , In speaking for the latter report , declared It to be the only Just basis , nnd cited the house of rep- csentatlves as a fair example Chairman /erbo of the rules commlttco defended the rerort on the ground that representation on ho tonnage basis was a dangerous prece- lent and would result in shutting out small iroduccrs. The majority report was then adopted , but several unavailing attempts voro made to have the te reconsidered The selection of the scale committee was next taken up , each state to select Its own delegates On demand for n roll call by states the fact was developed that only one or two delegations were organized and pro ceedings were blocked. An ndjouinment was therefore taken until tomorrow for the puiposo of allowing the state delegations to organl/e. Uefore adjournment the West Virginia delegation of miners was heated with avoice In the convention , but with out avote. . llliixllicMS TriiiililoH or u Day. MILWAUKEE , WIs. , Jan. 17. The Mil waukee Manufacturing company , a corpora tion engaged In the manufacture of 'blcjcles ' nt North Milwaukee , made a voluntary as- rlgnmcnt today to Jesse D. Whltnall. His bond was fixed at $30,000. NEW YOIIK , Jan. 17. Maurice Wcrt- hclmer , Herman Stclnberger nnd Jacob Stolnberger , doing business under the name of Wcrtheimcr & Co , In this city , and the Worthelmcr Glove Manufacturing1 company , at Johnstown , N. Y. , have assigned to Hruno Hlchtcr without preferences. The liabilities are reported to l > o $500,000 , and the assets nbout the eamo amount. The firm of Macy & Pondloton , bankers nnd hrokcrs of this city , made an assignment today to Harold G Curtis. The firm has ofllces In this city and membership In the Now York Stock , Produce , Cotton and Coffee exchanges. The firm Is composed of Charlc.3 C Macy and William r. Pendloton The as signee of the firm says the liabilities were In the neighborhood of $100,000 , anil the as sets would not equal that amount. CANTON , N. Y . Jan. 17 The Lchlgh Val ley Construction company of South Bothle- hon , Pa , today filed in the St. Lawrence county clerk's ofilco a deed of general assign ment to Julius Workum or Now York. The company had ! a subcontract of the St Law rence Construction company to do itho work on the Masscna , N. Y , canal , for the St Lawrcnco Power company , which Is capltal- f J ( ! 000 000 The Lehiph contr.icl wni to be n $2,000.000 Job The I.ehlgh Nnl- Ky Construction company has filed A me- clnni 'f Hen against the power company for f : > 3Ooo , alleging jo lin\o dene $78000 worth of work during the jjnst summer for whli.li 11 hit4 receded $25,000. $ ASHLAND , N U , Jftn 17 J T Draper & Co , who failed recently for $110000 , hive Bcttlevl with their creditors satisfactorily and a new corporation has been formed The factory , which make" gloves of all kinds , Htnrtcd up this morning with 100 hands OTTAWA. 111. . Jan. 17. Ex-Major L. W. Hess has been appointed receiver for the Ottawa Kiectrlc Street Car company , of which W. P. Ellla of Hoston Is president The company was organlred last > ear with a capital of $100,000. Extent-Ions were built nt large expense , to which eastern capital- lits , It la said , liave failed to contribute. Severn ! small Judgments obtained during the I Jut few dajs precipitated the action of thla evening. The line will bo operated by the receiver. DELAWAUB. 0 , Jan. 17 lion J. D. Ynttdomniiil was tonight appointed receiver for the electric "treot railway compnay of this city nnd nt once gave bond In the num of $30,000 The road will bo appraised nt once nnd offered for sale. lU'CYUUS. O. Jan. 17. George Oormley , -vlco president of the First National liink of 'this ' cltj. assigned UxUy lo D L Hell of Toledo The assignment iloes tut affect the bank flormlcy'i nssets nnd liabilities are not known. PriMioli Ciiiiniil liiti'tMonr NEW YOnK , Jan 17. Judge Licombe , In the circuit court today , denied the ap- I plication made In bolnlf of J. D. French nnd others for relief and lea\e to Intervene ! in a suit brought by J I'lerpont Morgan and others against the Union Pacific Unll- wa > ( .otipany and Its receivers. ItOiMitmUl\ . Thrco Immense passenger locomotives for Ecnlco In Now Mexico , latclj furnlslicil for tlio Southern I'nclflc railway , are reported as ha\lnK a remarkable capacltj for high speed one of them cipablo of pulling at the rate of Bi\t > inlUu M\ hour on a pleco of level nnd straight track no less than thirty-three Pull man cars weighing forty tons each , such a train being moro than two-fifths of a mlle long The sK-couplcd driving wheels ot these engines are each si\ feet In diameter , with working steam i > ressuro of 200 pounds to the squat o Inch ; the cjlludcrs are of the usual simple tjpo , eadi of twcnty-ono inches diameter , with a piston stroke ot twenU- elRht Indies. All this gives a tiactlvo force , or drawing power , of 27,100 pounds , sulllclent to haul a train lead ot 4,279 IOIIK , equal to about eight ) -llvo of tlio largest loaded freight COTS , at alow speed on a le\el trade. Tlie total weight ot ono of these locomotl\es is f.o\eiit-tho tons , of which flftleightest on llio six drl\lng wheels , the remaining seventeen being carried by the fom-wheel truck In front. With tlieso con ditions , and reckoning the blto or grip on the tall at one-fouith the weight of the drivers , thcro Is adhesion of fourteen an 1 one-half tons , or 20,000 pounds more than the ti ictl\o force of the engine thus lea\lng n margin for wet weather and slln > ory rails llrotliiTH Mcclftir T\\ cut } \ I'IITH J. D Harnes , who has been a miner In Alaska for eleven jcars , nnd who anived in San rrancisco from the Klondike gold fields on January 3 , last , met a hi other at the Palace hotel whom ho Ind not seen nor heard from In twenty jcars , sajs the San Pranclsco Examiner. The brother is J. L Harnes , the Iteddlng ncvspaper rain They were born In Canada , and some twenty > ears ago J. D. Dames left the parental roof to carve a fortune for himself In the western states of this countr ) . IHH brother at that time was a very ) oung boy The elder brother after spending nlno ) ears on the coast went to Alaska. He mot with indifferent success until the gold discoveries around Daw son City occurred. Ho then came Into possession of some rich claims on El Dorado and Ho- nanza creeks , along with several partners He came to this city last week for a - vacation tion expecting to return early in the spring. His brother at Redding saw In the San Fran cisco papers an account ot Mr Harnes' ar- ilval here and the statement that he was born In Canada This latter fact Induced him to como to this city to Inquire If the gentleman was not his long-lost brother. Ho turned out to be such , and now they are Inseparable around town. I'NCI ] No .IiiilfCinciil. Chicago Post : "Here's an account of a man who has been arrested for s'ealing plujs , " said the man with tiic paper. "Jr stealing plajs , " exclaimed the man who was emoking , In astonishment. "That's what the paper a > is. " "Oh , well , the trouble with him must have been that ho didn't use any Judgment. If ho birt stolen some of the plas I've seen they wouldn't arrest him , thej'd glvo ihim a vote of thanks " r.ii-rj Ixulj Sndsllcil. Indlnnnpolls Journil * "I wnnt to get a couple of books for two jounff men , " said the girl in the bookstore , "and I don't know what to choose " "Er what sore of joung' men nro they ? " asked the really Intelligent clerk. "One teaches In our Sunday school , and the other well , he is not that kind of a yountr man nt all , j ou know " "Ah1 I think I have just what you wnnt " And ho handed out two copies of "Quo V.idih. " rirsl Tlilnuto lie lloiic. Chicago Post. "Now that wo hnvo decided to orgnnl/o the company , " Bald the flrst promoter , who wns somewhat now to the business , "what Is the first thing to be done' " "Voto ourselves salaries , " replied the second end promoter , who Imd been In the promot ing business for Home time. Truly there are things that should ante date even the incorpoiatlon papers , & tl P FT Li ! * * " > - ii"KrtJa'SE rltf * FAG-SIMILE ' ' - , , ' 'inf T Tt niiu'i'i i f- | | 1,11)1 ) in ! rcgc table Pr cp araliou for As - SIGNATURE slmilating ihcFoodfltulRcg ula- ling tlic Stomachs and Bowels of OF 35 ? Promotes Digcslion.Ckcrful- ncssjindRcst.Contains neither OpiunvMorpliintJ " ; nor Mineral. IS ON THE "OTNAKCOTIC. n Suil" MxStnna * OF EVERY JKniftcil flanfuJ Sugar - . O3J1/ / ) lii y A perfect Remedy forConstipa- tion , Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea . , Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcrisix- ncss andLoss OF SLEEP. TacSimllc Signoltifc oC Oaitorla li pat cp in ono-slia bottles only , It Is not eold ia balk. Don't allow nnycio to tell yon anything chs on the plea or proaiti ) that It ia "Jn t ns cord" ead "will answer ciery pnr poie. " fOr Bee that yon got O-A-B-T-O-E-I-A , lies EXACT COPVOF WRAPPER ickpocket fi f f id avoided. Ho ' w'is | n sneaking , despicable fop .who robs A tnnti unawares. Mcti liatc him uorsd than the tnoro whose attack is mmle in tlic open. There arc route dis eases that nrc like pickpockets. They arc sneaks. If men only knew it , tlicsa sneaking diseases nrc more to be dreaded than smallpox or yellow fever. The sneaking disease begin1) ) with sonic slight disorder of the digestion and sluggish aq- lion of the bowcK The blood becomes disordered mid tha body receives insuffi cient or improper nutriment. Emacia tion follows and the sufferer is troubled with nervqua prostration , brain fag , ami debility , and very likely falls a victim to that dread dcstrovcr , consumption. All this happens before the sufferer fairly realizes that he is in danger. These sneaking diseases that undermine a man's constitution , and rob him of liii health nrc conquered by Dr. Plerco'i Golden Medical Discovery. It put- * strength into every fiber of the body nnd replaces the lethargy of sick ness with this buoyancy of health. It is the best blood- maker mid 11 esh-builder know n to science. Mr. A.V CnyiiM , of HtUlnrt , KlUmrt Co , Imllnun , writes "I < eml jou n testimonial In recnnlloDr Pierce' * RoKlen Meillc.il UUctncry niul wlmt it did for me In ncutc liinitnniatloii of the liver , about < lx > cir ago , Avheti 1 liail an nt- tack In 1,03 AiiRclc , Cal , niul lo one since I came licrc I consider Ir ) rlerce' * Oolilcn Mcu- lcil Ii co\ery one of the best medicine * oflerca to n siinerliiR people to-thy. It lim only to be Ki\cu n fair trial to jiroxc il clf Bucli , " Dr. 1'leicc't Common Sense Medical Ad viser has had n larser sale than nny oilier book of this class ever offered tile public. Tills book of i.ooS pnpcs ; with 300 illustra tions is full , from cover to co\cr , of practi cal advice on health matters. This Rrcat book , in heavy imiillla covers , is now of- fercil ran : to whoever \\511 send 21 one-cent stamps to pay for miilinrr only If nn cle- R.int I'rcucli cloth blndinpr ia desired , send 10 cents p\tn t cents in nil World's lis- ncn"ar\ > T"di-\l Ansncntton Uuffilo. N V. FARM FIRE INSURANCE , SURETY BONDS LOWEST RATES. lie-Mint AMnnt Spin Inn , IN VTION1. . Mlllim CO. N Y. Pipltnl niul surplus ovci Ono ami One llnll Million Dnllnr * All botuls i xo uto.l at ni > otlloc .IAS. N. CASADY , JR. , Mtt Mnin strrrl . ( -iiii-ii-ll llluir * . Vln SOUTHAMPTON j > mid VANCOUVER. u SS "Tnrtnir'lc.-ncs Southampton rob. I > | Si > "Athenian" " " " 11 n 1'or full p irtlciilnrs applj to nnj , Cin.ull.iii I'.ulliu It } Airiiit i .1 r Tjii : : , GC n 1 Acent I'.IHM l > e | > t i boo P.ielllo .milc.in idliui IMcltle Kallwny 1 ICliliaco 'JSS S Cl irk rt-ot * , t'lmInn ill Uooni 1) Ch bei of Com I ( ii.ini ItipIdH 71 ! Ott.i.iMint NEW COLLAR DUFFY'8 PURE MALT WlliSKET Drugglota. it pg a * j.i'a - wtvqyya1 ; K SfSSLISUf Mra. W'lnslow'B Scotlilnc Syrup 1ms been uscil for over to ycnrs by millions or motlieis for their children while teething with perfect suc cess. It soothes the child , softens the num . allnys all pain , cures wind ' ollc , nnd IB the Lest remedy for Dlarrlioen. Sold by druBSlsts Irt every part of the vvoild. ite euro nnd nsk for " 4Irs WliiiloH's SoothltiK Hyrup" ana Inko no other klnr ! 25 cents a bottle FACIAL BLEMISHES quickly disappear when Woodbury e Quind lolicc Combination la npplled dully. It will render a rough fcliln Kmuotn and ( irolei t a B 'ud cat ijilexlon. A sample of Pacli of Woodbury'a racial Sea ] > , racial Cream , Tnclal 1'ovvdcr nnd Dental Cream nnd n Ileuuty liook mailed on receipt of 20c. T.io reKUlar Blze sold everywhere 2Sc each. JOHN II WOOOUUHY. Dermatologist , 127Ves6 d St , N Y. OR , BlflcCREW 18 THE ONLY SPECIALIST WUO TI1KATB ALL Private Diseases Utalniu bl DUord r of MEN ONLV 00 Ynnrii Kiixirlonco. 10 Yours in Omaha Honk Vreo Conmiltn * tionl'roa. Uox7fi < ) , 01 14th nnd Farnam Btj. OMAHA. KKn. Pur SiiliOnl by JOH.V II.Miit , 13 Jill I n .St. . Uiiiini.il Illiiir. . SPECIAL NOTICES COUNCIL BLUFFS WANTS. wvu > yvvwvwvrw Awrkxv > vv v > vv < _ _ _ mvuu.iNaa. riiurr. I'AHM AND QAHUIW landu ( or tule cr rent. Day & II u , u 1'earl tirvt * MONI3Y TO IXMN-JIRDrrcn IIATU ON lint-clan ImnrotrJ furrn. anil Intlclo cllv to JMB. K , Castaily , jr. , 131 Intlruclloni. Albln Huitrr. ituJIt 8M Ilroidwuy Oennun mttli ! < 4 or Dresden Conietyatory ,