Nebraska Newspapers

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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.
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.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
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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
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