0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , TTEUIUTARY 10 , 1808.
CURRENT NEWS OF INTEREST , FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI.VOH MI5.VT10.V ,
Try Mooro'n stock food.
"Or , Roc , dentist , Merrlum block.
Kggs two doz. , 25c. Bartel & Miller.
1'hotos Plntlno or Arlsto. Sbcrnidcn.
Dr. 13. J. Cole of Woodbine la In the city'
Klnnc , Flro Insurance , Baldwin block.
N. Klerch ot Mlneola was In the city yes
terday.
William Fair of l&n Drove wns In the city
yesterday.
H , drocpper of Mlncok called In the city
yesterday.
O. H. Marsh of Glenwood spent yesterday
hi the city.
County Supervisors Auld and Kearney arc
Ih the city.
Miss Lizzie Fitzgerald is visiting In
Bethany , Mo.
R. C. Ilarton of Avoca was n guest In the
city yesterday.
Ohio KEOX has gone on a business trip to
Port Arthur , Tex.
Rasmus Campbell of Keg Creek visited In
the city yesterday.
C. L. Patterson of Grlswold s a Council
Bluffs visitor yesterday.
Wanted , glcl for general housework. Henry
Do Long , C27 East fl'way.
n. H. Hnyworth has gone on a trip Into
the eastern port of the state ,
, Superintendent Dlmmock of the motor
'company Is In Chicago on business.
j' The Infant child ot N. P. Danlclson la re
ported very 111 from blood polson'ng. '
Gecrgc and John Pullman of Silver City
"wire In the city on business yesterday.
Mm. Dell 0. Morgan and son returned yes-
teriiay from a week's stay In Clarlnda.
Dr. John Green nnd Miss Margaret Ham
ilton were married yesterday In Pella , la.
A. I ) . Hart , who recently moved from here
to Cheyenne , Is visiting friends In the city.
J. B. Young of Crescent left yesterday for
Chicago , where he will spend two weeks on
business.
Rov. Barnaby , who has been conducting re
vival services In the Christian church In Oak-
lahd , Is In tfio city.
Mlffl Laura Lend , formerly a Council Bluffs
teacher , Is 'taking a course of normal work
In Highland Park Normal college , Dea
Molncs.
Wo give attention to llttlo things In laun
dry work. You get all that Is best In fine
wnrk and good service nt the Eagle laundry ,
724 Hwny.
Hon. Henry J. Spooncr , who has been
trannactlng business In this city for the last
few days , has returned to his homo In Prov
idence , R. I.
G. A. Gollnghorst and family are In Imo-
gene to attend the wedding of 0. A. Gollng-
liorst , Jr. , to Miss Maggie Mohcncrd. They
will return In about a week.
George R. Hazard and family of Seventh
ovenuo expect to leave soon for the south.
IMIss Maude Cousins will take Miss Hazard's
place as stenographer with Klmball Bros.
Jamca Smith , who has been In the employ
of Harry Murphy , caught hla hand In a
pulley ns Ice was being hoisted from the
wagoti Into the otoro house and his hand
was badly Ir-jurcd.
The department of public Instruction nt
Dos Molnes has sent out a printed pamphlet
addressed to the teachers of loua , urging
the piopcr patriotic observance of the birth
days of Washington and Lincoln.
O. H. Marsh , county superintendent of
schools of Mills county , was In the city visit
ing Superintendent Sawyer. Mills county Is
also agitating trie question of securing the
establishment of a county high school.
Woodmen ot the. World of Council Bluffs
nnd Omaha went to Neola by special car last
evening for a general good tlmo. They have
a flourishing camp at that place and Installa
tion of officers was one of the features ot the
cvcnlns's proceedings. The Alpha guards
nnd band nnd ( tie sovereign officers ot Omaha
were among the company. They will return
this morning.
The Salvation army Is holding special
services at the barracks on Broadway and
the ministers of the different churches of
the city are assisting them. Rev. Mr. Slmms
of the Epworth Methodist church spoke last
evening and tonight Rev. J. W. Wilson of
the Congregational church will deliver the
address. Rev. O. L. Goodell of the Trinity
Methodist church will speak tomorrow even-
Ing.
Ing.At
At the conclusion of the Wcad case In the
district court yesterday the trial ot a suit be
tween the Sharpies Creamery company and
William Weatou was bcguu. The creamery
company Is endeavoring to force the fulfill
ment ot a contract with Weoton , who was one
of the purchasers of Its machinery. Consid
erable difficulty was experienced In securing
a Jury and the trial of the case will not be
fairly begun until this morning.
About two mouths ago a horse belonging
to George Turner strayed away and he
failed to find any traces of Its whereabouts
till a few days ago , when ho discovered that
It was confined in a paaturo In Cut Off
Island , north of this city. Ono Charles
Schtielthelss had taken the horse up and
sent It to the pasture , where It has since
remained. Schnelthelss claims to have
posted notices of the taking up of the horoa ,
but no legal form was compiled with to
obtain a title to the horse. Ho now Is en
deavoring to make Turner pay for the feedIng -
Ing of the animal during the full tlmo and
Turner has filed an Information In Justice
Vlon's court charging SchnoHhelES with lar
ceny. _
C. B. Vlavn. Co , , female remedy ; consulta
tion free. Offlco hours , 9 to 12 and 2 to G.
Health book furnished. 320-327-3i8 Merriam
block.
_
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. 250 ,
Hoffmayr'fl fancy patent flour makes the
beet and most bread. Ask your grocer for It.
HICTUIIXS VKHIHCT 'FOR ' DI3FKXWAXT
Jnr ) ' In WMMl DniiiiiKn Suit FliulM for
Maiiawa Ilnllniiy Conuiaiiy.
Tlio Jury In the Woad damage suit reached
a conclusion last night , finding a clean ver
dict for ttio defendant , the Lake Manawa
Railway company. The greater part of the
tlmo spent In the Jury room was taken up
with the reading of the lengthy Instructions
of the court and his Interpretations of the
law. The first vote resulted In 10 for
the defendant and 2 for the plaintiff , and It
only required a few moro ballots to settle
the matter. Judge Thornell was notified
when the decision was reached and went
from hlfl hotel to the court house to receive
It. Several of the attorneys Interested In the
case were prcucnt. It U said the plaintiff
will move for a now trial within a few days.
Beautiful novelties In valentines at
Do Haven's ,
The police last night were looking for a
Belt-confessed bootlegger who has been in
the city for a couple of days. He was In
custody for a short tlmo on the previous
evening under the suspicion that ho was a
murderer of whom the pollco have a descrip
tion , but was turned loose , Ho frankly ad
mitted then that ho was a bootlegger who
was trying to get away from the olllccrs In
Minnesota and was watting to catch a train
for the south , Yesterday ho spent the en
tire day In a restaurant and told the story
ot hla crime , which waa Belling liquor to
Indians on ono of the northern reservations.
Last night the police received a description
of the man and a request for hla arrest , but
bo could not bo found.
Hall Ileiitli ivIth Jc > > - "J Was a great
BUfforor from Heart Disease. The disease
was no great I was confined to bed for days.
I often thought I could hall death with joy.
No jilijelcluu could glvo mo relict , I pro
cured o. bottle ot Dr. Agaow's Cure for the
Heart. The Aral dose two me utmost In
stant relief. I have taken four bottles. I
never felt better In my life. " Mrs , Marga
ret Smith.BruBeela , Out. Kuhn & Co. , IBtb
and Douglus Sts. Sherman & ilcConucll
Drus C .i 1813 Dodfo St. ,1 , . . , ri..i _ , ,
LAWYER STATZELL IS DEAD
Exira Attorney Expires nt the Hospital
After on Operation ,
DEATH DUE TO CONCUSSION OF B3AIN
Ho Hnrt Fnllcn from n Motor Trnln
nnd Scrlnimlj- Injured llln * eH
IllKlury of a. StrniiKC
Cnac.
I. I . Statzell , the fixtra attorney who was
reported to have committed suicide recently ,
died shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday mornIng -
Ing nt the Woman's Christian. Association
hospital , whcro he was taken for the purpose
of undergoing an operation to relieve com
pression ot the brain caused by an Injury ,
A section of the skull was cut away at ttio
base of the brain whcro the trouble was sup
posed lo bo located. The diagnosis proved to
bo correct , but the bralu ot the Injured man
was found to bo In such a condition us to
preclude the possibility ot recovery. He did
not regain consciousness after the operation.
Death w s primarily duo to a severe con
cussion of the brain caused by a fall on the
granite pavement -when Statzell was stepping
from a motor train on the day of his arrival
In the city. The unfortunate man said noth
ing about the fall to tils friends nor the people
ple around the hotel , although he complained
of feeling badly and suffering from severe
pain. While In this condition ho took a dose
of laudanum to obtain relief and was discov
ered unconscious. Physicians finding a two-
ounce phial empty Jumped to the con
clusion that he had taken It all at ono tlmo
and that his case was hopeless and gave him
up for dead. Statzell was restored to semi-
consciousness after an Interval of several
days. Ho then epoko a number of times
about his fall on the pavement and
later , when ho recovered sufficiently
to talk about It , ho gave the de
tails of the accident and told hort
greatly he h-rl suffered from the pains In his
lioid. In the hope of getting relief ho riad
resorted to the use of the anodyne and had
taken It only In small quantities over a
period ot two days. Inflammation or conges
tion of the bra'ai ' followed and caused the
alarming condition the man was In when
first discovered.
The body was prepared for burial and was
taken last evening to the homo In Exira.
Mrs. Statzell was present at the deathbed
ot her husband.
i'1 * Seliool Hellenic.
County Superintendent Sawyer has begun
the work of organizing the teachers of the
county into a permanent body for educational
purposes. Ho has visited the schools In each
township and has secured the approval of the
teachers to the general plan , which la to
meet on March 5 In a coucity convention for
the purpose of effecting permanent organiza
tion. The location of this meeting has not
been fixed , but it will probably bo Council
Bluffs. At this meeting a permanent presi
dent and secretary will be elected , who will
servo for at least one year , or perhaps longer.
Meetings will be hold quarterly , the locations
to bo fixed either by tlio vote of the conven
tion or by order to the executive committee.
These assemblies will bo county conventions.
The primary purpose 1s to discuss matters
In which all of the educators ot the county
are mutually Interested and for professional
development and culture. The secondary ob
ject Is to organize the teachers of the county
Into a strong central organization that will
enable them to effect any desirable reform In
county educational matters. All of the
teachers who have given the plan any con
sideration are enthusiastically In favor of
It , nnd all believe that It will raise the
standard of efficiency throughout the county.
As an Incentive for regular attendance Su
perintendent Sawyer has announced that he
will add 5 per cent to the general average
of all teachers whose attendance Is regular
when they appear before him for examina
tion for certificates. The secretary will keep
a correct list of the teachers attending , show
ing their work and Interest In educational
matters , and this report will bo used by the
county superintendent In determining If the
teachers are entitled to the B per cent.
IlnrlcHiinci liy the Florver 31 Is si on.
The girls of the Flower Mission will give
a burlesque entitled "Tho Hades Woefully
Afflicted Club , " Thursday evening , February
10 , at Chambers' academy. Admission , 25c.
Dancing , 25c.
TliroiiRli Fear of a
A mouse yesterday morning was the cause
of Inflicting damages upon the household
goods of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Shubert to the
amount of about $300. The mouse caused
Mrs. Shubert to drop a lamp and the lamp
set fire to the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Shubert are the parents of
Alderman Shubert and their homo is at 200
South Twenty-first street. Yesterday mornIng -
Ing at 7 o'clock Mrs. Shubert took a lamp
to get some clothes from a dark closet.
While she was doing this eho disturbed the
mouse nnd It ran under her feet. She
screamed and dropped the lamp. It fell Into
a basket of clothes and exploded. In an In
stant the closet was a mass of flames and
Mrs. Shuhert's clothing was also on fire. No
ono was present In the house but her hus
band. Mrs. Shubcrt's burning clothing was
extinguished before any Injury was Inflicted ,
but for some time the fire had undisputed
control of the closet and the adjoining room.
A leaky water pipe had made It necessary
to have the water shut off in the cellar and
It was some time before It could bo turned
on , Then both husband nnd wife worked
with buckets carrying water and throwing
It on the fire. In a few minutes they had
It extinguished , but not until all of the con
tents of the closet had been reduced to cin
ders and the woodwork of tbo room badly
charred. No alarm was turned In and the
first Information of the Incident was con
veyed In the notification to the Insurance
company carrying the risk on the household
goods. The mouse was the only thing In
the room or the closet that escaped Injury.
Itcal KNtllte TriuidferH.
The following transfers are reported from
tha title and loan ofllco. of J.V. . Squire , 10 }
Pearl street :
Robert P. Mothcral nnd wife to Adolph
Schmidt , undivided > i west west frl.
Vt HW'i C-7C-29 , q , c. d . $ C95
Ernest B. Hart nnd wife to Perry
Kernoy , c' sw'J 357541v. . d . 3,700
Luclnda St. Carter to Frank Carter ,
cast fi34 ! ncreji nwli 8-77-44 , q , c. d. . 1
R Kmlp to Lizzie Fo.llsh , government
lot 5 In 14-75-44. s , w. d . DO
Chicago , Hock Island & Paclllo Hall
way company to Lars Peter Nelson ,
all north nnd west of creek , se'i
nwtt and ne-U HwU 33-77-43 , q , o. d. . 6
Security Savings and Loan association
to Elizabeth Larson , lot 8 block 2 ,
Mynster'a Benton street addition ,
w. d . 200
William A. Jlynster trusteeto Niels
Jensen , jwirt * c > 4 se'i 21-75-41 , nnd lot
7 , block 2 , Myiistcr's Benton street
addition , q. c. d . , . CO
Rllzabcth Larson nnd husband to
Niels Jensen , lot 8 , block 2 , Mynster'8
Benton street addition , w , d . 20
Jennie C. JIarcy anil husband to Wil
liam It Dawson , lot C , block N , Cur
tis & Ramsey's addition w. d . 2,000
County treasurer to B. II. Lougee , lot
3 , Iluntliig-loiru mibdvl'lon , tax d , , . , 12S
S , II. Adam * ana wife to Hattle I.
iFell. lot 14 nnd north 8V4 feet lot 13 ,
block IS , Ulddlo's subdivision , w. d ! 0000
Cloven transfers , total . J 12 , SCO
Da nm Vc CIINO Gnen to Jur > %
The Wcad Uarnage ese against the Lake
Manawa Railway company was not given
to the Jury until 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The entire day wna consumed by the
attornejB In making their Ilnal arguments
and the court ( n reading his Instructions.
The latter -were very lengthy and full. In
hla liiktructlous Judge Thornell referred to
ill * rullnj oa the day i > r vlous , declaring
k
that the railway company was operating A
street ear line and not a railway line and
the absence of any signboard At the grade
crossing must not be taken Into consideration
In determining th verdict. Th'.s ' ruling and
Instruction were looked upon by the attor
neys for the defence as being distinctly In
their favor. The question of contributory
negligence was alto clearly discussed and
the law governing It set out In a clear man
ner. When supper was nerved to the Jury
men last evening thcro was no prospect ot a
verdict being reacheJ.
ClIIOAtSO OKKICUKS AKTCIl WATTS.
rJiulcm nrln r < o Locale the \cola
Hank Defaulter.
A press telegram from Chicago last even
ing conveyed the Information that the Chicago
cage pollco were cngnged In the effort to
discover the whereabouts of John Watts ,
the defaulting cashier ot the Ncola bank ,
who disappeared a year ago last summer
with over $18,000 ot the bank's funds , which
was madd good 'by ' his bondsmen , C. D. Dll-
Hit , his brother-in-law , and Herman Men
del , ono ot the directors , The dispatch
stated that the Council Bluffs officers had
asked the Chicago pollco to arrcat Watts ,
and stated that they had traced him to
Chicago.
Immediately after Watts got Into trouble
ho fled , leaving hla wlfo and family In
Ncola. A short tlmo afterwards letters
Avero received from him at Denver , In
which ho confessed to having appropriated
the bank's money and used It speculating
on the Chicago Board of Trade. Two at
tempts were made to have him Indicted by
the grand Jury before It was accomplished ,
In both casea this letter WP.S submitted In
evidence. The first attempt was made at the
November term , 1X96 , but the young cash
ier's frlenda made a stubborn fight to prevent -
vent Indictment , Mr. Dlllln , who was ouo
of the number , golug so far an to use a
great deal of personal abuse to County At
torney Sounders. It was supposed at that
tlmo that the Mendel party was also favor
able to the effort that was being made to )
shield the cashier , but this proved to be a
mistake. At the May term last year the
case was again submitted to the grand
Jury and nn Indictment was returned. Watts
was supposed at that tlmo to be in Chicago ,
although hla wlfo was still living with her
parents In Neoln. The fact that ho was In-
dieted became known to him and he left
the country , going to South America. Ho
was traced along the way during the entire
trip until ho reached Rio do Janeiro , whcro
ho plunged Into the Interior and was lost
sight ot.
In the early part of Irst year Mrs. Watts
left Neola and was absent for some time.
In December she returned and It wts said
she had been visiting In Chicago. This led
the officers to bellovo that communication
had been established between husband and
the wife and that ho might bo expected to
return to Chicago within a short time. Ten
days ago the sheriff's department received
word that ho had returned there nnd
Sheriff Morgan left the olty foi the purpobo
of assisting In locating him , going to Dog
Molnes and from thence to Chicago. He waa
not found nt the time and the sheriff re
turned to this city. A few days ago he again
left , going east ostensibly to attend court
at Avoca. Ho is still absent and the pre
sumption Is that ho Is now or has re
cently been In Chicago and has asked the
aid of the city police In finding his man.
No effort has been made by Watts' family
or friends to repay the half of the losses
made good by Mendel , and ho lias been very
active In the effort to bring the cashier to
Justice. Mendel was obliged to call upon his
ifrlends to assist him In making up the
amount of the shortage , and the last pcc-
tion of his obligation trt them was only dis
charged a few months ago. Watts Is well
known In this city , whcro he passed many
years of his life , nnd where botn he aud
his father were prominent In banking
circle * .
County lll rh School Popular.
The plan of securing a county high school
under the provisions of the now Iowa code
Is being discussed all over the county.
County Superintendent Sawyer has Just com
pleted a tour of the county and says this is
one ot the things most talked about by the
teachers and taxpayers. He Is enthusias
tically In favor of the plan himself and has
naturally been talking H up. In no section
of the county did he encounter any opposi
tion , and the only objection that was urged
at all carao from the citizens of the cast end
of the county , who feel sere at Council Bluffs
for 'the ' attempt of the Bar association to
e/ecure / the abolishment of the branch court
at Avoca. All of these gentlemen declare
If the court houee proposition was not up
there would bo no sort of objection to the
county high school. Prominent school men
and taxpayers In Walnut , Avoca , Oakland
and other to ns frankly admitted that the
establishment of a central high school , where
their pupils could get the next thing to col
legiate education , would bo most deslrablo
and would relieve all of these towns of the
heavy expense of attempting to maintain a
high school course In their public schools.
It would also enable them to strengthen
their grade work and greatly Increase the
efficiency of the primary teaching. The opin
ion was generally expressed that if nothlug
was done antagonistically In the court house
matter the high school proposition could bo
submitted to the voters of the county th's '
fall and carried.
lArrnlfriieil for Counterfeiting.
Special Officer Donella of Omaha and
Deputy United States Marshal Relkman re
turned from Hamburg last evening with Wil
liam Rcnshaw , whom they arrested at that
place upon the charge of making and passing
counterfeit money. Renshaw Is an Ignorant
farmhand , who Imagined ho could success
fully operate an Independent mint , and for a
long tlmo has been engaged In the work of
producing nickels and small coins. Ho suc
ceeded In passing a number of them and this
encouraged him to make money of larger
denominations , nnd ho successfully essayed
the production of pewter half dollars. The
evidence secured against him Is of the most
conclusive character. Ho was arraigned before -
fore Commissioner George F. Wright last
evening and asked to have his hearing post
poned until this afternoon. In default the
heavy ball bond exacted , ho was sent to the
county Jail for the night.
Take SforniH to AniiniOHa.
CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Feb. 9. ( Special
Telegram. ) Detective Tubbs nnd Deputy
Sheriff Houston of Burllagton arrived hero
early this morning with Abe Storms , the
murderer whom a mob sought to lynch last
night. They remained hero till evening ,
when they took him on to Acamosa , arriving
there safely with him.
Iinvai Kami JYeivN.
Parties at Tipton will operate n fifteen-
acre poultry farm.
The farmers of Greene county are having
a three days' Institute at Paton.
The farmers' Institute of Tama county
will bo hold at Traer , February 16-10 ,
Bert Doboll of Anthon has purchased
four hogs In Ohio which cost him nearly
$100.
$100.An
An old-fashioned cornhusklng bee waa
held In the Grand Army of the Republic
hall at Klngsley.
A mass meeting of Black Hawk county
citizens will bo held In Waterloo Tuesday ,
February 22 , to consider the sugar beet In
dustry.
The RInggold County Farmers' Institute
meets February 10 and 17 at Diagonal. It
ends with a grand banquet. Prof. J. R.
Sago of DCS Molncs Is to be ono of the
speakers. ,
ChrU Oleson , a farmer living four miles
west of Waterloo , has quite a curiosity In
the shape of an 8-raonth-old calf that never
had any hair. Its skin U of a dark blue hue.
Mr. Olescn has been offered 1250 for the
calf , but the offer bag been refused.
There Is a competition between the cows
of Iowa counties of to which shall most
rapidly Increase the bovine population ,
Ono In Floyd county started with triplets ,
a Howard county cow followed wtlh four ,
whllo now a quintet la reported from Lyle ,
The Cedar Rapids canning factory la anx
ious to contract for about 1.000 acres of
corn at $4 per ton , but the /armors / and
gardenera generally seem to think that
la too low a figure , though that Is the price
paid at many other polnta , and ono that
la regarded as remunerative to the grower ,
TEMPLE AMENDMENT PASSES
rti
Goes Through tlio Janata with Very Little
Opposition ,
WILL UNDOUBTEDLY1 BECOME A LAW
.8' t
Objection * in Semite Clinnftcn AVIlt lie
.Mel nmt Overtime When Menu-
urc ( iovn in HOUHC
I Attain.
DBS MOINES , Feb. 9. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Teraplo amendment , which was
Introduced In tlio legislature nt the special
session a year ngo and after meeting defeat
In the senate became a political lesuc In the
last campaign , today passed the senate by n
vote of forty for to four against , three not
voting nnd three absent. The bill has nl-
rcady passed the house at this session , al
though In a slightly modified form. Objec
tions to the senate changes will bo met when
the senate bill reaches the house , but they
will cot bo sufficient to defeat the measure.
The bill , In substance , provides that the ac
ceptance of accident Insurance by railroad
employes cannot bo made by contract a bar
against suit for damages against tbo com
pany.
The Prentles bill to secure the appointment
of a superintendent of the Cherokee hospital
of the homeopathic school was discussed In
the house this forenoon , but a final vote
was not reached. Senator Pusoy of Council
Iluff3 today Introduced a bill to change the
low governing the tax levy for the construc
tion of water works In cities of the first
class. Ho wnnts the law changed so that
these cities shall be compelled to submit
the proposition to erect water works to a
vote of the people before the tax for Its con
struction shall bo levied * Senator Pusey says
the bill la to prevent cities from levying the
tax and keeping It on' hand for an Indefinite
time , as they may now. Senator Lothrop of
Sioux City Introduced a measure providing
for a repeal of that section of the code which
provides for the deduction of debts from the
rnonojs tund credits of Individuate before they
are taxed. The habitual criminal bill has
been placed In the hands of a senate sub
committee. A substitute will bo prepared
along the lines of the original bill.
PRIMARY ELECTION DILL.
The primary election bill will be reported
for passage by the houoo committee this
morning. In the senate It Is In the Tianda
of a subcommittee. The bill will pass -the -
house , 'but republican senators arc Inclined
to the belief that It Is loaded. Illver county
republicans , especially , are afraid of the
measure.
Tlio democrats of the house will hold a
caucus tomorrow on a liquor manufacturing
bill. Representative Potter will present and
advocate his bill , which has been modified
to permit the manufacture of liquors by
fruit growers. Potter admits the exlstonco
of two democrats In tbe , house who will not
vote for the bill , but claims that enough
republicans will support It to secure its
passage. It provides for permits to manu
facture liquors by resolution of city and
town councils , Instead of by petition of con
sent , ns at present.
The house election committee will report
a bill changing the time of closing the polls
from G to 7 o'clock. It will report without
recommendation the bill to repeal the anti-
fiiGlon law. It has placed the bill to abolish
the circles In the , hands of a special com
mittee.
The special house committee on ( board of
control will meet , tomorrow to outline a
measure. Members are gradually coming
closer to the plan , for a strongly centralized
board.
The Rays state uniformity and state pub
lication textbook , 'blll ' "will tie taken up by
the house committee tomorrow.
Tnvo factions of women are ibesleglng the
house appropriations committee over the
Benedict Homo for Fallen Women at Des
Molncs. One faction wants the homo made
a strictly state institution. The other wants
it left In charge of the Women's Christian
Temperance union with state aid. Doth
sides were "heard " today.
PIONEER LAWMAKERS MEET.
The sixth biennial convention of the Pioneer
neer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa opened
In this city with seventy-five In attendance
today. The association's constitution limits
the membership to those In the state's eerv-
Ice twenty-five years or more previous to
each -meeting. There were seen today , how
ever , men prominent In the halls of legis
lation when Jowa Joined the sisterhood of
states. Those registered Include former su1-
premo judges , lieutenant governors , sena
tors and representatives. The program to
day included papers of unusual Interest by
H. H. Stiles of Kansas City and John F.
Duncombo of Fort Dodge. The former
sketched In brilliant style the patriarchs of
the eleventh general assembly , dwelling at
length upon their personal characteristics.
Mr. Duncombe's paper was a graphic narra
tion of the memorable Spirit Lake relief ex
pedition of 1857 , in which he assumed a con
spicuous part.
Governor Shaw addressed the association
briefly In the morning , extending them
thanks for their service to the etato. Ho
was elected an honorary member of the as
sociation. The lawmakers will visit the
legislature Friday afternoon. Major Hoyt
Sherman , -meirlbpr of the eleventh general
assembly , will bo the association's next pres
ident.
SAYS SPmtTS KEEP HIM IN" BKD.
Cellar RniililN Mini IIn lU'fiineil lo Get
Up for a Your.
CEDAR RAPIDS. la. , Feb. 9. The com
missioners of Insanity have Issued an order
for the commitment of Richard Dye to the
Insane asylum at Independence and ho will
at once bo taken to that Institution. Bye
was at one time a successful business man
on Wall street , where ho afterward suffered
losses. Later he was on editor of a news
paper In Kentucky. Ho came to this city
about three years ago and for a time was a
[ airly successful business man , being engaged
In the life Insurance business. Today no Is
In a condition that puzzles the authoritleb
anil everybody else who has Investigated his
case. Possessed of a fine education and ot
more than ordinavy Intelligence , Uye has re
mained In bed almost continually for nearly
a year , asserting that he was In the hands
of the spirits , 'WHO have refused to release
him from their poyjcr. A man six feet three
Inches In height "and weighing 230 pounds
when bo went Into this trance , ho Is today
only a few pounds 'lighter ' and apparently
enjoying the best Of.health.
AVniiU ( ' < > fiit to I'nrlN.
SIOUX CITY , la. , Feb. 9. ( Special. )
John H. McQlbbons of this city may bo ap
pointed United States commissioner to the
Paris exposition , to succeed Moses P. Handy ,
who died a few weeks ago. It Is said Sena
tor Allison has recommended his appoint
ment. IMr , 'McGlbljons ' Is a son ot Mr. and
Mrs. V. McGlhbona of this city. Up to the
tlmo of Major Handy's death Mr. McGlbbons
was really his first assistant In the work
which ho was doing for the United States In
Its connection with the great exposition of
1900. Mr. McGlbbjaalhas had wldo experi
ence In oxposltlonowork and his capabilities
for the office are beyond question. Ho was
chief ot tbo Bureau of Awards ot the Co
lumbian exposltlpn at Chicago , and after the
exposition had closed he remained In Wash
ington for a year , settling up the affairs ot
the office. Under 'Major ' Handy , Mr. Me-
Gibbons had charge of the Chicago officeot
the commission. Mr. MoGIbbona visited his
parents hero last Christmas and at that
time renewed his many old acquaintance
ships. Ho Is a quiet , Industrious young man
ami generally well liked. He was a prom
inent member of company II ot tbo Ipcal
National Guard.
I'aliiml ( 'hiuH Ilreeilfrx.
CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Feb. 9. ( Special
Telegram. ) The twenty-first annual meeting
of the American Poland-China Record com.
pany was held hero today , with nearly 100
members preoent from Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota
seta and Nebraska. Reports ot the secre
tary nod treasurer ehowett the company t
be In a prosperous condltlcn. The electloi
ot officers for the ensuing year was as fol
lows : President , A , R. Llttto ; Oskaloosn.
secretary , William A. McFaddcn , Wrs
Liberty ; treasurer , Allen C. K. Croft , Indc
pendence. The next meeting will bo held In
this city. Tomorrow n breeders' Institute
will bo hold , at which a number ot paper *
of Interest to breeders ot Poland-Chinas wit
bo read ,
Telephone Orillnnncc
DEN1SON , la. , Feb. 9. ( Special. ) Hy n
vote of 5 to 1 the city council granted n
flftoen- > car franchise to the Iowa Telephone
company last night. H la probable , however
that It will not receive the sanction of Mayor
Romans nnd cither become n law wlthou
his signature or be passed over his veto
The ordinance provides a maximum rate o
charges of $1.EO for residences per montl
and $2 for business houses ; n rcadjustmen
ot rates ovcry five years and the expiration
of the franchise at the end of fifteen years
Will llnvc KleMrlc Unlit * .
SAC CITY , la. , Feb. 9. ( Special. ) At n
special election held here Monday the ques
tlon ot granting a twenty-year franchise to
n local company to establish an clcctrl
light plant at this pKico was carried by i
large majority. A company , composnd o
Asa Platt. D. Carr Early , Judge S. M. El
wood and other prominent citizens , wll
take the matter In hand at once and Sac
City will not remain lu darkness mucl
longer.
Ininrnncp A K ; ell IN Meet.
CEDAR RAPIUS , la. , Feb. 9. ( Spccla
Telegram. ) The ninth annual meeting of the
Iowa agents of the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance company was held hero today
with about thirty members from all parts
of the stnto In attendance. A number o
papers of Interest to the members were read
CutN HlH Tlit-ont.
SIOUX CITY , la. , Feb. fl. ( Special Tele
gram. ) This afternoon Frank Glcnu , brothe
ot the postmaster at Leeds , la. , cut his
throat with suicidal Intent. U Is not though
ho can live. The cause was unrequited love
Glenn Is 29 years of age.
Teacher Hurt.
GRISWOLD , In. , Feb. 9. ( Special , ) Mis
Hannah Plttcn , a school teacher , was thrown
from a. eleigh while on her way home from
school and so badly bruised up as to be
unable to teach this week.
IOTVH. I'rets Comment.
Cedar Rapids Republican : Three dayllgh
trains across the state ot Iowa en route to
Denver will not lessen the good opinion li
which the state Is held by. the people who
travel. Iowa. Is at all times ready for In
spectlon.
Marshalltown Times-Republican : The vet
erans of the Soldiers' Homo do not want a
perman-ent preacher and the reasons thcj
glvo are good and strong. Representing
various creeds they prefer to have suppllc
from various churches. Perhaps , too , som
of them have recollections of the old arm }
chaplain.
Keokulc Gate City : Iowa uses annuallj
about $150,000 worth of school books. Thc >
are all right tiv quality , but the price la
too high. If some way could bo devised to
bring about reduction In cost without 1m
pairing quality the needs of the case woul'
be met exactly. No suggestion yet made in
sures such a result.
Clinton Mirror : Within a coup'.o of year
a democrat very near Judge Hayes said
"Probably Walter will never run for con
Kress again" but he's been out In the cola
longer than usual and wants to get under
cover again. There will be more satlsfac
tlon In waxing the Little GlantjJgaln than
In defeating several United Stafeif vnatora
with Curtis.
Cedar Rapids Republican : The approprla
tlons committee of the house has llstenet
to the voice ot the people and turned a
deaf ear to the plaint ot the cheese parer
In the matter of tbo library at the Statr >
university. It has recommended that the
amount asked for by the Doard of Regents
to replace the books destroyed by fire be
granted. Good !
msnoinuijLEVs STOHIES.
Ills Early KxnvrltMiccN in Kentucky
with Some of tlientlvi > N.
At the dinner to IU. Hev. Thomas Under
wood Dudley twenty-three years a blshop-
tlio bishop told several good stories , relates
the Louisville Courier-Journal.
When ho first told his friends In Baltimore
that ho was coming to Kentucky some of
them were astonished.
"You're not going to Kentucky , arc you ? "
asked one. J'tartled ' man.
"Ye : , Indeed. "
"Why , do you know what kind of a state
that Is ? I saw In the paper where n .nan
killed another In Kentucky for treading on a
dopr. " The bishop said nothing and the man
said , Impatiently : "What are you going to
do about It ? "
"I'm not going to tread on the dog , " was
the bishop's answer.
"Ono of the first places I visited In Ken
tucky , " said the bishop , "was Lebanon ,
where I went with our friend Waller there.
I 'killed' Lebanon withone. . visit. * * I
went to bed at the tavern nnd left Waller
Pitting up. I thought I must have B-cpt
half the night when I was a/wakened by u
vigorous controversy In the room. I peered
out of bed nnd saw Waller still sitting up.
Beside him was a big , raw-boned man In his
shirt sleeves.
" 'Wall. I want this hyar question settled , '
tlio shirt-sleeved man was saying. 'Thar's
a "Plscopal down my way what says you's
got to war a white or black gown. Now ,
how about It ? I wants the bishop to settle
It. Do you liayo to wear white or black ? '
"I spoke up. 'I'm the bishop , ' I said , 'and
I'll say that I'm not particular. I'd preach
In a pink gown If anybody will listen to me. '
"I was greeted by gloomy prospects when
I first came to Kentucky " raid the bishop.
"Malaria seemo < i to pervade the church.
With these conditions I set out upon my
work Up In the etato I met a rough-look
ing man who had his trousers tucked In his
boots nnd he carried n big whip. I was
Introduced to him as the new bishop of
Kentucky , He eyed me a. moment.
" 'High or low ? ' he asked.
" 'Both , ' I answered.
" 'D'ye preach final perseverance or fallen
from grace ? '
"I said , 'I preach Christ and Him cruel-
"And that , " continued the bishop , "Is
what I have sought to do. The Cnthollo
church Is broad broad enough for the
whole world ; big enough for any one who
can say tlio good old apostles' creed and
worship God In Jesus Christ. There Is
no time for petty questions of whether
or not there should bo flowers on the altar.
"Ah , my beloved friends. If I had my
choice to make again I should choose again
to bo a bishop of Kentucky hero , where
I have my loyal friends , and whom I love ,
And thcro Is no pomp In the bishop's life.
I have ridden mules , nnd I have ridden
some bad horses and have done my share
of walking. But still I have 'had ' my com
pensation. "
And here Is a story of one compenaa-
Th'o bishop had gene to Uenttyvlllc , nnd
the place was rough nnd desolate. A rough-
looking man came up to him.
"They tell mo you're from Virginia , " said
the man.
"Yes. "
"Tney tell mo you fought with the
rebels. "
"Yes. "
"Give mo your hand , pard. Sly nnmo H
Bill Bolan , an' I'm a blacksmith down
hero "
"Bill , " said the Bishop , "J nm proud to
meet you , "
That night Bill Bolan went lo the serv
ice nnd heard the bishop preach , and ho
went afterward , too.
Twelve years later the bishop went to
Beattyvlllo once more. It was sunset. Ho
was met by the town's clergyman , "Bishop ,
Bill Bolan died yesterday , and before he
died I baptized him , " said the minister.
"In his last words he told mo to tell the
bishop that ho loved him. "
That , said the bishop , waa Indeed a com
pensation I
'A Tlic-Htrli'iil Incident.
A certain theatrical company which
finished Ha Washington engagement last
night , relates the Post , possesses u sober
and bagaclous utago manager , who never
lets anything Interfere with thu success
of the piece If ho can help It. He has a
perfect horror of telegrams , for almost the
only one lie ever received Informed him of
the death of hla mother. On Tuesday night.
Just as the call boy was crying "Overture , "
a telegram , addressed to the leading come
dian was delivered at the stage door. The
Htage manager realized that the sudden
announcement Of the misfortune , for he
divined bad news In the yellow envelope ,
would unnerve the actor , so , with great
presence of mind , he determined to sup
press the messapo till after the piny. Word
went round quietly that the stnKo mana
ger hnil bill news for Mr. Dlank. The com.
| > any betrayed a sympathy for the unfor-
lunnto actor , which quite surprised him.
When the curtain fell on the last act they
nil gathered n round him , ns the stage mnn-
nfrtr , with n solemn face , handed him the
tclogrnm. Mr. Blank , patherlnK n premoni
tion of disaster from the pitying faces
nround him , hurriedly tore open the en
velope. The message was from his young
son on the farm In New York , It rend :
"Only seventeen of the twenty-one eggs
I set Imve hatched out. "
Ol.DUST OW AM < l.XSKCTS.
The HuiiiMo Cockroach KtiiR of All
III * Kind.
There Is doubtless many a good housewife
In thla world who wonders , as she chnscn
about the kitchen and the pantry , poking
Into dark nooks and crannies , with her pall
of hot \\ater or box of poison , whatever the
little prets called cockroaches are here for ,
anyway , and what good they do. These
questions , says the New York Sun , would bo
rather difficult to answer , tor , like most of
nature's scavengers nnd they , or most ot
their varieties at least , haveccrMlnly boon
such In the past they have obtruded In
these times of advanced sanitary arrange
ments and "modern Improvements , " whcro
their services might well be dispensed with.
Hut there la no doubt , however much we
may begrudge the llttlo Insects a few tluy ,
warm crevices In our homes , or an occa
sional burial place In our puddings and
cuisine at the summer hotel , that by all
recognized laws of priority they have at
least as much right hero MS wo have , for
their very , very great-grandslrcs wore set
tlers upon this par Hi many ages before our
progenitors were oven thought of.
In Bible times their presence was far
more disagreeably felt than In our own , both
co account of the different acid more elov-
cnly mode of living that prevailed among
those peoples and of the warm cllmato ot
the countries of which the BIble tells. And
It Is probable , although no distinct mention
Is made of the cockroach In the Scriptures
os among the animals of Noah , that It was ,
nevertheless , In the very vanguard of the
procession that so placidly wended Its way
Into the ark. Even the- first of her kind ,
the wife ot Adam , was unquestionably ac
quainted with the little six-footed creatures.
But Eve was a very happy-go-lucky sort of
dame , and w-is as llttlo troubled with house
hold caret ) and victuals as she was with
fashion , and It is likely that the Met of
their existence did not weigh heavily upon
her mind.
The antiquity of the cockroach , however. Is
not reckoned by the thousands of years with
wblcho commonly compute our vast
stretches of historic time , but by the millions
and millions upon millions. Its beginning
takes us back through misty and unfabled
ages , past the epochs of the gigantic
mastodon and the tremendous glaciers that
swept over the northern part ot this land , to
disappear beneath a warmer southern sun ;
past the epoch of the uugo and horrible
reptiles that wamlored over the universal
marshlands und bogs , and flitted through the
air with their strange. Happing wings , like
the fiends In Dante's "Inferno ! " past the
long period of the luxuriant solitudes of the
carboniferous forests , when the great forces
of nature were at work storing away the rich
beds of coal Into which wo delve today ; past
the time when whales and giant shaiks and
sea monsters lashed the waters Into foam ,
the monarchs of the ocean. Their origin
carries us back to the very commencement
of things. They were ono of the earliest of
the forms of life und the pioneers of Insect
life. As some ono has said , "they are the
true aristocrats of Insects , " the kings of
their kind.
The habits of the cockroach the world over
are much the same. Everywhere they are
the followers and unwelcome guests of man.
Like the .ravens of the "north couutrlo " of
which Dr. Henderson has told us , "where he
goes they go , " keeping out of his sight by
day excepting some South American
varieties and feasting by night , for which
they were aptly termed by the old naturalists
luclfugao , or "flyers from light. " Their
diet , however , is necessarily varied , from ,
their wide distribution. The giant roach , as
has been Intimated , is often carnivorous In
Its tastes , but taken us n family , the cock
roaches are extremely omnivorous. In these
altitudes their menu consists of whatever Is
best In the InrJor or the pantry , and they
are particularly partial , as nvany can attest ,
to glutinous and sugar foods , such as care
fully prepared pastries and confections.
The.r cunning Is surpassed by no other
Insect , and they are past grand masters In
the children's games of "peek-a-boo" and
"hlde-and-seck , " when hunted or pursued * by
an enemy. On such occasions , when the
danger is past or passing. Instead of keeping
to or emerging from 'their ' retreats , it Is their
custom thoroughly to reconnoitre , with their
sensitive antennae and urgus eyes , ever
ready to disappear at the least alarm. And
[ f "cornered , " they will Invariably resort to
"possum. "
Thcro are ono or two varieties of the cock
roach that are quite handsome In appearance ,
icing a palo yellow or bistro In color , with a
dash of black or brown. They are denizens of
the Interior wilds of Brazil and bordering
countries , and their habits are vegetarian , as
: hey feed upon the rich and luxuriant ( lowers
and forest growths.
Chemical' ! * .Stock Declines.
NEW YOftK , Fob. 9. Among- the shares
sold nt public auction at the New York
real estate salesrooms were three shares
of Chemical National bank stock. They
jrottgit $ . ! . ! > 15 to fi.BOO , a decline of ? 2M
from last sale.
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