TTTTC mrATTA T > A ITiV "REEt TFESDAV. REPTEMTJEtt 27. 1808.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI.NOH MHVriO.V.
Smoke "J A IJ" Cc cigar.
Finest work , Uluff City Laundry.
Stockcrt Carpet Co. , 205-207 fiwy.
Me/ore's food kills worms nnd fatten * .
C. n. Jarquemln & Co. , Jewelers and op
ticians , 27 South Main street.
Mrs. J. F. Douglas of Alexandria , la. , Is
the guest of Mrs. William Vanflrunt.
Mrs. W. A. Strong nnd Miss Strong will
Icavi ! shortly for a trip to southern points.
The Infant child of Mr. nnd Mrs. Andrew
Inrscn , 2014 South Tenth street , died Sun
day.
day.Tho Pennsylvania club of Pottawattamlo
county will meet this evening at the Grand
sV > tcl.
John E. Allen ( n entertaining Mr. and
Mrs. LlmlFey Albce and John F. Albee of
J o > vton , la.
II P. Ilccltcr of lllnghamton , N. Y. . If"
Iho guest of William Green of 510 East
Pierce street.
Lily camp , No. 1. Royal Neighbors of
America , will meet In regular session this
evening nt 8 o'clock.
muffs rompnny. No. 27 , Uniform Rank
KnlghlK of Pylhlnf. meets this evening In
I' . O. S. of A. hall.
Mrs. John Westrlp of Underwood , who
lias been the guest of Mrs. Fred Westrlp
of this city , returned home Sunday.
J. 0. Illxby. boating and sanitary engineer.
Plans nnd specifications for heating , plumb
ing and lighting. 202 Main , Council muffs.
John R. Camp , editor nf the Bushnell.
III. . Record , and his wife are the guests of
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. H. Mnrble , 1117 Fourth
ptreet.
T. A. Stevenson of Shannon City Is visit
ing nt the homeof Mrs. O. G. DuIiolB oa
North Eighth street whllo visiting the expo
sition.
Wllbcr Clnrk nnd wife of Hamilton , Ms. ,
urn In the city , the guests of G. O. Balrd
nnd family. Mr. Clark Is publisher of the
Ilamiltonlan.
The public library , whlrh has been closed
on Sundays during the summer months , will
be opened again on that day , commencing
next Sunday.
Don't you think It must bo a pretty good
laundry thnt can please so mnny hundreds
of customers ? Well that'll the "Eagle , "
72t Ilrondwny.
H. E. Grim , n. well known newspaper
man of this city , left last evening for Win-
ona. Minn. , where ho has secured a position
on the Herald.
Owing to the Increased enrollment of pu
pils an extra room had to bo opened yes
terday at both the Washington Avenue and
Thirty-second Street schools.
Mrs. William VanBrunt of this city was
badly shaken nnd bruised by the giving
way of n tlor of benches nt the Indian show
nt the exposition last Saturday evening.
J. W. Mlkescll und wlfo of Biittc. Mont. ,
nnd Mrs. E. A. Mlkcsnll of Atwood , Kan. ,
nro In the city , the guests of P. C. Mike-
Bell and family of Avenue C , nnd taking
in the exposition.
The High school cadets have been invited
by the management of the Southwestern
Jowa Teachers' association to give nn exhi
bition drill on one of the days during tbo
meeting of the association here In November.
Prof , H. W. Sawyer left yesterday for
New York to meet hla son , Berne , of the
First Illinois volunteers , Just convalescent
from the hospltnl. Prof. Sawyer will ac
company his son as far ni : Chicago before
returning homo.
A deed filed with County Recorder Shop-
nrd yesterday was plastered over with no
Irss than eighty revenue stamps. The In
strument culled for $6 in stamps , but the
party filing It wns unable to procure any
hut stamps of 5 and 10 cent denominations ,
hence was compelled to place eighty of these
on the deed.
Captain Butler-of' the Salvation Army has
received a letter frpm a brother of Robert
McWhlnney In New York , asking for the
lattcr's address. McWhlnnoy , when last
heard of , was working for n ten house In
this city , but his present whereabouts are
unknown. The matter has been turned over
to tbo police1 by Captain Butler.
Justice Ovldo Vlcn yestti.May received n
letter from P. O. Lewis of Company L , Flrfct
Nebraska volunteer Infantry. Lewis for
merly resided In Council Bluffa nnd wns
thought to bo the Lewis reported as killed
In the dispatches about six weeks ago. Tli3
letter Is dated August S , from Camp Dewey ,
In the Philippine- Islands , nnd shows tbnt
Lewis Is worth a good many dend men yet.
A boy tramp In n high state of fever wns
picked up by the police yesterday afternoon
on Avenue D and taken to the stalon. C'.tnf
Illxby endeavored to have the lad sent to
the hospital , but as there appeared to be a
conflict of authority In the matter between
the city and county officials ho failed to
Bcturo an order for the unfortunate boy' ! >
removal and ho was allowed to remain at
the jail all night.
The Iowa State Library association Is
booked to meet In this city Thursday , Fri
day nml Saturday of this week and the pub
lic library room has been placed nt Its dis
posal for the sessions. Up to date Miss
Peterson , librarian of the public llbrnry , has
received no word from the officers of the
association ns to the meeting and sbo Is
inclined to believe that the meeting will
be In Omaha In place of hero.
Mary Unanget , the domestic at the Grand
hotel who bad a violent attack of hys
teria onrly Sunday morning nnd who wns
removed to St. Bernard's hospltnl , will bo
kept nt the hospital until arrangements are
made with her parents at Spencer , In. , to
tnko her home. The commissioners of Insan
ity examined the young woman yesterdny
nnd whllo she shows signs of Incipient In
sanity It Is thought thnt with proper care
nt her homo she will recover.
Ladles desiring vnluabln Information con
cerning their ailments should send or call for
"Tho Vlavl Message. " Vlavl Co. , 326 Mcr-
rlam blk.
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. 250.
The wonder of the Transmlsslsstppl Ex
position Is Cole's Hot Blast heater. It gives
absolute cleanliness , even heat and same
work out of common soft coal as can beget
got from bard coal. It eaves millions. See
It at the Wigwam or Cole & Colo's , 41 Main
street , Council Bluffs.
Ill-ill INIIC TrniiHfvrii.
The following transfers were filed yester
day in the abstract , title nnd loan office of
J. W. Squire. 101 Pearl street :
Alonzo Tullts to II. D. Chllson , swU
soU 27-75-41 ; w. d $1,000
II O. McGee nndwife to Andrew
MlkkelNon. lot 8 , McGeo's Hulxl of
block 20. Hughes & U's. add ; w. U. 125
Solomon Halo < > t nl to A. C. Halo ,
lots 3 to 10. block 112 , w 30 ft lotH
I , 3 and 3 , block 91 , Crescent City ,
unil HwVi neti and ne'.i aw',1 23-7C-4I ;
800
' " " ' " ' " ' " ' " '
13. 1) . lIale"iVml"wl'fe"t'o"A'"c'"llnie' .
mime ; n , o. d 500
Lavlna Shnckclford nnd IIUH. to A. U.
Hale. Hume ; q. c. d. " 200
George V. McCormlck to William W.
Hntely , lot II. Mock 12 , Colby's Wal
nut Grove mid ; * w , a 230
William W. 1 lately nnd wife to
Kiiultnblu Loan Co. , lot 14 , block
12 , Colby's Wnlnut Qrovo add. , q.
c. d 4 4C
Anna F. Newell and hits , to J. W.
Davis , lot S and s lot 9 , Benjamin's
subd. . ' Avoca ; w. il SOO
A. J. Porter nnd wife to A. L > . Pres
ton and D. L. Eminert. w # uwVi H.
e i ell 10. * wU ne',4 10-77-42 ; w. d. . 6,000
Mrs. K. Ward to Pottawattamlo
County , U nc. off a uldo awli w < i
8-77-42 ; w , d. . , 23
Daniel HoupaH nnd wife to name , w
10 ft BeH 54-74-40 ; w. d 21
Gcorxe Ulnlz and wlfo to same , part
wli w > 4 3-76-41 ; q. c. d 1
Charles Huckley nnd wlfo to John A.
Hammnck , s 16 ac. seU ne i 15-74-40 ;
w. d 6IC
A. L. Preston and wlfo to D. F. Km-
niert. und H of wV4 nwVi 11 , eVi cU
10 , und BWU nei ; 1&-77-4 * ; w. d Z.IK
Fourteen transfers , totul $13.83 :
Warranted wrought Iron stove , $20 , at Colt
& Colo's. Large oven. Strictly high grade
Also Huck utecl ranges , the white enarae ;
orcu doors. Finest steel ranges mado.
DUNCOMBE GETS AN ORDER
Omaha & Fort Dodge Road Restrains the
Chicago & Northwestern >
FIGHTING OVER RIGHT OF WAY GROUND
Trnct of I.nnd Until AVntit vrltli Some
I'ro l > c-cl f nn AinlonliliNctllc -
iiiriit llrldKc nnd Tor in I mi I Coni-
jmn > - HrKlnM Condciiiiintliin >
Just prior to the adjournment of district
court for the day last evening President
Duncombo of the Fort Dodge & Omaha rail
road filed n petition asking that the Chicago
cage & Northwestern Hallway company be
enjoined from condemning for their right
of way any portion of the land recently
purchased by the Fort Dodge & Omaha
road and known as the Judson tract. The
ground on which President Duncombe based
hlx application for the injunction could not
bo learned , aa the papers after being placed
on record were taken out of court by Mr.
Duncombo by permission of Judge Macy. In
making the request to take the papers out
of court Mr. Duncombe ntated that he did
not wish the n wnpapers to learn the con
tents of the petition , as negotiations were
pending for nn amicable settlement out of
court and the publication of the contents
of the petition might tend to hinder If not
prevent such negotiations being successfully
carried out. At the suggestion of Mr. Dun
combe Judge Macy set Thursday morning
next for hearing the petition.
Oniclaln of the Northwestern deny that
the condemnation proceedings have been
brought for the purpose of preventing or
hindering the Fort Dodge & Omaha road
from securing an inlet to this city , but arc
brought In good faith for the purpose of
straightening Its right of way and taking
the kinks out of Its track. This work of
straightening the track was commenced last
Juno and stakes act. Part of the work had
l > een completed and when the company was
ready to commence work on straightening
the curves in Its line through the Judson
tract It was confronted with the discovery
that an option had been given on , the land
and the owner declined to sell the portion
required by the Northwestern.
The Omaha Bridge and Terminal company
Is also in the Held with condemnation pro
ceedings. Yesterday It filed a petition with
Sheriff Morgan to condemn a strip of land
on First avenue along and In front of lots
13 and II In block 24 , Beers' subdivision ,
owned by Anton Slenlcskl. The strip of
land sought to be condemned Is twelve feet
wldo and the company claims that It Is
necessary for the construction and conven
ient use of Its railway as a right of way
which Is located over and along First
avenue. Anton SlenleskI , the owner of the
lots , has refused to sell the piece of land
to the Terminal company and last month
commenced injunction proceedings In the
district court to restrain the Terminal com
pany from building its track In front of his
property , alleging that the construction of
the track there would prevent access to his
place. Sheriff Morgan has named H. G.
McOce , J. P. Oreenshlelds. W. C. Dickey ,
Thomas Bowman , H. W. Binder and James
Coyln ns commissioners to appraise the land ,
which will be done October 7.
Part 2 of The BeVs photogravures of the
.exposition Is now ready nnd can be had at
the Council Bluffs office.
\ntrn from tltf CnartK.
Judge Woolson reconvened federal court
yesterday nfternoon and the long drawn
out cnse of J. L. Fuller against Sue Hoyt
'was resumed.
Jasper Gardner , who pleaded guilty to
bootlegging , was given a suspended sen
tence during good behavior of 100 days In
the county Jail nt Red Oak and a fine of
$400. The cases ngntnst George Smith and
William Brucken on similar charges were
dismissed.
A motion for a new trial In the damage
suit of Fnnnlo Deltchler against Harry
Hoist wns filed In the superior1 court yes
terday nfternoon. This Is the suit In which
Miss Deltchler asked $10,000 damages for
alleged seduction and In which the jurj ;
brought In a verdict for the defendant !
Among the crounds on which a new trial
is nsked is the allegation that the court
erred in excluding all the evidence of the
plaintiff In regard to her attempted suicide
and the relation of such attempt to the
net of the defendant complained of. It Is
nlso alleged that the plaintiff's case was
prejudiced by the attorney for the de
fendant making a statement to the jury to
the effect that the plaintiff would never
have brought the suit had she not been
forced to do so by her father , who wag
responsible for dragging the case into the
courts.
In tbo district court yesterday In twc
cases which had to bo continued , as the
parties were not ready for trial , Judge
Macy Imposed the penalty of $10 under the
rules of court. In the case of the Security
bank of Faribault against O. B. McClin-
took , the penalty was assessed to the de
fendant. In the case of the Council Blufff
Savings bank against N. W. Williams the
penalty was ordered taxed to the plaintiff
In the case of Otto Saar against Johr
Saar , judgment was entered by agreemenl
for the plaintiff in the sum of $180 and
costs.
The petit Jury reported and after being
charged by the court was excused until
this morning.
Millinery opening on Tuesday am
Wednesday evenings , September 27 and 28
The Indies are Invited to visit the dlsplaj
of New York hats and bonnets at Mlsi
Sprlnk's.
AiNiiult nnil IluKcrr.
Claudn Blakesly was arrested yesterday 01
a battery and assault charge preferred bj
James W. Clark and J. D. Alexander. Clark
who is an exposition visitor from Leroy , la.
nnd Alexnnder , who , resides In this city , goi
Into nn altercation with three men , one o
whom Is said to be Blnkesly. in the "Thli
Corner Is Famous" saloon nt Tenth street
and Broadway Sunday night. The thre <
men , It is alleged , followed Clark and Alex ,
ander out into the street nnd nearly bea
the life out of them. Clark received a num.
her of bad cuts about the head and AIexan <
der fared little better. The police have ni
yet been unable to locate Blnke&ly's com
pantons.
The Evans laundry Is the leader In flm
work for both color and finish. 520 Pear
street. 'Phono 290.
l K 'iM'i > tlon.
The congregation of Broadway Methodls
church tendered their retiring pastor , Rev
J. H. Senseney , who has been transferrec
to Des Molnoswhere be becomes prealdlnf
elder , nnd his wife a fnrowell reception las
night at the church. The large audltoriun
of the church , which was beautifully deco
rated by the young women of C. G , Saun
dors' Sunday school class , was filled ti
overflowing by the members of the congre
gallon and their friends. During the even
| Ing the Apollo club rendered a number o
j j selections and refreshments were nerved b ;
I the young wotncn of the church. As i
token of their esteem the men of the con
gregation presented 'Rev. ' Scnscney with a
hnndsom leather valise , whllo the women
remembered Olrn. Senieney with n dozen
silver teaspoons nnd an elegant cut glass
dish , Hcv. Scnnency has been pastor of
Broadway church for the last three years
nnd while the congregation regrets to gen
him leave they appreciate the fact that his
removal to Des Molnen as presiding elder
of thnt district Is In the line of n promo
tion.
I.OOKIM ; i-oii A HAD cinti.MA.v.
PollioViiul n Man Who Milken line
of I'orurd Clirokn ,
The police are looking for a Gcrniau
claiming to be Otto Thlcmlcb , who passed
n check yesterday at the hardware store
of Cole & Cole on South Main street , which
is now believed to bo n forgery. The same
man nlso endeavored to pass similar checks
at Swalne's hardware store nnd S. Keller's
furniture store.
At Cole ft Cole's the man purchased a
stove costing $24.7' . and tendered In pay
ment a check signed by M. Vincent and
drawn on thr Merchants' bank of Sioux
Falls , S. I ) . The check wns dated Septem
ber 22 and was payable to Otto Thk-mlch.
The revenue ntamp was cancelled with the
Initials M. V. and the date. The endorse
ment on the back bore the signature , 0.
Thlemlch. The man received $10.23 change
and ordered thf stove sent to n new house
opposite the Third street schoolhouse. In
vestigation showed there was no such house
in the neighborhood , neither was anyone
of the name of Thlemlch known In the lo
cality.
From Cole & Colo's store the man went
to Swalne'a hardware store , where he se
lected another cook Btove , the price of
which was $20. He tendered In payment a
similar check on the Sioux Falls bank for
$30 , but Mr. Swalnc was suspicious and fo-
fused to cash It nnd the man left saying
he would get It cashed at the bank nnd
return with the money. He failed to show
up again.
The next heard of the man wns nt Kel
ler's furniture tore , where ho purchased
n bookcase for' $20 and offered another
Sioux Fnlls check for $35 In payment. Mr.
Keller was likewise suspicious and refused
to bite. The matter was then reported to
the police , but by this time the wily Ger
man had disappeared nnd so far the police
have failed to get any trace of him.
B. E. Brown used Cole's Hot Blast heater
last winter.
Buy Cole's Air-Tight heater for comfort
those cool mornings.
IMcn of L'oiiNumiHInn.
Mrs. Lena Armstrong died yesterday even
Ing nt her home , 1323 Avenue C , of con
sumption , aged 22 years. The death of Mrs.
Armstrong Is peculiarly sad , as her husband ,
W. A. Armstrong , died from the same dis
ease on the 10th of the month and two llt-
tlo children are now motherless nnd fnther-
less. The funeral will bo held this after
noon at 3:30 : o'clock from the residence , Rev.
G. P. Fry , pastor of the Fifth Avemto
church , officiating. Interment will bo in
Walnut Hill cemetery.
I'KXSIONS FOR WKHTEUX VBTKIIAXS.
Snrvlvor * of Civil Wnr IlememlteriMl
! > > tlio ( ! one nil nnvcrnniciit.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 26. ( Special. )
Pensions have been granted to the follow
ing :
Is9iio of September 15 :
Nebraska Original : Dell N. Lum , Ar
mour , $6 ; Wllfon P. Deardorf , Arnold , $12.
Rolssuo : Isaac W. Evans , Hebron , $6.
Iowa Original : Lorenzo Klddftr , Cedar
Rapids , $6 ; Ferdinand Locble , Dos Moines ,
$6 ; Joseph H. Dolpb , Strahan , $6. Incre.no ;
Benjamin Bidwell , Calumet , $6 to $ S ; Lu
ther D. Brown , Magnolia , $6 to $ S. Reissue :
Angelo A. Meyers , R td Oak , $30. Original
widows , etc. : Mury K. Mufczy , Keokuk , $12.
South Dakota Original : Gabriel Ander
son , Edgerton , $6. Original widows , etc. :
Snrah J. Glfford , Wesslngton , $8.
Killed by n Live AVI re.
MALONE , N. Y. , Sept. 26. Gordon Wil
liams of Saranac Lake was Instantly killed
In the basement of his father's store by
coming In contact with a live wire. His
brother , Roy Williams , went to his assist
ance , followed by Bert Mumm and William
Johnston. Each In turn tried to pull the
others from the wire , but all were trans-
Ixed in a deadly grasp. The father , hear
ing their cries , rushed Into the cellar nnd
by nlmost superhuman efforts succeeded In
pulling three of the men from the wire.
The current wns quickly turned off. but his
son was already dend. Roy Williams is
badly burned but will recover.
McKlnlor < o Act.
BOSTON , Sept. 26. The Board of Direct
ors of the American Peace society today
adopted resolutions approving the czar's
disarmament circular , expressing approval
of President McKlnley's prompt approval
of the czar's proposition and declaring the
time is now opportune for n treaty between
the United States and Great Britain and urg
ing the president to proceed in the matter
at the earliest practicable moment. It was
voted unanimously to send to President
McKlnley n protest against permanent en
largement of the army , except that neces
sary for police service.
SlMter Mnkcn a Kntnl Error.
KENTON , 0. , Sept. 26 , George Chnrlton ,
living two miles east of town , will prob
ably lose his life through a strange acci
dent. About midnight , hearing n noise In
his chicken coop , ho went out to Investi
gate. Soon his sister heard a scuffle , nnd ,
grabbing an ax , she ran to her brother's as
sistance. Finding , as she supposed , the
thief on top , she struck him n fearful blow
with the ox , but soon to her horror dis
covered It was her brother she had hit.
His skull was crushed in and the doctors
have but little hope of his recovery. The
burglar proved to be a junk peddler by the
name of Mike Smith. He was arrested.
lleftme * n TViirrniit for 3IcCoy.
BUFFALO , Sept. 20. This afternoon
torneys for the Hawthorne club applied to
Justice Chllds of the supreme court , for
the arrest of Kid McCoy who arrived hero
this afternoon , with a view of testing the
liability of the club's action in arranging
a boxing contest between McCoy arid Cor-
belt. Justice Chllds declined to entertain
the application. Later counsel went to Jus
tice White's court , but when the court ad
journed at 1 o'clock no application had been
made to the Justice.
I own Xt'w
Since the Iowa soldiers have returned
a largo number of engagements have been
announced , which will bo consummated this
fall.
Colonel Lambert of the Fiftieth Iowa
will be court-martialed und his friends as
sert that he will make friends by the deal ,
as he IP Innocent.
M. S. Hardy of Lemars fell Into a stream
but flvo Inches deep nnd wns drowned. He
fell on his face and was apparently ren
dered unconscious.
Dairy Commissioner Gates Is authority for
the statement that durlnc the dry period
of the summer the production of butter nnd
cheese fell off 33 per cent in Iowa.
An Iowa man who has Just returned from
the south says that the reason Colonel
llryan has not yet resigned is that he Is
waiting for the hero-kissing fad to pass
away ,
Roy Clnrk , one of the convalescing mem
bers of the Fifty-second Iowa , while walkIng -
Ing around the hospital at Sioux City sud
denly fell to the floor. It waa discovered
that his shoulder joint had dropped out
of place.
Of the 598 prisoners In the Anamosa pen
itentiary only seventeen nre women. Of
the ninety-nine counties of the state- but
seventy-four have convicts at the prison.
Polk and Woodbury counties lead In number
of criminals from their districts , rach hav
ing forty-two. .
PLAN FOR NEW COURT HOUSE
Proposition for a Tine New Building at
DCS Moincn.
COST FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
Countllonrd Will Nnlunlt in HIP People
ple nl x ( Hlrctloii 11 ii ml
1'ropoxltloii to Krvct the
Slriirliirr.
DBS MOINES. Sopt. 2C. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The County Hoard of Supervisors
today voted to submit to the people a propo
sition to build n HOO.OOO court house nt
the full election. The plnn Is to Issue $100-
000 In two years' bonds and pay It oft with
a tax levy of l'i mills per year for twenty
yearn.
Thi ? Iowa Christian convention , a state
convention of the Christian churches of
Iowa , met In annual session today with
200 delegates present. Three hundred moro
are. expected 'tomorrow , when the real work
will commence.
Two members of the Iowa regiments ,
which have been ordered to Iowa for muster
out , died In the Ued Cross hospital at
Camp .McKlnley since Saturday. William
Mowcry died last night nt 8 of typhoid
fever. Ho was a member of Company D ,
Fifty-second regiment , from Washington
and his homo was nt Dumont. The remains
will be sent homo. William Blakcsley of
Company E , Fifty-second regiment , whose
homo was at Centcrvllle , died In the hos
pital Thursday night. The young soldier
was 22 years old nnd his mother was with
him when ho passed away. Ills father had
been with him a few days before. The body
has been taken to Centervlllo for burial.
Adjutant General Dyers will leave for the
west tomorrow morning. Ho will BO di
rectly to San Francisco to visit the Fifty-
first Iowa regiment In camp there. The ad
jutant general says he will make n thor
ough investigation of the camp and condi
tion of the Iowa soldiers and report on his
return , which will bo about October 15. The
adjutant general was a member of the
Fifty-first Iowa while It was a Guard regi
ment for many years and Is naturally In
tercsted in seeing It again before Its de
parture for the east.
Although DCS Molncs Is the location of
the homo office of the New England Loan
nnd Trust company , financial circles hero
will not feel any effect from the failure of
the New England Loan nnd Trust com
pany today , as there are less than ten
stockholders here , and trom present Indi
cations the stockholders are the ones who
will suffer from the collapse.
W. W. Wllraer , a local capitalist , Is rice
president of the company and has had
charge of the Des Moines oflico. Mr. Wll-
mer said most of the stock Is held In New
England , New York and Pennsylvania.
"Tho trouble , " ho said , "Is duo to real
estate acquired on account of loans made
in Omaha , Kansas City , Lincoln , Salt Lake
and Ogden. The collapse which came In
those cities depreciated the values w > that
the company got n large amount of real
estate on foreclosure. Keeping up this
property exhausted the Income until the
company's capital became Impaired. This
was discovered by the death of the secre
tary. "
'Mr. Wllmer was loath to say anything on
this point , stating1 that It would not be
right , as the deceased secretary had no
chance of self-defense.i W. F. Barnard was
that secretary. His death occurred In New
York last August and the burial took placa
here. Mr. Gilbert , the company's agent at
Kansas City , was sent to New York to fill
that olllce. He looked the books over thor
oughly and then handed In his resignation.
Informing the directors that the capital hart
been Impaired. This led to the appoint
ment of a receiver. Wilmer said that If the
conditions had been known sooner the com
pany could have been saved and ho yet
hopes for reorganization.
An official statement was made by > N. T.
Guernsey of this city today , returned from
New York , attorney for the company and
counsel with Simpson , Thacher & Co. , for
the receiver. It said In part :
"Tho company has a capital stock of
$875,000 ; undivided profits , $109,000. The
debentures outstanding amount to J5.600-
000 and mortgages $3,000,000 , both being
almost entirely held In the east and abroad.
Some of the debentures will probably bo
paid in full. The loss on debentures ought
not to bo large. It is Impossible to state
what the extent of Impairment to stock
will be. "
SIDE I.I OUT OK AX IOWA TUAGEDY.
Ilnnlmiul I'rojinren for tlio
Situation Wlilch lie .Snxpcclcil.
OSKALOOSA. la. , Sept. 26. ( Special. ) >
The developments In the Raymond murder
are of a decidedly sensational character
and several new tints were put upon the
case as to the causes which led up to the
sad affray. On the day of the murder Meyer
expressed his Intention of going away on the
train and not coming back for several days.
His wife accompanied him to the train
and witnessed his buying a ticket and while
he went up on the steps and Into the coach ,
It was all a feint , for ho jumped off on tha
other side nnd made his way back , unbe
known to bis wife. That evening ho made
his appearance at his home and upon going
In heard voices In his wife's bedroom.
Pushing the door open ho found that Raymond
mend was there , partly disrobed. Moyar
ordered Raymond off the place and told
him never to darken his door again , so ho
states. Moyer. claims that the knife with
which the deed was committed was first In
the hands of Raymond , who attempted to use
It first , but before be could do so Meyer
knocked It out of his hand and grabbing
It , placed the blade In Raymond's body
with fatal effect. Meyer Is In Jail nnd his
preliminary hearing will come up some tlruo
next week.
Raymond , It now develops , was living
under an assumed name , for what reason
has not yet been fathomed. His father
lives In Petersburg , III. The real name of
the dead man Is James Dale.
The Inquest was held and the coroner's
Jury rendered a verdict of death "caused
by a knlfo In the hands of an assassin. "
with Adultery.
CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Sept. 26. ( Special
Telegram. ) Thomas O. Swlmlngton and Mrs.
0. H. Diem were arrested hero this ovcnlng
on a charge of adultery and both are now
In Jail. They arrived hero September 1 from
Tyrone , Pa. , and have been living together
as man and wife since. Swlmlngton left a
wife In Pennsylvania and Mrs. Delm deserted-
a husband , bringing her 5-year-old daughter
with her. Dclra arrived hero this afternoon
and will prosecute the runaway pair.
Farmer Smith , arriving twelve miles from
Wllllarasburg , was here today looking for his
I'aughtcr , Effle Smith , 17 years old , who had
run away with Lou Hoffman , a man 19 years
her senior. So far he has not been able
to locate them.
llhlillliur on Slntr Mii
SIOUX CITY , la. . Sept. 26. ( Special. )
Sioux City Jobber * and contractors have re
ceived specification blanks from the State
Doard of Control requesting bids on com
missary supplies for state Institutions.
Those Mds are to be opened at the office
of the board September 2S and contracts
awarded to Iho lowest rrnponsltilp bidden * .
The contracts on coal nnd flour will run
or a period of three years , but the bids on
thcr supplier will run for n period of
hrce month * , as It M the Intention of the
ioanl to experiment on the groceries , vcgc-
ablcs nnd meats. Prices on groceries , nnd
> spcclally flour , varied great deal during
he last year nnd as they were purchased
n comparatively small lota were expensive.
ho coal for the- state Institutions , It Is
aid , will cost about $75,000.
Commissioner Cownle cited an Instance
therein cue superintendent of n state In-
tltutlon had been paying $1.23 per dozen
'or ' canned corn becnusc he thought It
ivould bo moro fresh to buy In small lots
nd moro frequently. Corn n short time
go wns offered to the board In large quan-
Itles at 60 cents per dozen cans.
STATKMK.NT IIV IIISIIOI * OIIKK.V.
Author * of
Him to I'rovr Them.
CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Sept. 26. ( Special
Telegram. ) lllshop-elcct Green has Just
prepared rthe following letter , which will
bo Issued tomorrow to the parishes which
lompose the diocese of Iowa :
"To the Clergy nnd Laity of the Diocese
of Iowa : Dear Ilrcthrrn On September 6.
1S9S. In ( special convention at Davenport.
you did mo the highest honor that can
come to me In electing mo to the bishopric
of Iowa. Since Hint day nil opposition , per-
slstrnt as It Is Inconsistent , has battled
against your action. The honesty and In
tegrity of your election have been assailed
and both Its method nnd motive have been
Impugned. The public press has been made
to teem with these charges nnd It has been
asserted that a protest was to be presented
to me. demanding my withdrawal. I have
ivalted patiently for that protest. None has
tome. In addition to all of this a personal
attack has been made uponme. . H has
been asserted both by public Insinuation
nnd by private whisper that I am unfit In
some way to servo you as a bishop In the
church of God.
"No man has dare < l to make a charge or
attempted to furnish any proof of thche
vague allegations , but broadcast over all
the Innd this warfare of Insinuation has
gone out. Unfounded Insinuation Is the
most contemptible of weapons. He who by
Innuendoes that he cannot prove robs n man
of what in more precious than life Is a
most pitiable example of his own malicious
ness. If any man knew aught against me
in life or character to unfit mo for this
sacred office he should have como us a man
and as a Christian and charged It here ,
where he and I are both known , before ( he
men whoso most solemn interests were con
cerned. And because I am fearless in my
right and unwilling that this diocese should
suffer aught from any alleged fault of mine ,
I am determined that this cause shall be
adjusted In this diocese , where It belongs.
In the name of that God Whose highest
attribute Is Justice I challenge any man to
como and make good thrso Insinuations nnd
establish his proof. I am standing at bay ,
fighting only for that which Is more to me
than any honor that the world or the church
can give.
"Is this challenge fair ? The great world
calls It so. Can the church , which strives
to teach the world , dare to call It less ?
And so , confident of the loyalty of those who
love the truth , I make the great appeal
that no American need ever make in vain.
Invoking on this diocese , that I love , the
guidance of God's holy spirit , I decline the
election of the special convention. For my
vindication , and for the future peace of
this diocese , I appeal to Iho regular con
vention In December. Faithfully yours ,
"THOMAS E. GREEN ,
"Illshop-elect of Iowa.
STOIIMS FOUXn GUILTY OP MUIIDRII.
Jury I < " | ZCN tli Pennlly nt Iniprlnii-
nicnt for I.lfr.
UURLINGTON. Sept. 2G. ( Spdclal Telo-
gram. ) At 1 o'clock this morning In Wa-
pello the Jury In the case of A. T ) . Storms ,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Fanny
Rathbun and her young daughter , Mary ,
last winter , returned a verdict ) finding the
defendant. Storms , guilty of murtler In the
first degree , fixing the penalty at Imprison
ment for life nt hard labor. A notice for
a motion for a new trial was filed and
Thursday wan set as the date for the hear
ing. Storms' attorneys state that the case
will be carried to the supreme court ) .
Important Nult.
SIOUX CITY , Sept. 20. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The important suit of the Inde
pendent school district of Sioux Cley against
the American company of New York was
commenced In the district court this morn-
Ing. This Is the case in which the school
district seeks to hold t'ho surety company
responsible to the extent of $5,000 on the
bond of H. S. Hubbard , the ox-treasurer of
the district. Hubbnrd was the cashier of
t'ho Homo Savings bank nt the time of Its
failure and was also the treasurer of the
school district , The bank failed and ho
could not pay up the money. Suit wns com
menced on his bond , which happened to be
just the amount of the Indebtedness.
Judge Lot Thomas , the republican candi
date of the Eleventh congressional district
Is to open the Woodbury county campaign
at Sloan on next Saturday evening. It la
the Intention to run a special train from
Sioux City and return the same night.
( ; ot AVIuit lie AiIrcrtlNviI Por.
DES MOINES , Sept. 26. ( Special. )
George Knopp was grnnted n divorce from
Alice Whisscn Adamson Knopp of this city ,
She advertised for n husband and Knopi
applied. She married him In Crcaton. Thej
came to Des Moines the same day. He
went to a hotel to engage apartments. She
went shopping. Ho never saw her again
Comlne up on tie train he gave her $3,000
of his money. Ho tried to get It back
again. He began a prosecution agalnsl
her In the federal court , but It wouldn't
stick. She retaliated with a petition for
divorce. Ho countered with a petition for
divorce on account of desertion. She hac
asked for alimony and his suit was begun
to avoid that. Ho succeeded.
I.liu-i lllc People In Trouble.
LINEVILLB , la. , Sept. 20. ( Special. )
From present Indications the Llnevlllo Dis
trict Fair association Is going to have some
trouble for violating the federal laws by
running a lottery In connection with tbo
fair. With each membership ticket sold a
chance was given In drawing from a list
amounting to over $1,000 In prizes donated
by the merchants of this place nnd neigh
boring towns. Nothing would have been
thought of the violation had not a few of
the disappointed holders of tickets began
looking Into the matter and bringing It to
the attention of the authorities. As n ra-
tult It Is liable to cost the association moro
than It realized from the scheme.
IIMVII MIIII'N Hlrnnui' Anne ! * .
DES MOINES , Sept. 26. ( Special. ) W.
A. Kirkpatrlck , a resident of Des Moines ,
and an employe In a soap factory has filed
a petition of bankruptcy In the federal
court. The petition was somewhat novel
because of the strange character of the as
sets. They were given as follows : "Ono
wife and four children ; ono horse , 17 years
of age , value $10 ; one old buggy , value
$2 ; a two-fifths Interest In a promissory
note of $38 ; no cash personal property ;
household goods to the value of $86 ; one
family Bible , yaluo $5. " The liabilities
were a judgment In the district court of
Carroll county for $1,000 and a doctor hill
of $30.
Pnnnem * .Valloiuil Kni'iunpiui'iit.
WATERLOO , la. , Sept. 26. ( Special. )
Tbo Farmers' National encampment has be
gun Its first annual session here. It Is a
preliminary display of farming machinery ,
and many largo eastern manufacturing com *
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IlllIIICN IlllllxHf.
CRESTON , In. , Sept. 2G. ( Special Tele-
Kram. ) DurliiK a fit of temporary Insanity
James Morrison , aged 70 , hanged himself.
Ho throw a halter over a rafter In a corn
crib , placed his neck through the noose ,
lifted his feet from the floor and strangled
himself to death.
Iluuvy Corn Yield.
SIBM3V , la. , Sept. 2C. ( Sptclal. ) Harm
Feldkamp of this county saya hid rorn will
yield about seventy-llvo bushels to the acre.
lOMU I'ollllflll0ON. ( .
It Is said In Iowa that the new Hnlloy
keynote Is not even silvern ; it l brazen.
The effort to ( secure a non-partisan Judi
ciary In tht > northwestern counties fallec !
and each party will name Its own ticket.
The populists object to Treasurer Hurrl-
ott Issuing a call to take up $100,000 state
bomlH at present , asserting that It Is a
move to make votes for the republicans In
Iowa. ,
Captain L. J. Rowcll , democratic candi
date for congress In the Fifth district , is
receiving the sympathy of his friends be-
icauae ho has offered himself as the blon-
[ ; nlal Bacrlllco in that district.
An Ida Grove minister Is accused of hav
ing refused the last sacraments to a dying
man until his family had relinquished their
claim to his life insurance , claiming that
a grave. Mn was committed In Insuring
against the acts of God.
Last Saturday night there were political
meetings In eighty-eight of the ninety-nine
counties In Iowa and each party is said to
| have been equally Interested. Still , somebody -
: body remarks that the political pot 1s slow
I to boll this year in Iowa.
I There seems to ba some basis for the oplu-
I Ion that an extra session of the leglclaturo
I will bo held In order to permit the soldiers
In the Hold to vote , but the strange part
of It Is that the move for this purpose
i originated outPido the state.
| The State Liquor Dealers' assocliitlbii Is
, mixing in politics and the predictions of
the conservatives that the action ( if the
liquor men In forming a political us HOC 111-
tlon would provoke retaliation seoni to bo
proving true. The state press Is beginning
to call attention to the situation.
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