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8 THE OMAHA DATLTT 1JBE : FBTDAT , J urns , ionr. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. , COUNCIL BLUFFS * MIJ.VriON. MINOR . . Davis sellfl drugs. Moore's food kills wormi and fitteni. > Dudwelscr beer , L. Rosenfoldt , agent. ' Victor hoi water heaters at Blxby's. Iowa Furniture tk Carpet Co. , 407 B'wajr. 1'lctures and frames. C. E. Alexander & Co , C. B. Jacqucmln & Co. , Jeweler * and op ticians , 27 South Main street. Get your work done at tno popuUr Ea U laundry , 724 Broadway , 'ohone 167. Jacob Konlgmachcr of Ephrata , Pa. , Is Ir the city visiting J. P. Hess and family. Hov. Frank Hayden , formerly of this city lia been visiting Council Bluffs friends tot several days. William Lavln of the BoBtonlann visited this week with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Howe ol 1'ark avenue. Thirty-five marriage licenses were Issued last month , being ten less than were Is sued during May , 1S98. Nellie Malone , 2115 Second avenue , was reported to the Board of Health yesterday DS having the measles. J. 0. Trimble of Kansas City , attorney for the Omaha & St. Louis road , IB In the city attending district court. There will bo a special1 meeting of Con- cordia lodge , No. 52 , Knights of Pythias , for work In tbo second degree. Ed L. Howe will return home this week for a few days' visit with his parents on I'ark avenue on his way east from Portland , Ore. Ore.Tho The members of the Second Presbyterian church will glvo a sociable this evening at the homo of A. M. Hutchlnson , E50 Frank Direct. Mrs. Mary Mcars has been called to Ga lena , lir. , by the Illness of her mother , who was Injured In an accident last Sat urday , ' Boston G. Young , a brother of R. T. Young of this city , has been nominated for common pleas Judge In the Tenth Judicial EUbdlstrlct of Ohio. The Woman's Foreign Missionary noddy of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church will hold Us regular monthly meeting this aft ernoon nt the parsonage. Chairman Teat has called a meeting of the Commercial committee for this evenIng - Ing at the city hall to consider the monthly report nnd other business. Charles Saylcs , son of Alderman E. E. Baylcs" , has been appointed assistant ticket ngent at the Union Pacific transfer In place of Kenneth Evans , who resigned to go to Salt Lake. The case against Charles Evans , the old man charged with assaulting 8-year-ord Kato Probstele , was again continued In po lice court yesterday , this time to Satur day. day.Lee Lee E. Brownrlgg has returned home for n. few weeks after successfully completing his course at Rush Medical college. He is accompanied by his brother Ray , who was with him a short tltuo in Chicago. The social entertainment that was to have been given next Tuesday by Palm Grove 3ms been postponed to a later date. The regular meeting , however , will be held on that evening , as there are several candidates to bo initiated. The tenth annual reunion of the Western ) Iowa. Veteran association will bo held at Denlson , June 7 and S. Colonel J. J. Stead- man of this city Is on the staff of the com mandant nnd Is booked for an address on , > the afternoon of the second day. j The First Baptist church has turned over to the charge of Rev. T , F. Thlckstun the ' ' mission chapel nt Twenty-ninth street. The \ building wlir be removed In the near future ; to the corner of Twenty-second and Broadway - ? way nnd regular weekly and Sunday serv- 'f Ices will bo held. ? Pat Hnnlphan , who rarely comes to town 't ' without getting locked up for being drunk , v was released from the city Jail Wednes day afternoon on his promise to return I home. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning ho was In tbo cooler again ontho charge of ; Ibeing drunk and disturbing the peace. r Council Bluffs lodge , No. 27 , Ancient Or- ; iler of United Workmen , will give an en- i tertalnment tomorrow evening at 8:30 : jj for the children of the members. No I charge for admission and all members of f the order and their families are cordially ' Invited. * C. Bird is under arrest at the city Jail , \ charged with larceny as bailee. Pawn- 1 broker Snydcr has filed a complaint In which ; ho charges that Bird hired a gun from him i nnd failed to return it. Bird was only re cently released from the city Jair , having been held for several weeks as a witness ngalnst Sam Barnes. Council Bluffs tent , No. 32 , Knights of the Maccabees , will visit the tent at Mis souri Valley tomorrow evening , The com mittee having tbo arrangements in charge has secured a one nnd one-third fare for the round trip. The train will leave the Northwestern - , western depot at 7:23 : p. m. , returning nt 1'15 u. m. Members wllf meet at the depot 1 at 7 o'clock sharp. Amended articles of Incorporation of the Smith Refining company of Council Bluffs nnd of Moriah lodge , No. 327 , Independent Order of Odd Follows , at Walnut , la. , were filed In the county recorder's office yester day. In the case of the Smith Refining company the article ! ! are so amended as to permit the capital stock being increased to $10,000. It was 'Originally placed at $25,000. N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. 250. ; Domestic soap Is full weight. } FilCH 1'otHIoii In nniikrnptcy. iMrs. Ida L. Welmor of Crawford county filed a petition in the United States district i court yesterday asking that she be allowed to take ndvnntago of the bankruptcy law. i Her secured liabilities she lists at $4,000 and ' licr unsecured nt $6,865G3. Most of her lia bilities consist of debts Incurred by her de ceased husband. She owns a Iiornestead val ued nt $9.600 , which is mortgaged for $4,000 , and her otherassets consist of $25 cash on Imnd. household goods , to the value of $140 nnd $5 worth of books , Her's Is only the ) Bocoml case In this dlsuict where a woman has applied to bo declared n bankrupt. C Davis sells paint. Itrnl EMlntc TrniiNfrm , The following transfers were filed ycster- day In the abstract , title , nnd loan office of J W Squire. 101 Pearl street : J II. OHborn nnd wife to Albert ti. Sarchet , lot 16 in Twioy's subd. of out lot 7. In Jackson's add. , w. d. . . . $ 850 Christian Johnson and wife to Jacob Olsen , lot SO , block 18 , Howard's add . w , d . , . ; ; 600 Two transfers , aggregating . $1,350 Domestics use Domestic soap , Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following parties. Nnmo nnd residence. Age. George W. Hellln , Omaha . 39 Krizabcth R , Covert , Omaha . 34 Frank Beebee , Council Bluffs . 37 Neoma Boelieo , Council Bluffs . 37 DRINK GRAIN-0 uftar you have concluded that you oujht not to drink coffee. It 1s not a mwJlelns but doctors ord r it , becaus ; U IB healthful. In- Vlgoratlnp and appetizing. It la made from pure Bruins and has that rich seal brown color and tastes Ilka the. finest gradeu of ooffee and costs about U as much. Children like It and thrive on It because it U a fan. ulne food drink containing nothlnj but nourishment. Auk your grocer for Qraln-O. tb new food drink , lie and toe. LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT for Cunli or I.onucil On. E. H. SIIUAFU & CO. D I'vuvt Struct , Couuutl Hloffn. Iowa. HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCKMEN1 Kev , W , 8 , Burnei Will Preach Baccalaureat Sermon , CLASS OF FIFTY-ONE WILL GRADUAT Exerclnc * to II o llrlil nt Ilolinn : Oncni Hondo Moiulnr E\rnlnB , .Tune lit Gala Week In Store for Senior * . The senior class of the high school Is bus preparing for commencement week , the pro gram for which wa completed yesterday b Principal Clifford. Tlic week opens Sunda ) Juno 11 , when the senior class will ntten the morning services at the First Presbyter Ian church and listen to the baccalnurcat sermon by Rev. W. S. Barnes. The graduating exercises will bo held Mon day evening at the Dohany Opera houiK commencing at 8:15. : In lieu of the old fashioned recitations by the different gradu ales , an address will be delivered by Rev P. S. Hensen , D. D. , of Chicago. Tiic fol lowing program has been arranged for th evening : Music Guardes du Corps Apollo Clul Invocation Rev. George E. Wall Vocal Solo When the Heart la Young. . . Miss L. Grace Bar Address Old and Young America . . . .Hev. P. S. H'enscn , D. D. , of Chlcagi Piano Duet . . .Mlssea Zoo Hill nnd Maude Robertsoi Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Jacob Sims , President of the Board of Educatloi Class Song Class of ' 9 Tuesday evening at 8:30 : the senior clas will bo tendered a reception by the Junior at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Flnle ; Burke on Oakland avenue. On Wednesday afternoon nt 1:30 : will oc cur the annual cadet election of commls stoned officers In the assembly room at thi High school. Thursday evening at 8:30 : the gradually clots will be the guests of thi High School Alumni association at u recep tlon and dance at Royal Arcanum hall. Friday marks the close of commencomen week with term reports and class promo < lions to undergraduates. Although not down on the official pro' gram , It is understood that the cadets an arranging to tender the graduating class i reception and dance. The graduating class this year will com. prleo fifty-one. Of these twenty-four gradu ate from the classical course , fourteen fron the Latin-scientific course , nine from thi German scientific course and four from the business course. Scientific optician. Wollman. 409 Br'dway. Davis sell * Domestic soap Is No. 1 grade. SAM BARNES RECEIVES SENTENCE Eighteen Month * In 1'eiiltenlln.ry- Other Criminal mill Civil Cnncn. Sam Barnes , convicted of breaking Int the residence of Charles Bishop last wlnte and stealing a gun and other articles , wa sentenced yesterday by Judge Smith to eight een months In the penitentiary at Fort Mad Ison. Ho would probably have received ; longer sentence had not the Jury recom mended 'him to the clemency of the court. Frank Henderson , the young man wh during a quarrel attempted to shoot a com panlon , Perry Lavenburg , and waa permltte to enter a plea of guilty to assaurt with in tent to commit great bodily Injury , was sentenced tonced to six months' imprisonment In th county Jail. The trial of the damage suit of Knui Jensen against the Omaha & St. Louis roa < Is on trial. Jensen , who xvas a car clcanc In the employ of the defendant road , claim : that while occupied In a cur It was run Inti by nn engine and he was thrown down am Injured. He asks damages In the sum o $1,999 $ , the amount being placed below $2,001 BO that the railway company could no transfer the case to the federal court. Thi case Is expected to go to the jury this after' noon. Judge Smith yesterday set June 15 foi hearing the application of Mrs. Margareth ; Sleek to have set aside the final settlemcn of Attorney Fremont Benjamin as admlnls trator of the estate of her deceased son , C H. Sleek. A. Metzger commenced suit against C. B Randlett to recover on a promissory note foi J500 and $345 , which the plaintiff claims hi paid at Randlott'a request to Leonard Ever Btt for the rent of the restaurant on Broad way formerly conducted by him. Mrs. Lou C. Glllum was yesterday ap- [ lolnted administratrix of the estate of hei late husband , George E. Glllura , who wa ; Irowncd In the Missouri river April 23 last Welsbach burners at Blxby's. Tel. 193. Bolton's Domestic is the genuine. Davis sells the best sodawater. HOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. Special SeiiHlon KnlU to Settle Dlnttcr of Printing lloiiiln. The Board of Education held a special called session last night for the express pur pose of taking action looking toward hav ing the bonds for the $67,000 Issue printed , but the meeting failed of result. Cashier Hannan of the First National1 bank was present nnd asked thitt the board allow him $260 for getting the bonds printed nnd securing a legal oplon as to the validity of the Issue. Ho Informed the board that ho had secured the opinion of n local attorney Which was favorable and that ho had for warded this opinion to his Philadelphia brokers , who had negotiated the sale of the bonds to eastern parties for him. He had , ao said , every reason to believe that this opinion would bo confirmed by the counsel of his eastern brokers , tout as yet he had not heard from them. During the discussion it developed that W. II. Thomas , with whom the board had pre viously arranged for the printing of the bonds and then later had rescinded Its ac tion , considered that ho had a claim against the board and It was the opinion of the ma- lorlty of the members that this matter should be looked Into before any arrange ment for printing the bonds should bo ; ntered Into elsewhere. When the arrange ment was made with Thomas for the print ing of the bonds It was understood by the joanl that the company ho represented Aould furnish the legal opinion on the valid ity of the Issue. This , however , was found later not to be the case nnd the board at ince rescinded Its former action. In the meantime the company represented by Thomas sent out several hundred circulars to bond ibuyers all over the country , In which they stated the bonds were to bo irlnted by It. The opinion at the meeting last night was .hat If the board was bound by its arrange- nent with Thomas It would be better to pay iilra for printing the bonds than to have Kmieone else do ithe Job and then have to iay Thomas as weir. The board expressed Itself as at the for- ner meeting when tbo matter was under dls. : uBslon.that it was not willing to pay for .he expense of securing the legal opinion on the bonilo , as It considered this should 1 done by the purchaser. N'clther was th board willing to pay Cashier linn nan $25' ' as the board has the offer of a rcsponslbl firm to print the bonds for a sum undc $100. $100.After After discussing the matter for an hoi and a halt without being able to come to determination it was finally decided to at ! journ until next Monday night , when n effort wllf be made to dispose of tho.quo ; tlon. Beware of our cheap competitors' Iraki tlon Domestic soap. TIjANS FOR COUNTY INSTITUTE Snncrlntcnilrnt Snwycr In Arrnnnln for Notcil ItiMtritclorN to Conic , County Superintendent Sawyer In ai ranging the details nnd program for th county Institute Is putting forth every offoi to make It second to none In the stato. Th toachcrs attending this year's Institute have the benefit of listening to some of th most noted Instructors In America. Amen these already engaged by SupertntendeB Sawyer ore Dr. W. A. Mowry of Hyde Purl iMaea , , and Miss Adelaide Holton. Dr. Mowr Is the author of several standard works o history and traverses two continents In In stltute work. Ho Is ae popular as Di White. Miss Holton , who will tcac primary methods , has the reputation c being without a peer In her field. City Superintendent Hayden will hnv charge of the Instruction In reading , Pro ] Allen arithmetic and Prof. Laird grammar Superintendent Sawyer has decided upon now plan of conducting the Institute thl year. Instead of the teachers 'being divide Into different classes and roomo , all will re main In ono class and one room nnd each In structor will take the entire class and b given fifty minutes each day. it Is though this arrangement will prove more popula than the old clan. The instltuto will open In Council Bluff June 26 and continue for otae week. Ai Intermission of one week ivlll then bo hai on account of the Fourth of July , and th Institute will reopen at Avoca July 10 am continue In session for another week. Th sessions Ita this.citywill bo held at th Bloomer school building. Prizes go with domestic soap. TAILOR SLUGGED WITH A. POKER Chrlntlnn Nncve Vlcloniily Aimnnltci by Employe of City Sewer GIUIK. Fred Robertson , employed on the clt ; sewer gang , waa taken into custody las' evening charged with assaulting Chrlstlat Naevo , a tailor , with Intent to commit grea bodily Injury. Naevo , who Is not long ovei from the old country , was eating his euppe : In Chrlstensen's tailor shop on North Broad way , whore ho is employed , last evening when Robertson entered and , according tc the former's version of the affair , threatcnec to glvo him n sound thrashing. The two hai had some trouble on a former occasion Naevo Informed Robertson that If he as. saulted , him he would sue him. Robertson according to Naeve , then picked up a poke : and struck him several times. Naeve , wltt the blood streaming down his face , rushec Into the street and was taken by friend ! to the police station , where he was attendee by City Physician Lacey. His head was cut in several places , one gash requiring sever stitches to sew it up. Later Naeve filed at information in Justice Ferrler's court and Robertson was arrested. In default of bail ho was committed to the county Jail to awall his preliminary hearing , which is set foi this morning. Naeve is a small man , while his assailant Is a big follow who has the reputation of being a bully. , 'PECULIAR CASE OP INSANITY , Highly Educated German Gocn Crnzj at Dc MoliicM. PES MOINES , Juno 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) Ono of the strangest case ever before the Insanity commlssioi is that of Carl Schwartz , takei into custody by thepolice. . He Is apparentl ; a well educated man and ono who has hai every luxury during life. He refused ti talk. When pressed by the insanity commls sloners to answer questions he wrote on i piece of paper that he would never litter i sound until his wrongs had been righted Ho persists in tearing oft all clothing am goes about the Jail cell naked. Every ques tlon put to him Is uttered in a bright way He is a keen person , but evidently Is badl ; demented upon some subject. When nskei to glvo his name ho writes upon paper thi words Carl Schwartz , A. M. P. M. , and Mr the same manner says ho Is a graduate o the Heidelberg university , Germany , that hi was by profession an analytical chemist He writes In German , French and Engllsl and apparently understands these language ! thoroughly. "I would die ibeforo I would let a whlti man rule mo out of my rights. The mlnuti he crosses the threshold of my rights ai an American citizen I will shoot him dowr as I would n dog. " Such were the remarks of Dr. Carey of Chicago in addressing i congregation of colored ministers in thi African Methodist Episcopal church. Thi ministers of this church are now holding t conference hero , with some fifty colom ministers present. Following Dr. Carey1 ! address resolutions were passed condemnlnj the lynching of colored men In the south. ACOIIHCMI Of IllUCNt. CEDAR RAPIDS. la. , Juno 1. ( Special Telegram. ) Last night nt 10 o'clock the door bell of Dr. Cogswell's residence was rung violently and on going to the door a S-months-old baby was found lying on the porch. It waa taken In and the matter re ported to the police. It was found that a young man nnd woman had been to the Home for the Friendless during the day , but the little ono was refused admittance because they lived In Jones county. This morning the young man was nrrostod as ho was leav ing the city. Ills name Is Otis Smith , the eon of a farmer living seven miles from Montlcello , Ho stated that the woman was his sister , that she was the mother of the child nnd that her own' ' father was the father of the child. The father Is now under bonds , held to the Jones pounty grand Jury. The grand Jury of his county Is now Investigat ing the matter , but it is believed no Indict ment will be returned against him , In Out Cyuloiie' * Path. CRESTON , la. , Juno 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) Reports from Tuesday night's storm are Just In. Near Chnrlton the farm house of Mr. Willaby was blown down and his child killed. Two other persons were In jured. Near Fontanelle great destruction to property was wrought , The farm house of John Herr was completely demolished and his two boys fatally Injured. John Olndy , residing near Greenfield , was found dead In his field. A. Decker's house was razed to the ground and his wife and two chldrcn in jured. A creamery belonging to J. Moore was blown down. Barne and outbuildings were leveled. Di'inlly ExiiIiiMloit nt n Fire. CRKSTON. la. , June L ( Special Tele gram. ) Thomas Whltworth of Macksburg was killed this morning by an' explosion of powder and several people Injured , some of whom may die. The general store of Ed Townsend was discovered on fire about 1 o'clock this morning. The powder exploded and wrecked the building. The walls fell on Whltworth nnd ho sustained fatal Injuries. Mrs. Ed Townsend und daughter and Mrs , Pyle and daughter and several men were In jured. The building was occupied by the Masonic lodge and Uie records were all do- troyeit SIOUX CITY MAY SEE STRIIU Traction Company * and Ita Employes At Very Wide Apart. MEN DEMAND AN INCREASE OF WAGE ! MnntiRer ItcftiHcn to Grant It nm Trouble In I.lltrljto Develop Sympathy of Trnilcn mul Labor AnnciuUly. SIOUX CITY , Juno 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) There Is a serious breach bctwcei the Sioux City Traction company and It employes , and unless matters arc < iulckl' ailjuftcd there will bo a strike. The em ployas have made a demand for an Increasi of wages and also an adjustment of sonv matters of hours and duty. The dlmtls faction among the men has been growlni for the last month. H came to a focua thl morning , when a committee of five met I \\ent to General Manager Fitch anil matli the demands. The meeting TVOS brief , thi men making their propositions and thi manager refusing to grant them. Now i mooting of the street car men will be callc < for the purpose of forming a union , am wtcn this IB done they probably wilt strike In case of a lockout they will have thi support of the Trades and Labor assemblj of the city , which Is a strong organization Judge Shlras , IP the federal court today signed nn order for the sale of the propertj of the Sioux City Terminal Railway am AVarchouso company under foreclosure o mottgagc. The holder of the bonds Is thi Trust Company of North America , whlcl has 11,250,000 of bonds , on which $250,001 Interest Is due. The case Involving thi mechanics' Hens on the new depot propertj Involved in this sale was the largest cus > In bulk of filings over before the supreme court of Iowa. KEEP 111UTAIX AT AIIM'S LENGTH Teuton * of Dtibiiqiic County Protcni AK"li' " * Alliance Tvltli EiiKlaiul. DUBUQUE , la , , Juno 1. A delegate con vcntlon of German-Americans of Dubuqu county was held tonight to protest agalns an Anglo-American alliance ; every Germa : organization was represented and hundred of others were present. Speeches were mad by Nicholas Gouncr , editor of Dor Kolltschc professor of Wartborg seminary , Rev. Fathe Fuerstelte , Gustav Donald of Davenport aiv other Germans of this portion of the state Resoluti-ns were adopted protestln , against a foreign alliance , especially de mandlng that the question of expansion b left to the people for settlement ; protest ing against the pretension that the Spanish American war was won by Anglo-Saxon and declaring that Germans , Irish and othc nationalities fought as well as Anglo-Saxons The resolutions demand that good fcellnj between Germany and America bo fostered. irith Arson. FORT DODGE , la. , June 1. ( Special Telegram. ) A. SI. Hammond , proprietor ol a millinery etore , was arrested this morning on the charge of arson. About Z o'clock tils morning a light was noticed In the store by the police , and when they broke In the door they made a startling find. Surrounded by boxes and Inflammable ma terial was a lighted lamp filled with gaso line. There was no chimney on the lamp and the bowl was covered with tallow , which was almost ignited. All the doons were locked and nothing was disturbed. Suspicion pointed toVard Hammond , the proprietor , and he was"- arrested and will bo given a hearing tomorrow. The stock is supposed to bo worth about $700 and was Insured for $1,000. The Insurance was with the Rockford Insurance company , who can celed their policy this morning. Hammond is from Sioux City and recently from Cherokee , where In both places ho had lireii. Sold nt Auction. BURLINGTON , la. , Juno 1. ( Special Telegram. ) The Iowa Tribune , the seconj oldest established German newspaper of Iowa , was sold at auction by the eherllf from the court 'house steps this morning to the Volksfreund company for the con sideration of $1,500. The transfer includes the press. Job fixtures , type , book accounts , subscription lists , office fixtures , advertising contracts and the good will of the concern. The Tribune will foe consolidated with the Volksfreund and will be issued hereafter dally , as the Volksfreund-Trlbune. WON AN ISLAND AT POICEIl. A RcmnrUnblc Came in "Which iv Sniiioitn KiiiR Wnn the Victim. "These stories about Speaker Reed in- dulgllng In poker while crossing the pond , " said an army officer to a New York Sun correspondent , "remind mo of a stiff game played by a paymaster In the navy with King Malletoa several years ago. I guess this was about the healthiest game ever In dulged In by a foreigner. Malletoa had heard of the great games played by Kala- kaua , king of Hawaii , and the Samoan thought he'd like to take a little brush on this line. I suspect that Kalakaua had done just as many American poker fiends had told almost unreasonable yarns about his winnings and his boasted good luck made others think that the average American poker player was an easy king to go against. Well , Malletoa's opportunity to test his belief came one day when an American man-of-war never mind which one sailed Into the harbor of Apia. His stern determination to take the thirty-second dcgreo In the mys teries of the great ( American game was sat isfied to the fullest extent , and for years afterward ho was going around trying to grt some one to kick him off the Island and declaring that ho was an eighteen karat darn fool with a French roof. Among thn officers aboard the man-of-war were a pay. master , a lleutcnalnt and an assistant en gineer who had burned the midnight lamp studying poker at Annapolis , and had prnsp. cuted the study In season and out of sea son over Blnco they left that iplnco. In a word , they wrro all three Just about as smooth poker players as you could find In a month's travel. "Thero was a trader among the white resi dents of Apia who was known to come to the front with a pretty stiff game , nnd Mallotoa soon arranged through him a game with the officers. Hy Invitation and ap. polntment the king and his friends met the officers In the private parlors of a Euro pean , and before the evening was half gone Malictca began to feel his oats nnd re quested that the limit , a small one , he taken off. The old codger had won several pretty fair Jackpots nnd felt his importnnco and ability to clean up the whole crowd. Oft the limit came , and for several hours Malletoa had almost phenomenal luck , win ning Jackpot after Jackpot. The more ho won the more reckless he became , nnd when something was said about closing down ho ' nntered a largo and emphatic protest. The ' Kaine proceeded and the healthiest Jackpot of ' the night was on the table. Several hands had been dealt around without any one having expressed his ability to open the pot. when the king , with a look of surprise and & smile of pleasure and triumph combined , announced that ho would open it $20 worth. Every player stayed. The paymaster drew three cards , the lieutenant the same num ber , the assistant engineer took two and ; hn trader one , Mallrtoa showed hU blood by standing pat and putting $10 moro Into ; ho pot. The paymaster saw this nnd raised dim $25 , while the others stayed. Then the king raised again , and tne paymaster threw Here's ' a RealSwing , Painted and varnished , made of hard wood well made in every re spect. Now is the time to fjet one as well as the place to get ve hicles of all kinds and descriptions where the prices are right. Write for catalogue. HENRY H. COUNCIL BLUFFS. In $25 more. It was becoming too InterestIng - Ing for the other players , and they dropped out. After the king's lost raise the pay master hesitated a moment , put his cigar to ono side and Bhovcd $50 to the middle of the mahogany. The king put up the equivalent In Chilian sliver dollars , the currency - rency of the Islands , and , drawing a small sack from 'his ' pocket , emptied Its contents before him , nnd excitedly placed In the pot the funds of the royal treasury of Samoa , amounting to $79 In sliver. The paymaster's face grew serious , and ho looked nt hi royal opponent In a hesitating , puzzled eor of way. Could this bo a Samoan Ah SI ho had run against ? Had this kingly cop per-colored eon of a gun learnexl the art o poker playing from visiting traders year before , mid hnd he been playing 'possum al the evening ? Having six or seven months pay In his Inside pocket , the paymaster de elded to chance some of It in finding out. "After n few moments of undeclslon h drew $579 in gold nnd silver from his pockc and added It to the pot , which now coverct the table. Malletoa gave a gasp nnd called for n. glass of kava to steady 'his ' nerves This he gulped down and announced that h was out of funds , requesting at the earn time that the paymaster take his word fo $ BOO. But there was nary a take , the pay master only smiling nnd looking fixedly a the pot. Then the excited monarch offered to put up the island of Mnnono , ono of the finest In the Samoan group , against the $500 To this the paymaster consented and a trans fcr deed of the property , duly signed , at tested by the trader , who wns a notary pub lic , and witnessed by the other two officers was put in the pot. Then the king callci the paymaster , who slowly laid down four aces and n five-spot. "With a look of horror and a Samoan wal of despair his majesty exposed to view three kings , an eight-spot and a deuce. Then .he fell off his chair in a faint , the excite ment having been too much for his nerves Kava in copious quantities brought him around sufficiently to enable his removal to his own castle. The paymaster shoveled Ills money into a sack and placed It in the trader's iron safe , but the deed of the Islam ho carefully placed in his pocket. "Next morning the details of the big poker game were known to nearly every inhabltan of * tUe place and the Gorman nnd English consuls sent official communications to the American consul protesting In most em phatic terms against the action of the king in disposing of the island of Manbno to an American or to any one else and warning the consul that , unless the paymaster re turned the deed for the island to the king at once , they would direct the attention o : their respective governments to the case. "Here was a pretty state of affairs. The officer had , no doubt , won the island fairly and the king's action was binding , but in the tension which Samoan affairs were at that time the German and English govern ments would only too willingly have taken advantage of the circumstances as an cx- cuso for international complications , ending ultimately In a disastrous way to American Interests. "Tho facts were fully explained to the paymaster and on the promise of Mnlletoa that he would give the officer a number of fine mats and other Samoan articles of value the deed was returned to the king and de stroyed. By mutual consent of the consuls and others Interested the affair was 'hushed ' up In every way and was thus allowed to die out. Malletoa took an oath that he would never again play poker. " OREAT bTRUNCTII UNNECESSARY. How One Smooth Drummer MnkeM Tivcnty-Flve ThotiNniul u. Yur. . In these days , says the New York Press , men do not fight their way through the world by bull and brute strength , but by attention to ledgers and law books. Our greatest men are our business men. This Is a trading country worse , even , than England , where dukes and lords sell cheap stuff at a profit. But trade needa not mus cle. It requires a sharp wit , n clever In genuity , a bon mot and bonhomles. Some smart alccks call these traits by other namrs , But let that pass. The things to cultivate just now is an automobile , a private car , a yacht , a golf links and the races. He who does that will sell goods. Ono of the clevertfit salesmen In New York , connected with a giant dry goods house In Broadway , earns easily $25,000 a year. That \3 \ gross. Ho spends $10,000 annually to hold and Increase hU trade , leaving n net wage of 515,000. You wonder how It happens that he duels Units to do business , < IIo attends the races day after day and gambles to tiio furthest limit of his purea. He breakfasts nt Delmonlco's nnd dines nt the Waldorf-As toria. He occupies the most desirable seats at the theater and opera. Ho helps to ( sup port no less than nix barrooms in the Im mediate vicinity of his place of business , and lunches nt an expensive cafe between 12 ind 1. But listen : He U at all times ac companied by n customer , to whom he Is showing things that Interest slid customer. lie Is not obliged to take snld customer : hrough the store nnd beg him to buy. Ho )3lls him on the coume , at Dcl's , at Boldt'K , U the 'play. ' He Is a charming good fellow , : ho customer finds , and presently the two ire friends for life. That's brains , not Tiuscle , TAKE A SHOUT NAP Il.tlljY. A Firi.MMl-MllillIc Slfpp Affcr tinJllil - iliiy Men I WorUN AVonilfrx. "During the day every ono should take a few minutes' sleep , preferably dlrostly after the noon meal , " writes IMward B. Warmun in the Juno Undies' Homo Journal. "The time given to It may seem too precious for ono in business , but It will bu more than compeneatPd for by the mental and bodily condition that follows : Sit In an easy chair. Lying down directly after a meal crow da the digestive organs and maktw one's sleep restless Instead of restful. Rust the head comfortably. Tip the chair to a pleasant angle for the body , not enough to have the weight of the body on the back. Place the fret on a chair as high or a trlllo higher than the one upon which you are sitting ; cross the limbs at the ankle Joints , close the hands together by interlacing the fingers , place the fleshy part of the thumb * together In order to avoid grasping the hands too tightly , and close the eyes , Hav- Inc thus closed the circuit , itvlll Ixi noc- f TOM MOORE HENRY 5 g IO Cents. 5 Cents. § TWO JUSTLY POPULAR CIGARS. ta I John G. Woodward & Co. , eseary to relieve yourself of all nervous nnd muscular tension ; think only of your slow , measured breathing nnd the deslro for a restful sleep. " DESTUUCTION IIY LIGHTNING. lutcrcntliip ; SttttUUcs Compiled l > y the Weather Iliirenii. The annual report of the chief of the weather bureau shows a remarkable In crease in the loss of farm property by light ning during the last few years. It is a question , however , whether this is due to the frequency of thunder storms or to more extended facilities for securing information. At present the weather bureau has a cor respondent in every corner of every count of the country , who keeps It posted concern ing all events of interest to farmers nnd th public generally , whllo formerly Its system of news-gathering was Imperfect and in complete. Nevertheless , many of the correspondents of the weather bureau hold that there has been u perceptible Increase In the number o storms nnd the extent of ( lie fatalities am destruction by lightning. The view Is 'also lield by insurance companies which make n specialty of taking risks against storms ant cyclones. For instance , the Farmers' Mu tual Insurance company of Reddlngton , N J , paid $24,388 In losses by lightning dur ing the six years from 1882 to 1887. During the corresponding kix years of tbe next de cade , from 1892 to 1897. it paid $62,153. The Ire insurance companies of Michigan pult J16 losses from lightning , amounting to $37,563 , in 1895 , and in 1S9G they had l.GOD cases of lightning stroke , amounting to 1153,841. Similar Information comes from ; he other states nnd shows a remarkable ncrcaFo in the number of btorms nnd the extent of destruction. In order to determine this question the weather bureau has un- lortaken to collect complete and accurate nformatlon through Its own representatives , with the co-operation of Insurance assocla- .lons and older persons. The tables of the weather bureau show the following number of deaths by Ilght- ilng and by storms In the years 1890 to 1897 : There wsro no deaths from lightning In January during any of these jcars nnd only nine from slonns. TluTo were very few In "ebruary , Mnrcli , October , November and lecnnbcr. Of the 2.249 deaths from llfidt- ilng during the eight years mentioned , fi2S ook place In July , f > 07 in June and 410 In August. The month of 'May appears to have > ecn the most fatal from storms , for U Is redited with 7&2 of 2,175 deaths. The next most dangerous month was April , but Scp- embcr and July wore nearly as bad. Con- rary to the p nilar Im e-sion , there wrro ow fatalities fro'n Btonne daring tbo wlntor tontbs. si , ! , < - , ! tinrniifiiii Chicago Post ; Thn old mnn was about to ) rlng hN hlilnulo down where It would do he most coed whfn the boy Interrupted o make one last pirn. "You've .ilva ) > s said , father. " lie urKo.l "tijat your school days were the happli wt mcmorlm of your life " "Quito truo. ' admitted the mun "Ami when I've heurd y u re < : illnff ! tins memories with some of your old cronlrF ' ( > prspted | the boy , "you've always dwelt on- peclnlly upon scrnp H you were In and th- trlrks you pljyed upon your ttMehorn. " " ' What of it" "I'm. yivj ; maybe so " \V < ? H , I haven't l > t > n doing a thing but Bt re up pleasant m merles for my old age. 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