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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1899)
8 THE OX AIT A DAILY BUB : THTJHSDAT , JtTLY 20 , 1899. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA : COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ml.VOIt MUNTIOM. Davis sells glass. Victor hot wnter heaters at Blxby'n. . .looro's fond kill's worms and fattens. Passepartouts , C. n. Alcxnndor & Co. Dudwclicr beer. Ij. Ilosenfcldt , ngcnt. Jiidenn , pasturage , 029 6th nve. Tel. 348. C. 1) . Jacqticmln & Co. , jewelers and op- tlclnns , 27 South Main street Tlip meeting of Augusta Grove has been postponed until further notice. A. O. Gilbert has gone to Chicago for treatment at St. Luke's hospital. Oot your work done at the popular Ragle laundry , 724 Broadway. 'I'hone 157. Mrs , Minnie Nelson Is reported to be scrl- ouily III at her home. 717 Avenue 0. H II. Bryant and A. W. Prarce of Mace donia \vcrr In the city yesterday calling on friends. .Mrs. S. M. Harwood of Hcd Oak , la. , Is the gtieat of Mrs. Andrew Stonwall of Bcnton street. Unity Guild will meet tomorrow afternoon nt the residence of Mrs. Gcorgo Hoberts on Voorhls Btrcct. Mrs. Emma Adams and children and Mrs. Louisa Heed of Kansas City are visiting Mr , and Mrs. Thomas McCarl. Mrs. James Johnston of Second avenue left last evening for Milwaukee , where she will visit friends for several weeks. Local No. 234. Retail Clerks' National Pro- itcctlvo association , will meet tonight at S.10 : o'clock In Labor hall , 101 South Main street. II. C. Rtemple of Macedonia was In the city yesterday on his way to Charter Oak , where he goes to tnku charge of a lumber company's Interests. The Sanitary Hcllcf commission win meet this afternoon nt the city hall to consider means of Increasing tbo hoepltal fund for the boys of Company L. Frank 1'osbeshell and William Born , two runaway boys from Omaha , were captured by the police last night In the Northwestern yards. Two other boys managed to give tha ofllccrs the slip. The grand worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star of Iowa will be present at the regular meeting tills evening of Har mony chaptnr. No. 25. All members are urged to make n special effort to attend. William Bell , the negro who was com mitted to the county Jail for twenty days for drawing n razor on Officer Smith , -was released yesterday. Doir Is working on the Fort Dodge & Omahn railway grade , and he ngrccd to return to the camp and stay there. P. M. Kamlnll , who Is driving across conn- try In a buggy , WBB arrested yesterday morning as ho reached this city at the re quest of the Red Oak authorities. Randall was supposed to have stolen a set of har ness , but as It was not found In his buggy ho was later released. A refractory gasoline stove at the resi dence of Colonel W. II. Knepher , 828 Ave nue B , gave the fire department a run yes terday afternoon. The stove was ejected Into the backyard bcforo the arrival of the department. The only damage was to the Btovo and Mrs. Knepher's nerves. Following the objections tiled by the heirs , N. M. Puscy , executor under the will of the late Mrs. Sarah J. Dallard , filed yesterday In the district court an amendment to his first report In which he withdraws the claim of $1.000 of Pusoy & McGcc for legal serv ices , leaving the amount to be determined by the court on the evidence. John Boyd , the negro who gave Officers Weir and Smith a tussle Monday night when arrested on the charge of vagrancy , Is being held nt the city jail for identifica tion. Ho answers the description of the negro who held up and robbed James Stnn- feld , another colored man , of $23 one morn ing In the early part of Juno near the driving park. John L. Howe commenced suit In the district court yesterday against G. P. Steb- bins of the Pacific Express company to re- coyer $ ! > ! 1.70. The defendant's salary was gaVnlsheed through A. T. Elweir , the local ngent of the company. Howe Is a messenger In the employ of the Pacific express and loaned the money to Stcbblns In 1804 , Stob- btns at that time bo ins superintendent with headquarters on this side of the river. Dan Carnahan , a young lad residing at Fifth avenue and Tenth street , while fish ing yesterday morning near the bridge of the Terminal company , ran a spear through his right foot , making a very painful wound. The boy was wading barefooted In tlie tlvor , when , In 'attempting to Impale a llsh , ho struck his foot instead. One of the prongs went clear through the foot and Dr. Water man , who was summoned , was compelled to file the barb off before ho could withdraw the spear. The financial report of tbo Christian Homo for last week , just Issued , shows that the receipts have taken nn upward tendency again , and after being for several months below the needs were fast week In excess of the expenses. The receipts In the general fund amounted to $101.85 , being $201.85 above the estimated needs for the current expenses of the work and decreasing the deficiency to date to $213.81. The receipts In the man ager s fund were $08.55 , being $33.55 above the need * of the week and reducing the de ficiency In this fund to date to $118.95. N. Y. Plumbing compao ) . Tel. 250. $ G. That's the price. Metcalf'a. Welsbach burners at Blxby'a. Tel. 193. Soiul-nnmml clearing sale at Metcalf'a. JC. Investigate It at Motcalf's. Scientific optician , Wollman. 409 Br'dway. .Marring" I.le MiHC . Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following persons : Name and residence. Age. K. Franklin Knotts , Council n ruffs SI Dorlnda Grass , Council Bluffs 31 John Clarcy , Council Bluffs 23 Flora May Jewell , Blcncoe , la . . . .16 Can fit anyone In a $0 suit at Metcalt'8. Platform dance nt the Elm Tree platform , throe miles from city , on Crescent City road , every Saturday night. Everybody welcome. Klegant sulto , $5. Mr-Iran' * . ' 1'riitiNfprn. llonl K tnf The following transfers voro filed yreter- I'ny In the abstract , title arid loan office of J. W. Situlro , 101 Pearl streut : Flomiro Kllen Jefferls to John K. Jef. forts it nl , , uiid. 1-13 of vaplous lotw In Council lllurfs nnd land In 1'ottu- wattiuiito county , d , $ lOuO V. M. WlUon nnd wife to It. H. Mus- solman , lot 20 , block 1 , Wilson Terrace - race , w d 2,000 V J. O'iy uml J. I * . Hess and wives to Addle Q. Wolff , lot 9. block 15 , Kvans 2d bridge add , wd SOO Sheriff to Clarence K , Hnwe. H0'4 ne4 } nnd n'i n > , j t.w"i ue'i 22-75-43. shf d. . . . 1,271 Four transfers , total $5,071 GERMOZONE CURES HIVES If you are Interested In a cure that Is n cure u genuine guaranteed remedy , lot us huvo your numo und tuUUe s for a full size EOo package on 10 da > s trial , Oeo. II , Ixse Chemlca' Co. , 1005 rarnuni street , Omaha. Lew's No. 1 tablets cure Diar rhoea and Bummer Complaint. Try them. In Htrong box for the pocket , 15o. Sup- jillcol by all druggists , UFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT I'ur ( 'noli or l.uuneil l u , U. II. 8IIUAPU A CO. , 1'carl lilraet , Oouucll Uluxr * . lotva. LL BURNS ALMOST TO A CINDER Mrs , Henry Austin the Unfortunate Victim of a Gasoline Stove Explosion. TWO OF HER CHILDREN ALSO SCORCHED Mvcd' in n Covcrc-d Wnnoii , the Iliinlinnil llrlnn KIIKHKCI ! In on Fnrni uf K. 1 > . Mrs. Henry Austin , > who , with her hus band and two children , have been stopping In their covered wagon , which they called their homo , on the farm of E. L. Sbugart a low miles east of the city , was fatally burned yesterday noon while attempting to pour gasoline Unto the tank of a stove which nas lighted. The unfortunate woman tms preparing the family dinner at the time and was alone In the wagon 'with the two children , the father being at his work In the fields. The oil which she was pouring Into the tank Ignited nnd an explosion followed. She was en veloped In flames from head to foot , but retained sufficient presence of mind to jump from the wagon and roll herself In the long grass , thus extinguishing the flames. Her cries and those of the children attracted the attention of Mr. Shugart and other members of the household , who at once has tened to her aid. Mrs. Austin was carried into the house , where everything possible to relieve her suf ferings was done. A physician was sum moned from the city , but after lingering for four hours In the greatest agony death came and released the unfortunate woman from her sufferings. Her face was badly scorched and her body from the knees to the neck was burned almost to a cinder. She also inhaled the flames. One of 'the ' children was badly burned about the hands while getting out of the burning wagon , but the other managed to escape without Injury. The wagon was burned almost to the ground. The Austins have been traveling through the country In their wagon , the husband securing work as a farm hand wherever pos sible. They arrived at the Edirpwood farm Tuesday and Mr. Shugart ottered to give Austin a couple of days' work cutting hay. The remains of Mrs. Austin were brought to Undertaker Estop's last evening , where they 'will bo prepared for burial. No ar rangements have ben made as yet for the funeral. The husband Is desirous of having Mrs. Austin burled at Avoca , where he owns a lot In the cemetery nnd whore one of his children Is Interred , hut ho Is destitute of means. 'An ' effort will be made to have the county bear the expense of sending the body to 'Avoca. ' Mrs. Austin was 27 years of age and her homo was formerly In Oakland In this county. The child which was burned was brought to the Woman's Christian aaoclatlon hospital last cvzplng. In addition to burns on the hands ; tte child was somewhat badly burned on the less. $6. Investigate It at Mctcalf's. Davis sells the best hammocks. Elegant suits , $5. Metcart's. Wanted , carriers for Bee routes. Apply at Bee office. 0. Tounkerman & Co. , grape baskets , bar rels , and all fruit packages. $6. That's the price. Metcalt's. WOMAN'S CI.UII WOIIKS FOR IlKFORM nppnrtnieiit of City AITnlrn Ank thnt \IIIIKTOIIH Drfrutn HP KciiUMllfil. Mesflames P. J. Montgomery and P. A. Blxby , representing the committee on city Improvement of the Council Bluffs Woman's club , waited on Chief of Police Bixby yes terday In reference to having the patrol wagon provided with a hood nnd the wheels with rubber tires. The patrol wagon Is used by the city as an ambulance In emergency cases and there Is nothing .to protect the unfortunates compelled to ride In It from the elements. This matter has been before the committee for some tlmo and the women have tried to Induce the city authorities to take some ac tion , but have always been met with the same objection , that the state of the city treasury would not penult of the expendi ture. Chief Blxby over since- his appoint ment 'has urged that the wagon should either bo provided with a hood or else the city should purchase a regular ambulance. The wagon , ho Informed the women , could bo provided with a suitable hood at nn expense not to exceed $40 to $50 , but ho did not favor the plan of putting rubber tires op the wheels. This would mean an outlay of about $75 and the wagon was too old to warrant such an expenditure , In his opinion. The club women. It Is understood , will provide the means whereby the wagon can bo lov- ored. The women will also agitate the pur chase by the city of a proper ambulance. Another matter that the club women are Interesting themselves In Is the appointment of a matron at the city Jail. Speaking of this yesterday , Mrs. Montgomery , the presi dent of the club , said : ' "Wo believe that a matron certainly should be appointed to take charge of female pris oners at the elty jail. There are many times when young women and girls are arretrted and It Is not right that there IB not a matron to look after them. There may bo no necessity for having n matron per manently at the Jail , but the city should appoint some woman whose services could bo secured when needed. The expense would not be very great. Another matter that we women are Interested In Is the providing ot bettor quarters nt the city Jail for female prlFoncrs. The prosunt accommodations nro a disgrace , but wo understand that the city Is Intending to make some Improvements In the building nnd for the present we snarl take no steps In this mutter , hoping that when tbo alterations are completed the ac commodations for female prisoners will ba better. " From Mrs , Montgomery It was learned that the Department of City Affairs was com paratively a now clement In the club and the women were desirous of securing Information from other cities before taking any active measures , Tbe club hud taken up the mat ter of Sunday closing at the request of a num ber of business people. It hud also been re quested to take up the light for Sunday cfos- Ing by the barbers , but this , Mrs. Mont gomery said , It had declined to do. The club was not reeking for litigation of any kind , The Department of City Improvement of the club will hold a meeting Saturday after noon , when the matter of a matron at the city Jail will be brought up. Mrs. George Phelpa Is the chairman of the committee on city Improvement , which couslstu at present ot ten members. Can fit anyone In a $0 suit at MetcnU'B , | 6. That's the price. Metcalf'a. All wool suits for $3.85 ut Metcalt'a. Striiiiurr Wtulr * In Illu I.ukv. A man giving the name of Irvln Hamilton and evidently surfer-Ins frcnn mental de rangement was ibrought to the police sta tion last night by Charles Brlgga anil companion. Hamilton when found by Drips ? was _ sitting In Big lake with the water up to his armpits. Ho could R.'VO ' no reason for being there. At the ntati.in he said his homo wai In Grand Island and labored under the Impression that ho was In the Nebraska town , When told he wna In Coun cil Bluffs he laughed nnd shook hit head. He appeared to be suffering from sunstroke. The only Information thnt could be nccured from the unfortunate man last night wan that he was married and that he had been a switchman of seventeen years In Grand Island. Ho was sent to St. Bernard's hospital and the Insanity commissioners will Inves tigate his case this morning. $6. Investigate It at Motcalf * . Davis sells paint. Can fit anyone In a $6 suit at Mctcnlf's. SUITS AFFHCTIXO TAX TITLES. Tn | orrr > 1'llert In Tire Imiiortnnt CnNp In HIP nintrlpt Court. Two suits wen > commenced In the district court yesterday In which an Interesting and new question In this section ot the country affecting tax titles Is raised , The plaintiff Is the Central Investment company In both suits , while the defendant In one IB Fred K. Dufrcno and In the other L. F. Crofoot. County Treasurer Arnd Is named as party defendant In both suits , which are brought to have certain tax sales set aside. A number of lots belonging to the plaintiff were sold for taxes In 1894 and the suits are to have the sales set aside And to enjoin the county treasurer from Issuing tax deeds to the property. The lots In question were bought at the tax sale by B. A. W-lckham , whom the plaintiff alleges was In reality bid ding for J. W. Squire , who held a mortgage on the lots In question. The tax titles were later assigned , It Is alleged by Squire , to the defendants Dufreno and Crofoot , who have called on the county treasurer for tax deeds. The contention raised by the plaintiff com pany Is that Squire , being the mortgagee ot the property In question , could not purchase. et tax sale and thus strengthen his title to the lots. As mortgagee he hod the right to pay the taxes and charge up to the mort gagor and the plaintiff claims that his bid ding for the property at the sale amounted In law to a voluntary payment of the taxes. For this reason It Is asked that the tax sale bo declared null and void nnd that the county treasurer bo enjoined from Issuing tax deeds to the lots In controversy. Semi-annual clearing sale at Metcalf's. Lowest prices , easy terms. The best and largest stock of pianos at Swanson Music company , Masonic Tnmplo. All wool suits for $3.85 at Metcalf's. Hnrlier Will Not He Pront-ciitpil. County Attorney Kllpack filed yesterday afternoon , with Squire Ulef of Manawa a motion for the dismissal of the case against W. T. Silver , the Pearl street barber charged with keeping his place of business open last Sunday. The hearing Is Bet for this mornIng - Ing , but It Is understood that Justice Rlet will entertain the county attorney's mo tion and dismiss the case. In his motion the county attorney sets forth his reasons for isklng for a dismissal , which are- the same la these given the local justices when re quested not to Issue 'warrants on the Infer mations filed by the Barbers' association. The appeal bond In the case , of Dolan Taylor , the Ogden house barber fined $1 and costs by Justice , Fcrrlor for keeping open last Sunday , was filed yesterday and the case now goes to the district court. The local association received a letter yesterday from the Omaha association extending sympathy In the fight to enforce Sunday closing. All wool suits for $3.85 at Metoalf's. Implement Firm Hon. Lucius Wells hoe sold his Interest In the firm of Deere , Wells & Co. to the other members of the firm. Ho will remain as local manager until November 1. The an nouncement of the transfer ot Mr. Wells' In terest In the big Implement firm created no end of surprise among business men of the city , as there had been no Intimation that Mr. Wells had Intended to leave the firm. Elegant suits , $5. MotcaK's. STIIUCIC I1V A I'ASSBNCHan E\niM2. Enill Ncwimin Killed mill Ion Kilo llnrt nt Clarlniln , loivu. OLARINDA , la. , July in. ( Special Tele gram. ) A wagon on which Lon Kile and Emll Newman were riding this morning was struck at a crossing of the Clarlnda & Northboro branch < of the Chicago , Burling ton & Qulncy railroad In this city by the 7 o'clock passenger train engine. Newman , a young farmer living near town , received Injuries from which ho died about two hours later. Kilo escaped with slight Injuries. No blame la attached to the railroad company. UH Krnuilulpiit Tlniiklni ; . WATERLOO. la. , July 10. Action was begun hero today In the district court by attorneys of Maquokota , la. , for Cole Am brose of Stuntloy Hall , Isle Ely , England , against Fields Brothers of Cedar Falls. Fields Brothers owned the First National bank , which failed at Cedar Falls In 1892. They were Indicted on the charge of fraudu lent banking for receiving money when the Institution was known to bo Insolvent. W. M. Fields was convicted In a lower court , but the supreme court reversed the decision on a technicality and the case was finally dismissed. The Indebtedness to Cole Am brose , plaintiff In the case filed today , was contracted on promissory notes .which Fiords Brothers negotiated , at Ely , Cambridgeshire , England , between the dates of Juno 8 , 1891 , and September 3 , 1892. On the contracts there Is alleged to bo due Bomo 3,157 , or $15,785. Strike In Krimor Mlnro , FORT DODOB , la , , Jury 19. ( Special. ) One ot the largest coal mining striken on record In the northern part of Iowa Is that now going on at the mines nt Fraser , where uono but the colored miners are at work. The miners have been getting a 'wage of 63 cents , with an eight-hour day. This they deemed Insufilc rit , and they demanded 90 cents with the same hours , but signified that they would accept SO cents. Their demands were refused by 1h mine owners nnd the miners went out , The negro minors re mained at work , no that the mlnr * have not been closed , though the output has bten con siderably diminished , The mine owners are now contemplating shipping some Rutalan miners In to take the place of the strikers , but whether or not this will ba accepted peacefully by the strikers remains to bo seen. Itun Ilnirn ! > > 11 Train. BAYARD , la. , July 19 , ( Speclal.l A ttr- rlblo accident happened hero Monday even ing. No , 70 , going east , atruck a tram and wagon driven by n young man and killed both horsfw Initnntly. The man was cut qud brulsod over the body , One arm waa cut off near the elbow , u ga h made In his fhle and head badly bruised. The young mas Is a HOD of Henry Lyon , living jiiht northeast of town. Pieces of the wagon , team and harness wore ttreun nil along the track far sovcral rodu. The young man died at 8 o'clock tbo same evening. bluU fro in KnitnK Hrri-n Fruit. FORT DODGE , la. , July 19. ( Special. ) A llHIo 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A K. Felmlcy , a prominent family of thla place , 1s not expected to live , the result of eating unripe bananas. The unripe fruit had tht ) effect of poison and tha child has been extreme pala for the lust ft * lay . BITTER MILITARY OUARREl Quest-Prime Contention is Again Disturbing Iowa National Qnard , GENERAL GUEST REFUSES TO RESIGN Call Iftnnpd for n Convention nt Dei Molncn , .Inly 2S , to ( run nine n Htntp Iiiniirniice Society. DH3 MOINES , la. , July 19. ( Special Tele- gram. ) General James Quest of Burlington has written to Adjutant General Bycrs re fusing to surrender his commlssJou as briga dier general. Ho received orders to do so about -week ago. The. order was the result of a decision < by the state supreme court holding that Quest has his commission Illegally and that the position belongs to General John R. Prime of this city. What the result ot Guest's refusal will bo Is yet problematical , but It can hardly bo leas than a court-martial. General Byors and Gov ernor Shaw refuse to eny what will be done. The refusal ot Guest to obey orders Is the latest move In the Guest-Prime quarrel which has been In progress for throe years and which involved a military investigation a year ago of sensational charges made by General Quest. Three years ago whefl the election was held the decision waa close and many Irregularities were charged. Guest re ceived the commission temporarily and thug held It up to this time. This quarrel has brought forth the most bitter fight in the national guard In the history ot < the state. The Incidents to follow promise to bo the most Interesting of the whole affair. A call Is to be issued hero tomorrow by local Insurance men for a convention of rocal fire insurance agents of the state to organize a state society here July 28. The organiza tion < xmtcmplatcs affiliation with the na tional organization and will send delegates to the Buffalo meeting. The purpose of the organization will be to maintain rates. Thcro has been unlimited trouble In , Des Molnes the last few years following the going out of exlstcnco of the Iowa alliance which had to quit business when the Blanchard law was passed in 1890. Since that time do- morarizatlon has been general , and after re peated conferences between the lending of ficers of the larger towns in the state It has been decided to form a state organization to attempt regulation of business. The call to bo Issued today is the result. ShcIIn for Button Fnctorlc * . DUBUQUE , la. , July 19. ( Special. ) The steamer Monarch passed down the river tow ing three big barges heaped with clam shells gathered on the river mud banks above. They will be taken to down-river factories of pearl buttons and other artlcres. This Is the larg est shipment ever made. There- were 200 tons of the shells , worth many thousands of dollars. \VmIIXGTON AT WATEH1.00. HU Aitonlnlilnir Coolne Wn worth SI ore Than UnUnllone. The coolness In action of great command ers like Marlborough , Wellington , John Nicholson and Stonewall Jackson has been worth whole battalions In the fighting line , says the Cornhlll Magazine. Basil Jackson , vho had frequent opportunities of seeing the "Iron duke" during 'th'q'i'houra of the terrible- Sunday , has recorded the Interesting and characteristic fact that the only sign of nervousness that ho remarked in him was that in a dangerous crisis he observed him moving In and out tbe folds of the powerful field glass which ho carried and of which he made such admirable use in this and his Jthe-r campaigns. By the way , Enullsh telescopes of the time were far better than tlio French , and it was looked upon as a prize when ono of them fell Into their hands. In one of Wellington's battles against Soult ho was able to read the very able general's Intentions by his gestures to an aide-de-camp , and accordingly took prompt measures to counteract his plane , and years afterward , when they weio both old men , ho astonished rho marttial by telling him how ho had de feated him. Captain Shaw , later on Sir James Shaw Kennedy , gives another example of the duke's astonishing coolness. Near the close of the day , about 7 p. m. , ho galloped up to the duke , then directing the defense being made by Maltland's guards , with the momentous news that bis line , the right center , was open for the whole space between Halkett's and Kemp's brlgadre. All that the duke replied was : "I shall order the Brunswick troops to the spot and other troops besides ; go you and get all tbo German troops of tlio division on the spot that you can and all the.guns you can find. " And so ho did. The duke himself led five battalions of the Brunswlckers Into the gap , and with the charmed life which lie bore on that great day , when these young and untried troops staggered under the fierce fire then encoun tered and the vigorous onuet of the French , ho Wirew himself among them and by voice nnd gestures rallied them In to the fighting lino. And then , his dangerous duty done to his right center , ho galloped back farther to Ills right to prepare for the storm Just about to break Napoleon's final effort with hla guard , which he only employed In bio battles In Bomo great crisis of thestruggle. . RXI'OIITS OF SHOES. Hnlcn of Slide * Alirouil Grow Oiie-IInlf III Two YcnrM. The exports of shoes for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1899 , will amount to over $2,500 , For the eleven months ending May 31 the value won $2,398,253 , against $1,621- 539 and $1,543,704 , for the corresponding periods In the two preceding , years. Not withstanding the handicap the government has placed on the export shoe trade , says the Shoo and Leather Reporter , the ntylo and skill of our manufacturers are winning. Think of sending $500,000 worth of shoes yearly to tbo United Kingdom , which Is our largest customer ! And nearly as much to the West Indies and Bermuda , which slnnd next. Trade In these two directions has Increased between 40 and 50 per cent In a year. Then Canada and Australia will each toke some. $400,000 worth more for the year. Franco , Germany and other European countries have Increased their purchases moderately , Mexican trade Is growing and will amount to over $200,000 ; the previous year It was less than $100,000 , Mexican dealers are advertising American lior In nome of their local papers and pushing the sale In various ways. The 'announcements are crude , of course , but may mark a real beginning of larger Imports of our footwear Into the land of the Aztecs. Exports In Central America will aggregate about $100- 000 for tbo year a miall ) gain. Buyers from foreign markets , especially nearby , arc coming to our markets In In- croaeluK numbers. And representatives of our shoo manufacturers are making so many trlpa abroad that the departure of any ona of them has ceased to tie a matter of par ticular comment. Our producers have learned to conform to the Ideal of the people towhom / they sell. Arbitration fnniiiiUnlou Full * to Mprt. PARIS , July 19. Tbe Venezuelan arfcltra- tlon commliilon did not meet today as Intended - tended , but will meet on Friday , Every conceivable style imaginable on wheels. Over one hun dred different styles to select irom. Positively the largest in the west , See our bike wagons. I can give you the latest and best for your money. Write or call and inspect my stock. HENRY H. VAN BRUNT , Council J5/iiTs , JOAVYI. LOSSES IN THE PHILIPPINES Detailed Review of tha Baragti of War and Tropical Olimata , RECORD BROUGHT UP TO JULY 4 Killed In Action , Dlrtl from Wound * and DlMenHC and Accidental Cuace * Nobrnxkn nnd ICnnnn * Are Heaviest 'Loner * . The prospective early return of some of the regiments of volunteers that have been fighting In the Philippines gives timely In terest to a resume of the casualties In the Insular campaigns compiled by the Washing ton correspondent of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Full records ot the losses by death , wounds , sickness and otherwise , since the beginning of operations there early In the summer of 1893 , show that the Mlnne- i eota regiment was most susceptible to the baneful Influences ot the tropical climate , thirty-four of these volunteers having ex pired In the hospitals upto the Fourth ot July. Oregon -was next , with twenty-four , and 'Nebraska third , losingtwentyone men from sickness. The Nebraska regiment lost moro men killed In action than any other organization engaged , except the Fourteenth Infantry , twenty-six members losing their lives at the front from that state , against twenty-eight of the regulars. A comparative showing of the regiments which lost heavily , as compiled from the official reports , Is as follows : KILLED. Fourteenth Inf 23 Orcson K Nebraska. 26 Pennsylvania 13 Kansas 23 BtKhtwnth Inf 13 Bourn tfcUcota 25 Montana i. . . 11 Wa hlnifton 19 Twenty-second Inf. . . 9 Thlnl Artillery 13 WOUNDED. 1S2 Minnesota M Montana . 132 Oregxm . . . -.j 76 Kansas Pennsylvania 69 J109 Twenty-second In-f. . . B7 Thlnl Artillery California. M South Dakota 87 Exclusive of the deaths on the transports the total number of men to lose their lives In the Philippine war was 693. Of this number ' 650 were killed or 'succumbed to wounds or disease. The number wounded in action was 1,591. Five committed eul- clde ; one , the colonel of the Tennessee regi ment , died of apoplexy In an engagement nnd nineteen were accidentally drowned * In detail the report , rro i June30 , 1898 , when the first military expedition landed at Ca- vlte , to July 4 , 1899 , st'ows the following casualties : DEATHS. Killed In action 283 Drowned 19 Accidental deaths M Suicides 6 Apoplexy I Sickness 275 Wounds 92 Total deaths 689 OTHERS. "Wounded l.GM Missing 4 Total casualties 2,284 Iose * of lltKnlnrn nnd Volunteer * . Nearly twice as many volunteers as regu lars were killed , although the volunteer regiments were only one-third more nu merous than the regulars. The volunteers were , however , engaged for a longer period than the regulars , numerous regiments of the latter not having arrived In the Philip pines until after some of the most serious engagements had occurrred. The number of regulars wounded was 513 , against 1,078 vol unteers. Sickness carried off twice as many volunteers as regulars , the respective totals being 180 and ninety-five. Tabulated as to branches of the service the showing of killed and wounded is as follows : Reg , Vol. Killed 1 16f Died of wounds 24 68 Died of slcknesfl 9u 160 Total dead B , * " Wounded 5" 1.078 Among the regulars , the Twenty-third In fantry lost fifteen by disease , and tbo Four teenth twelve. A tabulated statement of the losses of organizations by disease follows : ItKGITbAHR. . .I , , . M Twenty-third Inf IS Minnesota It Is noticeable that the only casualty In the Nevada troops was tbe single death from sickness shown In tbo foregoing. None from that etato were either killed or wounded , DrnlliN from WouiuU. The proportion of volunteers to die from rounds was nearly three to ono regular. As In other casualties , Nebraska loads In this feature , having lost twelve men from their wounds. Montana lost ten from Injuries and Kansas and Washington eight each , Tlio greatest loss among the regular army men was the Third artillery , live members of which died from the effects of their wounds. The following shows tbo losses by states and regiments from this cause : ninui uu3. A nummary of the leading states In the wounded Hit has been given In another portion of till * article , but the following la appended to thow tbe exact chare of each TOM MOORE HENRY OEORGE f IO Cents. 5 Cents. | TWO JUSTLY POPULAR CIGARS. J , John 0. Woodward & Co. , fflffifc. Details of the commands of those killed In action are shown In the following : nBOULARS. I VOL.UNTCKIIS. Fourteenth Inf ISNebraska ] 33 Third Artillery 19 Kansas K Blglrteenth Inf 13 South Dakota 23 Twenty-eeooml Inf. . . 91\VaihlnRton 19 TWnl Inf ! . . . T.Orefton 1- Fourlli Caxnlrv T.r'enu.iylvanla 13 Twonty-tlilrd Inf 6 Montana It Sixth Inf . ti ICaho , . . .w.k 1 Fourth Inf . . . w. 5 California 6 Hotpilal . 4 Colorado 6 Engineer Oorpi . 2 Mlnnesotn R Twelfth Inf . 2 North Dakota C StAcr.tcenth Inf . . . 2 Astor llnltery 2 T-Jienty-flrnt Inf . 2 Utah 2 Ninth InlV . 1 Wyoming 1 Corps . 1 Totnl 103 Total MB11B COINCIDENCE. Explanation of the So-Cnlloil Mrntcrl- oim Incident * of Iifc. A large number of so-called mysterious In cidents In life , supposed to be due to tele pathic agencies or to the Influence exerted by ono person upon another at a great dis tance , might bo rationally explained on the theory of coincidences. Given n number of such Illustrations of alleged telepathic na ture , the probabilities of their having oc curred us' coincidences are less difficult to understand than If wo relegated them to the theory of telepathic agencies. Coincidences of a very remarkable kind occur In ordinary life , and often pans quite unnoticed , and tbls , even while they present , in their iy. quite as wonderful circum stances as the alleged telepathic experiences. In medical practice such coincidences , purely chaoco affaire , of course , are not uncommon. A doctor tells of such events , for Instance , as these of two sailors tumbling from the masts of two different passing vessels In ono day ; and for years not even a solitary casualty of this kind may occur. Cases of extremely rare diseases will bo presented at hospitals In one and the same day. Lately there was chronicled In one of the medical journals such an Incident , nhlch shows undeniably how an extremely unlikely coincidence falls within what Is an easy possibility of occurrence. More recently a medical practitioner has placed his experi ences on record , by way of showing that even In private practice and apart from the greater chances of coincidences occurring In hospital work there are numerous exam ples of the unlikely coming true. Two cases of similar injury to tlio shoulder thus oc curred precisely at the same time , the pa tients being In no way connected with one another. The Injury In each case waa a dis location ; It affected the same shoulder In each patient , and It presented precisely the same variety of dislocation In the two. Now we do not assume any mystic telepathic connection between such cases as tlieso and It Is hard to see why In other Instances , In volving what are perhaps moro esoteric de- talla , the coincidence theory should not equally apply. IB It not , after all , merely the difference between mundane things and things of the mind , that causes us to assume a mystery In one case nnd moro coincidence In the other ? The difference , after all , U not one of kind , but only ouo of degree. hTOIUKS AIIOUT IIO.VVUH. Mmlc One Ilel , 7t'cvi > r Ilrncl I-'Ic-dini nml \evcr Took lint One Drink. A ator/ told of the late Robert Banner , relates the New York Journal , Is sometimes laid to the nimble wit of the Inimitable William II. Trovers. Mr , Donner was rid ing In a street car ono day with his son , then a little boy. The car was crowded and Mr. Banner had taken the little boy on Ills knee. Presently a handsome and stylish young woman entered and Mr. Donner nudged his son. from his knee. "My boy , " said ho gravely , "got up and give the lady your seat , " Even the young woman had to join In the titter that followed. The only time In his life that Mr. Bonnor over made a bet was when ho was a typesetter - setter on the old Hartford Courant. A "jour" of the nn mo of John Hand came down the Hue with the advance reputation of being < he swiftest compositor on earth. "Maybe , " suld the Courant man , "but you tiavou't tried nonnor yet. " "Huh ! " said the "jour , " "I'll try him for $10 a eldv. " "I never bet , " said Mr. Honnor. "You better not , " laughed the challenger. LMr , Homier changed his mind , He put up (10 ( , got down to work , und , besides consum ing two pieces of custard pie net 25,500 ems of solid minion typo In twenty hours and twenty-eight minutes. The feat has never been equaled. < Mr. Ilonner's greatest pride was that he never borrowed or oncd , The only thing he ever borrowed was a maxim from Kmerbou 'Oh , discontented man ! Whatever you want pay the price and take H ! " He did. When ever ho wanted anything ho paid for It. The price bomctlmes came high , but Mr. Donner got it all the same. Mr. Donner's place at Tarrytown was one of tbe fin cut trotting farms In the rountry. But , strange to relate , he nevtrtpcnt a night hero from the time ho bought It till the day he died. Why , no one ever knew. U waa a notion of bis just that and nothing else. else.Once Mr. Donner wanted a place In West- chtiter. He found one tbtt wa utlifoc- IF YOU LOVE. YOUR SMOKE ONLY FRAGRANT 11 Ktt CIGAR A.DAVIS'SONS &CO.MAKERS JOHNGWOODWARD&CO. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS COUNCIL BLUFFS.IO.WAF' REAL ESTATE FOR SALE ! Wo have acre property adjoining the city lately placed In our hands which can bo purchased at a bargain. We have also tots In various additions to the city at prices toi suit homceeekcrs or the Investor. Have ' houses for sale from the modest cottage ; to more expensive dwellings , and all at prices far below their cost and value. ' N , P. DODGE & CO. , Council Bluffs , - - la REMOVED C. ESTEP , UNDERTAKER. Has removed from 14 North Main Btreet to 28 Pearl street , two doors north of Grand hotel. Business 'phone , 97 ; resldenco * phon Big Brown , Bouncing Bed Bugs Hit Beautiful Betty Byers Badly. B.ctty Bet- tcr Beat Bugs By Buying Big Bottle "DEAD SHOT" from 0. R. GILBERT COMPANY , Successors to Gilbert Drew. Established 1S8S. Taxidermists ami Tannery , 1G01 WfNt Ilromliviiy. Council Illnffa , WM , WELCH TRANSFER LINE i Co tin nil IlliifTM nnd Oninlin. Rates Reasonable. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Council D luffs ofllcc. No , 8 North Main etroet. Telephone 128. Omaha olllc * re moved to 322 South Fifteenth street. Telephone - phone 1303. Connections made with South Omaha. tory , and asked whether there was niaiarii In the neighborhood. The agent said no ) there was no malaria In Westchestor , bu ( over across the line there was plenty. EvorJ householder In the country told him the same thing. So Mr. Donner bought tin place , and promptly got malaria. A few days afterward an advertisement appeared In the Now York newspaper . Mr. Homier offered his place for mile. In the advertise ment ho enlarged upon thn fact that It waa the only place In the > ntro ! country where malaria could bo caught , but , notwithstand ing this great and uncommon odvantugo , he would el | It at a reasonable price. In support of his statement Mr. Bonnor called attention to the assertion of every real es tate dealer In the neighborhood that th'cro was no nuilarla In thu county. Ho sold tha place , "It's too bad , " said a friend to him on morning , "that Chnrles Dickens won't wrlta for American publlcatloim , " "Ho won't , cb ? " cried Mr. Donner , "Just wait till I try. " Ho rushed iloun to his office , wrote to Dickens asking for n story and with tha letter sent a draft for | 5,000. Dickens \ya carried off his fret. Ho accepted nnd t the satno tlmo asked whether this wan tha way American publishers did bualncgti. "It'n the way this ono doea , " ftnswcrc I Mr. Donnur. A while afterward Mr , Donnrr captured Tennyson by the same plan. Mr. Donnor , with all the tens of thoiiBuii'ia of stories ho published , never read fiction. The only storks he over fin I blind wrra Dickons' "Hunted Down" and Bylvuimu Cobb , Jr' , "The Qunmakcr of Moscow , " , It' was his custom to read merely the operlnt ; chapter , and If ho found It BatUfuctop/ / to have the story read through by hln Once , when Mr. Donncr's capital as mist | 8,000 , ho determined to make certalr/ad / vertising. When the. estimate wna lir/mht / to him It was $10,000 , "Too much , " said he to the ndvor/liilnn / agent. "Cut It down to | 8,000. Tlw/a / all the money I have. " / "Can't do It , " said the agent , " 1/t / I'll trust > ou for the $2,000. " / "I know that , " said Mr , Donner./'but / I won't let you. " / The agent cut the difference. "Am I a teetotaller ? No , " mild Jr. Don. ner once In answer to a question."No / ' I am not a teetotaller , I had a MUSE 'of nherry when I came to New York I/18H / , " 1t U not on record that be overlook other.