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8 THE OMAHA PAtLV 1JEEVEDXESDAT : , DECEMBER 27 , 1890. I N EWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. Mi.xm MENTION. Iiavls ells , , . . . . . 1 IIIP A II C bcor. N'onmnycr's hotel. Plsbm h burners at Hlxby'R Tel 153. ludvve ! > iner bte-r 1 < Hosonfeldt , agent. Uruvcl roollng. A II. Head. SU U'vvay. Dr W 'A , Gorvuls. osteopath , 301Ier - rl m block. Council Bluffs I hf plnceto have jour framing- done , Alex indfr s Arl emporium e I' Jamison bus a- his gucsl John Slod. dnrd of Ann Arbor college Mrs S \\iidswortb and family lefl jcHHtdiv for a visit In the cast cut jnur work done at tbo popular UngU laundry , 724 Hro iclvviij' ' . 'I'hone 157. U e1. Until ) , undertaker , 2S Pearl street reliphoilcH'Olllco ! , 97. restdejt.ee , S3/ J H McClov an expert on electric light. Ing from .notion , ( Mass , Is In thoellj. Mr.1 Illoe of tlnltnn , 111 , In In the cltj uillii ! hen > tin1 m-rlous lllneKs of hel hl t -i lii'lnV ? , Mrs I , K Hoe MurMun toil makes a , lirgo name ant tlr-ir llro but no smoke soot or clinkers 1 cnlon \ . Folej. soleagents. . Ml s Mnde-liilne > Ahl weh , inttiuctress o : 1 i. no1 ! nt linuiKll hall , Omaha , i the tuc-t of the fiiinlij of .lust'ee Vlin ' 1 I' Shlvdej and Ml Mdn Shlvelej o ralrlleld Noli , are In the rltv visiting-tlieli jiironts .Mr and .Mrs Jacob Shlveloj. 1 rctl c' cjould , son of Assist int ( "ountj 'ln.i-.urcr OCOIKC' .M Uould , is vlsillm irlind" In St I.oulH dining the holldujs e My I inance Clerk T Tjim returned Jen tin'iv ' fio'ii APhlind Nel ) whole be spell < . iiii'iimai , ' .MiM Ti no will not return untl lati r Judge J r Dnneombo of Tort Dodge 1 > I sin nt of tin I oil ( Judge S. Omaha n > H waj Is .11 the cltj on business ounncitce with bis to nl I lie tnpptlng of the olikers and non-com in xsloin.il olhcern of the ruum II Hllllls lllg bi liool c iclets bus been' postponed untl 1 ildnj afternoon Iho l..idk-s Aid socklj of St John LiiiKllsh Lue.ici in elmrcli will meet toimjr low ufternoon at the tiMdcnce of Airs II Ouri n US fcouth rourtb stteet Pi .ink Dobson nnd Fred Hlcketts , win cLlchi.itcil ( lulstinis bv bvcomlng Involvet In it llBht were tilled Jf and costs each li police < ouri jesterdaj morning Ihe rh'ldren of St Johns English Luth < ran chuicli Hiindav He noel vvlll hold tbei rhrlstiiniH ( .iileiliiliimcnt this evenltiff"ei an IntcKstliiK program will be tcnurieil Snptrlntindent C K Dlxon of the Chcio keeel v Ishm and Thomas S lak. l . m.iHte e ir'i ' nier ot t > ie Illinois Central , with head ilimrters In Chicago , weie In Hie cltj yes tiTdnj I lie newlj elected ollli ers of court conn ell No ITS ) link-pendent Order of Pore-alert vvlll be Installe'l at the- meeting this c'venlni ; iv\lu n all members eire letiuestcel lo be prcu Lilt Mis Alice Stotk anil daughter Vera let last I'Vi'iiln for l-afujette , Inl , In respein , to a telegram iiuiiouiiclng the serious sick Hi m ot .Mrs John II Stotk , mother of th late J .1 Stork David S Pane mil Margaret Lees , bet ot I'apllllon Neb , wire married jestereiu al the residence ot W 11 Smith , 1127 rift iivenuc. Kev 11 Ventingof the First Uur , tlat church olllcl.itlnu- llc-ntj V Carlej of this city and France Mkkeison of Omulia were married MoncH ufternoon at "onKre-giitlonal churc paibonagc , theceremonj be-iiiR performe i > j Ihe pistol , Hi-v J W Wilton. Hev J. U Wilson Deifornu'd the m.u rlnge ceremonj jesterduj aftolnoon lo AMIIIam M Pluck ot Klllnsham , 111 , an I.llllan Mnv K eld-win of Ottawa , III , at th Congregational cliutch parson.IKC- The case against Pied 11 Hanson , charge with brcxiklng Into and robbing the res deuce ot Alnln Jluster , was continued I jiobcc court veste'nUiv until ted ij' , owing t JI inson - * attoinej being enptuje l eNe'wheii ijie m e against r'heutcr l. uetl , charBC i , Ih canvliiK e-iii'cakd vvcaiuins and t-iili Ing a Kim plaj In the s Uoon at the ; opcr liiiiise was coiitlniicil In jiolko courl jeslei < lny until ilils moinliiR Ulc- was released o t'M ball. , Stipe'iltitender.t II H Hajden ami J'rlnc inC'llfford of tileJllRli bchool lelt las evening for Des Moines to attend the ar 3iu.il inqc-tlnc of tlio Slate Teachers' asse l.illoii Coiintv Stiperlnteiidenl avvjer wl leave for then' Ibis inclining The iei clntB at the Chilstlan homo la week in die genci.il fi't'd amounted t Si 2U9 ' ) tlng IMOO above- the estimate nccclt foi .the tun out e\pe-i es ot the vveel ] n the maiugei fund Jo. 8S was recelvei lolng $17 ibV' ( ' ( he needs of the week P Li Hajs of this cltv , deptitj snprern commander of the Knights of the Macci lieos foi vviHtctn Iowa was presented wit a. beautiful gold watch ohiirm Cbrlslmii bj tliesniiieine knlgo foi the exccllei work clone In Ills teriitorj In building u lei il tents and the Instituting of new one- ; Inform itlons aKaln l the baibe-rs wli kept their shops open Simdaj have. l > tc Jllenl In tbe supetloi court by the attorne foi the Barbers' Protective iiHsoe-latloi TJio association. 1s delerminwl to keep u tbo Ilglil ik"-pltc > the fact thai the upper ease In theillstilet coin I wnis deckled 1 favoi ot Pill7 Bernhnrdl. the Grand hoti liaibtl , charged with violating- the Sund i law Howcll'a Antl-"Kawf" cures coughs , cold IIKS OIU.VM/.I : Tiinui i.onr.i llt < Ml I'coplc nn r.iirlh" IXnbllN TlifiiiNclv In tiniiii'll lllulTN , Council Ultllts lodfie No 331 , Denevolei nnd I'rotecillvo Order of lllks , was orgnt Ized in this eJty and the follow IHR ofllcci elected J'\alted ruler , John N Baldwlr titeemc'd leading knight Dr T D Lacpj esteemed lojal knight , W J Davenpori esteemed lecturing knlKhl , Hinmct Tlnloj heerotan' . Harry Haas , treaurpr , K ; llii"kman , trustee's , Lucius Wells , Wllllai Aind , Ur O 13 Smith Tlio oigtuibatlon of a local Hlks lo < lj luifi excited much Intelest In this oil whc'rc almost every fraternal and jcn Hocletj IH represented , nnd the inectiii Tuesday night attracted a large Batherln of representative men The lodge starts 01 with n charter membership of about "r > which Is said ti 'be tin ! "largest " list , tin nn > lodge of fho order ever commence Kith TheItmtnllatlon of the officers will tal place- tonight at Masonic temple nnd wl be done bj the' Omaha lodge , of which son evlghtj-llvo members arc ? expeclfd to be I nttendnnre Slou\ City Is lo be repn rented by about tw out jlive members , whl membera from all over the state have Ml nllliM their Intention of being on hand i help give tlio new lodge it proper slait I life Following the insinuation ceremonh n binquet will bn bcrved at the Grand liote The inember.i wll | nic'et at 3 30 thlH aftei noon nt the ( Irani ! hotel to go to the loc. . depots to receive the Ubltfng Klka II fill IVslnlc 'rrilliNfrrn , The following Jiansfi'rs were filed ycste dn > In the nbstiticl. tltlo nnd loan oillco - J W Sqiilie1. 101 I'earl street ] dn A I'l'iHinx. Kiiird'uii , to H 13 l'owt',11 , si ) , * e > 4 .n-71-JS. Kilns d J 1 S Leonard Cvere-it to hats f I'eti < ron. ii1mv'4 and i-Vi M' * . nw1 * Jl-Tu-J. ) w d 4 ( A 13 Herthi'lseii uid wife to IVter II I'elerw , n'v nw > i l-ectlon " 0 and Fe > 4 Kc'1 ls-7ii-.U , w d flj flunk K 13 I3vans in I3inma It Itclloi , p ti'l In l I nitt'ttwood mibd , < i o d 1 It A Knowlrn to II Stella Dnlton , Kit e ; block li ) , C.ihulj's add , w d J'lanU A. Jackjon and vvlfe > lo T W Hennett , lot 7 bloc I. J , I'lorc 'c odd . w d . : blx transfi'is agBre-Batlni ? UO.i Sire doesn't Indicate quail' ; ficwaro counterfeit and v orthless salvo offoreHl fi DeWltfs Witch Hazel Salve DeWltt's the only original An Infallible cure f piles and all skin FARM LOANS ritk tlutcd In Uastern Ncbrasl nnd iO"a , James N Caxady , Ji ] W Main Wt. , Coupcll Uluffg FJMS1JRANCE POLICIES BOUGH 1 or L kli MI l.oniiril Uu. u , u , sui\ri : A. co. , K I'earl Strocti Council UlufTi , law ANOTHER INJUNCTION ISSUED Halt Galled in the Mutter of Awarding an Electric Lighting Contract. CHICAGO BIDDER APPEALS TO COURTS .Indue * Tkornrll of the District Henri IHSHON u 'I < 'iniiirnr > H Order In lleliielf of llrv In lr > or. Ervln Drjer , the Chicago bidder who ( allci to obtain the contract for supplying the cits with electric llghtH , has taken his ease Inti the courts and yesterday scouted a tern1 porary Injunction restraining the city o Council IHurls , Mayor Jennings and the at dcrtnen from entering Into a contract o from carrjlng out such contract with Thoma Hnuinan , whose proposal to furnish light at $ C'J,50 per lamp wan accepted by thi cltv council at Its meeting last Thursda ; night. The temporaly restraining orde wai Issued yesterday by Judge Thorncl of the district bench , the attorneys fo Dr > et having journcjed to his homo li Sidney to secure the order Copies of th writ were served ycstetday evening 01 Major Jennings. . , the members of the elt ; cot.ucll and Thomas Uowmati In his petition , which was filed ycsterda : afternoon , Drjer tetltcs that certain bid and propositions were submitted to the clt : council for furnishing the city with elcctrl lighting and that the committee to whlcl they had been referred reported on Decent be * 21 in favor of i.cceptlng the bid submit tcJ by him. Further , that the hid hlghc than his was accepted , but that neither n the other two bids were rejected and that th council Is still holding the certlllcd check for $1,000 each which were required to b deposited by the bidders as guarantees o good faith Drjer declares In his petition that th lutard of the contract to Bowman was on of favoritism and not In the exercise of an honest judgment and as a discriminate against him ( Drver ) . . He makes the allegation that the avvar of the contract to Bovwnan was the rcsul ot a consplracj between Bowman and ma'prlty ' of the city council Ho furthc alleges that Bowman Is without knowlcdg or experience In electric lighting , that h has no plant , appliances or property and I without means to establish or proper ! orjulp the plant to enable him to perforr the contract. Continuing , he alleges that Bowman dl not make his bid In good faith and was nc acting for himself but for a corporation c the state of Nebraiika without authority t do business In the state of Iowa , that th bid submitted by Bowman and accepte by the city council In his name was for th purpose of enabling said contract and it benefits to bo reaped by thle foreign corpora tlon that Is and was without authority t enter Into same or to transact buslnee within this state. Dryer then recites that he incurred con slderable expense in making investigation before submitting his bid according to th published advertisement of tbo city an that In this advertisement there was a agreement to award the contract to th lowest bidder should everything othenvls bo satisfactory. Ho also sets up the clali that the council without rejecting his hi had no authority or right to award th contract to fiuy other bidder Ho asks tha the award of the contract to Bowman b set aside as void and fraudulent and a tern porary Injunction Usuo restraining the clt front entering Into or carrying out the con tract and that on a hearing the temporar Injunction be raado permanent. When told of the allegations contained I Dryer's petition for an Injunction , .Mr Bow man said"Mr. . Dryer has ahsolutelj n foundation for his statements 1 made th bid for myself and In perfect good fait and In the interest of none except the tw pcreons in this city who it Is well know are associated nlth mo In the undertaking. PltOCKKUIMiS OK CITY COl'.NCII ' .No Action In Tnkon In tlir Mutter < i ( MKhtlnp ; Contract. Ovlng to the temporary Injunction ac cured by En In Drjer , the Chicago blddei the tltj council at Its meeting Tuesda night failed to take any further action I the matter of the cltj lighting contrac Alderman Johnson of the special commit te to which had been referred the task c preparing n contract to be entered into be tvien the city and Thomas Bowman , th Bi'ccessful bidder , stated that the commit t ° e had met several times , but had not < iult completed Its work and had not the la' ' Interfered It would have asked for tint until Friday night to make a report Undo the circumstances It was decided to glv the committee further time The Council Bluffs Oas and Electric com pany submitted a form of contract whlc It was willing to enter Into and it was re ferml to the special committee The ordinance granting the Omaha Brldg and Terminal iiallwav company the rlgl : to construct a switch track on First avc nun to connect with Iho Illinois Centn a ml to eroot a bridge over Indian cree WHS passed The nttoincj and right of wa ollirlal of the company assured the counc that the reid had bottled with all the abut ting property o\\tiers except one , who was i non-ii8ldent and whoso address was nt Known The companj also deposited a cei tlfied chek for $500 and an agreement tlr In the event of its failure to eonstrnct tli necessary'crossings the city should do th worK and take the cost out of the cheek. Thomas dullfoyle's appointment as a apt clal oflicor without coat to the city was j | : proved The application of Mra Mary Brown for remission of the 1899 taxes was refeited < the Judiclarv committee Theappllcatlo wart accompanied by a phjsiclan's certifies ! that Mrs. Hronn was suffering from cor sumption. President Duncotnbc of the Fort Dodp f. Oninhii road submitted the plans of tli paEsonger depot which the company is bulk Ing at this point Tht > plans will be on II In the city clerk's oftlce for several da/H fi Inspection by the aldermen who did in wish to take the time to look them ox last night The drawings fihon that tt depot will bo ornate , two stories high , wit a tower In the center. The building Is I cost $50 000 N V. Plumbing Co Tel 250. Faiiill ; Itfuiiloii , A family reunion Is being held nt tt residence of D. W Selbj. 220 Tenth uvenu The family , consisting of seven Llojd Selt of Irwln , la. D L Selbj of Creston , la Mrs Lou Simpson of Lincoln. Neb. Mr Jcnnlo Dunnahao of. Maxwell la. .Mr Allle Tipton of Stuart la , Miss Carolj Selbj of Koatorla. 0 , and DV Selbj < I this citj , arc gathered Tor the first tltv In twenty jnus The purpose of the r < union Is to celebrate the wedding of Ml ! Carolj n Selbj to Mr Gleason A Dudle , of Sioux Cltj. la , on Thursday evening < this week. JH o Sclby Until recently was supervisor of tiiuslc In the inibllc schools of Fostorla , 0 Davis bells pilnts ON wutjxTnn's nom. Coroner 'Iri'inor Imit Imill-N unit Dci'lil)1to Mold nn Inuin" t , Coroner Trevnor and Di II. II Jennings conducted an antopsj jostorday afternoon on Frank S Webster , the traveling man of this elty found dead In bed nt the Xcu- mnjer hotel Christmas night. The Intes- tlnos were found to be In .111 advanced state of decomposition and It was Impossible to detect the trace of poison , even If the de ceased had tnKen It The appearance of the face and hands , which were blue at the tips , Indicated that Iho man Ind taken mor phine ? and this Coroner Trejnor la of the opinion rinsed his dcith Whether the drug was taken with suicidal Intent can only be conjectured. At the completion of the au topsy the coroner derided that It was neces sary to hold an lniiiest | H F Zimmerman , .1 stepson of the de ceased , arrived jestctday from Dos Moines He * tntc < l that as far as he knew Webstei had nn reason for suicide and that , In his oplnlin , his death was duo to natural causes Ho said also that as far as he know Wob- ( tier's homo life was happy and qoilld give no reason why ho should go to a hotel In stead of to bis own homo. Zimmerman Informed Coroner Trejnor that Webster hail been suffering at times from an affectlbn of the heart When the news of her husband's somewha ! mjsterlous death was broken to her jcu- tctday motnlng Mrs Webstet was com- plctolj prostrated The first Intimation thai any member of the famllj had of his dealt was when they read the account In The Mottling Bco Webster had left home lasl Satuidaj afternoon and his family wao tin der the Imptesslon , o they saj- , tint hehat' gene on the road in the Inlet esls of tin firm by which he was cmplojed. Mrs. Web ster was too piosttaled to see any one even the coroner Although the inemheii of the family woto loath to admit It , thej did not deny that there had been n domestic quatrel between Webster and his wife be fore ho left homo Satin day afternoon On searching the room at the hotel occu pied by Webster a small empty pill bo\ was found yesterdaj morning The name of ti < druggist had been scratched off and thi1 fact leads to the tbeorj ot suicide. The re mains will be taken this motnltig to Dei Moines , the former homo of the family , bj the stepson , II F Zimmerman. 1MMNCS IN TIII2 1HSTHICT COtllT Iletviril < > ( ln\\NtiltN anil Otlin .lildlfliil MntliTR. The Pottawattamie Mercantile ass.oclatloi of Neola , which was recently forced Intc bankruptcy , commenced suit In the dlstrlc court hero jcsterday against J. M. Prult and his bondsmen , 13 L. Barker , John Me Neil and E J Ellthrope , to recover $1,252 82 January IS , last , Piultl was appointed man nger of the association's business , the agree ment it is alleged being thai he receive hal of the nel proceeds , out of which he was ti pa- all clerk hire When Prultt rotirei fiom the position two weeks ago 11 is al leged ho was short $123282 which he hat paid out for clerk hire. The evidence in the search wan ant casi In which a quantltj ot oleomaigarlno al leged to bo colored contrary to the laws o the htate , was -secured bj- the authorltie : hi C 0. D Brown's groccrj stoic on Broad waj was submitted before Justice Ylen I The hearing of arguments in the case vva ; coi tinned until a future date Mrs Mabel Scott llled a petition In tin district court jestordaj In which she ask to bo granted a , divorce from Robert Scott whom she nnrilcd In this city April Ifi 181. . Scott was sentenced at the January 1S97 , term of the district court in this clt : to three years In the penitentiary for a dcs perato assault on a switchman. It Is 01 these grounds luit she asks for Ihe sever ance of Iho marilago tie M C. Goodwin filed his pctlllon In th < district court jestcrdaj In the suit In whlcl hs demands $ . ' ,000 from the Omaha Brewlni company , alleging thai he has paid tha amount to the company for liquor. Ho nisi asks the cancellation of a note endorsed b : ex-Sheriff Ha/en and claimed to have bcei given as consideration for liquor. Goodwii formerly conducted the Senate saloon 01 Btcadway. Licenses to wed wore Issued yesterday t < the following persons : Name ind Residence ARC G S Oiiielj , Omaha , Id.i Johnson , Oimha . . 2 David S Fase Paplillon , Neb . 2 JIaigaret Lees , Paplillon , Neb . . . . J Edvvaid Cadwalladei , Council Bluffs , 2 Clia 1 Nlpps Council Bluffs 2 Alien C Jones , Ixn eland la 2 Sidle A Fox Loveland , In 2 W M Klack EtllnKlmm , 111 ' Lillian iln > Baldwin Ottawa 111 . . , 2 inwv TI\rimiis AIM : IN SCSSION Fort * -Fifth Ynminl Conriitlon o sti'ti * VNvnt'liitloii OII > IIH. DBS MOINES Doc. 2C ( Special Tele gram ) The State Teachers' association he gan Us fnitj-llfch annual session hero to day with numerous committee meetings am a session of the educational council Several oral hundred teachers nro on-the groum mid the c mention promises to bo th largest in the hlslory of the association At a meeting of the educational councl a flrfal repot t on the reformation of count nnnmil Institutes was adopted The tepor has been nuclei consideration for threa jears II is considered In the mature of a reeom mendatlon to the legislature as to wha is needed in Iowa In the matter of tralne teachers The whole thought of the councl VVTB that more normal schools arc ncede In the state \ four years' course of stud It. reco nmenilcd In the countj Institute ; which are to be schools ot method and re view Only four studies ore to be allowe anj one student at a time State Superintendent of Public Inntnictlo Barrett tonight attacked Attorncj Oenero Ucnilej for limiting the power of the stut siipeilntondent hj recent rulings and aske the biipport of the council mid state aseo elation In Increasing his authority. Tomorrow President Bloodgootl will dollvc his annual address In the new auditorlut and President Thwlng of Western Heserv unhersltj will lecture on the 'Teacher a a Force in Civilization" Thursday even Ing Murat Halstcd will speak on "Dowej Manila and the Philippines " The prlnclp.i result of the associttlon Is expected to b a demand on the legitlnturo for the * estfib llBhini'iU of three more normal schools in th state "Illllll 'I'llll" ( Illlllllllllllllll. PITTSBUHO , Dec 20 Thn consolidate of the sanltarj enameling Intercuts of th countrj Known as the "Hath Tub" comblna tlon has Just been completed The net concern will bo called the Standard Hani taty Manufacturing company and will be gin business on January 1 The conaollua tlon Is composed of the eight leading con cern * In the United States and Is capitalize' ' at $5,000.000 $ divided equally In prefcrrei and common stock and bonds have bcci Issued amounting to $2 500 000. Mj Nli-rloiiK ( hl-lxllilllH I'n HAunornsvii.i \ : w vu Dec 20 Three members ot the famllj of Manfari Pollock died lu t nlKht having been mjs tcrlouHlj palxoned while uatlug their Ctirlat mas dinner IOWA SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN Politicians Return to DCS Moines Ready tc Bogm Wire-Pulling Again. GEAR IN LEAD FOR THE SENATORSHIF Hilton \ | > | -nrft to lliiAiItntlirr tli < Hotter of III * Omioiic'iit In ( lu ll are for tier tint i-l. DES MOINES , Dec. 2G. ( Special Tele gtnm ) The managers of tbo semtorla cnripalgit are teturnlng to the city and an taking up the fight agiln. J. W. Hljthe o Burlingtbn came In early this morning also Jim Bljtho of Mason City and S D Cook of Duen | > ort. Candidates for Spcakc Eaton and How en also arrived. Indication al this time are tint Eaton will be electei speaker and that Gear leads for the son ntc rshlp Cummins' managers bete claim that Sen ator ( Jcar has promised M L Temple incniber-clecL ft out Clarke counlv , the po tdtlon ot federal Judge , to fill the vacanc ; caused by the death of Judge Woolson Their claim Is based upon statements it I alleged Teniplo made while- hero last week The story Is to the effect that the ippolnt ment will bo made about February 1. Th storj Is repudiated bv the friends ot Senator ator Otar It Is clearly settled that th matter of an appoinlmcnt of judge ot th federal courl for the southetn district wll cut some figure In the senatorial contest" Many ot the Oear people 1m o professed , ftlendshlp for Judge Tow tier of Corning With his aid It is figured that the Elghtl congressional district will be held in lln for Real Last week many members fret : that section of the state were he1 I Tow tier's Interest and declared thai miles tl ey secured a pledge from the Geit man ngers that Tow nor would be appointed th twelve votes of that district would be throw : Into the Cummins column They nppar eptlj control the situation. At the sam tlmo politicians arc wondering whit wll become of Judge Walter I Smith of Coun cil Bluffs He is a strong candidate an has the backing of the Ninth congrcsslona dlstiict. tim is v IHSINP.SS WOM w PliiiiH u Ilailronil , ti\iin n Tonl Kiel nml Ojn-rnlcN n Ucll Foundry. Mrs. Grace A. Wilson of Colllnsvllle , 111 who was married recently to Captain Henr of Indianapolis at St. Louis , Is a most re nnrkable woman , judging by the statement of her friends In thai cllj. She Is perhap tbo onlv woman ' 11 lhat part of the Unite States who has originated the plans foi 1 new railroad , secured the options on th right-of-way and made all the arrange ments whereby the road may bo bulll at nn time In addition to this , she owns a larg coal field which Ibis railroad will pul i louch with the market , owns and operate a bell foundrj and has charge of largo ret estate interests. The wisdom which Mrs. Homy has show in her conduct of business Is perhaps th result of Belt-reliance , which was develope very ecirly In life , reports the Globe-Dome crat. She is a St. Louis girl , her malcle name being Grace1 A Logan. Her fathe was n well known insurance man , who die nearl > a quarjei o { n _ century ago , whe she was 15 jears of &ge. The daughtc soon afterwards married the late 0 B Wll so1 ! , a prominent business man of Colllne vllle , III. He bpent a greal deal of time I this citj- . Two daughters were born to M ; and .Mrs Wilson , both being now grown. Mrs Henry's business career dates froi the time when her llrat husband became confirmed Invalid , about si\ years ago H was the owner of a bell foundry In Collins , vllle. The business was an exacting on and , although it was established , the car which devolved upon the wife of the In valid was one which many a man of matur business Judgment would have assumed wit some doubts From the first the then Mn Wilson tn < > t with success and the buslnet of the factoty grew under hnr managemen Four jeais ago Mr Wilson died Her two years' experience stood Mrs Wil eon in good stead She Invested surplti capital in real estate at Colllnsvllle The she learned of the coal fields near Madiso and she put her monej Into them , until sh controlled as much of the coal land as an of the capitalists in thai district. The re suit is that at the ptesent day ohe own I a largo ptrt of the Madison coal fields Mr.s Wilson thought that she ought t have better triiibportation facilities The she did a most remarkable thing Sh I projected a tnilroad to conned with the 1111 nois Central at Colllnsvllle. More than thi she Incorporated the company , securing out side capital The name of the newlj incorporated corporate-d company In the clnrtcr wa given as the SI Louis i Eastern The she went to work to secure a : lght-of-wai This Is usually considered one of the hardef propositions In railroad building , but sh did not heoitate She personally laid ot the route which she wanted the road t take. The whole length of the road , as sh pi ejected It , Is about sevontj-five miles To secure the options she undertook t visit the owneis of the land for about one third of the entire distance It took tim and perseverance She succeeded and hel to the options Then she did another re markable thing She announced that she cli not care to go any further with the roac but if any capitalist wanted to sjndlcat and buy her out they might do po Sli named her price and got It What the price is none of her friends claim to knov though It is mid that she mentioned tli fact OIIP dnj that she had not made quit as much out of It as she ought to have dam Since she sold out the road , which w.i not w very long ago , she has attended t her bell foundry. She still owns the col mines nt the end of the proposed road , b' side * her real estate Interests In Collins vllle . \rmc\N CUMITI : . , Kind ofVoitthrr Sc'rvi-il I p to tli ArnilfH oil tlu > OrniiKi * llHi'r. Writing from Do Aar. General Methuen base on Orange river. Julian Halph give this picture of the climate ' To bo perfectly happy anywhere betwnf the Capo and the Zambesi the travelc should take a fig leaf for a daytime * ( ontuiv and a Laplander's suit of furs for the nlghi lime I take off all that the law allow everj daj and then gaep in the shade < my tent , but at night 1 do tujse-lf up In lambswool blanket , two ordlnarj blanHe and a steamer rug and ll < i down to lintr to the rattle of my teeth until the su begins to blaze through the canvas at daj break. We who are at the headquarters ; Dear are having what the tradesme woiilil call a choice line of selected weatl erg , every known Kind coming In eac twentj-four hours and all served to us i wholesale lots Often half dozen sorts c weather get mixed up At such times w have ti blistering sunshine with an Antan tic breeze blowing thtough It In the ink dlo of that comes a Soudanese > anclatorn maclo up of whirls that obs ure the MI and plaj bob with the ramp lifting up tt : skirts of the tents and coating cverythiu ted In one of these whirls jou can laj clean white handkerchief between two over coats and when joit take tt out U will look as If It had been soaked In beef ten After the dust whirl comes a tropical thunder shower , at the one ! of which the Him gets with a splendor no painter would dare to try to put on canvas As for the effect of the cli mate on man. It Is not fair to snj It Is healthj and let U go al that If 1 nny judge from this part of Cape Colonj In November It actually beats Colorado In the United Statcis To go to Colorado vou must be a milllctialro with onlj one lung nnd vou must keep jont lung and part with vottr million But hero the rule Is to come penni less with no lungs Thus established , vou develop now lungs nnd become a million aire Ml the African millionaires started with neither monev nor icsplntory organs nnd arc now the most energetic , able-bodied men of business alive Paul Kruger Is nn exception lie Is having hid luck. But he began unfairly , with sound lungs. " nni'KNsr.s or ritr.i DIII v. rorinlilnlili * Clroltof Pint's nnd niitri'iii'liiiK'iitM. The dlspttch of n siege train from Eng land to South Africa , snjs the New York Sun , Is an Indication that the British R v- ernment anticipates the Investment of the tlocr capital before the wat Is brought to ti conclusion Considerable ) Interest , therefore attaches to a description of the defences o ( Pretoria , which , according to teport , are ol the most mo Urn description and formidable In their completeness. | Thev consist of live powerful forts and five- lines of mines and enormous cnUenohinont' with redoubts , the mines being so laid as tc cover all the approaches to the ptlnclpa' ' points of the defence. The center of the sjs- tern of forts lies aboul 1.2HO j-anK to the westward of the not them end of Prctor r and has a tadliis of something more thir 7,000 jards The ccntei of the cltj Itself 1- only about 3,800 jards , ncarlv el up south fiom Iho fort on Signal hill , which Is tboul 400 feet above the plain on the west aide ol the railway to Johannesburg , and about I- UOO vardB from the foil on the hill to the east of the ratlw.iv , and the Auplcs ilvei ri'tinlng to the noith Between this forl am the river are the fountains that furnish thi water supply of Ptctorla The distance be- twecn the1 forts on either side of the rillwa\ Is 2,700 vaids. The railwaj station when the lines from Johanncslniig on the south Ilelagoa biy on the east and Plctersburg or the north form their junction , IB Immediate ) ; outside the cltv on the south side. The rail way to Plctersburg , after winding some dis tance to the1 westward , passes out of tin plain on which Piotorla Is situated , througl the Daspoort or defile In the rtngf ot hl'l < behind the cltj , through which nKo th' Aupiea river runs the railwaj nnd ther run ning together across the plain through thi Winderboom Poort , under Ihe guns of i large fort 7,100 jards , and a little to thi eastward of north frorp the center ot Pre toria The westernmost fort Is on the range ol hills behind Pretoria and lies al a dlstann of 10 , WO vards northwest of the center o the city The powerful redoubt to the south west of Pretoria , 3,800 jards from the cento of the city , on the range of hills througl which the transport road to Johanncsburi passes , completes the circle of the largo : works defending the Boer capital Behtnc this redoubt are the principal magazines one excavated out of solid rock with a bomb proof roof , and the other built into thi kloop , also bomb-proof Communication be tween the redoubl and the last rocntionet magazine is by means of a covered way Iloads connect all these forts with the capita and thej have pipes laid for water as wel ns electric cibles for the searchlights The number of guns mounted on the fort and redoubts Is paid to be 120 ot large cili ber and qulckflrlng of different kinds It li stated that some of the gun ? are of 2T cent ! metres caliber , but this Is doubtful H I' known , however , thai Ihere are quite a number bor of lo-centimetre guns of French maki from the Creusot works and of long range us has been shown by their performances n Licljemith Among the others there an Krupps Maxims and other machine am quick-firing guns The foils aie open to the rear toward Pretoria toria , and are of masonry heavily faced wit" en tli toward the open countrj On the eas side of the circle of defense Ihere was m regular forl in existence when hostilities bpgan , but It is probable tint plnce then tin ridge to the eastward of the city , bv whicl the railway to Dolagon baj runs , has beet fortified The siege train just shipped from Englw for South \frlca , presumably for Pretoria is the sccoml sent out during the last forly- six vears The lust occasion was when slxtj- five heavy guns and mcrtars worn sent fron Woolwich for the siege of Sebistopol , whete with fifty ship guns , thev took part In 'In bombardment ot that cltj In cotijunctioi with the French siege train The Hussln defense , however , developed so rapidly unilei the inspiration of Todleben that befoie tht final assault which placed It In the hands o the allies. HIP numhct of guns in position ii the besieging battetics had been raised tc 800 The train now on its wav out frnn England comprises thli tv howitzeis , four teen of 8-Inch cillber , eight of 5-Inch am : eight of 4-lnch The number Is not foi mid- able In Itself under the old conditions In re gard to explosives , but if thev are , as tnaj be Inferred , Intended to throw Ijddlto shclli It is an exceedingly formidable arniamen and unless the Boers are In possession o projectiles chargcvl with melinite or sonn similar high explosive with which to respnm to the British fire the siege of Pretorl ; should not bo of very long duration U I ; calculated that 'the investment will require fullj 12,000 British trcops. leaving the re mainder of the army to guard the communi cations , occupy ceitaln strategic points nnt operate against that part of the Boer arm ; not roiulrwl for the defense of Pretorl i This part of the Boer army Is expected t ( fall back Into the north In the Zoutpansberf mountains , which the Brers aio reported tc Intend to make their stionghold. and when they expect to entry on the- war against Eng land Indefinitely MCIIT It\lS roit Hvl.HM'.SX. ( oiiciiliiiKcn Iloi'lor'H TriMitnii'iit foi Hlllll Ill-llllH. Light rajs havn been used to euro bald nrsa and various other skin diseases b ; Dr. Flnscn of Copenhagen Certain bacteria ares blamed for the eytrl : fall of the hair , reports the British Medka Journal Dr Klnf > en uses foi their destruc tiou the actinic rajs of blue and violet light which he calls "bactericidal rays ' Beginning his experiments with the hac terlua prodlglosus Dr Flneen spread i sterilized preparation of blue In whl I they were growing between two plates o glass making a "plate culture. " and expose It to sunlight In nn hour and a half al ' were de-ad ] Dr Fifteen might have concluded that th i waj to euro baldness or to prevent It- I to go barcheadc'd In the minshlno and th Is true enough But U Is too slow Goln , bareheaded all one'n life from cbildhooi Isn't feasible Having found that the blue and vlole I rajs were the ones that do the work , Dr Flnaen found means not only of eortlnj out the blue and violet rujs. but of maklni them powerful enough to penetrate beueatl the surface of the skin This matter wa determine-d bv experiments nlth dogs ani cats , beneath whoso skins were inserts sealed glaes tubes filled with muriate of ail ver Sonic of the animals were then pbnei in darkness while others ueie etprttcd ' sunlight \\hcn the uib < o VMTI r < mcd th solution nag found to I.IM > lurnJ hla k n the latter cages and to have re named no altered to ibe former It wiu ibjs provei that the- chemical rnjs made their wnv through the hides of the boasts It has n\fo \ been demonstrated by Dr Tin sen tlmt thc-sp raj-s pewtinle more ensllv through bloodless tissues thin through those that have blood In ( hen This Was shown bv pla"lttg * rmiltlied ! paper behind a man's ear nnd projcctl'ig blue nnd violet rnv against HIP flatf 'on the- outside After flvn minute * * the puj 11 was not nfterted but when the ear w rr' st'd hot ween two glass plates to drive ln < Wood out of It the paper was affected hi twinty second * A few secondi" of exposureto thl slftel sunshine snlllres to kill the haidlrst dlseao germs It Is not ncoes ary to use ? sun s rav however foi Dr Flnscn has found tint electric light Is efficient Indeed , II Is prefer able to winter sunlight During llmt Feison or on clotnlv tlnjs It Is desirable1 to empiov arc limps of fifty to si\ty amperes While concentrating the rajs It Is neoe' sary to cool the light to avoid bunting the patient This object In attained , where PUII rays are eitipleijed , bj passing them tluoimli rt hollow glnss lotion fool In dlametoi , filled with n bright blue solution of copper Mtl- phnto. The liquid shuts off the hot rcil and jellow tnjs ntnl lets the blue nml vIokH go ; through At the sime time , the ICMIH bciiti ; convex , the o chemical ravs are broup'n to n focus When electricity Is tit Hired , a brass tuhi containing two IOHT. " of quart ! ' crjnt.il Is made' to sc vo. Between the louses Is dis tilled water , which keeps out most of the belt raj.s , while ( ] iiartcrjslnl Is more per mpable by the chemical ravs of light than glass Is At the same time1 cold w itet Is permitted to How round the end of the In otiument which Is applied to the patients skin to keep It from being burned j iiins OUN iioi > r..Mtt > T. Slillliln Trli-U l > ln > i'il lit n M. t'lltll Itc- norti'r oil Illn I'l lent ! "Von can all talk about voui bird luck : stories , hut 1 have the only real one In the bunch , " rcmatked the new reporter us he bit the end olt n suspicious-looking black rlgar nnd tipped his chair buck against the wall "Fire iwaj , " was the request of the lit tle group of pencil pushers seated about the ollic-c1 waiting for the anlval of their chief After lighting the dark mjsterj. relates the Washington Post , the new man started "Well , ' he said , "II was abonl a jeai ago when 1 was doing police on an after noon paper In SI Paul I hail a friend who wis working on a morning sheet , and we were roommates Ho was a pretty good ' soil of fellow nnd we wore quite chumtnj When I was broke he paid mj bills mil vice1 versa Mj roommate bad one bad j i trail he was lerrlblj In love , legular Bertha M Cliy and Ella Wheeler Wllcox case hitched together The girl was the I daughter of a wealthj old man , district judge1 , beautiful home , aee high In socletj and nil that sort of thin ? , jou know Couldn't think of kitting his only girl tie up with a common newspaper reporter , and when he found oul thai the girl was kind of stuck on my friend he made her chop elton on receiving the fellow "Of course , as is alwajs the case , this only made mailers worse , and one diy my pal told me In confidence thit thej were 1 going to clopo and asked me to be best man I said I would , and we made all picpara- I lions The prospecllve groom was a little1 shy financially that week , so I let him have enough stuff to buy tbo wedding ting The1 elopement went off as slick as a whistle ( Girl nnd A friend met us at depol and we took a train to a little town In Wisconsin , ! i where a preacher named Snodgrafh did the deed , and did it one , two , three , In a very able manner We caught an Tftcrnoou train homo nnd nobody was the wiser , but , like niurdet , elopement will out The mom Ing afterward mv citj editor told me he understood I knew something about n recent elopement and to make a couple of columns out of It for a picture story. I knew th it the story would put mj friend in a hard position and would hurt the girl and felt honor bound to refuse. I needed my job and did the refusing In the most demure ami apologetic manner that jour humble servant knew how. But his lordship wouldn't stand for my talk , nnd said " 'You write the story or get ' ' I got " "Is thai yout hard luck story ? " asked the hotel man disgustedly "It's coming the hard luck part of It , " the police reporter answcted "When my roommate found out that I had lost my place for sure , he hustled down to my ex- chief , wrote up the elopement storj himself uii pot mv lob Now , bojs , w isn't tb ° * retty miserable billiards'1" A Most Remarkable Remedy That Quickly Restores Lost Vigor To Men. A Frw. Trial Package Sent By Mail To All Who Write. 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IRtli nnd Knriuiin 3 n. JOHN G.WOODWARDScCO. ! WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS COUNCIL BLUFF5.IOV/A- * Invest Your Money Safe. Buy a fir-t mort e netting voi 5 pr : cent iiitr35t Buy a farm in Iowa or Nebraska. Pin chase city property in Onnli i or Co mcil Bluffs. A "V"2r T-T p G2 : G2i 39 Pearl StreDt , / - . X * Si JTl Jr sr5CD , Oounoll BlulF have ( lie above m\estmenb ior stle. tall on 01vnte them ESTABLISHED 1881.