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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1899)
TIU3 OMAHA -DA1LV BEE : SATURDAY 30 , 1S ( ) ! ) . I N EWS QF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MI.VOH MHNTIO.V , Davis soils glpss. I'lno A. U. C. beer , Ncumayer's hotel. "tt'elabtich burncrH nt lilxby's. Tel. 103. Htldweiscr beer. I , , llosenfeldt , ngent. Oruvcl roofing. A. 11. Head , Ell IJ'wny. AVIll Coutitiyman of Hamburg , la. , Is In the city vlrtllng friends. Dr. W. A , Gcrvnls , osteopath , 301 Mer- rlnm block , Council muffs. The place to have your framing done , Alexander's Art emporium. Gut your work done at the popular Eagle laundry , 721 Broadway. 'Phone 157. W. C. Estop , undertaker , 2S 1'carl street. Telephones : Olllcc , 97 ; residence , 33. Sheridan coal makes a largo llamo and clear lire but no smoke , soot or clinkers. Kenlon & Kolcy , solo ugents. Ml. s Myrtle 1. Faul goes to Ixignn to Ring nt the dedication of the new Methodist JCpIsxopal church Sunday morning. Mlfw Ilonedlot , who has been visiting friends In l.ogan , was In the city yesterday on her way to her home In Helena , Mont. tf. H. Grant company , No. 41 , Uniform Hank , Knights of Pythias , will meet to night , when all members are urged to be .present. A Christmas dinner will be served to the poor children of the city today nt the Union mission on First avenue and Sixteenth street , at noon. Miss Grace Slgafoou has returned from Slamburg , In. , and In accompanied by the blisses Fannie Hodda and Grace Cooley , who will visit here with her. A marriage license was Issued yesterday to ' . Simon Peterson , aged 5-1 , and Kilo. Ueese , aged 17 , both of this city. J. W. Watson of the Uourlclus Music louse will go to Plpestonc , Minn. , Monday to superintend the presentation of a sacred operetta , entitled , "Queen Esther. " Mrs. C. II. Nicholson , who has been sick nt her homo on South First street for ten weeks. Is slowly Improving , and her friends 'think ' It Is only a nuenilon of tlmo when she will bo out again. There will bo a special conclave this even ing of Ivnn'hoa ' cotnmandery , Knights Templar , and all members are requested to bo present , as there will bo business of Im portance como up for action. John Hrewlck , an employe of the Rock Island Hallway company , was before Jus tice VIen yesterday on a charge of assault and battery preferred against him by Peter l-iursen. The assault is alleged to liavo oc curred Christmas eve. David J. Pollock , a laborer of Lorlmer , In. , Mled a voluntary petition In bank ruptcy yesterday In the United States dis trict court here. His unsecured liabilities amount to J2.12C , and Ills assets aggregate W20 , all of whldh he claims as exempt. Treasurer Davis of the independent school district of Council Hluffs remitted yester day to New York the first Beml-annual in stallment of Interest on. the $ G7 , X ) High school .bonds. . The Interest on these bonds Is I per cent < ind the Installment remitted amounted to $1,340. Mrs , Pauline Katzensteln , wife of S. Kntzensteln of Garner township , died yes terday mornlnsr at St. Bernard's hospital of tuberculosis , after nn illness of four months , aged C3 years. She was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago. Notice of funeral will bo given later. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. McCrary of Fourth street have returned from their visit to Kansas City , when on Christmas day a family reunion wn held nt the home of their sonV. . C. McCrnry. It was so ar ranged that all the children mot with their Barents and a number of the grandchildren were also present. Uoulah , the infant daughter of Mr. and Jlrs. Stanford Robinson , died yesterday morning at the family home \Veston. . The funeral will bo held this morning at 10 o'clock from ' the residence and Interment will bo In the Downsvllle cemetery. Rev. 'Hanson ' of the letter Day Saints' church will conduct the services. AVbcrt Woods , nn employe in Ustep's un dertaking establishment , wns badly burned about the face and head yesterday. He was puttliiK a bundle of shavings nnd other sweepings into the furnace w'hcn the llames shot out. Ho was In a kneeling position at the time and the flames struck him full In the-face. His moustache and eyebrows were burned olt ami his hair badly slnge ( | . illo fortunately closed his eyes and thus savedi them. Ho will bo confined to the ( house for several days N. Y. PlumWng Co. Tel. 250. llaiikrniitev CIINV Settled. The bankruptcy case of Grantz & Glee , the Walnut , In. , llrm which has occupied the attention of the federal court and state courts In this district ever since November of last year , when the first was first declared Insolvent , was finally disposed of yesterday. At n meeting of the linn's creditors , held In the olllco of W. S. Mnyno , referee In bank- rurptcy for this district , the assets were partitioned , It being found that there was sulllclent to pay.tho preferred creditors In full and the others a dividend of 12 per cent. \V. B , Hnvertitcck , the trustee appointed by the creditors , was ordered so to dispose of the funds In his hands. The preferred cred itors receive $2,06G.-13 a follows : Deer Harvester company ( by order ot Judge Shlras ) , $1.338.20 ; treasurer I'ottnwnttamle county ( taxes ) , $72.0 ! ) ; J. F. Uomma , werv- Iceti for trustee , $3S.7S ; W. K. Haverstock , trustee ( expenses ) , $1.30 ; petitioning cred itors , fee for commencing action , $2 ! > ; Flicklnger Uros. ( attorney fec ) , $193.26 ; J. II. Crlllllh ( rent ) , $225 : W. S. Mayne , referee , $ li.70 ! ; W , K. Haverstock , trustee ( commis sions ) , $125.10. The claims of the general creditors , of whom tl'.oro are twenty-five , aggregated $12,027.11 , and they will receive $1,145.50. The largest claim In this list Is that of the German bank of Walnut. It was In the inatter of the bankruptcy of this firm that thn ( jut'stlon ' of the rolatlvo Jurisdiction of the federal and state courts arose. I/ost Between Dcno's store and Frank Peterson's grocery , purse containing $35 or $40 In bills. Howard of $ & If returned to He ? olllce , Council nitiflB. ( 'lirlHf IIIMN F llt TIIIIII III Oil I. The Oriind Army of the Republic hall , on Pearl street , was packed to the doors last night with a happy throng of children , old poldlers and their families , the occasion liolng the annual ClirlstnuiH entertainment provided by the generosity of General ( . . M. Dodge for the veterans nnd their little ones. K. P. Dodge , brother of the general , pre sided , and Judge Carson delivered n patriotic address , mainly directed to tru children. In which he explained to them the lesson that the struggle of 'til should teach them. A lirograni ot patriotic songs nnd recitations was carried out. at the clrso of which every child present was made happy with the gift of a largo eack of fruit and candy. Tear Iliooches , Edholm'u , Omaha , lien ! i : tuli' TriiiiHfrrN , The following transfers were filed yester- Jay In the abstract , title and loan office o [ 1. W. Squire. 101 Pearl street : John H. Toiler to W. C. Mitts , lot . ' , block T , lluirlios & Donlplian'H add. , Council Bluffs , w. il $ SKI William 1-owln and wife to Arthur P. Lewis , H' ' noli and HO'I no'.4 hoetlon 35. and xii uw < 3i-7MO. ! w. d Niitliiniil Dulldlng .in > l Kuvlnsn AHSII- olatlou of Dooiio. la. , to Mnrzcll Korsteii. jr. lot 21. lilocH 33 , Central Hill ) . , W. ll 1.000 J.V. . Squire mill wlfo tu l.oroy Mon roe , s'i stvv'j and n'ij nwU H\v',4 ' see- tion 27. and o 5 aires seU soU 2S-7G-4II , w ( I . . . Four transfers , aggregating Jl'J.WO F&RW LOA SS Negotiated In Kasturti Nebraska nnd luwu. James N. Casady , Jr. . 126 Malii Ut , Council Bluffs. HRE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT I'nr ti h or l.omifil Ou. u. u. suiAi'i : co. , 6 I't-nrl SU-vct , Cuuuoll Illuff * , l < m 4 LEAPER HAS A TALE OF WOE Asks to Have the Bonds Binding Him to Mrs , Leaper Severed. ALLEGES THAT SHE 'IS A CRUEL WIFE A III r in N < lmt Under Her Sway HI * Homo Inot tl c Idonl One ( lint ntinlrN .Should Have. Frank I ) . Ueapcr commenced suit in the district court here yesterday for divorce from hla wife , Anna Lenpcr. The suit Is of more than passing Interest as It Is a sequel to the somewhat sensational cose in which Leaper nnd a young woman stenographer , named Alice Williams , were arrested In this city and tried at the last term ot court on the charge ot adultery , Mrs. Leaper being the prosecuting witness for the state. The trial lasted several days , a largo number of witnesses on both sides being Introduced nnd resulted In the Jury after being out a considerable length of tlmo returning a ver dict in favor of the defendants. Before Leaper's removal to this city in the early part of last summer ho and his wife lived In a small town in Linn county , , near Cedar llaplds. In his petition Lenper alleges that his wife has been guilty of cruel and Inhuman treatment toward him , so much EO ns to endanger his life. Also that she Is naturally of a very Irritable and quick-tempered dis position and that never during her marriage relations with him has she nt any time made any attempt to explain her quick tem per , but on the contrary she has without any Just cause cultivated and encouraged nn angry and Irritable disposition towards htm. Leaper claims further that his wife , judging from her conduct as manifested towards him , has only feelings of halo and enmity In place of love. For his own side of the case , Leaper as serts that ho has always tried to afford her a good and substantial home , to care abundantly for her welfare , to make her homo comfortable and to have for her a happy and pleasant household. His efforts In this direction , however , he says , were far from being appreciated by Mrs. Leaper , but that she on the contrary studiously sought to make his home life miserable and that at divers and sundry times without any just cause would pack up her trunk and leave home and remain away until such time as in her good pleasure she saw fit to re turn. turn.Leaper Leaper , as one of the particular grounds on which his prayer for a divorce should be granted , alleges that at divers and sun dry times during their married life Mrs. Leaper so far forgot herself as to threaten in a vicious manner to kill him and told him that she would poison him In n way and at a time that he would not know of ; also that she would terminate his existence In such a manner that he would not know what was the matter with him. Ho further alleges - leges that during the month of February , 1897 , while his wife was In one of her peri odical fits of temper , she vented her spleen and hatred towards him by throwing a number of household articles at him ; that In May of the following year she hurled with great force a butcher knife nt him. Fortunately her aim was poor nnd the knife missed him , sticking in the wall behind. On another occasion , he says , she "came at" him with a butcher knife and declared that she would cut his heart out. Not wishing to lose that part of his anat omy ho would feel obliged if the court would grant a severance of the marriage ties that at present bind him to Mrs. Leaper. Ho also asks for the custody of their 13-year-old son , Clyde , who was one ot the witnesses for Leaper nt the recent trial nnd who Is at present living with him In this city. Mr. and Mrs. Leaper were mar ried Mny 27 , 1S84 , at Anamosa , In Jones county. Spoolal Kale , Today ou nil our large line of Plntinotypes. $1.50 size go at $1.10. 75c size go at EOc. C. B. ALEXANDER & CO. , 333 Broadway. Ilainl HOJH < ; ivo a Conecrt. The Fifty-Ural Iowa Regimental band gave nn excellent concert last night at the Do- hany theater. The attendance was not such as the entertainment warranted , the nudl- I once chiefly consisting of a number of the I members of Company L and their relatives , Despite the empty benches the soldier mu sicians gave a splendid program of pa triotic and classic music and fully main tained the reputation the band had of being the crack musical organization of the Eighth Army corps. A. H. Covalt , who Is a Counj ell Bluffs boy , and at one time a member ! of Dalbey's fnmoua band , demonstrated that j he has few peers as a coruotlst , and H. L. Davis rendered some very pleasing solos on the piccolo , which showed him to be a mas ter of that sweet instrument. The band was frequently cheered when It played some selection that brought to the memory of the boys of Company L some Incident In the far off Philippines. Drum Major Christy has a tine tenor voice and his rendition of "Barrack Pastimes" received a well merited encore. The concert was brought to a close 1 with "Tho Star Spangled Banner , " at the finish of which Bandmaster Uuidera received a perfect ovation. The email audience Is I attributed to the. fact that the concert was I inadequately advertised. Ilowell's Antl-"Kawf" cures coughs , colds. Davis sells paints , Arrt'ntoil fur Atloinploil ANNIIII | | . Hcfiry Uobms-in , u colored porter at thti Ogden hotel , wan taken Into custody last evening after he had made dletlnct at tempts to assault H. S. Boyle , a grading con tractor ou the Illinois Contial and a guest at the hotel. Robinson had been nurfllng a grlevanco against Boyle for several days past , ns ho had been Informed that the contractor was trying to force him out of his job. Ho inot Boyle. In the rotunda of the hrtol nnd after a few words jumped at lilm with an open knlfo In his hand. Bystanders Interfered and Robinson was disarmed. He returned again In o few minute * , flourish ing : i revolver and for n while It looked as If a tragedy was to be enacted , but a barber managed to get behind tlio Infuriated porter ter from behind and wrenched the gun from him. Robinson ran out of the rotunda toward thn rear of the bouso nnd shortly after reappeared wli'li a sword In his hand. He threatened to run Boyle through the bcdy. but nil If a dozen men took the sword away and held him until the police who had been summoned arrived on the scene. Duniir UIIH Sivartz In TOM. Chlof of Pollco Albro received yesterday afternoon from Captain Denny , who went to Kansas City after Swartz , the alleged diamond mend swindler , the following telegram : "Got man. Sent for requisition papers. Be hcme tonight , " Captain' Denny , however , failed to return and the police are of the opinion that bin plans must tiavo miscarried , Sam Snyder , one of the two pawnbrokers caughl by Swart ? . Is with Captain Denny. The report that Swartz succeeded In workIng - Ing off some of his "painted" diamonds on other persons besides the two pawnbrokers has boon proven to bo without foundation. Snyder and Friedman were the only vic tims. The inatter wns kept eccrct by the police nl the request of the pawnbrokers , but It leaked out through a tip from a gambler who happened to bo on the Insldo of the denl. Neither of the dally reports ot the two pawnbrokers victimized shows any record of loans made on loose diamonds and If they did advance money to Swnrtz , ns It Is claimed they did , they nro liable to pros ecution for not living up to the provisions of the city ordinance governing pawn brokers. IIOIMJS IX Till ! DISTHH'T COHHT. ItiiMli iif Attorney * ( u Kl | < - Stilt * for tlio .Iiiiiiuir.v Term. Yesterday wns the last dny for serving trial notices end today will bo the last day for filing suits for the January term ot dis trict court , consequently there was n rush of attorneys yesterday to get their papers nnd Petitions filed. Lawrence T. Brown brought suit against the Union Pacific Hallway company for $50- 000 damages for alleged personal Injuries. Brown on April IS of the present year wns a switchman in the employ of the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy road nnd while In the performance of his duty as such was riding on the footboard of a. switch engine which was going west on Tenth avenue. At the nlley crossing between Main and Sixth streets Brown wns thrown from the foot board and rolled about forty feet by the en gine and , ns ho claims , seriously nnd per manently Injured. Brown alleges that the accident was duo to the defective condition of the Utilon Pacific crossing , which allowed the front wheels of the engine he was on to sink down and the frog of the crossing to rise up and tear off the footboard. Brown recites that ho was a young man nt the time of the nccldent , earning $ CO n month , and was In line of promotion. Now he alleges ho Is permanently injured , his nervous sys tem shattered and that ho has been In con stant bodily pain since the nccldent. Mrs. Nettle Venablo filed the petition In her suit for divorce from A. W. Vcnable- to whom she was married In this county November 21 , 1891. She asks for the sever ance of the matrimonial knot on statutory grounds and requests the court to give her back her maiden name of Nettle McNay. C. H. Coffecn commenced suit agalr.Et the Racine Wagon and Carriage company for $225. Coffeen alleges that on July 26 last ho entered Into a contract , partly oral nnd partly In writing , whereby ho was to enter the employ of the defendant company as traveling salesman at a monthly salary of $75 and expenses. Two months Inter , he says , he was discharged without cause and the amount sued for represents what would have been his wages from the tlaie of his discharge to the present date. The Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway company has filed suit against the Mt. Zlon Baptist church and the American Baptist Homo Mission society to quiet Its title tea a certain lot In Boors' subdivision. The property In question formerly belonged to the church , but was sold for taxes In 1892. E. II. Hand commenced suit against John S. Morgan , sheriff of Pottawattamle county , and the Citizens' State bank for $1- j j 500 , the value of certain stock alleged to | ' have been wrongfully seized by the defend ants under attachment proceedings. In Oc tober , 1898 , the Citizens' State bank owned a note signed by H. F. Dalley , who went to the Philippines. Dalley had a quantity of stock on L. P. Judson's pasture , north , , of the city , and this was seized by the bank ! I undeil an attachment. Rand siow claims that a number of cattle , sheep and pigs which ! were seized at the time were his property i and in charge of one C. H. Shrove. Dnlley recently returned from the Philippines. The entries yesterday Included a number of foreclosure suits. Council Bluffs B. P. 0. E. Call at Ed- holm's jewelry store , 107 N. ICth St. , Omaha , nnd see some handsome Elk Tooth Charms and Elk Head Lapel Buttons. Diamonds , Edholm , Jeweler , Omaha , Xniv Si-rvloc XtM'tlt'iI. The abandonment by the Union Pacific of Its dummy train service bet.veen the trans fer depot and Omaha at the beginning of the now year will necessitate the Omaha & St. Louis making some other arrangement for getting Its passengers across the river from the train which reaches this city rt 8:35 : p. in. Ab the matter now stands the passengers will have to HBO the motor serv ice between this city and Omaha. " will nlso bo The Wells-l'"argo company materially inconvenienced by the abandon ment of the dummy service , ns all express matter that arrives hero on the Omaha & St. Louis evening train will have to lay over all night at thn transfer or else be hauled across the river by wagon. The olll- clals of the exprtxss company and the Omaha & St. Louis road have the jnatter nt pres ent under consideration and what will be , dona has not yet been determined on. LODGE HAS"NO FAiTH IN IT Iowa MIIII'N ItfliitlvfN Cannot Co I Ice I on Pulley IloomiNo of ClirlHtliiii Soleiu'o Treatment. j ' WEBSTER CITY , la. , Dec. 2 ! ) . Gcorgo W. Goodrich carried a $2,000 policy hi the An- t ' clent Order of United Workmen. Three months before his death his physician was 1 dismissed and Christian Science treatment j ! substituted. The order now refuses to set- | I ' ; tie unless a physician's proof of death Is submitted or the body Is disinterred and n 1 post mortem hold. The physician refuses to 1 certify. A ledge of Modern Woodmen of America In n Nebraska town recently refused to pay a policy , setting up the same contention. FliM M K > Ho Killed Toilay. SIOUX CITY , Dec , 29. ( Special. ) At 0 o'clock tomorrow morning the llrst hog will bo killed in Sioux City by the International 1 ' Packing company. The cltlrena ot Sioux < | City gave n bonus of nearly $500.000 to get i j this company to locate here. For several j | i weeks large forces of men have been engaged - ) gaged In getting the plant ready for use , and I now the Urea have been started in the fur- ! naccs. t'oiii'.niiij ll'H Mluiir Olllri-rn. VILLISCA , In. , Dec. ! ! ! . ( Special. ) These are the noncommissioned olllcers of Com pany B : Benjamin Baker , first sergeant ; | James C. Creswell. S. O. Baker , Charles O. j Koster and James A. Dunn , duty sergeants ; I H. A. Baker , George E. Walin , Charles E. , j Moyera and Bert E. Bako.r , corporals ; A. T. i ' Linworth , lancc < corporal. Tlu Odd Fellows of Clinton have dedi cated a now temple. The now railroad oonneuUou of Deven- purt and Clinton lias boon completed. Paul Curroll of Vlnton distributed $75Mi In Christmas presents among his relatives. J. S. Niiflo of Dubufiuc IK u cnndldnto for the appointment of state labor commis sioner. ' Joseph Jinld of Thurnuin wan acciden tally killed l'u tree he had chopped dov. n falling on him. Louis Brush , who lives near lowu City , was killed by a trt-e which lie liml c-ui down falling upon him Injunction iirowedlnKu have IKPDom - ineniod uuaiobi aii the xalouns In lowi county except these In Murenuo. The Woman H Relief corps of tinslnto has presented a beautiful hllk line to tbo Soldiers' home ut Mumlmlltown. TEACHERS GET INTO A ROW Charges Against Candidate for Association'9 ' First Vice Presidency. ACCUSED ABSENT FROM THE MEETING .Allllor of lloiiiic.miliiN < AVliom \Vt-rc Inilo , Klnnlly HIiM-tod IHlH'iOlllrern Cliofien ItcNolnUoiiN AdopIoiJ , DBS MOINES , Dec. 29. ( Special Tele gram. ) The state teachers' convention ended with today's session. These ofllcers were elected : President , W. 0. lllddell , DCS Molnes ; llrst vice president , G. I. Miller , lloone ; second vice president , A. H. Sale , Mason City ; third vice president , William Hell , Crcston ; executive committee reprcsentu- tlvo-at-larse , Inez Kelso , Cerydon. Bdtic'i- tlonol council , II. II. Hoyden , Council Hluits ; A. 1) ) . Noble , Ames ; President Hlakcsley , Mount Pleasant ; C. II. Carson , Matengo ; W. W. Gist , Cedar Itnplds ; C. F. Schnell , Garner. When the nominating committee an- nouncoil the name of Superintendent Miller of Uoono for first vice president , Superin tendent Chandler moved that Miller's name bo stricken from the report and that Super intendent B. S. Wright ot Cedar Falls bo substituted. A long row lasting over nn hour and a half ensued. It was charged that Miller as teller In the contest for members of the nominating committee changed the j vote so as to elect three men who were do- feated. After a long squabble the report ot the committee was finally adopted , as Miller was not present to defend himself. The convention passed a resolution ask ing the legislature for a law prohibiting saloons within live miles of the State uni versity. A resolution was adopted favoring re stricted education laws. Addresses were delivered today by Paul Shorey of Chicago , W. S. Mnck of Aurora , 111. , Mrs. Jessie L. Gaynor and Wrs. Alice Putnam of Chicago , and State Superinten dent Barrett of Dea Moines , This wns the forty-fifth annual conven tion. AVill 1'nriloii Four t.lfe Coiivlots. It is learned tonight that Governor Shaw will submit to the legislature the pardon of but four life convicts. They are : Thomas Kelly , sentenced in Lucas county in 1SSG ; John Bellow , Webster county , 1S91 ; Cor nelius Moelthen , Dubuque county , 1878 ; Jas per Mason , Dallas county , 1878. Fifteen life convicts petitioned for execu tive clemency. Among them were the Halns- berger brothers , who were sent to prison from Hldora , and concerning whose expected effort to secure n pansin from the legisla ture much has been printed. John Wesle'y Hvans was nlso another petitioner. He is the boy -who killed his mother and father when ho wns but 11 years of age. These and the other petitions Governor Shaw deter mined not to present to the legislature. A curious looseness of expression obtains In the law relating to the pardoning of life convicts in Iowa. It provides that the gov ernor shall not pardon such convicts until t'helr ' petitions are referred to the legisla ture. Every governor has construed this to mean that the governor cannot pardon until the legislature rctommends to him that those whose petltfons are submitted to It shall bo pardoned.'Hut the law plainly does not require the executive either to await the recommendation of the' legislature nor to observe its recommendation ; nor does It prevent the governor pardoning persons whoso pardon the legislature refuses to recommend. U is probable that an effort will bo made to have the law made clearer. Iteccws In .Senatorial Klulil. Political hostilities are to be again sus pended. Until after the New Year holiday the DCS Molnes lobbies will be deserted. The eonatorial fight will be transferred , what little there will bo of It during that time , to the various counties. Boweu and Katon left DCS Molnes this evening for their respective home ? , hut will return again early next week. J. W. Blytho went home last night expressing 'himself ' perfectly con fident. When ho comes back next week ho will bo accompanied by his father-in-law , Senator Gear , who will remain until the light is ended , which will be scarcely a week later. OPPOSITION TO W. J. BRYAN "Cyt'loiie" DlM'lN of TOXIIN 'IVIIN Why ( lit * AjioMtlr of Krt'i- Silver Will \ < > l Do. ' DKS MOINES , Dec. 2 ! ) . ( Special Tok- Kram. ) "Cyclone" Davis of Texas arrived in the city today and is holding a conference with General Weaver and other prominent leaders of popiilltm In this state. Mr. Davis explained the ohject of his visit to the north. Ho declared the party leaders realized that unless some concerted action \va , $ taken at once with a view to amalga mating the warring factions of the party , all the prcatlgo and power the populist once enjoyed would bo lost. Ho pointed to the belters of the south who jollied In n move ment In Cincinnati two years ago and de clared this faction would never stand for an endorsement of Ilryan for the presidency , "Tho situation at the present time , " he | said , "Is precarious , i am visiting the north In order to llnd out the feelings of the pop- , ullfctK in regard to holding a convention next ' year. We in Texas have not joined the j belters , yet there Is a strong feeling against Ilryan. What to do IB a question , although I believe If the party leaders would get to- getl'cr some solution could bo arrived at whereby the organization could ho saved. Personally , I hnvb. nothing to say against Hr > an. I was against him al the St. Louis convention. My attitude toward him now Is a matter I do not care to discuss. 1 will go from hero to St. Paul , and then the I > a- Uotas. " Davis practically admitted that Ilryao would not receive the endorsement of the populists and that without Its united sup port the Nebraska man could not hope to wlis. CHKO of Siniilliiov ut JI-NUII , JKSUP , la. . Dec. 29. ( Special Telegram. ) President Schroeder of the State Hoard of Health visited hero to Inspect thn suspected ease of smallpox. He pronounced it a genu ine case , but In a very mild form. All who have visited the homo have been placed under strict quarantine and as no new casi 9 THE WEAK AND AILING juickly regain strength licu dieted upon COMPANY'S ' EXTRACT OP llllliltheilroiiurtt mid cheaiwst I'e- ' causeinoitcoiicciitrattil : 3 Ocujis of Hn iiKlli- nuns. biiBialnlnx beef ten ut a 2-oz. jar Note-Lmy J r euar nieed ud Signed la blue. hnvo developed the scare Is about over. The city council mot and ordered several house * quarantined on nrcount of some of their In mates havlnR visited In the house where the flrst case broke out. I Klitlit for County TroimiriT'fi ( Mllco. KOIIT lOIH1t3. la. , Dec. 20. ( Special Tel- cKrani. ) In the contest for the office of j treasurer of Webster county K. It , Cox , doi i foaled democratic candidate , today filed no- | lice of appeal to the district court. The case will probably so to the pitpreino court for final decision , flex and J. A. l.lndq.uflt ! , the j republican candidate , received a tie vote on the face of the returns. The Hoard of Su pervisors gave the ofllce to MmtnuUt hy thirty-one votes , deriding that defective bal lots had been counted for Cox. foul Dealer Kills HlniNcIC , CUKSTON' . lit. . Dec. 2H. ( Sprain ! . ) Hub ert H , Palmer , a well known grain and coal dealer , committed suicide hun nlRht In his oillco by putting n bullet through j his right temple. It Is believed that ho I grew despondent over business reverses. Ho leaves a widow nnd five children. Ills life was well Insured. Of late he had talked much about religious matter * " , Homethlng that did not ottcn engross his attention. ItnllAvnv KlntsliiMl nl Dnvonimrl. DAVENPORT. In. , Dec. 20. ( Special Tele- Ri-am. ) The last spike of the Davenport , Clinton & Northern was driven today. The road expects to commence Its freight trallle between Clinton and Davenport the first ot next week and within ton days to put four passenger trains Into norvlco. "I am Indebted to One Mlnuto Cough Cure for my health and life. It cured mo of lung trouble fallowing grippe. " Thousands owe their lives to the prompt action of this never falling remedy. It cures coughs , colds , croup , bronchitis , pneumonia , grippe and throat anJ lung troubles. Its early use pre vents consumi/tlon. It Is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate relief. GAELIC ARRIVES FROM ORIENT Tin Xi-w Ciim-M of I'liiKtio In Honolulu Trilil-iiiort A'lolorlu Hi-cnllN All looor < lN. SAN FIIANCISCO , Dec. 29. The steamer Gaelic arrived here today from the Orient , via Honolulu. The Gaelic was sent to quar antine owing to the plague scare , but the cabin passengers were allowed to land , tow boats plying between the steamer nnd the city for the purpose. The Associated Press i correspondent at Honolulu sends the followIng - ' Ing under date of December 23 : | There have been no new cases of plague since last advices. There have been several sudden deaths and In each Instance rumor assigned the plague as the cause. Investi gation proved otherwise. On the inth the quarantine over Chinatown was lifted and business is now going on as usual In that district. There have boon no deaths by plague since the 12th Inst. Up to that time five victims were reported. The Board of Health now claims but two deaths were caused by the scourge , the remaining three cases being doubtful or suspicious. 'Chinatown Is being thoroughly cleaned. A conwnlsslon of three has been appointed to examine the district and report some scheme to remodel the territory. The coun cil of state will be asked to appropriate $100,000 at once with which to carry out the present plan of altering and cleansing Chinatown In accordance with the plan of the Board of Health. After Its disastrous disappearance near the sound the transport Victoria has suc ceeded In breaking all records for good serv ice In the transportation of animals between hero and San Francisco. It arrived here on the 20th and docked at the Pacific Mall ! wharf without having lost a single horse or j mulu out of a load of 330. The trip yas ' made In good tlmo and the animals are In excellent condition. Samuel M. Damon has returned after an extended trip abroad. He has again taken up the duties of minister of finance. Min ister Lansing resigned on the 20th , request ing that ho bo relieved at once , and the resignation was accepted. With a broken mainmast and piles of torn rigging on its decks , the ship Eclipse , fifty-two days from Newcastle , arrived In the harbor December 21. It was struck by n squall or waterspout on December 2 , and In five seconds Its mast hnd gone , thirteen sails were split and one seaman , who was aloft , was carried away so far from the ship that he was never again seen. The disaster to the Eclipse came from n clear sky and in the midst of a calm. Cap tain Peterson thinks that a waterspout must have done the damage. The breaking of Iron bars showed a storm of most re- marknblo power. Iron bars four or five j t Inches thick were twisted like thin \\lrf. and thick pieces of iron were cut In two | as If they had been toft wood. The captain immediately headed for the Marlnquesas Islands , where repairs were made. The Eclipse is an American ship. H left New castle on October 27 , with 1U)7 ! ) tons of coal , for here. ! The modern and most effective cure for I constipation nnd all liver troubles the famous - j mous little pills known as DeWitt's Little i Early Risers. PALACE CAR CASE ARGUMENTS ifuilut' TuUilll ItofiiNcN ( o INNIIO Orilcr AlliMVN Tlmo KnoiiKli I" TrniiHfi-r SIcii-I. , CHICAGO , Dec. 29. Judicial ruling nn the petition for an Injunction to restrain the merging of the Wagner Palace Car company and the Pullman Palace Car company will be had tomorrow , when Judge Tuthlll will pass n n the motion of the issuance of a temporary Injunction. Hofore that lime the transfer of the slock cif the Pullman Palace Car company In payimmt ot the assoU of the Wagner Palace Car company may be effected , as the court refused to enter any order In the case. Attorneys for both sides made extended nrRiimrnta this afternoon , but the court re fuwd to Issue mi order before * to o'clock In the morning and It Is understood that he- fore that time the transfer lll havp been made and the matter be beyond n restrain ing order. CORNISH AS A MIMIC WITNESS Itccorilcr ( inn Slops Piinloinlinlo lit lU'oiliiflliiii of Si'iMHAVIifii Mr . Ailiiiiis Took tinI'olion. . NK\V YORK , Doc. 2t. ! The moat interest- j Ing Incident today in the. trial of Uolnml I- ) , Mollneux , charged with the murder of , Kathcrlne J. Admits , occurred during the j -examlnatlon of Hnrry Cornish by Har- atow S.Veelis , the defendant's counsel. Weeks asked the w.ltucss to atop from the stand , sit down nt the end of the table oc cupied by the nttorncys for the state , go through the performance of opening the bn- tlo of liromo seltzer , show how he knocked the contents Into the glass , how he poured the wntcr from one glass Into another , boltiR careful to get approximately the earno amount of water that he used In the preparation of the fatal dose on the morn ing of the murder of Mr * . Adams. rornish complied with the request and proceeded to | demonstrate about how much he drunk of the mixture , also about how much Mm ! Adams took of the poison. I It was not until Weeks asked the wltnoRH to drink the wntor In tills pantomimic re production ot the scone on the morning of Sirs. Adams' death that Recorder Oolt In terfered. Weeks assured Cornish that the water would not hurt him , but the court re marked : "This dumb show has gone far enough. " AssiHtant District Attorney Osborne good nnturedly told the witness to go ahead and drink the water and the witness picked up the glass with the remark : "Well , I will drink It. " At this point Recorder Goft again inter fered with the Htatotnent that he would not pormlt anything of the sort to take place | In the court room. Oabornu said that while | Cotnlsh did not like the tactics of the attorney - | torney for the defendant , he had no objec tion to drinking the wntcr , if allowed to dose so by the court. This , however , the recorder would not consent to. Two of the most Important witnesses for the prosecution were on the stand during the day. They were John D. Adams , former secretary of the Knickerbocker Athletic club , and Cornish. Adams was the flrst witness called. The most Interesting point In connection with j his testimony today was his positive Identl- ] Jlcatlon of the. handwriting on the poison package as that of Mollncux' . The testi mony of Cornish consisted largely of detailed descriptions of the scenes on the morning of the murder at the Adams flat. Recorder GoFT refused to allow Mr. Weeks to ask any questions as to the present whereabouts ! ' of Mrs. Cornish , the wife of the witness. and why Mr. and Mrs. Rogers , the latter the daughter of Mrs. Adams , had separated. ( iitlil IjxiiortN < o iuroi > < ' , X13\V YORK , Dee. 29. Ileldelbach , Ickel- helmer & Co. will ship $1.600.000 gold by to morrow's steamer. This makes' u total for tomorrow so far engaged of K " .ono. The Bank of Montreal shipped $500,000 gold to Canada yesterday. IVIIIINIIS \ < > < 'N anil Comment. Kansas made 1.1G3.O"0 pounds of cheese the last year , valued at $101,731.20. The fourth annual exhibit of the Mitchell County Poultry and il'ct Stock association ' will be held nt'Beloit , January : ! . There are MO.COO iiiiplls attending Kansas public schools and It costs $1,500.000 annually 1o foot the bill , or about $11 n head. It Is reported by 'Mr. ' Harnes of the Horticultural ticultural society that Kansas raises $20,000.- COO worth of fruit every year , on an aver- ago. ago.An Investigator has polled the faculty of the Stale Agricultural college , and llnds twenty-'throo republicans and twenty-one democrats iimpopulists. . The farmers of Hlcc , McPherson and ilcno counties produce half of the broom corn raised west of the Missouri. Their crop was sold this year for nearly $200,000. John U. Sims of Missouri Center raised f > 00 lumhels of corn on a five-acre. Held. Once before eighty-two bushels to the aero were raised on the same tract of Kansas noil. A big Christmas tree was a feature of the celebration of the day nt the State Insane , asylum at Osawatomle. and It bore fruit for every one of 1,030 inmates and the 170 j employes. i As an evidence of the Improved lln.nnclal condition of Kansas and the raisins of her eiodlt In the estimation of eastern Investors It Is of Interest to note that there has been ' nearly $2,009,000 of C and 7 per cent municipal Indribtednps'M refunded Into IVi sind ! i per cent bonds during the last year. | Miss Klslo Heasoner. the O. * ioriie girl who rc'ion.od the coronation of Queen Wllhel- mlna In Holland for the Associated Press | mid who Is to represent the association at i the 'Paris ' exposition , will lecture at 1-caven- i worth on the nleht of January ' - ' . the proI I rood.to ! K < > to the Old Ladles' Rest of that place. ' MlNHIIIIl-l II IMt MIsNOIirlflllM. The Oulney & Eastern railroad may build I a line from Qulncy to Hannibal. I ' Tliu school children of Trenton looked after tlui poor of that city Christmas. The county rourt of Carroll county shipped a iMiipr-r back to Switzerland. Hon. ' . 1 ! . frowloy of Charlton county Is a candidate for judge of the court of ap peals. Nearly 1,000 pounds of turkey with dressIng - Ing was served to the prisoners In the pcn- It'-jitlary Christmas. i T. W. Porter of Hopkins haw sold $ ir,0 , ' worth of milk from two Jersey cows since | last April , besides supplying bis family , j The editors of northwest Missouri arc- i preparing for u big time at the annual meeting of tholr association In St. Joseph March ! l and HI. HfK ) , The State College of Agriculture- nn- | nounced the program for the short course from January 2 to March ! . The eoiir o ' Is open without examination to all IHTSOIIH ever Hi years old. heoturos are given on rrop-growlng , Hlook-brcodlng , stock-Judg ing , stock-fording , dairying , frult-grn\UnK , and klndrod topics. "Within the next live yearn Missouri wll ! ' startle the world , " says Slate fooloilsi ! ( iulluhor , "with the great amount of load , zinc , copper , nickel , cobalt and coal inli.t d In Ilio state. Missouri Is rich In those min erals , the richest of any state III I he coun try. IL lias an abundance of the finest oop- I'or ' The Ml.-iS'iurl copper haw a sulllcicnt amount of gold In | t to pay for Ilio smi li- Ing of the ore , and this Is a big tiling ; " 33 * 5g > _ j' / FOR NURSING AND GENERAL COOKING , SEND FOr ? "BABIES'7 ABOOKFOFl r _ . . . . MOTHERS. < ilpgM CONDENSED Ml ILK * i Gordon's Condensed , Milk Co. , Now t32iflasBdai rrpsra'3OTS'3 ' yin 22JS2 t32iflasBda Ui.'it our prices are always moderate Mxamino them lor yourself. Telephone H5 Silver Fillings $1.00 ( jolt ] Alloy r'iUIiics 1.00 Platinum Alloy joinings 1.00 ( iuld Filtinsrs I'.dO anil up < 'rowtis .1.00 and tiji , A. Woodbury , D , D. S. , Council Bluffs , Next to i thand Hotel , j . 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