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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13 , 1900. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. JII.VOH MHVriOX. Davis sells glass. Flno A. B. C. beer , Ncumayer's hotel. Wclsbnrli burnurs at JJlxby'B. Tel. 1M. Hudwelnor beer. ; U Hosenfeld agent. Tluiro will bo nn Important meeting of the Cv ntrnl 1/ilxir union hla evening. Get your work done ut the popular haglo laundry. 721 Uroadwny. 'I'hono Io7. W. C. Estcp. undertaker , 2S I'cnrl street. Telephones : Otllce , 07 ; ip ldenco. 12. Tho. place to have your framing Alexander's Art Emporium. 333 Uroadwny. The Council ( Huffs llppubllonn club will jiiiM-t tonlsht , when all members arc ttrgeu to lie mrosent. A ten-pound 1 > y made his arrival nt the Tvimo or Mr iirul Mrs. It. A. Perkins of Bmitli FlrHt Htrcut yesterday. T N I'l-liTHoti of the firm of Peterson .t Krhoenlng says Inlias no ambition tit bo un < ililirmatilc candidate on the democratic ticket. Twenty-ono cnr * of strel rails omiJtlenea to the Onwhn. C'ounct niuffB .t Suburban Hallway company arrived here yesterday over the llurllncton. J. M. ErmcrlllB. deputy supreme com mander of the Knights of the Mnoruboos. i * In the city from California. Ho expects to fcnrnln bore several days. riinrlt'tt Ingrain , the negro arrested Sun day by Detective Clanr , WUH taken imc-k to .Atlantic yesterday by Slier IT 1111 "f Ctuw county. Ingrain was wanted at Atlantlc'-for burglary. C } Jl V niter chief clerk In the olllcn of Comincn-lnl Acent .Melz of the Illinois I'eti- trul , has removed Ills family fimn Om.niii to tills vlty and Is now located at Io07 Second end avenue. ' J4. Jf. Caldwell of 101 Washington nvcmm received u telegram yesterday announcing the dcntb nt bis mother al U-on. In. , from mincer of the throat. uMr. Caldwell loft for lypon last evening. All members of Camp William Krlso No. afilNi , Indopomlent Order of Forester * , are ircmiestiMl' ' to bo 'prod-lit at the tnpctliitf l < > - jilgbt. ns tbcro Is business of Importance o come lil > for action. A sncjiktlilcf stole Attorney Gable's over coat from Ills olllco yesterday afternoon. 'Within half an hour after the theft Olllcer Vulliilmn' recovered the coat In 11. Olllnskl a Hpfoiid-liaml KocwlH store on West llroau- \viiy. Tbo thief Is still at large. William llolnli and Charles Maker , alias "Hod , " tli v youiiK lads nrrestrd for Jumping on and off trains In the Northwestern yards , lind their tviHcs referred to the grand Jury. Vntll the amount of their ball is determined Ithey are being held at tlm city jail. The Congregational Christian Kndeavor f-Oflety will hold Its monthly Inislnoss ineet- Intr at the homo of Miss 'Hello ' lloon , 1112 Fourth uvcmio. this evening. A full at tendance is desired. After the business ses- jiion Butnes nnd a sociable will follow. Joh.i Hose , the hid arrested for stealing real In the ynrds of the Northwestern rall- way , was committed to tbo county jail for ton days yesterday morning. The boy siild Oils mother was without fuel and that Jio Sind only picked up the c-oal along the- tracks mml bad not taken it from any tar. H. McOuIrl of 'McGinn & Sons of Chicago was in the city yesterday looking over tins ground with n view of establishing n. .soap mid rendering1 plant hero. The. linn will be willing to take euro of all dead horses and viittlo 'without expeuso 'to ' tlio city nnd own ers will RO before tbo city council next Slonday night with uucli a proposition. The case against Charles I angdon , K-hargod with the larceny of an overcoat be longing to 15. D. Huker. a barber , was dls- milsscd In Justlco Vion's court yesterday afternoon on motion of the assistant county nttorncy. Ixmmlon has been hound ovc.r to the grand Jury on another charge unil to done no on this conrphilnt would only add costs to the county. All Hint was mortal of Itobert Schneider , nho gambler who committed suicide at the Keumuyer hotel Friday evening , was laid to rest yesterday In Walnut Hill cemetery. There were no services and the remains iwcro followed from the undertnkintr rooms of C. Ijunklcy to the grave by Carl linm- bcrg , the young brother of 'Mrs. Schneider , und a companion. ' or C. A. Hay C'lnrk. the 7-yoar-old son Clark , aOl JCast Washington avenue , was t-orloiialy Injured yesterday while coasting. 3Ilft bled ran into a delivery wagon and the Iboy received several deei > gashes In his Jiead. When picked up by Oncer ) John fimlth , ivlio happened to bo passing , < be boy was unconscious. He was taken to his Ihomo and a physician summoned. Mrs. Mary Franklin of Neola commenced nult In the district court yesterday for dl- vorco f i oin Molvln Franklin , to whom she. was married In Crescent City July I , IbK ) . She alloEOS lier husband frequently amused lilmself l < y 'threatening to shoot her and that actually on a number of occasions he rliasod her from the house at the point of a. ibtitchor knlfo or with an ax. Kho nsks the oonrt to grant her custody of tho. Jnlnor daughter , Kllzabcth. D. U W'hitliold ' , nn attorney of Malvern , was in the city yesterday for the. iiun > ese of Hwcarjntc out a writ of habeas corpus for .1 7nnu named Mullliolland. lint there 4iolnK no Judge here , ho was compelled to KO to Hiir- lan. . .Mnllholland was arrested In Mills county nt 'tho ' instance of the. authorities of Thomas county , Kansas , whore he is wanted to answer to a charge of violating' the liquor laws. Mtillhollanil is a real estate .ngpiit and lias boon lately making his home In Glonwood. Joronilah Tannehlll died yesterday even ing Jit tlu > hoinn of his son , .Joseph Tanne- lilll.101 Basil 'Jlroadwny , need. 75 years. Ho ranm hero from Lincoln , Nob. , about three weeks IIKO to spend the winter with his son nnd death was duo to old ago. lie loaves llvo children , two daughters und throe sons. Ono daughter and one son llvo in Lincoln , one daughter In , Omaha , another son lives In Sterling , III , and one In this city. No iirranKcniMtts have boon made as yet for tlir funeral. "Friendly" Informations wcro Illod against "William MoKlnley. George .lioyle , I'lillllp Kllllim and Fred Klopfor yostorday'lh Jus tlco VIcn'H court by S. W. l-Virnoy for keepIng - Ing their barber shops open last Sunday. W. C' . lleniVleks Illcd similar' Informations against Fillllornhardl , Hubert IVrnlmnll nnd I'Jd Kolloy. All the cas-os will be sub mitted on agreed stutoinent of fai'ts , as heretofore , < md dismissed at thu motion of the assistant county attorney and the costs taxed to the couniy. , N. Y. Plumblnc C > \ TcI.2.r.O. ' H'riit IXiilr TriuiNt'rrft. The follnwliiK transfer ! ) wcro Illoil yester- riny In tlm abstract , tltlo and loan ufllco ol J.V. . Squire , 101 I'nirl Btrcct : JloK.-i I'alinor mill husband to Marlon I'almcr. nVi .nnJi ami cVa e.,4 nw'/i ni .i 1-75-10. w il $ 4,100 Edna C. I'olorson an < l liiiHbaiuI to HP | | < \ Went , lot 10 , block 21 , town nt No la , w < l SiC Jaiui'.s O.illainin aiul ulfi' to UcorKe H. Conk Hint Mlln II. t'ooU. eihe1' , HW'J uiwl nw'/i Kti'.i sw'.i ' : ! ti75aSv d. 3.C \Vlllliim 11. 'Myers ' and wlfo \inmulii K. 1'iMiuy. lot 3 In Hiilullv of oriKlnal plat lot -IS. Council lllulTs. w d 'J.SOC Dolin S. Hurkburr mill wife to Kiln S. Hond , nwli no'.i 7-77-11. w d l.fiui Samuel ! ' . lloll nnd wlfo to UrorKoV. . 'Siimplor.lot 1 , bloiU10 , c'asady's add. w < l t . Citizens Staid bunk.of Council lIlufl'H to Olto Mies , HW > . 'I D-7S-41. . w d , X County trrutmrcr to W. II.VooJ. . CO lota m Cuuuvll UluffH , 15 tux deeds. . IK Total , twenty-two transfers Davis sells paints. Howcll's Antl-"Kawf" curc coushs , colds , Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday tc the following persons : Name and Hesldonce. Ago William Brauck. Pottitwattiinile . Agneti Hocacker , Pottawattamle . 2 l''rt'd W. Pierce. Oakland , la . i Nellie Morris , Taylor , la . 3 A Great Tonic. Horsford's ' Acid Phosphate Invigorates and strengthens the sys tem , relieves nervousness and head ache , and cc eates a good appetite. Genuine be a ( name Hort nKo'i on wrapper. FARftil LOA S Necotlated In Kaatern Nebraska and lowu. James N. Casadr. Jr. , li Main St. , Council HI arts. CASE OF SUICIDE OR MURDER OharlfE B , Jonc. ' , Janitor at Federal Build ing , Found Dead in Bed. HE IS SHOT WITH A CHEAP RLVOLVER oHfoiH lilvltiK with Him In Held I'ondlnu i Inventluntlon 'I'lio Hud tltiarrolod ntiil Stic .May Have Killed Him. Charles B. Jones , the colored janitor at the Federal building , either committed aul- cldo by shooting himself through the header or was deliberately murdered luet. evening about G:30 : o'clock In his rooms over 707 Wrat Broadway. According to a statement made by Bertha Alexander , a ncgrca who occupied the rooms with Jones and who was nlono with him at the time of the tragedy , the man shot himself , while appearances and clrcmnstancto indicate that the wound was not Eolf-lnfllctcd. The tiegrcsj has been taken Into custody pending investigation. The place where the tragedy occurred Is the Kecond story of a small frame building occupied aa a eccond-hand goods store and foVmlng ono 'of a row of rookeries on the south sldo of Broadway , just west of Sev enth direct. Here , In apartments consisting of two rooms , the entrance to which Is reached by a rickety stairway on the outaldc of the building , Jouos had for several monthd been living with the ncgress. Bertha Alex ander. The lack of any motive to Induce Jones to take his own life leads to the sus picion that the woman , In revenge for oomo fancied wrong , shot him while he was sleep- Ing. The bullet entered the right side of the head an Inch above and about the same distance behind the car , coming out on the other side In about the same place. When found by the police Jones was still breathing and continued to do so for about half an hour , but never spoke. The revolver , a cheap , nickel-plated article , was lying on the right side nt the foot of the bed , out of reach of the dying man's hand. Found Ijj-lnjr on Ills HncU. Jones was lying on his back , with the bedclothes wrapped around him. He was dressed in his shirt and trousers , and ap pearances seemed to indicate that he had just laid down to take a ehort nap before going to hla duties at the postofflce. The blood had oozed from the gaping wound In the head nnd formed In a clotted mass around his neck and shoulders. As far as could bo learned last night no one heard the shot Ilred. Shortly after 5:30 : o'clock Bertha Alexander , the negrcss , ran down from the rooms and across the street to the Kagle laundry , where she asked the clerk to notify the police that Jonca had shot himself. Ofllcer Callaghan happened to be passing and he accompanied the ncgress back to the rooms , where he found Jonee aa described. On the arrival of Chief Albro the woman made a statement to the effect that while she was sitting at the foot of the bed talking to Jones ho suddenly pulled a revolver from beneath the bedclothes and shot himself through the head. She said : "Charles , after leaving his work this morning , went to Omaha and had been back only about half an hour when he shot himself. On his return he lay down on the bed and called to mo to come to him. I was sitting at the time on the lounge In the other room. I asked him what ho wanted and ho told mo to come to him. I went into the room und 'ho said ho wished me to write a couple of letters for him. I3vrote ono to Mr. Bctz , the chief Janitor at the Iiostofllcc , nnd then ho told mo to write one to his brother. I asked him what bo wanted to Bay to his brother and was sitting at the end of the bed watting for him to tell mo when ho suddenly shot himself. " They Had Quarreled. hi answer to questions the woman said there had been a quarrel between her and Jones. When the police commenced to in terrogate her closely she refused to answer any further questions. When taken to the city Jail 8ho refused to talk further and declined to answer any questions put to her. her.Tho The letter to Thll Betz , tbo chief janitor nt the federal building , throws no light on the shooting. U 1 simply a statement to the effect that he , Bctz , would find some ol Jones' underwear and razor In the basement at the postolllcc. The employes nt the postofflce refuse to bcllcvo that Jones took bis own life. When ho loft the building yesterday morning after getting through with his work he was in bis usual happy frame of mind and there was nothing to Indicate that ho had any In tentions of taking hlu life. Friends of the dead man say he was not In the habit of carrying a revolver and that In fact they did not know ho owned one. Two yearn or so ago Jones lived with this same woman In rooms over the laundry run by a Chinaman on North M ln street. At thai time they frequently had quarrels nud It was gald the woman WBH Jealous of Jones' attentions to ether women. Thcso quarrels llnally ended In Jones leaving the n egress and It was only a few months ago that they resumed their relations. It is aald that Jones was paying attention to n colored girl in Omaha , whom he Intended to marry , This leads to the theory that the Alexander woman , learning fiom Jonen that ho had been to Omalm to see this girl. In a fit ol revenge or Jealousy shot him while sleeping , 1'fli'ilds of the dead man say Jones bad frequently expressed himself as being afraid of the woman. Jones was probably the best known col- orcd mini In Council Bluffs. lie was con siderable of a 'politician and was recog nized as a leader In all such matters amons the people of his race In this city. He hail been employed ut the postoftlco In dlffcro.nl capacities for a nuinber of years. He wae a man of some education and wrote a good hand. The fact that ho- was a good letter writer makes It seem slightly strange that ho shuuld ask the negrcss to write the let- tens for him , as slui claims ho did. HU wlfo died about Ihree years ago , shortly after which ho iirst tools up with the Alex- rmder woman. CoronetVIcMN ( lie llodr. Cormier Treyuor , after viewing the body , ordered It removed to Kstcp's undertaklni ; rooms , where an Imjuesi will bo hpld ut 1 o'clcck tlilh .iftvrnoou. An autopsy was lie hi last evening by Dr. titeiihinsjii , the county physician , which showed that the bullet had entered the right Hide , milking Its exit al the left , after having traversed n straight line through the head. The location of the wound , both. Dr. Treyuor and Dr. Stephen- 6 , n uay. niakca U very dfmbtful If the mat shut himself. The bullet , after passing through the head , was imbedded lit the pillow , and was later found In the bed by Coroner Treynor. II had evidently dropped from the pillow when the body wag rcruovod. Jonee received hla salary for January yesterday frcm Postmaster Troynor , amount ing to $42 and some- odd cents. The only money found on Us person was 27 cents , What ho did with the balance baa cot been learned. Jonca had relatives In leaven- worth , Kan. , and in Colorado. Thoee in Leavcnworth have been notified of his death. W. S. Katon , n young man who drives a delivery wagon for Bartel & Miller , the Broadway grocers , claimed last night to have scon Jones ohoot himself. According to his story , he wns driving west on Broad way about C o'clock when he saw a negro In. a store just weot of Seventh street flourishing a revolver. A minute later he heard a shot nnd saw the negro stagger. He drove on , nnd on hU return n little * before C o'clock , seeing a crowd In front of 707 Broadway , stopped to Inquire If the negro wao dead. This Ifl the story told by Union lo Chief Albro last nlghl In the presence of a re porter for The Bee. Little- stock , however. Is placed In It , ns everything goes to prove that Jonen was cither shot or shot himself while lying In bed In his rooms In the upper story of the building. Alexander AVoninn'd Story. Bertha Alexander told n somewhat dif ferent etory last night when seen nt the city jail. She eald that during the afternoon she wan visiting a short distance from homo nnd that Jones , when he returned home , came to got the key of the rooms from her. She gave 'him the key , nud about half an hour later followed him to the rooms. She found Jones sitting at a table , and he said ho wao about to write a letter to his brother. Instead of writing1 , ho wont Into the other room and laid down on the bed. Ho called to her , nnd nt his request wrote the letter to Janitor Botz. Ho then asked her to write to his brother Dennis , nnd she was about addressing the envelope when ho drew the revolver from underneath the bod- clothe.nnd shot himself. Friends of the dead man said last night that the woman had frequently threatened to kill Jones It ho left her again , and It was only a few months ago that Jones told ono of the employes at the postofflco that ho was afraid she would carry out her threat and that ho went constantly in fear of his life. It waa also said last night that Jones was deeply In debt nnd that this might have prompted him to take hla life. DOINGS IN TIID IHSTHICT COUIIT. Thomcll Detained nt Home by SlckncftN lit III * Family. Judge Thornellwas to have reconvened district court yesterday morning , 'but a tele gram received from him contained the In formation that on returning to hla homo at Sidney last Saturday his son was taken 111 with scarlet fovcr. This will prevent Judge Thornell from being hero before Wednesday at the earliest nnd It Is possible that he may not 'ho able to hold court for thrco weeks. Under thcso circumstances Judge Thornell suggested to the attorneys In the case of Slgler against Brown , the trial of which was commenced last Saturday before him , that they agree on some attorney of the' local bar to preside aa Judge. The attorneys , how ever , have decided to wait until Wednesday before considering any such proposition. Sickness among the Judges has practically put the business of the January term of dis trict court in this district at a standstill. Judge Green has been compelled to return to his home In Audubon owing to the serious illness of his wife. Judge Macy is elck In bed and U is said will 'bo unable to open court at Avoca today. The opening of the term has been already postponed from Feb ruary 6 en account of Judge Mncy's Illness and a further adjournment will probably have to be taken. The term here was Inter fered with by Judge Thornell having to take Judge Macy's place at Atlantic and now Judge Thornell himself is tied up at his homo on account of sickness In his family. Judge Smith Is the only Judge in the dis trict able to preside and ho Is busy holding court at Atlantic. J. A. Gregory Is not satisfied with the ver dicts In the cases In which he was tried for shooting Constable Moss and shooting at Chief of Police Albro. He believes ho ought to have .been acquitted on 'both charges , In stead of being -found guilty of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury , and yesterday hla attorneys filed motions for new trials in both cases. The grounds on which now trials are asked are as follows : Verdicts contrary to the evidence and the law ; court erred in giving his instructions to the Jury ; court erred in overruling defendant's chal lenges to Jurors for cause ; court erred In admitting testimony for the state .which had been objected to by the defendant. The general Impression Is that If new trials are granted , Gregory could bo tried over again for the original charges as contained in the Indictments , namely , assault' with Intent to murder. This , however , la not BO , the fact that the jury brought In verdicts finding Gregory only guilty of assault with intent to commit great bodily Injury , ac quits him for all tlmo of the moro serious charge. He can only be tried again for the grade of offense of which ho was convicted , but It will bo In the. province of the Jury to return a verdict of guilt on even a lower grade , such as assault and battery or plain assault. Sentence was to have been passed yester day on Gregory , Jesse Thompson and Frank Paul , but this necessarily had to bo post poned In the absence of Judge Thornell. l.llirnrv lloiird Mt-ctN. At the regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon of the board of trustees of the public library nothing except routine busi ness was transacted. The report of the librarian for January gave the following ntatlstlca : Number of visitors during month , 8,641 ; number on Sundays , 267 ; number registered booktukcrs , 8,271 ; number of books taken , 6,699 ; classi fied as follow * : Philosophy , 82 ; theology elegy 70 ; natural scluncc , 191 ; fiction , 4,567 ; poetry and esKuys , 3S9 ; history , nnd biography , 777 ; travels , 671. The num ber of bookH In the circulating , library on February 1 was 17,486 , In the government department , 4.9S2 , making a total of 22,468. During January sixty-nine volumes of the latest current literature wcro added to the library by purchase. The report of the finance committee showed a balance In the treasury on February 1 of $1,625.5:1. : The bills allowed for January amounted to MOO. 00 , of which $30 was for | Insurance premiums. The board decided to advertise for bds ! for printing COO copies of the annual re port , the awarding of the contracl being left with tbo committee on administration. Mining ? Cniiipnii ) ' KlrutN Ofllcrr/i , The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ingbnm Consolidated Gold Mining com pany of Colorado was held yesterday mornIng - Ing In the office of HOES & Ross , the com pany's agents In this state. None of the stockholders wore present , but proxies were ticnt by mall to Messrs. floss for the elec tion of the following directors : Baron Wil liam del Marmol , William P. Bonbrlgbt. Godefrold Victor Mcer , Irving W. Bon- I bright , Theodore Posuo. The annual reports of the president , general manager and treas urer were not read at the "meeting , " but will be mailed Instead to each stockholder. The officers of the company are : President , Baron del Marmol ; vice president , William P. Bonbrlght ; treasurer and secretary , Wil liam F. Fisher. H Is said ibal the majority of the stock of the company Is held in Brus sels , Belgium. The offices of the company are loctetl at Colorado Springs. Ilurulnm at Work. George B. Pattcreon , residing at 91S Fourth avenue , was awakened about 1 o'clock Sunday morning by the sound of someone attempting to force tbo kitchen door. Housing bis brother-in-law the two quickly dreeced and arming themselves with revolvers went out throujh the front door , Intending to take the would-be burglars or burglar by surprise. As they turned the cor ner of the house they saw two men run Into the woodshed. They both stood guard nt the shed with cocked revolvers while another member of the family notified the police. When the offlccro arrived on the scene they expected to find the two burglars In the woodshed , but they wore not there. While Patterson and his brothcr-ln-lnw wore standing guard outside the burglars escaped Into the nlley by climbing through n win dow In the shed. The Patterson residence was entered by thieves about a month ago and considerable Jewclrj stnlcn. DrcUlon of Intorrnt. District Court Judge Uowoy haa rendered a decision at Newton , la. , which Is of con siderable Interest to this county In view of the fact that the Hoard of Supervisors haa lot n contract to ! ' . M. Cunningham of Indi ana to ferret out property which Is not bearIng - Ing Its proper proportion of taxes. Several suits had been Inntltuted In Jasper county by tbo Iowa Tax Investigating company to collect taxes which had not been assessed. The defendants demurred on the grounds ) .tlmt section 1374 of the cede was not only unconstitutional but also not retroactive , and applied only to taxes which had been overlooked since the cede went Into effect. Judge Dewey held that the section was both constitutional and retroactive and under hla ruling collections can be made for taxes withheld or for nny reason not listed any time within five years from the demand by the treasurer. This decision being the first to determine the question is of the utmost Importance , as It means probably the col lection of a largo sum In taxes In this county on properly which has been cither Insufficiently or not assessed at all. WOULD HAVE A BULL FIGHT I'rOIIOMIon ! ( to Show the Itcnl T front .Mexico nt tliu IIMVII Stale Fair. DES M01NES , Fob. 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) A proposition was today made tu the State Agricultural society to hold a bull fight ttilt ) fall at the state fair. The promoters meters of the scheme agree , for $3,000 , to bring n. genuine Mexican bull here and to put , on a bull light the equal of anything over seen in Mexico. The- directors are con sidering the scheme , but It Is hardly possible that the peopleof Iowa will permit ihe ex hibition or that the directore will accept. The case of the state of Iowa against J. D. Hagcrman , a prominent liquor dealer , was given to the jury late this afternoon , after the entire day had been spent in hearing the arguments of counsel. This evening the Jury came in with a verdict of not guilty. Hagcrman was Indicted by the grand Jury for murder In the. first degree. On the evening - ing of September 28 Frank C. Moody went to the Hagerman residence and asked for a room. He wns told that there Wcro no rooms In the house , and he left after some words. Shortly afterward ho returned and entered the house and wao discovered by Mrs. Hagerman , who called her husband. In the scuffle which ensued Moody was shot In the leg , from the effects of which wound ho died several days afterward at Mercy hospital. The case has been on trial since last Wednesday. The Board of Supervisors took up the so- loon petition this morning anil almost Im mediately the attorneys for the contestants locked horns over the manner of procedure. Attorneys Evans and Marshall , for the anti- saloon people , sought to Introduce evidence to show that the pstltlon was fraudulent. Attorney Macy , for the saloon men , resisted the attempt , claiming that the board was sitting as a canvassing board and could not allow the Introduction of evidence. The question whether the board Is sitting as a judicial body , with power to hear evidence , or simply as a canvassing board , was argued by the attorneys all day and is still unset tled. THAT SIOUX CITY CADAVER Hotly Iilriidflril nt Ilitltiiiiore , from U'licnci- WIIM J.'li-Ht Shipped For AVIioiu Intended. BALTIMORE , Feb. 12. The body of the unknown man which was shipped to Sioux City , la. , on January 1C and which was re turned to this city last Saturday , was Iden tified today as that of Patrick Callaban. On December 29 a man was killed by a trolley car. The body was taken to the morgue to await Identification. Not having been claimed , on the 15th of January It was turned over to the Collcgo of Physicians and Surgeons for anatomical purposes. Wil liam Dcvlno , Janitor at the college , boxed It up nnd shipped It to Sioux City , ad dressed to John Bradford , Ho has been ar rested on the charge of shipping a human body out of the state for purposes of dis section. After his arrest Devlne said the cadaver was intended for lr. ) Maxwell 13 Silver , demonstrator of anatomy at the Sioux City Medical college. Y. .11. ' . ' \ . Cniifrreiipr. CKDAIt RAPIDS , la. , Kcb. 12. ( Special. ) The annual conference of the general sec retaries and physical directors of the Young Men's Christian associations of Iowa will bo held at Cedar Falls on March 1 and ! ! . In order to equalize the expenses It hn been i decided to pool them , making tbo expense to each member about $3. A splendid pro gram has been arranged and will bo car ried out. Among the addresses will be the following : "The Character of the Christian Worker , " Prof. H , H , Seorley , president Iowa State Normal school , Cedar Kails. "How to As- Hiiro Answer to Prayer , " S. D. Cordon , Cleveland , O. "Enlargement and Perma nency of Association Educational Work , " J. II. Thompson , Keokuk. Different branches of the gymnasium work will bo discussed by A. W. Klshcr of Cedar Haplds. Carl KothfiiKS of DCS Moines , H. 0. Clapp of Keokuk and C. II. Wilson of Davenport. Sudden Dcalli of a Child. CLARINDA. In. , Feb. 12. ( Special Tolo- gram. ) flay Van Dyke , 7 ycais old , a pupil In the Clarlnda public schools , left nchool apparently well this afternoon. Shortly afterwards he was found crying on the street and was conveyed home , where he died within a few minutes. HI death waa from natural causes. \Vomnu Uutn HIT Her TOIIKIIP. MONROE , la. , Fob , 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) Miss Lizzie Shafer. young woman , 25 yearn old , attempted suicide hero Sunday by cutting an Inch and a half off of her tongue. Despondency Is the cause. She has not yet given up her determination to end her life. She Is a daughter of D. W. Ehafcr. Inivn \ MTM Xolm. The Presbyterians of Indlanola nre about to begin , the erection of a new J1S.OOO church bulldln ? . Nearly 1.000 volumes were added to the Fort Dodge public library during the year just past. The Odebolt library contains 1.068 vol umes , but Its circulation for the last year was 5.7IS. Kostulli county lias n balance on hand In UK tiooHury of $37,502.70 , not counting school funds. The enrollment nt the Soldiers' home at Marshalltown nt present Is C71 men nnd lorty-seven women. Mason City has a musical prodigy in the ehupe of n blind i-yeur-old child who plays over Blxty pleres on the piano. Five companies of the new Fifty-first reg iment , lowu National Guard , Imvo been mubtered Into the service of the Htutc Ten companies of tuo new Forty-ninth ure aUo In service. MOKE LIQUOR LEGISLATION Bill to Incrcaso Penalty for Selling to Minors nnd Inebriate * . MEASURE PROPOSED BY SENATOR FINCH Idea li to MilUr Die OnVmlor Snlijrct to Criminal 1'riinrt'ullini Scvrrnt .McnntireN of Iiiiziorlnitvc Pawn Until HittiM'x. UKS M01NES , Fob. 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) The chief feature of the legislative sessions today was the Introduction In the senate of a. bill to increase the penalty at tached to the alu of Intoxicating liquors to minors and Inebriates In Iowa. The measure Is proposed by Senator Finch , who tlilnkn the penalty for these violations should be more stringent than at present. U It passi It will take out of the courts all the civil suits of this kind pending , nnd there are n lot of them In Iowa now , and convert them into criminal actions , as the bill provides that the solo to minors or habitual drunkards aball henceforth bo as flagrant a violation of the state laws as selling without a mulct petition In other words , subject to crim inal prosecution , The measure proposes such a sweeping change that It will without doubt meet with stubborn opposition from the saloon clement throughout the nlate , with a chance of Its dufcat. It has gene to the committee on suppression of intemper ance , which Is expected to uiako u favorable report on It. Apropos of the liquor laws of Iowa , Sena tor Hubbard has a bill in process oif prep aration designed to legalize the bus In cm of saloon keepers who have been'conducting their establishments under void mulct peti tions. This measure proposes to legalize thcso things and to extend the Immunity from punishment till EOUIO fixed date In the future , probably July 1 , so ns to glvo time to secure new petitions. The measure Is re ceived with kindly expressions by all to whom It has been presented. Senator Hub- bard originally Intended to Include In It n provision that no private party should bo allowed to begin saloon Injunction proceed ings. To this idea there was some objection nnd his present Intention Is to omit It from the measure , The two nbovo measures to gether with the flvo-mllo limit law Intro duced last week promise some Interesting discussion before long. Iiiilioriimt Mcaxiirci I'IIHK. Several measures of Importance passed the two houses today. The most important was the bill providing for a one-tenth of a mill building tax for the next flvo yearn for the State College of Agriculture at Ames. This Is a similar tax to the one re cently extended by the senate for another flvo years at the State , university. It will realize about $35,000 annually for the college and Is to stand In lieu of all other building appropriations after this year. The college Is making un effort to secure a $150,000 en gineering building besides the tax this year , but. Uiero is some doubt of the appropriation being made. The house , after n lengthy dis cussion , has passed the bill providing for a uniform system of bookkeeping for county treasurers. Sixteen votee were cast against it. The house also passed a bill providing that the revenue from sidewalk taxes shall bo turned Into the general county fund. The senate also passed the measure , defining the place where bonds of pharmacists shall be filed. There has been some doubt on this point and this law specifies that they shall bo filed with the county auditor. The present week will 'be a busy one , several Important subjects 'being on the calendar as special orders. Cheshire's bill to allow cltlefl to suppress gambling by giving them the authority which the state now has in this direction has been recom mended for passage by the senate committee on judiciary nnd made a special order for tomorrow at 10:30 : n. m. Emmert's tuberculosis bill will come up Wednesday for flnal determination by the senate and on Thursday the house will take up the discussion of the bill for the estab lishment of three new normal schools. Fourteen new bills cnmo into the two houses today , several of them being Impor tant measures. Senator Garst , chairman of the senate appropriations committee , by re quest , asks for $66,000 to establish monuments ments for Iowa Union soldiers on the bat tle-Held of Shlloh. None of these monuments ments is to exceed $4,000 except the one representing the state , which may represent $15,000. The bill names the following com missioners : G. L. Godfrey of Dos Molnes , G. W. Crosby of Webster City , C. A. Hus ton of Waubeck , .1. 1) . Morrison of Kort MadUon , L. Kinkoad of DCS Molnes , J. H. Monroe of Muscatlne , E. B. Sloper of Em- metsburg , C. W. Kepler of Mount Vernon. W. T. Shaw of Anamosa , K. C. Dlackmar of Washington nnd John Hayes of Red Oak. Another lltilltllnc ; mill Ioim Hill. Another building and loan bill , calculated to stir up the earth , has been introduced in the house nnd will come into the senate tomorrow. It Is with Interests of the build ing and loan associations of the state nnd is backed 'by them. The measure proposes to strike out of the building and loan laws that provision by which these corporations are compelled to make returns to the county auditors for purposes of taxation. It Is not expected that the measure will pass the assembly as the disposition is to make the present laws governing these associa tions more stringent than they are now , as Is evidenced 'by several measures before the assembly. Ex-Governor , I > arrabcc's resignation from the chairmanship of the State Hoard of Con trol taken effect Wednesday and It Is ex pected that another nomination to fill thin vacancy will be sent to the senate cither lo- morrow or next day. Governor Shaw IWH tendered the appointment of chairman'of the State Board of Control to Eugene S. Elsworth of Iowa Falls. Mr. Kllsworth Is seriously considering whether or not to ac cept the appointment. It IB believed ho will. Mr. Ellsworth Is president of two banks in Iowa Kails and director in a number of ether financial institutions about the state , Is farm manager for 0,000 acres of lowu land and IB an old soldier. The appointment meets with tbo approval of most of the wen- ators and It Is likely If Mr. Kllsworth ac cepts his nomination will bo confirmed. .111iiiOpcrnturM .Mn-t , DBS MOINES , la. , Feb. 12. The Mine Operators' association of Iowa met hero to day to consider the demand a made 'by the mine workers. The latter say that begin ning April 1 they will demand n mine run scale. The operators , after their meeting today , declared they would not grant It. They added that they will not hold their -I = fl HYOMEI ccuea lltruiN MILL * . I'l Xtlin It. T lloolli Lo.lomHtthlj. . two ) ran old I li d ln u tuurrtr from L'tUrtti In Ibo titad ( or tonly. n e or tlili t J j ri. I > cloi all told nte that my dIMate vai Jncurakl6 on ac count uf 1117 eo. l > a r HTOIKI adtcr tlted and coocludrd to iflm It a trial , I lia'turnl l b U ! < and rannuwur that I am entirely cured. U U fl or rli looiuU tluci 1 "lull utlug It end I kUUrtm.tacu , < l CUUEB DY INHALATION. Tb 0rt uuJ only trntlu nt crrr Lnviru which CAM rau b tb 4l ia cu [ iarta or Ite litaU , Iliraat und lu > ci. Sold by all dniKvlrti or xnt by mall. Ilyi.tucl oulflt roraplKU II Ou Trill ulfll ic. rtrndayn'UMtinriilot II r cmcl Irw i aead > o. itamp tot pbtUgo TJJBB.T BOOTH CO. , Ittacs.N.y. winter conference with the miners until February 26. It had been called for Febru ary 15 and the reason the operators dcmnnd n delay Is In order to loam the proceeding * of the Illinois confcrcnre , which will be held before the 26th. Miners have been al ready coining In for the conference mid are Indignant with this treatment. They divlnro there will certainly be n general strike un less the operators concede the mine inn scale. SlllllOII oCltMfllt 1'rlltlnll , DRS M01NKS , Keb 12. The llrsl saloon con eiit petition to bo acted on In Iowa slmv the recent decision of the supreme court that nil counties muni secure new ones lu.- been Illcd In lies Molnes. The new law r > ' - fiulrcs that the board of supervisors shall pass on the euftlclency of such pi-tliloiw When thn bonrd sat today to take up the ne\\ one for this city the n'lestlon was Im mediately ralse.l whether the board wns to sit ns a judicial body to pass on all the legal nucslloiiH Involved , to determine the RFnulnctics * of UIP nit-natures nud to hear all arguments or whether Us duties wen1 simply to count nnd ennvaxs I ho mimlrr of names without KIIIIIR Into the judl-lnl lu- vesllKatlon. The attorneys rnr ( he in'oon men Insisted that tbo board could only can vass the number of nnnic ; the null-saloon attorneys declared the bonrd must Investi gate the genuineness of nvcry questionable Htgnature. The attorneys hnd not con cluded their arguments when the board ad journed. Whichever decision the binnl reaches thn matter will nl once bo taken Into the courts to test the law. Trillion mill l.lllmr AMNOIII | > | .V MillM'ntc. SIOUX CITY , la. , Feb. 12. ( Special. ) The Sioux City Trades nnd Labor assembly hnR Ktartcil on a plan of education of Its members nlons soclnl nnil ciouomlilines ISvcry Sunday afternoon n lecture In nr- raimed with nnino prominent loeal man , who Is assigned a topic and upon which ho reads a paper. Then the men present enter Into u general discussion of the matters called to their attention. Many niuko very creditable talks following ? tbo reading of the principal paper nnd the plan Is iiiite | Rcncriilly ap proved. HoliH HM | Hooniniato. AMHS. la. , l-'eb. 1L' . ( Special. ) hast week two parties cnmo to the West hotel of this place , registering us Rrant Jordan of JancH- vlllc , Wis. , nnd .1. It. Price of Chicago nnd secured board for a week. They were given a room together at their own request. On Saturday morning when Jordan awoke he found his pockets had been rilled nnd that his friend had relieved him of some $10 nnd left the town. I'lilninl-I'lilllli Itci'iinl Compiiny. CEDAR RAPIDS. la. . Kcb. 12. ( Special. ) The American Poland-China. Record company will hold Its twenty-third annual meeting In this city Wednesday. The business session will be held In the morning nnd In the afternoon there will bo a breeders' Institute. It Is exported there will bo between 100 and 200 members from thlH und adjoining autes in attendance. i "CAsr.VItr.T.H 0 < nil rlnlnicil for ntiil are nirul nn i icrfm mniirlnr 1 linTO oflon ivWieil tor n tncillt mo plea-nut to tnkp timl nt l.i t Imro foniul r n < " tt"t MPI-O laklup them. tn. tK > xl Imiln'on imrir i' irul ti t intt'vlcvoii li.itlm- liroreilwomlcriniiT nvi I irn IMP li N'ttcrlti every raj. " Allis. s.\i LIE K. M tt MIS. I. attcll. Toim. t I'lr.Tint. Valfl'ftlilo. Pntcnf. Tntp Oofxl. Do Omul , Never Slrl.au , Weaken , or ( Innr , 1C * . He , 0c. . . . CURE CONSTIPATION. . . . Clfillns ItrnrAt r mp > nr , ( lilricis M nlrr l , Sfit toil. 319 Mf > VO Poldnmt t"r nil rtnic- HU"I U llabti. MONEYS JOHN G.WOCDWARD8cCo ) ] WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS \ COVNCIL BLUFFS.IOWA flj WANTED Case or riail health that R-I-l'-A-N-S will no * , ( icnellt. Send 5 cents , to Pip ins fhcmlcnl Co. . Nev ; York , for 10 I samples and 1.000 testimonials. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought similating thcToodandReguIa- lirig the S inmarhs anlBcwels of Bears the Signature Promotes Di esHonCreei ( U- ncssanaRestTContains neither ) prum , > Iorph'me nor Mineral. O TIC . Ktstpe afOUDr Pax/Am jtru'tt Jfnt * Apcrfcct Remedy forConslifxi- lion. Sour Stoniach.Dinrrhoca , Worms .Convulsions.Fcverish- ucss and Loss OF SLEEP. facsimile Signolure of tXACT-COPVOr V/RAPFCn. "FORBID A FOOL A THING AND THAT HE WILL DO. " DON'T USE ! Wheels-Wheels $1.00 Down -$1.00 Week. Coins' great HoiiBniiouul olFor. Iflvory ono can got a wheel. ThiH offer good until April 1stfind only on wheels under $ -10. $2.50 down , SL'.HO weekly on fiaine plan ; \H \ abovb on Col umbia chain and chainlosa and Spalding wheels. Get our pass book and wivo your money , Money re funded before April 1st , if required. COLE & COLE , 41 MAIN STREET , COUNCIL BLUFFS , IA. V COUNCIL DAY BLUFFS Have for sale choice Fruit , Farm and Garden Land near Council Bluffs. 150 acres , mostly in fruit , adjoining city with U sots buildings. ; jy acres 4 miles east , with buildings and fruit. 4 acres , house , barn and fruit , li-i miles from post-oliico. 1 acre , with 7 room house , IA miles from post-office. 85 aero farm at a bargain. 39 Pear ! St. Telephone 344. Council Bluffs ,