8 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAHCTT 10, 1000. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL M I.N OH MI'.NTIO.N. Mavis sells glass. Hudwelser beer, h. Hosenlcld. agent. Uno A. li. C. beer. Neumnyer's hotel. Welibach burners lit Itlxbys. Tel. 193. Ir tephonon, Merrlnm block. Trl. 330. Special frame sale Saturday lit ('. K. Alex-oi.il'-r & Co ', IBS Hroiidwiiy. Hot your work 'lone at the popular Kaglc laundry, 721 Uroadwny. 'Photic 1". V. C. ''.step, undertaker. 2S Pearl street. Telephones: Olllce. 7; residence. 33. Hmiihc cleaning, carpet clonnlng and put ting down. I-'. II. Swan, linfl H. ith Rt. H A. Wick ham returned yodtt-riln V moin ing rrom a short business trli to Burling ton, ta. f'ltv I'liy-dcian T. H. Lncoy lias been rall'il t Chicago by the serious Illness or his !lHter. Mrs. Sumner. A case of warlet feer In the family of V. canning, illl Sixth iivmue was reported i the Hoard of Health yesterduy. A marriage lltetiKe wan Issued yesterday to K W. Hatch. aged ZY ami b. M. Hage, ! 23, both of Pottawattamie county. The regular mwtlng of Mdellty V,,m.n1r1l N.. IM, Itnyal Arcanum, will be held this exrnlng. when a full attendance l desired. Itev. II. 1, Morehouse of New York who nrrlved on visit to his brother. I.. H. More )nmc, Wednesday, wan taken III yesterday and In conllned to his bed Jeneral Manager Howard Klllott of tho Missouri lines of the Hurllngton system and a party or officials were In the city ycf-tcr-lav on a tour of Inflection. Judgo Avlenworth will hold a session of the superior court Saturday evening from 7 vi to .S:3'i o'clock for the purpose of Issuing naturalization iapers to woiildbe voters. i (. Gaston, court reporter for Judge Tliornell or the district court, was called i his home at Tabo:, la., yesterday aft ernoon by the Illness of his wife and child. Kilna, the Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs. Andrew Larson. 5U Soii'h Tenth street, illcl vesteriluv mornlnK- The funeral will b held this afternoon from the resilience at . o'clock and burial will be In Knlrview . emetery A stranger called at the home of llrs. Kellv, SKI Klrsl avenue, yesterday nMer tinon fintl made Inquiries about room and lii.ird. Arter he left a coat and vest be longing t one of the family was found to lie missing Pirn In the upjier story of a rrnmo cot tage at J4WI Avenue A, occupied by P. Ilof Her. gave the department a run about 7 clock last evening and did nbout $100 worth of damage. A defective tluo was the cause The houso Is tho property of M. Jturcus. John O., the Inrant son of Mr. and Mrs. .Vilin C Carlson. 1KB K.ist Plerco street, died at midnight Wednesday, nged 13 months. The funeral will be held from the fundi residence this afternoon at 4:30 o Hock and Interment will be In Falrvlew mctcry. The mother of Mrs. C. K. Walters, wife f the assistant cashier of the Klint Na tional bank of this city, met with a serious a-ildent yesterday. Slie slipped anil roll down the steps of the porch at the Walters borne, receiving a fracture of the right arm In the shoulder Joint. Such a rracturo H very unusual and nearly Impossible to jiicnd. the more especially In her case, as she Is 76 years or ago. Samuel C. Hansen of this city has been served with notice of suit Tor divorce brought by Ills' wire In tho courtH or Hock county, Minnesota. In addition to a. divorce Mrs liunsen askH ror tho custody or their Infmit child, which she alleges was ab ducted by Hansen and Is now with him In this city. The petition, n copy or which accompanied the notice or suit, contains n number of sensational charges against the tlertmd.int. MIfs Hlood. superintendent or drawing In the public schools, has arranged to give an entertainment at Odd Fellows' hall on Thursday, .March -"!, ror the benefit or the picture fund of the Thirty-second Street. Klglith Avenue, Harrison Street and Madi son Avenue schools. There will be musical and literary programs in the artcrnoon and evening. In which the best talent rrom this city and Omaha will participate. This con cert Is to take the place of the urt recep tions whlcli have been given in the other buildings. N. Y. PlumblPtf C,i. Tci. 0. DavU sells paints. III eel I on Proclamation. Mayor Jennings Issued yesterday his ofTl- cial proclamation for tho city election to ' S. hJ.Vicer. and nameT th -.olllng places In tho dltrerct precincts 1 bo held Monday. March 2ti. It contains j as follows: First WardFirst precinct. 10S East llroiulwuy; Second precinct, 207 Kast Broad way. Second Ward First proclnct. 23 Bryant istrrt; Second precinct, ":il West Broadway. Third Ward First precinct. S25 West ltroadway; Second precinct, 907 South Main street. Fourth Ward First precinct. 236 South Main street; Second precinct, McDanlcl building, corner Ninth nvenuo and South, Main stiect. Fifth "Ward First precinct, county build ing, Fifth avenue and Twelfth street; Sec ond precinct. 1511 South Thirteenth street. Sixth Ward First precinct. 2020 West Broadway; Second precinct, Cooper's place, near comer of Locust and Sixth streets. Attention, Viiierleiin Protective ANNiieliitloii, All members of the order, whether In good Fttnndltig or not, are requested to meet in Ovide Vlen's otllce Saturday, March 17, at S p. m. W. J- JAMESON. President. Orond nssembly at Ilande's tonight. I'liiicriil of n Volunteer. The funeral of Paul B. Pugh, who died at Manila while serving In Company L. Fifty first Iown volunteers, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock from the Congre gational church. Tho funeral will bo a mil itary ono and will be attended by tho old members of the dead soldier's company, tho members of the reorganized company, the High school cadets and the veterans of the Grand Army of tho Republic. Tho pall bearers will be selected from membors of his old company. Tho body Is expected here tinturday morning and will bo met at the depot by n squad from Company L. Yosemlto and Yellowstone park tonight 'Crnry Tours." Broadway M E. church. Mr. Riley 5-cmit cigar. HMll Km I ii I Transfer. The following transfers were filed yester flay In tho abstract, title and loan olllce of .1 W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: J ,1. Rlchln and husband to J. K. Wll li.i il hlnck :t. Grove. Oak- 300 3 M. 'l'ullen and wife to J J. Richie, lots 21 25 nnd Sfi. bind; t. Big Grove. Oakland, w d , Lucius Wells to Deere, Wells Co, part lot 3, block IS. Riddle's subdlv, q c d -William D Craig and wife to Ann i J. I'ralg, mid 2-15 of sc4 18-71. 40, w d . Charles F. Crultr anil wife to same, und 2-15 same land, w d "William Ixwls ar.d wife to Orion G. iiiie tvl.. Mi.'.. oi.t ncU swl.. nei.. 310 1 po COO S.250 sel.; si4 30. in 'i ue'i 31-74-39. w il . Kusan A. Lano and husband to Maud Ploghoft. s'j bit 2. block 14, town of Macedonia, w d leather Bennett and wile to Grant Pil ling. S0li se-4 27. 71-W. W d tleorge M. Farrell to I). S. Cousins, lot 12, block 10, M. -Malum, Cooper ."i Jeffcrls' add, w d Addle, Forsythe and husband to Olive llnrdlng. w'i so 15-7t-3S. w d.. . Dllvo Harding to John Flint and Mary K. Flint, se'4 sw'i 11-71-3$. w d ohn A. Wolf nnd wlfo to 1 Ilnri.li Hansen, nHi n!n 17-75-41, w d CO 2.1W 250 3.200 2.0C0 7.200 Total, twelve transfers $.'4,591 Howell's Antl-"Kawf curca coughs, colds. FARM LOANS Ncotlated ln Eastern Nebraska and Iowa. Jamta N. Csjatdy, Jr IM UtU lb. WfUSSU iuin. BLUFFS. FOUR MARRIAGES A FAILURE District Court Eneced in Sundering Oneroru Conjugal Bonds. KEG CREEK TOWNSHIP ASKS LAWYER FEES I'lnlntlfT Whn Cnti-ieil .School District Liutur lixpcusc May He I'orccil to .Make (food the Amount to Defendant. Tho docket for tbe March terra of dls trlct court promises to contain the usual grist of divorce cases, Judging from the Mings of tho last row da, Four new cases wero commenced yewterday by persons who have found marriage to be a failure and are anxious to have the tics severed. Mrs. Hattlo II. Ilergman asks the court to cut asunder by dun proccFn of law the bonds which tlo her to Fred B. Ilergman, whom she married in this city January 29, v Hum ainr iiiuiiii-u ii bioo vikj ...., j isao. Her trouble commenced shortly after ! tho honeymoon, as sho alleges that her "ki -up. " husband within four months after tin, date The mooting was private, but it has leaked of their marriage began to neglect her and , ' that tho following slato Is tho onosug ..nv . tat,, at nbrl.ls. She also savs that KPstod: For tnnor. Colonel . h.)M'r. stay out late at nights. Sho nlso says that ho took other women to public entertaln tunts. The divorce Is askeil on statutory groundn. Mrs. Sophia Peterson married N. P. Peter- Bon In Council llluffs June 17, ISnS, but she now wishes sho had not. as she alleges that her husband. Instead of cherishing her as hn promloed to do, has treated her . cruelly. Sho says ho Is worth $3,000 and sho asks tho court to award her $1,000 all raony, as well as a divorce. In tho next two suits the husbands are tho plaintiffs. Robert H. Cavett usk tho ' n ,ii,.nr,n him trnm .inni. m Pnvntt. whom ho married ln Sioux City November 7, 18!5. Ho says that Mrs. Cavett deserted him May 1, IS'JG, and that she was also guilty of Btich cruel and Inhuman conduct toward him as to endanger his life. Georgo R. Andorson brings suit for di vorce from Fanny I. Andernon on statutory grounds. Tho papers in this case were not mado public. Mult for tinrjor' Fees, Tho school township of Keg Creek com menced suit ln tho district court ycaterday against D. S. Frank to recover $300 attor ney fees and expenses It was put to by reasou of tho Injunction milt brought agnlnst it by tho defendant. The school township condemned an acre of Frank's land ror a school houso ajid Frank objected. Ho se cured a tompornry restraining order, but tho caso went against him In tho district court. He took It to tho supreme court and again lost. Oslo Ilnindago brought suit against tho rhlrn-n Nort Jiwfwtern Railway comuanv for $500 damages for alleged personal In- Juries. Tho plaintiff was a raomber of a bridge gang and wan loading heavy timbers on a handcar when ho had several of his fingers badly crushed. This happened Oc tober 24 of last year. Ho claims the ac cident was due to tho frnll and faulty con struction of tbe handcar. J. L. Caldwell has brought suit agalns' former Sheriff N. Morgan and his bonds men, E. B. Hart and Charles R. Hannan, lor $348.10. which he claims ho lost through " ".BJ SfDSL !5? L I iinntlnirtnn and the Council Hluffs Paner company, which he placed with Morgan ror ti. nM wnw..n ....... I exec .won. ..-b- --"""- Zel "ft! f"'d V dT Chambers and which would havo be-n amply oufficlent to have satisfied his (Caldwell's Judgments Is the last day for filing suits To," the March term of district court, which . opens next Tuesday. IlIH'iaiSK FOl'ND IHAI IV nCt). Miner's llody Id Disco vercil Sc-vernl DuyH After Ills Wretelicil Ilentli. John Thomas, a man of eccentric habits. was found dead In bed yesterday morning in an upper room of the house at tho corner of Twenty-slxth street and Avenue D, which ho had occupied alone for tho last two years. None of the neighbors had seen Thomas slnco Sunday morning, when ho was known to bo In his house, and they became suspi cious that something was wrong. Tho doors were all securely locked and a laddor was raised to tho window of tho room which tho recluso was known to occupy as a bedroom. Tho window waB open nnd Thomas was found lying In bed stiff and cold In death. Tho appearance of the body Indicated that Thomas had been dead for at least two days, or oven longer. One hand and part of tho face, which wore uncovered, wero frozen. Thomas was afflicted with asthma and on this account always kept tho windows of his this afternoon to select three candidates bedroom open, no matter how cold the t fGr successor to the late Archbishop Hen weather. There were no indications of foul : nessy. Bishop Cosgrovo of Davennort mo- play nnd tho supposition is that the man died from asthma. Tho police were nt onco notified nnd Chief Albrn directed tho body romovod to Under taker Estep's rooms, where, In tho absence of Coroner Treynor, Justice of tho Peace Ferrler held nn Inquest yoiterdny afternoon For the last two years since tho death of his mother Thomas, who was about 50 years of age, had led tho life of n recluse and very littlo wns known about him by his neigh bors. Though possessed of ample means, ho lived as a miser and even denied himself tho bare necessaries of life. He hoarded his money In the banks and when found yesterday morning hnd certificates of de posit amounting to closo upon $1,000 tied up In n small sack round his neck. In the sack also was a pass book, showing that he had $670 on deposit In the Council Bluffs Savings bank of this city. The hoube, n ono and a half story building, was purchased by Thomas shortly nfter his mothor's death. It wns practically bereft of furniture nnd was in a stato of feartul filth. In the bedroom whero the body lay tho snow hnd drifted in through tho half open window until the entire floor wns covored. C. O. Saunders was made special admin istrator of the dead man's estnto by tho court on tho recommendation of County Attorney Kllpack, In view of the fact that bo died possessed of considerable money nnd property and so little seemed to be known about him or his relatives. The inquest wns held more for the purpose of ascertaining, It possible, something about the dead man than to determine tho ques tlnn of how be died. What facts were learned nbout him wore brought out at the inquest. Thomas' eccentricities were manifested In tho methods adopted In regard to his money. Tho certificates of deposit found In the bag nround his neck were mado out In three different names. Those nf tho Packer' Na tional batik of South Omaha were made out In tho name of John Rehners, while those of the bank In Omaha were In tho luiue of 11. II. Dorlng. Ills account in the sat- ings bank, in this city wns In tho name of M. Trede, as wrre the certificates on tbe j j-,,njmn Kunklo. Guthrlo enunty't first First National bank In this city. Justi e pc-nmitunt settler, died recently nt bis Ferrlur. ns acting coroner. Issued subpoenus home In J.ukson towmiilp. that county, in for tlm cashier,' ot the several hanks and ! .'"and In TSS they sll identified Thomas u tho nun to I 0(.uted n Guthrie cmintv Ills homo wns whom Uiy hid luuitt tht cirMficatM otth first that endured, and It furnlshtd a deposit. What his Idea of assuming several names In his banking attrartlous was Is a secret that probably ho one else shared I The amounts ho had In the different banks are as follows: Packers' National bank. South Omaha. $.00, First National bank. Council illurfs, fSSS; Coutull 'Huffs Savings bank. $fi70: t'tiion Stock Yards National bank, South Omaha, $1,025; South Omaha National bank, tCOO: First National bank of Omaha, 200; Omaha Loan and Trust com pany, $100; Nebraska National bank, $200. Justice Ferrler, accompanied by tho Jury, mado n search of the dead man's house and discovered $3.f0 In cash and n document which purported to be a will made In June, 1SH7, in which Thotnos left all of his prop erly to his sister, Mrs. Mary r'rederlcksen, who lives nbout six miles out of the city. Tho document was signed by John II. Thomas, but Is not attested. After turning tho property over to tho special admin istrator Justice Ferrler adjourned the In quest until this morning. Commonwealth 10-cent clgnr. 'ITI.l'.NS' TICK 171' r"p(ISHIIH.ITV. I'll c I Inns or lloth Parties Mn tuiti on (iindlilnto. Theru Is somo talk of the possibility of a citizens' ticket being placed In tho field for th'i city election. A meeetlng was held yesterday afternoon, It In said, by a number of persons belonging to both political par- , .ini ...it i , - "ho nr not nltogether satisfied t It i republican; for city solicitor, O. I). Wheeler, republican; for city treasurer, . M. hhep nrd. republican; for city engineer, Thomas Tostevln, republican; for city auditor, F. 1,. Evans, republican; for city assessor, A. Kellentreter, republican. For aldermen at . lnrge: Lewis Hammer, republican; Dr. M. i'. i nrisiensen. uemm n... . ... i'w . nt of markets, D. Mottaz, republican. For ward aldermen tho slato Is. said to bn as follows: First ward, Alex Wood repub lican; Second ward, J. D. Johnson, vcpub- Ucnn; Tliir.t warn. i.. r. .-cane, ... ..., Fourth ward. Slack Peterson, republican:. Fifth ward. Abe Mltcncll, rcpuoiicau; bixiu ward, Al Wells, democrat. It will bo noticed that on the ticket arn tho names of several of tho nomlnecu ot both tho republican and democratic parties. Slack Peterson, who was defeated by Charles W. McDonald for the nomination for al derman In tint Fourth ward, will run Inde pendent and has filed the necessary certifi cate with the city clerk. It "was said last night that a number of the friends ot Alderman J. D. Johnson wero urging him to eomo out as an Independent candidate, but that so far he had not made tip hi I mind to do so. To meet tho growing demand for some thing better than most of the brands of cigars now on tho market John O. Woodward d Co. are supplying the trado with that old "Standard of Kxcellence." Louis Ash & Co.'s Commonwealth 10-cent cigar. Tho Christian Kndeavor society of tho Socnml Presbyterian church will give i "Green" social this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hell, 11 Stutsmati street. MIJI'KUItlll ('(II HT STII.Ii INTACT. City Council Fulls to Mnlte l'l Its Ml ml Within Hviiulrcil Time. Tho proposition to abolish the superior court will not be submitted to tho voters ot this city at the coming election. The city council which was to have met. in special session last night for tho purpose of acting ' a disposed of It effectually for 'ho t two yearly falling to get together ! ntul tho meeting failed for want of a ql!rmn J no t I Tho special committee to which the pctl- tntl had been reared had its report pro .-e... This showed that the petition con tallied 1.551 names. Thero was a question mi lo whether tho petition bore tho requisite. lumber of signatures. The codo provided ft the petition to be of force must be SL'r C" n X fled electors" of tho city. City Solicitor Wadsworth held that tho registration list Is tho true record of the qualified electors. Tho registration at the last election was 5,311, one-third of which would he 1,770. Thus, according to tho city attorney, the pe tition was shy about 200 signers. Those who ,.,'. hnlllUn n.. 11.,. nl.nH hnn.l cUm twt thp voMjk 1st at thp agt KftnpnU . ,pct,on ,s wh(U s mennt , Ul0 r0(,0 ... . ,., Thn nllmnpr nf vntrs rns, qualified electors. Tho number of votes cast was 3,390, one-third of which would be 1,132. If the contention of tho petitioners Is cor rect the document boro the required number of signers. Tho proposition cannot now bo submitted to tho voters, ns tho law requires ft. should be contained ln the mayor's official elec- ... ...(.... .....I.,. . i ... . . , Z'Z c lection. The petit Ion to bo effective had to bo acted on last night. Clioo-iiiiK Successor to llenni'ssy, DUBUQUE. In., March 15. Tho coun cil ot the Catholic archdloceso met sided. The meeting was secret. It Is un derstood that 'Archbishop Kean of Wash ington was chosen as one of tho candidates, I'nuliii- Cuts Mil ll In Two. 'CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., March 15. (Special Telegram.) Edward Iingworthy was struck 1 by a switch engine this ovenlng whllo cross ing tho tracks on his blcyclo and cut In two, death being Instantaneous lotvn Nmv .Notes, Rlverton Methodists dedicated ft $7,000 churcu Hiiuuuy. Tho grand lodge of the P. K. O. society meets nt Oskaloosa May 9. Ottumwa hopes to secure n beet sugar factory miring uie present year. Slgourney has voted .120,0.10 in bonds for the oreetlon or a new hciiooi House. Th Illinois Central railroad has cham-nl tho name of Its station nt Wall Luke to Ualkelth. An Odebolt man Is going to have a twclve-Hcre chicken farm this year and ex pects to ralso 2.000 chickens during tho sea son. Tho records show that over $200,000 worth of cattle paper Is outstanding In Clinton rountv. This represents cattle thut are be Ins fed ror the market. Clinton county Is becoming u great feeding locality. Jacob Arney, one or the pioneers or Davis county, wns found dead In his barn re ccnily. Death was tho result or natural causes, lie was one or the wealthiest rarmers In that part or the state, rallying point for the venturoonio pioneers or that uarly day. "Father" Kunkln was the fnthcr "t the first white child born In Guthrie county Mnllndu Jnne Kunkle, whose birth uccurred on September 12, ISli. A stranger giving the name of H. M. Klimlnnd killed himself nt Algona bv cut- 1 itnir his throat with n uooketknlfe. Papers n Ills person Indicate ho had no relatives III lion t."oj ...... ...... ..,. iiivn .-.,.. nud out of work James Frame, at present the mnnager Tor a largu coal company nt Oakland, Cal.. was a peanut boy on tho first train that rnn into Ottumwa over the Burlington, berore the civil war. Fur inuny years he was n conductor on the road. The Corning Gazette states that the boot leglnK business Is nourishing In Corning, li mlds that this condition or affairs is nono of its business, Lut It presumes tlm now may be of Int. rest to tho temperuiuo 1 Pnm. or the nine Ribbon dub PRINTER AND BINDER NAMED Iowa LegiiUture Meets in Joint Seuion to Elect 0ffi:erJ, MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO V0T E Sliinv (ilves House IM Ansver Con cciiilnn Ills llrlntlmiK -villi llullil ln mill I, on n mid Other Or nnl.ii t tons of Slnte. tit-a Mnivt-o ... ,t...i. i!..,o i.i ' .guinea, ju., .nn iu. voiictirti Tclegram.l-The legislature this afternoon elected a Htnti nrltttnt nnil liltntnr In nnnlltnn tho duties of the9c olllccs January 1, lflol. This settles the question of abolishing the olllccs of printer and binder In Iowa for at i least three years to come. ... us session mis morning uio senate concurred In tho houso resolution fixing It:. n m. today as the hour for the Joint convention to elect these oillc.rs. At hh u,MeutW0 hUei;8 mct.,,0el,1?r' " w " . VJ17.r" and Wlso of lllackhawk, for tho house, wcro uppolnted tellers. Penrose ottered a resolution declaring Ilernard Murphy of Vinton state printer and Howard Tcdford of Mount Ayr state binder. and on the Joint roll call this was adopted ... . ' 1 All the democrats refused to vote except ...ouu. iuiiuiuii, Luincj im iue- ophllus, who voted nay. Titus. Trowln, Towner, Cole. Gibson and Patton, repub licans, did not vote, tho last two being ab sent. The certificates of election of tho two olllcers wcro made out In tho presence of the two houses and then the Joint conven tion dissolved. (lm ernor's Itcply to House, Today Governor Shaw sent to tho house of representatives his hIihwht to tho Inquiry regnrdlng his relations with the building and loan business and Insurance organlza- Hons ot tho state. He states that ho has no connection whatever with the building and loan Interests of tbe state, nor with , any other Institution over which the gov ernor or executive council has Jurisdiction. He states that he is a stockholder and direc tor ln the National Life and Trust company, but that his position as a member of tho executive council in uo wuy uffectu this as- ' soclatlon, ns the council has nothing to do with tho Insuranco business of the state. His communication was read beforo the , house. Haker of Cass introduced a resolution In tbe houso this morning tor the appointment of a sifting cominltteo of nlno members, to whom In the future all bills not relntlng to appropriations nro to be referred, anil no bill not carrying an appropriation Is to bo considered unless favorably reported by this committee. Tho Benato hill to create a department of agriculture passed tho houso this afternoon. All tho committee amendments were de feated. Tho bill Is as passed by the senate excepting that tho year book Is to bo printed ln some Iowa olllco paying the union scale of wages. This morning tho senate took up as a spe cial order the Cheshire amendment to pro vide the unit mileage system of toxatlon for telegraph, telephone and express companies ln Iowa. After an hour and a half was spent in discussing tho question McArthur's mo tion was voted down by a vote of 21 to 23. Tho hill for the .creation of a state de partment for building and loan was made a special order ln tho house tomorrow after noon. Raton of Mitchell this morning Introduced a resolution to memorialize Iowa members In congress to support tho bill in congress for the aid of the St. Louis exposition, STATE CONVENTION DATE I own. IlrmncrnU .Select May l nn Day for Nn in I hi; llpleuntra to Nntlounl Meeting. DES MOINES. March IB. (Special Tele gram.) Tho democratic stato contra! corn- mltteo met hero today snd selected May 3 ns tho dato for holding the state couYentloa to elect delngates for the national conven tion to bo held at Kansas City. Tho state convention will bo hold in Des Moines. All of the members of tho committee wero ptosent, as wero a number of prominent democratic leaders of the state. Hon. J. D. Sullivan of Crcston will be. temporary cbnirman. All of tho members of tho committee, as well ns Cato Sells and other promlnents present, exprctsed great confidence ln tho outcomo this fall. They did not say thoy would carry Iowa, but thoy said that then was no doubt but that Bryan would be elected. Tha antl-saloon attorneys nnnounced to day their next step ln tho saloon fight. Granting that tho supervisors will canvass and accopt the second consent petition on April 2 nnd tho saloons will reopen on April 3, tho temperanco counsel will apply to tho district court for a writ of Injunc tion closing up tho salnon3, attacking tho constitutionality of section 24.10 of tho statutes. Thoy Intend taking tho matter into tho supreme court and securing an opinion and Interpretation of the section, which they claim Is repugnant nnd contradictory. After a four weeks' session of tho miners nnd three of tho operators they are slowly but surely pounding their way to an agree ment, which will settle for years many of the differences that havo for years existed and been a constant snureo of trouble and envy. As a result of tho determination of tho Joint convention to allow the matter ot tho machlno scale to bo settled outside of tho conference and Is necessary to pre clpltato a tight In the southorn district, nn agreement has been reached In tho naturs of a compromlso to the effect that Centor vlllo is to pay -14 cents per ton nnd Mystic r0 cents. This Is tho machlno district nnd has been the source of trouble during tho last two weeks, tho leading difference be tween the Iowa operators and their em ployes. Tho check-off and powder clauses of tho miners' scalo Is still being discussed, but a settlement is now near at hand. Satur day will, In all probability from the present outlook, sco tho scalo as agreed upon ra'l fled by tho two conventions and tho repre sentatives enroute to their homes. irtv Coinpnny In Iowa. FORT DODGE, In., March 1(1. (Special.) Articles of Incorporation were filed In this city today hy the Town Lot nnd Land com pany, a now real estate organization which will have chargo of the town sites along the lino of tho new Mnrshalltown & Dakota railroad. The capital stock of the new cor poratlon Is $1.1,000. C J. Saunders, A. F. Moeervey. Hamilton Brown and S. T. Me scrvey aro tho incorporators and olliclals of tho new organization. Slou City bullion Cloneil. SIOUX CITV, March 15 (Special.! An Important decision was rendered In tho district court in Sioux City yesterday with reference to tho observation of the provisions of tho Martin law by the saloons nf Sioux city. The court shut up ono saloon because Its owner hnd not compiled with tho strict terms of the law The serious part of this Is that nearly every saloon In Sioux City Is In the same fix, nrt they sre simply targets now for inyons wko may wish to file an In- Junction suit In the courts. The city authorities havo not forcetl the saloons to live up to tho strict lottor of the law by allowing them to remain open until almost midnight, and some other features which nro not allowable. In the present case the prosecutor was Kugene l.utz, a local at torney, who has had more or less trouble with the saloon element. The saloon keeper who has been closed out of business Is the president of tho Retail Liquor Oealcra' as- l soi-latlon, which was prominent In the prosecution of UuVt on the charges of con spiracy and extortion. It was following the attorney's discharge that he filed this suit. Nntlounl 1 1 li ii U Oikiiii Ircd. FORT IKHlOl,. la.. March ir.. (Special.) A number of Fort Dodge capitalists have , Just been advised that the comptroller of . tho currency in Washington has approved of their application to organize the First Na tional bank of (lowrle. Ia, J. C. Cheney, president of the Fort Dodge Nntlounl bank; M. D. O'Connell, solicitor of tho CnltiM siaies treasury; .n. a. i.iniinuisi. ,. k. . , , , . . , , ... . aB-enlUBh and Ollbert Mndqulst are the ."'h'lui'un strike nt Cetlnr Itiipldn. CKDAH RAPIDS. Ia., March 15. (Special ToloRrnm. ) About sixty painters and paper hangers struck this morning because the ,)0()S(,S rpfllscd to pay them the scalo of wuges demanded, whlcli was "0 cents an ll0r fol. hungers and 25 cents for Tlley h.lV0 b,en rocelvnK 23,s cents and 20 cents. Tho bosses offered to Increase their wnBe. but not to the scale demanded. City Ticket Is iiiued. ONAWA. la., March 15. (Special Tele pram, i At n nrlvato mpntlni- of iUn Lntv nn,i Qrdor leogue held at the engine hntisn tl18 evening tho following tlckK was placed ln nomnatlon: Mayor. W. D. Ilrown; clerk, neorcn I'm erhl : treasurer. II. D. Ilnl. brook; assessor, II. W. Cunningham; trus tees, A. Klndall, J. M. Hathaway. They are all pronounced prohibitionists. A citi zens' ticket will be nominated tomorrow. Hcill'lllK on I'rolKllt ('liiswlllfiit Ion, DBS MOINKS, March 15 (Special.) Pe titions having been received by tho Hoard of Railroad Commbsioners of Iowa asking 'or a freight classification of a number of articles, notice has been given that tho board will consider theso roquems and other ! matters pertaining to classification coming before It. nt its olllce In Dcs Mulnes at 10 a. m March 22. lie imiIiIIciiii ('oiiiicIIiiicii tmiiftl, MISSOURI VALLKY, Ia.. March 15. (Spe- clal.) Tho republicans of this city held u 'caucus In tho various wardH for tho pur poae of nominating city councllmcn. The following wero nominated: First ward, J. U. McGavren; Second ward, II, A. McKay; Third ward, H. H. Fisher. to.ns of iiom:v. Wlierp Mir Willi lice Abound In Viil lerile County, Tcxiin. There is enough honey In the brakes of Devil's river, Texas, to make any man rich who will get It to market, reports a cor respondent of the Chicago Record. There are tons of it; In clefts In the rocks, in hollow trees. In caves, and In the famous "Devil's Punch Howl,' which is a great sink In the IJovl1 B vnlley. and out of which bees swarm away In clouds so thick that at a distance of two or three miles It has the appearance of a great signal smoke. The hills and valley land along tho river arc covered for a great part of the year with an endless variety of (lowers, and In tho winter season, which Ib never cold enough to freeze the bees, thero is an abundance of decaying fruit cactus apples and berries of many kinds so that they never havo to stop working on account of lack of material or bad weather, and thus go on piling up their wealth throughout the wholo year. The business of gathering this honey, whllo fairly prolltable, Is not followed to any groat extent, for tho reason that there Is "' in the work or honey hunter, which Is auyiniug uui spori, aim everyiniug con nected with it Is full of privation and danger. The country is ho rough that it is Impossible to get anywhere near the honey caves unless ono goes on foot, parklm his camp equip age on his back or on a burro; water Is not overplentlful nnd much of that to bo found is unfit for use, nnd besides all this the actual getting of tho honey is no easy task. Sometimes the caves nro In bucIi Inaccessible places that tho hunter has to let himself down the face of a cliff for two or three hundred feet nnd hang there at tho end of his ropo while tho bees sting him half to death, whllo ho digs out a few pounds of honey; or, again, he may find n cave c.asy to rob only to find that ho must carry the spoil several miles on his back before he can get It to a plnco where he can load It upon his burros. Several years ago a hunting party mado up ot Kansas City men went into that country on a trip after big game, for there are plenty or deer In there even now nnd at that time bears wero numerous. When they got up Into the honey country they beg.in figuring on tho fortunes to ho made out of It, and having heard of the Devil's Punch Bowl, locally known as "Devil's Sink Hole," they decided to go nnd see it and If possible uc vlso some scheme whereby they might get tho tons of honey It contained. j When they reached It, like everyone else, 1 seeing It for the first time, they were amazed at the proportions of tho wonder; a holo forty feet ln diameter yawning open In the mlddlo of a wide vnlley. with a perfect tor- ! rent of bees rushing up from It like dirt , blown from somo mighty blnst nnd all tho whllo a roaring loud ns that of a great cata- I ract; looking down Into tho abyss, for the i holo widens Immediately below the surface, they saw the festoons of honey hanging there which tho bees had strung along tho sides of their mammoth hlvo after they had filled tho hidden grottoes, and through the upward swarms could bo seen tho gleams of combi built no doubt many years before. si'.vi'im:i,s of thi: canal, Tvto Formidable Volciinoes Gunril lln trlince to the MciirilKiiun Witter, At tho time when discussion Is rlpo as to tho question of fortifying the en trances to the projected Nicaragua canal, nature has lalsed a powerful question iu tho track of tho contemplated waterway, as If Jealous ot the encroachments of man ln her domain. In the center of like Nicaragua Is the island of Omotepec, upon which stand two of the nicnt formidable volcanoes In Central America Omotepec and Madera. It ha been often assorted by those fa miliar with tho country, among whom may bo mentioned General Naune, vice pres ident of tho Central de Guatemala railroad, and for fifty years a resident In Centril America, that ono of the chief difficulties to bo encountered. If not in building, ut least in maintaining tho locks und other necessary massive structural, will be the tremendous earthquakes which nt intervals hhake the surface of tho land, In this respect, whllo sci entlflc observens note, In dammel-up water ways and other evldencm, the violence of previous seismic disturbances, even tho casual glanco of a tourist cannot fall to no tire tho fact that thern Is scurcely n two story adobo liome ln the country which does not hear unmistakable signs of the same difficulty to bo overcome. Only as lato as June, 1S83, Ometcper opening a new crater, continued for da n to belch forth a fearful torrent of mud asnes, lava and rockn. This eruption was accompanied by Incessant rumbling nnd enrthquakcH, In consequence of which tho whole population lied to the mainland, and the Island, that for conturles had been undifr cultivation, was entirely dcvanatcd t tho head nf tho lake, grand old Memoir mho renrH its lofty cone 7.000 feet above th vea Uvel, Unlike Oioetepec and MsileTii, at the first sign of whoso out breaks the natives Ree In terror, the con tinued eruptions of Momotombo are re garded as a safety vent, a good omen- it grim sllrnco foreshadowing, by tradition and experience, earthquakes that will rend the face of tho country In nil directions. II v tho superstitious natives Momotombo Is even regarded with veneration due to a deity. III'.IIS IV A IIATIIIIOOM. V llntlltiiorc I'iiiiiII.v Siipiillrd trllli Honey li n IIIk Worklnu Colony. Honey bees of different times and coun tries hnve chosen many peculiar locations for their homes, but none havo shown them selves more domestic In their cholco than a colony in northwest Ilaltlmore. which has Invaded a dwelling-house, and cannot be In duced to go elsewhere. This colony, which has thousands of members, has pre-empted for Its own use a part of the dwelling 10(5 Harlem avenue, occupied by Mr. K. J. God man. When that gentleman moved Into the home, several years ago, relates tho Baltimore- American, he noticed that n large number of bees collected nround the windows of the bathroom, on tho second Moor, nnd. on observing them closely, ho saw that they came out and went Into the opening In the house wall through which the pipe from the bathtub ran. He concluded that thero was a hle somewhere In tho vicinity of the bathroom, and on cutting out a small sec Hon of the lloorlng ho found In the v.i cant space qtider the Iloor, and between the Joists, on which the lloorlng rested, what seemed to him a million bees, with a large amount of honey. Tubs and large pans were brought Into requisition to hold tho honey. The honey combs stood at tight angles to .h tolsls. They were an Inch in thickness and about ten Inches square. The squares of honey comb, set on edge side by side, completely filled the space between the beams. To tuko them It was only necessary to detmh them at each side from the beam and lilt them out. Tho members of tho family had all the honey they wanted and It was freely distributed to neighbors and friends. The "robbing" took place in the fall. A small amount was left for the bees to sub sist upon. Mr tlndman thought It would be better to transfer the bees to a hive and tako them out of the house. There were some disadvantages connected with their presence In tho bathroom now, especially since tho hole had been bored In the Iloor to get at them. The child! en could enter tho room and take the bees up from their place, by the double handful, and smooth them along their laps with their hands, but the workers of the colony were opposed to certain members of the family, and stung them whenever they got a chance. That wa- why Mr. Gnilman desired to put them In a hive In the ynrd. The hive was prepared, and nn effort was made to Induce the been to enter It. but the clfort was not a success. It brought nbout a schism In tho cnlnny, however, and nearly all the bees went away. During the bliz zard last February the colony that remained beneath the bathroom perished, and Mr. Gndimin thought ho hail gotten rid of tho bees. About a year after the exodus of the bees a swarm that seemed larger than the ono that had gone away returned to the Harlem avenue house and reoccupled their old quarteis. Wlillo onterlng through the aperture In tho wall tho bees swarmed about the waste pipe, and formed a bundle about as large ns n half-bushel basket. They have remained there ever slnco, supplying the romlly with honey at Intervals. llrlKliI Hoy Journalist. Up In Billings. Mont., lives a bright boy, fi years old, Riy Mathcson hy narao. Onco a month for the past year he has Issued a small magazine called Fnocy. which Is ed ited, published and printed, on a typewriter by himself. Besides writing fiction, Roy composes poetry. Ills work In this line is devoted entirely to animals, birds and fish. One of his compositions, "The Snake's Repast," was written when he wns barely 8 yean; old, and Is published ln the January edition of Fancy. It Is as follows: An owl lived In a hollow, Hut In that hollow, too, Lived a rattlesnake nnd n pralrlc dog, Hon, h-o-o, li-o-o-o One day this owl Invited Somo of the owls she knew To come and spend the evening there, I loo, h-o-o, h-o-o-o They came to see their hostess, It was n merry crew; The owl received them with a smile, lloo, h-o-o, h-o-o-o They ilnnerd till In came Mr. Snake, Who ate them up two by two, And only left the hostess sad, lloo, h-n-u, h-o-o-o The boy Journnllst does his own illustrat ing and designs tho covers for his periodical. I'nn nbroKlim I'lilliiiilliropy. The report ot the Provident Loan Foclrty of New York for last year, which has Just brim Issued, gives an excellent Idea of the far-reaching effects of this form of philan thropy. The society was organized to lend money nt Hi per cent a month or one-half tho rate charged by pawnbiokers. The ob ject of tho society Is "to help people o help themselves." During 1S1I!I nbout 58,000 persons received loans amounting to more than $1 ,.',0,000. In making these loans the society used $1122,500, an Increase of nearly $100,000 over the sum used In 1S0S. Tho earnings of the year were aulllclcnt to cover nil expenses, pay the regular Interest on $.'50,000 worth of certificates of contribution and add $10,000 to the reserve fund, which nuw- amounts to $57,000. All this was done In Hplte ot the fact that the rate an loans exceeding $250 was reduced from 12 to 10 per cent per annum I will guarantee that my Kidney Cur will euro 00 pr cout of all forma of kidney oomplalut and la many Instance! th moat aerlous form of lirlxbt'a disease. If tbe dlsnie la conv plicated send a four ounce tI1 of urine. Ve will analyze It nnd ndrlse you frea what to da. MUNTOM. At all dnzrliti. V-n. rial. 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