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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
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oomplalut and la
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, It matters not how ohstinato or deep
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