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THE OMAHA PAXLV BEE; TUESDAY, ATTGTJST 21, 1000.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
jiiNoit Mn.vrio.f.
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Davis tolls slats.
"Mr. Illley," 6-cent clirar.
AVhy not nmoko tho Why clgar7
I.efTert, 23G Udy., tests oyes free.
Uns Ilxturca nntl globes at Ulxby's.
Fine A. IJ. C. bcerr Nouraaycc's hotel.
Dr. Btcrihenson, 101,-1'carl St. Tel. 359.
Schmidt's photos, new and latest styles.
You get the best dinners, at tho Vienna.
Itllcy, best photographer, 402 Broadway.
Cab, photos J1.D0 doz. Williams. Ell Hdy.
J. C. & W. Woodward, architects, G3 Udy.
W. E. Lewis sells monuments. 301 U'wny.
Lemp's beer, Soenko Doysen, solo agent.
Ileal beer, Uudui-lser. L. ltosenfcld, Agt,
Bclentlflu optlrlan at Woolman's, 403
B'way.
S. 8. Keller lelt hist evening on a trip to
8t. Louis.
Olrl wanted, for housework, at 709 South
Sixth Btreut.
Mrs. George T. Meigs has gono to Colo
rado HprlngM,
Uorn, to Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Carter of C03
Xoorth Seventh street, a son.
Campaign pictures nnd buttons. C. B.
Alexander & Co., C33 Uroadway.
Mrs. Mlirla Thomui infl vrtpnliiv mi m
Visit to friends In Seattle, Wash, j
Get your work done at the popular Kagle
laundry. 721 Uroadway. 'Phono 157.
Attorney John M. Oalvln has gono to
Colorado for a two weeks' outing.
V. C. Estop, nndrrtnker, 2S 1'enrl street.
Telephones: Office, U7: residence, 33.
Mrs. Pfelffer nnd Sirs. Deetken huvo re
turned from a plensuru trip to Colorado.
Tho regular meotlng of Illuff City, Ma
eonlc lodgo No. 71 will bo held this evening.
. W. V, draff, undertaker and licensed cm
baliner, lot South Main street. 'I'horm Dofl.
Miss Allco 1'rlor of McOeo nvenuo U
visiting her sister and other friends la
Macedonia, la.
U. II. Thomas and family of 100 Uluft
Htrt'et havo returned from a visit with rela
tives at Lincoln, Neb.
Miss Iloso Cooper, n tencher In tho public
schools of Aurora, Neb., Is la tho city,
visiting her sister, Mrs. I'. C. Nelson, l2J
Avcnuo li.
A llttlo daughter of Hon. nnd Mrs. N. M.
J'usey fell down stairs at her homo yester
day and suffered a severe fracture of tho
right arm.
Ernest Mlnnlck, charged with assaulting
an employe of tho Mlnnlck livery barn, was
nsiiessed J3 and costs In police court yeater.
day morning.
Mrs. O. Ewnll, who has been visiting with
friends at Astoria, lleardstown and othor
Illinois points for tho last two months, has
returned homo.
Roy Jones, charged with being Implicated
In a tight at th Meadow Lawn dancing
resort, was lined $5 und coats In police court
yesterday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Flnley Burko of Oakland
nvenuo returned yesterday from n tea
weeks' trip to the I'aclllc coast and through
Nevuda. and Montana.
The remains of Mrs, J. C. Ulalr, who died
fiunday at tho Woman's Christian associa
tion hospital, wero tuken yesterday to nor
homo In Newell, la., for burial.
Cards aro out announcing tho wedding In
Goodman hall, nt 6 o'clock next Sunday
evening, of Miss Mary Salt man of this city
and Mr. "Wolf Andler of Omaha.
Itov. nnd Mrs. It. L. Knox havo secured
th Odd Fellows' hall In which to hold
monthly receptions, beginning In Septem
ber, for tlu members of Graco Episcopal
church and their friends.
There will bo a regular meeting of tho
Itrtall Clerks' association this evening at
8 o clock. Thero Is business of Importance
to como up for action und uvory clerk in
tho city is Invited to attend.
Tho regular meotlng of Concordia lodgo
No. 52, Knights of l'ythlas. will bo held
this evening at Hughes' hall. There will
be work In the third rank and every mem
ber Is rouuestcd to bo present.
Olilccr Callaghaa wcat to Glenwood yes
terday, bt'lnir a witness In thn rutin tiirnlnat
E. Uykc, tho young man charged with rob
bing tho cash drawer of tho Burlington
lasciiKcr uepui ai ttiusuaie, la.
Attorney Emmet Tlnlov rntiirtiful voutnr.
day morning from a two weeks' trlji to tin
lnkes and eastern points. Charles II. Hnn
nan. who accompanied him east, will not
return uiuii mo inner part or tha week,
Miss Jessie Norton, who has been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Norton, of
Douia Bixia street, ror tlie lust two months,
w.il leave today for Clinton. Minn., wiicivj
uhn resumes her position In tho city schools,
Henry J. Itnhllnir. who hau lirt.n nnnnnntA.l
ylth tho local freight olllco of tho Chicago,
Burlington & Oulncy railway for the last
twelvo years, has resigned, to accept
more lucrative position with tho Ueml3 ia.x
company of Omaha.
Tho children of tho Graco Eplrcopal
church Sunday school und their friends will
picnic Wednesday ut Lake Manawu, A,
special car will leave tho church at 1 p. m.
Jind will make stops ut First street and nt
j-cari anu uroauway.
I'at Moran, a saloon keeper of Omaha,
lias commenced suit la Jusuca Ferrler's
court against Henry Kahler of this city,
an employe of tho motor company, to re
cover IL bar 1)111 llf SKI. Mnrnn him i-nrnl.
sliced tho wages duo Knhlor from, the motor
vunipauy.
The rccehits In tho irenernt fnml nt 1hn
Christian Homo last week were $17.0I. being
1102.90 bolow tho estimated needs for tha
j-urrciu expenses oi ino weeic and increas
ing tho dollclcncy In this fund to dato to
jiti.n. Tho receipts In tho manager's fund
amounted to J16.00, being J18.40 below tha
iiet'os oi ino weeic anu increasing tho da-
iicicncy in mis iiinei to juo.&s to tlute.
George W. Sachll. uged 25 years, died
yesterday at tho Woman's Christian as
soclatlon hospital. lJcceaEcd was a Rock
Island brnkeman nnd was Injured several
weeks ago near Lincoln by being knocked
from tho top of a freight car. Tho funeral
will be hold this morning at 10 o'clock from
Estop's undertaking rooms on I 'car I street
una iniermciu will do in Fairviow cemetery
N. Y. numbing Co., telephone 250.
It nil Katntn Transfer.
The following transfers were filed In tho
nbstrnct, tttlo and loau olUco of J. W. Squire,
jui t'eari street:
William II. and Joseph H. Batrman
to Mnrguret llateman, 'sw'i 18-77-12,
n. c. d j
Jano Ilaldwln et nl to William L. Whit-
naif 1na A ni,l 1A . . .1 nr.t I a
20, Mill add, q. c. d 100
X. Hoognwoiitng to Tony Van Ileck,
lots 1, 2. 3 and 4, Mock 1, Moredlth's
add to Avoca, w. d 400
junry m. watson to it. J. and Lily H,
Waterbury, lot 2, block 20. Avoca.
w. d 300
wouniy ireasuror to a. j, seaman,
lot 3, block 34; lot 3, block 3S, Ever
ett's ndd., and undivided three-quarters
lot 1, block 34. Everett's udd.
treasurer's d v 40
V. W. Lyman nnd wife to Margaret L.
aicuce, lot u, uiock l.i, iiurn s add.,
and lot 23 und part lot 21. Thomas
Elder s add, a. w. d 250
unarirs u. jiaunan ami wire to i it.
Davis, lots 1 to 15, block 28, and lots
1 to 10, block 40, Brown's subdlv.,
q. c. d ,
Ceven transfers, total J1,W2
Oravel roofing. A. II. Head, 541 Broadway,
WEAR
HAMILTON'S
$3.50 Shoes
and savo Sl.SO-othors
havo nnd llko thorn-why
not youT
FARM LOANS
Negotiated In Eastern rtroraska
and Iowa., Jani N. Casady, Jr.,
u Main SU Council Bluffs.
MONEY TO L0AN,':,;..';:;-
Savings Loan and Building Assoclal'n
kouncu uiuas, lewa.
BLUFFS.
INHERITANCE TAX DECISION
Judge Smith Fosses on the Real Estate
Phase of the Law.
LAYSON ESTATE ESCAPES THE IMPOST
Amendatory Act .Nut ltetronetlvc nnd
CoiiBMtiMitly C'nuiiot Affect
Title- Unit I'liimcd Hefore
Itn Euttctincnt.
Judge Smith of tho district court handed
down his ruling yesterday In the matter of
tho cstato of tho Into John Lawaon, holding
that It was not liable tor tho payment of
collateral lnhcrltanco tax on tho real estate
and dismissing tho application of State
Treasurer Hcrrtott for an order to compel
L. F. I'ottor, tho administrator, to pay
some of tho moneys In his possession be
longing to tho estato.
Tho caso Involved a question of general
lnterost In connection with tho Iowa col
lateral lnhcrltanco tnx law, which has never
been passed upon by tho supremo court, and
It Is understood It will now bo taken on
behalf of tho stato to that tribunal for final
adjudication.
John Lawson was an unmarried resident
of this county near the town of Oakland,
where ho owned 2S0 acres of farm land. Ho
also owned 320 acres of land In Texas. Ho
committed sulcldo by shooting himself Sep
tember 7, 1S90, In Omaha. At tho time of
his death ho owned In addition to his farms
considerable personal property. Thoro being
no heirs living hero Itcprcsontatlvo L, V,
Potior of Oakland was appointed by tho
district court administrator and took clinrgo
of tho personal property and real estate
Aftjr considerable trouble tho administrator
discovered three sisters of Laweou, two of
whom were living In Minnesota and ono
In Swoden.
Application was mado by Stato Treasurer
Horrlott for an order for the payment of
collateral lnhcrltanco tax to tho state and
tho appraisers under tho collateral inner
ltanco law placed tho valuo of tho real cs
tato nt $11,000 and tho personal property at
S76S.91. Tho claim for lnhorltanco tax
amounted to $633.44.
raymcnt of the tax was resisted by tho
nctra on the ground that tho collateral In
berltanco tax law, a originally passed, had
been declared unconstitutional; that Law-
son dlod after tho passage of tho original
law, tut beforo tho passago of the amend
atory act designed to correct Its defects, and
mat therefore the estato was not liable for
tho payment of the tux.
Tho supremo court In another caso had
hold that tho amendatory act was retro
actlvo as to personal nronertr. but n
clflcally declared that tho ruling did not
aneci real estate, and tho question has re
mained unsettled whether tho amondatorr
act mado tho law cffcctlvo as to real estate
belonging to persons who died after the
passage of tho original law and beforo the
passage of the amendment. The ownership
of personal property belonging to tho es
tato of a deceased person does not pass to
tho heirs until such property Is dlsirlhnf.rt
by the administrator or executor. "The title
io reai estate, nowevor, it Is held, upon tho
death of tho owner vosts at once In tho heirs
nnd tho question nt lssuo in this caso was
whother tho amendatory act of tho iriri.inf.
urn could disturb theso vostcd rights. Judgo
"f uis ruling, noma that It could
not and that so far as the real cstatn fnr.
merly belonging to John Lawson la rot..
corned it la not liable for the payment of
tuiuierai inneruance tax.
Commonwealth 10-cent cigar.
HIGH SCHOOL" SITB UP AGAIN.
I'ronnecia of nil Apneiil from the Lat
ent Location Are Gnoil,'
The thirty days in which an apponl can
bo taken from tha action of tho Board of
Education In selecting the Street site as
a site for tho new High school bulldlne
will expire noxt Monday. An appeal, how
ever, will bo taken before tho expira
tion of tho tTmo limit and a well known
attorney stated yesterday that tho papers
WOUld bO filed With thn ronntv ntlnarlnton.l.
ent some day this wcok without fall. Th
attorney aaiu that he had been Instructed
to draft tho naners by one nf iln riinnta
and If ho had not ho would havo appealed
nimscit ratner than allow tho school to bo
built there without a protest.
In speaking of tho matter yesterday a
membor of tho board aald he had hoped
there would lo no further litigation over
the High school alto, as It there was It
would mean that tho school would not be
built this year. Ho said he believed that
If an appeal was taken from tho selection
of tho Street tract that the majority ot
tho members of tho board would vote again
to placo the school on' the Glen avenue
property. If this was dono he reallred
this would cortalnly Invito another appeal
and that would end all chances ot building
tho school this yoar.
Tho school board will hold its regular
monthly session this evening, but It Is
not probable that any action will be takon
on tho alto question.
Howell's Antl-"Kawf" cures coughs, colds.
Want Klancll for Assault.
A warrant was Issued last Sunday night
for tho arrest ot Georgo Klssell on tho
chargo of assaulting J. C. Hickman with
Intent to kill. Mrs. Klssell went to tho
home ot her mother, Mrs. Hickman, Sun
day afternoon and complained that hor
husband was drinking and gambling and
not providing for their homo In a sultablo
manner. Hickman carried a noto from
Mrs. Klssoll to her husband, In which she
warned him not to remove any of the furni
ture, as the feared that he might try
to dlsposo of It to Bccure money to buy
drink with. This enraged Klsaell and ho
charged Hickman with fomcutlug his do
mestic troubles. He struck Hickman with
a board, knocking him down and seriously
Injuring him. Klssell, after knocking
Htrkman down, escaped and so tar has
eluded the offlccrs. He Is believed to be
In hiding In Falrmount park.
Davis sells paint.
Horses Stolen.
When Itobert Budatr, living at 1050 East
Broadway, went to his barn early yester
day morning to hitch up ho discovered that
his bay horse, Concord buggy and a now
sot ot harness had been stolen during the
night.
W. H. Kukhn, a market gardener living
Just east of the city near the School for
Iho Deaf, reported to' the police yester
day morning that during the previous night
his barn had been entered and a sorrel
mare and a top buggy and harness atolon.
Tho police also received word that two
horses hnd been stolen from a farm house
uear Neola.
Petition far Divorce,
Mrs. Ida Arp ot Mlnden asks the court
to divorce hor from Kapke Arp, whom she
married la Kllntbeck, Germany, on Jan
uary 27, 1634. Mrs, Arp alleges drunken-
ncss and cruel treatment nnd asks for tho
custody of their two chtldron, boys nged
5 and 2 years respectively; also that Arp
be ordered to pay $2.50 a wook for each for
their support. Sho Is willing to do the
rest It he will pay this and give her the
household furniture and $500 alimony.
Jonas Adams, who married Allco Adams
In Council Bluffs on May 20, 1S97, wants a
divorce because he alleges his wife has
treated him cruelly and has frequently
threatened to take his lite.
Cane of Ilcpruvlty.
Tho arrost by tho police last night of
Mrs. Emma La Hue, alias Mrs. Anderson,
and a man named A. Itelsman at tho home
of tho former at Twelfth street and Six
teenth avcnuo revealed a terrible case of
depravity. Mrs. Anderson and her para
mour havo been, according to the stories
of tho neighbors, been holding a drunken
orgy for the last two weeks, while the
two little daughters ot tho woman, aged
7 and 3 years respectively, havo been per
mitted to go unfed and uncared for. Tho
eldest child, it Is charged, was sent at nil
hours to a neighboring saloon to secure
drink tor her mother nnd lletsman.
Whon tho officers arrested the couple
last night tho children were tound with
barely. sufTlclent clothing to cover them
nnd tho elder child said she had had
nothing to eat nil day. Thoy were taken
by tho police to the homo of an aunt, Mrs.
Thomas Brown, living at 1601 South Ninth
street, who has agreed with tho assist
anco ot an elder sister of tha children
who works In Omaha, to provide tor them.
An offort will bo made today by tho police
to havo the children legally takon away
trom tholr unnatural mothor. About two
years ago a crippled daughter ot Mrs, An
derson, aged 13 years, committed sulcldo
by drinking poison because sho could not
otand tho 111 treatment sho was sub
jected to.
District Court Notes.
Leo Wolfson commenced suit In tho dls
trlct court here yesterday against Allen
Bros, company of Omaha to recovor $352.50
which he alleges to bo duo htm on ordors
secured for the salo ot baking powder,
Wolfson allogos that undor a contract
dated May 24, 1893, he was appointed gon
ernl agent by Allen Bros, for tho salo ot
tho baking powder In tho stato ot Texas
and the city of Shrcvesport, La. Ho se
cured 251 orders for single barrels ot tho
powder, of which number Allen Broa. ac
ccpted and shipped 113, but have refused
to fill tho other 138 orders. It Is his com
mission on these 13S orders that he now
sues for.
Mlko L. Kadel alleges that Qcorgo Kas-
sloe has been circulating defamatory
stories about himself and his reputation
has been Injured to tho extent of $1,000,
to recover which ho brought suit yestcr
day In the district court. Both parties
live In Neola,
Tho trial of tho suit ot D. J. Fogerty
against G. L. Newland and wife to recover
$1,900 on an alleged contract for tho pur-
cbnso of fruit trees was commenced beforo
a Jury In tho superior court yesterday,
Work of llnralnm.
Burglars wero abroad again Sunday night
and two cases of houses entered were re
ported to the police.
O. C. Brown, living at 316 Benton street,
roported that during tho night his house
had been entered and a gold watcn and
chain stolen from Ills vest pocket while
It was hanging over a chair beside bis bod.
Entrance to tho house was effected by ro
movlnar a screen from the window.
A thief broke the lock on tho barn at
tho homo ot Mrs. B. Durgan, Slxtoenth
avenue and Sixth street, sometime during
Sunday night and stole a box of carpenter
tools belonging to Joseph S. Bejnia ot 1811
South Thirteenth streot.
',.ini., Mri-tlnir Tonlirlit.
The city council will meet In adjourned
regular session tonight to approve the
contracts with E. A. Wlckham for tho
paving of the third group of streete. City
Engineer Etnyre Is expected to have his
report ready, showing on which streets
ordered Improved tho property will not
stand tho assessment, and It altogether
depends on this report which streets will
bo ordered paved and the contraots en
tered Into. Tho street commissioner con
troversy has also boon mado a special
order of business tor tonight, to follow
the paving question.
. ,
MnrrlnKe I.luenses".
Licenses to wed have been Issued to tho
following persons;
Name nnd residence. Ago.
Georpo W. Wilt. Omaha....
Mrs. Maxlo II. Grove, Omuha... 34
Elijah East. Omaha ;6
Anna Meikln, Omaha "
Fred W. McCoy, Council Bluff ' ijj
Mrs. Jennie E. Lowrey, Council Bluffs.... Jl
FLOYD MONUMENT STARTED
Cornerstone la Laid mt Sioux City
rltU Verr Impressive
Ceremonies.
SIOUX CITY. Ia., Aug. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) With very Impressive ceremonies
tho cornerstone of the Floyd memorial mon
ument was laid this afternoon. In a tow
months more the tribute ot the nation ana
stato to explorer Charlca Floyd, who holped
Lowls and Clark to explore the great north
west, will stand completed, rising 100 toot
from" a bluff that overlooks the great river
he helped to explore. Nearly 1.000 people
gathered to witness the ceremonies and to
hear the addresses of ox-Congressman
Oeorgo D. Perkins and State Senator E. H.
Hubbard; among them a numbor of distin
guished men of this section of the west.
Tho monument marks tho site of tho old
gravo of the explorer, who gave up his llfo
nearly a century ago whllo trying to blazo
away through the unknown wost for a later
civilization. It will be an obelisk In shape
and will rise to a height ot 100 feet. Land
has been purchased around the monument
site for a park and tho city expects some
tlmo In the t ituro to develop and Improve
tho grounds.
Church Celelirntea Anniversary.
JEFFERSON, lu., Aug. 20. (Special.)
Tho twenty-llfth anniversary of the found
ing ot tho Methodist church at Grand
Junction was observed In tho latter town
yesterday. Tho principal feature of tho
anniversary was tho sermon delivered by
the Itev. Joseph Manning, now of this
city, who organized the "class" at Grand
Junction thirty years ago. Ilov. Manning
Is about 80 years old, having been In tho
ministry nearly sixty years. He Is tho
father of Former Lieutenant Governor Or
lando II. Manning of Iowa, author ot the
famous epigram, "A school houso on every
hill and no saloon In the valley."
Tho church Is somewhat noted for the
extraordlnay number of prcachors who
have ministered to the charge during tho
twenty-five years of Its existence, thero
being no less than nineteen, many of whom
wore present and participated In tho cer
emonies yestorday,
A C'loas Tnll.
x Mr. Henry Phlpps had an attack of colic
ttat he says would certainly have proved
fatal before a physician could havo reached
him. He was cured by Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy before tho
doctor arrived. Mr. Phlpps Is a well known
citizen ot Bsckly. W. Va.
CltlM IN OFFICIAL LIFE
Scandal Brought to Light Eegardbg Stato
Institutions of Iowa.
CROOKED WORK CHARGED AGAINST STONE
Superintendent of Indtintrlnl Depart
ment of thu Mt. Plenmuit Hnnpltnl
Arrange to Deliver Quan
tity ot Slate's Goods.
DHS MOINES. Aue. 20. fSnoclal Tnlo-
gram.) Tho News tonight devotes sev
eral columns t0 an oxpose, In which It
ialma tho Stato Is about to lir nhmirml
Into tho depths ot n scandal ot gigantic
proportions affecting tha reputation of
men high In ofllclal llfo and threatening to
oxtond Its ramifications to more thin nno
of tho state's Institutions.
Tho tact has been unearthed th.it thn
Industrial department of tho II nanltnl fnr
tho Insano nt Mt. Pleasant has been selling
largo quantities of tho state's supplies to
various parties for a small part of their
alUO. Theso aaaA nrn nurph.iipil t.v thn
Stnto Board of Control In largo lots and
at wnoiesalo or less than wholesale prices,
but tho thieves who havo boen looting tho
atato and Indirectly depriving the unfor
tunato Inmates ot Its Institutions of many
of the comforts provided by tho generosity
of tho state havo been selling tho goods
at almost halt ot tholr selling valuo and
dividing tho spoils among themsehes.
ltolduesn of the i.'lieft.
It Is said that somo of tho goods havo
been unblushlngly shipped nway from tho
Mt. Pleasant depot, but most of them havo
been hauled In wagons to other stations and
shipped to the consignees under ficticious
names. Numerous shipments havo been
mado to ono Arm at Burlington nnd by them
resold In larger or smaller lots, but always
at less than their valuo. It Is even bo
lloed that tho fire which on July 15, 1900,
destroyed tho building of tho Industrial
department was tho dcapcrato aud dollb
crato work of tho gang of plunderers,
whose crimes aro soon to ho laid baro.
and It Is hoped adequately punished. It is
thought that they having been selling tho
stnto's supplies for months or years fired
tho shop In order to conceal n portion of
the ovldcnco of their crimes.
Tho snap was given away by a Dcs Moines
boy who was confined In tho asvlum for a
time and ho and Ell Hardin, a well known
Des Moines dotectlve, have worked up tho
caso which was turned over to tho Btato
officers today. The climax of cxposuro
was reached when John M. Stone, super
tntendent of tho Industrial department of
tho Mt. Pleasant hospital, arranged to de
liver a quantity of goods to the purchasor
in Dcs Moines, tho purchaser being none
other than Hardin, the dctoctlvc.
Had Confidence In Stone.
Stono has long enjoyed tho confldence of
tho stato. Ho was formerly connected with
tho Clarlnda asylum and went with Super
intendent Hoyt from thero to ML Pleasant
It waa a great surprise to tho stato author
ities to learn that Stona was directly or
Indirectly connected with the sale ot stato
goods and ho will bo given every opportu
nity to provo that his part ot tho work
was dono innocently nnd at tho behests
ot others. It must bo confessed, how
ever, that letters written by Stono and
now in the hand ot the authorities mako
an ugly showing, Indicating not only that
ho know what ho was doing, but took
measures to placo his actions behind tho
shield of secrecy. Part ot his letters ro
veal remarkable boldness In disposing ot
tho good3 and show tho audacity ot a
Napoleon In execution.
It Is stated that the Board ot Control
wilt probably prosecuto all tho offenders,
It Is belloved that thousands of dollara
worth of supples havo been sold.
Chairman Huffman of tho democratic
stato central committee says tho demo
crattc commltteo, the candidates for tho
stato and congressional offices and tho
chairman of tho various county commit
tecs ot tho state will moot lu Des Moines
August 29 for the purpose ot canvassing
tho ontlro situation and laying plans for
tho hottest campaign ever waged by democ
racy In tho stato.
ROBBER DID CLEVER WORK
DetcotlveM Mnklnv Huril Search fnr
KxprruM 1'uaknee of Mlnsluur
.MlHIl')'.
BURLINGTON, la., Aug. 20. Tho amount
ot money contained In tho express package
from which the contents were stolen en
route from Chicago .was $20,000 instoad of
$25,000, ns reported. Tho theft was ono
of the smoothest pieces of work known to
tho express or bank olllolals hero. The
package left the Commercial National bank,
Chicago, Friday afternoon nnd was de
livered to tho Adams Express corapauy,
which brought It hero Saturday morning
and delivered It to the bank at 8:30, when
the discovery was made that the package
contained twenty bundles of neatly
rimmed waste paper. Cashier John Flem
ing Immediately reported to Adams Express
Agent Kinney and tho two went to Chicago
with the dummy package. Tho address
on tho fraudulent package Is claimed by
tho Chicago bank officials to bn a forgery
ot their dork's handwriting. Several Chi
cago detectives are here working on tho
case.
INFANT DIES FROM NEGLECT
Wmnmi at I'ort Doilwe Slny lie
Held on n Serioim
ChnrKe.
FT. DODGE, la., Aug. 20. (Spoclal Tele
gram.) A revolting case of possible In
fanticide has Just been discovered hero.
Sunday evening while somo men wero walk
ing through somo thickets along the Des
Moines river bank they discovered a
woman lying In the thicket with a now
horn child by her sldo. Sho had beon thero
since Thursday night nnd had been exposed
to tho heavy rains. The child was born
Saturday night. It was dead when found
and no effort had been mado on tho part
ot the mother to savo Its llfo. Tho woman's
name la Mclutyre nnd sho formerly lived
in Sioux City. Sho has been arrested and
may bo held to tho grand Jury for In
fanticide. lovru Mftn Killed hy i'rnln.
GLENWOOD, la., Aug, 20. (Special Telo
gram,) Chester II. Andrews, a prominent
farmer living twelvo miles southeast of
Hillsdale, was struck by Burlington pas
senger train No. 3 at what Is known as tho
Reasoner crossing, two miles cast of Glen
wood, as be was driving homo from this
place, receiving Injuries from which ho died
at 5:30. Tho buggy In which he was riding
was demolished, but tho houmo was unin
jured. Governor Shun- In Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY, la., Aug, 20. (Special Tel
egram.) Governor L, M. Shaw was In Sioux
City today, but not, ho declared, In connec
tion with his forthcoming appointment ot a
United States eeuator to Mircced Gear, but
on a pure matter of personal business. He
had short visit with ex-Congressman
Georgo D. Perkins of tho Journal, but he
had nothing to say ot tho nature ot their
visit. Whllo Governor Shaw was not averse
to talk about the senatorshlp ho refined ab
solutely to glvo any Intimation of his prob
nblo appointment. "I havo not mado up
my mind to whom I will glvo tho appoint
ment," ho declared, emphatically. "The
mutter Is still open nnd every candidate
whoso namo has been suggested Is still In
tho raco as much as over."
Hall Docn Much Dniuituc.
SIOUX CITY, In., Aug. 10. (Spcclal.)
'As I becln to foot un thn hull Inane nf
thn ltnjit mimninr " afntn.1 .f It Avars n
prominent representative of n hall insurance
company, "I am greatly surprised nt tho
total damago that was Inlllctcd upon tho
crops In Woodbury, Plymouth and Monona
counties, Tho totnl loss In theso counties
will foot up not less than $100,000. Tho
storms In which losses occurred wero never
so numerous as in tho present season. In
ono section of Woodbury and Plymouth
counties not less than four storms swept
over It since June 20, nnd nearly nil Its
crops havo been partially or totally de
stroyed. .This refers principally to small
grain; corn generally escaped without very
great uamage.
South Omaha Nows .
Eur tho thlf(l tlmn thU llmm.r 11,.. 1nnr,l
of Education went thrnucrh hn tr,
oi purcnasing ino noctor slto nt Twenty
third and K streets for n public school
building.
Tho matter camo up at a meeting of tho
uuaru nciu last night. All mcmbors wero
present with tho oxenntlnn nf l!nhpi
Is out of the city. Upon request Attorney
iireen reported on tho decision of Judgo
Kcysor. Which was elvnn Wnilnna.ln v nL
According to tho court tho board has n
iisui, io purennsq sites lor school buildings
providing thero ia mnnnv nn Vint.,1 . n ,,
for tho same. Whon tho decision had been'
given .Member Kyan offored a resolution to
the offect that the sum of $6,500 bo sot
asldo for tho specific purposo of purchas
ing a scnooi nouse slto. As thoro la some
thing llko $14,000 In tho hand nf thn trrtna
urer of tho district at this tlmo there
was no objoction to tho appropriation from
hujt oue except .nr. urennan.
As soon as the appropriations had been
umuo uynn oouBoa up with anothor reso.
lutlon authorizing tho president nnd scenv
tary to enter Into a contract and sign war
rants for tho purchase of thn
erty. This resolution pnssed by a voto of
7 to 1, Urennan voting against It.
It Is thought now that this sottlcs tho
manor .aunougn secrotary Brennan may
iviuao 10 sign n warrant for tho pur
chase price. In caso ho rrfinpi u u .n,tnn.
stood that tho courts will bo appealed to
u na enori xo compel him to attach his
signature to tho wnrrant.
Tho board authorized tho drawing of a
ior jai ror the payment of tho
premium on Treasurer Koutsky's Burcty
Tho bond and contrnnf with rin.. t
Dare for tho heating apparatus at Loweli
school was approvod. This work will cost
Superintendent Wnlfn
tlon of llie board to th
books, and ho stated that ho was anxious
to havo tho ordors go In now so that tho
uuuna mignc reacn hero in two weeks. This
matter will bo takon up at tho meeting to
be held next Mondav niciit.
D. J. Earrcll was awarded tho contract
iur uuiming outnouses ot a cost of $fi93.
New floors will bo laid In two of tho
halls at tho High school building. Bids
for fitting up a basement room at tho
.utum scnooi win bo advertised for at
VUtUi
Xo lllil for Ilemilrl....- .
v v an it ii i (
Not n slnglo bid for tho repairing of
. '""jvuuuu Biiect was received by City
Clerk Shrlglcy yesterdnv nmi in
havo to report to the city council that
the advertisement for bids for this work
proved futile. It is the desire ot Mayor
uuu wio city council to hnvo tho
sireei repaired beforo the Ak-Sar-Ben fes
tivities and It was the Intnnttnn tr. nit
a special meotlng of the council to open
tho bids. Since no bids havo been received
there will bo no necessity for a special
mooting. It is understood that the paving
contractors will not submit bids for tho
reason that no appropriation was mado
to pay tor tho work. Trior to tho Intro
ductlon of tho levy and annrnnrlntlmi nr
dlnanccs somo members of the munr.il
favored setting aside a certain sum for
mo repairs to Twenty-fourth street, but
acting on the advlco of City Attorney
Montgomery this Item was omitted from
the appropriation sheet and In conscqucnco
no oios navo been received. Paving con
tractors do not appear to llko tho methods
la voguo here In regard to such matters
and will positively refuse to bid unless
tno monoy to pay for tho work is not
aside. The city attorney asserted that
money coum oe tanen from either tho gen
crnl or special llcenso funds for tho rn
pairs, but this Is not to tho liking of tho
contractors and tho result will bo that no
bids will bo sent in until an appropriation
ia rauuo.
Imiuent Over George Younir.
Coroner Swanson held an Innurnt vnatnr
day over tho remains of Georgo Young, who
was Kiiiou aaturuay at cuunuys. The Jury
after hearing tho evidence ot a number of
Troubles
Why trifle with hoalth
whan tho easiest and
surest help Is tho best
known modlolno In tho
world ?
Lydla C. Pinkhtm's Vegetable Compound
Is known everywhere and
thousands of women have
beon cured of serious kid
ney derangements by It.
Mrs. Plnkham's, moth"
ods have the endorse
ment of the mayor, tho
postmaster and others of
her own city.
Her modlolno has tho
endorsement of an un
numbered multitude of
grateful women whose
Jotters are constantly
printed In this paper.
Every woman should read
those letters.
Mrs. Pinkham advises
suffering women froo of
charge. Hor address is
Lynn, Mass.
witnesses, returned a vordlet to tho effect
that tho deceased ennte to his death by un
nectdent caused partially by his own care
lessness and partially by tho carelessness ot
tho Union Stock Yard company. Testimony
showed that tho engineer of stock yard cn
glno No. 3 whistled long and loud for Young
to get off tho track and that ho put his fin
gers in his cars to shut out the noise with
out looking around to seo what tho whist
ling was tor.
Mineral sdrvlccs over tho remains wero
hold at tho First Presbyterian church nt 5
o'clock last evening, Uev. Dr. Wheeler offi
ciating. Tho interment will bo at Schuyler,
Nob. Members of Beech camp ot tho Mod
ern Woodmen attended tho services In a
body.
Clerk Mhrluiry'n Mtiteiuent.
Hero Is a statement of tho 11)00 appropria
tion, less tho 13 per cent reserve, plus the
balances remaining In tho funds on August
1:
Street repair
Water
,$ U7G Fire t.m
. $.311 l'ollco f.MO
. C.571 Park UH
, 4,112.) Judgment ICS ID
Salary
General
Intel eit ....
. 1S.Z7J
lMblla light
Total JS3.50S
Engineer 1,3111
From the books of tho clerk thero Is nn
overdraft ot only $31.60, nnd that Is In the
salary fund. All ot tho other funds pulled
through tho fiscal year with balances. The
totnl balances for tho fiscal year Just passed
amount to $2,272. While tho 1900 appropria
tion comes to $107,4S0, a deduction must bo
mado for tho 15 per cent reserve, which
leaves $91,368 of this yenr's levy available
for warrants, In addition to tho balances left
over from tho 1S9D flscnl year.
Found In Pltlnhle Condition.
Two fishermen residing south of tho city
last Sunday afternoon camo upon a man who
was half burled In quicksand nnd mud nt tho
edge of a sandbar In the Missouri. They
wero rowing out to their lines when they dis
covered him.
Ho was too weak from tho oxposuro to glvo
an accurato account ot himself, but after an
IN
SUMMER.
Sunburn, Chafing, Insect llites, Burns, Itching,
Scratches, Sprains, SlifTncss of Joints, Fatigue and
Inllanicd Iiyes are cured by the use of
Pond's Extract
Used Internally and Externally
CAVTIOtft Refuse tho weak, watery tVHch ITaxel
preparations represented to bo "thesnmeas" POND'S
EXTRACT, which easily sour anil generally contain
"woodatcohol," ndeadly poison. POND'S JiXTRACT
Is sold ONLY la SE4LEZJ bottles, euoloscd lu butt
wrapper.
POND'S liXTRACT CO.,
6 fifth Atc,N. V.
"A HAND SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT TO
SHAVE
SAPOLIO
IS THE PROPER THING FOR HOUSE-CLEANING.
MANHOOD
ble Vllillisr, theprrcr!pilrm of a
nervous ur ui?"iuiot tuo Koncrntnru
n.rm. nrr im. unrt .1
llvur. thn klilnari aud tho urlnarv
find restores small wt orvn, . ....
TlinrfMOQ unrers are not cuid by Doctors la beanOO per cent ftro troubled with Proalntllla.
firtl't nir V 1,. I l,A nnl. knAivii ..niulw I. pnr. ulltiAiil nn nn.ralinn. VttO teftLillltllll.-llA. A Written
E
:uaraniuociTen ami money reiornen u onozeiaoesuot cuoct A pertuaucui cut v. fbwnuui iwi iew,
mall, hunt for mku rfrruUr anrl teetlinonl.ils.
A'' iri. OA VOL JlaUHClNK CO., J'.O. lloz S078. Ban Francisco. Ca!.
FOK SALU 11V MYHUS-UILLON
Hot Weather Offices.
Anyone who lins a west front office these days, or an of
fice in a ramshackle building, ought not to be in the same
fix next summer,. Dirt, too, seems more offensive in hot
weather.
THE m BUILDING
is cool, clean nnd well ventilated. There is always a draft,
the walls are thiclc,the ah ia pur eand kept constantly moist
by the fountain in the court. This is the place to be in
summer.
R. C. PETERS & CO.,
Rental Agents, . . Ground Floor, Bee Building.
OUR
Estate
Real
IN VALUE.
Some excellent lots, pleasantly located and de
sirable for suburban homes, can be
reasonable prices. These lot s nre Tncnfor. i..
Omaha, Wright's and Central Sub. additions. This
property will steadily increase in value as the city
grows in th at direction and the time to buy is the
present, vaii at
BEE
THE
Council
Investigation It was learned that hp was
John Sweeney, nu lumato of St. Bernard's
hospital nt Council Bluffs, who had wan
dered away In a delirium. Every car? and
attention was given tho unfortunate man
until tho hospltnl authorities could louuv
but ho wns so exhausted that fears aro now
entertained for his recovery, even under the
most forlunato conditions. Ills address was
learned by a small blblo that hn carried In
his pocket, the gift of tho hospital at which
ho had becu staying.
Mltuit City (ionIi,
A son hns befit born to Mr. and Mrs. El
Ilronnati, Twenty-sevonth and L streets
Street Commissioner Clark H repairing
the culvert at Twenty-second ami L streets.
A. L. Coleuuiii Is 111 Chicago, but l.i ex.
pectcd homo about the mlddlo of tho week.
Mrs. M. Lamb of Chlcaso li tho puest of
1'. McMuhou, Twentieth, street and .Missouri
avenue.
Officer Nowman has been designated ns
nrtlng rhlef nf pollco during the absence of
Chief Mitchell.
Thomas C. Allon. ono of the clerks nt tho
postoillce, has returned to duty after a
week's vacation.
Mrs. P. McMnhon nnd Mrs. P. Sherhy
havo returned from E.xcoNlor Sprlnm,
whero they spent thrco weeks.
Officer John llrlgga has tendered hit
resignation ns a member of tho pollen forca
and will go Into business for himself.
Magic City lodgo No. SO, Fraternal Union
of America, will give an excursion on thn
steamer Jacob Itltchman 6n Friday evening,
Augu-tt 21,
Former Councllmnn John F. Sohultz and
family huvo arrived In New York from nn
extended European trip and will roach
South Omaha on Thursday.
Tho Swift ball team defeated the Neola
boys Sunday by a score of 10 to 7. Bwlfti
now claim tho state championship, us tlx
Noolas havo defeated the Omaha Originals,
Those who witnessed tho Knmo claim that
It was ono of tho hottest contested nnd
cleanest played games rccm during the
season.
At tho meeting of tho South Omaha Gun
club last Sunday somo very close scorei
woro made, tho two highest being those ol
H. 8. nnd Charles Hecmer, They tied nt i
scoro of 10. In tho Until shoot Charlei
Itecmor won. Tho contest Is In the form ol
a series of shoots for a medal offctcd by
two leading Jewelers of tho city.
WITH."
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