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II 8 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1900. IS! i NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL SIIKOIt MHJiTlO.X Davis sells glass. "Mr. Illley," &-cent cigar. Fine Missouri oak. Gilbert Bros. ' Gas nxturcs and globes at Blxby'e. Kino A. H. C. beer. Neumnyer's hotel. Wollman, sclcntlllc optician, 409 B'd'y. Bchmtdt's photos, now and latest style W. J. llostottcr, dentist, Baldwin block. Moore'a stock food kills worms, fattens. Bco Schmidt for elegant holiday photos. Drink Budwclacr beer. L. Itotenfeld. agt Lcfrcrt, Jeweler, opllclan. 220 Broadway. New lino of statuary. C. 13. Alexander ti Co., 333 Broadway. II, P. rmd Henry Haar left yesterday on ft. trip to Colorado Springs, Colo. XV. P. draff, undertaker and dlslnfcctor, 101 South Main street. 'I'hono 6W. Get your work dona at' tho popular Eagle laundry, nt Broadway. "Phone 157. V. C. Ustcp, undertaker, Zi l'carl street. Telephones: Ofllce, U1; resldenco, 33. Mrs. SuHln Jeffries of Kansas City Is tho guest of Mrx . B. Fisher of Vine street. Morgan & Klein, upholstering, furniture reDalrlne. mattress making. 122 S. Main sL Council ciunp. Woodmen of tho World, will meet Friday night for tho annual olec-' tion or oincers. Miss Arkwrlght's china and wntercolor exhibit, mi Mynster street, for one week, beginning December 1. Your wife will lovo you If you buy Sheri dan coal. Smokeless, no clinkers, soot nor uulphur. Fenlon & Foley, sole agents. P. II. Mudge, who was called hero .by tho death of his mother, Mrs. A. U. Mudge. re turned yesterday to his homo in Denver. A want add In Tho Beo will bring re sults. Tho same attention given to a want add In Council Bluffs us at tho Omaha ofllco. Captain J. J. Uimbcrt. editor of tho I'uoblo (Colo.) Chieftain, Is In tho city, trio guest of J. J. Blown of South Seventh etreet. Council Bluffs tent, Knights of the Mac cabees, will meet In regular session tonight, whon tho annual election of otllccrs will take placu. (Jeorgo M. Strain, a member of the local newspaper fraternity, and wlfo left last evening on a visit to relatives In CJnlos burg, III. W. Harvey DoWltt has resigned his posi tion us chief clerk at the Grand hotel and has accepted a position In tho Bachelors hotel In Omaha. Hoxel camp, Modern AVoodmcn of Amer ica, will meet tomorrow night In regular session, when tho annual election of olll cers will bo held. P. M. Ilalns, who has been hero on busi ness connected with the Officer & Pusny receivership, returned to his homo In .nrncd, Kim., last night. Thi InriW Aid society of Broadway Methodist church will hold Hh annual ba car Thursday and Friday of this week. Dinner and Hupper both days. Mrs. A. W. Mngor of Wlnterset. Ia., who has been tho guest of Mrs. Ivdgerton of South Sixth street, loft lost evening for Colorado Springs, where sho will visit friends beforo roturnlng home. A marriage llcenHo was Issued yesterday to Kdwurd llarrott, aged 2R years, of South Omaha, and Nancy M. Kggers, aged IS. of Big Springs. Neb. Justice Ovulo Moti per formed tho marriage ceremony. Court Council Bluffs, Independent Order of Foresters, will meet tonight In regular session and hold tlio nnuual election of otll cers. Companion court, Wacondah, will moot at tho samo tlmo and elect Its offi cers. "Tho Brownies" nt Dohany's Saturday, December 8; spectaculuV, melodious chor uses, catchy music, witty lines, beautiful costumes; tho most jiopular play on tho stage. Matinee, 10c, 20c. 30ci night, 15c, 2oc, 86c. &0c. Tho remains of the lato Benjamin Jones of 1428 Third streot will bo takon to Stuart. Ia.. this morning for Intcrmont. Tho funeral arrangements nro In chargo or t..o Odd Follows; of which order deceased was a. member. OfflcerThoman Cnllnahnn Is-enjoying an unexpected visit from his brother, Jchn Callaghan of Winnipeg, Mnnltoba. They had not met for twelve years. John Cnl laghati having been busily cngngod In civil engineering in Manitoba. Bob Scott, charged with tho larceny of a rout, tho property of Arthur Reed, from a building on North Main street, took n change of venuo yesterday from tho pollco court to that of Justlco Vlen. where bo Is booked for a preliminary hearing this morning. It. W. Zlnkle, traveling auditor of tho Chicago. Burlington & Qulncv. with head quarters at Crcston, la., and Dale Harman, traveling auditor of tho Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs road, with head quarters at St. Joseph, were In tho city yesterdav checking up tho Burlington city ticket office. Tho case against Tom Carter, charged with embezzling between J50 and JC0. tho proceeds of street sales ,of a Chicago and a St. louln newspaper, was continued In Jus tice Vlcn's court yestorduy unill January 15 on tho consent uf tho prosecuting witness, J. II. Black of Omaha. Curter was re leased on a bond In tho sum of J200, signed by himself and his mother. Tho receipts nt tho Christian Homo last, week wero slightly In excess of the needs of tho Institution. In the general fund they amounted to J2S0.80, being J80.80 nbovo tho estimated needs for the current ex penses of tho week and decreasing the de ficiency In this fund to dato to Jl.125.35. In tho manager's fund tho receipts wero $36.60. being $1.60 ubovo tho needs of the week and reducing tho dcllclcucy to $316.63 to datu In this fund. Harry Howard, whoso right namo Is said to bo Guy Fritz, and Charles Brown, charged with breaking Into Mlko Kempkls' saloon on South Main street and stealing a gold watch belonging to tho proprietor, amongst other things, had their pre liminary hearing beforo Justlco Vleu yes terday and were- bound over to await tho action of tho district igrand Jury. They wero committed to tho county Jail In do fault of ball. Both aro young men. barely out of their teens. N. Y. Plumbing Co., tUphnne 250. Kmiillpox Ciini-h. Asa Dcots, tho second of tho smallpox patlfnts ut tho pesthouso, hns so far re covered that ho Is able to help with tho work and tho caro of, tho other patient, C(,nmey, whoso condition Is rapidly "Im proving. Tho quarantlno at tho hospital and tho Marr resldenco Is being rigidly on forced nnd tho health authorities aro hope ful that tho spread of tho dlscaso Iibb been effectively, checked. Tho inmates at thp hospital are suffering considerable Inconvenience- by reason of tho tolephono being out of order. As the building Is quarantined none of tho tclo phono company's, picn cat got In to place the 'phono In working 'order". Tho nurses In tho hospital hnvo to communicate with tho outer world through tho guards on duty outside. Tho Union Pacific Ilallroad company has tccued an order requiring all tho men cm ployed in tho yards to' bo vaccinated. This will affect about 300 men here. Howell's Antl-Kawf" cures coughs, colds. j Wanted Girl for housework. 33D Scott. Commonwealth 10-cont cigar. CHILDREN'S FELT SLIPPERS 43c at HAMILTON' SHOli STOHK. FARM LOANS Negotiated In' Eastern Nebraska nnd Iowa. James N. Cusady, Jr., ize Main St.. Council Bluffs. Savt Your Money HAV1M1N, LOAN AXI) BUILDING AHS'JI, 1U3 l'carl Street, Conuoll HlaSe, I. BLUFFS. EXPERT TO EXAMINE BOOKS Affaln of the Officer 6: Puiey Bank are to Bo Carefully Looked Into. RECEIVERS PROMISE TO PAY DIVIDEND Lilies Mtlftrntlnn Interferes, They Hay, One-Fourth of the Ilnnk'n In delitednenn Will lie IlUciinrged This Mou tli. "Within a few days a thorough and ex haustive examination of tho books, ac counts and papora of tho Olllcor & Pusoy bank will bo commenced by uu expert ac countant. Wo nro determined to know something of what has bocorao of our monoy and will do bo beforo wo get through." This was tho statement mado by Attornoy J, J. Stewart and J. J. Hess yesterday when asked If tho depositors who applied to tho district court to have an examination mado would do so nt their own expense under the ruling of Judgo Green. Whllo somowhat disappointed at tho ruling of tho court, which Is to tho effect that tho cxpensn of this examination will havo to bo borno by tho depositors and not defrayed out of tho nsscts of tho bank, Messrs. Stewart and Hess said that tho depositors wore satis fied with the Judgo's order and well pleased nt being permitted to havo tho examination made. The export who will mako tbo In vestigation has not yet been decided ou, but ono will bo selected before the end of tho week, so that thcro need bo no delay In making tho examination, which it Is ex pected will requtro several weeks to com plete. Tho object of the proposed lnvestlgat'on of tho banks' books and accounts, as stated by the attornoys representing a number of tho depositors, Is to ascertain, If possible, what has becomo of tho monoy that has been doposljed In the bank during tho last Ave or ton years. The depositors fool that some explanation Is duo them of tho dis crepancy existing between tho firm's assots, as shown by tho report of tho re ceivers, and tho liabilities, which consists of money deposited with tho firm. Ile colvors Bcrcshelm and Murphy express themselves as well satisfied with tho pro posed examination and have declared their willingness to glvo tho export every as sistance In their powor. The rocelvera stato that thoy hope, unless delayed by litigation, to pay a dividend cf 2C per cent beforo tho end of tho year. Bo foro any dividend can bo announced the court will havo to rule upon the numerous petitions that havo bcon filed by creditors asking that tholr claims be mado preferred clalraB. Up to dato tho list of preferred claims amounts to $13,332, which 13 but a omall figure compared to tho total liabil ities of tho bank. The receivers aro actlvoly engaged In collecting tho accounts duo tho bank and within tho last few days tho court has made a numbor of orders authorizing thcra 10 maito settlements In certain cases whero It has been deemed beneficial to the cstato to, do so.,. Itegrdlni:..tho jsupplemcjitary roport, which It was expected tho receivers would make, they state that they havo not yet had tlmo to prepare It and can give no intimation of when they will bo able to do so. M. W. A. dance tonight, W. of W. hall. Gravel roofing. A. II. Head. 641 Broadway. Ilusr Day for Firemen. The flro department had three runs yes terday, ono for breakfast, ono for dinner and one for supper. About 7 o'clock In tho morning tho depart ment was called to "C. O. D." Grcono's gro eery store, at 336 West Broadway, whero tho careless handling of a gasollno lamp whllo lighting It had started a blaze. Tho gasollno spilled on the floor and for a few minutes it looked as If thero would bo a conflagration of considerable propor tions. The flames were extinguished, tho only damago being a holo burned In tho floor. At 12:30 p. m. tho firemen were given a run to 513 Fourth street, where' a boy and a box of matches had started a blazo In the barn. Tho only damago which tho owner, P. McCaul, will have to mako good will bo that to the paint on tho building. bhortly boforo 6 o'clock lost evening the window decorations In tho dry goods, storo of Brandpn & Fleming, at 740 Broadway. caught flro and gavo tho department Its third run for tho day. Tho damago, which was confined to tho goods in tho window and tho lmmedtato vicinity, is covered by insurance, 'ino lire caused considerable alarm among tho occupants of tho flats over tho store. City Council Meeting. The City COUnCll Was hnnkpil fnr n trmnt. ing yestordny afternoon to Inspect tho vtasntngion avonuo paving, but there was not a quorum nresent. so lb innnxxitni, ....... postponod until next Saturday .aftornoon at ociock. ino work on Hrynnt street is bolng pushed rapidly forward nnd Con tractor Wlckham expects in rnmmnnprt laying brick today. Tho top course will ue lies .Moines instead of Oalesburg brick us first decided unon. Murb nf ti.n i,,.ti. Is now on tho ground. Contractor Wlckham expects to comploto tho paving on Plorco Btroet today, whon if tho weather remains favorable ho will common thn nnvinc North First street between Broadway and wanmngton avenue. Dcmnuil Clrnner Street. The members of tho Council ninff Woman's club aro Interesting themselves In tho betterment of tho cnnditl nn nf ihn city stroots. Thoy want tho strcots kept cican anti ino secretary, Mrs. Tarklngton, has written to tho city clerks of tho larger cities nsklng for Information and data on mo question, no clubwomen are of tho opltilon that tho condition of the down town streets In Council muffs urn crvinr. dlsgrace and believe thot an active crusade What do you think when you sen $5 shoes advertised tor $3, and $3 shoes for $2? Does It seem reasonable to you? Were they $5 or $3 shoes or Is It hum bug? If you think It Is try SARGENT where thero Is Just ono price, and as good as can be bought for the money on earth. Look for the Bear that's SARGENT. should bo commenced to compel tho muni cipal auhtorltles to clean thcra nnd keep them clean. Tbo Information they are seeking from other cities Is what methods aro employed along this lino and whether they havo ordlnnnces governing tho ques tion and what steps aro taken to enforco them. Tho city Improvement dopartmont of tho club has taken tho matter In hand and will push It along. Police Court Note. Mrs. Annto Beach filed an Information In Justlco Vlon's court yesterday nfternoon, charging Mrs. A. Balrymplo of Illdgo streot with assault and battery. She alleges that a short tlmo ago sho rented a room of Mrs. Balrymplo and paid tor It In advance A fow days ago a relative of Mrs. Balrymplo arrived on n visit and tho lattor aBked Mrs. Beach to vacate tho room, as sho needed It. This Mrs. Beach says sho refused to do, having paid in advanco for It. Whllo bIio was nway from tho houso, Mrs. Beach alleges Mrs. Dalrympo took all her be longings and put them out la tho back and when sho raturned homo bIio found hor room occupied. Mrs. Ocach gays she pro tested, but was forcibly ejected by Mrs. Balrymplo from tho houso. Ban North caused tho arrest ycBterday afternoon of John Plant on an assault and battery chargo, fllcd beforo Justlco Vlon. Plant gavo ball and will havo a hearing today. Plant claims that North called him an unparliamentary namo and that he shook him, but did not strlko him. Tho ovldcnco of MIbs Mary Boggs, who charges Bob Btovcnsou with assaulting her at a danco last Saturday night, was taken In pollco court yesterday morning and tho furthor hearing continued until Saturday, Miss Boggs testified that Stevenson hit her nnd knocked her down and that when sho ran Into a bedroom to escape, him, ho followed her and dragged her out by tho hair and again bent hor. Stovenson Is still In jail In default of ball, placed at $115. Dlntrlet Court .otr. The enso of tho Stato Land and Improve ment company against tho City of Council Bluffs In tho district court will go to tho Jury this morning. At the closo of taking evldtnco yesterday afternoon City Attornoy Wadsworth flled a motion to tako tho caso from tho Jury and for a vordlct to bo' re turned for tho city, which was overruled by JuOgo Green. Mrs. Nancy Bollo Patten commonced suit for divorce yesterday from William Pat ton on statutory grounds, claiming Mrs. Nora Halo, wlfo of a tonant on a farm be longing to hor husband near Watson, Mo., as co-respondent. Mrs. Patten statos In her petition that an amicable arrangement has been nrrlved nt between herself and her husband whoroby sho Is to havo as alimony a farm of 120 acres In Pottawat tamio county, togothor with tho llvo stock and other porsonal property on It. . Tho following cases have been listed as subject to call at the closo of tho present caso on trial: Shlntoffcr against Pangle and Nealey against Neumnyer. J. P. Greonshlclds, dmln'.strator of tho estnto of tho lato Margaret Fox, Iiub ap plied to tho court for nuthorlty to mako a defenso In tho suit brought by. Dolan, guardian of Thomas Pox, against Jennie Frawloy and other hoirs of Mrs. Pox. Dolan claims that Thomag Fox, who Is a brother of Mrs. Fox's deceased husband, Is entitled to half of tho estate. MethnilUt Ileylvnl. The revival services at Trinity Methodist church, .will continue tor tho remainder of this wook. An nil-day scrvlco will be held tomorrow, when tho following program will bo carried out: 7 n. m., hallelujah break fast; 0 a. m., prayer nnd praise service; 10 a. m., blblo reading; 11 a. m., Bormon by Rov. J. I. McLaughlin of Omaha; 12:15 a. m., basket lunch; 1:30 p. m., song and praise service; 2 p. m., blblo reading; 3 p. ra sermon, Miss Herrlckj 7 p. m., vesper sorv lco; 7:30 p. m sacramental scrvlco and sermon by Dr. D. C. Franklin. Friday and.Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock thero will bo blblo readings and on Friday afternoon nt 4 a'cloclc thero will bo a special meeting for girls. Davis sells paint. ' M. W. A. danco tonight. W. of W. hall. Hrnl Kntntc Trnnfer. Tho followlnir transfers wurn ntn,l vmIaf. 'y..'""? abstract, title and loan oillco of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: J. H. Henry and wlfo to trustees of iuyiun uiwnnnin, s acres in sw cor- Iior section 10-77-38. w. d t r.?n j. .ii. i ukuh anu wuo to ivCVl n. r ree man, nwu ne'i 14 und n 6 acres swti soU 11-75-40, w. d 2,070 ?. S. Cooper and wife to William Shaw, lot 3, block 21, Everett's add, XV. w. a ?iin Catherlno J. Guanella ct al to James . Aiunen, lot 13, mock 3. Bayllss' 1st add, q. c. d , CG3 John Mlthen. guardian, to James 8, Mlthcn. undlv 1-3 lot 13, block 3, Bay llss' 1st add, gdns. d 334 Total llvo transfers $ 3,?J0 FRAUD COST BARBER'S LIFE IiiNiirnnce Adjuntcr Charge Shocking Conaplritcy In Connection lrlth Heath of Webster City Muii. SIOUX CITV, Dec. 4. (Special Tele gram.) J. H. Hurd of tho Laborlngraon's Co-cpcratlvo Llfo association returned, to Slcux City today after an extenslvo trip in tbo west nnd declares he has so- cured evldenco of ono of tho most sensa tional llfo Insurance frauds ever under taken. Gcorgo A. Barber of Webster City, Ia., who held a policy for $7,800 In tho company, is dead at Pagosa, Colo., nnd Mrs. Myrtlo Wright of Chicago and W. It. Neff nro undor detention at tho samo place, being held to nppear at tho coroner's In quest, suspected of Barber's murder. Hurd declares his Investigations warrant tho belief that Barbbr got his policy with tbo Intention of defrauding tho company and that tho woman and Ncff wero In tho scheme. Barber's death was not to bo a reality, ho says, but Noff nnd tho woman changed tho plan without Barber's knowl edgo nnd deliberately poisoned him. Ho died In convulsions In a hotel ofllco at Pagosa shortly after Ncff had left him. Tho policy has boen mado payable to Mrs. Wright, who was nllegod to bo Barber's affianced wife, and tho night of his death she notified tho Sioux City Insurance com pany of his death. Tho Investigation which followed unearthed somo startling facts. Mr. Hurd Bays that at tho conclusion of tho coroner's Inquest a verdict unques tionably will bo returned charging Neff nnd Mrs. Wright with murder and that their trial will bring out ono of tho most sensa tional Insuranco fraud cases ever tried in this country. Barber, It Is told, met Mrs. Wright in Chicago last summer and took hor to Webster City and then to Denver, whero Ncff appeared. Iowa Tiewn ote. Atlnntlc and Adair are to bo connected by a tclephono lino. Miss Sophia Huffman of Iteddlng was fatally burned by tho explosion of 11 gaso llno lamp. Tho Itock Island road contemplates tho elevation of Its tracks through tho city of Davenport. Hobert McBrida. who recently nppearcd nn plaintiff In a suit for damages for tho destruction of his printing ofllco located In a South Dakota town, was formerly well known In Iowa, whero he conducted the lil dora Ledger, , Mrs. Jacob Bowers, who lives near Bed ford, swallowed some carbolic acid by mis take, thinking it wine. When sho discov ered her mistake tho only antidote which sho could And hundv was a box of axle greaim. She swallowed a quantity of this nnd sent for a, doctor, Bho la likely to re cover. . . ., I. . DES MOINES WANTS RELIEF Jobbers Prepare to Demand New Deal Concerning Freight Batet. RAILROADS HAVE PROSPERED THERE Annual Itcport of Stale Commission Show n lllidily (InttlfyliiK Stnte of AfTnlr In the Trans portation wr. DES MOINES, Dec. 4. (Special.) The prosperity of tho Iowa railroads, as shown by their reports nnd cutnmarlzcd by tho Iowa Board of Hatlroad Commissioners, will bo used as a strong argument by tho Jobbers and manufacturers of Dcs Moines for substantial modifications of tho freight schedules In tho Intorest of Des Moines and central Iowa shippers. Tho Des Moines Manufacturers' and Jobbers' association la working hard for a revision of the rates, making Des Molncs a basing point. It Is Claimed that thn itlrrlmlntlnn vtrtlintlv amount to shutting Des Moines out of a largo territory and that the wholesale busi ness of this city has to grown that the rail roads will not bo ablo longor to resist tho demand for a change. Tho reports of tho Iowa railroad commission show that the Iowa railroads have been prosperous the past year nnd are becoming moro prosper ous. Tho Increase la tho gross earnings Of tho Iowa roads on town himlnrna alnnn during tho past year has boen about $0,000,- uuu over tno previous year. In view of this prosperity of the lawn mmi tiiA iiv xtninn. shippers feel that they can domand almost anyuung mat is Just. But tho Iowa roads, according to tho report of tho railroad com mission, navo uono a great deal tho paBt year In tho way of making pcrmanont Im provements. Thero has bcoa much double tracking of tho trunk llnpft- ninnv Irttnr. locking switches havo boen placed, new sinuous anu uriugcs havo been built nnd therO haS been extension nf llnnn Inln nnrll.. west Iowa. It is stntod that ono company u.i cxpomiou over half Its net revenuo In betterments of various kinds. Thero aro now moro than fifty interlocking switches In plnco now In Iowa at grado crossings, half of which woro put In tho paBt yoar. All this work of i has been tho causo of many complaints to iiiu uuuru ana u nas considered moro than 200 scparato comnlntnta Hiirlmr th .. Although tho rovlsed code of Iowa makes no provision ror Investigation of accidents tho board has continued this work of lnves tlgatlon as in former years. Tho board recommends somo addltl nnni tAtrlntntlnn In 1 regard to grade crossings with a view to proveniing accidents. State Agricultural Society. Secretary Genrpn tr Vnn iinni.n ti. Iowa Stato Agricultural society has boen invited by Secretary C. II. Barnard of Tablo Hock, Neb., to attend tho annual meeting of tho Nebraska Stnt clety in Lincoln on January 18 and will prooauiy ncccpt. .Mr, Van Houtea has long been promlnont as an Iowa linriipnituri.t He wont to Chicago today, whero he and oiner members of tha Iowa state society will attend tho American Association of Fairs and Exposition's, and Mr. Van Houten will read a paper ont'tWhat Constitutes a Successful Fair." The Iowa fairs havo been generally sucfresiful and cspoclally the last two, which wero so financially suc cessful that moro than $30,000 was put Into the- treasury as a surnlns. Tl,l in dltlon to $10,000 oxpended In permanent improvements. Tbo .Iowa soclaty will be Bcmowhat reorganized at tho January meet ing owing to a now law which has gono Into effect this year. This enlarges the directorate by making tho officers all di rectors and making sovoral of tho stati offlcors, Including tho governor, state vet erinarian anu head of tho agricultural col lego CX-ofllcIo members nf thn hninl Th. new law also requires that there shall bo uuecior in eacn congressional dis trict and this Will rminn n rnnnl.Urokl. chengo In tho directory board. Fntnl Defect In Hecord. A defect in thn mnnnnp nf thn nnnan w. ...v .noounu by tho legislature of thn rnsntnllnn tn- constitutional amendment providing for be- cuniai elections was unearthed today, which. It Is generally holt tho amendment void. Tho constitution pro- vices mat wnen resolutions for submitting amendments to tho nnmiinr legislature they must bo spread In full upon mo journals of each houso. Tho Ben nte Journal record Is complete, but tho houso Journals glvo the tltln tn thn r.anln. tlon only. Attornoy Qoneral Ilemly said louny: "i navo not thoroughly Investi gated tho matter, but mv Imnronlnn la thatlnvlowof the holding of the Iowa su preme court in the prohibitory amendment cnSe. tho dofoct In tho iwmi 0 , it.- " " " ' hi W1U biennial election amendment is void." ino uea Moines grocers have detarmlned upon making an effort to secure tho meeting of tho Stato Association of Itotall Grocors and tho annual exhibit hold In connection therewith. At a meeting of the local as sociation held this afternoon It was decided to offer tho association tho freo uso of tbo proposed armory building, if It Is completed by that tlmo, or If not to guaranty a free tent In which to hold tho exhibition. Wator loo, Cedar Haplds and othor cities want tho annual meeting of tho grocors. Tho asso ciation will meet at Waterloo. Tho caso of "Bob" McBrldo against resi dents of Mitchell, S. D., in which he has lUBt Secured a Vnrdlnt fnr JTflfl na rnmnnn. satlon for his printing ofllco destroyed by ino ueronaanis, nas attracted attention In Iowa from tho fact that McBrldo formerly published n newspapor In Eldora, Ia., and became well known to many Iowans. At the ftolrilrr' Home. There nro now In tho Iowa Soldiers' Homo at Marshalltown 748 veterans of tho war, of whom sixty-eight aro In the hospital and seventy-eight In what Is known as tho "old men's" building. Tho youngest Is D7 and tho oldest 07. Tho whereabouts of, tho national antl secrot society convention, which was lost a fow weeks ago, havo not been discovered. The president of tho association Is Samuel Swartz of Aurora, 111., and tho secretary William Phillips of Chicago, and thoy sent out notices of a national convention to bo held In Washington, Ia., Thanksgiving week. Tho Washington pcoplo say If tho conven tion was hold thero It was so socret that thoy woro unable to And It. Captain William Vau Sunt, the nowly elected governor of Minnesota, was formorly an Iowa mnn whllo he was engaged as a river captain on the Mississippi, Ho re cently attended a reunion of tbo family at Lo Clalro. whero his parents still llvo, his fathor being 01 years old nnd his mother 89. ltevlvnl Hecord at Tarklo. HASTINGS, Ia., Deo. 4. (Special.) Tar klo, a small town In Atchison county, Mis souri, was recently tho scene of labor of two cccloslastlcal perlpatotlcs, Williams and Alexander, under the auspices of the several churches. For two weeks the seed sewing went on under discouraging cir cumstances. The brenk finally came and another two weeks wero dovotcd to gath ering the sheaves. Tho first result of this lngathorlng was 600 conversions, which, taken with the previous elect of a very small town, leaves It a very uncongenial atmosphere for the worldling. Another re- FREE TRIAL! On this 17th of October, 1900, before me, ThoB. "W. Foleom, a notary public, person ally came Dr. A. T. Sanden, to mo personally known, and who, being duly Bworn, de clares that he will give to any sufferer of either sex his new Herculex Electric Belt on absolute freo trial, without one cent in advance or on dopoeit, and thnt he agrees to and spirit. Which Is tha newest and most perfect self-application of galvanic eloctrlolty In the world. It con tain! Improvement aver all other electrical belts and sends a pleasant soothing stream of the lite living element through the eyetem all night while you ileep. No burning or Irritation. It gives weak men new Strength and Is used by women as well aa men for Nervousness, Rheumatism, Lame Back, Constipation, Kidney, Ltrer, Stomach Blad der Disorders, etc. Remember, net one cent to me Dr. A. suit was that every druggist, every gam blor, every lawyer and every doctor tn tho vlllago was converted nnd tho gamblers havo destroyed all their devices, tho drug gists havo destroyed all their liquors, tho lawyers havo pooled and will rctuso In tho futuro to defend gamblers, bootleggers, prostitutes and Ulto small-fry animals. Tho doctors havo signed an ngrccment that they will not prcscrlbo or uso any kind of liquor In sickness and will not use It In performing operations except In the worst cases. Incidentally $1,800 was raised and paid to tho evangelists. Hnlnon Men Wnnt Consent. ONAWA,, Ia., Doc. 4. (Spoclal.) Tho Ealoon "consent" petition will bo filed to morrow. Tho saloon men aro confldenl they have tho required numbor of names, but the exact figures cannot bo glvon to day. No late developments In tho smallpox situation Blnco yesterday. Mr. Funkhouser of North Lincoln township, opposlto tho reservation, says that four Indians, thrco men' and ono woman, died thero Sunday and wero burled yesterday. Tho report Is believed to be reliable. l"or Pneumonia . Dr. C. J. Bishop, Agnow, Mich., says: "1 havo used Foloy's Honey and Tar In three very severe cases of pneumonia with good results in every caso." Thero is nothing su good. Dillon's drug store, South Omaha; Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha. FREE FIELD FOR REFINERS New York Wkolcanle Grocers Decide to Hujr Musar Where It Suite Tueni. NEW YORK, Dec. 4. At a well attended meeting of the Wholesalo Grocers' associa tion of New York and vicinity an asso ciation which comprises tbo leading grocery dealers In this section of the country It was decided to throw off all restraint In regard to tho purchase and sale of refined sugars. President C. W. Smith of the as sociation said after tho meeting that no definite action had been taken in tho way of securing a readjustment of tho sugar business and an adjournment had been taken without dato. Tho cntlro matter had been left In tho bands of the executive committee to recommend proper action. In tho mcantlmo tho members of tho asso ciation would purchoso from tbo refiners e He ring sugar at tho lowest price and WuUlU OUU 1.1 HUv.ll ilUttt ua MUlu lUT lUd best interests of tholr business. Tho action of tho local wholesale grocors Is Important, for the reason that New York ha been ono of tho sections which has most steadfastly maintained tho price of sugar. Their position as regards tbo factor plan is shown by the last annual address of President Smith, In which he advocated action In the direction of se curing the restoration of tho factor plan by the sugar roflncrs nnd the restoration also of tho affidavit system, with a rebate of 20 cents per 100 pounds nnd tho trade discount of 1 per cent. He also ad vocated the adoption of the factor plan by all manufacturers whoso goods are capablo of being handled In that manner. MAGNATES TO TALK IT OVER Leading; Officials of Prluclpnl "West ern Systems Gather for Con fidential Clint In New York. NEW YOUK, Dec. 4. Thero aro Indica tions that thero will bo a full attendance at tho conferenco of wostern railroad pres idents to bo held In this city tomorrow. Tho chief cxecuttvo officers of many of tho largo western lines aro already here, among them being President Jcffery of tho Denver & Wo (3 ran do and President Burt of tho Union Pacific, President Ulpley of tbo Santa Fc, Vice President J. C. Stubbs of the Southern Pacific, President Folton of tho Chicago & Alton nnd Vico President Wnrner of the Missouri Pacific. It Is expected that one of tho features of this meeting will bo tho ral lying of eomo of tbo freight traffic managers who bandlo tho packing houso products In Kansas City. Another matter to bo brought boforo this conferenco Is tho proposition from tho Central Traffic association to stop tho practlco of Issuing passes to railroad employes. HYMENEAL. I.enlnKcr-tlahel. HUMBOLDT, Neb., Dec. 4. (Spoclal.) Honry Lonlnger, a grocery clork of this city, was married laBt ovcnlng at tho homo of his 'sister, Mrs. Joseph Zulek, to Miss Ida Oabel, who arrived Saturday from Chicago. Tho ceremony was performed by Itov. O. C. Moyor, pastor of tho German Motbodlst church. DEATH RECORD. Secretary of lllbln Society. NEW YOUK, Dec. 4. Rov. Edward W. Oilman, aged 78 years, for nearly thirty years secretary of tho American Blblo so ciety and long a prominent figure In Its work, died nt his homo In Flushing, L. I.j today from n complication of diseases. nnd Collision In California. BUIBHN. Cal., Dec. 4. A freight train collided with n construction truln on the Southern Pucillo tlvo miles out of Bulsun this morning. Flvo nro doad nt tho sceno of tho wreck and twenty-two Injured men havo been brought Into Huisan, Tho killed and wounded nro all laborers who wero en gaged In repairing tho track. f fgj PRICKLY ASH BITTERS I U . cn i aiDNtta, tin uvea, it iTOaACH ti aowiia. B af wciMie res em eeiua. H forfeit $5,000.00 if this offer is Bworn to before me this 17th day of October. A. D. KM. THOS. W. FOLSOM, (Seal) Notary Publlo ($7). The above otter held good for my II) Electrlo Belt, as welLaa my lateet Invention, the Herculex Dr. Sanden Electric Belt, T. Sanden, 183-185 S. Clark St., Chicago, 111. Good Property Is a Good Investment fifteen Iota In a body for sale at a very reasonable price. Taeae lets are located tn Omaha addition and lie hlgk and dry. They will make a splendid location for seme factory. Several other lata aaltable for building purpose one of them especially will make a fine loeatton for a home, being within one block of the motor line and within two block of a school house, and churca located to tat) -western part of the city. Apply at Bee Office, Council Bluffs. FEDERATION OF LABOR President Rompern and Other nfllcem nnd DclcKates Gathering at I.oulavllle. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 4. Preliminary to the convention of the Federation of Labor, which begins hero on Thursday, was tho secret conferenco of tho executlvo coun cil today. This council Is composed of the officers of tho Federation and other prom luont labor men. Tho council will formu lato a report, which will bo presented to the convention. It Is composed of the follow ing: President, Samuel Gompers; secre tary, Frank Morrison; treasurer, John It. Lcnnon, Bloomlngton, III.; first rlco pres ident, P. J. McGulrc. Philadelphia; socond vico president, James Duncan, Boston; third vice president, James O. Conncll, Washington, D. C; fourth vico president, John Mitchell, Indianapolis, Ind.: fifth vice president, Max Morris, Denver, Colo.; sixth vice president, Thomas Y. Kldd, Chicago. The Associated I.nhnr Prmn nf Amnrlrn of which John McDcrmott is president, will hold its annual convention hero Friday. FIRE RECORD.' tteatrlco Grocery Ilnnse. BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special Tele gram.) The grocery establishment of Robert Nonkes, In west Beatrice, was damaged by flro last night to tbo extent of between $500 nnd $600. The stock Is covered by Insutancc. Onnt Smith from Hoard. CHICAGO, Doc. 4. Lloyd J. Smith, who was acquitted In tho criminal court of a chargo of shipping grain from tho ware houses of tho Chicago Elevator company without cancelling the receipts, was found guilty by tho Board of Directors of the Board of Trado early today and was ex pelled from his scat tn that organization. Tho trial lasted for eleven days. The final hearing began at 2:30 o'clock yesterday and tho decision was reached by an almost unanimous voto at 2 o, clock this morning. Tho evldenco produced beforo the di rectors tended to show that the elevator company, of which Smith was general man ager, had shipped 800,000 bushels of grain from elevators without tho cancellation of tho receipts. Do you want a stenographer? Spend 25 cents for a Boo "want ad." Will Complete Cniiviim of Itrtnrnn. FRANKFORT, Ky Deo. 4.-Tho Btnto election commission elected C. M. Duty (republican), to surceeed Commissioner Vouts, nnd Allen Smith of Louisville, secM tary. Tho cnnvuEsIng of the November election returns will bo completed today nnd certificates of election will bo Ivnud to Governor Beckham (democrat, Jud elect O'R'jar (tepubllcan), tho thirteen Bryan electors and nlno democrats and two republicans for congress, Iloinnncu of l'ekln Slcitr. CHICAGO, Dec. 4. M. 8. Woodward, father of Miss lone Woodward of Evanston, who with her mother wero guests of Min ister Conger during tho slego of Pekln, to day denied tho report that his daughter was engaged to marry Lieutenant Fred erick von Bismarck, grandson of tho "Iron Chancollor." MIhs Woodwnrd and Lieu tenant von Bismarck wero reported to havo met and becomo engaged during tho siege. American Cltlsen Thrown Info Jail. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 4.-Tho steamship Stlllwnter. from Port Barrio, reached hero today and at once mode statements beforo a notary of tho arrest at tho ship's gang way of R. 11. Mny, an American cTtlzou who onco served th government of Guate mala ns tho contractor for tho Guatemala Northern railroad. Mav was thrown In Jail upon a chargo of attomptiug to leave tho republic with unpaid debts. Off em the Senntornhlp. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Dec. 4.-Governor I. Ind, who Is u democrat, has Informally of fared tho appointment as United States senator, ad interim, to succeed Sonator Davis, to C. A, Smith a wealthy SwedlBh American lumberman of this city and a re publican. Mr. Smith, however, declined tho proffer. Tho governor's appolntca would sorvo only until tho legislature meets and elects a successor. Ileeerrutlnn Thrown Open, CROOKSTON. Minn., Dec. 4. Tho agri cultural lands In tho four ccaed townships on tho Whlto Earth reservation were thrown open to settlement at 3 o'clock this morning and by noon nearly every avail able pleco of land hnd been flled upon. Everything passed off with tho utmost reg ularity and very quietly. A large number of thoso who (lied claims loft for tho reser vation today. not lived up to in both lottor DR. A. T. SANDEN. until yeu are satisfied with results. Note: The word "Herculex" has been trade-marked legally by me according to act of U. S. Congress, and no one else dare use It. When you see the words "Dr. Banden'e Rlectrlo Herculex." together with factory number stamped on a Belt, you may know the article la genuine. Write for my new Illustrated descriptive book, "Health In Nature," lent free by mall, or drop In at say ellce for free consultation. Parity abore.juspicfott. ILER'S PURE MALT WHISKEY To have a cam In ffw how e iff lihe .havinf mooeyln me Dana. iu vaiupfi jntvund k SoUltylnffitoaiilMbx MUNYONS RHEUMATISM CURE When Prof. Munyon says his Ilheefc. tlana f?n will cum rheumatism there Isn't any guesework about It there len any false statement about It- It simply enrea. It 'does Just exactly what he sayo It will do. It cure more nulokly than Rtoplr expect. It cures wunoui leaving any 1 effects. It In a splendid stomach and nerve tonic, as well aa a positive cure for rheumatism. . A All tho Mtlnyon remedies are Just a re liable. Any druggist Be vial. The Oulte to Health Is free, so Is medical advice If you write to Broadway and 2th St.. New. York. $500 REWARD! Wo will pay tho nbovo reward for any cao of Liver Complaint, Dynpepalo, Hick Bead ache, Indigestion, Constipation or Coatlvenesu wo cannot euro with Llvorltn, tho Up-To-Dato Little Liver rill, whon tho directions nre btrlct ly compiled with. They aro purely Vegetable and never fall to glvo BntlHfactlnn. 25o boxes eonuin 100 Pills, loo boxes contain 40 Pills, fia boxes contain 15 Pills. Dowaroof substitutions and Imitations. Sent by mail. Stamps taken. NEUV1TA MKDICAL CO.. Cor. Clinton and Jackson SU., Chicago, 111. Sold by For bulo uy iwniii ec 'o., lotii and Douglis St., Omnha, Noli.; Geo, S. Davis, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Centerville Goal And coal from tlio bost mines In tho couutry. AIbo hard cont and wood. Prompt delivery la our motto. TransferLlne Between Council Bluffs and Omaha council Blufts Offlcd, No. 23 North Main gt. Tolophono 128. Omaha Ofllco, 311 South 12th Streot. Telephone 1308. Connection mado with South Omaha Transfor. WILLIAM WELCH, Stock Ranch for Sale About 3 miles north of Council Bluffs. 11 miles from South Omaha anil w mllo.i from railroad switch. About 704 acres, 85 acres cultivated. Including hay meadow and fruits; 300 nereis In timber; set to blue and native grasses: six-room house, barn, stock shcdi, chicken houe and engine houso; riexor falling watsr by I-horse-powcr gasollno ouglno to WM linrrel reservoir, to houi6, burn, feed lot, hog pasture und three nasturo enclos ures; all fenced by 3 barb wire fence.!. L. P. JuDSON, 929 6th Ave. Council Bluffs, la, Tel. 348 I RESULTS TELL THE BEE WANT ADS PRODUCE RESULTS. t a cd s a( II mimm i