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8 THE OMAIIA DAILY BEJ2; SATURDAY, IMAttCir 2, 1001. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MISOU ME.NTIUtf. Davis sells glass. Davis sells drugs. Btockert setts carpets and rugs. Kino Missouri oak. Gilbert Bros. Gas fixtures and globes at Blxby's. Fine ABC beer, Noumnyer's hotel. Wollman. sclentino optician, 403 B'way. BclimliH's photos guaranteed to please. Mooro's stock food kills worms, fattuns. V. J. Hostctter, dentist, Baldwin block. Leftert, Jeweler, optician, 236 Broadway. J. A. Snow, nuctlcineer, B'way, opp. 1 . O. Drink Budwelsor beer. h. Koscnfeld, ngt. Something new for Kodakers at C. Alexander & Co.'s, 333 Broadway. W. 1'. Graff, undertaker and dlslnfector, 101 South Main street, 'l'hono -W. Got your work dono at tho popular Eugle laundry, 721 Broadway. Thone 167. For rent, modern residence In heart o. city, by W. U Kcrney, Sil Main street. Morgan & Klein, upholstering. urnltur repairing, mattress making. 122 B. Main at. White Hose Ucbcknh lodgo No. aft will mtot this evening ut tho usual tlmo ana place. V C. Estep and family will lcava In a few days for San Francisco, whero they will make their home. Mrs. O. C. Gaston of Tabor, la., Is passing t. week In this city with her husband, court reporter for Judge Thorncll. AIM. K. A. Patrick and daughter of Du luth, Minn., aro guests of Dr. and Mrs. Uanchett, South Sixth street. A want ad In Tho Boo will bring results. The same attention given to, a want ud in Council Bluffs as at the Omaha ofllce. Sheridan coal, onco tried always used mokaless, no soot, clinkers nor sulphur. I'rlco . $3.60. Fonlon & Foley, solo agents. A marriage llcenso was Issued yesterday to Frank K. Collins, ugrd 32, and-Mercy It. Mossbargcr, aged 16, both of Tckamuh, Neb. Regular services will bo resumed tomor row at Trinity Methodist churdh. The pas tor, llev. W, 11. Cable, will preach morning and evening... ' Mrs. Iva Suit was granted yesterday by Judgo Thornell a dlvorco frnnwJqhn B"lt. Hho was awarded tho custody of their three minor children. I'rof. H. W. Sawyer, formerly city nupcr Inteudent and more rccontly county superin tendent of schools, Is hero from Chicago on a visit to friends. Tho Busy Bees' guild of Graco Kplscopal church will not meet this nfternon with Mrs. Gcorgo II. Jackson owing to her being called suddenly out of town. Thomas It. Drake, member of tho local Typographical union, Is a candidate for tho democratic nomination for tho school board. Ho Is said to bo the candidate of tho labor unions. J. B. lllshel. formerly agent for tho nock Island railroad In this city, who recently went to Klngllshcr, O. T., has been ap pointed agent ut Chlckashu, I. T., for tho sorno road. The dental rooms of Dr. Tloe In tho Mer rlam block havo been thoroughly Ventilated and fumigated, so that there is no danger of infecting disease. Ho Is now doing busi ness as usual. Mrs. Clark of Red Oak is visiting friends In thin city. She camo to hear her niece, Miss Shaw of the Nebraska university, sing nt tho concert Thursday night In the Con gregational church. A team driven by Andrew ncaly ran away yesterday afternoon on Washington avenue. Ncaly was thrown out, but held to tho lines nnd stopped tho horses after they had gone two blocks. Ho was slightly bruised. Wllhelm Frederick Kremin, a farmer of lied Oak, Montgomery county, Hied a peti tion In voluntary bankruptcy yesterday In the United Statos district court. His Jin blltlcs amount to $936, with no as?ets. Supervisors Hansen and Auld began the work of checking up tho books In Sheriff Cousins' oflico yesterday. Supervisors Ker noy and Hansen aro still working on the books In tho ofllce of thu clerk of tho dis trict court. Tho revival moctlngs at both the Fifth Avonuo Methodist church and tho Chris tian church aro proving successful. The meetings at tho Fifth Avenue church will contlnuo all next weok. Building permits wero Issued yesterday to t Deotkln for tho erection of a two-story framn .cottage on Washington avenue to cost (1,500 nnd to Ohio Knox for a two story frame addition to his residence on l'nrk avenue to cost $1,500. John Noonan, who, was bound over to awnlt tho action of tho grand Jury on tho chargo of breuklng Into David Bradloy & Co.'s olllcn on South Main street, put up a $200 cash bond yesterday and was re leased from tho county Jail. Tho Infant of Air. nnd Mrs. J. R. Hall, 237 Seventeenth nvenuo, died yesterday after noon. Tho funeral will be this afternoon at 3 o'clock from tho residence. Rev. W. H. Cablo of Trinity Alothodist church will conduct the Horvlccs and burial will be In Falrvcw cemetery. Considerable Interest Is manifest In tho engagement ,nt the Dohany theater Sunday night of Bon Hendricks In hs much her alded rovlval of "Ola Olson." Those who havo seen tho play during former seasons will doubtless ngaln see U because they know Its merits, and In Its present revised form It will provo as now and interesting to them as before. A dispatch from Nevada, Mo., says Bertha Llbbecke, a diamond thief, escaped from tho Missouri Asylum for the Insane "Wednesday, but was recaptured after a Kursult lasting two hours. She stole tho eys from nn attendant and unlocked tho doors of the ward, Bertha formerly lived In Council Bluffs 'and her escapades hero and on the other side of tho river brought her to tho attention of tho police on many occasions, N. V. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. TO SET ASIDE DEEDS Judgi Thornell Anxious to Oltie Up OfEoer & Puiey AtTalrt. FAMILIES MAY HAVE TO SURRENDER Conveyances Made in Lifetime of Hank 1'artnrr Are Attacked I.nir)rri SascKent n Compromise. Judge, Thornell of tho district .court 'is anxious that tho affairs of the defunct bank ing firm of Officer & I'usoy bo wound up as speedily as possible and yesterday morn ing he held a conference In his chambers with a largo number of attorneys, repre senting creditor", of the firm. The principal object of tho conference was to discuss the method of procedure lo be followed In the event It was found neces sary to bring suits to set aside deeds ex ecuted by Thomas Officer and W. II. M. Puscy during tholr lifetime, conveying prop erty to the various members of their fam ilies. Creditors of tho banking Arm will make au effort to havo these conveyances set aside as null and void, on the grounds that at tho tlmo Officer & Pusey deeded tho property to their children and other members of their families tho bank was Insolvent and that whatever assets tho members of tho firm wero then possessed of In reality be longed to tho depositors In the bank. The question discussed at tho conference be tween Judge Thornell and tho attorney was whether tho receivers could bring such suits, or whether tho administrator of tho citate of .either of tho partners or a special administrator appointed for tho purpose should sue. I Tho conference fajlcd to result In tho 'question being determined, but many, of tho lawyers expressed the opinion that tho I receivers would not, bo the proper parties I to bring the suits If such action was finally decided upon. Find Out About Transfer. The first step to be taken Is to ascertain exactly what property was conveyed by j either Thomas OfTlcer or W. II. M. Pusey during their lifetime to tho members of their families. When this Is ascertained It was suggested at tho conference tbitt litigation mlgnt bo avoided by an nmlcablo arrangement among the heirs and the cred itors. If tho heirs would show a willing ness, n compromise might be effected and tho costs attendant on what might provo a lengthy nnd expenslvo litigation avoided. Many of the attorneys present at the con ference expressed themselves as favoring such a compromise If possible. That tho creditors of the firm will have to look to the Individual estates of the partners to recover their deposits Is con ceded, as under the very possible clrcum- atanra If la nnf HTnnoidil hnt tl.n nan ft. . WHU.VW . " HWV W I H'l kill, fa kill. 11 1) 11 V. I 1 'of the bank will realize more than sulTl- clent to pay another 25 per cent, If tbat much. will havo either to bo renewed or altered materially. An soon as tbey havo been notified ot any defects In the wiring the owners ot tho buildings have promptly compiled with tho Instructions nnd had them remedied. The only exception has been tho county coutt houso. City Electrician llradley notified the Board of Supervisors over three weeks ago that new Insulations must bo made through out tho building and the county Jail, but so far tho board has taken no action. The city electrician will notify tho board today that his Instructions will havo to bo com piled with and without further delay. LIQUOR WITHOUT A MCiaS'SK. Onirics llnnsen of Mouth Omnhn Locked Un in lovtn. Charles Hansen, representing a South Omaha wholcsalo liquor house, has been placed In the county Jail, having been bound over by the United States commissioner ut Dcs Moines to await tho action of the fed oral grand Jury on n charge of selling liquor without a government license. Hansen first, got Into trouble at Mastenn, la., where ho was arreBtcd by tho civil au thorities for rttalllng liquor without n llcenso and wns committed 16 Ifie county Jail nt Atlantlo for thirty days. The day his sentence expired he was taken Into cus tody by Deputy United States Alarshal Mc Naught, who took hlra before the commis sioner at Des Moines on a charge of violat ing Uncle Sam's Internal revenuo laws. He was bound over to the grand Jury and being unable to put up a $200 bond was committed to tho county Jail here. The South Omaha houso which Hansen represented shipped liquor In "original" packages Into the small towna throughout Iowa and Hanrcn would dispose of It wher ever ho could find a customer. Danco tonight at Hughes' hall. Criminal Calendar Clenrrd. Tho trial of John Evans, charged with murderously assaulting Josaph Clark dur ing an altercation over a lino of fence dividing their farms In Garner township, was concluded In tho district court yester duy afternoon and the caso given to tho Jury shortly after G o'clock. Late last night tho Jury had not arrived at a ver dict. This caso completes tho criminal cal endar for this term and tho members ot tho petit Jury, except those engaged In tho Evans trial, wero dismissed. The cose ngalnst DeIos'McClclland, charged with tho theft of $300, the proporty of A. Shivers, was dismissed, as tho atato was unable to produce tho complaining wit ness. Mrs. Cora Sadowskl filed a resistance yes terday to tho motion of her husband, J. V. Sadowskl, to set aside the default taken by her In her suit for divorce. Sho alleges that tho motion was not mado In good faith, but merely for delay, and that her husband had not a good defense to tho suit. William II. llurrhus began suit against the Illinois Central Railway company for $1,200. He was employed as a switchman and last November, while coupling enrs, had two Angers crushed, tho Injury being al leged to bo permanent. Delong's stationery department Is right. FOR STEAM N(i TONS OF HAY. Charles Stevenson (Sets Thl.rtjr Days In County .la 1 1. Charles Stevenson, charged with stealing close upon ten tons of hay, the property of J. F, Mooro of Onawa, la., was sen tenced by Judge Aylesworth yesterday morning to thirty days In the county Jail. At the suggestion of tho assistant county attorney the chargo of larceny from a building was dismissed and Stevenson was allowed to plead guilty to petit larceny. About a year ago Stevenson was paroled from the penitentiary at Fort Madison. One of the requirements of the parole was that Stevenson should report every month to tho governor his whereabouts and what he was doing. Ills sentence to the county Jail will, It Is understood, result In tho parole being withdrawn and Stevenson re 'quired to finish out his term at the peni tentiary. Had ho behaved himself and kept out of further trouble his sentence would have expired next week. OUR BEST EFFORTS... Are always put forth to please our customers. We do not conline this as meaning only courteous treat ment, for which our store Is noted, but to give you the bost shoes for the money that can be bought any where. Our aim Is to glvo entire satisfaction In style, quality and durability. Our $3.60 shoes are a wonder for the money. SARGENT'S Look for the Bear. FARM LOANS Negotiated In Eastern Nebraska and Iowa. James N. Caiady, jr., 12 Main St. Council Bluffs. LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Director (Successor to W. C. Estep) Btt PButHL STRUCT. Whoa 07, Davis sells paint. THIS TRAVELER HAS SMALLPOX. Detected nt Cnuncll III off by Con ductor of Railroad Train. Another smallpox patient was added to the list at the city pesthouse yesterday morning in tho person of II. I. Shepard, whose home Is at New London, la. Shepard has been In South Dakota and was on his way home. He boarded a Union Pacific train early yesterday morn ing at Fremont and arrived at tho transfer depot about 7 o'clock. He was seated In the day coach of the Burlington passimgor train waiting to continue his Journey home when Conductor Dave Fisher became sus picious that Shepard was suffering from smallpox. Dr. Macrea was summoned nnd ho confirmed Conductor Fisher's diagnosis of the case. The coach was promptly cut out of the train and run onto a sidetrack and as soon as the health authorities could bo notified Shepard was removed to the pesthouso. He Is 23 years old and said he had been sick four days. The dlseaso was well broken out over his face. The car was disinfected. A stock of fruit belonging to tho news agent on tho train, which was In the coach occupied by Shep ard, was destroyed. Tho remaining members of the Van Horn household have been removed to a house on Benton street, near the outskirts ot the city, and their former apartments In tho Alerrlam block have been thoroughly disinfected. The eritlre Merrlam block has been disinfected and every nook and cor ner of It fumigated. There Is no alarm among tho tenants. The public library, which has undergone a complete fumiga tion, will be reopened Monday. iKnornnee Xot Productive. At the meeting of thu Thcta Delta I.lt- Urary society of tho High school yesterday afternoon tho subject debated was: "Re solved, that Ignorance Is Productive of Crime." Rdyth Fllcklngcr and Lorn Wheeler took tho affirmative. Alga Smith and Evelyn Thomas spoke In the negative Tho Judges, Ollvo Beccroft, Charles Camp hell and Zola Graves, decided In favor ol tho negative. Following tho debate Jano Jamison read a humorous selection, "A Boy's Pocket and a Girl's Pocket." Helen Hollenbeck re cited a piece by Artcmus Ward and Alaude Hart gave an Interesting biographical sketchtof Lowell. Tho socloty elected these officers: Presi dent, Alice Ltthcrland; vice president, Ethel Kendlo; secretary, Helen Wallaco; treas urer, Marlon Benton: critic, Ellen Organ; superior critic, Miss Dalloy. Gravel roofing. A. H. Reed, 541 Broad'y. Danco tonight at Hughes' hall. To Whom It May Concern. This Is to certify that wo have Investi gated the condition of the Merrlam block and find that It has been thoroughly disin fected with Formaldehyde gas. The small pox case, as well as all the occupants of tho room, have been removed to another section of the city. The room In which the case lived has also been fumigated, there fore we.bellevo the disease has been eradi cated and tho building absolutely safe In fact, we believe the Merrlam block to be freer from germs than any other building In the city at the present tlmo. DRS. MACREA. March 1, 1901. To Remedy Detective Wires. City Electrician Bradley Is Insrectlng nil buildings In the city wired for electric lighting In order to require tho owners to conform with tho provisions of the new ordinance governing electrical construction passed by the city council Monday night. His Investigations show that nearly all of the buildings wired within the last two yvars conform to the present requirements, while those wired previously to that time are more or less defective and .the wiring FOR RENT... THE BEN0 STORES No. 29, 31, 33, 35 Pearl St. No. 28, 30,, 32, 34 Main St. These stores in the center of the city and occupied for many years by John Btno & Co., the largest retail dry goods and clothing dealers In western Iowa, who have re movod to more extensive quarters In the Elseman building. Rent very low to desirable parties on long lease, E H, SHEAFE & CO RENTAL AGENTS, 5 Pearl Streot, - - Council Bluffs. Danco tonight nt Hughes' hall. St. John the EvnnRellslii. Dr. Charles II. St. John and his wife, Rev. Eugenia F. St. John, will open ft temperance campaign In this city tomorrow. They are expected to arrive horo this afternoon. Dr. St. John will speak In tho First Baptist church Sunday morning and Mrs. St. John will speak In tho Christian tabernacle. In tho evening both will speak In the Second Presbyterian church. There will bo a mass meeting at 3 o'clock In tho aftornoon In tho Broadway Methodist church. Moss meottngs will bo every even ing next week, except Saturday, In tho Broadway church. Othor meetings will bo announced later. The local commlttco In charge of arrangements for the meetings consists of Rov. Alexander Lltherland, Rev. W. H. Cable and Rov. R. Venting. Fire In a Church Roof. Sparks from the chimney started a flro yesterday afternoon In tho roof of tho Fifth Avenue Atcthodlst church. Tho flro department -succeeded In getting the blazo under control nnd tho only damage was a hole burned in tho roof and from tho stream of water which had to be turned on. An nttempt to quench tho flro was mado by a man living In the vicinity before the arrival of tho department and ho started to mako his way over tho rafter beneath the roof. He made a misstep and fell through tho plastering, but escaped with a few bruises and a sovore shaking. Supervisor lunorn Hanaon. The county supervisors refused yesterday to discuss Supervisor Hansen's published charges that they had failed to file, as re quired; by law, a report showing the money spent out of tho road fund In each district of tho county. They said Mr. Hansen had frequently brought tho same matter up In tho meetings of tho board; and becauso he could not have his own way felt aggrieved. Tho board will meet today nnd It Is said Supervisor Hansen will Insist on the re ports being made to the auditor. Danco tonight at Hughes' hall. McGlnnlN Kate Annin. The pangs of hunger nftor a two days fast proved too much for Joe McGlrinls yestordny and ho decided that to dlo from starvation was not in his line. Whou Jailer James took the prisoners at the city Jail tholr breakfast yesterday morning Mo Glnnls lost no time In making a hearty meal. In view of his abstinence from food for two days Jailer James gave McGlnnls a double portion nt each meal and the far mer cleaned the plntter each time. Death of A. 1 Burton. Word has been received here ot the death at Salt Lake City of A. F, Burton, who dur ing tho Philippine campaign was captain of the VIlllBca company In the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers. His death occurred Thuru day from peritonitis, following au operation for appendicitis. He was 36 years of age and unmarried. For a year provlous to his Illness he had been a Pullman conductor on tho Union Pacific. Ilnrn Ilurned. Flro late last night destroyed the two stoiy frame barn at the rear of 1112 West Broadway, ownod by the Horace Weill estate and tenanted by S. Greenbcrger. Little Hoy Una, HmuUuox. SHENANDOAH, la., March 1. (Special.) A second case of smallpox In this city has beon quarantined, the victim being Clausle Storey, the 9-year-old son ot E. O. Storey, a carpentsr. GRANTS SllAW INJUNCTION Courts Will Not Allow McGregor to Blandu Ioiu'i Governor. CONTROVERSY IS OF LONG STANDING Joseph Cuddy, Sentenced for KorK ery, la Pardoned Many Enllat menta for Army at Ilea Moluca Is Exposed Smallpox. DES MOINES, March 1. (Special.) Gov ernor Leslie M. Shaw believes In govern ment by Injunction, at least to the extent of protecting his own good namo by In junction pending his candidacy for tho presidential nomination of 1904. Tho gov ernor has resorted to the courts and to an Injunction to prevent at least one person from talking about him or writing about him or cltculatlng statements derogatory to tho governor's good namo as a practicing attorney In Crawford county. Tho governor claims tbat ho has been slandered and libeled by ona John McGregor and that the said McGregor contemplates repeating his slanderous statements, and this week Judge Elwood of tho district court granted tho governor a temporary Injunction restrain ing tho said McGregor from oponlng his mouth or using his pen in this offensive way until the court can finally adjudicate the matter. Tho trouble Is of long standing. Back In 1S86 n client ot Mr. Shaw attempted to get a Judgment Hen on some property In tho possession of McGregor, but In McGregor's wife's name. The case was tried before Judgo Conner, now member of congress, and resulted In a victory for McGregor, upon which Shaw, as attorney for John Glolser, tho plaintiff In tho case, appealed tho caso to tho supremo court, whero bo was beaten again, In making up tho papers for the supremo court It was necessary to show properly tho servlco of tho legal papers in tho case, and not having the original papers Mr. Sbnw, In his petition at that time, stated that he substituted certain papers and gave tho names of tho officers who had served them. McGregor claimed that no such papers wore ever served and cites tho case ot ono W. II. Laub, then a constable, who declares that his signature was appended to tho rapcr by somebody clso. On the strength ot this McGregor accused Shaw of perjury and forgery and other various of fenses. He has circulated tho statement freely in recent months and soma time ago, In a tilt In court, McGregor boasted that ho was going to print and circulate MOO circulars containing the full Informa tion. Appliea for Injunction. At this point Governor Shaw becomo acutely Interested In the case and applied for an Injunction, and in his potltlon says: That the defendant, with the wlckej nnd malicious Intent to Injure and destroy tho good nnmo and fame of tho plaintiff and to bring him Into dlsreputo among his neighbors and acquaintances nnd among his political associates and friends through out tho state of Iowa and elsewhere, has been for several years nnd Is now pursuing h deliberate, unprovoked und malicious courso of slander und libel upon this plain tiff. In this: that the said defendant has (luring said time written many letters to this Plaintiff, libelous In character, churg Ing the said plaintiff with the commission of many crimen nnd misdemeanors, and es pecially with the crime of forgery; and that tho said defendant has written to many persons of prominence in the state of Iowa and elsewhere, and especially to Judges of tho supreme court and other high officials of tho stilto of Iowa, und to promi nent clergymen apd to men of standing In both church nnd state. In which letters the said defendant has specifically charged this plaintiff with tho commission of the crime of forgery nnd of other crimes, and now threatens, In pursuuncn of said libelous courso and conduct,' to lssuo printed clrcu lar, several thousand In number, to be sent broadcast nnd Indiscriminately over the state of Iowa, In tho attempt thereby to villlfy and destroy tho character of tho said plaintiff or to extort money from him or his friends. The petition recites that all the charges aro falso and malicious, that tho defendant Is Insolvent and tho plaintiff has no rem edy at law and that If the defendant Is per mitted to go on unrestrained tho governor will suffer great and Irreparable loss and damago and Injury. The injunction was Is sued and will bo heard on its merits In due time. I'll r ilnn for Joaeph Cuddy. Joseph Cuddy, who was sentenced to the penitentiary at Anamosa October IB, 1897, for a porlod of seven and a half years, has been pardoned by Governor Shaw and has nrrlved at his home In Clinton. Cuddy was convicted of forgery, his work being tho cleverest ever executed In tho state. His operations covored a period of four years and Involved several thousands of dollars' worth of property. In order to ex plain whero ho received his money Cuddy had tho story circulated that ho had fallen heir to a largo sum of money. l'rlaoner Warn Expoaed. A prisoner at tho Dcnltentlarv nt Vnrt Madison wus taken to Council Bluffs to testily in somo federal caso recently and on tho way back a stopover was mado In Des Moines. The prisoner was nlnnnil in tho, Polk county Jail for safekeeping over nigm ana mo next morning was taken on to Fort Madison. It has since beon dis covered that the n cht ho was in thu tnll horo was the night that several cases ot smallpox were discovered unions- th nri- onera In the Jail. The prisoner has been vaccinaieci, rumigatcd, etc., at the state penitentiary. Jinny Enllatnieiita. Tho record of the rccrultlne ntntlnn nt Dcs Moines for January and February show that there are more Iowa voun? mnn nour. lng service with the army now than ever Deioro. uuring January thero wero sixty oniisimonis ami during February tho num ber reached seventy. A majority of the recruits are natives of Iowa and hut fw nro foreign born. Work of recruiting for me cavoiry servlco Is now going on In Iowa. ColleKe Orntora, Tho fourteen Iowa colleges will bo rep resented at the Interstate oratorical con test In this city May 2 next by Mr. C. M. Caveneo, u student In the Iowa Wesleyan university of Mount Pleasant, who last night won this honor In a contest at Mount Pleasant with seven other college orators. Mr. Cavonee's oration was on tho snhlprt of "True Republicanism," In which bo de- scriDea tne true republicanism as the main tenance of social order and Individual free dom, the co-operation of rights and duties, the perfect organization which Is the main spring of nermanent nroarresa and th hal of ondurlng government. Second place waa won ny upper lowa university, its orator, Mr. Stevenson, sneakine of "Thn Trliimnhn of Nationalism," while third plane was taken by Coe college, with an oration on uoncaict Arnold," by Mr. Cryon. tAii J tint Fire Loaaea, SHENANDOAH, la., March 1. (Spe cial.) Adjusters of tnsuranco companies have adjusted the losses Incurred during tho recent fires. W. H. Pavey, whose stock of shoes waa completely burned, received J3.407.64. He was Insured in threo com panies to the amount ot $3,800. The build ing which he occupied, and which was totally burned, was Insured for 12,500, and the owner, Albert Sullivan, received 12,404.69. The loss sustained by W. H. Taylor, dealer In dry goods, groceries and millinery, is being adjusted today. C. V. Mount, Jeweler, received, t fits on building j and $50 on stock nnd fixtures Mr. Mount rescued tho greater part of his stock. Tho First National bank received 1774. 60 on their building. J. R. Uatekln & Son, deal ers In seed, received $4,668 Insurance on tlielr buildings, stock and flxturos. The Shenandoah Cigar company lost its entire stuck of cigars and tobacco, valued nt $2,600, with no Insurance. Through tho efforts of W. J. Staples, $230 was raised by public subscription and donated to the proprietors. KIDNAPERS IN CLINTON 'Willie McMnhan Dianppenra and Tmi Men Arc Arreated for Ali - duetlon, CLINTON, la., March 1. (Special Tele gram.) Jake Putman and Gcno Johnson wero arrested today, charged with abduct ing 16-year-old Wllllo McMuhon of DeWltt. Tho boy left DoWItt February 14, In com I any with Johnson and Putman nnd since then nothing has beon heard of him. Ho had considerable money In his possession and foul play Is suspected. Johnson and Putman said they loft tho boy nt Savannah, but no traco of him enn bo found there. Putman nnd Johnson wero arraigned this ofCcrnoon and waived examination nnd were bound over to tho grand Jury. In de fault of ball they were placed In tho county Jail. AFT0N MINISTER AT A DANCE lie Wnnta to See Whether Any of Ilia Flock Are TrlppliiK the Unlit Fun inn tic. CRESTON, In., March 1. (Special.) Rov. Maine, pastor of tho Alton Metho dist church, Tuesday evening ntt.ended a dance. Ho paid his way, but did not par ticipate In tho festivities. His was a dif ferent mission. It had been advised that certain members of tho llock proposed to attend the dance, and ho went to seo It any of them took part. Tho presenco of tho minister kept away tho Methodists, but ho found church members present from other congregations and used his per suasive powers to Induco them to glvo up tho dance. ChnrKcd vtlth Bobbin Mull. FORT DODGE, In., March 1. (Spoclal.) Ralph Spaydo was arrested at Garner Wednesday, charged with robbing tho United States malls. Spaydo when arrested made n full confession. Ho nt ono tlmo worked for W. A. llrackctt, editor of a paper at Garner, nnd was accustomed to got tho mall from tho office. When ho left Mr. Brackett's servlco ho still continued to get tho mall, until Mr. Brackott began to miss lottcrs and, started Investigations which led to tho nrrcst. Spaydo confesses to having burned two letters containing money orders, but aside from those It docs not appear that ho took anything of value, Ho was given a preliminary hearing nnd bound over to await tho notion of the courts, l)lcovor (iypaiim Deposit. FORT DODGE, In.. March 1. (Special. ) Frank Smith, a minor living a short dls tance north ot tho city, while prospecting for coal on his farm came upon nn un usually rich deposit of gypsum. Tho bed Is forty-five feet thick nnd tho clny Is of tho whitest and finest quality. Tho bed la ro garded as tho equal, In point of quality, of any of tho numerous beds around Fort Dodge. Tho land owned by Mr. Smith, on which the gypsum was found, Is ramarkablc for Its mineral wealth. In a space com prising only a fow acre3 Mr. Smith has al ready several coal Bhafts, and this find ot gypsum opens new possibilities In the wiy of mining. Aftemptn nt Iiiccudliiriani, SHENANDOAH. Ia.. March 1. (Spo clal.) Tho city authorities ire keeping n sharp lookout for firebugs. Several at tempts have been made recently to burn buildings.. Ijiftt Monday morning an at tempt was mado to burn tho Keokuk & Western depot nt this place, but tho flro was discovered In tlmo to pravent serious damage. ConfeaacM Evil I, otter. CRESTON, la., March 1. (Speclal.) George Lamhl, a young German from Fon tanclle, Is In tho Union county Jail nwult lng tho action of tho fedcrnl grand Jury, charged with sending objectlonablo letters through tho mails to a Fontanollo girl. Ho confessed nnd Deputy Marshal Richards mado the arrest. Snlc of Sioux City I'ncktiiir IMnnl. SIOUX CITY, March 1. Tho Sioux City Provision company will In a few days bo tho new owner and operator of tho Sioux City Plant Of the International PnrWInir company. Cattlo will bo slaughtered by tho new organization, as wen as hogs, making Sioux City In reality a competitive cattlo market. An Excellent Combination, Tho pleasant method and beneficial tho value of obtaining tho liquid laxa tive principles of plunts known to bo medicinally laxativu nnd presenting them iu tho form most ref resiling to tho tnsto and aocontnblo to tho Bysteni. It is tho ono perfect strengthening laxa-ti-, cleansing tho system effectually, disponing colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling ono to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub stanco, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, 'without wenkening or irritating them, make it tho ideal laxative. In tho process of manufacturing figs aro used, ns they aro pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from benna nnd other aromatic plants, by a method known to tho California Fio SViiup Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid Imitations, pleaso remember the full namo of tho Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. BAN FRANCISCO, GAL. X,OtnVILXX, KT, NSW YOB.K, N. T. For sale by all Druggists. I'rlco SOo. por bottle. Dohany Theater SUNDAY, MARCH 3, Grand Revival of the Famous Original Swedish-American Comedy, OLE OLSON Yolly, Yovlal, Yenlal IIIO.V lli:.M)IHCK nm Olc. The World's Sweetest Singers, National Swedish Ladles' Quartet, from Stockholm, Sweden. Dozens ot specialties and they're great. rrlcw 25c, 35c, BOc and 75c. r UWTm. I gcufm m iff cffra J - - farad with Inllammx- ilon of tho womb una blatfder, profuse and painful monstrua ilon, and at times It sommadas though I should dle I doc tor od most of the tlmo. but seemed to fall ovorv tlmem A short tlmo ago I began to take LYulA E. pink- HAM'S VEGETABLE COM POUND, and thanks to It, to-day I am a wall woman."-MRS. L. L. TOWNE, Littleton, N. II. Mrs. Towno. like many othor suffering women, was a victim of theorv. Her physicinn did his best. Ho had battled with her caso fiteadiiy and could do no more. If Mrs. Towno hnd asked ndvice . of Mrs. Pinkham seven or eight yrnrs earlier, sho would havo had just o many more years of happiness and comfort nnd health. It is not reasonable to expect that any living person enn ndviso for femalo trottblos as safely as Mrs. Pinkhaut, whoso oxiwrienco is without parallel in tho world. This should appeal to tho common senso of any woinun especially when nearly ovury nowspapor in this country is printing in almost every issue tho letter of some woman who has been cured by Mrs. Pinkham whon doctors had given her up. Don't wait for tho doctor to give you up to tho surgical knifo, or toll you that you cannot live. Get your advice where you nro certain to havo tho benefit of the widest oxperience. Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., nnd roly on her. No charge is mado for ndvico. Thero Is no femalo complaint, howovor vimple or howovor serious, that I,ydla 13. Plnklmin's Vejrctnblo Compound will not help; of this thero is monumental evidence In its thirty years' record of constant success. When you ask for this modi cino nt the druggist's, bo sure you get what you ask for and nothing elso. Tho medicino that cures is Lydla E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound. 5000 REWARD rot the National City llnnk, of Linn, ivnoo. which """""""" will lie paid to Any per son who can find that the ubove testimonial letter I not genuine, or was published before obtaining tlie writer's .pedal permlMlon. I.VIItt. K. PlNKflAM Mr.niciNa Co. STRICTURE Dissolved and Removed Forever. No Cutting or Pain. i Do Not Treat All Diseases, But Cure AJ I Treat DOCTOR TOLSON, Specialist in Diseases of Men. And Consulting Physician of the State Electro-Medical Institute, 1303 Farnum Street, Omaha, Neb. I Treat Men Only and Cure Them to Stay Cured It mutters not how long you hnve suffered from stricture, nor how mnuy Jiflcrent doctors have disappointed you, nty treatment will euro vmi tul f.Lt .... 2.. I ........ . fri t . .... . j " juai .is wei ninny us juu wiuc iu uui uiiiv.1; lur ircnillieill. 1 Will IIOE do it by cutting or diluting. My trentment is entirely origlnnl with mo and perfectly painless. It completely dissolves the stricture nnd perma nently removes uvltv nhstriiLitloii frnm the iiriiiiirv nuucnm It i..no every symptom, allays, all lniiammntioii, reduces the prostate gland when enlarged, cleanses and heals the bladder and kidneys wlicn irri tated or congested nnd restores health and soundness to every part of the body affected by the disease. We also cure to stay cured by our combined Electro-Medical Treatment Varicocele, Syphilitic Blood Poison, Nervo-Sexual Debility, Rupture, Kidney and Urinary Disease, nnd all nssoolntn dloenspn and vrakn;ssps of men. Pliyilcluns havlwr stubborn cnsis to treat aro cordially invited to cotiriult us. Wo chargo nothing for private ct to hold for our pronilxcs. in it not lltu anow to multitudes of counsel, and ulvo to each n.itlent il lpcnl cnnlrni' worth your whllo to Investigate u euro that Iioh mado men? If you cannot call at our oillce write us your symptoms fully. Our homo treat ment by correspondence Is always successful, References: liest Uunks nnd Leading Husiness Men In tills City. CONSULTATION FREE. Office Hours: From 8 a. in. to 8 p. m, Sundays, 10 n. in. to I p. m. STATE ELEGTRO-MEDIGAL INSTITUTE, Permanently Located 1308 Farnam Street, OMAHA, NEB, Get Ahead , of the Spring Rush For Offices. Advice to Office Seekers. April and May are ths months when most people do their moving-. Tha prospects ur that the demand 'for of fices in Omaha was never so great as it will bs this spring. There are not a rreat many rooms va.ca.nt In The Bee Building but there are amonr them several which are particularly choice; one di rectly In front of the elevator on thn Gth floor; one on the 1st floor next to the entranoe to The Bee business of fice; a suite of three rooms on the Srd floor, and a very large office and vault on the ground floor facing 17th street. Besides these, there are four or five bmaller rooms In various parts of the building. The rents are reasonable and the service perfeot. R. C. PETERS & CO., RENTAL AGENTS, Ground Floor. Bee Building, Omaha. To Whom it May Concern-- This Is to certify that I have Instructed Dr. II. A. Wood bury In mymothods of making and using "Ktherlo Solu tions." After examination I am satisfied that Dr. Woodbury Is fully competent In every respect and can perform any of tho operations upon sensitive, dentine or exposed nerves without pain and without Injury. L. W. COMSTOCIC .Telephone 145. HaEI SSI H. I. Woodbury, D. D. 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