THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, "MAY 15, inoi.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
minou jmvno.x.
Dfvls tolls drugs.
btockort soils luce curtains.
Fine A U C beer, Ncumnyer's hotel.
Victor Heaters. IllJtny & Son. agent.
Wolltnnn, clentlilc optician, tou Il'way.
HrlimliU'b Una photos guaranteed to please.
W F. Oraff, undertaker nnd illslnfcctor,
101 South Main street. 'Phono WO.
Got yojr work dono at (ho popular l.aglo
Iniimlry. 721 llroudwny. 'Phono 157.
L'oo Halla Magic Compound, Host dan
ilrnfT aire anil hair preserver known.
Special attention given to wedding Pres
ents. C. K. Alexander & Co.. 333 II way.
I.lly ramp No, 1, Itoyal Neighbors of
America, will meet In Hughes nnll tonight.
Ubff City Masonic lodge will meet to
night for work In the third degree, followed
by a ba millet.
Tho will of Christopher OmcK of Hazel
Dell township wan llled for probate In the
district court yesterday.
A case of diphtheria In tho Ellis family
ht South Sixth street was reported to
the Hoard of Health yesterday.
Mr. and MrH. W. C Morris of Wyoming
arc tho KiietdH of Mr. Morris' parents. Mr.
and Mrs. J. Morris of Fifteenth street.
Take homo a brick of vanilla cream, 23
cents, or Neapolitan. 35 cents. WM keen
ono hour without Ice. A. Metzcer & Co.
The Woman's auxiliary of Crnce Kplsco
pal church will meet Thursday afternoon
at :i nt tho homo of Mrs. Atkins, lourth
street.
Tho woman's auxiliary of tho Grace
church will glvo a musical anil dancing
party next Friday evening In Hughes hall.
Admission, l!Sc.
J. D. Kdmundson of Dcs Molne". for
merly president of tho First National bank
of this city, was In Council Itlnrfs yesterday
visiting friends iiiidiooklng after his bus!
ness Interests heru.
Thoso building permits were Issued yes
terday: Andrew Peterson, one-story frump
cottage, at 135 Harrison street, to cost J1.-0);
Helen I. .Sprlnk. two-story frame cottage on
Park avenue, to cost Jl.ouo.
Freeman Heed, clerk of the district court,
who lias been soveral weeks In St. Her
nurd's hospital, when: he underwent a
severe surgical operation, was able to bo
at his otllce yesterday for a shore time.
Congressman Waller I. Smith went to
Walnut, In., yesterday to settle a contro
versy over the postmastershlp. His secre
tary, Ilobcrt Henderson, went to Crcston,
la., on a visit to rolatlves for a few days.
Word hus been received here of tho death
In Ontario, Colo., of Mrs. Ella Phelps Han
dull, daughter of Hov. and Mrs. Stephen
Phelps, She married Hev. Amos Randall
In this cltv In ISM ond leaves her husband
and three children.
It (' Harris, an aged man, living nt 2148
Avenue 11, won removed from his home
yesterday morning to the Woman's Chris
tian Association hospital In tho patrol
wagon. Ho Is suffering from a number of
complications and the lnllrmltles of old
ngu and his condition Is reported to bo pre
carious. Walter McGeorge. an American district
telegraph messenger boy, was thrown from
his bli ycle yesterday morning on Frank
street at the foot of Mornlngalde hill. Ono
of his wrists was broken and he received
a number of bad cuts nnd bruises about
the face. Ho was taken to his home, at 1222
Pleasant street, In the patrol wagon.
Sheriff Cousins will take Clarence Spur
lock, sentenced to ono year In the peni
tentiary, to Fort Madison this morning. A
stay or live days hius been granted by tho
court In the cases pf Thomas Carter and
John Noonau, sentenced to ono year uplece
In tho penitentiary, us an effort Is being
made to secure their release on parole.
Tho receipts In the general fund nt the
Christian llome last week amounted to
JlSj.oO, being JCI.60 below the estimated
needs for the current expenses of tho week
and Increasing the dellcleucy In this fund
to dnto to $191. 33. In the manager's fund tho
receipts were JJC.2U, being S.SU below the
needs of the week1 and Increasing the de
llclcncy to ,'A).20 In this fund to dute.
A bicycle stolen from J. H. Mncomber In
Omaha was recovered yesterday morning
by the police In u local pawnshop. It had
been sold for Jfi.EO. There Is no clue to the
thief. The police also recovered a whiel
that had been .stolen in Omaha last Sep
tember. It had changed hands several
times, the man In whose possession It. wus
found having bought It at one of the pawn
shops In this city,
N. Y. Plumbing Co.. luiepnone 250.
Rubber stamps at DeLong's, 307 B'waj.
Davis sells paint.
Coiuuiltlccn for Memorial Day.
These committees have been appointed
by Abo Lincoln post, Grand Army of the
Republic, to make arrangements for the
obscrvnnco of Mctuorlnl day:
Uxccjillvc Samuel Johnson, J. J. Stead
man, John Limit.
Finance L. A. Casoer. Hon. Walter 1.
Smith, N'. I. Vodge.
Speakers John Limit, J. J, Steudmun.
Vocal Music I. M. Treynor, Samuel John
son. Instrumental Music Wall McFadden nnd
tint executive committee,
Platform I'M win J. Abbott nnd Georgu B,
Miles.
Invitation Kdwln J. Abbott. Hon. W. I.
Smith, K. L. Shugurt, I. M, Treynor.
Carriages L. 11. Cousins, Theodore Gult
tar, Mike Meatherbee.
Ice Gilbert Pros.. J, P. Mulholland,
Council It luff a Coal and Ice company and
John Dunn.
Flowers nnd Flower Decorations
Woman's Relief corps No. ISO and nil pa
triotic ladles. Kupcrlntcndi'iit of pnbllo
schools, D, Mnltby, J. W. Davis, John S.
Gretzcr, D. A. Helslcr, George Miller, J. H.
Heft, Jnmcs Jncoby.
Heal Kstntc Triinnfer.
These transfors were filed yesterday In
the abstract, tltlo nnd loan 00100 of J. W.
Snulro, 101 Pearl street:'
Loulso Hock to Benedict Hngg, lot
71, Original plat lot 209, Council
Bluffs, (j. c. d $ 1
juenarn n, Harris and wife to
Charles Lunkley, w4 lot 1. subdlv of
ioi urigumi piat of Council
inurti", w. u
700
Adiiliih Beno nnd wlfo to Itlebnnl ir
Harris, undlv 1-6 of lot 1. sub
dlv lot 10ii. Orlglmvt plat of Council
Bluffs, w. d i
John Hammer to Benedict Hagg, lots
b nnd 7. subdlv lot 209, and lot 1, sub
i,v. lot--- "'"I lot 3. subdlv lot 210,
OrlglnSI-plat of Council Bluffs, q.
c d ', ;5
Total four transfers $ 3,737
SEE
SARGENT'S
SHOE
STYLES
i.uoic von 'i iik iiK.n.
FARM LOANS
Negotiated In Kastern Nebraska
una Iowa. James N. Casady, jr.,
i.u xtiain bi council muni,
LEWIS CUTLER
Funeral Director
(Successor to W. C. Euten)
S2S I'UAIII. STHUKT. 'Phone 07.
We're Not Stingy
With our Ice cream when you buy
summer drinks nt our fountain.
Huve you tnsted our latest flavor?
You'll say It's the best In town.
rti.ll r. Mnrnao'c Drug Store.
uvu ui uivijjun 113 Broadway,
BLUFFS.
MORE MONEY FOR TOE CITY
Beard f Rerlew Addi Hnndrtd Thiniand
Dalian to Tax Lilt
READY WITH ASSESSMENT REVISION
Property Holders Hill NiMV Kntcr
Their Protests Knll Mat f City
Council's Addition nnd
Some Hcdnctlons.
The city council meeting as a board of
review yesterday afternoon completed Its
work of revising tho assessment, with tho
exception of hearing protests from thoso
persons who uro dissatisfied with tho find
ings of the board. Tbc board will hold a
final session next Tuesday night to hear
tho protests.
The revision of the assessment as niado
hy City Assessor Everest has resulted In
the board adding about $100,000. At yes
terday's session $41,000 was added, while
$26,000 was taken off, leaving a not gain
of about $11,000.
General Manager Webster1 of tho Omaha
Itrldge and Terminal Railway company ap
peared before iho board and succeeded In
having the assessment on the east half of
the company's bridge over the Missouri
reduced from $100,000 to $70,000. The as
sessment last year was placed at $60,000.
The assessment of the motor company was
at first reduced to $485,000 from $600,000,
but later raised to $490,000. Tho assess
ment on the real estate of the motor com
pany was reduced from $3,480 to $1,740
Alderman Hammer objected to his assess
ment being placed at $10,000 and his
brother councllmen obligingly reduced It to
$7,000. Tho assessment on the stocks of
a number of business firms were Increased
In varying amounts. Numerous firms and
Individuals who had been overlooked by
the assessor were assessed. No figures on
the general assessment of the city are
obtainable yet, as tbc books have not been
added and It Is therefore not known yet
whether the assessment will be greater
than that of last year.
1, 1st of Increase.
The Increases made by the board of re
view follow, the figures In the first column
being those of tho assessor, thoso In tho
second column being the amount fixed by
the board:
I ,ou gee & I,ougce $
1.600
Camp Bros ;...$ 3.600
Carbon Coal Co 300
4.1PU0
!.
R.OOi)
1.000
Hltilt City Lumber Co 4,uuo
Fenlon & Foley 600
Franklin Printing Co soo
H. F. Green 2,0
Green Pros SOO
H. M. Sargent 8,000
1.200
3,600
1.000
10,000
15,00i)
600
2,O)0
1,0)0
10,000
1,600
4.000
S. A. Pierce
10,000
Hawkeye Fuel' Co
Hansen & Wesncr
JurvlH Wine Co
Metcnlf & Metcalf
It. C. Pcregoy
21.0
1,200
600
8,600
1,200
SOO
I,, uosenrciu
Keller & Band 2.800
3.500
2,500
1,600
. 2.000
9,000
3,000
1,500
12,000
1.200
Shugart it Ouren 2,oo
(). Younkermnn 600
Swanson Music Co 1.400
P. C. DeVol 7,000
Vogeler fc Son 2,600
M. Wollsteln & Co 800
Whltelnw & Ourdiner 10,000
Walters Bros 800
C. 11. Young & Co 400
60)
800
6,000
W. H. Bradley 400
Mrs. F. M. Campbell 4,500
Nancy I. Cronln 1,100
D. S. Cook 1,000
11. A. Cox 600
James Coyle 1,600
George S. Davis 4.000
W. C. Dickey 3.000
J. C. Dellaven (stock) 800
S. Fnrnsworth lO.OOO
George Oerncr 100
L. C. Bradley 3,000
Lee Hart
Nettle J. Hunt 2.000
I J. Hafer 5,000
,1,0UU
2,000
800
2.OI0
s.ooo
3,500
1,200
60.O
40)
5.000
2,00)
2,500
10,000
10.000
15.000
10,000
5.0)0
6.000
3,0
3.0X1
1,500
3,1100
5,000
10,000
6.0K)
l.OO)
4,50)
10,00)
1,70)
400
3.0O)
17,000
1110
12.000
2,000
SOO
3,500
George A. Keellne
George Keellne
1,600
Oscar Keellne ,
Walters & Wadsworth
Day & Hess
A. Louie
A. Metzger
H. D. Amy
L. C. Beslcy
O. B. Brown
John Bereshelm ;..
James Bono -
Mrs. M. Boesche
Hartel & Miller
M. Mtircus
W. J. Flint
W. H. Millard
James Mtthen estnte ..
Petersen & Schoenlug.
Mrs. B. M. McKttno ...
II. H. Van Brunt
J. F. Wilcox
Mark Williams
L. A. Devlno
MO
2.0)0
4,000
2,000
4,000
8.000
1,600
100
2.0S0
14,000
"8666
400
2,600
Principal Ilcdnctiona,
The principal reductions made by tho
board are us follows:
L. Grell $ 2,600 $
2,000
800
3.VO
3,000
600
1,70)
4.O0
1,800
2,000
F. J. Dunn
1.00)
Nettle J. Hunt (M. is C.)
Cedar Haplds Supply Co,.,.,.
D. S. Pile
Victor Jones
Hattle B. Mueller
John Allies estato
Jacob Stein
Omaha & Council Bluffs Rail
3,000
D.OX)
600
1,800
5,000
2,000
3,100
way and Bridge Co, (real
estate) , 3,480
J. A. Wnddell 2,000
O. & P. tract , 5,900
J. II. Cleaver 6,000
John Norton 6,000
J. C. DoHuven (real estate).. 2.200
Omaha Building & Trust Co.. 100,00)
George SchlndeTo 1,400
Lewis Hammer 10,000
1.740
1.060
y.S50
3. MI0
4, W)0
2,700
70,900
1.UU0
7,000
490.000
umnnn : council Miurrs Rail
way nna lirmgo co 500,000
Davis sells glass.
Gravel roofing A, H. Tteaa, 641 Broad'y.
CITY PRF.PAnKH TO BRING .SUIT.
Inula on Motor Company Paying
LoitK-StnnillnK Debt.
When the old Lake Manawa railway
was bought by the Omaha. Council Bluffs
& Suburban company lts owed tho city
$200 for special assessments for brick pav
ing at First, Second and Fifth avenues.
Tha motor company has mado no effort
or shown nny Inclination to cancel this
Indebtedness and the city Is considering
the advisability of bringing suit to enforce
payment.
First avenuo was paved In February,
1892, and the amount assessed up to tlu
Manawa line for the Intersection at Ninth
street wns $59.7ti. In August of the same
year $69,45 was assessed against the com
pany for the paving at the intersection
of First avenue and Ninth street, and In
July, 1895, $66.40 was assessed against It
for the Intersection paving at Second nve
nue. These amounts carried Interest at
the rate of 6 per cent from tho date ot
assessment, so the amount now due tho
city by tho old Manawa line Is close upon
tdUt).
U was supposed by the city officials
that when the Omaha. Council niuffs &
Suburban Railway enmnanv mirchasnil the
old l.ake Manawa line It would assumo
Its Indebtedness, but up to the present
tho motor company has "made no offer to
settle these special assecsments. There
is also n large amount of regular taxei
due by the old Manawa line which County
treasurer Arnd has been unable' -to col
led.
The old track on South Ninth street
has been removed by the motor company
and city officials are now questioning
wnetner tney can hold the company llahli
!or lnc 0, R,fc.lal wMnients. The mat
ir was jeicrreo. 10 tno city solicitor Borne
time ago, but he has not yet made any
report. Tho fact that the taxes were still
unpaid was brought to the attention of
the city council yesterday by City Treas
urer True. Tho city la out of pocket this
mount, as It paid tho contractor for tho
paving several years ago.
HIS SUICIDE IS SUSPECTED
F, Hermann Winnie from Home In
the lllrcellon of the
liter.
Search was mado until 11 o'clock last
night for F. Bergman, whoso home Is on
Avenuo B betweon Eighth nnd Ninth
streets, by friends who fear ho has com
mitted suicide. Ho has been despondent
over 111 health nnd after sharpening a
butcher knlfo left homo last evening, say
ing "Tho river Is left for me." He Is C7
years old. Tho family ajd neighbors
formed searching parties and explored tho
bottom lands In vain.
COMING OF Till: II H HAT WKNTBIl.V.
Little Doubt of Bond's Ailinit Within
T.mi Vfiirn,
Tbero now seems to bo little doubt that
tho Great Western railroad will be run
ning Into Council Rluffs within the next
two years. H. H. Tubbs of Klkhorn, Wis.,
one of the chief engineers of construction
for the Great Western road, was In tho
city yesterday morning and called at tho
office of City Engineer Ktnyro (o look ovor
maps and scctiro certain Information pre
paratory to the survey of the proposed ex
tension to this city from Fort Dodge.
From Mr. Tubbs it was learned that this
survey would be begun at once and that
tho surveying party would arrive in Coun
cil Bluffs tomorrow. Mr. Tubbs stated that
several routes are under consideration, the
ono most favored at present being that
.which runs by tho side of tho Hock Island
road. He said that ho was unable nt this
time to stato which routo would bo se
lected. Enough wns learned from Mr. Tubbs.
however, to Indicate that tho road Intended
coming directly Into Council Bluffs and
that In all probability It would locato ex
tenslvo depots and grounds here.
County Auditor Innes has furnished tho
officials of the Great Western with plats
of tho several townships through which It
is understood the road will be built In this
county.
Tho advent of the Great Western Is be
ing looked forward to with much expecta
tion by tho people of this city and a boom
In real estato In certain portions of the
city aro looked for, as was tho case when
tho Illinois Central commenced to build in
here.
HIIFl'linS KItOM
lir.LlfilOHM MAMA.
O. G
Drnnilmin Sent n Asjrlnm nml
Fnnilly In cd.
O. Q. Brandson, a machinist at 1104 East
Pierce street, who was taken In charge
Monday night by the Omaha authorities,
as his actions showed that ho was men
tally deranged, was brought to this city
yesterday and committed by the commls
sloncrs on Insanity to tho state asylum
at Clarlnda. Brandson Is suffering from
religious mania and gave Deputy Sheriffs
Canning and Baker considerable trouble
while being brought to this side of the
river. When the car reached Pearl street
and tBroadway Brandson resisted being re
moved from the car and for a time the
deputy sheriffs bad their hands full. He
kept exclaiming: "I am God. If I am
not God, I am craxy, and as you know I
am not crazy, I therefore must be God."
The Investigation beforo tho commis
sioners revealed a pitiable case. Brandson
spent four years In China as a missionary,
being sent out from Boston, Ho came to
Council Bluffs three years ago. Ho has
been out of employment three months. Ills
rent Is back two months and a chattel
mortgage on his furniture is overdue. All
these things caused him to worry and to
lose his mind. His young wife nnd 1-ycar-old
baby nnd an Invalid mother-in-law aro
practically penniless. Brandson, who is
36 years of age, is a man of moro than
ordinary education and refinement. Tho
attention of the supervisor of tho poor
was called to the family and their Imme
diate wants were relieved. Brnndson will
be taken to Clarlnda this morning.
MKHCIIANT CHARGED AVITII ARSON,
Henry Peterson of Wenton Accused of
MettliiK Fire.
Henry Peterson, a prominent business
roan of Weston, this county, will have a
preliminary hearing Friday before Justtco
Fcrrler on a charge of arson. His arrest
followed an Information filed by Samuel
T. Axtell. He was released on bonds In
the sum of $200.
Peterson and hlB two brothers conducted
a goneral merchandise business and lumber
yard In Weston. Recently they sold a
one-third Interest hi the business to Au
gust Klopptng, who has a suit pending in
the district court against tho Petersons to
recover the money he paid Into the firm.
Ho alleged thnt tho condition of tho busi
ness was misrepresented to him. January
6, shortly after tho salo to Klopplng, the
store was burned, It being suspected at
the time that the fire was of Incendiary
origin.
It is alleged by Axtell, who filed the
Information, that Peterson was seen leav
ing tho .store shortly before the flames
were noticed. This and other evldenco
which Interested parties have been collect
Ing led to Peterson's arrest Monday night.
Intervention In Uuu Estate.
Mary B. Dun, Robert Dun Douglas
Francis L. Mlntor and Walter D. Buchanan,
executors of the estate of Robert G. Dun
deceased, appear as plaintiffs In a petition
of Intervention filed Monday In the dis
trict court, in the case of J, J. Rauor
against Louipo Douglas, Involving the dls
position of the large estate left by tho late
Benjamin Douglas, founder of Dun's Com
merclal agency.
Tho Interveners set out that n legacy of
$20,000 to Loulso Douglas referred to In tho
petition Is a lien on all the property In
volved in the suit; that the Interest of
Loulso Douglas In the legacy bas been
assigned to Robert O. Dun. The court is
asked to make an order on tho referees,
F. J. Pay nnd K. H. Lougee, requiring
them to hold out sufficient funds now In
their hands and a final order to pay tho
amount of the legacy over to Robert G.
Dun.
Fire Seems to Ho Incendiary.
An unoccupied house at Twentieth street
and Fourth avenue, belonging to Leonard
Everett, was damaged $200 by fire early
yesterday morning. The fire la believed to
have been of Incendiary origin. Tho loss
Is covered by Insurance. A few years ago
thero was a controversy between the owner
and other residents ot that neighborhood,
tho latter claiming that the ground on
which tho building stood formed part of
the public highway. Mr. Kvorett Is of tho
opinion that tbo tiro was caused hy tramps,
as It originated Insldo the houso. Tbo
principal damage was to the roof.
Fifteen l.liiemeu Still Out.
Fifteen of tho twenty linomen In the
employ of the Citizens' Gas and Klectrlc
Light company In tho construction of Its
new lines who walked out Monday have not
returned to work. The company succeeded
In securing a number of new men to take
their places yesterday nnd but little de
I lay In tho work has been experienced,
There was no effort on the part of the
union to which tho strikers belong to
bring about a settlement yesterday.
.Sjstem of C'nti'lt llnslii.
City Engineer Etnyro Is preparing to be
gin work this week on a system of catch
basins on Upper Broaway nnd adjacent
streets to provide a good drainage for
Broadway before that thoroughfare Is paved
this summer. The basins will l)c located
at Iho corner of Broadway and Park ove
nue, Vine nnd Second streets, Vine nnd
First streets, Broadway nnd First street,
Broadwny and Benton street and Benton
street, near Indian creek.
PIri 'I'lift; with the Ilotvtvnt.
I'oundmaster Burke Monday morning be
gan his annual roundup of untagged
canines. The pound this year will bo at
Fifteenth street nnd Avenuo G. All dogs
corralled by tho poundmastcr will bo kept
three days before belns drowned. Up to
last evening City Clerk Phillips had Issued
368 tags, tho number being slightly In ex
cess of that to tho same date last year.
STATE A, 0. U. W. CONVENES
Grnnit I, mine, litfltnllnK Auxlllitry.
Sleets In Annual Session nt
Mnrslinlltnnn.
MAKSHALLTOWN, Ia May U. (Spe
cial.) Tho grand lodge of Iowa,
Ancient Order of United Workmen, met In
annual session here this morning, with a
large attendance, and it promises to be
ono of tho most Important sessions ever
held. Tbo order has boon prosperous dur
ing tho year, the Increase In membership
In Iowa being substantial, but the death
rate In the Iowa Jurisdiction has been
rapidly Increasing. Tho report of tho
medical examiner shows that In 1896 thero
wero sixty deaths. 1897, fifty-six; 1898,
sevcnty-slx; 1899, eighty-six; 1900, 108.
The fact of tho growing death rate In the
order has caused a demand for a chango
In tho manner of assessment and there is
no doubt that at tho present session hero
this chango will ho made. The level plan
has been In .use by the order from the be
ginning, but the whole state has been cun
ussed and the graded system Is to be
adopted. It has been demonstrated that
no fraternal company can llvo on tbo lovel
assessment plan and the Iowa Workmen
desire to place their order on n sound
foundation. The present grand officers of
tho lodeo nror
Past f,rund master workman, R. L. Tllton,
Des Moines; grand master workman, Will
M. Narvls, Muscatine; grand foreman, W.
H. Berry, Indlauola; grand observer, F. A.
Secord, Sioux City; grand recorder. B, F.
Hchkopf, Des Moines; grand receiver, B.
F, Carroll, Bloomtlcld; grand guide, J. K.
Townsend, Burlington; grand Inside watch
man, S. E. Fackler, Prescott; grand outside
watchman, K. Totmnn, Creston; grand
trustees, P. H. E. Sotnmertleld of Du
buque, A. Hurtling of Des Moines, I. I'.
Van else of Mount Pleasant; grand med
ical examiner, Dr. J. II. Cleaver, Council
Bluffs; llnunce committee, H. Mlchelstetter
of Sioux City, J H. Campbell of Des
Moines, Carl Lohm.mn of Burlington; law
committee, F. W. Elchelberger of Bloom
lleld, C. S. Macomber of Ida Grove, T. II.
Johnso;i of For.t Madison; grievance and
appeals committee, Henry Lehman of Des
Moines. J. II. Merckens of Fulrlleld. W. E.
Haverstock of Council Bluffs; supremo rep
resentatives, win M. Kiirvis or Aiuscatine,
B. F. Hchkopf of Dcs Moines, H. L. Tllton
of Dcs Molncs.
Tho grand lodge was engaged In secret
work and official business during tho day
and tonight memorial servlcss were held
for the departcdi members.
Tho Iowa .Degree of Honor, the women's
auxiliary, Is also In section here. An ad
dress of welcorao was delivered by Rev,
K. Black and a response by Anna K.
Mosler of Des Moines.
BALL IS NOT A CANDIDATE
State Senator Saya He llaa .o
In-
tention of ItuniiliiK for
Governor,
IOWA CITY, In., May 14. (Special.) "I
shall not bo a candidate for governor be
fore the democratic state convention," said
Stato Senator G. W. Ball, when his ntten
tlon wns called to the mention of his name
In connection with tho possible democratic
nomination for tbo head of the ticket this
fall. "I hold one office already, and I think
thnt Is enough for ono man. One offico at a
tlmo Is a good plan."
Senator Ball said that he did not know
whom the democratic party would be likely
to nominate this fall. "Cato Sells of Vinton
has been mentioned favorably, but I do
not know whether ho would accept tho nom
ination. Mayor Phillips of Ottumwa haa
also been talked of. Judge Wado of this
city was mentioned at the time of the con
ventlon two years ago, but ho would not bo
likely to be a candidate because be is now
a judge of this district. As things are at
present In Iowa tbo democratic party has
no chance of electing Its candidate. We
may do so pretty soon, however. We elected
Governor Boles twlco and tho republican
party Is getting rather split up ngaln. We
will bo successful one of these times."
SAVED FROM NEGRO'S HANDS
Two You 11 k Tloya of Savannah, III.,
Held ('apllve hy Trnui
Are Rescued.
FORT DODGE, la.. May 14. (Special.)
Two young boys, William Bradley and
Frank Speck, whose homes aro in Savan
nah, 111., were rescued by the police of
this city Monday night from the control of
a negro, giving tho name of Ben Smith
The boys were discovered In the Illinois
Central depot in a drunken condition from
raw alcohol forced upon tbem by their
captor. They wero taken to the police
station, whero they told their story.
Word of their rescue was telegraphed to
their parentB Immediately and Mr. Brad
ley arrived in tho city the next day and
took tho boys to their home.
Smith enticed the boyB away from home
by promises of securing them work in
Omaha and the three had mado their way
thus far by riding In box cars and begging
food from bouse to bouse.
STRIKERS GROW RIOTOUS
.Vew Men Employed nt Cednr Hnpliln
Machine Klioim SlUKKcd by
Unknown Pnrtlea.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., May 14. (Special
Telegram.) Threats of a riot tonight bo
tween the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern Railway company's strikers and
Its new employes were openly mado this
morning by some of tho new men and
by Borne of the strlko sympathizers. The
city authorities held n special meeting
and Instructions were given to the pollco
to prevent gatherings, Several of the now
men have been slugged, either by the
strikers or by a tough element which sym
pnthlzes with them. They have lately
been buying revolvers and threatening to
use them If any more of their number aro
molested. All Is quiet tonight.
Thomas Maple. Blrkbeck. III., writes:
had a very bad case df kidney trouble an
my back pained me so I could not
straighten up. The doctor's treatment did
me no good. Saw Foley's Kidney cur
advcrtUed and took ono bottle which cured
me and I havo not been affected since,
gladly recommend this remedy."
Don't you think it's time you
ordered your Biscuit
and Wafers in the
Inerseal Patent
Package? '
Wlien you order Soda, Gra
ham, Long Branch, Milk and
Oatmeal Biscuit, Vanilla
Wafers, Ginger Knaps and
Saratoga Flakes, insist on
getting those which come in
the In-er-seal Patent Pack
age. Don't take a substi
tute. Look for the In-er-seal
trade mark design at the end
of the box,
IOWA HAS NEW INDUSTRY
Judp MoFhariin Dioidn Qlnva makers Not
Affected bj Labor Law.
SUPREME COURT BEGINS SESSION
L,mv tttndenti Kxnmlned Dea Moliw-a
.Mnchlne Mnkera Yield to Km
lilnyca Dnkntn Divorce uen
t loneil Weekly Crop Report.
(From n Stuff Correspondent.)
DBS MOINES. Muy 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Judge Mcl'hcrBon, In federal court
today, decided that tho manufacture ot
women's gloves Is n now industry In the
United States. Tho case was that against
W. Morrison, a glovo manufacturer of
Orlnnell, who wns arrested for violation
of the contract labor law by employing
skilled glovcmnkcrs to como from Kuropu
to mako gloves. Tho court holds that
there were no women's gloves made In
tho United States prior to 1S87 and unless
tho prosecution can show that Morrison's
business wns established beforo tho con
tract labor law was paused ho will go free.
hen Judge Smith .Mcl'herson opened tho
May term of the United States district
court in this city today and empaneled the
grand Jury ho warned the grnn.1 Jury that
tho practices Indulged In by previous grand
Juries of hobnobbing with witnesses anil
defendants and having communications
with them outside of the Jury room would
not bo tolerated. Hearing of arguments
in civil cases wns commenced.
KxnmlnliiK I,nv .Students.
The supremo court met this morning
and took up tho work ot tho term. A class
of 112 students was presented for ex
amination for admission to the bar, mostly
graduates of the various law colleges of
tho state, except tho law college at tho
State university, which wil be examined
later. The class wns divided Into three
parts nnd a committee of lawyers placed
In charge of each, and tho examination
will not be directly by the court. The
committee of examination conslHts of J. II.
Henderson, I.ouls Block, George F. Henry,
E. C. Kber8ole, A. P. Barker, Charles I,.
Powell, F. H. Helsell, W. D. Evans and
Flnley Burke.
Oral arguments were heard In tho case
of Mary Flnorty against the Supremo
Council, Catholic Knights of America, tho
chief argument being by J. C. Davis of
Keokuk, who Is to be the temporary chair
man of tho republican state convention.
Decision In I'ottinvnttnmle Cnsc.
Tho court announced eight decisions In
submitted enses. Ono of these, that of
Hannan against Seldentopf, from Potta
wattamie county, Involved tho title to a
largo tract of land. The rulings of the
lower court wero affirmed, the court hold
ing that there was fraud and collusion In
the pretended transfer of tltlo from Selden
topf to Gelsford and Mnloney, which trans
fer was mado after a receiver's sale to tho
plaintiff nnd beforo tho sale was recorded.
Tho consideration for the sale was 23,000
shares of stock In a mining company In
Colorado, the value of which was not
shown, but tho value of such stock Is In
dicated, says tho court, by the fact that
Maloney becamo owner of 100,000 shares
for $300, nnd that Gelsford, who owned
800,000 shares, was in such financial straits
as to bo compelled to sell a $4,000 tract
of land for $440 to pay a small hotel bill.
Tho court decides that Hannan Is the
rightful owner, and occupancy of tho land
by his tenants was notlco to the defend
ants thnt tho snlo had been completed.
In anovher rase that of Alston against
Alston from Jefferson county the question
Involved relates to a natural heir who
claims an Interest In an ostnte. Tho court
reverses the lower court on tho ground
thnt tho ovidenco shows that tho putative
father had actually recognized the son
as his heir during his lifetime. Tho de
cisions filed are as follows:
Supreme Court DeelnlniiH,
Commercial Land Company, appellant,
against William Canty, Clinton county;
suit for specific performance of contract;
ufflrmcd.
Zlon Church of tho Evangelical Associa
tion of North America against J. W. Par
ker, sheriff of Floyd county, ot nl, nppel
lunts, Floyd county; suit to enjoin Balo
of certain church property under mort
gage and execution; nlllrmed.
J. W. Hannan against V. Seldentopf.
Thomas Maloney et nl, appellants, Potta
wattamlo county; affirmed.
Des Moines National Bank, nppellant,
against C. P. Meredith, Cass cuunty; ac
tion on promissory note; affirmed.
E. Manning against Mnrlon Poling et al,
appellants, Audubon county: supplemental
decision adhering to former opinion.
William D. Alston ot al. nppellants,
against William E. Alston et al, Jefferson
county; reversed.
J. B. Jones, appellant, ngalnst J. C
Wltousck ot nl. Linn county; damages lor
heating plant that was claimed defective;
reversed.
I-. P. Garrctson, nppellant. against Mer
chants' and Bankers' Flro Insurance Com
pany. Polk county; suit on Insurance pol
Icy; affirmed.
.llniilifm'tiirera Yield.
The machine makers of IJes Moines have
conceded tho demands of their employes
and tomorrow evening 0 meeting of the
various employe? In nil tho unions en
gaged In the Iron and steel business anJ
making machinery of all kinds will' be hold
(o hear tbo report of tho committee ap
pointed to consult with the manufacturers.
Tbo manufacturers had asked that the em
ployes get together and make tholr de
mands as a unit, which was done, the de
mand being for a nlno-hour day lu towo
EiflTi
GAS STOVES
$10 $14
Meter and all piping free. No charge for
anything but the stove.
The Council Bluffs Gas Co.
Open Evenings. 26 Pearl Street
of tho trudes and an eight-hour day In
others. The manufacturers have conceded
everything nnd they will go on with work
harmoniously.
Found Hend Near Trncka.
A man named Davenport, nbout 60 years
old, of whom but little Is known here, was
found dead at an early hour this morn
ing near tho Hock Island railroad tracks
east of the city by workmen as they wero
going to work. The skull was crushed,
but whether by a blow from a club or by
buing hit hy the train is not known. He
was a man of family nnd lived at Mnnbeck.
Dukotn Divorce la tlneatloned.
A suit Just brought In Keokuk county,
Iowa, Involves tho nature of a North Da
kota divorce decree. A. P. Bceman, a res
ident of hat Cheer, was married several
years ago to n woman living in New York..
They lived together some years, then sep
arated, and Mr. Beeman went to James
town, N. D., whero he secured a ninety
day divorce, lleturulng to his old home
ho sold his property nnd moved to Idaho,
whero ho was engaged In business for sev
eral years. Ills health falling he returned
to Slgourney nnd afterward died. Now Eu
genlo Beeman, divorced from him, has
brought BUlt for her dower Interest In an
estate of about f30,000, claiming that the
divorce was not rightly obtained.
Sncdlah l.utliernn Conference.
Tho conference of tho Swedish Lutheran
church for Iowa hold lu Ottumwa recom
mended the building of an additional
building for the orphnns' home nt Stan
ton, selected as general lay delegates to
the synod leal council at Jamestown, N, Y,,
In Juno MeHsrs. Samuel Johnson nnd Sven
Kcllcgren and named tho following as del
egates from the districts:
Burlington District P. M. Linden, A.
Norbom and Nils Andersen; alternates, J.
P. Borz, C. O. Moiland and J. H. Nordstrom,
Stanton District Theodore Seashore, C.
O. Llnd nnd Gust Peterson; alternates,
C. A. Llndnh, Henry Wnllln and A.
Broodecn.
Des Moines District J. F. Ahlln, J. A.
Snndcll, S. P. Lofgren and A. Holm; alter
nates, J, A. Hemberg, James A. Anderson,
C. G. Anderson and A. Sundberg.
Sioux City District Jules MnurltzFon and
John A. Llnd; alternates, O. A. Landcll and
Adolph Llndqulst.
Algona District P. Almgren and J. J.
Llndnhl; alternates, N. P. Thulen and B.
C. Llndbcrg.
'tkly Crop Iteporl.
The following is the weekly report on
crop conditions In Iowa by the state
weather and crop bureau:
Tho last week brought much cooler
weather, with an nmple supply of rainfall
In nearly nil parts of tho state. The mean
temperature was 2 to 6 degrees below nor
mal, and light frosts were reported In all
districts on mornings of May 11, 12 nnd 13.
In a. few localities thin Ice was in evidence,
and possibly some damage resulted to small
frulta and vegetables, Generally, however,
Mood Poison
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE OF
ALL HUMAN DISEASES.
The poihon ejected from the fanps of the rattle
MiaVe is not more surely fatal than the virus of
Contncious Wood Toison, which pollutes and vitiates
t, blood, rlcstrovs the tissues and bones and cats like
n ranker sore into the flesh. ... . ,. ,
This horrible disease appears first in the form of a little sore or blister ; soon
theirlauds begin to swell, pimples break out on the body , the mouth nnd throat
become sore, making it painful to eat or swallow ; dreadful ulcers appear on.tho
ons lie, copper coloVed splotches and other characteristic signs of Wood Poison
come as the disease processes, and the destructive virus Ukes deeper holt upon tho
system. The medical men are as sorely perplexed over the character of this blood
twison as ever; they tell you to take mercury and potash alternately for three years,
but the stomach of no human bciiiK can stand this treatment long ; besides, they do
not cure the disease permanently, as thousands who have tried it know.
WELLINGTON. KAS..
I contracted Blood Poison two yeare 050 this 1 fall,
and. wna persuaded to try a medicine widely adver
tiaed by a remedy company in Ohlcao. I wae ro
. a larirn amount In advance, ana oan
truthfully aay that I waa worae when tho treatment
was left off than when I beg-an. Beddien pimples
would break out and fill with yallowiah matter j cop.
per-oolored splotches of all airea would appear on my
i 1.. . m ihmit wna ao iort I could aoaroely swallow.
and ray mouth and tongua ware aeldom frea from
ulcers t tonalla wero swollen, and my hair wae com
lnr out rapidly. This waa my condition when I bog-an
your 8. 8. 8. I have used twenty-two bottloa, and
am feeling- aplendid. Every aore on my body haa
hoaled, and my appeuie g-ooa. jam
c c a. not a new medicine : for
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the damage will be slight The cool and.
wet weather 1ms been highly benellclal to
small grain and grass, and tlieso crOps nro
now in very satisfactory condition.
Some progress has been made In plpwiix
and planting, though Held operations weru
delayed two to three days by wet weather.
Deports show that from one-third to one
half tin; corn urea has been planted, with
the soil generally In good shape. From six;
to ten days of favorable weather will bo
needed to complete this work In nil fcc
tlons. Germination has been retarded dur
ing the week, but early planted corn Id
coming up fairly well. All reports Indlcato
an Increased acreage being prepared tor
corn. Tho general crop outlook Is en
couraging. HURSES PERISH IN FLAMES
Unrn Aenr Fori Pudni' (onlnliiliiif
I'.lxht Hend Destroyed
by Fire.
FORT DODGE. Ia., May 14. (Special.)
The barn on the farm of Cunningham
brothers, four miles north of Clare, was
burned to tho ground with eight head of
horses Sunday morning. It is thought that
the fire was of Incendiary origin. Mrs. B,
Cunningham made heroic efforts to kava
the horses nnd succeeded In getting out
two of them.
Dlrn of (.uiiftliot Wound.
SHENANDOAH, In.. May 14. (Special.)
Boy Mounds, who was shot May B by hla
playmate, Charles Arnold, died Sunday
night from the effects of the wound. Ho)
exonerated his playmatu from all blame.
Will Show Secretary Hitchcock.
SAN FMANCISCO, May 14. Tho Mis
souri Society of California has completed,
arrangements for a reception for Secretary
of tho Interior Hitchcock on next Friday
evening. A fcaturn of the affnlr will bo
tho presentation to Secretary Hitchcock of
a sliver-mounted, cut-glass loving cup by
his fellow Mlssourlnns. The quarters as
signed to Secretary Hitchcock and his
daughter at tho Palace hotel havo been
tastefully decorated by a cominlttcn of
women connected with the society. Cali
fornia flowers and fruits nro the main em
bellishments of tho decorations.
Mnk? Wnr on "Unit Time."
DENVEH, May 14. Tho American Fed
eration of Musicians, now In convention
here, has adopted resolutions Introduced by
H. O. Wheeler of Kansas City, character
izing "rag time" tunes as "unmusical rot,"
and pledging members of the federation ta
"make every effort to suppress and to ills
courage the playing nnd publishing of such
musical trash."
It was decided to hold tho next 'annua
meeting at Buffalo, N. Y. Tho date, will bo
fixed by the executive lioard.
Kennedy Jury Selected.
NEW YORK, May II. Tho work of m
loetinir .1 Jury for the third trlnl.of Dr.
Samuel .1. Kennedy, licensed of tho murder
' of Emellno Reynolds at the Grand lotel,
'was completed today.
Sept.
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table blood purifier, and
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this particular virus:
it purifies the blood nnd
builds up the constitu
tion. The appetite im
proves almost from the
first dose, the sores, soon
show signs of heuling,
and the unsightly, dirty
bplotches nud eruptions
grow paler n n d paler.
aim nnaiiy uisappcar.
nearly .so years it has been known and used
