THE O.MA1TA DAJL.Y IUZE: FRIDAY, JVLY 20, 1901.
CURRENT
COUNCIL
SWITCHING FOREMAN KILLED
1. W. Lnci Oruthtd to Doth Bttwian
Car and Engiie.
RUNAVAY SECTION OF TRAIN TO BLAME
Curuurr'M Jury IJeeldeii He Wnn Holn
Two Mimi'm Work mill Thim Inferential!-
Illume (lie I3m
IilnyliiK Comimnles.
K. W. Luce, a foreman In chargo of a
switching crow employed by the Omaha
midge and Terminal company and the Illi
nois Central, was Inutantly killed early yes
terday morning by belnR pinned between an
engine tank und a runaway box car. The
accident occurred at the- tranofer tracks of
the Terminal company and the Omaha & St.
Louis near Fourteenth street and Fifteenth
avenuo.
Tho body was taken to tho Cutler morgue
on l'earl atrect and Corone." Troynor con
vened an Inquest yesterday forenoon, sum
moning as Jurors Ovlde Vlcn, A. T. Tos
tovln and George II. Miles, The verdict of
tho Jury recited tho facts In tho case, but
failed to fix any blamo beyond finding that
tho unfortunato switchman was doing more
than tho work of ono man at tho time tho
accident ocurred, and thtis Indirectly at
tached tho blamo to tho employing com
panies. Luce and tho crew of which ho Is" fore
man had brought n train of thirteen cars
loaded with meat from South Omaha for
dollvory to tho Omaha & St. Iouls. At the
point where tho transferring Is done from
ono of thcpo roads to the other thero aro
two tracks provided ono for deliveries to
tho Omaha &. St. Umls and tho other for
deliveries from the Omaha & St. Louis to
tho Terminal. Tho latter Is known as the
receiving track and the former as the de
livery track. Tho thirteen cars had been
taken In on tho dollvery track and the
Terminal cnglno, In chargo of Knglneer
John Mlkcscll and Fireman James Dooton,
wan uncoupled and run out onto the Omaha
& St. Louis truck and then back onto tho
recolvlng track In order to let an Omnha ft
St. Louis engine In to couple onto the meat
train on tho dollvory track. A train of
ten loaded cars had been delivered by tho
Omaha & St. Louis to tho Terminal and
was standing in tho receiving track and In
order that tho Omaha & St. Louis cnglno
might clear tho Terminal englno It was
found necessary to back tho ten-car train
up about two car longthn.
nlfH lit lON Of Hilt'.
After tho meat train had pulled out on tho
Omaha & St. Louis track tho Terminal cn
glno was uncoupled from tho train It had
backed up and run to tho switch. Luce
throw the track to let tho cnglno on tho
Omaha & St. Louis main lino nnd then
threw It to let the engine back on tho de
livery track, It being tho Intention to back
up through tho yards. Luco mounted tho
footboard on his englno and signaled for
tho engineer to back up.' Ho repeated tho
signal several times nnd was still swinging
his lantern when tho engineer noticed tho
ten cars coming down tho receiving track
toward tho engine, which wns then Just
across tho receiving track. Tho runaway
cars wcro about ton foot from tho englno,
and soelng that ho had no chanco to clear
them with his cnglno, Mlkcscll nppllcl tho
brakes and camo to nn almost Instant
standstill, and Just at that tlmo the fore
most car caught tho corner of tho englno
tank. Thus Luco was pinned botwecn tho
tank and tho car and his llfo was crushed
out Instantly.
UurHtloii About Ilriiken.
It Is not known how tho cars happened
to bo loft without brakes, or whether they
wcro or not. Knglneer Mlkosoll testified
at tho Inquest that ho did not know whothor
tho brakes wcro on or not, but said tho cars
seemed to go back protty stimy, but ns
there Is considerable grado there It would
bo difficult to tell about tho brakos.
Mr. Luco lived with his family on North
Eighth Btreet, leaving a widow and sevoral
children. Ho was formerly a passenger
For One Who is
Getting On in Years
properly adjusted eyeglasses or spectacles
that have been fitted to tho sight, will
provo a blessing to thowo whose sight Is
falling. Lot us test your eyes nnd tit
thorn with our flno French crystal or Rra
zlllan pebblo glasses, that wo will adjust
properly, and you will sco ns well as If
you had new sight.
HERMAN M.LEFFERT,
Graduate Opticians.
230 Broadway, Opp. (Jlcn Ave.,
Council Bluffs.
fM-
Msg's lor thote who know whafi flood."
Woodward's
Ganymede Chocolates
an! Opera Bon Sons
Made 11 y
John G. Woodward & Co,
The Candy Men."
Council Muffs - - Iowa.
41
Iowa Steam Dye Works
Hroadway.
Make youi old clothes look Ilka np.
Cleaning. Dyeing and Repairing.
LEWIS CUTLER
Funeral Director
(Successor to W. C, Eaten)
in PHAKL. STUEHT. 'I'hoaa 07.
FARM LOANS 6
ph n
OR Jf
Negotiated In Eastern Nebraska
and Iowa. James N. Caaady, Jr.,
lit Main St., Council Muffs.
NEWS OF IOWA.
BLUFFS.
conductor on the Omahi road and had been
hero for but about a year.
Tho remains will bo taken to Walnut, la.,
today for burial,
Gravel looflac. A. II. Head, 541 Droad'y.
WON'T APPROVE THE SALE
ltitl((e Wlireler TtiriiN IIimvii the At
tempted Trnimfrr of the
Unities I'n rm.
Judge Wheeler yesterday refused to ap
prove tho sale of tho Hutnos farm by the
receivers of the Officer & 1'usey bank to
Soren Wllladson for tho sum of $15,100. A
peculiar situation arose In this transac
tion. Tho rccclvors tried long and hard to
sell tho property and It had been appraised
at JH.3I0. Finally Wllladson put In what
he claims was tho only bid for tho prop
erty and tho receivers agreed to sell It to
him at tho flguro named and ho 'paid down
$2,000 on the purchase price, tho balance
also to be paid In cash. Tne receivers 're
clto In their report that'nfler this nnd
before, of course, 'tha.npproval of the sale
by tho court C. It. Tyler of this city offered
for tho farm the sum of $10,000 cosh and
they mado a conditional salo to him, he to
got the land at that figure If the court
rejected tho salo to Wllladson. Tho court,
however, In rejecting tho salo to Wllladson
gavo him until 0:30 Saturday morning to
make a substantial ralso In the bid and If
this Is not donn by that tlmo the property
will go to Tyler.
Davis sells glass.
.Mr. Cimtrop Dion of tlip Unit.
Mrs. Julia fin strop, who was overcome by
tho heat somo days ago, died nt St. ller
nnrd's hospital at 7 o'clock last evening.
Mrs, Oastrop was taken 111 Saturday and
wns sent to the Woman's Christian associa
tion hospital on Sunday. Soon after sho
was given quarters thero her mind becamo
affected as tho result of her prostration und
It was found necessary to tako her to St.
Ilcrnard's, where there are facilities for the
caro of Inenno patients. Sho became very
violent and grow rapidly worso until tho
hour of her death. Mm. Gastrop was about
45 years of ago and leaves a husband and
two sons, who are In Ottumwa, and one
young daughter, who lived with her here.
Davis sells patnu
Henl Katnte Transfer.
Theso transfers wero filed yesterday In
tho abstract, title nnd loan offlco of J. V.
Squire, 101 l'earl street:
John W. Throp nnd wlfo to Mc
Sweenoy Ilros., lot 10, block 0, Cur
son, w. il j(Q
Sarah Ii. Jlncrnc nnd husband to' P.
J; Duerr. wjj iot 3, block 0, Hnyllss'
2d nM., w. d 7fjo
First National bank of Council Muffs
;o -, s'4 nwij nnd n',4 sw'J 13-75-42
and cV4 no',; 24-75-43, w. d 12.00)
A alter O. Hntten to T. K. filllott, s
nwij nnd neVi swij 9-77-44, w. 1 6.W
Nnthun P. Dodga nnd wife to J. E.
Moore. wH ne'i ncVi 11-74-38, w. d.... 40)
John M. Davis nnd wlfo to J. K.
Iiinrn nit nnt' -. ,.1 ' 117i.1c ... .1 . -
J. H. Orahnm and wlfo to Mnrv K.
Musser, lot 11, block 2G, Mullen's
subdlv., w. d 2,500
Ida V. Shlnn and husband to F. J.
Duerr. wV4 lot 3, block 9, Bayllss'
2d add., w. d 750
Eight transfers, total $24ilCO
31nrrln.Be" License.
This mnrrlago llccnso was Issued yester
day: Name nnd Residence. Age.
J. V. Plnkston. Omnhn :5
Ituby Clifton, Omaha 21
MINOR MENTION.
Davis sells drugs.
Stockcrt sells carpets nnd rugs.
Williams makes $4 photos for $2.
Fine ABC beer, Neumayer's hotel.
Victor heaters, ntxby & Bon, agenttT
Wollmnn, scientific optician, 409 Broadway,
Get your work done at tho popular Eagle
laundry, 721 Broadway. 'Phono 157.
Hon. Almor Stern of Iogan was in tho
city last evening.
C. 12. Alexnndcr & Co., pictures and
frnmos. Tel, 3C6.
R. F. Green and family left last evening
for Rapids City, S. D., their future home.
R. Hudspeth of Newport. Neb., left for
his homo yesterday after a short visit In
tho city,
Superintendent George A. Clark of tho
Illinois Central at Fort Dodgo was in the
city yesterday.
Mds for 35,000 yards of paving wero adver
tised for yesterdny and will bo received
up to noon, August E.
Charles II. Bradley und wlfo left last
evening for points In Michigan, where they
will visit several weeks.
Tho remains of Peter Bondo wcro re
moved to Omaha last evening and the
funeral will tako plnco there.
F. P. Froom, who has been Buffering
from nn attack of appendicitis, was con
aldornbly better last evening,
John Jay Fralnoy has returned to tho city
after a successful tour through the north
ern part of the stato giving Shukospcnrenn
recitals.
Tho hearing of the enso of Frank Hardin,
charged with assaulting n newspaper man,
was continued In Justice Ferrler's court
yesterday for two weeks.
J. J. Hess left yesterday for Newport,
N1 whero he will Join U. O. Iirulngton,
who went on before, nnd they will spend
somo tlmo putting un hay on their ranch.
George Brulngton of Cnrson Is also with
them.
A dog mad with the heat excited the
Seople In tho neighborhood of Mynster and
evetith strpots last- evening until Oilier
George Wilson reached the spot and dis
patched the canine.
John Blnlr, charged with cutting a tire
on a bicycle belonging to one of tho police
ofllcers, hnd rt partial hearing In pollco
court yesterday. The hearing will bo com
pleted this morning.
Dan O'Connell, who was arrested night
before last on a chargu of being a deserter
from the United States army, wns taken to
Fort Crook yesterday anil turned over to
tho army officials thero.
Lost. In Council Muffs, order book,
stamped George A. Ogle & Co. on cover,
containing orders Pottawnttamlo county
atlas. Howard If returned to II, E. Jack
son, Noutnuyer hotel, Council Muffs,
Tho barbers of tho city aro going to
make another effort to get shorter hours.
The union Is going to nsk that nil shops be
closeil at 8 o'clock evenings, Bxcept Satur
days, and at noon on Sundays and holl
days. Mrs. Len Lebovltz, aged 53 years, died nt
her home, fjop Main street, hut evening,
hhe leaves eight children, four sons and
four daughters. The funeral will take
pince from the residence nt 11 o'clock this
morning.
Mrs. Lewis Cutler, wife of the under
. w.,lB Pullman car nt Tiffin. O..
Y edneeday when an engine collided with
It, going half, way through the car anil
Injuring n score of people. Mrs. Cutler
escaped uninjured,
Mrs. Nancy Fuller, aged S3 years, wno
boforo tho Hoard of Commissioners for the
Iiisano yesterdny nnd was committed to St.
Berniird'H hospital and will likely pond
tho balance of her days there. For many
years her mind 1ms been nffected some
what and of lato the extreme heat hns
broken her down considerably.
Ah,,ln w.ln b0 at the meetlnir
of the Trades and Labor nsiembly tonlpht
for a Joint celebration of Uibor day hi
the workers of this city, Omaha and South
Omaha. It Is proposed to have tho parade
In the morning In Omaha nnd then come to
this city on chartered motor curs nnd have
n big picnic nt tho Driving park.
Mrs. llozlah Houston, nged SS years, died
of old age at the homo of her son, Albert
Houston, 737 Avenue E. at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning. Mrs. Heaslon has lived
In Iowa Ninon IMii. Sho leaves n daughter
und two sons. She hud for six years bei
co n lined to her bed. The funeral will take
place from tho Uitter Day Saints' church
in Crescent City, at 10:30 Sundny mornltu
and the body will be Interred In tho Cres
cent City cemetery,
N. V, numbing Co., telephone HO.
FEW10WANST0 ENCAMPMENT
Old Stldiiri Ditutisfiad with Chang from
Denver to Oltreland.
INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO STATE FARMERS
Scnmliit Over Tin Ferret Un-No At
tempt to .Secure Mrs. llimnnck'H
l'uriliin l.nrruliee .Mnktvi (lift
to Upper limn I'ni vcrnlty.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, July 25. (Special.) Tho
Iowa delegation to tho national encampment
of the Grand Army of tho Republic Is likely
to bo confined almost entirely to tho elected
delegates and alternates. Tho Iowa people
Were decidedly In fnvor of tho encampment
nolnc to Denver, ns had been decided once.
hind when the council of administration
mado a change, apparently without warrant,
nnd took tho convention to Cleveland there
wns general dissatisfaction. Several posts
passed resolutions condemning those re
nponslblo for the change, nnd It became
necessary for tho department commander
to Issue a circular railing on posts to with
hold tho censure. No reference to the mat
ter was mado nt the state encampment at
Dubuque. Now It has been found Impossi
ble to secure from tho railroads In the
Wtntrrn Passanger association rates to
Cleveland ns good as would have been
granted to Denver. Tho Cleveland people
secured rates only In the Central Pas
scngcr atisoclatlon, which has Jurisdiction
only to Chicago. Tho Iowa delegates must
got to Chicago ns best they can. Com
mander Mctzgar of Davenport Is In tho city
today engaged In preparing a circular of In
formation to the Grand Army of tho Re
public posts of tho state. All available In
formation will be given and tho members
will bo urged to go to Cleveland and ruako
ns good a showing as possible for Iowa, but
In tho present temper of tho old soldiers
tho crowd Is Ilkoly to bo limited. Com
mander Metzgar has received a letter from
Commander Snow of South Dakota suggest
ing that the western departments stnnd to
gothor and rofuso to go unless tho rail
roads are Induced to grant tho samo rates
west of Chicago as east of that point. It Is
probable a meeting will bo held In Chicago
soon, with several department commanders
present, at which this, matter will be takon
up.
Instructions to Stale Farmers.
John Cownlo of tho State Board of Con
trol has lieucd a circular letter to heads of
stato Institutions In regard to farm work
on tho stnto farms nnd tho way to proceed
during tho drouth'. In which ho gives this
ndvlco or direction:
drouth e.ms.!y inn,J. Pro!ngod hent nnd
uroutn will no doubt ser ous y injure the
crops on tho farms of our stato ItistUutlors
and every possible cfTort should 1 lU made
To cZstmI ,th,eu lnlg,""- now in the boiT
7,?nX : )l thu ,mi' in,,a,1 within our
reach Is thorough and oftrepcated cultlva
,?in..n1(1 wo wu.ll urge you to keep tho
cu U vators at work continuously in all
cultivated crops. Among beans nnd such
llko crops the common two-horso cultlvatois
can be used, preferably with small shovels
or what Is known ns onglo claws.
In cultivating potatoes work tho soil tow
srd the vines, the insldo shovels set to run
somewhat shallow, the outside shovels Bet
to run at a good depth, turning tho noil
toward tho potatoes.
Corn Is now too largo for tho use of the
two-horso cultivator and u one-how Im
plement must be used. Tho Old stylo A
shaped one-horse cultivator with six or
more small shovels should be used, going
twice In tho row.
Cultivation should bo thorough and no
fenrs need be entertained of Injury to th
crops, no matter how dry the soil, provided
the shovels are not run too close to th
main roots. But keep sufllclnntly close to
work n little fresh soil to tho plants, thereb
conserving the moisture whero most needed,
Tax. Ferret In vent Inn tlim.
The tax ferret law and Its application
has resulted In n small scandal In Hardin
county, which Is to bo Investigated nt
onco by the courts. It appears that tho
Board of Supervisors entered Into a con
tract with n firm of tax ferrets to disclose
tho property on which taxes had not been
paid and agreed to pay tho firm 15 per
cent of nil collections. In addition to this
an attornoy secured a contract from tho
board by which he was to recelvo a sharo
of tho recovered taxes for his professional
advice In tho mutter. This latter contract
was not mado public at tho tlmo and was
not mentioned In tho minutes of tho board.
Now that tho attorney has been paid largo
sums the fact has come out and tho citi
zens of Eldora have banded together and
employed an attornoy to begin suit to re
cover tho amount Illegally paid. Tho
county officials aro soveroly censured for
entering Into an Illegal contract nnd thero
are ugly charges of corruption in tho mat
ter. Not ScekliiK n I'arilon.
Tho statement that has been printed that
tho friends nt Mrs, Horsack aro seeking a
pardon for her is denied at her former
homo, New Virginia, Warren .county. Sho
was convicted and received a life sentence
for tho murder of her husband last winter.
Whllo thore wns some sontlmont among hor
neighbors at the tlmo of the trial that
possibly Bho might not bo guilty of tho
crime charged, It Is now statod that the
sentiment Is practically unanimous that
she cither committed the deed or had
knowledge of Its commission, No petition
for pardon has been circulated In that
neighborhood, nor In Warren county, whero
tho conviction was had. Tho case has been
appealed to the supremo court and until Its
decision nothing will bo dono regarding a
pardon. ,
.Second IUiIiIIiiic MncccsHf ul.
A new power and heating plant nt the
Stato Industrial school at Eldora Is to
be built und tho board of control has
$30,000 aal!ablc for tho work. Mds were
opened somo tlmo ago on this work and
It was found that tho bids wero too high,
thoro being but ono on the building and
only a few on tho plant. Tho specifica
tions wore modified and tho hoard espe
cially urged that contracting firms raalto
offers. They succeeded In Inducing three
firms to bid on the building nnd a dozen
on tho furnishings and as a result tho
bids nro low enough no that a contract
will bo entered Into. It has been found
very hard to get contractors to make offers
on largo Jobs. They say they havo all the
work thoy can attend to this summer and
they nrc afraid of prices next fall and
winter. Moro than 200 men are working
on stato work at Cherokee nnd largo num
bers at other places In tho stato whero
building Is being dono for tho stato.
InenrporiitCM lllninrlf,
Tho Glanvllle company of Mason City
has been Incorporated by the filing of ar
ticles with tho secretary of state. Ono
man makes tho Incorporation, T. R. Glan
vllle, a merchant. Ho Is tho board of di
rectors nnd fills nil the offices. The cap
ital stock Is $30,000.
Tho Stato Board of Medical Examiners
has hRd a class of ntnety-slx applicants
for certificates boforo It for two days un
dergoing examination. Tho board will moet
August 14 to pars on tho papers.
Olft to llpper Ivn University.
Ex-Governor William Larrabee of Cler
mont has made a gift of $25,000 to Upper
Iowa university at Fnyotte, This univer
sity has been doing a small work many
years, but recently hs greatly broadened
Its work. It was tho recipient of a gilt
of $21,000 for n library building from An
drew Carnegie. This Is believed to bo the
only case whero a college has secured a
library from Carnegie and this was on the
solicitation of Speaker D. U. Henderson.
Governor Larrabee has always taken great
Interest In the university.
Want Oiiy of Prnjcr.
Governor Shaw has been urged by a
number of persons to set apart a day for
fasting and prayer for rain in Iowa, but
hn3 taken no nctlon, lie is out of the
state nt present.
Neurit ImliiHlrlnl l.'ollcne.
A coll has been Issued, signed by prom
inent colored persons of the state, for a
meeting to bo held In Burlington In Sep
tember to organize an association nnd ad
vance a movement for the establishment
in Iowa of an Industrial college for col
ored people. There arc a great many col
ored people In Iowa and there are no spe
cial schools for them. Some of tho leaders
believe that a movement patterned after
tho Tuskcgeo Institute would be of great
benefit to the colored peoplo of tho state.
It Is proposed that a rollcgo or Industrial
school shall bo established in the south
eastern part of tho state, whero tho most
of the negroes live, and state aid be asked
for the samo.
POISONED IN BATH CABINET
I'nclllc .1 n ti t 1i ii Hoy May Die from
IiiIiiiIIiik Wood Alcohol
Fumes.
PACIFIC JUNCTION, la., July 25. (Spo
clol.) Charles Haynlo, son of Paul Haynle,
one of the firm of Haynlo Bros., of this
place, wus poisoned this morning whllo
taking a steam bath In a vapor cabinet.
He spilled some wood alcohol on the lloor
and when the floor got hot It formed a
gas which ho Inhaled. Mrs. Rose, tho land
lady where he was living, heard n knock
nt the bathroom door, but supposed that
ho hnd accidentally hit the door nnd paid
no attention to it, but at the second knock
sho opened it and discovered him lying
prostrate on tho floor. Medical assistance
wns promptly summoned. Drs. DoWItt,
Lyons nnd Reed worked with him for hrco
hours, They think he may survive, but
tho chances aro small.
POSSE
FINDS
FUGITIVE
Wlllliini WnoilforU, for ICIIIIiik HU
Brother, Is i.oiIkciI In
.lull.
MISSOURI VALLEY, la., July 25. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Skelton nnd his posso caught
William Woodfork, alleged murderer, near
Little Sioux this morning. It Is charged
that Wednesday ovcnlng In n drunken revel
Woodfork stabbed his brother Amos, who
lived but n fow hours. Tho sheriff and posso
started nftcr him nt onco and after a hunt
mado moro disagreeable by tho Intense
heat, thoy located him hiding In a brick
yard south of Little Sioux. Woodfork was
taken to Logan and lodged In tho county
Jail this afternoon.
DnyllKht IliirKlnr Cnujtht.
FORT DODGE, la., July 25. (Special.)
A daylight attempt at burglary ended dis
astrously hero today for the burglar. A
man giving his namo ns F. M. Beobeo got
Into tho office of the Pettlbono livery barn
when tho proprietor was busy In the front
and emptied the tlli. Tho officers wero
notified nt onco nnd kept a sharp lookout
for tho thiof. Deputy Sheriff McGulro
captured him, Just ns ho was boarding a
train for Iowa Falls.-
Wclmtcr f.'oljitjty Iimtitnt.
FORT DODGE, U., July- 25. (Special.)
Tho Webster County ilnstituto is In ses
sion hero with a0 largo' attendance. It Is
In charge of County Superintendent Brown.
The instructors are: Profs:-J. F. O'Mal
ley of Cowrie, L. C. Bryan of Dayton, E.
L. Cobura of Boone,- Superintendent E. N.
Coleman and Principal Roberts of the
Fort Dodgo High school and Profs. Flndlay
and Monk of Tohln college
CiinKht IHkuIiik Out of Jail.
CRESTON, In., July 25. (Special.)
Sheriff Miller frustrated tho attempt of a
prisoner to escape from tho county Jail
this morning. Ho was digging through tho
wall when Sheriff Miller fired nt him and
ho quit. Miller then locked tho prisoner
In a cell. Ho had been In tho corridor.
Struck liy Grrnt Western Trnln.
CRESTON, la., July 25. (Special.) Wil
liam Christen was struck by a passenger
train of tho Great Western at a crossing
near Arlspo and thrown seventy feet. Ono
foot was so badly Injured that amputation
will be nccessnry. Ho also sustained In
ternal Injuries that may cause his death.
Iowa. Stnte Normal GradiiateN,
CEDAR FALLS, la., July 25. (Special
Telegram.) The July class of tho Stnto
Normal school, numbering seventy-three,
wns graduated this evening and granted
diplomas. This closes the summer session.
COLLECTS ON KEOKUK BRIDGE
Mnsterii Stockholders Full to Secure
Order KestrnliilnR Hancock
County's Tax Man.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 25. In tho
United States circuit court today Judgo
Humphrey decided the case of H. Taber
Bayleo of New York and others, stockhold
ers In the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge com
pany, owners of the bridge ncross the Mis
sissippi river between Keokuk and Hamil
ton, In which the complainant sought to en
Join Thomas F. Dunn, collector of taxes
for Hancock county, Illinois, from collect
ing tnxes on tho bridge. Judgo Humphrey
had granted a temporary Injunction several
days ago and taken tho case under advlBo
ment. Today ho vacated the restraining order
nnd refused 'the permanent restraining
order asked for. The complainants claimed
that Hancocl: county had assessed tho prop
erty too high.
I'F.NSIONS FOH WMSTKUN VF.TI2I1ANS,
Wur Survlvori Itemeiuhcrcil liy the
fienernl Government.
WASHINGTON, July 25. (Special.) Tin
following pensions havo boon granted:
Isfcuc of July S-
Nebraska: Increase Byron M. Allen,
Arapahoe. $S; Samuel U Graham, Ashland.
$S: Crawford Brown, Douglas, $S. Original
widows, etc EMzn C. Plllsbury, Llncbln,
$8. War with Spain, widows, etc., Reissue
Edward Hardon (father), Kearney, $12.
Iowa, Increase Thomas Kgnn. SoljJIcrs
Home, Marshalltown. $10; Barclay Benbow,
Boone. $12: Thomas Long, Pilot Mound, $12;
William W. Klntzloy. Des Moines, $S. Orig
inal wldowH, etc Mlnervl It. Gibson,
Munchurd. $S: Hellcn Tlnkham. Dubuque,
$8; Julia A, Criisthwnlt, Imogene, Sj (spe
cial accrued. July 9) Caroline H. Whlnery,
Marshalltown, $12: Louisa M. Knight,
Buena Vlstn. $12. War with Spain (Orig
inal) Burt Petty, Harlan, $.
South Dakota: Original Joseph Loppler,
Henry. $G. Increase Edwin J. Marvin,
Springfield, 8. Orlglnnl widows, etc.-(Spe.
clal ncorued, July 9) Electa A. Uernrd, Hu
ron, $8.
Colorado: Original Edward Baker, Long
mont. $H. Increase James Mutton, Colo
rado Springs, $8. War with Spain, widows,
etc. Emma L, Kennedy, Denver, $15.
Montana: Reissue luaao Holman, Sol
dlrrs' Home, Columbia Falls, $.
Narrowly llnenpen Heath.
PLATTS.MOUTH, Neb,, July 25. (Spo
clal.) While working In the Burlington
machine Bhop C, L. Carlson had his cloth
ing caught In tho cogs of a gear wheel, and
but for the prompt assistance of one of
tho workmen ho would have been killed.
NO MORE TIMBER FRAUDS
CammiiiitBtr Hirminn Ttkei Fracantioni
to PtiTtit Tbam.
APrLIES TO ALL STATES HAVING SuTPLY
Directly Aimed tn Check Hecurrencc
In Mtintnnn and Idnhii ItcitU
intra Censured for
NcKlect.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-On account of
timber land frauds discovered In Montana
nnd Idaho Commissioner Hermann of the
general land office has suspended nit proofs
made during tho present year under tho
timber and stone act pending conclusion of
tho full Investigation and Inquiry begun
somo time ago.
This nctlon applies to all states whero
government timber land Is purchased and
Involves thousands of cases. Many largo
companies nnd speculators, It Is alleged,
have had "dummies" as agents make pur
chases of these lands from the government.
Commissioner Hermann said today:
"Owing to tho act of congrtRS permitting
selections of valuable timber lands as In
demnity for lands held by Individuals nnd
corporations within tho forest reserve n
speculation In no-culled forest reserve scrip
has fcturtcd. By this means the owner
may relinquish them to tho government and
tako valuable lands on the unappropriated
public domain, or may convey his holdings
to another person necking to hold tho right
of selection.
"This system provided great rivalry
among speculators and mining companies In
the acquirement of largo tracts of timber
lands. This has induced many others who
are not ownurti of such scrip, or exchange
able lands Insldo forost reiorvcs, to avail
themselves of nn earlier act of congress
approved Juno 2, 1878, tho timber nnd stone
net.
"This act limits each purchaser to 160
acres and expressly requires applicants to
swear that tho purchase Is not speculative,
hut made In good faith for his own exclus
ive use, nnd that he has not made any
agreement for the transfer of his title. For
many years, particularly the last year, this
law has been grossly violated and abused by
persons who perjure themselves beforo the
local land officers. Tho general land offlee
has directed Its special agents to report on
any further cases that may be discovered
and nil land officers havo been warned to
exercise tho utmost strictness In tho exami
nation of parties and witnesses.
"Many of tho fraudulent proofs mado
might havo been detected had the registrars
and receivers at the local land offices
strictly applied the rules for scrutiny of
proofs of applicants. After such proofs
have passed the local officers, showing reg
ularity and apparent good faith of entries,
It Is Impossible for the authorities here to
detect error or fraud."
PERSONNEL OF COURT
(Continued from First Page.)
bo summoned. Under tho ordinary rules of
practice tho Judge advocato of tho navy Is
called on to review tho proceedings of
courts-martial and courts of Inquiry. Secre
tary Long has promised Captain Lemley
that It he acts as Judge advocate of tho
Schley court ho will bo exempted from tho
duty of reviewing the proceedings. Captain
Lomley was Judge advocate of tho Jeanotto
court of Inquiry.
The precept to the court probably will be
Issued tomorrow. It promises to bo a
rather extended statement of tho scope of
the Inquiry compared with Btich documents
In less Important cases. It will define the
scope of the Inquiry, but whether it will
direct tho court to return nn opinion, or
simply to ascertain tho facts Secretary
Long thus far declines to state. The pro
ccpt will contain tho detail of officers, who
cannot bo said to bo officially appointed
until It Is promulgated. Rear Admiral
Schley was not notified today by the de
partment officials who will dccldo his caso,
but the precept will bo sent to him and it
will constitute his official notification.
If Klmlierley Declines.
Socrotnry Long did not formnlly notify
the officers who had been chosen to con
stitute tho court of their selection, and ho
was disappointed to learn from tho Asso
ciated Press dispatch that Rear Admiral
Klmberley would ask to bo relieved from
the detail on account of ill health. Ho said
that Admiral Dewey, with whom ho has
consulted, has expressed the opinion that
Admiral Klmberley's health would permit
him to discharge the duties which ho will
bo required to perform. Should he decline
the secretary will select one of tho other
retired rear admirals to tako his place.
Roar Admirals Luce, Ramsey, Jouett,
Gherardl and Walker aro some of tho
names that havo boon advanced for con
sideration. The difficulty tn tho selection
from the list of retired rear admirals Is
that most of theso officers nro far ad
vanced in ago, and as Indicated In tho case
of Admiral Klmberley, are not In n state
of health to warrant them assuming
onerous duties on a court of Inquiry such as
this Is Ilkoly to be.
WEST NEWTON, Mass,, July 25. Rear
Admiral L. A. Klmberley said today that
owing to 111 health ho would to bo relieved
from serving on tho Sampson-Schley court
of Inquiry.
NEW YORK, July 23, Rear Admiral
Schley Is spending today with his family
at Great Neck,
"I am resting," he said to an Associated
Press representative, "and havo nothing to
say as to the proposed Inquiry Into the
Santiago contrpversy."
NEW POSTMASTERS NAMED
V. V. nnmsilell at IIIkrIuk, Nebraska,
nnd Nettle P. I.uther at Fort
Laramie, Wyoming.
WASHINGTON, July 25. (Special Tclo
gram.) Postmasters appointed: .
Nebraska Hlgglns, Cheyenne county, F.
F. Ramsdell, vlco J. B. Halston, resigned.
Wyoming Fort Laramie, Lararate county,
Nettle P. Luther.
The application of B, Stevenson, Walter
Kay, C. Rustemoyer, S. T. Bordner, I. B.
Jeffries, A. R. Layton, Alex Rogers and
Howell Rees to organize the Farmers' Na
tional bank at Pllger, Neb., with $25,000
capital, has been approved.
The postofflces at OrncsB nnd Pralrlo
Farm, Brookings county, S. D., have boon
ordered discontinued July 31,
The First National bank of Arlington,
S. I)., has been authorized to bogln busi
ness with $25,000 capital.
W. O, Angel has been awarded a contract
for carrying the mall from Angel to Fort
Bennett, S. D.
PROTEST EXPOSITION SITE
nmclnln of Wnrklummen's Protective
Asmnclntlnn Sue lo Prevent Use
of Fureat Park,
ST. LOUI8, July 25. In the circuit court
this afternoon suit was brought to restrain
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition com
pany fiom using Forest park as a slto for
ths world's fair, to be held here In 1903,
The petition, which Is filed by Henry II,
Werdes and John F. Bergman, president
and vice president of tho Worklngmcn's
Protective association, claims that tho or
dinance Is a gross violation of the charter
and tho rights of citizens,
President Francis of tho exposition pro
moters said ho would consult counsel at
once, but declared that tho suit would bo
of no consequence
Messrs. Werdes and Bergman declare
they aro taxpayers and aro bringing tho In
junction proceedings on behalf of alt the
taxpayers. Tho ordinance passed by tho
municipal assembly, says tho petition, Is
nothing moro than the leasing of the finest
park In tho city to a private corporation
for Its own pecuniary benefit. Finally, tho
petition declares, tho city Is really a part
ner with tho exposition company In leasing
the park. It sayR that by voting $5,000,000
In bonds to aid tho fair the city became
a partner. The wllllngncjs of tho mu
nicipal assembly thus to lease Forest park
Is duo, tho petition states, to Its expecta
tion of sharing In the gain with the pri
vate corporation.
TO SAVE SEVENTH NATIONAL
Uonrd of Ulrectorn of Unfortunate
Nimt York Hank Plan ltd
lteurttnnUatliin,
NEW YORK. July 25. When tho federal
grand Jury convened today It resumed Its
Investigation Into the failure of tho Sev
enth National bank. William It. Kimball,
former president of the bank, nnd three of
the bnnk's clerks wcro called beforo tho
Jury today as witnesses. All tho proceed
ings In the grand Jury room wcro, ns usual,
secret.
Tho board of directors of the batik met
today nnd decided upon n plan of reorgan
ization for the bank.
DEATH RECORD.
Mm. Frank llluhn of Table Hock.
TABLE ROCK, Neb., July 25. (Special.)
Mrs. Frank Blaba, who has been 111 and
deranged nt times for months, died yester
day. Sho will be burled at tho Bohemian
cemetery, between here and Humboldt, to
morrow at 10 n, m.
Mrs. Blahn was taken to the nsylum at
Lincoln for treatment n fow weeks ago, but
sho was pronounced hopeless and brought
home. Sho lenves a husband and two chil
dren Ices than 3 years old. She was under
25 years of age.
I, null G, Itlley.
MISSOURI VALLEY. Ia., July 25. (Spo
clal Telegram.) Louis G. Riley, ono of this
city's oldest settlers, died here yesterdny
afternoon, aged 81. Funeral will bo held
Friday; burial In Rose Hill cemetery.
GcorKc 1C. I.arrton.
WASHINGTON, July 25. Georgo K. Law
ton, astronomer of tho United States naval
observatory, is dead hero from typhoid
fever.
HOTELS.
SUMMER LUXURY IN TOWN.
Why "Society" Finds the City At
tractive, Even in Do-days.
New Yorkers are fond of saying that
their city Is one of the greatest summer re
sorts In the world. They deny that thero Is
over a summer so fierce as to drive "every
body who Is anybody" out of town. Tho
hot weather population of tho metropolis
is far from being confined to the thousands
whom necessity keeps in tho shops and
tenements. Not merely docs a largo portion
of Society, with a capital S, tnke Its caso
tn town, but tourists have so fur emanci
pated themselves from tradition ns to learn
what n delightful and profitable tlmo one
may spend In New York, even In the dog
days. The head of a large mercantile houso
In a southern stato recently said to n re
porter: "Llko many nnother man situated as I
am, 1 combine pleasure with business when
I make my midsummer pilgrimage to New
York. Landing at tho foot of Cortlandt
street I Jump Into an automobile nnd hurry
nwny from the down-town rocket and heat
to the MaJeBtlc, where I can look out upon
tho trees nnd grass nnd tho shimmering
lake of Central park. I get a room away
up above tho ground. Tho nearer the
clouds I am the better I am pleased, for
when one has swift, silent elevators to
carry him, the tenth story Is Just as con
venient as tho second. Hent? Not n bit of
It. At night I open the big windows and
tho breeze that comes in is ns cool ns tho
air on a mountain side. After dinner, if I
do not caro to take a stroll In the park or
a ride on Riverside drive, a stone's throw
west of the hotel, I go up to tho roof
garden.
"It Is simply wonderful what money nnd
taste can do to beautify so unpromising a
spot as the roof of a big hotel. We havo
grottoes nnd summer houses beautifully
lighted by electricity. In u rustic stnnd tho
bnnd plays. At our feet Is the dark ex
panse of Central park and to the west tho
Hudson stretches like a bnnd of diill sli
ver." "But a hotel, howover gorgeous and well
appointed, Is not a home," suggested tho
reporter. "Didn't you miss tho domestic
feellns?"
The merchnnt Interrupted Impatiently: "I
missed nothing that could contribute to my
well-being, young man. Thero are hotels
that aro about ns homelike as auction
rooms. I steer clear of them. If you seo
tho gathering at dinner time In the broud
foyer of tho Majestic, you would under
stand how completely at home ono may feel
In the right sort of n hotel I saw family
groups that would Inspire tho brush of .a
painter. I found that people whoso me.niB
will allow them to go wherever they please
live nt the Majestic all th cnr round.
Golf players, wheelmen and yachtsmen find
that thoy can enjoy their pet sports as well
from i city home as Ironi a cummer cot
tage fnr away.
"Now, don't go nnd quote me ns a man
who would break up his home and llvo for
ever after In a hotel. Personally, I would
not do that If I could get lodging nnd vic
tuals for nothing. But the point I want to
emphasize Is that lots of folks don't ngreo
with me, nnd It must be said that thoy Imvo
a strong case, especially when they nrguo
In favor of summer luxury In a grunt city.
And whon you can get cool air, quiet und
tllCtlireSOUO SCCncrV twentv-flvn minutes
from Wall street, you cume pretty closo to
finding an Ideal place for a business man to
llvo and to tnko his family. Hero Is my
car Good-bye."
STATLER'S HOTEL
BUFFALO, N, Y, LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
100 IL from the Mnln Entrance to the Ex
position.
S2 and $2 5fl Vol lodging, breakfast
dllU 9i.3t and ev ,unner, H00mi
with bath extra. Send for tree maps and
folder, telling about our Guaranteed Ac
commodations mi
In the Schlitz brew
ery cleanliness is car
ried to extremes. Wc
do more than is neces
sary to be certain of
doing enough.
The caldrons In
which the beer is
brewed are kept scru
pulously clean and
covered. The air in
which the beer is
cooled is filtered.
The barrels in which
it is stored arc cleaned
with steam and soda,
then glazed with rosin
on the inside, then
cleaned again. The
bottles arc cleaned
with utmost precaution.
Still wcfiltcrthc beer,
then sterilize every
bottle, for the slightest
uncleanlincss taints
the whole product. It
is in these ways that
Schlitz beer hasgaincd
its reputation for pur
ity, and made Milwau
kee famous.
rhoneMS.Schtltf,
710 South 9th St., Omaha.
Try ease of Schllts near, Tel. OINt
DR7JVIcGREW
OBoe open oontlaaoaalr fro at H au m
to O p. m. Snndax from
N a. tn. to r! p. tn.
(Dr. McOrew at A 03.)
the: most successful
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A pertnnnent cure guaranteed In leM
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Df time.
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QVDUII I? and a11 Blood Dlsonac cured
dlrniLlo by a treatment which I fur
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"Hot Springs'' treatment, and ut lass than
half the cost All breaking out and slcna
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Treatment sent everywhere free from
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treeU. OMAHA, NKB.
NO CURE, NO PAYi
UKN. If jou hT until, wk
organi, lot r"r or wfitnlo
dmtoi.onr Vacuum OraanlXrelopar
will rmore you without druse or
elfftricltyi Strlctura and Varlcocala
prrtnanrntlr curad In I toeki
75,0(0 In u i not ona fallurai not
one rtturnedi effret Immcdlatai no
C.O.I), frauds nrlta for traa rrtteu
lr, rrnt orolfd In plain aaTelopa.
JXU APPLIANCE CO. I3S Than Ilk.. lUlinmlla, Ik.
RefiHcred
A. Mayer Co.,
220 BEE BUILDINO
OMAHA, NEB.
Phone 171
Re-No-May Powder
Not only relievea, but poaltlvely curta all
dlaordera of the feet, atopa odorous peripU
ration, cures leader, anollen and painful
ImL
Price 50 Cents.
For Sale by all Druggists
and Glove Dealer
Consultation free from 2 to 4.
When ordurlnf by mall add cents faa
poatagi.
He No-May Bkto Food for facial maiaaia,
Ite-No-May Cream aoftaa aad wkltaM
(ha haala aad Us.
The "Comstock Process''
la tho moat aucceaaful method for reducing nnd rellevlnl
pain In all kinds of dental operations that baa yet been
presented to the public. It has been used by leading den
lists of the east tor nearly two yeara, and has been pro
nounced by them to be tlrely satisfactory. Our ratlenta
are dellchted with the results It produjea. If you ,ra
nervous and your teeth ara aenslttra we will be pleaaad ta
explain it to you, m
, ..Telephone 14S
H, A. Woodbury, D. 0. S.p Council Bluffs.
30 Pearl St. Grand Hoi)!
