NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL StlMlll MIXTION. Davis (ells drucs, Stuckcrt tells carpets nnd russ. Mct beci at Ncumayet's hotel. Wclsbach Hunters. Hlxby & Son. Wollman, scientific optician. 1H Broadway. Mrs. Edgar Ilafcr If visiting In Atchison, Xnn. Myrtlo lodge, Degree of Honor, will tm.ct tonight. Perry pictures for sale. C. E. Alexander St Co., 333 Hroadway. Perfumes sold by Dell G. Morgan, the druggist, bent 'cm nil. Mlsn Anna McKlnley lias resigned r.s teacher In tho city schools. Missouri ouk body wood, KM cord. Wm. Welch, a N. Main st. Tel. 12S. Radiant Home stove, guaranteed not to crack. Sold by Petersen i Schocnlng, Mcr rlam block, , Tho Woman s Hellef corps will meet this afternoon at 2 In the (Irnnd Army of the Ilepublle tin II. Ilrrt A. William and Iliiltlc M. Ulack, both of Omaha, were married yesterday by Jtistlcn Ferrler. The hit of th season Amphlon club orchestra dance at Hughes' hall tonight, Orchestra of eight pieces. A marriage license was Issued yesterday to K. K. Klrkland. aged 23. and Annie H. Anderson, aged 22, both of this city. Tho Hroadway Methodist church choir will repeat Sunday evening the cantata, "The Pence of Jerusalem" and "The Holy City." The Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet this afternoon at S In the Modern Woodman hall In the Mcrrltim block. Petersen U Schoenlng, Merrlam block, have the most complete line of Hot Blast stoves In tho city and at prices that will surprise you. Chambers' dancing nendemy. Roval Ar canum hall Tuesdays and Fridays, adults, 7:30 p. it,.; children, 4 p. m. Assemblies for bdults Fridays, 8:30 p. m. A petition was tiled yesterday with tho clerk of tho district court for the appoint ment of 8. II. Craig ns administrator of the estato of Corydon A, Heed. Andrew Hansen and Leonard Everett took out permits yesterday for tho '.on ntructlon of two one-story frame cottages on Falrmount avenue, to cost i'.K') each. Tho Blanche Kelsey-Harry Patterson Milt In Justice Uryant'H court was continued yesterday until this afternoon, and It !s understooil negotiations urn pending for u settlement. These caHes of contagious diseases were reported to tho Hoard of Health yesterdav: Mrs. Anton Morn and son Adolph, 221S South Eleventh street, diphtheria; John Iemen. 10)2 Avenue I), scnrlatlna. Rudolph Sturnegk, n civil engineer who came from Lexington, Neb., died Wednca day at midnight In St. Bernard's hospital of locomotor ataxia. The body Is at Cutler's undertaking rooms waiting word from rela tives In the east. Contractor Wlckham began to lay brick on South Sixth atreet yesterday. He has enough (Jalesliurg brick on hand to pave tho block from Hroadway to First iivenim and expects to lay the block from First nventin to Willow avenue, which has been mirfuced, next week. That popular comedy-drama of "t'nele Josh Hpriiccby" will bo with tin but one night only and If you miss It vou can Imnglno how you will feel to hear vour more fortunate friends tell of the pleasure the performance, gave them. Vou will feel on better terms with yourself and all the world after a call on "Uncle Josh" at tho Dohany Saturday matinee, and evening. A rich treat In tho amusement line In promised for this evening at the Dohany theater, when the comic opera, "The Cocked Hat," will be presented. For real, genuine fun and amusement It Is said this will eclipse anything of tho kind seen here In a long time. It Is given for the benefit if tho Maccabees and that the company i bo greeted with a crowded house Is n i ejrone. conclusion. Nvy Plmublnc Co., telephone 250. Gravel roofing. A. II, Read. 541 Broadway. CnllnKhmi Wniitn Ills .Inh Auxin. Tom Callaghan, who surrendered hla star Monday night In order to bo free to go to tho polls Tuesday and electioneer against Judgo Aylesworth, reported for duty yes torday morning. Sergeant Slack, who ts ncttng chief of police for the day detail In Chief Albro'c absence, declined to let him go out on a beat, Sergeant Slack Is uncer tain whether Callaghan was Joking or put ting up a bluff. Mayor Jennings and Calla ghan held a lengthy confurncn In the may or's office, but neither was willing to say anything about It. Davis sella cluaa. Davis sells paint. Ileal Hutntc Transfer. These transfers wcro filed yesterday In tho abstract, tltlo and loan ofllce of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Wilson Smith to Oollln Hall, 4.6S acres , In sei nwi 19-75-13, w. d 1,300 Catherine Helnio nnd husband to O. C. Sorenscn. ui nwU 21, and e 20 feet sVj swU 1i-'ii-43. w. d 2.S0O Same to August Hclnze, nw',4 seU 17- 76-43. w. d I, GOO Fisher . Aney to Hognn Ouren. sw'l sw'i 32, nty se'4 31, part eV4 nwtt and ne'i HWtt 31-76-42, f. C. d ... 10 Chnrles II. Wheeler nnd wife to fleorge C. Hansen, lot 5, block 1, Jackson's add, w. d , MO Henry C. Raymond nnd wife to W. C. Children. si of pi sei 6-71-13, w. d. o.O) Thonins Topliss to Peter C. Hansen, part s',4 seU 21-75-43, w. d 2,ffij George A. Klehl to Frank C. Rlker, lot 16. block 17. Williams' 1st add. w. d 1,GJ0 William a. Nelson and wire to 11. w . Hinder, lot 2, block fi, Canady's.ndd, w. d 1,700 Clara K. Williams to deorce A. Kel logg ct at, lots 9 and 20, block 11, Ilayllss' 2d add, deed 1 Total ten transfers 117.0S6 We stand on our record In Jewelry sell ing. We haven't always bcon the lowest In price, hut we've always been tho best In quality and we have sold as low ns anybody can sell equally good ware. It pays us to sell tho best. It pays you to buy the best. That's what you got here and a guar antoe on every article, which means pro tection, ' Our holiday goods 'havo arrived. HERMAN M. LEFFERT Optician, Jeweler and Engraver, its Broadway, Opposite Qlen Avenue, Council muffs, Iowa, LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Director ZH I'UAKI. a'rilbtt't. I'hunv !7. FARM LOANS 6C? Negotiated lu liumurn .rurj no lawtL Jam o. t-aauy, jr. U Main St.. Council U'.uftf. Iowa Steam Dye Works QQl llnmdway, Council llltill'. Make yom old clothes look like, new CLUAN1NU, DVEINO and REPAIRINO Phono AC21. BLUFFS. YOUNG MAN ELECTROCUTED Frank MoOorm'.ck'i Boij Fouid Hlf;h ii Air at Midnight DIES AT TOP OF ELECTRIC TOWER Nut AViirliinnn from Tnlior Hunt for Kscnplnu Current a ml Is Killed Alone In the Dnrk. Frank McCormlck. trimmer for tho Citi zens' Oas nnd Electric lilght company, Council llluffs, was electrocuted last night while working at tho top of tho electric light tower at Sixth street and Twelfth avenue. 175 feet above the pavement. Two of tho electric light circuits went out shortly after S:30 o'clock and McCormlck was sent out by the foreman to find out tho cause. At lu o'clock, finding the circuits still out and McCormlck not having returned to report, the foreman himself mado a tour of tho towers. At 11 o'clock, arriving at tho tower at Sixth street and Twelfth avenue, he found McCormlck's horse nnd buggy, the horsu shivering from cold. Ascending the tower, he found McCormlck dead. The body lay across tho platform by which McCormlck hail hoisted himself to tho top. It was nearly 1 o'clock beforo the circuits could bo shut off and tho body lowered. Coroner Treynor viewed the corpse and ordered !l removed to Cutler's undertaking rooms, whero an lnquc.it probably will bo held today. No mark of burning was visible on face or hands and It Is presumed tho current passed through tho body. McCormlck was 23 years of age. Ho recently was graduated from Tabor college and his home wns with his parents at Tabdr. He had worked for the company only two months. TO SET ASIDE CONVEYANCE Plnlntlff AIIckcn Womnn's MnrW Wbn Mnilc When Mir Wns nt Dentil's Door. Judge McPherson, In tho federal court yesterday, began tho hearing of the case of tho Pralor heirs against John Limit. Tho suit Is one chapter of the litigation over tho property of Mrs. Anna Pralor, which resulted In Attorney Limit's securing pos session of tho $C,000 brick building erected by tho Schlttz Drowlng company. In tho suit at bar Frank Prnlor and other heirs of Mrs. Pralor, a colored woman, al lege that Limit secured Mrs. Prnlor's mark, the woman being unable to write, to the deed conveying her equity In the property to him it n tlmo when her mind wns af fected by 111 health. Thoy further allege that at tho tlmo Mrs. Pralor Is said to havo signed tho deed sho was nenr death's door and In fact was In a atato of scml-consclous-ncss nnd wholly Incapaejtated from realiz ing the Import of her act. They ask that tho convoyanco from Mrs. Pralor to Limit be aet i.slde nnd declared null nnd void. Tho further hearing In tho Grnnd hotel receivership case was continued to Novem ber 16. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance company filed objections to the petitions of Intervention by tho employes of tho hotel, on tho grounds that they were creditors of I). C. Smith and not of the hotel company. T. J. Foley nnd Pcrcgoy & Moore nmended their petition of Intervention, stating that they had offered to pay tho amount duo on tho furniture contract by Smith, hut that It had been refused by tho agent of tho In surance company. They also allege that tho Penn Mutual company Is colluding with the Orand hotel for tho purpose of putting It out of tho power of Smith to pay tho money duo on the furniture contract. Peregoy & Moore and T. J. Foley have a mortgage on tho furniture for over $2,300. The motion for n new trial In the suit of Lucius Wells against James A. Patton was overruled. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN JAIL John Mnlone, ANlinnicil of Ilia Appe tite for Whlsti-. Srelis n I'.nd Ills Knrthly Follies. John Mnlone, n gray-halrcd man whoso In cllnatlon to Imbibe too frequently has landed him ropeatcdly In Jail, was thwarted In an attempt to end his llfo yesterday aft ernoon at the city Jail. Malono was arrested Wednesday night, badly Intoxicated. When he sobered up yesterday morning ho bemoaned his III for tune, as he termed It, at not being ablo to restrain his appetite for whisky. About 3 o'clock In the afternoon Andy Markoff, a colored man who Is also serving a sentence for drunkenness, called to Jailer Slack to hurry up, ns old man Mnlone was trying to hang himself In ono of the cells Hastening to tho cell, tho Jnllor found Mnlono suspended from the bnrs by a lenther belt which ho had placed around his neck. Sergennt Slack released the old man from his suspended position nnd with nn admonition not to attempt anything of tho kind ngnln took the belt away from him The old man had taken the lenther belt which ho used instead of siupenders and had buckled It tight around his neck and then tied tho other end to ono of the upper crossbars of tho cell by climbing up to tho top bunk. After securing tho belt to the bar he dropped from tho bunk and when found by Sergeant Slack was endeavoring to strangle himself by hoisting his feet from tho floor. The noise attracted tho attention of his fellow- prUonor. When questioned by the Jailer as to his reason for desiring to nnd his llfo Malono said ho was tired of living and bolus a shnnio to himself nnd his friends. WANTS MONEY FOR HIS EYE C'rorue I. Snnfiird llMtiuuilcs lis Worth nt 'I'ncnt j-Flve TImiii aniiil Dollars, The suit of George P. Sanford of this city against tho Chicago Northwestern Railway company, In which ho asks for $25, 0G0 damages for tho loss of an eye, has been transferred from tho district court of Craw ford couuty to tho United States court here, Tho plaintiff, who was formerly president of the First National bank of thla city, al leges that on August 21, 1S9'J, while ho was In the toilet room of n car on the defend ant's road, the door was suddenly forced open by the conductor, striking tho plnln tiff on tin temple, nnd Inflicting Injuries which ultimately resulted In -the entire loss of sight tn tho left eyo nnd materially dam aging the sight of the other. Mr. Sanford asserts that tho accident was the result of negligence on the part of the railroad company In not having tho door of the toilet room provided with a proper THE OMAHA DAILY UEE: FMDAY, XOV lock and catch. In addition to the (25.000 damages, ho sues for. JIM, which he claims to havo expended for medical services. FOUR COUPLES ARE DIVORCED .Indue (ireen ln a llnsy with .Mlainntril People In Dis trict Court. The divorce mill was grinding In the dis trict court yesterday and Judge Orecn loosened the bonds which had tied four couples. Mrs, Martha Snetheti was granted a di vorce from James Snetbcn, .Mrs, N. Cather ine McDonald from Arthur McDonald, Mrs. Rebecca Campbell from S. W. Campbell and Frank W. Iludrow from Minnie Budrow. William Canning was given a default In his dUorce suit against Rose Canning. In the suit In which Mrs. Harriet Kadel seeks a dlvorco from Peter Kadel, after nearly fifty years of married life, Judge (Ireen allowed her $40 a rcrnth temporary alimony nnd $125 to prosecute her caso with. The defendant was ordered to pay her $75 for her maintenance at once. Peter Kadel, a wealthy farmer of York township, In resisting his wife's application for alimony, said ho was not worth $75,000, as claimed by Mrs. Kadel, but admitted that his property was valued at upward of $40,000. He Fald he bad deeded his wife eighty acres, In which she enjoyed a life Interest, the title to which was to pass at her death to her children. Tho hearing in the matter of the applica tion of Charles Officer, administrator of the Thomas Officer estate, In regard to the course to be pursued as to the mining prop erty of the estate, was asaln postponed at the request of tho attorneys, nnd Judgt. Green promised to hear It Saturday If he had time. The motion for a new trial In tho case nf tho State Itnd and Improvement company against the city was overruled. This was a suit brought to recover damages for the flooding of a cottage by the ovcrllow of In dian creek, In which the city secured a verdict. Judgo Green bfgan the hearing In the suit of S. N. Dolnn. guardian of Thomas Fox, Insane, ngnlnst Jennie II. Frawley nnd other heirs of Margaret Fox, who wa run , down nnd killed by n motor car In September, 1900. Tho afternoon was oc- cuplcd by tho reading of depositions In the case. The motion on the part of tho plain tiff to make Michael Fox n party to the milt was overruled. The defendants yes terday filed an amendment to their answer In which they deny that Margaret Fox ana" her husband, Matthew Fox. made mutual wills, as claimed by tho plaintiff, nnd as sert that Jennie . Frawley. Margaret IvII, Winifred Hausberry and Mary Downs are the only heirs of Margaret Fox, who left an estnte valued at about $20,000. They deny that Thomas Fox, who Is brother of Mat thew Fox. has any Interest In Margaret Fox's estate. In the action brought by Joseph P. Mc plnnra tn repnln some nt his former nron- erty, Mrs. Mary J. Meglnnes, hlH divorced ' wlfo, filed her answer yesterday, In which she nsserts that the decreo In her divorce suit finally ndjtidlcatcd all the property rights Involved. Drslroys Hip Net. Constnble Dalrd of Justice Ferrler's court spent the greater part of yesterday cutting up 300 feet of seine Into small pieces nnd , burning It In the stove In the Justice s office. The not wns the property of Frank Durwell and Charles Hruncr, arreBtcd while seining In Cut-Off lake and sentenced to three days In the county Jail. At tho hearing yesterday before Justice Ferrler tho net was ordered destroyed. It was valued at $50. Willie llursch Kionernteil. Willie Ilur3ch, tho lad charged with the theft of a model stationary steam engine, was discharged In police court yesterday morning and fully exonerated. Otis Dubois, vho first nccused JIursch of stealing the engine and then selling It to him for $1.60 and who wns later arrested and charged with the theft, admitted hU guilt. Tho court permitted hlra to enter n plea of guilty of petit larceny nnd took the caso under advisement. SppllliiK- 31 ii tell or the .Schools. In accordance with Superintendent Clif ford's effort to Improve the spelling work In the city schools, a contest among the schools will tako place this afternoon from 3 to 1 o'clock In tho Washington Avenue and Dloomer buildings. The pupils of the sixth, Boventh and eighth grades will congregate at tho Washington Avenue building nnd the pupils of the fifth nnd fourth grades at tho Dloomer school. BLOW UP ANOTHER SAFE Ion a Itoliliern Get Fifteen Hundred Dollnrs In limit nt lllnton. SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Nov. 7. (Special.) Two expert safe crackers blew the safe at the bank of Hlnton, la., this morning nnd got $1,500 In blllB, gold and silver. Nitro glycerine was pumped Into the safe and tho explosion shattered the safe. But the bank's collateral was found to be Intact. There Is no Insurance against loss. Tho bank will continue operations, Heforo entering tho bank tho robbers wnrmed themselves In a small orfice, light ing a lamp and acting with great delibera tion There is no duo to tho robbers, ex cept a necktie. A suspicious character seen near Hlnton yesterday Is believed to bo one of tho robbers. This Is tho fourth Job of tho kind In small banks near here In ten days, the robberies occurring at Mattlock, Sallx and Jefferson, 3, D. DIES AT POLLING PLACE Hen ncrilt-n of Lemurs, Wmvii, K spires When Left Alone In hch (lollioiise, LEMARS, la.. Nov. 7. (Special.) Ben Oordes, a farmer In Westficld township, whs found dead In n schoolhouse yesterday morning. Tho building was imed as a polling booth tho day previous and Oordes enmo to tho polls Just beforo closing time, It Is reported, In nn intoxicated condition. After the votes were counted Gerdcs, who wns In n helpless condition, wat left In llu1 schcolhouse, where he was found dead next morning. Tho coroner Is making an in vestigation. Plymouth Count)' lleliirns, LEMARS, la., Nov. 7. (Special.) Com pleto returns from Plymouth county are a follows: For governor, A. B. Cummln3, 2,131; Phillips, 1,707; for representative, A. U. Fleldb. rep,, 1,972; J, C, Cottroll, 1,957, For tieasurer, A. J. Stang. rep., 1,009; W. Wlnslow, dem.. 1.1MH. For bherlff, O. F Hcrrun, rep,, 2,042; A. Y, Weir, dem., 1.S93, For superintendent of schools, J. S, Shoup, rep., l.tiH; I, C. Hlredem. 2.25S. For coroner, J. E Colo, rep., 1.S24: John Ileely. dem., 2,018. J. W, Myers, for surveyor, had no opposition. Last year tho rounty gave McKlnley a majority of 407 and the entire republican ticket was elected. The per aci.allty 'f the democratic candidates cut a gtcal llguro In the lo.'al campaign SAVE PESTHOUSE PATIENTS Dii Uoinn Firemen Exposed to Oontagitn in Fighting Flantei. CITY SEEKS TO SECURE THE EISTEDDFOD (Irent Western After Morcf Depot Ground In Clnrlnn Mint Di rector to III! 1 1 cl llnnil minir lllock. (From n Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Nov. 7. (Special. )-Flre In a smallpox hospital In this city this forenoon caused a remarkable scene and expotcd some of tho patients to danger from ' the severe weather. The fire wns first dis covered In the roof of the hospital and wan seen by a doctor who was lecturing tn a class of students In another hospital nearby. Both hospitals aro on Fourth street, In tho north part of tho city. The alarm wns given quickly, but the firv burned off the roof and Injured most of the upper story of the hospital. The firemen rushed Into the building ns If there was not n partlclu of danger from the contagion nnd did their best to snve everything. When tho firemen broke In the door of tho hall they found tho fourteen smnllpox patients huddled In the hall, not knowing which way to turn. They rushed past the firemen Into the yard and covered them selves with such articles of clothing as they had gathered from the rooms as thoy went out. All were able to travel and some wero nearly well. They went In a bunch lo the yard of a small church nenrby, but later were gathered Into tents In tho yard of the hospital and were provided with some comforts. The city Is now engaged In building a smnllpox hospital on ground which was bought for that purposo twenty-eight years ugo and a hospital would have been com pleted long ngo but for the opposition of people who lived near to various sites that wero designated by the city council. The crowds that gathered about the smallpox hospital by the flro scattered quickly wheu the patients came out Into the streets. F.lstediiroil l Wimti'd. An cttorl Is being made to organize a Welsh singing society In Des Moines and to sccuiR tho nnmnil state eisteddfod of the nsFoclation. The next meeting Is to he In OttumwH In December. T. J. Phillips, late democratic candldnte for governor. Is presi dent of the. association nnd has always taken great Interest In Its meetings. The program of prizes has been prepared, show ing a larger number than usual, and the secretary of tho association, C. B. Rounds of Httemnn, repcrts that more entries have been mado this year than ever. Tho nnnual eisteddfod has come to be an Important institution In southern Iowa, where there nre many persons of Welsh descent. Would Co n ill-in ii Depot tiroiiiijlm. The Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad company hns made application to tho Stnte Board of Railroad Commissioners for au thority to condemn additional ground for a depot site In tho town of Clnrion. The purchase, of the road by the Great Western hns necessitated more depot ground and yards In that town. Articles of. Incorporation of the Neif Handlebar cinnpany of Webster City were filed with tho secretary of state today. The capital Is $V,000. Charles Close Is presi dent and C. F. Slmson Is secretary. Mint Director's Prosper It '. George E. Roberts, director of the United States mint, was in Des Moines today in consultation with architects In regard to plans for a tine brick block he Intends to build in Fort Dodge, his home, next season. One of tho matters decided at tho elec tion In Iowa was that of the location of tho county seat of Sioux county. Some time ngo a movement wns started to change the county scat from Orange City to Alton. The people of Alton put up a bond guaran teeing a gift of $23,000 If the county scat were moved. Tho people of Oranso City Immediately covered the proposal with an other thnt they would give $25,000 to the county ns soon ns a contract has been let for a new courthouse In their town. Tho vote resulted In favor of retaining the county sent at Orango City by C30 majority. Glucose I'rotltN Are l.nrKO. The largest of tho plants of tho glucose combine Is In Mnrshalltown. There has been some talk that owing to the high prlco of corn nnd the consequent teductlon of profits this or other plants would bo closed temporarily, but President Matthew-son of the glucose trust presents a quarterly statement which shows that tho trust made nhout $700,000 profit for the quarter ending October 31, The directors paid only a 1 per cent dividend on common otock, hut put tho remainder Into the reserve fund, and It Is supposed it will be used In making per manent Improvements. Tho smaller glucose factories that aro Independent arc said to havo Buffered severely from the high price of com and some ol them have been losing money. Xew t'ollene Picildent. Prof. J E. Conner has been elected presi dent of Ellsworth college nt Iowa Fallo, Prof. Conner Is a graduato of Iowa State university, class of 'Ul, and later took post graduate courses In tho east. For two jears he has been engaged at tho State uni versity In teaching special branches. The prtBldcniy of this college had been vacant some months. Fifty )cnr lu One Church, Rov Father Flavin of this city went to Muscatine today, whero ho and a large number of othor priests of the Catholto churon will Join In celebrating the anni versary which marks fifty years of service for Rov. Father Laurent In tho Catholic church at Muscatine. During all tho fifty years that Father Laurent has been In charge of the 'church In Muscatine he has filled nil the duties of pastor. Ho Is !n Eood l'talth. t.'ouKrntuliite Govcrnnr-Klcct. A. B. Cummins, governgr-elect, Is In to eclpt of congratulatory tolegrnmB from President itnoaevclt. Senator Bevtrldgo, J H. Manley. Governor VanSant. Senator Dur bin. Senator Hnnna, Secretary Wilson and many others n't national reputation and his opponent, T. J. Phillips, llo has also re ceived letter from a largo number con gratulatlng him on having received the largest plurality over given any candidate In Iowa for any office, cummins' piurniity Is now tot at nbout S7.000, which will he ns near as It can be estimated until tha otllclal cacvr.vs. STRAYING I0VVAN IS LOCATED GrurKc IImiimihiiij Waterloo dinner Who M tci lonilj Dliii'urcil, Is nt Minneapolis. WATERLOO, la., Nov. 7. (Special Tele gram.) George Hausmnn. a wealthy farmer who mysteriously dlsappearedjien days ngo, was found todav at Albert Lea, Minn Money will be fcent for his return. KMttEtt 8. 1001. IOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIIIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOII O "You May But never have seen a three-quarters plain or yoke back, In all colors, at An elegant walking coat, full length, of best kersey, half lined, at ON SA1.H FRIDAY A full line nf ladles' Jackets, 6 Inches long, usually sold for il;n C(! $12.t). at.. . I Ladles short Jacket, $2.00 1 $2.00 i-t,ii,ir.Mi' 1,1.,.- i,,'i i,,,r, r rm $1.25 Jackets, up SKIHTJ. A full line of walking skirts, made of best mnterlnl nnd latest styles, un ,.i.25 a run assortment or dress skirts witn flare or ilnunce, elegantly trimmed, valued from $6.50 to $S.S0, (Jj AU' our $3.(i0 skirts' QQ MILLINERY A fgll line of walking hnts, mado of good felt and trimmed with Persian silk, In all the leading styles, would he cheap nt $1.00... o A full line of trimmed and ready to wear hats, other stores sell at $2.50 , A full aisortment of trimmed hats thnt arc sold from $3.50 tn $5.00. our price o o o A full line of trimmed hnts that are sold up, our price o o o o o Ask for a Handsome Needle Case Given Free to Each Purchaser . . . FRIDAY AND SATURDAY . . . lOlOIOIOIOIOIQIOIOIIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOEIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOia BLOCKS IOWA ISR10CE WORK kinneapalii & St. Louia Raad Aika Injiic- tioi Afaiait Grtat Western. HOPES TO PROTECT ITS OWN YARDS Claims Hint the Slnple l.enf Line In HiitlilliiK Over lien Moines lllver Would Intrnile on Nelnh linr'a Premises. FOHT.DODC.E. Ia.. Nov. 7. (Special Tele- Kram.) Tho Minneapolis & St. Louis rail road today filed papers In an Injunction suit aKalnst tho Chicago Great Western railroad to prevent the construction of a new brldso ncrops tho Des Moines river valley which Is now being built. The bridge ns planned crosses the. Minneapolis & St. Louis yards and the rln'ntlff comynny claims that the construction of tho brldw.' would cause serious damage on account of the room required for the foundations of the piers, which. It Is estimated, will take 300 feet of yard room. The petition Is filed to nrevent the condemnation of property by the Mason City road, which hns already tnken steps to that end. The case will be argued Monday. Work on the bridge will be practically at a standstill until after tho injunction suit Is decided. GEORGE BRICKER AJQUITTED Three Weeks Trial ill Fort Dodge for KIIIIiik of Clnreucc fiulld Knits. FORT DODGE, la.. Nov. 7. (Special Tele- gram.) The trial of George Urlckcr for tho killing of Clarence Guild ended Wednes day night, when the Jury brought In a ver dict of acquittal. The trial has boen stub bornly fought and tho Issue was In doubt until the verdict was given. The case grew out of tha killing of O. A. Guild and son Clarence by George nnd Oliver Drlcker last June ns a result of a neighborhood feud over land. Oliver Drlcker confessed to the shoot ing and claimed self-defense, but Chnrles Guild, son of the murdered man, claimed that George Hrlcker did the shooting. The trial has lasted two weeks. Threo Indict ments remain against the Prickers. DEATH RECORD. General HnKnn of Mobile. MOBILE, Nov. 7. Oeneral Hagan died at his home here today, aged SO years. He wbb a Mexican war veteran, Joining Colonel Hay's Texas rangers and taking part In tho storming of Monterey. Later he was com missioned a captain in the Third dragoons nnd served under General Taylor. At the beginning of the civil war ho was commis sioned n captain nnd shortly after becamo a major In General Wirt Adams' regiment. After the battle of Shlloh he was made colonel of the Third Alabama cavalry. The last two years of the war he was a briga dier commander under General Wheeler. He was wounded three times and beforo the close of the war was promoted to the rank ot brigadier general. General Hagan was 'born in Ireland. Thoiuiia I". l.onerBiiu, Detective, NEW YOrtK. Nov. 7. Thomas E. Lonor gan, who wus well known ns a dctectlvo throughout the country, died today nt his homo In Brooklyn. Ho wns born in Illinois flfty-soven years ago and served throughout tho civil war In tho Ninetieth Illinois vol untcers, being mustered out with the rank of major. Going Into newspaper work, he was employed on tho New York Times, the Now York Sun, tho Chicago Times, the St. Louis OIoho-Democrnt and other papers, From newspaper work Mr. Lonergan went into the United States secret service and for many ycara was In charge of tho west ern division. John II. MicfTer, Ashland, ASHLAND, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.) John H. Shorter died this morning at his home In Greenwood, aged 70. He had been in falling health for a year. Tho day before his death he had returned from a trip to Kansas City to consult a specialist. He was able to go to bis barn, but nn falling to return a search was made nnd his lifeless body was found In tho ham. He was born In Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and came to Cass county, Nebraika, lu 1850, being ono of the earliest settlers of the Salt creek valley. lie leaves four children. Nelson Sheffer, a brother, and Mrs. Leonard K. Dell, a sister, reside In Ashland, Henry Hart of Now York, NEW YORK Nov. 7. Henry Hart, for merly of the Third Avenue railroad, died today at his residence In this city. Mr. Hart controlled tho Third Avenue streot railway system from tho days of horse cars up to two years ago, when he became In volved through his Inability to raise money to complete a plan to ibango tho systein from cabin tn electric. Hart ictalned a fair portion of a once large fortune, Theodore F. rintchell, PES MOINES, Nov. 7. Thfodorn F. Gat. chell, aged 56 years, secrotary and general mnnager of the Des Moines Fire Insurance company and vice president of the Mcr- Have Seen Better Days" S length Jacket, made of best kersey, lined with made g" "V A ladles' fine ker.ey Jarkel. plain or yoke bark, 38 Inches !plOvf long, lined with a guaranteed satin, UiG SaO In all shades, at ZpOaC v AMD SATURDAY l.AIM.. ladles' 2;.nch boticle "lores sell at 5.00, our capo, other ...$2.98 , price Capes ns above, SO Inches long, at en j. a long, at w. I A full line of cloth onpes, niade ot 1 irv" kcrpy' . $1.48 v. Allne'seal plush cape, made 40 Inches : long, quilted lining, trimmed with Bus- slnn fur, regular $lfi.C0 C(j QH 1 value, nt 'J 49c $1.29 $1.98 I nl ' - I ell. everywhere from $5.50 (tL Oft IjJis liil The Novelty 17 and 19 S. Main chants' nnd Hankers' Insurance company, dropped dead suddenly tonight. He came to Des Moines In 18S1 and wns prominently Identified with the business Interests of the city. .Mehnlao Hoffman, Mlonx I'nlls. SIOUX FALUS. S. P., Nov. 7. (Special.) Nicholas Hoffman, aged 64, died at the family residence In this city. Deceased was a pioneer of Sioux Falls, having lo cated here in tho spring of ISSI. He lenves A widow and seven children, all but ono being at his bedside when he. hrenthed his last. Captain Anderson, .Ninth Infantry. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. A cnblegram re ceived at the War department today from General Chaffeo at Manila announces the death from pneumonia of Captain Robert If. Anderson of the Ninth Infantry. Captain Anderson was appointed to the army lu 1884 from civil life, accredited to Georgia. K. W. Mlnshnll of Shnhert. STELLA. Neb.. Nov. 7. (Special.) E. W. Mlnshall, a former Stella merchant, but for the last eight years owner of the only hard ware and furniture business at Shubert, died last night. Mr. Mlnshnll had been In poor health for the last year and had recently disposed of his business Interests. Captain William tJrnnt, Allnnla. ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 7. Captain William Grant, probably the wealthiest man In At lanta, died today, aged 63. Ho owned two hirge ofllce buildings and other property In the business district hnd was Identified with several ftnancinl Institutions in tha state. William Chnmherlaln, Warden. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. William Chamberlain, warden of tho penitentiary at Jackson, Mich,, died of apoplexy In this city tonight. Mr. Chamberlain was on his way west to attend n convention nf prison wardens. Kate (ircennwny. LONDON, Nov. 8. Miss Knto Greenaway, artist, s dead, HYMENEAL Snliln-IOIir rsol. HEATRICE, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special Tele grain.) Cards are out announcing the com ing marriage of Miss Allco Carpenter Eber sol of Chicago to H. I). Habln of thla city. Tho ceremony will tako place at tho home of the bride Wednesday evening. Novembor 20. at 8 o'clock. After a brief wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Sabln will return to this city to reside. Mr. Sabln Is employed as a mall carrier hero. , Ogsr-Silvcy, GENEVA. Neb.. Nov. 7 (Special.) Hurt Ogg nnd Miss Mabel Splvey wero married at tho bride's parents' home last night. t'arneitle to llullil for Scots. LONDON. Nov. 7. It Is announced thnt Andrew Carneglo will glvo 100,000 to build and equip a technical college In north Scot land. Tho Institution will probably be lo cated at Grassele, Counties Roxburgh and Selkirk. Dohany Theater Saturday matinee and jilght. Nov 0 Davo II. Levi's big production, Uncle Josh Spruceby Twenty People! "Hayseed" Hand! Grand Operatic Orchestrn! 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