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THE OMAHA DAILY JEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1001.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
Sll.VOIt MUNTIO.V
Davis sells drugs
Btocktrt sells carpets and rugs.
Metz beer nt Neimaycr's hotel.
Drs. Green, otllce S03 Sipp block.
Welsbach burners. Ulxby & Son.
Wollman. scientific optician. 153 uroadway.
Dr. Stephenson, Ualdwln block. Elevator.
K. r. Jones has gone to Chicago to visit
during the holidays,
Missouri oak body wood. J5.60 cord. rn.
Welch, 23 N. Malp st. Tel. 123.
i:. V. Woodrlng Is spending tho holidays
lylth relutlvos and friends In Des Moines.
JTIss Isiilicllo Campbell left yesterday for
six weeks' visit with relatives in Grls
wold, In.
Mrs. Fred W. Johnson of Cody, Wyo., Is
In the city for the holidays, visiting her
HirentH.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. Elklns 'of Huwllns, Wyo.,
arc visiting friends In this city for tho
holidays.
Dr. Charlotte Denmnn Is visiting her
Sarcnts In Sioux Kails, S. D., during tho
ollduyn.
Miss Cnsttol of the High school faculty
lias gono to Davenport, Ja., to spend tho
holiday.
1'lcturos, vases and statuary for Christ
mas shoppers. C. H. Alexander & Co.,
IX) Uroadway.
To keep our hubby home nights get him
portable billiard and pool tnble at I'etcr
leu A Schocnlug's.
Judgi; Ayltsworth has ordered the Jury
for tho December term of the superior
Juurt to report today.
City Treasurer Frank True and wife aro
Uniting during the Christmas holidays with
jrlcnd In Ashland, Neb.
MIib Mary D. Wallace, of the Hamburg
High school faculty Is visiting tor the
holidays In Council llluffs.
Louis K. Campbell and Charlotto K.
Hrown, both ot this city, were married
yesterday by Justice ltryant.
Attorney D. Stuart Is spending tho holl
'lays with his parents, Itcv. mid Mrs. T.
MclC. Stuart of Hurluii. la.
Mrs. llobcrt Mullls has been called to
Hudson, Mich., by the serious Illness of
her mother, Mrs. Lena Killlnger.
Mrs. I'.iul C Aylesworth and children
ru visiting for tnu holidays with Mrs.
Aylesworth s parents In Denlson, la,
Miss Shirley Monro of First uvenuo Is
home for the holidays from Stanley Hall,
Minneapolis, where stie Is attending school.
Miss Frances Wright of the kindergarten
faculty lett yesterday to spend the Christ
mas holidays n It li friends In Lodgepolc,
Nob.
Congressman Walter I. Smith will leave
for Washington January 2. He will bo ac
companied by Uobert Henderson, his pri
vate secretary.
The llnrst gifts you can jnako Is In fur
niture. See thw extensive line carried by
I'otersen & Schocnlng, Mcrrlam block,
'i'hey can please you.
II. O. Nichols, general manager of tho
Citizens' Uus and Klcetrlc Light company.
Is here from Heaver Darn, is., to spend
the Christmas holidays.
Mr. nnd Mrs, A. Motzgcr nnd son Ralph
aro home from a three months' European
trip, during which they visited Germany,
Franco nnd the Netherlands.
Members of lodges SIS and M5, Hankers"
Union of the World, will meet this even
ing In Marcus" hall to elect olllccrs and
transact other Important business.
David C. Marleno of Nuekolls county, Ne
braska, and Miss ISIms J. Keltner or Dill
his county, Iowa, wero married Tuesday
evening In this city by Justice Ferrler.
.Mrs. Clarence 11. Judson of Minneapolis
and Miss Mamo DnVnl of Chicago are
spondlng Christinas with their parents. Mr.
nnd Mrs. 1'. C. DbVol of Willow nvenun.
Mrs. L. T. Hrldenstcln of Tenth avenue
lias received word of the death of her
mother, Mrs, Klnslnger, at 1'axton, I'n.,
Monday atternoon at the advanced agu of
W years.
Mrs. Frank P. Hradley and son Darwin
have gono to Chicago for the holidays,
where they will bo Joined by Mr. Bradley,
who hap been on his ranch In Kansas tor
several Weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas of lied Onk
were In tho city yesterday visiting. Mrs.
Thoinns' mother, Mrs. H. I'. Hlsbee of East
Uroadway, aifcconipnnlcd them home and
will remain during the winter with them,
Council llluffs aerie, Fraternal Order of
Katies, will celebrate Its llrst anniversary
'tonight with a banquet In Hoyal Arcanum
hall. An excellent program of toasts nnd
speeches In addition to a splendid menu
will be served.
N. V. Plumbing Co.. telephone 250.
Still TiiIUIiik IliMllstrletliiir,
Tho proposal to redtstrlct tho congres
sional districts of Iowa Is still being talked
up with nioro or lees persistency In Des
Moines by the politicians, 'and tho several
plans suggested all tako I'ottawattnmle
county out of tho Ninth district and place
It In tho Eighth. Tho latest plan for tho
redisricting has been suggested by W. 0.
Payno of Nevada, Ja., and Is ns follows;
First District Davis, Des Moines. JcYfer
non, I.ee, Van Uuren, Wapello, Washington
counties. Population, 20I,f5.
Second District Cedar. Clinton, Jackson,
Jones. Louisa. Muscatine, Scott counties.
Population, 'J02.0SR.
Third District Henton, Ulnckhnwk, Hu
rhauan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn' counties.
Population. 2Cli,!iS3.
Fourth District Allamakee. Ilremcr, Hut
lnr, Chlcknsaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd,
Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek. Worth
counties. Population, 200.40.1.
Fifth District Hoone, Calhoun, Frnnklln,
Cirundy. Hamilton, Hnrdln, Humboldt,
Story, Webster, Wright counties. Popula
tion, ira.cto.
Sixth District Iowa. Jasper, Johnson,
Keokuk, Mnhaska, Marshall, Poweshiek,
Tama counties. Population, '.til, 579.
Seventh District Appanoose, Lurns,
Murlon, Monroe, Polk, Warren, Wayne
counties. Population, 2tll,6S8.
Eighth District Adams, Decatur, Fre
mont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawat
tamie. Hlnggold, Taylor counties. Popula
tion. 197.4BI.
Ninth District Adams, Audubon. Cass,
Clarke, Dalian. (Ireene, Uuthrln, Harrison,
Madison. Shelby, Union counties. Popula
tion, 204,30t.
Tenth District tluena Vista, Carroll,
Cherokee, Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plym
outh, Sae, Woodbury counties, Population,
Jijn.ail.
Eleventh Dlstrlct-Ccrro Oordo. flay,
Dickinson. Emmet. Hnnrock, Kossuth,
Lyon, O'llrlen, Osceola, Palo Alto, Poca
hontas, Sioux Winnebago counties, Popu
lation. 193,1M.
Pottawattamie's representatives In tho
general assembly will oppoeo any plan for
redisricting that will cut this county out
of tho Ninth dlsrtlct. The proposal will,
It Is believed, bring on a bitter fight In both
houses hen the general assombly meets
In January, as It Is expected that somo plan
to redtstrlct will bo pushed for all It Is
, worth by cortaln politicians who have nB
ptratlons pointing to Washington, dnd their
friends.
Tho proposal to transfer Pottnwattnmle
county to tho Eighth district Is looked upon
with alarm by tho republicans of this soc-
lion ot tho stato and especially In Council
llluffs and vicinity, as It Is regarded ns a
direct blow against Congressman Walter I.
Smith, who In tho short time ho has repro
sented the Ninth district In congress has
already made a mark.
Gravel roofing. A. II. Head. 641 Broadway.
Marriage Licenses. ,
Llccnsss to wed were Issued yestorday to
tho following:
Name and llesldonee. Aro
E. It. Ilavmor. Johnstown. Pa 23
Estnllo K. Little, Council Muffs 25
&outs F. Campbell, Council muffs 23
harlotto E. Hrown, Council Hluits is
DavU sells glaai.'
Davis sells paint.
LEWIS CUTLER
Funeral Director
uneral Director
itfucctaaor to W.lc. ttatto)
FARM LOANS 6oS
Negotiated tn Eajttsrn Mibrtaatt,
W Main St. CouboU BluSa.
BLUFFS.
ALL ENJOY CHRISTMAS DAY
Rich and Ptr Alike Bhiw the PliMuru ol
Ynlitid..
EXERCISES AT CHURCH AND THEATER
)IIm Llitnle Hleke,-, Winner of Iter
Content Prize Entertains Friends
In Opera. House llnx
Pitrty.
A very quiet ChrlBtmas day was the gen
eral verdict In Council Hluffs and this waB
due In a great part to the unseasonable
weather. Everybody appeared to bo enjoy
ing the day ns one of rest after tho busy
ones preceding. Christmas trade was 'ex
ceptionally good this year and tho stores
did n rushing business, especially on Mon
day and Tuesday.
While It was a quiet Christmas It was ob
served in about tho usual manner. In tho
morning the services In tho churches were
npll attended. There was the luual number
of family gatherings
At the First Haptlst, Swedish Emanuel.
Lutheran and letter Day Saints' churches
tho children of tho Sunday schools held
sway In the evening, being mado happy
with Christmas trees nnd other entertain
rccnts. Tho Salvation Arnly rnrcd for the poor
nnd served dlnnor to about 300 persons at
Its barracks an Uroadway. The members
of tho corps also carried dinners to many a
poor home In the city.
Tho prisoners In tho city and county jails
wero not forgotten and they ate turkey and
other delicacies.
"For Lovo's Sake," with the Misses Mabel
and Ethel Strickland In tho lending roles,
attracted an audience at tho Dohany opera
house, which was filled to thu doors.
Miss Lizzie Hlckoy, tho successful con
testant In Tho llco's contest for the most
popular working girl In Council Bluffs, oc
cuplod a box. Her guests for the occasion
wero Mr. and Mrs. Wollman and Mrs. C.
H, Stepban. Tho box was beautifully draped
with the national colors and set off with
colored electric lights.
Tho Sunday school of St. John's English
Lutheran church will have Its annual
Christmas entcrtalnmont this cvonlng, when
n flno program of Christmas music nnd
recitations will be given. Miss Elizabeth
Patton Weldensnll of Omaha nnd tho
Messrs. Chrlstofferson of this city will fur
nish a number of selections on the violin.
Santa Clans will be present with a load of
good things for tho young folks.
The girls of the Industrial school will
have their annual Christmas entertainment
Saturday afternoon In tho DoLong mission
on East Uroadway. There will bo a splen
did program for tho llttlo women nnd thov
will he made happy with gifts of fruit.
candy nnd other good things, riov, Henry
DcLong will call 'for Christmas trees at
nny, place whero their owners aro through
with them.
Dny Hell I lid the Itnrs.
Even Fcgley, who was commlttod to the
county Jail by Justlqo Uryant to Bervo out
n suspended Bcntcnco for drunkenness,
apent Christmas day behind tho bars and
his prospects for remaining there tho
greater part of thu winter are very promis
ing. Today ho will appear beforo Justlco
Dryant to have a hearing on a charge of
drunkenness preferred against him by his
wlfo several weeks ago. When that caso Is
dUpcscd of ho will bo called upon to face a
charge of resisting an officer. When placed
under arrest Fegley put tip a fight and
kicked Constable Albert! In a tender por
tion of his anatomy.
Joseph L. Ulche, dealer In second hand
goods nt First street and Droadwny, spent
Christmas day behind tho bars In tho city
Jail. He was arrested at his home, 35t
Scott street, "in tho morning by Officers
Weir nnd Slack, who experienced consid
erable difficulty In inducing him to accom
pany them to jail. Ills arrest was made
on complaint of his wife, who fenred that
he would Injure her or her children.
Mrs. Itlcho snld her husband had been
drinking hard for two days and celebrated
Christmas eve by driving his family out of
the house at tho point of a revolver. When
he went to sleep Mrs. Itlcho nnd the chil
dren returned to tho house, only to bo driven
out again yesterday morning, Hlche threat
ening to shoot any or all ojf them If they
dared enter tho house again. Neighbors
who interfered to protect Mrs. Rlche and
tho children wero nlso threatened, It 1b
said. In securing the arrest of hor hus
band Mrs. Rlcho asked that ho bo kept In
Jail until ho sobered up, ns sho feared he
would carry out his threats.
When the officers wont to the houso Rlcho
resisted arrest nnd flourished his revolver.
Ho was, howovcr, quickly, overpowered and
tho gun taken from hlni,
Wnltlnir for 111m Clothes.
John Haley, claiming to bo a returned
Bbldler from the Philippines, who wns ar
rested Tuesday night at tho Hock Island
depot aftor being put off a passenger train,
will be released ns soon as tho authorities
can procuro some clothing for him.
When arrested Haloy was clad only In an
undervest and uniform trousers, lie said
that his blouse, which was missing, con
tained his pocketbook, tn which were his
dlscbnrgo from tho Fifth Infantry, his
ticket from San Francisco to Boston, an ex
press money order for J50 and $10 In cash.
As fur as could be learned Haley left the
train while at the local depot to get a drink
and when tho train was pulling out ran
after it, managing to climb on tho cud steps
of tho rear Pullman car. He was next seen
walking towards tho depot from the yards
with his face bruised and bleeding and
drcrocd only In hla blouse and trousers. Ho
said he had trouble with two colored por
ters. It U supposed ho attempted to walk
through tho sleeping car and a fight be
tween htm and the porters ensued, result
ing In his being put off the car. In the
struggle It Is supposed his Blouso was torn
from him.
Haley had not sufficiently Bobcred up yes
terday to give a very clear account ot tho
trouble which led to his strange behavior
at tho depot and subsequent arrest. Patrol
Driver James, who arrested Haley, had a
hard fight with Haley before ho could get
him Into tho wagon.
Hue f.ir IiiNiiruncr.
Mrs. Hettlo Drltton ot this city has
brought suit In tho district court against
the Royal Ilrothorhood of America to com
pel It to levy an assessment for tho death
of hor daughter, Una Olee Urltton. The
daughter was a member of tho order nnd
took out nn insurance policy July. 11, P.tOO,
Sho died November 17, tho samo year, and
It Is Inferred from the petition llled that
tho order has failed to levy the assess
ment to pay thu death benefit.
Mrs, Brltton was named as beneficiary In
tho event ot her daughter's death and the
policy of Insurance requires the order which
la a mutual organization with headquarter!
In Des Moines to levy nn assessment, the ,
total of which was not to oxcocd 1,000.
The petition asks that an order bo Issued
by the court requiring tho defendant or
ganization to at onco levy tho necessary
assortment on all members In good stand
ing at the time of Miss Urltton's death.
It states also that the proofs of Miss Urlt
ton's death were duly forwarded to tho
officers of the order tn Dos Moines.
The reason for tho order declining to .pay
the death benefit is not stated in the pe
tition. Act nn Proponed Ilrldne.
Tho city council will meet this afternoon
fit 2:30 o'clock to take action In tho mat
ter of tho proposed bridge across Indian
creek nt the junction of North Main nnd
Mynstcr streets. City Engineer Etnyro Is
expected to have his plans for the proposed
structure and his estimate of tho cost ready
for the aldermen by that time It Is ex
pected that tho contract for the brldgo
will ho nwarded this afternoon, as It Is
believed a better prlco can be secured now
than next year, when tho cost of lumber or
bridge Iron is likely to take an upward
rise.
HOLDS ANNUAL CONVOCATION
lilstedilefod Axuoelnt Ion llim n Sne
oessfut MeetlliK of .State
Clntm.
OTTUMWA, In., Dec. 25. Tho second an
nual convocation of tho Elstcddefod asso
ciation of Iowa began at tho Grand opera
houso In this city today. I'tostdcnt T. J.
Phillips, late candldnto for governor on the
democratic ticket, called the meeting to
order. John P. Rceso, district president of
tho United Mine Workers of America was
conductor for tho day. Tho convocation
was tho most successful ever held. Largo
audiences wero present nt the morning,
afternoon nnd night sessions.
Tho competition for the various ovcuts
has been very spirited! Especially the com
petition for tho gleo choir prize of $40 for
sixty voices at tho afternoon session. This
was won by Ottumwa chorus over Williams
burg Olee club by 1 point.
Ovir $1,000 wns given nway In prizes.
Three cities competed In nearly nil events,
while four others participated. Choirs of
sixty voices were present from Ottumwa,
Wllilamtburg and Hcacon. Tho chief In
terest nt tho night session wnn tho chornl
competition for sixty voices, In which choirs
from Ottumwa and Williamsburg contested
for a prlzo of $100 and a medal nnd $25 to
the conductor.
Ottumwa led by Mrs. Frances Clark win
ning the chorus prize. Next year's Els
teddeford will probably go to Des Moines,
where several hundred dollars and tho Au
ditorium aro offered.
EVANGELIST JJNDER ARREST
Popular 1'rene.lier Aeuuaeil nf DefncliiK
Cnrn ivltli HU Poekct
k ii I re.
BURLINGTON, la., Dec. 25. (Special.)
W. II.. Illlf, a woll known, nnd highly re-'
spected Methodist evangelist, of Hamilton,
111., Is under arrest hero on tho charge ot
mutilating a number of Burlington rail
road coaches by splitting the panels wlth
his knife. Mr. Illlf denies that ho Is guilty.
It Is believed Illlf committed tho vandalism
whllo Intoxicated.
IUIt's friends In Hamilton aro amazed
at his arrest. A number hnvo offered to
vouch for him. The evangelist Is known
all through this part of the country among
Methodist ministers and possesses a high
reputation. Ills friends say ho has ncvor
been known to drink, and cannot account
for the affair. Several hollovo there Is
somo mistake, but tho authorities claim
as conclusive evidence ot his guilt the fact
that on ono ot tbo mutilated cars Is his
namo carved In rough kntto strokes.
STABS COLORED FOE IN NECK
You ii K Farmer II en I Illmv with
Knife T linn u lit to Ho
I'ntnl.
CARSON, In., Dec. 23. (Special.) Caslus
Church, a young farmer living near this
place, stabbed A. Field, commonly known
an "Ginger" Field, colored, in tho neck
with a pockctknlfo this afternoon, sever
ing a vein nnd probably Inflicting n fatal
wound. Tho two men engaged In a light
over tho jtosscssion of 36 cents, nnd Field,
It ! said, struck Churcii twice' with his
fists beforo the blow with tho weapon was
dealt by Church. The affair occurred In a
bowllifg alley.
Church gave bond In the sum of $500 Bnd
his preliminary hearing wus set for to
morrow.
TOP OF HEADJS TORN OFF
.Inmea I.niiKlilln In Hun Over ! llnll-
rund Trnln anil Is
Killed.
SHENANDOAH, In., Doc. 25. (Special
Tolqgrara.) James Laughlln of Coin was
run over and killed last ovcnlng at 7:45 by
tho Wabash train one-half mile north of
the Coin depot. Tbo top of his head was
torn completely off. Laughlln was about
60 years old. He has no relatives living
In this vicinity. He wns a laborer and It
is thought that ho was under the influence
of liquor when killed.
Surprised Tlirlr Friend.
MENLO, la., Dec. 25. (Spoclol.) John
Wilson and Gertrude Culbertson, a promi
nent young couple of this place, wero mar
ried last night nt Valley Junction. Miss
Culbertson went to Valley Junction tho
day beforo ostensibly to spend the holidays
with friends and relatives. Mr. Wilson wont
east yesterday, and It was supposed that
ho was to spend Christmas at Des Moines
with his father, who Is a bill clork at tho
stato legislature. Tho young couplo re
turned this morning on an early train, nnd
gavo the first news of tholr wedding,' which
was a surprise to their friends. A largo
recoptlon nnd Christmas dinner was given
them this afternoon nt tho Wilson homo.
GIVES , CREDIT TO RUSSIA
Continental Tapers Are Chanced by
Knicllsh with VsurpInK
, Claims.
. LONDON, Dec. 26, Tho Times tHls morn
lug publishes nn editorial nrtlclo on thu
pretonslons of continental newspapers that
it was Russia, not England, that preventod
European intervention in tho Hlspnno
American war. Tho Times thlnkB that tho
moment has arrived for tho production of
documentary ovldenco regarding tho atti
tude of Grent Britain on that occasion, "In
order to nip In tho bud the growth of nn
Ingenious legend ot a kind from which we
have suffered before now,"
Iown Mull FnlHllj' Injured.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 25. A man supposed
to bo Troy Nicholson of Dca Moines fell
from tho "L" road viaduct at tho Union
station Inst night and was probably fatally
Injured. Ho fell on his face, which wns cut
In a terrtbla manner, and his right leg was
broken at the knte.
WILL TRY FOR RE-ELECTION
Judgt IfoVej Will Tik. Hii O&th f OfEot
at Onct.
GIVES OUT STATEMENT OF HIS PLANS
Consented to Appointment with l'ei-1-Iiikt
Hint He Would He lie
turned to llenoli ly
Voters.
(Fiom n Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Dec. 25. (Special.) A. II.
McVey, who has Just been appointed n dls;
trlct Judgo by Governor Shaw, to take tho
plnco on tho bench mado vacant by the
death of Judge Conrad, today nnnounccd
that ho would take tho 'oath ot office Imme
diately nnd enter upon his duties at once.
Ho has also made tho announcement to his
friends tbnt ho will be a candidate for tho
republican nomination for Judgo during tho
coming year and seek election for a full
term, to succeed the short term he will
now nil out. Ho says that ho would not
havu consented to becomo n Judgo for onu
year nnd give up his law practice without
expectation that ho would bo elected for
n full term following.
This means n hard fight nt tho primaries
for tho nomination.
There aro four Judges of thu court and
they all live In West Des Moines. Heretofore-
nt least ono ot tho Judges has always
resided tn East Des Moines nnd tho lata
Judgo Conrad lived on tho ensttsldv. Tho
selection of McVey placed all thu judges
In a bunch and It will make It certain
tbnt somo of thorn will go down to defeat.
ChrlNtmiiN Murder.
ChnrlcR Johnson, bartender nt a saloon
on East Fifth nnd Court nvenue, died this
morning at thu hospital, tho victim ot n
drunkon quarrel In his saloon late last
night. A number ot men who had been
drinking engaged In a fight nnil Johnson
Interfered ns peaccrankor. He wns stabbed
with a knlfo Just below tho heart nnd otlior
wlso cut. Ho died at tho hospital this
morning.
William Smith Is under arrest for tho
crime. Smith Is out on rnrolo and had been
nerving a sentenco for burglary, for which
ho wns convicted several years ago. He
was In an nffray somo years ago In which
ho camo near being killed nnd lay nt a
hospital several weeks nt tho point of
death.
College endowment.
A young college In Iown which has Juet
mado a substantial start toward an endow
ment Is Palmer college, loented at Lo
Grnndo, on thn lino between Mnrshnll nnd
Tama counties. Somo time ngo tho trus
tees started out to rnlso an endowment
fund of $50,000 nnd succeeded In securing
pledges for $20,000. A committee consisting
of A. F. Lynn nnd J. F, Hrntt went to New
York and consulted F. A. Palmer, nfter
whom tho collego wns nnmcd, and ho hns
Just consented to glvo $30,000 to tho endow
ment fund making tho $50,000 desired. Tho
collego has been engaged in school work
but n fow years and hns never been recog
nized as ono tho standard colleges of tho
state.
ItecommenilH Cnmplet Ihk IlulldlnR.
Tho biennial report of Stnte Librarian
Johnson Brlghnm, Died with tho govornor,
makes rocommondntlon that tho legislature
expend $300,000 in thu completion of tho
Iowa historical building, a part of which
1b now completed nnd occupied by the hls
torlcnl museum nnd library. It Is tho In
tention to make tho building sufficiently
largo to nccommodato tho entire state
library with tho exception of tho law books.
Tho historical books are now housed In tho
historical building nnd tho stnto has n fine
collection of newspapers and documents. It
Is expected tho legislature will mako pro
vision for doing nt least n portion of tho
work loft to bo dotio on the building.
Youthful Thieves.
Tho police hnvo In custody two children,
a boy nnd n girl, ! nnd 16 years old re
spectively ,who nro accused of pocket pick
ing. They live with their mother In a
shanty In the downtown district nnd havo
been allowed to go without restraint. A
few days ago they wore arrested for al
leged theft of somo Junk which they wero
snld to havo sold to n dealer, but as there
was no cvldenco ngalnst them they were
released. Yesterday It was learned that
thoy had boon seon In somo of tho largo
stores and that some pockctbooks had been
stolen. The police succeeded In nrrestlng
tho children nbout 1 o'clock this morning.
They had taken threo or four pockctbooks
nnd had got lu all about $16 In cash. They
had thrown tho pockctbooks away and
bought a cheap one. Then they started out
to buy Christmas toys. They had bought n
small wagon and hod loaded It up with play
things nnd wero going homo when caught
at 1 o'clock In tho morning. Thoy had $10
left and each ono says tho other did tho
stealing.
ComliiK lo Teachers' MeelhiH'.
Tho advance guard of tho teachers who
will attend tho meeting of tho Stnto Teach
ers' association has nrrlvcd tn tho city, a
number of; the loading educators being here.
Tho business mooting of tho Iowa Educa
tional council will bo held tomorrow even
ing nnd tho general mooting of tho council
tho next day, which marks thobeglnnlng of
the association meetings. It Is believed, In
vlow of the certainty of pleasant weather,
that there will be an unusuall; largo at
tendance thlH year.
CALLED TO DOOR AND KILLED
Crowd of Men Ask lo See Minister
mill Then Nhoot
Hint.
PARIS, Tex., Dec. 25. Rev. J. H. Mc
Cllnton, living near Deport, was callod to
his door nt an early hour this morning and
shot to death by a crowd of men. Ho
claimed to havo recognized some of them
and gavo their nnraes to officers beforo
dying.
Queen Alexnmlrn Iteenvers,
LONDON, Dec. 25. Quoen Alexandra Is
making excellent progress toward recovery,
but will not be ablo to be out for a few
days.
.InqulN Henry Foiuiulrr Dent,
PARIS, Dec. 25.-Jnquls Henry Fouquler,
the publicist nnd former member of the
Chnmber of Deputies Is dead. Ho wns born
Septembor 1, 1838.
loekey Lester HelfT Murrlrn,
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 25-Mlss Fannie
Howell nnd Jockey lister Helrf weru mar
rled yesterday evening nt the homo of
Dr. nnd .Mrs, H. E. Howell, In Golden
Gate. 'rho dato of tho marriage jiad been
kept n secret and only a few relatives
wern present nt tho ceremony.
Chnrlen ,M, Nchmili Nails for Europe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Chnrles M.
Schwab, president of tho United States
Steel corporation, will sail for Europe to
morrow on La Savoye of the French line.
Ho will be nceompanl-Jd by Mrs. Schwab
and has planned to remain abroad for two
months,
MAKES Till: CHt'llCH PAY
This GeorKlnn Is .Seeond to o Vnnkee
In Thrift.
"I havo heard how thrifty the YM.kces
arc," remarked the man who gpes nbout
from place to place, "but tho thriftiest mnn
I over camo across lived consldcrnbly south
of Mason nnd Dixon's line. As far south,
In fact, ns Georgia. He was n farmer In
tho poor part of that state though Geor
gians may say there aro no poor pnrts in
their great and glorious slate and, tinllko
most ot his neighbors, ho had a little money
nhead. Not a great deal, perhaps, but
enough to nllow him some swing If anything
turned up worth considering. Ono of the
sore needs of tho community was n church
building, but for mnny yenrs they had not
seen their way cloir to tho erection of
one. There wero people enough In tho
neighborhood to havo put up a house, but
there wero denominational differences, and
thoy could not unite, and unless thoy did
no one denomlnntlon could raise enough
for the purpose. Thus tho caso stood for a
long, long time, services being held In tho
woods In nummcr nnd In the cabins In
winter.
"Now, It happened that tho thrifty man
wns not n member of any church, so that
he could look upon the matter dispassion
ately, and he did. Hu mado a calculation
or two, nnd Anally concluded he would tnko
n business risk nnd build a church of his
own. He got n few assurances from tho
Methodists nnd Baptists, but they wore not
very encouraging. Ho knew, however, that
tho, human kind Is slow to catch on, espe
cially to the unseen and unknown, and ho
took long chances and went nhead with his
proposition.
"He found that ho could put up a very
good building, for tho ptirposo for $300,
which would cover the cost of n stovo to
keep It warm, and a cupola with n small bell
In It. Ho picked out a favorable site In n
grovo near tho road on his farm, nnd before
Thanksgiving ho hnd his houso ready for
occupancy. Ho opened It on that day with
an all-day service. Inviting thu Crackers for
miles around to'como nnd bring their bas
kets. Thoy weren't much on Thanksgiving,
ns a rule, but this was a new departure, and
they wero there lu force, regardless of do
nomination. Tho Methodist nnd Baptist
preachers delivered sermons In tho morning
nnd thero wns a union meeting of all de
nominations nfter dinner, which was handed
around to thu people. In their scats by tho
sisters. It was a day of thanks nnd re
joicing nnd everybody went home feeling
good and very hnppy that thero wns n real
church houso In their midst.
"Before the next Sunday tho thrifty man
wns visited by tho Methodist brethren to
know If they could use the building on that
day. The thrifty man said they could;
prlco for the dny, $5; they to furnish heat
nnd light. Tho terms were nccepted nfter
somo. haggling and tho next Sunday was n
great one for Cracker .Methodism. The
next Sunday tho Baptists, determined not
to bo outdone, had tho church at tho same
figures, nnd there wns a big time. Then
enmo the Episcopalians for n Sunday, and
then ono or two scattering, and It wns
time ngaln for tho Methodists, who wero
Just ns game as over. In tho meantime, to
show ho meant well, tho thrifty man offered
tho church frco for an hour and n halt
every Sunday morning for the holding ot
a union Sunday school for tho children
This was n boon and pleased tho thrifty
man mightily. And so It kept up, with
services every Sunday by somo denomlna
tlon or other nt a prlco that they could
pay and no church dobt, nn.. nt tho end
of tho year tho owner mado a calculation,
nnd discovered that his Investment had
paid 60 per cent net. '
"When I henrd of It last," continuod tbo
traveler, according to tho Detroit Free
Press, "tho church was still paying at that
rate, nnd the thrifty man had got his money
back and was $1,000 ahead of tho deal."
MAKING MOXKY WITHOUT WOItK.
Ancient Precedents for -Modern Skin
Gil men.
Every little whllo somo locality or somo
country, or even the whole civilized world,
Is excited by tho news thnt some clever
mnn or cllquo of men, hnvlng determined
io piay lor nign siiikoh nnd to get rich
fast. Is endeavoring to "corner" some com
modity: that nbsolute control of It Is
HOIlcht With li view tn iitiHIni- 11,1 l,n
price, and almost Instantly a crazo for
it'i:ui,t null UU1!1H.
Almost from tho beginning of time, says
Collier's Weekly, thero have been "cor
ners" or speculative crazes of one kind or
another. Joseph run onu In thu. days of
Phnroah, although not with tho samo mo
tlvo thnt hns actuated others slneo then.
Joseph's "corner" was In corn and ho spent
seven years accumulating the stock that
proved so useful to him when tho time of
famine came. Hut his motive was humani
tarian rather than mercenary; ho had no
deslro to put up the price, but only to pro
vide sustenance for thoso In. his chnrgo.
Still, ns "all Egypt" hnd to go to him for
corn finally, the venture certainly comes
under tho general classification.
When tho people or Holland beenmn In
terested In tulips It was different. Still, the
craze reached such proportions that In 1531
thoy were quoted on the Amsterdam ex
change and reitular sneculntive mnr-w.iu
,wero provided for them In other cities.
i' or more man two yenrs tho people of
Holland lived In an ntmosphere of fictitious
wealth. Every ono who had tulips was
accounted rich nnd nnparently nearly every
ono had tulips, So long ns nil wanted to
buy values were sustulncd. but In course
of tlmu It became nucrssnry for muny to
sell In order to live nnd others decided
thnt thoy. wero rich onough In bulbs. As a
natural result prices tumbled, fortunes dis
appeared, men weru ruined In a night or
even nn hour, nnd well, It took Amsterdnm
a good ninny yeirs to recover from tho
shock of tho bursting of the tulip bulb
boom.
In this country, nbout 1826. peoplo became
practically Insane over mulberry trees. The
silkworm was supposed to hnvo n fondness
for mulberry leavus nnd tho Idea bernmo
prevnlent that If a mnn only had enough
mulberry trees of a certain variety tho Mlk
worms would do tho rest. A Hnltlmoro
man Imported somo of tho trees from
Franco nnd begnn soiling slips from them.
That was tho beginning. Everybody had to
have slips, If ho couldn't afford to buv
nnd transplant tho trees themsolves, nnd
from ono end of tho country to tho other
women began planning for new silk gowns
nnd men for a life nf Independent ease
whllo tho silkworms worked.
This was not as disastrous ns tho tulip
bulb craze of Holland, but somo Idea of
Uio nmount of money thnt was wasted may
bo gained from tho fact that JSU.Odo wns
realized from one miction snlo of slips nnd
trees nt Oermnntown, Pa., In is.tfi. Nursery
men everywhere did n wonderfully profit
able business, hut most of them Invested
tho money In moro trees from France, so
that when the crash came they wero In no
bettor bhnpe thnn their customers.
MAN IN WOMAN'S CLOTHES.
Did the Stunt In nostoii for Thirty
Yen rs.
The fact that Arthur L. Carver of North
Haven, Me., has paraded for thirty years
as n woman under tho name of Lillian G.
Cnrvor was revealed In Boston last week.
"Miss" Carver for many years concluded a
enndy store nnd barber shop. The shop
was a popular resort for tho village, gos
sips nnd enjoyed n prosperous business.
A statement signed by Carver, by his
father and mother and by Rev. Lyman It,
Swett. pastor of the Hlaney Memorial Ilnp
tlst church of Boston, betrayed Curver's
true box.
Pastor Swott gavo nut the full story nf
Carver's queer life. It was In part as fnl
lows: "I llrst became acquainted with
Carver through onr, of our church mission
aries, Miss Alma Edwards, who converted
Carver while conducting services In North
Haven, Me, Her convert heenmo greatly
Interested In her nnd experienced a deep
religious feeling.
"Miss Edwards was taken Into Carver's
confidence. She advised him to mako a
clean brenst of tho whole affair. This ho
hesitated to do nt first, He had long black,
mther coarse, hair nnd looked like a
masculine wnmnn, Tho hnlr was nut last
fall m mi 'fashion and petticoats wero
changed for pantaloons Ho then loft
licmo and ohtalned a position as a hotei
clfrk In a Mulno town.
"Ono evening an old acquaintance came
Into the hotel, scrutinized the clerk and
nked him If his namo wns not Carver nnd
If he did not come from North Haven.
Carver was III at ease, lut finally he mus
tered up courage and, looking the man full
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In tho faco, replied that ho must bo mis
token, that his namo was not Carver and
thnt tho only Haven ho over was In wus
Now Haven, Confi. Quito sum of Ijls
ground, however. Carver's accuser threat
ened to expose him with tho remark,
'We'll tlx you.'
Tho next morning 1m wns missing from
tho Malno town. Ho went to Boston In
sturch of work nnd, us hu told mo, to begin
life again.
"Ho told mo that his parents had brought
htm up na n girl nnd that when ho realized
tho truo condition of uffalrs he feared It
w-as : too lato to change his dress und niodo
of life,
"When ho reached tho nge of 21 he said
ho had .resolved to make known his sox,
buti ho experienced groat remorse, became
somewhat demoralized and took to drink
ing heavily. Since then, be mini. In, ,.,,!
iultu resolved on chunglng his mode of llfo
iiiiii ure. jio icu mat It tno authorities
know that ho was masquerading In tho
garb of n woman he would bo sont to
prison.
"I ndvlscd him to go bnck to his nntlvo
plnco and make n truo statement to tho
public about himself, even If lio'hud to go
to stato prison for It nnd bring dlsgraco iin
his parents.
"Carver seemed to think more of the ter
rible consenuences to IiIm mimnii i )..,,, ,v...
troublo nn expose of his caso would causo
him. I would not say thnt ho wns nf.
femlnate In his ways-on tho contrary, ho
appenrod to bo ciulto manlv In
and bearing. I asked him what reason his
parents had Tor bringing htm up as they
did. He said ho could never learn the ren
son. Neither he npr thoy could offer nny
explanation of their eccentric course."
Forms n I'ntnl Current-.
A.KUOK, . O., Deo. 2C.-D. 1. Wheeler
cashier of tho Citizens' Nutionnl brink, was
found dead In front of tho vault In tho
bank this afternoon. He had been killed by
nn electric shock through handling n sockot
ui uii iiii'iiiiuuxcciu lump ana opening thn
vault door nt tho snmo time, thus forming
a fatal current. ' b
lleiiults Are Few,
Tho board of foreign missions hns Issued
nn appeal which In part says! "During the
past year tho bonrd has encountered
greater dlfllculty than ut nny time for u
liuuixc, ,.i irain ill iiiiiiiiil; llUeqUUtO
recruiting force for Its mission Holds."
lleHlaiiriint Proprietor .Shot,
HOT SPHINOS. Ark. rw -',....,.
Mallory. proprltitor of n restaurant was
shot und killed today be Krnnk Chllcut, ii
saloonkeeper. It Is claimed that th. kill'
Ing was lu self-defense. Chllcut Is In Ji"
Killed In n Duel,
I.OCKH.AHT, Tex.. De. 25,-As the reonit I
of a duel near Coxvllle, l uak,.r w"4
killed and James Caffoy was hml e
wounded, Caffoy was brought here null is
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