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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1001.
NEWS4 OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
mimjii .iiu.vrio.v
Davis fells drugs
Ktockert eclls carpets and rum.
Met, beer al Neumajnr'n hotel
Vrt. Ureeti, olllco 303 Hupp block.
Wrlabnch burners. Hlxby & Son.
Wollman, MMi'tUMc optician. 19 UroAdwy.
Dr. Stephenson, baldtvln block. Elevator.
Sir. ti ml .Mr. OcoiKt- W. Hewitt nre home
trom Franklin drove, 111.
Missouri oalc body wood, 6 5o cord. Wta
Welch, 13 N. Main st. Tel. 123.
A. C. Hapuljo of Ttochcatt.T, N. Y., la
guest of hit, nephew, KUBt'im lliipulje.
ilr. mid Mrs. (i. W. McMillan of Onawa
aro KUfBlu uf Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hockwcll.
MrH. Kilwunl Hvcs of MarenKO, la., Is
vlsltltiB hir mother, .Mm. Hoblnson of Sixth
.Btr'"t
Pictures, viineH- una Mutuary for Christ'
mas sho.ipers. C. U. Atuxunder it Co.,
333 Jlroiiilwny.
To ki-ep your hubby home nlKhts et him
portable billiard und pool tablo ut Peter
en SchootUnK't.
Air. and Mrs. l'rntik Nebco of Atlantic
la., uro Biif-Mta of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Tipton or dlen avenue.
Miss howls of St. Joseph, Mo., nnd Hush
Murruy of Wyoming are kui'hih of tholr
aunt. Mrs. J. A. Wlatt of Fourth Btrcct.
Miss' l'rances AI. Alcl'hcrson, 1113 Fourth
uvenuc, who has been seriously III, was re
ported to be somewhat Improved yesterday.
Alius HtaKK of 107 North Klghth streot,
accompanied by her mother, wilt leavo
today for inland, Cal for tho benefit of
her health.
The fittest Klfts you enn make Is In fur
niture. Seu the extenslvo line carried by
Petersen &. Schoenlng, Alerrlam block.
They can please you.
A 4-yenr-old child In the family of Mar
tin lllnkel, sol North KlKhth street, wn re
ported to the Hoard of Health last evening
as suffering from smallox.
Mlsa Sylya Mossmoro, teacher In tho
schools of Sac City, la., Is homo for tho
holidays with Iter parents, Mr. and Mrs.
II. A. Alessmoro of Fourth street.
J. I). Hwafford, In advance of "A Thor
oUKhbred Tramp," was In the city yester
day iirrutiKlnir for tho uppearanco of his
company at the Dohany theater Thursday.
An Information wns filed In police court
yesterday against J. h. Hlche, who threat
ened to shoot his wife and children, nna ha
was placed under $1M bonds to keep tho
peace and not Interfere with his wife.
Tho appraisers under tho collateral 'In
heritance tax law yesterday sot January 8
for appraising the property of tho Kllza
beth CJrawford estate. H. O. Underwood,
J. 1'. Hess and William Arnd aro tho ap
praisers. Isaac T. Van Ness, physician at Neola,
la.. Hied a petition In bankruptcy In tho
United States court yesterday. Ills llablll
ties OffBreRato J2.727.9S, while his schedule
shows assets valued at $10), all of which
aro claimed as exempt.
Leonard Kverett left last evening for Des
Moines, where'he will be married Tuesday
evening to Miss Louise ICIbert of that city.
Mr. Kverett and hli brld propose to pass
tholr honeymoon In the south and will not
return here until February.
Jntnes and Charles Sutherland, lfi nnd 13
years old, respectively, worn lodged In tho
city Jail on complaint of their sick mother,
n widow. Tho boys refused to do tho chores
around tho hnuso and when ordered to
work started to smash tho furniture.
A set of harness stolen from tho barn of
Ilinlolph Toller, grocer nt Tenth avenue and
Main street, last evening was recovered
within a short time by Oillcer Claar at
Chornlss' second-hand atom. A description
of tho thief Is In the hands of tho police.
A small frame house, the property of T.
Wehrhan nt Fourteenth street and Twenty
second avenue, was destroyed by lire Wed
nesday night. No alarm was sent In and
the tlremon only learned of tho blaze tho
noxt day. Tho loss wan covered by Insur
ance. John King, who stolo a mackintosh from
In front of Motcalf & Alotcalfs Btoro Thurs
day cvonlnt? with tho hopes of spondtin
the winter In Jail, was sent to tho county
bastllo yesterday by- Judge Aylcsworth for
tlfteen days. The court ordered that King
be placed on a brea,d and water diet.
Tho trial of tho suit of John Llndt against
tho Hchlltz Hrowlng company In tho su
perior court was continued yesterday until
Monday. Tho Jury which had been Im
paneled was discharged nnd a now one will
be'drawn. Llndt secured Judgment against
tho browing company for $315 for commis
sion and attorney fees In connection with
tho salo of property. It wns taken to tho
supremo court nnd sent back for retrial.
Tho attraction at the Dohany Sundny and
Monday will bo Al W. Martin's grand spec
tacular revival of "Uncle, Tom's Cnii n."
Tho attraction Is classed ns ono of tho
biggest scenlo productions of Its kind the
American stage has ever seen, It being
necessary to utlllzo three special cars to
transport tho scenery and equipment. Tho
company carries thirty head of ponies,
horses, burrows, dortkeys, oxen, tnllyho
coach, traps, log cabin, lloat, oxcarts and
numerous novelties, nnd gives the most
. elaborate and inrgest street parade over at
l tempted by a traveling tlicat ileal company.
N. Y. numbing Co., telephona 250.
U. n. K. P. danco tonight. Hughes' hall.
fJrent Wmtrrn'n .Station.
It Is sahf that tho local passenger depot
of tho Chlcago-Orcat Western railroad will
bo at tho southwest corner of Alain street
and Ninth avenuo upon tho property at
present occupied by the Bluff City Lumber
company. Two .switch tracks to tho Imple
ment houses on Main street will havo to bo
shifted westward to admit of tho erection
of the depot facing on Alain street. The
freight depot, It Is stated, will bo two
blocks west of Jho passenger station on
Ninth nvontio.
New Trim of n-IliiriiK Snlt.
The motion on behalf of the "defendant
for a new trial In the Doyle-Hurtia suit will
hava to' bo filed today If filed at all, lion.
. . i nomas, counsel for Jnmcs F. Burns,
urnveii in tins city yesterday and It Is un
derstood will make "tho nceessary filing and
arrange with Doyle's rounsol for a date on
which tho motion shall bo argued,
U. H. K. V. danco tonight. Hughes' hall.
Henl i;lnli' Truurr.
These transacts were filed yesterday In
the abstract, tltlo and loan olllco of J. W.
Bqulre. 101 Pearl street:
D. .H. Cool and ivlfn tn AT w
lot 8 block 13, town of Avocn, w. d..$
"jri1'!1 ,A' S!" !M nml bi'sb.ind to
MArk H, and Hurley H. Smith: nwU
und I'Jij ncros In nwU ueU1 0-75-i
w. d. .
Wret NiitlnnnM.ink of Council' 'Hl'iiffs
to Bu.ni Livingstone, U2.4 ucre part
of government lots 1 and 2. In 22-76-44,
w. l
C,..; Ki'tnpster, sr., nnd wlfo to' j.' w.
llaldwiu, 11 acres In nYt sett 24-73-
150
3.000
2,9'
1,501
"fcii ,,lm,pr n"d wife to James
llghtum. lot I. Auditor's smIuIIi-
Iiett 21-75-43,. w. il..v sco
Total five tronsfers
.$ 7.S30
Dohany theater:
--TWO NIOI1TS, t'OMMKNCINa
Sunday Matinee, Dec. 29
e"'" :w.,nis;,u'i!,s: 5"m""
Uncle Tom's
Cabin C?,
The eminent minstrel star, MILT G.
nAItlOW. ns l'nrle Tont,
Prices-JIntlue-: 15r. 2Sc, Night: 25e.
-55c. NV. t?eo irrand street parade at
1 o'clock, '
LEWIS CUTLER ,
Funeral Drotor
(buMCMtir u w. c. utt
, K I'UAKI. Sl'ltKllT. TklkO ),
FARM LOANS 5C9
Kiaatliled In Kutirn MtinuU
inff Iowa. Jamea . Caa4y, ,
. K ialn au OomM State ,
BLUFFS.
YOUNG MAN OF MANY NAMES
ptraii! QtBt in Oai Ho'.tl While Sajht
ii Aioth.'r.
METHOD IS CASHING OF CHtCKS
Sehemc Is Fitinlllnr 'One, lint I'rc
illirnt Itepetltlini Full) to .MllUp
luun Hotel ltreperi
I in in ii lie.
II. F. Price, alias J. II. Hlchards, nilns i
J. II. Harris, alias V. 12. Harris, alias H. '
M. Wilson, alias F. B. Dean, a young man
who Is said to bo badly wanted In a number
of towns In Iowa for victimizing hotel keep
ers with worthless checks, has been operat
ing In Council Muffs. He Is evidently a
person of moro than ordinary versatility
und daring, While the authorities, acting
on advlco received by them, were watching
for his arrival at tho Grand hotel for threo
days, tho young man with tho many aliases
slipped Into town, stopped at two other
hotels, at one succeeded In getting n check
for $25 cashed, and then skipped out again
without attracting attention or cxclMng
suspicion,
II. E. Price, or whatover his right namo
may be, represents himself as In the employ
of tho Elliott & Hatch Hook Typewriter ,
company of Chicago, and reports from va- j
rloim towns In Iowa aro to the effect that
ho has managed to fleece a number of hotel
kocpors by passing worthless checks pur-
porting to be signed by the .Chicago com- ,
pany. In every Instance the checks have
been returned repudiated by thc Elliott &
Hatch company, along with tho Information
that Prlco Is not In tho company's employ,
l'rlce, It Is said, has not confined his opera
tions to Iowa, but has worked tho same
gamo In other states. He Is described as
about 2C years of ago, well drctiscd and a
plausible talker. He Is accompanied by a
youug woman, whom he claims Is his wlfo,
.VMV'Alln In Knelt Town.
Papers published In tho Interests of hotel
keepers have exploited him, but by slmnly
changing his alius he seems to succeed In
ovadlng arrest and to continue to reap a
harvest with worthtess checks.
A letter and a telegram received at the
Orand hotel aroused the suspicions of Chief
Clerk Annli that Prlco Intended to make the
hotel a visit und attempted to work off one
of his bad checks. The letter, bearing a spe
cial delivery stamp, wob addressed to H. AI.
Wilson. Grand hotel, Council Bluffs. Post
marks showed that It had been mailed from
tho local postolllce Wednesday morning.
The envelope bore In tho corner tho printed
name and address of the Elliott & Hatch
Book Typowrltor company. Air. Annls, who
receipted for ,tho letter, remembered seelm?
In a hotel papor tho account of Price's work
ing hotels with bad checks, nnd rami) tn
the conclusion that Wilson was another
IUb of Price. Ho notified the police nnd
tetectlve Wclr was detailed on thc case,
ollowtng tho letter came a telegram from
St. Joseph, addressed to II. M. Wison. Hjth
tho lottor and the telegram aro still un
called for. By holding tho letter In front
of "an electric light It was found to contain
a chock for $35, mado out to H. AI. Wilson
nnd apparently signed by tho book type
writer company. It was supposed that Price,
alias Wilson, would, on nrrlvlng at tho
hotel, at onco present tho check for pay
ment, and Detectlvo Weir was to bo In
waiting to arrest him.
Heme mlirrn l'revloim Arrlvnl.
Chief Clerk Annls Is blessed with a good
memory, and on turning back tho pages of
tho register ho found that on Sunday, No
vember 24, a young rann and u young
woman registered ns J. H. Harris and wife
from Chlcngo. J. H. Harris Is one of tho
aliases that Prlco la said to havo used. Air.
Annls rememborcd that tho couple loft next
day for Sioux. City, whero n man named
F. E. Harris was reported to have passed
a check forged on. the Book Typewriter
company. From Sioux City this Harris was
traced to Creston, la., whero he succeeded
in cashing two $35 checks, which also proved
to bo forgeries. From there traco of the
couple was lost. At tho hotel In Creston
Price, alias Harris, registered as H. Al.
Wilson ond wife, tho namo contained In tho
address of tho letter nnd telegram received
here. Thcso facts left no doubt In the mlndB
of Air. Annls and Detective Weir that the
fellow wns planning to visit tho Grand
hotel again and attempt to work off another
of his checks,
A telegram sent to tho Alctrnpole hotel
In St, Joseph, from which plnce tho tele
gram was dated, elicited tho Information
that "Harris" had stopped Tuesday nt tho
St, Charles hotel thero and had tried to
work off a check, but had been turned
down. Harris and his wlfo left St. Jo
seph Tuesday night nnd, It Is supposod,
reached Council Bluffs Wednesday morn
ing. They did not, however, go tn tho
Orand hotol, whero tho detectlvo was watch
ing and walling for them, but they went to
the Noumayer hotel on Broadway, whore
they registered as F. E. Hurrls and wife.
There Harris succeeded In cashing n checfi
j purporting to bo signed by the Elliot &
I Hatch company for $23. Tho check 'was
I deposited In tho bank Thursduy nnd hns
not been returned. Thursday rnornlng Hnr
i rls and wlfo went to tho Kiel hotel on
Alain streot, where thoy registered as F.
E. Dean nnd wife, but here It Is supposed
tho young man's nerve failed him, as ho
dirt not attempt to cnBh any more checks.
During thiKday ho spont $1.50 for fifteen
telephone calls to Omaha trying to locate a
man named Phillips, whom he appeared
anxious to find. They left tho hotel late
Thursday night, saying they were going to
Orand Island. Tho fact that Harris had
been nt tho Noumayer and Kiel hotels was
not learned by tho authorities until after
the counlo had left the cltv.
! Tho teleirrnm from St. Josenb rer olvnii n
tho Grand hotel was Blgned by F. E. Harris
nnd said; "Will meet you Friday."
Other Hotel on Oimril.
Thursday when Wilson, alias Harris,
failed to show up at tho Grand hotol Clerk
Annls telephoned to the other hot.els put
ting them en their guard and giving tho list
of allres the man Prlco went by. At thc Klol
thorlerk nnwerjng the 'phono repeated over
to Air. Anyls tho lint of aliases, nnd It Is
thought probable that Dean, alias Price,
overheard the conversation nnd at onco de
cided to leavo town ns soon ns ho could
and not attempt to work tho Grand hotel.
Air. Annls Is of tho opinion that but for' this
Wilson would have turned tin yesterday
nt tho hotel and his arret would hnvs
followed, Ho wns much disappointed at
losing tho man. Detective Weir was much
chagrins! to find that whllo ho was wait
ing for thrro days nt the Grand hotol for the
follow he had managed to slip Into town,
work his graft ,and then slip out again anil
no ono was the wiser except Landlord Nou
mayor, who will have a memento of tho
ffllow'a visit in the shape of a check for
:5.
J
SUES FOR ACCIDENT POLICY
W a (nun 1 : ill inoi Deiniitid Indemnity
from .North Amrrlcnii In
b urn. nee ('iitnpnny.
Watson Empson brought suit In Coun
cil Illuffs yesterday against tho North
American Accident Insurance company to
recover $190 for nineteen weeks' Indemnity
while suffering from Injuries, tho result of
an accident. Kmpson took out a policy May
28, 1&00, by the terms of which he was to
receive $10 a week If Incapacitated from
work as tho result of nn accident. August
18 he met with an accident, which, it Is
claimed, kept him from his work as a bar
tender for nineteen weeks,
Dr. T. It. Lacey Hied his suit against
Wlckhara & Co. to recover $192 medical
fees for attending C. I'. Heed, nn employe
of the defendant company. Heed suffered
! the fracture of his right thigh and left
' kneecap Inst February. Of the sum sought
to be recovered $80 Is for the sorvlces of
consulting physicians whom the plaintiff
called In on the cane.
W. J. Hanna filed a petition asking the
district court for a writ of mandamus to
compel J. H. Tut-ner, secretary of tho school
township of Washington, I'ottawnttamlc
county, to Issue a wnrrant authorizing tho
payment out of tho general fund $200. Hanna
sets up that In August last nt n mooting
of tho township school trustees iho defend
ant was Instructed to Issue tho warrant, but
that ho has failed to do so.
Ernest F. Wagner hns brought suit
sgalnst Lee Albertl, constable In Justlco
Bryant's court, to rcover possession of
"one dark colored Jersey cow nnd one light
colored Jersey calf" or $100, which ho
, claims Is their value. He also nskB for $25
(,amnEC9 for tho nl)oRC(1 wronsfui BeiZUro
of , nnlnm, xhpy wpro IcvIc,i upon
llm,cr Qn cxcc,ltlon lKIU,,i 1)y jtCe Bryant
on JU(,Rmont Bt.cllrLi by J. Ucno & Co.
nKnlnst Mr8, ,, Wagner. Tho plaintiff
doC,roi, hu , tlt0 so0 owncr r thc cow
Qnj cujf
w Snnftur ,)eR,m su n(?nst j. M.
Qtirsler to recover $120 damages .for the
alleged failure on tho part of Ourslor to
carry out an oral contract by which the'
plaintiff wns to move n one-story frame
houso and set It up In another part of
the city.
A. B. Cadwalldcr filed original notice of
suit against Pottawattamie county to re
cover $300 which ho alleges Is duo him for
caring for, nursing nnd finding homo for
nn indigent smallpox patient. This claim
was rejected at tho last session of tho
Hoard of County Supervisors.
Today is the lait day for filing suits for
the January term of district court.
Davis sells paint.
Opening of Alley In OlicoUcil.
The opening of nn alley north of Broad
way between Scott and Sixth streets hai
received nn unexpected check npd the con
demnation proceedings Instituted by tho
city will havo to he gone all-over again.
Service of thc condemnation suit ngalnst E.
B. Evans of Cnllfornla, ownor of the prop
erty on Scott streot, n portion of which tho
city needed for tho alley, wns had on Day
& IIosf, Evans' agents here. Thin nt the
time was deemed sufficient. A sheriff's Jury
was Impaneled und It fixed $500 ns tho com
pensation to Evans for the strip of his prop
erty needed by the city. ' ,
Now word comes from Atr. EVnn that ho
declines to nccept the service on his ngenU,
and as such service Is not sufficient If ob
jected to by tho owner of tho property In
volved, thc city will have to begin tho con
demnation proceedings nfresh. Service this
tlmo will bo had oi Air. Evans by publica
tion, ho being a rion-resldent. It Is said
that Air. Evans' rensons for refusing to ac
cept tho service on his agents Is that ho Is
not satisfied with tho amount awarded him
by the sheriff's Jury.
Davis sells gfaeB
ArroMJfnr llrenklnw (liinrnnt Inc.
William Chesncy, colored, who wns quar
antined at 931 Avenuo D for smallpox, Is
behind tho bars at tho city Jail charged
with violating tho quarantlno regulations.
Ho waB arrested on nn Information filed by
Chief of Police Albro. It Is charged that
December 17. while under quarantine, Ches
ney, who Is familiarly known ns "Snow
ball," left his home ami wont up town as
far as Pearl street and Broadway. Before
being taken to the city Jail Chesncy was
thoroughly disinfected by Dr. Hollor nnd
provided with now clothes, oven to shoes
and hat. Tho offense of violating quaran
tlno Is classed as a misdemeanor, and It
Chcsnoy Is found guilty ho may be subject
to a year's Imprisonment In tho county Jail,
Tho authorities nro detormlned to nrrost
overy person breaking quarantine.
Oravcl roofing. A. H. Head. 641 Broadway.
Two Snr for Illvorpc,
Mrs. Allnnlo Alay Appcl brought suit In
tint district court yesterday for dlvorco fromJ
ueorgo j. Appei, wnom sno mnrnen aiav
27, 1897, In Olenwood, In. Sho alleges that
her husband's drinking hnblts nnd his cruel
nnd Inhuman treatment of her forced hor
to leavo him on June 15, 1899, nnd refuso to
live with him any longor. She asks for the
ciiBtody of their minor son, Haymond, and
$20 a month alimony.
.Afrs. Anna Alurnhv. who was married to
I W. A. Alurphj' at Sidney, Fremont county.
Ia., January 10, 1882, alto filed suit for dl
vorco yesterday. Sho charges hor husband
with cruel and tnhuman treatment.
U. R..K. P. dnnco tonight. Hughos' hall.
BEAVER GETS FOUR YEARS
I'lt-ml Guilty to ClinrK" of Mnn
ftlitiiprlitrr nml Im .Sentenced
to I'enltciitlnry.
LE AIAHS. Ia., Doc. ?7. (Special.) Will
Beaver pleaded guilty to tho chargo of
manslaughter In tho district court today and
was sentenced to four years In tho peniten
tiary at Anantosn and fined $1 and coats
of tho action, Beaver was implicated in
tho killing of John Jensen, who was shot
on tho Steffin farm by Henry Stefan last
April during a qunrrol. StofTln,who flrod
tho fatal shot, Is serving an olght-yenr
soutenco for tho crlma. Benver started the
shooting, discharging tho contents of a
gun at Jensen, but missing him. Heaver's
father and uncle are wonlthy land owners
In this county,
BEDERICK SHOOTS THREE MEN
I'iirii-1. Ii- F.n rawed riilonn nnd
Nnrrotvly Kip iir l.ynelilnc
When Cnptiirril.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Steve Boderlck,
shot three men In tho streets of Pnssalc.
N. J., and when captured ho would have
been lynched bad It not been for tho firm
stand made by a local Justlco of tho peaco
and a few cltlzenB. Bederlck had quarreled
with John Stondt and in a rage shot him
In the neck. Boderlck tried to run away,
but was followed by a crowd, Into which he
fired, ono ball striking Anton Stull In tho
thigh and thon wounding a man named
Lavallo In the nrm. After all tho chambers
in Bcderlck's revolver had been emptied
his pursuers closed In on him and over
powered him. Before he could ba rescued
irora nis captors he was terribly beaten
Btoadt'a wound. U daojerouj, ,
MEET OF IOWA EDUCATORS
Ainunl CoaTiitUi f Tenohen OptM with
tUrm lij the Preiideit.
i
SCHOOL METHODS ABE CRITICISED
I'rrslitrnt Stnnrt Sprnkn of Twentieth
Century .School More TrulnliiK for
Touchers .Needed Aicrceinriit
im lo I2xninliiiiiK llonril.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Doc. 27. (Special.) The
forty-seventh annual convention of tho
teachers of Iowa began hero today. The
educational council met tn the forenoon and
In tho afternoon various departments or
sectional meutlngs were held.
Tho association progrnni proper com
menced In the evening with thc annual nd
dress of tho president, Prof. A. W. Stuart
of Ottumwn, who spoke to a large audience
In tho Auditorium nnd delivered a thought
ful and In soma respects radical .address on
tho educational situation In Iowa. Ho
opened with a brief mention of tho death
of President AIcKlnlcy, from which ho led
gradually Into a presentation of tho educa
tional advanco of the ago. Tho cultured re
finement of an age like this, ho said, creates
a necessity for .educational reforms. Tho
tendency of tho human raco Is away from
the natural to tho artificial. Tho office of
tho reformer is to start tho child at tho
point whero tho race began and to placo
him In nn environment suited to develop
his powers and faculties In accordance with
such a plan. Thero wns a striking reform
at tho beginning of tho sixteenth century,
when scholasticism wns uppermost, nnd a
century Inter Comenlus nppearcd and ef
fected grent reforms. Comenlus and Pes
tntozzl and Froebel, nnd Alann and Colonel
Parker have raised their voices llko tho
voice of ono crying In tho wilderness
ngalnst tho' study of words; hut ns in tho
tlmo of Hie prophet, tho voice has van
ished In tho wilderness. Wo nro still today
In tho wilderness.
School Myiitrni Criticised.
"Tho grent ovll In tho schools today,"
continued President Stuart, "as was the
ense 300 years ago, Is tho practice of re
quiring tho pupils to commit to memory
tho words of thc book. Many teachers who
do not require this, nevertheless permit It,
which Is none the less harmful. Another
still more common practice, nnd one which
Is closely related to this, Is that of requir
ing pupils to commit to momory definitions
nnd rules before the facts upon which thoy
depend aro comprehended, Such a practice.
Is far less common now than It was a gen
eration ago, yet that It is still common is
well known to those who nro familiar with
the schools. It Is not uncommon to find lu
tho schools persona who can glibly rectto
tho rules of arithmetic without being able
to solvo a slnglo problem depending upon
such rules. This tends to produce what has
been aptly termed arrested development."
President Stuart criticised tho present
school Bystem In many other respects,
pointing out thc faults of education and the
danger of pursuing tho methods which hava
been In use for tho Inst century.
"In tho school of'the future," said Presi
dent Stuart, "greater stress will bo laid
upon mentnl development nnd less upon
the acquisition of knowlodgo for knowledge's
sake. Senso training should bo particu
larly emphasized in. tho lowor grades. Tho
Importance of such training ns a foundation
for all subsequent development cannot bo
overestimated. For it is from tho Benses
that all knowledge, directly or Indirectly,
springs. Senso precepts aro tho elements
of soul-life."
He predicted that tn tho school systom
of tho future tho kindergarten will de
servedly havo a still moro prominent place
than at present. Every city school will
havo ( a kindergarten nnd every country
school tho kindergarten spirit. Tho law
should either bo changed to admit children
earlier or the kindergarten be modified to
meet tho needs of children of school ago.
Manual training will bo a prominent feature
In tho school of tho future.
Hotter Tenoliorn.
There Is a demand for teachers of broader
culturo and tho outlook for better tenchors
Is good. It Is no longer thought that any
body can teach a primary school, A helpful
sign of tho times Is that tho teachers them
selves are anxious to find opportunities for
Improvement.
"Iowa," said tho president, "which has
moved too slowly In educntlonal matters,
will, I nm confident, eoou come to tho front
In tho education of her teachers. It is
to bo hoped that tho next general assembly
will mnko provision for .threo additional
normal schools. Wo havo one In tho north
eastern part of the state of which c are
Justly proud If each of tho other three
quarters of the state can bo equally well
equipped, Iowa wllf havo rando ample pro
vision for tho education of her teachers,"
.School CrntrnlUiit Inn.
President Stuart camo out strongly In
favor, of school consolidation. The law of
Iowa originally contemplated that tho town,
ship should be tho 'school unit, but unfor
tunately that did not remain long an tho
law. Tho Ideal system of rural school or
ganization should provide that each civil
township bo 'a school district, The. schoolB
should bo grnded and managed similar to
thcso of towns and cities. ThlB would
necessitate transporting pupils at public
expenses, hut tho system bns been trlod
In many places with' marked bucccsb and
Improvement In tho schools. Hp also de
clared his belief that tho tlmo Is not far
distant when all the schools of Iowa" will
bo provided with free text books. Another
stop in tho right dlroctlon wbb that of
placing muslp in all tho schools.
.School of tlir Future.
"With free textbooks," ho concluded,
"townahlp organization,, three nddltlonal
normal school, with manual training In
tho sohools, with tho klndorgarten In overy
city school and tho spirit of tho kinder
garten In every rurul school, with oven
moro enthusiastic and better qualified
teachors than at present, tho problem of
compulsory education becomes easy of so
lution nnd the future of Iowa schools, upon
which tho welfare of tho utato eo largely
depends, Is hopefully secure."
ISVvr Ilonrda of Kxnmlnr-rn
Tho deliberations of tbo educational coun
cil of tho State Teacher' association wero
practically a recurrence of tho strife of last
year, In so far a the discussions related
to the question of teachers' examinations.
At the eame tlmo the committee favoring
tho adoption of tho report establishing a
board to act with the county superintend
ents in making tho examinations wore ready
for tho opposition and had won sufficient
converts to dominate tho meeting and tho
report was adopted with few changes. This
was not accomplished, however, without hot
words from Superintendent H. E. Dcutor of
Clarlnda, and stony indifference or biting
sarcasm on tho part of iuoso urging tbo
change.
Air. Deator declared that th effort to ap
point county boards to examine teachors
was a direct move to kill the county super
kluteadeat. Ho eUted that though, this wsi
not being dono outright tho bloedlns had
been begun and death wns tho outcome.
Following this ho mndo a pica that none of
tho powers of tho county superintendent
bo taken away; that In any event the pcoplo
of tho stato and particularly of Pngo county
would not stand it. He detdred that the
standard of thc ofilco be raised rather than
lowered so that the best peoplo of tho state
would become candidates for tho otllco. He
advocated Increase of xalarlos ns the best
method of ralslnr tho standard of thn office.
Tho following Is the section of tho re
port on examinations which wns passed
relating to nn examining board;
"Thero Bhall bo a county board of ex
aminers composed of three members, of
which the county superintendent shall be
chnlrman by virtue of his ofllcc, and ho
shnll appoint two members to bo confirmed
by the Board of Supervisors,
"Tho members of said borfrd shall re
celvo compensation at tho rato of $4 per
day for tho tlmo actually engaged from
tho general county fund.
"This bonrd shall bo authorized to hold
such examinations onco overy thrc months,
nnd tho county superintendent shnll bo em
powered to Issue, Indorse or renew tempor
ary certificates, valid until tho next meet
ing of tho bonrd."
Mfp OrtlMcnteo.
One Important change Hint was mado In
tho report refers to tho Insurance of life
certificates. In tho original report It was
proposed to Issuo certificates for ten yours
to all teachors who had taught successfully
for a terra of five years, and thus rocognlzo
teaching as a profession. This was unani
mously cnrrled after It had been nrguod
by tho council and nil of tho numerous ob
jections explained awny. State Superintend
ent Barrett, chairman of tho meeting, sug
gested that a committee bo appointed at
onco to draft a bill to tho legislature em
bracing tho points of tho report adopted.
Tho lcglslntlvo committee of tho council,
S. H. Shcaklcy of Dos Alolnes, chairman, was
nntned to draft tho bill,
A report of tho lcglslntlvo committee was
mado, suggesting threo subjects from which
to mnko n selection for next year's dis
cussion. Tho BubJectH wero ns follows:
First, "Rolntion of Colleges to High
Schools:; second, "Classification nnd Pro
motion of English;" 'third, "Tenchlng of
English," Tho lost subject was selected.
IOWA REDISTRICTING PLAN
.Sibley Iden. for dinner of Conurrn
iilnnnl Srctlonn Leaves
Ninth Intiiot.
SIBLEY, Ia.. Dec. 27. (Special.) Tho
plan of redisricting JownnB to congrc3
lonal dlatrlctB outlined by J. F. Glover of
Sibley lenves without chnngo tho Ninth dis
trict, tho one lu which Pottnw'attamlo
county Is situated. Tho population of tho
Tenth nnd Eleventh districts Is 501,275.
Glover's plnn reduces this to 427,081. He
changes only cloven counties, Ho rfnppor
tlons diagonally from tho southeast to tho
northwest. Tho plan Is ns follows:
Tako Davis and Keokuk from the Sixth
district nnd add them to tho First; tako
Madison from tho Seventh nnd Marshall
from tho Fifth and add thetif to tho Sixth;
tako Boone from tho Tenth and add It to
tho Seventh; tako Hardin from tho Third
and Hamilton from tho Tenth and add them
to tho Fifth; take Hancock from tho Tenth
nnd add it to tho Third; tako Winnebago
from tho Tenth and add it to the Fourth:
tako Sac nnd Ide from tho Eleventh and
add thorn to tho Tenth. Leave tho Second,
Eighth and Ninth districts as thoy are.
Tho abovo plan leaves tho districts over
tho stato substantially an thoy now are;
leaves each of the sitting congressmen In
his old district and each reorganized dis
trict has, as now, a substantial repub
lican plurality. About tho only objection
to this plan Is as to tho shape of tho
Third and Fifth districts, but all the
chango In, form ob to the Third Is by drop
ping Hardin from thc south side nnd add
ing Hancock on tho north side, and-all the
chnngo mado in tho Fifth Is by dropping
Marshall, which Joins Grundy on tho south
nnd adding west of Orundy tho' counties of
Hardin nnd Hamilton. 'The following table
will show tho population of the districts as
at present and as proposed:
Pro-
. Present, "posed.
First lfil,75.r. 203.351
aeconu -iui.uiw
Third 219.091
Fourth 195,815
Fifth 190.227
HlxtTT 174.673
sov.Tith lai.osf,
Eighth 200,470
Ninth 202.253
Tenth 2C9,357
l-;iiventii ., Jti.yis
Totals 2,231.853 2,231,853
That which especially emphasises the need
of redisricting at present Is the great ex
cess of population tho Tenth und Elev
enth districts, the northwestern Iowa dis
tricts. Tho average for o district Is 202.SP5.
Tho Ninth district, tho Council niuffs and
Pottawattamie district, is only a few hun
dred from tho nverago. Tho Eighth district
In southern Iowa Is only a couple of thou
sand from tho nverage, the Second district.
In eastern Iowa, Is not so near tho nverago,
but tho fighting republicans In that district
changed tho district from democratic to
republican and thoy wish tho district to
remain without division.
Tho other plnas, whllo bringing the district
a little nearer tho average as a rule, prac
tically breaks up tho antlro present syHtom
nnd transfers perhaps half the counties of
the state over In to othor numorlcal dla
trlctB. .If tho chief point wtfh tho legislature Is
to distribute the population Into eleven
districts, which shall ho reasonably equal,
and largely preserve present gcnernl out
lines and leavo ench congressman In his
own district, tho members mny pay soma
attention to tho Glover plan.
BATCHES MANY MERCHANTS
J91.COM
210,019
20S.M0
202,344
1SX.224
19,127
201,470
202.233
215,132
211,952
Strmmrr I'onen i IJiiiploye of l'riim-.
inent Former nnd Pnnnon
, Forireil Clieckii.
ATLANTIC, Ia., Dec. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) Six of tho prominent business tnou
of Atlantic wero caught by tho graft of
n traveling forger for $10 each tho day
boforo Christmas. Tho grafter Ib a smooth
shaven, palefaccd jnan, 25 years of age,
wearing a black fedora hat, a light neck
scarf, a heavy dark ulster. Ho Ib about
six foot In holght and has a dcltruto hand.
His graft Is to pass at an cmployo of Borne
well known farmer or stockman and to buy
a small amount of goods, the'n present a
chock Blgned by his supposed employer In
payment and take tbo chango in cash, In
this city ho called hlmsolf J. E. Brown
and forgod tbo namo of Juno Cbllds, a mem
bor of tho County Board of Supervisors, and
a Cass county stockman and farmer. So
smooth was bis gamo that Levi Downs, J.
H. .Marshall, Anderson & AlcConvlll, Van
AlcCurdy and A. P. Hondrlckson, all ex
perienced business men, fell Into the trap
and donated $10 each to" the stranger's fund,
'Brown learned all he cared to know of
Childs from R S. AlcOeehon, another of
the local merchants, and then mado good
his work, leaving that eamo evening for
parts unknown, although he. Ib supposed
to bo working west, as reports from Adair
show ho worked that town on tho same
graft thc day before ho camo here.
Full" from Wniton nml llrenl.n eoU.
HOPKINTON, Ia.. Dec. 27. (Special Tele
gram,) Samuel Sleeph, a teamster, met
Instant death by falling from it loaded
wasoa aud breaking bis aeclt.
I
ENFORCE PURE FOOD LAW
Aim Fettered by the low Acudeajr ef
Eoieioie.
GAME WARDEN'S PLACE IN POLITICS
Intention I to Itrmovr the Oltlre from
S u oli I'ntHiiulnticntn John
t.lndt Cnndlilntp for Com
mander. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Dec. 27. (Special.) Tho
Iowa Academy of Sciences this morning
took tho tnltlattvo In a general movement
to havo created for tho Btnte of Iowa a
food commissioner to enforce a pure food
law nnd make war perpetually on all adul
terations lu foods and nil substitutes and
mixtures. Tho academy last year appointed
a committee to work along this lino. Tho
commlttco reported recommending the pas
sago of u bill which was before the legislature-
two years ago. but which did not re
ceive tho consideration to vhlch It was
entitled. This bill provides for a pure
food commissioner who will havo chargo
of tho Bubjcct, nnd will mako rules nnd
regulations for enforcing tho laws ngalnst
adulterants, It nlso provides for a hoard
of chemists to mako analyses of foods sub
mitted. The committee report said:
"Tho attention of tho legislature shbuld
ba called to tho necessity and valuo of
tho pure food laws of tho state. Iown as n
stato should uot bo surpassed by other
states In tho enactment of pure food laws.
Tho Btnte should not remain nn open field
for Imposing adulterated products upon our
citizens to tho detriment of both health
una pocketbooks. Neighboring states aro In
advance of Iown on this subject, and tho
tlmo Is ripe for our state to tako tho posi
tion which rightly belongs to It In order
that Itf, citizens mny bo protected."
Tho academy authorized thu legislative
committee to present this to tho legislature
und urgo tho nd6ptlon of thc hill.
(,'IIIIH' Wllt'llt-ll III I'olltll'N. I
Tho nendrmy also appointed a commlttco
to mako a report on" what should bo dono
lo tako tho position of llsh commissioner
nnd gamo wnrden out of politics. Resolu
tions wero passed to that effect, and atten
tion called to tho fact that recently one
who had bocomo nn expert had been sup
plnutcd by one whose appointment wan duo
alone to political Influences nnd who wns
not known to have any special qualifications
for the placo.
The following ofllcers.of tho association
wero elected: President H. E. Summers,
Iowa college; vice presidents, J. L. Tllton
und S. W. Beyer; secretary, A. Ot Leonard;
treasurer, II. Shlmek.
The acarfetny refused to approve n repolu
tlon presented Indorsing n movement for n
national burcuu to carry on Investigations
In psychology.
t'linillilntp for CoiiiiminnVr.
Assistant Adjutant General 'Nowmnn to
day received circulars from tho officers of
Abo Lincoln post, Grand Army of tho Re
public of Council Bluffs, announcing te
candidacy of John Llndt for department
commander. Ho Is flrBt In the field for tho
position. George Alotzgnr of Davenport Is
tho present commander of tho department.
Ximv rorporntlons.
Tho articles of Incorporation of the Broth
hood of American Yeomen of thl' city, or
ganized by J. E, Paul and others, were filed
with tluf secretary of stato today.
Tho articles of Incorporation of thn Pnt-teo-Sutherland
company of Dcs Alnlnos,
capital $25,000, wero also filed with the eec
retary of stato.
Governor Slinvr I llnny.
Governor Shaw this morning found that
his moll was becoming so heavy and his
business so great that ho had to employ
an additional stenographer in Ills oflloc to
caro for It. He hn received hundreds of
letters nnd telegrams of congratulation on
his appointment to a cabinet place. He ex
pects tho lottor from President Roosevelt
which will havo tho formal tender to him
of tho position tome tlmo tomorrow.
Cliiililn In Arrhi'n In Mimllii.
Nows was received hero today by cablo
from Chaplain Williams, formerly of tho
Fifty-second Iowa regiment of volunteers,
thut ho und hltj wlfo and baby had arrived
safely lu Manila. Ho goos to thu Philip
pines to bo gono seven years and enguse
In missionary work for tho Christian
church. Ho left San Francisco four weeks
ago. Ho was In tho Philippines with his
regiment two years ago.
Ilnriltvnro limine Sold (Int.
WEBSTER CITY, Ia., Doc. 27 (Special
Telcgrum.) Tho F. L. AnderHon hnrdwnrn
stock, of this clty, which went into bank
ruptcy this month, wns sold this afternoon
nt auction to D. C. Chase, nlso of this city,
for $M0. Tho stock Invoiced nt $2,500. Fow
bidders wero present. Tho liabilities of
tho firm nm $10,000. Tho Simmons Hard
ware company of St. Louis Is a heavy cred
itor. Wntorloo ClotliliiK Store riimon.
WATERLOO, Ia.. Doc. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) Tho Union Clothing company failed
today, with liabilities of $22,000 and assets
of $12,000. GrnhschllU of Webster City Is
tho owner This clones his storo at Web
ster City nlso,
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