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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1902)
TITE OMAnA DAILY JWTa FRIDAY, ATJOTJST 22, 1002. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MIXOR MBNTIOS. Davis sells drugs. Storkert sells carpets and rust. Leffert, eyesight specialist. 4jS Broadway. Special offer-Inns In framed pictures. C. K. Alexander A Lfi , XS3 fcroadway. The r;nlar. meeting of Myrtle lodge, De gree of Honor, will be held thla evening. Wanted at once, boy with pony to carry He route. Apply at the office. No. 10 Pearl atreet. park Commissioner and Mrs. A. C. Ora ham are home from a live weeks' trip to Wyoming. Attend the eoclol at the Christian church Friday evening, August 22. Fine program and refreshments. ; Benjamin Flmple and Mrs.' Effle M. Cul ver, both of Omaha, were married In this city by Justice Carson. Contractor Oeorge Wise commenced work yesterday on the new bridge over Indian creek on North Tenth street. Frank P. Fowler, a former deputy mar shal of thla city, now a resident of TaDor, la.. Is In the city visiting friends. Miss Millie Graham of the county record er a oltloo la home from Duluth, where she pent her vacation with relatives. Mlsa Alice Ilonham and Miss Marie Bryant are home from a trip to Colorado, where they' spent their summer vacation , lsltlng friends and relatives. Th Trades and Labor assembly will meet thla evening, when It Is expected the program for the celebration of Labor day will be completed and announced. Marks Co., proprietors of the Ogden livery barn, l.8 BroHdway, have an elegant equipment of rubber-tired rigs. Horses , boarded and cared lor, I1U per month. Best livery service In the city. Telephone. 108. Chief of Police Tlbblts has written that he left Ban Francisco lust Wednesday and expected to arrive home about September h On his way home he will visit a number of points of Interest in Mexico and Colo rado. Dave Nlcoll returned yesterday from Cin cinnati, where he attended the annual , meeting of the International Typographical union as delegate from the Bluff city union, lie visited relatives and friends at Indianapolis and Chicago on his way home. Contractor Wlckham has a force of men paving South Sixth street from Eighth avenue to Sixteenth avenue. The two blocks between Fourteenth and Sixteenth avenues contain a network of railroad tracka and lie re the work of laying brick will be neces sarily alow. The Sisters of Mercy In charge of St. Bernards hospital have begun the con struction of a boiler house, with a chimney 125 feet high, which will cost llO.uuo. It will provide heat and water for the present hospital and the new building which It Is expected will be completed by October 15. Btephen Farmer, the old man picked up In a starving and almost nude condition last Saturday night In the weeds at the north end of the Northwestern yards, died yesterday afternoon at St. Bernards hos pital from pneumonia. He was 68 years of age and claimed to have relatives in Hara . burg, la., .ut the authorities have so far been unable to locate them. Louis Peterson, who conducts a repair hop at 166 West Broadway, was arrested yesterday afternoon on complaint of . Charles Knrils, colored, employed In one of the Greet Western grading camps. Knnls alleges he left a revolver with Peterson to be repaired and that the latter refused to give it back to him. Peterson gave ball and will have a hearing before Justice lirj-ant on a charge of larceny as bailee. ODD; FELLOWS ENJOY OUTING Large; Kamber With Families Spend Day and Evening at Lake Manawa. Several hundred Odd Fellows and their ', families enjoyed an outing yesterday at Lake 'Manawa, the occasion being the annual pic nic of the order In Council Bluffs. Many 'went down early In the day, while others (followed during the afternoon. . Supper was (served at 7 o'clock, and Manawa drove, .where the meal was enjoyed, presented a particularly lively scene about this time. ' During the afternoon, a program of races was carried out, much to the amusement of '.the crow. Walter Joseph captured the past grands' race, while Mrs. John Dougherty was ,equallr successful In the past noble grands' rent. Btymest Stevenson won the sack land rolling races. County Attorney Klllpack, who has been preserving his wind for the (September term of district court, lot loose .enough of It to win the fat men's race, while ;Gus Clausen proved himself a sprinter by -capturing the lean men's race. Mrs. Wil liam Hlggtnson carried off the prise for the married women's race amid the applause of the crowd, but failed to defeat Mrs. Dough jerty for the stout women's event. Margaret Xelk won the lemon race, Verne Malone that wfor girls under 13 years of age and Sarah (Loiler tor young women who have reached the age cf 16 years and upwards. It had been the Intention to have a num ber of addresses during the evening, but this rwas dlsponsed with, the crowd preferring to Ulsten to Covalt's band. N. T. Plumbing Co., tei6 phone 150, Davis sells painta. Improvements to Gas Plant. Manager W. H. Frltchman of the Cltl gens' Oas and Electrlo company returned yesterday morning from New York, accom panied by W. H. Hayden, the company's engineer. Mr. Haydea's visit here means the expenditure ot about $20,000 In Im provements to the gaa plant on Seventh atreet and Eleventh avenue. In the first place, a nsw purifying and meter station house will be erected on the east aide of Seventh street, opposite the present build ings. It will be 80x40 feet and constructed tt brick. Nsw purifiers, new meters and other high grade modern gas machinery Will be Installed in this building, plans for which are now being drawn. Manager Frltchman expects that work on the new building will be begun by September 1. Other Improvements will also be made to place the entire plant In first-class condi tion and the work. It Is expected, will re quire several months to complete. Marriage Licenses. , Licenses to wsd wore Issued yesterday to (the following: Name and Residence. Charles Haas, New York City , I Mildred Scott, Lincoln. Neb C A. Frease, South Omah Marie Hajny, Suuth Omaha 'james T. Rosa, Council Bluffs Madeena M. Vaughn. .Council Bluffs Age ....26 ....is ....24 ....18 ....46 ....a Benjamin Flimile, Omaha Mrs. Erne M. Culver. Omaha ....si ....si .Clyde A. Davie, Chicago illnnle A. Stone, Nashville, Tenn. ....24 ....IS Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were filed yesleriay In the abstract, hltle and loan office of J. W. Equlre, 101 Pearl street: John Page to Boomer Cemetery asso ciation, 11 suuara rods In w' sVi 18-77-43, s. w. d..1 $ I Heirs of Harriett A. Plunk to Ada N. Barton, lot 1. block 6, Oakland, d ... 1 Ada N. Barton, administratrix, to Edwin I'uryear, W lot 7, block I, Oakland, a. d 750 Ada N. Barton to same, w 7 feet 4 In e4 lot 7. block V Oakland, w. d SO James May to Kord Wells, lot It, block M, Be.ri' subdlv. w. d 130 JLOllle C. Smart to John L. Caldwell, lot IS. Auditor's subdlv, seU swV 12-7&-40. w. d 1.000 Ilelrs of Thomas Page to A. E. Page, set sw4 14.87 acres In i . and U acrre In Tit1, swV 12-77-43; I-!, acres In nw nw, 'tj acrea In tie'. nwS ana ttt aires in nwv nrs d-i-ii. c. d $.144 Total seven transfers $ 1.710 LEWIS CUTLER . jVUNEKAL DIJIECTOK (Successor to W. C. Estep) MM rlUUL IIHbtll. '1'koae 9'. BLUFFS. JUDGE HOLDS PRISONERS Daniel Writ of Habeai Corpus fer Porter Seldon and Barber Bhsup. ALSO REFUSES TO REDUCE BAIL BOND Derides That Taking Money from Coat When Only Temporarily Han tp Is Legally Larceny from the Person. Judge Wheeler In district court yester day morning banded down his decision In the habeas corpus case ot Lewis Seldon and Wayne Bhoup, the porter and barber on the Northwestern-Union Paelflo over land limited charged with robbing J. C. Fanning, a Northwestern detective. He not only refused to grant the application, but ordered that the defendants bs re- rri"i t the custody of the sheriff on the charge of grand ' larceny, as wen as that of larceny from the person. on behalf of the prisoners It was con tended that the offense with which they were charged was not larceny from the person, as Detective Fanning had not the coat on at the time It Is alleged the money was taken. The court, however, held that larceny from the person could be com mitted even when the clothing was not being worn, but was hanging In the same room and where the owner would don It before leaving. In thla case It was charged that the money was taken by Porter Sel don from Fannlng's coat while the latter was being shaved by Barber Shoup. Judge Wheeler further held that the offense as charged constituted grand larceny. It hav ing been shown that the pocketbook from which the $10 la alleged to have been ab stracted contained $45 In currency and that to have taken the one $10 bill out the whole sum of $45 must have been first taken from the pocketbook. The tact that the balance of the money was placed back In the pocketbook and later In the coat tor fear of detection did not alter the case. The 'application of the prisoners that their ball be reduced from $500 each to $200 was also denied by the court and they were sent back to the county Jail to wait the action of the grand Jury, which will meet September I. SUING FOR HEAVY DAMAGES Over Hundred Thoasnnd Dollars of Railroad Money Asked la 'Three Cases. The Chicago Burlington Qulncy Rail way company is tuaue defendant in three personal Injury damage suits, filed yester day in the district court, iri ; which the aggregate amount of damages asked Is $116,205. The plaintiffs are John W. Lowder of Omaha In two suits and . Howell R. Proctor, guardian ot Addle F. Lowder, wife of John W. Lowder, In the third ault. The damages are asked by reaaon of Injuries alleged to have been received May 6, 1901, In a collision on ths Burlington road at Thayer, Ia. The passenger train on which Lowder and his wife were traveling from Laconta, Ia., to Omaha was wrecked near Thayer and thrown down an embankment as the, result of a collision with a freight train. , In the first ault Mr. Lowder auea for $50,000 damages for the loss that he has and will Incur by reaaon of the Injuries that his wife received. It la alleged that Mrs. Lowder waa ao severely Injured about the head as to permanently impair her rea aon and mind, and that ahe will never again be a woman of sane mind. Mr. Low der claims that the expense of caring for his wife for the remainder of her life, she being but SS years of age, will be $21,925; that ho has been damaged to the extent ot $25,000 by reason of being deprived of her society and companionship, and that tha loss of her household service for the re mainder of her life amounts to $6,720. In the second sutt Mr. Lowder asks $16,205 for the Injuries which he alleges he received In the accident. He states, that his left arm waa broken and that he received other Injuries whlo are perma nent. . In the third suit, Howell R. Proctor, aa guardian of Mra. Lowder, asks for $50,000 damages for the injuries which his ward re ceived. Mra. Cor M. LeHlgh began ault for di vorce yesterday In- the district court from William F. LeHlgh. to whom ahe waa mar ried in Red Oak September 21, 1899. She charges her Husband with cruel and Inhu man treatment in consequence of which she waa foroed to leave him July 30 ot thla year. She aska that her maiden name of, Cora M. Price be restored to her. Mrs. Anna Miller filed a petition for divorce from William Miller, whom ahe married in thla city March 14, 1192. She alleges that her husband deserted her with out cause or provocation In June, 1899, and aska that ahe be granted the custody ot their minor children, whom shs haa sup ported by her labor atnee the head ot the family absented himself. Adelbert M. Thomas commencsd divorce proceedings from Stella Thomas, to whom he was married In this city April 1. 1897. He alleges that hla wife abandoned him to fight the troubles of thla world alone on September 15 following their marriage. Lewis Cutler commenced suit against Pottawattamie county yesterday to recover $15 for the expenses Incurred In burying Rupert P. Schultte May 16. 1902. Scbultxe waa a stranger who waa killed on the rail road and hla remains wsre taken care of and buried by Undertaker Cutler at the direction of Corcner Treynor. The Board of Supervisors refused to allow Mr. Cutler more than $1 tor burying the man. Henry O. Wernimont began ault against the Dubuque A Sioux City Railroad cos pany for $1,999 damages to a house which he was moving across the Illinois Central tracks when a freight train backed Into It. In his petition he statea that the actual damage to the house waa only $870, but aa the collision waa malicious he Is entitled under the lawa of Iowa to sue for three times the amount of the actual damage. Gravel roofing, A. H. Read, 141 Broadway Davia sells glass. Meeting of Whist Leagne. The eighth annual midsummer meeting cf the Central Whist league will open In this city today and last over Saturday. The sessions will be held In ths club house of the Rowing association at Lake Man awa. It la expected that the attendance will equal that of last summer's meeting. which waa also held at Lake Manawa. Sioux City will be represented by a doien players from ths three clubs of that city. The program for the two days' play will Include pair contests, free-tor-all contesta and possibly a competition tor the Rich ards trophy, now held by the Council Bluffs club, which won tt at Sioux City last winter. Prises In the shape of trophy buttons will be awarded ths wieners la the eev era! contests. These buttons are of gold bearing on their face the emblem of the Central Whist lesgue. In addition to the regular program of games there will be one er two business meetings, although It Is not known that there Is any business of Importance to come before the league at this meeting, most of the regular business being trans acted at the annual winter session. Jacobs' Wife Arrives. Mrs. Jacobs, wife of Peter Jacobs, the lineman In the employ of the motor com pany who was killed Wednesday morning, arrived In Council Bluffs last evening from Pueblo, Colo. She will accompany the body of her husband this morning to Sabetha, Ran., where he has relatives living and which was his home before he removed to South Omaha. The mother of the unfortu nate man Uvea In Ooff, Kan., but three sis ters reside In Sabetha. A brother lives In Baker, Kan. nam prohibition ticket State Convention Sot Only Nominates State bnt Congressional Candidates. WATERLOO. Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) The prohibition state convention 'today made the following nominations: Secretary of sUte, W. W. Howard, Marahalltown; auditor of state, John W. Leedy, Waverly; treasurer of state, E. P. Fetter, Oakland; railroad commissioner, E. H. Albright, Dea Moines county; attorney general, J. B. Fer guson, Csdsr county; Judge of supreme court. J. A. Harvey, Dallas county; clerk of supreme court, E. A. Graves, Mitchell eounty; reporter supreme court, W. P. Brlggs, Hartley. Nominees for congress: First district, W. C. Shepard, Fairfield; Second district, Francis Bacon, Wilton Junction; Third dis trict, John A. Earl, Waterloo; Fourth dis trict, D. McOregor, Mason City; Fifth dis trict, Malcom Smith, Cedar Rapids; Sev enth district, J. D. C. McFarland, Dea Moines; Tenth district, W. D. Elwell of Bancroft. Falls to Death in a Well. CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) An old-fashioned well with a trsp door is re sponsible for the death of the 1-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds of Lenox, a small town south of here. The little one was playing out of doors when the mother missed her and began a aearch. She raised the lid ot the well and discov ered her dead body floating on the water, twenty-two feet below. The well waa al ways kept covered and a heavy rock laid on the lid. The little one had raised the lid and fallen in. The door closed over her. It Is supposed that ahe was dead be fore she reached the water, aa there -was no water In her lungs and a large bruised spot on her head Indicated that ahe had fallen against a rock in the well. Iowa Crop Conditions. SHENANDOAH. Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) Crop conditions In southwestern Iowa are splendid. The corn still retalna lta lux uriant green color and la making a splendid growth. Wheat that Is being threshed is generally found aomewhat damaged by the continued wet weather during, harvesting time, but the oata yield la extremely well and of a good grade. The bay crop haa been Immense In spite of the rains and many of the farmers were able to aave their entire crops. Potatoes are making splendid yields, exceeding all prevloua rec ords. Henry Field will aoon finish har vesting 10,000 bushels. Chicago partlea se cured toe bulk of them at 40 centa per bushel. i Jail Breaker Recaptured. CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) Jamea Nugent, one of the four prisoners who escaped from the Union county Jail a few weeks ago, haa been captured and re turned to Creston. He was charged with breaking Into the McDonald hardware atore here and waa bound over to the grand Jury. He waa arrested at Des -Moines on the charge of vagrancy, and was going under the name ot John Burns, the same alias he adopted while in Omaha, attempt ing to escape with the stolen articles. He will say nothing of the Jail delivery further than that It was a pal of one of the escaped prlsonera who secured false keys and re leased all four ot them. Iowa Labor Famine Likely. SHENANDOAH, Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) There will likely be a aoarclty of laborers In this section this fall; already Red Oak and Villlsca are advertising In Shenandoah for laborers at good wages, $1.75 and $2 per day being - offered, aeemlngly without se curing the wanted help. Tea or a doten brick masons from neighboring towns are now working In Shenandoah, assisting in the construction of D. 8. Lake's big pack ing shed or on the McMahlll & Mara' ator- age barn. These two buildings cover more then an acre of ground and 1,000,000 brick will be used In the outer walla alone. low Farmers Seek Land Dargalna. CEDAR FALLS. Ia., Aug. 1L (Special.) The northern, land crate haa stuck to this community wen. A party ox twenty-six farmsrs of thla county chartered a special ear over the Rock Island and Milwaukee roada and departed for the Dakotaa and Minnesota, where they will atay tor a week looking for bargains. The farmers havs money this year and they are looking tor places to Invest It. Barglar Inspect Jailed. WATERLOO, la., Aug. 21. (SpeclaL) The police believe they have the burglar who robbed the Tanyblll house some dsys ago. John Hurst, a colored man arrested at In dependence, la held under suspicion. He resisted arrest and three officers were re quird to land him In Jail. Iowa State Hew Notes. S. R. Howe, for many years proprietor of the Howe hotel In Osceola, Is dead. His remalna will be taken to New Tork for In torment. A company of nineteen farmers, formed In NUls township. Floyd county, bought a eomoleta threshing: outfit from C. K. Din kel, a local Implement dealer, at a coat of $2,830. This trust la formed to do their In dividual threshing instead of hiring others to do tt. A local grain dealer. C. if. Fell, it Is said, advised the combination and that another Is now forming In Chickasaw county for a similar object. The drift of fubllc opinion soema to tend toward the rust or combination idea as both practical and profitable, ao much ao that even far mers are in It. Thinking him dead a party of Fort Dodge tourists laid P. D. Keim, part owner of the largest candy factory in northwestern Iowa, out for burial. Mr. Kelm was struck by llehtninr while climbing a mountain. He was stretched out. his clothing, which had been torn off and scattered forty feet away, was placed On his body and his companions were about to carry him down the mountain without the aid of a stretcher when tt was discovered that he waa still breathing. It took an hour to bring him to. Ills son brought him home today after a seventy- flve-mlle trip by way ot Laramie stage. Hla ear drums are broken and his booy Is a mass of busters. Joseph Ade, a veteran railway mall clerk on the Milwaukee out of Cedar Raplda, waa found dead In the toilet room of the Colo rado Si-'! on lh Norlhwaatern. Ha had been a sufferer from acute Indigestion tor some time. The theory Is that he went into the room and niea suddenly. He was found by the conductor In making h!a rounds Juit after leaving there, lie waa enrouie from Davenport, and haa a wife In the latter city. Ade waa much respected by his asaoclates. He was 1 yearr old and had beea a mall clerk for thirty-five years. He was an uncle of Oeorge Ade. lbs humorUt. The remains went Ukta to BeUe i'lalaa. FIRE DAMAGES FINE ORGAN Blaze Buna from Gaa Jat Lit for Purpose of Drying Out ths Instrument. LEVICH TAKES NEW TACK ON OFFICERS KxeeotlTe t'onnell Concludes the Work of Sending Ont the Assess ment Srhednlee Appeal Marder Cases. (From a Stiff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Aug. 21. (Special.) The pipe organ of the new Plymouth Congrega tional church was burned this afternoon and the loss on the organ, with the damage to the church, chiefly from water and smoke, amounted to not less than $10,000. The organ waa largely the gift ot Mra. M. P. Turner, who gave the money tor the same. The fire caught from a gaa Jet. Owing to the continued wet weather the organ had become damp and an effort was made to dry It out. Tha organ was a very fine one and was dedicated last aprlng with a fine concert. The church Is the finest In the city and was erected during the lsst year at a cost of $80,000. Both church and organ were Insured. Levich Waived Examination. When the trial of Harry Levich, accused ot the murder ot Isaac Flnkelsteln, waa called thla afternoon he waived examina tion and gave ball In $3,000 to appear be fore the grand jury. The state haa been making a fight to have Levich put on trial before Walker, and after he got a change of venue today the case waa set for Im mediate trial. Hence the defense waived examination. The discovery waa also made that the information does not charge mur der In the first degree, and therefore there could be no accessory to the crime. Reward Is Wanted. Governor Cummins haa been asked to offer a reward for the finding of the mur-derer-or murderers of Mr. and Mra. Tuman, the husband and wife who were found last week foully murdered at their home, sev eral miles north of Muscatine, la. When the bodies were found life had been ex tinct for several days. A tramp by the name of Dan Williams left the county about the time of the murder and baa not been seen alnce. Suspicion pointed to him and also to a former husband of the murdered woman. Officers are looking for the tramp, but now think the latter waa not con nected with the crime, although he is un der arrest. Governor Cummins is out ot the city, but the petition, signed by some of the leading citizens of Muscatine, haa been forwarded to his office here, accom panied by affidavits showing the helnous ness of the crime. Marder Cases Appealed. Three persons under conviction of mur der filed transcripts In appeal cases today with the clerk of the supreme court. Two were the Albert City bank robbers, who killed the town marshal ot Albert City and are under aentence to hang. A. G. Phillips and Lewis Brooks were engaged in breaking banka In northwest Iowa in November last and were given chase by a posse. In the fracas they shot and killed John Sundblad, marshal at Albert City, and for thla they were convicted in Buena Viata county and sentenced to hang . next . December. Tbey hope to secure freedom on a technicality, claiming that . the Jury waa Improperly drawn. Another appeal case from the same county will be' decided before thla .one and It will dispose of the question. Ben Mc- Knlght of Sioux City haa appealed from a sentence ot twenty-five yeara for the mur der of hla wife in June last year. It waa proved that he literally kicked and beat her to death. The exact ground ot the appeal la not yet made known here. Assessment Work Completed. The making out of certificates In tha tele phone assessment matter waa completed to day by Assistant Secretary Swan of the ex ecutive department, and thla completes ths work ot making out the certlflates under the last assessment. The express and rail road assessments were already aent out. The printing of the annual report of the council on assessments Is nearly all dona and the report will be out next week. The work waa much larger this year than usual because of the larger number ot new com panies to be assessed and the greater num ber of changea from previous assessments Goes to Manila Custom Ilanae. Mark Evana of thla city haa received an appointment to a position In the custom house in Manila and will leave next Monday for San Francisco to take a transport and proceed at once to his nosltlon. Mr. Kvana was nrst aergeant of Company F, Thirty. second regiment, under Cantaln A. W Brandt, denutv auditor of stats, and arvd in the PhlllDDlnes with the redment. Evana was also of the Fifty-first Iowa, but did not go to the PhlllDDlnes with that rerlmant It waa a detachment of tha Thlrtv-aenond under Serceant Evana that eantur1 tha first guns taken by the regiment In the Philippines and hla record waa ..excellent GAMBLERS TURN TRICK IN CITY Regala Possession of Their Para phernalia on a Writ of Replevin. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Aug. 21. (Special Tele gram.) The gamblers made a sensational move In the fight between them and the city today. The gambling paraphernalia, which waa aelsed by the city In the early morning raid personally conducted by Mayor Caldwell, waa recovered upon writ ot replevin. The gamblers allege that the ordinance under which the raid waa con ducted la Illegal, . because at the time It waa passsd the code had not glvan the city the right to enact the ordinance. It haa been intimated that the county attorney abould act under the atate law. The county attorney retorts in a published Interview that if the administration wishes to pro ceed under a statute, of which there la no doubt tbey can act, he la willing to prose cute. WOMAN QUELLS A MUTINY Seises Asa and with Help of a Deputy Forces Prisoners Into Their Cells. DES MOINES, Aug. 21. A telephone mes sage from Centervllle states that a mutiny occurred ia the county Jail early tbia morn ing, resulting In the serious wounding ot Sheriff Davis. The sheriff's wife seised an axe and with the aaslstance of Deputy Bevlngton, who had a revolver, forced the prisoners back to their cells. Ths mutiny follows a aeries ot attempts to break Jail within the last week, two of which were aucceasful. Page Institute In Session. RHKNANDOAH, Ia.. Aug. 21. (Special.) The Page County Normal institute opened in the Western Normal college building on Tuesday of thla week and a good attend ance from all parts of the county la en rolled. Superintendent Colbert haa the fol lowing able corps of Instructors assisting In ths works euper.ntendenta O. &. Smith. H. K. Wheeler and D. D. Miles. C. L Holtxman of Pena college, Oskaloosa, L. F. Hltta, Mrs. Rllla Waugh, and for a aerlea of lectures he baa aecured Prof. Fracker, Ira N. Howerth of Chicago university and State Superintendent R. C. Barrett, who lectured laat evening to a full house. One hundred and nine teachers registered the first day. A atate teachers' examination 111 be held here at the close of the Insti tute. BIQ BROTHER TAKES A HAND I. Porter May Have Reason to Be Thankful He Is la Vermilion Jail. SIOUX CITY. Ia., Aug. 21. (Special Tele gram.) S. Porter, the love-letter writer, who la now In Jail at Vermilion. Is still the focus ot attention. Charles H. Eaton of Weatbrook, Minn., arrived In the city today and alleged he was seeking for Porter for the purpose ot wreaking sum mary vengeance upon him. He alleges that Porter deceived his sister and threatens that If he can get to the latterday Cupid he will do him bodily Injury. Eaton thought Porter waa still In Sioux City . and waa disappointed to learn that the man with many sweethearts waa In Vermilion. He lie he would follow after htm, and It he succeeded In reaching the prisoner be would squsre things on his sister's ac count. Porter'a grips, which have been a bone of contention for some time, were turned over to Porter's attorneys today, upon the payment of $17 to Miss Michaels of LeMara and $27 to Miss Armstrong of Vermilion. two ot Porter's victims. Suspect Hog Thieves Missing. CRESTON, Ia.. Aug. 21. (Special.) What aeema to have been a systematic robbery of hogs from the farmers near Aftoa aeema to have been stopped by some of the hogs being recognized and the reported "squeal ing" of one of the thieves. For some time the farmera have been mlsalog small num bers ot hogs and no trace of them could be found. Monday some were stolen from Ed Sullivan and aold to a person In Afton. It Is said that two young fellows by the name ot Lair and Porter are the guilty partlea. They have left for parts unknown. May Straighten Black Hnwk River. WATERLOO. Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) The farmera of the county who reside on the banka of the Black Hawk are contemplat ing atralghtentng the bed of that stream, which haa caused thousands of dollars loss by overflow this seaaon. Tho plan la to plow and scrape between the crooked places and use the dirt to make draws throwing the water Into the new channel. The chan nel Is so crooked that the water cannot run away fast enough and backa up and cuta new channela and aweeps much property bs fore it. Injured Lodgre Man Conscious. IOWA FALLS. Ia.. Aug. 21. (Special.) Henry Snyder, the young man who waa seri ously Injured laat week, at the close of a meeting of the Knights of the Maccabees at Alden, haa recovered conaclouaness after remaining in an insensible condition for two days and two nights, and hla chancea for ultimate recovery are considered good. He sustained a severe blow on the head by falling and the accident had no connection whatever with the lodge work, aa the In latory ceremonlea had closed an hour be fore. Will Feature Military Science. CEDAR FALLS. Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) The recent order of the War department at Washington prescribing a more rigid course of Instruction In the military departments of the schools of the country where Instruc tors are regular army officers will make some changea In the course at the State Normal school, where the instruction is la charge of Major Olmated. In thla caae the achool will come under the first clasa head and the hours will be doubled for Instruc tions. Rig Iowa Land DenI Closed. CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 21. (Special.) Probably the largest cash real estate deal ever consummated In thla section waa closed yesterday by tbe firm of Davenport aV McMaster, who sold what la known aa the Murchy farm near Lenox to Thomaa Sullivan of Clearfield for $30,000 caah. It Is one of the finest farms la the state, and the new owner aaya that ha proposes to put between $1,000 and $6,000 worth of Improve ments on It. Held for Shooting Hla Father. BTJSSEY, la.. Aug. 2L (Special.) John Sims, the wealthy young farmer who ahot and killed hla father one morning last week In order to save ths life of his mother, had his preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon and at 9 o'clock last night waa bound ovr to await the action ot the grand Jury on a charge of murdsr. His ball waa flxsd at $8,000, which amount he promptly gave. Close of Campmcetlag. CEDAR FALLS. Ia., Aug. 21. (Speoial.) The German Evangelical campmeetlng, whloh followed the meeting of the Young People's alliance at Cedar River park, haa come to s close, after arranging tor the In ternational meeting of the Young People'a alliance at the same plaoe next year, when delegates from all parte ot the United Statea and Canada are expected to attend. SOUTH DAKOTA DRENCHED Heavy Rain Revives Growing Corn, hat Impedes Threshtag of mall Grain. HURON, 8. D., Aug. 21. (Special.) Most of tbe Jim river valley and for miles to the west and north waa visited by a drenching rain Tuesday morning. Interfering some what with threshing, but highly beneficial to corn. The latter la recovering from frostbites ot a week ago and while tha crop generally waa considerably damaged, there la good proepeot of a fair crop. Where threshing haa been dona In thla locality the wheat yield Is from twelve to twenty-two bushels to the aore, oata from thirty-eight to fifty-five bushels and barley from forty to forty-eight bushsls; those grains are of excellent quality and color the barley being tha beat grown In thla seo tton for many yeara. Reports indicate a splendid crop of po tatoeslarger than estimated and of the very best quality. Gramas are in good con dition, the open ranges being better than usual at thla time of year. First Crop Pays for Land. PIERRE. 8. D.. Aug. 21. (Special.) Re ports from all sections of the state ahow where purchasers of landa have ralaed cropa which will bring returna of cash greater tor the present year than tho coat ot tbe land. Theae reporta are not confined to any one crop, but It la being done though the raising of wheat, flax, corn, alfalfa and brome grass. Neither Is this fact bslng recorded for any apeclal favored aectlon ot the state, but all sections make the aama abowlnz. State Sells Taylor Farm. PIERRE, 8. D., Aug. 21. (SpeclaL ) Gtate Lead Cemmisaioaor Eaatmaa has Juui closed a desl for tha sale of tbe Taylor home farm In Spink county, near Red field. The tract waa disposed of for $7,112 40. or $10 per acre. At the time ot the appraisement o fths Tsylor property, when It waa taken by the atate In part settlement ot the elalma against ths sx treasursr. It waa Us tad at a 111,1 la avat Improves With Age Jap Rose is so pure that the older it gets the better. And its odor is the perfume of natural flowers -refreshing, delightful. Jap Rose I V Crease naaal Soap The result of a lifetime spent in the science 'of soap-making. No other soap is so pure, so transparent, so soothing, so agreeable. JAMES S. 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Thla aale leavea but one Important piece of property taken on thla aettlement to yet dispose of by the state, that being tbe Mellette farm near Watertown. . Presldnt Smiley does Kast. LARAMIE, Wyo., Aug. 11 (Special.) President Elmer E. Smiley of the State uni versity and family will leave next week for Chicago and Syracuse, where they will visit for aome time. President Smiley will prob ably not return in time for the opening of the fall term, for his health la very poor and the visit In the east will probably be prolonged with, the hope that he will im prove. Prof. C. B. Rrageway will act aa president drutng the abssnce of Mr. Smiley. Alleged Cattle Thief I'nder Arrest. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug. 21. (Spe cial.) Anton Mustlek, who waa arrested several daya ago by Sheriff Norman of Charles Mix county, on the charge of grand larceny, preferred by Frederick Stanley, from whom Musllek is accuaed of having stolen seven head of cattle, haa waived hla preliminary examination and furnished bonds In the sum of $600 for his appear, ance at the next term of the atate circuit court In Charlea Mia county. Dakota Immigration Heavy. HURON, B. D., Aug. 11. (Special.) Thirteen carloada of excursionists and land seekers arrived here Tuesdsy night from the east and south. About 200 rsmalned here and others went west and north. There appears to be no diminution of tbe number of land seekers and lnveatora com ing to tbia aectlon of tbe atate; every train brings many. Rigidly Enforce Gnnie Laws. PIERRE, 8. D., Aug. 11. (Special.) A commission haa been Issued to Anthony Brlgnoll as game warden for Hughea county. In this connection reports generally over the state show that the gams wardena ar holding buntera to s strict compliance with the law and In thla they are being upheld by true aportamen generauy. Orders Concern to Pay Hnren'a Levy. HURON, 6. D., Aug. 21. (Special.) Hon. T. M. 81mmona, state's attorney tor thla (Beadle) county, has aucceeded In getting an order from Judge Carlaod of the United Statea district court requiring tbe Dakota Building and Loan association to pay t the city tl Huron taxsa to the amaunt cf ILOVm R3EW PRICES WK TALK. Picnic Hama, per lb 1W Halt Pork, per lb li'-jO Sliver Leaf Lard, per lb llo OUR OTHErfLEADERS Best Country Butter, per lb Bost Creamery Butter, per lb American Cream Cheese, per lb... Diamond C Soap, 7 bars for White Russian Soap, 7 bare for. 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