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COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI.OH MESTIOX.
Davis Mill drugs.
6tockert sells carpet.
Crayon enlprplng. Zu& nroadway.
For rent, storeroom. Ill Main street.
Expert watch repairing. TfTfrt. IVy.
Celebrated Met beer on tap. Noumayer.
Schmidt's photon. Satisfaction g uaranteed.
Judge Wheeler will reconvene district
court this mu:nlng.
Dinner set of 1. pieces $5.93. at A. B.
Howes. 310 Broadway.
Miss Dertha Oreemill of Lincoln. Neb., Is
the guest of Mrs. S. Snyder. ,
Dr. J. H. Cleaver will leave this morning
on a business trip to Newport, Neb.
Pictures and art vases for wedding gift.
C. K. Alexander & Co.. 333 B way.
Mls Jesnette I. teison of Waterloo, la.,
Is the guest of Miss. Jeanette Miller.
Miss Oenevleve Wlckham Is home from
a visit with relatives In Des Moines.
F L. Reed, clerk of the district court,
arrived home last evening from Chicago.
The regular meeting night of the Elks'
lodge has been chimed from Thursday to
Friday, aa It originally was.
Mrs. C. M. McKlnley. H105 South Ninth
Street left yestcrdav on a visit to rclutlves
and f'rlmids In Corroctlonvllle, la.
mi., rin Mnrohnime of the Bradley
Polytechnic Institute is home to spend the
summer vacation with her family.
W H. Orlffith nnil Nellie L. Lundoen,
both of Omaha, were married In this city
yesterday afternoon by Justice Carson.
Marlmna. the Infant son of Mr.- and Mrs
n..mi. ipvcrnnn. Mil Sixteenth avenue1,
died yesterday morning of measles, aged
months.
k'nr nt. nfn room, ground floor. One
of the mott central locations In the business
nortinn of the city. Apply to The Itee
office, cltv.
Frank O. Miller, In advance of the Fore
paugh and Sells Bros, circus, which will
show In Council Bluffa July 17, was In the
city yesterday.
The SaveTS residence at Twelfth street
nil Havpniri-nth avenue was Quarantined
yesterday on account .of a case of scarlet
fever In the family.
Maggie Hayden took out a permit yester
day for the erection of a one and one-half-storv
frame cottage on Tenth avenue and
Third street, to cost J1.000.
Wa contract to keep public or- private
bouses free from roaches by the year. In
sect Exterminator Manufacturing company.
Council Bluffs. Ia. Telephone F034.
Deputy Sheriff Baker was at the court
house yesterday morning for the first time
since he was shot and wounded by young
George Matheson at Weston, May 7.
Colonel C. O. Saunders, who was re
elected a director of the hend camp of Mod
ern Woodmen of America, Is home from the
meeting recently held In Indianapolis.
For sale, the O. U. Rice fruit farm of
forty aares, two miles from courthouse In
Council Bluffs, r'or price and terms ad
dress D. W. Otis, 133 Pearl street. Council
- Bluffs. Ia.
George H. Mavne was yesterday appointed
administrator of the estate of his brother,
Karl Mayne. Besides about $7,000 life In
surance, Mr. Mayne carried a policy of
accident Insurance for $5,0ou.
Miss Claire Zlmmer, who has been a stu
dent at the Sacred Heart academy In
Omaha, Is the guest of her grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Cieorge Gerner, for a few
weeks before returning to her home In
Helena, Mont.
Stuart, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. McConnell, formerly of this city,
has become the leading boy soprano In the
choir of Christ Church cathedral, St. Ixnils.
He la said to possess a voice of remarkable
range and sweetness.
. K. Dowling and W. E. Chapman of
Neola. who had a dispute over a fence
boundary, have appealed to the district
court from the finding of W. N. r elton
' and O. J. Williams, the "fence viewers
appointed by the township board.
Mr. Robert Bsasley of 807 South Sixth
' street, who recently underwent a severe
surgical operation at the woman s Chris
tian Association hospital, is recovering,
. - though slowly, owing to her health having
been seriously Impaired by several years
. ' of continued Illness.
' Otto Jones, the colored circus roustabout
arrested for the theft of a coat In Atlantic,
' ,.iAiiMt from custody yesterday.
The coat having been recovered, the
Atlantis authorities decided they did not
want Jones so badly as to go to the
n.n.o of taking him back there.
The gypsies who have been camped In
the western part of the city for the last
...u nn their tents yesterday morn
ing and left the city. The women of the
band became such a nuisance by their
begging and Importunities to tell fortunes
that the police ordered them to leave the
cuy. . . .
The regular weekly meeting oi '"
Druggists' sssoclatlon will be held this
evening In the office of Mayor Morgan In
the city hall, when It Is expected that the
r.rcrram for the annual meeting of the '
State Pharmaceutical association, to be,
held In this city July H-l. will be com
pleted and mads public.
I), I., weir, the former city detective,
sustained severe Injuries to his ck Mon
day evening by a fall from a tree at his
home. 2113 Avenus B. It was at first feared
that his back was broken, as he was un
conscious for some time after the iccldent.
His Injuries, however, are of such a nature
as to confine him to his bed for some time.
The receipts In the general fund at the
Christian home last week were J139 66. being
IG0.M below the needs of the week and
increasing the deficiency existing In
this fund to $2,1377 to date. In the man
ager's fund the receipts were $115. being
$18.85 below the neds of the week and In
creasing the deficiency to I15..40 In this fund
to date.
Attorney Flnley Burke is home from New
York, where he went recently to represent
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Rohrer of this cKy In
the suit brought by them contesting tho
will of the late Mary Beach Towsey. The
suit Involves about tl.ouo.oou. The hearing
was owing to the rush of business In the
courts before the summer vacation, post
poned to October.
m.h.i Nichols who was charged by her
father. James Nichols, with the larceny of
a number of household ai tides, was dis
charged In Justice Carson's court yester-
i h father failed to appear, and
h.',r,.t .r tuxad uo against him. Miss
Nichols claimed the goods belonged to her
as the result of a division of the property
left by her mother, who died a few months
ago.
rialloon Catches Fire.
King Murphy, the aeronaut, did not make
an ascension last evening at Lake Manawa
but his balloon did, although not In th
prescribed manner. It went up In a mass
of flames and Murphy Is now short one
balloon.
Murphy's assistants forgot before let
ting the balloon loose to put water on the
fire and In consequence the canvas caught
Are., Murphy, who had hold of the para
chute ready to make the ascent, was
warned In time by ths cries of the bystand
era and succeeded In letting go before being
taken off hie feet. Ths parachute was
burned, together with the balloon, which
ascended to a great height before It was
consumed.
DEMOCRATS TO MEET LATE
Convention to Name County Ticket to Be
Held M ddle of September.
MAKES CANDIDATES' SUFFERING SHORT
No Rash Mas Keen Noted to Secure
Honor of a, Place on the Official
Ballot Inder Democrat
Label.
by Judge Maey, r his case wes said to
bs an extremely aggravated one. He was
brought to this city yesterday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff Long and placed In the
county Jail over night. Sheriff Cousins will
take him to Mt. Pleasant this morning.
The democratic convention to place in
nomination a county ticket, It was stated
yisterday by leading members of the party,
will not be called before September 13.
This is taken to Indicate that the Potta
wattamie dimocrats have no hope of elect
ing any of their nominees this fall, and
for that reason desire to make the cam
paign as short as possible.
Little Interest has developed up to date
in the naming of the county ticket and
tut few names have been mentioned as
probable candidates for the several offices
to be voted on In November. .
The nominations for county treasurer and
sheriff nre most talked about at present,
although the rank and file appear to dis
play little Interest as to where the nom-
InutU ns . will land. For treasurer Louis
Zurmuehlen, Jr., who was defeated last
year for clerk of the district court. Is said
to be willing to accept this nomination,
while Pat Gunnoude Is reported as not
likely to decline the nomination If offered
him. There has been some talk of the
nomination being offered to Hon. Thomas
Bowman, former congressman from the
Ninth district and former postmaster of
this city, but his friends say he Is not
looking for further political preferment and
would nqt accept the nomination If offered
him.
Mack Goodwin, chairman of the demo
cratic county central committee, Is an
avowed candidate for the nomination for
sheriff and it Is the general opinion that
he can have it without opposition If he Is
anxious to make the race. Goodwin was
at one time a deputy under Sheriff James
O'Nell, who la also talked of In connection
with the nomination this year. Al Lenocker
Is said to be tho candidate for the nomina
tion for sheriff from the east end of the
county. He Is from Oakland and Is very
popular among the members of his party
In his section of the county.
Alderman Charles Huber, who was de
feated two years ago by Captain L. B.
Cousins, was -understood to be a candidate
again this year, but his friends say that
he will not enter the race, although Anna
Eva Fay, the mysterious mind reader, as
sured him during one of her seances in
the New theater here that he would be
the next sheriff.
Dr. F. T. Seybert Is reported to be In the
field for the nomination for coroner and
friends of Dr.' J. C. Waterman are also
urging his name for this nomination. It Is
generally understood that the party will
name Hon. M. F. Rohrer for state sen
ator to make the race against Colonel
C. G. Saunders, and It It believed that Mr.
Rohrer will accept tfie nomination.
For the other offices on the ticket, no
names have been mentioned aa yet.
Off for State Convention.
Pasaenfter Is Insane.
Daniel W. Soner, a passenger bound for
San Francisco, was taken from a Mil
waukee train at the Transfer depot yes
terday afternoon as his actions Indicated
that he was mentally deranged, lie was
taken before the commissioners on Insanity
who committed him to St. Bernard's hos
pital. Soner, who appears to be a laboring man,
Is on his way from Dublin, Ireland, to Ban
Francisco, where he says he hss two sis
ters. While waiting for a train In Pitta
burg, Pa., Soner says he made the ac
quaintance of two strangers who robbed
him of his baggage and all his money.
When he arrived here yesterday afternoon
he was penniless but still retained his
through ticket to San Francisco. The loss
of his belongings and money Is thought to
have caused a temporary derangement of
his mind and that with proper treatment
It Is believed he will be able to resume his
Journey In a few days.
Farewell to Rv, Calfee.
Rev. J. V. Calfee, who with his fam
ily, will leave today ffor El Paso, Tex., to
assume the pastorate of the First Methodl.it
church, was tendered a farewell reception
last evening at Broadway Methodist
church by his congregation and the pastors
attending the semi-annual conference. The
reception was a flattering tribute to Rev.
Calfee's work during his two years' pastor
ate of Broadway church. The church was
crowded, lmny of those present to bid
Rev. and Mrs. Calfee farewell being mem
bers of other churches. Presiding Elder
Griffith, In a short address paid a high
tribute to Rev. Calfee as a pastor and
citizen.
The conference will close this morning,
when Rev. E. Comble Smith of Omaha
will preach the sermon.
At yesterday morning's session Rev. W.
S. Hooker of Indlanola made an eloquent
address In behalf of Simpson college, the
Methodist college for southwestern Iowa.
FIGHT OVER TELEPHONE CALL
One Man Dangerously Injured and
Another Narrowly Escapes
Lynching.
CORNING, Ia., June 23. (Special Tele
gram.) C. W. Richards, a farmer living
8evan miles south, stabbed a young man in
the back because the latter had changed
his telephone call in some way not to his
liking. Richards was arrested and taken
to Bedford. Neighbors wanted to lynch
him, but some of the cooler heads pre
vailed on 'the crowd to go home. Richards'
victim Is In a critical condition.
DEMOCRATS OUT IN FORCE
Dcubt.'ul Wh'oh Element Wiil Control the
Iowa Contention!
OLD-TIMERS WSH TO IGNORE SILVER
Friends of Bryan Insist They Hare
the Votes to Control the Con
vention and Will Endorse
Kansas City Platform.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. June !3.-(3peclal.) All
the preliminaries for the democratlo state
convention have been arranged and the
great majority of the delegates are on
hand. There is a larger number of promi
nent men presont tonight, Just before the
convention, than for many years, indicating
a large attendance and great Interest in ths
proceedings. Most of the democrats are
hopeful of a harmonious convention ana
one that will leave the party in shape for
a fight this year in tne siaie. int wibcbi
counselors of the party are here and are
hard at work. The convention meets at
10:30 tomorrow, the caucuses having been
previously held and committees named.
J. Herbert Quick of Sioux City Is to be
temporary chairman and he will deliver a
brief and pointed address. The caucuses
will determine ov.'y what will be the com
plexion of the committees. It matters very
little what the resolutions committee does,
for there is sure to be two reports and
an open fight in the convention. There
are two plans being considered, as follows:
The organisers want practically last
year's state platform, silent on the coinage
question, strong on tariff and trusts, and
are willing that Judge Van Wagenen of
Sioux City shall be the nominee for gov
ernor. But above all else they want all
reference to the Kansas City platform left
out.
The reafflrmatlonlsts desire an unequiv
ocal declaration of reaffirmation of the
Kansas City platform, with some well
known silver man as candidate. They will
not accept Van Wagenen unless he agrees
to run on a silver platform end leave out
his plan for a campaign In favor of gov
ernment ownership of railroads.
Ths movement for the nomination of
Jerry Sullivan of Creston, a pronounced
free silver man, Is strong tonight. The
plan of a large number of delegates Is to
adopt the plank which Sullivan wrote at
Creston and name him for governor. This
plank is:
We have implicit confidence in the high
character and ability of democratic states
men, and can trust them to settle details
of legislation concerning the financial and
all other questions, and while we do not
pledge tne democracy or i nion county
j2orrsXa.al Buirtluu
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the Omaha Bee on Wednesdays and Sundays.
The price of Egg-O See is creat
ing a revolution in the food busi
ness. It is a full sized package of
the best breakfast food and
Retails for lO Cents
The largest food mill in the world
with the most approved labor-saving
machinery enables us to make the
best flaked wheat food at this lower
price. This price standardizes Egg-O-See
as a food article and puts a
delicious and healthful flaked cereal
food within the reach of all.
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Sioux and Lyon County Crops.
ROCK VALLEY, Ia., June 23.-(8peclal.')
Crops In Sioux and Lyon counties are In
fine condition. Seldom have they been bet
ter at this time of year. Corn is especially
good and If not Injured by early frosts
will probably ylold ninety bushels to the
acre. Small grain Is a trifle rank, owing
to the exoesstve moisture, but is considered
better than usual.
Last year the corn In this section was
almost totally destroyed by frosts Just be
fore maturity. Because of this extra good
care was taken In the selection of the seed
Several of the Pottawattamie county del- I Diantlng has been necessary. All the corn
own H r,n in t h dnmnrrntln convention tn hit ' . . . . &
held today left for Des Mo'nes last even
Ing, while the remainder will go this morn
tng. This county will be represented by a
full de'egatlon, as follows: Former Mayor
Victor Jennings, C. D. Walter, James
O'Neill, T. E. Casady, former Congress
man Thomas Bowman, J. P. Organ, F. W.
Miller, E. P. Qraney and Oeorge 8. Davis
of Council Bluffs, Sylvester Dye and J.
M. Coons of Macedonia, W. L. Rankin of
Carson, A. L. Furdy of Oarnsr, J. B.
Johanssen and Dr. S. D. Tobey of Oakland,
Roscoe Barton of Avoca, Warren HOugh of
Crescent, John R. Black of Wright, Hugh
McLean of Neola, A. O. Wyland of Nor
walk and Oeorge Thomas of Boomer.
Former City Attorney 8. B. Wadsworth,
William Brooks Reed and J. J. Hughes,
chairman of the city central committee,
who have secured proxies, accompanied the
party which left last evening. The dele
gallon goes unlnstructed, but is said to bs
opposed to the reaffirmation in toto of the
Kansas City platform. The delegation, it
Is understood, is divided as to the nomi
nation for governor, some of them being
favorable to Judge Van Wagenen of Sioux
City..
in this community has been worked out
twice or three times. The hay crop will
be a record-breaker and the work of hay
making will be commenced this week. Po
tatoes are backward In general, though
several of the best local gardeners were
exhibiting new potatoes as large as hens'
eggs Saturday, the very early planted po
tatoes having grown nicely. Business men
are greatly encouraged by the favorable
prospects.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. Night. FW7.
Real Kstate Transfers.
These transfers were filed yestrday In
the abstract, title and oan office of Squire
at Annls. 101 Pearl street:
Charles R. Kimball and wife to
Oeorge W. Mpe, e Tuft, lota 4. &
and . block E. Curtis it Ramsey's
add.: w d .16.750
Laconla Savings bank to J. W. Lev
erett. lot 24. block 4. Sackett s ad. ;
w d
Two transfers, total 14,660
Marrlaa Licenses.
licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and residence. Age
Alhrt V- Undbera. Council Bluffs 25
Margaret C. Hanson, Council Bluffs.... ti
W. H. Qrimth. Omaha 2i
Nellie L. Lundeen, Omaha ii
M. Rowe, Madison county. Iowa "1
Birdie Bonham, Ma,diaon county, Iowa... 33
ARRANGE TO LET DITCH JOBS
Pottawattamie and Harrison County
Boards Get Together and Ad
vertise for Bids.
County Auditor Huff. County Attorney
Fallon and the members of the Board of
County Supervisors of Harrison county
were In the city yesterday, and after a
conference with County Auditor R. V. Innes
derided upon the form of advertisement
for bids for the construction of the Harrison-Pottawattamie
county drainage ditches.
Bids for the sections In Pottawattamie
county will have to be filed with County
Auditor Innes by noon of Thursday. July
80. These bids will be opened and read In
the office of the county auditor on Satur
day, August 1, at 4 p. m., and the contracts
will be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder Monday, August 8, at 11 a. m. Bid
ders must accompany their proposals with
a certified check amounting to 5 per cent of
the bid.
For the purpose of dividing the contracts
the ditches have been divided Into sections,
as follows: Allen creek ditch. In Harrison
county, fifty-five sections; in Pottawattamie
county, tourteen sections. Willow creek
ditch. In Harrison county, forty-eight sec
tions; In Pottawattamie county, fourteen
sections. Boyer river cut-off, In Pottawata
mle county, five sections.
The estimated excavation necessary for
the construction of the ditches and on
which the bids are asked Is as follows:
Allen ereek ditch, In Harrison county,
804. SS8 cubie yards; Allen creek ditch, in
Pottawattamie county. S2.U6 cubic yards;
Willow creek ditch. In Harrison county,
7.21S cubic yards; Willow creek ditch In
Pottawattamie county. lH.llJ cubic yarda;
Boyer river cut-oft ditch. In Pottawattamie
county, 3,m cubic yards. The estimated
cost of the Joint ditches will exceed IMO.flOO.
The Pigeon creek ditch In Crescent and
Rockford townships, which Is a separate
scheme from the Harrison-Pottawattamie
county Joint ditch, has been divided Into
eighteen sections and bids for the construe.
tlon of the same wilf be received by County
Auditor Innes st the same time as the
others.
Good Crops In Page and Fremont.
SHENANDOAH, Ia., June 23. (Special.)
Crop conditions In Page and Fremont
counties have materially improved during
the last, ten days. The corn that was
washed out Is all replanted and the lands
that were overflowed are nearly all In corn
or will be seeded to millet or cane. Some
of the farmers are going over their corn
the second time and in those fields It Is
looking fine and Is knee high. A careful
estimate of the total loss In Page and Fre
mont counties, outside of the Missouri bot
toms, places the corn loss at less than 15
per cent, not more than 12 In acreage, and
If the fall should be a late one much of
the very late corn will mature and the
crop will be above the average.
Gun Shatters Ills Arm.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia., June 23.-(8pe
clal.) John Spence, about 21 years of age,
met with a terrible accident that followed
an attempt to discharge a gun, the barrel
of which had been plugged up. The bar
rel burst and Spence's left arm was shat
tered and mangled In a horrible manner.
The hand was blown off entirely and the
arm so badly torn that It had to be am
putated. The gun was a double-barrol
pattern and the left barrel had been
plugged by a brother of Spence's. who has
but one arm, the plugged barrel serving
to reduce the recoil.
Taator for Eighteen Years.
JtOCK VALLET, Ia.. June 23.-(Speclal.)
After a pastorate In this city of eighteen
consecutive years, Including all but one of
his ministry. Rev. John Phelan. pastor of
St. Mary's Catholic church, has been trans
ferred to Marcus, Ia. His farewell sermon
was delivered Sunday. His successor is to
be Rev. J. A. O'Reilly of Marcus, who
was pastor of this parish which then in
cluded Sheldon, Rock Rapids, Hull and
Rock Valley, some nineteen years ago.
Hamilton Is tor Cummins.
WEBSTER CITY. Ia., June 23. (Special
Telegram. ) The Hamilton county conven
tion held In this cliy this afternoon waa a
rousing Cummins gathering. The delegstes
to the state convention are Instructed for
the governor and for his Interpretation of
the Iowa platform. Roosevelt was endorsed
and Iowa's two cabinet members, Wilson
and Shaw, were commended.
LEWIS CUTLER
Pearl St.,
MORTICIAN.
Council Hljffs.
'Phone M.I
Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Bon.
Joins Dipsomaniac Colony.
George Kerney of Oakland will be taken
today to Mt. Pleasant to Join the Council
Bluffs contingent at the state hospital for
Inebriates. Kerney waa committed o the
Institution for dipsomaniacs for threa ysars
Invrood to Have Telephones.
INWOOD. Ia.. June 23.-(Speelal.)-Inwood
will have a local telephone exchange ai
once. Fifty subscribers have already been
assured. Connections will be made with
five rural lines and both long-distance com
panies. C. V. Dyvlg Is proprietor of the
new project.
rhantbrrlaln'K FnmacH anil Liver
Tablets Bettrr Than rills.
Ths nueatlnn has been asked. In what
are Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets superior to pills? Our snswer la
They are easier and more pleasant to
take, more gentle and mild In their action
and mora reliable, as they can always be
depended upon. Then they cleanse and In
vigorate the stomach and leave the bowels
In a natural condition, while pills are mors
harsh In effect ar.d their use is often fi4-.
loaed by constipation.
the unqualified Indorsement of each
y
hereby declare our firm adherence to
principles of democracy so '
ably expressed, and give to them our earn
est and hearty Indorsement.
The plank Is looked upon as a compromise
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oucreu vy liiq iico eiivtrr men biiu is an lar
aa they are willing to go tn case of failure
to directly commit the party to the Bryan
idea. If the free silver men can control,
this plank will be pushea. Sullivan de
clares he Is not a candidate and that he
Is for Judge Van Wsgenen, but his friends
declare he will accept.
Control' in Doubt.
As to who will control, that Is yet a
problem. George F. Rlnehart. Walt Butler,
J. B. Romans. N, C. Roberts, 8. H. Lauder.
George Hoffman and many other of the I
free silverites assert that they have the j
strength to win in the convention and that
they will force the convention to reaffirm '
or go directly against It. The gold men,
or reorganlzers, on the other hand, are here
In stronger force than ever before. They
have many of the old-time democrats with
them, such as J. J. Richardson. Thomas
Bowman, William Theophllus. W. W. Bald
win. T. J. Phillips, Thomas Lambert. C. D.
Fullen. Gil Johnson. A. N. Alberson, James
Parsons and L. L. Springer. A strong man
in the gold crowd is Congressman Martin
J. Wade of Iowa City, the only man the
democrats have been able to elect for years.
He is opposed to any reference to the Kan
sas City platform, and his district Is unani
mous for gold. Ex-Governor Boles will not
attend, nor will General James B. Weaver.
The proposed plank favorable to govern
ment ownership of railroads is not attract
ing great attention. Delegates from the
northwestern part of the state are here
with their plank In favor of government
ownership, which is desired by Judge Van
Wagenen, and which be would make the
chief plank of the campaign. Nearly all
of the silverites oppose the plank, and the
gold men are not anxious to have It In the
platform. It has been given out that Judge
Van Wagenen would not accept the nom
ination unless this plank is adopted, but it
Is hinted that he would accept even with
out this and go on the stump and make
it the Issue without regard to the party
platform.
Another plank that Is sure to go into the
platform is one that refers to the tariff
matter, with an introduction Indicating
that the democrats desire to get on the
platform of the Iowa republicans of last
year. This was In the platform last year,
but there Is a desire to make It stronger
this year, snd thus become an embarrass
ment to the republicans In their state con
vention. What Leaders Say.
Some of the veteran leaders of the party,
representing both factions of the party,
are quoted this evening as follows:
Judge Martin J. Wade My position Is
well understood. I favor a platform sub
stantially like the one of last year. The
Second district Is unanimous this year In
Its opposition to a free silver declaration.
And I believe we will win. I find very little
sentiment for government ownership of
railroads hero.
Ex-Congressman Walt Butler I do not
accept the conclusion that the Kansas City
platform Is beaten. I have figured on
totals only and not by districts, and I be
lieve that while we have made some losses
and some gains, ws will be able to control
the convention. It matters little what the
resolutions committee does; the convention
will have to settle the matter. I may
know more by evening, but It looks favor
able now.
Ex-Senator Gil Johnson I don't know
anything about candidates. We want the
platform right, and If we get It right, we
don't care a who the candidate for
governor la. But we are going to have the
right kind of a platform.
Cash Likes We are going to have a
rousing convention, and It will leave the
party In better shape than ever for a good
fight. It la going to be a harmony gath
ering, and don't you forget It.
George F. Rlnehart I'nless the resolu
tions committee reports a plan reaffirming
the Kansas City platform there will be a
minority report and It will be fought out
on the floor like It was last year; there
will be no compromise of any kind. There
have been gains and losses, but at the
present time It looks like we will win.
J. J. Richards We sre here for a plat
form on which all democrats can stand and
make a winning fght.
Chairman Jackson There will be no re
affirmation of the Kansas City platform.
The convention will nominate candidates
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Sunday elected delegates. Those heard
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two were selected. The Dei Moines locil
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Dea Moines and that the Jews here will
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Street Car Company Hecoaulses Inlon
and Otherwise Sallslles Men's
Demands.
DUBUQUE, la-, June 23. The strike of
the Union Electric company's conductors
and motormen whs settled tonight through
the good offices of the municipal a Tali s
committee of khe Dubuque club.
The company agref-s not to discriminate
against union men, to recognise tho union's
grievance committee, to allow appeals to
directors from the general manager's de
cisions, to reinstate all striken, and to
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and Hennessy, whose discharge caused the
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