TTIE OMAHA DAILY JlEEi TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 11)03.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
MINOR MESTION.
Pari sell drugs.
(Btockert ell" carp't.
Crayon enlarging. M" Broadway.
Expert watch repairing. LefTert, 40 B y.
Celebrated Met beer on Up. Neumayer.
Diamond betrothal ring at Leffert', tot
Broadway. .....
14fC and 18K wedding ring at Leffert a,
409 Broadway.
Mian Kcrntoe Bmead of Bloux City Is the
guest of Miss Cora Harle.
Mis Iura Meyers haa gone to Colfax
for a three weeks' sojourn.
Mxs. C. A. Wley and Mrs. A. V. Frush
are visiting friends In Chicago,
Mr. W. B. Cars will leave today for a
Visit with relatives in Lincoln. Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. L C. Empkle will leave
today for an outing at Lake Okobojl.
One-fourth to one-third off on PYS(rrphlr
Outdts. O. B. Alexander & Co., 833 U way.
Miss Mamie Tholl and Miss Mary Oull
ffiyle have gone to visit friend In 8. Paul,
Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. D R. Witter are visiting
,..ir inrhtr. Mrs. Percy Thornton. In
Kansas City.
i.nw fmn nnvnl Neighbors of America,
will meet In regular session thl evening
for Initiation.
Council Bluffs Court of Honor, No. 1068,
will meet In regular session this evening In
jdarcua' hall.
Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Hester of Sioux City
are gueats of Mrs. Hester' parents, Mr.
and Mrs if. A. Messmore.
W. W. Bherman left -yesterday to Join
his family, who are spending the summer
at Green River Falls, Colo.
The Sunday school of the First Baptist
Church will hold its annual1 picnic Thurs
day at Hanscom park. Omaha.
Mis Orare Slgafoo left last evening for
a two weeks' visit with friends and relue
lives In Chicago and Kacine, Wis.
Mrs. T. L. Condy has gone to Kl Paso,
Tex., to visit frionds and will make a trip
to California before returning home.
Mrs, Frank Fox, Miss Ella Bpetman and
Mlsa Lulu Bpetman left yesterday for Tll
Uon, Neb., to attend the Holst-ityan wed
ding. Miss Ella Shea, who accompanied her sis
ter. Miss Josephine Shea, to San Francisco,
en rout? to the Philippines, has returned
borne.
The Ladles' Aid society of Broadway
Methodist church will meet this afternoon
at the resldonce of Mrs. Green, on Pierce
Street.
For rent, office room, ground floor. One
t the most central location In the business
portion of the city. Apply to The Be
office, city.
Hasel camp, No. 171, Modern Woodmen
Of America, will give a free entertainment
and social Thursday evening in their hail
In the Men-lam block.
The Ladle" Aid oclety of the First Pres
byterian church will give a lawn social
Thursday evening at the home of J. T.
Oliver, on Park avenue.
We contract to keep public or private
house free from roaoties by the year. In
sect Exterminator Manfaoturlng company.
Council Bluffs, la. Telephone F6M.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Bmlth and son,
Claude, of North Eighth street and Wash
ington avenue, left yesterday for Fort
Dodge, where they will make their home.
The preliminary hearing of C. F. Johnson
alias Dr. Clark, who stole a microscope
and a number or surgical instruments from
the office of Dr. Cole, was continued in
police court yesterday until Thursday.
The sale of liquor in the pavilion at Lake
Manawa tsunaay arternoon wa stopped by
Justice Coyle of Lewi township and not
by order of County Attorney Kllfpack, who
states he wa unaware that liquor was
ueing som tnere.
' L. Maurice, the Infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Gallagher. 200 franklin avenue,
died yesterday morning, aged 10 weeks.
The funeral win be held Wednesday alter
noon at i o'clock from the residence and
burial will be In Falrvlew cemetery.
Asa K. Bhamp and Miss Mabel Ireland,
both of Lincoln, Neb., were married in
thl city yesterday morning at Bt. John'
English Luthernn church parsonage, the
pastor, Rev. G. W. Snyder, officiating. The
bridal couple were accompanied by Mlsa
aisy Aispaugh and Ray bhamp, both ot
Incoln.
Ike Franklin, colored, while scuffling Sat
urday night with Tom Brooks, white, in
front ot Nsls Peterson' grocery store, on
Broadway, pushed Brook against a plate
glass window breaking 1C Brooks' shoul
der was badly cut by the glass. In police
court yesterday Franklin wa sentenced to
ten day on bread and water.
John Grave, a young lad, will have a
hearing Thursday In police court, charged
with robbing his employers, Meyer & Wool
son, grocers on West Broadway. Graves
Is said to have taken at different time a
large quantity of groceries, hid them In
the weeds near the store and Induced other
boy to carry them away. Jamea Williams,
a 14-year-old boy, is charged with being
Implicated in the deal.
Miss Lily Bmlth of Missouri Valley
alighted from a motor yesterday morning
at the Northwestern Broadway depot be
fore the car stopped, with the result that
he suffered a bad fall. She was uncon
scious when picked up and was taken to
Mercy hospital, where It was found that
beside a number of severe bruises she had
suffered the dislocation of tier right knee
cap.
Plumbing and heating, trtxby A Son.
On Mora Vnder Engine.
When the locomotive of the Wabash
freight train which wa wrecked Saturday
venlng near the Pony creek crossing wa
raised yesterday morning the body of the
second tramp uppoed to have been killed
wa found under the engine cab. Thl
make a total of four death from the
wreck. The body waa . almost burled un
der dirt which had been plowed up by the
engine. Lying across It wa a rail which
had cut oft the lower portion of the un
fortunate man' face. The body had be
gun to decompose. It wa removed to
Lunkley'a undertaking rooms.
In the man' pocket waa found a pas
book of the Mississippi Valley Trust com
pany of St. Louis made out to Oeorge
Elsele, jr., showing that On April t last
a deposit of $15 wa made and $5 with
drawn on May 28. There wa also a card
Issued by the Asplng A Sweet labor agency
. of. Chicago, mad out in the nam of
Oeorge Harnett, Barrett or Burnett, and
showing that the man had evidently been
shipped to VHUsoa for railroad work.
K, T. Plumbing Co. Tel 150. Night. F67.
v rrsfrsm fo Whist Tourney.
Program for the annual summer meet'
tng of the Central Whist league, which
will be held August 21 and 22 at Lake
Manawa. hav been Issued. The session
will be held In the. ballroom of tha clubd
nouse ot tne council muni nowini asso
ciation. There will be two session each
day of the meeting at 2:30 and 8 p. m. The
first pair oootest will be held Friday after
noon, August 21, the second will be held
that evening and the .third on Saturday
afternoon. The free-for-all contest will be
held Saturday evening. Gold league but
tons will be. awarded a prises.
Looking I'n Marriage Record.
The authorities ' of Cass county made
Inquiries yesterday for th record of the
marriage of Henry W. Acklea, uader ar
rest for shooting two men named Allen
and Maher la Atlantic. The record, show
that Acklea wa married in this city De
cember 24, IBS, to Clara Bell Quyton. He
gave his age a $0 and ah a 85. It wa
hi first and her second marriage. Mrs.
Ackles at the tune of .the marriage gave
her maiden name a Guyton, while to the
Atlantle authorities she claimed to have
been married here a Clara Bell Allender.
The latter najn i supposed to have been
that of her first husband.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
H Pearl SC Council Bluffs.
'Phono 01.
BLUFFS.
RETURNS STATE VALUATION
Countj Auditor Eeceivti Notification from
the Stat Board.
FARM LANDS DECREASED TEN PER CENT
Cot Two Hundred Thousand Dollar
from Valuation, hot Increase
In Railroad TVI11 Make
It tP.
Coiintr Auditor Inne received notice
from the lat executive council yesterday
that the assessment on farm land in Pot
tawattamie county for 1903 had been re
duced 10 per cent, but that no change had
beeu made by the council in tne assess
ment of personal property or city and town
lots. While no computation ha been made
a yet by the county auditor. It is figured
that the action of the state council win
make a reduction of about $200,000 in the
assessment of the county, for 1903.
The certificate of the assessment of the
railroads In Pottawattamie county was also
received yesterday from the state council
by County Auditor Innes. In the aggre
gate it show a considerable increase.
Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway
Mileage. 4.017; actual valuation per mile,
$24,000; no change from last year.
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy Red Oak
and Atlantic branch, mileage, 1.996; actual
valuation per mile. $14,000; no change from
last year. Hastings and Avoca branch,
mileage, 5.244; actual valuation per mile,
$1,000; no change from lat year.
Kansas City, Bt. Joseph & Council Bluffs
Mileage, $.20; actual valuation per mile,
$30,824.
Last year the Chicago, Burlington &
Quinoy was assessed for 1.666 mileage on
main line at $49,000 valuation and. on 6.714
mileage on Kansas City, St. Joseph &
Council Bluff at $26,520 valuation. This
year thl mileage is bulked as 8.280 miles
for the Kansas 'City, St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs, with aggregate actual valuation per
mile Of $30,824.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Iowa, di
vision, mileage, 46.06; actual valuation per
mile, $47,224; increased from $45,220 last year.
Carson branch, mileage, 17.73; actual val
uation, $12,000; reduced from $14,000 last
year. Harlan branch, mileage, 1.15; actual
valuation per mile, $14,000; same as last
year.
Wabash Omaha & St. Louis line, mile
age, 11.22; actual valuation, $20,064; in
creased from I18.0R0 last year.
Illinois Central (Dubuque A Sioux City)
Omaha district, mileage, 17.62; actual val
uation, $17,072; increased from $15,100 last
year.
Union Pacific Main line, mileage, 2.06;
actual valuation, $371,492; increased from
$300,384, Union avenue line, mileage, 1.72;
actual valuation per mile, $18,000; Increased
from $16,000 last year.
Chicago & Northwestern Main line, mile-
age, 19.06; actual valuation, $53,58); in
creased from $54,560 last year,
Chicago. Milwaukee tt Bt. Paul (Chicago
& Council Bluff. dlvlslon)-Mileage, 2J6:.
actual valuation per mile, $40,000; increased j
from $34,000 last year.
Great Western (Mason City & Fort '
Dodge), Omaha Extension Mileage, 28.743;
actual valuation, $4,000; not in operation
and not assessed last year.
BIDS ON POOR FARM BUILDINGS
All of Them Higher by Keveral Thou
sand Dollars Than Had Been
Anticipated,
The bids on the building for the county
poor farm exceeded the cost estimated by
the county supervisors and the board failed
yesterday to award the contract. The mat
ter will be taken up again when the board
reconvenes this morning. Bid were in
vited on the main building and boiler
house, both to be constructed of brick.
Six bid were received a follows;
Wlckham Bros., $30,440; additional facing
with re-pressdj brick, $500 extra.
Oeorge Hughes, $20,297; extra for facing,
$475.
J. J. Myrtue, $21,140; extra for facing.
$SM.
Jensen Bros., $21,465; extra ' for facing.
$SS0.
Anderson Bros., $19,990; extra for facing,
$500.
Jacob Bros., Minden, la., $20,803; extra
for facing, $450.
The board had figured on the main build'
lng costing about $14,000 and the boiler
house $2,600.
There waa some talk of ereotlng frame
buildings instead of brlok, but the board
finally decided very little if anything could
be saved thl way. Supervisor Bullls and
Dryden were opposed to expending a much
.a th lowest bid called for and suggested
that the plan be modified and the size of
the main building cut down. This Super
visor Baker and Brandea objected to, giv
ing as their opinion that th main build,
lng wa none too large. They , were In
favor of adhering to the plan a approved
and awarding the contract to the lowest
bidder. It I believed that this will be
done thl morning a the board' archi
tects. Cox It Bchoentgen, advised the board
against making any changes in th orig
inal plans.
Supervisor Baker stated he was opposed
to making any change In the original plans
as this would necessitate readvertislng for
bids and cause a delay which would make
It Impossible to begin work on the build
lng this year. The board had expected to
get the building under roof thl winter
and ready for occupancy by next spring, at
th ,atelt
Boys Arrested for Burglary.
Barney Fields and Denny Graves were
arrested last night for breaking into
Wiley'a harness shop on South Main street
Both toy are colored. Field wa arretted
by Special Officer Clare ln the alley at the
rear of the tor,e. Field admitted that
young Grave wa with him- and was in
the store at the time. They effected on
entrance by breaking ln a rear window. It
1 pot known whether they stole anything.
Many to Be Baptised.
Rev. J. W. Abel, pastor of th Fifth Ave
nue Methodist church, will .next Sunday
afternoon administer baptism by immer
sion in Blge lske, ten converts uniting with
the Fifth Avenue church and twelve who
are to be received In the Epworth Meth
odist church. In the morning at the Fifth
Avenue church Rev. Abel will administer
baptism to about thirty-five persona and
a large number of baptisms -will also be
performed at Epworth church.
Held for Ilprs Stealing.
William Holsclaugh' eagerness to dispose
Of a valuable hprs for less than one-fourth
of Its value led to hi arrest yesterday
morning by Officer Lorensen. The fellow
had barely been taken to police headquar
ter for investigation and th horse placed
In a livery barn when a telephone messnge
was received from Sheriff Morgan of Mills
county asking that Holsclaugh be held for
horse stealing. It developed that the horse
belonged to D. B. Dean, living near Glen
wood, and for whom Holsclaugh had
worked occasionally during the last two
months. The horse wa stolen Sunday
night and suspicion pointed to Holsclaugh
as the thief.
Holsclaugh when taken to police head
quarters told a story of being pursued by
men who ftought his life find that he had
been forced to take the animal to make his
escape. Later he told another story, to the
effect that Sunday night he met five men
on the public road near Glenwood, who
had five horses with them, and they com
pelled him at the point of an Immense
revolver to take one of the horses. A he
had no use for the animal he thought l
best to try to sell it.
Holsclaugh was taken back to Glenwood
last evening by Sheriff Morgan.
CITY C0UNCIL0RDERS PAVING
Clerk Instructed to Advertise for Bids
on Streets Recommended by
Committee,
With the temperature of the council
chamber larr evening near the century
mark, the aldermen found It extremely
difficult to transact anything but regular
routine business and that a expeditiously
as possibly.
Mayor Morgan announced his appoint
ment of Attorney John M. Galvln as mem
ber of the board of trustees of tho public
library to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Flnloy Burke. The appointment
was received with much gratification by
the aldermen and was promptly confirmed.
The resolutions adopted recently at a
meeting In the First Congregational church
asking the city council to enforce the
curfew ordinance were presented and dls
cussed. Mayor Morgan stated that he be
lieved it wa the public sentiment that tho
curfew was a good measure and that it
should be enforced. The question at issue,
however, was the securing of some signal
at t p. m. to notify the young folk that
It was time to leave the street and hunt
their home. The mayor said he believed
arrangements could bo made with one of
the big laundries for a small consideration
to blow its siren whistle at this hour.
The matter was left with him with power
to act.
The resolution calling for the paving of
a number of streets, avenues and alleys,
the list of which ha been published, wa
adopted and the clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids. The material will be
brick on concrete ba.Be.
When the sidewalk resolution came up
for final action there was some objection
to ordering more sidewalks laid until the
old contracts were . completed. It was
adopted finally, as the aldermen expressed
a desire to have the old brick walks on
Broadway and other business streets re
placed with cement as speedily as possi
ble. The city clerk wa Instructed to ad
vertise for bids.
The petition of property owners for a
ewer on Franklin avenue wa granted.
The resolution calling for the changing
of grade on Vorhls street was adopted. The
appraiser appointed in the matter re
ported that Frank Barlow, one of the ob
jectors to the change, was entitled to
damages in the sum of $200. ..."
The ordinance establishing the rmrta n
Ridge street Was-passed under a iinnj
sloo of the rules.
The matter of the aDDroach to th.
lng of the Great Western railroad on
Woodbury avenue wa. brought tip, com
plaint having been made that in its ores
ent condition there wa. not sufficient room
for a team to turn around. Colonel Saun
ders, local attorney for the road, stated
mat tne crossing would be placed in what
ever condition wa required by th city.
Nothing was done about the other cross
ing, of the Great We.tern, which in the
business portion of the city are said to be
extremely dangerous.
AWARD CONTRACT FOR DITCHES
Prospect of Litigation Over Award
on Acoonnt of Time
Limit.
Auditors Innes of Pottawattamie county
and Huff of Harrison decided to divide the
contract for the construction of the Harrison-Pottawattamie
drainage ditches be
tween the Canal Construction company of
Chicago and the Brown company of Wash
ington, Ind., and that for the construc
tion of the Pigeon creek ditch to B. P.
Wlckham.
The Canal Construction company is to
get the Willow creek ditch on its bid of
$H cents per cubic yard, with extras rang
ing rrom 1 cents to 14 cents, while the
Brown company gets the work on the Allen
creek ditch and Boyer river cutoff on its
flat bid of 84 cent per cublo yard for ex
cavation only without any levee work.
B. P. Wlckham secure, the contract for
the Pigeon creek ditch on hi. bid of WA
cent, per cublo yard, which include ex
cavation and all levee work.
The Cunal Construction company and the
Brown company, however, agree only to
complete the work by July 1. 1905. while
the boards of supervisors of both counties
when establishing -the ditch districts pro
vided that the work was to be completed
by July 1. 1904. This being the case, it Is
doubtful if the auditors have the power
to award the contract under the term, de
manded by these two companies.
A. J. Gllmore, John S. Hall and W. 8.
Kelly the Harrison county supervisors, met
yesterday afternoon with the Pottawat
tamie supervisors and both board refused
to extend the time for the completion of the
work.
Auditor Innes stated Inst night that ln
his opinion the board has no right in the
matter, that the whole matter of awarding
the contracts rested with the auditors ot
the two counties. It was, he said. Impos
sible to have the work finished by July 1
of next year, and that being the case, he
believed they had the right to extend the
time.
The Canal Construction company and the
Brown company In making bids did so on
specification of their own and not accord
ing to those of the two counties. It la
aid that in the event of Auditor Innes
and Huff awarding th contracts to these
two companies injunction proceedings will
be brought to restrain them from so doing
Wlckham In his bid for the Pigeon creek
ditch agreed to complete the work by the
time specified, namely, July 1, 1904.
The upervlsors or this county are ex
pected to take aome action in the matter
thl morning, a yesterday they slated
they would not conspnt to an extension of
time for tha completion of the Harrison
Pottawattamie county ditches.
Council Bluffs Real Estate Transfer.
These transfers have been filed in the
abstract title and loan office of Squire A
Annls, 101 Pearl street:
J. C. Pontius and wife to Lulu Frorer
Sanmeyer, lot 4, block 34, Beers' sub.,
w. d $1,500
John Bides anil wire to u. t . bides, lot
8. block !. Hancock, w. d
Iowa Townslte company to H. F. Mr
Murray, part nH nV nwi $-74-43
w. d
Mxrgaret L. McOee and husband to
Km est Kllrgfl, lot 2, block $0, Ever
ett' add. w. d
soo
7C0
fTB
$3.C7B
IOWA OBJECTS TO STORIES
Dei Moinss Espeo Mly Stirred Up Oyer
Borne Newspaper Criticism.
N0YER AND NEWBURN ARE DISCHARGED
Hon. John A. K,asson Write from
Maine Health Resort that 11 Is
Gradually Improving from
III Illness.
(From a Btaff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. Aug. J. (Special.) Th
local Commercial exchange ha taken up
the matter of the alleged slander on the
city of De Moines and th state of Iowa
and prominent men of the tate, by W. E.
Curtis. In a erle of letter to a Chicago
paper, and It is announced that some public
action will be taken either at a public
meeting or otherwise to offset tho Injury
being done the city and the state by thee
letters. Tho trouble commenced when Cur
tis wa here to attend the republican tte
convention. He seem to hav taken
malevolent delight In misrepresenting the
entire convention and in giving a wrong
Impression as to the attitude of the party
In the state. Ho created disgust by writ
ing tnat tne cnairman oi wm
state committee had a "pin-head." While
Chairman Spence hn. vinous opponent.
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.urn,. rv v n v,, m rr.nrARpnteii ins uea I
Zr tr d" o mrtM" Water stood on. to two
Iv f . nvv nd feet doeP I" the railroad yards at Manilla.
later he attacked the whole .tate nd it.
state official, in regard to insurance mat-
ters merely because there are two or three
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business here under the insurance laws
the state. Letter, from all over the coun-
, hi. mi of mlarenresen-
tatlon is having a detrimental effect on De.
Moines and Iowa and that Irreparable
harm will follow if It Is allowed to go on.
it i. now crooosed that the commercial
hodles of Des Moines take action that will
offset, In part, the evil that ha been aone.
John Noyer ana itoy "
day discharged rrom cuuiuujr m
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court, before wnicn mey ..u "
v,. r .n.imitnl murder in the I
" . I ..ir,v,m who ha since
. . h received. No evl-
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dence was Introduced in the case ana tne
i a. ih. turn men were released, inert i
Is no evidence as to the culpability of either
of the men, but in the case or woyer mere
waa at least circumstantial evidence that
v, a with other fact., if they are
developed The coroner's Jury decided that
Cunningham came to his death from a blow
on the head by some unknown person and
that It was not an accident, a at flrrt
sunnosed but both Newburn and Noyer
told straight stories to the coroner and
there wa. nothing to incriminate them.
The mystery i. as deep as ever.
TK.wn from Hay Wagon.
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Charle. H. Busby of thl. city wa. killed
hv hein thrown from a hay wagon
T-anora. He wa. standing on the partly
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JSmf TZ'T0ITL
. HAir wa nrnun. i was iwr o i
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number of year, ccmneptea wn an m-ur-
ance company here, but naa oeen
for the bar and the pU both and was
1 . i ' IruV.. I. Ill Vc.lth lia I
very finely eaucaieu.
had been farming the past two years, oui
continued to make his noma in u luo.u.
John A. knison' lllnes.
rh.Hes Aldrich. curator of the state his
torical department, has Just received a let
ter from Hon. John A. Kasaon, United
State, reciprocity commissioner, who last
winter suffered an operation in a nospiuu
In Washington, and later, after going to
Saratoga, was operated upon again, cur.
Kasson is now at South Poland, Me,, where
he expects to remain at least during all of
this month. "To this very comfortable re
sort," write. Mr. Kasson to hi. old friend.
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"1 came xne iav ui juno -n.
nurse, and have improved very much in
health and Btrengtn since my arrival, i
have walked and talked more than at any
time since I left the hospital, several times
walking Biree miles, ana once covering
seven or eight miles without harm. Gen-
eral health gooa. I snouia De mosi giaa
to visit De. Moine tni. tan, out i wisn
to go when, if ever, I can travel without
a nurse to care for my wound, and I do
not know when that can be."
Potato Crop .Will Bo Poor.
Clyairnian John 'Cownie of the Stat
Board of Control has Just returned from
visiting several of the state institution
and making special Inquiry a to the .tate
farms. He state, that the potato crop will
be poor In Iowa again, that at all the
tate farm, the potatoes have blighted.
and he find this condition to prevail gen-
erally all over Iowa. As potatoes are a
staple at all the state institution thl
win do quite a loss to tne state, ana again
Iowa will probably have to send to other
state to get potatoes for the wards of
( the state. The hay crop Is fine ln all parts
of th state and the cattle and hogs have
done well. The corn I spotted and will
be only a fair crop. Mr. Cownie ha Just
made the last purchase of land under th
appropriations of the last general assem-
bly, buying 120 acres near the state has-
pltal at Cherokee for $83 an acre, though
It took two year to negotlato th pur
chase of thl land.
Organised Rifle Association.
Colonel Thomas F. Cooke, Major John
T. Hume and others have returned from
the state rifle contest at the state range
and report the event as most excellent.
A permanent organisation of a rifle asso
ciation was formed, with Colonel Cooke a
president The National Guard trophy wa
won by the Fifty-third infantry, the other
following in thl order: Fifty-fourth. Fifty.
sixth and Fifty-fifth. The Hull trophy waa
won by the Waterloo company, with other.
,,r " A. "'u"a- -y ana
ebster City. The Clarke trophy was won
"'""""" company, wun Aigona and
iwuuwing in oraer. Tne Allison
tropny was taken by Sergeant C. E. Diltl
of Tipton, second prise by Sergeant 8. J.
KJesel of Grlnnell. third by Private W. E.
Evan of Red Oak. Tha inspectors' match
was won by Colonel Morse, followed by
Captain Cook and Cushlng. The military
revolver match wa won by Corporal Hll-
derman of Mason City, followed by Private
Ingwerson of Webster City, Corporal John-
Dr. Lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Used by people of refinement
tor over a quarter or a century
".PARED BY ,
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on of Fairfield and Sergeant Glenn of
Emraetaburf.
Governor to Go West.
Governor Cummin and 8tate Treasurer
OUbertson will start tomorrow morning for
Denver and point west. They have not
laid out any definite route, but will go to
various places in the mountain region and
seek rest. Both have been very closely
confined to work all the spring and summer
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lng a(Wmen,B and equalising value con
sumed a large amount of time and there
were many day when the state official
were In their offices by S o'clock in the
morning and remained until 7 or ( In' the
evening with only a few minutes out for
the noon lunch. Governor Cummins will
not do any campaigning until In September.
New Interarban Project.
The Council Bluffs, Tabor & Southwest
ern Electric Railway company filed articles
of incorporation with Secretary of State
Martin. The headquarter are in Tabor.
Fremont county; capital, $200,000; president.
v imam J. Dobbs; secretary, Arthur B.
West The company Is authorized to con
truct an Interurban line in Iowa, Missouri
and Nebraska, and It 1 designated that the
mam line shall run through Pottawattamie,
Mills and Fremont countlea in Iowa, and
Atchison, Nodaway, Holt, Andrew and
Buchanan in Missouri.
WASHOUTS 0N MILWAUKEE
Heavy Rainfall Take Out Track at
Two Place on the Iowa
Line.
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ng esoeciallv hesvv h.in m.iii
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Earlin and Dunlan. wrier it wa. v.rlt.
f the Nishnabotna river west of
between Astor and Defiance the Mil
;"u ' "' WHB"oul ot Beveral
hundred feet, also on the Mnunn in rb
T1
"u Persia n naa two or
lnre more W"houts. Train, have been
running over the Rock Island via De.
Moines and the Northwestern via Arion to
Council Bluffs. It Is expected that the
track will be repaired by tomorrow. No
"ves were lost so far a. reported. Thl
ame locality had a bad storm, not quite
some iwo weens ago, wnicn aid
ihlk;u aamage. loaay s storm nas washed
out brldres and trnwlnr rrnna Inflioiinr
heivv damages on th i.num
Lo.e. Finger In Peculiar Wny
CRESTON. Ia.. Aug. S.-(Speclal.)-Law
tenca Danlelson, who live In Colorado but
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..t,.,8 ..vo , union
....... tuum aiucm ye
terday that cost him the use of one of hi.
"- - uu
tied it by passing the rope through a hole
In a po.t and tying a loop In it. When
went to untie the hore he had uc-
ceeded in getting the rope untied, but the
" became frightened and pulled back,
catching hi finger between the rope and
the pole and crushed It so badly that am-
putatlon was necessary. '
Man Die of HI Injuries.
WEBSTER CITT. Ia., Aug. 8.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Isaac Balllnger, colored, who
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died at Mercy
hospital last nignt. tie wa. riding on tne
beam, under a car and fell under the train
wnmn nn mnpn ovir mi iarr iptr tinri nana.
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Bohemian Turners Meet.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Aug. $. The an
nual meeting of the western division of
National Bohemian Turner opened here
today, with delegate present from Iowa,
Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Kansas.
HAWAII SEEKS POPULATION
Commercial Men t'nite to Advertise
for Visitor.
i unvnt tt it a. ,. -i.i
Kono,uIu m determined to do all In their
nnwar t nromf,,a lmmiratfon tn th. ilnrt
wh thl. rt vUw ,h- vfM-eh.nt.1 ...
,oclatlon tni tne chamber of Commerce
w, advertlie the advantages of Hawaii
to the outBide world, beside catering to th
comfort of visitor, who arrive here.
i Tn9 Merchants association haa cabled
secretary Root guaranteeing a contant
I supply of coal for army transport bound
between the United States and Manila
and asking that troops sent to the Philip-
pine be hereafter routed by way of Hono
lulu. Option on three steamer available for
government use as revenue cutters have
been 8ent t0 whlnrton by . R. stack.
Mh ,.-,.. of th8 ot Honolulu.
Rctlon wa, taken ln accordance with
,nBtruction received some time since, the
Nvv denartment being anxious to secure
a vessel suitable for the use of its officials
I Hawaii
MOB AFTER TWO NEGROES
They
Are
Ml
Charged with Having
Boy.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Aug. 8. George
Hearshey, an invalid, aged 19, while hunt-
,ng ,qulrrels on his father's farm today
waa approached by two prowling negroes,
who grabbed and searched him for money,
and, finding none, tore hi clothe from
him.
While one negro held him the other mu
tllated him with a knife. The boy suc
ceeded In reaching home and told hi story.
when his father gave the alarm, mounted
a bursa and called for volunteer to wreak
vengeance on the fleeing negroes
Three hundred men and boy Joined in
the chase. Neighboring farm and town
were warned by telephone and the country
waa scoured. No trace of the negroes wa
found. The hunt proceeded until nightfall
sheriff Morlgal, with a detachment of
deputies and police, followed the mob to
prevent a lynching If possible.
L. DIVIDENDS ARE HELD UP
Chicago Metropolitan Directors Rec
ommend rnsalug. Holding Profits
Till End of Year.
CHICAGO. Aug. $. At a meeting of th
board of director of the Metropolitan EU
vated Railway company held today the reg
ular quarterly dividends were practically
held up. The board made the following
tatement to President McAllister:
Owing to the Increased cost of operating
and to the Increased cost of materials snd
supplies ana the extrnordinary settlements
from damages and injury suits, the board
has deferred until the end of the fiscal
year any payment of dividend on preferred
lock.
Marriage License.
vm and Residence. Age.
Asa E. Shamp. Unroln 21
Mabel C. Ireland, Lincoln 1)
Charles B. Johannsen. Quick, Ia I?
Mary Kassmore. (juicx, ia a
W. A. Lathrop. Council Bluffs 1
Theresa A. Maher, Atlantic, Ia 30
Petrus Peterson, Pottawattamie Co., Ia...4
Anna Jensen, Pottawattamie Co., Ia 11
IOWA ASSESSMENTS MOVE UP
Greater Advsnoe in Two Tears Than in
rifteea Previous Tear-
COUNCIL MAKES RAPID PROGRESS IN WORK
Distribution of th Increna Anton,
tho Vnrlon System Big Road
Have to Carry th
Burden.
From a Staff Correspondent
DES MOINES, Aug. 1 (Special.) Now
that the state executive counoll ha com
pleted its work of making the railroad as
sessments, It may be seen that the council
has gone much further in the way of
bringing aase.sments up to the standard
required by law than any previous body
having to do with assessment. Th law
contemplate that th actual value of the
railroad properly shall be ascertained by
consideration of varlou matter, and that
one-fourth of thl hall b et down a ths
taxable value. The preent council ha In
two years moved the taxable value of Iowa
railroads up from $47,071,258 to $54,537,297,
or a total of $9,4C6,038, which is an increase
equal to the increase for the previous fif
teen years. At tho same time the gross
earnings in Iowa went up in ths last two
year. $4,1U,48S, while in the prevlou fifteen
year period th increase In gross earnings
waa $16,802,394. Th council advanced rail
road assessment nearly twice as much ln
two years as previous councils had ln
ten years. It Is perhaps true that some
of the Increase this year is what th mem
bers of the council felt ought to have been
added last year, but because th railroads
had made It very plain last year that real
estate assessment, were then n.uch lower
than contemplated by law, ' the council
would not then make a great an advance
ln railroad valuation as th majority of
the council believed would meet the full
requirements of the law. Thl year when
the assessor for the various counties had
made reports showing that they had tried
honestly to ascertain actual value and
assess according to those actual value th
members of the council felt that they could
do no less than to make the railroad as
sessment pretty nearly up to the full meas
ure of actual values as provided by law.
The result will probably be somewhat dis
appointing to some of the railroad attor
neys and the tax commissioners, but no
one will contend that the member, of the
counoll have sought any Injustice. The
major portion of the increase again fall,
upon six great system, doing business in
Iowa and Is fairly well distributed be
tween them and on their several division
and branches.
Dlstrlbntion of Assessment.
The railroads of the state may be con
veniently divided Into three general groups,
namely: The six through lines-Rock Is
land. Milwaukee, Northwestern, Burlington.
Illinois Central and Great Western. The
flv secondary systems Iowa Central.
Wabash, Minneapolis, Great Northern and
Omaha. The eighteen minor roads or short
lines ln the state, the mo.t important being
the Union Pacific, the Iowa Falls, the
Muscatine, the Davenport, the Crooked
Creek and the Santa Fe.
The alx road, of the first group get an
aggregate of $50,199,766 assessment, or nearly
W per cent of the whole. Their increase In
assessment la $4,873,708. or about S3 per cent
of th whole Increase. They reported
8,422.67 miles, which includes an Increase of
-3.71 miles of the t.otal increase for the
year of 881.29. These six big roads reported
gross earning thl 'year aggregating $51.
M7.421.94, which I all but lesa than $5,000,000
of the aggregate for all the lines. The
gross earning of these roads aggregated
an Increase over last year of $581,478.62.
which 1 more than the aggregate for all
the roads of the state.
The five system, of the second grouD
have a mileage of 1,015.32, which 1. an In
crease of only a fraction of a mile. They
are assessed at $4,7S5,248, an Increase over
last year of $422,771. Thl. leave, for the
other eighteen systems a mileage increase
of 18.25 mile, and an assessment increase
Of $432,868.
Increase on Bis; Roads.
Rock Island Assessment Increase. $606,842.
of which $288,717 Is on the Hock Island
proper and $318,125 on the Cedar Rapids
route absorbed. The mileage waa un
changed.
MilwauK.ee Assessment increase, i,sw,mi,
with 76.29 miles increase.
North western Assessment increase, $1,100,
6uB, with ten mile, of new track.
Burlington Assessment increase, 8U4.749,
with no change In mileage.
Illinois Central Assessinentlncrease, $354,
114; mileage decreased a fraction of a mile.
Great W estern Assessment Increase, $415,
536; Increase of 137.31 ln mileage.
Turning to the second group of five sec
ondary systems, the following 1. shown by
the reports:
Iowa Central Assessment Increase, $186.-
237; mileage Increase, a fraction of a mile.
Wabash Assessment increase, .',iu;
mileage unchanged.
Great Northern Assessment Increase,
$38,360; mileage unchanged.
Umatia Assessment increase, ii,uuj
mileage unchanged.
Of the system in th last group the
one showing greatest increase ln assessed
valuation is the Iowa Falls, from $20,000 to
$192,590, a new road. The Union Paclflo
showed an Increase from $161,360 to $177,381.
The Davenport, Rock Island A Southwest
ern was Increased from $135,120 to $203,520.
How Increase Was Made.
Turning to the table showing the per
mile assessment by division and branches.
It 1 possible to tell something of how the
increase ln general assessment was made.
The Rock Island main line was raised
from $11,200 per mile to $11,750; Cedar Rap
Ids division. $7,000 to $7,500; southwestern
division, $8,000 to $8,500; Keokuk branch.
$4,100 to $4,800; branch to Sioux Falls, 4,0
to $4,500; Fort Dodge and Cowrie line th
same.
The Milwaukee system wa raised on its
main line to Council Bluffs from $8,500 per
mile to $10,000; Dakota division, $7,000 to
$7,800; Dubuqu division, $5,000 to $6,000;
Bloux City branch, $s,5uu to 4.w; -.ansa
City dlvilon. $8,000 to $5,750.
The Northwestern wa raisea as rouows:
Main line, $13,500 to $14,500; Toledo
Northwestern, $5,500 to $6,000; De Molnea
tt Minneapolis, $6,500 to $7,500; Bloux City &
Pacific, $6,500 to $7,500; Mapl rlvr, $4,500
to $5,000.
The Burlington main line wa changed
from $12,250 to $13,500; St. Joe line, $6,500 to
$7,600; Keokuk 4t Bt. Paul. $7,500 to $9,000.
The Illinois Central, or Dubuque & Sioux
City, got a boost on the main Una from
$7,500 to $8,000, and west of Lemar $12,250;
Omaha division. $3,720 to $4,220.
The Great Western main line, which runs
from Dubuque to St. Paul, wa raised from
$7,000 to $7,750; southwestern branch,
through De Moines, from $5.2U) to $5,4'iO,
and on the new Omaha extension, where
It Is ironed, $2,500, and unironea, i,wu.
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