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4 THE OMAHA DAILY 11KE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, .1003. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MlffOR MKITIOS. 1 Ivf aril drugs. Stockert sells cigars. A store for men "Beno's." Kxpert watch repairing. Leflert, 40 B'y. Olebrsted Mts beef on Up. Neumsyer. Diamond betrothal rings at Leffert's, 40 Brnalway. 14-K and 1-K wedding ring at Leffert'a, 4 Broadway. Palm grove No. II. Woodmen Circle, will ' meet n regular session thla evening. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education will ba held thla evening. Concordia lodge. Knighta of Pythias, will meet Tuesday evening In regular seaston. Morn, to Mr. and Mra. A. W. Rlark. 1221 South Sixth atrect. yesterday, a daughter. Mra. R. W. Raker and daughter Haxel ara vlHltlng relatives in Waahlngton and Cali fornia. H. H. Rodlfer of Logan and K. Renedlrkt of Dunlnp were In the city yealerday vlslt Ing frlenua. C. M. Trephagen. formerly of Council Pluffa, now a resident of Chicago, la In the city visiting friends. Luclen Van Norman of Minneapolis waa the guest of T. O. Baunriera of thla city over Bundny, enroute to California, J. H. Olenrt of Omaha and L. Estella Har bison of Hirlngneld, Mo., were married In thla city yesterday by Justice Ouren. The enrollment of the Iowa School for the Iaf la IMS, an Increase of twenty-five over the enrollment at the corresponding time last year. Mra. A. K. nitrlff, wife of the pastor of Trinity Mrthodlst church, la home from a month a visit with her parenta In Mount r Heasant. - For rent, office room, ground floor; one of the moat central locationa In the busi ness portion of the city. Apply to The Bee office, city. Council Bluffs Court of Honor will meet In special session this evening at the home of Chancellor Anderson, corntr of Avenue 1 and Tenth atreet. Manager Dudley of the Council Bluffa High school foot ball team haa acheduled a ?;am with the Omaha High school eleven or Saturday, October SI, at Manawa. We contract to keep public and private houses free from roacnea by the year. In aect Exterminator Manufacturing company, Council Bluffa, la. Telephone -CI. Membera of Excelsior Masonic lodge are requested to meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock to attend the funeral of Welle Cook, whoae a, rcmalra will arrive here thla afternoon. The hotela are receiving numeroua re- Suesta for rooms for the meeting of the outhweetern Iowa Teachera' association In tliis city Thursday, Friday and Saturday of thla week. Mra. Cole, accompanied by her aon, E. Cole of Kmeraon, la., waa the guest over Sunday of her daughter, Mra. Alexander Tipton, 127 Olen avenue. Mra. Cole ia 96 years of ago. The Women'a Home Missionary societies of the Methodist churches of the city will meet thla afternoon at the realdence of Mrs. A. E. tirtrtlth. the conference president, 703 Madison avenue. Rev. F. A. Case, paator of the First Bap tist church. Is in Snc City attending the sixty-second annual meeting of the Iowa Baptist convention, which opened yesteroay ana will lust over Friday. Rev. W. S. Barnea and Rev. H. Hoatetler will attend the twenty-second annual meet ing of the Iowa aynod of the Presbyterian church, which will open today at Shenan- doah and laat over Friday. Bruce Morrison, brother of Page Morri son of this city, died Sunday evening at hla home in Onawa from typhoid fever, after four day a' lllneaa. Mr. and Mrs. Page Mor rison have gone to Onawa to attend the funeral. Articles of Incorporation of the Council Bluffa Real Estate and Improvement com pany were filed yesterday In the office of the county recorder. H. G. McOee, J. E. F. McOee and 11. K. Gould are the Incorpo rators, with a paid up capital of $30,000. Funeral services over the late Mrs. 3. T. Coad, jr., will be held this morning at 10 o'clock at St. Francis Xavler'a church. In- Sermen. will . ba in. St., Joseph's, cemetery, 'toe funeral rortere will htava tha 901 Twentieth Street, South Omaha, at V a- m. George Weaterdaht of this city la' Billed for a "try-out" at the Crelghton-Orpheum theater Friday night, when he will give one of hia monologuea which have been populal 1 features of entertainments In thla city. Mr. Waaterdahl la a clerk at the L'nlon Paclno Transfer depot. - N. Y. Plumbing Co., Tel. 250. Night, FW7. Official Ballot Ready. County Auditor Innes yesterday furnished the printers with th copy of the official ballot to be used at the election In No vember. The republicans, democrats and prohibitionists have state and county tick ets, while the socialist and people's parties only have state tickets. The ballots for each : township will ba different, as they will have on them the respective township tickets. In York and HaYdln townships the republlcana failed to file any townahip ticket, while In Kane, Keg Creek, Silver Creek1 and Wright townships the demo crata mad the same omission. Real Estate Traailtra These transfers were filed yesterday In the abstract, title and loan office of Squire V Annla, 101 Pearl street: Fred Hoist and wife to M. A. Ehrtg, lota i and t, block t, Treynor, w d....$ 200 Henry M. Toller to John Knlckman and wife, n47 feet lot J, block 4, Caaady's add. w d , I.JO0 Annie C. Frederlckaon and huaband to Minnie K. Zbornlk, wVb ew sew and ell acres se4 aw 28-76-41, ex railroad, ; w d 1,500 Iowa Townalte company to Grant Au gustine, lot 25, block 1, Ureal West ern add, w d 150 Grant Auguatlne to Maggie Blumer, lot R, block 1, Great Western add, w d.. V$ Amelia Jane Be wick to husband, O. U. Beawick, lot . block 24. Everett 8 add, w d 1 S. K. Butter and wife to the Keystone company, lota 11 and 12. block 76. Rid dle's aub, q a d 1 1A.UI B. Arlen and huaband to Ed ward and Roaanna Parke, lot 7. block I. Pierce's aub, w d 1,10 A J. Seaman to F. J. Day. lot 1, block II; lot B. block 17. and lot 27. block , Ferry add, q c A..... Ill Henry I.. Wilson, trustee, to Eugene K. Butler, lota 11 and 12, block 7. Riddles aub, d Ten transfers, aggregating.,., ,- Ma art as l.tas. ..26,871 I Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to the following: Nam and Residence. Age. Arthur Joslln. Denver, Colo 32 Neva Henry, Fremont. Neb It J. H. Glenn. Omaha 3i L. Karelia Herblson, Spring-field, Mo ill John T. FeJton, Spokane, Waah ? Myrtle A. Bardaley, Neola, la 23 EXPERT PALKIST E8D CLAIRVOYANT PROF. KIRO Of world-wide reputation, can be consulted at 202 FOURTH STREET (Cor. of Fourth and Willow Ave.) COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ilia Life Headings are unequaled. Advice on all affairs of Ufa. Reduced, prices for a few? day, i Complete Read ings, .tOc. Strictly private and confi dential. Hours, from 9 a. m. to 0 p. m. Second'Hand Stoves Y Now la the time to buy them. New snd second-hand at bargain pricea. We can sell you a good hard coal atove from 26. w) up. Soft coal stove. tl.U) up. A. GILINSKY tut Buutb Main 8t. Council Bluffa LEWIS CUTLER MOftTTCTAN. M raH B)C Cucil fciatta. PhMS IV BLUFFS. SIDEWALKS TO BE UNIFORM Counoil Declines to Allow Brick or Granite to Bo Uiad for Driveways. WEST END REMONSTRANCE IS FILED Mayor Denies Knowleds of Plaa to Colonise the Scarlet Wansea la that Section of the City. Various, matters In connection with the cement sidewalks which are being laid on Broadway and Main street to re place the old brick walks occupied the greater part of laat night's city council meeting. Requests from several property owners to be permitted to place brick driveways Instead of cement were turned down, as waa a request to construct a dritreway of granite block on the smith aide of Broadway between Ninth and Tenth streets. The council decided that all drive ways must be of cement to conform with the sldewalka The motor company, which Is prepar ing to replace the trestle bridge over the slough at the east approach to Its road to the brldgs over the Missouri with an embankment was given perm'"8'0" to pare about sixty feet of Broadway with granite block to conform with the remainder of the approach to the bridge. Joseph Waits filed a claim for 2200 dam ages for injuries alleged to have been re ceived by falling Into the hole at Ridge and Pierce streets. Chairman Lou gee of the Judiciary committee recommended that the claim be rejected and thla waa done. Thla Is the same hole which was respon sible for the 23,000 damage suit brought against the city yesterday by Charles W. Bmlth. Alderman Lovett reported that the Ter minal company's bridge, now In process of reconstruction, was not closed to pedes tiians, but to vehicle traffic. When the copy of the resolution adopted by the Weat End Improvement club pro testing against the location of disreputable resorts In the western part of the city was read Mayor Morgan stated that he had no knowledge of such alleged contemplated movement and the communication was or dered received and placed on file without further comment. Some amusement was afforded when a communication denouncing Aldermen Lou gee, Casper and McDonald for alleged discourtesy to the representatives of the Weat End club at a previous meeting was read by the clerk. The only comment was made by Alderman McDonald, who stated that In hla opinion the communication was a fit subject for Investigation by the grand jury. The communication or complaint, which filled two sheets of typewritten mat ter, was ordered placed on file. M. Marcus reported that lots owned by him on Avenue d. between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, were stlU under water and he was unable to begin building on them, as he contemplated. The city en gineer was instructed to dig a ditch so as to drain the water in that vicinity. An amendment to the ordinance so as to extend .the fire limits-- to Include the 8tfin kop property at the corner of. North Main street and Washington avenue waa read the second time and laid on the table. Mr. BteJnkop protested against the measure, which had been prompted, he said, by neighbors who were opposed to his building a hayahed on bis premises. Matters la Dlstrlet Caart. George I Cooper, a leading merchant of Neola, thla. cdunty, made the allegation that a pool existed to fix the price of hogs on the market of his town and to depress the price to an unfair figure, and that, in fact, the pool had succeeded In doing so. This allegation was made by Cooper In the Neola Reporter of October It, and the result is that Cooper haa been made defendant In an action for libel In which A. A. Dorn and J. E. McQinty, a firm of hog buyers, ssk ror fi.ooo damages. Charles W. Smith began suit In the dis trict court yesterday againat the city of Council Bluffa, claiming damages in the sum of 23.000 for Injuries alleged to have been received by falling lata a hole in the Intersection f Ridge and Pierce streets caused by the recent flood. The accident occurred on the night of September 12. when Bmlth waa leading a team hitched to a moving wagon down the atreet. Smith fell Into the hole with the horaea on the top of him. Judge Green yesterday advised Clerk Reed of the district court that the petit Jury for the November term, which had been sum moned for November 2, would be required to be In attendance November la This change Is due to the lack of equity caaea which will result in the law docket being taken up earlier than had been expected. - Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Bon. Robbers Visit Dr. Tinier. The residence of Dr. it. A. Tlnley at 232 Avene S was broken Into yesterday afternoon and robbed during the absence of the family. The thief secured a num ber of articles of Jewelry and a small sum Of money. The robbery Is presumed to have been committed by a man representing himself to be a fruit tree agent, who called about 4 o'clock Just as Mrs. Tlnley and the mem bers of the family were lehvlng the house. When they returned ahortly before I o'clock they dlacovered that the houae had been broken into and two rooms had been thoroughly ransacked. Entrance tn th. house had been obtained by the thief tnrougn a rear cellar window. The door leading from the cellar to the kitchen had been opened by kicking a panel cut That an adjoining room to the two ransacked and In which was considerable Jewelry, had not oeen rooieaieo la taken to Indicate that the thief was disturbed before he com pleted his work. Among the Jewelry taken was a brooch Bet with pearls, pin with diamond aettlng, gold ring, opal atud, ring aet with opals and dlamonda, and gold cuff buttons. Dr. Tlnley, who is major in the Fifty fifth regiment Iowa National guard, la at the Fort Riley maneuvers. Box Aeeldeatallr Shot. John Fisher, the 16-year-old son of John Fisher of tZl Avenue C. wss shot by a youthful companion while out hunttng near the eastern llmlta of the city Sunday even ing. Charlea Ingeraoll, Fisher's young com panion, waa loading a 23-callber rifle when the hammer allpped and the weapon was dtacharged. The ball entered young Fisher's right Bids and ia Imbeddad unii wi. ribs. Vnleas unforeseen complications arise risner. u is expected, will rapidly recover from the wound. Aaaeas Beaeata at Dltrh Jacob Hansen. H. H. Field and County Surveyor E. E. Cook, the commissioners appointed to asaeas the benefits which the abutting property will daiive from the conatructloa of the Plgeoa creek drainage ditch have completed their field work and are now preparing their report. The Pigeon creek ditch la In Crescent township and E. A. Wlckham has the contract for Its construction. As soon as the report on the Pigeon creek ditch Is completed the commissioners will commence work on assessing the prop erty abutting on the Funster drainage ditch In Rockford townahip, the contract for which has been let to C. F. Pratt While In the field the commissioners learned that a petition would shortly be Died with the board of supervisors asking that another ditch from Honey creek lake to connect with the Pigeon creek ditch be established. Charged with Larceny. William Denton, a horse trainer at the Union Driving park, was arrested yester, day, charged with the larceny of a pocket-! book containing 21 In cash and a county warrant for 228 60, the property of Michael Weather bee, the Broadway liveryman. Weather bee was at the driving park Sun day afternoon speeding a colt when he lost the pocketbook. An attache of the park In formed Weatherbee that he had Been Den ton pick the pocketbook up and that he had atood by while Denton counted the con tents. On being taken Into cuetody Denton admitted that he had found the pocketbook, but that he had later lost It. He gave bonds In the sum of 2300 and will have a hearing Wednesday morning before Justice Ouren. For This Week. Twenty per cent discount on all mould ing frames. Special discounts on fancy frames and framed pictures. Alexander's, 233 Broadway. SUPPOSED DEAD MAN ALIVE Odd Fellows at Pad fie Janctloa Bars- Body Thaacht to Bo Omaha Maa. PACIFIC JUNCTION, la.. Oct 19.-B. F. Haroff has arrived here from Omaha after the Odd Fellows had paid the expenses of burying him. Several months ago a man supposed to be B. F. Haroff arrived In Pacific Junction. He was In the last stages of consumption. He died near tha depot and papers In his pockets showed that he waa a member of the Odd Fellows at Buffalo, Wyo. The ex penses of his burial were, therefore, paldd) by that organisation. Now the real Haroff haa appeared and has I proven that the man who died waa somebody else. It is supposed that he had found the real Haroff's papers. Haroff Is now a bricklayer in Omaha, removing to that city if rem Wyoming. CAN OF BEER MAKES TROUBLE Iowa Maa Mast Answer to Charge of Harder Because of a Flskt. DES MOINES, Oct. II William Cobley has been brought back to Albla to answer to the qharge of murdering- Robert Roe, who was killed at Hocking on July 4. The accidentia! blow was struck during a fight over a can of beer In which James Campbell and William Fuller participated. Fuller waa captured and given a five year sentence as accessory. Campbell and Cobley escaped and have been In hiding ever Since. Cobley waa arrested at Novlnger, Mo. Kleetrla Llae Open for Baalaeas. , CEDAR FALLS, la., Oct l.-8pclal. The first freight ever ahlpped over the Rapid Transit Electric line to Waverly and Omaha waa loaded' this morning when the connection waa made by the Electric Una with the Great Western at Denver Junc tion, seventeen miles north of Waterloo. Freight will be received for all points west of there. Next summer the line will be extended to Sumner. The relations exist ing between the Great Western and the Rapid Transit company are very close, a passenger and freight arrangement being In existence and the Electric road handling a portion of the Great Western business between Cedar Falls and Waterloo. The Rapid Transit company now has one of the longest lines of road In the state. The newspaper men of the county will be taken In a special train over the system as soon as tha Sumner conneotlon is made. Blar Gataorlaa- at Odd Fellows. SIOUX CITY. Ia., Oct. 19. -(Special Tel egram.) Odd Fellows from all corners of Iowa and many parts of Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota are gathering In Sioux City for the annual grand lodge ses sion of Iowa Odd Fellows. The leading atate officers held a reception at the Hotel Garretaon tonight The Rebekah assembly and the grand encampment will open their business sessions tomorrow. The grand lodge lodgs will hold Its first business session on Wednesday, which wHl be the big day of the convention. The parade will take place on that day. The moat distinguished visitor Is General M. A, Raney of Marengo, Ia., commanding of ficer of the Patriarchs Militant of the World. Between 6.000 and 8,000 visitors are expected to attend the meetings. Meetlaajs a Disappointment. CRE8TON, Ia.. Oct. 13.-9peciJ.)-Rev. Martin of Muncia, Ind., has Just closed a two weeks' meeting at the Christian church of this place. The meetings were .all well attended and much Interest was manifested, but only ten additions were made to the church. The last evening he delivered a popular lecture on "How to be Happy" that waa greatly appreciated by tha large audience preaent. Rev. Martin la a deep atudent of tha Bible and a fine talker and the result of hla meetlnga was somewhat of a disappointment to the church. Vacaaeles aa Desaaerat Ticket. CRE8TON, la., Oct 11 Special.) It now seems as though the democratic ticket of Union county would have three vacan cies on 4t this fall. It la Impossible to get a candidate for superintendent and the place of surveyor was msde vacant by the resignation of tha candidate to accept the place of representative, made vacant by the refusal of the convention's nom inee to make' the race, and now N. W. Clark who waa nominated for supervisor after a long and bitter struggle requiring seventy ballots, has sent his resignation to the county committee. W. C. T. I'. Convention. SIOUX CITT. Ia., Oct . (Special Tel egram.) The Woman's Christian Temper anco union of Iowa opened Its annual convention tn the First Methodist church this evening, Mra Marlon Dunham, state president presided. A. L. Urtck, president of ths Iowa State Federation of Labor, will address the convention oa Wednesday on "Child Labor." It Is expected tha Woman's Christian Temperance union will recommend new laws oa this question. About 1U delegates are expected to be preaent at the first bualneas session to May Yt laved. AU who have sever lung trouble need Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, it euros ar a pay- too, 2La For sal Kitha Co. A P0T1S HEARING COES OVER Attorneys' Not Beady to Conclude Tbeir Arguments io Extradition Matter. QUITS PASTORATE TO GO AFTER SALOONS Rev. I. J. MeCash of Des Molars Ac cepts Posltloa of Superintendent of Work of the Iowa Anti Saloon l.eaa-ne. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. Oct. 19 (Special.) Gov ernor A. B. Cummins took a day off from hla campaign speech-making today for tha especial purpose of giving a hearing to the parties to the case of the State of Nebraska against W. J. Potts. The governor wss ready to listen to the arguments on the question whether a requisition should be Is sued to take Potts back to Nebraska, but the attorneys In the case were not ready. Mr. Potts appeared with John Reed of this city as his attorney, . while Sheriff John Power of Omaha was on hand with Alex ander Alschuler to present the case. Mr. Reed Intimated that hla position would be that the prosecution la not In good faith and that It is merely for the purpose of se curing possession of the child In the caae, and that, therefore. It la In the nature of an aaalatance to a civil process, hence should not be honored. He was not ready as yet to present the full argument on the case and It was postponed until next Monday. In the meantime Mr. Potts remains in the city and awaits the decision of the governor as to whether he will order his return to Omaha. Mr. Potts Is confident he will not be required to go to Nebraska. Goes Into Anti-Saloon Work. Rev. I. N. McCash, for a number of years pastor of the University Place Christian church, has announced his resignation that he may accept the position of superintend ent of the work of enforcement of the laws of the state under the guidance of the State Antl-Salodn league. He was offered this positron last week at the meeting of the league at a salary of 23 000 a year guaran teed to him by responsible persons. He naked time to think it over and has at last decided to scoept the place. He la paator of tne largest church In the state, being con nected with Drake university and almost a part of the university. He states thst his resignation was prompted by his declining health and realisation that he must lay aalde the carea of his lnrge church for a time. He will have general aupervlslon over the anti-saloon crusade In the state and H. Hi Abrame and George R. Malone will continue In the work 'Under Dr. Mo Cash. One Statute ,1'pheld. The supreme court upheld the law which Inflicts a fine on a railroad company when the engineer fails to stop his train at a crossing. The law was attacked as un constitutional because It undertakes to Inflict punishment on a corporation for the criminal acts of Its employes, but the court holds the law all right. But in this case, which came front' Story county, It was shown that the engineer was unable to stop his train at Slater because tha brakes would not work, and the court holds that penal statutes of this character must be construed In the light of the latent of ths person violating; The case Is therefor re versed, j i i;.ilc! CaarttJlerlalans. Ths following ' are ' the decision, an nounced by the court today: t v.ril. i. "vpeimni, against Mary LSSASPyy-. Judge Holme.1; .i fi n ii """P"-'iy, appellant, VLZV D' PJ "U8,n: Jonea county;judge Thompson; affirmed by Sherwln. lev .LnV ".r" " Missouri Va -M'..pp,antL "a"'on county. Judge MHcy; affirmed, bv Deemer. pf.t.?t.afaln"t ChHKO. Mlnneapolla A St. raul m w,v ...... m . . . . . k tV, "j "I'l'niaiii, oiory county. Judge Richard, reversed bv Ladd. "u,"y' State againat J. w. Croltord, appellant' hCw"' county' Jud Towner; reversed; Earned jr Gasoline. MISS Marv Pnj-lc waa linnlkl. v a - UU1 IICU by the exploalon of a waist aaturated with gasoline and her home humeri tn th. ground. Bhe kept house with her brother ueorge, on south Ninth street. She was cleaning a walat shortly before noon yes terday with gasoline. In her kitchen. Her clothing and articles in the houae became saturated with the fumes during the opera- l,u "no wnen she finally took the walat Into the sitting room and hung It behind the heating stove: it auddeniv and the house instantly mnthi a. anrf n. veloped her in flames. Her brother George was in me room at the time of the explo sion and says the flames leaped Instantly to the clothing of his sister. He grasped nor arouna tne walat and carried her, a mass of flames. Into tha virH a . w. paased a bed he caught up a quilt and wrappea it about her while he extinguished the flames by pulling her back and fnnh in the arrass. Knocks Oat Anti-Compact Law. . The attorney general of Iowa received word today that Judge McPherBon haa held that the Iowa antl-comoant law re lating to combinea between Insurance com- paniea is vol a and of no effect. He holds that while it Is unconstitutional. in that it Is of unequal application, yet It violates the rigni oi contract, and If enforced would prevent insurance companies doing bualneas In the atate. The ault waa brought against tha atate auditor to enjoin him from en forcing tha law which has been on the statute books six years, but has never been enforced at all. Cara Better Than Expected. CRFSTON, Ia., Oct. 19. (Special.) The past week has developed but little In the nature of crop reports for Union county. The week haa been one of cold we.thr and heavy froat and nothing haa grown. eariy an ine corn la ready for picking but very little of it has been gathered. Some of the delayed threshing has been don and nearly aU of the potato crop, which Is very light, has been dug. Corn ia much better than it was expected It would be and the yield will probably be half a crop. Saea for Death of Ion. CRESTON. Ia.. Oc. 19. (Special.) C. W. Fellow haa tiled the paper In a ault against the Burlington railroad for 226,000 damages for the death of hla aon, Arthur Fellowa, who was employed as a mall clerk on the main line and whoae body was found along the tracks In Illinois and whom it waa supposed had fallen from the car while a i worn. Gets Call front Kansas. CRESTON. la., Oct l.-(8pecutl.)-Rv. C. C Schleble, formerly pastor of the A Weak Heart neglected means heart disease, tho moat common causa f . sudden death. Dr. Mile' Heart Cure wUl atrength en. regulat and cure weak hearts. Bold by all drursists on guarantee. Free book oa hoart dwut for postal. DM. MlLUt' MKUICAX. CO., JClkhait. lad. Presbyterian church of thla city, who has been employed as traveling evangelist for the past two years, has accepted a call to ths pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of Burllngame. Kan. He will take charge of the church the first of November and will remove hla family from her the last of the month. Rev. Schleble waa very successful here and made a num ber of friends who regret his departure. BANKERS ON PACIFIC COAST "aa Franclsea Is Filled with Dele Bates t the Aaaaal Con vention. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.-Th Influx of the leading bankers of tha United States, coming to this city to attend the twenty ninth annual convention of the American Bankers' association, haa commenced In earnest and by tomorrow night It la ex pected all the delegates will have ar rived. The leading hotel are being thronged with the visitors, and it is estimated that the visiting bankers and their ladles will number close to 2,000. The real work of the convention will commence on Wednesday morning, but the Trust company division will meet tomor row morning at the California theater and the Savings bank section In the Labor room of the Academy of Sciences tomor row afternoon. Both aodtlone will complete their separate business before Wednesday, when President Caldwell Hardy will strike his gavel at tha California theater, con vening the regular meeting of the asso ciation, The Intervals between sessions will be de voted to sightseeing In and about San Fran clsio, and after Saturday the visitors will go to various parts of ths state at will. Every facility and attention will be forth coming to make these longer excursions thoroughly delightful. Tho bankers of Los Angeles and other southern California cities have made every effort to receive a large number of the bankers and their friends, and the Interest ing points In the southern section of the state will be exploited for the benefit of the visitors. MONEY FOR JBIBLE COLLEGE Former Governor Drake of Iowa Will Give Five Thousand Dollars for Work la India. DETROIT. Mich., Oct. 19.-Today's ses sions of the International Missionary con vention of the Christian church were given over to the Foreign Christian Missionary society. At the morning session waa read a telegram from former Governor Drake of Iowa atating that he will give 25.000 to start a Bible college In India. Governor Drake has already donated 25,000 each for Bible colleges In Japan and China. President A. McLean of Cincinnati In his annual report stated the society, haa rep resentatives In all the prominent mission flelda of the world. It has a total of twelve stations and outstalons, with which are located 117 missionaries and 290 nativ help ers. The total receipts for th year were $210,000, an Increase of 231,000 over laat year. For the coming year the society proposes to raise 2260,000. W. P. Bentley of Shanghai, China, talked on his work in China and Miss Bertha Clawsoa of Osaka, Japan, told of condi tions In Japan. J. J. Morgan of Kansas City discussed th "Holy Spirit in Mis sions." FIRE RECORD. Five Blocks la Galveston, lad.. Barn. LOGAN8PORT. Ind., Oct 1.-Flre, sup posed l to be of Incendiary origin, early today -destroyed Ave business blocks and the railroad station, besides damaging sev eral other buildings at Galveston, Ind. The loss Is estimated at 275.000. The tele graph operator at the station reported ths fire and asked for help while the station was burning. He was driven away by the flamea and the wlrea were burned, cut ting off all communication. The fire de partment here and at Kokomo loaded ap paratus on relief trains and sent them to Galveston, which Is a town of 1,000 people twelve miles from here. Incendiaries In Indiana Town. KOKOMO, Ind., Oct 19.-The town of Galveston Is burning. At 1 a. m. ths sta tion agent there wired news of the blase, which was of Incendiary origin, and then broke off his message by the words. "Can't send more; station Is already half burped." Galveston is a, town of 1.000 inhabitants. The Kokomo fire department has been sent there on a special train. Bad Fire la Brooklyn, NEW YORK, Oct 19.-Flre early today in the Green Point section of Brooklyn de stroyed several lafge planing mills, lumber yards and carriage shops and caused a loss estimated at more than 2300,000. Voegel & Kelges suffered the heaviest loss, much valuable property in their plant being destroyed. Shrboj araa City Hall Destroyed. SHEBOYGAN. Mich.. Oct. 19.-The city hall of Sheboygan, one of the finest mu nicipal buildings in upper Michigan, waa destroyed by fir today. Loss 260,000. Consolidate Mine Properties. RIVERSIDE, Wyo., Oct. 19. (Special.) Th consolidation of the companies opera ting the Cascade, High Five and Pasadena mines in this district haa been consum mated. The properties ar among the beat in the district and many thousands of dol ls re have been apent In development work. The conaolldated company will now operate on a big acale and will make one or all three mlnea producers during the coming winter. Bound trip ticket will ba sold from Omaha on October 20 to any point (Including New OrIan), on the Illinois Central and Yoo V Mississippi Valley railroads In Mississippi and Louisiana, at rat ot f'23.06; food tor return 21 day from date of sale. Liberal stoiiovers allowed. INVESTIGATE the vonderful resource of the south and the exceptional opportunities for InTeatment In firm and timber land. (Special advantages offered to homeseckers. . . . REMEMBER the awith will certainly ha' a W boom in the nem few year, for land there biT not yet reached nearly their proper value In comparison with th value of their products. . Hat quoted above Is very much lens than the regular one-way fare. For reservation in pclal Tourist aud Standard sleepers, and any other Information, call at IlllnoU Central City Ticket Office, 1402 it roam Street, Omaha, or write 1 V. II. BRILL D. P. A., III. Cent. R. R., Omaha. Neb. COLLISION ON ROCK ISLAND Eocky Mountain Limited Cruhei Into at Extra Freight Train. NO ONE KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT Passenger Train and Mixed Train Collide oa the goataern Rail, way, Resaltlna- la Death of Three Mea. IOWA CITY. Ia., Oct. 19.-Th Rocky Mountain limited, eaatbound, crashed into an extra freight train, weatbound, whll running at a high speed at Oxford, a village weat of this city, Sunday morning at 11:30. A dnxen people were slightly Injured, but no one waa seriously hurt Conductor Harry Fox and Engineer Hotchklsa of ths passenger train leaped, the former spraining his knee and the lat ter hla ankle. About 100 people were on the passenger train and thirty of these were In the dining car when the shock came. The Impact was terrlflo and the tables were upset and dlahes went flying through the air, striking many persons In the face and on the head. The passenger engine waa turned over on Its side snd was demolished, whll the freight engine waa badly wrecked. Fonr Killed aa Sonthern Railway. RICHMOND. Va., Oct 19.-A head-on collision occurred on the Southern railway between Keysvllle and Merrihln, Va., to day. Four trainmen were killed and five Injured. Each train waa crowded with passengers who suffered from the shock. The dead: M. E. WILLIAMS, postal clerk. L. 8. DILLON, flagman. DANIEL PINCHAM, fireman. E. H. ATWELL, engineer. An accommodation train which left Keys vllle thla morning collided thla aide of Keysvllle with the passenger train from Richmond. Foar Killed by Street Car. YOUNGSTOWN, "b.. Oct 19.-Four men were run down and killed on the Mahoning Valley street railway lines last night. The dead: , LUGIGINO MARINELLI. EUGENIO DI BARLENOO. TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN. Train Goes Into Dltrh. JOLIET, III., Oct. 19.-An Elgin, Jollet and eastern passenger train running between Jollet and Aurora went Into the ditch near PlulnMeld today. The coaches were turned upside down. Several pass engers were Injured, but the only person fatally hurt is Patrick Malloy, a brakeman. MAIL POUCH ROBBER ESCAPES A. E. Bell, Arrested In Denver, (lets Away as Train Reaches Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 19.-A. E. Bell, the confessed mall pouch robber and check forger, who waa arreated In Denver, Colo., escaped from a Pullman car today just before the train to which, it waa attached arrived at th Pennsylvania Railroad station. Bell was in ths custody of two United States deputy marshals snd was on his way to th United State marshal's office in this city. He made an excuse to go to the wssh room and after locking himself In. opened the window and made hla escape. The police officials were notified snd they are now searching for Bell. Bell was also known as Crosby and Hammond. After his arrest In Denver he admitted having stolen a mall pouch from a Pennsylvania railroad train. . Th pouch was In transit from this city to Harrlsburg, Pa., and disappeared on September I. It contained a large number of checka for small sums and later they came back to the banks when It was learned that they had been raised to large amounts. The authorities assert that Bell must have realised nearly a half million dollars by his robbery. Bell was held In 210.000 ball hy United States Commissioner Hindale In Denver for his appearance In the United States district court here. Eplleatlo Patients Removed. TOPEKA.' Oct. 19. Fifty eplleptlo patients were moved today from the Topaka asylum to the new state Institution at Par sons. They were accompanied by a hilf doien guards. The patients were taken In trolley curs to the Sante Fe depot and sent In two special cars to Kansas City and then south over the Missouri, Kansas & Texas to Parsons. LOT 1MB "I And Casearets so goni that I woo 111 not be withoat ttasm. I was troubled a f r deal trim torpt llrer and fccadaehs. Now sine KWi Oucinu Caadj Osthartl I fl ery nub kttni I shall sartaiBlr raeommand ttaam to my fttsad aa tha baal nadlelna 1 hava star teen." Ansa BaalBst, Oasora MU1 Me. a, fall stiver, Mass. Pieassnt. Palatabla, Pwitnt. Taata Snod . Da Oaed, Harar bickaa. Weakan or Grip., lac. tv.Uc. c?r aold Is baik. Tha soaulna tablat Urn pad 000, ttuafanlsad to aara or joar aaonay back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chlcafo or N.Y. tot muiLULE,TEa Billion eons Tjl Beat for ft JbJ Tha Dowels CAMDV CATtvumc -f AND RETURN Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1903-Lejs Than Half Rata a CARTERS j. 1 1 puts, (DURE Blrk Readseae aed relieve aU th troablea lack dent to a billoas ttataef ths a rUrm, mrh as Dts tmaaa, Nantes, Drowsln, Distress after sating, Psln ia thaSida, Ac. While their stoat rtsttrfc abl success has bera shows la earing SD rjeanVhr.ret Ctrtrr'tl.lttle Mvar Plllisra aaaall valuable ia Cmittlpatten, enrlsg and pecratitiot this annoying complaint, while ther alse cerrsrl all dlaordera of tha stomarh, stimulate ths liver sod regulate the bowels, Xrea if they osly earai 1H1EAE) Arhe they would baal mot t prtctlrt t tho wk snffrr from this distressing eoaaslsinti batforta. natelr thalr (ondoass does set ssd bar. and tho wsoooc try thorn will And Uiesmtiula sill vat. shit la so many ways that ther will ant ba wtUlag la do without thaca. Bat aftac all ttk bead ACLHiS Is th bane of to many lives that her M where we oak ear grau beast. Oar puis ear It whlaa Olhara do ant. Carter's Little Liver PHls r vary snail ssd very easy v taae. um or two puis siasa a aosa. Ther ar strictly vegataM and de ot grip ar purge, s py mrir genu actios piaaa au wn nsa thsm. In vials at eft cents ; Ira for II. Sold by draggtst rrsry whwa, sr seat by stall. CARTER MEDICINE CO., New York Cltj .1 tkin of beavty U a Joy formtn R.T. FELIX GGTIAUD'S ORIENTAL CREAM. MAUICAL BEAUTIFIEt KaaMvas Taa, Msitla. Vrseslaa, Math ratcaea. Rath aaa Skla Dia. aaaa. and ararr kiaalak aa baanif, sad tataa dataollao. It baa stood Ua Ua at . SMr- raara and la aa aamUaaa w UaU tt as ba Bar M Is sraaarif madt. Aoeaat svastsTfaM ml simi lar naaa. Dr. ! A. lars said to s laar al tha a ot tos (s satlanU I "As raw htdlaa will aaa thank I CRBAM" sa ths beat racammand "oouRAtnrs harmful of all tha akin praparatlana. 1H XJ rot aala ky r la Ua Ualtaa all drufsiata and Inner foods daalaaa tataa and Kuroos. FKRD. T, HOPKINS, PTFf. Orsat J ocas t. WOMAN'S CROWNIN0 GLORY a lar halt. It Oeay ar siaaclMd. tt aaa ban. tlarad la l Sataral cakar vtthoat ajkiaSBi af actio by aaa apatkatl af tha Imperial Hair Regenerator THS STAKDARD MAIS COLOBlWol Ji a ahaolatolw hannkaaa. Any thada orodaata. Color (tat. and CMS A r F L IC A Tl O N LASU MatTHa SaauaaairaaiBalt Hi Imperial Chemical Co., 135 W 23d Bt., N. Y. gold by Sherman A McConnell Drug Co., Omaha, Neb. THOSE WHO USE HAND SAPOLIO need no cos meticsnature, relieved, does its own perfect work. Other soaps chemically dissolve the dirt-HAND SAPOLIO re moves it. Other soaps either gloss over the pores, or by ex cess of alkali'Ahsorb, phe health ful secretions which they contain. Chair" Ls TOa An other. DR. IYIcCREW specialist. Treats all fares 4 DISEASES OF MEN ONLY A Madlesl Esasrt It Years' Bxpartoae I Yr la Oaaah t Near M,0 Ca s Car Vartosssl. Bydmeala, Blood Poison, Strtetura, Oleet, Nervous DaMlttr. Lots of Stror.aU sad Vital ity and all forma ot chrome dlaoaaaa. Treatment by mail. Call or write. In ' . 'imoe owr 1U g. 1Mb St.. Ostaha. Hah. Every Voniin la sskansft sad should knew Boost ia ereuaeyrsj MARVEL Whirling ary A ftr 4nmm fer tt. If hs MnhOt aUlDltl ll tlhr, bat Mn4 SiArnp for It- " iisirsvisvl book mJ4.U gifts uli pBvrtlruUrt artd rtlrHton M. For salt onl by (kUnfl flfr bU.f Omaha, Nabraaka. MEN AND WOMEN. Una Bit A ansa! ara. diirharset.laBanniationa Irritationa or tiloeratlowe of mutant ueabraae. Peinlete, and not aatrls- 8 j aju by gant sr aoltoaou. i sr stst la slats "rare. A 1 by e.oreee, nrweeid, la ... R ,m ..a .... i I u at m. V M cirsular east a latitat FCfDRUMICARDS buuitk rs u sTliaa aavar 'alia lo deatroy eraT l"s for ttrou drink the sppeUts ;..r """J ailat after ut ns this remedy. Olren in any llonir ltb or witbouAnuwiaasa of natlenti taata lata i fl s Sherman McConnef, Dru Co.. Omaha. Mississippi and Louisiana Points i :nvv TV. H-NCT 9.. w Ms as laajtos. Bant lafc aj'ajjgaJj"p?-' -fyg f la 1 to S SarrA B m OaaraaiNd U C Jf ntot atrtetara. stTe m M.I. raalsarl t' Tntr Cafdslt Putin bfUl tjl m. am ' W s,