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    THE OMAHA DAILY niJH: WKDNKSDAY, DECEMBKTl 30. 100.1.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MIOR MBMTIOS.
PRISONERS OUT OF DANGER
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Pnvis fella drug.
7-effert's glasses fit.
Htockert soils carpets.
A store for men "Beno's."
Diamond betrothal ring at Ielterfs, 409
Jlrottdway.
1-K ami 18-K wedding ring at Lefferfs,
. 4"9 liroudway.
Picture flaming, C. F.. Alexander & Co.,
tx Uroadway. Tel. 306.
Mis Kdyth Hutlerof Lincoln, Neb., la the
guest of Miss Adah Bui gent.
Mrs. A. M. Shaw of IMxon, III., Is visiting
her parents, .Mr. and Mr. D. W. Otis.
Umile I.unklcy, . th EroH1wy under
taker, is, ciillcally 111 with L'rlght's dis
ease. Mr. und Mrs. Guy C. Bhcpard, 14M Glen
avenue, have gone for a month's trip to
Cuba.
Hluff City and Excelsior Masonic lodges
will hold a Joint meeting this evening for
liatullatlon of officers.
Itr. V. P. Helllnger will leave this week
for K ii rope to take a post graduate course
in hospitals on tne continent. .
Mi', and Mm. H. P. Miles and Mr. and
Mm. Oeorge Hparka of Ploux City and Miss
fearl Woolscy of Unawa are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor Woolsey.
U. L. I'rntt, a member of the local upwb
paper fraternity, left yesterday morning lor
toeattle. Wash., to take an editorial posi
tion on the Seattle Commonwealth.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Judson. who were
called here by the Illness and death of
Mrs. Judson's father, I'aul C. Do Vol, re
turned to Katnaa City last evening.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
to George Allen l'arrlck, aged 26, and
. l.aura K. Culbertson, aged h. both of this
city. Justice Ouieu performed the mar
i lage ceremony.
Miss Clara G. I.ynn of Kansas City mid
Miss Kleanor Brown of Ht. I'aul. Minn.,
who have been visiting their aunt, Mrs.
O. M. Brown of First avenue, will leave
this morning for Kansaa City.
Daniel Daughtery, aged 76 years, died
jeslenlay at Mercy hospital, from parab
ola. The funeral w.ill be held this morn
ing at o'clock from Ht. Peter's church
and burial will be In fit. Joseph cemetery.
A i;eclal meeting of the library board
will uu held thin evening for the purpose
of inspecting the preliminary plans pre
pared by 1'atton & Miller, the Chicago
archltectB, for the Carnegie library build
ing. J. W. Baxter, the" railroad brakeman ar
rested first on a charge of insulting Mrs.
Grace Mo yea and her eister. Bertha Water
meler, the charge being later changed to
one of assault and battery, was discharged
in police court yesterday,, as the complain
ing witnesaea failed to prosecute.
The general reception and roll call of the
membership of the First Christian church
will be held Friday evening, when supper
will be served at the church at 7 o'clock.
The evening will be spent in a social ses
sion, with a program of mualc, short
speeches and an address by Judge W. W.
Klabaugh of Omaha.
The receipts In the general fund at the
Christian home last week were $113.36. being
I15H.36 above the needs of the week and
decreasing the deficiency to $1,927.64 in thla
fund to date. In the manager's funil the
receipts were $47.10, being $lilO above the
needs of the week and decreasing the de
ficiency to $135.71 In this fund to date.
Ilafer sella lumber. Catch the ideat
Oolorti VQ TVien to Fart Mtdiion Peni
' tentiary Beyond Reach of the Mob.
RUMOR OF SECOND ATTEMPT CAUSES MOVE
Settle Ooogles Estate.
T)he final report" of Referee Hess In the
uft of J. J. Hauer against I-oulae Douglas
and others, arising over the administration
' of the estate of the late Benjamin Douglas,'
founder of Dun's Mercantile agency, has
beefri filed and approved by Judge Wheeler
of the district court. Benjamin Douglas
left a large estate consisting In part of
' land In Pottawattamie and adjoining coun
ties. P. C. and K, II. Lougeo and. J.,1 P.
Heaa and K. J. Day succeeded In buying up
' the Interests of several of the heirs and
this led to mora or less litigation.
Tl'e report shows that a total of $147,
, 404.30 was received from the sale of the
lands, out of which the claim of Benjamin
Douglas, jr., amounting to $11,376, and the
" Intervention claims .of Mary B. Dunn and
. lxmlse Douglas, which were settled out of
. court, were paid, leaving five-sevenths cf
. the balance to be paid to F. C. and K. H.
. Lougee and two-sevenths to J. P. Hess,
..trustee, the purchasers of the' Interests of
the other heirs.
Subsequent to the purchase by the I.Ou
. gees and Day & Hess of tho heirs' inter
ests land values In Pottawattamie county
Increased, materially and they reaped a
, handsome profit from the transaction.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby & Bon.
Mart la Can Hold Both.
Can Hon. R. J, Martin represent Potta
wattamie county In the state legislature
and at the same time hold the office of
mayor of the town of Hancock? This Is a
' question which Is worrying some of the
good citUens of that place. They would
rather that he resign his offlcs as mayor
- than Jeopardise his position In the state
legislature and they have written to George
8. Wright, chairman of the republican
county central committee, asking his optn-
ion In the matter.
Mr. Martin was elected representative at
the November election on the republican
ticket and he alao occupies the office of
mayor of Hancock, which he does not think
necessary for him to resign. This opinion
. Is shared in by Chairman Wright, who
holds that there is nothing In the state
- constitution to prohibit a member of the
state legislature from holding a municipal
office at the same time. The statute pro
vides that no person holding any lucrative
office under the United States or this state,
or any other power shall be eligible to hold
a seat In the general assembly. This Mr.
Wright holds does not apply to municipal
offices.
f'learlaa; Sale at Do Vonm'm.
' Fourteen-lnch kid body sleeping dolls, 10c;
' dressed dolls, 6c and 10c; toilet sets, half
price. Harvey De Long, printer and sta
tioner, 3u7 Broadway.
260
Hral Estate Transfers.
These transfers were filed yesterday In
the abstract, title and loan office of Squire
a Annls, 101 Pearl street:
Thomas H. Bmlth to J. H. Southern,
lots 16 and 16, block i. Honey Creek.
w. d $
Reuben Woodinancy and wife to Wll
loughby Pye, part outlot 1, Park
Held., Macedonia, w. d
Heirs of Caroline K. Habb to B. VV
Bsbb. ne4 nw4 and part of nw'
ne 24-74-SS. q. c. d
B. K H.bh. guardian, to Ben B. Babb,
undivided one-twelfth same. g. d..
James G. Ruckle and wife to Anthonv
olllns, swvt nev ana se", nw 83-
77 -Sit, except one acre w. d
' Lars Jensen and wife to Kllxibeth
and Frank McKeeby. S wVj rri
. swVi and 44 acres adjoining, 36-77-
44. W. d -
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6.716
Six transfers, total.
Ogden Hotel Rooms with or without
I board; steai.1 heat; free bath; public, par
.i lor.
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CLEANING AND DYEING
L lies' and Gentlemen's Clothing Cleaaed.
Dyed. PsesseJ and Repaired; also Dry
, Cleaning. No shrinkage or rubbing off
guaranteed. Work done oa short notice
COUNCIL BLUFFS STEAM DYE WORKS
Tel. two.
101T Wast Broadway.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
I VaaH -. Uurf k luffs.
Done So Quietly (hat No One Noticed
the Prisoners Leave City Jail aad
Few rautrht Sight of Them
at the Trala.
Fearing another attack on the county Jail
the authorities decided yesterday to re
move the negToes, Neely Zimmerman and
Georg Williams, charged with assajltlng
Mrs. Mary Btaiks and her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Banders, to a place of safety. In
accordance with this plan the prisoners
were taken on the Burlington 6:10 train to
the penitentiary at . Fort Madison, where
they wKl be kept until the excitement here
subsides. "
The removal of the prisoners was carried
out with the greatest secrecy and not half
a dosen persons outside of the attaches of
the county attorney's and sheriff's offices
knew anything about it until the men were
well on their way to the state prison.
Shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon a hark was driven up to the entrance
of the county Jail and in It were placed the
two negroes, handcuffed together, accom
panied by County Attorney. Klllpack, Dep
uty Sheriffs Gronewcg and Baker and As
sistant County Attorney Hess on the box
with the driver. At the depot awaiting the
arrival of the hack were Deputy Sheriff
Knox, County Treasurer Artid, Clerk Reed
of the district court and several news
paper men. The prisoners remained In the
hack, the blinds of which were drawn, until
the whistle of the approaching train was
heard, and as soon as It drew up at the
platform they were quickly hustled through
the crowd of passengers Into the smoking
car. Deputy Sheriff Baker and County At
torney Kl'.lpack accompanied them.
So quickly were the negroes hustled Into
the car that even the passengers on the
platform barely noticed them. The only
remark heard was that made by one of the
passengers In the smoking car, who when
he noticed the shackles on the negroes
asked the man next him If he thought
those were the men they wanted to lynch
Monday night.
Prisoners Are Nervous.
Zimmerman and Williams, who had spent
a night of terror Monday night, were In a
terribly nervous state all .yesterday. When
Jailer Martin -Informed them that for their
safety it had been decided to take them
away from the city they appeared perfectly
willing to go, believing that they would be
removed under cover of darkness. When
they were told the hack was at the door
awaiting them Williams, the younger one,
almost collapsed, and Zimmerman ex
claimed, "Now wo wall be killed sure."
During the forenoon reports reached the
county attorney's office that another cod
more determined attack was to be made on
the Jail last night, and after a consulta
tion the removal of the negroes was deter
mined upon. The . county, authorities, have,
reason' to believe that the attack oh the
Jail Monday night was prompted and urged
on to a great extent by friends of W. Ci
Rogers; the prisoner under Indictment for
the 'murder of Saloon Keeper Bert Forney
last April. It Is known that Rogers has
never given up hope of his friends being
able to secure his release by some means
or another. When Rogers heard that an
attack was likely to be made on the Jail
Monday night he suggested that he be pro
vided with a revolver, saying:
"If those fellows break In here the first
thing they will do will be to try and kill
me, and I should like to have something
with which to defend myself,"
Needless to say his suggestion that he be
given a revolver did not meet with the ap
proval of the deputy sheriffs. Several of
the men In the crowd Monday night who
were loudest in their demands that the
"niggers be taken out and hanged" are
known to be friends of Rogers, and evi
dently thought that It was a good oppor
tunity to attempt his release.
The detail of the Dodge Light Guard con
sisting of twenty men in command of Cap
tain Van Order, which reached the Jail
about 1 o'clock, remained on guard until 3
o'clock yetterday morning, when the men
returned to the armory and the night
passed without further Incident.
Arrests for Inciting; Mob.
Charles Stevenson, better known ' as
"Dutch" Stevenson who is said to have
been one of the ringleaders of Monday
night's mob, was arrested yesterday
charged with Inciting a riot. . The informa
tion against him was filed In Justice Car
son's court and In default of bonds placed
at $1,000 he was committed to the 'county
Jail to await his preliminary hearing. In
formations on similar charges were filed In
the Bam court against Nate Bethers and
George Knight, who were arrested Monday
night. Stevenson and Bethers are both well
known police characters and have both
served terms In the penitentiary. Knight
drives a delivery wagon for a grocery
tirm and as far as la known has not been
in trouble before. He was particularly loud
in his exhortations to the crowd to batter
down the Jail Monday night, but yesterday
he was evidently sorry for the prominent
part he had taken and was anxious to
get out of Jail so that he could go back to
work. t
The arrest of Anthony Wade, a piano
tuner, who la almost blind, formed one
of the amusing Incidents of Monday night.
When the crowd had practically dispersed
Wade still lingered on the sidewalk and
when told to. move on by Deputy Sheriff
Baker, he said his cane had been broken
and he would move on as Boon as he got
another and not before. "What Is your
name?" asked the deputy sheriff, and when
Wade told him the officer said: "Well, come
along with me. I have a warrant for your
arrest."
Wade, It happened, was wanted for dls
turblng the meeting at the I'nion mission
on Fifteenth street He spent the night at
the county jail and yesterday morning hi
Justice Carson's court was fined $10 and
costs, the fine being later suspended during
good behavior.
Prepare for Kasergreartes.
Word that the two negroes had been
taken out of the city quickly spread, and
there was no demonstration at the county
Jail. The authorities, however, were on
the alert and every preparation to protect
the Jail had been made it necessary. t
was decided in the event of a mob gather
lug and clamoring for the life of the
ntgroes that the leaders should be per.
ndtted to enter the Jill snd satisfy them
selves that the men had been removed.
Early In the night a few boys and others,
attracted purely by curiosity, gathered in
tne vicinity of the court house, hut when
they saw only a few policemen they soon
ctspersed. the chilly atmosphere not inak
lug loitering on the stroel the pleasanteat
occupation.
As a precautionary measure, Ed Moore,
a colored prisoner serving a sentence In
tho county Jail for theft of articles from
the stftre of John Beno St Co.. was trans
ferred lost evening to the city Jail. It was
thought possible that If a mob did succeed
In effecting an entrance Into the county
Jail last night the fact that' Moore was a
negro might have resulted In him being
summarily dealt with or at least roughly
handled.
Emma Eubanks and Delia Burk, the
colored women arrested with Zimmerman
and Williams, are being held at the city
Jail on a charge of larceny, and their pre
liminary hearing has been continued until
January 4, at which time the district grand
Jury will be In session. The police have in
their possession a l.irge quantity of linen
and clothing, supposed to have been the
proceeds of raids on clothes lines, found
in the women's house, awaiting- the identifi
cation of the owners.
The police believe thst Zimmerman and
Williams are the men who held up and
robbed the two daughters of E. C. Gaston,
1711 Fourth avenue, about a w?ek ago. The
young women were attacked by two
negroes, who seised the eldest by the
throat and robbed her of 30 cents which
she had in her mitten.
CRESTON, la., Dec. 29.(Speelal Tele
gram.) A deputy sheriff and the county
attorney of Pottawattamie county arrived
here on train No. 14, having In charge the
two colored men, George Williams and
Noely Zimmerman, charged with robbery
and attempted assault. They took supper
here and left on train No. 2 for Fort Madi
son, where they go for safe keeping. Both
men deny their guilt and say it is a case
of mistaken identity. They are glad to
escape from Council Bluffs. Both are
cheerful and give the officers no trouble
enroute.
Xew Year's Cards.
Harvey De Long, 307 Broadway.
N. T. Plumbing Co, Tel. 260; night, F 667.
Court Not m Humorist.
"It was all a Joke, your honor," was the
excuse given by Harvey Head, a teamster,
when arraigned In police court yesterday
morning on the charge of stealing some
piping from the Kimball Elevator works.
According to Head's statement, some mis
chievous boys placed the piping In his
wagon while he was In the building and
he drove off without noticing It. Judge
Scott, howevef, failed to see the pclnt of the
Joke and decided that ten days ion bread
and water was a mete sentence to fit the
offense. Head" will not have to diet on this
slim fare, however, as the court later sus
pended the sentence during good behavior.
Flinch and Pit.
The two great games, at De Long's.
RIVER MEN T0J0IN FORCES
Those on Missouri and Mississippi
Pool Issues for Descent on
Coaarress.
BURLINGTON, la., Dec. 29. (Special
Telegram.) President Clark of the, Mis
souri River Improvement association has
communicated with the officers of the Up
per Mississippi River Improvement associa
tion on the subject of Joining forces In the
appeal to congress to lend aid to the project
of river Improvement. President Wilkin
son of tho Mississippi River association has
appointed a. committee . headed, by Governor
Van Bant of Minnesota to go to Washing
ton to urge upon congress the Importance
of improving the river channel. President
Clark's plan Is for the Missouri association
to join hands with the Mississippi river
officials In the matter. - An answer of en
couragement was sent to President Clark
and the two committees may get together
In Washington about January 16 and de
cide on some plan of work.
Thousands will read your want ad, word
for word, If run this week during the mis
spelled word contest.
Bring Bark Alleged Bank Robbers.
SIOUX CITT, la., Dec. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) John Wicks, Charles White and
John Wilson arrived In Sioux City today
from Kansas City In charge of Sheriff
Hogan of Cherokee county, la., and Chief
Davenport of Sioux City. They were taken
from here to Cherokee, where Elmer Dun
ning and Abner Hicks are locked up. The
Ave men are charged with robbing the
CltlxenB' Savings bank at Qulmby, la., a
few weeks ago. All are Sioux City men.
Nearly all of the. $3,880 which was stolen
was recovered from the men. Only $500
Is missing.
Swift Buys Bl Bridge.
SIOUX CITY, Ja.. Dec. 2. (8peclal Tele
gram.) It la reported here that Bwlft and
Company of Chicago now own a control
ling Interest' In the big combination bridge
over the Missouri river here. It Is be
lieved by many that the packing company
is behind the electric road which is be
ing built between Sioux City and Homer,
Neb., and which It Is expected will be
extended, to Omaha. ,
Buys the Albla 1 nton.
CEDAR FALLS, la., Dec. 29 -(Bpeclal.)r-A.
L. Anderson, late of the Gazette of this
city, has purchased the Albla Union and
will take charge. He has associated with
him his brother, D. M. Anderson. He was
for twelve years editor of tho Grundy
Center Republican.
Pastor Has to Lilve.
CEDAR FALLS, la.. Dec. 29. (Special.)
Falling to reach the souls of men through
preaching and falling at the same time to
make a good living. Rev. E. B. Downs,
once pastor of the Methodist church of
Reinbeck, has purchased a . restaurant at
Waterloo', t
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Merchant Commits Suicide.
DAVENPORT, la.. Dec. 29. Returning
home from a visit with his minister,
Charles Filklna, a Brooklyn (la.) merchant.
60 years old, last night locked himself in a
closet and sent a bullet Into his heart. He
is believed to have been deranged.
Father laereases Reward.
EXIRA, la.. Dec. 29. 8pecial.)-The
father of Dick Robson. the youth who
was murdered some weeks ago, has In
creased the reward for the arrest of the
murderers from $S00 to $600. The boy was
found with a strap about his neck.
Yea Risk Your l ife
If you nogiect plies. They will csuse fatal
diseases, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve posi
tively cures or no pay. 26c. For sale by
Kuhn tc Co.
Lsrt AsTalr Ends la Salelde.
REINBECK, la.. Dec. .(Special Tele
gram.) Miss Sadie Lynch committed sui
cide because she and her sister loved the
same man.
The Best Cnre tor Cnlde
la Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump.
lion. Sure, pleassnt. eafs and guaranteed
to sion cure, or no pay. 60c. $1.00. For sale
by Kuhn Co.
Ever) body reeds ths want ad page these
dsya New Is the time to put your ad
there.
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TEACHERS GET SCANT PA
Statistic! Show Iowa to Bo Near Bottom of
ths Lut.
ASSOCIATION OPPOSES PENSION PLAN
Woman Whd Is In Pealtentlery on
Charge of Murdering; Her llns
baad Maklaa; K1ht to
Secare Ills Kntate.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. Dec. 29.-(Special.)-The
annual convention of the Iowa Teachers'
association wna opened hero tfils evening,
and the president. Superintendent W. L.
Witter, of Muscatine county delivered the
annual address. The most Important trans
action of the day was the. adoption by the
educational council of a report of a special
committee appointed last year on the
teacher problem. This committee was
headed by Trof. Thomas Nicholson, now
president of the South Dakota university
at Mitchell. The committee conducted an
Investigation covering the question- of
teachers' wages as compared with wages
In other occupations and states and how to
Improve the financial and social condition
of Iowa teachers. The report showed that
Iowa teachers are paid a very small wage
as compared with those In other states
and that Iowa is at the bottom of the list
ns regards the pay of female teachers. The
average pay of teachers as a class was
found to be $.1(5.91 a month. Statistics were
produced showing that In all matters relat
ing to teachers' pay thera was a deficiency
In Iowa. In regard to pensions for teachers
the report wus mildly opposed to the same.
"It Is perhaps prematuro to advocate a
measure for the pensioning of Iowa teach
ers," the committee said. "Iowa Is so
young, so energetic, so active, so full of
resources and so" strong In everything that
goes to make a great state that It savors
of weakness even to hint at a benefit for
old age for any class of workers, but when
the meager salary paid to the public school
teachers of our state Is taken Into ac
count surely there is ground for the claim
that Iowa should take care of its super
annuated teachers."
In regard to Improving the social con
dition of the teachers a general campaign
of education was recommended, with pub
lic meetings and the circulation of Informa
tion through the newspapers. The com
mittee report was adopted and goes on
record as the expression of opinion of the
committee.
The "round-table" meetings of the asso
ciation were held this afternoon, some fif
teen of them, and the work of the asso
ciation continues tomorrow. The attend
ance is light.
Women Work In Fields.
Urged by the necessity of' paying for a
316,000 church by a membership of about
260, with the assistance of the friends, the
leading women of Humboldt have In the
past few months donned mannish garb
and worked In the fields, husked corn,
pulled beets, performed the work of Jan
itors, taken in washing and made every
sacrifice possible to pay for their church
and furnish it. . As the result of their efforts
and the assistance of their husbands the
little town of 2.000 souls can boast of one
of the finest Congregational churches in
the state. About $10,000 of the cost of the
church has been provided for.
Mrs. Will Strong, Mrs. Corry and Mrs.
Ferrlby, wife' of. Dr. Ferrlby, all of them
leading women' bf the town, went out Into
a cornfield and In a half day husked forty
bushels of corn, receiving for their work
3 centa per bushel. Not making the
necessary dollar they went into a neigh
boring beet patch the following day and
pulled the beets for which work the farmer
paid them and then donated the beets. Miss
Mabel Fuller and Miss Minnie Nichols,
two leading school teachers, sold popcorn
at the football games and on the streets.
Fnlllhg to raise the necessary amounts
they went to the board of supervisors of
the county and hired out to do the Janitor
work of the court house for a short time.
They earned qolte a goodly sum through
this work, doing the cleaning up after
school hours.
Mrs. D. F. Doane, wife of a prominent
physician, was too sick to get out of her
house, but being gifted in poetry she wrote
In verse the experiences of several of the
women In earning their money, and for
these poems she received 10 cents each.
They have earned more than enough to
pay for the church carpet.
The new Congregational church of Hum
boldt was built from rock excavated from
the lot upon which the church was erected.
It Is of good .quality and makes a hand
some edifice. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Reed,
has worked almost every day on the build
ing, helping to quarry the rock and doing
manual labor about the building, besides
the work of church soliciting both from the
pulpit and in private.
Sew Bank , Is Organised.
The private bank at Vincent, Webster
county, filed articles of Incorporation with
the secretary of state and becomes the
Vincent Savings bank, with $10,000 capital;
J. B. Schmoker, president; G. C. Ander
son, cashier. The Oakville State Savings
bank gave notice of an Increase In capital
from $10,000 to $26,000. The Pleasant Plain
Telephone company, of Jefferson county,
was organized with $8,000 capital, by J.
T. Ellyson and Jarvls Harney. The Per
fection Manufacturing company, of Cedar
Rapids, was Incorporated with $40,000 capi
tal, to make clothing. The J. Kasner Mer
cantile company, of Bentley, Pottawatta
mie bounty. Incorporated with $10,009 capi
tal. The Wood Bros. Steel Belf Feeder
company, of Des Moines, Increased capital
to $100,000.
Echo of Kaha Murder Cae.
There was filed with the supreme court
today the appeal In the case of Charles
Kuhn against Sarah Kuhn, from Keokuk
county, involving the estate of the late
Charles Kuhn, Jr., for whose murder Sarah
Kuhn Is serving a life sentence at Ana.
mosa. After the death of Kuhn, Jr., ths
father applied for an order giving him
the entire estate, valued at about $2,000.
He based this on the ground that Sarah
Kuhn, the surviving wife, had been ad
Judged guilty of murdering the husband
and therefore was not entitled to the estate
and the court granted thla order. Now
Mrs. Kuhn appeals to the higher court.
Kxamlaatoa for Certiorates,
The State Board of Educational examin
ers la engaged In making examinations of
twenty-five persons who desire state cer.
tlflcates and who have taken advantage
of the State Teachers' association to at
tend and at the asms !na pass the examin
ation. ,
Charles A. Bmlth has resigned as second
lieutenant cf the mlllta company at Shel
don on account of his removal from ths
state.
The Continental Life Insurance company
of this city has been sold to the Fraternal
Bond Insurance company of Chllllootha,
Mo.
Mashers Get Thirty Days.
Edwin and William Cox, brothers, were
each aenteneed to thirty days In jail by
Judge Silvers for attempting to ktas
A "12arisrfcl;.na ff Vtr" Given
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pretty girl. Police Officer inraer testi
fied that Edwin attempted 1 , seise a pretty
young woman on Walnut street Sunday
evening, and said to hr-, "I'd like to kiss
you, cutle," while his brother said, "80
would I, you old sugar plum." The girl
screamed and ran down the street,' while
Officer Hammer faithfully performed his
duty,
Sunday School Workers.
Plans for the state 'Sunday school con
vention of Iowa were laid at the meeting
of the executive committee, and a program
partially made out. The work of encourag.
lng Sunday schools tn Iowa will be In the
hands of Dr. C. J. Kephart of Lisbon dur
ing the absence from the state of Mr. unit
Mrs. B. F. Mitchell next year on the tour
to Jerusalem, where they wtll represent
Iowa. February was designated as the
month for offerings for the Sunday exten
sion work In the state. The executive
committee was well represented at the
meeting.
APPRAISERS' FIGURES LOWER
Monona - Harrison Ditch Damages
Seem Less te Them Than
to Farmers.
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ONAWA, la., Deo. 29. (Special.) The ap
praisers on the big Monona-Harrison ditch
petitioned for by S. B. Martin and others,
have filed their report of damages with the
county auditor and there Is a marked dis
crepancy between the amount awarded by
the appraisers and the amount claimed by
the owners of land along the proposed
route. The total amount of damages
awarded by the appraisers Is $13,785 and the
total amount claimed by owners was over
1138,000. ' A. Oliver, the largest objector,
claimed 100,000 and the appraisers gave 1.1m
$870. The Dubuquo and Sioux City railway
is allowed 12, BOO damages and the Chicago
& Northwestern 12.600. R. T. Ruse is 11 1
lowed Those are the largest amounts
allowed and amounts run as low as $40. to
Richard L. Carlock. Many of the claimants
are allowed nothing. Ten cut-offs of the
Little Sioux river are included In the
amount of damages for the ditch and
Amelia Conyers for cut-off No. 2 Is allowed
$678 damages, the largest amount. The
rapids of the Little Bloux river, which wtll
be taken out In the proposed Improvements,
are situated about 1,800 feet north of the
Monona and Harrison county line. The-appraisers
have been at work about two
weeks and their report has been awaited
with considerable anxiety by the people
generally, as there is much Interest taken
tn the proposed work here. It Is said that
several of the objectors will appeal from
the report of the appraisers to the Monona
county district court.
CRUSHES M'COOJK MAN'S SKULL
I'nset Is Resnlt of Rnnnwny nnd John
Krammer, a Farmer, Is
Killed.
LEMARS. Ia., Dec. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) John Kummer, aged SO, ' a farm
hand, was killed tn a runawcV near Rom
sen. With two companions he was in a
wagon, driving home, when they began
racing with another team. The horses te
oame uncontrollable and Kummer and his
companions were thrown out and Hum
mer's skull fractured. Ills relatives live
at.McCook, Neb. The three men are said
to nave been drinking In town.
Killed hy Batter Color.
POCAHONTAS. Ia., Dee. t The twenty
months old son of Albert Wulf of this place
met death by poisoning In a peculiar man
ner, The child In some wsy got hold of
a "bottle of butter coloring, which he
drank, and death was the result. The
funeral look place from the Bohemian
Catholle church of this place.
Dealers Kick ea Short Wrights.
WATERLOO, la.. Deo, f. ( Special.)
Coal dealers of Iowa and Nebraska are
holding a osslon here with view to making
war en operators. They deolsra they are
victims ef short weight. Whether It Is
due solely to operator or to miners, they
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secretary of the organisation. BpecJal
emphasis Is laid on the shortage noted in
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Rob Railroad Till.
I.OOAN, Ia., Dee. 28 (Special.) Yester
day while the station agent was absent
at dinner the cash drawer of the depot
at California Junotlon was robbed of $.
The deed was committed by two men be
tween five snd a half and six feet tall,
dark complexion, dark eyes and hair. They
slept In the station house the night before.
No trace Is to be found of the fugitives
save a rumor that they departed south.
rtcht Over Kvare Qaestlon,
IXKJAN. Is., Pec. . fSperlsl ) Thomas
Bosaver, who owns a half Intsrest In
Prloe Bccaver'a cafe, had a round up
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wlth a man named Irwood at II. A. Helm's
billiard hall last nltfht. The trouble was
caused by Irwood's uncomplimentary ref
erence to the colored race in general. A
fight was soon, on, waged with billiard
rues, and later by billiard balls. Sceaver
Is a base ball plater and soon wrought
great execution. However, at this point
Irwood dropped his rue and drew hia
knife. Sreaver escaped with his life. The
glass In the door of the ball waa broke
by a flying ball.
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