TTIE OMAITA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. FEnilUAKY 17. 1004.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
MIOR MESTIO.
. Dnvls sIM druRs.
Lffert's tl(w ft
Stocktrt sells carpets.
The Faust cigar, 5 cents.
A store for men "Beno's."
Peterson, nun and locksmith, 420 B'wsy.
Discount sale on mmilriiiiKs nnd framed
pictures. A!'xsimk i s. 23.1 1'.: oadw.iy.
Mrs. Fred W. Vaughan left yesterday on
a visit to friends til Kreniont, Net).
The choir of Hrondway Methodist church
will mwt this evcnliiK at a o'clock for an
tra ruhearHiil Instead of Thursday even
ing. Kohert Henderson, who has been at Hot
fiprltiKB, Ark., for the last three, months
for hla health, arrived home yesterday
much Improved.
E. A. Moore, a former member of the
police force under the present administra
tion, has intend the service of the Pull
man Car company.
There will be a special communication of
Btar Chapter, Koyal Arch Masons, this
venlns; for work In the Hoyal Arch de
creet followed by a banquet.
The ladles' Aid society of St. John's
English Lutheran church will meet Thurs
day afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
Bop hla Baar, 3 Stutsman street.
The funeral of Mrs. Johanna Larson, 427
Stutsman street, will be held this morning
at 10 o'clock from Lunkley's chapel and
burial will be In Walnut Hill cemetery.
County Attorney Klllpack will go to
jkv'ir this morning to take charge of the
criminal oases which are slated for trial
In the district coifrt there.
The Congregational ladles have secured
the historic 1'usey home In which to hold
thilr art loan February a. One very in
teresting feature will be a collection of the
celebrated Copley prints.
The hearing of Fred Goodrich, Porsey
Burgess and Slcfkln, the Omaha sporta
tnen, charged with shouting at several
Council Bluffs boys, was continued In Jus
tice Ouren's court yesterday to Tuesday,
February 23. ,
Receipts in the general fund of the Chris
tian home last week wnre $14, being $34
above the needs of the week and decreas
ing the deficiency to M.410.4H In this fund
to date. In the manager's fund the re
ceipts were i.60, being 16.40 below the
needs of the week and increasing the de
ficiency to IM.3 In this fund to date.
Arthur Browrtlee, who was defendant in
one of the salacious divorce suits tried be
fore Judge Thornell at this term of court
and whose wife secured a decree in her
favor on January 12, secured a marriage
itonu vMfmuv tn werf Mi.. n. wi.it-
more of Neola, . a cousin of hla divorced tnr thorn to hold up their hands. The sec
wWe. ond and third, shots, both of which struck
Peter p. Burke, sentenced to eighteen Forney,' he said, were fired in rapid suc-
Reel Summltt, having failed to furnish an
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appeal bond of I1.2UJ, has been taken to
Fort Madison to serve His sentence. J. M.
Faith and James Welsh, sentenced to 1
eighteen months each for their vhare In r
the notorious Faith-Welsh bigamous mar
riage, have also been taken to Fort Mad
loon. Ogden Hotel Rooms, with or without
board; steam heat; free bath; public par
lor. ADMITS CHECK AHK FORGERIES.
McCreary Implicates John 1.. Price,
Whom He guys Wrote the Checks.
David Vf. McCreary, arrested Monday
night on the charge of passing a check,
to -which the name of M. T. Sullivan, a
well known Broadway saloonkeeper has
been forged, on Chris Hansen, proprietor
of the Oak saloon, and with attempting
to pass a similar bogus check on M. Mar
cus, the clothier, when placed In the sweat
box yesterday morning admitted knowing
that the checks were forgeries and Impli
cated John L.. Price In. the deal. He told
the officers that Price tad written the
checks and given them to him to pass. In
addition to the check passed on Chris Han
sen. McCreary said he had passed, one for
8.7S on B. Weinberg, a clothing merchant
at 31 West Broadway. The check passed
on Weinberg bore the signature of James
Carsen, a fictitious person.
Price, who Is somewhat of a well known
character about the city and claims to be
a real estate dealer, was arrested, Wein
berg having filed an Information against
him and McCreary. Price denied ever hav
ing seen- the checks before his arrest bi t
admitted he knew McCreary and, had been
In hla company Saturday and Monday. In
explanation of his being In company with
McCreary, Price said that McCreary had
the recipe for taking scale from boilers
and that he was assisting McCreary to
dispose of the composition.
In view of McCreary's statement and a
similarity of the handwriting on the checks
with that of Price, which was shown In
a letter of Introduction found on McCreary
and signed by Price, Judge Scott decided
to hold Price to the grand Jury on the two
charges of uttering the forged check which
was ' paased on Weinberg and the one
passed on Hansen. n default of bail at
$250 In each case. Price was committed to
the county Jail. ,
McCreary secured a continuance of his
case until Saturday. He Is a bollermaker
by trade and has been a resident of Coun
cil Bluffs for upwards of twenty years, but
since his wife secured a divorce from him
has not, It Is said, had any settled home or
' steady employment.
Olsen Bro... plumbing. 700 B'way. Tel. A4BI.
Real testate Transfers.
ThHe transfers were reported February
It to The Bee, by the abstract title and
loan office of Squire & Annls, 101 Pearl
street:
JoHcph Rohson and wife to Theodore
Ifotie s nwV 8-74-40. w. d $6,100
J. W. Squire and wife to Adella E.
Corbet!, lot 15, block 4, Stutsman's :'d
add., w. a
Executors of Daniel Klcher to Kzarh
Marcus, lots 9. 10. block 18, Beer's
sub., d
J. i. Martin and wife to Anderson
Thomua, lot 21, village of Lovelaud.
w. d
F. I.. Chllds and wife to N. H. Chris
man, m w"i4j seV ne4, 36-76-42, w.
d ,
J. H. 1-angfelilt and wife to Chris.
Putt ma n. lot 14. Avoca Land & Loan
43
40)
60)
2:0
Co. s sub., w. d ,
2.050
Six tranafers....
Hafer sells lumber. Catch the Idea?
Marriage Licenses.
IJcenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and residence. Age.
IV. E. Cunningham, Henderson, Ia 2ti
Becoa Carter, Henderson, la IS
Arthur Urownlce, 8. runton, la 21
Kox Whltmore, Neola, la 1!4
John C. F rguson, Quirk. Ia :c
losle F. Seldler, Weaton, la 28
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250; night. T 667.
Aarlcaltural Society F.lecllim.
MISSOURI VALLEY, la., Feb. l.-(8pe-!.)
The annual meeting of the directors
of the Harrison County Agricultural so
ciety was held in the office of the secretary,
W. H. Withrow. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: E. T.
Jurats., prealdi'nt ; Wilson Doty, vice presi
dent; W. H. . Withrow. secretary; W. J.
Burke, treasurer; (leurge W. CofTman,'
marshal. Two townships of Pottawattamie
county, Rockford and Boomer, were addid
to the fair circuit. It was decided to have
a three days' fair, the dates to be set by
the executive committee, which ronkUt
of the president, secretary and treasurer.
Plana are bting arranged for a big county
fair this year.
, LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
m Peart Council liluffa.
BLUFFS.
CHANEY TELLS OF HO. DER
Expresses Opinion Rogeri ii One of Two
lf Who Did the Cbootiog.
STORY SAME AS TOLD TO THE CORONER
Ka-"herlff Coasts Mai Physicians
Who Made the Postmortem Ei
amlaatlon Also Placed oa
the Stand.
James Chaney, a former Omaha hack
driver, was the principal witness yesterday
In the trial of W. C. Roger, charged with
the murder of Bert Forney, the Broadway
saloon keeper. Chaney was, according to
his story, playing cards with Forney at the
time he was shot and as far as Is known
was the only eye witness of the crime. His
testimony was substantially the story he
told of the shooting before the coroner's
Inquest. The fact that Chaney was to tell
his story of the crime attracted a large
crowd, especially during the afternoon, and
every available Inch of standing room In
the court was occupied, a number of women
being accommodated with seats Inside the
railing.
When asked If he could Identify the pris
oner as erne of the two bandits who en
tered Forney's saloon on the night of April
3 and ehot Forney to djftath Chaney an
swered that Rogers wi in his best Judg
ment one of the two bandits and the man
who fired the first shot. He said that while
he was not personally acquainted with
Rogers he knew him by sight and had fre
quently seen him In Omaha during the fall
of 1902. He described the position of the
two bandits, the lewer part of whose faces
were covered with handkerchiefs, when the
first shot was fired and Forney Jumped
from his seat and started to run toward
the front of the saloon. He did not think
the first shot wm AivnleA mt him m rnp.
.v hllt , , ,v.i. ,v, .
ney' Dut merely to emphasize the demand
' ' t iii lire iiiuu sum r urncy leu
to the floor Inside the doorway leading Into
the side hall. Not over five or six seconds
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first and third shots.
Although at first apparently somewhat
nervous Chaney proved a good witness and
gave his testimony clearly and without hesi
tation. He was subjected to a lengthy and
rigid cross-examination, but counsel for tho
defense failed to make hint change his
testimony In the slightest particular.
Kx-Sherlff Conalns Story.
The first witness placed on the stand by
the state when court convened yesterday
morning was ex-Sheriff Cousins. He said
he was standing at the corner of Tenth
street and Broadway In company with hla
daughter and some friends who had been
visiting them, wlien he heard the shots.
After seeing his daughter on a car which
was approaching he hastened In the direc
tion of the shooting and noticed three men
running across Broadway at Eleventh
street paat the Forney saloon. At the time
he supposed they were running toward the
place where the shots had been fired and
Inferred that the shooting had taken place
on the south side Instead of on the north
side of the street. Aa he waa approaching
Eleventh street he met Chaney,. who had
run across to the resort conducted by his
wife on the north side of the street and
was returning to the saloon. Chaney In
formed the sheriff where the shooting waa
and said, "They've killed Bert." Cousins
then told of entering the saloon, which he
found deserted, and the discovery of For
neys dead body In the doorway of the side
hall with a revolver between his feet. This
revo'.ver, which had not been discharged,
was subsequently Identified as having be
longed to the murdered man. The cash
register was undisturbed and there had evi
dently been no attempt to rob the place
after Forney had been shot.
Following Mr. Cousins, City Engineer
Etnyre was placed on the stand. He testi
fied to taking measurements the day fol
lowing the shooting of the interior of the
saloon showlng'the direction, height of the
bullet jiole through the stove and Into the
wall and other such data.
Dan O'Leary, employed as porter In the
saloon, testified as to the location of the
tables, chairs, stove and other furniture In
the place.
Coroner Treynor and Dr. M. A. Tln'ey,
who made a post mortem examination of
Forney's body, testified aa to the location
of the wounds and the finding of the two
bullets. The bullet which caused the fatal
wound In the chest waa weighed by them
and was found to weigh 198 grains. One of
t h - V...M-,- I..L.n twnwn T,-- ' Muni,...
f and weightd by them welghed 300 grains
with the grease on It.
Rogers' Revolver la Coart.
Chief of Police Tibblts was the last wit
ness for the day. He testified to search
ing Rogers when the latter was arrested
by Detective Callaghan and to the finding
of the revolver tucked under his waist
band In front Instead of In his hip pocket.
He said he examined the gun and found
that three of the chambers bore evidence
of having been recently discharged. Coun
sel for the defense tried to show that
when Rogers was searched there was a
receipt for railroad fare among hla papers
but that same had been since destroyed
or hidden. Chief Tlbbits testified that he
did not remember seeing any such paper
among Rogers' effecta
After Chief Tibblts had identified the re
volver taken from Rogers, the weapon was
handed Rogers' attorney to Inspect. Rogeri
began to handle the weapon but he had no
sooner got hold of It than Deputy Sheriff
McCaffrey was at his back watching his
every move until he laid down the gun.
While It was In his possession Rogers took
the gun apart and closely examined It with
the aid of a lighted match. This Inci
dent excited quite a little ripple of ex
citement In the crowded court room. .
J. Iluenert, clerk at the Hotel LeGrand,
Wells and Klntie streets, Chicago, is here
to testify for the defense. He will testify
that Rogers was a guest at the hotel April
t and S and did not check out from the
hotel until 5:46 of the evening of April S.
He has the hotel register of that date
with him.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Bon,
Favor ('nausea la Game I-a w.
The Council Bluffs Fish and Game Pro
tective association at Its meeting last night
voted In favor f recommending numerous
change In the present game laws of this
stale and will endeavor to have the de
sired changes brought before the legisla
ture at this session if possible. The club
favored the Imposition of a U license or
tax on all guns used for hunting purposes
and that this tax. together with the present
tux or license of $10 pall by nonresident
hunters. Instead of being paid to the county
auditor be paid to the state treasurer and
used in enforcing the state game laws. It
also favored the changing of the law mo
that the Xt Uceua for urealdent hunters
should be good for the entire state instead .
of In a single county issuing such license.
The club also will recommend thai deputy
fish and game wardens be paid a salary
of not to exceed $75 a month. Another
recommendation decided on Is that the
closed season of game birds be extended
from November 1 to December So and that
duck. Jack snipe and coots be Included in
the list of protected birds. Some changes
In the law governing seining In private
lakes will also be asked.
The club, which has been occurring tem
porary quarters at Lake Manawa (rom the
motor company. Is arranging for a per
manent home there.
TWO SCHOOL ntll.nlMiS WASTED.
Board of Education Defers Action
t'ntll Tuesday F.venlna.
Bhall there be levied upon the taxable
property of the district a tax of $25aX) for
the school house fund or so much thereof
as may be necessary to be used in the erec
tion of an addition to the Avenue B school
in said district?
Bhall there be levied upon the taxable
property of the district a tax of $1B.ooo for
the school house fund or so much thereof
as may be necessary to be used In pur
chasing a suitable site and the erection of
a two-story, four roomed (or more) school
building In the territory bounded as fol
lows: on the north by the city limits, on
the east bv Eleventh street, on the south
bv First "avenue and on the west by
Twentieth street?
Petitions that the above propositions be
submitted to the voters at the school elec
tion -next month were presented at the
meeting of the Board of Education last
night. '
The board Is in favor of submitting the
first proposition but Is opposed to the
second. After several hours of discussion
In which residents from the two districts
desiring additional school facilities partic
ipated the board deferred action until next
Tuesday evening, recommending that In
the meantime the two factions get to
gether and effect a compromise.
In response to the demand for the es
tablishment of the seventh and eighth
grades In the western part of the city the
board has practically decided upon building
an addition to the Avenue U school at a
cost estimated at $25,000. Now come resi
dents In the vicinity of the Illinois Central
railroad north of Broadway and demand
that a school be built In thnt neighbor
hood. This the board Is at present opposed
to atnd as stated at last night's meeting
the board fears that If both propositions
which combined mean the levying of a tax
of $40,000, are submitted at the coming
election the voters will turn both down
while If only the proposition for the ad
dition to the Avenue B school Is sub
mitted, it will meet with favor at the
hands of the voters and the additional
grades needed In the western part of the
city can be established.
The West End Improvement club. In ad
dition to presenting the petition for the
submission of the proposition to erect an
addition to the Avenue B school presente.1
a petition calling the attention of the board
to the need of better school facilities in
the western part of the city and asking
that the board take the necessary steps
looking to the establishment of the sev
enth and eighth grades in either the Sec
ond avenue or the Avenue B schools at the
earliest possible date.
The rnm m Ittee on buildings and grounds
through Its chairman. Member Keller, re- j
ported In favor of erecting an addition to
the Avenue B tchool so as to make It a
twelve r.oom building, two stories high, at
a cost estimated at $26,000
Former Mayor Kohrer and Attorney Gal
vin, who spoke on behalf of the petition
for the new school b'jildlng asked for by
residents In the vicinity of the llllnola
Central railroad tracks, sa'd that trey
were "stand patters" and would Insist that
their propoaitlon be submitted to the vot
ers and referrtd the board to the law on
the eubject, which provides that such prop
ositions must be submitted If the petition
has the signature of fifty bona fide tax
payers of tho city. Both etltlons have
the requisite number of signers and If the
two factions fall to reach an agreement
the board, will be forced to submit both
propositions at the election. 1
Petitioners for the new school ctated
that at present they were obliged to send
their children to either the Second avenue
and Tw.nty-thlrd street school, the Avenue
B and Twenty-fifth street school or the
North -Eighth street and Avenue G school.
. Miss May Sedgewlck was appointed a
substitute teacher at a salary of $U6 a
month. Miss Sedgewlck Is competent to
teach in the high school If called upon.
The statistical report of Superintendent
Clifford for the six weeks of school ending
January 22 gave the following figures on
enrollment: Entire enrollment, boys. 2.525;
girls, 2.671; total, 6,196. Monthly enrollment,
boys, 2,363. girls, 2,551; total. 4,914; average
daily' attendance, 4,326.67.
Cause .of Cornlnai Failure.
CORNING, Ia., Feb. 16. (6peelal ) Pres
ident Lame of the Corning State bank has
requested the state auditor to take charge
of the Institution of which he Is at the
head. The bank has been forced to sus
pend temporarily on account of the exces
sive withdrawal of deposits during the
last ninety days. The Inability of the bnnk
to collect from the farmers matured pa
per Is the sole cause of the suspension.
The withdrawals were due to rumors
started by designing parties and others.
One reason, and the principal one, that
matured puper could not be collected, J
due to the fact thut Adams county waa
visited by a severe hailstorm and the farm
era Instead of selling corn have been buy
ing. The Bsaets are from to i-.mw
in excess of the liabilities, but as yet no
detailed statement has been given out un
til the bank examiner has made a careful
examination. Th,ere is no reason why the
bank should not resume business at an
early date by the authority of the state
udltory
Farm Rents Too Hlarh.
CLINTON. Ia.. Feb. If.. (Special.) Ac
cording to reports from farmers in this
section there Is a scarcity of renters ana
some of the farmers may be compelled to
work their own land. The renters claim
they have been compelled to pay such
high re.it, from $3 to $6 per acre, that it
takes everything which they produce to
pay the rent. Furthermore, many men who
haveikeen renting land of others have gone
to Oklahoma, the Dakotaa and Canada and
have purchased farms of their own where
the land is cheap. They claim that it la
utterly Impossible for a man to pay the
high rental demannded In thla section and
save a penny. Moreover, In event of a
partial crop failure they come out on the
wrong aide of the ledger and are com
pelled to use what little they have saved
to make up the deficiency.
A Wonderful Change.
Weak, sickly Invalids are soon changed
by Electric Bitters Into healthy men and
women. They cure or no pay. 60c. For
ale by Kuhn A Co.
, K. of P. Celebrates
MISSOURI VALLEY. Ia., Feb. .-(Special.)
Anchor lodge. Knights of Pythias,
gave a big banquet last night In commem
oration of the fortieth anniversary of the
founding of that order. It waa one of the
most Interesting events of the season, there
being nearly 250 guests prtsent. Mus'c for
the occasion was furnished by the Mis
sour I Valley orchestra and the evening was
spent Ir. card playing and dancing, after
which a banquet wai ervtd.
i if. T1HJP l I f I ITU'IIRK
L Lb I JL A 1 Ul J DilllV At MUUtt
Proposal to Try the Go;hoberg 8ji!em of
&?gn aliotr Liquor Sales.
PARDONS COMMITTEE HEARS KUHN CASE
Republican Mate Committee Meeta to
Fix Time and Place for Holdings
the Next State Conven
tion. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE9 MOINKS, Feb. 1. (Special.) The
legislature commenced work again this aft
ernoon with nearly all members present,
the visiting committee of the appropria
tions committee having returned from the
varloua state Institutions and members gen
erally expressing themselves .as well
pleased with the investigations made as to
the necessity for additional appropriations.
On convening of the legislature the gov
ernor sent to the houses the following mes
sage: It Is with great sorrow that I officially
announce to sou the death of Benator
Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio, which occurred
at Washington yesterday afternoon.
Senator Hanna whs one of America s
most distinguished sons, a statesman of
high order and a citizen of rare worthi
ness. His death brings universal mourn
ing and his memory will be long revered.
The house spent much of Its time de
bating a concurrent resolution to provide
the speaker of the house and he president
of the senate with a chair each. Tlo dis
cussion arose over an amendment to strike
out the presiding officer of the senate on
the ground that he was given a chair two
years ago. The resolution waa passed.
The resolution laid over previously to
cut off consideration of the appropriations
bills save those relating to educational In
stitutions, the capltol repairs and a few
other subjects, was called up by Mr. Ge
neva and lost.
The senate passed the Lewis bill to pro
vide that the bridge fund tax levy may
be Increased from 3 to 4 mills In counties
where there Is a certain debt on the bridge
fund.
The child labor bill was taken up -ond
discussed In the senate and amendments
offered, but not finaly passed.
An Important bill waa introduced In the
senate by Mr. Courtrlght providing for
adoption of the Gothenberg system of
liquor sales In large cities of Iowa, under
which system a corporation might lie
formed to have the exclusive right to the
sale of liquors and to establish a limited
number of drinking places. The bill pro
vides complete regulations of these places.
Including prices and quantity of the drinks
and disposition of profits, etc. It does not
change the present law, but adds to It
and provides that this system may be used
whero the license to sell has already been
voted.
Senator Hughes Introduced a resolution
to call a constitutional convention for Iowa
for revision of the state constitution.
Among bills introduced In the house was
one by McNIe providing for seizure of
gambling devices under certain clrcunii
stances. Both houses adjourned to 10 a, m
Wednesday.
Pardon Hearlnaa Continued
The pardons committees of the legislature
met this tifternnon and took up the case
of Sarah, Kuhn of Keokuk county, serving
time , for the murder of her husband, a
crippled shoemaker ff Delta. The applica
tion for purdon was' found to be very
strongly backed by leading citizens of the
community' In which' 'the trial waa had.
It was nlso fortified by a dltsentlng opinion
of one of the Judges of the ,pupreme court
In which he declnred the evidence insuffi
cient to convict the defendant of the crime
nnd severely scored the majority of the
court for having permitted the Judgment
of a life sentence to stand.
Supreme Court Divided.
The Iowa supreme court found Itself di
vided again on one of those nice distinc
tions of law rtlatlng to what constitutes
evidence of "guilt, in the case tf Poe,
Decker and Miller, three roving characters,
convicted of robbery in I'nlon county, the
court hud Instructed the Jury that If It
found that "the defendants at once after
the alleged offense fled to Missouri and en
deavored to avoid arrest and prosecutloft
by such flight, such fact would be pre
sumptive evidence of guilt." The court, in
an exhaustive opinion by Justice McClain,
holds that this was .erroneous instruction,
as fully authorising a finding of guilty on
evidence of such flight practically alone.
The court holds that flight after a crime
has been committed may be considered as
evidence tending to show guilt. But Chief
Justice Deemer, with Justice Ladd agree
ing, filed a spicy dessentlng opinion, hold
ing Just to the, contrary. "After all," says
the dissenting opinion, "the whole matter
la left to the Jury. If a Jury Is not Justified
In considering unexplalnable flight under
tho circumstances pointed out In the In
struction aa evidence of guilt, then such
evidence la Inadmlssable for any purpose.
This ia all the Instruction warrants It In
doing; and if it does not announce the law,
then I have read the booka to no purpose."
The case is reversed by the decision of the
majority, but all agree that there Is no
doubt of the guilt of the defendants, there
being abundant other evidence.
Court Decisions.
The following are the decisions of the
court announced today:
A. It. Schrimplln against Farmers Life
Association, apellaiit; Polk county. JudKe
Bishop; modified und affirmed, by "aver.
II. K. Kueney, uliix'liant, against J oil 11
I'hl; Wnodhurv couuty. Judge Oliver; af
firmed, by Bishop.
Isabella FTaxiei. appellant, against Jnnn
M. Hill: Cherokee county. Judge Hutchin
son; affirmed, by Ladd.
. j. Jvlrkliui i. appi liani. againsi j r..
Roberts: Van Hun-u county. Judge Hob-
erts; affirmed, by Sherwln.
1. M. smltn, appellant, against w. 1.
Brown; louisa county. Judge Smythe; af
firmed, by Doemer.
State ugalnst Claude J. Poe, Harry Mil
ler and Robert Decker, appellants; I'nlon
county, Judge Towner; reversed, by Mc
Clain, dissent by Deemer and l.add.
Political Affairs stirring.
The republican state committee meets
here tomorrow to fix the time and place
Of unequalled value as a
household beverage.
for the republican state convention. It will
be held In Des Moines, but there Is much
difference of opinion aa to the date, the
stand-patters desiring a late date, while
the Cummins pePl are for an early one.
Only one name lias been mentioned for
frmporary chairman, that of John N.
Irwin, a merchant of Keokuk; but a num
ber of conventions have already been callot
In counties and there Is some political
activity. In Winnebago county the con
vention is to be held next Saturday and
the caucusea In the county seat are Thurs
day evening. The line Is already sharply
drawn there as between State Treasurer
Gllbertson dn the one side, with Albert O.
Olson aa a candidate for delegate to the
national convention, and on the other side
8. A. Plummer, a wealthy banker, seeking
the delegation to the congressional conven
tion as a candidate for congress. The fight
has become Intensely Interesting already.
A number of other conventions and pri
maries have already been called.
Marble Men Meet.
For the purpose (if discussing a schedule
of prices and the possibility of getting a
reduction of freight rates the Iowa Grantte
and Marble Workers' association will hold
a convention at the Klrkwood hotel to
morrow. Invitations to meet lure have
been sent to all the principal marble wcrk
era In the state by Mr. Fields of Cr:ston,
and it Is expected that fully fifty will he
here for the gathering. This morning when
seen the leading merchants In tombstones
In Des Moines denied any affiliation with
the association. They said It was a move
ment to fix prices and fight the railroad
on freight rates. The object Is said to be
to cut clown the keen competition which
exlata In the granite works.
fnmmlnn Driilures Death.
DKS MOINES, la., Feb. 16.-Governor
Cummins today read a message to both
branches of the legislature, deploring the
death of Senator Marcus A. Hanna. The
message was ordered spread upon the. rec
ords of both houms.
Clinton Firm Aanlgnn,
CLINTON. Ia.. Feb. 16. (Special Tele- i
gram.) The firm of Nissen & Jacnbsen has
made an assignment for the benefit of their
creditors. Liabilities, $il.W; assets, $.1,000.
The firm conducted a large store.
DEATH RECORD.
K. L. IE no.
FREMONT. Neb.. Feb. 16. (Speclal.)-E.
L. Eno, a well known hotel man and
formerly proprietor of the Eno hotel in
this city, died last evening of paralysis, In
his 75th year. The most of his life had been
spent In the hotel 'business at varloua
points in Nebraska and Iowa. In 1879 he
built the Eno hotel in this city and ran
It for several years. He was at one time
proprietor of tho Palmer house at Grand
Island. For the past few years he has
made his home In this city. He leaves a
widow nnd three daughters. Mrs. Phillips
of Cedar Ruplds, Ia., Mrs. B. E. Smith,
Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. R. Moulton
til this city.
Dr. Carl Svrennaon.
6ALINA, Kan., Feb. 16. A telegram from
Los Angeles announces the .death there of
Dr. Carl Swensixm, president of Bethany
coPege at Llndsborg, Kan., from pneumonia
aged 48. Dr. Swehsson was one of the fore
most Swedes In the t'nlted States and
founded Bethany college. He went to San
Francisco recently to dedicate a church and
later visited Los Angelee, whre he waa
taken 111.
John II. Mninford.
BEATRICE, Neb.. Feb.' 16. (Speclal.)
John B. MjUmford, residing ten miles north
east of Beatrice, died Sunday morning
after an Illness covering a period of sev
eral years. His death was due to Inflam
matory 'heumallsm. He was born In
Maryland, September 2, 1S29, and located In
ths county In 1S65 where he has since re
sided. A widow and six children survive
him.
. J. C. Cleveland.
CREIGHTON. Neb., Feb. 16 (Speelal.)
Mr. J. C. Cleveland an old resident of this
place, cled sudJenly at 9 p. m. last night.
Deceased was 75 years old. Death Is at
tributed to a stroke of apoplexy.
Captain J. A. Trlmbell.
CEDAR FALLS, Neb., Feb. 16. (Special
Telegram..) Captain J. A. Trlmbell died
today, aged 79. He ran the first steamboat
ever placed on the Cedar river.
FIRE RECORD.
Book store at llnrnn.
HURON. 8. D.. Feb. 16 -(Special.)-M. E.
Barker's book store was damaged to the
amount of between $M0 and $1.0u0, by fire
Saturday night. It was a close call for a
big conflagration, and except for the
prompt action of the tire department many
buildings on Dakota avenue would have
been destroyed. The loss 1b covered by In
surance. Five Hundred for One Letter.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D Feb. 16.-(Spedal
Telegram.) John J. Engbrecht, a young
school teacher and son of a wealthy Rus
sian farmer In Turner county, who pleaded
guilty to an Indictment charging him with
sending objectionable matter through the
malls, was sentenced by Judge Carland of
the United States court In thla city to pay
a fine of $500. Engbrecht paid the sum as
sessed against him and has been released
from custody. The letter was mailed June
10 last at the Dolton, 8. D., postoffice de
partment. Capture Aliened llorsetlilef.
CHEYKNNE. Wyo.. Keb. 16. (Special.)
Thomas J. Walton waa arrested yesterday
near Archer, charged with stealing a hors.t
from P. IL Uildine, a local liveryman.
Walton Im alleged to have rented the hors :
last -Saturday morning. He rode the ani
mal to Archer and left It at the It ut ledge
ranch, continuing pant nn foot. Deputy
Hhertn 8now followed, recovered the horse
and captured Walton.
ew ( rnrila Library.
CHICAGO. Keb. 18. At the annual din
ner of the Chicago Alumni axMiMiatlon of
Belolt college at the Grand I'acitii: hotel
President K. 1. Katon liaa announced that
plans have been prepared and approved and
the contract let for the erection of a j"jnt
library, the gift tit Andrew Carnegie. One
of the speakers of the evening waa Horace
While, editor of the New Yolk Kvenlng
PoBt, who took for hln subject. "Herwinal
Recollections and Reminiscences of Abra
ham Uncoln."
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FOUND BELOW THE DEAD LINE
Larry SnmrnfrfiVd, the Confident Operator,
Arretted Juit in Time.
ABOUT TO CLOSE DEAL TO SELL STOCK
Detective Rnns Across Criminal In the
Financial District of Xevr York
rosins; 1 nder the ame of
Morton.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16,-Found below the
famous "dead line." drawn years ago by
Police Inspector Byrnes around the New
York financial district, I-arry Summerfleld,
an alleged confidence operator, and now
under heavy ball pending trial on a charge
of grand larceny, was arrested In Wall
street today. Just In time. It la claimed, to
prevent the consummation of an attempt to
swindle William D. Luther, an Insurance
agent of Dallas, Tex., by the sale of fraud
ulent mining stock. Summerfleld and
Luther were leaving a broker's office when
a police detective who had seen them en
ter, accosted Summerfleld by name, and
a-ked' him what he was doing below the
"dead line."
"You must be mistaken," said Luther.
"This gentleman's name Is not Summerfleld,
It's Morton."
"I guess not," retorted the detective.
"Mr. Summerfleld and I are well ac
'liiainled." He then asked Luther what dealings he
had had with Summerfleld. Luther told of
answering a newspaper advertisement tell
ing of how an Investment of $4,000 could be
doubled in a very short time, and of re
ceiving a reply signed "H. B. Morton."
Luther was In Boston at the time and hur
ried to meet "Morton" at a hotel there.
Morton, explained Luther, said he had
stock in n Cripple Creek gold mining com
pany rated at $170,(mk) to sell at a bargain
anil referred nie to A. N. Hayden, treas
urer of the Consolidated exchange. Phila
delphia, by horn 1 was Informed the stock
was llrst class.
Ity arrangement Luther came to New
York today to meet "Morton" In Wall
street, and was about to go with him to
close the deal when "Mortem" was ar
retted. A charge of attempt to swindle
was made on which Summerfleld was ar
raigned, nnd held for examination tomor
row. With him was nlso arraigned John
Shears of Newark, who was arrested at
the same time on a similar charge.
NEW COMPANY GETS ROAD
Americans Will Build Extension! to
Smnll Railroad Line In
Guatemala. '
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 16.-Robert P. Man
set", manager of the United Fruit company
at Belize, British Honduras, who is In
Mobile, says that if there is a revolution
In Honduras now he does not know of it.
Mr. Manser states that on American com
pany, Including Sir William Van Horn of
the Canadian Pacific, Miner C. Keith and
other capitalists nnd railroad men, also
the United Fruit company, acquired the
Guatemalan railway, a line running from
Port Barreos, 135 miles inland. The new
company Is to take over the management
of Uie road after the meeting of . the
Guatemalan congress, on March 1, and
binds Itself to extend the road sixty-five
miles, tapping the most fertile regions of
Guatemala.
That Awful Cold,
And Its terrible cough can soon be cured
by Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption. Try it. No, cure, no pay, 60c,,
$1.00. For sale' by Kuhn & Co. ,
WILL HAVE MUNICIPAL FERRY
Xrvr York to Establish Transport
tlon Line Between States
Ialnnd and Manhattan.
' NEW YORK, Feb. 16 A fast ferry line
to Slaten Island Is to be established under
municipal control. The Board of Sinking
Fund Commissioners for Greater New York
has authorlxed advertisement for bids call
ing for the construction of five high speed
ferry boats lo cost approximately $yo,O0O
each. '
Nearly $6,000,000 will be spent In building
boats and constructing terminals. It Is
expected by the residents of Btaten Island
that when the service shall have been In
augurated under control of the city they
can reach Manhattan in twenty minutes.
It is an easy matter to buy whiskey
for a less price than Old Undcroof
Rye sells at. but the buyer is sure
of the highest quality when he gets
Old
Underoof
Rye
CHAS. DENNEHY 6 CO.. Chicago.
A Few Desirable Rooms at
Reasonable Prices;
Thre are four, and only four, varant room In the whoU tuiUdlnc Among
them are one or two exceptionally dmirahlo medium vised rooms, i
follows:
Room 613: The ilia of tb1e offlce la Hill
It tiae a large, burglar-proof vault ani haa
all of the advantagei In ttke way of lei rig iu
a fire-proof building, p lend Id janitor and ele
vator eertr-e, free eletrir light and watr. ,
It la convenient Ijr lixttrd near b"th the .
WfNierti L nlon and Poet a I braurh lei-graph i
ffl(. Prir pr montu Il ". i
tfulte M: IO1J0 right In front of the ele-
valor on the at it to floor; divided Into welting j
rMir and private office; faces aoutb. frke lo. J
THE BEE BUILDING.
R C. PETERS A CO., Rental Agents. Oruuiid Fluor. Uct lUillilirc
EPITHELIOMA
Covering One Side of
Face and Reaching
to the Eye
CURED BHUTICURA
Which Aoted Like a Charm
After Doctors and
Hospitals Failed.
Here ta another of those remarkable
cure of tortnrlng, dliflpurlnff skin hu
mors dally made by Cutlcura Resolv
ent, assisted by Cutlcura Ointment and
Soap, after physicians, hospitals and all
else had failed.
I feel It my duty to try to help those
nflerlng from skin diseases. My case
was a very bad one, covering all of one
Ide of my fsce and had retched my
eye. I had two or three doctors pre
scribe without any relief. They said
my disease was Epithelioma. I was
then advised to go to one of otirYos
pltals, which I did, taking their treat
ment for some time. I had Riven up all
hope when my husband asked me to try
the Cutlcura Remedies. My face being
In such m very bad state, I nscd the
Cutlcura Soap with lake-warm water
and a small silk sponge and then applied
the Cutlcura Ointment. I took one tea
spoonful of the Resolvent four times a
day. They acted like a charm, and la
one week's time my fsce was cured en
tirely and has remained so. I certainly
can recommend the Cutlcura Remedies
as Infallible.'
MRS. A. a: 8MITII.
2400 Catharine St.,
Feb. , 1903. Philadelphia.
The purity and sweetness, the power
to afford Immediate rell jf, the certainty
of speedy and permanent cure, the ab
solute safety and great economy have
made Cutlcura Remedies the standard
skin cures, blood purifiers and humor
remedies of the world.
St Bjraahont Hi vnrld. CMtnm a ml. m.'
r! .' ' M. tm Ttol ofitis
OlMmjnl, , Sop e. . tendon, 17 Charier.
q Prt. In 4t la Falli Roatofi. I7 Oluav
? Jy!.1?.-- -'" Cr, Sot. Pro,rtk
e Sa4 tm " Hot ta Can Bvwf Mwneu,"
Used for over 70 years.
For the Liver, Kidneys
and Bowels-
I
Wright's Indian
Vegetable Pills 1
are not a speculation
but sure and positive.
A pure herb remedy.
Dr. McRfPtta's Elixir of Opium 1
For Nervouonese and Inaomnln. r
Pennyroyal pills
, H Orivtaftl nsl Only 3mite.
1 ar K biwiti rfntnn i.aaien, I'r-trtst
fcr t HItllKVlKKh .N.1SII
! UKD aai iiald nruillr botte. iwuU.I
with fci.rtMB. Takft (her. tUftiM
largt 0!UlaUo mn4 Jut Ha
tftaaa. By f four Druggist. r nct 4. ta
taatH Partlealara, Tef ImvaUia
aa " Bollef fmr l.1lr, in 4t ur, Uv r.
Vara Mall I OO Testimonial. by
Drawl u. (hi bKter kislral Co.,
m. MaUa lr. fill LA.. kA
Will Core the Follun lnic 8 miitomat
Paint In Ua Id, bark, under tha ihoulderblada,
mothering sensation. palpUat ion of tha heart ,
tired feeling In tha morning, a poor appetite,
coated tongue, blotches and plmplee. SO daV
treatment 2b c. All drugglata.
Room 152: Thla otVna la MiSfl and Ii locate l
I ii met in front of the elevator, on th third
Door. Tbia ia one sf the frw smaller
fat ing tite euth It le ftatehed lu bard wood,
lut-ludlug the B.Mif. lri. e J0.V
ltin V-I: Thla office la I'iH and la very
(on venlent to the elia(' ( entrain e tvmtc
a I in oat oipoelte to the ii.ir door. It
the enuth and ta a rti entrialle ohVe both
In a u mmer and winter. I'riiw I-V'-m
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