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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: -MONDAY, SEFTEMBETt 19, 1004.
CURRENT
COUNCIL
BOYS FATALLY SHOOT MAS
Victim Had Caught Them in Act ef Steal
ing Eia Watermelons.
MAKE ESCAPE IN BOAT AFTER SHOOTING
Yoathe Wbt Did the Shootln Akoat
IS Tmm of Ae Victim U
Tbnsitlit to Be Mortally
Wounded.
Fred Merrill, residing- at 8421 Fourth
venue, waa shot and probably fatally
wounded yesterday afternoon by one of
threo boy who wero raiding his melon
patch In the bottoms, within a short dis
tance from .the. river. After the ahootlng
the boya made their escape In a boat In
which they had rowed, to this aide of the
river from Omaha. Merrill waa shot about
2 o'clock, and he lay In the field for an
hour before his crlea brought assistance,
and he was taken to his home In a wagon.
Later he was removed to the Women's
Christian Association hospital, where ha
died at 8:45 last evening.
The melon patch owned by Merrill is
located about half a mile from his home
on Fourth avenue and he has suffered con
siderable loss since the fruit ripened at the
linnds of thieves. After dinner yesterday,
arming himself with a heavy cane, he
started for the patch to hunt any thieves
who might be thete. On nearlng the plaoe
he noticed three boya In his field, and he
shouted to them to get off. Two of the
boys wore carrying rifles and one"of them
took a shot at him. The boy's aim, how
ever, was uncertain and the bullet went
wide of its intended mark. Merrill, noth
ing daunted, started after the boys, who
still stood their ground. When within a
few feet of them one of the lads raised
his rifle to his shoulder and deliberately
fired at Merrill. The bullet entered the
right groin and Merrill fell to the ground,
writhing in agony. Bo close was Merrill
to the boy who fired at him that the powder
from the rifle burned his clothing.
Boys Come to Omaha.
As soon as Merrill fell to the ground the
'boys turned and ran, making for the river,
where they were seen to enter a boat which
was moored to tho bank and In which
they had rowed across from the Omaha
side of the river.
Merrill lay In the field for an hour be
fore his cries attracted the attention of
Leon Paul, who secured a horse and wagon
and the assistance of neighbors and took
the unfortunate man to his home on Fourth
avenue. Tho police were notified and after
some time Dr. M. C. Chrlstensen was se
cured to attend the wounded man. As an
operation was necessary to locate the bulr
let if possible, ' Dr. Chrlstensen ordered
Merrill removed to the hospital, and thla
was done In the police ambulance.
Merrill1 was not able to give a very good
description of the boys. The two larger
boys, he said, appeared to be about IS years
of age, while the third was a little boy,
about. 10 years old. The two older boys,
each of whom carried a repeating rifle,
wore gray coats, but the smaller boy waa
in his shirt sleeves. From, the appearance
'cf Merrill's -wbnnd It Nras thought that
the rifles carried by the boys were 22 cal
iber. Owing to the length of time elapsing
before Merrill was found and notice ot the
hooting aent to the police, the boya had
ample opportunity to reach the other aide
of the river before the alarm was aent out.
As aoon aa the local police received word
they at once notified the Omaha police.
Merrill died at the hospital at 9:46 o'clock
last night. He was only semt-conscloui
when he reached ' the hospital and soon
lapaed into unconsciousness. He was 23
years old, single and lived with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L W. Merrill, at the family
home on Fourth avenue.
Boys Bar I Waa Accidental.
The three boys charged with the ahootlng
were arrested In Omaha and brought to
Council Bluffs about 10 o'clock last night.
They are Louis Jacobsen, 17 years old. who
lives at Second and Pierce streets, and
' Willie Brocker, aged It, and hla brother
Eddie, aged 14, who realde at 814 Poppleton
avenue.
Willie Brocker, who la aald to have fired
the fatal shot, Is a shipping clerk In the
employ of Farrell & Co. The Brocker
boys are sons of a man who formerly lived
Just over the Mills county line In this state
and who was shot and killed by a man
named John Martin.
The boys claim that the shooting was
accidental and that the rifle was discharged
In a scuffle brought about by Merrill trying
to wrest the weapon from Willie Brocker.
To the police last night Brocker told the
following account of the shooting: "My
brother and I and Louis Jacobsen rowed
across the river from Omaha to the Iowa
side and were shooting at frogs. We were
not after melons, and, in -fact, were un
aware there waa a melon patch anywhere
near. We were In the act of hooting; frogs,
In fact, when Merrill came up to us and
ordered us to get out. He threatened us
and said he would give us just half a
minute to get out. We ran and the other
boys outstripped me, as I was lame some
what from rheumatism. Merrill kept after
me and kept prodding me In the back with
broom handle which he was carrying. I
could not run fast enough to suit him, I
suppose, because he suddenly seised me by
the shoulder and told me to hand over the
gun tu him. He seised the rifle and a
. scuffle followed. I had my finger "on the
trigger and in the scuffle while the rifle
was close up against the man's body, he
Tiavlng caught hold of It by the mussle
and waa pulling it from me. It waa dis
charged. After the shot the man ran around
behind a clump of willows. The other two
boys wers about thirty feet away when
this happened. " We then ran to our boat
and rowed ba-k across the river. I did
not know at that time that the man waa
badly shot.'.'
Scenes Shifted: Uroly.
Broadway, In the Immediate vicinity of
the opera house, was the scene of an exolt-
A FATAL, ERROR.
A man steps Into your of floe, draw tip
his chair, and talka right Into your face.
KU breath to offensive. Your only thought la
imr to get rid of him and hla business. You
cut him short with, " I am net Interested."
SOZODONT
la essential to ona whose breath !a not purs
and sweet. Penetrating the little crevices.
It deodorizes, gweetona and purifies them,
and makes you feel genteel and clean-cut.
FORMS . LIQUID. POWDER PASTE.
I LEWIS CUTLER
I MORTICIAN.
I U Pearl St, Couooll muffs. 'Phone t7.
NEWS OF IOWA
BLUFFS
Ing runaway about :30 o'clock last night.
A team belonging to H. Messmore. hitched
to a heavy hauling wagon, on which
scenery was being loaded at the Sixth
street side of the theater, started off on
the run. At the corner of Broadway the
team turned onto the sidewalk between
the telegraph pole and Campbell's drug
store. A short distance further It swerved
from the sidewalk and crashed Into a buggy
belonglng to D. O. Brown. The buggy was
smashed to kindling wood and the horse
somewhat seriously Injured. At this point
the runaway team came in contact with
a telegraph pole and waa caught. The
police took charge of the Messmore team
and wagon. .
City Coaarll Tonight.
A number of Important matters are ex
pected to come up for action at the ad
journed regular meeting of tho city council
tonight One matter, on which the residents
of the Sixth ward look for favorable ac
tion. Is the resolution calling for the paving
of Broadway between Thirteenth and Eigh
teenth streets. The proposition is to pave
this portion of the thoroughfsre as a
starter. The abutting property on this
section of Broadway is more valuable than
that more to the west, and It Is figured that
the city will be called upon to bear but a
small part of the cost of the Improvement.
The new schedule of rates asked for by
the hackmen is expected to come up tonight
In a report from the city attorney. The
new schedule, which provides for an in
crease in rates, will. It is said, meet with
considerable opposition, as existing rates
are said to be high enough.
Far Seat.
An excellent office location, fronting on
Pearl street, only half a block from Broad
way, with a nice large showwlndow which
can be used for display. Bee office, 10
Pearl street. Council Bluffs.
School paints and paper. Alexander's.
Two' Peculiar Accidents.
Lucille Dixon, the little 5-year-old daugh
ter of Mrs. J. W. Dixon of Washington
avenue, met with a peculiar accident yes
terday afternoon. The child, while playing
with a brass chain, placed it In her mouth
and the end of It slipped down her throat.
The end link, whloh was open, caught in
the throat back of the tonsils and the more
the child tried to pull It out the deeper
the link became Imbedded. Finally a physi
cian hod to be summoned to remove the
link.
The little daughter of Thomaa Monfort of
Harrison atreet swallowed a inlckel while
playing yesterday afternoon and the coin
stuck in the child's throat, almost choking
her before the services of a doctor could
be procured. It was with considerable diffi
culty that the coin waa Anally dislodged.
N. T. Plumblnc On. Tel. So. Night, FWt
MINOR MENTION.
Davis sells drugs.
Leffert's glasses fit.
Stockert sells carpets.
Duncan sells the best school shoes.
Open Sunday. Tucker's B'way studio.
' Duncan does tho best repairing. 23 Main st
Western Iowa college fall term now open.
. . Office boy wanted. Dr. Woodbury, 30 Pearl
8chool paints, brushes and paper. Alex
anders. S3S B'way.
- Born, to Mr. and Mrs!, 3. B.' Mulholland
at the Woman's Christian Association- hos
pital, a daughter.
Carl Brandt will have a hearing thla
morning In police court on a charge of
keeping two vicious dogs.
Judge Smith Mcpherson wss in the city
yesterday. He will return Tuesday to con
vene the September term of United States
court.
The ball game between the Ideals and
the Young Americans at the Thirty-fourth
street and Broadway grounds , yesterday
afternoon resulted In favor of the Ideals
by a score of 8 to 7.
John Haley imbibed too freely Saturday
night and was lying down in the center
of the car trucks on Pearl street when
xouna oy umeer Husse. Haley spent Sun
day at the city Jail.
Fire Chief Nicholson was able to be out
yesterday on crutches, but Marlon Stevens,
his driver, is still confined to his bed as
the result of the injuries received Saturday
morning, when he and the chief were
inrown rrom tnelr buggy on South First
street while running to a Are. Driver
Stevens is more seriously injured than was
first thought.
J. J. Crow reported the loss of a sorrel
horse yesterday morning to the police. Ed
Ingram reported that his cow was missing
and W. H. Powncelow complained that his
horse had mysteriously disappeared during
the night. A band of gypsy horsetraders,
which was in the city Saturday night, is
thought to be responsible for the disap
pearance of the animals.
On instructions from Mayor Macrae, an
Information has been filed In police court
against Manager Byerly of the Oas com
pany, charging violation of the city ordi
nance by obstructing a public street with
out protecting the same with danger sig
nals. Mayor Macrae said this was ordered
by him in order to protect the city and
establish the responsibility for the accident.
Complaint was made yesterday to the
police that the railroads had the crossing
at First avenue and Twentieth street
blocked by cars for the entire morning.
The point is a convenient one for transfer
of cars between the several railroads and
numerous complaints have recently been
mude of the crossing being blocked for
hours at a time. After considerable work
the police succeeded In getting the cross
ing cleared. It Is said the attention of the
city council will be called to the matter.
Dr. Leslie Shaw-Dean, homeopathic phy
sician. Office 217 Fourth street. 'Phone 40.
The gross receipts of the street fair and
carnival were 111,12 49 and the expenses
14,968.8!), leaving a surplus of about t5.uOU
after the donations of $60 each to the St.
Paul's Church Woman's society. Asso
ciated Charities, Baptist Church society.
Flower mission. Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, Christian Home Park com
mission and Trinity Church society.
The annual meeting of the Board of Edu
cation is scheduled for this evening.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Son.
Going; to Identify Corns.
ONAWA, la., Sept. 18. (Special.) The
Monona county district court adjourned
yesterday for the term. There will be an
adjourned term held commencing October
6, but no jury will be summoned. Yesterday
morning the case against Walter Hill, who
was found guilty of the crime of sodomy,
was called, the motion for a new trial,
after argument, was overruled and the de
fendant was sentouced to serve three years
at Anamosa. The prisoner and Frank
Oregg, convicted of larceny, will be taken
to Anamoaa in a few days, and at this time
the sheriff will take a man along to Identify
If possible the man In the penitentiary from
Delaware county who la alleged to be Ed
Corna, the murderer of Sheriff W. E. Strain.
The Castana man, who waa aent up from
Woodbury county, ia positive that Corns
Is now serving a term In the penitentiary.
He ought to know Ed Corns, who was
known as John Morgan when working for
David Counts near Castana, but not much
atock la taken here In bis story, and until
he Is fully Identified by some one from this
vicinity who Is well acquainted with him
the story will not generally be believed.
Dig Brlrk Plant Bold.
FORT DOIXJE. la., Sept. 18. (Special.)
The Fort Dodge Clay works, ons of the
largest brlckmaking plants In the state,
with a dally capacity of over 60.000 brick,
waa aold yesterday to J. M. Miller of St.
Joseph, Minn., for 860.000. The transaction
waa a oah deal and Mr. Miller will move
to thla city and take the active manage
ment of the plant at once.
The Bee Want Ada Are the Beat Business
Boosters.
IOWA TO BE THE PIONEER
So Other State Has One Board to Manage
All State Educational Institution.
DETAILS ARE NOW BEING WORKED OUT
Reports from All Parts of tho State
Indicate that No Damage to
Speak Of Was Done to .
Cora by Frost.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DBS MOINES, la., Sept. 18. (Special.)
Not a state ot the union, so fsr aa can
be ascertained, has in operation a system
for the management of state educational
Institutions like that which Is contemplated
by the legislature of Iowa, the details of
which are being worked out now by a com
mittee appointed for that purpose to report
to the next legislature. .State Superintend
ent Rlggs has, on request of the commit
tee, secured from the different states copies
of the general school laws and Information
bearing on the subject of methods of man
agement of colleges and universities. He
has already secured from a number of the
states the Information which will be neces
sary before the committee can properly
enter upon the Investigation. A search
of the reports falls to disclose that any
state has adopted the system of having the
larger educational institutions under the
management of one business board.
"If Iowa takes up the plan," said Super
intendent Rlggs. "It will have to go out
Into untried paths, for there have been
none to make the venture."
The committee Is not so much to Inquire
Into whether or not the plan Is feasible
as to work out the details of the plan,
leaving It to the legislature to decide. In
fact, the attitude of the legislature was
that of having already decided that the
system should be adopted, but asking for
more time In which to prepare the details.
The committee was named to do this.
In his correspondence with educators In
other states several of them have volun
teered to Superintendent Rlggs the advice
that the scheme will not work and that
It ought not to be tried. Iowa has, how
ever, the example of successful manage
ment of other institutions under one board
when many had declared before that It
would not do at all. Many of the features
of the Board of Control law will be made
use of In preparing a bill for the State
Board of Regents. Superintendent Rlggs is
giving the commltte? all possible assist
ance in securing the Information needed.
Plans for Dipsomaniac Hospital.
The State Board of Control has before it
the preliminary plans for the new building
to be erected on the state property at
Knoxville as a part of the state dipsomaniac
hospital. One large building which was
formerly used for the Industrial Institution
for the Blind Is to be remodeled ana con
verted Into a dormitory for the Inebriates.
Another building Is to be added, and for
this the board has $125,000; but It Is found
that the allowance Is so small that there
is some doubt as to whether a bulldlnu
such as that contemplated by the legisla
te on he erected for that sum. Tho
plans contemplate a brick veneered buUd
inir two stories high, of rather light con
struction. The board hopes to be able to
let a contract very soon for the buildings
so that early next year the institution can
be opened and the Inebrtatesfrom the
various state hospitals can be transrerreu,
. Favorable Report from Corn.
From all sections of the state the reports
come of very slight damage from the recent
frosts, and the belief Is now general among
those who are especially Interested In the
corn crop that. the frosts of the last week
have not injured 6 per cent of the corn or
the state and much of that only very little.
In the northern part of the state, where
the greatest harm was apprehended, there
had been damage done In only a few
places. The greatest harm was In the val
leys of the northeast part of the state.
In the southern and central part of the
state the travelers report that evidences of
frost can be seen at only a few isolated
places. The weather has changed so that
there Is now no apprehension of further
danger until after October 1, when prac
tically all the crop will be safe.
Newspapers and Lotteries.
Xt Is learned that aubpoenaes have been
Issued which will secure for the federal
grand Jury, which meets at Council Bluff
this woek. evidence relating to the pub
lication In Des Moines newspapers of ad
vertisements of lotteries In this city, and
an effort will be made td Indict. The par
ticular offense has been that of publics
tlon of advertisements of a gift enterprise
In connection with the vaudeville theater
at Ingersoll park, where the management
has been advertising to give away boxes
of candy on certain days and that some
of the boxes have money In them. The
postofnee department Is understood to have
warned publishers repeatedly about these
lotteries, but no attention haa been paid to
the warnings. ,
Transmisstssippf Congress Convention
Pursuant to a request from the officials
of the congress. Governor Cummins has
named the following as the Iowa delegates
to the Transmlsslsslppl Commercial con
gress, to be held at the World's fair
grounds, St. Louis, Mo,, October 25 to 29,
Inclusive, 1904:
W. H. Byers, Harlan; Fred C. Hubbell,
Des Moines: James A. Smith, Osage; Fred
L. Maytag, Newton; W. N. Jordan, Des
Moines: Lon Bryson, Davenport; A. E.
Johnstone, Keokuk; W. lt. Koach, Musca
tine; Max E. Poppe, Burlington; Frank
Ellis, Clinton; Isaac Frledlich, Des Moines;
M. M. Walker, Dubuque; George Scott,
Sioux City; 8. D. Rlnlker. Rock Rapids;
Alex Grisell, Guthrie Center; A. L. Ames,
Buckingham; Daniel W. Turner, Corning;
James Bowsher, won; John O. Malcolm,
Oskaloosa; F. M. Fee, Centervllle.
Conference of Isrgeosi,
Governor Cummlna haa named the fol
lowing aa the Iowa delegatea to the In
ternational Congress of Military Surgeons,
to be held at the World's fair, St. Louis,
Mo., October 10 to IS, Inclusive, 1904, all
being surgeons In the Iowa National
Guard:
Colonel Wilton McCarthy, surgeon gen
eral, Des Moines; Lieutenant Colonel
Lewis Schooler, deputy surgeon genera!,
Des Moines: Major C. S. Drant, surgeon.
Riverside; Captain E. L. Martlndale, as
sistant surgeon, Clinton; First Lieutenant
J. .C. Hancock, assistant surgeon, Du
buque; Major D. 8. Falrchlld, Jr., surgeon,
Clinton: Captain D. A. Jay, assistant Bur
geon, Eldon: First Lieutenant A. B. Peer
ing, assist surgeon. Boone; Major J. Fred
Clarke, surgeon, Fairfield: Captain W. S.
Conkllng, assistant surgeon, Des Moines;
Captain E. R. King, assistant surgeon,
Arlon; Major Donald Macrae, jr., sur
gfon. Council Bluffs; First Lieutenant P.
McDermld. assistant surgeon. Fontanelle;
First Lieutenant George M. Mlddleton, as
sistant surgeon, Davenport.
Beareh for Lost Child.
FORT DODGE, Is., Sept. 18-(8peclal.)-A
search for a missing child, which con
sumed twenty-four hours and engaged seventy-five
people, ended today when the
little one was found fast asleep, and com
pletely exhausted In a cornfield over a mile
from Its home. The 1-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James O'Conner, residing in
the town of Vincent, disappeared from the
front porch and after a neighborhood
search an alarm waa sounded and the en
tire population of the town turned out.
Failure to find the little girl recalled that
a covered wagon had passed through the
town a short time before and possibly the
Inmates nay havs kjdnnped her. The
wsgon was trseed to Fort Podge, but the
child wss not In It. All through the night
the weary searchers plodded over the floHs
and looked Into every place whee she
might be. but without results. Most of
them had given up the hunt, but two
women who persisted were rewarded with
finding the object of the search asleep In
a cornfield, suffering from exposure and
entirely exhausted.
THIEF TAPS RAILROAD OFFICE
Seenres Large gam from Rock Island
at Atlantic.
ATLANTIC. Ia., Sept. IS. -During the mo
mentary absence of Cashier C. H. Miller,
an unknown thief entered the Rock Island
freight office here this afternoon and made
off with S1.&4S from the rash drawer. No
arrests have as yet been made.
Carnival at Onavrn.
ONAWA, la., Sept. Is. (Special. )-Blg
preparations are being made for the Onawa
carnival, which commences Wednesday
next and lasts three days. Iowa avenue
will be brilliantly lighted from Central te
West Broadway and as the street is 150
feet wide it will make a splendid place for
the festivities. With favorable weather a
good crowd Is looked for. Two hands will
be In attendance and there will be sports
galore. Wednesday is Sioux City day and
the Windy City promises to send down a
big crowd. Reduced rates on all railroads.
SCENES IN JAP CAMP
(Continued from First Page.)
During the critical hours of July 31. when
his Infantry was advancing across the val
ley to charge the Russian Intrenchments on
the heights, he sat In the courtyard of a
Chinese temple, chatting casually with
members of his staff. A court painter could
have made no battle picture there. Gen
eral Kurokl's force partakes of his char
acter. It might be described as the silent
army. The Russians have, their regimental
bands, which play at sunset hours and on
the march and during battle and their
soldiers advance to the sound of the drum.
They chant their evening hymn around
the soup kettles and sometimes the roar of
a patriotic chorus rolls through the hills
from the Russian campflres to the ears of
Japanese pickets. But in this campaign,
although the Japanese Infantry carry
bugles by whose notes they march In peace
times, I have never heard the sound of
a trumpet near the front.
Scenes In Camp.
Nor Is this a convivial army. The few
camp followers whose presence near the
front Is rmcttoned sell cigarettes, fans,
handkerchiefs, towels, soap, tooth brushes,
writing paper and envelopes. The nearest
shop where a bottle of sakl or beer can be
bought Is at Feng Wang Cheng, fifty miles
to the rear, and that means that the offi
cers get very little and the soldiers none.
Tea, cigarettes and fans are the soldiers'
luxury; fishing, writing letters and reading
their amusements. The fle'.d
post carries an enormous amount of mail
., K.nctii Antung and 4 be front.
Riding about the camps one always sees
hundreds of soldiers Hitting cross-legged
under the trees painting artistic epistles to
relatives with brushes on rolls' of thin
paper.
The greatest Indulgence of the officers is
the big iron kettles carried In netting, two
on a pony, which, are used for heating
water for hot baths as well as to cook
the Company mess of rice.
No description of the- Japanese soldier
would be Just which failed to mention his
courtesy and his honesty. Living In the
midst of the army, displaying many lux
uries which must be i tempting to soldiers
kept on a most economical basis, the corre
spondents leave their effects about the
camps without fear for the safety of them.
Nothing is stolen not even tobacco or food.
The same thing could hardly be said of
other soldlsra.
ATTENDANCE AT THE BIG FAIR
For First Time Since Gates Opened
It Has Passed Million
Msrk.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 18.-Last week for the
first time In the history of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition, the attendance for the
six days exceeded 1,000,000. The record of
admissions for the week Is as follows:
Monday, September 13 112,432
Tuesday 110,616
Wednesday 134,642
Thursday 404,460
Friday 131.111
Saturday 134,667
Totals
Recapitulation:
April, one day.,......,
May, 26 days
June, 26 days
July, 27 days
August, 27 days
September, 16 days..
1.027,918
, 187.795
1.001,291
2,124.836
2,343,567
3,088.742
2,276,208
Totals
22,430
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair Monday, In Nebraska, Cooler In
North Portion Tuesday, Show
era and Cooler.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Weather fore
cast for Monday and Tuesday:
For Nebraska Fair Monday, cooler in
north portions; Tuesday showers and
oooler. '
For Iowa Fair Monday,, warmer In cen
tral and east portions; Tuesday, showers
and cooler.
For Kansas Fair Monday; Tuesday fair
and cooler.
For Wyoming Fair Monday, cooler In
west portion, showers at night or Tues
day In east portion, fair In west.
For Missouri Fair Monday, warmer In
east portion; Tuesday, showers and cooler.
For South Dakota Partly cloudy and
cooler Monday, showers by night; Tues
day, fair.
Local Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA, Sept. 18. Official record of tem-
ferature and precipitation compared with
he corresponding day of the last three
Years: 1904. 1903. 1902. 1901.
Maximum temperature... 80 68 69 67
minimum temperature.... 67 43 40 32
Mean temperature 68 66 64 44
Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .00
Record of temperature and nreclnltaflnn
at Omaha for this day since March 1. 1904:
Normal temperature. 65
Excess for the day....' j
Total deficiency since March 1 806
Normal precipitation 10 Inch
Deficiency for the day jq inch
Total rainfall since March 1 21. 27 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 3.29 Inches
Excess for cor. period, 1903 5.23 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1902... 2.34 Inches
Reports from Stations at T p. m.
.31
h5
if
; 3
CONDITION OF THE
WEATHER.
Omaha, cloudy
.00
.00
.00
.00
.06
.00
.00
valentine, clear
North Platte, clear
Cheyenne, partly cloudy
Ban Lane city, cloudy
Rapid City, clear
Huron, clear
Wllllston. clear
6! 76,
6ft,
70i
64
-'
64
62
661 .00
701 .00
86 .82
64 1 .00
Chicago, cloudy
St. IxjuIs, cloudy
St. Paul, clear
Davenport, cloudy
70 76
T
.00
.00
.00
.to
.60
Kansas city, clear
Havre, clear
Helens, clear
Bismarck, clear
Galveston, partly cloudy
"X" indicates precipitation.
.. L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
IOWA'S FIRST NATIVE BISHOP
Elaborate Ceremonies for Eleration of Ber.
K. 0. Lenihan to Hierarchy.
SERVICES TAKE PLACE IN DUBUQUE
Bishop Scanncll of Omaha, Two Arch
bishops of Catholic Chnrrh and
Many Others Will Take
Part.
MARSIIALLTOWN, la.. Sept. 17.-(Spe-clal.)
All Iowa Is preparing for one of the
greatest events In the circle of the Catholic
church the consecration of Rt. Rev. Ma
thias Clement Lenihan. D. D., of this city,
as bishop of Great Falls. Mont. In these
ceremonies Iowa will see her first native
priest don the purple, and at Dubuque will
be gathered all the prominent Catholic
church workers of the west.
September 21, nt St. Raphael's cathedral,
Dubuque, the rector of St. Mary's church
of this city will be elevated to the bishop
ric. Archbishop John J. Keane of Du
buque will act as consecrator and Arch
bishop Ireland of St. Paul will deliver the
sermon. These ceremonies will take place
beginning at 10 o'clock, and In the after
noon a banquet will be served at the Julian
at which covers will be laid for 250 guests.
The official list of officers Is as follows:
Consecrator, Most Rev. John J. Keane,
D. P., archbishop of Dubuque.
The sermon, Most Rev. John Ireland, D.
D., archbishop of St. Paul, Minn.
Senior assistant bishop consecrator, Right
Rev. Joseph li. Cotter, D. D., Winona,
Minn.
Junior assistant bishop consecrator, Right
Rev. J. J. Keane, D. D., Cheyenne, Wyo.
Assistant priest In cope. Right Rev. Mgr.
R. Ryan, V. G., Dubuque.
Deacon of the mass. Very Rev. B. C.
Lenihan, V. G., Ft. Dodge.
Suhdeacon of the mass, Very Rev. George.
Haxmelr, V. F., Lansing.
Deacon of honor fur consecrator. Very
Rev. P. J. MrGrath, V. F., Charles City.
Chaplains In surplice for Bishop-elect
lenihan. Rev. D. J. lenihan, Dubuque;
Rev. Cyril Pauwelyn, Great Falls, Mont.
Chaplains for senior assistant consecra
tor, Very Rev. James Davis, V. G., Daven
port; Very Rev. George Heer, V. F Dyers
vllle. Chaplains for Junior assistant consecrator,
Rev. Jamsr. Nelson, Lourdes; Rev. M. Klrk
patrlc, Wilton Junction.
Notary of the consecrator, Rev. John Car
roll, D. D., president St. Joseph's college,
Dubuque. "
Chaplains for Archbishop Ireland. Very
Rev. J. J. Ijiwler, V. F., pastor cathedral,
St. Paul, Minn.; Very Rev. P. R. Heffron,
D. D., president St. Paul Theological sem
inary, St. Paul, Minn.
Masters of ceremonies, Rev. J. J.' Too
mey, Rev. M. Barry, Rev. James Fltspat
rli k. P. D., and Rev. M. H. Carey.
Chanters of the function of consecration.
Rev. John Carroll, D. D., Rev. M. Thlltgen,
D. D., Rev. D. M. Gorman and Rev. John
C. Stuart, L. D.
Archiepiscopnl cross-bearer, Rev. William
J. Convery, Eldnrn.
Chaphtini, of the consecrator. Very Rev.
E. J. McLaughlin, M. It.., Clinton; Rev.
John English. Hubbard, Neb.; Rev. Philip
O'Connor, Sioux City.
A large number of prelates, archbishops,
bishops and monslgnors will be In attend
ance, each attended by two chaplains.
At the Julian, following the consecration
ceremonies, a banquet will be Bpread, with
Most Rev. John J. Keane, D. D., acting as
toastmaster, and has also assigned for the
post-prandlal addresses the following:
"His Holiness, Pope Plus X." Right Rev.
Thomas O'Gorman, D. D., Sioux Falls, 8. D.
"The Church and State" Rlg.ht Rev.
Philip J. Carrlgan, D. D.. Sioux City.
"Our Church in the New Northwest"
Right Rev. John Shanley, D. D., Fargo,
N. D.
"The Destiny of America" Right Rev.
Richard Scannell, D. D., Omaha.
The archbishops present will also give
informal addresses, and the entire program
will conclude with an address by the new
bishop of Great Falls, Right Rev. M. C.
Lenihan,' 0. D.- . -'
The services for the new bishop for the
daya following his consecration have been
arranged. Reverend Lenihan will gay his
first mass as bishop on Thursday, Sep
tember 22, at Visitation Convent, Dubuque.
On the following day at St. Joseph's col
lege he will again say a mass, and on Sun
day, September 23, he will read mass at
St. Patrick's church, Dubuquev
Bishop Lenihan will return to Marshall
town September 29 and make preparations
to leave for his new see. His first mass
in this city as bishop will be said at 8
o'clock Sunday evening, October 2. At 7:30
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Everyone should visit this the greatest Exposition the world
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of the same evening he will hold confirma
tion. He will leave thla city for St. Taut
October 5.
Th Installation of Bishop lenihan In his
new cathedral, 8t. Ann's, will be conducted
on Sunday, October 9. Most Rev. Alex
ander Christie, D. P.. archbishop of Oregon
City, Ore., will Install the new bishop, and
Right Rev. Edward O'Pay of Seattle,
Wash., will deliver the sermon. Right Rev.
A. J. Glorleaux, bishop of Boise. Idaho,
and Right Rev. Charles O'Reilly, hlshop of
th diocese of Montana, will be present
at the Installation ceremonies.
A large number of social affairs In the
shape of farewells are being planned by
the church at this city.
NEW YORK LABOR BULLETIN
Fewer Men . Wow Oat of F.ployment
lij Entire Country Than
Last Year.
ALBANT, N. V., Sept. 18 -The quarterly
bulletin of the state department of labor,
Issued today, has this to say as to the
situation In state and nation: v
"In the first' quarter of the year, owing
to lnbor disputes, unusually cold nml
stormy weather and lessened activity In a
few Industries, employment was very poor,
but subsequently there was so much Im
provement that June and July actually
surpassed the record year, 1902.
"Among approximately 100,000 wage earn
ers in the various Industries of the state
137 per 1,000 were reported Idle at the end
of June, 1904, r. compared with 231 and 145
In June, 1903 nnd 1902, respectively. For
the close of July In 1902, 1003 and 1904 the
respective ratios were 166. 178 and 148. The
principal cause of this Improvement was
tha phenomenal activity In construction
work in the lending cities.
"Conditions of employment In the entire
country manifest similar Improvement, ac
cording to statistics collected by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. In the September
Issue of the American Federatlonlst, the
official magazine of the Federation, It Is
said that nmorig f-6,450 members of 1,032 local
unions making returns for July 1.8 per cent
wero without employment at the close of
the month, while a month earlier the 1.S91
unions making returns reported 6.1 per cent
of the membership as unemployed, and In
July, 1903, the percentage of unemployed
was 3.3."
Referring to strikes, the bulletin says that
the two overshadowing disputes for the
second quarter of this year were the
masters and pilots on the Great lakes and
tho New York clothing trades' strike
against the "open shop."
It adds: "In the latter dispute about
25,000 employes were directly concerned, nnd
probably as many more thrown out of em
ployment for some part of the period of
the dispute, the total number of working
days lost being estimated at more than
1.000,000. About 600,000 days' time was lost
by the 1,000 masters and pilots and, the
10,000 other marine workmen from New
York state affected by the former's dis
pute with the Lake Coolers' association.
The total number of workers directly con.
ccrned In disputes began In April, Mav and
June was 39,600 and tho aggregate number
of work days lost was 1.923,000. Twenty of
the forty-three disputes resulted In favor
of the employers and only Ave In favor of
the employes, while nine were compromised
The compromises were nearly all made on
demands for Increased wages, which wa
still the leading cause of dispute. The em
plovers were almost uniformly successful
in the disputes Involving trade unionism.'
Thousands of Negroes Attend.
AUSTIN. Tex.. Sent. 18 There wr fnilv
30,000 negroes in attendance upon the big
mission -mass meeting held here this after
noon In connection with the national Bap
tist convention. Negroes came In from
everv Section Of Texas to he nr.innl Inrfiv
During the morning hours religious services
were conaucieo at ail tne negro churches
In this city, as well as on the camp grounds
and this evenlns everv rnnrrpirn t inn nni
all visitors were massed in the big meet
ing. The convention will adjourn finally
tomorrow.
Old-Tlme Telegraphers Convention
ATLANTA. Ga.. Sect. 18. Memhera nt the
Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical as
sociation and members of the Society of
the United States Military Telegraph Corps
win meei in joint convention in tins city
for a three days' session, beginning next
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