TIIK OMAITA DAILY HEE: FRIDAY. DECEMBER SO. lf04.
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RESUMES BUSINESS IT ONCE
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Fnllst & Jobni-8hngirt CMtnj Al
tij Lookiig for Qurtcrt.
BOOKS AND PAPERS IN VAULT INTACT
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(Kr Which Owned Bars Bnlld
! Tearing Dtm Rained Wall
and Will Rehalld la
th Spring.
We hall continue right along In busi
ness; are already negotiating 'r temporary
quarter," H the statement of Luclua
Wells, secretary, treasurer and general
mar if r of the Fuller & Johnson-Shugart
company, who arrived home yeaterday
morning.
Mr. Wella left Council Bluffs Sunday
night and went to New Tork. and from
there to La Porte, Ind., where he first
learned of Tuesday nlght' fire through
a press dispatch In a Chicago newspaper.
Me at ortce hastened to Chicago, hoping
to receive there further particular, but
waa unable to do so. Owing to the wire
being down h wti unaMe to telegraph
to thla city and waa also unable to um
the long distance telephone. He at once
haatened home and it was not until his
arrival In the city yesterday morning that
ha learned th full particulars of the loss
which hi company had suffered-? Tues
day nlght'a fir.
From Mr. Well It wa learned that the
company carried $47,000 Insurance, thi being
$l.ono mor than had been reported. There
would be aome loaa, Mr. Well sulci, a the
stock Invoiced more than the Insurance.
buythe los would not be very great. The
exact value of th stock would be known
In a few day when th book could be
checked over.
The vault In the burned building waa.
opened yesterday morning and aH the book
and paper wer found to be practically
Intact, although mma were slightly scorched
by th Intense heat. Temporary' quarter
f.- th oompany, it Is expected, will b se
cured .today. .
The work of tearing down portion of th
remaining walls, which wer considered
unsafe, waa commenced yeaterday after
noon. No time will be Jo in removing all
the debri so that everything will be in
readiness' to commence rebuilding as soon
a th weather will permit.
A number of Insurance adjuster are at
present in Sioux City adjusting th losses
caused by th recent big fire there and It
la expected they will send a committee to
adjust th loaaea here. While some salvage
1 expected, from the borned building. It will
not be sufficient, however, to cover the
difference between the cost of th struc
ture and th amount of insurance carried
on It. Th stock Is, of course, a total loaa.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby aV Bon.
Held fer Assaulting Girl.
Herman Miller of Underwood, la., was
brought . . to this city lost evening and
placed In the' county Jail, having been
bound ever to await the action of the
district grand Jury -on a charge of at
tempting to criminally assault lft-year-old
Sophia. Ver:Poorten. Miller's preliminary
hearing "waa held before Justice J. H.
Sharp of Underwood.
Th alleged attempted assault is said
to have been committed Christmas eve.
At the Rearing - Miss . Ver Poorten testi
fied that Miller had accosted her on her
way. horn about o'clock that night and
had attempted to force her to aoeompany
Kim in h Tallrniid vard. She manaaed
to escape from him and ran for protection
to the horn of a friend. After waiting
soma time at the friend's house she started
for her own horn and waa within a short
distance of it when she was seised by
Miller, who had been lying In wait for
her. She struggled and screamed and.
Just aa the fellow haS thrown her to the
ground, soma on opened and shut a dor
in th. vr Prw.rtA.fi hnme. This frlirhtened
uilu- ...... 1A aM k. Hi-l u rn
N. T. Plumbing Co. TL 00: night, FU7.
- Harl-SIead Weddln.
Charles M. Harl and Mis Hattle T.
Blead . were married yeaterday afternoon
at the home of Mr. Harl, on Oakland ave
nue. Rev.. Jamea O'May, pastor of Broad
way church, officiating. Mr. Harl la senior
member Of the law firm of Harl dt Ttnley,
while hi bride has been employed aa a
stenographer and court reporter In this
city for a number of year and Is an active
member of several women's dubs. Mr. and
Mrs. Harl left last' evening for a wedding
trip to New Orleans and other point in
the south. -
Rooms and cafs. Ogdea Hotel.
-Child. Die from Haras.
Vesta Carter, a 13-year-old girl InmVe
of . th Christian .Home, -died yesterday
front burns received Tuesday morning. The
girl, who waa on of the mentally Infirm
charge of the Institution, stood beside a
hot tov In her night gown and got ao
clos th garment caught fir. The sleet
and a portion of the gown were burned
off before the matron, Mrs. Reynolds,
succeeded la extinguishing th. name by
wrapping the child In a quilt. The girl's
arm and hands and upper part of her
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Big Winter Term Opens Monday.
Jan. t ijb. New Classes In all de
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body were badly burned., but her Injuries
at the time were not expected to prove
fatal. It Is supposed she Inhaled the
flames. The funeral will be held this aft
ernoon at I o'clock from the Institution
and burial will be In Folrvlew cemetery.
I.ITTI.E OSES ARK REMEMBERED
Oeaeral Dedge Aaanal Dinner
Rrlnaa Joy to Many.
The . auditorium of the First Christian
church waa packed yeaterday afternoon
with a crowd of happy, expectant young
sters gathered there to enjoy the- annual
treat and entertainment provided for the
children and grandchildren of the veterans
of the civil war through the generosity of
General Grenvllle M. Dodge.
In hi letter of greeting to the children,
which waa read by Robert B. Wallnce,
General Dodge expressed regret at not be
ing able to be present in person. lie Im
pressed upon the little ones the need of
their obeying their parents and the law
and of being respectful to-their superiors.
At th cloae of the program each child
was presented with a large sack containing
candy, fruit and cakes. It (required 475
sacks to supply the crowd of children.
The program was aa follows:
Prayer Rev. O. W. Snyder.
Greeting from General Dodge Read by
Robert B. Wallace.
Song "Red, White and Blue," Mrs.
Crocker and audience.
Instrumental Muslo Miss Vera Johnson.
Recitation Ruth Stewart.
Short Talk Dr. Montgomery.
Song ''Marching Through Georgia," Miss
Sylvia Snyder and audience.
Recitation Mrs. Robert Wallace.
Song "ChrlstmHs," Daisy Cady.
Instrumental Music Jennie Guittar.
Recitation Marlon Stubba. -
Recitation John Cose. -
Song "America," Mrs. Crocker and audi
ence. Recitation Florence Kelly.
Recitation Eva Moonev.
Benediction Rev. O. W. Snyder.
During the Christmas celebration of
Council Bluffs tent. Knight of the Mac
cabees. Wednesday evening In the Brown
building, the tree caught Are from one of
the candle and in a second th entire tree
was ablase. A panic among th 400 people
present was narrowly averted -and th
flame were" quickly extinguished by some
of the cooler heads. Gift were, distributed
from the tree among the children of the
members.
The local Bricklayers' union entertained
Its member and their friends Wednesday
evening In Labor temple with a Christmas
tree and supper, followed by cards. August
Peterson acted Santa Claus and made, the
children happy by presenting each with
some gift from the tree. Thlrty-flve fam
ilies were in attendance. ' .
TAXES ARB OVER HALF A MILLION
Coonty Auditor lanes Completes His
Computation.
County Auditor Innes -completed yester
day the computation of the taxes for 194
to be collected by the county treasurer dur
ing 1906. The total of taxes for the county
Is $540,336.29, exclusive of those for the
city. The city taxes, exclusive of special
assessment, amount to $134,02.04. The val
uation of the county I I14.1M.S00.
The state and county tax amounts to lSKi
mills. The city tax proper Is 36 mills, the
school tax Is 6 mills. - The total tax In
the city will be 85V4 mills on the dollar, as
follows: County and state, U'i mills; city
proper, 36 mills, school, 36 mills; health
fund, mill. The county bridge fund tax
Is not assessed In the city, -.
The amounts to be collected for the dif
ferent county and state taxes are as fol
lows: Polls
Dogs
State
.. 4.2T8 0)
.... .. 1 567 6-I
.... 49. S13.H2
.... Mah7.22
..... 10,flinj
.... 31.179 35
.... 14.146.78
.... 14.146. 7S
.... 14.14681
.... 7.073. M
.... 1.76S32
S.3lu.(2
.... 17 , 3 76
.... t9.'PS.2;
.... 27.776.17
.... 33.7:1.77
.... 7.6!6.o6
.... 20,6iw.&
County (general).....
Poor
bridge
Road
School
County Insane
State Insane
Soldiers' relief
Bonds and Interest
Teachers
School contingent ..
SchoolhOuae
Township road
Town (Keneral)
Miscellaneous
1 ' Heal Estate 'Transfer.
These transfers were reported to The
Bee, December 29, by the Title Guaranty
and Trust company of Council Bluffs;
County treasurer to John Bennett, lots
VI and V, block 1, John Johnson's
add., t. d 91
W. P. Barrett and w!fe to Larx Pe- . .
tersen and Charles Nielsen, seV 29-77-4::.
w. d g.'i
Two transfers, total..
16,091
Marriage l.lceascs.
Licenses to tU were Issued yesterday
to the following:
Name and Residence. ' Age.
R. H. Dry.len. i'ott. wutt;.nl Co.. Ia...,.
Maude A. Hart, l'otti watuunle Co., la... 21
t'harles M. Harl. Council Bluffs t
Hattle T.' Sleud, Coiinotl Bluffs 17
Isaac Poore, Council Kluffg n
fumantlia Huffman, Council Bluffs v t
f My Foots Muen of Hill.
The city council, a tier aaauxsiug ah
cost of the rwunlly runilctd paving on
Ninth avenue. Worth and Third streets,
has found that the city will have o br
about tl.Cn) of the op. ntt. while o Kant
Broadway the prowril n to be borna ty
the city win amount to 4.' This Is.ion
slderalily more Hum the alilcruien hail
Miiuct-aled and the improvement fund
promise ta become li dcpjitel as several
of the other city fundx. With the liniro.e
iiieni I una pruclh-Hlly exhauste!, 4 the
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chances for any paving on West Broad
way appear slim.-
MIOK MEftTIOS.
Davis sell drugs.
Leffert' glasses fit.
Sloeksrf sells carpets.
Duncan sells the best school shoe.
Domestic cooking. S3 North Main street.
Drs.- Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl street.
Duncan doe th best repairing. 23 Main.
For rent, modern house. 723 Sixth avenue.
Western lu. college winter term Monday.
Klegunt selection of New Year's pictures
and frames. Borwlck, 211 So. Main.
Cigars for Christmas presents at Morgan
tt Dickey's drug store, 142 Broadway.
Morgan & Klein, upnolsterers and mat
tress makers, moved to 19 8. Main. Tel. 646.
Low prices on water-color calendars for
New Year's gifts: Alexander', 333 B'way.
Isaac I'oore and; Sumumha Huffman, both
of this city, were marled last evening by
Kcv. Henry De Long. ,
At tltv meeting this evening of Urn Loyal
Temperatice legion gymnasium class two
basket ball teams will be organized.
F. W. Osborn. loral manager for th
Hayes Pump and Planter company, left
Ihs. evening on a visit to his old home in
Buchanan, Mich.
The fire department was called last night
at 9 o'clock to 14n South Kighth street,
where a frame barn on the premises of P.
Jensen was burned.
Dr. J. M. Barstow has been reappointed
by Judge Thornell of the district court
member of the local Board of County In
sanity commissioners.
Several good solicitors and crew man
agers wanted, permanent position, good
Income. Apply Bee oftice, 10 Pearl street.
Council Bluffs.
Missouri oak dry cordwood, 66 a cord;
cob, $1.75 per load; shell bark hickory, $7
per cord, delivered. William Welch. 16
North Main. Telephone 128. ,
A special meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union will be held
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock In the rooms
of the association at 43 Pearl street.
These cases of contagious diseases have
been reported to the Board of Health:
Gertrude Fair. 2"9 Stutsman street; Mc
Clelland child, ml South Seventeenth
street; Mrs. Arthur Meyer, South Main
street, smallpox.
Fancy mirrors, single and triplicate, at
Morgan & Dickey's drug store. 142 B'way.
William Suar, nged 4 years, died yea
terday at . St. Bernard's rroepltal from
paralysis after an illness of two years.
Two daughters and one son survive him.
Deceased was a brother of Mrs. Eliza
Deetken of this city and of Julius, Feder
man. Otto and Edward Soar.
The funeral of Mrs. Christina Hansen
will be held this afternoon at 2 oicloek
from the family residence. 11 Avenue F,
and burial will be in Fairview cemeterv.
Rev. E. Provensen, pastor of the First
Scandinavian Lutheran church, will con
duct the services.
The fum ral of Dr. James D. Perron who
died - Wednesday, aged 64 years, will be
held this afternoon ut 3:30 o'clock from
the residence, 1156 East Pierce street, and
Interment will be In Walnut Hill cemc,
tery. Kev. Harvey Hostetler of the Sec
ond Presbyterian ohurch, will conduct the
services. Dr. Ferron Is survived by his
wife and one son.
The local branch of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians haa elected the following
officers for the ensuing two years: County
president, J. P. Bryne; division president.
V.hn i..nf..iQ- riu-i.inn vIca nruidnt I
James Wlckham, Jr.; division recording I
secretary. Charles J. Duff; division flnan- j
clal secretary, jonn ieninan; aivision
treasurer, H. L. Tlnley."
Train a Day Late.
CRESTON, la.. Dee. 29 (Special.) Dur
ing the bllxxard of Tuesday, the south
branch train from St- Joseph to Oreston of the Inequality, for It must be remem-
was stalled about 4 o'clock and was un- In-red that nearly 10.000 country boys and
able to go further. The snow plow wa flTtn !l!S,,I?Uo,tr,, 8chn?L enumf
, . . . . ration are enrolled In the graded schools
sent to the scene, which was two miles tuition puplls, besides many more In
north of Kent and It too became fastened the academies and the preparatory depart
In the drift and became powerless. Other "lent" ot colleges. It follows, therefore.
. , , . ...... ., that the percentage of enrollment Is greater
assistanoe was sent to the blockaded pas- ln tne grailed than ln ,he ungraded school,
sengers, but the train did not respond to t and we know the attendance is much more
the efforts for relief until Wednesday, regular. We assign to the graded school
,j rreston at 115 n m lust - her on the average very nearly double
and got into treston at i.io p. m., just the of pUpu assigned to the
twenty-four hours late. It took four en- teacher in the country school. The trouble
glnes to pull three cars from Knit to Cres-
ton.
y Heating Plant Ulows In,
VINTON. Ia., Dec. 19. (Special.) The
city steam heating plant blew up about 8
o'clock this morning, leaving the business (
houses of the city which deiended upon ,
this plant for heat in bud shape for several ,
days Bert Bills, one of the stockholders !
, ..' v, H -.- , after re. '
In th concern, had gone to look after re- ,
pair on a main mnu nu"s - ,
by when the explosion occurred
belna Dain- i
fullv hut not dangerously scalded. The
ui.iBrf Th 1
north wall of the building wa blqwn cut
and the room badly wrecked.
Woman's Musical Club Meets.
MISSOURI VALl-EV. Ia., Dec. 29.-(Spe-
clal.l The Treble Clef, a well-known musl- '
cal organisation of Mlsurf Valley women. ,
. . PA,iip m.. nil.lv (,iu.n aawaion
held their regular montlu open i Be.-s.oit
last nignt at me iiuwe ui v.. umi. uc
composers undr discussion were M sr-
kowski and Usxt and the following ludles
participated In the program: Mrs. . M
Williams. Mrs. F. 1-. Davis, Mrs. George
A. Kellogg, Mrs. W. H. Johnson, Mrs. R.
C. Hills, Mrs. b. A. McKay, Vera Foss
and Eleanor Fensler.
Rrsws to Uo I p Higher.
OTTIMWA. Ia.. Dec. S. (Special.)
Friends of W. C. iirowo of .the Burlington
ay that on January 1 bis promotion to the
presidency of the New York Central will
be aunounied. J. . Woodworth, assistant
of First Vice President Darius Miller of
th fiurlli stun, hap tendered his resignation
to become geiural traffic manager of the
Northern Pacific. O. O. Somen will auc
cttxl him.
'Vail Man I'roirs ta Death,
MAKSH ALLTOWN, la., Dec. 21 Thomas
Butltr. aa aged and respected cltlien of
Vail, was found frosen to death In snow
drift lima miles west cf VaU .
Night
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MILLEK, Pros.
NEEDS OF RURAL SCH80LS
State Bnpirinteident Bigr Delirtri an
InitTtictiT Iddreii.
BOTH SYSTEM AND APPLICATION FAULTY
Consolidation Is Recommended, to
Enable Establishment of Grade
and Employment of Efficient
Teaeher Proposed.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE8 MOINES, Dec 29. (Special.) Before
the Iowa State Teachers' association today
State Superintendent John F. RJgg de
livered a notable address in which he dis
cussed the rural school problem In Iowa,
presenting some entirely new statistic to
show that there Is a real problem there,
that as a matter of fact the provision
for education of the children In the country
is far from being as perfect as for educa
tion of the children in cities and town and
suggesting some of the things which may
be done toward effecting a remedy. This
was Superintendent Rlggs' first annual ad
dress before the association and In It he
outlined practically what would be his line
of work during his administration of the
office. He gave the result of exhaustive
research the last year Into the condition
of affairs in the rural schools and made a
strong plea for betterj conditions through
better pay for teachers, ,and fewer rural
schools. ' . p ?
Superintendent Riggs declared that while
there is very much good Work don by
very competent teachers ki the country
schools; yet In the great majority of coun
try schools the condition are such that
superior work is Impossible. These condi
tions are: Small school and irregular
attendance, school house with meager
equipment, teachers often Inexperienced
and of inadequate scholarship, frequent
change of teachers, . and, a school year
more than one month less on the average
than prevails In towns and cities and no
provision for Instruction beyond the ele
mentary grades, and lastly, poor classifica
tion. Iowa Rural Schools.
From reports recently received It Is shown
that last year sixty-live In every ltiO of our
rural schools had an average dally at
tendance during the fall term of fifteen or
less, 62 per cent had a like small attendance
auring tne winter term and 69 per cent in
the spring term. Of th schools where
the average attendance was more than
twenty, during the fall term It was but
15 I' cent during the winter term 16. and
Pring term 12 per cent of th whole. Thene
figure are bamrd on reporta from 19,019 out
i a jouu oi uwi rural districts.
Looked at in another wav. the total num
ber of persons between 6 and 21 years in
he 12,621 rural districts wa 382.310. or an
average of 3U.6 for each school corDoratlon
employing but one teacher, while in corpo
rations where a graded school-is main.ained
the number of persons between the ages of
5 and 21 years aggregate 341.166, or an av
erage of 47.2 for each teacher employed in
these -corporations.
But these figure do not tell the full story
la further aggravated from the fact that.
as a rule, the very small school suffers
in interest and enthusiasm, and In con
sequence the percentage is abnormally low.
Inexperienced Teachers.
Superintendent Riggs called attention to
the fact that the country school also suffer
from inefficient equipment and continuing
a&id:
BlJt tn chooi BUnr, moTe from ln.
experienced and poorly prepared tetu-hers
than from any one cause. Last year J.4".9
cenin(.a,e, Wt.re lsaUed ,n Jowa' lQ
sons wno naa never laugni. cjui or a total
of 22,s4a ceruncates Issued by county su-
perintf ndenta but 1. 321 were first-class cer
tificates, wnere were tne ia.aJ4 holders or
second grade, and third grade certificates,
J.479 of them without experience? Must
uf thtm were employed in the country
schools.
Too Freejsient Changes.
The country school suffers further from
the frequent change of teachers. The more
tnan 7 teachers employed ln the graded
schools of the state are employed for the
,ul1 'ear, beginning with the fall term, and
(t g u eomn, ra(.,iPe t0 r-elect the suc-
cessfol ones from year to year. This prac
tice does not prevail ln the country. In
i.Wil country districts In Iowa last year two
different teachers were employed, and ln an
additional 1.8os country districts three dif
ferent teachers were employed to teach the
same school at different seasons of the
year. This frequent change of teachers re
sults In an enormous waste No school Is
up to Its maximum of efficiency while
teacher and pupils are strange. This loss Is
particularly (treat In the country school
where the classification is less perfect and
where the teacher requires considerable
time In which to determine the status of
the Individual pupils a to ndvsncemenl
and as to ability for work. Now If this
breaking In process nuist b gone through
with every two or three months It will
readily he seen that the loss to the schools
from this cause alone Is very great.
School Consolidation.
Superintendent Riggs epok of school con
solidation and Ihe uniting of two or more
districts, but he would have this consolida
tion arid the transportation of puplls at
pubMc expense applied where conditions de
mand It through awakened Interest of th
people In the welfare of their schools. Con
tinuing, he said:
Many eople have the Impression that
wnau7tailon tnmunm abandonment
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it F. Mahrt d Co.'s Samples
Diamonds, Watches. Chains, Fobs, Rings,
Brooches, Clocks, Solid Gold Jewelry,
Hand Pointed China, and Cut Glass.
The only way you enn realize the full importance of this offer is to come in amf investigate the
radical bi jjt discount we are making on the 'samples we had left over from II. F. Hahn & Co.'a
Manufacturers and Wholesaler, Xmas Sale. We must disjKise of the samples we have left
over by the first of the year. It will pay you to come in and see what we ha,ve to offer and
how easy we can satisfy you in price and quality of goods. All parties who purchase for cash,
or those who pay n account, made between December 1 and December 31, will receive a
coupon which will entitle them to an opportunity to receive FKEK one of the following pres
ents on December 31
Diamond Rinff $125
Cut Glass Dish $25
Jeweler and Optician
many Country schools and the transporta
tion of the children to cities and towns,
where they are taken Into an entirely dif
ferent environment. Put the consoildstlon
I am oontendlng for contemplates nothing
of the kind. I believe the school environ
ment in the country Is. In many ways, su
perior to that of the city. I want the coun
try schools to remain In the country so far
as possible, but I want it large enough for
the employment of from two to flv teach
ers and with no teacher tn charge of less
than twenty-five nor more than thirty
pupils. Such a school organisation might
cost th people less In dollars and cents,
but the noBslhle savins- In money Is not the
ground on which the change Is urged. The
end of consolidation Is to get better school
and to multiply the benefits to the children.
Consolidation commends Itself to our favor
because It will offer the opportunity for
proper classification, of a reasonable num
ber of pupils to the teacher, of regular and
punctual attendance and hence the vast
Increase to the pupil of th benefit the
school can bestow.
Anniversary Session.
The anniversary session of the Stat
Teachers' association, held yesterday, was
a great success, despite that th attend
ance waa reduced by reason of th blis-
xarYJ. The morning session was under the
topics of fifty year ago and today. Dr.
S. Fellows of the Stat university, on of
th veteran educators of th state, told of
the development and progress of Institu
tions of higher learning. Ha recalled that
ln 1S38, when the population of th terri
tory waa only 3,000, th territorial legis
lature established seven seminaries and
two colleges. In 1846, when the territorial
capital had on ly 1,000 inhabitants, the
legislature chartered for that town an
academy, a seminary, a college and a uni
versity. It has been declared that previous
to 1S60 fifty such institutions were organe
Ized and only on or two of them exist
today. Fifty year ago there was not a
college in Iowa doing college work, th so
called college of the state being then en
gaged In preparatory studies. It waa In
lSUi that the legislature adopted th recom
mendation ot Governor Grime for a free
publlo school system for Iowa. The high
school wa then unknown. The growth of
the high school system and th denomina
tional colleges and the university were
outlined.
Ir C. Kllng of Des Moines told of the
development of the offlc of county super
intendent, which offlc waa established In
1868, the work having previously been in
charge of a commissioner of school lands.
The first woman county superintendent In
the union was In Mitchell county In 1880.
Emma J. Fordyce of Cedar Rapids told
of th development of the high school sys
tem ln th state ln a half century.
George 8. Dick of Red Oak, speaking of
the city superintendent, stated that fifty
year ago there wer very few city su
perintendent in th union and It waa not
until recent year that city superintendents
have becom common In Iowa.
The afternoon cession of th association
was a general "campflr" on the "subject
of reminiscence of fifty years In teaching
In Iowa under th leadership of Henry
Sabin, the veteran educator, and four time
stat superintendent.
Teaeher Elect and Adjoarn.
But very little waa done at the meet
ing of the State Teachers' association and
the program was cut short. Th following
officer were elected, as reported by a
committee on resolutions:
President J. J. McConnell of Cedar
Rapids.
First Vic President F. E. Palmer of
Jefferson. .
Second Vice President Ella C. Chantry
of Adair.
Third Vic President O. P. Bostwlck of
Clinton.
Secretary Adam Pickett of Mount. Ayr.
Treasurer U. W. Samson of Cedar
Falls.
Member f Executive Committee F. B.
Bolton of low City.
Members of Executive Council T. B.
Hutton of Ie Mars and Mattle Lea A.
Lair of Sidney.
Chamberlain Property Division.
An agreement was reached today be
tween attorney representing D. 8. Cham
berlain and his wife, Lydla 8. Chamber
lain, in regard to a division of property
In connection with the divorce which Mrs.
Chamberlain has sought and which will
be granted. Mrs. Chamberlain get the
new chamberlain hotel, worth $360,000, with
i.OOO mortgage upon it, and possession
of personal property amounting to about
$25,000. Mrs. Chamberlain applied for a
divorce on the ground of cruelty, the same
consisting largely of th fact that he has
frequently declared her to be Insane.
Slowly Digging Out. -
Street ear traffic in Des Moines ha not
yet been resumed after th storm, except
on some of the lines, the company finding
It Impossible to get th tracks cleared of
snow.
Hearing an Classlflratloa.
The Iowa railroad commissioners gave
a hearing today to representative of the
railroads and of the lilpjer on revision
of the classification of railroad rates. The
representative of most of- th large line
engaged In Iowa business were present
and few Jobbers. A great many different
articles of freight were taken up and dis
posed of, but the commission will an
nounce the change later. It I the first
time there has been a general revision
of th entire classification for about three
years. Chairman Brown of th commit.
felon presided, but N. S. Ketrhum of Mar
shalltown, who next week succeeds him
on the board, was present St th hear
ing. A. E. Dawson of Wavrly will be
elected chairman at th reorganisation on
Monday next.
Gas aa Pharmacy Board.
ATLANTIC. Ia., Dec. $.-8peclal )-J. 8.
Qua ot this city haa Juat ben notified of
Solid Gold Vatch-$65
I Dozen Solid Silver Teaspoons $17
COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA
th appointment by Governor Cummin to
th vacancy In th State Board of Phar
macy. This Is a position to which Mr.
Goss has long aspired and on which he Is
most competent to fill, hi long connection
with th drug business making him, by
experience, a valuable man In the position
to whloh he has been called.
Fssal Stolen Goods.
MISSOURI VALLEY Ta., Dee. .-8pe-clal.)
Yesterday, upon a warrant sworn
out by a railroad detective, ConstabI W.
A. Stewart and City Marshall J. J. Deal
searched th premises of George West and
there found concealed 110 pounds of rail
road bras and - journal bearing. West
claimed h had purchased th chattel from
a stranger.
Insaraae Le Over Million.
SIOUX CITY, la., Deo. 29 From careful
figure, compiled by twenty-one Insurance
agencies ln Sioux City, which include prac
tically all of them, It is shown that th
InsuWLno companies will hat to pay out
a total of $1.10,$80 for th losses, total and
partial, in Sioux City' big conflagration
on December B.
- HYMENEAL
Wehater-CassphelL
HARVARD. Nb.. Dec. . Special. -At
th farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
A. Campbell, three mile east from this
city, at 11 o'clock, noon, yesterday, oc
curred th marrlag of their daughter,
Miss Anna Campbell, to Mr. Raymond
Webster, th ceremony being performed
by Rev. W. B. Hunt of th Congregational
church" of Harvard, tn th presence of a
largs gathering of th Immediate relative
and friend of th contracting parties.
Both parties have grown from childhood
In our community, but Mr. WebaUr haa
been employed In Chicago and Hammond,
Ind., a an electrician for soma tlms and
will depart for the last named place this
afternoon, where he has prepared a home,
and to which pis as th best wishes of a
host of friends will follow therm
Thro Holiday Weddings.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec 2.-(Spe-clal.)
Mr. Merton Bmlth, agent of the
Union Pacific at Alda, and Miss Ad Lam
bert wer married at th bom of th
bride's parent and left last night for a
wedding tour to Denver and surrounding
point of Interest
Mis Bertha A. Haug of Bhelton, recently
a school teacher at Holdrege, waa united
In wedlock to Mr. Or Hayman of th Hol
drege Business college, formerly of this
city.
Mr. M. Grlner and Mr. Fred Peterson
were married yesterday at the horn of
Judge Gam. Both are residents of Chap
man. Maee-Roden.
MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia.. Dc. .-Spe-clal.)Clarenee
Mac was married to
Cera Roden yesterday noon at th farm
home of Riley Smith, uncle of th bride.
About forty guest were In attendance.
Mr. and Mr. Mac will reside at Love
land. . . Lladsley-Ress.
MISSOURI VALLEY. Ia.. Deo. 29.-(Bpe-clal-Yesterday
evening at th horn of
the bride' parent, on Ninth street, oc
curred th wedding of Warren J. Lindslay
to Martha Ross. Only Immediate relatives
wer present. They will reside In Idaho.
Belknap-Paalson.
WTMORE. Neb.. Dec. . (Special.) A
charming home wedding took place at th
home of John Llser Wednesday evening,
when Mis Edith Paulson and Clifford
Belknap of lAlma, Neb., wer united In the
holy bonds of wedlock. Rev. BellvlII of
Blue Springs officiated.
llarter-Parlsh.
TABLE ROCK, Neb.. Dec. . (Special.)
-Bert Harter and Miss Myrl Parrish, both
of Table Rock, wer married Christmas
day at Pawne City.
DEATHRECORD.
John Horn.
ST. PAUL. Neb., Dec. 28. 8peclal.)-Mr.
John Horn, on of the moat aged cltisens
of this city and an old 'settler of th county,
died Tuesday night without having been
previously Ml, except by th wealrhes of
old age. Mr. Horn was on of th pioneer
of the Spring Creek region, settling there
about thirty year ago, and reached th
rip old g of n, he having been a man of
remarkable activity and endurance. Ha I
survived by hi wlf. who Is In very poor
health.
William Oanass.
NORFOLK," Nb.. Deo. . (Special Tele
gram.) William Oxnsm, aged 20, a Ne
braska university sophomore, who was
spending th holidays with his parent. Mr.
and Mr. J. H. Oxnam, died suddenly today
from acute diabetes.
Rev. Richard rovrtl.
LONDON. Dc. g.-Rv. Richard Lovett,
M. A., sscretary of th Religious Tract
society sine HSJ, and a well known wrltsr
on religious subjects, died suddenly today
of heart disease.
Mr. J. W. Patlersun.
PITTSBURG. Dets. tt.-Mrs. J. W. Pat
terson, wile of th vie president of the
Pittsburg terminal of th Wabash railway,
died suddenly last night from heart
trouble.
Rev. E. O. Tresael.
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. -Rv. E. O.
Tritssel one of the hest known l.no,
clergymen In' Ohio, and pastor of Grace
Jeweler and Optician
church, Columbua, died today from pa
ralysls. .
NOT ABLE TO EARN LIVING
Sack Is Oath Mad by Hasband Re
plying Wlf' Petition
for DlTOre.
In an answer filed with th clerk of court
to his wife' petition for a divorce Christian
Foerstner denle all th allegation of th
complaint, even to that part which credit
him with being an ablebodled man and
physically lit to earn a living for himself
and his wife, Mathilda. Mr. Foerstner
goes further and asserts that his wlf haa
been cajoled and coerced Into bringing th
suit by her children for purely selfish and
mercenary reasons.
The answer also assert that Mrs. Foerst
ner is at present forcibly detained at th
home of her stepdaughter. Mrs. Charles
Harms, at Forty-eighth and Leavenworth
streets, In Omaha; and that, although will
ing and anxious to go back to the bed and
board of th defendant, she is prevented
from doing so. Being unable to speak or
understand English, the answer says, ah
cannot assert her right nor find her way
back alone to 'the farm where they hava
mad their horn up to December 10.
Foerstner assert that on that day the chil
dren, during hi absence, consummated th
plan they laid to get hi wife away from
him and did succeed ln getting her to leave
hi bed and board without Just cause or
provocation.
Th farm seem to be th object of th
solicitude of th ohildren. aa th answer
alleges that Mrs. Foerstner om ten year
ago transferred it to her husband and It
ha ever since been In hi undisputed pos
session. Recently th young folk, accord
ing to Mr. Foerstner, started to make trou
ble between himself and his wife over the
transfer of the farm, and with uch success
that they Induced her to file th suit for
divorce.
MENDEL-BOYD CASE BACK
Old Salt Resaaaded by taprema Conrt
After Second Appeal to
that Trlbanal.
Thar has been received In th offlc of
th clerk of th district court a mandate
of th stat supreme court remanding "for
further proceeding according to law" th
case of Herman Mendel against James E.
Boyd. This wa th second appeal In this
cap, which Involves th authority of a
bank cashier to lssu draft of th bank
for himself or for hi private us,
A large sum of money waa lost by a
bank cashier, who, as the finding show,
gambled on th Board of Trad through
th commission house of defendant- Mendel
waa one of the cashier's bondsmen and to
hlra th other bondsmen assigned their
interest after Judgment had been rendered
against them on th bond. On th first
trial of the case th verdict was for th
plaintiff, but on appeal this was reversed
and a new trial ordered. Defendant won on
th second trial, and from thla Mendel ap
pealed to th supreme court on th plea of
error ln the trial. Evidence waa heard 011
th appeal before a commissioner and th
finding I that th lower court erred on th
second trial of the case, which therefor la
remanded back, a stated.
FIRE RECORD. . i
Harvard Dormitory Dsmaged.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. . Hollys
hall, the historic dormitory on th old cam
pus of Harvard university, was damaged
by fire today and the building waa barely
saved. It Is estimated that the damags
may be $0,000, though n account of th
kg of th structure It may be considerable
less. Emerson, Everett and Thoreau r
among those who roomed there In their
college day. .
HOLIDAY
LQVV RATES
To accomodate holi
day travel a rate of'
one fare plus 50 &nts
for the round trip has
been placed in effect
by the
union PACIFIC
Dates of sale, Decem
ber 24, 25, 26, 3 and .
Jannary 1 and 2, with
final return limit
January 4.
Inquire of
CITY TICKET OFFICE. ,
1324 Farnam 8L Phone 310