THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1904.
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iVews of interest FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
MIIOR ME1TIOK.
Davis e'l druf
Lefrert eglesses fit.
Blocker! sells carpets.
Duncan sells the best school shoes
Domestic cooking. S3 North Main street
Dr. Woodbury, dentists. 30 Pearl street
Dunran does the best repslrlng. 3 Main.
For rent, modern house. i3 Buth avenue.
Western la. tnlliRi; winter term Monday.
The free public library will be closed all
dxy Monday.
Riegunt selection of New Year's pictures
and lrmi. Hurwick, 211 Ho. Main.
Cigars for Christmas presents at Morgan
A Dickey's drug store. 142 Broadway.
Moras n t K.ein. upholsterers and mat-
treaa makers, moved to It B. Main. Tel. Hi
Fancy mirrors, single and triplicate, at
Morgan A Dickey's drug store. 14 U'way.
Harmony chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, will mwt thW evening to install the
reei-ntly elected officers.
Deputy Sheriff Clarence Woolmnn Is home
from a visit to Des Moines, where he spent
Christmas with relatives.
The Odd Fellows and Rebckahs will hold
another of Ihtlr siTkn of entertainments
this evening in Odd Fellows' temple.
Mrs. Amelia King, wife of E. H. King,
died yesterday at the home nt her dauKii
tT, Mrs. Crabtree, 719 Sixth avenue, ug-d
to' years.
Hevcral good solicitors and crew man
. agnrs wanted, peimanent position, good
income. AH'ly lie ollite, 10 Pearl street.
Council Hluffs.
Missouri oak dry cordwood, 16 a cord:
cobs, tl.Ti per load; shell bark hickory,
per cord, delivered. VYIUlum Welch, II
North Mam. Telephone IIS
Low prices on water-color calendars for
New Years g.fts. Alexander's, iUJ B'aay.
John H. Wallace, the Infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Wallace, ltilrt Tenth avenue,
died yesterday from lung trouble, aged 4
months. The funeral will be held tills after
noon at 1 o'clm a from tne residence and in
terment will be In Fairvlew cemetery.
Jefferson B. Hunt. 13-5 Avenue II. a car
repairer In the employ of the Northwestern
railroad, was taken into custody last even-
. Irrg on a charge . of Insanity preferred
against him by his falher-ln-law, C. E.
'Dean. He waa placed in Ht, Hernard'e hos
pital and the commissioners will Investigate
his ease this morning.
The Lady Maccabees' have elected these
officers Lady commandur, L. Luchow; lieu
tenant commander. A, Moore; record keeper,
H. binder; finance keeper, M. Luchowi
chaplain, A. Grimes; sergeant, H. Aldlngeri
misu-eHSiat-arms, K. Jlonack; sentinel, T.
Kupencump; picket, T. Luchow; captain, Al.
I Cralgmile; musician, J. Sherman.
Tonight there: will be a watch night meet
ing at the Free Methodist church at Hlx-
leentn street anu Avenue n. ine nrst ser
mon will be by Rev. W. LUlersdorf on
"Baptism of 'Roth Infants and Adults.'
Following the sermon there will be baptis
mal service.,- after which there will be ad
dresses Ijy several speakers until the ad
.vent of the new year. The services will
commence at 8 o'clock.
John Knlckmun has filed an Information
In the superior' court charging Nate ana
Jake Bethers, Will and Arthur Fegley and
Will 'Rolf with disturbing the religious
meeting at the Pentecostal - mission on
Broadway, and Fifteenth street. They are
also slleajed to have assaulted Jesse Miller,
one of the lenders of the mission. Wurrants
have been Issued for their arrest.
Hon. C. fi. Thnmns of Denver, former
governor of Colorado, arrived In the city
last evening- and today will appear before
Judge Thoinell in the district court with
other counsel to argue the motion for the
transfer of the Doyle-Burns mining suit
from the law to the equity docket. Mr.
Thomas Is one of the counsel for the de
fendant, James V. Burns, president of the
Portland Oold Mining company.
Improvers Want City Iot.
Members of the West .End Improvement
club, which contemplates erecting; a club
house on West Broadway, will petition
the city council to donate one or more of
the lota owned by the city on that thorough
fare for the proposed building. The club
contemplates expending about 1,600 in the
construction of the . building. Aldmtmi,
who have been approached on the matter,
are said to be In' fa'vor of donating the
lota The petition, It Is understood, will
be presented at the meeting of the city
council next Tuesday night
N. T. Plumbing do. Tel. 230; night, F67.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
December 30 by the Title Guaranty and
Trust company of Council Bluffs:
Pomona Land s,nd Trust company to
Mary C. Richardson, part se!4 nw1
6-74-13, w. d 812
Peter Ehlers and wife to Fred Marti, -
lot 3, block 7. Mlnden, w. ,d 1,000
J. C. Jensen and wife to Jdrgen Kas-
nr, 101 ii, diock zu, Meredith s add.,
Avoca, q. 0. d
Jorgea Kasner and wife to John Coan,
same, q. c. d
Heirs of Simeon F. Perry to Clarence
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1 , , "rlman, lot 17, blocK 6,
Suckett a add., w. d.
9i0
232
Five transfers, total.
Special for Saturday
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128 W. Broadway. Tel. 65
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Fresh pressed Spring
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Our Best Pot Roast
Beef ,
Boiling
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Muttop
Blew
Mutton
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Prime Rib Roast
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Steak
3 Pounds Porterhouse
Steak
I Pounds Round
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t Pounds Homemade
pur Pork Sausage..
Remember, we will not charge over
to Co . for our best Pot Roast of
Beef. Regular price. He to 10c.
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koutrkoM furauur or any chatul Mcurltf.
ftyuraat cn b auU oa rloclpal at an? irm
to lull borro.r. anil IntoroM r4mo4 occnrdloaly.
All kuolnaoa oonldantlal. Ixiwoat raioo. OBco ui
orr kmiii till I K, Saturday olns till 4.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN
28 PEARL ST."-oE.S
Lady Attendant If Desired.
BLUFFS
MYSTERY AB0UT SHOOTING
Wife Telia the Hospital Attaaaanti Her
Iniband Did It.
LATTER INSISTS WIFE SHOT HERSELF
tlashaad Is Placed fader Arrest, bat
Ufflrrri Are Inclined 4 Believe His
Story aad that Wesaaa Is
Derange.
L Mrs. Daisy B. Byers, wife of John M.
Byers, a flre-up man" at the Union Pacific
roundhouse. Is lying . at the Woman's
Christian Association hospital suffering
from a severe wound In the face caused by
a bullet from a revolver. Was the wound
self-inflicted or did the husband shoot his
wife? Is a question Which the authorities
are endeavoring to solve. Mrs. Byers ac
cuei her husband of shooting her. Byers,
on the other hand, emphatically denies the
charge and Insists that the woman turned
the revolver on herself. Circumstances
tend to the belief that the woman Is, owing
to sickness, somewhat mentally unbalanced
and the authorities are Inclined to believe
that the husband Is Innocent of the- shoot
ing. The shooting was done shortly before 6
o'clock yesterday . morning while Mrs.
Byers and her husband we In bed at
their home, 1124 South Sixth street. Byers
says he was awakened by the report, wh
he discovered that his wife had shot her
self. He ran at once and brought Dr.
Macrae to the house and under the let
ter's . directions the woman was removed
to the hospital. Examination at the hos
pital showed that the bullet had entered
the right cheek Just below the" ear and
after passing through the tongue had
lodged In the left Jaw. The bullet was ex
tracted and unless blood poisoning or un
foreseen complications aet In, the wound.
It Is believed, will not prove serlouo.
Hyers Vnder Arrest.
Word of the shooting waa sent to the
sheriff's office and later to the police.
Byers was taken Into custody by Sheriff
Canning and later In the day was ar
raigned before Justice Carson, when he
waived examination and was released on a
3500 bond.
Wrhen taken to the hospital Mrs. Byers
made a statement, which was taken down
by one of the attendants, In It she ac
cused her husband of shooting her. As
the woman was partially under the lnflu-
'ence of opiates at the time, the authori
ties are not Inclined to place much credence
In the statement, which was more or less
rambling and disconnected.
In the statement Mrs. Byers said she had
been 111 for a week past and that she had
been taking aconite and other medicines.
The revolver, she claimed, had been left
on the piano when they retired Thursday
night. Her hue band was lying on the
light side of the bed. She heard the re
port and felt the sting of the bullet. She
secured the weapon and emptied the re
maining loaded cartridges Into a box
alongside the bed. She was unable to say
whether her husband was standing by the
bed or lying down when the shot was fired.
She did not see him hare the revolver at
the time of the shooting. She said further
that her husband was not a drinking man
ana tnat tney had nad no quarrel.'
Statement of Hasbaad.
In a statement made to Assistant County
Attorney Hess, Byers directly contradicted
his wife. He said bis wlftfs illness had
made her somewhat delirious, and fearing
to leave her alone Thursday night with
the children he did not go to work, but
stayeU at home. The report of the revolve
awoke film and he heard his wife exclaim,
"You have shot me." His wife was then
taking the remaining cartridges out of the
weapon. When he saw that his wife waa
wounded he at once hastened for the doctor.
Beyond this Byers said he knew nothing
about the shooting. His wife, he told the
officers, was in the habit of keeping a
revolver under her pillow at night, as
he worked at night, and she and the chil
dren were consequently much alone.
Byers accompanied Assistant County At
torney Hess and Sheriff Canning to the
house, where the officers found conditions
much as had been described. The cartridges
were found In the box by the side of the
bed, where the woman said she had thrown
them.
Mrs. Byers, who Is 13 years old, is her
husband's second wife, and she has been
married to him three years. There are
two small children by Byers' former wife,
but they were asleep and were unable to
throw any light on the shooting. Mrs.
Byers is the woman who was suspected
by the police of shooting at and wounding
one of a gang of boya on Hallowe'en night
who were said to have been committing
depredations In the vicinity of her house.
Sot Sare About Locatloa.
C. H. Allyn, representing the Fuller 4
Johnson Manufacturing company of Mad
ison, Wta, which has a controlling Interest
In the Fuller & Johnson-Shugart company,
arrived In the city yesterday to confer with
the local management and the members of
the construction company, which owned
the warehouse burned down Tuesday night.
Mr. Allyn stated that the company would
continue light along in business, but was
not prepared to say that It would again
occupy a building on the site of the ware
house destroyed last Tuesday night. The
fact' that two big Implement warehouses
on this particular site have been burned
within a period of less than ten years Is
cause enough for the company to hesitate
about again occupying that location, he
said. This, however, Mr. Allyn stated,
waa a matter which would be settled later
at a conference between the two companies.
In tbe meantime the Fuller A Johnson
Shugart company waa arranging for tem
porary quarters and had under considera
tion two locations. The question of tem
porary quarters, Mr. Allyn said, would be
settled today.
As the Fuller A Johnson-Shugart com
pany Is a Wisconsin corporation, any meet
ing of the directors will be held In Madi
son, and not In this city.
Regarding the fire Mr. Allyn said: "The
destruction of the beautiful warehouse on
! Main street was -a' great blow to us as our
company took great pride In the business
i here. When we first received word of the
fire it seemed barely creditable that such,
a fins building could have been destroyed
In such a short apace of time. Phoenix
like, however, I hope that the company will
rise up stronger and better than ever. That
there will be some loss I fully expect, but
It will not be a very serious one. We have
several cars of goods on the tracks here
and as soon as the company secures quar
ters business can be resumed without fur
ther delay."
Ceaelaa Learalaar His Dalles.
Captain H. M. Plckell of Des Motnea,
chief state oil Inspector, was infche city
yesterday and Instructed Captain L. B.
Cousins, ' recently appointed deputy in
spector, In his duties. The two paid a visit
lo tha tanks of the Standard Oil company
at Fourth street and Sixteenth avenue,
where Captain Cousins was Initiated Into
the mysteries of testing oil. Captain Cou
sins, who succeeds E. C. Brown, will as
sume the duties of his new position next
Monday. The stations which will be under
his supervision are Council Bluffs, Harlan,
Atlantic, Missouri Valley, Oakland. Shenan
doah, Blanchard, Neola and Hamburg.
Depaty Cowaty Officers.
With the new county officers assuming
their positions next week speculation Is still
life as to who will be the deputies under
H. V. Battey, clerk of the district court,
and W. C. Cheyne, county, auditor. Up to
date Mr. Cheyne has declined to make any
Statement as to who will serve In his
office. Rumor, however, has It that John
Pusey, at present with County Auditor
Innes, will remain In the office with Mr.
Cheyne.
H. V. Battey, who has been deputy clerk
at Avoca, removed his family from there
yesterday and Is now located on Frank
street. He announced yesterday that Tracy
Rodwell, at present serving under Clerk
Reed, would be retained by him and that
he would take the position of record clerk
now held by Mr. Cheyne. As previously
announced, J. M. Tolllnger of Macedonia
will be deputy clerk of the court at Avoca,
Who, however, will be Mr. Battey's deputy
In the office here la still a matter of con
jecture. O. O. Balrd, who on the first of the year
will become county recorder, has an
nounced that his deputy will be E. A.
Lathrop and that Miss Graham will also
remain In the office under him. Dillon
Ross, secretary of the Board of Educution,
as announced, will be aaslstant county at
torney under County Attorney J. J. Hess.
I.ytle Seen res Release.
W. R. Lylle, the Omaha young man who
got Into trouble last week by smashing In
the front door of Pawnbroker Lapldlus'
pawnshop on Broadway at a late hour In
the night, has secured his release from the
city Jail, where he has been serving a
bread and water sentence.
Friends of the young man finally came to
his assistance and not only paid the bal
ance of the fine assessed Against him for
disturbing . the peace, but succeeded In
securing a dismissal of the charge on
which he bad been bound over to await
the action of the district grand Jury. This
they effected by""Compensatlng Lapldlus for
the damage he had suffered.
Lytle, after spending a night seeing the
sights of Council Bluffs, ran short of cash
and wanted to pawn his overcoat. Owing
to the lateness of the hour. Pawnbroker
Lapldlus refused to open the door, snd
then Lytle smashed In the glass panel.
This aroused Lapldlus and he laid Lytle
hors do combat with a vigorous kick In the
stomach and held the young man captive
until the police arrived.
Inspecting Warehouse Sites.
The directors of the Council Bluffs a rape
Growers' Shipping association held a meet
ing yesterday afternoon to discuss the ques
tion of selecting a sfte for the warehouse
to be erected by the association. The as
sociation has a number of offers of sites
from the different railroads centering here
and an inspection of the various locations
was made. While nothing definite was de
cided upon, the directors generally favored
a site at the corner of Ninth avenue and
Seventh street, offered by the Oreat West
ern railroad. This waa the site offered
for the canning factory which the mem
bers of the association will conduct In
connection wth the fruit shipping bmi-,
ness. The question of a site for the ware
house. It Is said, will be definitely de
termined next week.
Plumbing and beating. Blxby ft Bon.
Rooms and cafe. Ogden hotel.
Ditch Hearing! End.
ONAWA, la., Dec. 30. (Special.)-Owing
to delays In trains the Monona and Harri
son County Board of Supervisors did not
convene at Onawa until late, yesterday
afternoon. The report of Engineer Huff
and Commissioners Tobey and Perrln to as
sess benefits on tbe Crane outlet ditch was
accepted without change. Three or four
objectors appeared and were given a hear
Ing, but after due consideration by the
boards their claims were overruled. This
meeting practically concludes the ditch
business for some time, except proceedings
In the district court. The Monona and
Harrison ditch parties will not meet again
until the first Monday In May, unless
sooner -called together by the county audi
tors.
Body Remains at Onawa.
ONAWA, la., Dec. .-Speclal.)-Mayor
Harlow today received a letter from
Charles Flynn of Allen, Neb., stating that
Ed Flynn, the man killed at the Aahton
crossing, two miles north of Onawa, by the
Chicago & Northwestern railway, Decem
ber SO, was his brother, and requested a
bill of the burial expenses, saying the
family would pay same at once and that
the body would be allowed to remain In
the Onawa cemetery, where It was burled.
Charles Flynn stated that his brother left
home several years ago. Ed Flynn had
been In Sioux City for some dsys before
starting down the . road. The body was
very badly mangled, tne entire freight
train having passed over it.
Boy Killed While Haatina-.
CRESTON, la., Dec. 80. (Special. -While
starting for a rabbit hunt Ellis Overholxer.
a 14-year-old lad of Knowlton, waa shot
and killed. The accident took place before
the lad and his companions had left the
city limits. Overholser waa walking In
front when the gun of a companion . was
discharged, the ahot entering his back,
breaking the spine and mangling the body
horribly. Death was Instantaneous. The
lad In whoss hand the gun was at the time
of the accident Is prostrated with grief.
Pleased wlthi Hervey's Election.
CRESTON, la.. Dec. 30. (Special.) Cres
ton friends of H. H. Hervey, who at one
time held a position In the storehouse or
the Burlington road at Creston, have re
ceived word of his appointment to the post,
tioa of general car Inspector of the Bur
lington lines -east of the Missouri river.
BISHOP WILU VISIT POPE
Onaaba Prelate la te Make His Official
Call at Rente . This
- Year.
Rt. Rev. Richard SoannelL, bishop of the
Omaha diocese, will make his visit ad
limine to Rome this year. Thtf Is the
official Journey required of every bishop
once In ten years, when he must go to
Rome to make a personal report to the
pontiff oh the state of the church In his
diocese. Bishop Scannell has been In
Europe several times since his last visit
ad limine, but that does not effect his
going this year. Tbe time Is not definitely
decided, but It Is understood he will go
In the summer and spend two months, or
perhaps more, abroad.
Clothes Line Is Robbed.
J. B. Rabm. who lives at 1106 South
Thirty-first street, reported to the police
last evening that sc e one had stolen some
clothes from a line In his back yard, where
they were hung to dry. The clothes taken
consisted ef . napkins, towels and underwear.
SUERCLIFFE SELLS CIGARS
Former Cermet Frtpaiti to Maka Eil
Home it Dea Keinaa.
WILLIAMS MUIT GO TO. SOUTH DAKOTA
Oae Mere Soldier ef tbe Revelation
Barled la Iowa War with
W ashlagtoa at Valley
Forge.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. Deo. 30.-Speclal.)-6het-man
Morris, alias Frank Shercllffe, ar
rived In Des Moines today from Logan and
engaged to work In a local cigar store and
remain In Dee Moines. He came from his
former home In Marshall county, where he
has been spending some time. Sherclifre
declares that he Is not In the least alarmed
about being prosecuted on the old Indict
ment In Jefferson county. This Indictment
Is for robbery at Lockridge fourteen years
ago and the Indictment had been lost, but
was recently resurrected, snd statements
have been made that Shercllffe would be
prosecuted on this. He states that this be
came known to him at Logan, and he went
through a habeas corpus proceeding there
which will prevent any action being taken
at Fairfield.
Stand Trial n oah Dakota.
Governor Cummins today Issued a requisi
tion for the taking to South Dakota of Ed
Williams, now In jail In Bloux City, ac
cused of making the attempt to rob Frank
Battraw, a hermit who lived near Jeffer
son, 8. D. On the night of September 24
Battraw was awakened at his hut, where
he had lived alone for forty years, three
men seeking entrance and demanding his
money. Ha fired a shotgun at them and
they went away. Later the same night
Williams waa picked up In an alley In
Sioux City wounded as though shot In the
side. He has protested that he was passing;
through Sioux CJty snd was shot and
robbed. It was found that two men, who
are supposed to have been running a
"fence" In Sioux City, had hired a livery
rig the evening before and kept it nut most
of the night. Williams was visited In Jail
by a mysterious woman, who was supplied
with plenty of money snd who employed
lawyers to fight the case for him, and .t.he
appeared here last week and made strong
resistance to having Williams sent to 8outh
Dakota for trial. The governor decided he
was a fugitive and should stand trial.,
New Adjntant on Hand.
Captain W. H. Thrift of Dubuque, who
will February 1 become adjutant general or
Iowa, waa In the city today and held a con
ference with the governor and General
Byers, the outgoing adjutant general. He
has not decided upon his assistant nor any
of his office force, nd declared. he woulff
nof; do so for some time. He went from
here to Boone for a visit with his mother
before her departure for California.
One More Revolntlonary Hero.
Still one more hero of the revolution has
been found resting In Iowa soil. Curator
Aldrlch of the State Historical department
received Information today that Martin
Linn, who was burled In a cemetery at Tip
ton, was a soldier of. the revolution ana
fought under Washington, and was with
the army at Valley Forge. He died In 18fi3
at the age of 101 years, -and his widow drew
a pension for several year. This makes the
seventh revolutionary, soldier burled In
lows. ,. ,,.
Prosecute Milk Dealers.
W. E. Smith, assistant dairy commis
sioner, went to Council Bluffs this evening
for the purpose of appearing In cases
wherein certain milk . dealers are being
prosecuiea xor adulterating their product
Casualty Compear Defeated. .
Tfi I u . -I ... . j
... uiokiui i-uun a uemurrer was sus
tained to the petition of the Bankers'
muiuai casualty company of this city
against the First National bank of Council
Bluffs to collect a small amount due on a
policy of Insurance sgalnst robbery. The
court held that at the lime of the making
urn. oi me poncy the company was not
legauy chartered.
Keeping Ont gmallabs.
City officials are striving In every way
possiDie to Keep the epidemic of smallpox in
Guthrie county from spreading Into Des
Moines. Two cases were- caught Just In
time upon arrival from Panora. The Board
of Health has sent out letters to superin
tendents of all railroads leading Into the
city asking their co-operation. There are
a large number of cases in and near Pa
nora. OMAHA MEN AT THE MEETING
Manderson, Holdrege and BIdwell
Will Attend American
Forest Congress.
Nebraska's delegation to the American
Forest congress Is on the way to Wash
ington, D. C, where the sessions of the
body will be held. Omaha railroads will
be represented by General Charles F.
Manderson, general solicitor, and George W.
Holdrege, general manager of the Burling
ton, and George F. Bldwell, general man
ager of the Northwestern. The congress,
which will be In session for five days, be
ginning January 2, Is one of paramount
Importance, as Its purpose Is to increase
the growth of timber In this country and
to preserve the forests. ,
It is expected about 1,000 delegates will
be present from all parts of the country
and some of the most notable men In
America are to be represented. The con
gress Is held under the auspices of the
American Forestry association and was
planned under the direction of James Wil
son, secretary of agriculture, who will
also preside over the congress, although
President Roosevelt is honorary president.
Among other prominent railroad men of
the country who will be represented are
A. J. Cassatt; president of the Pennsylvania
railroad- system, and. Howard Elliott, presi
dent of the Northern Pacific.
The heads of the various departments of
agriculture and Irrigation at Washington
will make addresses, among the speakers
being George H. Maxwell, chairman of the
National Irrigation association, and F. H.
Newell, chief engineer of the United States
reclamation service. General Manderson of
this city is one of the speakers and will
address ths congress on the subject of
"Forestry in Relation to Railroad Sup
plies." Other subjects to be discussed are:
-Relation of the Publlo Forest Lands to
Irrigation," "Rslatlon of the, Public Forest
Lands to Graslng," "Ths Lumber Industry
and the Forest," "Importance of the Public
Forest Lands to Mining," "National Forest
Policy" snd ' State Forest Policy."
The congress la attracting the attention
of the greatest minds In all parts of the
country, as the object of the meeting Is to
deal with a scientific problem that directly
or Indirectly affects the success of a vast
Held of Industries.
laaaeetloa ef Mew Bridge.
John K. Webster and a oartv nf r.iim.
officials and Omaha cltlsens left this after-
noun ior cui uiiuiii 10 inspect ths I II
nola Central bridge, which has been com-
neitm aiiq i. reauiy lu oe iniown open on
anuary 1. The viaduct has bean rUni.
to ero.s the river at right ang ea and the I
rtT".n"ou
ally a new bridge . e I
TheJimeisUp Tonight
at 9 O'clock
The greatest event of the holiday season will take place at
Leffert's. The awarding of the four big presents will take place
at 9 o'clock. Bring your coupons without fail.
One More Day for an Opportunity to Get One of
the (Absolutely Free) Presents
Anyone who makes a. cash purchase of one dollar, or for
every dollar paid on account,, will receive a coupon which will
entitle the holder to an opportunity to receive free one of the four
big presents. We are going to make someone happy: it might
as well be you.
Diamond Ring $125. Solid Gold Watch $65.
Cut Glass Dish $25.
One Dozen Solid Silver Teaspoons $17.
Jeweler and Optician.
HILL BANKS ON THE CANAL
Burlingtoi Backi Mofiatt, but Will Not
Itself luild to Ooait.
of'
SUCH IS REMARK
ONE OFFICIAL
Since Building of Isthmian Waterway
Beeame Settled on Minnesota
, Msgnate Abandons Idea
of Paelfte Line.
An Unguarded remark made by a high
Burlington official would seem to set at
rest all possibilities of another coast line
by the Burlington, although rumors of such
a plan have been circulated from time to
time for years. Reports that the Burling
ton Intended to push west to the coast
from Denver were very strong two years
ago, and when the Denver, Northwestern
ft Pacific road was first launched by Da
vid H. Moffatt, many people believed they
saw behind this project the veiled hand
of the Burlington.
The Burlington is thought to be the
money power behind the Moffatt road.
When Mr. Moffatt went east to float bonds
for the building of his road, something over
a year ago, his plans were held up by
money powers In New York City, which, It
Is said, were adverse to the road, for the
reason. It was said, that It would evenually
become a rival to the Southern Pacflc.
These reports were contradicted, but the
fact remains that a hitch occurred in the
financing. Then, after a long wait, came
the announcement that the bonds had been
placed and that the building of the Moffatt
enterprise was assured. This was after
several trips had been made to the east.
On the heels of this report came the an
nouncement of the Mofiatt promotors that
they had changed the route as originally
laid out and that It had been proposed to
use old surveys and canyon lights of the
Burlington. These surveys were made
years ago, when the Burlington really was
headed for Salt Lake City and the coast.
In fact, the Burlington land syndicate still
holds thousands of dollars worth of valua
ble Salt Lake City property secured In
the days when It was almost certain that
the Burlington would push on to San Fran
cisco. Bnrllnsrlon Equipment I'sed.
Nearly all the equipment used by the
Moffatt road at Denver Is Burlington
equipment. Burlington tracks and rights-of-way
are used and it is now generally
admitted there will be the closest sort of
traffic agreement between the Burlington
and the Moffatt lines when the new road la
completed. It la here where the signifi
cance of the remark made becomes ap
parent "Tou know," said the official, "that the
Moffatt road Is backed by Burlington capi
tal. Burlington money Is building the road
through to Salt Lake City," '
"I take It, then," was the reply, "that
It Is the Intention of the Burlington to go
to the coast"
"No," was t,he answer. "The Burlington
has abandoned all thoughts of building to
the- coast"
"Since when?"
"Ever since the building of the Isthmian
canal became an established fact. That
canal will be the strongest competitor west
ern roads have experienced. Very little Is
said about it, but high transcontinental I
f (eight xatea will be riddled to pieces., Al
though the canal Is still a long way In the
future, railroads you know look long dls- '
tances Into the future. Railroads rarely '
build for the present;- they build for the
future. This la narticularlv tma nf ui.ra i
lines and It is strikingly true of a coast I
.. . - n . . ... '
line weat from Salt Lake.
xne uuriington
does not want the line. It would not be a
really paying proposition for years' and ten
or twenty yeara from now, when returns
should be expected, from such a venture,
the prospects will have been destroyed by
canal competition," J
NECK AND SKULL ArTbROXEN
Chisago Maaaarer fas Vtaahbara
Creaky Ceaaaaay Killed by rail
Over Banister.
CHICAOO, Deo. aft W. R. Tones, man
ager of the Chicago offloe of tbe Washburn-Crosby
company, wholesale flour
dealers of Minneapolis,' Minn., died here
today from Injuries sustained In a fall
over a banister In his horns. His skull
and neck were broken In the fall. Mr.
Jones had been suffering for soms time
from rheumatism, and It Is supposed that
"mb ."dn'X became useless and
caused him to fall. For the last three years
I WsnSHantn
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
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CENTRAL GROCERY
AND MEAT MARKET
PHONE 24 , 630-602 BROAD WtY
A Few New Prloi for thi Hew Yesr
Bulk . Oysters, solid pack, quart ...25c
S'-pound pail Silver Star Lard... ,31c
Best Breakfast Bacon, lb....- ...Oic
Good Hams, lb Eft
Beefsteak, lb .66
Beef Roast, lb..." Sc
Best Porterhouse Steak, 3 lbs. for....25c
Best Sirloin Steak, 3 lbs. for 25c
Spareribs, lb' Be
We Have a Full Supply of Oysters, Chickens. Geese,
Turkeys, Ducks and Celery for Haw Year's Dinner
Mr. Jones has been manager of the Washburn-Crosby
company's Chicago office. He
has been connected with the company for
ten years, coming to Chicago from St.
Lou U, where he was also .manager of the
local office of the, company. Previous to
that time he was manager of the Detroit
office. .
LAST CENT TO FREE HUSBAND
Wife Forfeits Entire tarings to
Get Her Bpoese Ont
Of Jail.
A case of the ruling passion strong In
feminine, life was made manifest Thursday
evening at the city Jail.
Peter Madsen and his wife live at 1110
South Eighth street About the time the
big clock on the poe (office was striking the
seventh hour p. m. Mrs. Madsen rushed
wildly Into the police station, with large
tears dripping from her eyelids and a Uttls
shawl around her shoulders. She told Desk
Sergeant Havey a lot of things about her
husband. He became Intoxicated and
abused her, aha said. She wanted htm ar
rested. Officer Rlnn soon had Madsen
taken to Jail, where he was booked with
being drunk and abusing his family.. -
Ip about an hour Mrs. Madsen returned
to the Jail and asked to hold conversation
with her liege lord. She saw her husband
through Iron bars, which proved to be tbe
bale of hay that broke the camel's aplne.
Remorse seised the woman like the tenan
cies of A deep sea Inhabitant Shs could
not shake off the feeling of pity that sud
denly arose for her Incarcerated spouse.
She asked Captain Haae if he could not
throw open the prison bars and release
Madsen, as she knew she would net sleep
that night and know that her husband was
In Jail.
Th uau Procedure of furnishing a bond
. a a.nt.ln A t a v.- ol. . i
was explained to her. She went home.
She sojn returi ed to the Ji.ll 'Si.d brought
In small change J0, which was the amount
of the bond. Madaen was released and
waa nearly smothered by his wife, who
threw her arms around ths man and gave
him one little kiss squarely on the mouth.
She waa a happy woman.
A police officer Is authority for the state
ment that the woman had been saving the
130 to buy a new kitchen range, but gladly
relinquished the Savings of months when
It was up to her to get her husband out of
Jail, notwithstanding It had been at her
Instigation he waa arrested. Neither did
she appear to police court to appear agalnat
Madsen, and It la thought ahe Intends to
forfslt the bond rathsr than push the case,
although It may be arranged to dismiss
the ease and thus allow ths woman to buy
the stove on schedule time.
Caoght Stealing; Coal.
While trying to steal a wagonload of coal
from the B. t M. ral'road Percy Pnrr.il nl
South Omaha waa arrested. Percy had suc
ceeded In getting I ha wagon about half
loaded with black diamonds when he was
Jeweler and Optician.
in
discovered by Officer Wilson 'and brought
to the police station along with the coal
that he had loaded Into the wagon. Purcell
said at the station that he had a notion to
start home with a part of a load, but
thought he might as well get a wagonloaA
and so save another trip.
NEGRO TELLS ANOTHER TALE
8t. Lonls Prisoner Hew' Denies HI
Story of Making Thefts
fa Omaha.
Chief of Police Donahue has received
second letter from the chief at St. Louis,
saying Charles Butler, the negro arrested
last Tuesday with a lot . of , supposed
plunder, now says he stole the stuff at
Helena, Ark., Instead of In the proscribed
district at Omaha, as he first maintained.
Butler's statement about stealing the stuff
here caussd ths polios officials to look over
all their records, with the result they
could find no report showing a description
of any of the stuff found en Butler. .
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
PROPOSALS FOR BULLS DEPART
ment of the Interior, office eg
Indian affaire, Washington , D. C
December It, lwX. Sealed proposals, ea
dorsed "Pioposals for Bulls," and ad
dressed to the commissioner of Indian af
fairs. Wsahlngton, D. C, will bs reeelved
at ' this offloe until S o clock, p. m., of
February 14, 1K6, for furnishing and deliv
ering at Standing Rock Agency, North Da
kota, one hundred bulls; said bulls to be
not less than two nor more than three
years old, weight not less than too pounds
each, to be full-blood Herefords, proper
certificates to be fumlehed on demand, to
be bred northof the south line of the state
of Kansas, schedules which will be made
a part of the proposals, containing blank
forms for bidding, detail specifications and
conditions to be observed by bidders, will be
furnished upon application to this offloe.
to the publishers of The Bee, Omaha, Neb.:
Pioneer, Mandan, N t.; Pioneer Press, St,
Paul, Minn.: Live Stuck Indicator, Kansas
City, Mo.: Breeders' Oasette, and the
Drovers' Journal, Chicago, 111.; ths super
intendents of the U. S. Indian warehouses
at 166 South Canal street. Chicsgo, 111., and
tlS Howard street, Omaha, Neb., and at tu
South Seventh street, St. Louis. Mo., or
to the U. S. Indian agent, Standing Rock
Agtncy, Fort Yates, North Dakota. Bide
upon the blanks are not absolutely neces
sary: they may be made In any other form
Provided the conditions are observed. For
further information apply to W. A. Jones,
commissioner.
DecT-2-nJs n-e-7-10-U-14-M
OFFICE CONSTRtJCTINCI QUARTER
master. Fort Des Moines, la., December
0, 14. Staled proposals, in triplicate,
will be received here until I p. m., Standard
time. January II. M, for constructing,
plumbing, steam heating and electric wiring
at Fort Des Moinee, Iowa, 1 field officers'
Quarters, 1 double sets captains' quartero,
t double sets lieutenants quarters, 1 double
aet quarters for civilian employee, t double
calvary barracks, t double stable guard and
shop buildings, 4 calvary stables, 1 wagon
shed and aMdltlon to quartermaster's store
house. Information lurnlahf ,,n iniiim.
lion here or st depot quartermaster's offices.
U "x A v Chicago, 111.. Saint Louis. Mo
snd Omaha, Neb. United States reserves
rign
to accent or relact inn or all nrn.
poaall
IS or parts thereof. Knvalnnaa unn.
talnlng proposals
annua w-vuqh i snouia d enaoraad rrim
for ," address L. Hardeman.
Q. M.
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