THE OMAHA:---DAILY- BEE: WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 8. 1905.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
s. COUNCIL BLUFFS
i '
BURNS OUSTED AS PRESIDENT
Vota of Stockholders is Almost Three to
One Againrt Elm.
DECLINES TO JOIN THE MINE OWNERS
Hirh Stronger neolaln Are Of
fcred hr ! Burns Faction, bat
The?. Are Ypted Dana by
the Stockholders.
The annual mnetinir uf tho stockholders
of the Portland Gold Mining; company of
Colorado, after a two days' session, came
to close at, a lato hour last night, and
with It the defeat, of James F. Burns,
president of the company place Its organlia
tion In-JMM, ' ' .
The faction opposed to rresldrnt Burns
succeeded In voting 'a largo majority of
the stuck and thereby cjagtlng Us slate
for the Board of Directors. The directors
elected are Irving Howbert, Frank G.
Peclc, Thomas F. Burns. Carl B. Chamber
lln and lr. D. rtWe. The last two, who
are administrators of the Stratton estate,
take the place on the board of James F.
Burns tuid R. O. Shannon.
Of the U,(MiO,000 stock IJ.MO.OOO was repre
sented at the meeting and voted. Presi
dent Burns voted 693,000 shares, while the
opposition controlled 1. 847,000. ' Burns was
a candidate for re-election' as director, but
received only the vote which he controlled,
namely, 6M,0uO shares.',
It was 8 'o'clock last night before the
committee on credentials announced that
It was ready to report and It was 11 o'clock
before the meeting was brought to a close.
The. test vote came em the proposition to
allow the Voting of 431,000 shares, including
the Shannon interests, on which the com
mittee made no recommendation. Burns
voted against the proposition, but it car
ried by- a, vote of about l.sw.ow. These
shares were then voted against Burns.
A, resolution thanking President Burns for
ills eincicnt management was unanimously
adopted. . '
The following resolution was adopted,
PrcldeiH-Burns alone voting against it: '
Itesnlyfid, That It be the sense of the
stockholders assembled that the directors
of the Pfrt-tland Clold Mining company are
hereby directed not to advunee any of the
funds now In the treasury of the Portland
Gold Mining company, or that hereafter
may bo in thr treasury, for the use or bene
fit of the Cripple Creek Mine Owners' as
sociation at- any association of like charac
ter. Strong Resolution Defeated.
These resolutions were offered, but failed
to carry:
And be It further Resolved. That the
directors of the Portland Gold Mining com
pany be directed not to Join or become
momlwri of the said' Mine Owners' associa
tion or any other 'association similar in
crtnrweter.-
Bo It Resolve. That It Is the sense of
the Block holders In meeting assembled that
the board of directors be Instructed to give
Instructions to the assistant manager of the
mine, ' or its superintendent or whoever
mny have active charpe of the property,
that he or they desist from compelling em
ployes, of the company to go before a mili
tary commission, or any other committee,
for the purpose of taking out cards of mem
bership or sny other cards either In the
Cripple Creek Mine OwnerB' association or
any other association or organization of
whatsoever character or purpose.
Resolved, , That It Js the sense of the
storkholders assrmMed that the directors
be requested to Institute a suit In the fed
eral courts neilnst James H. Penbody for
re sum nf $ii.co riRmagPi? for the unlaw
ful and arbitrary acts In rinsing down tho
Portland mine by the military authority on
June 9, 1M.
j Monarch
Coat
JUST WHAT
YOU WANT
,i5
- The king of all Wyo
,ming coala-comes from
Sheridan district is the
hardest Lignite coal mined
no 'soot, no clinkers, no
sulphur, little smoke, clean
ajshes holds fire longer
hap any soft coal known
stakes the place of An-,
thracite and is much more
.economical. Conies in
lump and egg size. Lump,
$f?0;, Nut, $6.00 per ton,
delivered! Try a ton and
' be convinced.
y I also sell Dry Missouri
Oak Wood $0.00 per cord
delivered.
IXVRftTinATISG MrtTOH CHARGES
Committee to Inqnlre Into Rights of
street Railway.
The city council, at the instigation of
Mayor Macrae, has decided to discover.
If possible, under which franchise the
motor company claims to operate Its street
car system In Council Bluffs. For the
purpose of making the required Investiga
tion a special committee consisting of
Aldermen Tounkerman, Crlppen and Gil
bert has been appointed. This committee
has been Instructed to devise and recom
mend some method by which all but one
of the ' franchises Can be annulled, the
mayor being of the opinion that one is
sufficient for the mofor company to operate
under.
There are three franchises In existence,
but as to their validity it is said there is
a question, and more than one city official
has given It as his opinion, that if the
matter was probed deep enough there
would be a grave question whether the
motor company had any valid franchise
at all. In the first place, there Is the old
franchise granted to the Omaha & Coun
cil Bluffs Railway & Bridge company.
This the company sought to have ex
tended for a further period of fifty years
in 1897, but the supreme court held that
the ordinance was Invalid for want of
proper publication. It will be remembered
that Hon. George Carson, then mayor,
only attached his signature to the ordi
nance at a late hour of the night preced
ing tho day on which the new code went
into effect and under which all franchises
had first to be submitted to a vote of the
people before being granted. The ordinance
was published in an extra edition of a
local newspaper Issued Just before mid
night of that night and a few copies
hawked h the streets by officers of the
motor company. The courts, however, held
that the publication In this special issue
was not sufficient and that .therefore the
ordinance was null and void.
Then, again, there is another franchise
granted to the Council Bluffs, Lake Man
awa & East .Omaha Construction com
pany, which was duly voted on at a spe
cial election by the cltiiens. This com
pany started to build the line to Luke
Manawa and to construct an opposition
system to the old street car company. It
was absorbed by the Omaha, Council
Bluffs & Suburban Railway company, of
which Colonel Charles R. Hannan and his
associates were the organizers. Later this
company was absorbed by the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge com
pany. Under a resolution adopted by the city
council a few years back the suburban
company was granted permission to paral
lel or ' "straddle" the tracks of the old
company 'On all of the principal streets,
and It is contended that the motor com
pany, today depends on this resolution for
its right to certain streets.
It has been questioned whether the
franchise to the Council Bluffs, Lake Man
awa & East Omaha Construction company
was valid, It being argued that the com
pany was merely a copartnership and not
a corporation. Anyhow, theseare all the
questions wflleh the special committee has
now to investigate and report bcJc Its con
clusions t6 rW city council. - - .
Another special committee consisting of
Aldermen Maloney, C. en and Olson has
been appointed to investigate the com
plaints that tho '.llnols Central railroad
Is attempting to evade the conditions of
its bridge charter by falling to provide
proper approaches so' that- vehicles can
pass over the bridge. This committee has
been instructed to report back to the city
council at as early a date as possible.
Germany. She came to America thirty-five
years ago, since when she made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Rosch. Despite
her extreme age Mrs. Hooker retained all
her faculties until a short time preceding
her death. The funeral will be held from
the residence, 211 Fifteenth avenue, Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock and Interment
will be in Falrvlew cemetery.
Program of Rdltors' Convention.
This program has been arranged for the
third seml-anhual meeting of the Western
Iowa EdltorKl association to be held in
this city Friduy and Saturday, February 21
and 25: ...
BATl'RDAY.
9:30 Called to order.
9:45 "J.wrI Amenities," Bert Smith,
Avoca Journal-Herald.
Discussion.
10 question Box, T. Child, Dunlap Her
ald. 11 :4n "AH Home rr1nt," P. B. Brown,
Shftlby County Republican.
Discussion.
12:00 Dinner.
1:30 "Country Correspondence," W. C.
Campbell, Harlan Tribune.
Discussion.
2:16 "Fifty Tears a Printer," 11. C. Ford.
Woodbine Twiner.
S:0o "Advertising, from a Country Mer
chant's Standpoint.'' H. S. Fleming (Carey
ft Fleming, merchants), Cllenwood. -.;
Discussion. - -
4-.i0 "The Editorial Page," W. C. Hilta,
Oakland Acorn. i, -
Discussion.
6:00 Introduction and Installation of new
officers.
The sessions will be held In the rooms of
the Commercial club. There will be no
business Friday afternoon and the time will
be devoted to a social gathering. Friday
evening, according to present plans, the
visitors will be tendered a theater party at
the local opera house. The opening busi
ness session will be Saturday morning.
These are the officers of the association:
President, E. T. Child, Dunlap Herald; sec
retary, E. A. Stevens,-Silver City Times.
These comprise the program committee:
F. M. Beymer, Avoca Journal-Herald;
Everett Stewart, Persia Globe; E. A. Ste
vens, Sliver City Times.
We Welch
h OFFICE' 16 N. MAIN ST.
Tel. 128.
Federal Juries Drawn.
The following grand and petit juries for
the March term of United States court in
this city, which will open Tuesday; March
14, were drawn yesterday by W. C. Mc
Arthur, clerk of the court, and Captain O.
A I. Lucas, jury commissioner for the west
ern division-: '
Grand Juiors-tJherman F. Myers, Anita;
T. F. Arniuug, Lenox; John W. Rush,
Red Oak; , M. Rover, Woodbine; Bennett
Mills, Atlantic; Kd Ford. Des Moines; John
N. Edwards, Irwin; P.. M. Bell. Prescott; S.
H. Momtt, Greenfield; F. A. Hetter, Stan
ton; J. C Bonwell, Ross; William Hender
son, Afton; Frank Zanher, Mbdale; Wil
liam Fortune, Elliott; E. M. Ijewis, Klrk
man; Ueorge Bolger,-Menlo; W. H. Vance,
Wlnterset; A. L. Kennedy, Collins; J. H.
Croak, Pacific Junction; George Mander
son, Tale: Alfred Wright, Dcnlson; J. S.
Crlswell. Strahan; Thomas Powell, Casev;
10. J. (linn, Breda; T. A. Fisher, Shannon
City; James Holden, Scranton.
Petit Jury John K. Churdan, Chnrdan;
Kom(r McConneil. 'Waukee; W. Johnson,
Brooklyn; K. S. Garrison, Logan; H. Mc
Cartney. Thurmani .ll, U. Lynch. Spauld
Ing; Hermann Raumhover, Carroll; M. M.
Parr. Mount Ayr: George S. Wilson, Mal
vern: William C. McGinnls, Bedford; Joseph
Ankeny, Prescott: John N. Miller. Clarlnda;
William Metsger, Manning; Lewis . Gould,
Cromwell; James purbin, Emerson; W. W.
DeWltt, Glenwood: Robert Hogue.-Tlngley ;
A. M. Langel, Breda; J. A. Chambers; Rals
ton: J. C. Mllllman, Logan; lxw Nugle
Clarlnda: F. C. Snyder. - Bayard; John
Welahton. Audubon: K. Y. Tfnnrun rv-n.
ling; Q. H. Messenger, Adel; C. H. Thomas.
Inox; E. Vial, Adel; J. J. IJnn, Jefferson;
j T. A.. Haxelette, Outhrie -Center; R. R.
rj,r". . J- xtugu. Manning;
W. N. Adams. Missouri Valley; E. Y.
Young. Atlantic: If. I,. Carr. Blockton: A.
Hollowell, Keokuk: B. McCord. Harlan;
Thomas Weldman, Red Oak; E. O. Evans.
Lenox; H. K. Forsythe, Grlswold: Frank
Dlnnal, Dow City: . .T. E. Wenks. Des
Moines; E. T. Cold, Irwin; H. J. McFarland.
Davenport! Ray Mill. Audubon; Edwin
Perry. Maiming': Charles Williamson. Wil
liamson: L. B. Wilson, Creston; J. E. Mc
Gulre, Exlra. ...
YARD, 8th St. and 11th
' Ave, Tel. 977.
i
DAY SCHOOL. NIGHT SCHOOL
WESTERN IOWA COLLEGE
Big Winter Terra Opens Monday.
Jan. t, lfc. New Classes la all de
portments. E. P. MILLER. President
Jfasoala Tempi. 'Phono B61.
CHATTEL LOANS
A. A. CLARK . CO.
BaUBIUIwa Itu.
Bressokf uf lUia si r rwn'i ew Star,
To us korrow any amount on catiia. aorta,
eouaehoU furallurs wr ju cuatt.4 avcurur
runwu co ba auda oa piaclBai at aar tint
to atiit korrovar, and uttraat ntfucad according!.
All baalaaaa aooAdaaltol. t miat Taia. - Offl via
wr roiS ill! t.W; Saturday ran I a- till .
A
LEWIS CUTLER
28 PEARL ST.
Ladr Atteudoi It Uair
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. Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The- Bee
February 7 by the Tide Gmranty und Trust
company of Council Bluffs:
John D.' Wet and wife to William
Poppe, lot 18, block 19, Railroad add.,
w d a
Anna E. Cook to H. M. Lembke, e
sei aw", 3ti-75-38, w d sjo
L. K. Potter and wife to J. M. WI1-"
Hams, lot 3, part lot 2, block 1, Big
Grove add.', Oakland; part Jot 4, Aud.
sub., nw'i swVi 12-7o-(, c d 1
Mary L. Marshall and huahand to R. .
Bergman, part lot 2, block 12, Hall S
add., w d 700
William Poppt and wife to George
Howe, lot 18, block 19, Railroad add.,
wd jo,
James Brown to Emily Brown, lot 7,
part lot , Au.l. sub. of outlot 3.
a.ace-oi la; part lot 5, Macedonia, w U
Six transfers; total.'. 13,901
For Heat. .
An excellent omoe location at 10 Pearl
street. Only four doors from corner Broad
way and Pearl street. Centrally located on
ground floor and a nice large show window.
Call at 10 Pearl street. Bee offlcs. Council
Bluffs. .. ' .
Rooms and cafe. Ogden hotel.
MINOR MKSTIO..
Davis sells drugs.
Leffert'S glasces fit.
Btockert sells carpets.
Valentines at DeLong's. '
Don't miss Duncan's discount sale.
Plumbing and Heating. Blxby ft Son.
Big discount on shoes at Duncan's.
Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl street
Duncan does the best repairing, 23 Main.
Go to night school. Western Iowa College.
BeBt place to buy valentines, DeLong s,
406 Broadway.. . -
Lowest prices st DeLong's. '
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smith left Monday
for a two months' trip to Cuba.
School drawing,' practice and' music, pa
pers. C. E. Alexander, 33S B'way, .
Justice of the Peace H.-H.' Field, Is con
fined to his home with an attack of the
grip. '
Mrs. P. C. DeVoI and 'son will ' leave 'to
morrow for an extended trip through the
south.
If you tell us what you need in the lum
ber line we will tell you how much we.cap.
save you on it. C. llafcr. ( .' .
W. Waugh Lauder will gfve a "series) of
lectures, recitals and concerts at St. Fran
cis' academy February 18, 20 and 21,
T'.ie report 6f City Physician Tlnley for
Januar; shows seventy-three births and
thirty-seven deaths during the month.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
to Ed D. Allen of Underwood. Ia., aged 24,
and Eva Gatrost of McClelland, la., aged -
William Hansen and family of 622 North
Eighth street left yesterday for a .' thrfe
weeks' visit with relatives In Wahoo. Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Thompson, who
recently resigned the management of the
Ogden hotel, left yesterday for San Fran
cisco. Rev. H, W. Starr, raptor ,of SL,-Paul's
Episcopal church, -and -wife -are eloted
home today from a visit to relatives in
Texas. . .. . .
: Missouri oak dry ' cordWdOd. Is a cord,
cobs' H.76 per load, shell "bark hickory 17
per cord, delivered. Wllliant Welch, WKorth
Miln. Telephone 128. . ' .':..
The Dodge Light Guards ' are having
extra drills three nights in preparation for
the annual 'inspection, which will be. held
some time in March. . ;
The suit of H. Goldstein against John S.
Morgan, sheriff, hasr been transferred on
motion of the plaintiff from Pottawattamie
county to Mills county. .
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McDonald left yes
terday for a trip to New Orleans and Other
southern points. They expect to return Jh
early part of next month. ,
Fidelity council. Royal Arcanum, has-arranged
for the appearance of Jessie Bart
lett Davis and eo oany at the New thea
ter February 17 . -uer its auspices.'
The Ladles' auxiliary of the Union Vet
eran Legion will meet this afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. S. E. Hayden, U Benton
street, to sew for a needy family. ;
Alfred M. McCulloch, a farmer of Man
ning, la., has filed a voluntary petition In
bankruptcy in the federal court here, with
liabilities scheduled at 14,328.67 and assets
valued at 11,896.73. . .
The Board of Park Commissioners held
its regular monthly session yesterday after'
noon. Routine business, such as .allowing
bills and the monthly payroll was all that
engaged the attention of the board, - i
The suit of the First National bank: of
this city against A. Brown, F. A. Brown,
and D. Brown, residents of Carroll county,
Involving promissory notes to' the' amount
of $8,000, has been transferred from the
superior to tho district court.
The trial of the suit of Mrs. Alice Shields
against Calvin Shafer, In which the plain
tiff seeks to recover the price paid for a
horse which It Is alleged was not as repre
sented, was begun before a jury and Judge
Thornell in district court yesterday.
The Illinois Central railroad has settled
tho suit brought by Mrs. Jane L. Knowles
against It for $2,000. Mrs. .Knowles sued
lor damages for timber cut from her land
and used by the railroad for riprapping at
"the narrows" between here and Missouri
Valley. - - ,
Local insurance agents . stated -yesterday
that the announcement made In a morning,
paper that they were planning to hold a
banquet at the Grand hotel next week was
entirely without foundation. They. also deny
the report that they , were preparing to
agitate the question of larger-water mains.
The Fruit Growers' Building company has
awarded the contract for the construction
of Its warehouse to the Consolidated Con
struction company of this city. The build
ing will he two stories and a bnsetnent, Si'x
HO feet, and of brick construction, '"with an
Interior drlvewayr The cost will be between
$4,000 and $5,000.
The receipts In the general, fund of the
Christian Home last week were $133.83, being
$ti.17 hflnw the needs of the week and In
creasing the deficiency In this fund to date
to $2.70O.9A. In the manager's fund the re
ceipts were $18, being $17 below the needs
of the week and Increasing the deficiency
In this fund to date to $337.35.
The Ladles' auxiliary of DeLong mission
No. 2, 1030 Avenue F. will meet this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock to make arrangements
for the supper to be given Kebruarv 17 to
the children of the Industrial school. The
sunnVr to the children will be given in the
afternoon end In the evening to the older
folks. Several prominent citizens have
promised to be present and make addresses.
Rev. Henry DeLong. owing to his ad
vanred age and the Increasing duties de
volving on him In connection with the two
mlrslons and Industrial srhools which ha
row maintains In this city, has been com
pelled tn resign as missionary for this dis
or the American Sunday School union,
wnlch has its headquarters In Philadelphia.
retnatlon baa been accepted to take
rfrtct March 1. Rev. Mr. DeLong has served
as missionary for eight years.
Fire Chief Nicholson has 'received word
of the death of his brother, Murrav Nich
olson, at his home In Harlen. Mont . Fri
day of last week Chief Nicholsons
brother went to California In 158 and two
years later located In Montana, since when
he never returned east. He was one of
nv men Who discovered the rn....i.
mine, but sold his interest tnr ham
fore the real value of the property was
known He served ns chief of gove nmnt
scouts in Montana for several vfsrs He
Wan 7 inuri t nM4 I i ' . . .
... m - -. .... t.gui, t-uoi. " ;iuiii!i.r. i,nirr iNicnoisnn vl
' Dies at Ago of Ninety-Seven.
Mrs. Mary Hooker, aged 87 years, died j
yosterday noon at the home of her dJut'b.'
ter. Mrs. EniU'.Kosch. 2U Fifteenth avei I
I nun, ueam ocing que . to lie infirmities, of
" vnmr, i . mat'n wi;e s n, r re I :
Hooir'wKi the widow of Jthn - Ho ike.
auiu-was Burn -japru at un, la raiiti.u j
Ited wl'h hl broiher st his home In Mon
tana for several months a year ago.
, Nominations by President.
WASHINGTON. Feb, T.Tinj president
todny sent to the senate the following
nominations:
Consul General David V. Wilbur of
Yr-k. n Sinvapene, ,. .
-r-rhnl Ger P. Perry of Alaska, for
'. '; -n No. J. ,ls1ct ,f A.!,Iki. a. -...4J
itomoligrts in tte iaruiy ud n4 y, '
MEAT PRODUCERS CONVENE
Corn Belt Association of Iowa it Holding
Meeting at Des Moines,
NATIONAL LIVE : STOCK MEN PRESENT
Committees Are Appointed and First
Day is Devoted to Roatlne Bail,
neas and Dlscossloa of
. . , Tarlons . "object.
DES MOINES, Feb. 7 The second annual
meeting of the Corn Belt Meat Producers
of Iowa convened here today, with 100
delegates present. Committees were ap
pointed and the balance of the day devoted
to discussion of various subjects.
Ex-Senator Harris of Chicago, prime
mover In the reorganisation of the Na
tional Live Stock association at Denver,
who was turned dovn by the executive
committee upon his Invitation to the Iowa
body fcr affiliation with the National as
sociation, stated today, that be waa not
here to Interfere with the Iowa body, but
that he merely 'dropped In" In passing
through the city.
Secretary A. E. de Riqulcs of the Ameri
can Cattle Growers' association, an off
spring Of the national association, lias been
invited to ddress-Ue Iowa body. .
Former Governor VanSant of Minnesota
and Governor Cummins of Iowa tonight
spoke on railroad rate Issues, addressing a
lnrge-audience. -They urged farmers and
shippers of Iowa to assert themselves for
freight rate regulation and held out hope
that by so doing they would get what they
wanted.
The association declared Itself In favor of
the Townsend-Each bill In congress, de
nounced railroad passes and asked their
prohibition and endorsed President Roose
velt and the United States supreme court.
The convention also declared tbat the Iowa
delegation. In con greVe does not hear the
voice of the people as It should. The at
tendance at the convention was large and
representative.
Bankruptcy Cancels Judgment.
A Judgment against a roan's property for
costs In a criminal action Is not a state tax
according to the supreme court of Iowa,
and a discharge from bankruptcy Is a dis
charge from the obligation. The decision
was given today at the beginning of the
second period In the case of James, K. Olds
against Elisabeth P. and A. D. Forrester
from Dallas county. :$Hd agreed to sell
certain real estate, but later the defendants
refused to accept it be'catise of a Judgment
against the land.
'.' ' levied Trlbnto on neighbor.
! A-case . has -been presented to, the state
railroad commissioners in which an owner
oCa' coal' mine has been levying a tribute
of 25 cents a ton on till the coal mined by a
neighbor. A railroad had built a spur to
one man's ceatmlne anfl Jri doing so crossed
a second man's land. Later the second
rnari'dr?covered coal and began to load on
rarVort ' the spur. Finally he tired of pay
ing 25 cents for every toa he mined and he
wrVrte' tythe cbmrrtissloriers. The commis
sioners, wrote to the railroad and they
claimed they knew nothing of it. . It has
bfWeo . betri ' , discovered that the tnx was
levied 'by the neighbor without authority.
No action has been taken yet, but It In
possible that crlmfnnV ajjtjon will follow.
For,.ttdB reason t fie names are not given
out.:' . .' - .
I ?.. .'Wa'r1 bn'TatafltiBjjye Houses'.
Five hundred members of the State Re
tail Hardware"DeanrB'.s.ssocJatlon are ex
pected In., the city to the annual convention
which opens tomorrow. One of the prin
cipal matters of business will be a war on
the . catalogui houses'. "Thursday night
there will be a supper, smoker and vaude
ville entertainment at the Commercial club
rooms.
HAMNIKO HAS DISASTROUS BLAKE
Lack of Water Hampers the Work of
Firemen.
. MANNING 1 la., Feb. 7-Speclal Tele
gram.) Firo broke out' Hits morning at 9
o'clock, in the i-ear of the Rea furniture
store. .When the fire company arrived it
was -discovered that no water was to be
bad and an hour and a half was spent before-any
action to flgnt.tjia fire was begun:
The Carroll - and Manilla Are companies
were wired ; for , and atrived Just as the
buSMIng vjccupiedi by Mareahel ft Son col
lapsed, They were great help In preventing
the other buildings fromj catching on fire.
This la the second big jire Manning has
had, ijre a tow years ago- sweeping the en
tire town of its frame buildings.
Below is given as many, of the losses,
with Insurance carried, as could be learned
at this time: - " .'
t , . . Loss. Ins.
Lorensen Bros., brick building. $lu,0o0 Part
iunivBiici cv bvii, sioc ok. mer
chandise .,...,.'.
Rea-Gllbrath Furniture -Co
Peter Stepluuty, Insurance and
real estate
Manning Telephone Co
Dr. Risnels. building
Dr. Risnels'. . office, laboratory,
surgical instruments
4,800 2,200
4.OV0 2,200
600 $00
600
10,000 3,000
1,600
1.0"0 600
4,000 2,000
BOO
600 800
. 600
l.ooo too
lose)
Dr.. Miller, dentist
Douglas Rogers, law. books....,
Charles Larson, photosniapher,
Hoffman ft CO., merchandise... 10,000 ......
At B o'clock the fire Is still burning but
is under cdntrol. ' ' ,
Dentists End. Convention.
IOWA CITT,.Ia.. FefJ. 7.-M8peclal Tela
gram.) The annual meeting of the Iowa
Alumni 'Dental association closed today.
Nearly 206 dentists were In attendance. Tbe
officers, for the following year are:. Presi
dent, 1. B. Perrln, Central City, la.; vice
president, A. W.' Starbuck, Iowa City;
secretary, E.' A. Rogers, Iowa City; treas
urer,' C. W. Work, Ottumwa; executive
committee, W, A. Hosford. Iowa City; K.
M. Fullerton, Cedar Fall, R. S. Bandy,
Tipton. .
Farmers to Bold Pnblle tale.
LOGAN, la., Feb. 7. (Special.) A free
public sale for the benefit of nearby farm
ers has been arranged to' ocmir at Dllley's
livery stable In Logan at 12:30 p, m. on
Kcr.day, February IS. Thirty horses and
mules, many cattle, hogs, bay, harness,
vehicles and Implement) have been listed
for the sale. E. A. Dllley is manager
and B. A. Keller will act as auctioneer.
FOLK AGAINST GAMBLING LAW
Says Pool Selling at Tracks Should
Bo Stopped hy tho Lola
latnro.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 7,-Gov-ernor
Joseph W. Folk today forwarded to
both houses of. the legislature a special
message dealing chiefly ' with legislation
affecting the proposed repeal of the breed
ers' law, which licenses bookmakers to sell
pools In certain enclosures, the fee going
to the support of the state fair.
Governor Folk urges -the amendment of
the breeders' law so as to eliminate the
licensing of gambling by the state.
"The breeders' law," Governor Folk
stated In his message, ."enacted la 19,
forbids under penalties the selling of pools
on burse races, except Withli certain en
closures,' and is a good law as far as it
goea,; but it does but go' far enough. If
pool selling la an evil thing, It should not
be permitted at all."
The governor continues:
Stripped of Its useless verbiage, this set
levies tribute upon gambling upon the re
sults of horse racing; In this respect It is
Indefensible from any moral standpoint.
If It be argued that men will gamble
and that the state might as well profit
by their lust for the game. It could with
equal force be argued that men will kill,
and therefore the state should license mur
der In certain forms and In certain places
so as to profit by this weakness of man
kind. This Is not the demand of a frenxled
morality, but of a sound and healthy pub
lic sentiment. It must be kept In mind,
however, that the repent of the breeders'
law In Its entirety would allow pool rooms
to run unrestrained, as there was. previous
to this law, no statute prohibiting them.
I recommend that the law be amended
by striking out the license features; or If
repealed altogether, the enactment of a
law prohibiting pool selling anywhere In
the state on horse races' run either within
or without the state. In order that the
state fair mav not suffer bv loslns- the
revenue, I recommend that an amount
equal to the Income now derived from the
licensing of pool selling be appropriated
for the maintenance of the state fair.
MACHEN AND GROFFS IN PRISON
Postal Boodlers 'Will Serve Their
Time In West Virginia
Penitentiary.
WASHINGTON Feb. - 7. August W.
Machen, the former head of the entire
free delivery system of the rostofflce de
partment and the foremost figure among
the officials, politicians and contractors
Indicted aa a result of the postal . Investi
gation, and Dlller B. Groff and Samuel
B. Groff, both of this city, convicted In
connection with the promotion of a let
ter box fastener scheme, left Washington
with a party of eleven other convicts for
the MoundsviUe. W. Va., penitentiary
shortly after t o'clock tonight to serve a
sentence of two years' Imprisonment. None
of Machen's relatives were at the depot
to see him off, but a. large number of
friends greeted him, shook his hand and
in several cases pledged him their readi
ness to supply him money if he needed It.
A letter carrier, not uniformed, grasping
his hand, said he had the sympathy of
thousands of carriers. Groups of curious
spectators were gathered at the depot.
Mr. Machen, In an Interview with the
Associated Press Just before he left, said:
I have made a good fight and was cour
ageous to the last. I am now facing
the inevitable and will take the conse
quences with bravery, fortitude and phil
osophy. I expect to be In MoundsviUe
for twenty months, reducing' the two years'
sentence to this time by good behavior.
I have no Intention at this time of asking
for a pardon. I Wish to thank all my
friends who have stood by me i and believe
In me In this trouble. I am Innocent;, my
friends know that I am innocent, and time
will show that the man who put me here
will have to answer for what he . has
done.
Mr. Machen said that ho had spent
practically all his money In his defense;
that he never had owned any real estate
In bis own name and therefore had none
to transfer. He said that to liquidate the
fine of . $10,000, which he also was sen
tenced to pay, he would take the oath of
Insolvency and spend one more month In
the penitentiary.
Machen and Dlller B. Oroff today surren
dered themselves to the United States mar
shal and were placed In the cell room of the
city hall. Samuel Groff, whose counsel
sought , to have his removal to the penl
tentary deferred because of illness, was
ordered brought Into court and later was
placed In the cell room with the others.
The case came up today on the receipt
of a -mandate handed down by the. court
of appeals directing the immediate
execution of the sentence on Machen, Dr.
Lorenz and the Groffs. Attorney Maddux,
for Samuel A. Groff, produced a certificate
of two physicians saying that he was not
in condition to be moved, from his houce
and suggesting that, if the district at
torney "wanted to Imperil, tits' client's, life
as well as his liberty he had better take
a gun and go tp' the house.
District . Attorney Beach replied that
Samuel Groff, his surety and his attorney,
had been advised of the possibility' of this
mandate for some time; that Samuel had
visited the district attorney's office lust'
Thursday and that Groff's con yesterday
communicated with the district attorney's
office to know what clothing his father
might take with him to the penitentiary
today. Under these circumstances the dis
trict attorney suggested it was a rather
sudden strolie of lllneFS. Mr. Beach in
sisted upon the Immediate appearance of
the prisoner, and he was sent for. Nothing
has been heard today of Dr. Lorens,. who
Is reported 111 at his home in Toledo, O.
the coal companies were Identical with the
railroad companies.
Mr. Shearn applied the principle of the
Northern Securities case to the case now
under argument; contended that the Inter
state Commerce commission Itself had
"brushed aside the device of a subsUMary
company and had treated the parent com
pany as the substance," and sold the
courts had held the 1rhlgh Coal company
and the Lehigh Railroad company to be
identical.
The hearing was adjourned until tomorrow.
Report oa Armor Tlato Bids.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-The board of
officers appointed by Secretary Morton to
Investigate the capacity of the several
trmor plate companies has recommended
that the bid for 8,0f) tons of armor for the
battleship New Hampshire and the
armored cruisers North Corollna and Mon
tana, of the Mldvale Steel company be re
jected. It Is said that two-thirds- of tho
contract will be awarded to the; Bethlehem
company and the remaining one-third to
the Carnegie company.
letter In the day Secretary Morton an
nounced the award of tho contract for
the armor as follows:
To the Bethlehem Steel company, tho V
armor for one battleship and one armored
cruiser, t.W6 tons, and all bolts and nuts,
ninety-four tons.
To tho Carnegie Steel company, the armor
foe one armored cruiser, 3,162 tons.
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Commerce Commission Listens to Salt
Against Anthracite Coal Roads.,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-The hearing Of
arguments In the cage of William R. Hearst
of New York against the anthracite coal
carrying railroads,- growing out of the coal
strike of several years ago, began at the
Interstate Commerce commission today.
Clarence J. Shcarn of New York argued
for the complainant and contended that a
pool existed among the railroads; that the
coal purchase contracts are really con
tracts by means of which the railroads
depart from their published rates and dis
criminate, and that the published rates are
unreasonable. He claimed that an Increase
In the price of coal of $1.14 a ton, such as
has taken place In the domestic sizes dur
ing the Inst five years, means Imposing an
additional burden of $40,000,000 on the pub
lic. He pleaded for scrupulous observance
of the reasonable published rates as a
matter of fair dealing between the rail
roads and the purchasers. He claimed that
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