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Th oouoo simffa effie f Th Iowa and Nebraska.
Ontta Baa U at II eott etraet.
otk to. a. GEN. DODGE TELLS OF HIS LIFE
Davis, drugs.
Corrlgane. undertakers Phones 14H
FAU8T BEER AT ROGERS' BUFFET.
Majestic rangai. P. C. Da Vol IHw. Ce.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. I
Lewla Cutler, funeral director. Phone ?.
Ture blackberry Juice and Virginia Dare
wine. 1. J. Klein Co.
anted-Good boy to carry pepera In
wt part of city. Call 1. Scott street.
Zt per cent discount on picture frame
and framing at Faublee Art Shop, U3
Broadway.
Krver Printing Co.. new location. 2321 and
?3 W. B'way. Phonm 206. Mall and phone
ralla answered In person.
Kxcelslor lodge No. 259 will meet In
special communication Seturday evening
at 7:30 In Masonic temple for work In the
third degree.
' The a. A. Pierce & Co. mo. more will be
open for business at their new location.
Ml Wnt Broadway, between Pearl and
Sixth atreeta, January 1.
Hpeclal to January 15- B( fold filled
frames, guaranteed for twenty-five yearn,
fitted with beet lenses for far or near
Melon. IS. J. W. Terry, nptomatrlat. 411
Broadway. Council Bluff, la.
Mr. and Mr. R. H. Kaenflght. S24 Ave
nue It. heve cloeed out their Interests In
Council Bluff", and will leave In a few
laye for Sioux Fall. S. !., where they
will make their home In the future. Their
departure he caneed many eirpreeelona of
regret among their friends and acqualnt
ancce. The Board of County Supervisor spent
the day veeterday allowing bllla and ad
justing claim. Another hatch of claims
were presented by farmers, who aoked
pay for the depredation of dog In the
stock pen. One farmer was allowed 1100
for twenty-five head of sheep which, he
alleged, hie neighbors' dogs had killed.
The work of adjusting the fire losses In
connection with the destruction of the
Alfalfa Meal company's plant on Monday
bight la under way. Among the agents of
eastern Insurance companies here yester
day was Walter D. Williams of Rockford,
111., association manager of the Security
Insurance company of New Haven, Conn.
Fire Chief Nicholson In turning the base
ment of his residence on North First street
Into a temporary hennery. He has a good
natured biddy who la expecting to bring
off a brood of Rhode Island Reds In a
few days, and last evening he was experi
menting with a new Incubator which he Is
anlna to load with 130 high-priced egga
next Sunday, and Increase the basement
family by that number of chicks about
March 1.
Justice Cooner yesterday decided the suit
tried before him a month ago. In which
Court Reporter Jasper J. Ferguson sought
a Judgment of T)0 against Attorney Fre
mont Benjamin for a WO-page court record
transcript. The Justice gave the reporter
a Judgment for I2H 07 and taxed the costs to
the defendant. The eult was that In which
the young eon of the late Flnley Burke
made his first appearance aa counsel In
the trial of a case. The young man Is now
taking a course in the law department of
the Crelghton college. Ills friends are
quite proud of the fact that he won his
first suit when pitted against sucn sKinrui
and seasoned lawyers aa Fremont and
Veme Benjamin.
Two sulta were filed In the district court
yesterday by L. C. Beeley against J. R
Hollenbeck, to adjust difference that have
' arisen in connection with a partnership in
, a tract of farm land lying within the en
virons of the Pigeon creek drainage ditch
system. In both petitions It 1 alleged that
they are joint owners of the land. In one
a partition or sale of the land la demanded
and In tha other Mr. Besley ask pCiM
rent, which he saya has accumulated since
December Ki. 19U1. as his share of the an
nual rental, which he saya ahould be $180 a
year. Tha only credits on the rent ae
count are several small consignment of
corn at 40 cents a buahel.
Tha llttla three-room home belonging to
W. M. West, located at 2418 Avenue H. was
completely destroyed by fire yeaterday
forenoon, together with nearly all of Ita
contenta. The fire department was called,
but tha house waa far beyond the city
water limit and they could do nothing to
save It. The only water available was In
a well and the pump waa broken. The
wife and children of the family were at
home when tha fire started from an over
heated stove in a shed kitchen. The house
was covered with tar paper, upon which
tha weatherboardlng had not been placed
and the roof waa of similar material, pro
tected by gravel. It consequently burned
flrcely and reached auch headway that
only two or three artlclea of the household
furnishings oould'be taken out. Weat has
Insurance to the amount of thOO, which will
fully cover the loss.
Many complaints have been made of a
gang of hoodlums, supposed to live In tha
vicinity of Fifth avenue and Twenty-flrat
atreet, who have been In the habit of in
sulting and assaulting women who get on
or off the street cars at that point. The
hoodlums range In aae from 16 to 17 years
and .congregate and run In packs like so
many coyotes. When there has been anow
on the ground they attacked women with
snowball. A number of complaints have
been made by women who have been pain
fully hurt. In all cases vile language has
bean used. The situation ia reported to
have become so bad that women and school
girls are afraid to get on or off the cars
at that point. Tha matter was again re
Ported to Probation Officer Herner yester
day, and some of the hoodlums who have
passed beyond whatever parenUil restraint
that haa been applied are alated for tha
reform school.
IA Rami, wk a iJAtf A ....... T
and la employed at tha Meneray nursery
piani at imrty-nrst street and Avenue A
waa painfully Injured yesterday forenoon
H was struck by an eustbound atreet car
at the Thirty-first street crossing Just
after ha had atepped from a westbound
car and started to cross the track. He wa
knocked down and painfully cut and bruised
about tha face and head and complained
,ot an injury to his chest. He waa put
aooaru xne easi-gomg car ana waa met at
the Pearl atreet Junction by an ambulance,
wnlcn conveyed him to tha Jennie Edu
nundaon Memorial hospital. The accident
appeared to have bean unavoidable. Th
westbound car waa moving slowly, but
- uoren atepped from the rear of the other
car directly in front of It, giving the mo
lorman no opportunity of stounlnir It b
fore striking tha man. Boren was accom
panlad by two fel low-workmen it v.
browne.ll and Lee Moss, who wera close
penina him, but escaped being hit.
Yeaterday waa tha frightful "Frldav ih
18th," and several thousand people in Coun
oil Diuna postponed doing tilings that cam
up in tha regular order of business. Chie
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Aiiviiviwu v mo ur uepanmeni reiuse
to aet a ben that waa anxious to t
work, and "Took'' Cochran of tha same de-
partment balked on the performance of th
same duty. Mayor Maloney closed up h
offtoa and went home when neonle heaa
to crowd Into It and talk about the v. ate
work problem. He waa afraid he might b
i into aning aometriiug in relation to 1
J. R. McFbetraon, chairman of the meir
bershlp committee of the new Cltlsens' In
provement club, started .out with a lot of
woraers to secure new membeis and col
leot delinquent dues, lie remembered an
promptly quit and went home and read th
Bible lor forty minute. Chief of Pollc
triKira spent two hours in hunting un
rabblt'a foot before beginning the dune.
of tha day. Around the county court house
mere was an unaertune of apprehenslo
for fear eom unfortunate thing might be
nun, in me county civrK a oriice the mar
rlage license register was taken off it
snaii ana niaaen. but there was no ma
or woman rash enough to am.iv r
license. Lots of fellows loafed all day
reeuiy wamea to be at work.
A suit waa yeaterday begun In the rita
trlcl aourt by William Arnd aaainat V r.
Mary K. Means, former guardian of Willie
Williams, a minor. Mr a. Means was re
moved from, the position of guardian on
December SI. and yeaterday Arnd waa ap
pointed in her place. His first act waa to
institute the ault demanding her payment
to hlin. aa new guardian, trust funds to
the amount of II.SJO. which, he alleges, she
ha in her poaaeeaion and has neglected
to place fully within the Jurisdiction of
the court. Tha suit was brought by At
torney Fremont Benjamin and Is another
complication In a tremendous amount of
litigation connected with the original guar
dianship of the William. Bishop and Jons,
children by Elmer 1.. Fehr. The children
have had three guardian In leaa than that
many month a, aud each new guardian haa
been compelled to sue for possesion of
the truft fuuda.
Beat, rock and rye for medicinal and
family ua. Bottled In two slxea. Rosenfeld
Liquor Co., S18 South Main.
The announcement of the death of N.
Dodge Friday morning brought uni
versal expression or sorrow in t ouncn
Bluffs. It wa known that he was quite 111,
ut no one was prepared for the shock
aused by the news of his death. He died
shortly after midnight yesterday morning
t hi home on the comer of Third atreet
nd Fifth avenue In the fine, new home
hloh he had occupied with his family for
he last two years. Arrangements for the
funeral were made yeeterday. It will be
held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
t the residence. Burial will be in Walnut
Hill cemetery.
No one could feel the weight of the be
reavement more keenly ttian doea Gren-
llle M. Dodge, his distinguished brother.
Ther were bound together by ties even
tronger than simple brotherhood. Each
relied upon the other to the fullest extent.
nd every act of the life of each, ao far
a It related to the other, waa a helpful
ct.
Cieneral Dodate Telia ef Life.
Yesterday Oeneral Dodge prepared this
simple biography of the brother he loved
so well:
Nathan Phillips Dodge waa horn August
i, 18S7. at South Danvers, now Peabody,
Mass. He was a son of Sylvanue and Julia
Tereaa Dodge, both cttlsena of this city
for a long time.
"He received hia education In the com
mon and high achool of Danvers, ana
spent his boyhood days in hia father'a
book store and the postofflce, hia father
being the postmaster. In May, 1864, he
came west to Iowa City and Joined his
brother'e. Major General Grenvllle M.
Dodge, engineering corps, then surveying
the Rock Island railroad through Iowa. Ha
continued with the engineering party un
til March, 1868, when his father came
west.
"They purchased a team and drove from
Davenport to the Elkhorn river in Ne-
epare hrt tketrk, Telllaaj
Early lrwBle In (smsissllf
Faaeral Maaday Aftertioea
t I, ate Heme.
Mrs. Jamos Stricken
With Scarlet Fever
After Brave Battle
Woman Who Hai Done Husband's
Work and Nursed Sick Family
Now in Serious Condition.
Mrs. Jame. the brave wife of Tlural Mall
Carrier W. If. James, who distinguished
hersolf by carrying his route, which is
known as No. , Council Bluffs, while her
husband wa Incapacitated by a long 111
ne of typhoid fever, la now lying at her
home, 2C10 Avenue A, dangerously 111 from
scarlet fever. Her husband Is still too
feeble to carry his route and la at home
helping to take care of their five children.
Mrs. James has been III for several days
and yesterday her malady waa diagnosed
aa scarlet fever and the house waa Imme
diately quarantined, with nil Ita Inmatea.
All of the children are expected to have
the disease. The mall route Is now being
carried by a nephew of Mr. James. The
physician reported the temperature of Mrs.
James last night to be 104 and pronounced
her condition to be very serious.
For nlna weeks, while her husband was
sick and part of the time in the hospital,
Mrs. James drove the dally trip of twenty
three miles. During the last fortnight of
this period all of her children were stricken
with a severe case of tonsllltl. and when
she returned in the evening she had them
to care for, in addition to ministering
throughout the night to her sick husband.
Then her strength gave way and she also
Was stricken. Her husband's Illness left
him In a weakened condition and for tha
last two months she has done all of the
work In connection with the mall delivery
except actual delivery, and a large part of
that also.
Saloon Petition
Case is Appealed
Oakland Men Who Led Fiffht on
Document Will Take Case Into
Upper Courts.
The Oakland men who led the stiff, flsTht
made upon the petition of general saloon
braska, where hia brother was aettled and consent In the county outside of the city
had made, claims for his father and
brother. He pre-empted and entered hia
I aim and still owned It at the time of
his death. They remained on tha Elkhorn
river, building their cabins and opened up
the farms, until driven out by the Indiana.
The Pawnee village waa only twelve miles
from the cabins, directly southwest across
tha Platte river, and during the summer
there opened up a conflict between the
different tribes of Indians which ended
finally In the killing of three or four set
tlers north of their cabins and all the
settlers were obliged to abandon' their
home and move to Omaha. '
Move to Omaha.
"There the Dodge family occupied a log
cabin, Just south of the present Burlington
atatlon. Troopa were aent out to .the Elk
horn and lived In the deserted cablna.
In February, 1856, he, N. P. Dodge, en
tered tha aervlce of Baldwin &. Dodge.
bankers and real eatata agents, and had
charge of their business until 187S, when
they organised the Paclflo National bank,
turning over all their real estate business
to N. P. Dodge. Ha aoon after formed a
partnership with Judge Caleb Baldwin,
which was continued until the death of
Judge Baldwin. Ha had continued, the real
estate business up to the time of his death,
his last partner being Mr. Robert Wallace.
He waa also for aeveral yeara the presi
dent of the Council Bluffs Saving bank
and waa a director of that Institution un
to thla time. During 1867 and 1858 he waa
a hard atudent and on June 20, 1857. ha
aald: 'I found the need of more education
and waa ready to take advantage of any
opportunity which presented itself whereby
I could atudy and at tha name time per
form my office duties. I generally had to
let my lessons after p. m., but I atudled
raiuiruiiy, and it waa a great future ben
efit to me.'
"Mr. Dodge, from tha time he aettled In
Council Bluffa aa a young man, took an
active part In everything that Interested
the city, and especially an active Interest
In everything; that waa dona for tha aid of
the soldiers In the field In the civil war
and from that time until thla ha had been
one of Ita most valued and .active citizens,
prominent in all charity and church work
being a prominent member of the Congre
gational church, and waa never appealed
to In vain.
Interested la Htatory.
"During all hia Ufa ha had taken a great
interest In the history of the western coun
try, and had gathered together and utll
lied a very large amount of valuable ma
terial, and was probably the best posted
man In the history of thia vicinity from th
time he came here until tha present. Hia
papera on early pioneer daya and the early
aettiera, and especially his last paper.
printed In tha Nonpareil laat Wednesday
on the Woman's aid and Sanitary com
missions during the civil war. show how
thoroughly he had studied that subject
There has never been anything written In
Iowa that gives aa accurate an account aa
thla paper.
"Ever aince 1870 ha had had entire charge
of all hia brother'a personal business. He
waa a man devoted to hia family, retiring
and modest, avoiding all publicity too
much ao. He waa known by all men who
have ever transacted any business with
him aa being the aoul of honor, and hia
word waa aa good as a bond. No one wa
ever known to question It, and his death.
will be mourned not only by our city, but
by all those companies and people who
have had business relations with him.
"On September 2 14. ha married Miss
Susanne Ixickwood, who was a devoted
wife and survives him. Their children
were Carrie Louise Dodge, John Lockwood
Dodge. Nathan Phillips Dodge, Ellen
Dodge, now Mrs. K. H. Scott of Omaha,
and Grenvllle Mellen Dodge, who waa born
August 30, KM, and died July 13, 1881."
THEY WERE DRESSED In tha country;
a bunch of fine spring chickens, today at
12H cents per pound. We have mora of
thus fine tangerine oranges, l cent each;
large navels at 30 cents dosea; Ben Davis
apples at 40 cents peck; wlnesapa at a
oenta peck. Try soma of our canned white
cherries, extra fine. 0 centa a can; wa
have canned pineapple, eight large slices
In can, 80 cents; all kinds of Jam, Jb centa.
Butter lota of country butter In now
two pounds for 65 cents. Bartel ft Millar.
Telephone 3i9.
and were defeated by a narrow majority
made good their declaration yesterday that
they would appeal to the district court.
They perfected their appeal and filed It In
the office of District Court Clerk Harry
Brown. The action required a $600 bond,
which was approved and filed. The de
fendants In the suit are the three men who
circulated the consent petition, Alfred J.
Nellson, Jurgen Tamms and Max Meyer.
Tha compteJnants number a long list of
Oakland citizens, headed by Rev. A. J.
Matthewa, R. F. C. Chamber, the State
Anti-Saloon league worker and member; C.
C. Hanley and George T. Hough.
The appeal la based upon the allegation
that the consent petition la not drawn In a
manner to comply with the law and that
it doea not contain 65 per cent of the legal
votera In the county outside of Council
Bluffa who cast their ballots at the last
general election. The suit Is filed for the
March term of the district court.
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Reaalate Tear 10 1 pea a a ky
Neighbor's Iaeosae
and you 'may be called a good fellow, but
a poor manager.
Steady saving will give you credit for
good Judgment and add to your permanent
comfort.
All funda in thla association are earning
per cent.
THE COCNC-IL BLUFFS MUTUAL BLDQ.
AND I.OAN ASK'N.
Win. J. Leverett, Ssc'y, 12 Parl St.
OFFICERS WILL INTERFERE
AND AID THOMAS FAMILY
Woman Fosr Children Neglected
by rather. Who Will Be Bent
to Knoxvlllc.
Armed with requisite authority to take
charge of a family of aoroly neglected chil
dren. Probation Officer Herner went to a
little tar-paper shanty located In the old
Driving park grounds at what la now the
Junction of Seventeenth street and Avenue
H yeaterday morning, but found the mother
had taken her brood and fled. The husband
and father, Abe Thomas, a capable me-
ohanlo who earna $ a day when he works.
la now In the Omaha jail- aervlng a sen
tence for knocking down his sister while
aha waa trying to protect her dying mother
at the home, 2708 Spauldlng street, Omaha,
after hia brother had thrown himself on
the bed after a night of dlsnlpatlon.
The attention of the Council Bluffa offi
cers waa called to the case at noon Thurs
day, when Mrs. Blanche Stephena of Den
ver, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs.
D. B. Dawson, wife of a prominent Denver
merchant, appeared at the police station
and asked for protection for the children,
and told a story of shocking neglect and
debauchery. Mrs. Stephena had been called
from her home in Denver to attend her
dylr.g mother, Mra. Jane Stephena, residing
at tha Spauldlng street address.
While the mother lay unconscious upon
the bed, Mrs. Stephena and her daughter
say Abe Thomas and his brother entered
the room In a maudlin state of Intoxication
and Abe fell across the bed upon the body
of hia unconscious mother, Mrs. Stephens
says she attempted to arouse him, but
failed, and when aha tried to pull him off
he ataggered to hia feet and struck her
In tha face, knocking her down. The Omaha
pollc were called and both men were
taken to tha station and given fifteen-day
sentences. Mrs. Stephens then . came to
Council Bluffs to look-after tha condition
of her unnatural brother'a children. She
found things In auch a distressing condition
flat aha appealed to the local authorities.
Tha family haa been living In a wretched
hauty built In about the shape of a box
car and not over eight feet high at the
gables. Several of the glass of the two
llttla wlndowa were broken out and somo
of the holes atuffed with dirty rags. Only
one bed waa visible and the neighbors say
tha whole family of parents and four chil
dren slept In this bed. The oldest child
Is a boy alleged to be 15 years old, but
Mrs. Stephens says he Is but IS; another
Is a deaf and dumb child, who is othrriu
mentally and physically deformed; the third i
is a .bright boy of about S yeara of age
and the fourth Is a babe.
Probation Officer Herner had been pre
viously called to the place and says the
condition of tha family Is the worst that
haa come within his knowledge. The par
ents claim the boy ia past tha compulaory
achool age and he helpa support the family
by driving a garbage cart. Tha informa
tion to tha officer Is that Thomas squan
ders about all of his earnings. County At
torney Capell filed an Information yester
day charging Thomas with habitual in
toxication and he will be brought from the
Omaha Jail and sentenced to a two or
three-year term In tha Knoxvllle Inebriate
asylum.
The humane officers yesterday found a
starving pony shut up in a shed cf about
the same character as the house. It is be
lieved that Mr. Thomas went to Omaha,
and when she returns her neglected chil
dren will be cared for. It la said Thomas
has squandered several thousands of dol
lars. Wanted Good boy to carry paper in
west part of city. Call 15 Scott atreet.
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Wanted Good boy to carry papera In '
weat part of city. Call 15 Scott street.
Let This Be Your One Aim.
Buy land!
Buy it now!
Every man-should own a lot of land. Certainly every
young man should own some. The opportunity is greater now
than it has been in fifty years to realize on good property.
In The Bee today many tempting offers appear.
People who acquired large estates are
willing now that others may share with them.
Wide awake dealers are advertising these
liberal propositions today.
Take advantage of it!
Do it now!
There is no possible way for you to ever
regret it.
For further information regarding this property call Doug
las 238, or address The Bee Land Department.
N. T. Plumbing Co. T.L 260. Nltfbt, H70i