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Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
The ConnoU Bluffs Office of
The Omaha See U at 1$ Scott
Street. oti Faonea 43.
Davit, drum.
Leffert s. optician.
Have Morehouse emboss It
Corrlgans. undei takers. Phones 113.
Genuine Vlctrola, $15. A. llospe Co.
For authority on watches nee Leffert.
FAUBT I!KKR AT ROGtltS' BUFFET.
Wood ring Undertaking Co. Tel. Xi.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. I'hone 97.
WANTED Ulrla at Wodwards candy
factory.
Every Victor record In itock. A.
llospe Cu.
Five hundred stoves, best grade of
atoves. hall price. A. Gllinsky, 21 V.
Jdroadv.ay.
Bee the Stewart stoves and ranges be
you. buy. Continental Furniture anil
carpet company.
Art Uarlaml Base Burners with the
patented revolving fire pot. ti to bi.
P. C. DeVol Hardware Co.. 614 llroadway.
If you want WINIjow QL.AS3 call H?ll
Phone 5W. Mxiit City Glasa and Mirror
Works, loiVi West Broadway. We make
a specialty of ULAZ1NU at low prices.
Alderman ' Beebc, I"r. Traynor, P. Gu
noudo and Detective T. B. Rlcnardson left
last evening for Alliance. Neb., And the
sand hills, on a wee It or more hunting
trip.
H. J. Underwood began a suit against
the Milwaukee railroad company, claim
ing I'iOO damaKos In connection with some
stock shipments from Council Bluffs to
Chicago.
When O. Jl. Mason, 3 years old, a la
borer, was discovered carrying a loaded
revolver he waa promptly arrested by
Detective Kichardson. In police court
yesterday morning be was fined tZo and
costH, and in default of payment was sent
to JiUl.
Word waa received from Iea Moines
yesterday that at the meeting of the state
organisation of Daughters of trie Ameri
can Revolution the invitation of Council
Bluffs to become host or hostess of the
members at the meeting next year, had
been accepted. The next state conference
will ba held at about the same date next
("ear.
Orwllda Mason, who was a June bride
thle year, yesterday Included her appli
cation for divorce In the big batch of
eulU filed late in the day. Phe was
imlted In marriage here to Omar B. Ma-
eon od June to ana announces in ner pe
tition that aha was obliged to leave him
l Adorns 11 rtn ntftminr ttt fflluitV Hhu
applied to Judge Woodruff for an order
restraining him from in any manner in
terfering with her.
The Woman'! Relief corps workers
have arranged for concert lectures by
Bofla titephall, famous both as a singer
and speaker, to be elven November 15
and 16. Miss Stephall Is said to be a
musician of rare ability and has had
much training in both this country and
abroad. he will be assisted by Miss
t&eriuce iaitrop. Dom in me vauKuuy wi
soloist and accompanist on trie piuno. i ne
concerts ere lor tne ouiiem ui me wiua
relief fund.
An automobile owned and operated by
tornev Wallace Benlamln KOt into
trouoie mrougn in energizing kkhuuj, i"a
gasoline tank, and became a thing of
terror Instead of an object of affection
for lta owner.' It was ablaze from one
end to the other, and the firemen were
compelled to make a run to 103 Park
avenue to save It from complete destruc
tion and also adjacent property. The In
cident occurred yesterday morning, CJood
work with the chemical prevented serious
damage.
Senator C. G. launders left for Daven
port last evening, where he will speak
todav before the State league of Com
mercial Clubs on the subject of terminal
taxation. Senator Saunders was chohen
to present to the last Iowa legislature the
terminal tax law prepared by City Bo
llcftor Clem F. Kimball, acting In his
official capacity as chairman of the leg
islative committee of the League of Iowa
Municipalities, ana made a brave fight
for lta life, but failed. He lias given the
subject much thought and Investigation
and hln address at Davenport ought to
be very valuable to the cause In the fu
ture, A . new arrangement was made by the
mayor and members of the city council
yesterday, by which a closer supervision
may be had of the opening of street
pavement for any purpose. Heretofore
all that was necessary was for a plumber
to go to the cltv clerk's office, secure, .a
permit and muke the required deposit to
cover the cost of relaying the pavement.
Now this is also required, but before
any work may be done, either Mayor
MMoney or Alderman aunnicK, tiuuiumu
Jr ih Hiriipiu mid nilevs committee, must
be notified, and-one or tne oner muai
accompany the person wanting to open
the pavement and determine whether It
is necessary. If there Is -any possibility
of preventing It bv. making use of longer
lines through yards and alleys, it will
be Insisted upon. If permission is granted
the alderman or the mayor will see to it
that the pavement la properly laid and
that no open ditch remains a minute
longer than Is necessary. Kxcavutlon
will have to be commenced early enough
In the day to Insure completion of the
work before nightfall.
nia- Barsaln in Wall Paper.
Eighteen different styles ana designs in
r
window to select from; 3uc paper roi
Many other designs, best quality, for
7V40 and 10c. lta a good chance to
6c.
get that room papered cheap. H. Bor
Wlck, 211 So. Main St.
Real Katate Transfers.
The following transfers were reported
la The Bee on October 20 by the Potta
wattamie County , Abstract company of
Council' Bluffs:
Paula Muller and bus. to Louise
Kreldler Sly. 40 ft. of lot 1, blk. 4,
u.-ir .ih n Council Bluffs. Ia.. .
w. d
Earl Hatch to Charles A. Jones, und
li Interest in lota 41 and 42 In blk.
IS in Wright's add to Council
muffs, w. d .,........ .
Charles' A. Jones and wife to Clif
ford Hatch, lots 41 and 42 In blk.
19 In Wright's add to Council
Hluffs, la., qcd. ......................
Ixroy C. Hatch and wife to Alice
HatSh et al.. lots 41 and 42 In blk.
IK in Wright' add to Council
Bluffs, la., qcd "
Clifford Hatch et al.. to Dewey and
500
COO
Alphonso Jlur.cn. una ii aiiu in
blk
ltt in vvriguia " v.uui.i;ii
Bluffy, la.,
nf.li
J. P-
Ho triiKtee. and wife to
Mary F. Wallace, lot a In blk 9
In Menson a sec. uu iu tuuncn
iji.ir la w A
Nancy Smith o uyrilia o. i-reston.
lot 2 In DlK. en in avw, m., w. u
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Seven transfers total...
.11.104
BAM SNYDER LOANS MONET on
household goods, horses, cattle and all
chatul securities at a big discount of the
usual rate. Office over 320 West Broad.
We ' make mirrors with or without
frnmea. Bluff City Glass and Mirror
Wtvks. Bell phone 699.
(.ooni-ll II luffs Frodore Market.
The following quotations, showing
prices paid to producers, are corrected
dally by William HIggeson, city welgh-
master, for publication In The Bee:
Corn, 0Kj67c: new, 66c per bu. Wheat.
2ct nrr bu. Oats. 46c per bu. Hay (loose!
Ill.Oo-.flJ.uw per ton. Alfalfa (louse! $12 trt
rl2.0 per ton. Potatoes, lUUi": per bu.
Annies. Xinfrtt) per bu. Butter, SjC ler lb.
Kkks. fo.uu tier case, case count. Chick
ens, 8c, live weight.
Marriage Licenses. J
Jarrlage licensee were Issued yesterday
O tne louowing namca persons.
Kama and Addreas. . . Age.
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Coi
Henry HeissenDuttle. Fremont. Neb. 27
Cora Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa
Paul Meyer, Kingman, la
Martha Peterson, Council Bluffs..,.,,..
Persistent Advertising la the Road in
fclf Keturna.
Council Bluffs
GRAND LODGEStSSION OYER
Odd Fellows Install Officers and
lave for Homes.
LAWS WILL BE CODIFIED
St) men t Mevenson of Council Iltnffa
tnatnlled Grnurt Master
Admission Fees Mlghtly
Increased. t
The sixty-fourth annual meeting of the
grand lodge of Iowa Odd Fellows closed
Friday afternoon, and the thousands
of Odd Fellows who have been In Coun
cil Bluffs since Monday left for their
homes In all parts of the state. The
declaration was made by members who
have attended every one of the elxty
fiur meetings and others whose more
youthful uge permitted the attendance
of a lesser number that this meeting was
!n all respects the greatest gathering
of Odd Fellows ever held In the state
and likewise the most Important.
The final meetings or the grand lodge
were busy sessions. The first matter
tpken up yesterday, ntornlng was the
election of trustees for the orphan's
home, resulting In the selection of A. A.
Crosslcy of Mason City as resident trus
tee for the three-year-term,-and Past
Grand Master L. W. White of Wood
bine, for two years to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Past
Grand .Master L. G. Fnyder upon re
moving from the state.
' C. E.. Mat-Canon, official reporter, fur
nished this synopsis of the secret meet
ings: -
Official Ileport.
.There was adopted a resol lltion urn.
vidlng that the grand secretary shall
attend the sovereign grand , Judge, -and
that his expenses be puld If thia grand
lodge.
A resolution. WAS arinnfaH u nnrnnrln -
lug 13,0uu for the maintenance of the
orphans' and old folks' homes at Mason
City during the ensuing year.
' The. finance committee reported the re-
coipt of the .sum pf H.;j bequeathed
to the grand lodge by Sister Phoebe Nie
klrk, to be used as the bcglnniiiK of an
endowment fund for tho homes.
1 he per canita tax for the maintenance
of the Orphans' home for the ensuing
year snail oe w cents, iu cents to be
collected In January and 10 cents to ho
collected- in July, and that the per capita
tax on account of the construction of the
Old Folks home shall be 60 cents, 25
cents to be collected in January and 25
cents to be collected in July.
i ne finance committee presented an
estimate of the expense In conducting
the affairs of the grand lodge during the
ensuing year, amounting to ?19,22o, and
that amount Was appropriated
Airs. Lwis was rontinuea In the posi
tion of matron of the home.
A committee was ordered named to re
vise and codify the constitutions of the
grand lodge and subordinate lodge, and
present such revision and codification
to the next meeting of the grand lodge.
The Intention of such codification is to
put the laws of the order In such form
as will make them convenient and ac
curate of reference.
A resolution thanking the local com
mittees, the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs,
the city officials and citizens generally
for the splendid reception and hospitality
extended and. the public- pret.s for the
generous spaoe devoted to reports was
unanimously adopted.
A resolution providing for the Installa
tion of a heating plant at the home of
Sufficient capacity to provide heat for
three buildings, thus providing for the
possibility of a third building being con
structed within the next ten years, was
adopted.
A resolution Waa adopted providing
that the feea for admission to the order
shall not be less than $14, instead of $11,
as at present, the new feeB to be In efr
feet January 1. 1S12.
The board of Instruction presented the
names of forty-one members of the order
who had passed satiHfactory examina
tion In the unwritten work, and other
wise bolng qualified were recommended
to be commissioned to instruct in the
unwritten work.
There was presented an amendment to
the laws of the order muklng. it obliga
tory upon the grand master, in ap
pointing deputy grand masters, to select
paht grands who are Qualified to in
struct In IMf) unwritten Work, and are
holders of commissions from the board
of instruction, approved by the grand
master.
The credentials committee reported
that theru had been a total of 3ti pusv
grands who received the grand .lodge de
gree, the largest number at one sessloii
or ttre'ran(J.axlgf;,slnc llty. w-hjirt the
iri-nnri ltwlu'A itir't lit C'l'fcston.
The public Installation of officer was
proceeded with, wnen tne iouowing ol
ficers were installed:
Grand Master - tftymest Stevenson,
Council Bluffs.
Deputy Grand Master E. W. Cutting,
Decora h.
Grand Warden Henry F. Wagner,
Slguurney. 1
Grand Marshal Fred Sherer,. Lewis.
Grand Conductor J. P. 1-ambeetson,
Alhla.
Grand Guardian E. Mefferd, Wood
bine. Grand Herald S. S. Hall, Benton.
Grand Messenger W. C. Joseph, Coun
cil Bluffs.
Grand Chaplain C. E. Klght, Valley
Junction. ,
Grand Reporter C. E. McCanon, De
Moines. '
Board of Instruction N. Jasper Jones,
W. W. Brunton, F. V. Wrote, George S.
Dunn and J. C Richards.
Committee on Appeals H. C. King,
Zala A. Church, J. H. Henderson, W. W.
Moore and B. W. W hite.
innnm Committee F. L. Ingals, C. E.
Alexander, Harry Cheney, E. V. Harper
and E. O. Blgdon.
Credentials Committee A. A. Montgom
erv, chairman.
Judiciary J. P. Starr, chairman.
Memorial Edmund Pendleton, chair
man. Batardar Specials.
In our big grocery and meat depart
ment. Brooms, special for Saturday:
Regular 49c carpet broom, 29c; Quaker
Oats, package, 8c; SOc box soda crackers,
05c; tomatoes, per basket, 10c; fancy cel
ery, 4 stalks, 15c; Wisconsin cabbage, lb.,
?c; sweet potatoes, per peck, ..ac; new
horseradish, ner bottle. I1-; Pancake
flour, per suck, C3c; 2jc pail Karo pyrup.
18c; yellow bananas, dozen, 15c; Swiss
cheese, lb., 30c; fancy hand-packed table
corn, 7 cans for 65c( 10c Palm Olive
Toilet soap, 4 buis for 25c; lettuce, 2 for
5c; our Way Up flour, none better at any
price, every tack warranted satisfactory.
per suck, $1.45; S-Ib. pull lard, 39c; fancy
pork roast", lb., 1214c, 15c; fancy boneless
rib roasts, lb., 15c; dressed Fprlng. chick
ens, lb., 12 Vic; ljologna, ib., luc; breakfast
bacon, strip, lb., 13',;c; home-made hambur
ger ateak, per 11)., 12Vic; choice shoulder
steak, lb., UV-ic; choice rib roast, lb.,
I-'-; summer sauaage, lb., lHc; home
made sausage, lb., 1-V.c. J. Zoller Mer
cantile company, the big" -uptown store,
100-2-4-S Broadway.. 'Phone .330.
SWITCH MAff KILLED WHEN
ENGINE STRIKES A TRAIN
MARSHALL..' Tex., Oct. 20-After re
versing his engine when almost upon a
freight locomotive, a Texas & Pacific
railroad passenger train engineer jumped
to save his life -today. The two loco
motives collided with sufficient force to
start the passt-nger locomotive backward,
and It continued' unchecked In the local
yards, crashing into eastbound passenger
train No. 4 on the Texas & Pacific rail
road, killing Clint Hall, a switchman
of Whelan. Ark., and Injuring sixteen
persons, mostly passengers. . .
Council Bluffs
Host of Lawsuits-
Get Under the Wire
in District Court
Pretty nearly a record number of peti
tions Instituting suits In the district court
were filed In the clerk's office yesterday.
M S o'clock tho number was nearly
thirty and attorneys were still hurrying
to get others In. It -was the last day
of filing for tho October term. A mil-
Jorlty of the suits were for damages.
which constitute more than one-half of
the regular court business and Its heavy
expense to the taxpayer. None of tho
suits was of great importance. The di
vorce docket waa Increased by about the
average number of new cases.
Joo Kamm asks $1,500 damages from
William Roper, whose automobile, driven
rapidly down North Plxth street at dawn,
on the morning or Aiigusi n. sirucn
Kiimm's buggy at the MynstPr street in
tersection, smashed it and painfully hurt
him.
F. E. Wasser brings a suit against
It. It. and Cora Sherman, owners of the
old Aylcsworth fruit farm, on East
Broadway, to recover a balance of $I6.0R,
alleged to be due as wages from August
10, 1910, to July T, 1911, in accordance with
a verbal contract to give Wasser and hlsnatlonal lecturers, whose duties arc to
wife $50 a month, he to work on the farm
and she In the house. Credits of only
$27.95 nre mentioned.
R. 11. Emery sues Floyd Jones, owner
of a local automobile delivery, for
on account of alleged damages sustained
on October 2. when a buggy In which he
was riding was hit by a machine driven
by young Jones.
The Iowa Fruit and Produce company
sues the street railway company, claim
ing $500 damages for injuries to a wagon
and valuable horse, when the wheet of
the vehicle stuck In a track at the east
approach of the river bridge, on June 8.
Peter Nelson and Jens I.arsen wani
$210 damages from G. E. Ellsworth, for
Slleged trespass of the Ellsworth dairy
stock on field crops, cultivated In the vl
initv of the dairy in the southwest
part of the city.
U C. Besley asks $5,000 damages irora
tho street railway company for a re
tnurkablo condition which, he alleges, ex
isted at Manawa, when a dum constructed
by tho company to ralso the level of the
water In the lake. Injured a large tract
of agricultural land by causing an over
flow of water. It Is not asserted, how
ever, that the Injury was inflicted In the
drouthy Bummer of 1911.
A remarkable suit is filed by E.
II. Richards against George P. Colon.
He alleges that on March IS, 1910, that
Colon, confederating with Robert Brown,'
Edward Dawson and others, got him
drunk and induced him to buy a pre
tended Interest in a pretended Council
Bluffs saloon and to sign a note for
$4,500 secured by mortgage on a good
Iowa farm located near this city. He
also alleges that during; the first five
months of 1910 they secured from him
$5,200 in cash. He asks a Judgment
against them fo. $9,700 and cancellation
of the mortgage.
A suit Is brought by J. D. West against
Merrltt Ellis and Fred Brown for $350
commission due from the sale of a $13,-
000 stock of shoes In Council Bluffs.
II. R. Wygert sues O.' C. "Brown for
$150, alleging that he ran Into, with his
automobile, and smashed on autocycle
which he left' standing at the street
curb. . '
A damage suit wherein $2,500 is claimed
for personal injuries was instituted by
C. E. Venard against Wlnfleld V. Mayne,
son of Harley Muyne. It Is alleged that
Mayne was driving . an automobile on
the roadway north of the city on Aug
ust SI and In attempting to pans the
wagon driven by Venard struck It from
the "rear, overturned It and painfully
hurt Mrs. Venard and her sister, Mrs.
Sadlo Sage, and his nephew, Joe De
Vere.
Among the balch of divorce suits Is
that of Caroline Alice Hausor- against
William Hausor. They were wed in
Omitha September 21, 1909. She alleges
cruelty and asks for the custody of
their child, and title to the homestead
property with 'all of Its contents, located
at 1? Oakland Drive. She also says he
has property located at 2304 West Broad
way and other Investments which should
be equitably divided.
: KJerstlne Jensen married Jens Marlus
Jensen in far, away Denmark on April
1, 1SP3, and came with him to this coun
try, She lived with him until Septem
ber 8, this year when she says she was
obliged to leave on accounty of cruelty.
She wants the custody of threo minor
children and auch other relief as the
court may give. Estella May Allen
fcet-ks divorce from Henry Allen on the
frounds of cruelty. They were wed In
Council Bluffs on date left blank and
sepal ated on September 10, 1911.
Two damage suits against the street
railway company are brought by the
father of Clara and llattie Jacobson for
Injuries alleged to have been - sustained,
by the children while changing from the
Manawa car to the North Eighth street
car. Small amounts are asked, $300 in
one case and $450 in the other.
. Batardar specials.
In our big hardware department: Wash
machines, up from $3.67; bird cages, up
from t3e; Economy cohler outfits, com
plete set for fixing shoes, 66; No. 8
extra good waffle iron, 78c; 60c galvanized
water pall, S5c; $2 extra heavy, copper
bottom wash boiler, $1.10; willow, clothes
buskets, 7tc; 6-lnch stove pipe, 12c; li-lnch
stove pipe elbows, 12c; fire shovels, up
from 2c; heavy oil cloth rug, L9c; wood
lined stove boards, 68c; charcoal, per
pac kage, lnc; Perfection oil heater, i3.it);
boys' bandied axe. 69c; men's handled axe,
kindling hulchets, up from 15c; axe
handles, up from 15c; M-lnch Japanned
coal pall, 19c; extra large, heavy galvan
ised garbage can, (2; iron pumps, jip from
11.90.- J. Zoller Mercantile , company,
the big uptown store, 1UO-2-4-U Broadway,
Phone !20. ,
Wanted old mirrors to. reallver to took
like new. Bluff City Glass and Mirror
Works. Bell phone 699.
' California wines, 60c per qt. Kentucky
whUkles, bottled la. bond, $1 per qt.
r.osenfe'.d Lluuor Co., Tel. S323.'
MRS. HENRY GIBBONS '
DIES AT KEARNEY HOME
' KEARNEY. Neb., Oct. 21.-(Speelal
Telegram.) Mrs. Henry Gibbons, wife of
Henry Gibbons, master of the grand lodge
of Masons of Nebraska, died at her home
In Kearney ut 6 o'clock Thursday after
noon. The funeral will be held at St.
Luke's Episcopal church on Sunday aft
ernoon at S o'cloc k. Grand Secretary
Francis E. White and other prominent
Masons of the state will bo present.
Council Bluffs
Mayor Malonoy
Will Designate
Land Show Day
Not sufficient Important business rnther
thnn a press of other duties that have
kept the city officials and aldermen con
stantly busy nil week caused the con
templated council meeting lust night
to be postponed. A brief meeting of tho
council, with Just a quorum, was held
during the afternoon for the purpose of
assessing the Broadway paving, but ho
other business was done. The work re
quired several hours and a Journey over
tho new pavement.
One of the things expected to be
brought up If the meeting had been held
was the acceptance of the Invitation to
attend the Omaha Land Show and the
official designation of Wednesday. Octo
ber 25 as Council Bluffs day. This will
be done at the meetirg on Monday night,
and Mayor Maloney will Issue a proclama
tion designating the day. It will bo one
of the big days of the show w ith a num
ber of special features, Including moving
pictures showing tho nature-color films
taken In the Tosenilto and Yellowstone
National parka with explanatory lectures
by Bruce Lefflngwell and II. II. Havs.
doscrlbo and familiarise the public with
the great natural park reserves of the
country. The pictures are made by the
new natural color process nnd are the
next best thing to a visit to the places
described.
Pianos in all the latest fancy veneers of
the very best makes procurable, at A.
Hospa Co., 407 W. Broaflwny, Council
Bluffs, la. Easy payments.
N. Y, Plumbing Co. Tel. 260. Night L-170J.
THE REAL RANKIN IS NOW
NEMESIS OF MILLIGAN
J. D. Rankin, the real Jesse Rankin
of Tarklo, Mo., arrived In Council Bluffs
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
Eecurlng a timely interview with the
young man who has been trailing the
family escutcheon In the duat. When
Mr. Rankin, at his home In Tarklo, read
In The Bee the story printed Tuesday
morning announcing the wild escapade of
the fellow posing as the grandson of tho
late David Rankin, one of the men whom
tho people of northwestern Missouri
have long known and honored, the tele
phone was Immedlatey used and the
Council Bluffs police department In
formed that the .man who married 15-year-old
Maude Blumenstlne Monday
evening and was in Jail two hours after
wards was Jess or James MUllgan, a
former resident of Tarklo and well
known there. Mf., Rankin took the first
train to Council Bluffs, not for the pur
pose of protecting the family name, but
to Insure the holding of the Impnster un
til he ran be returned to Missouri. As
there Is a Jess and Jim MUllgan, Mr.
Rankin was In doubt as to which It
might be. . .
He confronted Miitlgan in the city Jail
Immediately after reaching the city and
told the police It was Jim MUllgan. Mr.
Rankin, who Is a young man of refine
ment, connected with the largest bank
ing business in that portion of Missouri
and- married and providing for his family
of wife and two 'Children, told briefly of
some of the MUllgan exploits.', He said
the boy's father is now in Jail at Rock-
port charged with bootlegging, and that
another brother is being sought by the
federal authorities for the same offenfe.
He said MUllgan went to Kansas City
somo time ago and engaged a fine livery
team and carriage upon the representa
tion that he was J. I). Rankin, drove out
of town end sold the outfit. He .was
next heard from at North Platte, Neb.,
where he became connected with a .valu
able fur overcoat, again giving the name
of J. D. Rnnkln. He Is also wanted for
crime committed at bprlngfield, Mo.
The sheriff was expected to arrive, from
Tarklo last night to take MUllgan, back.
It Is now recalled by the police and
others that MUllgan. came - to - Council
Bluffs In July and represented himself
as J. D. Rankin. Tho Ranklna are ex
tensive dealers in automobiles, and MUll
gan came nearly concluding operation
for tho purchase of a fine car from . a
Council Bluffs dealer. He was only pre
vented getting away with It when the
garage men sent a chnuffeur with him.
All he got was a good, free ride about
town. It Is also recalled that MUllgan
was around the Goodrich hotel during the
afternoon of the evening that James
Gunz attempted to line a dozen men In
the office and rob them and the rush
register, firing half a dozen shots. MUll
gan was in his company and was drink
ing with him and in believed now to ba
largely responsible for the crime of the
liquor-crazed man. One of the patrons
of the hotel had his pockets picked that
evening before Ganz made his wild at
tempt and MUllgan Is believed to be re
sponsible for the loss.
An enormous amount of embarrassment
has been caused Mr. Rankin and his
family by the persltnt Impersonation
by MUllgan. Mr. Rankin said he re
ceived a postal card about ton days ago
from a strange young womun, directed
to Tarkio, in which the young woman
said she arrived home safely and thor
oughly enjoyed the trip with lilm, al
luding to many Incidents of a shady
character. Mr. lUinkln said MUllgan
would now be retired for a good long
time. The only request that MUllgan hud
to make when he met Rankin at the city
jail was for "a good cigar."
Hundreds of new mouldings and frames
to select from for those pictures to be
framed, at The Fauble Art Hhop.
(irlaaell Pioneer 00 Years Old.
GRINNELL. Ia., Oct. 21.-Speclal.)
Children and grandchildren are gathered
here -today to celebrate the ninetieth birth
day of Hquire Miles cnarree. He was
born In Ppilngvllle, N. Y., but came to
Grlurtvll with his Invalid wife In Decern.
ber.-UCS. He has been elected Justice of
the peace for twenty-eight consecutive
years, township claik for the same time,
overseer of the poor seventeon years, city
treasurer six years, county coroner five
years, deacon in the Congregational
church twenty-four years and In all these
cases has never sought the office. Mr.
and Mrs. Chaffee will celebrate their six
ty-fourth wedding anniversary on Tues
day, October 24. :
lllae Ion" for Chicago.
'lllCA.i, uct. i . nier or route
McWeeny today promised a "blue law" in
regard to gambling, since Assistant Ch!?f
rw-tiueitler, who auld he could stop
gambling, bus been given charge of a
kpeclal squad to etop gambling. He said
Kchuettler'a men would make no dis
tinction between pallor bridge whiat
and home penny ante games ana the pro
fessional games of roulette, faru bank
aud poksr. . ,
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U7UUM nM0 DDUKf 1 AACU
it libit ifMuo unLnrv Lvvourbrav
Wrath of Resistless Witters, as
Pictured in Fiction.
ROMANCE MIXED WITH DISASTER
(harlea Bead Heacrlbea the Ter
rible Conaeqnenrrs of n Dam
Olvlna Way ' "
Precautions,
With the admixture of romance over
looked. Charles Keade's description In
Put Yourself In Ills Place" of the burst
ing of the dnm at Onsley reservoir, near
Hillsborough. England, gives In fiction a
thrilling picture of the realities of the
disaster at Austin. Pa.. September 30.
1911. and at Johnstown, Pa.. May 31, lsw.
The novelist describes the dnm. Its great
width and strength, and the special pre
cautions of the constructor to enable
any undue pressure of the water to be
relieved without delay. Then came the
finding of a crack in the dam, the open
ing of the sluice pipes, and the Inspection,
all too lute to avert the disaster which
the giving away of the dam brings on
the Inhabitants of tho adjoining valley.
The most remarkable of the escapes was
that of Henry Little and Grace Coventry,
two lovers who hud been separted, Grae
having married Frederick Coventry. Fol
lowing is a description of the scene:
What seemed a mountain of snow
came rolling, and burst on them with ter
liflo vjolence, whirling gjeat trees and
fragments of houses rast with incredu
lous velocity.
'At the first blow, the house that stood
nearest to the flying lake was shattered
and went to pieces, soon after; all the
houses uulvered as tho waler rushed
round them two stories high.
'Little never expected to live another
minute; yet, In that awful moment, nis
love stood firm. ( He screamed to Grace,
The houses must go!-the tree!-the tree!
get to. the tree!'
'But Grace, so weak at times, was mo.v
than mortal strong at that dread hour.
-What! Live with him,' she cried,
when I can die with you!'
"She folded her arms, and her pale face
was radiant, no hope, no fear."
Now came a higher wave, and water
reached above the window sills of the
badrooin floor and swept away the lad
der; yet, driven forward like a cannon
bullet, did not yet pour into the bed
rooms from the main stream; but by
degrees the furious flood broke,' melted
and swept away the Intervening houses.
and then hacked off the gable-ena or
Grace's hous, as if Leviathan had bit
ten a piece out. Through that aperture
the flood came straight In. leveled the
partitions at a blow, rushed Into the
upper rooms with fearful roar, and then,
rut-liliig out again to rejoin the greater
body of water, blew the front wall clean
away, and swept Urate out Into the
raging current.
Tho mighty reflux, which, after a short
struggle, overpowered the rush of water
from the windows, and carried Grace's
helpless body away from the tree, drove
her, of course, back toward the houses,
and she was whirled past Little's win
dow with fearful . velocity, Just - as he
was going to loap Into the flood and
rinh n an Insane attempt to save her.
With a loud cry ho seized her by the
long floating hair and tried to draw her
In at the window, but the mighty water
pulled her from him fiercely, and all but
dragged him in aftor her; he was only
saved by clutching the side of the wall
with hla loft hand; the flood was like
some rvast solid body drawing against
him, and terror began -to seize on his
heart He ground his teeth, he set his
knee against the horizontal projection
of tho window, and that freed his left
hand; he suddenly seized her arm with
It, and clutching violently, ground his
teeth together, and, throwing himself
backward with a Jerk, tore her out of
the water by in effort almost super
human. Such was the force exerted by
the torrent on one side and the des
perate lover on the other that not her
only, but her stockings, though gartered,
were torn off her In that fierce struggle,
" ""'''A TSew Banger.
'A new danger soon brought them both
to their senses; an elm tree whirling
past grazed Coventry's plane tree; it
was ' but a graze, yet it nearly shook
him off Into the flood, and he yelled
with fear; almost at the same moment a
higher wuvo swept Into Little's room,
und the rising water set everything
awash, and burst over him us he
kneeled with Grace. He got up, drenched
and half-blinded witii the turbid water,
and, taking Oruce In his arms, wadded
waist high to his bed, and la'id her down
on IU
Fearful as the situation was, a sicken
ing horrcr wux udded to It by tho hor
rible smell odor, a compound of earthl
hess und putrescence; It smelt like a
newly-opened grave; It jiuruiyzcd like
a serpent's breath.
Hlout as young Utile's heart was, li
fainted when lie saw his bedstead, and
hla drawers, and hi chairs, all slowly
rising toward the celling, Ilttedi by that
cold, putrescent, liquid deuih.
But all men, und even nnlinuls, possess
Heater power of mind, us well us ol
body, thun they ever exert, unless com
pelled by dire necessity; and It would
have been strango Indeed If a heart So
stanch, and a biuin so inventive, as
Little's, had let his uarling die like a rat
drowned in a ho'e, without some new an
masterly attempt flrtt mado to save her.
To that amount of horror und paralyslr
succeeded an activity of mind and body
almost inciedlble. He wnded to the draw
ers, took his rifle and fired both barrels
at one place lit the celling, bursting a
hole, and cutting a narrow Joist almoal
In two. Then he opened a drawer, got an
ax and a saw out, and tried to wade
to the bed; but the water now took him
off his feet, and he, had to swim to It
Instead. He got on It, and with hi
ax and saw he contrived to paddle th
floating bed under the hole In the celling
and then with a few swift and powerful
blows of his ax soon enlarged that
aperture sufficiently; but at that moment
the water curried the bedstead away from
ths place.
He set to work v.lth his saw and ax
and puddled back again.
Tumble of Homes.
lit- drew himM-if up through the aper
ture, and Oruce, holding his skirts with
her hands and the bed with her feet,
climbed adroitly on to the head of the
bed a French bed made of mahogany
and Harry drew her through the aperture.
They were now on the false celling, and
nearly Jammed against the roof. Little
toon liutked a great hole In that Just
above the parapet, and they crawled out
upon the gutter.
They . were now nearly as high an
Coventry on his tree; but their house wux
rocking and his tree was firm.
In the next house were heard the de
spairing shrieks of poor creatures who
taw no way of evudlng their fu: yet
y -pen to them as to this
pair.
"Oh, my angel." said Grace, "save
them! Then. It you die, you go to Ood."
"All right," said Henry. "Come on."
TJiey darted flown the gutters to the
next house. Little hacked a hole In the
slates, and then In the woodwork, and
was about to Jump In, when the house
he had Just left tumbled all to pieces
like a bouse of sugar, and the debris
went floating by, Including the bedstead
that had helped to save them.
Little Jumped in, hacked a bole In the
celling, and yelled to the Inmates to give
Mm their hands.
There was a loud cry of male nnd
female voices.
"My child first! "cried a woman, and
threw up an Infant, which Little caught
and handed to Grace. Fhe held It, wall
Ing. to her breast.
Uttle dragged five more souls up.
Grace helped them out. and they ran
along the gutter to the last house with
out saying. "Thank you."
The house was rocking. Little and
Grace went on to the next, and he
smashed the roof In, and then the cell
ing, nnd Grace and lit were getting the
people out. when the house they had Just
left melted sway, all but a chimney
stack, which adhered In Jagged dilapida
tion to the house they were now upon.
They were now upon the last. Little
hacked furiously through the roof and
celling, and got the people out; and now
twenty -seven souls crouched In the gut
ter, or hung about the roof of this one
house; some praying, but most of them
whining and wnlllng.
Ursnalr anil llosx.
At this moment was heard a sound like
the report of a gun; a large tree whirled
down by the flood, struck tho plane tree
Just below the fork, and cut It In two as
promptly as a scythe would go through a
carrot.
It drove the upper part along, and, go
ing with It, kept It perpendicular for
some time. The white face and glaring
eyes of Frederick Coventry sailed past
those despairing lovers. He made a wild
clutch at them, then sank in the boiling
current, and was hurried away.
This appalling Incident silenced all who
saw It for a moment, but then Little
started to his feet and cried. "Hurrabt"
There was a general groan.
"Hold your tongues!" he roared. "I've
got good news for you. The water waa
over the top windows; now It la an Inch
lower. The reservoir must be empty by
now. Keep quiet for two minutes, and
you will see."
Then no more was heard but the whim
pering of the women, and, every now
and then, the voice of Little; he hung
over the parapet, and reported every half
minute the decline of the water; It sub
sided with strange rapidity, as he had
foreseen.
In three minutes after he had noticed
the first decline, he took Grace down,
through the roof, on the second floor.
When Grace attd Henry got there, they
started with dismay; the danger waa not
over; the front wall was blown olean
out by the water, all but a Jagged piece
shaped like crescent, and it seemed a
miracle that the road, thus weakened
and crowded with human beings had not
fallen in.
"We must get out of this," said Little.
"It all hangs together by a thread.' .
He called the others down from - the
roof, and tried to get down, by the stair
caso. but it waa broken Into sections and
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floating about. Then he cut Into t) flon
rear the wall, and, to his InFinrte sur
prise, found the first floor within Xour
feet of him. The flood had lifted It
bodily more than six feet.
He dropre" on to It, and made Grace
let herself down to him, he holding htf
around the waist and landing her a.
light as a feather.
Tne Aftermath.
Henry then hacked through the door,
which was Jammed tight; and, the water
subsiding, presently the wrecks of the
staircase left ort floating, and stuck
In the mud and water; by this means
they managed to get down, and found,
themselves in a layer os mud, stones and
debris, alive and dead, such as no Imag
ination had hitherto conceived.
Dreading, however, to remain In a
house so disemhowlod within, and so
shattered without that It seemed to rur
vlve by mere cohesion of mortar, he
begged Grace to put her are around
hla neck, and then lifted her and car- ('
rled her out Into the night. 1
"Take me homo to papa, my angel,''
said she.
He said he Would and tried to find hli-j
way to the road which he knew led ut
II 1.111 UVf.l,ln. XrtM- n,l Mil ImnA 4
II lano-n'
hedge,!
S fe t I
iiiv fun iu u uiiuiiiiiB linn, aii.v -iii iiiiwi
marks were gone; houses, trees, hctl
all swept away; roads covered
thick with rocks, and stones, and bricks,
and carcasses. The pleasant valley was a
one horrid quagmire. In which he could
take few steps, burdened as he was, ,
without sticking, or stumbling against
some sure sign of destruction and death i
within the compass of W yards he found
a steam boiler and its appurtenances
(they must have weighed some tons, yet
they had been driven more than a mile),
aid a cow, and the body of a wagon
turned upside down (the wheels of this
same wagon were afterward found fif
teen miles front the body). -,
Pointed Paragraphs.
Gossips tell all they know and then
nme.
The social whirl has made many a
girl giddy.
Moat of life's so-called tragedies are
merely comedies.-
The motto of a grass widower: "Onco
stung, always shy."
Money makes the mare go; the lack
of it makes her go hungry.
Many a self made man merely offers
an explanation that doesn't explain.
People who take the will for tho deed
never break into the millionaire class.
A wise Kill never tries to fool her
mother. She lets the old lady fool her
self. The one way to help a worthless men
along Is to administer a swift kick in
the proper place.
It sometimes happens that man who
never even saw an airship files Just
as high and lulls just as hard. Chi
cago News.
Killed While Dark Heating;.
ANTIOOH, III., Oct. 21. Attorney
Charles 1. McRoberta of Chicago was
shot and Instantly killed while hunting
duoka at O-ass 1-ake, near here, today.
A guide, Ben Cobb, was with MoRobertS.
In a duok Is, at. As the ducks came by
the guide shculed to the attorney to sit
down, but '.ne attorney misunderstood,
and stood tip In the boat Just as Cobb
fired. The charge tore the -whole top of
Mc Roberts' head ort. .
Dedr on Mountain Teak.
LOS ANGRLKS. Cel.. Oct. Jl.-L'nelad
and with the throat cut, the body of .
Henry Connelly waa - found,, today at i
the top of a mountain peak near Bun- -land.
Connelly, who had been employed 1
on a ranch, disappeared two weeks ago.
A letter received today, addresaod to
Connelly, Indicated that he had a brother
living at lUi North Central avenue, Chi- ,:
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