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6 THfi SUNDAY BEE. MARCH 18. 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGE&
if THE SUNDAY BEE
OOITNOIL BLUFFS
OFFIdfe , NO. 12 PEAllfc STREET.
Delivered br Carrier In Any Part ot the City ftt
twenty Cents I'cr Week.
II.W.TJI/rUH. . . . . . . MAJUOEU.
TELKI'llONUSs
usiRKSs FFCE , Nd. 13 ,
Ninill KDlTOH , No. 23.
AlINOll MENTION.
N. Y. Plumbhig C6.
Now spaing pee Js at Keller's.
Colorado conl nt Council Bluffs 'Lumber
Co. , 000 main street , telephone No. 257.
Sid Strlnglmm , the assailant of HI llalrd ,
Jias been bound over to the grand jury in the
sum of 100.
The United States court opens hero March
27. One of the rooms in the new court house
Will bo occupied.
The Hibernian ball Inst night was n grand
BUCCCBS. Ono hundred and fifty couples
wcro In attcndanco.
The flags of America and Ireland waved
over the roof of Uov. Father McMcnomy's
resilience yesterday.
Several members of Hazel camp , No. 171 ,
Modern Woodmen of America , visited Omaha
camp Friday evening.
It is said that J. VV. Merrill has his eyes seton
on the position of clerk of the school board ,
in plnco of C. M , Hurl.
The members of St. Agnes Guild held a
mooting yesterday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. Li. B. Josselyn.
The paper carnival nt Drlcsback's hall Fri
day evening drew n largo attendance. The
affair wound up with n ball.
The hour of morning service In St. Paul's
church has been changed to 10:00 : o'clock In-
, Btcad of 10:10 : ns heretofore.
Franklin assembly , No. lioOo , K. of L. , will
meet this afternoon at It o'clock m their
rooms , over liurnhnm , Tulloy & Co.'s bank.
Moore & Klpllngcr luwo made some
changes in the rear part of their establish
ment , and put In two Brunswick billiard
tables.
A deal of fifty-eight lots In Itallroad addi
tion is reportcdv The sale was made by Frank
Evans , but who the purchaser is deponent
snvcth not.
The "como quick" wagon brought In Jake
Shopo last evening and the hotel d'polico
register shows the same old charge , "dis
turbing the peace. "
The pool exhibition at at the Manhattan
last evening possessed poor drawing quali
ties. Tliero was some excellent playing ,
however , which those present enjoyed.
c J. T. Davis , of Marysvillc , Mo. , has arrived
at the park with his stable of flyer ? . Many
of them arc entered fd r the races of the May
running meeting and are now training.
Thcso are the first entries.
Notice was received nt the "Q. " cilice in
this city yesterday that after the 1st of April
rates would return to thu sumo schedule as
was in force before February 4. On the
other roads the change to old rates takes of-
- feet March 20 ,
{ The ladies of the Congregational church
'T will glvo an Easter supper on Saturday even
ing before Easter Sunday. Thu supper will
bo spread in the parlors of the church. Fancy
articles appropriate to commemorate the sea
son will bo on sale.
Henry Eiscman & Co.'s People * ! , store is
undergoing extensive changes. Ono portion
of the second story is being fitted up to bo
used exclusively ns a children's acpaitincnt.
The cloak room also Is being changed to suit
the requirements of their trade.
The machinery of Mr. Mullen's knitting
factory has been ordered shipped to this city
from Detroit Immediately anu will bo placed
In position as soon ns it arrives. The new
factory will probably bo located on West.
Uroadway and will employ forty hands.
Since the frost has gone out Harrison
street is almost impassible for vehicles. The
grade Is now much lower than when the
street was filled and a deep gully runs down
the center. A largo amount of dirt will
have to be replaced before any paving can
bo done on that thoroughtare.
The bankrupt shoo store on Main street
WAS raided by burglars Friday night ana
some stock carried away. Entrance was ef
fected through a back window , where a
pasteboard was doing service for n broken
pane of glass , The amount of the loss is not
known , but it is not n very largo sum.
Flora Christiansen , eight years of age , died
at her homo , 1510 Eighth avenue , yesterday
morning of membranous cioup , A six-year-
old brother is also very low with the same
dread disease , and arrangements for the
funeral luivo not yet been made , as it is
feared that both may be buried in the sanio
grave.
St. Patrick's day passed very quietly
throughout the city. Tliero were no
parades of any societies , and with the excep
tion of the numerous grcon ribbon badges
adoining the bosoms of the sons of the
Emerald Isle , thcio was nothing to distin
guish the day from any other. The lovers of
the shamrock were all sporting the lively
green , and proudly can-led the national color
or their nntivo land.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Maxon entertained a
largo number of friends at a dancing and
curd party Friday evening at their elegant
homo on Harrison street. During the after
noon Mrs. Maxon entertained the ladies and
the gentlemen arrived later in the evening.
The occasion was highly enjoyed by those
present and the host and hostess added now
laurels to their already cnviublo reputation
ns entertainers.
'I For sale cheap. Lots near the bridpe ,
Ijl to parties who will build at once. Ad-
La dress or call on J. R. Rico , No. 110
l | ' | Main street , Council Bluffs.
Sheafo loans money on real estate.
Got your horses clipped at Dohnny's
livery stable. Q. C. Barton will 'bo
there during this month with the colo-
| g bruted rotary clipper.
Personal Paragraphs.
Mrs. A. S. Uorham is reported as quite
seriously ill.
Aldermen Danforth and Motcalf have re
turned from Colfax Springs.
E. J. Straw is spending Sunday nt homo.
Ho leaves for the west to-night.
Henry Eisemaii leaves to-day for the cast
on a protracted visit with friends.
Mrs. J. Vf , Percgoy 1ms returned from a
Visit of several months in California.
John Schocntgen , qf Gronowcg ft Schocnt-
gen , Is in Chicago on a business visit.
Deputy Sheriff Hawker , of Glenwood ,
took a look at the now court house hero yes
terday ,
Mrs. M. F. Ilohror and Mrs. Phil Armour
went to Sioux City yesterday morning for a
short visit ,
L. T , Genung and P. P. Kelley , of
Glenwood , were among the attorneys attend
ing court hero yesterday.
Mrs. A. G. Holtman , of Sioux City , was In
this city yesterday on a visit to her daughter ,
who is unending the Sisters' school.
W. A. Stevens , travelling man for the
McClurg cracker in lcr-
company , came yet > -
day from n two vtcok'a trip on the road.
Miss Julia B. Desmond , a teacher in the
Hustings schools , Is visiting her cousin , Mrs.
D , A. Farrell of this city , for a few days.
Joseph Spttuldlng Is recovering from his
recent illness. Ho was out of doors yesterday
day for the lli-bt time since ho w.is taken
eick.
eick.Senator
Senator Gronowog and Representative
WiJiinn arrived here yesterday morning
from Des Moincs to spend Sunday with ihoir
families ,
T. A , Ctork , the locating engineer of the
Union Pacific.1 , ut rived homo yesterday on u
brief rcbpito. Ho 1 * looking well and is up-
jiarcntly In excellent health.
\V. M , Woodward of the Santa Fo railroad ,
with hisiidiiuarturb ut De.s Molnus , was in the
ciiy yesterday making arrangements for the
inter-state touchers' exclusion to California ,
to leave Kansas City Juno 10.
George * Laughrldge , of Creiton , has been
temporality pi oitiotcU from a conductorship
on the Kimsns City division to the position of
tratnuim > tur nf the Chicago , Huilington ; , t
Ouincy system , with heiidnututeis ut' the
llluflb. Ha decs not expect thu pobitiim to be
pcnuanoht.
Mr. Truman . .Vandorllp , who has been
spending the winterin California , stopped
over hero on his way back to his Michigan
homo. Ho was shown about ihc city by his
nephew , 3. W , Morse , uud was so pleased
with thu udvoutuKes and prosperity that it is
by no tnouus .unlikely that he will dispose of
iy and uitke Ihla hit liomw ,
SAINT PETER'S NEW CHURCH ,
The Work of the Gorman tJathollca
to Bo Crowned To-Day.
SLASHING AT A COURT DOCKET.
State Cases Thrown Out The Ijnst of
( lie Old Council Ilcpubllcan Pri
maries Police Doings Per
sonal Paragraphs.
Sermons and Service- ) .
This will bo a great day for the German
Catholic citizens. Their cndnavors to pro
vide a suitable place for worship nnvo been
crowned with great success. St. Peters
elegant new church , corner of Bluff and
Plerco streets Is completed and the dedica
tory services Will take plnco to-day.
The following Is the
rnodiUMMB op BOI.KMXITICB.
The ceremonies will begin nt 10:15 : this
morning. The peal of bells will sound the
time. Kh. Her. B. P. McMcnlrnyof Daven
port , will conduct the Bolomn rites. Hcv. B ,
P. McMenlrny will celebrate the solemn high
mass with Ucv. Fathers John Daxucher ns
deacon and M. T. Scliiffmachcr , of Ncoln , ns
sub deacon. Kev. Boniface Vorheycn , O. S.
B. , professor nt St. Benedict's college , Atchi-
Ron , Kansas , will preach the sermon of the
day.
day.Uh. . Rev , Bishop O'Connor of Omaha , and
Hh. Ucv. Abbot Innocent Wolf , O. S. B. , of
St. Benedict's Abbey , Atchlson , Kansas , "will
assist besides many visiting priests. Hov.
H. I. Healy will net as master of ceremonies. .
The choir under the able management ot
Mrs. James F. Dillon , organist of the church.
Will bo assisted by Mrs.D. . * J. O'JNoill and
her well trained choir. A very instructive
lecture will be given in the church this even
ing nt 7:30 : by Hev. P. T. McCarthy , rector of
St. Phllomcnn's cathedral , Omaha , on the
historic subject : "St. Peter was in Homo
Twenty- five Yeais. " The learned and elo
quent rector will show by the records of his
tory that the scare-crow planted , perhaps , re
garding this subject in the minds of some , to
bo cither a stupendous Imposition or nil his
tory of Christian antiquity a marvel of
delusion.
All our friends and benefactors especially ,
and the public generally uro herewith cor
dially invited and welcomed to the opening
solemnities of St. Peter's , morning mid ovcn-
Iilg. Kov. Adolph Wcsseiing , O. S. B. , pas
tor of St. Peter's.
SAIN * PAUL'S CHURCH.
Divine Service at 100 : ! ! a. m. and 7:30 : p. m. ,
Sunduy-schoot at 1 :1F : ! and holy communion
S a. m. Bishop of Iowa , the Ht. Uev. Will
iam Slovens Perry , D. I ) . , will preach In the
morning and evening , and in the evening will
administer the apostolic rite of confirmation.
Younp men and strangers always cordially
welcomed to these services. T. J. Mackay ,
rector.
IIAltMONV MISSION.
Services to-day at 3 o'clock , conducted by
MrW. . C. S.tacy , of the Congregational
church. SabbAth school at 4 o'clock. Pr.ivcr
mectjng Thursday evening. Subject : "Let
Patience Have Her Perfect Work , " James
1-4. Much interest was manifested nt the
meetings last week , the chapel beinp filled to
its utmost.
FlllST IlAl'TIST.
Preachltjg nt 10:80 : a. m. and 7:30 : p. m. In
the evening the p.istor will speak concerning
"The Two Sisters Mary and Martha , " the
third discourse on "Tho Women of the
Bible. " Seats free. All are cordially in
vited.
TUP SU/VATION ARMY.
Meetings Sunday ns follows ; Knco drill ,
7 a. m. : holiness , 11 a , in. ; Oil , be Joyful
meeting , 3 p. in. ; salvation , S p. m. Captain
Little David's ' subject in live night meeting
will bo "Three Terrible Fires. " All are in
vited and Welcome.
Ilev. W. O. Allen , of Malvern. wlH preach
at 10:30 : a.m. At 7 : UO there will bo u mis
sionary mass meeting. Colonel L. W. Tul-
leys will preside. Addresses will bo made
by Hov. W O. Allen , J. T. Brown and the
p.istor , W. H. W. Lees. The public is cor
dially invited.
Y. M. c. A.
Robins of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation open on Sunday from 2 to 0 p. in. , cor
ner Main street and Broadway. Strangers
in the city are especially Welcome. Free
rending room. Gospel meeting nt 4 o'clock ,
for men only. Subject to-dav , "Power of
God's Woid , " Hob. 4 , 12.
coxaitnaATioxAi. cnuncii.
Services to-dayi morning and evening.
Morning subject , "Tho Insanity of Sin ; "
evening , ' 'Comfort for Outsiders. " The
public is cordially invited.
Money at low rates on first class farm
security. BUrnham , Lmlloys & Co. , 10:2 :
Main street.
Call and see the new millinery and
fancy goods at Mrs , T. B , Louis' on
Broadway.
The District Court.
The district court had a spring house
clearing yesterday. The docket had become
lumbered up with a lot of old cases , in which
nothing had ever been done , and nothing
was expected to over bo dono. The attor
neys saw their pets swept away by Judge
Carson , who called case after case , and when
there was not a satisfactory showing , such
cases were stricken off. 1'ho size of the
docket will bo materially decreased , but the
live cases will bo given a better show.
Among the numoious cases stricken off yes
terday was that of Burnett vs Glebe Print
ing company , it being a suit for libel , the
plaintiff being a preacher who lockcu horns
with that paper over the prohibition ques
tion. Tliero was fiomo excitement over it at
the time , but the sensation has died out , and
the suit now drops , after being curried along
for several years.
S. B. Wadsworth & Co. loan money.
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Madam Blanch , greatest mind reader
in the world , is , nt the Metropolitan
hotel , Omaha.
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Full line of cookery and glassware at
Lund Brew. ' , U3 Main.
City Council Proceedings.
Lust evening the city council were to meet.
It wus 0:30 : o'clock when a quorum was se
cured , and Alderman-elect ICncpher was sent
for to constitute the requisite number. When
the guvel fell the following answered to their
names : Mayor Itohrer and Aldermen Dan
forth , Keller. Lacy and ICncpher ,
Various bills , finishing the past year's busi
ness , were allowed. Settlement was made
in full with the out-going oftlcials. -
The grade of North Second street was
changed by resolution and ordinance in com
pliance with petition of property owners upon
that street ,
Petition of Mary Ward that the waterway
through Max Hurlo's property bo opened was
referred. The balance of the petitions were
laid over ,
The annual report of the county treasurer
and auditor wore received mul placed on file.
Considerable other business was trans
acted and the council did not adjourn till
after midnight.
Found Opportunities to invest money
and make 100 nor cent. Inquire of
Johnston & Van Patten , 83 Main st.
RVKUY LADY within trading distance
of Council Blutls should not- fail to call
ut IRISHMAN'S PKOPLK'S STORK during-
this week and see the elegant display of
Bilks and diets goods just received.
This week wo aroolloriiif , ' special bar
gains in dress goods , wraps , jackets ,
roady-mndo dro&ses and wrappers , jer
seys and nuisllii underwear. Every
other dopiu uncut in our houbo will have
bpccinl attractions.
You will ilnd anything jou want I"
our store without Chopping all over the
city ,
Mall orders receive prompt attention ,
Samples sent on application at
Henry Elseman & Co.'s People's Store ,
Council Bluffs , Iowa.
Tim UcimbllcHii Primaries.
Kcpublican primaries were held in the vari
ous wards last evening -for1 the purpose of
chooplng dulcputw lo the county convention
that Is to be held at the MasonU ) Umple UK
morrow for the purpose of choosing dele
gates to the stAte convention at DCS Moincs
ontha&lst , The delegates from the various
precincts were ns follows-
First Ward W. C. Stncoy , chairman ; W.
Hi Lynchafd , secretary. Delegates ! U. O.
Hubbard , W. II. Lynchnrd , E. B. Gardiner.
John Hammer , Jacob Sims. Delegates In
structed to.cnst full vote of delegation.
Second Ward" J , J. Stcndman , chairman ;
Ed. Molt , secretary. Delegates , J , J. Stead-
man. .1. H. Pace , C. M. Hurl , C. S. Hubbard ,
Ed. Mott , Thcodor Sqlttnr , E. W. Burnhnm.
Delegates Instructed to cast full vote of pre
cinct.
Third Ward \V. F. Sapp. Chairman ;
George F. Smith , secretary. Delegates , 'W.
F. Sapp , A. S. Harelton , D. B. Clark. W. A.
Wood , W. E. Haverstock , S. T. Wnlkci.
Delegates Instructed to cast full vote of the
ward at the county convention.
Fourth Ward .T. F , Evans , chairman ; A.
J. Brown , secretary. The following dele
gates wcro chosen : J. F. Evans. Walter
I. Smith , L. Everett , George II. Stlllman ,
John Clark , J. C. Medlar , A. J , Brown , Thos.
Baldwin. The delegates were instructed to
support John Y. Stone as delegate nt largo
for Iowa.
Another llurglary.
The store of J. Sullivan , nt 343 Broadway ,
was burglarized at 1 o'clock this morning ,
but the exact amount of goods stolen Is not
as yet known. It Is supposed that the thieves
are the same gang which went through the
bankrupt store Friday night.
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For Sale.
A real homo , possessing all the ro-
puiremonts of n family. Two story
house , barn and necessary outbuildings ,
all nearly now. Lot , 148 feet front by
120 feet uocp. Fruit iu good variety.
Location two squares from Broadway , in
the busincs portion of the city. Price ,
$2,500 ; part cash , balance on time.
Warrantee deed. Also ft few cheap lota
on easy payments. A. J. Mandol , S25
Broadway. _ _
Police Points ,
In police court yesterday morning Owen
Cunningham was arraigned for milling the
waters of domestic life ut his home near the
Milwaukee roundhouse. Ho pleaded not
guilty , and was released on payment of costs ,
S4.CO.
J. T. Smith was also assessed a like
amount on a charge of drunkenness.
J. Lewis was taxed the full limit , S7.GO ,
having run nshoro on the Baptist church
steps after loading up on four-ply booze.
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Union Abstract company , 23G Main
street.
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The lltvcr'H Condition.
The condition of the river Is watched herewith
with much Interest especially In view of the
condition of the work on the new Broadway
bridge , and the Improvements being made
ana planned along the river bank. Harry
BIrkinblno. the well known engineer , and
superintendent of the water works , is keep
ing close watch and is in receipt of frequent
telegrams from other points on the river.
Ono telegram from Sioux City says
"Ulver still being crossed by footmen. Ice
soft. "
Another from Bismarck , dated at 11 o'clock
yesterday says "Hiver solid here and much
lower than lust year. Yellowstone broken nt
Glcndlre. "
The following shows the time of breaking
up of the river during the past years , the ob
servations being- taken at Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs and some nt Nebraska City :
February' , 1804 ; February 21 , 18 55 ; Feb
ruary 20 , lb ; April 2 , 1807 ; February 25 ,
ISOS : February 28 , 1S09 ; February 1(5 ( , 1870 ;
February 2.1 , 1871 ; February 24. 1873 ; March
3 , 1S73 ; March 10 , 1874 ; March 2. ) , 1875 ; De
cember 22 , 1870 ; February 1C , 1877 ; January
13 , 1878 ; March 7 , 1870 ; January IS , 18SO ;
March 24 , 1881 ; February 11 , 1SW ; Murch 4 ,
1883 ; March 15 , 1884 ; March 10 , lbS5 ; March
18 , ISbO ; March 11 , IbS" ; March 14 , 1838.
Travelers ! Stop at the J3echtelo.
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E. H. Sheafo loans money on chattel
security of every description. Private
consulting rooms. All business strictly
confidential. Olllce fiOO Broadway , cor
ner Main street , up-stairs.
A Business Change.
W. S. Homer yesterday purchased the entire -
tire interest of F. H. Orcutt in the Council
Bluffs Carpet company. He will Cuter upon
the duties of his now relation at once. This
will bo gratifying to his many friends hero ,
who feared that his selling out of his Main
street store would be followed by his removal
to borne other city. Tlio Council BlulTs Car
pet company has n largo and increasing busi
ness , and is Just the kind of a live concern
with which an enterprising man dike Mr.
Homer should bo connected. The house is
hardly less to bo congratulated on securing
such a partner. Mr. Orcutt will continue to
make his headquarters in Council BlulTs as
the representative of the largo wholesale dry
goods house of Wood , Brown & Co. , of Phil
adelphia. Ho will have an oflleo with the
carpet company , at 405 Broadway.
Cabinet Photo Free.
Every purchaser of a Domestic sewing
machine for cash or on monthly pay
ments from this office during the next
ten days will receive ono dozen cabinet
photos of themselves taken by Sherra-
uen , in that artist's best fatyle. Remem
ber ton days only. No canvassers. lOo
Main St.
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ic. or it.
There will bo a special meeting of L. A.
1CG3 , 1C. of L. , at their hall this afternoon at
3 o'clock. Every member is especially re
quested to bo present as business of the
greatest Impoitanco will bo presented to the
meeting. T. T. SNOW , M.W.
\VamlcrliiK8 of a Watch.
Cincinnati Enquirer : Ton years ago
Mr. Stephen Kelso , then night yardmaster -
master in the Ohio & Mississippi rail
road yards , lost his watch , a valuable
Howard timepiece which had cost him
$170 , The watch was a very plain one ,
the movement being inclosed in a silver
cube. At the tune of the loss Mr. Kolso
advertised it in all the papers and went
to far as to oiler a reward for it. Sineo
then he has changed his oflicial position
and is now n freight conductor , running
between this city and Seymour , Ind ,
Yesterday the long-lobt timepiece was
turned up , hoing found in the possession
of a Mr. O'Leary , a baloon-lcoeper at
Eighth and Evans street. Ho had worn
it for yours , having received it from his
aged father , now nearly sijcty-llvo years
of ago. The old gon.tleinaa's story is
that ho found it in the railroad yards on
the night it was lost. Detective Callahan -
han yesterday brough the watch to po
lice headquarters and turned it over to
the clerk of the department. To-day
Kolho will return from Seymour and of
ficial action will bo taken regarding the
recovered treasure.
A man who has been in the fish trade
at Port Clinton , O , , says the fish caught
there are BO strongly impregnated with
oil Unit it ia hard for the dealers to got
rid-of them. Many people will not eat
them , Tlio oil is washed from the Wood
county fields down the Portage river ,
Colonel T. W. Bullitt , of Louis-'illo ,
says that it was not Daniel Boone who
made the pioneer battlement in Ken
tucky , but mi nnccbtor of his own named
WalKor. Iu proof of this insertion ho
fellows a hatchet witli which the said
Mr , "Walker blazed a path through the
woods iu 17-1'J. '
Senator Ingalls and Congressman
"Suiibot" Cox are eacli very fond of read
ing Homer. Before he prepares a
speech Mr. Ingalls usually looks over u
low pages of the old Greek's bonorous
VOI-BU and troabures up for some of the
winged wordb. the old chieftains were
wont to hurl about in the vigor of their
expression ,
Blessed Js the man who slttrth on a red-hot
stove , for ho shall arise again.
Out in Minnesota a buby has been born
that weighs only a pound and a hall ,
INCIDENTS OF ArBliSY LIFE. '
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Romlnisconcea of the Lnto Thomas
Ji PottoP
HIS JUSTICE TO .fMPLOYES.
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The Historical PnrtHcIPlayccl In Iowa
IjCKlfllatlott Illn Ijiirtt Meeting
With Governor Imrrabco How
Ho Quelled n Illot lij 1877.
Denver News : The death of Thomas
J. Potter will doubtless * rovlvo mauy
reminiscences of his railway career by
those who dn joyed his acquaintance and
friendship iu the years that olapscd
from the date of his humble beginning
to the time of the illness that termi
nated his life at Wolkor's hotel iu
Washington , D. C. , last Thursday morn-
inir. Many incidents nro related by his
Denver friends.
HIS CONSUMATE DIPLOMACY.
At the time of his incumbency of the
position of superintendent of the Iowa
divisions , a general fceolintc of hostility
was excited against the railways of that
commonwealth owing to alleged extor
tionate freight and passenger rates.
Taking advantage of this discontent , a
gang of cheap politicians for which
Iowa has long boon noted , grasped the
opportunity to ride into power upon the
wave of popular dlBooutont , and con
ducted the canvass of 1873 upon the
railroad issue. The republicans had
had undisputed sway ia the state for
years , there being at that time
only ono democrat iu the senate
the Hon. B. J. Hall , of Bur
lington. Tlio mcagroncss of the
democratic representatives induced a
facetious republican member to intro
duce a motion to the effect that Mr. Hall
should bo- placed iu the state museum at
u curiosity. In the contest that followed
party Hues wore ignored , and n legisla
ture largely composed of hory-hauded
yeomanry from the rural district chosen
in both hoiibos. True to their anto-
elcctiou pledges , the members tackled
the railroad problem , and finally de
spite the most determined opposition
from the railway lobby that actually
swarmed upon the floors and flitted
through cloakrooms , n law. cast iron iu
its provisions , was enacted for the regu
lation of freight and passenger tratllc.
The operations of this lawsoriously om-
bamibbod the railways , whoso attorneys
fought it through the state and federal
courts to the tribunal of last re-sort
where its constitutionality was nflirmod.
This law remained in force until the
winter of 1878 , when Mr. Potter , repre
senting the ChicagoBurlington ! cQuincy
appeared in the legislative arena , for
the avowed purpose of securing the re
peal of the obnoxious granger law. By
a bories of the shrowflcstfnnd most di
plomatic moves over ku'owii in the his
tory of Western lobbying , Mr. Potter and
his lieutenants , J , W. Blyth and Judge
Hubbard , solicitors > foiM the Chicago
cage , Burlington & Quincy and
Chicago and Northwestern respectively ,
the legislature was iiitlueed to repeal
the law in the very teeth of the clamor
ous public opposition.f Senator , now
Governor Larrabeo , was one of the most
potential factors in assisting Mr. Potter ,
and is credited with having drawn the
bill creating the present railway com
mission as u substitute for the granger
law. The sjfccilic part taken by Mr.
Potter iu this splewdi4 triumph over
popular prejudice has never been made
puolicbut Governor Larrabee isnuthor-
ity for the statement that to Mr. Potter
belonged the credit of securing the
repeal of the granger law. Governor
Larrabee lias since changed front , and
is to-day rccognixcd as the head and
front of the anti-railroad crusade iu
Iowa.
Tin : IHONY OF TATK.
Nine years later Mr. Potter and Mr.
Larrabeo. whoso formidable coalition
in 1870 , had expunged the anti-railway
law from Iowa's statute books , met again
under widely different conditions. The
former had traveled the highway of
fame , and appeared as fi-bt vice-presi
dent of the Chicago , Burlington &
Quincy , whilst the latter had reached
the dignity of governor. This histor
ical meeting occurred in the rooms of
the state railway commissioner in the
new capitol at DCS Moiiies ono year ago
the ninth of next April. The ( Chicago ,
Burlington and Quincy had established
an arbitrary rate on coal hauled from
Cleveland to Glenwood , for use at the
homo of feeble minded children , located
at the latter point. The distance be
tween the two points is 18U miles and
the tariff exacted $1.80 per ton. At the
same time the company was hauling
coal from Cleveland to Council BlulTs ,
twenty-five miles further west , for $1.25.
The governor , in approving bills for the
various state institutions , discovered
the discrimination , and forthwith for
warded a communication to Mr. Potter ,
demanding a modification. Mr , Potter
very adroitly referred to President C.
Perkins for a reply. Instead of comply
ing with the governor's demand , Mr.
Perkins ordered the coal tariff revised ,
but instead of basing the revision upon
the Council Bluffs rate , as presumed by
the governor , the Glenwood tariff was
made the basis rule , and the charge per
ton to Council Bluffs raibed from $1.25
to $1.98. The governor thereupon sum
moned the Chicago , Burlington and
Quincy to account for alleged contempt
of executive authority and violation of
state laws.
laws.TUB
TUB TILT THKY HAT ) .
On April 0,1887 , Mr. Potter and Mr.
Riploy , the latter general freight agent
of the Chicago , Burlington & Quiucy ,
appeared in behalf of the company to
make defoiibo. A heated dibciibbion en
sued , in which the governor severely ar
raigned the railway coinvrlibsionor0 for
ropenteddelinquincies in failing to hold
tlio road in strict accountability for violation
lation of the law. In tire hrut of excite
ment Govorneor LarrabQO turned to Mr.
Potter , who btpod loanilig carclebsly on
the window-Bill , and remarked : ' !
want to state , Mr. Potter , that so long
as the Chicago , Burlington & Quiney
lines iu Iowa wore under your immedi
ate personal supervision their mauagf/
inont was marked by a , policy that en
deared you to the people of Iowa and bo-
cured for the road in thinstate a reputa
tion never enjoyed boforoi but I am re
luctant to bay that nineo your transfer
to a wider Hold of authority , and
your rout-cement removal from the state ,
and the delegation of its management
to bubordinatos , the Chicago , Burling
ton & Quinuv has become the most arro
gant and odious corporation in Iowa. "
Tlio serious featurcb of tlio great mana
ger relaxed , the firm lips parted for a
moment and usinilo of satisfaction played
over his swarthy face as ho bowed and
tersely remarked. "Accept my thanks ,
governor , for this unexpected compli
ment. " Little did Governor Larrabeo
or the asbombled magnut b of U > ° rail
way world biispeot that at that moment
Mr. Potter had written out and ready
for bubmifasion his resignation uf > general
manager of the Chicago1 , Burlington &
Quincy , but fcutih is the fact of history ,
for. to the knowledge of the writer , Mr.
Potter , on returning to the Kirk wood
house that eveningbubmitted his resig
nation to Mr , Peter A. Doy , ono of the
railway- commissioners , to whom he ua-
signed his reasons for severing his con
nection \vith the Chicngo , Burlington
& Quincy.A .
A iiCTjjMYfYK MF.sronv.
Mr. Potter and the Chicago , Burling
ton & Quincy hn4 been inseparably as
sociated together foryoars , and to speak
of ono Was to include the other. Ho
was familiar with every station on the
main lino-and'colild call by name every
agent employed at thcso stations , pro
vided they had been employed any con
siderable period. With the engineers ,
conductors and subordinate olllcials ho
always maintained the most friendly re
lations , and never failed lo call them
by their first- names when they were cus-
ually mot on the road. Familiarity ho
never tolerated , but his keen prcception
and rare judgment of men enabled him
to readily distinguish between manly
Independence ) tind impertinence. Ho
admired the former and despised the
latter.
ins ivr.x-iiANDiD : .IU.STICK.
No employe over appealed to him in
vain for the correction of a just griev
ance. An incident will illustrate :
A conductor who had boon dibcharged
by the division superintendent at Ot-
tumwa for no other rcn on than the wis.li
of the superintendent to glvo the run to
n Boii-in-law. Robert Patten , the ag
grieved conductor , conscious of having
given no occasion for dismibsal , re
quested this superintendent to give him
a pass to Chicago and return.
"What is your mission to Chicago ? "
queried the nervous superintendent.
"I am going to lay my case bofdfo
Tom Potter , whet I know , will accord
mo the justice denied mo hero , " replied
the conductor.
"You'll got no pass from this office , "
was the decisive response.
Mr. Patten , nothing daunted , paid for
a dispatch andrcnchcd Mr. Potter , from
whom there came a few minutes later
an imperative order to tlio superintend
ent to issue the desired passes. They
wore issued , and two days afterward the
conductor returned from Chicago , ac
companied by Mr. Potter. Ho investi
gated the case thoroughly , and after
Ubcortaining the facts refused to bq sat-
islied with reinstating tlio man. Ho
did much better , and appointed him
night trainmabtor , with headquarters in
the superintendent' * office.
UnWAUDKD HIS K1UKNDS.
The high respect and kind regard in
which ho was hold by the men
would have enabled him to have trans
ferred many of the Chicago , Burlington
& Quincy employes to the Union Pacific ,
had ho merely announced that ho
wanted them to come. Conductor Hill ,
now running on the Kansas Pacific , be
tween Denver and Kansas City , was dis
charged from the "Q" last Juno , on ac
count of an accident , for which ho was
only technically responsible. Ho was
given employment under Mr. Potter ,
and is ono of the- most honorable and
competent conductors in the service of
the Union Pacific , as he was also on the
Chicago , Burlington & Quinpy.
HIS COMMAND OV 3IUN.
During a critical period of the great
strike of 1877 , in which employes of the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy were in
volved , an incident occurred at Burling
ton which strikingly illustrates his
wondrous control of men. That tre
mendous contest for supremacy was not
conducted in the quiet and orderly way
that has marked the struggle now in
progress between tlio same road and its
men. Fully a thousand angry
men had gathered at the old
depot near the river front , and their
turbulent conduct gave rise to a just
foac that a single overt act would ignite
allamo that boded disaster to the exten
sive property of the company located at
Burlington. Foreseeing the approach
ing storm , Mr. C. E. Perkins assayed to
reason with the crowd , but ho was
treated with contempt and hooted down.
At this juncture , when the men wore
becoming turbulent and were on the eve
of violence , a determined looking man
was seen pubhing his way through the
crpwd. It was Tom Potter. Ho was
recognized and as though moved by a
common impulse the men foil back and
opened a way for him. Leaping upon a
baggage truck , ho took a sweeping sur
vey of his grim audience , as though tak
ing a mental inventory of its composi
tion. The angry muttcringb ceased and
silence reigned. Turning to a number
of bronzed firemen and time-scarred en
gineers , ho addret-sed himself to them :
"Has any ono of you over appealed tome
mo for a courtCby , or requefated the
righting of a wioug that has not been
granted or rectified if you deserved it ? "
said he. "Do you believe that the de
struction of property will provide you a
remedy for the evils you make com
plaint 'about. I want to meet you like
men and I will assure you wo can reach
a satibfactory solution of the trouble by
an appeal to reason than a resort to vie
lence. " At this , a stalwart , red-headed
engineer named Tom Hawksworth.
who , like his great leader , has crossed
life's division and been consigned to the
"windowlobs palace of death , 'strode up
to the trucks , grasped Mr. Potter by the
hand , gave it tin air brake squeeze , and
fairly yelled : "You hot your life , Tom
Potter , \\o will follow your lead. Boys ,
three cheers for Tom Potter , " and from
n thousand throats a fierce yell of de
light wont up. In fifteen minutes they
had assigned 100 men to guard and pro
tect the property of the company , an example -
ample that was followed along the en
tire line the next day.
Buenos Ayrcs , in the Argentine Re
public , is now the largest city in South
America , the COIIMIS of 1887 giving it a
population of 181,000. The population
of the entire country has increased 175
per cent in the hibt twenty years , while
thai of the United States in the bamo
period of time has increabod only 7U per
cent. _ _
A new musical instrument , the Clavi
harp , the invention of M. Dieof Brus-
bels , has passed a successful private
trial. It has a keyboard like a piano ,
but the mechanism plucks the strings
like n harp instead of striking them.
Any pianist can piay it.
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