THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt WEDNESDAY , MARCH 7 , 1804. THE DAILY BEE COUNCIL ItLUFPS OFF U K : -'NO. ' 12 I'EAItlj 9TUKET lcr to nny nartof the city it. W TILTON - Manager IlinlnfMOfflco. . . . . . . { { ) . 1 3 ( Fjmnf . NQ.M J//AO MltffTlOX. Boston Store white poods and linen sale. John N. Worth and Llllle M. Schwcndman , both of thin county , were married yesterday by Justice Fox. John Ilarkley of Lincoln nnd Lllla M. V. II , Iltnzlcr of this city wcro married by Justice Field yesterday. The Ucbcknh Hcllcf association will meet this afternoon for work nt Mrs. John Dough erty's , Avenue U nnd Tenth street. Walter Wood , n runaway boy from Lin coln , la at the city Jail awaiting word from his parents as to what shall bo done with him. Jennie Williams filed an Information yes terday charging Clem Spry with creating a disturbance at her place on Sixth street , near Indian creek. The Ladles Aid society of St. John's Eng lish Lutheran church meets Thursday after noon at the residence of Mrs. O. W. Snyder , 217 South Seventh street. The Ladles society of the Congregational church will meet with Mrs. L. W , Hois this afternoon at ,1 o'clock to complete arrange ments for an Easter festival. S. L. Etnyre , the newly elected city en gineer , will give a banquet next Monday evening to hl brothers In the Oanymedo Wheel club In honor of his victory. The Society of Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian church held Its regular monthly meeting last evening at the homo of Mrs. F. W. Lyons' corner Fourth avenue and Ninth street , Fifty members of Twin Brother encamp ment of Omaha visited the Odd FellowB of this city last evening. An oyster supper was provided by the members of the local lodges , and a highly enjoyable evening was passed. The delegates selected at the democratic primaries In February will meet at the superior court room this evening for the purpose of placing In nomination two can didates for the school board. J , Hughes and one Henderson had a fight at the Mint saloon Monday night that re- milted In Hughes' arrest on the charge of assault and battery. Ho will have a hearing In police court this morning. A concert was given last evening at the First Baptist church by the orchestra of the Sunday school , s Thlorgqnlzatlon has been In existence for several months , and urlng tlmt tlmo has made rapid progress. The music It furnished last evening reflected great credit upon the members , A number of talented young people of this city and Omaha assisted In rendering a delightful program. The residence of Dwlght Hoggerty , 510 Harrison street , was entered by burglars Monday afternoon. Mrs. Haggerty WQS away from homo at the time , having gone to the residence of a neighbor. When she re turned everything In the house was topsy turvy. Among the missing articles were several Insurance policies , two Iron savings banks , a pocketbook and cash to the amount of about $10. Some boys of that neighbor hood are thought to have done the work. W IlllSlllCSK. Please note the following prices on my now and elegant stock of cfteap , medium and fine wall paper. Best grade brown backs , per roll , 3c. Best grade brown backs , gilts , 4c , Best grade white blanks , 4' e and Go. Beat grade whlto blank micas , G'/ic. Best grade whlto blank gilts , 7q , 8c and lOc. lOc.Best Best grade gilt bronzes , lOc , 12'/4c and 15c. Best grade * embossed gilts , 12Vic , 15c , 17o and 20c. , Extra grade gold French designs and beautiful-colorings , 20c , 25c and 35c. Ingralns15c , , 20o and 25c. A ; full line of room mouldings at popular prices. , I inalio eotlmates on all kinds of paper hanging and give the work my personal at- tontlon. I will bo pleased to have a share of your patronage. ' J. D. CHOCKWELL. 411 Broadway. foul H. A. Cox , 10 Main street. Best quality , lowest r.itcs. Prompt dollver.v. Got prices before buy Ing. Telephone 41 ! . Carbon Coal company , 31 Pearl street , Grand hotel. Get our cash prices on best hard and soft coal before buying. Everybody knows Davis sells drugs. The laundries use Domestic soap. I'lMSOXAL VAlCAUltAVllS. C. O. Saundcrs left last evening for a busi N. ness trip to Chicago. Miss Laura Austin of Omaha Is the guest of Miss Annette Wallace on Bluff street. Mrs. Kathorlno Van Arnhcm has re turned from a visit to Chicago. She leaves this month for Paris. L. A. Gray has received word of the death of his mother In Waukegan.i III. , last Sun day , her C2d birthday. Ho was unable to go there on account of the Illness of his brother-in-law In South Omaha. Do not. think that such a stock of goods as Ulley & Shcrraden's can bo run off In a few weeks , " no matter how great the rush Is. There Is enough yet to beautify thousands of homes and artists' material to stock him dreds of studios. And everything goes at just half price. Tube paints , sable brushes , Cc. and all moldings at the same ratio. 1,000 hot bed sash , glazed and ready for use , made by the Council Bluffs Paint , Oil nnd Glass Co. , nt prices to suit the times. Out of town customers save money and get prompt attention. Masonic temple building. Ladles , If you desire absolute peace In the u kitchen nsk your grocer for J. C , Hoffmayr * t. Go's Fancy Patent Flour. Trade mark biuu itoDiter. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr neller.homeopath , SlO.Flrst avo. Tel. 35. Domestic soap breaks hard water. DUtrlc't Court DolngH. " " "The jury In the case of the state against Harry Smith , charged with stealing flvp head of cattle from the farm of John Garner , cast of the city , brought In a verdict yesterday finding him guilty. The value of the stolen property was fixed nt $195. The case of the state against C. E. Sparks was on trial all day. Sparks was charged with obtaining n screw plate and dies from the Empklo Hardware company by falsely representing that ho was the member of a country firm with which the company had dona business. Ho then tried to dispose of It to the firm of Schultz & Hill. The Jury returned a verdict at 10:30 : o'clock In the evening , finding Sparks guilty as charged In thu Indictment. The case to bo put on trial this morning will bo that of William Brown , charged with cdiuotlng Harvey Washington , a colored man , In a Lower Broadway establishment during the winter. The Hobokaha have made arrangements with Miss Stella Stanton , the brllllano young elocutionist , to appear nt Odd Fellows hall Thursday evening. Invitation Is extended to the public. . Colo's Alr-tlght Wood Heaters cost $8.00 to $12,00 $ ; will heat a room on 4o a day ; hold wood tire 48 hours ; just the thing to replace turnaco or steam heat this spring. Investi gate at Cole & Colo's , 41 Main street. Have you seen the now gas beaters at the Gas company's offlcoT Jarvls Wine Co. , Council Bluffs. t . < I.lceunc * . The following marriage licenses were U Bited yesterday by tbo county clerk ; Niuno and residence. Age John Iinrkley , Lincoln , Neb. . . . , . . 23 Lllla M. V , . niiwler , Council lllurfa. , . . J John N , Wroth , Pottawattnmle county. . . 'f Jj.M , Schwondnian , rottuwattamlii county 1 J. W , Fnuble , Pottawnttamle county . llelle Ouisey , Pottawattamlo county , , . . . . 2 A. Johnson , Oakland. . . . . , , . , . 3 Zlrscullncv Council Bluffs . ii TOS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Carefully Eoviscd Statement of the Numttr ofVotts Oast Yesterday , nANY.BALLOTS BOUGHT ON ALL SIDES t \tmtrnllnn .System Pulls to I'rncnt Many of th ivlli : of the Old I'lmi-H.iccliil 1'ollro ClmrRoil it Ith Neglect ing Tliclr Duty , A correct statement of the number of votes cast at the election on Monday has not yet men given to the public , although both of he local papers have made staggers at It. The following Is as near a correct statement as can b given until after the official count s made , which will be probably on Thursday : T 'V s CM 00 I O p Cl M f CC * - C" U il " 1 O T X tl 5 c.i ct ; j * . c c _ t s c ic : u o 5MX o'D ? on "S S3 SH r' ' ' 'D 'O ยง - . - - . - Ci c-.liXllC-.UCI-riiH IUDAV 'H 'AV uoiaiz Hs 'V 'V M , 'S 1C tf 1C C itCi * - tt f. U X 'V T uiioutiH-a : | | U rf. gS C.t * - " t J CO CM -I * 1 _ M ( t C - K- > - i | i 13 \ Z - * - T * Ci IC1 * - C * - C ti S3 a , jc - * ii cc si i ; * cr. w i ; c -Q M M M tc t- -1- - tz it ti - MGCCSOOM-l CC. . - GO rx - n c c ; - c Hc ; w tt - -o "JOAOU ' 0 . OJA'UIH ' * - c cr. t yi m x tc si c ; u to tns T ' ! ujAipooo ' 0 ' 11 pas - so ojnoi 'V 52 do fcjijr > eie > e < c x < B-ixci 3 -IO I tlOMI-CSClOU-mtll3 CK H -V ' ) > r lOBUajt 4EOBO .00 , , ! , T In spite of the above figures , there Is a very fair show of Gorham's election to the ofllco of treasurer , If w.hat Is said by reputa ble people living In the First precinct of the Fifth ward , and who claim to have In spected the election books before they wcro sealed up , is to be relied upon. They claim that Instead of Gorliam being given 232 votes , he had 237 , according to the re turns , but a mistake was made In tran scribing the returns from the book to the envelope. As the matter now stands , Gor- ham stands almost as much of a chance of being defeated as elected , but the official count , It Is claimed , will show that ho Is elected safely. The vote on the proposition to levy a 1 mill tax during the coming year for park improvement purposes was very light , as most of those who voted forgot about It , but It was carried , nevertheless , by a small ma jority. The following shows the vote cast for ward aldermen : nishton. Dickey. First ward , First precinct. , . . 1GG 1C7 First ward , Second precinct. . . . " 00 180 Total 3CG 356 Plurality 10 Hub- Grahl. bard. Second ward , First precinct. 21S 205 Second ward , Second precinct. 203 132 Total 421 398 Plurality , 23Lob LobUre - hnrt. wick. Fifth wnnl , First precinct 239 218 Fifth wnnl , Second precinct. . . . 135 178 ' Total . . . . . " . 371 3 % Plurality COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE. Since the election Is over complaints are heard on every hand on account of the mpn nor in which It was conducted. Special policemen were stationed nt every polling place , but either they were grossly In competent or eUe they had reoelvod their Instructions from headquarters as to how they were to enforce the law , and obeyed their Instructions. In many of the pre cincts no rope was stretched to keep the people away from the polling places and from those who wcro Inten'llne to vote , and the buying and Belling of votes wus carried on with hardly a pretense of concealment within the very shadow of the building In which the ballot box was located. The officers busied themselves on the out skirts of the crowd or clso stayed Inside the building , while disreputable follows were dragged up to the polls , given their drink of whisky or their $2 , or both , and voted like BO many cattle , U had been commonly supposed that the Australian ballot law \vould effectually dispose of the custom of buying votes , but Monday's election showed conclusively that It will take something moro than thb Australian ballot system to prevent such' cattle as some that exercised their franchise- Monday from celling their votes. A good deal of It could have been prevented , however , by a little regard for an oath of office on the part of seme of the men who wore stars and carried canes. The most striking feature of the election was the contest between Judge McGeo's supporters - porters and his enemies. Mr. Saundera , the republican nominee for superior court Judge , wan placed In a rather peculiar situ ation. Tha opponents of McGee were by no means his friends , but they had to work for him , ( or he waa the only other candidate , aud their motto waa , "Anything to beat Me. Gee , " Tbo motor company and Us attorney could have had no hope at Influencing Saun * ders , If elected , miy moro than they have been able to Influence McGee , but they were bent upon McGco's political destruction be. cause they thought It would make It appear that the people of Council Bluffs did not np. provo of the honest , straightforward style In which he has administered Justice. In this they missed their guess , for the devel opments of the last few days have shown that It was undoubtedly the respectable cle ment of both parties , and particularly of the republican party , that elected Mcuce In order to convince the motor company and Its attorney that they did not approve of the filth nnd- corruption that was spewed out upon Judge McGco In a certain cigar store In this city a few nights ngo. The election nt Lake Manawa was Inter esting. The head of the fisherman's t ckot was swamped , but the balance of the ticket was carried. Recorder , N. H. "om , treasurer , D. H. Sheets ; trustees , II. K Bell and E. W. Prouty. A. AV right The citizens ticket elected T. for mayor. Peter Illcf was elected school director for a tlirce-ycar term. WIM. CANVASS Tlin VOTU TODAY. City Council Hold * UK HoRitlnr Monthly tUHlnrM Trnniiictnl. The city council , which should have met Monday evening In regular monthly session , got together last evening , the mayor and all the members being present excepting Gelse. After allowing the February bills , hearing the report of the milk and meat Inspector nnd referring the report of the police nnd fire committee , a report was heard from the committee on lights , recommending that the light at the foot of Sixth street be allowed to remain and that an additional light bo placed nt the foot of Main street. This re port was concurred In. City Attorney Hazclton reported that ho had mndo no contract with any one for scavenger work , because the person whom ho had been Instructed to engage had sold out and ho had no authority to make a con tract with the other party. No action was taken. , Ho also reported that the negotiations for the purchase of the triangular piece of ground back of thcclty Jail had been com pleted , and na order for $200 was ordered drawn on the police fund with which to make the purchase. The question of canvassing the vote was discussed at some little length , and It was decided that the mayor and the clerk should get together and mack the canvas. The fol lowing section from the statutes seems to Indicate that tomorrow Is the proper day , but the mayor thought differently : "Tho re turns of all municipal elections In cities and In corporated towns which are divided Into election districts or wards shall be made to the clerk or recorder of the corpora tion , and shall be opened by him on the third day after election. He shall call to his assistance the mayor of the corporation , or If there shall be no mayor , or the mayor shall have been a candidate at such elec tion , then any Justice of the peace of the county , and shall In his presence make out an abstract and ascertain the candidates elected In all respects as required by law for the canvas of the returns of county elections , and shall , In like manner , make out a certificate as to each candidate so elected , and cause the/ / same to be delivered to him or to be left at his place of abode. " The council will meet again on Wednes day evening , March 11 , to hear the result of the canvas , and that will be the last meetIng - Ing of the council ns it Is now constituted , the newly elected officials taking their places on Monday , the 19th. ' CIIOKID IIY AN ATTORNEY. Interesting Kplaodo In Which Itltttkmnllcr Molzcr M'HH n Chief Tarty. An Interesting and exciting episode took place yesterday afternoon during the pre liminary hearing of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Melzer , the alleged blackmailers. Melzer himself was upon the stand , and Attorney Emmet Tlnley was cross-examining him. Tlnley handed him a letter which was taken from the defendant's pocket before he was Incarcerated In the county Jail , and asked him to Identify It. It read in substance as follows : Dear Husband I am at the Hoffman house In this city nnd have paid board bill for two for another week. Go and * kiss Mnudle , the baby , for mnmma , and then take first train for this place. I think 1 have struck It rich nnd can get you n good Job. Yours , DBLLA. Instead of telling the cross-examiner whether he had ever received the lettter , Melzer , after glancing at It , tore it Into several pieces. Tlnley did not propose to be cheated out of this valuable piece of evi dence , however , and , rushing at Melzer , twined his fingers about the defendant's throat with such force that Molzer soon began to turn black In the face , and at last dropped the pieces of paper to the floor. In the meantime Mrs. Melzer got up and , exclaiming excitedly , "I shan't stay here any longer , " made a break for the door. No officer was present , but Justice Fox left his wooi sack and , Intercepting the would- bo fugitive from Justice , said to her , "Now , young woman , you sit down there or I'll" . Ho never finished the sentence , for she saw that she was rather In the minority , and Im mediately subsided. The couple had the best of reasons for not wanting the letter preserved. They have claimed all along that they were separated on account of the woman's Infidelity , and that was the reason given for the babe being kept at the Christian homo In this city. The tell-tale letter shows that they were In com munication before reaching this city , and also throws some light Indirectly on the kind of a gamfe they were playing. The prosecu tion has brought forward a great deal of damaging testimony , and there Is but little doubt that they will bo bound over to the grand Jury. If they are not , a young man from Carroll who was buncoed out of a ring by the precious pair says ho will take thorn back homo and have them tried thero. Justice Fox will decide the case this mornIng - Ing at 10 o'clock. _ Whllo you nro payintr for laundry why not got the best ? The EaRlo laundry solicits a trial nnd invites comparison. Tel. 157. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap. VONDA AND hNYDKIl. HcpubllcmiH Nominate Cnndlilntrs for Mem. born of the School Itourd , The delegates to the late city republican convention met at the court hauso last evenIng - Ing for the purpose of choosing candidates for school directors. They stuck strictly to this purpose , and did not run off after the nonpartlsan scheme. No mention was mode of any such a movement during the conven tion , any moro as If the delegates had never heard of It. Chalrhan William Arnd of the city central committee called the meeting to order nnd named J. M. Woolt of the Sixth ward as chairman. W. A. Hlghsmlth was chosen clerk and B. E. Hart assistant. The vote for candidates was taken by precincts , and on the Informal ballot the following re sults was obtained ; Dr. M. B. Snyder , 12 ; E. n. Fonda , 20 ; L. W. Iloss , 13 ; 0. Bosen , 2 ; Dr. F. S. Thomas , 1. A formal ballot was then taken which elected Fonda by a vote of 41 , Snyder receiving 7 votes. Another vote was then taken , and Dr. Snyder was elected , receiving 25 votes to 23 tor Itoss. Whipped Two Unicorn. A little Scandinavian by the name of Nel son created havoc among two special police men at the polls In the Second precinct of the Fifth ward Monday. Some sort of a disturbance arose and the two officers , each of whom wore a nice now overcoat , went after him. A scuffle ensued and Nelson suc ceeded In getting both the policemen off their feet and on their backs on the ground. Ho rolled them over and over In the mud until their nice overcoats were sorry looking spectacles , and kicked one of them a bad blow In the face. Ho finally completed his Indignity by Jerking the star oft tbo breast of ono of the officers , John Norman , and throvlng It half way across the block. He was not arrested. Get prices from Shugart & Ouren , the lead Ing seedsmen of Council Bluffs , Masonic temple. _ . _ Jarvls Wine Co. , Council Bluffs , solo agents Jurvls 1877 brandy. _ Washerwomen use Domestic soap. llifTlu > y liny Vote * ? "I don't believe that there were anything like so many votca bought on election day an people uay there were , " remarked 'a well known city official yesterday ; "not that there wan no money at all spent , because there was. But I am EatUQcd that a good share of the money Hint , was given out to certain persons to detent certain candidates Found Its way , not IntoJtje , hands of voters , jut Into the pockets of tpt fcliowa that were chosen to handle It. TU6Lchnrncter of some of the men that wcro nopaged In the busi ness Is sufficient Indication of the use that was made of It. " ( , An estimate by n prominent democrat places the amount of ntoney spent In pur chasing Votes at $ lOOOOiand , ho says tlmt of that sum $4,000 left n certain democratic bank Monday morning , , . . Where the rest came from ho does not fell , If ho knows , George Hudlo , who wns arrested Monday on the charge of brlbmrf voters , had his case continued by Justice Field yesterday until 10 o'clock this morning , because he had to go to Lincoln. The oplnloh seems to be general that there will hardly bo enough evidence at hand to convlcMilm. KKirr A-HUsTI.INO I.lko Ittiny Ilnrfl. The Immense crowds that have thronged the BOSTON STOIin , COUNCIL BLUFFS , [ A. , have kept their Immense force of clerks hustling every day as for dear life. No let up to the bargains offered during the sale. Sale continues all this week. Watch tomorrow's papers for n new list of bargains. BOSTON STORE. Fothcrlngham , Whltelaw & Co. , Leaders , Council Bluffs , la. CHATS ix THi' voHHrnoits- Colonel E. J. Johnson of Philadelphia Is at the Mercer. Ho Is en route to Farming- ton , N. M. , where ho will head an expedi tion on horseback for a tnrco years' trip through Mexico , Central America nnd South America In the Interest of the Geographical society of Washington and a newspaper syn dicate. His Journey , If completed , will cover 15,000 miles. He will be accompanied by Dr. Mlllspaugh , an expert botanist , nnd Captain C , II. Hamilton , a well known trav eler. Colonel Johnson , who has undertaken this wonderful-trip , Including an Invasion of Patagonia and the wilds of Central Brazil , la n stocky , well built man , with grey hair and mustache. His face , which bears sr slight resemblance to that of Stanley , Is an Index of the determination which makes up the character of the owner. Ho will bo protected on his Journey by the stars and stripes and a brace of trusty six shooters. The explorer carries passports and a letter from Secretary Gresham. Ho Is also armed with a deadiy kodak and will press the but ton In the region around the headwaters of the Amazon , where -photography Is un known. "Wo shall commence the trip at Farming- ton next week and go from there to Nogales , N. M. , where wo will strike the Mexican line. Thence to Zacatecas , City of Mexico , Guatemala , Yucatan and British Honduras , following the cast sldo of Lake Nlcauraga until we reach Mangua. After replenishing supplies we go to San Jose , Costa Hlca , to Colombia and Ecuador , finding the head waters of the Amazon. This region Is In fested with a tribe of cannibals known as the Campos Indians , numbering 1,500 members , whoso disposition and habits are the most ferocious of any tribe in existence. "Their weapons are bows , ten feet In length from which they'shoot six-foot , - , pol- son-dlppcd arrows , with 'remarkable ' precisIon - Ion and dexterity. Instead of shooting di rect at a victim they .measure the distance with their eye and shooPinto the air with such clever calculation 'lliat the arrow In its descent strikes the head " "or breast of the victim and buries Itselfln3tho ( flesh. These savages also wear feathers sticking In. their faces Instead of thelrllhHlr. They make holes In their cheeks wltlusharp Instruments nnd then Insert the fea hprs. They live on clay and animals mostly , and are particularly foml of human flesh. . Wo will be prepared to give them a warm re fcptlon If they attack us. ' ' "Passing the source of the Amazon wo will take our course along Jhe eastern side of the Andes to' Bolivia , Argentine Itepubllc and finally to Patagoplo , a place where whlto faces have never teen seen. Vene zuela will bo one of our Objective 'points ' and wo , wlll also bravotht'.floadly fevers of the wilds of Brazil. There Us also-an alleged deserted city In southwestern Mexico , pre sumably of Aztec brlgln 1 'that we will en deavor to find on the wayi The present expedition will be splendid test of the endurance of the American broncho. In case they fall we will use Mexican burros or , lastly , the larger species of the greaser mule. This trip means three years In the saddle. 1L means a glance Into the jaws of death. The terrors of the Amazon fever confront us and w6 are nil liable to pass between the teeth 'of Campos cannibals. But this exploration has been the ambition of my llfo and I propose to make lt > and obtain the object thereof by penetrating South American wilds that have never before been explored. "I served In the army with your towns man , Major Erb , and was taken prisoner with him at the battle of Chlckamauga. I have spent a number of years among the Indians of the southwest and anticipate little trouble from the savages of South America. The wonders , resources and beauties of South America have never half been told and wo shall bring back photographic evi dence of our discoveries for the benefit of the world. "I think the future commercial prosperity of the United States depends on pan-Ameri can feeders , " concluded the venerable ex plorer. "Trade relations between the two continents should be fostered and not di verted by European powers. " "I have Just completed n tour of the state and business is brightening In every local ity , " said J. D. Franklin of Now York at the Paxton. "Tho snow has Insured a good crop and the farmers nto correspondingly happy. The merchants have had their con fidence In better times restored and are not so close In ordering goods. With the excep tion of some parts of South Dakota the en tire west seems to be recovering from the recent depression , more so than the cast , which Is a clear evidence of western pluck and enterprise. Colorado Is reviving , but Is liable to bo discouraged If President Cleveland - land vetoes the seigniorage bill , which will undoubtedly pass. I think that the Wilson bill is doomed to defeat. " "Tho Indians- are Inveterate lovers of whisky , " said W. II. Ltddlard of Ilushvlllo at the Merchants. "Men , women and chil dren on the Sioux reservation have a craze for liquor , the sale of which is strictly for bidden. They oven drink red Ink , which has some alcohol In It , or cologne , when ever they can get hold of It to appease their Insatiable thirst for liquor , There nro'mnny clever schemes to got. arqund the law. Not long ago I found a shrqwd Yankee selling eggs to Indians. Investigation developed the fact that some of tlio egg shells con tained whisky. The original contents of the egg had been emptied through a small hole In the end of the shpll and whisky sub stituted. The hole was ( cemented and thus liquor was surreptitiously supplied to the redskins. There is an old man In Greoley county who peddles bottled whisky around and also carries a hit ; pocket bottle for re- ' tall uso. I thought I'could arrest htm once on the 'bootleg * charge , but I found that ho carried a government license In the top of his hat. The provision 9f the law Is that a government liquor llcqnsij must be conspicu ously posted. The old * fellow always held his hat In his hand wJt'fA he sold his wet goods , so that It was 'lira conspicuous place. There are countless oty\ ! | ( tricks resorted to by schemers to slip around the law , but these two Instances struok-mo as being par ticularly original. " .jt AVMtcrn reunion * . WASHINGTON , March 6. ( Special to The Bee. ) Pensions granted , Issue of February 21 , were : " "Nebraska : Increase Faan W. Scott , Bennett , Lancaster ; Samuel W , Car penter , Farnan , Dawson , Iowa ; Original Albert C. Martin , Musca- tlne , Miiscatlne ; Andrew Dlehl , Marshall town , Marshall ; James Hunter Scott , Oakland , Pottawattamle. Increase Samuel A. Walker , Alnsworth , Washington. Re issue Joseph M. Brattaln , Griawold , Cass. Original widows , etc. Matilda C. Bunce , DCS Molncs , Polk ; Mary E. Hart , Moravia , Appanoose. South Dakota : Increase Nathan C. Wood , Buffalo Gup , Custor , North Dakota ; Supplemental John Dwyer Burk , Langdon , Caviller. Colorado ; Increase Henry F. Lake , Gun- nlson , GunnUon , Original widows , etc. Minor of Leander T. Walker , Pueblo , Pueblo. FUNK OFF ON A NEW TACK r * Will Subslituto Finu's Plan for tlio Proposed Committee Bill. FIGHT AT DES MOINES BEGINS TODAY ProhllilllonlMs Inclined to Accept n Modifi cation lint Not n Condition ( lint Wilt Toll-rate tlio ICrgutnrly d Saloons. DHS MOINES , March 0. ( Special Tele gram to The llec. ) In the house today Mr. Funk Introduced a bill which he thinks will fulfill the pledge of the party platform In respect to modification of the prohibitory law. It reads as follows : "Any city or Incorporated town may pro- vldo by ordinance such further methods for regulating and controlling the liquor traffic as Shall best servo the cause of temperance and morality. " It Is the same In substance as the bill In troduced in the sonata by Finn Taylor. Mr. Funk says ho will move to substitute this for the committee mulct bill that cornea up us a special order tomorrow. These bills were Introduced : By Doubleday - day , requiring district courts to work ten hours per day ; by Nletert , requiring one telegraph company to ncccpf business from another at regular rates. The house passed n bill making Dubuque county the Nineteenth judicial dlscrltt with two Judges. The house Insurance committee Indefinitely postponed the Koss bill Impos ing a per cent tax upon the premium ! ! of life companies for tlio benefit of the common school fund ; also the Barker bill requiring 10 per cent of the reserve fund to be 1 > ald as a tax for the support of the Soldiers Homo. * The Robinson bill requiring refunding to holder of lapsed or surrendered policy the balance paid above the natural premium on the policy to date of surrender. In the sen ate a largo number of petitions were pre sented asking that the ago of consent be raised lot IS and protesting against taxing Insurance companies. A few legalizing acts and bills of minor Importance wcro intro duced. Will Disrupt tliu Assocliitlon. CEDAH IIAPIDS , la. . March 0. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) Mucli dlsscntlon seems to have arisen In the Iowa State Oratorical association. During the last two or three years It appears that the smaller colleges , having a numerical majority , have connived to run things as they choose and bar out the larger colleges from offices In the business meetings. Cornell college at Mount Vernon stands ready to withdraw from the association and with a tow of the larger colleges organize an Intercollegiate debating club , which has already taken the place of the oratorical contests In the larger eastern colleges. Agnlnst the Cash Vultio AHRimpnt. . CEDAR IIAPIDS , la. , March G. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) Thrco more Individ ual suits have been filed In the dlsTrfct court appealing from the action of the city council and board of equalization of this city of as. sessments of property for taxation. Those filing the spits arc the Cedar Rapids & Mar. Ion Street Hallway company , P. E. Hall and II. V. Ferguson. These butts como up at the next term of court and will probably end the fight which has been waged against the assessment property on a full cash value basis. _ _ _ _ Voting < ! lrl Commits .Suicide. CEDAIl IIAPIDS , la. , March G. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) Laura Ellis , a 17- year-old girl living at Dysart committed suicide today by taking poison. No cause Is known. Liberals lit LOQAN , la. , March 0. ( Special to The Bee. ) A good deal of Interest centered In the municipal election yesterday. Charles F. Luce and the entire 1 be'al ticket was elected. WUJUf A\I > + The first line of railroad In Norway was opened In 1855. Egypt's-first line was from Cairo to Alex andria-130 miles , opened In 185G. The first French railroad line was opened In 1828. In 1889 Peru had 1,630 miles of railroad , mostly very difficult of construction. The first South African road was from Cape Town to Wellington , opened In 1SGO. Syria has a single rail road , the one rail being laid on a wall of masonry. The first regular railway for carrying pas sengers was opened September 27 , 1825 , from Darlington to Stockton , England. The engineers on the early roads would not run during rain , on the theory that the track was so slippery the engine would run off. The first Spanish railroad was opened from Barcelona to Mataro , eighteen miles. On the early railroads a candle stuck In a station house window meant stop ; its ab sence was a signal to go on. The first line of Russian railroad was opened from St. Petersburg to Charsko-Selo , In 1837 , a distance of sixteen miles. Greece In 1889 had SCO miles of railroad and 240 moro under contract and In course of construction. In 1813 William Burton patented a loco motive that was provided with legs and feet behind to push the machine along the track. The first railroad line In Australia was opened In 1854 from Melbourne to Hobson's Bay. Now there arc 10,137 miles of track. The first Portuguese railroad was opened In 1851 , from Lisbon to Carregado , twenty- two miles. The Union Pacific railroad was begun In 1862 , and the first train through left Chicago for San Francisco on May 1. 1809. The first line of railroad In the United States was from Boston to Quiiicy , four miles , opened In 1827. The first railroad west of the Alleghanics was built from Lexington to Frankfort , Ky. , In 1831. The road was laid out with as many curves ns possible , the engineers de claring that this was an advantage. The cars wcro In two stories , the lower for women and children , the upper for men , four persons being seated In each compart ment. The cars were at first drawn by mules , but after a tlmo a locomotive was made by a Lexington mechanic. Tlio tender was a big box for wood and a hogshead was provided for water , which was drawn In buckets from convenient wells. In place of a cowcatcher there was two poles In front fitted with hickory brooms for sweeping the track. Lotvo Corner Sold , W. W. Lowe has sold to eastern parties the southwest corner of Sixteenth and Her noy streets , 170 feet on Harnoy and 132 feet on Sixteenth street. The price paid was $130,000. A receiver was yesterday appointed for the Mason Building and Loan company of Tacoma , Wash. Burglars Tuesday night , at Jeffersonvlllo , Ind. , chloroformed three families and robbed their houses. The grand jury at St. Louis yesterday re turned an Indictment against Arthur DUes- trow , the wife and child murderer , for mur der In the * first degree. A receiver for the Woman's Land syndi cate U asked for In a bill filed In the Chicago cage circuit court yesterday by Ada D. Yates and other bondholders. JCBSO Pomoroy , the famous boy murderer , who Is serving ft llfo sentence In the Charles- town , Mass , , state prison has been caught In another attempt to escape. The bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer W. E. Woodruff of Arkansas yesterday decided to pay Into the state treasury the balance of the ex-frc.dsurcr'a shortage. $47,000. Stephen Oeer. a milkman , CO years of age , was called to his door at 2 a. in. yester day at Jeffersonvllle , Ind , , and shot through the heart by nrj unknown assassin. At Edgorton , Ind. , James Erlckuon , 70 years of age , was Tuesday night dragged from bis house In his night clothes by a mob of 100 masked men and given a coat of tar GET GO OI > DIGESTION _ Paine's Celery Compound the Greatest of Remedies. Influence of the Nerves on Various Diseases The Way Frank Bair of Chicago Regained His Health Prof. Phelps' Wonderful Pre scription , . FUANK DAIR. Increased cares nml ilutlea , Increase In mental strains , lessened pliyblcal labors and Increased mental work , Imve been gradually giving us bodle.s In which the nervous cle ment predominates. Diseases are today as different fiom dis eases of a century ago as Is their treatment. While the average Individual now does moro mental \\ork , wo are not as well able to bear the strain as they \\erc. Nine-tenths of us neither cat , sleep , exer cise , bathe , or recreate ourselves In a proper way. It Is all hurry anil turmoil. Little rest and much care. When the albumen and fibrlnc of the blood the nutrlclous principles of the blood be come deficient In their relative proportions to the other parts of the blood , the health suf fers. If nervous power bo depressed , then the food Is Imperfectly digested , assimilated , and converted Into blood and tissue. There Is the cause in a nutshell of half the diseases and all Illness In the world. Here Is the cure the greatest medical dis covery of modern times the remedy first prescribed by the greatest physician of the age , Prof.'Edward I'helps , M. D. , LL. D. , of Dartmouth college the remedy that ha < made moro people well than any other evoi known the truest food for the nerves th < best known Btrengthener of Impoverished Wood the remedy that from one. cud of th < country to the other , and In Kuiope as well , is indorsed by physicians , prescribed anq used by them , recommended by the plain people , unequivocally Indorsed by men ni\i\ \ \\omcn of wldo reputation , blessed by tliom bands Paine's celery compound. Try It. Any druggist has It or will get It for you. Head the following unsolicited letter , from Mr. Frank Balr , whoso portrait Is given above , one of Chlcngo'u best known and most highly esteemed young business men , the western agent of the great firm of Nash , Whlton & Co. , salt dealers of New York : "I have used Palno's celery compound for the past six months , and must say that II has helped me wonderfully. I had pain In my back and chest , and faint , tired fecllnga at the stomach , and when I would cat tlm taste would make mo deathly sick , I became - came very weak and lost about twenty pounds. After having used a few bottles ol Paine's celery compound I am feeling bettor than I have In all my life. " 'fry It , Zmpkie-Shugart & Co. , IN SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE AND FIELD SEEDS , WE CARRY A FULL LINE. 109 , 111 , 113 , 115 Main Street , Council Bluffs , la. and feathers. Krlckson , It Is alleged , at tempted to assault a 13-year-old daughter of James Merlter , las' ! Sunday night. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire Is out In a letter announcing himself a candidate for re-election to the United States senate. The difficulties between the International Association of Machinists and the Armour Packing company , which began last August at Kansas City , were settled yesterday. After the meeting yesterday between the coal minors and operators at Pomeroy , O. , ono-fourth reduction was accepted. AH mines In the Pomeroy bend will resume work. The Woman's Christian Temperance union of Kansas City will commemorate the ninetieth birthday of General Ncal Dow Thursday next by an all day mass meeting. In the Coughlln case at Chicago yesterday Prosecuting Attorney Bottum continued Ills argument. When ho closed ho announced that ho would probably finish his talk today. The humane officers of Munclo , Ind. , yesterday announced that all boyg and girls under 12 years of ago must cease labor In the factories and mills ns the statute directs. The coroner's Jury Investigating the Leeds , Mo. , mine disaster last night returned a ver dict finding the owners of the mine negli gent In not providing proper apparatus for ventilating the mine. Ex-Governor John Evans of Colorado will bo 80 years old on next Friday and the members of the Chamber of Commerce and other citizens of Denver are preparing to observe the occasion In an appropriate man ner , The law requiring township trustees to return certain state school money remain ing unexpended at the close of a bchool year for redistribution was declared unconstitu tional by the supreme court of Indianapolis yesterday. The hearing In the matter of testing the authority of the governor of Michigan to remove the secretaries of state and treasury and state land commissioners from office be gan before the supreme court of tlmt state yesterday. Mrs. Lease , the reform agitator and orator , received word from Dundalka , Ireland , yes terday that by a will made by an aunt nine teen years ago she Is an heiress to a largo fortune , which has been acumulatlng In in terest ever since. In the suit at Frank J. Slmms and others against the Union Trust company of Now York , affecting the Comstock Tunnel com pany of Carson , Nov. , pending In the cir cuit court of the United States , Judge Hawley - ley dismissed tlio bill at plaintiff's cost. 0. C , Gregory , assistant cashier of the Dexter , Mich. , Savings bank , has confessed to Detective Baker that ho himself stole the 1,1,200 from the vault of the bank last Thursday and that his story of being at tacked and slugged by masked robbers was purely fiction. A suit was filed Inthe circuit court at Kansas City yesterday by John Mulholland , a banker , against Millionaire John I. Blair of Blalrstown , N. J. to recover the share of Samuel 0. Sclmoffcr In the land known as the Thomas West tract near Sheffield , valued at about $1,000,000. Temporary Injunctions were yesterday served on the sheriff and clerk of the circuit court of Brown county , Kansas , restraining them from further action to collect the lines Imposed last May on L. H. Yatcs. C. V. Pyle and J. W. Pottlngur for violating the prohibitory law. Four masked men and n woman disguised , and another man who la supposed to bo the notorious Tom King , raided the traders store at Cantonment , Kan. , yesterday , made the proprietor and fire clerks line up at the points of revolve , robbed every one of them and then took the money In the safe , which U supposed to be quite a largo HUIU UH there la no bank within fifty miles of ttio ulaco , In charge of the Slstara of Moroy. This renowned Institution Is situated on tha high blulfs baek of and overlooking the city of Council Uluirs. The sp icloiu grounds. Its hlKh locution and splendid vlow , maka It a most plouslng retro it for the atnictod. A staff of urn ncntphyaleliinsand u lar o corpi nf ox pcrloncod nurses minister to the comforts of thop tlonts. Special card slvon to ludy uar tlenls. TERMS MODERATE. For particulars uoply to SISTER SUPE8Q3 ! , Frank Street - - - Coimll Blulj. Ion Or tlio Liquor Ilulilt I'oilllvrljr Cured by uiliiiliiUU-rlnir Or. Hnliifa' Uolilcii ISprrlllr. Item M given laKcuporooifca or t , or In food , without tha knowledge of tbo patient. It It ibiolutolr bannlesi , and will effect u permanent and ip edy cure , whether the pitlcnt Is a moderate drinker or an aloohollo wreck , it liai bocn given In tiiouiand * of oases , and In every Instance a perfect euro has fol. w li "NeTerFall. . The y tomonoolmprcenated. with tha Speollle , It becomes an utter Impossibility ' " " " "jr for the liquor appetite to oilst. UOI.IIK.N HI'Ktllr'IO CO. . Prop'rs , Cincinnati , O. 48-paao book of particulars Ireo. To bo lEiU bt Kuhn&Go. , Druuzliita. 151 h and DouliisBta , Omaha. Nob. Improved Quick and Easy Rising1 Steam , El c- tric & Hand Power Send for Circulura. Kimball Bros. , Council Bluffs , Iowa I Atlurnpyi - . t-luw 1'ruc. tlun III Ilin atutn ttiul fi > ilt < riil ruiirn. ItomnK 2UO-7-S.I ) , hhucurt hloclt , Council HIiillH , In Special ! COUNCILBUUFFS : DO YOU KNOW THAT DAY & JIUS3 IIAVH Eome choice barunlna In fruit uiul land ncur thU clly ? IIUMOVKD , CUHSt'OOLH. clilmlieya cleaned. i : < l llurlic , ut Taylor's urotery , (40 lliuudivny. AUSTHACTB AND UOANtt , I'AUSl AND city property bouuht tmd gold. ruvey & Thomas , Council muffs. nuua BTOCIC AT NoTliiT BROADWAY KOU eulu at inortKUKeo onle , Imclcii Jl.l'w. ' Ocud klnnil , low rent , Miint bo } M nt unco. Iiujulio of ! ' , J. Day , mortgagee , 89 I'uill Bin ft , ( 'uiin- cll mufti ) . _ KOU BAI.I : . STANPAUU intnn FILLY MAU" Kurd ( registered ) , two yvur oM In Juno. lri > , llowo McOlt-Kor , No. 2 < 1OC , datn. MUUK ! M , by Abdallah MoBBtnEcr , 691. U. M. Uruwiy Council Bluff * , IB.