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
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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 ,
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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.
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as can b given until after the official count
s made , which will be probably on Thursday :
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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
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Fifth wnnl , First precinct 239 218
Fifth wnnl , Second precinct. . . . 135 178
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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.
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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
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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 >
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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
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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 ) .
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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.
