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THE OMAHA DAT1.Y BEE : WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 13 , 1804. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE I COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICE , - NO. 12 PEAHL BTHEET. Dtllvertd by carrier to any part of the city , II. W. T1LTON , Lessee. TnLr.PHONr.8-IJu lnc s otnce. No. ! night * dltor , No. 23. Grand hotel , Council Bluffs , reopened Oct. 1 , Mayne Heal Estate agency , E > 39 Broadway. A fireproof vault Is being built at the Christian home for storing1 books and valuable . papers connected with the Instllullon. John Hcgwood , wlio Is accused of assaultIng - Ing B. J. Donahue , has been granted a con tinuance by Justice Vlen until Januqry 11. . The tlxth annual ball of Union Pacific as sembly , Knights of Labor , will be held In Bcno's hall Thursday evening , January 10 , 180S. X Pottnwatlamle tribe. No. 21 , Independent Order of Hedmcn , will meet this evening at 8 o'clock. There will be work In several dp grccs. The defendants In the case of Peter C. Miller against F. II. Beck & Co. filed a mo tion for a new trial In the district court yesterday. The County Board of Supervisors will meet In special session today for th * purpose of deciding what to do with the petlllon of the Council Bluffs & Lake Manawa E'cctrlc railway for a right of way. The members of Ivanhoe commandery , Knights Templar , of this city , together with their ladles , will go to Omaha Friday evtnlng to assist their brothers In that city In In- lllallng several candidates. They will also assist at the banquet which Is to follow. John Coyle , who was charged with keeplnf a house of bad repute , was ready for a trla' yeslerday morning In Justice Field's court but Maggie Mitchell , the woman who claimed her finer sensibilities had been hurt , has skipped town and will not prosecute. Coyle wns discharged. The few cases of measles and scarlet fever that have been reported have not had an ; appreciable effect on the city schools , bu the bans of the teachers' existence Just now Is whooping cough. It Is not serious enougt to be dangerous , but Just enough to cause the patlenls lo be out of school. In one school , the Second avenue , there arc flflcei ,1. pupils who have been laken out on accoun of the disease. Frank Kncpher , Will Bates , John Hudden B. Hardln , II. Hall , A. Allen , Henry and J Hardln were brought before Justice Vie yesterday for breaking J. Wurdlan's stor window while , playing shlnney last Sunday The Information failed lo charge any malice and as Ihe slalo did not amend It , the boy were turned loose on a demurrer. Anothe Information was then filed , charging then with unlawful assemblage , and a secom demurrer was overruled. The youngster took a change of venue to another Justlc shop , but It la very likely that the sccon justice will not have a whack at It , for It 1 claimed a sHtlement has been agreed upon. A man who Is stopping at the Driving parl with a siring ot horses felt the need of little social enjoyment Monday night an calleJ at a house at the corner of Uroadwa ; and Eighth street. When he awoke yei terday morning , with a rye taste In hi mouth and a bigness about the temples , h found that the siren who had lured birr from virtuous paths was gone , and so wa $27 which h9 had In his pocket the nigh before. Blanche Walters , the siren In ques tlon , was. arrested and slated with vagrancy , but after the horseman had talked the matter over with the marshal's men h de cided It would be belter not to try to prove that ho had been robbed. Wo are asked very few days whether we wrllo fire Insurance. Of course we do , and In the strongest companies In the world. We will not have any but the besl In our office. Lougee & Towle , 235 Pearl slreel. run OKI : WKUK. Grcnt Siicrltlco Solent the lloiton Store. Big reductions to close out lines we are overstocked In before the holiday rush.Don't _ fall to see bargains. offered In dress goods , underwear and cloak departments. FOWLER. DICK & WALKER , Council Bluffs , la. I'.lllA ( UtAl'lltt. P. II. Wind Is In Iowa C.ty. Mrs. E. B. Hart Is visiting In Chicago. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Joseph , a son. son.O. . P. McKesson Is seriously 111 at his home on Oakdalo avenue. Harvey Hutchlns was In Ihe-clty yesterday arranging for Daniel Sully's appearance on the 16th. Dr. A. P. Hanchelt has returned from Illi nois , whither he was called by the Illness of his mother. Miss Katie Kuhn has relumed from Mis souri Valley , where she visited her sister , Mrs. S. S. Elliot. Mrs. Jul'an Bailey of Horton , Kan. , lias arrived In the city In response to a telegram announcing the serious Illness of her mother , Mr : . John Fox. _ The ladles of Unity guild will give an other of their popular suppers tomorrow ( Thursday ) evening In the guild rooms of Grace church. _ Novelties In needle art. Lessons In em broidery given. Miss M. Sutler , 10 Pearl slreet. _ _ . Will Stnrt u Nlcht School. The long cher'shcd plan of Superintendent Sawyer to have a night school started for the benefit of those who have bsen denied the chance of getting an education seems likely to bo tried In earnest within the next few weeks. The president of the school board : who was Instructed to a'dvertlso for all who wished lo join the classes , has made a very slight effort In that direction , but has secured the names ot twenty-four. The first scss'on will be held on the evening ol January 7 , at the Bloomer ichool. Only one teacher will bo employed at the outset , but the corps will be Increased as fasl as may be found necessary. As soon as It becomes gen erally known that the plan Is to be tried It Is thought that the number who will take ad vantage of the opportunity will be largely In creased. . _ _ _ _ _ The Encyclopedic Dictionary and all art folios. Brownie books , etc. , bound at More- house & Co.'s. _ _ Selected hard wood for heating stoves. II. A. COX. 37 Main street. Tel. 48. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap. Criminal C'nso. Judge Smith will hear evidence In the flrsl criminal case ot the term this morning. BU Hall and Jim Harris , the two alleged Wa bash car burglars , wcro granted a contlnp anco until next term , and , Dan McSorley charged with stealing J500 from Andy Rolen has also filed a motion for a continuance which has not yet been acted upon. Did Webster w.ll probably enter a plea of guilt ] to the charge of assaulting his mother till : morning , and Lelghew , who borrowed i wagon load of corn belonging to a mai named Knapp , In Hazel Dell township , am never came back until he was brought back will probably enter the same kind of a plea The first case to bo tried , will be that ot llv slate agalnu Laurldsen , the burglar. IVoplc. Bound at Morehouse & Co. , 5 cents pei Volume only. _ Gas cocking stoves for rent and for sale at Gas Co.'s office. _ i Domestic soap breaks hard water. ' Ncolu Mere-hunt Cloied. J.V. . Dlllln , a well known merchant o Neola , executed two chattel mortgages yes terday on his ttock of grain and fed. On was tor $4,378 , In favor of the State Bank o Neola , and the other for $7G8 In faVor otV Downu of Neola , The mortgages were place on record In the ofllce of the county records and the stock at once taken possession c by an officer for the mortgagees. Davis sells -drugs , paints and glass cheat James & O'Ketta , real estate and l ( ; ut nc < Typewriter supplies at Flndley'i , 337 BM'j Oil cake , < UO per sack at Davit' . Washerwomen use Domestic aoap. NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Omaha Bridge and Terminal Oomp ny Has About Carried Its Point , MAY GET RIGHT OF WAY OH UNION AVENUE City Council llolil * a Secret BcMlon with Itepreftcntntlvcii or llio Company mill tlio Urillimnco I * Altered to Mult tlio Case. Instead of holding a public meeting last evening , as had been announced , the city council held one of Us familiar star chamber sessions In the afternoon anil took up ths matter of giving the Omaha Bridge ana Terminal Hallway company a right of way along Union avenue. The company was rep resented by A. S. Potter nnd J. II. Web- Bier of Omaha , and the entire afternoon , trom 4 o'clock until 7.15 , was taken up with on effort to come to an agreement. The ordi nance , ns It was amended to suit the com pany's representatives , will In all probability be passed next Friday evening , when the next meeting Is to bo held. The council made some Important changes In the ordinance which was presented by the city attorney last Friday night. That part which required ths company to build a depot at the corner of Ninth street and Broad way was cut out , the company representing that It would bo Impossible to guarantee a depot on any particular spot , Inasmuch as a location would have to be fixed upon which would suit the railroads. The princi pal object the company was aiming at waste to unite as many roads as possible In a union depot Echeme , and to bind them to locate tlio depot at the corner of Broadway and Ninth street might " < iuoer" proceedings en tirely. The ordinance still provides , how ever , that In order to Iteep the right of way a suitable depot must be built at som : point along the proposed route. An addition was made granting the right to build one twitch at such a point as might be most convenient , and to grade an approach for a distance of 100 feet. Without this the grant would have been worthless , but the council held that one turn out would be suffi cient for the present , as others could be granted after the company had done enough to show that It was In earnest. The pro vision that the sum of $70,000 must b ; ex pended In Improvements , rights of way and depot grounds , not for speculative purposes , but for actual use , was allowed to stand. Potter and Webster convinced at least a part of the council that their representations wore all true , and that they wcro not trying to play a bunco game of some sort on the city. A suspicion of this sort has been wor rylng a great many people considerably , bu from conversation with several aldermen a the close of the star chamber proceedings the Terminal company seemed to have cleared Its skirts of such accusations. IMtOPKIlTY OWNKKS WILL IMIOTKST Cltznn ! Are Not Through with Soutl Soicnth Strrut by Any Moans. The ordinance closing Seventh street , be tween Ninth and Tenth avenues , and giving It up to the use of the- Rock Island , has not been signed by Iho mayor , and the Indignant citizens are rallying their forces In the hope of geltlng It vetoed. A vigorous protest and petition for relief has been circulated among the property owners Inleresled and has se cured an almost unanimous signing. The pclllloncts sel forth the claim that the Inter ests ot Council Bluffs citizens will suffer greatly , and they Insist that the authorities should protect them Instead ot giving away property to a rich corporation abundantly able to to buy and pay for what It wants. It Is urged with much force that the city council Is not elected for the purpose of serv ing corporations , but the people. Attention Is called to the fact that the vacating of this portion of Seventh street will make It difficult for children living in that vicinity to reach the High school ; tli'ft It will'greatly Increase the hazard to limb and life , and that It will cause damage to property In that vicinity. Mayor Cleaver will for these and other reasons bs subjected to a strong pressure to veto the ordinance. It Is hinted , as usual In such cases , that the railway company purposes making some great Improvements , which will be of great and lasting benefit to the city , but the pro- Icsling property ownrs and residents. In lhat vicinity want to know definitely what the railway company proposes to give the city In exchange for the vacating of Seventh slrect. They think the cily has Ihe right to demand something morft certain and definite than a whispered promise. If the mayor vetoes the ordinance , and ho says he will , the prolestors feel confident that they can prevail upon some of Iho aldermen to change Ihelr voles , and that the ordinance will not pass over the veto. In connection with this movement a citi zens , ' meeting Is lo be held at the court house Thursday evening at 7:30 : o'clock to protest against the vacation of the streel. The mailer will be plainly discussed by Inlerest- Ing speakers. Every clllzen who has an In terest In public affairs Is urged to be prisent. 11ENNISOX IIUUS. Holiday Uiirstsi'm. All our 7Cc , SSc nnd $1.00 32-Inch figured drapery silk , 58c yard. All our EOo and C5c 21-Inch China silks 35c yard. Wednesday wo will sell all our $3.50 and $1.00 children's while Angora sets , mult and collar , satin lined , at $2.60 eet. Down sofa pillows. Mo each. BIG HANDKERCHIEF SALE. 100 dozen Swiss , scolloped edge , embroi dered handkerchiefs , 9c each. See our handkerchiefs at 12l c , IGc , 20o pml 25c each. Largest line of useful holiday goods In the city. See them before you buy. BENNISON BROS. . Council Bluffs. Struck n Kocky Customer. A relic of the stone age , that far off tlms when men fought with stone spears , ate lob ster salad and patede fole gras with stone knives , and even - followed the prevailing fashion so far as sometimes to bo made ol tlono themselves , from top to toe , was un earthed yesterday by George Guanella at his brother's sand bank near Hlnton station , a few miles south of here on the "Q. " This Is one of the men who was made of stone , or at least ho Is now. He was retting as easily as could be expected In a pile of sand , where he had apparently been for some little time , Frank Quanella says that lie has found othei relics and pieces ot the relics In the past and , although he has not yet visited the place , ho should hot be surprises , lf this wert a genuine find. On ono occasion jie rar across a piece 6f stone which looked very much like the foot of a man. The ladles of St. John's English Lutheran church will give a turkey dinner for 25c and furnish supper on Thursday at No. IS Pearl street , Where they will also hold their apron sale. _ _ _ _ _ The fad and all fads are popular of th ( day Is the razor-toed shoe for ladles. Thtj will bo still more popular when the ladle : know that Byers Is giving away the fines $5.00 shoe for $3.50. Bourlrlus * music house has few expenses high grade planes are sold reasonably. Ill Stutsman street. Dry plno kindling for eale. Cheaper thr.t cobs. II. A. Cox , 37 Main street. Telephom 48. . Ground oil cake $1.30 hhd. at Morgan t Co.'s drug store , 131 Broadway. The laundries me Domestic soap. Adventure ! of n llaby. Conductor Olio Bloom ot the motor lln was the happy adopted father of a little yel of low boy yesterday morning for about half ai hour , allhongh he was not aware ot the fac until It was all over. After he had let homo to go to work one ot the member of the faintly chanced lo go to the door am found a mulatlo about 1 year old sitting o the front door itep. Ho was rather wel dressed , well wrapped up , and seemed to b as happy as any boy in his tttuallon coul be expected to be. Officer Slead carried tb Infant to the police headquarters and Cap tnln Gardiner and the boy amused themselves for about threa hours , with the ats stance ot Deputy City Clerk Fox , who formed hlmtelt Into a commissary department and supplied eatables and drinkables for the youngster , who ecemcd halt starved. He was then taken to the Christian home to be kept until a suitable home could b : found for him. He was not quite a stranger at the home. About two months ago his mother , a white woman , brought him to the home and asked Manager Lemen to take care of her son. Finding that she had n divorced husband who was the father of the child , Mr. Lemon Intlsted on her securing the consent of the father and she left the place. She said she lived near Modale , la. Nothing more was teen of her , and It Is supposed that she decided to leave the child at Bloom's house as the call- cst way out of caring for him herself. ANOTIIKIt CASK Ol' LI11I.1) AIIUSK. Family Affairs ot Mr. unit Mr * . Kmll Schultz Aired la the District Court. Mr. and MM. Emll Schultz were In Judga Smith's court yesterday all day long to plead to the charge of abusing the former's little 7-year-old daughter , Ella. A hot of wit nesses testified to having seen the little , one suffering from the effects of pounding , pinchIng - Ing and the 1 ke until her body was black and blue. They told their respective stories In the most circumstantial way possible , but when Schultz and his wife were put upon the stand tiiey denied every word. The little girl was also allowed to tell her story , and she also denied 11 at she had been abused. She Is a bright little thing , well dressed , with long flaxen hair , nnd created a great deal of Interest In the spectator : . Her story , however , was hard to reconcile with the mass of contradictory testimony that had gone be fore. fore.From From the evidence , as It was brought out by the various witnesses , It appears that Mrs. Schulta Is a second wife. She formerly lived near Missouri Valley , and It was through the agency of a matrimonial paper that she first became aware of the fact that there was a man down here In Council Bluffs who had Just been cut out for her. They struck up a correspondence , which lasted for five months. At the end of that t me they met by ap pointment at Missouri Valley , and. after spending three days In one another's socl cty , the knot was tied. They have been liv ing together In this city ever since. An effort was made by Mr. and Mrs. Schultz to show that the lodging of the com plaint against them was a piece of spite work. It teems that the young woman who Died the Information formerly worked In the Schultz family. Her reign In the kitchen was short , however , for her buscults were all dough , the piano keys were not well dusted and there was hardly ever any pie for din ner. Flvo days after she was crowned queen she was deposed , and Mr. and Mrs. Schultz claimed It was dua to her being unceremonl- outly fired that she had acted In this way , A brother of Mrs. Schultz , whose name Is West , seemed to have been egging on the prosecution , and h's Interest in the case , I was claimed , tvas owing to strained relations growing out of a real estate deal up In Da' kotn , in which he and Mrs. Schultz were In1 tercUed together. Mrs. Moxlcy , whose name was at first con nected with the case , has not been Interested In It In any way whatever. After all the evidence had been heard Judge Smith sen the little girl back to her parents' home ti stay until the final Judgment Is rendered. Don't Cry Hnrd Time * Until you see what you can buy with a little money In the shoe line at Duncan's. These prices are tempered to the shorn pocket- books. MEN'S FINE SHOES. The swellest line of men's patent leather shoe ? ever shown for $3 , $3.CO , $4 , $4.5Q and $5.Men's Men's cork sole shoes , for street wear , for $1.RO , $2 , $3 and $4. Stacy-Adams men's cork soles , $4. All styles men's good shces for $2.50. Railroad shoes from $1.50 to $2.50. LADIES' FINE SHOES. Nobby cloth top , razor , narrow and square toes , welted and hand turned , $3.50. Kid , button , patent tip , $1. Kid , lace , patent tip and heel fcuc , $ ,1.2t. Calf , button , good , $1. Calf , button , patent tip , $1.25. Fine kid , button , patent tip , $1.50. Hand sewed kid , nobby and latest styles , $2. Over 500 pairs ladles' felt and plush slip pers and Oxfords , worth $1 to $1.50 , will bo closed out at BOc per pair. Boys' , youths' , misses' and children's shoes. RUBBERS. Men's felt boots and overs , $2. Boys' felt boots and overs , $1.25. B. M. DUNCAN , 28 Main and 27 Pearl sts. , Council Bluffs , la. 20 per csnt discount on all trimmed hats at Mrs. Itagsdale's. Eagle laundry , 724 Broadway , for good work. Tel. 157 , FROM SOUTH OMAHA ! Aununl Mooting ot tlto block VuriU Directors Several Improvements Dunned. The annual meeting ot the directors of the Union Stock Yards company was held Monday evening. William A. Paxton was selected president and John A. McShane vice presi dent. Last year It was Just the reverse. Colonel J. C Sharp was re-elected secre tary and treasurer and W. N. Babcock gen eral manager. The board of directors Is as follows : William A. Paxton , John A. Crelghton , John A. McShane , P. A. Valen tine , B. F. Smith , M. C. Keith , Milton Rogers , John B. Sherman and A. C. Foster. The question of Improvements to be made at the yards during 1895 was thoroughly discussed. It was agreed that the sluice way through the yards from N street north bo made a brick sewer. This will cost In the neighborhood of $20,000. The contract will bo let early next year. Another Improvement at the yards which will bo made next year will bo the rebuild ing of all the old hog pens. The estimated cost of this work Is about $18,000. The yard company has done a splendid business during the year , and the directors are well pleased with the management of tha plant by Mr. Babcock , who has been untiring In his efforts for years to build up the live stock market In South Omaha. Contest llct\vreil the Two Omnium. Considerable Interest Is being manifested , especially In South Omaha , over the coming literary contest between the Crystal League Literary society of Omaha and the South Omaha High school , to be held In the Metho dist church , South Omaha , Saturday evening This Is the first of a series of contests thai the Crystal League boys expect to have thlf winter. Competent Judges have been secured one of the Judges being Prof. Eastman , the principal of the Council Bluffs High school The Crystal League Literary society Is anxious to have a good , representation ot tin young people of Omaha present. A specla , Invitation Is hereby extended to the Hlgl school of Omaha , the High school of Councl Bluffs , the Young Men's Christian Assocla tlon Literary society and the Plymouth Con gregatlonal Church Literary society. The question for debate will be : "ShouK the Gothenburg system of regulating thi liquor traffic be adopted ? " The afflrmatlvi will be taken by Otto Brown and G. Towle o the South Omaha High school and the neg atlve by C. L. Frttscher and C. Battelle o Omaha. Orations will be delivered by Orva Llnnabary of South Omaha and Oscar Engle ot Omaha. Essays and declamations b ; George Paddock and James Duncanson o South Omaha and J. W , Newlean and F. J Qlsh of Omaha. Good music will be fur nlshed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Machines to He Assessed. Councilman Walters Is after the nickel In-the-slot machines with a vengeance "Those machines , " said Mr. Walters to i Bee reporter , "have taken about $4,000 ou of South Omaha during the past year. : am creditably Informed also that tome o them are plugged so that It would be I in possible for a person to win If bo playei all day. The gamblers have to pay tin city , and there Is no reason why the nickel In-the-slot machines should not. The ordl nance Is now being drawn by the city at torney. It will Impose a fine ot perhaps $2 per month for those who have machines li their places. Persons who refuseto tnk out a license will have their machines takei away from them It they attempt to rui them. " llurllnctun Itoute. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED EXCUH SIGNS TO CALIFORNIA. Every Thursday. $25.00 saved. City ticket office , 1324 Farnam street. ANTICIPATE HIGHER RATES Railroads Holding lowi xu a Olnb Over the NebraskajDf&cials. SECRETARY DILWORTrl f DES MOINES Seeking Information n .tbo 1'robnblo Ac tion ot the IlnwUoyo'ConimlMloiier * In the Petition "T Chnugo Now I'cililliin. DE3 MOINES , Dec. , J ( Special Tele gram. ) W. A. Dllworth , secretary of the Nebraska State Board of Transpottatlon , was at the office of the Iowa board at the capital this morning on business. It Is stated that the railroads have claimed to the Nebraska commissioners that the Iowa commissioners were going to raltf ? the rates , that they had definite Information to that effect , and that they were endeavoring In this way to in fluence the Nebraska board In its decisions. Thfr Iowa commissioners Informed Mr. Dll worth that they had not yet come to a de cision In respect to the matter of Increasing rates , but would probably do so In the near future , though not Indicating what the de cision might be. STILL , IllCUULATINU I'lNANCC. Iowa i'npnltstn Declare 1 hemnclvcs on the Money Question Very Fully. DES MOINES , Dec. 11. ( Special Tele gram. ) The state conference of populists held here today was lightly attended , with none ot the Invited leaders from other states present. A committee was appointed , with Thomas J. Byron of Deg Molncs as chair man , to form a league of populist clubs. These resolutions were adopted : Whereas , The contention of the people's party , that the great need of this country has been nnd Is nn cnliugcd volume of cir culating medium , Is now practically con ceded by nil patties nnd by the government ; Whereas , The gold power and the bankIng - Ing Interests of the country are Insisting- , through the president nnd his secretary , thut the enlarged issue of our currency supply shall be given exclusively Into the hands of the banks ; that silver shall be excluded , and that gold nlone shall be legal tender ; now , theiefore , be It Resolved , That without attempting to make n platform for our party this confer ence Insists upon the restoration of the coinage of Bold nnd silver ns It existed prior to 1873 , and that all paper currency shall be Issued by the general government , with out the Intervention of banks of Issue , the same to be a full legal tender. We also declare our Implacable hostility to the Issue of tnterst-bearlnir bonds In time of pence. Upon these principles we declare our politi cal faith , and we invite the co-operation of all patriotic citizens against the further encroachment of corporate power. Iowa IlnrtlculturUtn In Soxulnn , DES MOINES. Dec. ll.-Speclal ( Tele gram. ) The annual meeting of the State Horticultural society began In this city to day , to continue three days. The attrdinc < . IB In tha neighborhood of 100. President , F. Collman of Coming delivered the annua address , saying that In spite of the short fruit crop this year there-Is much for which to be thankful , and prospects are bright for next year. The tlme , waB. taken up today In hearing reports of milters nnd directors for the various horticultural districts. These showed the apple crop tofbe from 25 to 40 per cent of the average ; , , Numerous lines of discussion were opened , up and partici pated In by thosp present. The report of Secretary J. L. BudavrtS read. Ho will not again be a candidate 'for ' the ofllce , and there are a number 'of candidates for the position , the. principal loneebelriR Prof. N. E. Hansen. who has been 1'rof. Budd's assist ant at the State Agricultural college. Now Iowa Corporations. DES MOINES , Dee. | 1. ( Special Tele gram . ) The Ferris EJeqtrJe and Manufac turing company of Codajjjlaplds , having a capital stock of $10OOT.iflcd ( articles of in corporation with the secretary of state to day ; also the Kcokuk Publishing company of Keokuk. la. , IntcrfdlnEfto do a printing nnd publishing buslnesV fhcludlnp the pub lication of a niwsrap r , the cnpltal stock beIng - Ing $5,000 ; also the Sioux Ulty Telephone com pany , the object of whose Incorporators Is to build and operate lines of telephone be tween Orange City nnd surrounding towns , nnd whose capital stock Is $5,000 ; also the Denlson Electric Light and Power company of Denlson , la. , having a capital of $20.000 , for the purpose ot operating an electric light and power plant at that place. Knstern Nebraska & Cult Heine Ilullt. SIOUX CITY , Die. ll.-SpecIal ( Telegram. ) The officers of tha Eastern Nebraska & Gulf road , which secured a right ot way across the Wlnnebago reservation In Ne braska at the last session of congress , an nounces that they have completed arrange ments for the construction of the first sec tion of their road , forty miles in length , across the reservation southwest from this city. _ Strange Jury .May DUncrco. SIOUX CITY , Dec. 11. ( Special Telegram. ) The Jury In the Impeachment case against Supervisor Walter Strange has been out over twenty-four hours , nnd late tonight hail failed to agree on a verdict. It Is un derstood the Jury elands ten to two for conviction. The court was asked for addi tional Instructions , nnd It Is now understood the jury stand elevenjto one for conviction. /.V TUK SOUTH. Sugar Homo Dloirn Down Near Baton Kongo nnd Six lion Hurled. BATON ROUGE , La. , Dec. 11. The sugar house on Southwood plantation. Ascension parish , was demolished by a cyclone , burying six men beneath the debris. Two negroes were mortally wounded and several other white and colored men were hurt. At Omega , La. , last night great damage was done by a cyclone. Much cotton was de stroyed In the fields ; several negro cabins were demolished and others unroofed. Gil- foil's store was demolished and his stock ol goods destroyed. Several houses on the Nolan place were blown down. SELMA , Ala. , Dec. 11. A severe wind am ] rain storm swept over Selma and vicinity doing great damage to the open cotton in the fields. Trees and fences were leveled and several head of stock killed. At Monte Vale windows were broken by hall stones. At Hazen dwellings were unroofed and stock killed. , WHITE CASTLE. La. , Dec. 11. A heavy wind storm struck this section this morning On Alhambra plantation a two-story brick , building was demolished. One negro was killed and three others wounded. On sev eral plantations much damage was done but no loss of life has been reported. WESTVILLE , Fla. , Dec. 11. The cyclone passed five miles north ot this place. It struck the farm of J. N. Skinner and de- TT3T- Never ate Quaker Oats with cream ? You have missed one of the good things of life. Just try it ! . Sold only In Ib. Packaje * . mollshcd every building on the place. Every member of Mr. Skinner's family was Injured and his wounds , It Is thought , will prove fatal. Mr. Skinner Is representative-elect from Holmes county. ATLANTA , Oa. , Dec. 11. A ipcclal to the Journal states that the cyclone paned over Kingston , destroying the convict camp , kill ing five multt , wounding three men badly and several slightly. A large tree was blown across the camp. A barn was carried bodily for a mile. A negro cabin was destroyed , Injuring one boy. Dr. Goodwin's house * at Stllesboro was badly damaged and a buggy blown 100 yards. MOBILE , Ala. , Dec. 11. There was a very heavy wind and rain ttorm here last night , but no damage has thus far been reported. Farmer L'ommltn Snlcldo. DEADWOOD , S. D. , Dec. ll.-Spcclnl ( Telegram. ) Oscar Carvln , one of the wealthiest nnd best known farmers of Hare Hutte valley , committed suicide yesterday afternoon by plunging head llrst Into a well. He wns suffering from n lit of temporary Insanity. I'alr la Ncbrnilm with North Wind * He- comltiK Southerly. WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. The forecast for Wednesday Is : For Nebraska Fair ; north winds , becom- K south. For lown Fair ; north winds , becoming nrinblc. For Missouri Fair , preceded by showers In ic onrly morning ; norlh winds. For Sotilh Dakota Fair ; warmer ; variable inils , becoming south. For Kansas Fair ; warmer In the western ortlon ; north winds , becoming variable. i.ocnl Itponrd. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER. BUREAU , MA1IA , Dec. 11. Omaha record of temper- lure nml rainfall , compared with the cor- cspondlng day of past four years : 1801. 1893. 1892. 1891. tnxlmtim temperature. . . . 38 25 29 42 llnlmum temperature 32 16 8 29 .vcrage temperature 33 20 18 30 Teclpllallon 02 T .00 .00 Condition of temperature and precipitation t Omaha for the day nnd since March 1 , S9I : s'ormnl temperature 2S Excess for the day G s'ormnl precipitation 03 Inch Deficiency for the day 01 Inch 'otal preclpllatton since March 1 15.13 Inches ) cllclency since March 1 15.96 Inches itcports from Other Stutloiu nt 8 1 > . M. . STATIONS. STATE or WEAT1IK11. I Omalm . 35 3S .00 Cloudy. s'ortli Platlo . 211 42 Clo.ir. Valentine. . JO 42M Clear. Chicago . ! 1S 40 Cloudy. t. Louis . 42 44 . ( II Hiiliilner. ( . 1'ani . nn 38 .no Clumly. Davenport . 30 41) Cloudy. Kansas City . 3(1 ItH Cloudy. . Denver . 34 42 .no Clear. Salt Lake City . 20 30 .no Cloudy. 'tupldClly . 24 42 , ou Clear. Ii 34 .0(1 ( Cloudy. Ulsmarck. . . 2 24 .on Cloudy. St. Vlncunt 28 34 .00 Cloudy. Clicycnno 21 84 .00 Clc.tr. Mllca City 3D 80 Part cloudy Gu'.vuMlon r > a I ! Clunr. "T" Indicates tracoof precipitation. L. A. WELSH , Observer. The National Civil Service Reform leagu will meet In Chicago today. The Ontario Malleable Iron works a Oshawa , Ont. , burned yeslerday. There was nothing new developed In Ih Opel divorce case In St. Louis yesterday. M. M. Preston , arrested at Portland , Ore yesterday on an indictment found at Spring Are out of the question when tor- lured and disfigured with Eczema. It is the cause of more intense suffering than all other skin diseases combined. Tender babies are among its most numerous victims. They are often born with it. Most remedies and the best physi cians generally fail even to relieve. If CUT1CURA did no more than cure Eczema , it would be entitled to the gratitude of mankind. 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A body of armed men held up a posse of Untied Slales marshals In Dodge counly , Georgia , and released a prisoner they were taking to Allanla , Robert Webster of South Haven , Mich , , while temporarily Insane , set fire to his barn and falally shot a neighbor who Interfered. He then set fire to his house and was fatally > urned before the neighbors rescued him. EMINENT TESTIMONY' ng tlio J o\v Dlicotcry lor Curing ) , ) > | ) ! il inn ) liullcrstlon. Dr. Hartzman , who has made many tests of the new dyspepsia cure , Is very cnthuslas- Ic in his praise of this excellent preparation , t Is not a secret patent medicine , but Is composed of pure pepsin , bismuth , fruit salts and vegetable essences , made Into pleasant astlng tableU or lozenges and sold by drug gists at 50 cts. per package , under the name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. 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