Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1895)
THE CXM.AITA DAIJjY 13EIiSPlTDAY , MAY 19 , 1895. Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE. COUNCILHMJFFS. . OFFICD , - - NO. 12 PEARL STREET Delivered by carrier lo any putt of llie city. II. W. TILTON , Losi-ce. TELEPHONES Business onice , NO. n : editor. No. a. .V/.NU/t MKATWX , Grand , Council Bluffs. E. P. Clark , prop. The Central Labor union will have a meet ing at 2:30 : o'clock this atternocn at Liberty hall. hall.Fred Clausen hael his wheel stolen Wednes day from In front of Ihe Manhattan. The thief was caught at Shenandoah and will bo brought back today. A telegram was received yesterday an nouncing that three more Burton cars had been ordered to leave St. Louis today loaded with horses for the running meeting next Tuesday , Trilby called at the office of the city clsrk yesterday and paid $2 Into the city treasury. Trilby Is a member of the canine species , and the payment was made by her next friend , H. 1 > . Cummlnga. The Kansas City , St. Joseph & Council I ) hi IT K railway ling Ipjued a now timetable , to go Into effect this morning Train > No. 1 will bo known hereafter as No. 21 , tr.iln No. 3 as Nd. 23 , No. 2 as No. 20 , and train No. 4 as No. 22. The only change In time Is In train No. 23 , which will arrive In Council Bluffs at C:25 : a. m. The work of paving Second avenue was completed to Eleventh street yesterday after noon nil but the last few feet. A day or Uvo ngo Mr. Wlckham thbught he would have about 1,000 bricks to spare , but ho either es timated wrong or was victimized by thieves. for when he let his m-n go yesterday he was Just 500 short. He will probably nil In the balance with homo made brick. James Dungan , the 15-year-old son of J. M , Dungan , pleaded guilty to stealing ? S from his mothar yesterday and was sentenced by Justice Vein to flve days In tha county jail. He claims to be 19 years old , but his father says ho Is several years younger. The court gave him the benefit of the doubt , or the offense would -probably have met with amore moro severe punishment. He Is serving out the time In the county jail. Business has been unusually slack In the county recorder's ctllce during the first two weeks o this month. Up to yzsterday after noon only ? 00 Instruments had been filed for record , while the number for the same period of preceding years has been In the vicinity of 800. This In not altogether on unmixed evil , however , for the bulk of Instruments filed In this office Is composed of chattel or real estate mortgiges. C. M. Hunt , president of the South Omaha Savings bank , and Dr. T. II. Ensor , president of the * Hoard of Trade of that city , spent a part of yesterday In the city and met the trustees of Lewis township for a discussion of the plan of establishing a ferry between South Omaha and Manawa. A meeting of the Lewis townvhlp trustees with the property owners Is to bo held tomorrow to make ar rangements for a right of way for a road. A meeting of the ferry coirpany promoters and the trustees will be held Friday evening In South Omaha , when It Is expected that defi nite plans will bo adopted. ' I. E. Phillips was released from Jail yes terday , after lying there for several days. Ho wag Indicted by the grand Jury a few days ago for committing an atsault with Intent to do great bodily Injury on V. J. Brechtell Phillips and his wife had Mine serious trou ble , but patched It up and went to living to- Bother again. Hut Drechlell , who Is about half as large as Phillips , played the serpent In the garden , so Phillips claims , and took her out buggy riding. Phillips went after him with two fists that had been hardened by years of toll and blacked both his eyes. Phillips gave ball In the sum of $100 yester day. Osceola Rallard , a farmer living cast of the city , visited Council Bluffs Friday night and loaded up on booze of the most ram bunctious kind. He then visited the home of his mother , ono of the best known ladles In Council Illuffs , who lives on First avenue opposite Hayllss park. Mrs. Dullard Is quite agjd and at the time was confined to her home by Illness. That fact had no effect upon her son , who , It Is alleged , dragged her about the room and abused her In a shameful manner. Henry DeLong , who chanced to be familiar with the clrcum. etances , secured the Intervention of the po lice , but the undutlful son did not como back after his first visit. Insure In the Imperial , Palatine or Glen Falls Fire Insurance companies. These are among the largest and best companies In the world , and we are sole agents for Council Dluffs. Lougco & Towle , 235 Pearl Direct. Killed liny fur In large or small lots , by F. Gardner. In quire of Thomas Johnson , city welghmaster. 1'EllbOX.lt , I'.tllAatt.ll'Ill , , Mrs. L. G. Knotts has returned from a visit to Chicago. Mrs. II. L. Alford of Toledo. O. , Is visiting Mr , and Mrs. C. L. Felt. Mrs. Hattlo Lucas of Los Angeles , Cal. , Is visiting her sister , Mrs. U. S. Terwllllger. Mrs. William Swan of Evanston , III. , Is visiting her mother , Mrs. Henry Swan on Blxth avenue. J. G. Wyllo left last evening for Sioux City to spend Sunday with his wife , who Is under going treatment there. Ed Egan , city editor of the Atlantic Tele graph , has bought the Qlenwood Opinion and will take charge June1. . Miss Katie Dunn of Los Angeles , Cal. , Is In the city and will spend the summer with her sister , Mrs. Coady , on Sixth avenue. Misses Mollle and Nellie Gleason are here for a few weeks' Tlslt with friends. They have been living In Los Angeles for some time past nnd are both restored to complete health. They will soon return to the west and make their homo In Salt Lake City. John Schoentgen and family leave today for the cast. At Baltimore , Md. , they will be Joined by Edward P. Schoentgen and proceed to Luxembourg , Belgium , where the lattei will engage In architectural studies. Mr Schoentgen will return homo In th ? fall , bul his wife and children will remain there foi two years. The Uront l-upularlly of Coppi Cheer. Dealers who have been furnishing theli customers with the famous nonalcoholic beverages , Copps Cheer and Herb Tonic manufactured exclusively by the Q. R Wheeler Brewing company , are always anx ious to control the trade for their own towns because the beverages outsell anything els ( In the line. Here's what D. II. Thompson & Co. of Malvorn. la. , wrote In an order foi more goods : "Your last shipment of Coppi Cheer will not last longer than Saturday. Ii Is a big seller. If you will allow us to con trol the entire trade here on Copps Cheei nnd Herb Tonic wo will obligate ourselve ; to buy all of our drinks from you and wll push the trade. " Sold exclusively b : Wheeler & Herold , Council Bluffs , la. lllC Race .Mooting. Spring meeting of the Union Park Raelni association commences May 22 , and con tlnues ten days. Five good races dally commencing at 2 p. m. One and a thin tare 'on all railways for round trip. Alnmlallii Hub Kntertnlimil. The member * of the Mandolin club enter talned their friends at Manawa Friday fron i o'clock to 10 p. m. The time was spent Ii rowing about the lake , the plashing of th oars being a fit accompaniment to the musl cf the mandolins. A fine supper was served Upon returning from the lake the party drov about the city and serenaded a number o their friends. Those present were : Miss Bessie Moore , Bessie Bradehaw , Mona Reed Jennie Gulttar. Jessie Wallace , Messrs. Kat Mayne , Burt McCormick , Frd Searle , Chirle Uarlck , W. Woodward , Will Wallace. Mi and Mr . A. W. Moore , Mr. and Mrs , W. M Moore. _ Cole & Cole will give you low prices an not tell you their $2.00 gasoline stove Is bet tor than their competitors1 f 5,00 stove. The won't lie about goods. _ A iplendld ifne ot straw hats at Metcal Dro > . _ A splendid line ot utraw hati at M.'tcal Dro . _ _ A iplendld line ot itruw hati it Metcal Bros. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ k Jho Ilardnun , the piano par excellence NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Olnb'a Suggestions Are Not Made for Pur poses of Faultfinding , CITY'S ' IXPENSES MUST BE REDUr.'D ' HecommemltUlim thnt the LcguUly of tin- 1'reirnt Water Work * Contract He Tented In thr Oonrtfl I'limllng Ucncrnl I'unilVnrruiitn , At the meeting of the Good Government club held Friday evening the committee ap pointed to formulate a reply to criticisms made on the club , and also to formulate some suggestions for the betterment of the city , made Its report and the same was unani mously adopted. The report was as follows : "To the Good Government Club : Your committee appointed to formulate a report and declaration of the position and recom mendations to the club from Its Investiga tions and deliberations up to this time would respectfully submit the following : "That there has been some criticism of the reports and actions of the club arising from a misconception thereof , In ttiaMt has been assumed that the club was attacking the ob ligations of the city by reason of the claim that they exceeded the constitutional limit of Indebtedness , and attacking the presenter or other administrations of the city with ref erence to the conditions of our finances that the Investigations ot the club have revealed. It would hardly seem necessary to say tint an organisation composed of cltlrans and property owners and taxpayers In Council Dluffs would not attack Us credit or suggest repudiation of Its obligations by reason of any real or claimed technical defect therein. Tha only reference made In any of the re ports ot the club to this matter has been In a single paragraph calling attention to the constitutional limitation and the amount of outstanding bonded and general Indebtedness of the city , to emphasize the necessity of effort upon the part of the city government and all good citizens to bring the expenses ot the city within Its Income and provide means for paying Its outstanding obligations , "The purpose of the club Is and has been , as shown by Its reports , not to Injure the credit of the city or suggest a repudiation of any ot Its obligations , but to aid in bringing about wise business methods whereby the city's credit could be maintained and pay ment ot Its outstanding obligations made at the earliest possible date. Nor has there been In any report or In any of the delibera tions ot the club any attack upon the pres ent or any preceding administration. "We fully recognize that the abuses which have grown up and the difficulties encoun tered by our city government are not pecu liar to Council Bluffs , but are common to a large part of our municipalities. Because thereof there has been the rapid Increase and development of organizations like this , having for their object .the betterment of municipal government. Jt Is not our purpose to fix the responsibility for existing condi tions , but to aid all efforts of the city gov ernment In meeting present conditions and with the least possible burden to our people ; providing funds to pay all current expenses of the city and Its outstanding obligations. We commend the reported purpose of the present city council In determining upon a radical reduction of public expenditures rather than an Increased assessment , and pledge to our municipal government the united aid of the membership of this club In accomplishing that purpose. "No successful challenge has been or can be offered to the correctness of the figures submitted by the club In Its reports , as those figures have been taken from the official re- lorts ot the city. To charge that the club n Its reports or action has either expressly r Impllcdly attacked the credit of the city r made an assault upon any city adminls- ratlon or public oflicial can only arise either 'rom ' Ignorance of what It has reported and "one or a deliberate purpose to distort Its losltlon dnd set up a man of straw that can c easily destroyed. Its reports have dealt eltlier in Innuendoes , adjectives nor sen- atlonallsm , but have been confined to facts nd figures taken from official sources , to irlng to the club , our citizens nnd public Illclals a realization ot the Importance of he work before us. "Wo submit the following recommenda- lens as the result of the Investigations and 'eliberatlons of the club : "I. That , as under the present contract with ho City Water Works company It Is Impos- Iblo to provide adequate , water supply for ho city with the proceeds of the authorized evy of water tax , and as our citizens are paying a much higher rate than other cities f Iowa similarly situated , we would recom- nend that there bo a careful investigation of ho relations of the City Water Works com pany to the city and the validity of the pres ent contract , and that the city take measures at once to abrogate said contract and bring .ho proper action that Its validity may be determined by the courts , to the end that f Invalid a new contract may be made which shall relieve out citizens from the burden of exorbitant water rates and enable the city within the 5 mill levy to provide sufficient water supply for the needs of Its people , and hat the present utterly unjustifiable , and , as ive believe , illegal exemption of the Water Works company from municipal taxation for a paltry consideration be brought to an end. " 2. That the practice which has grown up n the past of causing suits to be Instituted upon general fund warrants , for the pay ment of which judgment tax has been levied , and which wo believe to bo Illegal and un authorized , shall at o.icc cease , to the end that our people shall not be subjected to a greater Judgment tax than contemplated by law , and that the expenditures of the city tor general purposes shall be confined within the legal limit. We believe that the munlclpa government will so clearly recognize the justness and right of this position that noth ing further than the suggestion will be nee essary. If , however , this nhould prove to be untrue , we would recommend proceedings tc enjoin any attempt to levy a judgment tax to collect jurgmonts hereafter rendered on general fund warrants. " 3 , That such part of the sinking fund as will not be available for the payment ot obit gallons to which It Is pledged for a perlo < of years , be Invested In the purchase ( no payment ) of outstanding Interest-bearing ob llgatlons of the city , to the end that the city to the extent of such Investment , may be re Ileved from Interest obligations. We believe such Investment ot this fund would bo no only good business policy , but within the lega rights of the municipal administration. " 4. That as the outstanding general tune , warrants exceed by many thousands of dollars lars the amount that can be paid within considerable period of years , wo believe I good business policy to refund , at a lowe rate of Interest than they now bear , sucl part of these warrants as cannot In all prob ability bo paid within the life of such re funding bonds , to the end that the dlfferenc between the Interest now borne by the war rants and the interest at which refunding bonds can be floated bo saved to the city care being taken not to refund by any long time bonds nor to refund any part of th Indebtedness of which there Is reasonabl probability of payment before the maturity o such bonds. " 5. That the departments of city marsha and chief of police bo consolidated for th saving of expenses and that the duties o control of the police department bo trans ( erred to the marshal's office , and that th duties now performed by the clerk of th finance committee be added to the treasurer the duties ot both marshal and treasurer under the statute , being such as are provide by statute or by ordinance. By this mean there could bs a saving to the city of tw salaries. "C. That , as In the'present depressed flnan clal and Industrial situation , every buslnes man has both In his business and persona expenses been compelled to practice mos rigid economy , and cut off not only all un necessary expense , but all that can bo ilia penscd with , we bellevd that there shout be a careful Investigation by the city counc ot each department of the city , to the en that every useless expense and every sourc of disbursement not absolutely necessary to the efficient administration of the city' affairs be cut off and the expenditures of th city reduced to the lowest possible limit con slatent with good government , and that th salaries ot tha mayor and other publl ofT.clals ralced within the last tew years b reduced to the amount paid before sue ra'se ' of salaries. " 7 , Your committee will here venture t make another suggestion. The council ma ] under existing-charter , order public Improve menta at the expense * ot the abutting lo Vt EL N DAYS UNNING MEETING UNION PARK , - COUNCIL BLUFFS. FIRS ! DAY , IDAY MAY 22d * or more races each day , including Handicap Race ; largest number of horses start in each race seen in the West. Look out for Grand Hotel Handicap first day ; distance 1J miles ; fifteen entries ; 400 horses now on the ground. Omaha and Council Bluffs Motor R. R. run trains to Grand Stand every 5 minutes- one and one-third fare on all Railroads entering Omaha and Council Bluffs for the round trip. Admission to all parts of the grounds , 5Od Look out for Derby Day next Wednesday. E. A. WICKHAM , GEO. F. WRIGHT , ' CHAS. GREGORY. wners by Us arbitrary vote and without eference to the Interest ot such owners and f the public welfare. This power has been rossly abused In the past and Is liable to uture abuse. But the power Inheres In the barter and can only be changed and guarded y state legislation. In other states this ewer Is vested partly In the abutting lot wners and partly In the council. We sub. lit , therefore , that a movement should be egun looking to a change of the general aw relating to street Improvements. "The Investigations of this club have sug- 'ested the foregoing as some of the ways i which our financial condition can be 1m- iroved and the difficulties confronting the Ity can be In part met and a large saving f Interest and c\p. < * ture made. They are made by this club In good faith , as the esult of consideration and deliberation , but A-lth no prldo of opinion. If any valid ob- ectlons can be raised to any of them or ny better way of meeting these difficulties an be suggested , such methods will meet with a cheerful endorsement of the club , Ve pledge our united efforts to all public filclals and citizens In any honest and casonable effort to Improve our municipal government and will have controversy only vlth such officials as refuse to recognize the necessity for reform In our municipal gov- rnmcnt or refuse to propose or accept easqnable or proper measures , intended to irlng about such reforms. " 11OSTON STOKE 1MIICE5. Jar Wall Paper Larscst btoclt , Lowest 1'rlcrn. Brown backs at 3o a roll. White blanks at 4Hc a yard. Mica gills , beautiful line of patterns , at G'4c a roll. 12 0 gilts reduced to Sc a roll. 19c and 22c gilts reduced to lOc and 12c Ingrains In the various tints at 12&C a roll. All work guarante-cd. Estimates cheerfully given. Big reductions In lace curtains and chenille portieres. WINDOW SHADES. A selection of 20 different shades , full 7 feet lone , best spring rollers , In the following qualities1 Felt shades , IBc ; worth , 22c. Oil opaque , 39e , worth 50c. Best quality water colors opaque , 7 tcet long , 2Bc : other stores ask 35c. FOWLER , DICK & WALKER , Council Bluffs , la. FINE I'KOSPKCTB lrOK THE KXCCh Stable * Are Now Crowilc.il with Gnlluper * nntl More CoiulnK. Among the horses which have arrived at the driving park are Carl Dunder and Moss Terry from St. Paul. Wedgofleia , the grand old race horse , who in the last two years has won some high class races In Chicago , St Louis , Nashville and New Orleans , Is here also , and his owner expects to see him give a good account of himself In the Grand Hole handicap , to be run on Wednesday , the flrsl day of the meeting. This race will bring to gether the best lot of known race hordes ever eeen In the northwest and will be to Council Bluffs and Omaha what the Derby Is to Louisville ani Chicago. There Is the promise now of from twelve to fifteen starters. Entries are coming by every mall , and also by telegraph , from Chicago , Louisville , St. Louis , Kansas City and elsewhere. Mr. West Is here with his stable , among the horses being the beautlfu filly , Perllne Mills , full sister to the grant race mare , Lottie Mills. Tom Stewart o : Kansas City has a fine looking ? lot of eight head. Ho la the owner of the great trotting horse , Ilyland T , but says he is going to forsake his first love , trotters , and from now on will be found with the runners. Scroggens stable of six head Is hero. Of course they arc all winners. The boys say o. Cottlngham Bros , of Kansas City are on the ground with four good ones. In fact , there are more horses hero now than at any previous meeting , anc still there are four palace horse cars full anc on the way from Chicago , and today five cai loads will be shipped here from St. Louis , The driving park managers are hustling tc provide stable room for the horses still com ing. By next Wednesday , the opening day , there will be fully 300 thoroughbreds In and about the track. The association has telegraphed Hon. B Swlgart of Frankfort , Ky , , to secure him ai Judge. His presence will be an assurance ol pure racing. . Numerous Improvements have been made al the park. Including a new Judges' stand ladles' toilet room , etc. There Is a llvel ) Bceno every morning , with from thirty t < forty horses on the track at once , gettlni their work preparatory to the next ten days races. Among the noted Jockeys who wll ride hero are Ross and Smith from St. Louts Shields , Davis , Taylor and McCue from Chicago cage ; Hart , Corder , West , I'ajco and others. New designs In Swiss curtain goods Jus ! received. Prices never so low , Councl Bluffs Carpet Co. ( Irnnulnted bugar Mill Clienp. Best granulated sugar 22 Ibs. for U a Brown's C. O. D. Buy the "New Process" ga > cooking range Council Bluffs Gas company's office. Mora ( irlef for r.uneruy. II. W. Pomeroy was Indicted by the las grand Jury for cheating by false pretenses and was put In the county Jail yesterday to hit connection with the tale ot some propert ; to the Seatora brothers , south ot Manawa , t which , U la claimed , he bad no tltl ? . He hai been In jail lor the greater part o ! the las month and had Just bean released from an Imprisonment for contempt of court , his at torney , J. B. Sweet , putting up $25 in casher [ or his appearance. Sweet promised to turn his client over to the sheriff If ho was noti fied of the Indictment , as , he cxp-cted to get the $25 for his attorney tec. He was accord ingly notified , and a ishort time later wended Ills way to the county Jail with Pomeroy In tow. Pomeroy Is said , to own considerable Nebraska proprrty. .Mon'luy lit IJ 5,000 yards standard dress prints , only Monday , 2c yard. \ j One bolt 36-Inch Lawrence LL muslin , 3Vic yard. yard.Lockwood Lockwood 8-4 bleached sheeting ; 12V c yard.Lockwood Lockwood 0-1 bleached sheeting , 15c yard. Choicest line wash dress goods in the city. Dotted dress Swiss at lOc , IGc , 20c , 25c and 35c yard. 36-Inch dotted curtain Swiss , 12' e yard. Another big sale Momlay of boys' 11.00 Fauntleroy shirt waists In plain white , fancy percales , and entire ! dt Monday 49c each. Monday we will sell our ladles' long waist 50c summer corsets for one day , 29c pair. Ladles' pure silk vests , 50c each. Ladles' lisle thread union suits , 50c suit. ANOTHER BIG CLOAK SALE. Positively every cloak In our house must go ; nearly given away ; come In Monday. Ladies' $1 50 , $2.00 and $2.50 capes , Mon day. 9Sc each. Ladies' $5.00 , $0.00 , $8.00 and $10.00 capes Monday , choice $2.89 each. Every ladles' and misses' Jacket In our store that was $5 00 , $6.00 , $7.50 , up to $10.00 , all at one price Monday. Take them away , your choice , $1.98 each. BIG CARPET AND CURTAIN SALE. For one day , Monday , we offer 20 rolls of 50c quality linen warp Jap matting at 25c yard. yard.Felt Felt curtain shades on fixture , complete , 15c each. 1,000 best quality 6-foot opaque curtain shades , Monday 25c each. Real Brussels net lace curtains , $4.98 pair , worth $8.50. If you need carpets , curtains or rugs , wo can save you money. Come In Monday. BENNISON BROS , , Council Bluffs. Couldn't Interrupt Travel. "I always thought the motor company owned the town , and now I know It , " sav agely remarked Joe Huffman yesterday morning. He was about to move a shanty from Broadway near Eighth street , Just east ot the Danforth building , up Broadway to the corner of Frank street , a distance of about a mile , and his Intention > vas to cut every guy wire along the entire route of the motor line. The building had been purchased by William Rogers and _ was to be converted Into a saloon when It arrived at its destination Huffman , who had the contract for moving It , had asked the motor company to pay him the extra expense that would be Incurred In moving the building around on Washington avenue , and in the event ot his proposition being accepted would not disturb the wires. When the motor officials heard of what was projected they notified the city attorney and city marshal. Mr. Hazclton made the neces sary preparations to prevent their cutting the wires , and Marshal Canning paid a visit to Huffman , Informing him that he would not only not bo allowed to pull his building along Broadway , but he must wait until mid night before moving It out on the street. Huffman's rage at this gave rise to the above remark. Yesterday afternoon arrange ments had been completed to move the buildIng - Ing up Broadway to Seventh street , and It any effort Is made to carry It further on Broadway City Attorney Hazelton's plane will be carried Into execution , ltecor < t , . ( Manners. Union Driving park , will be the scene of some ot the tlcetes > foqVed runners at the coming meet that lWiaj . .jever been the lot of Council Bluffs K people. to witness. There are already , -about 200 horses at the groun i < and everything goes merrily on. u , < Ml that Is now nec essary to make thec races a success Is the patronage of the pjaplc , Every one should go at least one or two days , and , as the races generally bring put the newest things In dress , you ought. , ( o , pall around and nee Tow Hughes and go ainew hat , something "natty. " You shoujflj ajso have a pair oj those tan shoes ; yoUiqaji.get them from $1.50 up to $3.50 down at .019. South Main street. And you may needrflpni thlng' In a shirt or necktie. Call aroun < LaL Hughes' and get these things before.athfit races. 20 car loads standard red cedar fence posts * lOiic each by the car'loa . A. Overton , Coun ell Bluffs , lowa _ _ When Hoi r Was llarreri. Goldstein & Brown , who are being suec In the district court for a little unpaid bal ance of $2,000 on a $5,000 bill for beer boughl of the Lemp Brewing company of St. Louli In 1S93 , when the prohibitory law was In ful swing In Iowa , have put In a novel claim They paid $3,000 on the bill , and then se their feet down on the proposition to pay n < more. It was against the law to trade Ir beer In Iowa , and they dd ( not propose to bi a party to the violation of the law. Tb < brewing company consequently had to brlni suit for the unpaid baUnce. For about tw < days the case had been on trial In the dlstrlc court when yesterday It wna suddenly Inter rupted. Goldstein & Brown , In addition to the ! refusal to pay the bill , put In a counter claln for the $3,000 which they had paid , allegtni that tht sale was Illegal and that the com pany had no right to receive money for tha which was contraband according to the Jaw of Iowa. When the attorneys for the com pany produced a copy of the laws of Missouri yesterday and claimed that the sale had been made under them and was therefore valid , the attorneys for Goldstein & Brown made a mot on * for a continuance , en the ground that tiny were not prepared to combat the evi dence. Judge Smith sustained the motion , and the case went over Indefinitely. I.ovri the llnrtlmuii I'luiii ) . The following Is from the "Indicator , " one of the principal music papers of the east : The Hurdman piano Is held In such high esteem by the Baron von Saurma Jeltsch , until recently the German ambassador at Washington , that when he was tran ferred to his new post at Constantinople the Ha'rdman piano was the only article of his household effects that he carried with him. Certainly this proves that cultivated people sec merits In this piano worthy ot their earnest admira tion. tion.MUELLER MUELLER PIANO AND ORGAN CO. , 103 Main strict , Council Bluffs. 113 N. 16th , Omaha. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A big cut In carpets and rugs. Council Bluffs Carpet Co. Pioneer Dux of Journalism. In the Woman's Edition of The Omaha Bee , published a few days ago , wo notlceji on In teresting article regarding "Nebraska's First Paper , " written by Mrs. C. D. Thompson 'bf Omaha , a former Marslmlltown girl and ac quaintance of the editor of this paper , says the Shenandoah ( la. ) Sentinel. The article Is Illustrated with a fac simile of the heading of the first Nebraska paper , Issued July 28 , 1854 , and waa called the "Omaha , Arrow. " The entire force employed on the paper con sisted of three persons editor , compositor and levll. The editor's name was J. E. Johnson and ho was a Mormon and a democrat. In less than a year he moved to Utah , and died there. Omaha at that time had only six houses. The article Is written In a quaint style that shows the Iowa girl Is equal to the occasion. Referring to society events of that early period , she says : "Society events were neither numerous nor brllllantf except In color , terra cotta and Indian red being the prevailing shades. May day bonnets were made up of one or two feathers , accordIng - Ing to the rank of the wearer , and russet shoes were then , as now , very popular among Omaha ladles. The hair was arranged some what differently from the present custom , being worn plain , without curl or puff , and dressed very low on the neck and ornamented with eagle feathers and porcupine quills. " llio Wizard Telephone Company Is now prepared to receive applications for complete telephone service In Council Bluffs and other cities at the following rates : For business places , $2 per month. ' For residences , $1 per month. For circuit of five Instruments on ono line , 50 cents each per month. Apply at company's factory , 101 Fourth street , Council Bluffs. Cheup trip to Textu. On account of the ex-contcJerato reunion at Houston , Tex. , May 20 , the Kansas City , St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railway will sell ex cursion tickets May 18 , 19 and 20 at one faro for the round trip , good fifteen days from date of sale , with privilege of extension ot time limit. O. M. BROWN. Ticket Agent. Snlv.ttlon and Silver. The Plerson revival meetings , which close tonight , have been phenomenal in several re spects. One of the most striking features has been the financial arrangements. While salvation is advertised as free , yet In many of the revival schemes there has been Inter woven very clever provisions for getting a good bit of earthly treasure for the head pro moter. U has been refreshing to note that the arrangements for the Plerson meetings have been free from all such objectionable money-making schemes. All that the Minis terial association has pledged has been that the community would pay the expenses , such as printing , Janitor's hire , etc. , and not a cent of the money raised has gone Into Mr. Pierson's pocket , every dollar being put right back Into the tills of the business men ol the city. The reports , therefore , that the evangelist Is receiving a big salary and Is preaching wholly for what there la In It are as cruel as they are false. Mr. Plerson re ceives only what the people see fit to volun tarily put into the plates at the closing serv ice tonight , no other collections or subscrip tions having been taken for him , and there not even being a promise beyond that. Hypnotizing Council JUuff . This Is what people would think It they could see the crowds buying Munyon's Rem edies at Davis' drug store. $200.00 worth re ceived this week , and the only stock In the city where you can get what you want , Mall orders filled by return mall. Write or call for guide to health , free. The dreaded cyclone Is stalking abroad In the land , leaving naught but devastation In Its wake. Its victims were many along It ! path through Sioux Center. Secure a tor nado policy from the Council Bluffs Ins. Co. al once , for no one can tell where next thli demon may settle down to business. Scientific optician at Wollman's , 406 Broad way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mri. Lawrence \Vlui huccen. The many friends of Mrs. Margaret Stan ton Lawrence , widow of Frank Law. rence , will bo glad to learn thai she U meeting with great success Ir New York , where the Is at the heat ot the physical training department of thi Teachers' college. This Institution U tin only one. besides West Point and Annapolis which will not admit a student who 1s unabli to pats a certain hilcl examination , Tbi New York Sun of recent date contains a lengthy and very laudatory account of an ex hibition given by Mrs. Lawrence's depart ment. Among the Interested spectators wa-s the director of the Yale gymnasium. Dr. An derson , who Joined In the gen ° ral enthusiasm. The exercises opened with Swedish educa tional gymnastics by 100 little tots from 3 o 5 years of age. Then similar movements \ere shown by 100 scholars of the grammar grade , and then 150 young women appeared , attired In blue serge blouses and divided skirts. They marched , swung dumb bells , nd executed the exercise known as the "Lon don balls , " which a few evenings before von the plaudits of 6,000 spectators in the Twenty-second regiment armory. After the exercises the students gave a luncheon In iflnor of Mrs. Lawrence. Mr. J. 13. Wallace , who has been for two ears rtanager of the Eagle laundry , and Mr. . G. Hart , an experienced laundryman from ho east , ha\o reopened the North Main street aundry. It Is equipped with new machinery and Is ono ot the finest laundry plants In the city , operated by ii'en of skill and long cx- > erlencc. _ Our May sale on curtains and curtain goods Is In full blast. Our low prices knock out all competition. Council Bluffs Carpet Special sale of children's hats for the next three days at the new Bon Ton millinery. Prices and goods cannot be duplicated. 301 Broadway. _ I.lccnsru. The following marriage licenses were Is sued yesterday by the county clerk : S'nmo and Address. Agp Frank IS. Johnson , Omaha . 2G Lizzie Rowan , Omahu . 21 Fritz Eyberpr , Pottawnttnmle county. . . . 27 Wllhelmlna Knppelnad.l'ottaw.ittcmle Co. 20 Thomas Owen , I'ottnwattamle county. . . . 22 Martha Plschel , Pottawattnmle county. . 17 Charles C. Perry , Pottuwattarnle county. 28 Ida M. Slvers , Pottnwnttamie county. . . . 23 Wllllnm F. Schendel , Council Bluffs . 21 Amelia O. Knosp , Omaha . . J8 Yes , the Eagle laundry Is "that good laundry , " and Is located at 724 Broadway. If In doubt about this try It and be convinced. Don't forget name and number. Tel. 157. Have you seen the beautiful new novelties and the splendid bargains at the Meyers- Durfee Furniture company's , the standard furniture house ? Wiped OIT the inrth. A game of base ball was played yesterday afternoon by the nines from the Council B uffs High school and the Iowa School for the Deaf. The principal feature of the game was the way In which the High school boys were wiped from the face of the earth , the score being 40 to 3 In favor of the other fel lows. _ Dr.vls , druggist , agency for Munyon's rem edies. _ Pasture for rent. See C. F. Officer. WEATllRK J''OJlKU.t ! > T , Fair nnil Cooler In the Kantcrn 1'ortlon of NebruHttn , WASHINGTON , May 18. The forecast for Sunday In : For Nebraska Fair ; cooler In the east ern nnd warmer In the western portion ; northerly winds. For Iowa Cooler In southern portion ; northerly winds. For Missouri Fair , except showers In the eastern portion ; cooler ; southerly winds , becoming northerly. For Kaunas Fair ; cooler In the eastern portion ; northerly winds , becoming vari able. I.ncnl Itccoril , OFFICB OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA , May 18. Omaha record of tem perature and rainfall compared with the corresponding day ot the past four yearn : 1835. 1891. 1891. 1852. Maximum temperature . . . C4 C2 79 C5 Minimum temperature . . . . G3 67 01 Average temperature 58 52 G8 M Precipitation 00 T .00 .40 Condition of temperature and precipita tion at Omaha for the day and since March 1 , 1893 : Normal temperature , 63 Deficiency for the day 5 Accumulated excess since March 1 29U Normal precipitation 15 Inch Deficiency for the day 15 Inch Total precipitation since March 1 5.41 inches Deficiency since March 1 1.69 Inchea L. A , WELSH. Observer. 31KT110II1HT HO.1/BA ASHED TO tfJClTIS OMAHA , May 18. To the Methodist Wo men : The next general conference will con vene In Cleveland , 0. , In May , 1896. The most Important question to be decided at this session Is the question of the eligi bility of women as delegates. That a disputed point Is never settled un til It Is settled right Is as true ot this ques tion as of many another. Already the women of the church are dis cussing what their action should bo If the conference decides their case adversely. To those who believe that so long as women are foolish enough to continue In a church which denies them their right ot representa tion , the men are Justified In treating them as they do , a course ot action Is easily decided upon. The world ls wide and there are liberal churches ; but to those who are bound to the Methodist church by ties of kindred and association a separation from It would cause a wrench to the affections which would make this course an unpleasant one. Will thoto who have a plan ot action which Spscial Hollces-Bouncil Bluffs CLEANED ; VAULTS CLEANEDu liurke , ot W. 8. Homer's , (33 ( Uroodway. rnyiT TAIIM AND CUIIDUN LAND FOR iinle i cheap and on ea y terras. Day & lieu , 39 Pearl street. 1-ARM LANDS TO EXCHANQE POR C1TV | iro-erty. C. n. Nicholson , & 39V4 riroadnny. FOH SALE , A NO. 4 REMINGTON TYl'i : . writer ; as iTod as new. SanUulcli Manufacture Ing Co. . 1028 and 1030 S. llnln street. KOU SALH. 8 AND 70OOO ACItns'oP GARDEN" land near the clly nnd not far from Mjnstcr bprtiiKS. Just north < if J. I , . Wliltemnn'ii nml south of pi itc occupied by Itufua Austin ; part t > n ) men t tnlton In city property , C pur cent In- terist on the hnlance. Apply to Leonard 17\crett , Council Uluffs. WANTED. GOOD GluT TOR GENERAL , housework. Apply to Dr. II. S. West , 12 Piaxi. 1 PASTURE FOR RENT ; 18 ACRES ; ONE SIIL12 from poslolllce. Chas. T. Olllccr , WO liroud- wny. WANTED TO 1IUY A GOOD YOt'NG JERSEY cow ; 2-ycnr-old preferred. Address J 18 , llc olllce , Council llluffs. LOST , A 1'AIR OK GOLD SPECTAPLES , DR. tween Oakland fuemip nnd Mctho < llBt church : cnsc marked A. A. Hart. Re nrd If left at Ilnrl'H. they have fully considered , please write on the subject to the Union Signal , Woman's Temple , Chicago , 111. Write plainly on the envelope the following ; words : "Methodist Women In the General Conference. " VIOLA KAUFMAN , 812 North Eighteenth street , City , i TWO CONFEDERATE M ) NUMENT3 L'oinmorntirntliiff the LUcs of the Men Who Died fiir the Lost ( a line. A patron of The Bee In Council Bluffa recently visiting the south was so much Im pressed by the Inscription upon the monument at Columbia , S. C , , raised for the confederate ) dead that ho sent back to a friend to get a copy and sketch of the writer. In view ot the discussion concerning the monument ment to be dedicated In Chicago May 30 th Inscription will be read at this time with peculiar Interest : The Inscription upon the monument dedi cated to the confederate dead at Columbia , S. C. , was written by William Henry Tres- cott , who was born and reared In Charleston. S. C. He Is a lawyer by profession , a man of letters by taste , an author to a limited extent - tent , and a diplomat by nature. Ho Is over GO years of age , and Is now and has been for some years a resident of Washington. He married a lady of considerable means when he was quite young , and was able to Indulge his taste In the selection of his pur suits. He was secretary of legation to Eng land under Flllmcre , assistant secretary of state under Buchanan , and was subsequently , employed on missions to China and Mexico and was concerned In the Peru and Chill affairs and others. He Is the author of a volume on "The Diplomacy of the Revolu tion , " and of "Tho Diplomatic History of the United States. " He had a fast friend in James O. Blalne , who had great respect for his ability and admired his culture and diplo matic skill. Of late years he has not been brought Into prominence , for although n democrat In his convictions the course of the party has not aroused much sympathy be tween him and the administration. Mr. Tres- cott's forte Is letters , and his English Is re markable. The following are the Inscriptions on tbo two sides of the monument' THIS MONUMENT / ' PEHPETUATKSTHE MUMORY OF THOSE WHO. TRUE TO THE INSTINCTS OF THEIR. IIIUTH. FAITHFUL TO THE TEACHINGS OP THEIR FATHERS. CONSTANT IN THKIll LOVE FOR THH STATE. DIED IN THE PERFORMANCE OP THEIR ntrry ; WHO HAVE GLORIFinU A FALLEN CAUSE BY THE SIMPLE MANHOOD OF THEIU . . . 1 THE PATIENT ENDUflANOU OF SUF FERINGS , AND THE HEROISM OF DEATH , AND WHO IN THE DARK HOtTRS OF IMPRISON MENT. IN THE HOPELESSNESS OF THE HO3- IN THE SHORT. SHARP AGONY OP THE FIELD , FOUND SUPPORT AND CONSOLATION * IN THE HEL1KF THAT AT HOME THEV WOULD NOTJ HB FORGOTTEN. LET THE BTRANOER , WHO MAY IN FUTURE TIMES READ THIS INSCRIPTION. HONOR AND LET THEIR VIRTUES PLEAD FOR JUST JUDGMENT OF THE CAUSE IN WHICH THEY PER- LET THR SOUTH CAROLINIAN , OF ANOTHER GENERATION I REMEMBER THAT THE STATE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO LIVIJ AND HOW TO DIE. AND THAT FROM HER BROKEN FOR- TUNK8 SHE HAS PRESERVED FOR HER , CHILDREN , THH PRICELESS TREASURE OF THEIrt MtCMOHIICH , . , , TEACHING ALL WHO MAY CLAIM TUB SAME IHRTHRUmT THAT TRUTH , COURAGE AND PATRI OTISM ENDURE FOREVER , ,
