OMAHA J AIJLY HICK : FRIDAY. M Alton 10 , isoc. 0
f COUNCIL BLUFFS DEPARTMENT
MINOIt MKMTIOK.
The llco omcc , No , 1C North Main atroel.
Unity guild will postpone HP meeting
this week until the followlnrj Friday.
The ftinernl of Willie Madden will bo held
Uila afternoon ist Oraco Episcopal church.
The Grand hotel , Council niuffs , High
class In c/cry respect , nates , $2,60 per day
and upward. E. F. Clarke , proprietor.
Wanted First-class family horse ; black
preferred ; f. to 8 ycara old ; weight , from
1.2GO to 1,350 pounds. Address A , care Bee
office.
p H Fotlicrlnrnam ; , formerly of the Boston -
ton utero In this city , la now one ot the
proprietors of n largo dry goods house In
DCS Molnc * .
J , 7. . Losh , father cf Mrs. Ohio Knox of
( his city , died at his homo In Carson yea-
tenlay. lie was one ot the very old citizens
of the county.
The Prlncca of Orients nlll go to Heels
Saturday evening to Institute a lodge- . Car
riage ? will leave Inman hotel at 6:30 : pharp.
All prlncen Invited.
Lily Camp Aid society will meet Friday
nfternoon nt the residence of Mr * . Q. W.
Olicrrlngtdn. 023 Sixth avenue. All Hoyal
Neighbors of America cordially Invited.
The ladles of the church wilt Rcrvo supper
at the Christian tabcrnaclo tonight from G
to 8 for 10 cents. Stereoptlcon entertain
ment nt 8 o'clock. Everybody Invited.
Ilcgular meeting of the Iowa Legion of
Honor tonight. All members nr reauestcd
to be present , Bunlness of Importance to
bo transacted. J. A. Spauldlng. president.
Charles Johnson , charged with committing
a nusanco ( by skinning a cow and leaving
the curcni'D on the premise1) of a neighbor ,
near the city , was dismissed In Justice
iVlen's court yesterday.
Klen Wiley , wife of Robert Wiley , died
yesterday morning of paralysis at her resi
dence , 150 Olcn avenue. She wan 71 years
old. She has been a resident of this city
for nearly thlrty-flvo year .
There will bo a special meeting of the
Woodmen of the World this evening at 8
o'clock uharp to make arrangements for the
funeral of A. S. neck. A full attendance Is
desired. C. A. Morgan , C. C. ; G. M. Nel
son , clerk.
Rector McDonald of St. Paul's announces
that the Iowa Christian , the organ ot the
Episcopal church In Iowa , will hereafter bo
published In Council Bluffs. U has been
published heretofore In Davenport. Rev.
Mr. McDonald will bo the editor , assisted
by Rev. Simpson of Grace church.
Mrs. Mary Halo of Crescent township
died yesterday afternoon , aged 07 years.
The cause of death was old age. Mrs. Halo
was well known In Pottawattamle county ,
having resided here since 1858. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. Services will be held at the church
In Crescent City.
Dcadwood Times : Wcntworth Carse , who
has been stenographer nt the nikhorn depot
for some tlmo , has resigned to accept n
position In the American National bank , as
stenographer nnd city collector , making the
change because of superior advantages of
fered. Ho Is an upright young mnn who
pays strict attention to his business , and
deserving of success In whatever pursuit ho
enters. A stenographer Is expected from
Omaha to fill the position made vacant by
the resignation of Mr. Carse.
Thomas Bateman of Boomer township was
arraigned In Justice Walker's court yester
day nfternoon to answer the charge of steal
ing a couple of calves and selling them to a
local butcher. The calves were the property
of George H. Darrlngton , and ho was pres
ent to prosecute the case. When Bateman
was arraigned It was announced that ho was
not the man wanted. The butcher also testi
fied that Bateman was not one ot the two
mon'who raid him the calves. Bateman was
accordingly discharged. Warrants have been
Issued for the real criminal and It was ex
pected ! that he would be arrested last night.
Wanted , good farm loans In western Iowa
at lowest rates. Money loaned for local In
vestors on best ot security netting G per cent.
Klro Insurance written In reliable companies.
Lorgeo a Towle , 235 Pearl street.
T'rlcvn TnlU.t
Go and get the prices on the tag ends and
old style of Sargent & Pusey's , Sargent &
Evans' , F. II. Evans * and B. M. Duncan's
old shoes and If they are not cheap go up to
SARGENT'S and get shoes that are up to
date , and It they rip you can get them sewed
' tip , buttons fastened , etc. THEY TELL US
'THEY ARE NOT CHEAP , and i am wining
to sell new , fresh , stylish shoes cheap , nnd
cheap Means cheap. Look for the Bear.
This Is Sargent's , 413 Broadway. Shoes
never wcro so pretty as this year.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
L. A. Gray left yesterday for points west.
Z. T. Noyea will remove his family here
from Shcnandoah.
Mrs. Adalr ot Chicago Is a guest ot Mr.
nnd Mrs. Brown of Sixth avenue.
Robert Harris , editor of the Missouri
Valley Times , was In the city yesterday.
Mra. Kate Ruffcorn will leave tor Chicago
today to visit her daughter.
Miss Efflo McFeo , who has been visiting
friends In the Bluffs for several weeks past ,
lia-j returned home.
MIsa Mary Bennett , who has been visiting
friends In the city for the paot few weeks ,
returned to her homo at Nebraska City
yesterday morning.
Hut Iloil hiinll.
We have 1,000 hot bed eash which we nro
going to clcso out. ThO won't last long.
How many do you wantT Ve will-make you
a price that can't bo 6.-jllcatfd. C. B.
Paint , Oil nnd Glass company , Masonic. Tem
ple , Council Bluffs.
Conijiiliilt'M Incoritoruic ,
Articles ot Incorporation ot the Chicago
Belle Mining company and tha Queen Bee
Gold Mining company have been filed with
the county recorder. The capital stock of
the Chicago Hello is placed at $2,000,000.
This amount Is given as the purchase price
of the Benson Quartz Lode Mining claim
and the Now York Life Quartz Lode Mining
claim. This property Is situated In the
Morris and Empire mining districts ot Clear
Creek county , Colorado. The first board of
directors Is composed of Gwynne Dennis ,
C. E. Potter , W. 8. Baker. Thomas R. Lom
bard and Lowry W. Goode. The liabilities
of the company are limited to f50,000. Nels
Anderson , Daniel L. Johnson and Edward
M. Mt'llmunare are the Incorporators.
The Queen Bco Gold Mining company Is
to have a capital of $1,500,030. Tbo prop
erty ot the company consists of the Queen
Boo and Gold Coin quartz lode mining
claims in the Park mining district of Jef
ferson county , Montana ,
City CU-rli'H lU-iiorl.
City Clerk Phillips has completed his re
port ot the business of his office for the
past year and will file the document with
the council at the meeting next Monday
ulght.
The report shows that during the past
year tha sum of $27,000 passed through tlie-
clerk's handy , of which amount $3.000 was
in Judgments , For the year preceding the
uinount was $59,000 , but $29,800 ot that sum
was In the form of judgments. With this
allowance made the business of the past
year Is but $4,000 less than that of the year
preceding , There Is another change In the
buElneis. Under the old form all ot the sa
loon licenses were paid to the city clerk ,
wlillo under the present law halt of the li
cense tea la paid direct to the county treasurer -
urer < _ _ _ _ _ _
Wo offer you only clean , crisp , snow white
laundry work and best delivery service at
Eagle laudry , 721 Broadway. Telephone 157.
Xl'TV llOIUlN KIltlliM ] ,
The Pottawattamlo funding bonds , In the
euin of $70,000 , are now In a fair way to be
removed from the lUt of live Issues around
the county building. The newly printed
bonds arrived a few days ago and yesterday
Chairman Perry Kerney and Auditor Mat
thews completed the work of aflUIng their
signatures to the debentures.
Auditor Matthews Is still confined to htn
home by an attack ol eryilpelas and per
formed the work of writing his name 1,400
tlme at bis home. The bonds will be for
warded to Roberta & Co. at New York tpday ,
t OavU , only drug ( tore wltli regUtered clerk.
CAUSED BY MILD WEATHER
Failure of the Ice Drop Provokes AH Sorts
of Trouble.
MANY ALREADY FIGURING FOR SUMMER
I.ocnl Drnlorv Until Tliclr Crop
ami IluftiMp to Coinu UiuH-r
Plfly Ci-ntH I'er
llniiilruil.
Council Dluffo people are Already begin
ning to feel the effects ot the Ice famlno.
There was practically no Ice at all put up
by local dealers during the winter , and the
majority of them have been compelled to
rely upon shipments from colder countries
to rupply tholr anticipated trade. This
necessity has added considerably to the esti
mated cost of Ice during the coming sum
mor. Local dealers have tried to get together
gethor nnd fix a rate of CO cents per 100
oundn for family consumption and R scale
f from 20 to 30 cents for butchers nnd other
ergo consumers. The butchers make their
ontrauts early In the scafon , and when they
ound that the best terms they could get
rom local dealers were so fliuch more bur-
entwmo than last year they revolted and
cfuscd to make any contracts. The matter
as been drifting along for some time. The
ocal dealers wore anxious to furnish the Ice
t any price that would lot them out without
oss , but thla price was tos high to cult the
utchers. The butchers have a strong local
ssaclatlon , and they took the matter before
ho union. The result was that agents of the
ssoclatton were ecnt to Avoca and Hnrlan
vlth instructions to offer a certain price for
,000-tona of Ice delivered en the cars here ,
'ho village Ice dealers accepted the proposl-
lon and the contracts were closed. The
rlco has not been divulged , but It Is eaU
o bo but little better than the best figures
ffered by local dealers.
Prlcen Til lie.
Go and got the prices on the tag ends and
Id style of Sargent & Pusey's , Sargent &
Ivans' , F. H. Evans1 and B. M , Duncan's
Id shoes , nnd If they are not cheap go up
o SARGENT'S and get shoes that are up
o date , and If they rip you can get them
owed up , buttons fastened , etc. THEY TELL
US THEY ARE NOT CHEAP , nnd I am
vllllng to sell new , fresh , rtyllsh shoes
heap , and clienp means cheap. Look tor
ho Bear. This Is Sargent's , 413 Broadway ,
hoes never were so pretty ns this year.
WILL 3VOT CO.VI'HST THE KLKCTIOX
tlty KiiKliicvr Htuyrc Will Alililc 1 J
the ( HMcliil Count.
City Engineer Etnyro gave notice yes-
erday of the withdrawal "of hla contester
or the office of city engineer. Mr. Btnyrc
\as Induced to start the contest by the de
mands of his party , and he said yesterday
hat while ho felt sure that he had a good
: aso and would win In the end if he con
sented to prosecute It , ho had como to
he conclusion that It would be too muc !
ixpenso and trouble for the amount In
; olved. He felt that If twenty-three mori
han one-half of the voters In Councl
Bluffs did not want him to bo city engl
nesr for another term It was his duty ti
abide by their decision. The costs of thi
contest , added to the costs of election , wcr
greater than the salary of the offlce war
ranted. He also disliked the Idea of mak
ng a fight against Mr. Tostevln , who hai
/airly earned the office by the splendid
manly fight ho made for It , and as Tos
.ovln was entitled to It he wanted to se
ilm get It without any more trouble o
expense.
Mr. Etnyre has not advised- his friend
of his Intentions , but It Is probable that he
will secure a better position in another
city.
v
In the Federal Cnnrt.
The federal court adjourned yesterday
afternoon until next Tuesday. Attorneys
nterested in cases set for trial were either
absent or unprepared to try their cases , nnd
a number of continuances were granted.
The grand Jury Is expected to make Its re
port by Tuesday , and Judge Woolson con
cluded thai It was best to adjourn court
until then.
Charles Fowler , a citizen of Nebraska ,
pleaded guilty to a charge of bootlegging
and was sentenced to pay n fine of $250 and
spend 100 days In Jail , besides paying the
costs of prosecution. Fowler lives on the
Nebraska line opposite Mondamln , la. , and
for some tlmo ho has been doing a lucrative
business by slipping across the river and
selling whisky to customers on the -Iowa
side. Ho enjoyed several narrow escapes
from being drowned while crossing the river
on thin and rotten Ice , and now he will
enjoy the spring tlmo season In cosy quar
ters In the Pottawattamle county Jail.
Mark Campbell , another bootlegger , who
pleaded guilty and came all the way from
Chicago to bo punished , received a sentence
ot a (50 fine.
Henry Brookman was given until June 1
to pay $46.44 costs in a bootlegging case , ergo
go to Jail.
Cpuiifll llIulTN Wlilnt Tenm
The Council Bluffs whist team , which
was sent to Dos Molnes In the hope that It
would bo able to win the Richard's trophy ,
which was wrested from It by the Des
Molnes club at the tournament hero last
fall , again met defeat. The Des Molnes
team has twice defended the cup , winning
each time by flvo points. In the last con
test forty-eight boards were played. The
players were ;
Des Molnes Frank Butler. W. C. Har-
boch , J. C. Cummins and W. L. Shopard.
At the night games F. Conrad took Shcpiml's
place.
Council Bluffs J. J. Shea , I. M. Trcynor ,
H. A , Woodbury , T. C. Dawson.
The pcore nt the wlndup was ; Des Molnes ,
24 ; Council Bluffs , 19.
of A. S. Ili-ck.
A. S. Beck , ona of the oldest business
men of the city , died yesterday after an
Illness of nearly a year. Mr. Beck has been
In business hero continuously sjnce 1SC5.
Falling health a few years ago compelled
him to retire , nnd he accepted the position
of citv health Inspector In the hope tint
the oxerclso would restore hid broken
health. For many years he was with E.
Burhorn In the Jenelry business. He was
a member of several orders , and his funeral
will bo beld under tbo auspices of all of
thorn.
_
Columbia bicycles. Higncct ot all high
grades. Call and ceo them at Cole & Cole.
AVmit DiiiiuiKfn from thr City.
Mrs. W. L. Empson has filed with the
city clerk a motion of a claim for damages
from the city.
Mrs. Empson recites that lost December
she fell through a defective sidewalk on
Thirteenth street near Avenue A and sus
tained very serious Injuries. She asks the
council to consider her claim and promise. !
that unless something Is done for her nhe
will bring action against the city in the
courts.
Heavy Mini Di-iul.
Newe was received yesterday on the
death In Knpx township of the largest and
heaviest man in western Iowa. His nime
was Whlttaker , and bis ordinary weight
has been 300 pounds , but at the time of
death his weight had Increased considerable ,
He wee found deid In bis bed when his
friends went to call him tor breakfait ,
Have you tfen ( be new gas beating stovcj
at the company's office ?
Dlxlrlut Court CIINCM.
J , E. Rooca has commence * ! suit In the
district court tor the foreclosure ot a mort
gage against G. W. Shipley and others to
Hccure payment of a note for $2,000 ,
Leonard Everett has asked for a land
lord's writ of attachment against Marcus
Uaff to aecure a claim of 6250.
Don't mini our special tale of aluminum
wuro tar the next ten days. Cola ( t Cole.
TO POIlUliT
llnrticr Rente Tell * rt ThrHllnn Story
nt Illn SlaveLife. .
For ten years or more an old colored man
named Heopo has been running a barber
shop on Loner Main street. A short time
ago ho closed his shop and announced to
his friends that ho was going Into the
ministry. Ills reasons for taking up a now
work at his tlmo of life ore Interesting and
novel.
"I' j 67 years old , honey , " ho said to a
reporter for The Boa yesterday , explaining
ile reasons for leaving n goad and profitable
luslncss and embarking Into another that
uncertain so far as worldly rewards
vere concerned , "an" for mo' den thirty
car 1'to been hurtln * pawcrful hard ; an'
at tlmo 'pears like I niust glvo way to ole
satan an' pa after do men dat made me so
nuch pain. You see , honey , I was born
n slavery nn * run away many times , an *
Ived fcr twenty-fa * months In de wood *
an' hwamps In ole Mississippi and In Ton-
lessee. One of my ole massas was do
meanest man cbbcr lived fer whlppln' nig
gers. I had to' , but de last one , ole Bill
lull , was dc worst. Ho owned my ole
natnmy , nn' do day ho bought me fan'
irought me homo ho called all de niggers
out an' said ho was gwlne to glvo mo an
ntruluctlon to the plantation. He str'ppcd '
no an' tied me up to a tree nn' with a bit ;
bull whip give mo fifty lashes. The lash
was flvo feet long an * had to' crackers on
it , an' every time It hit mo It made cr cut
all do way 'round my body. When ho got
through I was pretty nigh dead , but re
member him tellln' nio 1 was too much like
a free nigger , and he wanted tcr give me n
taste ot real slavery. My ole mammy , she
was pretty heartbroken , an' because she
cried so when I was whippedhe whipped
lier ; glv her a hundred lashes every mornln'
For nine mornln's. Ho Jos plum beat her
to death , nn1 den I run away.Juf kotchel
me after while , an' started In ter glv mo
2,000 lashes with the same bull whip. I
only remember up to GOO , an' then I didn't
know nothln * any mo * . When I got well I
run away ngln , an * they didn't git mo fer
over a year , but when dey got mo back dey
beat me ngln , honey , until I didn't have
any skin left on my poor ole body , an * It
was nearly n year befo' I could do anything
more den Jest crawl 'round like. When 1
got so 1 could go I went away agin , an *
dey chased me wld do houn's. I swum
across dc ote Mississippi jest below Vlcks-
burg an' stole a horse an' rode three miles
to git awny from do houn's. I got away up
Into Ohio , but doy caught mo an * brought me
back , but I got awny agin befo' dey got
mo home * and jlned Massa Lincoln's army ,
an * dey couldn't git me den.
"I tell you , honey. It's Jest dem ole
bcatln's dat makes mo want to go Into do
pulpit an" preach. Every tlmo de weather
changes an' I take a little cold dem old
welts gets powerful so' , an' I begin to feel
like I want to start out an' hunt fcr dat
Old Massa Hall. Once dey got to hurtln'
so I couldn't stnn' It , an' I got clar down
to St. Louts. I was goln' after dat fellow
with de bull whip , an' It 'pears like I would
have killed him she , ' but do good Lord , He
didn't want ole satan to git me , so He Jest
stopped mo wld de rheumatism , an' I was
laid up down dero nearly a yeah. Den I
heard Ole Mossa Hall dun died 'way back
In ' 72. I come back to Council Bluffs an'
went Into my shop , but dem ole sores hurt
me powerful hard , 'pears like do older I git ,
an' when dey gits to hurtln' dem wicked
thoughts cum back. I tells do Lord I'se
got no eddlcatlon , but 'pears like He dun
tells me all de time iin I must preach and
stay right close to de church an' always
hab pltnty of Mslon , or dat ole massa
dat's dead an * wa > * down dere will git me
agin sho' an' dat's de reason I'se gwlno to
quit barberln' an * go ter preachln. ' "
The old man bared his brawny breast and
back and showed the terrible effects of the
awful punishment he had received. There
was not a spot a finger could be placed upon
that was not gnarled and twisted Into
hideous corrugations. His back resembled
a pleco of exceedingly rough and fantastic
stove casting , with corrugations from the
size of a whip cord to an Inch rope.
The old man was around yesterday with a
subscription paper asking assistance In rals-
'ng funds to secure his training for the
ministry. His friends have arranged a con-
ert for his benefit. It will be held In
Liberty hall on March 18.
There never were as many elegant and
novel articles of furniture exhibited in th"
Ity as are now In stock at tbo Durfco Fur
niture company's
AVANTS A RECEIVER OR MONEY.
Iowa AVomnii Milken Tronlilc for 11
TrtiNt Company.
DES MOINES , March 12. ( Special Tele
gram. ) An application was made In the dls-
.rlct court this afternoon for the appoint
ment ot a receiver for the Des Molnes Loan
and Trust company by Jennie E. William ? .
She held a claim of $3,200which she has
seen unable to collect. In support ot the
petition she Introduced a statement Issued
jy the company at Its annual meeting a
jhort tlmo ago , which showed the company
.o bo In a very bad condition. It showed
.hat of $230,000 cf nominal assists only $37-
461 were good ; $220,753 was classed as bad
and $15,788 as doubtful. The liabilities arc ,
common stock , $129,500 , and other minor
natter ? , bringing the total up to $274,000.
The company went Into , the hands of a now
set of ofllccro only two months ago. It was
In a very bad condition and the new officers
nave been trying to save It , but It was
found Impossible. The trouble Is caused by
Investments In Dakota property a few years
ago , when Interest rates were , high and
tempting. The pros-ant officers are : R. W.
Marquis , president ; S , B. Wright , vice presi
dent ; S. B. Carton , secretary ; Frank Gum
ming : ) , assistant secretary. March 1C was
etatod as the date for the hearing.
Tcnclicm lit Convention.
OTTUMWA , la. , March 12. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Iowa State Teachers' nssoclai-
tlcn has become so largely attended that
Superintendent Sabln has divided the state
Into tour associations for better work.
The Southwestern Iowa Teachers' asso
ciation began its annual e-esslon today with
an unprecedented attendance , and by to
morrow over 1,000 teachers will bo there.
The Initial meeting was held In the opera
houpo tonight with an address of wclcomo
by Hon. J. A. HutchUrn , responded to by
Prof. Harknesj of Falrfleld , and the annual
adJresa by State Superintendent Sabln. The
High school chcrus furnished the music ,
Tomorrow will bo devoted to the meeting
of the Daren section , and In the evening
Colonel Parker of the Cook County Ncrrnal
school will lecture on the "Ideal School. "
K\vi'illMI Lutheran Conference.
OTTUMWA , la. , March 12. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The twenty-eighth session ot the
Iowa Swedish Lutheran conference Is being
held In this city. There are seventy churches
In this conference , with a membership ot
over 7,000 and congregations double that
number. One hundred ministers and laymen
are In attendance. The day was spent in
routine work. Tomorrow's sess'on will be
made Interesting by the reports of church
growth and missionary statistics , and by
an address from an Israelite converted to
the Lutheran faith. The conference extends
over Sunday.
KKIr Yen of Murrleil Ilfe ,
JEFFERSON. la , , March 12. ( Special Tel
egram. ) Joseph Manning nnd wife , parents
of ux-Lleutenant Governor O. H. Manning ,
famous for his epigram , "A school house on
every hill and no saloons In the valley , "
have been married fifty years today. The
celebration has been deferred until Juno ,
Too Srvlnu of the
PROVIDENCE. R. I. , March 12.-Inspec-
tcra of Internal revenue today seized the
entire plant of the Vermont Manufacturing
company , makers of butterlne , The plant
Is valued at (00,000 , without stock and
fixtures. The company'ti olllcors gave bond
for 110,000. President Tllllnfiluiut , u prom
inent attorney , stated that he bad been
notified that the books were to be seized
for alleged failure to cancel an many
damps as the Imttlnesa called for , but that
hn would trlvo $1.000 for proof of any fraud.
The Inrpcctors refused to talk.
Complex'on powder Is an ebiolute neces
sity of the refined toilet In tula climate.
Pozranl's combines every clement of bauty
and purity ,
ROUSES ANTIJKWSPIRIT
Prospect of the Old-Timo IJilJ'ad Tight
Being Ronowcd in Iowa ,
CMNGLS \ MADE BY THE CODE COMMISSION
I'rutinncil Atlorullnii * In
Ltiirn .Make Tliciti Moririf $ > ornl > lc
to the Corporation * it nil
Create Much IlNitcnlnn.
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DES MOINES , March 12.-t-S ( | > clnl. ) The
farmers , especially in the lower house , are
not a little excited over the emasculation
ot tlic railroad laws , ns proposed by the code
commissioners , and which has been already
Indicated In The Dee. The proposed mortifi
cations , If endorsed by the legislature , will
shift the burden ot proof Tiuni the railroads
to the passenger or shipper In cases of ox-
Inrllon , and prevent or hamper the Issuance
ot halt rate or commutation tickets. The
more drastic methods ot enforcement , such
as Indictment by grand Juries and the process
ot speedy remedy by peremptory writs of
mandamus or Injunction at the Instance of
the Hoard ot Railroad Commissioners , have
cither been seriously Impaired or repealed ,
There Is a very friendly feeling for railroad
corporations In the present general assembly ,
more so than tor many years , and It Is pretty
certain that a majority of both the house
and senate railroad committees sympathize
with the views of the code commission , and
will likely adopt the suggestions. Should this
happen to be the case , the old fight over
the transportation question , which has been
dormant for n number of years , will be re
newed with all Its bitterness , and will rage
fiercely thtough the legislative halls till the
nd of the session. The farmers and repre
entatlves from agricultural constituencies ,
d by such men as Kllburn of Adalr , Spaul-
Ing < K Floyd , Finch of Humboldt and Me
onald of Quthrle , will make a stubborn
ght should the standing committees attempt
o secure the endorsement ot the proposed
glslatlon. The railroad committee of the
enato consist of Penroso of Tanm , Young of
elaware , Palmer of Washington , Garst of
arroll , Illggen ot Keokulc , Berry of Warren ,
ohart ot Cherokee , Phclps of Cass , Upton
f Howard , Del' ' of Jefferson , Dyers of Lucas ,
lauck of Johnson and Hurst of Jackson.
ho house committee consists of Lander ,
Vholan , Grlswold , Early , Hendershot , Pcr-
ott , Klemme , Drlnton , Nletert , Brady , St.
ohn , Davis , Marti , Voelker , Jay , Prentls ,
add and Wilson.
The farmers' club of Jefferson county is
till protecting against the contemplated
ncrenso In taxation.
A resolution adopted by that organlza-
on was read In the house today , In which
trong ground Is taken In opposition to
ho extra tax of $330,000 for a building fund
or the State university.
The action of the house committee on
ilectlorw today renders It Certain that no
adlcal changes In the Australian ballot
law will bo made at this session. The bills
ntreduced to remove the "circle" deslg-
atlng each political party end requiring
ho voter to mark a cross opposite the name
f every candidate he desires to support
.me failed to get the approyoJtof this com
mittee and will bo Indefinitely postponed.
Both houses passed a bill deducing the
ate of Interest on "rtayetlf ' Judgments'
. 'rom 10 to 8 per cent. 'It vnls devclopec
during the dlpcusalon on this nieasuro tha
n some sections In the northwestern part
by which the usury law carrbe easily evadcc
and 10 per cent Interest collected.
The bills contemplating tlicdivision of thi
state Into dairy districts $ nd' ' the appoint
mcnt of a largo number ot deputy or as-
ilstant dairy commlEfrfoners tmporvlse
.ho sale of milk and cream' have been killed
by the house committee on , agriculture.
The St. John bill providing for a pystem
of semi-public warehouses 1n which farmers
could store their grain aid us'6 the ware
house receipts for CDllatbrall"jiccurlly o
negotiate the same came up far final action
The author explained the tilll at length
claiming that Its adoption would enabli
he farmera to hold their grain for bettc
prices. Mr. Klemme of Wlnneshtek and
Morrison of Grundy opposed Ihe bill and 1
was lost on final passage by a vote of 43 tc
20.
20.Tho
The senate passad the house bill providing
'or ' a special taxation of one-tenth o
1 mill upon the assessed valuation o
the state to provide a building
fund of $330,000 for tbo State unl
rorsity. The house concurred In som
Formal amendments and the bill only need
the signature of the governor to become a
low.
low.The
The senate continued Ita work on the reg
ular calendar , taklnc up the bills In the'
order ? . The following ; senate bills wer
passed : By Waterman , providing that an ;
public official securing any public money
shall be deemed to have received the earn
by virtue of his olflce , and shall be require *
to account for the same at the expiration o
his term ; by Erlcson , fixing the filing fee
of all corporations for pecuniary profit a
follows : For all with less than $10,000 cap !
tal tlock , ? 25 ; less than $50,000 , ? 50 ; eve
at amount. $100.
Th | ojnato killed , the following nous
bills. By Chapman , prohibiting' sheriffs
constables and other peace 'officers from
charging witness fees In criminal case
unless called to other counties ; by Corn
wall , declaring "breaking Jail" by person
charged with the commission ot crime
criminal offense.
"
The Perrln bill removing the exemptlo
of printing material ) from execution anJ
sale for damages or costs in execution
for libel was taken up for discussion. Sen
ator Hotchklss could not see why the news
paper publisher should not be allowed to
keep the tools of his trade as well as these
engaged In other occupations. Senator Car
roll warned the senate that this bill was
a skillfully disguised } schema to. muzzle
the newspapers. There Is nothing that the
lobbyist and boodlcr EO much fear as an
untrammeled press. After adopting various
amendments , Including the libraries of
lav.yers and ministers , on motion of Sen
ator Benson the bill was laid on the table.
WILL IIHEA1C WITH THE THUST.
I onn HiiKiT iinil KKtt DcnUTM AVI11
Ht'comu IiiilciiiMttli'iit.
OTTUMWA , la. , March 12. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Iowa wholesale butter and egg
dealers held an unusually Interesting ses
sion today. It was the annual meetlne. but
the straw board question relegated all others
of minor Interest. At a recent meeting of
the association held at Des Molnes a com
mittee was appointed to take steps toward
building a paper mill to manufacture straw
board for egg case fillers. r Tills was the re
sult of high prices demanded Aby the Amer
ican straw board comljlnty Representa
tives of this trust were pVcspnt to dlssuada
the lena men from building the mill and
submitted numerous propositions.1. No com
promise was reached at the pieetlng tonight
and another session will jm held tomorrow.
They declare they will build , ' the mill and
manufacture their own
UMIMI IIoii Fruit oii ii Lecturer.
ELK POINT , S. D. . March 12. ( Special
Telegram. ) As a result ot'h s severe stric
tures upon the morality ofj th $ town , Colonel
Holt , a temperance lecturer , well known
throughout lena , South [ Dakota and Ne
braska , was egged by hoodlums at the close
of an address at Elk Potnttlodt night.
SlirliurN' Mortliiir * ArriuiBeil.
SIOUX CITY , March" Ist-ijCSpec'al Tele
gram. ) The executive committee ol the An
cient Arable Order of the. Mystic Bhrlno lias
fixed on April 7 as the date for the shrine
inciting hero In charge ot > Kaarbar Ternplo
of Davenport.
When Baby was tick , we gore her Castorla.
When rite was n Child , fcho cried for Caitorta.
When ( Jio became JIIss , tJio clung to Costorla.
When blio hod Children , tJio gavu them Costorlo ,
AMUSEMENTS ,
'cooeocccocc ' ctocceecceoc
The drawing powers of burlesque were
ully tested and not found wanting at the
rclghton , where a packed house greeted
anary & Lcdcrcr's "Merry World" crm-
> ny. The audience not only filled thejioutc ,
ml It evidently enjoyed Itsjlt and was glad
. came. It will probably go again tonight
nd tomorrow night. "The Merry World"
s only what Its authors claim for It a re-
low of the contemporaneous metropolitan
successes "A dramatic pouso-cnfo. Intended
o .cheer you up after dinner , and contaln-
ng a Itttlo ot everything except plot , " It
was n mixture cf "Trilby , " "Wnni " "Tho
Little " " Hood" "Ma-
Trooper , "Hobln and -
amo Sans Gene , " and Its various phases
wcro Interpreted by a company which , If
ot brilliant , was at least mere than clever.
There were many pretty faces , pretty figures ,
iretty costumes and pretty hosiery. It may
not bo exactly fair to mention particular
tars Ln.tho "Merry World" galaxy of play-
TS , for the company was well balanced and
ach OIIO'B rlinrc teemed to be as welt done
o the others' . But It will not bo out of
place to refer to Mips Marie Laurcns , Miss
Amelia Summervllle , Mlaa Jc.incttc Bagcard ,
Mlsi Hattlo Moore , Miss Nellie Bernlg , Mips
roio Uentlcy , Mips Lizzie Winner and Miss
Clttlo Lawrence. The letter's Impersonation
of Delia Fox In "Tho Little Trooper" was
one ot the cleverest things that has been
attempted on an Omaha stage for romc
Ime. On the other side the comedians were
cd by Wlllard Slinms , well knjwn In Omaha ,
landolph Curry. David Warfield , W. A. Mc-
Cormlck and Samuel Fisher. The burlesque
ircsentatlon of "Trilby , " In thrco acts , con-
alncd many now Ideas cast In the old fa
miliar molds and was not overdone. As a
ileco of burlesque It was good and mlrth-
ul. The operatic ( -elections of the second
net brJugbt out a fair chorus , hardly strong
enough In Its general cnsamblo for the some
vhat pretentious efforts of the several com-
lorcrs , The cleverest part of the program
was the "dramatic Impertinence" of the
.hlrd act , In which the entire company "took
ibartlea" with the well known characters
n "Madame Sana Gene. " The act was pre
sented In three scenes , the closing one at
io palace giving nn opportunity for the
presentation ot n rather graceful minuet , In
which the costumer's ar transformed most
ot the graceful mesdemolsotles Into well
rounded and well turned messclgneurs with
no particular discredit to the action of the
plot and greatly to the effectiveness of the
stage picture.
The cantata of Iluth and Boaz was pre-
"entcJ at the Kountzo Memorial Lutheran
church last night to a full house. The
performance was given In the lecture room ,
which was crowded. The cantata Is a
night , harmonious work , and contains a
nun'ber of excellent numbers , solos , duos ,
quartets , chorals , etc. The leading parts
were taken by Kate Griffith as Iluth , Fran
ces Boeder as Naomi , Grace Stem as Orpah ,
toy Pcnfold as Boaz. The singing of the
soloists and of nil the characters was ex
ceptionally good , and several of the num-
) ers were applauded vigorously , but no en
cores were allowed. The chorus was a lit
tle backward about getting Its cue , but sang
very well after It got fairly started. Dur-
ng one ot the Intermissions twelve little
girls executed a march and fan drill , which
was very pretty and very well done. Those
aklng part In It were : Bertha Saxmnn ,
Lilly Bishop , Clarn Engler , Lilly Lllja , Lulu
Bell , Alma , Schmidt. Emma Lorenzen , Clara
Lorenzen , Pearl Trllschke. Marie Koch ,
Myra Wert , Lilly Larson. Those comprising
the chorus were : Sopranos , Misses Sadie
jlbron , Anna Hobbins , Alvlna Engler , Kato
Swartz'ander , TIHIe Gunzenhauser , Esther
v.anson , Katie Griffith , Agnes Neese , Louisa
Nccse , Elizabeth Hayes , Cora Trussell , Birdie
Andersen. Mrs. A. Kuehn ; jiltos. Misses Ida
Wedge , Minnie Swartzlander , Adele Jones
Cora Swanson , Jessie McCoy , Bessie Brown
tenors , Messrs. F. D. McDonald , Oscar
Er.glcr , Harry Fischer , Leon Curtiss , J.W. .
Bobbins , G. H. Shelly ; bassos , Messrs. Leslie
Allen , Leroy L. Hoyt , H. A. Hayes , H. E ,
Humlston , A. W. Williams , Iloy Penfold ,
R. W. Moore , A. Ji Shields. The perform
ance was under the direction of Prof , Lee
G. Kratz. A strong sentiment In favor of
repeating the performance was developed
last night , but nothing was decided on Ii
that connection.
Sousa's band will give two concerts at
Boyd's theater tomorrow matinee and night
The sale of seats will open this morning at
9 o'clock.
The Woodwards at the Boyd last night
had another packed IIOUDO , the standing
room sign was out early. Tonight the
five-act comedy , "Ten Nights In a Bar
Room.1' The advance sale Is .largo. The
company will close with two performances
Sunday.
"The Merry World" will close the en
Bagement at the Crelghton with two per
formances tomorrow , a matlneo being given
at 2:30. :
The attraction at the Crelghton for flv
nights , " commencing with a low priced
matinee "Sunday , March 16 , will be the wel'
known comedian , J. C. Lewis , In his sue
cesBful comedy of rural life , "SI Plunk
ard. "
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The now additions will be ready for occu
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completed , accommodations will be afforded
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REV , ZEPHANIAH MEEK , D ,
Eminent Methodist Divine Cured of
Nerve Trouble by Paine's '
Celery Compound ,
Rev. Zephanlah Meek , D.D. , Is a household
nnmo all over the south. Since 1SG7 ho he
owned and edited the "Central Methodist , '
the leading paper of the Methodist Eplscopa
church In the south. Ho represented hl ,
elate at the General Conference.
Ho was one of Kentucky's commissioners
at the Chicago Columbian exposition. During
his mlplstry In the south ho has built and
dedicated five chapels. Ho writs from Cat-
lettsburg , Ky. , where his home Is , ns follows :
"I have used several bottles ot Palno'e
celery compound for nervous trouble , resulting
and with Immediate effect
ing from overwork ,
fect as well ns permanent benefit. It Is
the best nerve tonic that I have ever tried.
It has also been used in my family with
great benefit. "
Tired-out , half sick men and women need
something more than a mere rest. They
unmistakable nerve food ;
need a positive ,
they must have a reserve of nerve force to
draw from before their heads will cease to
ache and their nerves cease to tremble with
that there are over ten
million nerve fibres In the body.
So long as the minute tissues are kept fully
nourished one lives in blissful Ignorance of
any such thing ns neuralgia , headache or
even a nervous system , but let one become
"run down" and the nutrition , of the body
get low. and every one of these myriad
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Headaches , neuralgia , rheumatism and other
forms of nervousness and debility result
directly from a famished nervous system.
Palno's celery compound Is able to correct
this faulty condition. It builds up the
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at once feels the strengthening effects of
fho superb nutriment. There are thousands
f men nnd women today who have been
nabled to keep vigorously at work who
nust have given up but for Palne's celery
compound.
Nervous affections arc n warning to busy
people.
At the earliest sign ot reduced nerve fores ,
Inability to sleep , languor or n gloomy habit
of mind every one rhould look Immediately
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to the purity of their blood. Palno's celery
compound will attend to both ot those
urgent needs more thoroughly and more
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1 aino s celery compound Is
not to bo con
founded with the common preparations , the
sareapanllas and nervines. Being the dis
covery of a man of science. Prof. Edward E.
Pbelps , M. D. , LL. D. , of Dartmouth col
lege , It has the support of the best physi
cians ; they prescribe It universally , and the
many sick persons made well by Its USD
proves that that support Is merited.
To the great majority of business men a
vacation , to say nothing of three months of
complete Inactivity , Is out of the question at
this season , even when their brains demand
a complete rest nnd their nerves ache and
threaten them with prostration. Now , there
are hundreds of business men and bard-
worked professional men In this city In Just
this condition. What are they to do ? Those
who are tired out , "run down" and debili
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Nervous weakness vanishes before Palno's
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