n DATLY IJEEs BATVHDAY , JANtTAlY ? ! JO , 1807 , COUNCIL BLUFFS DEPARTMENT MINUIl MttNTION. Clark & Wotzcl , t. 0. 0. P. bllr. , art par lora. C'lcarlns ttlo prices In ccas ! ! at the DOS ton store. Miss Emma.VHllftins Is visiting friends It Perry , la. Ocorgo IJu'Jlo returned 'fist night from a business trip to Denver. Ceroil coffee , the great health drink , cat ba lud at nartcl and Miller's. 20 to GO per cent saved by buying clroat poods and cloaks at the Boston store this wcok. Flnlcy IliirUc lott last evening for a busl- nrvs trip to points In Tennessee , Ho will be absent a week. For rent , office and store room , EOxlOC feet , In good Implement warehouse. Ad- drco * Marseilles Manufacturing company , Council Illuffs. Mias Jennie Keating has been absent from her place at the cashier's desk of Metcalf Bros , She Is confined to her homo by an attack of the grip. Ohio Knox received word yesterday thai hU father had died .it the old homo Hi Frcderlcksrtnirg , 0. , ari'l he left for that place last evening. David Dovlnc , a police court divinity , who Is accounted uii old offender , has been soul to the city Jail to servo a sentence of ten dayr on bre.td and water. The member * of the Western Iowa Poultry , Farm and Garden association met at the court house lost evening and selected No vember 20 to December 4 03 the dates for the next meeting. All winter good * being closed out at n nacrlflco at the Boston store. C. V. Nloman & Co. , 523 Broadway , dealers In stocks , grains and provisions. Corre spondents of James K. Boyd S : Co. , Omaha. They will furnish market quotations by tele phone at any time. 'Phone 129. The friends nifd patrons ot the Robinson Conservatory of Music will enjoy "An EvenIng - Ing with the Tone I.Iastcrs , " at the conserva tory tonight. A line program will bo ren dered by Misses Virginia and Belle Ilobln- son. Perhaps you haven't heard of us. Just woke up , eh ? Well , wo arc the psople who have learned to do one thing well. That Is , to turn out fine laundry work. Wo are known everywhere as tLe Eagle Laundry , 721 Il'w.iy. A ease of scarlet fever was reported yes terday at the I < iccy residence , 411 East Wcuh- Ington avenue. The case Is directly charge able to disregard of the rules of the Board of Health In a case that happened there a short time ago. G. W. Skinner secured a change of venue yesterday and Justice Burke will hear the story of his trouble with Constable Albertl and Lawyer Crawford while they were at tempting to levy , a landlord's writ of attach ment upon his household goods. Hov. T. W. Williams will glvo a ten- mlnuto talk at the DLong Industrial school for girls this afternoon. The school begins at 2:30 : , and the work commences at 3 o'clock. Mr. DeLong Invites the public to call and see the character of work that is being done , and how It is done. Elder Columbus Sentt of Des Molncs will epouk at the Litter Day Saints' church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock ; subject , "Watchman , What ot the Night ? " Elder T. W. Williams will resume His course ot lec tures Sunday evening. Subject : "Predesti nation , or U Man's Life , Action , Death and Future Condition Foreordained ? " The Insurance companies have adjusted the losscs _ sustained by the Osdcn house by Sun day nlght'a aggravating lire. Contracts amounting to over $100 were let to paperhangers - hangers and cleaners to remnvo the tracca of the dense volumes of smoke that filled a largo portion of the hotel and completely ruined the paper In many of the rooms. The work of renovating was begun yesterday. The repairs In Trinity Methodist church , made necessary by the Christmas night fire , will not be completed In time to permit the congregation to hold services In the audi torium , but the basement will ba ready , and the usual services both morning and evening will bo there. Kev. D. C. Franklin , presiding elder , will occupy the pulpit at 10:30 : and will administer the sacrament of the Lord's supper. Ladles' and men's underwear at special reduced prices this week. BOSTON STORE. Counterfeiters , or more properly , "shovors of the queer , " operated quickly and suc cessfully on Upper Broadway last night. Up to 11 o'clock eight or nlno shops and stores had reported the reception of bogus money. The parties who passed the stuff wore a man and woman. The police are In posses sion of excellent descriptions of them and It Is searcf-ly probable that they will bo able to leave the city , unless they go through the country without being detected. At the county auditors' convention , which Is In session at Des Molncs , County Auditor Matthews spoke upon the question of the authority of auditors to change books of tlu assessors. Mr. Matthews holds that the township trustees of the local equalization boards are the only persona authorized to make changes , and when the books of the assessors are returned to the auditor he has only to spread the taxes and hand to the treasurer for collection. Mr. Matthews was also placed on the committee of reference of reports and the committee on legislation. The Woodward Theater company played "Myrtle Ferns" at the Dohuney last night to an Immense audience. Hundreds were content to stand up through the entire two hours and a halt and were well repaid. The company Is very strong In this play , and the specialties of Mr. lluah and Miss Glove together with the wonderful magnlscopo , make an entertainment that Is hard to beat. Mat nee today , "Mlcked Pickles ; " tonight , " "Princess and Pauper , " In five acts , with now spec altlos , an.l eight new pictures on the magn scope. This will be the last chanca to ECO this wonderful machine and excellent company. John Scherer was sent to Jail for thirty days yesterday by Judge McGee nfter the evidence- was heard supporting the charge that Schcrer had stolen an nxo from the J.ardwaro department of Zollcr's store. A twelve-pound caddy of tobacco was also before the court and was Identified by Zol- lor ns his property stolen from his store on Monday night. It was found In Scherer's homo at 103 Broadway after the house had been searched on a warrant. Scherer claimed that ho was obliged to steal or Btnrvo , and said ho had taken the tobacco for the reason that ho had no money and must have tobacco. Scherer was married on January 7 to a young girl ot excellent family. Both are little more than children. The Boston store's big January clearing goods sale to continue all this week. Superintendent HUey nnd Prof. Heydon carne to the assistance of Henry DeLong yesterday with a scheme that materially lightened his labors in collecting food and clothing for the hundreds of hungry and naked people dally clamoring for help. They Instructed the teachers in several of the cchool buildings to ask their pupils to bring whatever their parents fojt willing to glvo toward relieving the distress of the poor to the school bulldlngti , where It could bo turned over to Mr , DoLong , The result yesterday was astonishing , Several wagon loads of old clothing for nil sizes and sexes were brought to the building , Madison ave nue , Twentieth avenue , Avenue B , Wash ington avenue and East Pierce street schools contributed most liberally. Pierce street school children donated the largest amount of clothing , The donations consisted of nrovl- Elena , as well as clothing. 0. 13. Vlavl Co. , female renieay. Medical consultation free Wednesdays. Health book furnished , 309 Merrlain block. N , Y , Plumbing company , Tel. 2SO , AVI 1 1 In in Lliiolic-rircr I Yesterday the tranquillity of the gambling fraternity wcs rudely shaken by the arrest of William Llneberger , one ot the most prominent members. The arrest followed an Indictment returned by the grand Jury dur ing the afternoon , It can scarcely be nald that Llneberger was arrested. Ho was elm- lily notified promptly of the return of the In dictment and came forward with the ucceai- eary ball bond , Nothing could bo learned about the Inten tion of the prosecution or the power behind It. Llneberger baa been conducting a gam bling hall In Council Bluffs for about fifteen - with a low Blight IntcrmUsloua. BOARD CANNOT PAY FOR II State Law Will Not Permit Replacing i Stolen Article. JOHNNY DUGGAN LOSES HIS OVERCOA1 Sccrclnry DauMiii I.ooUx Up Ihc Lit 11 mill 1'rcKuiKH n lU-uuri Sell Inn Out Iho lloanl'N In the .Alatier. In compliance with Instructions from the Board of Education Secretary T. C. Dawson , who Is also attorney for the board , has searched the school laws and other statutes for the purpose of ascertaining If the board can legally pay for property stolen from pupils of the public schools while It Is prac tically In the custody ot the board. The Instructions were given at the last meeting when the members spent an hour discussing the thefts at the high school. The parents of one of .the sufferers , Wllllo Duggan , had nsked the board to buy a now overcoat to take the place of one stolen , from the clcnk room while school was In session. The boy was represented as being without a coat and bis parents in too straitened circumstances to buy another. A majority of the members wore anxious to repair the loss , but the dan ger of establishing a precedent made them cautious. The attorney was therefore or- lprod to r.arefully Investigate and report at the next meeting. Ho has finished his In quiry and has found that the board has no authority to use the money of the district for the purpose contemplated. In his report ho says : "There are three funds provided for by the school laws of Tov.'a against which or ders may bo drawn by the board , the teach ers' fund , the hchool house fund and the contingent fund. It Is manifest that the board has no authority to make an appro priation for such a purpose out of cither the school house fund or the touchers' fund ; they are levied exclusively for the purpose of erecting school houses and paying the caching force. It Is out of the contingent fund , If at all , that such un appropriation mry bo made. The law applicable to the contingent fund Is contained In sections 17-I8 and 172U of the code. The former reads : The money collected by district tax and designed for rent , fuel , repairs , nnd all oilier contingent espouses necessary for keeping ibe schools In operation shall be called the contingent fund. ' Section 1729 reads : 'Thoy ( the board of directors ) may use any unappropriated contingent fund In the treasury to purchase records , diction aries , maps , charts , nnd apparatus for the use of the schools of their districts , but shall contract no debt for this purpose. ' These sections have been construed by the supreme court of lawa In the case of Wolf against the Independent School District of Pleasant Valley , fil 'owa , 432. The court says : 'These sections specify the only pur pose to which the contingent fund many bo applied. ' An appropriation for a coat lost by a pupil manltetly docs not come under "tho head of 'rent , fuel , repairs , rec ords , dictionaries , maps , nharts and appar atus. ' Neither docs It come under the head of that general clause , 'ull other contingent expenses necessary for keeping the schools In operation. ' as it has be n construed In the case cited. "Tho court says that 'necessary' things means 'Indispensably requisite ; ' that the contingent fund can bo used o.ily for things Indispensably requisite for keeping the schools In operation ; things without which the schools cannot be succeasfully con ducted. It was held there that an appropri ation for a lightning rod could not bo made out of the contingent fund unless It ap peared that the appropriation was for a repair of the lightning rod , or to replace one that had become useless by age. "It Is clear , that under the rigid con struction of that clause adopted by our supreme court , the contingent fund of the llstrlct cannot be used to pay for lost prop- ' .rty of pupils , and that this is true whether > r not the loss was caused by the negligence if the district , or of its officers or employes. iVhllo recognizing the moral merit ot the : lalm , I am , nevertheless , reluctantly forced , o the conclusion that the board of dlrec- ors has no legal right to order a warrant Irawn , nor have the president and secre- ary a legal right to sign the order referred o In the resolution of the board. " FAVORS Till- : LOUD 1-OSTAI. mitlt. "nil ainiiiifncliiPiTN' Asso ciation IllHiMiNKCH Tlmt'ly TopIcH. The executive committee ot the Merchants' md Manufacturers' association held a mect- ng last night In the assistant secretary's tfflco and discussed several Important mat ers that have arisen within the last few lays. Information had been received th.at bonl was a possibility of relocating an. 1m- lortnnt Industrial enterprise In this city , 111 that the committee could do toward fur- herlng the project was done. A resolution congratulating the Chicago , lurllngton & Qulncy railway managemenl : pen the inauguration ot the Important hange in the operation of Its passenger rains , which goes into effect tomorrow , and , 'hich sends the splendid vestibule dyers rom Omaha through Council Bluffs , Instead f Plattsmouth , was adopted. The secretary ras Instructed to forward tha resolution to lie company's headquarters In Chicago , with letter expressing the opinion of the asso- latlon that the change would not only bo eneficlal to the city , but to the company , nnd 3 assure the ofllcora that the people ol ouncil Bluffs would appreciate a change th.it lic-y had sought to have made for many ears. A set of strong resolutions wns adopted ivoring the addition of a manufacturing lauso in the mulct license liquor law. The solutions were made Just as strong as oed vigorous English could make them , nd the secretary was Instructed to forward icm to the members of the Pottnwattamlo elegation in Dea Molncs at once , with LTmlsslon to write an accompanying let- : r that would make , the position ot the ssoclatlon still moro clearly In favor of in desired change in the law , A copy of the petition was presented to 10 committee strongly advocating the adop- on by the national congress of the Loud ostal bill. The bill was discussed at some Higth , some of the members favoring and thors opposing It. The president nnd : cretary were finally instructed to sign the litltion with the name of the association nd forward It to the Iowa delegation at I'ashtngton. Thu question of membership of the oso- latlon was again discussed , nnd It was do- .dqd that Assistant Secretary Judson should ut In some tlmo next week with members t the committees soliciting now members , resident Uohrer declared that every man ho owned his homo or had any fixed In- > rrst In the welfare of the city should bo member of at least one of the commercial odlcs , IIc-riiH'M A Kill n In Trouble. Old man Hermes , whose home is In the ( 'stern part of the city , near the motor ridge , was ordered to be tent to St. Her- ard's hospital'yesterday by the county ithorltlea. Hermes has made his friends a real deal of trouble , and has annoyed the Hi Ice with numerous complaints about the eatmcnt he alleges to have received from .3 children. On numerous occasions he has iked for -warrants for tlio arrest of his ma , but upon Investigation , the charges ere found to bo groundless , Several days ; o he left his homo and took up his abode . Coylo's saloon at Eighth avenue and vventy-flrat street , and for the last three lys ho has remained there day and night , de. ilto protest ! and threats. He could not i induced to leave the place when the ofll- TB arrived fr take him to the hospital , and ntlu force was necessary. Hermc-u' trouble dates from the rebuilding the Union Pacific railroad bridge along in o ' 80a. Ho worked In tbo caUsonti through- it the Job , and was frequently under cnor- OUB atmospheric pressure. Many times he as attacked by the "caisson disease , " and 8 combined effect has weakened bis mind. .it'iiv ' iiirrriixs A SK.VI.KI > viunic-i Miller DnnirtKC Still AKiilnnt tli -Slier I IT In CoiK'lnilcilt It required another full day and an hou after supper yesterday to get the Mlllc damage case against Sheriff Morgan In ship to turn It over to the Jury. The legal battl was earnestly fought all day and the scsslo was continued until nearly C oclock for th purpose of permitting the attorneys to mak their address to the Jury. Judge Thorncl had his Instructions prepared when the ar gurncnts closed , but concluded to hold brief evening session for the purpose o reading them to the Jury. The defense had Deputy Sheriff Comptoi on the stand for a long tlmo and ever ; feature of his settlement ot the case will Miller and James was brought out. Countj Attorney Saundcrs , Deputy Clerk Balrd Bailiff L. B. Cousins , Constable Albertl am Dick Wobstcr wcro called by the defcnsi to show various features of the settlement The Interesting event of the afternoon was when Attorney Wadsworth went upon tlu stand and told what ho personally knc about the settlement. The young at torney Is alone In the case and there was consequently no frlcndl ) associate to propound leading questions. He was obliged to play the part of an attorney nnd witness and solemnly ask himself the questions ho wished to have answered. The testimony was tedious , but Interesting. At Its close the attorneys for the other slda called the attention of the attorney to the fact that his witness had neglected to tell the court his name , whether ho was a man , woman or child , or whether he llvotl In Council Bluffs or Oklahoma. The oversight was corrected without prejudice to thd case. Cross-examination of Deputy Compton showed that ho used consummate tact anil skill when ho visited the Miller residence ono night last week and made the settle ment with them , lie chucked the baby under the chin , tickled Its little toes , told the mother It was the sweetest nnd hand somest baby ho ever saw In his life and that It was the Imago of her. When Mrs. Miller learned from the cross-examination that all of the fine things Compton had said to bet wcro but a part ot his cunning plan to get tier consent to the settlement she snorted lier resentment from her place at her at torney's elbow. , The Jury retired to consider the case about 5 o'clock. The court In Its Instructions de fined the powers of an officer 'In the dis charge -of his duty , and emphasized the declaration of the statute that oil olficcrs or private citizens have the right to arrest i criminal when they are reasonably sure : hat ho has committed n crimp. The court declared that If ofllcors wcro compelled to wait until they proved suspected criminals to bo guilty they would never make an ar rest. Judge Thornell sustained the motion for dismissal in the case of James , plaintiff In one of the other cases , and the case waa stricken from the docket. James refused to go back upon his settlement with Compton and thacourt _ held that ho had the power to nake settlement and that the Instrument 10 signed was binding and final. learlng of the Kelley case , the last of the trio , has been Indefinitely postponed. The Jury returned a sealed verdict last night. ITfwlu Wants DninunfM. George W. Hewitt , a local attorney , was tied in the court of a Justice of the peace vhose olllco Is located about twenty miles nut in the country. The suit was set" for hearing on the 23d inst. , one of the coldest lays of the late cold snap. The Council llufts attorney had neither the disposition nor the courage to face the Icy blasts and ride forty miles to defend his suit , and ho let the case go by default. The suit was In stituted by County Superintendent Paulson In the name of his daughter , Maggie , to se cure a claim for services as typewriter and stenographer in Hewitt's office , amounting to $18.17. A claim was also made for | 10 damage on account of Hewitt's refusal to pay the doht. The case was tried and a judgment entered for everything claimed , by Justice Lars Jensen of Boomer township. Yesterday Hewitt filed a petition In the district court reciting the cir cumstances under which the judg ment was obtained and asking to have it annulled. He alleges that Miss Paulson n-as not at the time of bringing the suit and lover had been a resident of the locality , vher < > she brought It , but that her homo was n Council Bluffs. He also alleges that all : ho usual forms of legal procedure were set at naught by Justice Jensen , who per- nltted the suit to be brought without a vrlttcu petition and neglected to servo an iriglnal notice upon the defendant. In ad- lltlon to having the Judgment annulled lewitt asks the court to award him $105 lamagcs against Maggie. Mission AVorlc Will Continue. nov. Mr. Mcrshon of Glenwood will as iist the women of the Fifteenth Street mis don for several days. Meetings are being lold nightly and the women of the mission ire doing a great deal of good In their mln stratlons among the poor and lowly. The iold weather has made the expense of keep- ng the mission open much greater thai : isual and the women were partly Inclined o discontinue the religious features of the lightly meetings. The matter was put to . vote at the meeting on Thursday night , ml every ono present voted In favor of con- inulng. A feature of the work that has icen productive of good results la the weekly ncetlng held at the county jail each Thurs- ay afternoon. At first the women were net with jeers and glbei and earnest pray- rs were often answered with catcalls and Ibald songs from profane lips , but now ho prisoners look forward to Thursday aft- rnoons with a good deal of Interest. Many f the prlsonera have made professions of ollglon , among them Emit Joanet , who Is nder sentence to the penitentiary for one ear on the charge of forgery. The meetings ro held In the jail corridor. The prisoners ay the most respectful attention and on 'hursday ' every man in the Jail took an Jn- srcstcd part In the services , Mrs. Sawyer , lie female bootlegger from Shenandoah , was eoply affected by the earnest prayers of lie women at Thursday's meeting and ad- iltted It Avao the first time she heard a rayer for many years. Another IJ. S. M. II. A. .Suit. The United States Masonic Benevolent as- oclallon was called out upon the Judicial arpet again yesterday and was made do- andant 'In ' another big suit. A petition was led by the Masonic Temple association of ouncil Bluffs , owners of the Masonic block , n the corner of Broadway and Fourtli treet , where the company has maintained dices for eight years , claiming $3,750 from lie Insurance company as rent duo on a jaso dated January 1 , 1S94 , and running va yeare , nt an annual rental of $1,800 , ho amount covers the une-xplred portion f the lease , and only $150 , or ono month's 3nt , Is duo. The petition makes the usual negations that tlio defendant company It. bout to dispose of Its property with In'.eri * > defraud Ha creditors. An attachment Is skod for by which the property of the com any that Is still here can bo seized and eld until the unpaid rent la settled. ( Ira ml Jury InilletnientN. The grand Jury made Its final report yeo- nlay and was discharged , Van Hews , the egro who stole an armful of calico from 10 Boston store on December 10 and nearly Illed an old man named George Bank , horn bo met In the alloy while flying from ursult , was indicted for assault with lu- > nt to infilct great bodily Injury. Ilosa 13 been In jail slnco his arrest. S. E. Gheer was Indicted for Ills ( short lange deal with Conductor Peter J. Smith ' the motor line on November G. Gheer Iu imowhero In Illinois , out on ball procured / lila sister , The third and lost Indictment was against 'ill lam Llncbcrgcr for the orfenso of main- .Inlng a gambling establishment at 503 roadway , A number of other cases that were con- dcred to bo Important were Ignored , Concert The Misses Bella and Virginia Hoblnson 111 glvo a program of "Modern Itomantlc UBlo , " for piano and violin , at the nobin- n Conservatory of Music , UO Broadway , night. Admission , 50c. Pupils of conserv- ory Ircp , AMEND THE ELECTION LAWS Proposed Legislation Ip Iowa to Proven Fusion ; ef Parties. COMMITTEES OF BOTH HOUSES ARE AGREEl Women SufTrnKlntK VililrrftN Hie Scn < nlc HpcnKor illyrfrn llulcM ( lint HIIlM eil Htuflle Hi-nil In Full the Third Time. DBS MOINES , Jan , 20. ( Special Tele. gram. ) The legislature Is almost certain tc adopt nn amendment to the Australian bal lot law that will make fusion ot political parties Impossible. The election committees of both houses arc agreed on an amendment to prohibit any name appearing more than once on the official ballots. It has been the custom for democrats and populists to name tlio same candidates when fusing , and have their two Itckcts with no difference except the name at the top. This will bo prohib ited , A candidate ot the democrats cannot go on as a populist candidate also. This will mean that the two parties must merge Into one. with a common name , or nominate different tickets , Since the election It has been found that In many counties the election boards made no separate counts of votoa for candidates on the democratic and populist tickets. As a result there Is no record of the number of votes cast for the populist ticket , and It cannot get on the next ballot except by pe tition. In every county the populists have decided they will get the petitions and main tain separate organization. The amendment to the Iowa law Is copied from one Just presented In Illinois , which Is also designed to prevent fusion. Iu the senate the event ot the day was the visit of the National Woman Suffrage association , a number of whoso prominent members made addresses to the body. There was a long discussion of the question of al lowing fees to county officers , without re sult. In the house Speaker Dyers ruled on the question of third reading of bills. It had baen found that If all bills must 'bcl read In full on third rending , the session would bo almost Interminable , Alter careful Investi gation the chair announced that n. complete reading would bs > held unnecessary , the courts and parliamentary authorities so holding. This will greatly facilitate 'business. The senate ways and means committee held a long meeting tonight and decided that It will report the revenue bill , with a pro vision that all property shall be listed by assessors at 100 per cent , and that the super visors shall take 33 % per cent of this as a basis for taxation. The meeting was devoted to an animated discussion of the basis of assessment and In the vote nlno favored 33' , & per cent ; two for 25 per cent ; one for 30 per cent and three for 40 per cent. The committee believes this will equalize taxation as between counties ana Improve the situation very much. The house bill Is a straight 100 per cent measure , but It Is believed that body will compromise and that -10 per cent Is likely to bo the result. The railroad committees of the two houses held a joint meeting to hear representatives ot the Traveling Men'/s / association and Job bers present their arguments for a 2-cent fare bill. No vote was taken , but the tenor of the discussion and 'questions make It doubtful if a single' , mcijiber of either com mlttee favors the proposition. There was good attendance of representative Jobber : and traveling men , 'and a dozen spceche were made. < r rilOl'OSIS A JO1XT COMMITTEE Annual Visits to s'inte Institution Arc of I.Hlle. Service. DES MOINES , Jan. 29. ( Special. ) How best to control state 'jpstljutlons Is a question that Is receiving a 'great deal of attention at the hands of legislators. 'The ' old schem of sending visitingcommittees of the two houses at the opening of .each session Is In disfavor. It has 'been found that the committees generally learn little of value ' In preparing the appro'prlatlon bills , and there is no chance-for them , to discover any mismanagement ot affairs , because their coming is always expected. The whole per formance costs a week of ihe session and sev eral thousand dollars , aside from the running expenses of the assembly , which go on as if business were in progress. A new scheme is under consideration which may bo" made a feature of the nov code. It Is to have a Joint committee ap pointed at each session , of four representa tives and three senators , which shall dur ing each year vlslU each Institution at leas DIICO , examine with the assistance of an expert accountant Into its affairs and their conduct , and carefully report to the suc- : ccding session. The committee Is to be mid actual expenses and mileage and a sinal jer diem. The whole expense , including the salary of an accountant , Is calculated at ibout $3,000 a year , and those who favor t say the results would bo worth many : lmes this. D1TV OFFICIALS WII < Ij ESCAPE [ rniKl Jury In MnUluK X Sci'loim Ef fort to liullut the ( JiiIHy. DBS 'MOINES , Jan. 29. ( Special. ) The ? elk county grand Jury has now been In losston over two weeks , and has failed to re- > ort an indictment In tuny city ball case. s'ot only this , but It 'has not manifested a Imposition that is pleasing to those < Intcr- > sled in the prosecution. Tha persons unCer lusplclon have admitted that they expected o bo Indicted , but expected that they would scape on trial ; but now serious suplclons TO entertained that the Jury will , on tech- ilcalltles , avoid oven returning indlct- nonts. The diniculty Is to locate the ilamo for crookedness. The bills hat were raised by ofllclals , for Instance , light have been raised In any one of two r three olllces In the city hall , and any no of half a dozen persons In either case night have been guilty. To prove what articular olllco and individual was guilty 3 troubling the , Jury. 'More than this , the Jury does not seem to o more that hair In earnest In Its Invesll- atlon. Its most drastic Inquisitorial ef- orts thus far have been applied to pumping lewspipetl men wjjjo were considered to ave been too free In printing accounts of rand Jury proceedings. These have been ou wo occasions taken before the Jury to ex- lain what they meant by telling secrets of ho Investigation that had leaked out , as rand Jury matters always do. MSi'osrrons MAKE GRAVE CIIAHCES ) ( > iiiunil ( he Heiiumil of the Hecelver of Ihe .Sioux Cllji. .Saving Mimic , SIOUX CITY , Jan -tSpeclal Telegram. ) -A committee of -depositors of the de- unct Sioux City Sa.v ug bank today ( lied a etltlon in the -district' court , asking for the smoval of Ilecolver ° P"H , Goss , and mak- ig a number of charii4galnst the manage- u'lit of the bank ng ; t > efore made. The etltlon declared that nthe bank has proo- Ically been Insolvent , for more than two ears with the knowledge of the directors ; lat the requirements tif \ to bonds of the ircctors have not teen observed for two eat-j ; that the loans'Anado to Cashier Stone r his w'fo or 'companies In which a was the chief" member aggregated ror $20,000 ; that loansi to the amount of early $ CO,000 were rifadp to persons wholly isol vent ; that tho' pjoutit of the rattle apcr hold as collaterai'amountB to $60,000 , hlcb paper Is worfliless and which It Is larged Stone forecu1) ) . it Is charged also ut the receiver took no steps to secure : iy of the assets of the bank and refused r several days to permit a committee of de biters to Inspect the books. The search ir Stone has continued , but nothing can bo arned of his whereabouts. SIII < TVHI > I-H Cctneluile Their WorU , DBS MOINES , Jan. 0 , ( Special Telegram. ) The convention of county supervisors of iwa concluded Its work today. It retolved ; alnst any exemptions of property , except lurches and public property ; against any langcti In the revenue laws , except as will x stocks of goods , moneys and credits id corporations more nearly on the .me basis as other property ; for uno minor changes In the Australian ballot w , The Important action was a strong 'solution against taking away from the counties any Intcrmt In lhc sal.v.in tax. A present half ROCS to the riiy anil half to tin county ; except Hint all In ixtcss ot $000 t year ROCS to the city , lloprpsonutlve * o the cities have been hero lobbying for i bill to give the cntlro tax to the cities The supervisors strongly condemn this. TO IISCIHS ; TiT rnvn.Miu HIM , Wnj-K mill McniiN CoininlKro Invlle ! ( he. I'ulille ( o nn Open Mootlnwr. DES MOINI33 , Jan. 29. ( Special. ) On Monday evening the senate committee on ways and means will hold an open meeting to discuss the revenue bill , The racctlns will bo held In the senate chamber , ml speeches will bo made by representatives ot the DCS Moliica Commercial exchange , the city's Jobbing Interests , attorneys for railroads , and other Interests that have desired to bo heard , and prolubly some ques tions will be nsked by members ot the com mittee. It will practically a meeting for the benefit of the ways and means commit tees ot both houses , as must ut the house members will attend. The meeting will bo quite a unique affair , presided over by Chair man Funk , ot the ways and means , cud n largo attendance Is expected , The corpora tion people arc taking much Interest In It , and It Is expected Judge Ilubbiml ot Cedar Haplds will be on hand with his speech against a higher basis of assessment than the present one , Tli Ink IllH llrolher IN Hie. I-'OIIT DODUE , la. . Jan. 20. ( Special Tele : gram , ) The statement that Itcv. Mr. J.enl- ban of lloono has been raised tn the position of bishop of Cheyenne Is thought by Human Catholics hero to be wrong. It Is known that his brother , Hcv. Thomas Lculhnn efFort Fort Dodge , has been under consideration for this position for some time and It Is firmly believed ho has received the elevation of rank from thepope. . Ho Is out ot the city and there Is nn one here to speak authorita tively for him. ChnrltlfH Item-fit from the. It.all. OEOAH ItAPIDS , la. , Jan. 2D. ( Special Telegram. ) The Board of Associated Chafltlrs announced today that as a result of the opening of the now union passenger station last night In Its behalf It lins realized $700 In cash and $ GOO worth of provisions , clothing and fuel. The result Is a surprising one , In asmuch as a majority ot the ministers o' the city opposed the movement. Petition for Free Text Hook * . DES MOINES , Jan. 29. ( Special Telegram. ) Three of the largo school districts within the city arc circulating petitions to their boards to submit at the spring election the question of free text books , under tha Iowa law. One district has tried the plan for several years , and It has resulted In. a largO Increase of attendance and diminution ot expense - penso to parents. lloiiilHiiien Make Good the SliortnK'e. HUMUOLDT , la. , Jan. 29. ( Special. ) The bondsmen of the defaulting county treas urer , Lilndley , today settled his shortage. Twenty-one out ot twenty-three of them paid their shares. The total shortage made good Is $19,000 , which was lost on the Hoard of Trade. sSI South Omaha Na In 'investlgaling,1 ' the error of $15,000 found In the books of the Board of Education haa been found that the mistake was mail by the expert accountant who went over th boks last , summer. The- expert made a re port covering the period from July , 1S93 , t Inly , 183C. Ho had entered the amount o Ihe state apportionment for three yearo P28.24C.7S , when In fact the amount Ghoul iavo been $13,087.18 , thus making an erro ) f $15,159.00. This occurred by the oxper inserting the total amount received as slat ipporlionment from the organization of th icbool district instead of the apporl'ionmon ' 'or three years. Instead of there being a balance In th 'unds at the end of the school year , ns wa sxpecled , and as was shown by the book jefore the error was dlncoverod , there wll > e a shortage of nearly 50,000. Deducting the receipts for the next schoo fear , which consist of saloon licenses , ta evy , state apportionment and police cour Incs , and basing the 1897 levy on the same ' filiation as 1890 , there will bo a'shsrtag , f over $20,000. To pay the obligations and neet the deficit a levy of at least -15 mill viil bo needed. If any additions are to be nado to Iho present school buildings as rec immonded by the citizens' committee it can ally bo done by Issuing bonds. Sincq it "has " been learned that a shortag < nstead of a balance is In sight , all talk if making a 4-mlll or C-mlll levy Is useless Vlth a high levy the -bond proposition wll lardlji carry , at least that is the opinion o hose interested in the matter. Just wha fill bo done remains to bo seen. Km ! of the V , M. C. A. This afternoon at 5 o'clock the membership ontcst between the Reds and the Blues f the Y. M. C. A. will be brought to a close , 'ho contest has been waged for two months nd both sides' have quite a number of new lembers to report. The Blues have been in hargo of Sam Christie , and Harry Carpen- sr was captain of the Heds. All -of the bills for the recent mlnetre how are not In yet , but the managers figure hat the association will net about $100 by lie entertainment. City CiitHMlp. John M. Thornton Is In the city , the guest t C , A. Melcher. Miss Josle Corcoran has returned from ip to Atchlson , Kan. Benjamin Grelbcl , Broken Bow , is regis- ired at one of the hotels. Mrs. J. M. Tanner entertained a number ' . friends yesterday afternoon. John B. Jones was married at Pctosky , Jch. , to Miss Francis Marshall. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Alex ilegel , Thirteenth and O streets. The Monday Night club will meet this , 'cnlng with Mrs. H. L. Dennis , Pater I'arde , a prominent Beatrice farmer , hero atlending to some business. The Drive Whist club met at the homo ot r. nnd Mrs. 0. H. Watts last evening. Over 2,500 incandescent electric lights are i UEO In South Omaha at the present time. Ice twclvo inches thick is being cut on the > nd at Jetter's brewery. Forty more men ill bo given employment if they apply for ork. Charles O. Allen of this city nnd Miss oleua Olson of Omaha were married Thurs- ly evening at the First Methodist Eplsco- parsonage \ by Ilov. D. C. Wlnshlp. Colonel E , I' . Savage , Sargent , Custer mnty , Is a visitor In the city. Ho saya lat farmers up his way are receiving about i cents iroro per bushel for corn than is tld here. Mrs , T , M. Slattery , Omaha , a sister ot rank Cress of this city , died yesterday , her homo , 1136 Georgia avenue. Funeral TYices at First Methodist Episcopal church , ivcnty-thlrd and N streets , Sunday after- ; oii , at 2 o'clock. John Dlotz , a prominent Clarkson stock- au , was a Visitor In the city yesterday , 0 Bays that stock is not plenty up In Ills callty , ttero being less hogs and cattle 1 feed this winter than a year ago. Such at are being fed are doing well and there no sickness , to speak of among hogs , Corn plenty and cheap. J , H , McOlashen , Frankfort Station , 1111- ils , was a visitor at the yards yesterday , o Is In charge of two cars ot thoroughbred ock destined for Alamosa and I'ueblo , > lo. , for stockmen In that locality. The ipinent Includes sixteen Hereford bulls , ven Galloway bulls and twenty-nine line Ifers. The entire lot represented the most ipular strains of blood and wcro anlmulb great individual merit. Farm For lawait rates on good farm loans call the offlco of I ) . W. Otis , No. 133 Pearl rect , Council Bluffs. Money ready and ana closed without delay , Special sale of parlor furniture this week Durfco Furniture Co. , 206 and 207 Droad- Flro lnsurar.ee during this time of year ikes one feel safe. Day & Hesa represent o leading companies. Order a policy from em. Telephone 314. _ Holfmayr's fancy patent nour makes the at and most bread. Ask your grocer for It , L'"lno livery for parties and dances , Ogden very. IDS Broadway , Telephone 83. HOLD UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN Jesse James Exploit Excites the Good People of Oregon. ROBBERS CRACK THE SAFE AND ESCAPE Set tflrc to tlie K iirei Cur llcforc liOiivlnRI'lieiniiu Slips Aivnj- unit ( llve the Alarm l'oNc Xtnr In I'nrx'iilt. PORTLAND , Ore. , Jan. 20. Ths north bound overland train which lett Snn Fran cisco Wednesday nnd Is duo here tills morn ing was hold up two miles west ot Hose- burs , Ore. , early this morning. As KOOII a possible after the holdup began Fireman Hendrlcks of the train crew slipped out ot the engine and ran on to Hoscburg and gave the alarm , nrmlng himself quickly , an he started back to the cccnc ot tha trouble. Superintendent Fields of the Southern Pacific road , who wac at llosoburg , quickly took a poi'io of a dozen armed men and an engine and started for the cccnu. Heavy explosions ot dynamite or powder were dln- Hnclly heard at Uoscburg. During the progress of the holdup the light of either a flro or torch w.i3 seen. Firnman Hondrlcks stated that the train was first flagged by the highwaymen , the express car then looted and btirr.ocl , and the e fo blown open. No one was hurt and the highwaymen succeeded in making tholr escape. PASSENGERS NOT MOLESTKD. SAN FUANCISCO , Jan. 20. The following particulars of Iho robbery near Uosobure , Or ? . , wore given out by Southern Pacific officials here. Train No. 12 wns held up at Shady Point , two miles south of IloscburR , by two Dion. The express car was detached from the train and llu > door blown open with dynamite. Two small safes In the car wcro then blown open. The express car then took fire. The conductor and trainmen worked hard to Have the ror after the men had Rene , but the car and contents were destroyed , Tlio train was on time at Shady Point , whore Engineer Morris saw n man at the side of the track , waving a Hag. illo slowed up for the signal , and as he brought the train to a Ktop a man armed with two revolvers came over the back ot the tender ana coveted him. At the same time another armed man , the ono who had flagged , ap peared nt the slda of the cab , and , present ing a revolver , ordered the engineer not to attunipl to move the train , , but to come down with them and go to the express car. The firemen In the meantime had got down ou the other side. The two robbers nnd the engineer then went to thu express car , where the robbers ordered the express messenger to open the door , This , the messenger refused to do. The robbers then uncoupled the express car , returned to the engine and backed the train , leaving the express car separated. Meantime the express messentrer had seized the opportunity to step out of no car. After breaking the train in two the robbers re turned to the express car , and with heavy charges of dynamite blew the door open. Entering the car , they attacked two small safes which they succeeded In entering. The messenger thought the robbers did not succeed In getting into the big safe , and ron- iequently they could not have secured ranch money. The explosions set flro to the express car , ind when the robbers left it was a mass of lames. The crew worked like trojans , but , vero unable to save it. The car and con- : ents were almost totally destroyed. The liassengers were considerably frightened , ) Ut no one was hurt. The holdup will make .ho train ten hours late getting into Port- and. An imperfect description of one rob- jer was secured. PORTLAND , Ore. , Jan. 29. The Southern \iclflc train which was held up early tills nornlng near UOseburg arrived hero this I .fternoon. Charles Piper , the postal clerk n charge of the mall car , said : "Two men id all the work of holding up the train , ut I think there were five In the gang. They xploded two dynamite bombs In the express ar and halt a dozen on the outside. When he express car took fire I realized that my ar , which was next to the express , was In anger. One of the robbers drew his re- olver on mo whllo he went through the aall. I don't believe ho took anything of alue. The express car was soon a mass of ames and I set about to save my car if ossiblo by carrying water from a pond ear at hand. The entire end of the mall ar was burned out , -but only a small part of lie mall was damaged. " SAN FHANCISCO , Jan. 23. The postoffice uthoritles here have received a brief dls atch from the postmaster at Uoseburg stat ig that the registered mall for Seattle ortland and Astoria had been taken. Pos il Inspectors Thrall and Munro left this vcnlng for the scene of the robbery and wll icroughly Investigate the case. The same aln was held up on the night of July 1 505 , thirty miles south of the scene of las : Ight's affair. On that occasion the rob crs operated In the same manner In order > stop the train and Thrall believes the line parties are responsible for both hold ps. Five men were concerned in the firs > bbery , and two men wore arrested for tholr artlclpatlon In it. They were John Case nd John Pool. After a trial in the Unltci tales district court of Portland the Jury mnd them guilty , A new trial was de- landed , nnd Judge Bellinger , after taking 10 matter under advisement for elghl lonths , granted a new trial , staling that In la opinion there was not sufficient evidence i convict. As the postal ofllclals had no irthcr evidence the case wcro dismissed , iso and Poll have since been indicted by the ate court , but have not been arrested. I'Mre ' iit InillanniiollH. INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Jan. 29. Fire eke out early tonight in the north wing the Dcnlson hotel and for a time caused o greatest confusion among the guests. lie fire was subdued after a damage of 0,000 , mostly by water , had been caused. The Real Value of a watch depends upon the accuracy of the movement and not upon the price of the case. The "RIVERSIDE" and "ROTAL" Waltham Watch movements are most accurate timekeepers. For sale by nil retail jewelers * OHOWTII OP .H\VIS1I I'Ol StfUlidi'iil I'lijior Ilcml n < Ilir J of ( lip HUliirlcnl Soc-l.-ty. J nAL.Tl.MOHn , Jan. 29. The principal pape read at today's session of the Jewish llls-i torlcal society was ono on the growth o Jewish population In Iho United States , lo' the course of which David SuUbergcr oN Philadelphia , the writer , stated that Ihe num ber of Jews In the United States had In-t , " "sed from 8,000 In 1813 to over 400,000 la 1SS8The The time find the dsy for Iho next conven tion wns left to the executive council to select ' and the convention adjourned after electing tlio following officers : Vresldcnt , Oscar Strauss ; vice presidents , Simon W. lloscn- dalc , Mcnde/ Cohen , Dr. Herbert 11. Adams ; corresponding secretary , Dr. Cytus Adh-r ; recording secretary , Dr. Herbert l-'rledomvald ; treasurer , 1'iof. Hichurd Qothlcl , Additional members of the executive council : Dr. B. KoUcnlhal , Tiof. Morris , James Io\v , Jr. , Mayer Sulsbergcr , N. Taylor 1'hllllps , Simon Wolf , J. H. Ilollandrr. Slax J. Kohler , John Samuel , Dr. David riillllpson. IS SA'PISKIKO TO 1.OSH Tim OASJ2 , One Stilt for DninnKON nj I'lcn-i ; Um < DlMHIHCM Of TIll-l-C , P1EUCR , Nob. , Jan. 20. ( Special. ) The ccso of August UebonwaM against Kdlth Spccrlnc was trlc-d yesterday in Judge Mc Donald's court. I.lebenwattl Plied to col lect nn account of $110 , 'but the defendant sot tip a counter claim of $1,000 for breach ot promise , and also claimed that the money received from Ucbcnwald was for the pur pose of paying for court proceedings to EC- euro n dlvoice from her husband. The Jury brought In a verdict for Mrs. SpEcrlngr bit : H. T. narnhatt , attorney for the plaintiff , regards this as a victory for his client , as developments In the trial disposed of the counter claim of $1,000 for breach of prom ise , nnd alto a suit for $5,000 for the same cause that had -been lustllulcd In the district court. The court room was full of spectators , as Iho case was very racy and Interesting throughout , Aiitlioi-l/.eil ( o ilit lltistnr * * . ' LINCOLN , Jan. 29. ( Special. ) The Pack ers' Banking and Loan association of South Omaha , the Incorporation of which wns pub lished several days ago , was today authorized by the State Banking Board to transact business. Tito capital stock is $1,000,001) . Company's ' Extract of is the essence of nil thnt is best in beef. Only the best parts of the best cattle , raised by the company on their own grazing fields in Uru guay , arc used. That's why ) t is the best , nnd for over thirty years unapproachcd for purity and fine flavor. For Improved and economic Cookery For refreshing , nourishing Dccl lea 133-134 BROADWAY , laces on sale for FUIDAY and SATURDAY. Sale to close Saturday night at 10 o'clock sharp , ' ' )0 bars Standard Soap , per bar 2a )0 bars Silk Soqp , per bar 2a 10 bars Santa Glaus Soap 2V o 000 bars Cudahy's Domestic Soap , per bar 2V4o 000 bars Kirk's White Russian Soap , per bar 2' , c )0 ) bars Bcatcm All , per bar 2o )0 ) cakes 0 O'clock Wash Tea , per cake. 2a > 4-lb. pkgs. Gold Dust , per pkg 13o ) boxes Toilet Soap , 3 cakes In box and C Silver Spoons , per box 23a nd you need fuel. There Is ono place In town , here you can get tlio fnnious C1JNTK11- ! IW ; COAL , nollilnt ; ln-ata It , J3.W iicr ton. ' NX'lNNATl HUH'IC . 13 U > riUSATOH III.OCIC . 3M AMII/TON SCUHISNRD LUMP . 3 23 I3S MOINiS LUSH * . 325 > M.'AX NUT . 3 Ou H.l'AX CHKSTNUT . 'i 75 MIS . Jl.CO per loail. All orders promptly filled. WM.No. No. 8 .MAIN , Tel , 12S , AKD-G15 SO. MAIN STKEET , Tel. S3. Council Bluffs , Iowa. APITAL , $100,00 $ ' 13 SOLICIT YOUIl UUSINKSS. / ' 12 DHSIIIB YOUIt COI.LKCTION8. Ntt OK THIS OLIHCST HANKS IK PICK OENTPAIIJ OH TIME mi AND BE13 UD OB tVIUTR. AMUHUMK.VTS. DOHANY THEATER. WOODWARD TIOT i * GO- MATJN13M TODAY , .MIXHI ) IMCKLIJS. TONIGHT , ' RINCESS AND PAUPER jiiHt performance. Now pictures on the jgniscope. WE WANT FEET to fit our shoes. i All sizes. If you've got a pair li we wish you'd bring 'em to us. We don't see how we're going to get rid of a stock of the best shoes we ever had unless you do , The prices are next to nothing , The Duncan Shoe Co , 25 Main St.