Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY B12K : FlUDAY , OVEMURR 120. 1807 ,
CURRENT NEWS OF INTEREST-FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI.VOIl
Cooper , Flro Ins. , C Pear ) , tel. 372.
Htrry Murphy , co l and wood , 37 Main.
Schmidt's bar relief photos are the latest.
Sptoncr Grocery Co. , 323 Bway. Tel. 314.
Ui. Ehrlvcr , dcnlUt. Morrlam blk. . rom 240.
Miss Lucille Portcrflcld Is visiting In the
city.
Colonel D. B. Dally Is confined to his homo
by Illness.
George J. Crane spent Thanksslvlng with
his family.
Fred N. Lewis of Macedonia called In the
city yctterday.
John Pomeroy ot Shelby called In the
city yesterday.
J. H. Malone and wife of Ncola called In
the city yesterday.
William R. Pomeroy ot Shelby was a guest
In thff city yesterday.
1) ) . C. Field ot Beatrice , Neb. , stopped over
In the city yesterday.
A. Prltchnrd and W. C. Cooper ot Harlan
were In the city yesterday.
0. W. Vance of Fremont was among the
guests In the city yesterday.
C , B. Wnlto started yesterday on a busi
ness trip through Nebraska.
C. B. and Theodore W. Larch of Lincoln
wore In the city over yesterday.
McPhcrsott & Reed , cut flowers and dc-
Ignu ; office C Pearl St. , tol. 372.
George Lesion of Anamosa Is visiting with
bis parents at Bancroft Terrace.
Truth Is eternal ; It's lasting a the work
done by the BlufI City Laundry.
A. Clement , J. W. Clark and W. H. Evans
of Red Oak called In the city yesterday.
Girl wanted for general housework ; good
wages for the right girl. 803 7th avenue.
C. C Hazcn , dentist , removed from the
opera house to the Dr. PInncy office. 214 Pearl.
Buy meat of the Welkcr Meat company ,
221 South Main street , and get premium
stamps.
S. F. Keller , IR. K. Ely and son and Dr.
Saugher and son of Adalr were In the city
yesterday.
O. E. Patterson and William Wallace ot
Greenfield were among the guests In the
city yesterday. l
J. G. Rudolph J. M. Taylor and D. Wll-
Bon of Red Oak were among the visitors
tni the city yesterday.
J. R. Van Bosklrk , president ot the Al
liance Cattle association of Alliance , Neb. ,
Is a guest at the Grand.
The best is good enough for you. Noth
ing less. Send your work to the popular
Eagle Laundry , 724 Bway.
Carlson's freshly ground cornmcal , best to
bo had ; call for It at your grocer's or at C.
Carlson's Wash. Ave. mills.
Mlts Annette Grass , accompanied by her
friend , Miss Grace Lawrence of Los An
geles , Cal. , spent yesterday In the city.
Max Mayne and F. C. Ncal of Iowa City
were here yesterday td.wltness the foot ball
Came.
A party from Missouri Valley , consisting
of D. E. Armstrong , E. L. Garrison , P. M.
Morrison and H. Newton , were In the city
yesterday to witness the Iowa-Nebraska
Frank Whltson , who disappeared with
about $20 from the Ogden house bar , was
brought over from ! Omaha to this city yes
terday by Constable Albcrtl on requisition
papers and lodged In the county jail to await
trial.
trial.Mrs. . J. II. llorshey and daughter Helen
ot Horth Platte , Neb. , and Edwin S. Mc-
Orary ot Kansas City , Mo. , assistant claim
agent of the 'Missouri ' Paclflo railway , were
hcr'ff for Thanksgiving with their parents ,
' ( Mr. and Mrs. W. 'M. ' MoCrary , on Fourth
street. _ _ _
C. D' Vlavl Co. , lemaie remedy ; consulta
tion free Ofllce hours , 9 to 12 and 2 to G.
Health book furnished. 320-327-328 Merrlam
blpck. _
'N. ' Y. Plumbing comsinv. T l. 250.
.flUIXG FOR T1IU OAT13 IIHCEIPTS.
Frnulc Crnwforrt AllnchcH < Uc Ilc-
peliiM of A'o ti-rilti > OHIIIC.
At the close of the foot ball came yester
day and before Manager Schuerman could
get the gate receipts safely Into the capacious
bag provided for that purpose the entire re
ceipts were tied up at the request of Frank
Crawford , the Omaha foot ball manager , who
failed to get the Interstate college game
During the afternoon he employed a Coun
cil iBluffs attorney to sue out attachment
papers alleging that the Nebraska team was
Indebted to him to the amount of $155 , duo
for services performed whllo acting as the
coach for the team In 1S03. The attorney
and Mr. Crawford came narrowly near mis
sing their chance to got hold of the cash ,
for all of the local justices offices were closed ,
as wore likewise tbo offices of the clerks of
the district and superior courts. The first
plan was to bring two , attachment suits In
justice court In order to bring them within
the jurisdiction of the justices , but this plan
bad to bo abandoned for the reason that It
woa Impossible to find the Justices In time.
After a good deal of delay the papers were
- gotten from the clerk's office of the district
court and served by a deputy sheriff. No
tlrao has been set for the hearing , and the
amount of the money Involved will bo tied
up for some time , unless the hope proves
true thst the claim Is barred by the statute
of limitation.
The total receipts of the game rounded out
$1,000 , This will bo divided between the
two teams , after all of the expense of the
teams , and the Council Bluffs club are taken ,
It was estimated last night that the Iowa
and Nebraska boys would be able to take
away with them about $200 as the share
for cdch club.
Deems , the Iowa man , who was reported
to have sustained dangerous Injuries about
the head and was said to bo Buffeting from
concussion of the brain was sitting In a rock
ing chair In the rotunda ot the hotel at 10:30 :
o'clock last night , chattlnn pleasantly with
hla trlends and denying taht he was suffer
ing at all. Ho was Injured considerably at
the game played with Grlnnell last Saturday ,
end when ho received a number of vigorous
new bumps yesterday ho became sick and
faint , but plucklly played his part to the
end of the gamo. When brought to the
hotel ho wss chilled and showed some symp
toms ot being partially paralyzed. A few
hypodermic Injections brought him around all
right.
111.
of J. R. Bell
Andrew Hall , father-in-law ,
nvaa reported to be dangerously 111 last light ,
A few days ago he fell In the hallway of Ills
homo and was found by members ot the
family lying helpless imd almost uncon
scious , lie Is ono ot the oldest citizens ot
the city and a largo property owner ,
Arnold's Jlromo Celery cures headaches ,
lOc. 25o and Me. All druggists.
Tlio louu 1'onrl lltitdui Inilimtry.
V1NTON , la. , Nov. 25 , ( Special. ) The
pearl butter Industry will soon be of great
Importance here. Already ono factory has
boon started by n , K. Ilayward , and It Is said
that another has been formed to carry on
the 'business on a largo scale. The Ilayward
factory will employ several men and women ,
end will uro sheila mostly taken from the
Cedar river at this place , where they are
found In what Is thought to be Inexhaustible
Quantities , The machinery Is now being set
in the latter factory and It will be In full
operation In a few days. The other factory
it U laid ha Incorporated and Is now llgur-
) ng on the machinery to be set as soon as a
good locution U secured for the plant.
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BICYCLE GIRLS BADLY HURT
Two School Girls Sovarely Injured in a
Stro3t Accident.
CRUSHED BENEATH A BUTCHER'S CART
Home KrlKhteiicd nt n Street Speaker
Hi'nrn In the Alv nnil AllKlttn
IHrcutly on n PimiilnK Tan
dem Illcjcle.
Dora Spare , living at 1027 Fourth avenue ,
an < l Mabel Hoagland , whoce parents reside
on the corner of Tenth street nd Fourth
avenue , met with a severe accident yesterday
while riding a tandem bicycle. A frightened
horse attached to a butcher's wagon and
driven by James Molzahn , ran them down on
Broadway. Miss Spare sustained a com
pound fracture of the right leg below the
knee and Miss Hoagland received spinal In
juries that may prove serious.
The accident occurred albout 10 o'clock.
The girls , who are about 15 years old , were
passing Fourth street on Broadway. In
the center of the street , mounted on a. dry
goods box and enveloped In a big wolfskin
coat , stood John Short , an eccentric labor
agitator and socialist who has been per
mitted to make street speeches whenever
the notion seized him. The old man talks
In a tone of voice that can bo heard half a
mile and gesticulates wildly. Ho climbed
on his1 box and began hUi speech with a tre
mendous bellow Just as the butcher wagon
and the bicycle reached his vicinity , ac
companying his vocal outburst with wide
sweeps of his wolfskin-clad arras. The
homo was badly frightened , and , rearing
upright , came down astride the shafts and
began kicking furiously. The driver was
unable to control him and ho plunged di
rectly Into the tandem. The girls were
thrown with great violence upon the granite
pavement and the kicking and plunglnt ;
horse went over them , dragging the heavy
wagon after him. Spectators who saw the
accident held their breath. It did not seem
possible that the girls could escape being
trampled to death. It was over In a second
and the broken tandem and the crippled
girls 'Were ly'ng ' prone on the pavement.
They were picked up and carried Into an
adjoining store and a physician called. Tem
porary relief was given them and they were
removed to their homes.
Short attempted to go on with his epeech ,
but a demand was made upon the police to
take him oft the street. Chief Gaming and
Officer Covalt attempted to persuade him
to go home. He refused and they placed
him under arrest. Ho became pugnacious
and resisted and It was necessary to partly
drag and carry him across the stret. When
the curb was reached he braced himself and
considerable force was necessary to get htm
to the city Jail , but he was taken , protestIng -
Ing In stentorian tones against what ho de
clared was. an outrage. He was kept at the
station for some time and a promise finally
exacted from him that he cease his public
agitations , although ho announced that he
was a "historian socialist , " bound to defend
hla rights.
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'We ' Are Tlimilcfnl
For the patronage of a large majority of
the people of Council Bluffs , that wo have
a stock sufficiently largo to attract trade
from Omaha , that our trade Is gradually In
creasing , that wo are able to sell you goods
at as low a price as wo do and that our cus
tomers are pleased with the goods when they
buy them. Call and see our stock of art
before you buy your holiday goods. C. B.
Paint , Oil and Glass Co. Masonic Temple.
SA1,00.MEX \V1LI < UE GOOD.
to Obey the Law a nil Avoiil
UunlonHimt ConiiillcnlloiiM ,
There has been some discussion among a
number of the saloon men concerning the
plan of chauglng the manner of running
saloons In Council Bluffs. The plan proposed
Is to run them strictly In accordance with
the provisions of the mulct license law.
With the exception ot a few days Immedi
ately following the Fourth of July away back
In 18S4. when the prohibitory law first went
Into effect , there 1ms never been a time when
there were not salocnn In this city. At that
time the caloons all closed , and there was
not a place within the pates ot the city where
a tblrsty stranger could get a drink to cheer
his soul. After a while club rooms were es
tablished where a few convivial spirits ar
ranged a layout for themselves and their
friends. Their friends Increased In number
with great rapidity , and It was not long
until the club rooms took the place of the
taloons. In a Etlll shorter tlmo the club
signs were removed and the veterans Ifl the
bar business appeared behind the
counters. The city government stepped
In with a demand for a monthly
license that was cheerfully paid In
the shape of fines. Throughout all of the
prohibition agitation the saloon the open
Ealoon flourished in Council Bluffs. Honest
eftorta were made at the start to force them
to comply with the state law , but local senti
ment was too strong , and the efforts all re
sulted In failure of moro or less degree.
Later the saloons became the prey of men
who were looking for chances to make money ,
and the Injunction business became the most
profitable. If not the most popular. In the
cltv. The oaloon men contributed thoutcnds
of dollars to these meii. Those that paid
out were permitted by some expert manipu
lation of the law to continue In business , and
those that failed were closed under perma
nent Inlunctlons against themselves and the
proprietors of the buildings. Some ot tbcso
men had to travel a rocky road , and spent
wearisome days In the county jail , and others
were driven completely out of the buslnepn
for the reason that the Injunctions standing
against them brought them Into contempt ot
court whenever they were found with a gov
ernment retail liquor dealers' license In their
possession. The Injunction business finally
became urpcpular , and for a year or two the
scloon men were permitted to pay Into the
city treasury their monthly fines in peace.
Later J , J. Shea went Into the business
acaln. and for two years there has been
more or less trouble for the saloons. The
amendment to the prohibitory law known as
itio mulct law gave the saloons protectlcn
provided the law was complied with. The
talcon men bavo been looking Into the law
a little recently and have taken kindly the
advlco that wns given by Judge Green , when
he was Instructing the grand Jury at the bo-
climlnu ot the present term ot the district
court. These suggestions were that the ta-
loons should comply with the law In all of
Its provisions , and that It this was done
UiRro could bo no fines levied upon them in
the sl.apa ot attorneys' fees and other fees
under tbo cover of Injunction proceedings.
The requirements of the law are simple ani
easily complied with. No table * or chairs
can bo permitted In the calocu. No prhate
rooms for card playing are allowed. No
screens or blinds of any character are per
mitted to cover the window or doors , and
nothing In any way whatever Is allowed to
Interfere with the people passing along the
I streets getting a full view of all that .a '
transpiring in front of the bar , The Idea of
the law U to make the saloen as public as
possible , In the hope that the men who do
not like to have the general public know
that they aru occasionally taking something
stimulating will visit them leud frequently
and will not stay BO long when they do
drcn In ,
A number of saloon men held a conference
yesterday and considered the matter of all
agreeing to fully observe tbo law and remov-
lm : the txtsglblllty of any further danger
from Injunction workers , No agreement was
reached , but the subject Is up for couildera-
tlon , and definite results may bo anticipated.
In n Srrluuu CoiiillUnn.
Thomas White , the old man who was se
verely burned when hla little shanty on
South ( Seventh street was burned Wednesday
Right. u Buffering v ry. duck list evening ,
and his friends were doubtful of the outcome ,
He Is 80 years old , and his Injuries , added to
the excitement , have produced a physical
condition that borders closely upon collapse.
TH.VVKSmVIMl AT TUIJ OlItJUCtlKS.
tlcvont Wornliliiitrrn OlTi-r Their
TrUiuti- I'rnlxc tn Ili-avcn ,
Although Thanksgiving weather was a lit
tle oft color and It was difficult to determine
whether the day was to end In an April
shower or January blizzard , there was no
lack of enjoyment of the good things of lite
In the homes ot Council Bluffs people. Among
the churches the event of the day was the
union services at the Presbyterian church
In the morning , which were well attended
despite the unfavorable weather. The music
was ot a high class and was executed tn an
artistic and masterly fashion. The singers
wprc : Sopranos , Miss Stella Mclntyrc and
Mrs. W. Wadsworth ; ultos , Mcsdames Smith
and Mullls ; tenors , Messrs. Monfort and Tom
Trcynor ; basso , E. S. Allem W. L. Thlckaton
presided at the .organ. Rev. V. C. Rocho of
the First Baptist church delivered the
Thanksgiving address. His text was taken
from Psalm 1 , 14 nnd 15 : "Otter unto God
thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the
Most High ; and oill upon me In the day
ot trouble ; I will deliver thso and thou ahalt
Blorlfr Mo. "
"Today's service means more than the
obeying of the proclamation of the chief
magistrate of the land , " said the speaker.
"H Is In accordance to the divine will ot
the supreme ruler of the universe. God has
given us the most beautiful land In the
world and endowed It with some ot the rich
est treosurcs that It Is possible for a man
to desire. Think for a moment of the count
less beauties possessed by this land of ours.
The tongue cannot tell nor the peu write
of Its beauties. When wo attempt to desorlbe
the boiutlcs of the great Niagara or the
Mammoth cave or the Yellowstone park Ian-
guago falls us and wo are not able to con
vey the awe and Inspiration that wo feel
on beholding these \\onders.
"Compared from n material standpoint , we
ore the most honored nation In the world.
Our fields are brown with the bounteous
harvest ; our mechanical Industries will com
pare favorably with thcso ot any nation on
the globe , and our mountains contain some
of the richest ores that are produced In the
world. Compare our government with that
ot other nations and wo find that wo have
ono of the best governments that any nation
can boast of. The spirit of freedom Is the
very breath of America. Compare us spirit
ually and morally and wo find that we have
a class of people that are second to none In
the world. Other nations look back to iw
ago of heathenism , Americans look back to
the grand example of the Puritans and their
Christianized modes of life. What a fitting
statue for a nation like ours Liberty En
lightening the World.
"Let us reflect tot a moment upon the
present century that Is just closing. Not
wandered aimlessly
many years ago the savogo
lessly over America's broad acres , but today
even they arc enlightened In a great many
respects nnd the vast prairies and forests
that were nothing to them but hunting
grounds are now the fields that produce the
food for millions of mouths. God sent man
Into the world to subdue It and reap from It
what he could , and this mission Is being well
fulfilled In our land. The resources of our
country are greater than that of any other
nation and we have good reason to bo proud
of them , but gold has turned many a man's
head upsldo down and It will ruin our nation
If wo allow ourselves to become vane nnd
forget God. There arcs however , many forces
that tend to produce righteousness and common
has thus far retained
mon sense In our land , and
tained the proper attitude In the minds of
the masses of our people. The home , the
school and the p-ess , all tend to produce that
stay of civilization and make Christianity a
reality and not a mere theory In our land.
God Intended the riches of the world for the
use of mankind and it IB no sin for a man to
bo rich , but it Is a sin to give up one's whole
life to the accumulating of money simply for
the purpose of being rich. Get weilth , but
get It honestly and use "under the blessing
of God for his best advantage and God Will
blees you accordingly. It gives us gladness
to know that gifts to charity ate Increasing
Instead of decreasing , as Is sometimes stated.
If the number of orphan homes , hospitals and
such other Institutions were known , wo
would bo amazed at Its greatness. Today ,
thank God , wo can clasp our hands In this
union service and thank God from a full
heart that creed has no place In charities and
thanksgivings. We often hear it stated that
crime is Increasing and the world tn general
Is growing worse , but we know this not to bo
a fact. Before the ago of telegraphy and
electricity , when a crime was committed It
spread very slowly and then not very far ,
but today by the means of electricity and the
great news associations of the land the news
of a crime goes round the world In a day.
We simply know of what crime Is committed
now , whereas In years gone by It was easily
concealed and not carried to any great ex
tent , if It came out at all. If we continue
In thanksgiving unto God In the future as we
have In the past , wo need have little fear of
the prosperity of our nation. "
A collection was taken at the close of the
sermon. Rev. George W. Snyder putting the
object ot the collection In a neat , plain
speech. The proceeds wcro divided and a
portion was given to the Woman's Christian
Association hospital , a portion to Rev. Henry
DcLong and the remainder was to be admin
istered to the poor by special committee.
The Methodists of the city held services
yesterday morning and evening at Brcadway
church. Rev. G. W. Fry of Fifth Avenue
church delivered the morning sermon and
Rev. Mr. Goodell of Trinity church delivered
too evening sermon. The services In the
evening were of a revlvaliatlc nature , while
these In the morning were a combination of
this and a thanksgiving spirit. The morn
ing services were especially Interesting and
spirited and a liberal offering for the poor
was taken after the sermon. A committee
was appointed from the four churches to
care for the distribution of that portion
which was to be distributed to tbo poor of
their denomination and others. A certain
portion wcs set aside for the use ot tbo
Woman's Christian Asoclatlon hospital.
Thanksgiving services were held at the
Christian tabernacle last evening , Ono of
the features was the large donation of food
and clothing by the members for the benefit
of the poor.
Special services were held at St. Paul's
church. The congregation o ! Grace church
united with the parent organization.
At St. Francis' Catholic church special
services were held. High mass was cele
brated In the morning.
In the evening special services were held
In the German Evangelical church.
COXVKXTION OK IOWA KUJJOATOIIS.
I'rvHldent .Ionian of Stanford Unl-
verMly Will Deliver u 1,1-ctiire.
DES MOIND3 , la. , Nov. 25. ( Kpoclal. )
The committee on program of the Iowa
State Teachers' association has 'been grati
fied to secure acceptance by Prof. David Star
Jordan of Stanford university wf an Invita
tion to lecture before the association dur
ing its annual meeting In this city , Decem
ber 28-30. It Is believed that fully 1,500
teachers will attend the meeting of the asso
ciation and that the association will speak In
no uncertain tones In favor of holding the
next national educational meeting In Omaliu.
One of the features of the meeting will bo a
fight between the big book companies In re
gard to a particular metho-j of teaching
arithmetic in UFO In tbo schools ot gome
cities ot tbo state. One of the book com
panies favors it and another Is against It ,
and the teachers are divided ,
llrutiilly ) ! calfii.
PERRY , la. , Nov. 25. ( Special Teljegram. )
Some tlmo Thursday morning two drunken
brakemen named Mooney and Kellar attacked
Tom Fancy , a farmer , and nearly beat him
to death. His face was pounded to a jelly
and his ribs broken by kicks BO that his
Internal Injuries are regarded as being al
most fatal , Kellar has disappeared , -but
Mocney Is under arrest.
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Acolilntall > - Klllvil.
PERRV , la. , Nov. 25. ( Special Telegram. )
While out hunting this afternoon Frank
Riffle was Accidentally shot and killed. He
was hunting with two others and while
crowding through a bruih heap both 'barrels
of a gun were accidentally discharged , tak-
log effect la hla left tldo. lie died Instantly.
A , - V .JHt .
TIlEPRlBiriVMANOFMA
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Surviving Evidencet o'f His Existence end
Way cloving.
HIS ORIGIN ENJjjKLY IN DOUBT
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CoiiBlttcrnlile . \ ; - AVn
ThuimiiiulM of Ytn'rn llcforrIllx -
opo Tlinc Mouiul llnllilrrn
the AnucHtorN of Imllnnn.
The presence of man In nurciie during the
long cycles of the great lee epochs , the last
of which came to an end a great many thou-
tand years ego. has been clesrly proved.
Sclontino explorations among the ruins of an
cient cities of Babylonia have brought to
light written evidences of a civilization of
high culture 10,0 ) years before Christ. Both
China and India claim to have records ex
tending still further Into antiquity , but In
America , and crccclally within the United
States , DO well authenticated discoveries have
been made which would warrant the belief
that the advent of man. upon this portion ! of
the globe occurred at a period moro remote
than the close of the Mst Ice age ; or perhaps
not earlier than the epoch' known In Europe
as the historic period.
With thls'brlof Introduction. Major Ohnrles
H. noblnson. United States pension agent In
ucs Jlolnes , delivered a lecture In ono of the
churches of that city on the subject of prim
itive man In Iowa. Continuing , ho said that
wliero the first human Inhabitants or this
country cair.o from Is mere speculation.
Their own traditions trace their origin to
sources as mythical as the Greeks and Ko
reans. The Choctaw tradition Is that their
trlbo carne out of a certain artificial mound
in Mississippi. The Shawnecs claim to have
originated phoenlxllko from the ashes of a
flro ; and a Georgia tribe had the earth for
a father the sun for a mother , thus reversing
the Grecian myth. Some of the tribes had
a tradition that ' .heir forefathers had come
from the west and northwest , and from this
It Is conjectured thslr ancestors came from
Asla/the nurrery ot peoples. Evidence has
been collected that the aborlglnecs arc do-
scendpints of the lost tribes of Israel , whllo
others are confident that they arc descended
from Phoenicians , supposed to have come so
oarl3ithat even the records of that anclont
civilization are silent In regard to It.
Many scientists are of the- opinion that
there formerly existed a very largo con
tinent , occupying a portion of what Is now
covered by the Pacific and Indian oceane.
which was probably the primitive homo of
some of the races ot mankind. It is alto
gether likely that the similitudes In manners ,
customs , religions , etc. , between the aborlgl-
nees of this country and those ofarlous
ancient peoples of the old world , Instead
of proving a common origin , only prove tint
the human mind Is'everywhere about the
same , and that opportunities being equal ,
men will use similar means to attain a de
sired end. .
Many Investigatorsnjlll claim that the
mound builders , wlio Inhabltatcd the Ohio
and Mississippi vallbys , at an ago not very
remote , were a different race from the In
dians found in possession at the advent of
the whites ; but those 'Who have for years
given the explorations 'of the mounds the
closest Invostlgatlon In ibehalf of the United
States 'Bureau ' of Ethaolpgy are almost united
ID the conclusion that the mound builder
was the ancestor of the , Indian. Lot us as
sume that theory tq be true , and the fol
lowing conclusion results : During a period
commencing some urn ? ' after the close of
the last Ice ago In ! North America , and
ending with the advent of the whites , or
shortly before , thls'part of the continent was
Inhabited 'by ' a people ! who had emerged
to a certain extent , frqm the darkness of
savagery , and acquired certain of the do
mestic arts , and whose location and bound
aries are still fairly well defined by the re
mains of the mounds and other earthworks
erected by them. The center of this progress
oeeras to have been In Ohio , alid Iowa may
be regarded as on Its western frontier , the
number , size and extent of these works
being considered as indicative ot the centers
of population. Amonfr mere advanced tribes ,
the supposed descendants of the mound
builders , there was a custom of building the
winter dwelling upon low mounds , the houee
Itself being of poles , wattled basket-fashion ,
and then plastered with mud and roofed
with grass or reeds. When the owner o (
ono of these huts died It was the custom
to .bury him under the center of the build
ing , then burn It down , with perhaps all It
contained , and ralso a mound of earth
over It.
A very largo number of the mounds which
have been opened In Iowa have been found
to contain the remains of a single Individual ,
with broken pottery , flint and stone weapons ,
some rude ornament ? and with numerous
lumps of burnt clay scattered through the
mound , which would accord with this theory ;
but In some moro than ono skeleton has been
found and these , It Is , conjectured , may have
been the sepulchres of chiefs , with whom
were burled their slaves aud wives.
Tlio people who erected the mounds of
Iowa and of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys
could not have been mere nomads depending
almost entirely upon tbo cbnso for support ,
and with only the civil organization common
among savage peoples ; on" the contrary , they
must have had settled habitations , their sup
port largely by agriculture and their govern
ment GO far centralized as to have had an
executive head with power sufficient to main
tain order and discipline , and to control the
Immense numbers , which with the appli
ances at their command , must have been re
quired to erect the vast mounds and ether
earthworks yet remaining. This people had
skill In many arts. Though the skins of ani
mals must have constituted the larger part
of their clothing , they had become possessed
of the art of weaving , and produced fabrics
which were spun , woven and dyed.
Kasket making had been reduced to per-
fojtlon , The art ot the potter was theirs ,
and their work for utility , form and orna
mentation still excites our admiration. While
their tools and weapons were for tbo most
part of wood and stone , some copper weapons
and ornaments have been found In Iowa
which may have bcca hammered from lumpi
of drift copper , or may have been acquired
by barter with those who resided at or visited
Ui9 copper mines noon the shores of Lake
Superior , which shoiv evidences of having
been extensively wet lied at a very remote
period. It does not seem that they had
learned to smelt iron , and yet they must
have been en the point of making the dis
covery , for I have In my collection a hatchet
of red hematite , which la almost pure Iron ,
pnd had it fallen Into the flro under certain
conditions they might have made the dis
covery by accident. | ,
Their religion , which was not a belief In
the ono Great Spirit pr Manltou , as was sup
posed by the tarly missionaries , was being
develcped with their progress , just on had
been among primitive peoples generally ,
Their belief In a future life Is attested by
their custom of burying with tbo deceased
lilti weapons and principal possessions. Vet
habitations they prilwbly used In summer
brush huts covered with reedi or grass , and
perhaps tents of buffalo hides from which
the hair had been ramoved by the applica
tion of wet ashen and which had then been
scraped with a flint knife until thin and
pliable , and such tents were used no doubt
In winter , and with , p clay flrcolaco In tlie
center , thosmoke escaping through a hole
at the apex , they could bo made reasonably
comfortably ; but the usual abode of the
mound builder must have been much more
.permanent , comfortable and commodious
.Many of the smaller mounds probably were
the eltftj of small wattled huts occupied
by the single families , but Inarloua par't
of Iowa , In the vicinity of maiinds , we find
circular or oval depressions , which upon in <
vestlRutlon prove to bo pits twenty to thlrtj
fpnt tn diameter , the dirt from which when
originally excavated having been piled uj
around the edge until the wall thus formed
was eight or ten feet tn height from tb <
bottom ot tbo excavation , Poles or pojti
were planted In the center to support c
sloping roof or poles , covered with brust
and earth , and long grass to shod the rain
These dwellings were occupied la the wlntei
by families of two or three generations , one
fr comfort were certainly ctiuul to tin- < '
liouso and dugout of the hem > lcoilcr.
Tie fireplace we find to to n hearth of
pounded clny burned to a brick red. Nenr
the flro will bo the pileot dry sticks for
fuel end the etonc hammer with which to
break U Itito proper lengths , whllo hanging
clcco by is the leather bag containing the
flro sticks and tinder ; for Ibis people have
long ago mastered the art ot producing fire
at will and It the flro on this hearth should
go out the lady of the houto would not need
to send cno ot the children to a neighbor's
to borrow coal.
'Before they had learned a method of pro
ducing flro at pleasure It was of grave Im
portance that a trlbo should not permit all
Its fires to bo extinguished at the same
times and this fear \\os the origin among
savage peoples of < Jio practice of preserving
rucred flro , which , being- usually obtained
from some tree which had been Ignited by
lightning , secmeJ to have come from heaven.
Gathered around the fl'o of thcso earth
lodges , the women ground the corn , cracked
the nuts , cooked the food , prepared the hides
for the various uses , wove cloth made bask
ets and impaired and made clothing. Around
the flro , too , sat the men when the weather
WMJ too Inclement for hunting game ; here
they would make their stone hatchets , flint
knives , arrow and spearheads , etc. Hero , too ,
they smoked , their pipes being ot slono and
often elaborately carved Into animal forms.
Hero they gambled also , "bucking the tiger"
with a fierceness known only among savage
and barbarous people. Their games were
usually purely of clianco and very simple
such as taking a number of beans or other
email articles In the hand and having guesses
made as to the number ; drawing sticks for
the long and short ones , and In some tribes
they had a rude kind of dice ; and yet at
thcso games they would bet and lese every
article of their personal propc.ty , Including
their wives.
To make his weapons and tools no doubt
required the most of the tluio the man could
spore from the chaoo or fishing , and tor thla
purpcso ho needed tools to work with. When
wo conolder that this sav.igo artisan must not
only make his own weapons and Implements ,
but also the Joola to make them with , and
that It took a whole day to make a good ar
row and many days to make an adz , Imtclic'
or other Implement by the slow process of
pecking ono stone against another" and then
rubbing It with another containing grit ;
when wo recollect , too , that to make a canoe
ho must first burn down a tree , then burn It
off the right length aud then alternately
burning with llvo coals and scraping and
Pecking off the charred part with stone tools ,
ho must form the cavity ; and when we con
sider also the tlmo ho must employ In killing
Game for the support of his family and to lay
up for winter wo will certainly modify our
previous notion that the life of the primitive
lowan was ono of cither dignified ease or
savage laziness.
Whatevei * may he thought of the domestic
arts , government , religion , medicine , etc. ,
or those first Peltiers of Iowa , their achleve-
rmnts In these things are Just such mile
stones as mark the progress of every civ
ilized people If we will but trace * their his
tory backward. At the advent of the whites
primitive man of North America had. In
addition to the matters already enumerated ,
made quite an advance along some other
lines. He had domesticated the dog , or rather
evolved him frcn the wolf , and had made
him not only his friend , companion and ser
vant In the pursuit of game , but had utilized
him ns a bearer ot burdens. HH ! mmln nf
government had been developed from a con
dition ot pure savagery to tribal confedera
tion , sometimes of immense power , with a
government democratic In that It derived
all Its power from the consent of the gov
erned. His laws , though unwritten and few
In number , were based upon primitive Ideas
of justice and the protection of society , and
were executed no doubt with reasonble Im
partiality. He had begun to feel the ned
of permanent record , and a picture writing
which v.as beginning to. assume a somewhat
phonetic character was coming into use
among the more advanced tribes. Agricul
ture In the meet favorable localities had
reached such proportions that he was no
longer dependent entirely upon the chase
for a .livelihood.
In my opinion had America never been
discovered by Ihe whites primitive man of
Iowa would now bo many degrees higher In
the rcalo ot civilization than Is his degen
erate representative upon the Tama county
reservation.
Trouble lAmoiin- lieKlkrl. .
DUBUQUE , la. . Nov. 25. ( Special. )
There Is trouble between the Dubuque lodge
of Elks and the Sioux City lodge over the
Initiation of members .at the latter place
who belong to this city. A few days ago
when the Beach & Bowers minstrels were
in Sioux City several members of the com
pany were Initiated In the lodge at a spe
cial meeting , and among them , Bobby
Beach , Jamca Stewart and Al Busby. When
the head of the lodge here heard of the
proposed admission of the men at Sioux
City ho protested against the admission of
these three men because they live here. Ho
was asked to waive the protest and did seas
as to Busby , but refused to do as to the
other two. Stewart has always lived here
and is a voter , arid Beach has spent several
summers here and regards this as his home.
The Sioux City lodge Ignored the protest
and the rules of the order and Initiated all
of thorn. The Dubuque Elks propose to
make It warm for them.
11 f Hunt Cluli HOIIHC.
BURLINGTON , la. , Nov. 24. ( Special. )
Burlington's " 400" tonight formally dedi
cated the new and beautiful club house of
the Burlington Boating association. The oc
casion was the annual Thanksgiving recep
tion and ball of the association. The new club
house , built on a remodeled plan of the old
one , which has served the purpose of n head
quarters for rowing , hunting , fishing and
soclil gatherings for a quarter of a century ,
Is a handsome structure In the Swiss style
of architecture , located on the bank ot tbo
Mississippi ,
Coal III Southern lotvn.
LEON , la. , Nov. 24. ( Speclal.-JThe ) dis
covery of a fine vein of coal at High Point
has started prospecting In various parts of
the county and the excitement over prospec
tive opening of coal mines Is at fever heat.
The vein found Is four feet thick at a depth
of 400 feet. As soon as the discovery was
made II. F. Bain of the state geological
survey was sent for and ho has made an
examination of the find and the outcropplaga
la the counlv Ho ayg the vein locslod In
DfMtur county Is the * sma formntloa which
ID worked In Wapello county nd at Mucha-
klnock. At these place * it cornea neaf tha
surface , but dips away toward .tho south-
west. Allowing for the dip , there Is no
doufct th t the tame vein Ins bcsn tapped
n Oeoitur which has developed the greatest
11 rs In the ctato nl other places.
lltiriilnu mi loivn Tnirii.
XI5VADA , In. , Nov. 25. The loss by fire
In the town of Collins In the eastern part ol
this county will foot up not less than JGO.OOO ,
The flro started early In the morning In a
lumber yard and quickly spread over the entire -
tire town. The volunteer flro department
with two hand engines saved A half dozer
buildings , but the rest of the business parl
of the town Is gone.
Five Yours for Arnnn.
WATERLOO , la. , Nov. 25. ( Special , )
Judge nialr In the district court jeslerday
pronounced sentence on William S. Hoover ,
comlctcd of arson , giving him llio maximum
penalty ulolwod by law Ave years at Ana-
mooi. Hoo\cr Is but ID years of ago , but
took his sentence without flinching and was
the calmest person tn the court room ,
I on a NCVTKoox. .
An effort will bo roado to abolish the office
of city electrician In Davenport.
A $15,000 brick school liouso 4n Vlnton
burned the other day and Is almost a total
loss.
loss.The
The Indian agent at Toledo reports thai
.hero are 304 Indians enrolled there , but abMil
[ orty others stay there who do not belong to
the tribe.
Frank , the IG-ycar-old son nf S. Sherloy ,
proprietor of the billiard hall In Cedar Hap-
Ida , was drowned Wcdnoad-iy while skating.
The Ibody was recovered about an hour
later by the use of hooks.
J. T. Clary ot Hornlck sold a farm In Lib-
srty township , Woodbury county , a few days
igo to an Illinois landscckcr for $50 per
icre. Mr. Clary bought this property less
than three months ago for $40 per acre.
During the last biennial period Klsh Com
missioner Delevan caused the arrest and con-
fiction of between COO and 600 poachers ,
whoso fines amounted to $6,158. These flues
were all converted to the school funds In
the localities where the prosecutions were
tr.ade.
The marshal of Cedar lUplds received a
letter from a Center Point woman reciting a
! eng line of abuses that had been heaped on
icr by her husband and she enclosed a picture
3l the aforesaid husbind and requested that
10 bo punished by having his ulcturo Put In
: ho papers.
Large shipments of antelope have been resolved -
solved In SIou\ City the past few djya , and
It Is said some of them have como from
Wyoming despite the fact that the law there
prohibits shipment of the game outside the
? toto. The Journal says the quality ot the
meat Is every finc\
A team , harness and buggy were stolen
from Chris and Fred Felton of Cherokee
sounty fcome tlmo Tucsdayr Suspicion is
; iolntcd toward two young men who were In
the employ of the Foltons , as they have dls-
ippcared. A reward ot $50 Is offered for the
: apture of the thieves.
A retail dealer In cigars In Independence
made up his cigar sales for the year the
jther day and they reached the enormous
l uro ot 70,830 , of which 12,350 were
10-conters and the balance fives. This means
54,610 expended for cigars at one place.
iVhen It Is lemcmbcred that this Is only ono
it the nummerous cigar stands of the city
: no gets an Idea of the sum spent In a city ot
5,000 In a single year for cigars.
Information has been received In DCS
Molncs from Major E. H. Conger , United
States minister to Brazil , to the effect that
ia and his famllv are now cosily settled at
Petropolls , one of the mountain suburbs ol
Rio Janeiro. Mrs Conger and Mis.3 Laura
arrived last month In safety. The vessel In
which they sailed was storocd some distance
jut In the harbor , but Minister Conger went
Diit In a launch to meet them , with the
American flag flying to the breezes.
M. D. Glbbs , receiver of the Maurice State
bank , sold the assets of the defunct Institu
tion at public sale last Monday at the Oraugc
City Court house. Billy Rclckhoft purchased
ill the real estate. The Plpestone county
land brought from $8 50 to $12.25 per acre ;
the O'Brien county farm sold , for $14.7u per
icre ; the Ida county farm went for' $18 per
acre , and the South Dakota farm In Davlson
county brought $1 per acre. Over $10,000 ol
the Thompson notes were sold for $120 to
Relckhoff.
of I'roNperlty in lowrn.
Sioux City Times : The way things are
shaping Sioux City will have to do a | lot moro
paving next year.
Sioux City Journal : There Is said to be
more building going on in Des Molnes at the
present time than at any time for four years.
The gratifying report Is that the capital
city Is enjoying prosperity and the people of
that city own uo to this blessing without
distinction as to politics.
Cedar Rapids Republican : Auditor Mc
Carthy reports that there has been an In
crease of 10 per cent In the total deposits
Df the 373 Iowa state and savings banks In
: ho three months and five days ending Octo-
3cr 5. Now why don't the popocrats arise
uid say this Is Just ono ot Mark Hanna's sly
schemes.
Burlington Hawkeye : Now that business
conditions have greatly Improved will It not
bo opportune for the Citizens' association to
Fjlvo a grand banquet some time during or
Immediately after the holidays ? Burling
ton merchants nod manufacturers gathered
around the festal board would have some
ihecrlng remarks to make In response to the
toasts.
Davenport Republican : Several Iowa cities
ire bragging of the largo amount of Improve
ments made during the last few months.
Des Mclncs and Burlington are among them.
This sounds like prosperity. Davenport can
Ijoast also of the erection of a great many
new buildings and hcmcs during < ho last
year. There has not been such a year In
Davenport for building operations since the
janl times came on.
Waterloo Reporter : Prof , J. B , Wccms ,
: homlst at the Iowa Agricultural college ex-
icrlment station , after having tested over
iOO samples of sugar beets sent to him from
ill over the state , Informs the public that the
armors ot Iowa will have no trouble In rats-
ng sugar 'beets ' that will contain 80 per
? ent purity. Judging from the reports which
10 ro olvcd from the farmers from different
tarts of the stuto ho says that the average
rlcld Is from twelve to fifteen toes to the
icro , with exceptional cares that run as high
IB twenty tens to tbo acre. The amount of
laccharlne averages from 13 to 1C per cent.
Soap Sharing-
isn't pleasant to think of. It's slovenly
and unclean. But how are you going
to be sure that your soap is used only
by .yourself ? Particular people use
Pyle's Pearline. That solves the
problem. They fill a salt shaker or sifter
with Pearline. Then they use that instead
of soap , for the toilet or the bath , with no fear
of using it after anybody else. A Pearline
bath is like a Turkish bath in freshening you
and bracing you up.
FOR THANKSGIVING-
CANDY , NUTS , FIGS , DATES , ETC. ,
WHOLESALED BY * * & '
John G. Woodward & Co. ,
MaiiufiicturhiK Confectioners.
Council Bluffs , la.
Selling Agents for & &
KATE FIELD JOc CIGAR *
CHARLESSUMNER 5 < ? CIGAR ,
ASTHMA AGONY.
Munyon Has Mastered This
Living Death.
A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
No ono who lian not experienced or
witnessed the agonies of asthma can
realize the horrors of that disease. It (
llltlo exaggeration to say that eufferor
from aathma
d I o many
times. Acute
paroxysms freQUently -
QUently result
In unconscious
ness and some
times In death ,
L1 k o many
other diseases
which havt
bariled medi
cal skill for
centuries , how
ever , asthma
has met Its
master. Man- I
yon'a Asthma * UIJ" " " " ' 1 * '
Herbs will stop ' i *
the most violent paroxysm of asthma In
three minutes. They are compressed
Into triangular pastilles , the most con
venient form for burning over discovered ,
tlsotl with the Asthma-Cure , they will
positively oiid permanently euro the
worse forms of aathma. Professor Mun
yon guarantees It. A box of Munyon' *
Asthma Herbs with Munyon'a Asthma-
euro may bo obtained from any druggist
Mr. UnnlclV. . Flnlt , 130 Church Street ,
McShcrrystown. Pa. . Bays : " A member
of my family suffered from asthma for
a long lime. Her dlstresi during the
paroxysms of short breathing was very
great. She tried o. great many kinds of
treatment without obtaining moro than
temporary relief. Finally. I pinccd her
under treatment with the Munyon Reme
dies , using the Asthma Cure and Asthma
Herbs , and I am pleased to testify that
thla treatment ban completely cured her"
Munyon linn a separate specific for each
disease. l < or nalo by dmmtlsta. Mostly
25 cents. If In doubt , wrlto to Professor
Munyon. nt Philadelphia , and got medical
advlco free.
DUFFY'8
PURE MALT WHISKEI
All Druggists.
Kor Snlu Only by JOII.V LJMinil , 13
Main St. , Council IlllilTN.
O. B. GILBERT CO. ,
SncccNnurx < n Gilbert Ilron. , Ojnaha ,
AND
CI
Manufacturer * ot
Fi&r Garmenti , Rues. ; Eta
mviiy , Council IllnfTM , In.
Dr. CARL ENGEL
OFKICIC , R'M MAIN STUUIST ,
In Plumcr Building.
. . . .Telephone rYe , n
DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. S"
. . . .CO.VFIMGMUXTS. . . .
DK , . X. , E. ROEDENTIST
' - " - -DENTIST
Itoom ! tMerrliim lllock.
Take Elevator.
SPECIAL NOTICES
COUNCIL BLUFFS WANTS.
October ! 0. 1W7.
FOIl RENT , BALK OK THADn 1JY
I'On niNT lloiiecs In Council Blurts
(15.00 ( per month Cherry Hill and ono acre of
ground , fruit nnd garden
(12.CO ( per monlh New flora room , 20xCO , on
Mroaduay.
19.00 per month J * Third St. . C rooms anl harn.
10.00 per month IMIi st , nnu Ave. It ; Rood ham.
I7.CO per monthMO Hroadnay , store room.
1C.00 per mor' . , 100 Urahmii anue , C rooms.
[ 5.00 per mo' .n ISO Illdr * trtet , C-room house.
11.00 per /jnth House ufi Ninth street.
\CIIIJ T lOPUUTY ,
(8.3J ( per month A wjll Irnpr'.ved 5 acres 2 miles
from town ! will talte ont-halt of the rent In
1'roportv
1(00 ( dooj houtc , har. . . j'"i anfi two lot * 2211
Fifth avo. , monthly payments , * 7 per month.
COO Goo J house unu lot on Avemu' H , between
niKhth and Ninth Bin. , I , ' IHT month.
(200 ( Uood houBo and lot on Clh axfnuc. between
25th nnd 2Cth eta. , monthly payments , It per
15 lots In Wilehl's add fur > ale at a tery lot *
price.
H-AHSIS FOIl BAM3-
25 per acre 210-acrc farm , 4 miles went at Orlt-
wold. eastern part of I'ittawattamlB Bounty.
[ 23 oer acre 40 iicres of tool farming land north
125 ner nc re Well unproved IMI-ncrn farm east of
I.melunc ) . I'ottanattamlo county.
[ 25 per acre 40 acres of good funning or fruit
land. 3 miles from Hldney , Fremont county.
[ 25 per acre SO acies of ( 'Ood fruit him ! , wlh (
Mnull liouso , north of Hamburg , Fremont
count >
; 23 per acre 40 acres of good bottom laud , com *
timber , 1 miles outlnf city limits ,
120 per acre 2U ocics of Kcijit bo I loin land , I
miles poulh of Council IlUirtf.
0-acro tracts ot land 2 miles soutu of Boula
Omaha ; will take part payment In city prop
erty.
load farms for rent. Apply to
EVEUETT , It 1'eurl St. , Council
lllurr * . Jowa. .
Id , 00 per acre 40 acres of good land In llonona
county. . . .
Fl\e nnd ten-acre tracts neur the city for ul *
Qoo'd , cheap Ncbratlia lands for ( ale.
Will sell any of the. uboye property on ( null
payment dawn , balance In ten annual pay
ments.
3ther Reel funns for sale. Will lake part lrsd
In city pioperty cr unaller farms , balance long
time , annual payment * ,
UWKU.INOB. I'nUIT. FA1IM AND OAIIDEM
lands for sale or rent , Day It Houa , & I'csrl
street.
_
MONEY TO IXAN IHJDUCnn HATH ON
llr t-cla 3 Improved farms anil Innlile cltv
Kroperty , Apply to Jus. N , Casituly , Jr. , El
lain HI. _
Fpii HUNT. ciiKAi'i mrrciiim sTioFt
choice location , I2G Hway ; alto the store room.
142 tin ay , suitable for eeneral merchandise , t > y
Day & lies * . 29 1'earl st ,
I The Itoblnson Constrvatory , Coun
cil Dlurfs , la. Correct Method ! . ' " -
I sons , M cents and upward. Writ *
1 for proipf ( us.
_ , _ _
Instructions. Alhln Hutter , etuiia
238 Hroailwuy. Utrinan method
of DresJen Conservatory ,
f , W. BQU1K13. CITY AND VM\W \ JXMNH.
> VR H Avaoon ACCOMMOIMTIONS
wintering horses , plenty of ihclter , good at
tention and leasonable riles. Carl & Htn'f.
Jurgens , Franklin ate. , adjoining city llinlt -
NOST , ONI : nuun HEAD , rAiutiio
u Aug. lletuin to O , It , Ulll.frt U Co. , taxi-
dennlitf , 1501 Broadway ; reward.
'fOll 1JAUO. AT A HAHUAIN , A 8MAU * HUT
well established and remunerative mercantile.
Luilneu. Inquire of D. W , OtlD , U )
tl , CvuucU iJlufla , I * ,