CURRENT NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MIXOIl MC.NTIOX.
Cooper , Flro Ins. , 6 ! ' ! , tel. 372.
Ooo < l work with less wear on goods la the
process of the Bluff City laundry.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board
ot Education will bo held this evening.
Vo glvo attention to llttlo things In laun
dry work. You get all that Is best In fine
work and good service nt the Eagle laundry ,
724 Bway.
Unity guild will hold .x special meeting
with Airs. Harry Harris , South First street ,
this evening to make arrangements for Itfl
coming entertainment. A full attendance of
members Is requested. By order of prcsl-
dent.
dent.Tho Rebekah Relief corps will meeton
Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of
considering matters connected wtth re
lief work. The meeting will bo held at the
residence of Mrs. I > aura Adamu , 1701 Sev
enth avenue.
Dow Hosley of Mlndcn has brought cult
In the district court to enjoin a saloon run
liy William Rash and Henry Grocppcr there.
She says the defendants got possession ot
the place shortly 'before ' aho bought It and
now refute to glvo it up. She asks that the
saloon bo enjoined nnd the lease nullified.
Colonel J. J. Steadman returned from
Portland Ore. , whcro ho had been summoned
by the Illness of his 'brother ' , A. H. Stead-
man , which terminated fatally. His brother
died shortly after hln arrival and was burled
last Monday. A. H. Steadman was a proml.
ncnt musician and the foremost. orchestra
leader on the Pacific coast. Ho leaves a wife
but no children.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company has ( announced that It will remove
HH ticket office from the corner of Main
utrcot and Broadway , whcro It haa been
located for so ninny years , and on February
1 will occupy the ground floor of the Sapp
building , on the corner of Broadway and
Scott street. This building Is now occupied
for olfico purposes by Dcurc , Wells & Com
pany. It -probable their offlcco will be
temporarily removed to the Elseman iulld-
Ititf , a largo portion ot tlie ground floor of
which they now occupy na a carriage repos
itory.
C. B. Vlavl Co. , tomato remedy ; consulta
tion free. Office hours , 9 to 12 and 2 to G.
Health book furnished. 32G-327-323 Mcrrlam
block.
N. y. Plumbing comuHor. TH , 2SO.
MIXKll-IJl * UKI.ATIOXSIIIl' .
1'nrllcs ( i ) mi Ilti-Kiil iMiitrlinnnlnl Al-
llnnc'iIn Trouble.
On Saturday night Carl Corgan and Charles
Engel were arrested upon the charge of
stealing a number ot buggy wheels from a
junk dealer. The stolen property was found
on the premises where the two men live ,
corner of Avenue J and Tenth street. Cor
gan is the husband of Bngcl'o mother , and
LJ before their marriage ho woman was his
> stepmother. These facts were brought out
yesterday , and as the Iowa law specifically
prohibits a man from marrying his step
mother the woman was arrested on the
charge of Incest. She was taken to the
county Jail , where her stepson-husband had
preceded her a few hours before. An Information
mation was also filed charging the man wltii
the same offense. There Is no blood relation
ship between the man and the woman or be
tween the two men. Corgan's stepson , Engel -
gel , I the son by a marriage prior to thu
woman's union with Corgan's father. The
stcpscn Is old enough to bo hla stepfather's
father.
Buy your groceries , hardware and tinware
at Bradiey's and got premium tickets.
' 1'rlf < l "ami nxhoiioratcil.
'Beforo ' leaving the city the day following
the conclusion of the Iowa and Nebraska Implement
plementDoalofs' convention the executive
committee held a meeting , at which was con
sidered a number of the complaints made
by dealers against manufacturers and Job
bers of Illegitimate business methods. Repre
sentatives of the accused firms were present
nnd the complaints were pretty thoroughly
investigated. The Columbus Buggy company
wait ono of the companies that had been ac
cused of hauling buggies through the coun
try and selling them at retail to customers.
T4io investigation resulted in the complete
and honorable exoneration of the company
from itho qharge. It was found that the
charge was duo to the misunderstanding of
namc.1 and that the Columbus company was
not the offending party.
Charges of the same character rod been
preferred against the Keys Brothers' factory
in this city by a number ot the retailers from
Iowa and Nebraska. The Investigation also
satisfied the dealers that the charges should
not have been made In tlio sweeping manner
that made them ono of the sensations ot the
convention , and they were exonerated by the
Investigation. TUo Honney Buggy company
of Kaneaa City was the third house whcso
methods were ivcstlguted and found to bo
such as not to sustain the charges that bad
been made against them by the dealers. A
number of others iflrms 'investigated ' were
found to have been guilty of the charges
made against 'them ' by the dealers nnd they
.wero . put under the ban , and the members
of the association declare they will bo forced
out of the Iowa and Nebraska fields and
will bo obliged' to sell at retail tha gcoJs
they succeed In getting into the territory.
The report of the committee was not made
public unt'll ' yesterday.
For Sale : Eightyfiveacre farm , three
miles from Council Bluffs on main traveled
road ; largo apple , cherry and plum orchards ,
thrco acres vineyard , Uireo and a half acres
strawberries and other small frultu , twenty
acrca young timber ; first-class well water ;
all Improvements first-class ; frco from In-
cumbrance ; will sell at a bargain. Address
lock 'box ' 601 , Council Bluffs , In.
IlllHllK-NH lit tllO I'oKioinOC.
The reports of the business of the Coun
cil Bluffs postofllco which bavo been made
by Postmaster Don man show that the people
at the city have used the mails about as
much during the last year as they did In
the year preceding. The total receipts for
the year were ; '
( Money order business $3u9.S76 0.1
1'oatul account 91,014,11
Total ? io,800.77
Tlecclpts for the year ending December 31 ,
Moriey order business 3T > SOi2C3
1'oatal account , SJC01.20
Total J 3C.03.83
Money orderH paid in ISM jlC3 , ! > 00.2j
Jlonoy ordcrB paid In 1537 105,31345
Kxpemlltiiroa in 1S97
Cierka nnd messengers J 0,029 2S
Frco delivery service- 12.21S.79
Kulluay postal clorkt ) 28,213 & 5
Miscellaneous expense US 70
I'oatmastcr's salary 3,100.00
Bradley sells butter at 12 % aud 15 cents
per pound.
Cleanliness ,
Even Heat ,
IJnse Heat.
Economy never
Loforo seen with
coftcoitt. IM tons
otHoftcoal oqun
1 ton of imrd.
A report from llev
J. Iteulc , 1153 ia t
I'lerca St : "I Imve
been using ) our
lint Dluet nlll )
, ' ; roft coal as fuel
( or MX weeks ,
\Ve are \eryraucli
pleated with It , It
'not only sl\es ua
JooU tallifactlon
SB our MnrJ coal
bate burner , but
la uavlnf u large
part ot tbo expense
it lieatlns. "
Eco U running atCOLO
COLO .t COLIVS.
41 Main St. , Council llluffa.
MILTON nOGEUS & SONS , Omaha.
GHO. AV. UHICaS , South dmaha.
CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL LAW
Seven Members Instead of Six Arc to Bo
Elected.
NO PROSPECT OF ANY MOR& DEADLOCKS
llcrrnflrr IlmiliH IVIII Hnvo Xo In
tercut In ' .Moniliern uf the llouril ,
lint Slay llelii Ulcet u
Treasurer.
The new school law toss made a number
of changes In the methods of haldhig the an
nual elections and hau slightly Increased the
number of the members of thu UonrJ of
Education.
Under the old law the board was com
posed of six members , an even number , favor
able to deadlocks when the beard was di
vided on party questions , s was frequently
the case. There will hereafter be seven
members and the president will have the
right to vote , as hna always been the case ,
making a deadlock a future impossibility. A
still moro Important change has been made
In too elections , which will be the means
of taking from the board" " the responsibility
of electing a treasurer , which has been the
oiuso of great Interest , and some times great
etrlfe. The new law requires the treasurer
to bo elected each year at the general eenool
election. The date of holding tJio election
has not been changed and will come as hcre-
tofoie , en the second Monday In March of
each year , two weeks before the city elec
tion. This spring there will be three mem-
bcm , of the board elected In addition to Hie
treasurer , two In 18Ui ! and two In 1000. No
change has been made In the manner of bal
loting beyond the reqtijremeut of a spjjlal
list of voters to bo made from the munici
pal llota furnished to the secretary by the
city clerk. The voters will not bo bothered
with the red tape of Hie Australian system ,
but will deposit the usual small printed
tickets. The niMt important change 'in ' the
election lies In the requirement of u. rcdls-
triotlng of the city.
For seine strange reason the law sneclfles
that In all cities of the first-class with 0,000
or moro voters , there shall not bo more than
flvo voting precincts , and cities of less size
shall not have more than three. For mu
nicipal and itato elections Council Bluffs
has twelve voting precincts , each of the nix
wards being divided into two precincts.
Udder the old school law there was a voting
precinct in cadi of Hie six wards. To re
duce the number of voting precincts to five
will require some figuring and n consolida
tion of some of the smaller wards. As each
of the wards have a registration of nearly
1,000 voters each year , It will bo seen that
the new law will create some precincts where
the voters will have to hustle if they all
succeed in getting in their votes. The women
have the right to register ctul vote nt all
school elections , and if they sea fit to exer
cise their franchise the pressure on the
small number of ballot boxes will bo still
greater.
Heretofore the chief interest in the school
elections has originated entirely In the ( pecu
lation as to who the board would elect as
treasurer. The active part of this specula
tion has been looked after by the various
banks of the city , and the election of the
members of the board has been little more
than a fight between the banks to secure
men who would vote for their candidates for
treasurer. The bank that has succeeded in
getting Uio largest number of fclcndly mem
bers on the board has won the victory , for
the man appointed treasurer has been under
moral obligations todeposlt , the school funds
with the victorious bank. The new law will'
simplify matters a little for the banks. They
will only have to look after the election of
one man , the treasurer , Instead of a ma
jority of the members of the board.
13nil of < hc Catholic Fair.
The Catholic fair closed as near midnight
on Saturday night as possible , but it required
considerable time to make the final awards
of the many prizes that were being voted on.
The women are more than satisfied with the
result of their week's entertainment , and
are of the opinion yesterday that they have
succeeded In breaking the record In the mat.
tcr of receipts , which they believe will ap
proximate $2,000. This was the consuming
ambition of ail who had anything to do with
the enterprise. The record heretofore has
been held by the women of St. Peter's Ger
man Catholic church , an organization of only
about fifty members , but who. made the fair
last year net over $1,400.
The fair this year was a great social suc
cess , and afforded a week of constant amuse
ment and entertainment. The Married
Women's table , presided over by Mesdamcs
Lange J. J. Brown , N. O'Brien , Durgan and
Mergen , cleared $1,000 ; the Young Women's
table , in charge of Misses Paschel , Mitchen ,
Tholl and Mulqueen , and the Girls' table , at
which were stationed Misses O'Dcnncll , Male
Lunkley , Anna Wlckham , Agnes Hanehey
and Kate KIrley , also did finely. The couch
donated by Father Smythe earned $185 ; the
manicure set , $285 ; the mandolin , $210 , and
the Fair Girls' Dally. $ CO.
At the clem of the fair the following
awards of prizes was announced : Lamp , F.
Owenstaborette , P. B. Sullivan ; lunch
cloth , T. Wlckham ; couch , Kato Wlckham ;
mandolin. Miss Fitzgerald ; center piece. Miss
A. Sterne ; tea kettle , James Coyle ; lace cen
ter piece , Mrs. Lange ; gas lamp , B. P. Wlck
ham ; center piece , MUs Holzfastcr ; sofa pil
low , 0. L. Callahan ; picture frame. Father
Curralms , Red Oak ; center pieces , E. Sleepy ;
sofa pillow , Lula Tholl ; boy's suit , Mrs. McKinley -
Kinley ; sofa pillow. Father Curralns , Hed
Oak ; chop plate , Mr. Hawllngs ; cup , Mary
Stack ; silver spoons , John Lafferty , Neola ;
chair. Mrs. Gray ; onyx table and lamp ,
Charles Baetens , Omaha ; pin cushion , Mrs.
Hutchens ; cake. Father Mullen , Missouri Val
ley ; cap , Mr. Kendel ; picture , George
Hughes : cracker jar , Nick O'Brien ; center
piece. Sirs. B. Cogley ; umbrella , Miss Mlthen ;
rug. Mrs. Gallagher.
Dolllo Wlckham was voted the doll as the
most beautiful girl , and Mies Florence Stack ,
the diamond ring as the most beautiful young
woman. Baby Gallagher secured the largc.it
number of votes for the handsomest child
and received the silver cup.
Kcli-nUxlN Deilleutc 11 Hull.
The Christian Scientists dedicated their
block yesterday after
new hall In the Sapp
noon. . A suite of several rooms has bc'cn
secured and thrown Into one good sized audi
torium , which will be used for the future
meetings of the society. At the dedicatory
services yesterday afternoon a fine musical
program was rendered. The services were
very interesting and largely attended. The
musical program follows ;
Hymn ;
Cello Solo Traumerel Schumann
C , W. Tulieys.
Vocnl Solo The Lord is Mindful of Ills
Own > .
Mrs. Charles SCImmermun ,
Duot-The Ansel . . . .Uubcnsteln
Sirs Charles Zimmerman nml Sirs , AV. H ,
Wakelleld ,
Solo-Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parker
Mrs. W. II. Wnkelleld.
Cherokee IN Ton Dry.
CHEROKEE , la. , Jan. 10 , ( Special. ) One
hundred and llfty business men of this city
have formed ! ait organization to secure signa
tures to a permit to run saloons Bufflcient to
allow tiioiu to be run in the county. A com-
mlttco was appointed to solicit signers and a
sum of money was roUed to pay the expenses
of the campaign. It Is claimed by Wo tem
perance people that the shutting cK of the
electric lights because of dearth of money in
the treasury Is a "liquor men's move , " .
flleiiulreil iif lotrn 'IVnrlirrx.
TJES MOINKS , Jan , 10. ( Special. ) State
Superintendent Barrett bus eent to the
printer a long circular explaining what will
bo required by the State Board of .Educational
Examiners from the candidates for sUte cer
tificates as primary teachers. The outline Is
a very elaborate one , since- the grade Is a new
one , aud the teachers will lie given every
opportunity to prepare for the examination
and to know what will be expsctcd. They
will not be given a general educational ex
amination where they have gaod certificates ,
but will bp examined In their particular pro
fessional line. The first examination will
be held in June , 1808.
IOWA .MAX To"ai lllllV HIS WIKK.
Unch One Hail Mnrrlril Attain After
HearliiK the- Other WMH lirnil.
CL13AH LAKE , la. , Jan. 1C. ( Special. )
Details of a life- romance more Interesting
than the laics of fiction have Just come to
light here. Last summer Margaret , the
second wife of Hiram Burt , of this town ,
died ami a short time ago Mr. Burt went
back to New York state to ppcnd n short
time visiting In his ibayhood town , Hague.
U now transpires that over fifty years ago ,
when Mr. Bunt was but a. 'boy ' , bo waa the
schoolnvito and later the admirer of one of
the lassies of that village. Minnie Klnney.
While both were still In their teens a dis
agreement arose between the families of the
two young people and as n consequence they
were forbidden to meet each other. But a ?
Is usually the case , love outweighed the
force of parental command nnd the young
lovers eloped and were married , settling in
Vermont. When the war broke out Hiram
Burt went to servo his country In a New
York regiment while the young wife went to
Washington nnd entered the hospital service.
Mrs. Hurt heard that her husband was killed
at the ( battle of Gettysburg , In June , 18G3 ,
and so did not return to tha old homo at
the close of the war , but wns bv circum
stances 'taken ' clrewherc. On the other
hand , Mr. Burt heard that his wife was
killed while In the service. However , when
the war closed he received his discharge and
roturncd homo to institute a search which
proved fruitless , for the wife. Becoming
convinced that hie wife waa indeed dead , he
came west nnd located at Oassvlllo , Wis.
Here ho met Mrs. Margarct Hlggs , a widow ,
and after proofing a legal separation from
his former wife , should she bo yet alive ,
ho was married to Mrs. Rlggs and later
they moved to Clear Lake , Ja. , whcro they
resided until her death last summer.
The first Mrs. Burt , during her service ac-
army nurse , had met Dr. Isaac C. Knowles.
and In 1SC5 , after two years had elapsed
from the supposed time of the death of Mr.
Burt , she , after the' precaution of securing
legal separation from Mr. Burt , irarrled Hr.
Knowles , who was then a physlclcn In the
regular army. In 1S75 Dr. and Mrs. Knowles
and their children moved to Rochester , N.
Y. , where they resided until 1S91 , when ho
died. It was in 1882 , while corresponding
with Ills daughter , that Hiram Burt heard
that his flrst wife was still alive , and ho
Immediately wrote to her and verified the
report.
Death hns now removed all barriers that
prevented the union of the two who wore
once man and wife and were later as dead
to each other , and now , after a suitable
length of time shall have- elapsed after the
death of the second wife , Mr. Burt will , after
a lapse of forty-live years , lead , to the mar
riage altar for the second time the sweet
heart of his youth. Both arc now over GO
yearo of age. After their marriage for the
second time It Is the expectation that they
will come to Clear Lake to live , as Mr. Burt
has a homo and relatives here.
Jforo KniliczxU-il Money Ilrtlinirrt.
GHINNELL , la. , Jan. 16. ( Special. ) An
express package has been received in Montezuma -
zuma direct from Mexico containing $3,000
from the court In the City of Mexico to the
authorities of Poweshlek county. When
Howe , the embezzling clerk , was found In
Mexico , ho had $3,800 in a safety deposit
vault rod the Howe brothers owned and were
operating a saloon , to which the county made
claim. The Mexican authorities , however , re
fused to allow either Rowe or the county
to have the cash until the ownership haa
been prpperly adjusted. The money now sent
may bo the proceeds of the sale of the sa
loon or it may be the safety deposit funds.
I.uinlic-r Oiitiint to lie Hoilticeil.
MUSCATINE , la. , Jan. ! . ( Special. ) It
4s learned that the big sawmill of the Her-
ehey company In this city , which fpr so
many consecutive seasons has been operated
to its full , normal capacity , will reduce the
amount of lumber production In 1898 just
about 50 per cent , the Intention being to shut
down the cast sldo of the mill. The closing
of one-half the mill means that next season's
lumber cut will bo 15,000,000 or 20,000,000
feet ices than it has been for several years
past. '
IIMMI anil tlie
The Booaa Republican is In favor of a
prcper appropriation for the Trunsmlssisslppl
Exposition.
Iowa ought to bo properly enl creditably
represented at the Omaha , exposition , says
the DCS Molnca Capital.
The lowm 'Capital ' elates distinctly that it
Is not opposoi to a. Just and proper appropria
tion for tbe Transmlsslfisippl Exposition.
The Des Molnes News refers to the "sensi
ble endorsement by Governor Drake of a
creditable showing" at thu Transmlsslsslppi
Exposition.
Referring to the probable appropriation of
$50,000 for the Iowa exhibit at 'tho ' exposi
tion , the Missouri Valley Republican says
"that will do very well if tiiey can't get
more. "
The Ottumwa Democrat has declared that
if the state of Iowa falls to make a decent
appropriation for tihe Iowa exhibit at the
Tran.snilssks'Ippl Exposition Iowa will bo in
possession of a black eye , which it will cost
thousands of dollars to cure.
J. W. Jarnlgati of Jiontezuma , who suc
cessfully organized and carried forward
lona's splendid educational exhibit at the
Columbian exposition , lias been delegated to
take charge of this branch of the exhibit
for Iowa at tno TransmlEsieslppl Exposition.
Referring to the contention of some of tha
Iowa people that no exhibit should bo made
by Iowa at the exposition , the iMarshalltown
Times-Republican fays tihat "lha state has
already expended a portion of the $10,000 ap
propriated as a preliminary movement and
it would seem unwlso to tack out now. "
iBut Iowa' Is rich In resources and can soon
recupecato from all financial drawbacks , says
the Shenandoah World , and' it would bo a
mistake for the state : iot to bo properly rep
resented at Hio Omaha cxpx'ltlon. U seems
quite certain that that exposi.lcm will be- the
nexit to the World's fair in Importance and
It is EU clcso to Iowa that our people might
claim a half Interest in the great enterprise.
llMVII Nl'TVNIIMJUTN 1111(1 CN'CU HIII1 > C F 3ICJI ,
H. W. Conatit , It Is rumored , will soon
become editor of the Iowa City Republican ,
Lieutenant Governor Matt Parrott , who has
Just retired from ofllce , will devote , hla en
tire tlmo to his Waterloo newspaper.
F , n. Constant of Peorla. 111. , is negotiat
ing for an Interest In the Marshalltown
SMtcsman-Prccs. Ho expects to buy out C.
J , Hurkhardt.
George F. Rolnhart of Newton , the news
paper man who ran on the fusion ticket In
Iowa last fait for superintendent of public In
struction , U now located In Dallas , Tex.
Editor E. B , Taylor of the Truer Clipper
has become Interested In the project to build
an electric line from Waterloo to come point *
on the Northwestern and touching Traer and
other towns between.
The Order of the Eastern Star held a
memorial service at Charlea City In memory
of the late Eugene- . Dyke of the Charles
City Intelligencer. He was past grand patron
of the grand chapter of Iowa.
Sioux City IMS a fight on hand about odl-
clal papers. The Orange. City Herald will
go Into court to establish Its right to a part
of the county printing , which has been given
to the Ireton Clipper and the Alton Demo- ,
crat.
Several Iowa editors having requested tbo
president of the Iowa I'reea association to
ascertain what rates could be secured for an
excursion to the Hawaiian Islands , says the
Des Molnes Capital , that oOlcer haa haj gome
correspondence and hae had an offer of $165
from Omaha to Honolulu and return , tickets
good for ninety days. Editors who may bo
concerned about this matter may bo fur
nished with other Information later. The
president of the Press association acts for
the association in asking for rates. If there
shall bo a trip It will be In February.
TO cum : com ix oxn DAY
Tnko Laxative flromo Quinine Tablets , All
druggists rotund tbo money If It fulls to euro ,
2Gc. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
WHAT RAILROADERS WANT
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Meet at Ces L'oines anc inn a Eaid on the
Legislatutei
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COMMITTEE NAMiD fQ WATCH THINGS
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Will Look 'After ( lit ) fl'cmttle Ainriul-
iiicul unit itul : < Miilrilti .Siipii
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Hour * of i.itiir.
DES MOIN'ES. Jan. 16. ( Spechl Telegram. )
The railroad on.oloycs of Io\\n today per
fected their organization for work In the
legislature the present session. The execu
tive committees of the Order of Hallway
Conductors , Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers , Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen
and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen mot
and In Joint session elected the legislative
committee for the year. It follows : Chair
man , H. E. Wills , Clinton ; first vice presi
dent , P. H. Pike , Cllmcm ; second vice presi
dent , S. A. Uoono ; Boone ; secretary , George
0. Phillips , DCS Mollies. A committee will
bo maintained here during the seaslon to look
after the Tcmplo amendment and other mat-
tcra. It Is announced that a request will
bo made for legislation to prevent railroads
demanding excessively long hours of service
from employes , and that the committee will
push this.
The event of the coming legislative week
will bo the filing with the assembly of the
report of the committee that IMS been cx-
amltitng the state Institutions. It will bo
a document of 120 pages of typewritten
matter , and will glvo the results of labora
covering a largo part of a year by t'.ie com
mittee. H will Btrongly recommend a revo
lution in the system of managing the Insti
tution by placing them under n general
Heard of Control rather than under separate
boards of trustees , as at present. Many
abuses will bo detailed as outgrowths of the
trustees system , and It will ba shown that
the conduct of Institutions Is extremely
extravagant because of the present system.
An application for a writ of certlorarl will
bo made In the supreme court In a day or
two by the attorneys for John AV. Stone ,
slayer of Prank Kahlcr. His attorneys will
take this method of laying his case before
tha supreme court , to determine whether
the lower court was justified in sending him
to the Insane ward of the Anamopa peniten
tiary. They will contend that he should
have .been examined by tbo commissioners
of Insanity rather than tried for insanity
before a jury , and that ho should have been
sent to an asylum rather than a peniten
tiary. Several fine legal questions will bo
raised , on w'alch It is desired to have the
oplnlcn of the supreme court before further
proceedings arc had In the case.
IXAUOUHATIOXS O1 Tlin PAST.
HIIVC Iteeu Iii-
HimIovn Governors
< Iuc < eil Into Ollice.
It did not perhaps occur to many who at
tended the Inaugural exercises In Des
Molnes , that the time is not far distant when
the Inauguration of agovernor In Iowa was
a very different affair ( from what It Is at
the prese'nt time , says ; thoiDCS Molnes News.
Probably most of the spectators went away
thinking that it had always been done just
that way since governors began. 13ut that
Is hardly the case.
Iowa history , sad tb relate , la in e most
chaotic condition. If Is "extremely difficult
to find anything partlculaf at any particular
time. There lias never be'en written a his
tory of Iowa worthy of ! the name. But
enough can bo found to show the vast
changes that have , taken , place in the half
century of Iowa's h'story , in the coaduct
of business affairs of state" and In particular ,
to a greater degree than in the method of
inducting into office tho''Chief executive at
the regular biennial periods.
In those stirring days ; when Iowa was just
upon , the threshold of statehood and the
capltol was wandering around over the lone
some prairies looking for a home , there was
not much opportunity 'or ' occasion for state
or formality in conducting public business.
There were too many stern realities to
grapple with for our pionecr lawmakers to
think about plans for Inaugurating even a
governor. But the environments that sur
rounded the occcions ! were sometimes more
Interesting than the most splendid inauguial
exercises ttat will ever occur within Iowa's
borders. The inaugurations were themselves
at times fraught with greater meaning for
the young state than , is ever likely to bo the
case again.
Ilobcrt Lucas , the first territorial governor
of Iowa , was Inducted into office on the 12th
day of November , 1S38. * > Burlington was then
the capital city of the territory and was but
a poor , straggling frontier village. Too
building in which the legislature met and in
Which the inauguration took place was not
a pretentious structure ) even for those mod
est times , amd was not ? intended for legisla
tive purposes. It was , in short , old Zicm
church , famous among Iowa pioneers as the
scene of so many important early public
meetings. It was about the only building In
town , suitable for a public meeting and' it
answered for church , town ball , court house ,
territorial capltol and all. It was a email
brick structure , and newly built , when flrst
put to the use. of the legislature.
TWO SMALL BODIES.
It does not seem , however , that even so
small a. building need have been severely
taxed to accommodate the legislative solons
of the Infant territory. The assembly , all
told , consisted of but -thirteen members in
the council or upper Iwuso and twenty-six In
the lower , thirty-nlno In all. It was a small
company , but made up of earnest men. with
a great work to do. That they did It well
Is attested by the wonderful results of their
efforts. ' '
AH mleht ho mcneeteil the Inaueupil serv
ices were of the simplest though dignified
nature. John 'Mason , chief Justice of the
territory , administered the oath of office.
Lucas stood up before the assembled legis
lators of both houses and promised to sup
port the lawa of the territory and of the na
tional government , and tfiat was all there
ws of the service. There was little or no
preparation made for Hio event and there
waa naturally but llttlo display. There waa
no Minn or occasion for either.
The inauguration of Lucas was a typo of
practically .all the early Inaugurations. Some
times an Inaugural address was given , and
when it was it was practically sure to bo
full of csmmon sense and to how to the line.
They dad not yet learndd'Uho ' art of sophistry
In dealing -withi nvittcraibf tfiato. But often
there was no address given ; merely a few
wcrda on the business Inland.
Ancel Brigga was * { liq1 first governor of
Iowa after it hadi assumed statehood. lie
was inaugurated cm tbo,3d day of December ,
1840 , at Iowa City , , whefo the salt of govern
ment had been truns eVrgd frwn 'Burlington. '
The ceremony was of the same simple char
acter as that of Liiwii , and Chief Justice
Mason was again the personage to udmlntater
the oath. The minor officers were : KlLsha
Cutler , secretary of state ; Jcaeph T , Fules ,
auditor , and ( Morgan1 Hedo , treasurer. The
enormous responsibility ; that rested upon
INAUGURATION ff ) SHERMAN.
The most imposing and elaborate Inaugural
exorcises ever held In Jowa occurred In
1S84 when Buren H. ) Sherman -was Inducted
three men as the ncsLfOfficcrg of the state
con hardly bo appreolaletl at tiio present
PERFECT
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY.
Used l > y people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century.
time. Perhaps It could be "nly appreciated
by none but those hardy pioneers , strona
both In body and nriivl , who experienced the
toll of building new empires out of the bar
ren and unknonn wilderness.
THE CAPITAI * REMOVED.
It was only In 1S58 that the scat of govern-
mcnt came to Des Molnes and at last found
a permanent resting place , llalph Lowe , ono
of the celebrated pioneers of Iowa history ,
was the governor to flrst grace Des Mollies
with his presence as n resident. llo ! was In
augurated In the 12th day ot January In the
old ( then new ) state house. In an address
before the Pioneer's association In 1SD2 ex-
Governor Carpenter said : "The site of the
capltol was then n wooded hill , occupied by
the capitol building and perhaps some twcn-
ty-flvo or thirty family residences , scattered
hero and there In the openings of the tim
ber. " A strange picture , ns compared with
the thickly settled streets which now occupy
the same territory. And this wa.i just forty
years ago , DCS Molncs then had about 3,000
Inhabitants and a scattered collection of
straggling buildings.
The way the governor and members of the
legislature made their trips to and from the
capital city is pretty well Irdliatcd by the
following conversation between ono of the
lawmakers on his way to DCS Molnes and
n stage driver of the tlmo at a amall vil
lage a few miles east of the city , then known
as Apple Grove , but later as Mitchells. The
stagecoach , by the way , was nn old ono
with nine passengers on the Inslilo and four
on the top. Lawmaker : "How far to Dos
Molncs and how long the drive ? " Driver :
"Sixteen miles and 1 can make it In five
hours If my horses hold out and the bottom
of the road doesn't glvo way. " And so they
came and went. For somct of them It was a
week's trip , nnd for othors. nt certain times
of the year , It took uoi-ly a month. Utit
occasionally they could take aihf.ntjgo nt
high water and go down the river In n boat ,
ns many who came the longest distance
lived in the southeastern part of the state.
I 'ELAHOUATE ' AFFAIR.
Governor Lowo's Inaugural was perhaps
the most elaborate of any given by nn Iowa
governor up to that time. Ho delivered an
address that would be considered lengthy at
the present time , it lllllng thrco columns ot
a dally paper , set In tine type. The residents
of DCS Molncs were greatly elated at the
coming of the legislature to the city and In
tlio evening1 of Inauguration day an inau
gural festival was given , to which the whole
population of thn town was Invited. U was
thus described by a special correspondent of
the Muscatlno Dally Journal In a letter to his
paper at the time : "An inaugural festival
was qlven by the citizens ot this place on
Thursday evening last In the capltol. The
halls were crowded to their utmost capacity
so much so that the pressure was realized
hv mnnv whnsn finances iworo unembarrassed.
A splendid supper was served in a style
that would have done credit to any capital
city. The ladles of 'Des ' 'Molnes will compare
for Intelligence nnd beauty with those of
cities of much greater pretensions. " Evi
dently DCS ( Molncs from the earliest days
has been given to festivity and her ladies
then , as now , \\cro popular for their enter
taining qualities.
Among all ot Iowa's governors there has
been none so popular as her noted war gov
ernor , Samuel J. Kirkwood. He was the only
one who occupied the "gubernatorial" chair
for three terms. A brief description ot Gov
ernor Kirkwood's second Inauguration on
January 15 , 1SC2 , Is given in a dally paper of
the time. The description is In the form of j
dispatches and 'runs as follows : "At 10
o'clock the senate and bouse met In Joint
session to canvass the vote of the state at the
last October election. The result was as fol
lows : S. J. Kirkwood , GO 252 ; W. II. Mer-
rltt , 40,187 ; B. M. Samuels , 1,551 ; H. C. Dean ,
4C2. ( Messrs. ( Bowen and Duncombe were
appointed a committee to inform the gov
ernor and lieutenant governor. Messrs.
Woodward and Kellogg were a committee to
invite the supreme judges and state officers
to seats on the floor during the ceremony of
inauguration. The oath was administered
" no more Important
by Judge Baldwin. Probably
portant inauguration has ever taken place
in Iowa than the ono just described , but it
was exceedingly simple and unpreteiitioK.
into his second term ot office and the new
capltol building waa dedicated. R was an
occasion long to 'be ' remembered and will
go down through history as the event ot
the kind , to Ibo talked and read abaut in
years 'to ' come. In a local "paper the now
building was heralded as "Tho pride ofj
Iowa , " and the inauguration as the "Im
posing dedication of the imposing now srtate
house. "
It was a 'beautiful day for the occasion.
There was not a cloud1 In the sky and al
though It wus on the 18th day of January ,
it was 40 degrees above zero. But strange
to say it was Friday. Surely , there was a
tempting of the unpropltioua fates. But
everything passed off as smoothly as if It
had been Monday. Bamla and military
companies from all over the state were
present to do lionor to the event. The escort
cert of 1GO men was said to bo the finest
that over did duty at an Inaugural of a
governor of this state or of any other. The
cervlco took place In itho capltol rotunda and
Is "briefly " described as follows : "At 2:30 : the
band stationed at the top ot the stairway
leading from the rotunda played a national
air and in a few moments the governor ,
lieutenant governor , Hon. John A. Kasson ,
Chief Justice Itothrock , Bishop Hurst and
others , entered and took seato upon the
platform for the occasion. Seated with
them were many of the distinguished men
ot the state and among them three ex-gov
ernors , Carpenter , KlrlcwcoJ and Newbold.
Lieutenant Governor Manning called the
meeting to order and Isbop ) ! Hurst cffered
prayer. The oath of ofilco was administered
by Chief Justice Ilothrock.
At a reception in the evening it was said
that 30,000 people attended and 10,000 chock
the governor's hand.
Such are some of the features of former
Inaugurations of Iowa governors. Some of
itho most unpretentious have been among
the racist important and vice versa. Iowa's
list of governors haa been a roll of honor ,
ono to be proud of , and among them have
boon sorno of the most influential men that
have oomo into puiblie life In the west.
Grimes , Lowe , Kirkwood , Brlggs , Hempstead -
stead , Stone and all the rest are a most
worthy category an3 responsible to a great
degree for iho high standing iou.x has token
In everything pertaining to the advance
ment of education and moral citizenship In
the great and groAing empire of the west.
JTcir Tnwti nml I't
MASOX CITY , la. , Jan. 1C. ( Specl.il. ) The
name of Tracllon Park has been changed to
Emery and a poslofflce of that r.atne has been
established there. Miss Ccba E. Tlllon Is to
Invo charge of the postofflce. There are al
ready about twenty families living In the
town and It has a good country surround
ing It.
< HHST ttr.t-lMTIO.NS OP WOMAN.
A Collection of MnniMillnp Tribute * to
Wiimiinkliiil.
na m's Horn's cash prize for the best dcdnl.
lion ot woman expressed In less than iltty
words was awarded to the author of the fol
lowing : "A new edition do luxe of m n.
Taken , not from his feet to bo enslaved , nor
from hla hold to omlnoto htm , but from
his side , near hU heart , symbolizing neither
supremacy nor subserviency , but mutual
affection and companionship ; his greatest
help or hindrance/ '
Among the definitions' received the follow
ing arc classed as meritorious :
Women Is tangible love.
Woman Is man Idealized , his better self.
Woman The objective complement ot man.
The flrst expression of God'e love for man.
Woman is the acme of God's creative
excellence.
\Voman God's Mst nnd best creation-
realized In witehood and motherhood.
Woman Wife , mother , Is a spark of God's
own divine love , given to man In the flesh.
Woman Is the queen of the homo , the
subject of the heart , and' the complement
of man.
AVoman Is God's Imago perfected In crea
tion the tmcscrlpt of His nature and at
tributes.
AVoman is man's complement nnd God'a
first expression ot love for man after ills
creation.
Woman Is the poetry of the divine nature ,
c-Mpresscd by the purest and tcndcrcst form
of humanity.
Woman is the essential link In the chain
of the human creation God's expression of
Ills pleasure In man.
AVoman Is the mother of mankind , earth's
mlnteterlng angel , of all created beings the
most like God.
I AVoman is God's highest expresslcti of love ,
grace and beauty , exalted as mother ot the
race , and of the Son of God ,
AVoman is man's Inferior physically , his
equal mentally and his superior spiritually
tols blessed God-ordalncd helpmeet.
Woman Is the result ot the loving desire ot
God In studied after-thought to Increase
man's happiness , ncid to cotroleto His crea
tions.
AVoman Is the crowning work of creation , la
a part of man molded by God In a finer mold ,
Is a helpmeet , comforter and sympathizer , nnd
Is called woman because she was taken out
of man.
Slinots Uie Chief of roller.
OKLAHOMA , Okl. , Jan. 10. In a bawdy
house row this morning Fred Jones , n bar
keeper , shot Chief of 1'ollce O. AV. Jackson -
son through the thigh. As bo fell Jackson
tired nt Jones , but mlrsed him nnd shot
lilshop Armstrong , n. deputy sheriff , In
flicting a fatal wound. Jones IH n brother
of MIH Jones , the city marshal , who was
killed In an affray nt Oklahoma City two
yours niso by tlie Christian brotheis , out
laws. Armstrong is said to have conic from
Texus.
J. A. Perkins of Antiquity. 0. , was for
thirty years needlessly tortured by physi
cians for the euro of eczema. Ho was
quickly cured by using DoAVltt's AVItch Hazel
Salve , the famous healing salvo for piles and
skin diseases.
KOIIKOAST OITODAY'S WISATIIKH.
Prolinlily Showers In Soutlu'iislern
Nrtirnxkiilth Variable WlmlH.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 1C. Forecast for
Monday :
For Nebraska Threatening weather ; prob-
nbly showers In southeast portion ; variable
minds.
For Iowa Fair , followed by Increasing
cloudiness and snow or rain ; warmer in east
ern portion ; easterly winds.
For 'Missouri Showers ; warmer In north
west portion ; southerly winds.
For Kansas Showers ; warmer ; variable
winds.
For South Dakota Threatening weather ;
southerly winds.
For AVyomlng Light snow , followed by
fair ; variable winds.
Local ni'cnnl.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA , Jan. 1C. Omaha record of tem
perature and rainfall compared with the cor
responding day of the last three years :
1S9S. 1607.1S9G. 1S93.
Maximum temperature . . 3912 21 41
Minimum temperature . . . . 20 33 14 22
Average temperature . . . . 30 33 IS 32
Rainfall 00 .13 T .00
Record of temperature and precipitation
nt Omaha for this day and slncu March 1 ,
1SD7 :
Normal for the day 17
Excess for the day 13
Accumulated excess since March 1 MO
Normal rainfall for the day 02 Inch
Deficiency for the day 02 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 1.9l ! ) Inches
Deficiency since March 1 10.C9 Inches
Excess for cor , period , 1SU7 H.37 inches
Dcllclency for cor. period , 1S9G..11.27 inches
IlcnortH from Slulloim n ( 8 I > . > ,
Seventy-fifth meridian time.
T Indlcatto trace of precipitation ,
U A. W13I.SH , I cal Forecast Official ,
Elbow-grease
little soap ) used to be the thing to
clean house with. Now-a-days it's
Pearline. Pearline is easier and
quicker and better than elbow-grease.
One reason why millions of women prefer
Pearline , rather than anything else , in
cleaning house , is that it saves the paint
and woodwork. But the principal reason ,
of course , is that it saves so much work. MS
Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you , !
_ "this is as" "the . " '
- as coed or same as Pearline. IT'S
. - , , V- FALSE Pearline is never peddled : if your grocer Eendsi
pou an imitation , be honest send U batk. JAMES I'VLlt , New York. ,
Not from a financial standpoint exactly
butfrce from the defects found in the
average heating system ,
Steam and Hot Water Heating
All the leading Incandescent , Gas
"
Burners and "Mantels , numbing
work ,
< J.
202 Main nuil
203 , Pearl St ,
COUNCIL BLUFFS , IOWA ,
A FEW GOOD POINTS.
a perron In perfect healtM
catches a cold. It Is only when tht
s > stcm Is run down nd tha blood derV
not circulate properly that pcoplo { alt
tlms to colils.
U Is n bad sign to feel wcaW
and shivery and to constantly suffer from *
tired , miserable fcotlngs. If you do uot >
o t ttell , ttork well and sleep well , there/
is evidently a weak spot In your system. ,
tSTThat ordinary food and flrlnU cannot
supply the great vital force required byf
pcoplo who work hard with their hands ?
nnd brains. They need something to slim *
ulato their energies , promote digestion and
keep the blood moving. There Is nothing
better for this purpose than pure male1
whiskey.
CS"Tlial } there Is only ono rcnlly medici
nal whiskey and that Is Duffy's pure mnlt.
H la not an ordinary whiskey , but a pure )
stimulant that has n wonderful effect on
the s > stcni. U stirs up the sluggish blood,1
builds up the health , creates a good anpo *
tlto and promotes digestion , U prevents
and It will cure coughs , colilfl. chills , and'
oven pneumonia. Every reliable grover ami
druggist keeps it. How are of Inferior Imi
tations , Ilcmcmbi'r there 1 * no other wills *
key like Duffy'a and no other that can pos
sibly take Its place.
POISON
A SPECIALTY.
1'rlmnry , Secondary or Tcitlniy 1U/30D
I'OIBON permanently
Cured in 15 to 35 Days.
You cnn be treated nt homo for fame
price under name guaranty. 1 ( > cm prefer
to come here \\o will contract to pay rail-
roiul fnre Ami hotel bills , mid no clmrge
It we mil to cure.
IF YOU HAVE
taken mercury , lodMo potash nml still
lm\o nclies unit pnlne , Mucous Tntclien In
mouth , Sere Tliuuit , i'lmples. Copper Col.
vtn\ Spots , Vlcci-8 on nny putt ot the
body llnlr or llycbiows falling out. It Is
this Secondary
We Guarantee to Oure
We Follclt tlio most obstlnnto cnfea nml
cTmlletiKo tno worm ror a cnsoo cnmioi
cure Thli illKcnKo lias ntnnya InllloJ the
cklll ot Ilia most eminent physician" ,
(500 MO capital behind our uncoiulltlon.il
guaranty. Absolute proofs sent scnlcj
on application. 100 IIORH book sent fire.
Addicss cooic umir.nv co. . I-IDI
MllNIUlIu TlMIIIlIf , CtllCIIKO , 111.
WIII3X OTHKltS VAIIi COXSl'I.T
Searles & Searles
SPECIALISTS
Giinriiiitcc ( < > cure Mpo'dlly and null-
cully all MURVOrS , CIIIIOXIO .VM
I'HIVATK illNciiNfH of .Miii anil ivoiucn.
WEAK SYPHILIS
SEXUALLY. cured for life.
Night Emissions , Lost Manhood , Hy-
drocelc , Verlcocele , Gonorrhea , Gleet , Syph
ilis , Stricture , Piles , Fistula nnd Itoctnl
Ulcsrs , Diabetes. Urlght'H Disease cured.
Consultation Free-
jCurcdat
home
by new method without pnln or cutting1.
Gallon or address with stamp. Treatment
by mail.
sms SHRIB.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THR
W. J. 1M5HKY LIV13 STOCK COMMIS
SION CO.
Notice Is hereby given that n corporation
hns been formed under the lawn of Ne
braska , In the mnnner and for thu purposes !
hereinafter spcrltied , and Its articles of in
corporation have been Illed In the. olllces of
the county clerk of Douglas county nnd oC
the secretary of state.
First. The iinmt > of the company lt "W.
J. Perry Live Stock Commission Company. "
Second. The principal pluco of traiiH.ict-
Ing Its business Is South Omaha , Nebraska.
Tnlrd. The general nature of the business
to be transacted Is tlie buying Belling , fecyJ-
InK and handling of live HtocK on commis
sion , or otherwise ; the advancing of money ,
to feeders , shippers and others ; the nriklnrr ,
endorsing nnd guaranteeing- c'lecks , drafts
and notes , whenever necessary In and about
the business and the dolntr of other thltiKi *
necenrary to the full exorcise of the cor
porate powers Htatod.
Fourth. The amount of capital Block au
thorized Is KXUOO. At least one-halt
thereof has been Hubscrlhcd and paid in
cash. The remaining J23WO , or nny part
thereof , may bo Issued at any time by tha
Hoard of Directors. All stock w.icn Issued ,
Bhall be fully paid up and non-upgegsublc.
Fifth. The lime of the commencement of
the corporation Is the first day of January ,
IS'US , and the date of its termination thu llrat
< iav of January. 1018.
Sixth. Tim highest amount of Indebted
ness or liability to which the corporation 19
at nny tlmo to subject Itself Is an amount
not to exceed two-thirds of the capital stock.
Seventh , The affairs and business of thi >
corporation < ire to bo conducted by u board
of three directors nnd by u president , vlco
president , rcorotnry , treasurer and manager
by said board elected ,
In testimony 'Whereof ' thu corporation hna
cauFnJ this notice to bo published UH by law
required ,
J. W. QRIBBLR , L. F , STOCICWBLL.
Secretary , President.
Mount Yerttoii
PURE RYE
Owing to its fine , full , mellow
fliivoi- , this whiskey commands the high
est price In barrels ( to wholesale ! deal
ers ) of any brand now on the market ,
and ! ! the buslfl of most of the bottled
tled blended whlslcoy now Booxtonslvoly
advertised.
Ilottlcclnt the nlstlllery with nil nbftolnto
Uunraiity of I'ui-lty nail ( Irlwliial Con Jltloit
The consumer buying tills the only
dUtlllury bottllnB of MOUNT VKKNON < lu
SO.UAHI ! llottlcs , onch hearing tlio Num
bered Ounrniity l.uboll krcuius thu lilxh-
out Lfiiidoof I'uru ItyoVliIsKcy In UH natural
condition , nntlroly frou from adulteration
with cheap Bplrlta and flavoring ! ) ,
FOR MKU1CINAL USB
it has Ilio Indorsement nf tha most prominent
pbyblcluns throughout the United fatutca.
Tor Bulo by All Itullablo Daulord.
SPECIAL NOTICES
COUNCIL BLUFPS WANTS *
/W\MS\/x/\S\S\SW\SV > \ / %
viiurr. PAIIU AND
lands fur Bulo or rent. Day & lien , tu 1'earl
trt t. i
MONEY TO 1/MN-IIEnUCEI ) RATH OH
( lrst-cai3 Improved farms anil liuldo clt *
Broperty. Apply ( o Jin , N. Cattady , jr. , Zil
afn fit.
inttnictlont. Albln Hixtcr , itudlit
938 llroadway. rjmnon method
o ( Urtiden Contervatcry * . „