THE OMAHA DATLT BEE : THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 17 , 185)8. ) NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. I COUNCIL BLUFFS. au.ton Hamilton's shoe store , 412 Broadway. Stockert Carpet Co. , 205-207 Bwy. Moore's food kills worms and fattens. Window glass. Davis , 200 Broadway. Dell 0. Morgan , dams. 142 Broadway. Judge Carson has gone to Phoenix , Arl on business. Dorn , to Mr. nnd Mrs. NeU Jensen of Ga tier township , a eon , C. B. Jicquemln & Co. , Jewelers and o tlclanu. 27 South Main street Wanted , young man , 16 to 20 years o ! to carry horsu route. Apply at Bee offlt Colonel J. J. Stendmnn attended the a nual banquet of the Loyal Legion at D Jlrlne3 Tuesday night A marriage llcciue waa Issued yesterd to John W. Randall , agwl 26 , of Boone. Ii nnd NcBslo is'oel , aged 22 , of this city. J. C. Blxby , iioatlns nnd sanitary onglnei Plans and upeclflcatlons for hcatlns , plum ing and lighting. 202 Main. Council Bluf The dctnr'inent Inspector will be prese nt the regular meeting of the Women B R lief Corps. No. ISO , tomorrow afternoon 2 'V ) o'clock. Dou't you think It must bo a pretty BOI laundry that can please BO many hundre of customers ? Well that's th < "Eagle 724 Broadway. A Bcclal meeting of the Council Blu Women's Sanitary Relief commission n been called for this n'tprnoon In th ec torlal rooms of the Nonpareil. Udwanl Loten. head ccok at the Ogd liolcl. died Monday night and was burl from the colored Bn yc 'tcnlay afternoon tint church , First avenue and Thlrtlc iitrcet P. A. Pulley of thin city and James Ne' ell of West Point , Neb. , are matched f n 100-yard fcot race this afternoon at t Driving park. The stakes are said to $100 a sUlo. A vacant ono and one-half story frat cottage at Thirtieth str ° t and Avenue vns destroyed by fire ftbjilt 11 o clock l.i night. The fire was suppoirl to have be started by tramps. W. E. Sharp of Aurora , Neb. , most lllu trlous protector of the Royal Hlghlandei was In the city yesterday visiting J. rarrothers , state deputy , und In tbo eve iPK attended the session of the trlbuta custle. S. P. Shuart , agent of the Adams Exprc company. Is thanking his stars that t weather Is not as cold as It might be. 1 complained to the police yesterday than i enterprising but unscrupulous indivldt lind absconded with hlH new winter ovt coat D. R. Witter , post commander , has issu a call to the membuiH of Abe Lincoln po Grand Army of the Republic , to attend t "American Boy" day exercises to bs h ( In the public schools of this city tome row. The Invltntlo.i Is extended ! o nil t eoldlerc to attend. W. J. Snothen filed a voluntary pctttl of bankruptcy In the federal court here yi tcrday. HP scheduled his umecure.l del nnd judgments against him ns J3,00n n placed the property owned by him , consli Jn of household effects , etc. , which fclalmrd as exempt , nt $ rino. Helen Mildred , the Infant daughter of ! \ nnd Mrs. II. R. Lcmcn , died at mlclnlp Tuesday of membraneous croup , nged nlr tccn months. The funeral , v.lilch was p : .vato , was held yesterday afternoon in Mho residence420 North Seventh street , a Interment wa ? In Falrvk-w cematJiy. Thr Judpes of election In the Second pi clnct cf the Sixth ward appcarci" at t office of County Auditor Matthews estcrd nnd signed up the poll books , which lit formality they hurt .omitted before sendl the returns in. Tlio. Board of Supcrvls ( Included the vote In the official canvass. Mls3 Edlth'lAIlen Westerdahl , wife o'f W. B. WcBtrrdahl , tiled yesterday mornl at the Allen homestead , 416 North Fl ptrect , of tuberculosis , ngcil 23 years. E leaves a husband and a baby boy 20 monl old to mourn her loss. Deceased was bo : married and had lived all her life In t AlU'ti family homestead on North Fl Street. Mr. Wcsterdahl Is employed In t Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha. The room at the city Jail formerly us CB an olllco for the chief of police has be lilted up BH n plnce of detention for ferni inlsoncrs. It tins been furnished with a n < white Iron bed and other furniture. Owl to tin1 unsatisfactory condition of the rro ; upstairs It has been the custom when fcirale pilsoncr of any respectability r hnd to bo detained at the jail over nip to keep her In th6 Renoral office or the pat room. Dean Fair' ? mission nt Grare church nsalu attended yesterday by Interested n nttutitivo congrcKVlonH u' each of the nei Ices. In the evening Dean Fair delivered ndt'rcss on "David and Peter" as an till trotl-n of the Inconsistencies In the lives Go 's children. This evening the reo.t Rev. R. L. Knox. will speak on "Why I / a Churchman" and tomorrow evening Pe Fair will deliver nn address on the suble "Where Are Our Blessed Dead ? " The Vlavl homo treatment removes neci * lty for surgical interference. For Inforn tlon call or address 326 Merrlam block. N. T. Pi-irublns company. Tel. 260. Redraon dance tonight. O.J A. R. hall. Ladles wantlnc fine medicinal wines a liquors call Jarvla Wine Co. , 225 Me treet. upstairs. Lady In attendance. Dr. Rcller. osteopath , Reno block. I > cnertcd by Her Husband. Mrs. Chris Javohscn , living at Twenl eighth avenue and South Seventh street , i ported to the police yesterday that her hi band had deserted her. She believed bad gone to Kansas City and she want the police to find out whether he Intend to furnish her the means of living or n A photograph and description of Jacobs were sent by Chief nixby to the Kan : City authorities with the request that tli try to locate him and find out hla Inte lions in regard to Ills wife , Iteul IJMntc. Trunafer * . The following transfers woe filed jr < terday In the abstract , title and loan offer or J W. Simlre , 101 Pearl sf-int : Sue W. IJuch to J. P. Iless , 8 ucrss In gcctlon : i'J-75-13. w tl $ Frances K. liny to Herman Morltz , ii'i lot 2 and all lota 3 and t , block 11 , AVulnut , w (1 Ella Wllron to Fort Dodgy & Omaha Railroad company , lot 9 , block 6 , Boers' mid , w ii 1 , John Schlckutunz to Blmon Casaily. lot 13. block 3S , Beer * ' subdlv , w d It. C. Schallcr to Samuel Livingston , lots 1. 2. 3 nnd c 100 ftet lots 4 , 5 and 0 , block b9 , Crescent City , q c d Five transfers , total J3 , Some aoaps do but little harm. Some do much harm. There ia one soap that does no harm. It won't shrink wool won't harm fine ' lacea ' won't Injure the skin. Make any test you will , There is absolute ly no harm- Mr MAMA i WISH MINI inesa in 1.SOAI IT SWIM * . GRAND JURY GETS THROUCl Inquisitional Bodj Completes Its Labor ao Adjourns Without Day. REPORT CONTAINS MANY TRUE BILL rreentmentH Fonnd Agnlnat Kan ber of Criminal ! Who Are IB Ca - toiljr and Some Who Are Mot Yet Apprehended. The district court grand Jury , which hs been In session for a week , completed Ii work yesterday and made a final report , n turning a number of Indictments. Afti making an Inspection of the county BE city jails , which It reported were both fouu to be In good condition , the Jury adjourn * Indictments were returned against Lul Fryson , Georgia Taylor and Charles EC wards , the thre negroen charged with rot I blng John Hamilton , a white man. I Another Indictment was returned agalni Bert Haney , this one on the charge of ai sault with Intent to commit murder. It I charged that Hancy la the man who fired i ' James Atkinson , an employe of the Unlo Transfer company , on the night of Sunda ; October 23. Atkinson , while on his we home , was attracted by the sound of volci | In a vacant lot next a saloon on South Ma ! street. To satisfy his curiosity ho climb * the fence and looked over. One of the mci said to bo Bert Haney , fired point blank i , Atkinson , bur. fortunately his aim was m true , although the bullet whlzjied unpleai antly close to Atkinson's face. The grar Jury had already returned an Indlctmoi against Haney for stealing lumber froi . Murphy's planing mill. I Indictments were returned against D. 1 Roberts and Mike Hughes on the charge i swindling. They are the two men arrestc Tuesday evening on complaint of Peti I Williams , the dairyman , who charged thei with fleecing him out of $30 by the "top ac bottom" dlca trick. An indictment was all returned against Hughes , who U bai tender In the employ of Mack Goodwin i the Senate saloon and lodging house. f < 'running a gambling house. The ball i Roberts and Hughe * on the iwlndllr charge was placed at $ BOO and for the chart of conducting a gambling house again Hughes at $300. Indictments were returned against Tfte < doro McDonald and Thomas Lynch fi I , breaking and entering. September 21 Mi I Donald and Lynch broke Into the resldenci of M. Boyle at 1513 Fifth avenue and Mr C. W. Noonan at 1315 High ntreet and fro the Boyle house stole a eult of clothe which they sold to a second-hand dealer t Main street. No bills were returned against I. J. Clai and Frank Barnett , the horse dealers bout over from Justice Vlen's court on the chari of stealing a pony , the property of Jaw Tucker of Mynster Springe. The cases we dismissed because of the ebience of tl prosecuting wltnee . The Jury also failed to find a true W against Mrs. Rachear Leasure , charged wl maintaining a house of ill-faice. Other Indictment ! returned were' not ma < public , aa the defendants are not In cu tody. Redmen dance tonight. O. A. R. ball. Remember the exposition by getting son copies of Snap Shots at the Council Blu ! office of The Bee. Ten cents each. BIDS ON TUB COUNTY BRIDGE Conirart for the Next Year Let 1 the Precent Holder. The Boa.rd of County Supervisors put a busy day yesterday and disposed of largo amount of business. The contract f building county bridges from April 1 , IS'J o Aurll 1 , 1900 , waa awarded to C. E. 1 Campbell of this city , who holds the coi tract for the present year. The prices be paid t > y the county for bridge work ui der the contract are as follows : For wooden pile bridges. $4.75 per line foot ; for steel spans , 40 , 45 , 50 feet , $9 p lineal foot ; 55 , 60 , 65 feet spans , $10 p lineal foot ; 70 , 75 , 80 feet spans , $12 p lineal foot ; for 85 to 100 feet spans , $ per lineal foot ; for combination spans i ptlo piers , 40 , 45 , 50 feet spans , $7.50 p lineal foot ; 55 , CO , 65 feet spans , $8.50 p lineal foot ; 70 , 75 , $0 feet spans , $9.60 p lineal fcot ; 85 to 100 feet spans. $12 p lineal fcot ; for 36-Inch wrought Iron oyll ders , price per four cylinders. ' 14 feet. $5.G 16 feet. $6.50 ; 18 feet , $7 ; 20 feet , $7.50 ; feet , $8 ; for 24-Inch'wrought Iron cyllnd piers , price per four cylinders , 14 feet , $3.5 16 feet , $4 ; 18 feet. $4.20 ; 20 feet , $4.S 22 feet , $5. For repairs oak piling furnl < h and driven , ten miles or less from Couni Bluffs , 40 cents per lineal foot ; over t and under twenty-one miles , 50 cents p lineal foot ; twenty-one miles and over , cents per lineal foot. AH pll 8 twenty fe arW under are to bo of red cedar. , A resolution waa passed to the effect th henceforth the board would not pay mo than $10 for caskets for pauper dead outsli tha city. W. H. Kllpack. county attorney-elect , w ; appointed assistant county attorney to aflo him an opportunity to learn the ropes and prepared to take hold of the office at tl first of the year. J. H. Soytbern , assessor In Bloomer towi ship , was allowed $16 additional , to the rei I ulor stipend for extra work performed 1 ' him. The bonds of the newly elected coun officers were fixed s follows by the boa it County attorney , $5,000 ; county audltc $10,000 ; clerk of district court. $2000 county recorder , $10,000 ; Just IMS of tl peace In Kane township , $1.500 ; Knox towi ship , $1,000 ; Carson , Valley , Macedonl Mlnden , Neola , Belknap and Layton towi ' I ships , $700 , and In all other townships , $50 constables In Kane township , $1,000 ; Kno 1 Carson , Valley , Macedonia , Mlnden , Ncol ( Belknap and Layton townships , $700 , end I' all other townships , $300. The bonds of tl . ' township assessors and clerks were fixed ' $500. Redmen dance tonight , G. A. R. hall. Walter Johnson , lawyer , uoiary. Sapp bl Collections made everywhere In U. S In the District Court. In the district court yesterday the hea Ing of the suit of Ella E. Hart against i L. Martin was complied and taken und advisement by Judge Green. In the two cases of V. A. Chittcnd ) against W. A. Mynster et al judgment wi entered for the plaintiff by agreement fi | the amount of the notes In suit and pa t session of the property Involved. I In the case of William H. Tompsc ' against R. W. Moffett and others , Judgmci for $ COO wad entered and a decree of fen closure. The demurrer In the s'utt of the Ion Mortgage and Trust company against Chrli ten Chrtstensen was overruled. Judge Green announced the following sex end assignment o ! equity causes for tt term : t Wednesday , November 16 Stahler again Johnson , ChlttenOcn against Mynster et i Thompson against Moflett. i Thursday , November 17 Mynster again | Insurance Company of North Amei lea et e lown Mortgage end Trust Company again . Friday , November IS Roosa et al again Hough , Palmer against Osborne , Mechanic Savings Bank against Carrlgg. Monday , November 21 LOURCO again : Brown et at , Citizens' State Bank ngalni Lake Manawa Railway Company et al. Tuesday , November 22 Sledentopf , admit Iptrator , against Farnpwortb , Shaffer ngalni Shaffer. Wednesday , November 23 Windsor 8ai Ings Bank aglnat RatllK ct al. CASH OF DEDUCTION Iff COimi Man Often to Marry the Girl la th Cane , Out U I'reTented , William Dunlap , charged with the scdu ( tlon of Mamie Muehlenweg , a young gt 15 years of age , will have a hearing befot Justice Burke this afternoon. The hearln was set for yesterday , but the complalnln witness , who Is the girl's mother , failed I appear and the case was continued. The girl and young Dunlap have bee keeping company for some tlmo past coi trary to Mrs. Mueblenweg's wishes and o two former occasions the police have bee called upon to return the girl to her horn One night recently the girl evaded h < mother's watchfulness and escaped by jumt Ing out of her bedroom window , taking a her clothes with her. It was thought tbi she bad gone away with young Dunlap , bi she was found by the police at the home i Mr. and Mrs. Fred Westrlp on West Broai1 way and returned to her homo. Young Dur lap Is anxious to marry the girl and si cured a marriage license In Omaha Tuesda ; the records showing the girl's ago wt given as 18. When ho found , however , th : ha could not marry the girl he took the 1 censa back yesterday and secured a rctur of his money. He gave ball for hla appeal ance in court today. Those desiring codes or the Jublleo ert tion of The Dally Bee can secure them i th Council Bluffo office of The Bee. A One riding pony for sale cheap. Brat ley's Blue Front grocery. C. n. II. 8. Second * Win. The second eleven from the Omaha Hie school proved an easy mark for the eecoc eleven of the Council Bruits High schoi yesterday afternoon. The boys from aero : the river were not In It from the start. Tl Bluffltee had everything their own way ar when tlmo was calred the score stood 16 i 0 In favor of the home team. The thr < touchdowns for Council Bluffs were score by Aylesworth , Richmond and Baldwli Richmond managing to kick a goal on tl last touchdown. During the entire gan Omaha did not have the ball for ten minute The feature of the Council Bluffs pray wi the end runs of Aylesworth , Morgan , Rutl erford , Richmond , Grason and Morga Graham of Council Bluffs was referee a : Rice of Omaha umpire. The lineup to lows : Council Bluffs , Position. Omah Aylesworth loft end Kopa Morgan left tackle..Dawson-Hnrc Rogers loft guard Ba : Crane center Moore. 1 Jnnlng8 rliht guard McDermo Orason rlcht tackle A1U Dalley right end Morinrli Rutherford left half Monre. Baldwin right half Mars Richmond fullback Moore , Matthal quarterback Rusdt Homelen * Children Cnred For. Tbo committee of Mr. and Mrs. M. J Rohrer , Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Smith , Re and Mrs. Henry DeLong. appointed by ll B-ard of County Supervisors to look aft homeless children , had Its first exporlen In this line yesterday. Three children , ag < respectively 3 , 7 and 9 years of age , we taken In charge by the committee yeste day. The mother had deserted them ai ( he father. W. R. Fry , who recently movi to this city from Harrison county , wan un ble to properly care for them. The moth when laafc heard of was in Greenwood , Wl On the recommendation of the commltt the Board of Supervisors decided to give tl children in charge of the Iowa Children Home society at Des Molnea and the coun auditor was directed to draw a warrant favor of A. W. Lanlngham , manager of tl society , for $150. Fry claimed to own fl' acres of land in Harrison cunty which 1 agreed to deed to the county In return f Its taking care of his children. Those deslrlnir comes or the Jubilee efl tton of The Dallv Dec can secure them the Council Bluffs ofilco of The Beo. Snap Shots all go at 10 cents each at t Council Bluffs office of The Bee. Write the Bluff City laundry for full I formation regarding laundering a Bb.li They're easy on clothes. FnnernI of Leo P. Ferron. Leo P. Ferron , the young soldier of Cor pany I , Third Nebraska volunteers , wl died In Savannah , Ga. , was burled yesterdi afternoon with military honors. The ve erans of the Grand Army of the Republl headed by the post drum corps , turned o In goodly numbers and a detail of the Hif School cadets acted as a guard of bone marching behind the hearse. The funor services were held at St. Francis XaviM church. Rev. Father Smytho In his serrai feelingly referred to the spirit of patrlotls which Impelled the dead young soldier respond to his country's call' for troops. Tl remains were laid to rest lnt the Cathol cemetery , the following acting aa pallbea ers : ' T. Evans , A. Hober , J. Kissel , R. Ho laday , S. Lots , members of Company Fifty-first Iowa volunteers ; H. J. Hoi ; member of Company L , Third Iowa Infai try ; J. Snyder , Company L , nnd S. Clea meson , Company C , Third Nebraska volui tocrs. Those dcsirlnc coulcs of the Jubilee ed tlon of The Dallv Bee can secure them the Council Bluffs nfllie of The Bee. Wanted to rent , a house with at lea eight or nine rooms , centrally located , mo ern conveniences. . Apply to Mrs. R. Montgomery , 605 Third street. Superior Court In the superior court yesterday the trl of the suit of Attorney John Llndt again the Schlltz Brewing company was con mencod before a Jury. Llndt sues for $417. alleged to bo due for legal cervices set for in the petition as follows ; Commission r selling lots , $167.50 ; examining abstract $50 ; six days' legal scrvlcia , $150 ; two day services examining lots in the city , $50. The demurrers In the poll tax sul brought by the city against O. H. and L. ( Scott were submitted and taken under a < vlaeruent. The defendants deraurr on tl grounds that Insufficient notice wan give by the collector and that the amount su < on is In excess of that allowed by the lai Part 4 of The Bee's photogravures of tl exposition is now ready and can be bad i the Council Bluffs office. The Women's Relief Corpn will give ! first dancing party of the season on ne Saturday evening at Grmi Ariry of tl Republic hall. Speak In Behalf of ( he NEW YORK , Nov. W. The speakers i tomorrow night's meeting In Cooper Unlc to protest against the recent killing of m groes In North and South Carolina will I General James R. Oberlrne , J. S. Parke the colored president of the State Summc league of Connecticut ; T. Thomas Fortur and perhaps John Dnncy , colored collect ! of customs for the port of Wilmington , wt was driven from bis post b/ fear of person ; violence. _ Churches Accept CurlU Bill. TAHLEOUAH. I. T. , Nov. 16. The bl providing for a treaty commission was lo In the Cherokee senate today by a tla vo > The Cherokees will now bo governed 1 the Curtis bill. By the terms it the bl the tribes were given their chslce of trea Ing with the. Dawes coiaml.uion or accep lug the provisions of the Curtlu bill. FATALLY GORED BY BUCK DEEl Carpenter Bt. Glair's Wrestle for Life wit Angry Animal. HALF A DOZEN MEN TO THE RESCU Low Valuation * Which Fiftieth low Cnptnlni rut on Stnte Propcrtr Are Illiinpiirovcd Of by Governor. DBS MOINES. la. , Nor. 16. ( Special Te ! cgram. ) Fred B. St. Clalr. a cnrpente was frightfully and probably fatally gore by a big buck deer at Greenwood park th afternoon. St Clatr had gene to the par to build Bomo winter pens for the anlma and just climbed over the enclosure of tli deer park when a big buck attacked hln Ho managed to , 'grasp the bruto'a antlei and the wrestle for life began , St Cla yelling for help all the tlmo. A half doze menNcamc and finally bad to beat the dec to death with dubs before they could gi St. Clalr out of Its way. St Clalr was gore in twenty places severely and has lltti chance of life. William Turklngton , a Chicago capltalls who owns the Des Molnea Stove works , ai rived In the city today and began prepare UODS for the opening of a great steel an Iron rolling mill , to bo known as the D < Molnos Steel company. The property ownc by Turklngton is underlaid with heavy yelt of coal that can bo mined very cheaply. Hem It Mulct Tax. The action of the board of supervise ! this morning virtually puts an end to tt cigarette mulct tax In Des Molnes. Upc the application of fourteen dealers mac this morning the board remitted the ta against them. The action of the board w : based on the contention that the tax wi ; void because the only sales had been < cigarettes In the original packages , bougl from the American Tobacco company at gotten from outside the state. Some weel ago the matter was brought lo a test bcfoi Judge Bishop. In the case of C. C. Tai against Polk county. This was a su brought to enjoin the assessment on U same ground taken before the board < supervisors and It resulted In the issuani of a temporary Injunction , In view ofti action of the board of supervisors today fu : ther suit will be unnecessary. All thoi who sell cigarettes bought from outside tl state and without breaking -the packages : which they are originally received , nn sell free from any mulct tax. Alfred Anderson , who escaped from Am mesa penitentiary April 11 , 1894. Is sui posed to be under arrest at Cairo , 111. , ar this morning Governor Shaw granted tl authorities a requisition for the return < the escaped convict. Anderson was coi I vlcted at Fort Madison of the crime of mu ] der In the first degree and was given a II sentence on the second day of Decembe 1893. He Is a German , who epeaks sever languages and especially good English , wi a baker by trade when he lived at Fo Madison and was about 24 years old at tl tlmo he escaped. He was subject to fl and consequently kept In the Insane wa ; from which he escaped. Dinnpitrove ofYow Valuation * . Governor Shaw ana Adjutant Gener Uyeis held a tonfetonce this morning ai decided that the low'Valuation , which con pany captains ofthp.Fiftieth Iowa Insl upon , placing tipotr the state proper which went Into the jovernment service la spring shall not bs approved. Twice tl Hoard of Survey has tried to come to f understanding with the captains as to tl valuation of this property , but each tin the sum has been fixed at but a little ov J400. The regiment took Into service som < thing Ilka $15.000 worth of state proper ! and the adjutant general contends tbi there has not been enough depreciation the property to allow such a discriminate In valuation. The second report of tl Board of Survey has not been submit ? * * ! the adjutant general for his approval , bi If the low prices arc Instated upon ho wl refuse to approve the appraisement , ar with the governor's approval ho will mal a claim to the government ( or what 1 considers a fair estimate. He has not flx < the figure , but It will be In the thousand perhaps $1,000 or $1,200 the same aa tl other regiments will bo called upon make an accounting for. Under the valui tlons made by the company captains a can palgn hat , which originally cost 'JC cent Is put in at 5 cents ; a blouse which co 12.32 and a pair of trousers which cost tt same are put In for 15 cents eacn. NEW iEAnnn FOH THE PYTHIAN , Succcaior to Auxciit Soldier Will E CliONC-n In low n. MARSHALLTOWN , la. , Nov. 16. ( Spi clal. ) Mayor Pierce Is In receipt of an oil clal notice from General James R. Carni ban of the Knlghte of Pythias that he he selected Marshalltown as a place of meetlr for the officers of the state rank on Deccn her 14. At that tlmo an election will bo he ] to choose a brigadier general to imccee Brigadier General John C. Loner of D ( Molnes , colonel commanding the Fifty-fir : Iowa volunteer Infantry , no > v enrouto to U Philippine Islands. The gathsrlrig will I composed of about 100 officers of the un formed ranks of the state. Majo' Gener ; Carnahan , whose home Is In Indlanapoll Ind. , will be present at the meeting. ( HUSHED IIY A HEAVY UIUUGE PIL Foreman Ed Locke Killed Nen OHmonil oil tlic Short Line. SIOUX CITY , Nov. 16. ( Special Tel < gram } Word has been received at the hcc office of the Pacific Short Line railway I this city of the killing of one of the me of Its bridge gang near Osmond , Neb. , th afternoon. The name of the dead man Ed Locke and ho was the foreman of' tl gang. Deb Sheffield , another man , wi seriously Injured and was brought to Slou City for treatment The men were engage In the construction of a pile bridge an In some manner one of the big piles , whl being lifted from the ground , fell , itrlkln the men. Amei Produce * Prize lluttcr. AMES , la. , Nov. 16. ( Special. ) Th State Agricultural college at this place I congratulating Itself on Its continued euc ceffl In butter competition. A salt firm offer prizes annualfy for best results In butte during a season of six months. Nearly a the leading butter making establishments c the United States were competitors and th Ames boys succeeded In obtaining flrst , scc oud , fifth and tenth prizes ? . The winner and scores were : H. M. Ashby of Hazletor la. , first ; score , 97.97 1-6. C. L. Passmen lola , WIo. , second ; score , 97.62 2-3. Loul Schack , Atlantic , la. , fifth ; score , & 7.41 August Johnson of Bancroft , la. , tenth score , 97.18. She Iilveil 1 7 Yenr * . KEOKUK , Nov. 16. ( Special. ) Mre Lucy Alexander , colored , died yesterday aged 127 years. She was born near Richmond mend , Va. , In December , 1770 , the elavo o Richard Miller. Her first huabaml was soldier In the war of 1S12. She was free by her master In 1S30 and came < o Iowa li that year. She was the oldest person ye discovered In Iowa. She had three chlldrcr. one aged 68 years , two grandchildren an fourteen irreat grandchildren living. Th Family has records proving hfr to bo ov 112 years old. AllftAMS AFTKll MQUOIl 1)13.11,1311 ! Snlonn Keeper * nnd DrUKKlnf * WI1 HP Culled to Account , MARSHALLTOWN , la. , Nov. ,16. , ( Sp < clal. ) War on saloons and drug stores about to be waged In thla city , accordtn to Her. II. II , Abrams , state superlntendet of the Iowa Anti-Saloon feague , who Is no In the city. He Bays sufficient evidence i the violation of law has been secured ar the alleged violators , five druggists and se' ' cral saloon keepen ) , will bo prosecuted t Injunction , An application win be made I Judge Bnrnham before the adjournment i the present term of the district court ar by this method the cases do not have to t before the grand Jury. Firemen Go to MlMftonrl Valley. CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Nov. 16.--The Sta Volunteer Firemen's association , at 1 meeting today , decided to hold the nc : annual tournament at Missouri Valley. Tl tournament will be hold the third week ; June. A midwinter meeting will be he nt Marlon. Officers were elected as follow G ; CJ. Wnrren. Harlnn , president : G. 1 Johnston , Sanborn , treasurer ; W. D. Frai els , Sanborn , financial secretary ; W. Burke , Missouri Valley , corresponding BCI rotary. Touchers' Meetlnic. CARSON , la. , Nor. 16. ( Special Tel gram. ) The East End teachers' meeting Pottawattarnle county will be hold at th place Saturday , November 19. The prlnc pals and teachers from the towns In U eastern half of this county , as well as tl teachers from other counties , will bo her Superintendent H. W. Sawyer will I present nnd will read a paper. A very lari and enthusiastic meeting Is expected. \ Fliili for Spirit I.nke. SPIR-IT LAKE , la. , Nov. * 16. ( Special. ) The Iowa Fish commission has placed 75,01 fish , principally pike , pickerel , black has and crapple In Spirit Lake. These arc a mature fish and were seined out of tl bayous along the Mississippi river. Oth lakes In the state where the fish have be < depleted are to be similarly treated. School for MUNOIIH. MARSHALLTOWN , la. , Nov. 16. ( Sp clal. ) Gcorgo B. Van Saun of Cedar Fall who Is traveling custodian of the grat lodge of Iowa Masons , IB holding a scho of instruction for twenty-three lodges whli belong in this jurisdiction , Telephone Franchise In Demand. CRESTON , la. , 4 Nov. , 16. ( Special. ) Thrco different companies have propose before the Creston city council asking franchise to opsrato a telephone system. Iowa. Press Comment. Keokuk Gate City : Democratic editors anew now assiduously engaged In explaining In It happened All that Is really neccssa for them to do here In Iowa is to point the Marshalltown platform. Davenport Democrat : Even the editor the Omaha World-Herald , who ran for co ircss on the basis of close ncqualntan vlth nnd warm support of William J. Brys fell short a few thousand votes. After tl lemonstratlon of the wrath of .the go ivhat more could you want ? " Creston Gazette : "Fickle Finn Is IK gln" Is the way the Waterloo Courl puts it , but this statement of-the case , wh pleasant , Is hardly true. Mr. Finn , prei jus to the incldunt of last Tuesday , h lad a most uncomfortable way of bcl sleeted when he was a candidate for n"Ti This glamour of 'success Is now , howevi . onsldcrably frayed around tbo edges. 1 .vlll have to find some way to change 1 'uck before he will ever ag.iln cut any fl jro In the politics of this , section. Creston Advertiser : Many lessons shot bo learned from the result by the slh force ? . One In this district Is that It dc < iot pay to pick up recent converts fr < , ho republican party to run for office , they are conscientious and consistent 'heir conversion , let us welcome them , t aot make them leaders nnd nominate th ( for our standard bearers. With Porter some other tried and true rcpresentatl of the principles of the new democracy icllevo this district could have been i teemed from the misrepresentation of W. Hepburn. Boone NGWB : If it is a fact that Cz ttccd Is to step down off his throne his IK ccssor should be an Iowa man. It would loubt be agreeable to President McKlnli or he would like to Bee the state honor ' .hat has so emphatically endorsed ths n ministration. Hepburn of the Eighth Henderson of the Third district would ma 4 crackcrjack and either would bo an lion to the state and to the nation. Colonel 1 t * . Hepburn haa been called to the chr probably more than any one man In t nouse of representatives , as Speaker Re recognized Mm to bo the best parliament nan In the house. BIoux City Tribune : The State Board Control has started on a tour , during whl nil the state institutions will bo vlsltc The members will give each one a person inspcclon and it will bo a thorough or Much a method Is far superior In product ] results to the old ono of sending n junkc ing party of legislators to each Ini'iltutlo The board will see all of them and w DO able to make Intelligent comparlsor Under the old system each party of Irgl tators reported on one Institution and knc nothing about any of the others. The resi was confusion and worse. The Hoard control system Is all right , especially whi ( he board is made up of snich men as iowa. TOTVII XCWH > 'ote . The Cole creamery was burned Saturdi night Less , J3.COO ; Insurance , $1,500. On the big Adams farm In Sac conn there are 3,600 acres of corn , which It said will average sixty-five bushels p acrei. acrei.Fred Drohpe , a farmer's son of Ne Hampton , drank hog cholera cure , mlatalu for hecdachn medicine , and dropped dead the cornfield. W. S. Gano of Ida Grove shot himself b cause a young woman with whom he > : Infatuated refused to marry him. Ho has chance to recover. Grundy county's delliinu"nt tax list th year occupies only a column of nowepap apace. This , says the Grundy Center Hi publican. Is the smallest list ever publish ! In the county. The new Young Men's Christian nssocli tlon building at Waterloo , in course of cci struction , shows signs of collapsing at achltects have been called In to devlto son way of strengthening it. A delegation of Musnuakle Indians IP Sunday evening for Washington to confi with the secretary of the Interior aboi matters of Importance nt this agency , prli ctpal among which Is the attendance i their children at the school. A very sad case of shooting occurred ! Oladbrook ono day recently. Willie. Robli BOH , aged 8 , In some way got old of a rll and It was discharged , hitting his little si : tor , Ilene , aged 4 , Just below the tetlipl She became unconscious Immediately and r < malned so until she died the next day. The Marcus NPWS relates that n Marct man recently shipped In two carloads < native Missouri hogs. In taking the an mals from the cars they scattered like wll turkeys and all efforts -to raptuio thei have BO far been fruitless. Somn of thci wandered several miles from town and is said 0110 was seen up north trying i root up the state line between this state ao Minnesota. The Relnback Courier relates that Albci Yittutn , Justice of the peace In Llncol township , Black Hawk county , complain that during his two years of office ho ha never had a case of any kind before hlm- not even a marriage to perform. .But i order to give n little stimulus to tmslnef ho makes this offer : That ho will mnrr the first couple who will appear before hi maglstry free of charge and kiss the brld In the bargain. A ( Sure Hlttn of Croup. Hoarecncps In a child that la subject 1 croup Is a sure Indication of the approach c the disease. If Chamberlain's Cough Rem cl \9 \ given as soon as the child becomes hoarei or even after the croupy cogh has appcarev It will prevent the attach Many mother who have croupy children -Uways keep thl remedy at hand nnd find th tt It saves thei much trouble and worry. It can always b depended upon and la pleasant to take. ARE YOU WORN OUT ? TRY IIKIKE The Famous Tonic for Body and Euin , General , Sir Evelyn Wood , Mnrlanl"lne glrps power to tfc brain , strciiKth ntul elasticity to th muscles and richness to the blood. It ) n proinotcr of good health find longer * lly. Mnrlanl Wine Is endorsed by mor ihan 8,000 American physicians. It H tipeclnlly Indicated for General Debllty , Overwork , Profound Depression and Exhaustion , Throat and Lung Diseases , Consumption and Malaria , Marlanl Wine Is Invaluable for overworked men. delicate women an4 sickly ehlltlrpii. It soothes , strengthcni * and pustalna the system , and brace * "Regaidlng the infnnlry marching In . body and brain. . the recent manoeuvres. It wns the best seen during my command at Aldcrshot. Many officers availed thr-ms'lves of the To thoto who will kindly write to MA- tonic and reconstltuunt properties of the U1ANI & CO. , 52 Wrst 15th Street , New well-known Mnrlanl Wine , the most certain York City , will bo sent free , book contain tain ns well ns tlio most palatable method ing portraits with endorsrmenis of Emper of inducing rculstanco to fatigue. " ors. Kmpress , Trlnces , Cardinals , Archbishops - From "Tho London Sketch. " bishops and other Interesting mutter. Parts-41 Boulevard llnussmunn ; London- * ) Mortimer St. ; JIontreal-S-30 Hospital St Whenever a firm flops handling a certain line of Underwear it is bound to have the remnants of that line left on its hands. There will either be a full line of shirts , in'all sixes , without the drawers to match , or just the opposite the drawers without the shirts. Now we are 'just in that fix. We have on our shelves a quantity of shirts without drawers to match. AVhen the line was full these shirts sold at $1.50 , § 2.00 and 82.50 per garment. We will close these out at $1.00 apiece. This is an opportunity for those who want good Underwear. Main and Pearl Sirests , Council Bluffs , OPEN SAFE WITH DYNAMITE Southland Postoffice Visited by Some Pro- . i fessional Bnrglarc , i _ _ _ _ _ SECURE $400 WORTH OF POSTAGE STAMPS They Also IMek Up One Ilniidred and Fifty Dollnm In Cnsli and Home Jewelry Lous v SIOUX CITY , Nov. 16. ( Special Tele gram. ) The postotllco at Smlthland , a small town In Woodbury county , was burglarized at an early hour thla morning and between $300 and $100 worth of stamps , $150 In cash and some jewelry were taken , in all amountIng - Ing to a loss of about $800. Dynamite \\as ustd to blow open , the safe. It was evidently the work of professionals and no clue Ima been found ns to the burglars. Mrs. J. A. Prlchard , wife of a corporal of Grlgsby's cowboy's , is postmistress. TAKES MONEYFOR THE TROC P3 TrnnNport Ilerllii for Calm nnd I'orto Hloii Cnrrlcn nn Importnnt CiirRo. NEW YORK , Nov. 16. The transport Bcr- lln sailed for Cuba and I'orto Rico today. It carried among Its passengers Mrs. Leon ard Wo.'d , wlfo of General Wood , governor of the province of Santiago. Colonel J. W. Pullman and family of tno quartermaster's department go to San Juan. Colonel Pullman carried with him JJO.OOO to pay off the employes of the departmsnt. Major Flshback of the paymaster's department - ment and two assistants carried $500,000 to pay off troops. Among the other passengers were Captain Zallnskt , twenty Cubans and seventy-eight soldiers , whoso furloughs ha\c expired. Them were also thirty civil employes of the quartermaster's department on hoard. Dr. E. Randcll of Bellevue hospital was appointed Burgeon of < the transport. Tiiu vessel goes to Santiago , thence to San Juan , thence to Ponce. PACKING HOUSE STATISTICS HlaunhtcTiiiK nt Wenlerii Markets Amount * to fiiTIMMH ) lleiid , Coiii- with -I'O.OOO l.unt Yenr. CINCINNATI , Xov , 1C. ( Special Tele gram. ) The Price Current says : The mar keting of hogs has moderately enlarged. Western slaughtering , 520,000 head , com pared with -180,000 the preceding week and ioO.OOO last year. From November 1 the total Is 1,115,000 , against 080,000 a year ago. Prominent places compare aa follows : 'Cltv. 1WS. 1S97. ClllllXBO . 413,000 S50.COO Kansas City . WOO 143,000 .Omaha . & .WW r.J,000 SC. J.ouls . la.'KW fa.OOO 'Indianapolis ' . fil.i'f ) 55,000 .Milwaukee . . . S'.WW . ' Cincinnati . 42.000 S5.000 St. Joseph . f'-W * IVMO < V mWil . 2I.IT.I L'2(0) ( Humx City . iMt'i 16.100 St. Paul . . , . . 1'i.fOO ' ll.oo Loulsvlllo . WOI 11.U- ) Cleveland . 1MOO t..OJO Hardware Men Are I'roHperniiN. MILWAUKEE , Nov. 1C. The faurth an nual convention of the Nation.il Hardware association cf the United States opened today - day with about 150 delegates present. The first * session was taken up with the preH- I dent's address and reports of the s cr tary and treasurer. President W. W. Suplee rovlewed tie ) history of the nf > : alatlon for ; the last year , which , ho declared , was onn of Industrial and commercial urtlvity. Ho said the hnnKruptcy bill would work to the advances r manufacturers and wholeualu traders. _ Itnittlnt CiuiKremi In SeMnlon. BUFFALO , N. V. , Nov. 16 , The sixteenth annual Baptist congress for the discussion of current ciiirstlons npcni-il today In tbo Delaware Avenue Uap'.lnt church. "Man's Fall and Redemption In thn Light of Kvolu- 1 tlon" was the subject of the afternoon dis cussion. Tin ; dbbatcrseie Dr. A , H. i Strong , president of the Rochester Theolog- Extra Fine 5-Cent Cigars Sold by tic best retail trnd throughout the west. John G. Woodward & Co Distributors , Council Bluffs , Sliuclnl Aniioumu'iiivnt. 80 acres good land for sale In Putnam county. Florida , one mile from Kenka. Will trudo for Council Bluffs property. ICO acres good land in Brule county So. Dak. , tlx mllea from railroad. Will trade fur Council Bluffs oronerty. Wo have several houses for rent in dcslrablo locutions. ' Several farms for sale , on easy terms. Wo bavo for sale an 8-room house , with stable , located on lot G6 feet front In finest residence portion of the city This property can be bought nt a bar gain If taken at once. Small fruit farm for sale nt a low price. Now Is the tlmo to Invest In n home 1C YOU want one. Real estate values are low , but are picking up with Increased sales. Wo have a number of Binnll residence properties that can bo bought nt low prices. Remember that we are making loans nnd writing IIro Insurance at as low a rate as any one else , and wo would be pleased to bo favored with a share of your business. LOUGEB & LOUGEE. No. 102 South Main Street. Council Bluffs. la. if ifft THE NEUMAYER JACOB NCUMAYBR.PUOP. .01. 2W , L- * . -iu. liioadwuy , Council Bluffe. Huten , J1.25 per day ; 75 rooms. 1/irnt-clusi i oveiy respect. Motor linn to all depots , ocnl uKcnc-y for the Celt-brntcd St. Louis V. n. C. Benr. Flrst-nlusB bar in con- motion. cal seminary , and Dr. George Oann Board- nan , pantor emeritus of the Flrit Baptist hurch of Philadelphia. The speakers ap- xilnted to take up the dlsjuiilou of thi pu- > ors were Dr. II. II. Pcabody of Rome. N. . ' . . and Rev. Dr. I. C. Barnjj of Pltisburc. ioncral discussion followed. Tonight tha 'Opportunity ' for Baptl tH In the Present tellglous Progress"yas dlscumed. Colored Inimuiif * Arrested. MACON. Ga. , Nov. 16. The Tenth regl- ncnt of Immunes arrived hero today from .oxlngton , Ky. At South Macon thirty op orty cf them , with side nrms. attacked IcavoV store nnd threatened to loot It mi- fss tlirlr demands were compiled with , 'hey then formed a line across the street D prevent any ono being sent to rail for rip. They failed to cut the telephone wire , lowover , and a large detachment of provost tmrds. under command of Captain Bailer , rrlved nnd with fixed bayonets forrcd the legroea Into a lot and r.rrcsted thirty t hem. They wore marched to the city Jail M ! filrI U Kldnnped. CLEVELAND , O. , Nov. 16. Another chap- i r was added to the celebrate , ! llarm-8- IcGownn affair hero today. The 7-year-old aughter of Mrs. Barnes was kidnaped by woman , bupposed to bo hr-r mother , and romedlatcly taken out of the city. They fere traced to the Union station , but be' end that nothing Is known. Stop Heller Work In I'orto Hleo. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. IC.-Tbe National ollcf uommiwilon todav decided to dlscon- Inuo relief work In Porto Rico on December , the povrrnracnt now being In a position J ilo all the nectary relief work there It-