TJTE OMATTA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , JANtTAHY 4 , 1899 ,
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS-
MIMHlMENTION. .
Hamilton's shoe store , 412
Davis sells glass.
Btockert Carpet Co. , 205-107 Bwy.
Moore's food kills worms and fatten * .
Mrs.V. . K. Vic noy has gone to Chicago
on a visit ,
Mips naith Foster returns to Drake uni
versity today.
C. B. Jacaucmln & Co. , Jewelers and op
ticians , 27 South Main street
Mrs. n. U. Allen has gone to Coronado
Beach , Cal , , to spend the balance of the
winter.
President Themes has called a special
nu'otlng of the Board of Education for to
morrow night.
John V. Kent , a prominent Implement man
ofVulla Wnllo , Wash , , accompanied by his
wlfo and child , Is In the city.
Quito a number of Implement men who are
attending the annual meeting In Omaha are
making Council Bluffs their headquarters.
J , C. 13 1 x liy , boating and sanitary engineer.
Plans and specifications for heating , plumbIng -
Ing and lighting. 202 Main. Council Bluffs ;
Klalo , the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. M. Thornton , C53 Willow avenue , was
reported to the Board of Health yesterday
as 111 with scarlet fever.
The park commissioners' held their regu
lar monthly session lant evening , the only
business transacted being the allowing of
bills and the salary list.
They had -not met for years. "You have
clumped , " she murmured. "Yes , " said Al-
emnuu , "I now send all my work to the
Laglo laundry , 721 Broadway.
W. O. Stevens of New York , artist for Me-
Clurc-'s MiiKiizlnc , Is In the city , He came In
on the Durllngton fast mall yesterday morn
ing with several other eastern newspaper
int'ii.
int'ii.Mrs.
Mrs. Arthur Harrington entertained the
members of Augusta grove very pleasantly
at her homo yesterday afternoon. The grove
will meet In regular session tomorrow even
ing , when the newly elected ofllcers will
bo Installed.
John Wllkey Detwller of Des Molnes ,
formerly In 'business ' as a carpenter aad
builder In Audubon , has filed a voluntary
petition In bankruptcy In the federal court.
His liabilities are In the neighborhood of
fl.fiOO , He has no assets.
Judge J. P. Duncombe , president of the
Fort IJodgo & Omaha railroad , returned
homo yeaterday. Ho will return when the
clly council committee of the whole Is ready
to consider the two ordinances providing for
a right of way nnd the vacation of certain
streets and alleys , submitted by him to the
council Monday evening.
The weekly report of the Christian Home
shows that the Institution Is starting the
new year under the most favorable pros
pects and conditions. The receipts for the
last week In the general fund amounted to
$1,227.92 , being $1,027.92 In excess of the esti
mated needs for the current expenses of the
week. The total receipts In the manager's
fund amounted to $61.75 , being $29.75 abwc
the needs of 'the week.
The regular monthly meeting of th * city
council , postponed from Monday evening ,
will bo held this evening. The committee
having the Hublnger iMmpnny franchises In
1iand does not expect to make a report and
the ordinances submitted by President Dun-
combo of the Fort Dodge & Omaha railroad
will , after being passed to their second readIng -
Ing , bo referred to the committee of the
whole.
The real estate market Is fairly active and
there Is a tendency to better prices than
thus prevailed for oomo time past. This Is
mainly due to the numerous purchases made
by the Fort Dodge & Omaha nnd the Omaha
Bridge and Terminal railway companies and
purchases made , by speculators along what
Is belleyecj will bo the route of the Great
Western Into 'tho city. The real estate fil
ings yestcr.lay show that twenty pieces of
property changed hands , the total considera
tion ( being over $35,000.
N. Y..Piumbluscompany. . . .Tel. 260. ' " *
Remember the exposition by getting som
copies of Snap Shots at tha Council Bluff *
oltlco of The Bee. Ten cents each.
I tea I Kntnti * Trunufcr * .
The following transfers were filed yester
day In the abstract , title and loan ofllco of
J. W. Squire , 101 Pearl street :
Serena Johnson and husband to H. N.
Hanson , nnd. yt w'/4 swi nv/V
IiG-77-43 , w. d $ 275
II. N. llunsen and wife to Soren
Antonlus. n 1-2 nw'.i ' and wH
> . . . . . ' .
mv 4 3ij-77-43 , w. d. 2.SOO
Belli ) M. Husfmnn to George Llppold ,
sV section257740 , q. c. d 100
Mlnnloilmmcrman and husband to
George Llppold , s'/4 section 25-77-40 ,
a. c. d 1,000
Henry A. Llppold to George Llppold ,
B',4 section 25-77-40. s. w. d 1,000
Herman Llppold to George Llppold ,
s'6 section 23-77-40 , s. w. d 1,000
F. W. Llppold nnd wife to George
Llppold , B > 4 bectlon 25-77-40 , q. c. d. 300
George L. Redman and wife to Harry
Keellne. seU sw > / , 28-77-44 , w. d 800
James I'eter Johnson to H. N. Hansen -
sen , neU nw'/i , nwU nwV4 and und.
Vi w % swtt nwtt 3C-77-43. w. d 2,476
Ernest E. Hart and wife to Frank
8. Haas , neVi , e'.fc nwU. w'/fc ' soVi nnd
government lots 1 nnd 2 In 33-77-44 ,
s. w. d < .W
John M. Galvln to Kathlcne O'Hern ,
lot 3 , blork 20 , Kiddies' subd. , W. d. 175
Same to William E. Powers , lot 2 ,
block "G , Riddle's subd. , w. d 175
II. G. Medeo and wife , to Nellie P.
Smith , lots 21 and 22 , block 18 , How
ard's add. .
Harrison D. Ilarlo and wlfo to Harle
& Haas Drug Co Jots 1 and 2 in
mibd. of Original Plat lot 180 , nnd
lot 1 In sub. of Original Plat lot 181 ,
w. d 15,000
iW. S. Cooper and wlfo to Omaha &
Council Itluffs Railway nnd Bridge
Co. , lots 14 and 15 , block 1 , Evans'
Bridge mid. , q. c. d 225
Charles Klngnmn and wife to Albert
Wendt , iiVi Vt lot 21 , in Avoca Land
and Loan Co.'s subd , , w. d COO
John T , Stewart and wife to Fort
Dodge & Omaha Railroad Co. , lots
II , 12 and 13 , block 13. Mullln's subd. ,
w. d . " 750
Thomas Rauman , and , wlfe to Charles
Joslo Fryzck , lot 11 , block 2 , Terwll-
llgcr's uilO.i w. d. . , 200
S. C. Campbell , referee , to George
Tanner , lots 7 , 8 and 9 , block 15 , Car
son , rofereo's d 1,000
James B. Melklo and wife to Edgar
A. Balrd. lot 6 , block 6 , Potter &
Cobb's add , , w. d 100
Twenty transfers , aggregating.$32,575
Annual Salaa ov rOOOO OOO BOM * >
FOR BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISOBDER8
ns Wind and Fain la the Stomach.
Giddiness. Fulness niter meals. Head-
che. Dizziness. Drowsiness , Flushings
ot Heat. Loss ot Appetite. Costlvoness ,
Iltotchos on the Bkln. Cold Chills , Dis
turbed' Bleep. Frightful Dreams nnd all
Nervous nnd Trembling Sensations.
TUB F1EST DOSE WILL GIVE BELIEF
IN TWENTY MINUTES. Every sufferer
trill acknowledge them to bo
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
PILLS , taken na direct-
ed. will quickly mstoro Females to com *
jileto health. They promptly romova
obstructions or irregulnrltles of the sys
tem ami euro * > lck llehdavho. Fora
Weak Stomach
Impaired Digestion
Disordered Liver
IN MEN , WOMEN OK CHILDREN
Beecham's Pills are
Without a Rival
And h v tb
LARGEST SALE
r any Fluent Medicine In Ibe World.
25c. ut alt .Orutf Stores.
FINANCIAL AID IS ASKED
County Fair Association Makes Showing
Before Superiors ,
WANTS MONEY TO WIPE OUT ITS DEFICIT
I.HTT nnvernlnic Holding nf Fair * I *
Cited , but No Action I * Taken
Upon Application , Other
Than to liefer.
The Pottawattomle County Fair associa
tion of Avoca , which was Incorporated In
August , 1897 , Is seeking financial assist
ance from the county. A petition signed by
Q. Dledrlch and Iloscoe Barton , president
and secretary , respectively ot the associa
tion , was presented yesterday to the Board
ot County Supervisors , asking that It ap
propriate (1,000 to wipe out a deficiency of
$903.80 at present existing In the associa
tion's treasury. Under the new code of
1897 , Boards of County Supervisors are
permitted under certain conditions to ap
propriate money for such purpoies. The
section of th code Is as follows : "Section
1660 When a county agricultural toclety
shall have procured In fee simple free from
Incumberauco land for fair grounds , not
less than ten acres In extent , or hold and
occupy such amount of land by virtue ot a
lease , and own and have thereon buildings
and Improvements worth at least $2,000 , the
Boards of Supervisors ot the county may ap
propriate and pay to It a sum not ex
ceeding $100 for every 1,000 Inhabitants In
the county , to be expended by It In putting
up or purchasing such fair grounds , but
for no other purpose , but the aggregate
amount so appropriated shall not exceed
$1,000 to any one society. "
The Pottawattamle County Fair associa
tion of Avoca was Incorporated with $10-
000 capital , and the petition to the board
sets up that the association has not only
spent this sum In purchasing land for the
fair grounds and In carrying out the nec
essary improvements , but has expended
$903.80 , besides , which represents the de
ficiency In the association's treasury. The
petition further states that the association
has compiled with all the requirements ot
section 1660. This Is the first application
made to tbo supervisors under this law and
no action on It was taken at yesterday's
session.
A fresh Jersey cow for sale , cheap , by O.
W. Foster , 232 Avenue O.
Char t d with RnrRlary.
Dan Cannell and James Atkinson , better
konwn as "Coal Oil Johnny , " are In cus-
today at the city Jail charged with breakIng -
Ing Into and robbing the Klondike saloon on
South Main street Monday night. When F.
Beebe , the proprietor , opened up the place
yesterday morning he discovered that It had
been raided during the night The door
leading Into the alley had been forced In
and a hastly Inventory of the stock dis
closed the fact that a case of bottled beer ,
several bottles of whisky and brandy and
a quantity of clrgars had been stolen. The
email change In the cash register had not
been touched. Suspicion pointed to a gang
that make the saloons on South Main
street Its loafing places as the perpetrators
of the robbery. Cannell was arrested by
Detective Weir and two of the bottles of
whliky stolen from the saloon were found
In his possession. He confessed and im
plicated three others In the deal. Atkinson
was arrested lost night by Officer Claar ,
but he denied knowing anything about the
robbery. The other two , who are both well
known to the police , have not yet been lo
cated.
Snap Shots all go at lu cents each at the
Council Bluffs office of The Bee.
Find the Account * Correct.
The committee consisting of Thomas Bow
man and Spencer Smith , appointed last Oc
tober by the county supervisors to check
the books of the county auditor , county re
corder and cferk , presented Its report to the
board yesterday morning. The Investigation
made by the committee only covered the
eleven months from January 1 to December
1 , 1898 , In order that the report could be
nrepared for this session of the board. The
report , which Is exhaustive , while finding
th t 'the clerical help In the county offices Is
Inadequate and that the system ot book-
k/eplng / in vogue might bo Improved , shows
tAat the accounts have been In the main
Accurately accounted for. As requested by
the board at the time ot Its appointment the
committee makes several recommendations.
The report was adopted by the board , but the
recommendations were referred for further
and more extended consideration.
Special tale of pianos , organs , mandolins ,
vlollna , guitars , etc. , for ono week only , at
greatly reduced prices , at Bouriclua Music
House befor * the invoice taking. An op
portunity for a good many. We mean busi
ness. 325 Broadway , where the organ stands
upon the building.
Court Note * .
The January term of the Superior court
was convened yesterday by Judge Aylen-
worth , but beyond assigning two cases for
trial nothing was done. The suit of Jonn
L. Tcmpleton against C. B. Jacquemln and
other * , which has been on the docket for
two years , was set for tomorrow. The case
ot W. H. Klmball against Elmer D. Stacy
was set for Monday ot next week.
The motion for a new trial In the damage
suit of Fanny Deltchler against Harry Hoist
was 'withdrawn. The plaintiff In this case
.sued for $10,000 damages for alleged seduc
tion and the Jury failed to agree. A com
promise was effected , following on ( he dis
missal of the criminal case against Hoist
In fEe district court.
S. T. McAtee commenced suit In the dis
trict court yesterday against A. B. Walker
and wife to recover on a note for $206.50
given for a bill ot groceries.
ISvun * Get * Off.
n. M. Evans , the Ilock Island brakeman
arrested Monday night on complaint of Mrs.
F. S. McKeebe of this city , who charged
him with betraying her 17-year-old daugh
ter , was released yesterday morning , as
Mrs. McKeebo refused to proceed further
In the matter. Evans , who Is a married
man and has a wife and family at Valley
Junction , la. , had a long Interview with
the girl's mother yesterday morning and
with tears In his eyes pleaded with her
to dismiss the case. He urged that his
reputation would be Irreparably shattered
and he would probably lose his position
with the Ilock Island. He promised to re
main away from the city and cease his
attentions to the girl , who at the time
Evans was tatyen Into custody , was with
him In a caboose tn the railway yards.
Davit Belli drug * .
Wnter * Would Accept.
DUBUQUB. la. , Jan. 3. ( Special. ) Rev.
Nacy Magee Waters , pastor * of a Methodist
church at Evaniton , 111. , Is here'to attend
the funeral of the late James Wallls. To a
reporter ho stated that his friends were
using his name In connection with the
presidency ot the Iowa State university ,
not without his knowledge and approval ,
ho Intimated broadly that ho would bo glad
to accept the chair , and would devote bin
nbole time to the office. Ills friends arr
working hard with every assurance of suc
cess. He was formerly pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church In this city.
WIl'KS OUT LAST OK FAMILY.
Wealthy Renldentn of Stratford Alt
t Die Huild.-ii PrntliH.
WEBSTER CITY , In. , Jan. 3. ( Special. )
The mysterious disappearance of Mrs.
Prlsollla Kmerson , aged 60 , widow of the
late Levl Emerson , a banker of Stratford ,
was solved Sunday by the finding of her
dead body In her homo. She had been
dead , It was learned , since n few days before -
fore Christmas. The neighbors believed
she had gone to Dayton , a neighboring
town. Immediately upon the discovery ot
the body , which was frozen stiff , the cor
oner was notified and an inquest was at
once begun.
Mrs. Emerson was wealthy and considered
one of the most careful managers In the
county. She had personal supervision of
the farms she owned and employed men to
run tli m. A strange fatality seems to have
followed tha fortunes of the Emersons. Lev I
Emerson , the husband anil fnthr" I * said
by the f tratford people to have committed
Biilelilo by poisoning himself. He died
suddenly and no examination was made ot
his body. Lloyd Emcr&on , the only son ,
and a graudate and afterward a teacher In
Ames college , went to Colorado Springs for
his health , being In the banking business
at the time In Rising City , Neb. , and while
taking a bath burst a blood vessel and
death ensued. Miss May Emerson , the
only daughter , while handling a razor , ac
cidentally cut herself. Blood poisoning fol
lowed and caused her death nine months
ago. Thus the entire family has been
wiped out by fatalities.
TRAIN IIUNS AWAY FROM CRBW.
Fat Mail Mnkcn Record Speed at
Amen , Icitrtnw llrnkemcn llchliid.
AMES , la. , Jan. 3. ( Special. ) The North-
western's new fast mall , which passed
through this city at 3:3S : this morning on Its
initial trip , made a record between Cole
and Ames , a distance of sixteen miles being
covered In eleven minutes. At Ames n
transfer of fifty tlu-aacks and eight pouches
was made In one and one-lialf minutes and
the train started so quickly that one man
was thrown between the cars and the station
platform , but escaped Injury , and two of
the brakemen , Shrader and Ed Wallacei
were unable to get aboard. The run Up hill
from Ames to lioono , a distance of a little
over fourteen miles , was made In twelve
minutes.
Searching for Her llunhnnd.
'
ELDORA , la , , Jan. 3. ( Special. ) Mrs. 0.
O. Armstrong , of Woodstock , 111. , Is here
looking for her husband , C. O. Armstrong ,
who disappeared very mysteriously from
his home at Crystal Lake , 111. , while In a
demented condition. His former home was
In western Io\\a , and It Is thought he may
have wandered back there , If still living.
A man was seen near Hubbard , Id. , some
time In September who answered the de
scription , but gave the name of Leoy. He
avoided the towns and got rides through
the country with farmers , hiring out
wherever he could. Ho was working west.
Mr. Armstrong was 43 years old , five feet
nlno Inches In height nmlelghel about
150 pounds. Ho wore a full sandy beard ,
had dark brown hair quite thin on the top ,
blue eyes and wore glasses. The tip of
one of the forefingers had 'been taken off ,
so that the nail grew over the end of the
finger. He was a member of Cherry camp
No. 64 , Modern Woodmen , at Freeport , 111.
A reward has been offered for Information
of his present whereabouts.
CrnnltiMl liy Loaded Wo con.
CORNING- . , Jan. 3. ( Special Tele
gram. ) John Edwards was accidentally
k'llled today In endeavoring to stop his team.
He was caucht between the loaded wagon
and a fence as ho endeavored to mount the
wheel and was crushed.
Prizes given with Diamond "C" Soap. Ask
your grocer , or send your name on a postal
card to Cudahy. South Omaha , and they
will mall vou , free , a catalogue of several
hundred useful and ornamental articles.
Prizes Include books , music toys , games ,
etc. , and are adapted for old and young ,
Nntlnnnl Stock Itulm-m Meet.
DENVER , Colo. . Jan. 3. ( Special. ) The
last national livestock convention of the
century will assemble here on January 24.
A much larger attendance Is expected than
over before. Subjects of the first Impor
tance to breeders , shippers and dealers will
bo acted on. Among these are : The quar
antine regulations , the dipping of cattle to
prevent. Texas fever , cession of the arid
lands , reciprocity with Mexico , the abroga
tion of terminal charges at the Chicago mar
ket , a uniform bounty law , the extension of
what is commonly known as the 23-hour
law , prohibiting the Importation of animals
physically unsound and many other matters
of equally as much Importance. Resolutions
on these will be adopted and the necessary
steps taken to secure the proper legislation
upon them.
Shoe Fnctorle * Remiiur Operation * .
MARLBOROUOH , Mass. , Jan. 3. Another
stage in the general strike of Marlborough
shoo workers was reached today when the
big factory of the S. II. Howe Shoe company
and two smaller establishments controlled
by 'the ' company resumed operations yester
day after a shutdown of more than two
months. The Howe company , when all Its
factories nro running In full , employs about
1,500 hands.
MlNHOiirl New * Noted.
Missouri has over 15,000 public school
teachers.
Harrlsonvllle has been struggling with a
coal famine.
Petty thieves are stealing everything In
sight at St. Joseph.
The total debt of Galloway county
amounts to $233,000.
A Mlllersburg merchant handled 17,000
pounds of turkey In two days loot weok.
Missouri has the largest school fund of any
state In the union except Texas.
The Mexico Business Men's association Is
"making " a determined effort to induce the
people of that town to patronize home In
dustries.
J. R. Nicholson of Cess county , 27 years
old and a lawyer , claims the distinction of
being the youngest member of the Incoming
legislature.
A Wayne county grand Jury recently In
dicted H. N. Holllday , president of the WIN
llamsvllle , Greenville & St. Louis railway ,
for permitting his employes to run trains
on Sunday.
Attorney General Crow announces that he
will start a crusade against the trusts In
Missouri under the law of 1895 , which ap
plies , he says , to the tobacco , cigarette ,
cracker and other combinations.
Once a year Bob White and Sam Cook ,
the proprietors of the rival democratic papers
of Mexico , Mo , , take a coon and possum hunt
together. Then they put In the remainder ot
the year hunting ench other.
At a recent mass meeting in Columbia
over $12,000 was subscribed to help build
the new railroad between Columbia and the
Missouri river. Efforts are being made to
raise $ .S,000 more In order to guarantee the
building of the road.
The first suit under the Avery fellow-
servant law , passed by the last Missouri
legislature , was tried recently nt Maryvllle.
Louis Ounbr'jn , a brakeman who had both
legs cut oft while coupling an Omaha & St.
Louts railway 'train ' at Hoyeberry , got a
Judgment for 115,000 against the company.
OSTEOPATHS FORM ALLIANCE
Eitablish Association to Advance Theii
System of Onre.
DES MOINES TO HAVE SIX-STORY HOTEL
.Inprrlntriulriidi of Slnte InMKntlon *
Meet tn Let Contract ! for Com-
Year SriintorKhtp Con
test ! Open.
DES MOINES , Jan. 3. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The osteopaths of Iowa met hero
today and formed the Iowa Osteopathlc
association. The following officers were
otectod : President , S. S. Still of the Di *
Molnce College of Osteopathy ; secretary ,
Blanche I. Thoburno of the Des Molnca col
lege ; vice presidents , U. M. Hlbbet of
Brooklyn , Dr. M. Machln of Keokuk and Dr.
A. U. Jorrls of Ilcul Oak ; treasurer , Dr. E.
R. M. Qllmour of Indlanola ; trustees ,
Charles Hartupee of Dos Malnes , Harry
Emery of Marshall town , J. K. Johnson of
Jefferson , O. E. McFadden of Davenport ,
Robert 9. Johnson of Maeon City , J. B.
Owen of Indlanola , and Ed Morris of
Ottumwa.
One of the objects of the formation of
the association Is to bo able to better fight
the enemies of tbo osteopaths In Iowa.
There were flfty-fcoven osteopaths present
from all over Ion a , and as there are less
than eeventy-flve In the state the general
Interest In this meeting Is seen.
Headquarters are to be opened In this city
In a very short time by Hon. A. B. Cum
mins , candidate for election to the United
States senrtto a year from now. Hon. C. O.
McCarthy , who retires as auditor of state
In a few days , will have charge of the Cum-
nilna campaign. It IB growing more and
more evident that a strong flght Is to bo
waged for this ofllco.
The adjusters of losses on the recent Rle-
gel Millinery CO.'B flre have not concluded
their labors. They meet dally and are going
over the ealvago and books of 'the ' concern.
The total Insurance was 151,000. The ad
justers refuse to talk for publication , claim
ing that the mtetlngs of adjusters are secret
and that no decision has been reached by
them as to the origin of the fire or the'
amount of the losa. This U the third time
this firm has burned out In four years.
Burglars broke In the substation of the
poetomce department. East Twentieth and
Walnut streets , last night and secured J2G.
The store Is run by B. B. Alpln , who is
also the postal clerk for this new station.
The store Is In the brick block built by
Mr. Curran. The burglars broke open the
front door and entering went through every
drawer In the postofflce section , taking
etamps and coins. Then they broke open the
desk used by Alpln and took all his books ,
in which were several checks , money or
ders and other valuable papers , but none
of them larco amounts.
> MV Hotel Projected.
The indications are that Des Moinea will
have a new hotel In the near future. Mil
waukee parties have been In the city dur
ing the last week , figuring on the erection
of a hotel properly. Local capital Is Bald
to have been approached on the subject.
The hotel parties' have plenty of money
with them to gukrantee rent and the fur
nishings of the" bouse , but are not suffi
ciently well off to stand for the erection.
A prominent contractor this morning stated
that In all probability the project would
be a success anduthat the hotel would be
built at the corner of Seventh and Walnut.
He further stated that the hotel parties nro
contracting with a local capitalist for the
erection of a six-story building with dimen
sions of 66x140 feet This will give a house
or about 140 room * . It la stated that the
hotel will bo conducted on the European
plan.
plan.The superintendents of the state Institu
tions will meet with the Board of Control
on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of
awarding the contracts for the first three
months of 1899. The law requires that th
superintendents award the contracts , but
the Board of Control makes all prepara
tion ana rccelTes the bids. Many of the
0Bjrfnten8 d ar la the city today at ,
tomorrow atternoou the awards for the thir
teen state institutions will be let to the
lowest bidders. The Board of Control has
the lower rooms and hallways of ine capItol -
Itol bulldlnc filled with samples ot canned
goods and other supplies for the institu
tions.
AWAY WITH TUB KNIFE.
FrotcHt Afrnlnnt Suricery In Galen of
AppendloltlH.
"This paper , " writes Dr. Hulton In the
Medical Record , "Is a protest against the
current surgical theory and practice that all
cases of appendicitis must be split open.
This protest Is baaed on twenty-seven years'
experience as physician and surgeon , Includ
ing sen-Ices In three hospitals , one western
fort , five years In mining surgery , five years
In railroad surgery , twelve years In general
practice on the central western plateau of
Minnesota and four years In this great city ,
which unique in the speed of Its rise' ,
unique In the snap of its people , unique in
vast tributary territory and population Is
decreed by the fates to be the bub ot the
earth in tbo near-by future.
"My experience is that appendicitis and'all
other bellyaches for which men now operate
are promptly amenable to proper treatment.
I can recall 100 cases treated with symptoms
.of this malady or of typhlitis or perltyph-
lltls , no It was formerly called but I have
never yet met a case of It In which I felt
It was my duty to cut or which terminated
fatally. Influenced by the prevailing craze
to cut , tltno and again In coming to new
cases of this kind I have thought : 'Now ,
sir , your time hcs come ; in this case you
must cut. ' But , presto ! simple medical
treatment again availed. Later on I shall
cite other unimpeachable practitioners who
share my views that medical treatment
avails in this malady , one showing forty-
nine out of fifty-one cases successfully
treated being more than 96 per cent.
"My treatment for appendicitis Is free
calomel-and-fioda purgation , supplemented
by hot applications , to be followed by a
saline If action Is too slow. "
WHEN A MAN IS IN HIS PRIME.
Aften nt Wliloh He In nt HI * Rent In
Mpntnl anil Pliynlrnl StreiiKtli.
The question has often been asked , When
Is man In his prime ? but , for obvious rea
sons , a satisfactory answer has never been
given. If "prime" be taken as the time
when a man's Intellectual powers are most
highly developed , then It Is apparent at once
that this Is not likely to correspond to the
age when ho Is In the acme of physical
strength.
Tests to determine when a man Is at bis
best physically and mentally have recently
been made In London , relates the New York
Herald , and the results have caused a deal
of astonishment to those who believe man
IB In his prime between the ages of 40 and
CO. Tests of strength , mental and physical
of several thousand persona were made , and
these are given as the average figures for
the white race :
The "lifting powpr" of a youth of 17 years
is 280 pounds ; In his 20th year this increases
to 320 pounds , and in the 30th and Slat years
It. reaches Its height , 3C5 pounds. By the
40th year it has decreased eight pounds , and
thin diminution continues at slightly in
creasing rate until the 60th year la reached ,
when the figure is 330 pound * .
Mental statistic * wpro based on how much
of a given page of A book could bo mem
orized In a given space of time. Thu trita
were made In English board schools , col
leges and Oxford university. U was found
that youths of 18 to SO were far superior to
men of 30 at this work , A contest was ar
ranged between students and Instructors at
Oxfotd , and the dons were left far behind
by their younger competitors.
A child's mental faculties were found not
to bo propertly developed until the age of 8
years. From this ago onward there was A
steady Increase of the amount able to bo re
tained by the brain , In a certain time , up to
the ago of 16. Then there was a eudden
Jump and a stop at 20 years. At this age
the brain power began to fall off , slowly at
first , but proceeding rapidly after 40 yean
was reached.
TRAVELING IN CANADA.
9bt Thlnjr * Ilinctrnted by Com
ment * 011 m llnlky I/ooomotlvr.
There re primitive people In Canada , or ,
at all events , come of them are. Those who
aren't primitive perhaps are too sophisti
cated. But that's matter ot tostc.
Now , there la * railroad In Canada that
mav be called the Central Lower Canada ,
as a disguise similar to .that which the de
tective assumes on the stage , relates the
Now York Bun. U runs from Jacques-
Cartlervlllo to Arlington , a distance ot
about 145 miles. At Arlington It connects
with an American railway , one of those
conceltedlr named roads which combine
the name of a state , like the Oshkosh and
Nebraska , or something In that style. This
Lower Canada Central runs one train a
day to connect with this American line.
The train leaves Jacqufs-Cacltlervllle In
the afternoon and takes In theory five and
a half hours to run to Arlington. It Is only
in theory that it takes that length of time.
Not having anything special to do when It
gets there and the other train having to
do the waiting the Central Lower Canada
takes six or seven hours to make the run.
Of course , the run can ba mode In schedule
tlinc , but only when the new American
engine , -which the company bought ten
years ago , Is In condition. That Is not al
ways.
The other day it started on time to the
second and went slowly up the first of the
long grades which as a rule would be con
sidered In making up the schedule , but In
Canada are not taken Into account. As It
went on , the train lost time everywhere.
Finally It stopped half an hour late at a
flag station. There Is "waited , and kept on
watting It had a hot box. The passengers
went out to see the fun and heard the en
gineer and conductor , in the Intervals of
the former's struggles with the hot box ,
making comments on affairs In general and
on those of the Central Lower Canada in
particular.
"They oughtn't to ha' given you this en
gine , " said the conductor. The engineer
{ runted and muttered :
"They hadn't. She broke down yesterday ,
same place. "
"They put those brasses In .this mornin' ,
hough , " said the fireman , from the cab.
"Ya-as , " said the engineer , drawing out
he last of the hot brasses from the box.
'These was new brasses this mornin' . "
The passengers were getting Interested.
"Where's the engine that should pull us ? "
asked one of them.
"Oh , she's 'been laid up for two or three
days , " said the engineer , pouring more water
on the hot box. Then one of the passengers ,
who had been around the engine , came back
with a capital Joke.
"Say , what d'you think they've got for a
leadlght ? " he asked. "A brakeman's lan
tern < DBld the big lantern. "
"Ya-as , " said the engineer , sullenly as
he passengers atreamed off to verify the
statement. "Lamp broke down when we
Tied to light It , so we had to put the
antern Inside. "
After an hour the box was cooled suffi
ciently to allow the train to go ahead , and
t arrived at Arlington only about two and
a half hours late , to find that the worm had
turned , and the ttaln that should have
waited had departed. The Central Lower
Canada , advertises tn Canada as the "short
est and best line" but then every road
does that.
It ought to be interesting to those Amer-
cans who view the far-famed Saguenay
on the "palatial double-tier steamers of
the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation com-
> any" to learn from a steward caught look-
ng through the window Into a woman's
stateroom that that Is the way he and his
confreres are directed 'to ' proceed to learn
t the passengers are up and ready to leave
, he boat. But the manager says ho will
forbid the stewards to do It In the future ,
and that they were never told to do so ,
anyway ; so perhaps the Americans who
support the line may take comfort for next
year.
Last year there was a train from this
city , which , reaching Jacqucs-Cartlervllle
on time , brought the traveler Into the city
at 6:30 : In the morning. In time to get the
early morning boats and trains. But the
lotel keepers did not like that arrangement ,
and , as the Canadian Pacific Is the biggest
hotel keeper In the cltv , It had Influence
enough to have the train taken off. So
now there Is only one way of getting Into
and out of Jacques-Cartlervllle without
having to spend the night at some of the
hotels which Is nice for the hotsl keepers.
WAR ENDS IN ROMANCE.
How n. Youthful Hero and Heroine
, IndnlKe In Second Marriage.
Lieutenant and Mrs. John N. Straat , Jr. ,
are the hero and heroine of a highly ro
mantic marriage , the culmination of a highly
romantic love affair , reports the Chicago
Chronicle. They reft their home In St. Louis
Sunday night. Lieutenant Straat had been
ordered to report at regimental headquar
ters , which had been transferred to Fort
Logan. Ho was given a commission as second
end lieutenant In the Twenty-fifth Infantry
at the breaking out of the war and was
stationed at Fort Wlngate , N. M. At the
cessation of hostilities It was rumored that
his regiment was to be sent to the Philip
pines and ho obtained a furlough and re
turned to his home In St. Louis. When It
was time for him to leave again he was
married to the girl he had left behind him
on his flrat departure. The young lieutenant
was married to Miss Junlata Johnstono last
Sunday noon. He Is only 21 years of age ,
Is the son of John N. Straat , an attorney ,
raid to bo wealthy. The young lady , who la
one year younger than her husband , Is the
daughter of Mrs. Olivia Jobnstone , who
lived Just across the street from the Straat
family residence.
There Is nothing strange In all this. The
strange part of It Is that the young soldier
and his bride were married twice. The
first time nan In May , 1897 , at Edwardsvlllo ,
111. The next strange thing Is that young
Straat has been disinherited for his mar
riage , although he Is an only son. It seems
that the two young people were attracted
by an Irrepressible affection. Young Straat
was being educated for a physician and
was , until he ehouM finish his course and
establish hlmralf In his profession , dependent
upon the bounty of his father. His father
opposed the marriage , which was performed
secretly at EdwardEVllle. For more than a
yea- : the young couple lived In their respect
ive homes across the street from each other ,
BOW each other secretly away from home
and kept their secret to themselves. When
th second marriage took place , however , the
affair was made known by tbo few personate
to whom It had been confided. Such a war
time romance should have a happy ending
and doubtless "they will live happily ever
after. "
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OXF OF MORRIM/S SATIHKS.
The OpenliiK of n Reninrknlile Speech
He Made Yearn AK < > .
Senator Morrlll of Vermont , whose death
has just been announced , was one of the
clcare.it headed and wittiest members of the
senate. Four years ago , when ho had long
passed four score years , he made a remark
able speech In the senate , taking for his
topic "Some Marvelous Senatorial Bills and
Quack Panaceas for Real and Imaginary
Grievances. " This Bpecch was provoked by
nlno crazy financial measnircn , chiefly Intro
duced by the long whiskered populist , Pcffcr
of Kansas , which were reported , adversely ,
of course , by the finance committee. Sen
ator Morrlll called attention to the fact
that these bills , If cnnctcd Into law , would
call for the expenditure by the government
, of the stupendous sum of $03,500,000,000 In
' legal tender money. The speech did more
than anything else to expose the folly of
the populist financial schemes ami tn open
ing his remarks Senator Morrlll convulsed
the senate by saying : "It Is hardly neces
sary to say these hungry bills , big , bigger
and biggest , nine of them , asking for nine
or ten times more- money than there Is now
In use by the whole world , were unani
mously reported adversely by the committee
on finance. Nothing more , as the committee
conceived , could have been expected , save
brief post-mortem obituaries. The bills ,
many of them , have been reluctantly Intro
duced by request and therefore not tenderly
nursed , even by their able and eminent god
father. Responsibility for such eccentrici
ties ought not to asked ot senators and
should any member be charged with their
real authorship I hope we would be able to
plead In defense an alibi.
"With no reasons offered for the Intro
duction of thcso billion dollar bills , a Kiif-
ftclent reason for the adverse report \\ould
appear to have been that they were all
death-stricken from an overdose of the Icga
tender nostrum at their birth , administered
by the accoucheur. One of these bills pro
posed an Issue of legal tender money forty
times greater per capita than auy wo have
ever bad ; another to purchase all the slUer
bullion that may bo offered nt $1.29 per
ounce , though It fetches now In any market
only 62 cents per ounce. Figuratively
speaking , the bills were all of one brood ami
of the same feather birds of Inflation , none
game , none worth a charge of powder , but
legislative dodoes , unlikely to be ever seen
on the earth again. No one who reads these
bills will need to bo further bored by argu
ments for their condemnation without bcnc
fit of clergy. I do not supposo. there are
more vagaries. I do not suppose there are-
afloat here than In other countries. Occa
sionally they come forth here , without
fatherhood , frisk about through dog days
and then disappear , leaving no bubblen in
sight to show where they sank. We have
some Impotlng financial theories wearing the
mask of political reform and sure to give to
the world the mlllenlum and not more so
than was the philosopher's stone to turn
everything It touched Into gold. The eager
ness ot many politicians and of some parties
In the minority to obtain ascendancy In
the control of public affairs leads them tt'
present pretentious and kite-flying platforms
for popular support , which , after the gusty
winds of a single season , only fatally be
witch antiquated ofllceseekers , wirepullers
with no wires to pull and a few Juvenile
cranks tarrying at Jericho. "
IJi A IIKAH'H DEATH CHIP.
Terrible Experience of a WnHhlnKton
Rancher.
Rancher Ambrose Larsen of Sehome Is at
Tacoma enroute to San Francisco to place
himself ) a charge of a famous surgeon
there. In September , during a terrible strug
gle with a dying bear , Larsen had the bones
In his right arm above his elbow completely
crushed. Ho has undergone operations nt
Falrhaven and Victoria , but his arm docs
not heal. Instead , pieces of bone keep workIng -
Ing out , causing sores and bolls. He has
heard of a surgeon In San Francisco \\l\o \ has
cut away diseased bone matter successfully
and Is going to him In hopes of saving his
arm , which must otherwise be amputated.
In September Larecn caught In a deadfall
an Immense brown bear'that ' had been stealIng -
Ing his pigs. A log of the trap had fallen on
the bear , breaking Its back. Larson fired
two shots Into the bear's head and thought
bo had killed It. He then climbed Into the
pit to ascertain If he could readily skin his
prize. He bad no sooner put his arm under
the bear's head than the latter caught Lar-
sen's right arm between his teeth , biting
Into the bone. At the same time tbo bear
sent his claws Into one of Larscu's boots.
Larsen suffered the most terrible agony , and
paved his life only by promptly using hla
rifle , which he bad 'taken ' Into the pit. With
his left hand and knees ho discharged the
rifle Into the bear's right eye and then down
Its throat.
Larsen then spent half an hour prying the
brute's Jaws open and extrlcatltg himself.
This done be fainted. His wife found him ,
but had 'to ' go three in I leu to a neighbor for
assistance before he could bo relieved or the
flow of blood stopped. The crunched bone of
Larsen's arm will not knit again nnd un
less he obtatas speedy relief from hla pain
in San Francisco bo will have the arm ampu
tated. San Francisco Examiner ,
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