s THTD OMAHA DATLT BEE : \VEDNESDAT , ISfAV 10 , 1801) ) .
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MIXOll MUKT1UN.
Davln cells glass.
Mooro's food kills worms ind fatten * .
Dudwelscr beer. L. Rosenfcldt , agent.
Victor hot water heaters at Dlxby's.
Judson Pasturage , 029 Cth avenue. Tel. 313.
Tow a Furniture * t Carpet Co. , 407 U'waj.
Jensen & Morlonsen. 331 Dvvay give "Stars"
Pictures and frames , C. K. Alexander & Co.
Schmidt's fine photos guaranteed to pfease.
C. n Jacquemin & Co , jewcleri and op-
tlclans , 27 South Main street.
Get vour work douo at the popular Ragle
laundry. 724 Broadway , 'Dhnno 157.
Mrs. Carter of South Tlist street left last
evening on a visit to her daughter In Blue
Mound. 111.
Island No. 10 , Command No. 14. Union Vet
erans , will mcot tonight in Grand Army
of the Republic hull.
The regular monthly meeting oftho Mer
chants' and Manufacturers' n aoclatlon will
be hold lomorrovv evening In the city coun
cil chamber.
Thorn will be n meeting this evening of
the cxccnllva rommltteo of the dramatic
ordct of KnlghtB of Khoroeau In the ofllco of
Slono & Tlnloy.
Patrolman Kd Smith has been d. . . I
as health officer and In busily engaged m-i * -
Ing notices upon householders to crean their
jards nnd alleys.
The regular monthly mooting of the Mer
man's Chrlsllan Temperance xiulon wilt1 beheld
held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the homo
of Mrs. H. A. Ballengor , 721 Willow
avenue.
The Ladles' Aid society of St. John's
Kngllsh Lutheran church will meet tomor
row afternoon at the residence ot Mrs
Marie Nelson , corner of Avenue B and
Tenth streel.
County Superintendent Sawyer has flscd
the date for holding the Pottavvattamlc
county Institute. It will open in Council
Bruffs on Juno 20 nnd the second bceslon
at Avoca July 10.
The following building permits wore Is
sued ycstorday : M. J. Bellinpor , G18 Broad
way , one-story voncered brick olllce , to cost
$700 , Mrs. W. Boesche , addition to rcHldonco ,
C17 Washington avenue , to cost $450.
Pat Ryan , a farmer living just outsldo
the city limits , reported to the police yes
terday that while his wagon was standing
near the City Mills , a sneak thief got away
with his overcoat and a pair of buckskin
gloves.
Aithur Mottar , Chailes Egbert. Jim Lan-
drn and Charles Loeffel. the four young
men at touted Sunday night for trespassing
In the Dnhany theater , were released yes
terday morning , as the management of the
opera house declined to prosecute.
The police were kept busy yesterday
gathering In nil the hoboes and suspicious
characters that flocked Into the city in ad
vance of the circus billed to show here to
day. By midnight there were over thirty
"vagrants" behind the bars.
August Wcrneth , living three miles out-
bide the city , complained to the police yes
terday that Sam Cornell had during Mon
day night taken away a Jcrsay cow on which
there was about an $ S pasture bill. Wer-
ncth was holding the cow for the money.
The residence of II. Teller , at 328 Tenth
avenue , was visited by burglars some tlmo
during Monday night. Entrance was effected
by cutting a ul.it on a window blind and then
opening the window. The thieves managed
to extract a gold watch and some sraolf
change from Mr. Toller's clothes.
Three cases of measles and ono of whoopIng -
Ing cough were reported to the Board of
Health yesterday. Tboy are : Measles ,
Ueoigo D. Bradley , northwest corner Sev
enth and Mllf streets ; Morris and Fred As-
irlnwall , 132 Benton street ; whooping cough ,
Norma Peterson. 421 North Seventh street.
The county treasurer ycstorday mads the
spring turn over of school moneys and re
mitted to the different districts their shares.
The total amount distributed ] by Treasurer
Arm ! was $97,415.12. Of this Council Bluffs
iccelved $40,098.97 , made up as follows :
School house fund , $3,412.06 , ; teachers' fund ,
$23,720.43 ; contingent fund. $7'J)8.88 ! ) ; appor
tionment , $4,9G7.t0. !
Ex-Sharif ! John T. Hazen of Avoca was
in the city yestorday. Ho has just received
news of the birth of a son to his daughter ,
Mrs. Irving of New Haven , Conn. , where
Mrs. Hdzcn is now \isltlng. Mr. Hazen
nas that the recent tornado at Avoca and
Oak Tumi was oven worfco than reported. Ho
himself suffered considerable loss by damage
to his sheds and fences.
Sadlo and Kllza Stubbs , the two daughters
of Bill Stubbs , the horse trader , who ran
away from their parents at Onawa a few ,
dajs ago , wore locked up lost night on the
charge of vagrancy. The girls , ono of whom
Is only 15 yeara of ago and the other not
much over 1C , were found by the police
with a number of men In the nock Island
yards. Chief Blxby will endeavor to have
the voungost sent to the reform school and
u homo found for the elder one.
The funeral of the late Edwin W. Dent
will bo held this afternoon at 2 30 o'clock
fiom the family residence. 825 Seventh
avenue The services will bo conducted by
Ilov George ICdward Walk , rector of St.
Paul's Hplscopal church. Interment will be
In Kalrvlow cometury. His sisters , Mrs
Anna Colllngswood and Mrs Mary Lawrence
of Chicago and Mrs Fanny Trau.x of Phil
adelphia , have arrived hero to attend the
funeral.
A II. Hanson , general passenger agent of
the Illinois Central Hallway , was In the city
jestorday looking for a location for a ticket
nlllco. His road has secured an option on
ono of the offices In the Grand holer block ,
but the road would prefer to secure a larger
loom If possible , Mr. Haiibcn looked at the
building In the Kvorctt block , next to the
ulloy on Pearl stiect , which 1ms iccently
boon refitted and remodeled. It is under
stood that Mr Ilan&cn'ti visit was productive
of nothing definite.
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. 250.
Lawn moweis and garden hose at J. Zol-
Icr A. Co.'s.
Best facilities for storing stoves. Cole &
Colo's now warehouse. $1 and up.
Davis cells drugs.
Oiil.liuiil Sfliool MtiKliIn. .
The hearing pf tha appeal of T. L. Smith
to the county superintendent frnm the action
of the Board of Education In selecting the
Oakland avenue property as the site for the
new High school building is set for this
moinlng , but the attorneys for the plaintiff
v , 111 fllo a motion for a continuance to Mon
day , May 15. Tim uttorno > s claim they have
not had mifllclent tlmo to prepare tholr ovl-
donco and accompanying the motion will be
nn atlldavlt of Attorney Klmbill In which
lip makes oath that ho has demanded from
a'rixililfMt Sims ot the School board and City
Supetlntrndcnt of Schools H , B Hayden , a
statement showing the attendance at the
different schools and other relative statistics
nnd that eamu linn boon refused him.
General agent for Tailor 8)stcm. Will
cut pattoins for 10 cents , Introducing BVS-
torn , today and tomorrow , at 2 p. m. Palace
bakery , b21 South Main street.
Attend the Modern Woodman dance Thurs
day evening , May 11 , af Knights of Pythias
hall.
Licenses to vied were Issued yesterday to
tha following persons :
Name and Residence Age
Clinton Boycr , South Omaha . , . , 2ti
Annlo Akerstrom , South Omaha . , 25
11 , A. Mines , North Bend , Neb . 30
im inn Hoffman , Xprth Bond , Neb . 22
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT
KOICiiMli or I.oiiiiril tin.
U. II. SI1KAH ! & CO. ,
Jt I'turl bti-t-cl , Council JlluKx , Iowa.
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ANOTHER LAWSUIT ON HAND
Council Bluffs , Lake Manawa and East
Omaha Construction Company.
OBJECTION TO THE VACATION OF AVENUE A
rintntllT Claim * a Vcxtril UUlit < i >
Oueiitt ) 'I'llIN Atomic tin a Hlnht of
AVny for a Street Hallway
Under Vraiiuhlnc of 1807.
The city of Council Bluffs now has an
other lawsuit on Its hands Yesterday the
Council Bluffs , Lake Manawa & East Omaha
Construction company commenced an ac
tion In the district court attacking the valtd-
rty of the action of the city
council In pasalng an ordinance on Febru
ary 6 last vacating Avenue A , between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets , and con
voying the aame to the owners of the prop-
rty fronting thereon. The company asks
iliat this action bo annulled and the street
declared open. In accordance with the re
quest of the plaintiff compnny , Judge Smith
has Issued a writ of ccrtlorarl returnable
at 9 a. tn. Monday , May 22 , requiring the
city to produce a showing of Its records In
regard to the action complained of and to
appear and show causa why the petition
should not be gianted.
At the tlmo that the ordinance providing
for the vacation of certain streets and ave
nues was introduced before the city council
by Uiu Fort Dodge & Omaha Hallway com
pany representatives of the Council Bluffs ,
Lake Manawa & Kast Omaha Construction
company raised an objection to the vaca
tion of Avenue A , on the grounds that It
had a vested right and authority to occupy
Avenue A as a right of. way for the con
struction and operation of a slnglo or double -
blo track street railway under a franchise
grunted It In December , 1837. As the com
pany had never taken any stops to com
mence the construction of the line under
the .franchise little or no notice at the tlmo
was taken by the city officials of Us opposi
tion to the vacation ordinance.
The Council Bluffs , Lake Mnnawa & East
Omaha Construction company was organized
In 1897 by Charles R. Hannan , receiver of
the Lake Manawa Railway company ; A. S.
Potter and A. B. DeLong of the East Omaha
Street Railway company ; James A. Patton ,
then cashier of the First National bank ;
J. P. Greenshtelds , a local real estate dealer ,
and Emmet Tlnley , a local attorney and
counsel for the Lake Manawa Railway com
pany. The company WOE organized for the
purpose of constructing and maintaining a
street railway from Lake Mauavva to the
terminus of the East Omaha street railway
line near the exposition grounds. At the
time It declared Its intention of construct
ing a street railway from the terminus of
the Lake Manawa road at Ninth street and
Broadway to the terminus of the East
Omaha line at the Terminal company's
bridge. The company sought n , fifty-year
franchise over certain streets , avenues and
alleys , and under the now law had to submit
the proposition to the vote of the people.
A special election was held and the proposi
tion was carried. The city council on De
cember G , 1817 , passed the ordinance grant
ing the company the right to occupy certain
streets , avenues and alleys for > lts line ,
among the number being Avenue A from
the Intersection with Ninth sticet to Four
teenth street.
Claim ItlKlitx Have llecii Forfeited.
Notwithstanding that the company wont
to considerable expense In having a special
election held , nojaitonipt was ever made to
carry out any part of the proposed line , and
it was generally supposed that the project ,
had been abandoned. The contention of the
city will be that the grant of a right of way
over 'Avenue A and other streets has been
forfeited by the company , as it was condi
tional upon the construction of the line
within a certain specified time. Section 4
of the ordinance conveying the 'franchise
provides that "said company shall construct
Us lines from the Intersection of Broadway
and Ninth streets to the Missouri river and
tavo the samu In operation for general pub
lic travel on or before August 1 , 1898. "
There Is , however , no clauto In the ordi
nance providing for a forfeiture of the
franchise in the event of the company not
building Its line to the Missouri river by
the date mentioned In section 4.
Another clause of the ordinance provides
that "any street so selected not regularly
used by said company within three yeara
from date of passage of the ordinance shall
be deemed abandoned and all right of said
company therein forfeited without legal
proceedings or action of said city. " By this
clause H Is claimed by the company that it
has turoo years from December , 1897 , in
which to occupy the streets by building Its
line.
According to the members of the com-
jiany seen yestetday , the plan of construct
ing a line from Ninth street and Broadway
to the terminus of the East Omaha Hue has
been revived and that the same will be con
structed this season. The company , they
say , has for some time had under considera
tion plans for the erection of an electric
power plant and the transferring of the
steam cars between here and Manawa Into
an electric line , and operating a line between
hero and East Omaha. The company Is said
to have the necessary capital to carry out
this work.
H has boon an open secret for some time
that the Omaha & Council Bluffs Bridge
and Railway company has been after the
Manawa line and the pleasure reaort at the
lal o , but has been unable to complete the
purchase. The motor company is anxioua
to acquire the property and transform the
road Into nn electric lino.
Around the city hall yesterday , -when It
became known that the Council Bluffs , Lake
Manawa & East Omitha Construction com
pany had brought suit against the city , It I
was said that the city might possibly re-
tallato and force a surrender of the fran
chise held by the Lake Manawa Railway
company , It being claimed that the latter
had not complied with the provisions of Us
franchise In a number of ways.
Lawn mowers , garden hose , screen doors ,
window screens and poultry netting at J.
Zollcr & Co.'s.
Remember our gasoline stoves are abso
lutely safe. No sinoUo , no smell , no ex-
proslon. J. Zoller & 'Co.
Vlcitlm of Co n 11 lit-n en name.
Tom Jones , the engineer at the Evans
steam laundry , was the victim of a novel
confidence eamo yesterday to the extent of
$2. While at work In the morning he was
called upon by a stranger who related a
story about having a alck mother In a hos
pital in Kansas City. In the same room
with his mother was a woman who was a
relative of Jones , and fiho , the stranger
said , had asked him , when he came to Coun
cil Bluffs , to call on Jonea and secure his
address , as she wanted to write to him.
Jones had an Indistinct remembrance ot
once having heard that he had some rela
tives In the city by the Kaw , and not sus
pecting anything , gave the man the ad
dress.
As the stranger left the laundry he
casually picked up a delivery slip. A few
minutes later he appeared at Jouca * resi
dence and presented Mrs. .hmea with the
slip , on which was written , "Clara , plenso
give this man $2. I forgot to mention It to
you before leaving the homo this morning"
Mrs. Jones paid the money and then
noticed that the order wns not In her hus
band's handwriting. She called the man's
attention to the fact , and ho told her that
Jones had mot with a slight accident while
cleaning ono of the boilers and had smashed
ono < if his lingers so that ho could not write ,
Mrs. Jones went to the laundry later to
see how badly her husband was Injured
and then they both rcallred how they had
been neatly plaved for a couple of dollars.
A description ot tha stranger was given to
thr police , but he evidently made tracks for
across tha river after getting the money.
Get our prices on lawn mowers. J , Zoller
& Co.
Our gasoline ovens are uncqualed for bak
ing and general appearance. J. Zolfcr & Co.
TA1CU l.OOIC AT WII.SOX.
llclle\e Tlioy Hate < lte Confederate
In ( lie llaulc Itolilicry.
Officers Weir and Plnnell went to Omaha
yesterday to take a look at George Wilson ,
the man arrested on suspicion of being
Implicated In the attempted robbery of the
State Savings bank last month. That Wil
son le thov man whom the police desired to
get hold of and whoso portrait they have
there Is little question , and the fart that
a meal ticket bearing his name was found
In the alley back of the bank shortly after
the attempted hold-up Is considered strong
evidence that ho was there that day.
The police have evidence to show that the
man now under arrest In Omaha wont to
Sioux City Immediately after the attempted
robbery of the bank and from there to Kan
sas City , \\licro It Is believed ho joined a
young woman from this city.
When arrested Wilson was found to have
a woman's gold watch concealed In his sock
and the authorities across the river bollevo
they have evidence sufficient to connect him
with a burglary there. Moore , owner of
the restaurant where Wilson Is supposed
to have secured the meal ticket , was sick
In bed > esterday , and therefore was unable
to see Wilson. Wilson is believed to be
the man who purchased the smoked ejo-
glasses at Sellers' drug store here.
Chlot Blxby stated last night that no
further steps would bo taken for two days
to identify Wilson.
The burner of our gasoline stoves Is so
simple In construction that anyone can take
It apart and put It together again in a few
seconds. J. Zoller & Co.
Before buying call and examine our gaso
line stoves. J. Sioller & Co. I
Court .Noli'n.
Several of the creditors of Louis Bcrn-
holtz of Breda , la. , filed a petition In the
'
United States district court yesterday asking
that he tie declared a bankrupt. The credit
ors and their claims are Begga Brothers ot
Carrollton , Mo. , $701.20 ; Llnlnger , Metcalt &
Co. of Omaha , $57 , and T. G Northwall &
Co. of Omaha , $44.GO. The petitioners allege
that on January 25 of thia year Bernholtz
transferred to the Nebraska Mollno Plow
company assets of the value of $1,200 with
Intent to make that company a preferred
creditor. Accompanying the petition is a
signed statement by Bernholtz In which he
admits turning the property over to the
Nebraska Mollne Plow company and that he
owed that company $1,200.
N. A. McKee , a farmer ot Montgomery
county , filed a petition on his own account
asking that ho bo declared a bankrupt. Ho
schedules his liabilities at $1,617.96 and his
assets at1,369 , ot which he claims $207
as exempt. i
The evidence in the ( McKeown-'Allen ' damage - I
age suit In the district court was completed
yesterday afternoon when court adjourned
for the day. The case will go to the jury
this morning.
Judge Aylesworth of the superior court an
nounced that he would make an assign
ment ot causes this afternoon.
Welsbach burners at Bixby's. Tel. 193.
Itonl Rxtiite TrniiNferH.
The following' transfers wore filed yester
day in the abstract , title and loan office of
J. W. Squire , 101 Pearl street :
Martha A. Jones to Port Dodeo &
Omaha Railroad company , part nvvi , < .
mvH 22-77-44 , vv d $ 92
Guardian ot John G. Jones , jr. , minor *
to snmu , und & of same , guardian's
deed 213
Mary Krimball and huxbanrt to Mary
L Eveictt , lota 7 and 8 , block 7 ,
McMiihon , Cooper & Jefferls add to
Council Bluffs wd 800
Three transfers total $ 1,136
Our gasoline stoves are the simplest , most
durable nnd positively safe. J. Zoller & Co.
Do not fall to attend the grand opening
at Bourlclus' Music House , 335 Broadway , In
the now building that lias been entirely
fixed over and made Into one of the finest
music parlors in the west. There wilt bo
music all day Wednesday and Thursday ,
seff-playing Aiigolus , talking machluns ,
Honors , a number of the llncst musical In
struments , all the latest songs and many
other Interesting things , too numerous to
mention at all. " "
'IVimiit Charged \\ltli tJIunliT.
ESTHERVILLE , la. . May 0. ( Special. )
John Pendorson of Armstrong has been ar
rested on the charge ot murder. Some time
ago ono Antono Anderson , who is a land
owner eaut of town , after visiting his farm
and tenant , was missing , and Pendorson
said ho loft for tha Klondike with a stranger.
Nothing has been seen or heard of him
ulncc. This spring suspicions arose and j
also a stench from a straw stack on the
farm. The straw stock mysteriously took
lire , but on investigation clothing , buttons ,
buckles and bones were found In tbo ashes.
drain Healer ArreNled.
JEFFERSON , la. , May oASpeclal. ( ) A.
D. Merion of Kntlln , agent for the Armour
Grain company and also for Hulbcrt. War
ren & Co. of Chicago , was arrested for the
misappropriation of money furnished him
to buy grain. Ho waived examination and
was boutid over In the sum of $1,000 , which
was furnished by his father nnd others ,
Mr. Morlan bus always borne a good reputa
tion heretofore and his friends liopo ho maybe
bo able to straighten his accounts out satis
factorily.
Will nil ItetiiriiH from AliiHlca.
OTTUMWA , May 9. 0. .A. Walsh , secre
tary ot the democratic national committee ,
arrived homo today from the Klondike ,
where be hns been the past eighteen months.
Ho laughs at the etory that lie cleared $50-
000 to $100,000 , but admlte ho has a valuable
claim. Ho will return to Daw-son City In
Juno for a nuort stay. Mr. Walsh still owns
the Klondike Advertiser.
Improvement ! * for 1' . , C , , O. A SI. li.
PHILADELPHIA , Slay 9. President
Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania road
and the officers of the Pltteburg , Cincinnati ,
Chicago & St. Louis Railroad company , held
a general conference today on the subject
of the company's western lines. Plans were
dl&cuE * > ed for the Improvement of the road
and the largo amount of work already ac
complished In tuts direction was reported.
The alleged railroad tuuit reported from
Cleveland , In which the Pennsylvania rail
road figures , was laughed at today by the
oulclals of the company , who stated that the
first they had heard of the combine wua
through the papers.
Pnsumonltt , la grippe , coughs , colds , croup
and whooping cough readily yield to One
Minute Cough Cure Use this remedy In
tlmo and save a doctor's bill or the under
taker'8.
SUPPRESSING THE SMALLPOX
Iowa State Board Trying to Stamp Out the
Dread Disease.
FIFTEEN CASES REPORTED AT LECLAIRE
.More lllKlil < lnnrniitlm ; AV111 llu
UMnlillflhed Tlinti I III * Vet llvuu
MuliitnliiFil Uri > i Hi-port Inill-
cutcn ( iiiiiit Condition * .
DE3 MOINUS , .May 9. ( Special Telegram. )
Dr Kennedy of the State Board of Health
received a telegram announcing fifteen cases
of smallpox at ) Leclalro. The dispatch came
from Dr. Matthoy of Davenport , a member of
tha State Uoanl of Health , who was sent to
Investigate. Ouo case Is also reported from
Waterloo , the news coming by telegraph from
Dr. Shrrtder of Iowa City. Smallpox had
once before been reported at Leclalre , but It
turned out to bo chicken pox. The state
board will urge the local boards throughout
the state to observe the established rules ot
the state board regarding vaccination against
smallpox nnd everything possible will bo
done to keep the disease from spreading.
An Indefinite number of the people of ttlc
village have been exposed to the disease
and how many more- there will bo Is Im
possible to atato. The throe houses where
the disease now oxlsta were quarantined last
week , but the quarantine was not of an
Ironclad variety. This week It Is going to
bo different.
The state crop report Issued today shows
the conditions as being very favorable and
the season as fully advanced as usual at
tills period. There has been a wonderful re
covery from the late severe spring nnd In
dications now point to beautiful harvests ot
small grain and a largo acreage of corn. The
summary :
The mean temperature of the last wcelc
was nbovo normal , the average dally excess
ranging from 2 degrees to 0 degrees. On
the morning of the 4th frost was observed at
many stations , but no damage resulted. The
rainfall was ample In all districts and some
what excessive In poi lions of the southern
and central sections. Weather conditions
have been favorable for the growth of grass
and all small grain crops , which arc re
ported to bo In very line condition. Pastur-
ngo Is now sulllclently advanced for the
full support ot stock. A largo area has been
pieparcd for corn and planting will bo In full
progress as soon aa 'tho ' condition of the soil
will permit. In numerous localities a fair
beginning has been made In planting. Ap
ple , plum and cherry trees are generally in
bloom. In respect to leafage , bloom and
general growth of vegetation the season Is
now about as well advanced as the average
of recent years.
INSURANCE COMPANY MOVES
Olllucrn Flint IVo One 011 AVIiom to
Scr\c PIIIHTI Statement
UiiHiitlHfnctory.
INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , May 9. The Life
Assurance Company of America , for which
a receiver was asked In a suit filed In the
circuit court yesterday afternoon , has left
Indianapolis and Indiana. This fact was
discovered by many policy holders and a
deputy sheriff , who sought the rooms of the
company on the eleventh floor of the Steven
son block today. The policy holders wanted
to got Information as to the condition
of the company and the
deputy sheriff was there to eorve notice of
the suit for a receiver. Monday Charles R
Binkloy , the president of the company , one
or two other officers and three young women
employed In the olllces as stenographers left
for Philadelphia where , It Is announced , the
future operations of the company are to bo
carried on.
One policy holder received a circular letter -
tor signed by the secretary announcing that
the company , by consolidating with cer
tain other companies , "now stands as ono
of the most prominent and strongest Insti
tutions In the country. " The Life As
surance Company of America has been
established about two years and did lather
a largo business.
Auditor ot State Hart had prepared a
statement which he Intended to submit to
the attorney % general today asking him to
bring suit against the company. The audi
tor had been Investigating the company's
affairs for over a week and had concluded
It should not be allowed to continue busi
ness. Ho refused to accept the statement
of the company's condition when It was
filed the first "of the year.
RECRUITS FOR RELIEF CORPS
husuii 11. Aiilliony niul Dr. Anna Shun
< : ( Into OrKiiiilsuUoii Where
They Ciui Vott * .
CHICAGO , May 9. With seciet initiatory
exercises the well known suffrage leader ,
Susan B. Anthony , and Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw have been made members of America
Woman's Relief Corps No. 31. The corps
mot in Its rooms In the Masonic Tcraplo and
a reception followed the Initiation. All the
officers of the organization and the color
bearers had a part in the formal Installation
of Miss Anthony and Miss Shaw as members
of the corps. The presiding officer was
Mrs. Anna W. Wyman , president of America
corps ,
The distinguished women for whoso Initia
tion the mealing was held made short addresses -
dresses after the installation. Miss An
thony's remarks were on the subject of the
peace conference to bo opened next week at
The Hague , Holland , which Mibs Anthony
will attend She leaves today for New York.
Miss Shaw talked about Oman's part In the
civil war.
ItlilleiileN I lira of Itallrnnil Trim * ,
NKW YORK. May 9. Senator Chauncoy
M. Dcpow said last night in regard to the
reported possibility of a railroad trust be
ing formed to operate all the roads between
Boston and Chicago : "There is nothing In
It. * Wo have acquired no minor roada for
that end and the Pennsylvania has acquited
no other roads. It is true that Mr. Morgan
bought the Motion , but that Is not important
In this connection. The report In regard to
such a trust Is all bosh ! "
STANDARD UIL WINS A POINT
Prow * CorrpRitniiilrttt IN 1'vriinril from
r.MilnlnliiK lit WtiiiNp tntrrrtt
lit' I'tiritlitiiMl
S , 0. , Mny 0 Tha Stnmlnrd
Oil compnny won a point In the supreme
court today when a decision was Imndcil
down dlfltnlssliiK the contempt proceedings
against Mnicom Jennings , ix newspaper mnn.
.lennlnfra was subpoenaed as n wltnws In
the Standtml Oil snlts by Iho attorney pen-
ernl , who endeavored to show that the * lt-
tu s wns conducting a news bureau In the
Interests of the Standard Oil company. When
asked to gl\c a list of papers tohlcli ha
furnished such matter JcnnlnRs refused and
> \as cited for contempt The supreme court
held that the Information naked of the It-
ness was not Important ami that It would
not tend to throw any light on the ques
tion at Issue. The court held , therefore ,
that nil ness win not In contempt In rcfub-
Inis to nnsncr the qtiesllon.
Attorney General Momiett called the at
tention of the court to the other contempt
case growing out of the Standard Oil prose
cution , and asked that ft bo set for hear
ing at as early a date as possible. Ho said
that ho would submit a brief In a day or
two and that the printed records In the
case could bo furnished later.
Hon. Virgil I1. Kline , attorney for the
Standard Oil company , said that the com
pany had stood charged In the public prints
with having attempted to secure results by
bribery and ho did not think the main
question should bo heard and disposed of un.
til after these other cases had been passed
on as to their truth or falsity and thor
oughly Investigated. The company had vol
untarily appeared after the attorney general
had furnUhed his Information In the alleged
attempted bribery case , In order not to In
terfere or retard In the slightest degree the
ascertaining or the exact truth of the alle
gations , and under these circumstances he
did not believe that the main case should
bo considered or passed on until after the
charges made against the company had been
disposed of. The company did not dcslro
to lay under such charges. Under these
circumstances It was his Judgment that It
would bo proper for the court to appoint
a commission to take depositions In the case.
He had asked that the case bo net for hear
ing on May 18 , hut the attorney general
had not compiled with the request con
tained therein. Ho urged that the main
question could not bo discussed and the
elaborate brief prepared In the case In a
few dajs.
The court reserved decision on the ques
tion raised.
ACCUSATION.
INNIICN Coiiiiiiiuiluiitloii Declaring ? HIM
ImioctMiO ) ' ot OlterliiR llfllie.
TOLEDO , O , May 9. Charles N. Haskell ,
whom Attorney General Monnett accused of
being a party to ottering him a brlbo to
quit prosecution In the Standard Oil cases ,
said to the Associated Press today that ho
absolutely had nothing to do with offering
a brlbo to anyone. He stated that ho was
in no way connected with the Standard Oil
company , and o\er his signature gave out
the following statement :
"I do not know Mr. Monnett and no\er
had any communication with him , directly
or Indirectly.
"I do not know Mr. Charles B. Squires ,
his alleged briber , nor ha\o I ever had any
communication , directly or indirectly , with
him.
him."I
"I characterize and denounce as abso
lutely false any and all statements connect
ing me in any iway iwlth the litigation or
attempt to Influence the litigation of the
Rtato of Ohio against the Standard Oil com
pany.
"I court the fullest investigation at the
earliest possible moment and I do this in
justice to myself , my family and my friends- ;
"OHARLliS N. HASKELL. "
DEATH RECORD.
Funeral of Mm. "VVliHney.
NEW YORK , May 0. Funeral services
over the remains of Mrs. William C. Whit
ney were held today In the Cathedral of the
Incarnation , Garden City , L. I. The serv
ices were preceded by a private ceremony
at Mr. Whitney's homo , Wheatley Hills ,
conducted by Rev. Dr. W. S. Ralusford ,
rector of St. George's , Now York , of which
chinch Mrs. Whitney was a communicant.
Rt. Rev. A. N. Littlejohn , bishop of Long
Island , and Rt. Rev. William C. Doano ,
'bishop of Albany , officiated at the catliedtal.
Bishop Potter of New York was unable to
bo present.
There was a full choral service , the music
being given by the cathedral choir of
twenty-six voices. The Interment was at
Douglaston. The pallbearers were George
Pollock , Thomas New bold , Robert Bacon ,
Gould H. Redmond , Gardiner H. Howland ,
George S. Bovvtloln , Frank Peabody and
Thomas Hitchcock.
The floral offerings were remarkable for
tholr beauty and their great number. Among
them were bunches of violets and roses from
working gills whom Mrs. Whitney had be
friended.
Ilexult of nil ( Mil Injury.
LOUISVILLE , Neb , 'May ' 9. ( Special. )
Frank Noyce , a young man 22 years of age ,
died Monday afternoon at his homo near
hero of spinal meningitis , after many weeks
of Intcnbo suffering. Dy some it is thought
the deceased received injuries by jumping
from a moving train -while attending the
exposition at Omaha last summer , which In
duced the disease that finally terminated hla
life. Funeral services were held at the
homo of the family on Wednesday after
noon.
1'ollee ClilrfN * Convention.
CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. , May 0. The
sixth annual convention of the Police Chiefs'
association of the United States and Canada
began hero In the city auditorium today
Several hundred prominent thief-catchers
were prcei'nt. The convention was called to
order by President Jamlssen of Milwaukee
Mayor Watklns of Chattanooga delivered nn
address of welcome , to which the president
responded. Reports were sbmltted by the
secretary and treasurer. After the appoint
ment of a committee to draft resolutions on
the death of Vice President Mooio of Wash
ington the meeting adjourned. This after
noon the chiefs witnessed a bloodhound
tlmso nnd took a boat ride on the Ten
nessee river.
AiuxKiiiiH I.IUf < h i Canned lleef.
WASHINGTON , May ! ) . The War depart
ment received a dispatch from the commis
sary of subsistence at Vancouver , Wash ,
today , gaylug "Rampart City , Circle City ,
Alaska , ask foi 19,7-10 pounds of canned roast
beef. They have tried It and apparently like
It. Is there any objection to sending U ? "
The request for this beef has been approved
by the War department and It will be sent
to the troops In Alaska ,
THE PROOF OF THE BEER ,
like the proverbial pudding , Is the partaking thereof.
Promptly proves its high
A TH&STAR QBtR
* iTTF MILHAUHLL 'J * * * quality to the consumer.
bGiKiw.
5ce that li on the cork ,
Highest Awards atTrans-Mlu.and International Eipo. , 1033.
B.ollfI ( belli LrtnUx Blllxl f r lh > ttllif.
VAL BLATZ BREWING CO. , MILWAUKEEU.S.A.
OMAHA BRANCH : I4 2 DOUGLAS STREET.
Telephone 1081.
TURKISH T. & P. PILLS brings monthly mon-li
btruailonsurtitothuUiiy uo\erdUiipoli [ ) f
SI. box , 2U > xt > iwlll help any iso. ltyumll.3
Matin's Druif 5tore , i Bill &lorn ui , Omaha , Neb. I
"WfWWJ1 *
QUEER THINGS FOUND IN FOOD
Unwitting OoDmimers Said to Oonsnmo
Harmful AtluHeiations.
MANY IMPURITIES IN MILK AND BUTTER
Annl ; Hrnl CliL'iitlftt Drm-rllir * to .Son-
ntorlnl Ciiiiiinlltco MctlmilN l'nvit
b > rrinliu'cr Jo I'rrnrrto
CHICAGO. ! > . " " " .
. May "Krcrzlne. "prcservn.
lino" and "ro allno" arc things few people
know of , but that they take thone adultera
tions Into their ntonmchs was stated by
1'rof. A. S Mitchell , analytical chemist of
the Wisconsin Dairy nnd rood commission ,
to the senatorial committee on pure food
Investigation today.
1'rof. .Mitchell gave the committee nome
Important Information. As n result Sena
tor Mneon linn had several manufacturers
subpoenaed and they will be called on to
morrow , probably , to tell the committee
something about these compounds.
"Tho use of antiseptics as preservatives , "
said I'rof. Mitchell , "has become alarmingly
great. They arc used as colorings and to
stop the dc\olopmcut of germs In dairy prod
ucts ; also In chopped meats , bulk ojs-
tors , fish , hams and possibly corned beefs. "
Prof. Mitchell made the Hworn statement
that nearly every butcher In Illinois lined
preserving liquids on acmpn of meat which
they laid aside for the manufacture of ham
burger steak nnd other alleged delicacies.
I'ropi-rtlfN of "I'ri-rrlnc. "
The chemist first told of a liquid Known
as "freozlne. " Prof. Mitchell said that the
stuff had been used oxtcnsUul ) by farmers
to keep milk and butter , it being the I-UH-
torn to mix It with the former In small
quantities nnd pour it Into vats for the
prcscnatlon of butter.
"This 'frop/lne * I have found to bo noth
ing IOSH than almost pure formaldehyde , "
narrated the expert. "This Is a chcmiral
that acts dihastrously upon thrtlssuo of
the stomach and I can only surmise the re
sults when milk diluted with It Is used con
stantly by a family. Where butter Is placed
In Mils filled with this stuff the precious
commodity takes up no small part of the ]
liquid with a result that can only bo con- !
jccturcd. " I
The professor proceeded to tell of his
experiments with a fluid sold extensl\ely to
butchers for the purpose of making their i
hamburger steaks last and keep up a healthy i
appearance. '
"This liquid contains In great per cent
what is known as sulphide of soda with a
complement of coloring matter , " he con
tinued. "It Is stjlcd an antiseptic and in
certain respects is. This must bo borne In
mind , howe\cr , that where fermentation nnd
waste are arrested the digestive properties
are consequently destrojed "
Dr. Wiley , the government expert who
examined the antiseptic , without going on
the stand said ho Identified it as practically ,
the same chemical which was used during
his experience at medical college to pre
serve cadavers and was now occasionally
put to service in disinfecting houses where
smallpox patients resided.
Alum UN mi IitKrcillmt.
The testimony early in the day assumed
the form of a debate as to whether or not
the use of alum In the manufacture of bak
ing powder is Injurious to the public
health.
George W. Row , a chemist , state the in
jurious effects characteristic of alum were
destroyed In the process of baking.
Prof. C. N. Shallberg , former editor of
the Western Druggist , and Prof. Mitchell
combated this theory and expressed the
opinion that alum should not bo used as
an ingredient unless the public was made
aware of the fact by labels on the cans.
The common bases of jellies manufactured
nowadays , according to several witnesses ,
are the core and parings of apples , utilized
after they had been evaporated. This sub
stance , it was claimed , is mixed with glucose -
coso in large quantities , with sugar In
small quantities , and then colored and fla
vored to suit the outsldo design on the pack-
ago.
I do not believe there
is a case of dyspep-
aia , indigestion or
nny stomach trouble
that cannot be re
lieved at once and
permanently cured
by my DYSPEPSIA
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mothers for tlielr children vvlillo teething
with perfect success. It soothes the clilIJ.
softens the gums , allays all pain , cure ?
wind cello nnd Is the licst remedy for
Dlarrhopa Solil by druggists In every part
of the world He sine and ask for "Mrs.
Wlnslow'a Soothlnu Syrup" and take no
other kind. 25 cents a bottle.
Sacrificed to
Blood Poison.
Those \vlio hfivo never lintl lllood Pol
w > n etui not know wlmt n desponilo con
dition H ciui produce. This terrible
disease which the doctors nro totally
tumble to euro , is communicated from *
one generation to nnothcr , intllcting it *
tnint upon countless innocent ones.
Some yporfl f < o 1 win Inoculntod with pol on ,
by n m\rne \ who Infccti-d my bnl > o with blood ,
tolnl Ihellttlp ono vn < \
uniqunl , to the MninKle ,
nnd Its I Iff wnH yli-ldod
up to tin' fp/irful poison
Vor tit loiitt yp.irji 1 suf
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\\n * coMTi'd with -Hi. .1
nnd uloora from lii-iid to
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of woo during : those I
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rral ph.xftlrlniM u
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201 , 200 , 20S , 210 Broadway , Council Bluffs.
Rates , $1.25 per day , 75 looms. First-class
In every respect. Motor line to all depots.
Local agency for the Celebrated St. Loula
A. B. C. Beer. First-class bar in con-
IIHAL , BSTATU
LOANS
On Improved Farms in low *
G PER CENT , J
For Rent or Sale The n. H , Odell prop-
Mty on High School avenue , 8 rooms , nv > d-
M-n Rent , $30. Sale , $1,000.
One stable for rent.
Wo have u customer for a well improved
farm of SO to 320 acres within 7 miles of
Council Bluffs. Will luy cash.
For Rent HOIISO of S looms , bath , hot
nnd cold water ( noft ) , good Htuble , ono ucro
land and fruit , J2G per month. For ale at
0,000 No. C2D Franklin avonuo. Can not
rout to family with children
For Rt nt Pint at 221 South Seventh
street , modern , $30
Iloii p of G rooms for rent. No. 320 Plai
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Ifouso of 5 looms , city waler , 2CSS Avo-
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Vi'n are now nwents fnr the Liability De
partment of the Travelers' Insurance
company of Hartford , . Conn.
Lint your propei ty with us for sale ,
or rent.
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No. 103 South Main Street.
Council Bluffs , la.
Telephone 318.
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Straw Is an Indispensable article In summer. Its usages are too numerous
to mention. However , wo want to c.Ul your attention to the King of all straw.
Our Straw Hats for summer of ' 99 , vvo just unpacked them , and they are
everything that's elegant In headvvcar.
Ono line that deserves especial mention is the rough braid , medium width
brim , with fancy bands , that will sell for 7Gc , It's a Gentleman's Hat , and
ono that we are going to push , knowing that nothing could possibly please the
trade moro. Wu have a slick line at $1.00.
At 51.50 wo have an unmatchublo line , You're foolltih to buy , a Straw Hat
before seeing our lino. II.Us at lOc , 15c , 2Sc , 25c , COc , Como to our store far
comfortable , well-fitting Straw Hata.
Successors to Metcalf Bros.
yj ! t
ta
IO Cents. 5 Cents.
taM
TWO JUSTLY POPULAR CIGARS. M
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