THE OMAHA DAILT BEE : SATUBDAV , , TUJjY 8 , 1899.
. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI.-VOH Mli.VTION.
Davis sells drugs.
Moore's fond kllfs wormn and fattens ,
Hutlweleer beer. L. Roacnfcldt , agent ,
Victor hot water heaters nt Blxby's.
! Perry pictures. C. E. Alexander fc Co.
i Judxon , pasturage , 92'J fith avc. Tel. ? I8.
C. 13. Jacquemln & Co. , Jewelers and op-
} tlclnns , 27 South Main street.
/ Rev. and Mrs. V. O. Penloy of Denver ,
! ; Colo. , were In the city yesterday on their
{ way home from the cast.
f W. K. Lowcy , fiir. South Sixth rtrcct. re-
i iiurtcd to the police yesterday the 'heft of
u not of harners from his barn.
{ H. M. Heath , route agent of the Wells-
I Fargo Express company , with headquarters
nt Murjvirip , Mo. , was In the city yesterday , j
nily Auditor F. K. Evans received word
yesterday that his son Glen , who Is with
Mrs. Evans visiting in Cass county , was Muk
with scarlet fever. ]
linns P. Soloth , formerly of Sweden , and ;
1'ruil Meyer , formerly of Germany , were
granted naturalization papers yesterday by
Judge Aylcsworth in the superior court.
The remains of Charles Burton Staccy.
uho was buried In Walnut Hill cemetery ,
January 21 , 18112 , were disinterred yesterday
nnd shipped to Princeton , 111. , for reinter
ment.
The appraisers under the collateral Inher
itance tax law completed their appraise
ment yesterday of the estate of the late
Captain Dan Elcher. They appraised It at
jin.Boo.
John Cole , charged with stealing n set of
Harness from the barn of Ora Clark In
howls township , waived examination yes
terday before Justice Forricr and was bound
over to the grand Jury.
The arguments in the suit of the cltv
ngalnet the county to recover the cost of
maintaining the quarantine In the recent
smallpox cases were submitted to Judge
Smith In the district court yesterday and he
took bla decision under advisement.
The preliminary hearing of Jessie Felix ,
charged with assaulting Fannlo Wirilums ,
n young girl under 15 years of ago , Is set
for this afternoon before Justice Vlcn.
Felix in default of ball , which was fixed at
$1,000 , has been committed to the county
Jail.
Jail.W. . I ) . Kccd. chairman of the democratic
county central committee , has called the
convention of his party to select twenty-
four delegates to the stale convention for
Weduesday , August 2 , at 11 o'clock a. m.
The Btato convention will bo hold In DCS
Molncs , Wednesday , August 16.
Articles of Incorporation of the First
Church of Christ Scientist of Council
Bluffs were filed with the county recorder
yesterday. Mrs. Mary Porterlield , Mrs.
Sarah E. Tulleys. C. W. Tulloys , Corry
Jlced , Kittle McKen/.lo and eoveral other
veil known focal Christian Scientists are
The salaries of the following clerks nt the
pmtnlllco have each been raised $100 In ac
cordance with the recent congressional en
actment providing for the Increase of sala
ries of certain classes of clerks after one
or more year's service : Mrs. Harrington ,
registry clerk ; Caleb Robinson , mailing
cfcrk ; Conrad nock , distributing clerk.
Mr . Rosa Cochran , wife of C. C. Cochran -
ran died yesterday morning at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keller , 1209
Fairmoiint avenue , from cancer of the Ktom-
ni'li after an Illness of three months. The
vrmiilns were taken last evening to the
liome of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hlghsmlth , 700
"Washington avenue , from where the funeral
will bo held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Her husband and ono son survive her.
John T. Stanncr , charged with the theft
of a quantity of copper wire , the property
of the Gas and Electric company , waived
examination at his preliminary hearing yes
terday before Judge Aylcsworth and was
bound over to the grand Jury. He gave ball
in the sum of $300. The police yesterday dis
covered about 600 feet more of wire at his
residence together with two spoofs of new
wire The latter he claimed to have pur-
cbntird when following his profession of a
telegraph operator.
Judge Aylcsworth handed down his rul
ing yesterday In the case of Henry Martin ,
the proprietor of the saloon at Tenth street
nnd Ilroadway , charged with conducting his
place without a permit from the city coun
cil Ho assessed him $50 and costs , but KUS-
prJided the flue on condition that Martin
Immediately close the saloon and keep It
closed until he obtains a Penult from the
;
with the conditions
oily council. Martin complied
ditions and closed the saloon. There will be
cnnHldornble opposition to the council
granting him a permit. _
N. V. Plumbing company. Tel. 250.
Lowest prices , easy terms. The best and
largest stock of pianos at Swanson Music
company , Masonic Trinplc.
Perry picture ! , for sale. C. K. Alexander
fc Co. , 15 South Main street.
Klv - IVr Out
tiff on quarterly bills until July 10th.
Open Saturday nnd Monday evenings.
l.iccnscH to wed were Issued yesterday to
Ihn following persons :
Name and Residence. Age.
3ohs ilcllcmaiiD , Omaha . 32
l ena Auschutz. Council niuff * . 19
A. F. Wilson. Omaha . 32
} < "rnnco8 lj. Riulcka , Missouri Valley . 24
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.
TRIES CHLOROFORM ROUTE
May Dillon Attempt * to End Her Existence
with th Drag.
ACT CAUSED BY UNHAPPY LOVE AFFAIRS
Qnnrrrl rrlth Her I.ovrr Inilncru the
Woman to TnUc Polnon IMiynlctnn
IlrlnK" Her Around All
.V nln.
In a fit of despondency , because aho
thought her lover did not Intend to carry
out his promise to make her his wife , May
Dillon , n young woman working In the fam
ily of E. P. Searle on Fourth street , at
tempted yesterday morning to end her llfo
by means of chloroform. The attempt was
made nt the home of her lover , Nicholas
J. Defrles , a car repairer in the employ of
the Union Pacific , who resides with bis aged
parents at IfiO Fifteenth avenue. The at
tempt at self-destruction was frustrated by
the timely arrival of a physician and the
administration of antidotes.
The young woman and Dofrles have been
keeping company for a year or more and
he was in the habit of frequently calling on
her at her employer's house on Fourth street.
Of late there had been frequent quarrel's ,
at which times It Is said that Dofrlcs had
told the young woman be had changed his
mind and he would not marry her.
They spent the Fourth of July together
and toward the end of the day another
quarrel ensued. Ever since the young wo
man has been despondent and she evidently
decided that life was not worth living with
out her Nicholas. Early yesterday morning
she left the house where she works and
went to the house of Defrles on Fifteenth
avenue. Before entering the house she swal
lowed the contents of a large bottle of chlo
roform. The aged parents of her lover were
atone In the house , their son being at work
In the Union Pacific yards. The old couple
soon perceived that something was wrong
with the young woman and she admitted that
she had taken the poison. She said Nich
olas had beet , unkind to her and that she
had decided tn end her existence. In a
few mi lutes she became unconscious and
a physician was hastily summoned. At the
same t'mo ' the old couple dispatched a mes
senger to their son , who lost no time in re
turning to his home.
it wa wtn considerable difficulty that
the young woman was restored to con
sciousness , o'vlDg to the large amount of the
drug she had swallowed. When brought to
she was very much annoyed that they had
not permitted her to die and she told those
attending her that there was something in
her trunk that would do the job and all
the doctors In Council Bluffs woutd not
bo able to save her.
Her sister , who had been summoned , at
once hastened to the residence of the
young woman's employer and on searching
her trunk found a revolver , fully loaded.
This is now In the possession of Mrs.
Searle.
Vnlinppy In Iorc Affair * .
May Dillon , for whom her employers en
tertain the highest regard , has been pe
culiarly unfortunate In her love affairs.
When a young girl she married a man named
Dillon , who proved to be a worthless fel
low. He took to gambling and when the
end of his resources was reached commenced
to systematically abuse his young wife.
Finally his treatment of her became such
that she was compelled to leave him and
secure a divorce. Before her marriage to
Dillon the young woman had become ac
quainted with Dofrles. Three years ago De-
fries' wife died and they renewed their
former acquaintance. The acquaintance
ripened Into mutual love and about a year
ago it was arranged that they should marry.
From the young woman's friends It Is
learned , however , that Defrles kept putting
off the marriage day from time to time and
it was this that caused the frequent quar
rels. It Is believed that on the Fourth De-
fries told the young woman that ho had
made up his mind not to marry her and that
she must consider the engagement as off.
This made her despondent and her employers
noticed that there was something wrong ,
but put It down to another quarrel between
her and her lover.
The attending physician reported yester
day afternoon that Mrs. Dillon was out of
danger , but that It would be at least two
days before she could be removed from
the Defrles residence. It was said yester
day that Defrlcs had repented of his un-
klndnrss to the young woman and that as
soon as she was recovered the services
of a minister would be called Into requisi
tion.
Write Younkorman & Co. for prices on
berry boxes and grape baskets.
Davis sells glass.
UAMvS AUK SHOUT O.V CI'IIIIRNCV. '
Cnnnot HrriiriSulllclrnt Paper Money
for Their Xppiln.
Although there Is no lack of money the
banks of Council Bluffs are and have been
for several weeks past experiencing a regu
lar famine In currency. They cannot secure
a sufficient supply of paper money to meet
the demand and the prospects for an early
relief in the situation are not , it Is said ,
very encouraging. Of silver and gold the
hanks have all nnd in fact a great deal more
than they need , but paper money , especially
bills of the smaller denominations , are dlfil-
cult to secure , The same conditions. It Is
reported , exist all over the state and In the
east and the local banks which depend upon
their eastern correspondents for the supply
of currency are obliged to take what they
send them , \\lilch Is about one-tenth of
what they ask for.
Inquiries at the banks yesterday showed
they were all experiencing the same diffi
culty. Their customers refuse to accept
gold or silver and demand they be paid in
bills.
Cashier Haunnn of the First National
bank said the call for currency was duo
to the demand throughout the country for
money for moving the crops. "Wo write
to our eastern correspondents , " he said ,
"asking them to remit us say $100,000 in
currency and they send us perhaps } 10,000 ,
with the explanation that they cannot pos
sibly send us more. We are lucky if we
get one-tenth of our request for currency.
Our customer * will not accept gold , as they
do not find it so convenient to handle as
bills , The situation is greatly changed
from a year or BO ago , when everybody
wanted gold and we had more currency than
wo could use. This demand for currency
Is , la my oplnon , a sure sign that times
are good , "
Cashier Bereshelm of tbo Council Bluffs
Savings bank said they had experienced
great difficulty for the last few weeks in
obtaining currency. Said he : " \Ve push
gold over the counter to our customers , but
they Invariably pudi It right back , saying ,
'Can't you give me bills ? ' The same con
ditions prevail , I understand , In Omaha ,
and reports come from all over the coun
try that there Is a regular currency famine.
About a year ago nobody itauted bllli ;
everyone was crying for the yellow metal ,
nnd our bank had literally to hide Its sup
ply of gold beneath the counters and force
currency on our customers. Now It Is all
changed and our safes are crowded with
sacks of gold. The banks from which wo
draw our supplies of currency have written
us they cannot supply us In any great quan
tities and tell us to rush gold. Hut what
IB the good of pushing gold when the people
ple will not accept It ? Our customers know
what they want and an a rule they Ret it.
If the situation dor * not mend soon cur
rency will be at a discount out west. "
Inquiry at the bank of Officer & Pusey
showed that the same conditions prevailed
there and that , while the five , ten and
twenty dollar gold pieces were piling lip In
the vault , the currency wag going out al
most as fast ns It came In nnd that thcro
was great difficulty In getting a supply to
meet the demand.
Welsbach burners at Blxby'a. Tel. 193.
Get your work done at Iho popular Eagle
laundry , 72-1 Droadway. 'Phono 157.
Davis sells paint.
AI/I'KH.VTIO.V.S IX TIIH CITY
Clilcf lll.-vlij riirrlrn Hid Point nn to
Needed ClmiiKcn.
Chief of Police Dlxby has at last car
ried his point and In a short time will
have the satisfaction of seeing the much-
needed alterations and repairs In the second
story of the city jail carried out. Acting
on the uitUiority conferred on It by the
city council , the committee on police and
health has at last taken steps toward carryIng -
Ing out the improvements at the jail , and
the second floor of the building will bo re
modeled.
In the first place the old wooden floor
which has become rotten from old ago and
the accumulation of years of filth will betaken
taken up nnd replaced with steel plates.
These will bo so arranged that the floor
can be flushed every morning and the
water drained oil into the sower. The old
board partitions , which have become alive
with vermin of all kinds , will bo taken
down and reolaced with walls of cement ,
which can be washed dally. The outside
walls will also bo coated with cement. In
the room reserved for female prisoners the
old wooden beds will bo taken out and con
signed to the flames and In their place Iron
beds will be provided. The room for sick
prisoners will be treated In the same way.
In the large room reserved for lodgers
Iron bunks that can bo moved around will
replace the present stationary ones , nnd by
this means It Is hoped that the place In
the future can bo kept passably clean. The
Improvements , It Is estimated , will cost in
the neighborhood of J500 , the contract for
the steel flooring , which has been let to
Barney Grnhl of ithls city , calling for $323.
Pottx Him of IIIn Iiijnrlrx.
Jack Potts , who was found lying by the
tracks at the Northwestern roundhouse
Wednesday with Injuries that indicated ho
had been run over by some team , died
last evening at the Woman's Christian As
sociation hospital. Coroner Treynor will
hold an inquest this morning .at Estop's un
dertaking rooms , to which place the body
was removed. Arthur L. . Warrick of Omaha
willed at hospital yesterday morning nnd
Identified Potts as a man who worked for
him eighteen years ago in Chadron , Neb.
Potts was a hostler and Mr. Warrick said
ho saw him In Omaha about three weeks
ago. Potts had told him ho had a brother
living on a farm near Lincoln , Neb. , who
was well-to-do and that he had been mar
ried at a little town near Sioux City some
seventeen years ago. Mr. Warrick thought
Potts had not lived with his wife for a
number of years. Potts had spoken to him
about n daughter , who If alive ought to be
now about 16 years of age ,
Coroner Treynor sent word to the Lin
coln authorities last night for the purpose
of finding the dead man's brother It possi
ble.
McCoy Under Arrest.
William McCoy was arrested at 1:30 : o'clock
yesterday morning on the charge of placing
tics on the track of the Manawa railway
for the purpose of wrecking the train. Ho
gave ball In the sum of $300 and will have
a hearing before Justice Vlen this morning.
The Information was filed In the superior
court , but McCoy took a change of venue
to Justice Vlen. McCoy denies the charge
and says he will have no difficulty in prov
ing his Innocence. Ho admits ho was at
the lake Thursday night and says he was
ordered out of the grounds in company with
two women , but claims he never had any
trouble with the railway people. Two years
ago McCoy obtained some cheap notoriety
'by ' lying on the motor track on Broadway
for the purpose , as he said at the time , of
committing suicide , illo is not thought to
bo right mentally.
Mr . llonjnnilnVniitn n lllvoroc.
Mrs. Maude E. Benjamin filed a petition
In the district court yesterday asking for
a divorce from her husband , Fremont Ben
jamin , the well known attorney of Avoca.
The grounds on which she bases her suit
were not made public. An agreement was
filed taking a change of venue , and the
court Issued an order transferring the case
to Polk county. The plaintiff Is the second
wife of Attorney Benjamin , who has been
nominated several times by the democratic
party for judge of the district court of
this district , but has always failed to bo
elected.
Scientific optician , Wollman , 409 Br'dway.
Davis Bells the best hammocks.
Superior Court ( Adjourn * .
Judge Ayloaworth adjourned the July term
of superior court yesterday to August 14.
Ho handed down his decision In the case of
E. O. Armour agaln&t Thomas Oillcer , which
involved the title to eighteen acres In the
northwest part of the city. Ho held that
the tax sale to Officer was void and that
the plaintiff had permission to redeem by
paying Officer the amount ho had paid
with 6 per cent Interest. Judge Ayleaworth
also held that the property In controversy
was not exempt from city taxes , as had
been contended by the plaintiff.
"What mlKht have been" if that JlttU
cough hadn't been neglected Is the sad re
flection of thousands nt consumptives. One
Minute Coueh Cure cures coughs and colds.
Hurliern' Aminulntloii UUInti-nrntlimr.
The case of Fred Klopfer , the proprietor
of the barber shop at the Metropolitan
hotel , charged .with keeping open last Sun
day , will come up for trial this morning
In the superior court before Justice Vlcn ,
who will occupy the bench during the ab
sence of Judge Aylcsworth , who left on a.
trip to California last evening. There is
disintegration In the ranks of the Barbers'
Protective association , and seven proprietors
of shops have signed an agreement to keep
their places open on Sundays , commencing
tomorrow.
Spain' * ( Sruntpnt JVriMl ,
Mr. A. P. Allvla of Barcelona , Spain ,
spends his winters at Alken , S. C. Weak
nerves had caused severe pains In the back
of hlB head. On using Electric Bitters ,
America's greatest blood and nerve remedy ,
all pain noon left him. He says this grand
medicine is what bis country needs. All
America knows that it cures liver and kid
ney trouble , purifies the blood , tones up the
stomach , strengthens the nerves , puts vim ,
vigor nnd new life into every muscle , nerve
and organ of the body. If weak , tired or
ailing you need It. Every bottle guaranteed ,
only > 0 ceuts. Sold by Kubn & Co. , drug-
cliti.
WAR IN READY PRINT FIELD
American Fresa Association Will Establish
Branches in the West.
FIGHT IS OVER THE PLATE BUSINESS
It Mnkm Uir Country Printer Smile
llnrKlnr Helm Clilcf of Police of
Urn 31 li I ll CN I en vil City
Smallpox.
DBS .MOINKS . , la. , July 7. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The American 1'rfts nsoclatlon
today announced that It would open a
branch In DCS Molncs. Today the dcnl was
consummated and the manager of the new
concern , L. B. Chapln , arrived. The coining
of this big ostabllahincnt to DCS Molncs
means ono of the biggest ready print fights
over attempted In this county. The Ameri
can I'rcss association Is rated at millions ,
\\tillo 'tho ready print combine also hns
money by the barrel.
These two gigantic organizations will ho
pitted against each other In the ready print
field of the west. The American Press will
rslabllfli branches at Chicago , DCS Molncs ,
Dallas , Tex. , St. Paul , Omaha , Denver and
San Francisco. The reason of the big light
Is ovpr the plato business. The ready print
houses of the west have been manufactur
ing plates and going Into the field occupied
by the American Press. The ready print
houses having both patents and plates had
the advantage over the American Press and
a halt was railed.
Another reason the American Press and
the ready print houses arc at outs is over
the refusal of the latter to go Into the
trust.
Helm the Chief of Toller.
Per a burglar to get ahead of Chief of
Police Jolinson secnit > an Impossibility to
Iho average citizen. Hut one of the fra-
torntty , with possible assistance , did so
last night. Ho secured $40 In cash and a
gold watch and chain with charm , the whole
valued nt ? S5. Johnson slept In an upper
room of his IIOUKC. lie hung his trousers
on the door Jam , leaving $10 In one pocket.
His coat and vest wore hung on a chair
near his bed. When ho tiwoko this morn
ing at 6 o'clock ho noted , the blank space
on the door frame ; then the loss of his
coat and vest. He found the whole business
down stairs In the sitting room minus the
valuables.
Smnllpnx nt Iowa City.
The State Board of Health received a re
port from Dr. Shrader of Iowa City stating
.hat tbo three coses of smallpox there are
lining as well as could bo expected and
that there are no now cases to report. The
city has erected a temporary hospital Just
outside of the limits and the patients have
been removed to It. The hospital first
erected was In an adjoining township and
the authorities thcro got out an Injunction
igalnst the city to restrain them from
keeping smallpox patients there. The In
junction was granted l > > - Judge Scott , but
it has now been carried to the supreme
court.
QUKKIl VRBAK OF MfillTMXC ! .
Cnrl Mv On. ) People nt Dinner Tiililc
Herloimly Hurt During n Storm.
FORT DODGE , la. , July 7. ( Special )
A jjuecr freak of lightning occurcd yes
terday at Curlew , la. Lightning struck
the house of Thomas' Carroll , who lives
two miles west ol town. The lightning
descended to the dining room by means of
a stovepipe , and coming In from the kitchen
through the kitchen" stove , It glanced from
the pipe to the dinner table , around which
wore seated four of the family and a Mr.
Franklin of Ayrshire. It tore a shoo from
Mr. Carroll's foot and burned his leg
from the knee down. Mrs. Carroll was
burned about both hands , but not seriously.
Hattlo , a 12-year-old daughter , was badly
burned , probably one-fifth of her body being
covered with scars , the burns being es
pecially severe about the back. A daugh
ter of 9 years was burned , but not seriously.
Mr. Franklin was struck In the right groin
and his pantaloons and shoes were torn to
shreds. Ho was unconscious for several
moments and his body was badly burned.
A dog lying between the chairs of Mr. Car
roll and Mr. Franklin was killed.
The storm In this vicinity caused con
siderable damage. The spire of the Sacred
Heart Catholic church was struck by light
ning and badly shattered and a house In
the north part of the city was also struck
and damaged. At Tara the storm was ac
companied by a severe wind which worked
havoc with Rcvoral large boarding tents put
up for the convenience of the men engaged
in the work or constructing the Fort Dodge
& Omaha road. The damage was consider
able.
\ \oiiiliuitc . II. H. .MyiTH of Mllforil.
SIBLEY , la. , July 7. ( Special Telegram. )
The republican representative convention
of the Osccola , Dickinson and Kmmet dis
trict mot at Sibley today and organized
by the selection of R. M. Barnhart of Km
met chairman and F. F. Lyon of Osceola
secretary. The convention adopted a reso
lution declaring in favor of fair and equita
ble distribution as between counties In the
district In the matter of legislative nomina
tions. Osceola county Insisted on explicit
resolutions of Instruction for Senator Genr ,
but Emmet county , -while processing to bo
for Gear , Joined with Dickinson In Voting
them down.
The following resolutions were adopted :
"Resolved , by the republicans of the
Right-firm Iowa representative district , In
delegate convention at Sibley , assembled ,
That the loyal , faithful and elllclent adminis
tration of President William McKlnlcy , In
pcaco and in war , meets our hearty com
mendation.
"That the high rank of our senators , Hon.
William B. Allison and Hon. John H. Ocar ,
and of the Iowa delegation in congress is
placing our great state In the front rank
in the councils of the nation , as it Is In
the front rank in agricultural pursuits. "
There -was but one. candidate before the
convention , W. H. H. Myers of Mllford ,
Dickinson county , who was nominated by
the votes of the Dickinson and Emmet dele
tions. There will bo no republican opposi
tion to the election of Mr.Myers. . He Is
a grain dealer and has resided In I own for
forty-eight years. Ho is a union veteran ,
having served In the civil war In Company
H , Thirty-eighth lown volunteers.
JoluiNon IN lOvom-ratrd.
SIOUX CITY. Iu. , July 7. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) A.tert Johnson , the ; aung man
who shot and killed John Camcrcr at Salix
yesterday afternoon , has been exonerated
by a coroner's Jury. H was found that ho
fired the shots In Bclf-defcntic and in the
defense of his home and his family. John
son was at once released from the county
jail , having signed his own bond for his
appearance whenever wanted In the courts.
It Is. doubtful1 if anything more will ever
come of the case. However , the Johnsons
expect to remove from this locality as noon
as possible , as they fear that if they remain
there will be more bloodshed.
Itriiilrrcil Iimnnr liy
ROCKWELL , CITY , la. , July 7. ( Special. )
The body of MUss Bertha Whltealdes , who
was murdered Tuesday morning in Dea
Molncs by-William Ludwlck , was burled
late Wednesday afternoon. The funeral
service -naa held lit the Christian church
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HBN.RY H. VAN 13RUNT ,
Council 131uffs , lo\vti.
and the funeral was largely attended. The
funeral sermon proper will bo preached later
on , as neither of the parents were present
at this service. Upon hearing the sad news
Tuesday morning Mm. Whltesldcs , mother
of the murdered girl , lost her reason nnd
Is Btlll deranged , and her husband has had
to bo with her continually since the tragedy
took place. County Attorney W. E. Gray
went to Dos Molnes to assist his brother ,
Bert , and his little sister , May. in getting
the body home.
The body of Ludwlck , the assassin , it Is
understood , was turned over to the author
ities in Des
Mllln MnkfM u ronrcNNlon.
OTTU.MWA , la. , July 7. ( Special. ) Clar-
cnco Mills of Bloomflcld has confessed that
ho killed his wlfo by cutting her throat
with a razor nnd then using the BRIIIO In
strument on himself. In his confession ho
says that ho and his wlfo agreed that life
was not worth living , decided to dlo to
gether , and U was left for him to do the
killing. Your correspondent visited Mills
In his cell this morning. U was difficult for
him to talk , owing to the wound , nnd ho
refused to say anything on the case. His
answers to questions wore of nn idiotic na
ture , as If ho were feigning Insanity , but
it was learned today that before the core
ner's Inquest ho niado a full confession , of
which the following Is a copy :
"Tho last conversation wo , had was on
Friday evening. Wo talked our trouble over
and agreed we would bo better off dead.
I was to do the killing. I had a razor that
was left for me to do the killing. She was
awake and lying on the bed with me. I
didn't see her when she went out of the
house. I was In the bed when I cut her.
She jumped up and over mo and out of
the door , and I followed nfter her.
I cut myself right nway afterward , while In
the house. I was standing up when I did
it. "
The testimony of W. J. Hockersmith be
fore the coroner's Jury corroborates Mills'
confession.
AHHKSTKU .V CM3VI2U SWIXDMSIt.
II. If. IIor.ic of IVIIIINIIN t'lty In AciMtncil
nf HnhliliiBrVldoiT .
KANSAS CITY , July 7. B. II. Morse ,
representing himself as "district agent ol
the Alaska-Klondike Improvement and Min
ing company , " was arrested at his office
here today on information furnished the
local police by Mrs. IJIchard P. Bland ,
widow of tht ) late congressman. The police
seized Morse's books , which , according to
Chief of Police Hayes , provo him to bo a
clever swindler , whoso operations have cov
ered every part of the country. Morse's
plan , it appears , was to collect from the
widows of prominent men , lately deceased ,
whom ho always represented had some time
slnco bought certain mining stock of him
and left a small balance unpaid. The "bal
ance , " generally ranging from $8 to $12 ,
appears to have been paid without ques
tion. A long list of Morse's alleged vic
tims was discovered among his hooks.
Among them are the widows of Judge J. S.
Emory of Lawrence , Kan. , L. O. Hastings ,
Wichita ; C. G. Foster. Topeka , and Fred
Schuler , St. Joseph , Mo.
COICB ovicxs TO HESUMI : .
Mnny ,11 ciiVIII lli > < ; ivon Kniiloyinoiit
In PKtNhiirKDlNtrlct. .
PITTSBURO , Pa. , July 7. Orders have
been Issued for the resumption on Monday
of all idle coke ovens In the country , and
nil ovens heretofore on five days a week
will bo put on full time. This will bo the
first time In the history of the coke Indus
try that all ovens will ho on In full , and
moans the rsumptlon of thousands of ovens
that have been Idle for years. Mnny more
men will bo given employment as a cense
quence.
Kdllorx Will > ! < < ( In NiMv'Orloim * .
PORTLAND , Ore. , July 7. The National
Editorial association today elected the fol
lowing officers : President , R. H. Henry ,
Jackson , Miss. ; flrst vlco president , .Matt
Parrott , Waterloo , la. ; second vice presi
dent , F. B. Ballls , Cleburne , Tex. ; third vice
president , Albert Lazolcr. Portland , Ore. ;
corresponding secretary , J. M. Page. Jer-
Boyvllle , 111. ; recording secretary. II. M.
White , Mexico , Mo. ; treasurer , James J.
Glhbs , Norwalk , O.
New Orleans was chosen as the plac-j of
holding the next annual convontbn In Feb
ruary. The vote on place of muptlng was
as follows : Now Orleans. 232 ; Hot Springs ,
Ark. , 98 ; Detroit , 22 ; Saratoga , ! .
Myntiu-y of PolxoniMl SM < < ! .
SAN FRANCISCO. July 7. The police [ ire
still In the dark regarding the poisoning
of Mrs. Elsie Schelb nnd Miss Campbell , who
were taken violently ill nfter eating poi
soned candy , sent through the malls. The
victims have no suspicions , or if they have
[ hey will not disclose them , and the police
liavo completely exonerated John R. Rathon
and his wlfo from any implication in the
case ,
It en I i ; ( nl < ' TrniiNffrN ,
The following transfers were filed yester
day in the abstract , title and loan office of
J. W. Squire , 101 carl street :
CharK-s R. Jones nnd wlfo to John
HnrtKy. lots 19 nnd 20 , block 35. nnd
lot 4 , block M , Fleming & Davis'
add , w d . ' J SOO
Same to same , lot 12 , block 35 , Fleni-
Ing & Davis' add , w < i 100
Sheriff tn City of Council Bluffrt , lots
Hi to 23. inclusive , block 1 , and lots
14 , block 2. Evans' Bridge add. ft d. . 1,078
Same to same , lots 2. 3. 11. 12 , block 1 ;
lot 18 , block 2 ; lots C nu 7 , block fi ;
lots 1 , 2 , 9. 11. U 13 , H mid 15. block
S ; lots 7. 14. 15 and 10 , block 0 , Ben-
Hon'H 2cl add. H d 2,701
Uexander O. Gilbert to Fort Dodge &
Omiiha Railroad company , lots 0 , 7 ,
8 , block 2 , Mullln's subdlv. w d MO
Sheriff to fty | of Council Hluffp , lot
12 , block'G. VVilllams' 1st iidd. d. . . . 321
Same to same , lot 7 and ! ' . block 2S.
IMrry's l t add : lots 3 and 12. block
3D : lots 21 nnd 20 , block 38 ; lots II , 17
and 1 ! > . block 37 : lots 2. 3. 4 , fi , C , S ,
10 , 11 and 12 , block S8. and lot 4 , block
39 , Central uubdlv. s d 3,809
Seven transfer * , total 19.461
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