NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI\OK MCNTtOX
Davlo sells glass.
Victor hot water heaters at Blxby's.
Mooro's food kill's worms and fattens.
Passepartouts , C. E. Alexander & Co.
Budwclscr beer. L. Itosonfcldt , ngent.
Jutlson , pnnturago , 920 6th ave. Tel. 248.
0. B. Jacqucmln & Co. , Jewelers and op
ticians. 27 South Main street.
Oot your work done at the popular Eagle
laundry , 724 Broadway. 'Phono 1C > 7.
Sheriff Tubbs of Mills county was In the
city yesterday on his way homo to dlenwood
from South Ornnhn.
Mrs. M. V. SIcnd and her daughter , Mlts
Ilattlc , have gone to Colorado Springs for
the benefit of the laltcr's health.
Steve Morrlsny of Harlan , formerly clerk
of the courts of Ilnrlan county , was In the
city yesterday calling on friends.
Mlsn Nellie Kennedy of Logan was in
the city yesterday on her way to Pueblo ,
Colo.shere she goes to spend the sum
mer.
mer.Tho
The employes at Hoist's livery barn on
Scott street killed a terrier dog last evenIng -
Ing that was supposed to bo suffering from
rabies.
General E. F. Test returned last evening
from Lnramle , Wyo. , where he accompanied
the party of geologists who are Investigat
ing the fossils of that state.
nils Hlnrlclm secured a building permit
yesterday for the erection of a two-story
l > rlck building on his property at the cor
ner of Broadway and Seventh street , to
cost $2,500.
The hearing of arguments In the suit
brought by J. J. Shea lo restrain the city
from refunding the general1 fund and water
fund outstanding warrants was continued In
district court yesterday by Judge Smith till
next Tuesday.
J. C. Blxby of this city has been awarded
the contracts for the heating plants In the
Jefferson school nt lied Oak , la. , the Dled-
erlch block at Avoca , la. , and the lighting
system In T. B , Hord's new residence at
Central City , Neb ,
Earl , the Infnnt son of Mr. , and Mrs. Leo
Hough of Hazel Dell , died yesterday mornIng -
Ing from cholera infantum , aged 2 years
and 6 months. The funeral win be held
this afternoon nt 1 o'clock from the family
residence. Burial will bo in the Boomer
cemetery.
Frank Snethen , arrested on an Information
fired by Mrs. Jack Snethen , charging him
with being mentally deranged , was dis
charged yesterday on order of the Insanity
commissioners. This was the second attempt
made by Snethen's relatives to get him
committed to tbo asylum.
Kev. Q. P. Fry , pastor of the Fifth Ave
nue Methodist church , announces ns the sub
ject of his eermon for tomorrow evening ,
"Skepticism , Its Ruinous Effects. " The dis
course will bo the third of the series on
the perils of city life now being delivered
by Rev. Fry under the auspices of the Ep-
worth league of the church.
The hearing of the first report of N. M.
1'usoy , executor under the will of the late
Sarah J. Ballard , was had yesterday before
Judge Smith In the district court and the
report was approved In air respects. The
court allowed Pusey & McOeo $1.000 for at
torneys' fees In connection with the man
agement of the estate. This Hem in the re
port had been objected to by the heirs of
Mrs. Ballard.
The funeral of the late II. G. P. Obllnger
was held yesterday afternoon from the res
idence of his daughter , Mrs. I. M. Treynor.
nnd wan attended by a largo number of
the friends of the deceased. The services
of the Episcopal church were conducted by
Kev. George Edward Walk , rector of St.
Paul's church , assisted by Rev. T. J. Mackay
of OmtUia. Many beautlfuf floral offerings
graced the cuHkct. The pallbearers were :
Messrs. Thomas Metcalf , H. W. Binder , C.
Shcrraden . F. Sapp , B. M. Sargent and
W. C. Unthank.
The baby daughter of T. C. Carroll , 910
Avenue A , wa seriously Injured last even
ing as the result of a runaway accident.
The child was playing with some small
companions on the sldowa.lk In front of her
homo when a horse and' buggy belonging
to H. P. Nelson , the Broadway blacksmith ,
came tearing down the street. The other
children managed to get out of the way as
the horse dashed on the sidewalk , but the
baby was knocked down and trampled on.
The horse running Into a tree was the only
thing that saved the child from being in
stantly killed. The child's head and body
were badly bruised and It Is feared that it
Is hurt internally.
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. 250.
CFothlng clearing sale , Metcalf's.
Davis sells paint.
Suit , $ G. Metcalt's ,
Money for Company I , .
The efforts of the Woman's Sanitary Re
lief commission resulted In $403 being sub
scribed to the hospital fund for the boys of
Company L. This amount was telegraphed
to Now York last night to bo , cabled direct
to Surgeon 'Macrae ' at Manila. In memory
of the 'gallant ' young officer whoso tragic
end was cabled from Manila Thqrsday the
fund raised yesterday was dedicated as the
John L. ' .Mooro Hospital fund. A special
meeting of the commission has ( been called
for this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the city
building to determine whether a special
cable shall ibo sent to Surgeon Macrae noti
fying him of the dispatch of the money.
On the last occasion when $500 was cabled
to iMaulla for the hospital fund , tbo money
bring the proceeds of the entertainment
Klven at the Dohany { .heater , it lay for
several weeks In the 'bank at Manila before
reaching Surgeon 'Macrae. '
Examine the $ r suits. Metcalf's ,
Welsbach burners at Blxby's. Tel. 193.
Suit , $6. Metcalf's.
Bon-Ton Millinery Store removed to Bel
linger block. 018 Broadway , opposite P. 0.
All wool suits , $3R5. Metcalf's.
lU-ul Kntatc Traimfprii ,
The following transfers were filed yester
day In tbo abstract , tltlo and loan ofllco of
J , W. Stiulro , 101 Pearl street ;
W. H. Fenslor nnd wife to TheoplilHis
F. Q. lloelhvorth , part of Kectlonn
1 nml 12-77-tt , w , d , . . . $12,000
'WaHnco T. Hun ford and wife to 0. A.
Bloom , lot 11 , Railroad add. to CarBon -
Bon , w. cl 90
G , A. Bloom and wlfo to J.V. . Hom-
, Bled , lot 11 , Railroad add. , Carson ,
w. d 90
Corneaus IV. Smith and wife to ChU
raBo. Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Co. , lot fi. block 27 , Wverett's add. to
CouiK-ll Bluffs , w. d
Sheriff to M. C. Clirlstcnscn. lot 8.
lilocU 3 , Babbitt 1'lnce , Council
Bluffs. h d 500
BniiKi to BelkmiTi Saving * , uank , lot 3
and H lot 3. 1n block 1 , Oak Grove
add. , Council Bluffs , eh. d 1 214
llttk'tou SavlncH bank to Henry F.
11 hllnc. lot S. block \ . Sackctt's
dd. , C'ouncl ! muff1 * , w. d 450
Vhomaa Mci-cdltli and wife to Potto-
wattumlo County Fair association of
Avocn , Wockb 1 ! . IS , 14. 15. 16 , 17 and
] S , Meredith's odd. tiv Town of
Avocu , w , d. , . . , , , , . . , , * ,500
Eight transfers , acerPsntlnB , tl7i > 9l
Examine the J6 suits. Metcalf'n ,
O , Younkerman & Co. , grape baskets , bar
rels , and all fruit packages ,
'
All wool suits , ! 3.S5 , .Metcalf'B.
Wanted , carriers for Bee routes. Apply
nt Bee otilcc.
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT
Kur Cunli ur Loaned Uu ,
12. II. SIIU.tFU & CO. ,
K Fcurl Street , Council IIIuUi. Icma.
TO SETTLE BRIDGE QUESTION
Special Mooting of the Oity Council is
Oallod for Tonight.
TO DECIDE ON INDIAN CREEK BRIDGE
Mayor .Irnnlrm * Wnn * < ! IP Con ro-
vcr > - llptvrcon lli City mill the
Union 1'iu'Hlc llnllvrny
Company Settled.
Mayor Jennings yesterday Issued a call
for a special meeting of the city council
to fee held this evening for the purpose of
taking some action In the matter of the
resolution granting the Union Pacific Ilall-
road company permission to erect a now
bridge over Indian creek at Fifth nnd Union
avenues. The necessity of some definite
action In the matter llea In the fact that
the attorneys for the railroad ' claim that
the resolution was duly adopted'by the coun
cil , while Mayor Jennings ruled that It had
been lost. The resolution was Introduced
at the meeting of the council Monday , July
10. Pour of the aldermen voted In favor
of Its adoption and three against. Mayor
Jennings , acting on the opinion of City So
licitor Wadsworth. ruled that It was lost ,
holding that such a resolution required the
vote of the majority.
The attorneys for the Union Pacific , on
the other hand , hold that the resolution only
required a majority vote for Its adoption
and , In pursuance of their opinion , tiled a
written notice with the city clerk last
Monday to the effect that In pursuance of
the terms and conditions contained In the
resolution work had 'been ' commenced on
the bridge.
The situation now la that the railroad con
tends that the resolution wn adopted , while
the mayor and certain members of the
council hold that It was not. To have the
matter set right Mayor Jennings tonight
In view of the controversy will hand down
his veto on the resolution , ho believing
this to bo the best way to settle the dis
pute.
The opposition of certain of the aldermen
to granting the Union Pacific permission to
build the bridge Is duo to the fact that the
railroad has refused to pay the city
taxes on the east side of the bridge over the
Missouri for the years 1897 and 1898 on the
grounds that , as the bridge docs not re
ceive any 'benefit from the levy of such
taxes , it ought to be classed with property
within the corporate limits held solely for
agricultural purposes nnd exempt from city
taxes. The railway has paid all the county
taxes , but has refused the city and now
owes $3,071.25 for 1897 and $3,675 for 189S.
Suit has been 'brought ' to enforce the pay
ment of these taxes by the city In the name
of the country treasurer and is now pending
in the federal court , having been trans
ferred'there from the district court on ap
plication of the Union Pacific.
The refusal to grant the ralload permis
sion to build its bridge over Indian creek Is
based on the grounds that -by so doing the
city would waive Its rights to Union avenue ,
which It Is claimed the Union Pacific has
forfeited by not adhering to the terms and
provisions of the ordinance granting It the
franchise. Those aldermen opposed to the
resolution admit that they believe In holding
the Union avenue matter as a club over the
head of the railway to force It to pay the
taxes on the bridge. If the railway would
consent to pay theee taxes they say they
would have no objection to voting for the
resolution. It Is generally conceded that anew
now bridge over the creek at Union and
Fifth avenues Is a necessity , as the present
structure Is In a somewhat dangerous con
dition.
All wool suits , $3.85. Metcalf's.
WA1.TUUS LANGUISHES IN JAII , .
Placed Thorp by tlie Aiitliorltlcn nn
ClmrKC of 'Malpractice.
As a result of the Investigation by Coroner
Treynor into the circumstances surrounding
the premature 'birth ' of a child at the homo
of George H. Tarrant , 1100 Avenue E ,
early Thursday morning , "Doctor" J. F.
Walters was arrested on a < hnrge of mal
practice and was committed to the county
jail In default of $1,000 ball.
The testimony of Mrs. Tarrant , who cave
birth to the child , was to the effect that
Walters had performed a criminal operation
on her a couple of months ago which had
failed of the result desired and that ho then
had supplied her with medicine which she
alleged produced the premature and still
birth of the child. Dr. Reller , who was
called to attend the woman Thursday mornIng -
Ing after tbo 'birth , testified as to the con
dition of the woman and that there were
evidences of malpractice.
Tarrant , the husband of the woman , who ,
for the purpose of concealing the birth nf
the child , threw the 'body ' Into the vault ,
corroborated his wife's testimony and stated
that they had promised to pay Walters $10
to produce the abortion. Of this sum ho
bad paid $2.
The Jury , comprised of H. FItzWarren , T.
J. K'na and Thomas Eaton , brought In a
verdict to thcuoffect that the baby was born
prematurely and that said premature birth
was brought about by the criminal acts of
J. F. Walters.
Immediately upon the finding of the Jury
Coroner Treynor Issued a warrant for the
arreat of Walters , who was taken Into cus
tody by ConstableBalrd of Justice Fer-
rler'e court. Justice Ferrlor placed Wal
ter's ball at $1,000 , which he was unable to
furnish and he was committed to the county
Jail.
Walters , although styling himself "Doc
tor , " Is not a registered practitioner. Three
years ago ho was arrested at the Instance
of the onicerB of the Council Bluffs Medical
society for practicing as a physician with
out a state license. At the tlmo Walters
signed an agreement to discontinue prac
ticing until ho had a legal right to do so.
The prosecution was then dropped , but the
officers of the society claim that Waltera
has never secured the right to practice.
Mrs. Tr.i-rant was reported in a critical
condition yesterday and that there was n
possibility of the charge against Waltere
'being changed to a moro serious one.
"After " he had ibeen In jail for several hours
Justice Ferrler reduced Walters' ball to $500 ,
which he managed to furnish. Walters ad
mitted giving Mrs. Tarrant medicine , but
denied that he had ever performed any
criminal operation on her ,
Suit , $6. Metcalt's.
Taylor Fined Our Dollar ,
Judge Smith ofthe * district court yester
day affirmed the ruling of Justice Ferrler In
the case of Dulen Taylor , the proprietor of
the Ogden house -barber shop , charged with
keeping bis place of builneea open last Sun
day , The appeal from the justice court was
submitted on the law of the case alone , the
plaintiff waiving a Jury and argument. The
court ordered that the defendant pay the flna
of $1 and costs as assessed 'by Justice Fer
rler , or else bo committed to the county
jail for one day. There was some talk yes
terday of taking the case to the aupretno
court , but .this has pot yet been definitely
decided. The members of the Barbers' Pro
tective association , who are fighting to en
force the Sunday closing law , arc jubilant
over the decision of the district court , ns
they regard It as a Justification of their
action.
Cfothlng clearing sale. Mctcnlf's.
"
woui.n iiAvn THAIMJ HKT ASIDE.
Svrnp of Hotel Property for Texan
I.nml Unnatlnfacttiry to llrovrn.
H. E , Brown , who In the early part of
last year purchased the Ogden hotel prop
erty In this city from the Danforth estate
and later traded it for a large slice of
Texas land. Is now seeking the aid of the
district court to have the trade sot asldo
and regain possession of the hotel. The
papers In the suit were- filed yestocday , H.
H. Rowland and his wife , Mattlo O. Rowland ,
nnd B. W. Rowland bolnic named as de
fendants.
In his petition the plaintiff , H. E. Brown ,
sets up that on July 12 of last year , being
then the owner of the Ofidcn hotel , fixtures
and appurtenances thereto , he entered Into
a contract with H. H. Rowland to trade
It for twenty-nine sections of farming land
In Crockett county , Texas , which the latter
claimed to own free of all Incumbrancos ex
cept the regular taxes for 1898. H developed
that the tltlo to the Texas land was held
In the name of B , W. Rowland , who claimed
to bo simply trustee for H. H. Rowland.
The latter secured a deed from B. W.
Rowland nnd convoyed the land to Brown
who on August 20 last , In compliance with
the contract , executed and delivered to H.
II. Rowland a warranty deed for the hotel
property. One of the terms of sale WM
that H. H. Rowland should assume a $12,000
Incumbranco on the hotel.
When Brown Investigated the abstract of
tltlo to his Texas property he alleges that
he discovered that In place of the land
being free from Incumbrancos , as claimed by
Rowland , It was plastered nil over with
Hens and mortgages and that the abstract ,
he alleges , was fraudulent and made with the
purpose of defrauding him. A few days after
the trade H. H. Rowland rcconvcyed the
Ogden hotel property to B. W. Rowland ,
which conveyance , the plaintiff alleges , was
without consideration nnd for the purpose
of defrauding him ( Brown ) out of his prop
erty.
erty.Brown
Brown asks the court to have the contract
set aside , also the conveyance of the hotel
property from H. H. Rowland nnd wife to
B. W. Rowland declared null and void , and
further that ho be given Judgment against
H. H. Rowland for $179.91 taxes , which ha
had paid on the Texas land and for $250
commission which he paid to B. W. Rowland
for effecting the trade.
Lowest prices , easy terms. The best and
largest stock of pianos at Swanson Music
company , Masonic Temple.
Invltatlniin to Democratic Haneinet.
Invitations to the 'banquet and formal
opening of the Jefforsonlan club were sent
out yesterday by the committee. The rank
and file of the local democracy who have
not been permitted to enter the sacred
portals of the club -which it Is alleged has
been organized In the special Interest of
Brooks Reed's candidacy for the office of
county treasurer point to the significant
fact that no invitations have been sent to
leading bourbons throughout the county ,
while only those who are known to bo In
sympathy with Reed's aspirations have re
ceived them. The antl-Jeffersonlan club-
Ites Insist that the banquet is a deep laid
sohome on the part of the silk-stocking
democrats to control the convention , which
occurs the next day.
Scientific optician. Wollman.509 Br'dway. <
Sfo New DovelopmentH In Tmne Cane.
'R. ' M. Robertson.auditor of the Milwaukee
railway , returned to Chicago last evening.
Before leaving he said there wore no new de
velopments In the Lane affair and .that as
far as he had been advised no settlement
of the shortage had been made. He said
he expected the appointment of an agent
to succeed Lane would ( be made In a fen '
days. 'Mr. ' Robertson will return In time for
Lane's preliminary hearing before Justice
Ferrler next Tuesday morning. It was re
ported yesterday that L. H. Greer of Rock
Island , 111. , had been slated to fill the va
cancy caused by 'Mr. ' Lane's retirement , but
no confirmation of the rumor could be se
cured.
Examine the $ B suits. Metcalf's.
CottaKe CnllnpneM.
A frame cottage at 1106 South Eighth
street , occupied bv the families of W. H.
Donaldson and William Holder collapsed
Thursday evening and the occupants had a
narrow escape from being engulfed In the
Thfl fnllnrintlnnavpH In. nmtBlnfr
the walls to spread. The roof fell In with
a crash , damaging the furniture and playIng -
Ing havoc with the crockery and pictures on
the walls. The occupants managed to
escape from the building Just as the roof
came tumlbllng down and escaped with tout
a few bruises from the falling plaster. De
fective underpinning Is supposed to bo the
cause of the foundation giving way.
CFothlng clearing sale , Metcalf's.
Ttacliitr IlcNtiltn.
The matlneo race meet of the Roadster
club , postponed from last week , was pulled
off yesterday afternoon. The attendance
was discouraging to the members of the
club nnd the meeting In consequence fell
somewhat flat. The results were as fol
lows , no time 'belnR announced :
Plnss C. pao ? . one-half mlle :
Miss Deal , b. t. ( V. L. Brown ) . 3 1 1
Din , b. K. ( A. A. Stamey ) . 2 3 2
C H. S ( > fh. . K. if. J. Crowoj . 143
Baby B , dun. m. ( J. A. Booth ) , . . , . , . . 424
Class D. pice , one-half mlle :
Bufttor. br. g. ( W. L. LlneberKcr ) . . . . 1 1
Dan , rn. g. ( M. E. Weathorbee ) . 2 2
'Mutch ' pace , onf mile :
Nancy L ° p ( L. V. 'Brown ' ) . 1 1
Jessie Cling ( W. IfriHton ) . . 2 2
QUOTATIONS FOR SATUIIDAY.
ttnnllncr.
lOc gents' black and tan half hose , EC.
25c ladles' washable white belts , lOc.
45c ladies' lisle drop stitch hose , 25c.
25c toilet soap , 3 cakes In box , lOc ,
5c Scotch lawn , 10 yards 25c.
$1.00 white shirt waist , 58o.
$1.00 linen skirt , 69c.
i0c Tudla linen , lOc.
$1.25 Imported Leghorn hats , 50e.
C5e chenille covers , 39o ,
$1.25 and $1.50 radleg' wrappers , 98c.
$1,00 summer' corsets , to close fi9c ,
See our show windows for our new 25c
neckties.
Now line just arrived , ladles' belts , belt
buckles and shell combs ,
Anl > n for Iteiluctlon of
DBS MOINI3S , July 21. General Solicitor
Cole of 'the American Telephone company
appeared before the state executive council
today , asking a reduction of the company's
assessment In Iowa. It now owns long
distance lines from New York to Omaha , and
he said It will next year build from Daven
port to St. Paul , from Des Moines to Min
neapolis and from Council Bluffs' to Kansas
City , connecting with other important west
ern cities. It also Intends to extend the
main line from the MUsourl river to the
Pacific coast.
Ilecoril Weather nt Diiliiiaiie.
DUBUQUE. la. , July 21. This was the
hottest day of the oeason. The temperature
rose from 98 at 6 a. m. to 94 at 4 p. rn.
13u Inet waa almost at a standstill , outdoor
work being suspended , There were several
prostrations , but none were serious.
MIIIIKIM ! for Wife Murder.
SAVANNAH , Ga. . July 21. Isaiah Scott ,
colored , was hanged here today for the
murder of his wife on May 6. Scott killed
his wife with an ax while the tvag
PURSUING UNFAIR METHODS
Complaint Against Conduct of the Standard
Oil Company at Des Moines.
SAVING IN GENERAL SUPPORT FUND
Socle Pnrilnn ( or Mark Ilnlllnnii ,
Who ItcltiK Sentenced to 1'rlnou
for Six Year * Jfrvor
Served III * Time.
DBS SIO1NES , July 21. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Attorney F. g. Dunshco left to
night for Washington , where ho will present
the evidence which ho has secured In DCS
Moines In rognrd to the conduct of tbo
Standard Oil business In this city , before
the Industrial commission now In session.
The commission Is Investigating the methods
pursued In doing business by the largo
trusts of the country. Mr. Dunsheo claims
to have evidence to the effect that the
Standard Oil company has been pursuing
\cry unfair methods In the disposal of
lighting and boating oils In DCS Moines.
The report of the Board of Control , com
pleted this morning , shows the total balance
of the general support fund on hand June
30 to bo $115,562.91. The per capita annual
allowance of the Inmates of the Institutions
was reduced $2 at tbo time the Doard of
Control began work. ' This has saved the
state this year a total of $60,000. Thlg
added to the $115,562.91 on hand makes over
$175,000 to the credit of the stale this year.
The reports of the old system of manage
ment have no such figures to show.
Judge Walter I. Hayes of Clinton Is In
DCS Moines trying to secure a pardon for
Mark Halllnan , who was convicted of man
slaughter In Clinton county In 1SDO and
sentenced to elx years In the penitentiary ,
but has never been called on to servo his
tlmo. At the time of his trial the case at
tracted considerables attention throughout
the state. During the spring campaign of
1890 there were two factions In the First
ward , which became bitter enemies. The
Halllnan boys and one Laden were the lead
ers of one faction and the Howman boys
were the loaders of the other. Ono night
the two factions came together In a saloon
owned by a man by the name of McNealey.
They met about midnight and a fierce flght
ensued , but order was finally restored. Later
In the night the trouble broke out anew
and It Is alleged that James Halllnan shot
and killed ono of the Rowman boys and
seriously wounded another. He escaped
that night across the river and has never
been seen since. Mark Halllnan was ar
rested on the charge of manslaughter. It
being claimed that he was an accessory In
the crime. He was tried and convicted and
was sentenced to the penitentiary by Judge
Howatt for a term of six years. The case
was appealed to the supreme court and pend
ing the decision of that body Halllnan was
released on ball. Hon. A. H. McCoy , de
ceased , was county attorney at the time
of the trial , but never took the matter up
and nothing has been done In the case and
Halllnan has been at liberty since. A short
tlmo ago the attention of the attorney gen
eral was called to" the matter and he asked
for a hearing of the case by the supreme
court. Hayes and Schuyler then proceeded
to get up a petition for Halllnan'a pardon
and succeeded In obtaining all the signa
tures of the county officials who were In
terested In the suit , .as well as all the leadIng -
Ing business and professional Interests In
the city and also''of the present county
officers.
The strange announcement Is made that
the popullsti of Iowa Intend to run the fa
mous Prof. George D. Herron of Grinnell
for governor on a straight socialistic plat
form. The party leaders are now endeavorIng -
Ing to secure Herron's consent to run.
Woman's Relative * .
, la. , July 21. ( Spe
cial. ) The relatives of Miss Katherlno
Thomson , the young woman who went In
sane while on board a Chicago & Northwest
ern patsenger train and who got off In
this city and crawled under the trucks of a
car , have not teen heard from and Mlsa
Thomson Is detained here. A telegram ad
dressed to the sister , 'Miss Stlno Thomeen ,
at Omaha , was returned with the statement
that the woman was not known at that ad
dress. On the envelope of the letter found
In the possession of 'Miss Thomsen , written
by her sister in Omaha , was the street name
and number , but In tearing open the en
velope , It Is presumed that one of the four
figures was torn away. A Intter has been
dispatched to the sister at Omaha and the
postal authorities will probably find her on
the etreet named. The condition of the
young woman has not Improved In the least
and at times she Is hard to control. Sheriff
McPherson received a telegram from the
chief of police at Evanston , III. , which said
that Miss Thomsen Is 28 years of age , that
Eho has a sister , Mrs ; J , Soc , living In Elkhorn -
horn , la. , and that her parents resldo near
that town. Elkhorn Is a villageIn Shelby
county near the Audubon county line , and
as Miss Thomson's railroad ticket was to
Audubon , It Is supposed that eho was en-
route to her home. No railroad reaches Elk-
horn. A letter has been dispatched to that
place with the request that her relatives bo
looked up.
IMlss Thomsen was taken to the hospital
at the county farm Wednesday .evening to
await definite instructions regarding her
disposition.
loira Epvrnrth Ion urn o Aenibl > - .
COLPAX , la. , July 21. ( Special. ) The
fourth annual sesfllon of the Iowa 'State ' Ep-
worth League assembly and training school
will bo held hero beginning August 3 and
continuing ten days. A splendid program
has teen prepared and the management ex-
pccta .the largest assemblage in the history
of the assembly. Among the attractions
are addresees 'by Dr. J , F. Berry of Chicago ,
Hon. John P. St. John of Kansas , Rev. T.
McK. Stuart of De 'Motors , Hov. Robert
Mclntyro of Chicago , Rev. G , W. L. Brown
of Des Moines , Rev. W , H. Mllburn of
Washington , chaplain of the United States
senate ; General Weaver , Governor Shaw ,
Rev. Samuel P. Jones , Dr. A. E , Schell aud
Bishop iMcCnbe.
A great amount of Interest centers around
the visit of Chaplain Mllburn , who Is going
to speak on "What a Blind Man Saw in
England" and "Aaron Burr. "
For thla year's programme there are sev
eral special days , when unusually Interest
ing programs have teen prepared , The
opening day Is state rally day ; Tuesday ,
August 8 , will be patriotic day , and It is
then that Governor Shaw and General
Weaver will speak ; also the cinematograph
will preeent moving pictures of famous war
scenes ; Thursday. August 10 , Is fraternal
day , with Samuel Jonee as the star attrac
tion ; Friday , August 11 , It the musical day ,
when will bo rendered the famous oratorio
of "Queen Esther , " under direction of Prof.
H. W. Jackson. The last day will be In
the nature of a love feast , with addresses by
Rev. O. L. Nye , Rev. A. V. Kendrlck and
Bishop C. C , MeCabe.
I'Mght trltli Three Wildcat * .
Sim Woodbrldge has had a tough fight
with wildcats In Deep Hollow , Broome
county , says the New York Press. "I was
going up the mountain on a squirrel hunt , "
said Sim , "with Snap and Tiger , and I had
kllfed five or six. When Snap began to
bark like all possessed and Tiger Joined
him I thought they had treed a coon.
When I came up to them I found the dogs
had holed eome animal in a hollow log
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HBNRY H. VAN BRUNT ,
Council ] 31uFs , Io\va.
about twenty feet long , with a hole nearly
a foot In diameter at the mouth.
"I thought It strange the dogs wouldn't
go In , so I tried to poke the coon , ns 1 sup
posed It was , out of the hole , and I was
jabbing away mcrriry when out flew three
wildcats. Two of them sprang at me and I
had nothing but nn oak stick , my gun be
ing up against a trco ten feet away.
"I was lucky enough to knock ono of the
cats over Just as the other Jumped for my
face. I couldn't stop him , as ho came
down with both claws , and they felt llko
red-hot Irons. Then the other cat and both
dogs Joined In the flght.
"I had neither knife nor pistol , and if
It hadn't been for the dogs It would have
been goodby Sim. But wo got away with
them , and then \ fainted from loss of blood
and might have died If a neighbor hadn't
happened along. Boars ? I'd sooner meet a
haK dozen than three wildcats. "
SHE MOVr.Il MSTIOS.
The nirl Who Put * You on After Vnii
HI 11 it the Telephone Hell.
"No , " said the little lady at the tclcphono
to a Now York Times man , "It Is absurd to
think that a telephone girl listens to the
conversations that are going on over the
wires. At the central office each girl has
fifty wires and you may Imagine she. Is too
busy to pay any attention 'to anything that
Is said except as she catches a word here and
there. You have to keep going over the
wires to listen and see If people nro talking
still , If they have the people they wish , or
If they have finished. But when you arc goIng -
Ing constantly from one to the other of the
fifty you may be sure that you do not get a
very connected Idea of what Is going on.
"Then you are not supposed to listen.
There Is always some one looking after the
girls at the central office and If they were
found listening to the conversation they
would be discharged not the first time per
haps , but after once or twice. Then , a telephone -
phone girl can't talk over the wires to anyone
ono on her lines except to answer questions ,
and she can't answer .back . It people get
cranky. She can't tell anything that goes on
over the wires , either , if sho'happens to
catch any of It. There are a great many Im
portant things that are said ono way and
another.
"I knew one girl , though , who used to get
good tips for the races and she used to play
them , too. I don't know how she did It. I
shouldn't understand It. I used to tend that
wlro sometimes , but I never knew what they
were talking about. The only time when a
girl might have a chance to listen at all
if She wanted to would be Saturday after
noon , -when there Is not much 'going on ,
only a few girls at the office and the -wires
arc quiet. I knew one girl Avho was a swltch-
'board ' operator , who had a man talk over
her lines with his girl. One day she got the
line Tor him and he was telephoning and
Central called her up.
" 'Did you hear what that man was say
ing ? ' she asked.
" 'No , ' she said , 'I wasn't paying atten
tion. '
" 'He called me up , ' said Central , 'be
cause he didn't get the connection right.
You ought to have heard all ho had to say
to that girl. ' Then she told her what It
was.
" 'Can Central hear me when I am talk
ing ? ' asked the man when he came out of
the telephone box.
" 'Oh , no , ' said the girl , 'Central can't
hear. ' But eho did that time.
"It is to get to bo a switchboard operator
that most telephone girls try , though If all
the managers at the central office are
pleasant and easy to get along vlth they
like the work there. A telephone girl likes
her work anyway. She Is kept busy all the
tlmo and she doesn't know where the tlmo
goes to. She Is sorry to stay at home.
"There are a great many large business
firms that have switchboard operators now.
They have anywhere from a dozen or moro
rooms In the < bulldlng to be connected , so
that when a man wants to talk to any one
In the building he doesn't ' have to go up
or downstairs and a number of people can
bo talking outside at the same time over
the four trunk lines.
"The switchboard operator's work Is easy
'
compared with that of a telephone girl n't
the central office. Where the central office
girl will have fifty wires to attend to , and
Is rushing all day from ono to the
other , tlio switchboard operator will
have only ten , or a part of the
tlmo she doesn't have anything to do. It
Is pretty hard for her at flist when she
makes the change and it is all that she can
do to keep awake with so little to do. But
It In very satisfactory , for the switchboard
operator has all the holidays ; she never
has to work on Sundays , she Is re
sponsible only to the firm she works for ,
and the rules are not so strict. Meat of the
girls try to get switchboard positions.
Usually the firm that wants an operator
sends to the central office and they send
someone ' , I know one girl who got a posi
tion 'for hewjlf. The firm that she went
to sent up to the central office and asked
them If they would send down Miss Smith.
" 'She's no operator , ' they said there ;
'wo will send you someone else who Is first-
class. '
" 'We don't care about the operating , We
can Judge about that ourselves,1 said the
firm , and she got the position.
"No ; wearing the receiver Is not annoy
ing , and telephoning doesn't affect the hear
ing , at least It never affected mine. I
have known some girls whom it made deaf.
Sometimes It makes your ear sore to wear
It. They are training some girls now to
wear the receiver on the right ear , so that
they can use that ear In receiving. I don't
believe I could hear except with my left
ear , I am so used to taking the messages
on that side. That IB most convenient , too.
You always see people use the other kind
of a receiver with the left hand , and put
It to the left ear. Then you have the right
hand free to write and the wire Is not In
the way ,
"To he a first-claes operator a girl ought
to bo calm and self-poseessed , one of the
kind who never gets rattled qr loses her
head. It Is a strain when you have fifty
wires to attend to , with people talking on
all of them at once , some of them com
plaining that they don't get the people they
want , while you are shutting off this one
and putting on someone else.
"Then buelnesa men are pretty apt to
be cranky. They are nervous and In a
hurry , and they don't see why they can't
get the man they want to speak to first
thing. They don't understand how things
are. They don't realize that Central has
forty-nine other wires and can't give them
her undivided attention. Some girls will
sort of jolly a , man along when he li
cranky , and say , 'Number , please , ' amiably ,
TOM MOORE HENRY GEORGE I
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as hatefully as she can.
"Tho telephone girl gets to know In a
little while the people on her lines who are
always pleasant , and she docs the best she
can for them always , though I must say
the man who la very cranky gets waited
on as soon as possible , for the girl Is anxious
to get him out of the way. It makes a
lot of trouble for her If she Is reported In
any 'way ' , and she likes her work and will
do the best she can to keep It.
"Tho telephone girl doesn't hear enough
of the conversations that go on over her
wires to know the business of tlie differ
ent people who are on the wires the most
often unless she happens tn sec something
about thorn In the papers , and then she re
members the names and knows who they
are. She doesn't got any of the general
Information that anyone clso coming In
contact with so many different kinds of people
ple would get. "
A .Mini ofcrv < % ,
The most curious feature In the case of
the miner recently Imprisoned for nearly
seventy hours In the Onylord coal mine at
Plymouth , Pa. , was his peacefully falling
asleep in his tomb as soon IIB ho realized
that ho was likely to bo rescued. It would
bo difficult to Imagine a moro serene
nervous system , relatns Collier's Weekly.
Thera were plenty of chances , too , that the
miners might not get the poor fellow out
alive. When , finally , ho did emerge he be
haved Just as a here ought to boliavo
quietly , with less thought of himself than
of his distracted mother , who at the moment
was at homo praying for him. An adventure
llko that , together with the outbreak of
one of the old Kentucky feuds , and tbo
exciting train robber chase In Wyoming a
few weeks ago , makes us realize that wo
still keep In this country the elements of the
dramatic and the picturesque. And yet our
foreign visitors will look us over suporclll-
ously and declare that wo are utterly com
mercialized and prosaic !
Tli < i I.mlj' or tli - firoccr ,
A sensational lawsuit will shortly be com
menced In Atcblson , reports the Globe , Six
months ago a prominent woman appeared at
a grocery store where- she traded and said
that her husband had given her the money
to pay a month's bill , then due , but that she
was greatly In need of the money and re
quested the grocer to receipt the bill , saying
she would pay the amount In three different
Installments. The conversation took place
In the presence of three witnesses the
grocer , his bookkeeper and head clerk. Tbo
woman paid no further attention to the
matter , and when appealed to three months
later Bald she had paid the bill and had
the receipt. The husband was drawn Into
the controversy and stood by hU wife. The
grocer now bays be 'Will sue for tbo money
and prove by his own testimony and two of
his employes that the woman la deliberately
trying to defraud him.
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