Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 22, 1899, Page 8, Image 8
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 Every conceivable style imaginable on wheels. Over one hun dred different styles to select from. Positively the largest in the west , See our bikz w.igoiis. o I can give you the latest and best for your " " * i * & > t-1"- money. Write or call and inspect my stock. 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. 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Nervousness , Sleeplessness , Sick Headache , Flatulency and all Internal paint ) . There Is not a remedial afjsnt In the world that will cure fever and ague and all other malarious , bilious and other revets , aided by RADWAY'S PIM.S , so quickly as RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF. Price 50c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. rtADWAV & CO. , 05 121m St. , N. Y. and get him In better temper , but If a girl Is nervous and the man who is cranky calls up she Us apt to snap out , 'Number , ' 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. XnrroMr Kuril inot Fnifltli . CHIPAOO. 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