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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , A.XJW-UHT 11 , 18TW.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Ml.-VOH MISNTIO.t.
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Davis sells glass.
Mooro's food kill's worms and fattens.
Flro escapes for buildings at Blxby'e.
Budwelner beer. L. Rosenfeldt , agent.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gable , n
son.
son.Mrs. . Stella Barker died last evening at
Et. Bernard's hospital.
0. B. Jacqucmln & Co. , Jewelers and op
ticians , 27 South Main street.
Myrtle lodge , Degree of Honor , will meet
in regular session this evening.
W. C. Kstep , undertaker , 28 Pearl street.
Telephones , olllcc , 07 ; residence , 33.
Gel your work done at the popular Eagle
laundry , 724 Broadway. 'Phono 167.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
to Clarence W. Walters , aged 25 , and Lillian
Llndsey , aged 23 , both of Omaha.
Justice Ovldo Vlen , who has been seriously
ill and conllncd to his homo for several
weeks , was able to bo at his office yesterday.
< Mrs. J. M. Tryon of Monroevlltc , Ind. , Is
visiting her cousin , Mrs. N. C. Phillips of
Council Bluffs , whllo on her way homo from
n trip to California.
Clerk of the District Court Freeman Reed
and his sister Mrs. W. C. Cheyne , were
called to Oakland yesterday afternoon by
news announcing that their mother , who has
been 111 for some time , was rapidly sinking.
Thomas O'Brien , charged with stealing a
$20 gold piece , the property of P. L. Labell ,
July 3 last In a Broadway saloon , will have
a hearing this morning before Justice For-
rler.
rler.The
The cose of the State against Hattto Evo-
llnc , the domestic charged with stealing
money belonging to her employers , was dis
missed yesterday In Justice Vlen's court for
want of sufficient evidence to convict.
The trial of William Brooks , charged with
a vicious assault on B. A. Tyler , a farmer
living near the Institute for the Deaf , , was
completed In Justice Ferrler's court yester
day afternoon and the Jury brought In a
verdict of acquittal.
James Hlordan , the stranger arrested on
suspicion of being the party who purloined
two pairs of shoee from Sargent's store
Wednesday , was released yesterday morning
with Instructions to leave town. The evi
dence against Rlordan was not deemed sut-
flcent to bold him.
"The Ball and Bacchanalian Rovols" will
bo the sublect of Rov. G. P. Fry's sermon
Sunday night nt the Fifth Avenue Metho
dist church. It will bo the sixth of the
series on "Perils of City Life" that Pastor
Fry is preaching under the auspices of the
Epworth league of his church.
A man giving the name of Mike Molkee
was found In n drunken sleep on the side
walk on Broadway nt an early hour yester
day. The police think ho answers the de
scription of a party wanted In Glenwood for
obtaining money under false pro-tenses and
he Is being held pending Investigation.
J. L. Gano , aged 47 years , died yesterday
afternoon at the family residence , C06 Voor-
hls street. He leaves a wife nnd five chil
dren. The funeral will bo held tomorrow
nt 10 o'clock n. m. from the residence , Rev.
Atr. Llthorland officiating. Interment at
Falrvlcw.
A warrant for the arrest of Chris Miller
, nnd his wife , Annie Miller , has been issued
from Justice Vlcn's court on an Informa
tion fllcd by George W. Schaoffcr , who com
plains that the Millers have threatened to
have his life. . 'As ' he Is desirous of living a
llttlo longer ho nants the .Millers placed
under n peace bond. The parties rive in the
vicinity of Twenty-fifth street and Avenue
IB and the trouble Is said to bo the result
of a neighborhood row.
The benefit performance at the Dohany
theater tonight , the proceeds of which are
to form the nucleus of a fund to be used
when the soldier boys return to San Fran
cisco , will , Judging from the advance sale ,
draw a bouse crowded to the doors. All
the boxes have been taken and by noon yes
1 terday the best scats In the house bed all
been sold. Between the acts the young
vomeu of the Pcdalers' Cycling club will
servo punch , which promises to bo an acceptable -
ceptablo feature of the entertainment with
itho mercury at its present height.
The funeral of the late William Steln-
kopf , which was held yesterday afternoon
from the famtlv residence nt the corner of
North Main street and Washington avenue ,
was attended by many of the friends of thu
deceased and the bereaved family. The Odd
Follows , of which Mr. Stclnkopf had been
for many years n , member , attended In a
body. The Services were conducted by Rev.
F. , S. Perklfls of the First Christian church ,
dlurlal was In Walnut Hill cemetery. The
pallbearers were B. S. Terwllllger , F. A.
Sackett. D. S. Brennerman. G. F. Smith , M.
IS. Weatherbeo nnd James G. Bradley.
Detoctlvo T. F. Rlloy of the Chicago force
arrived yesterday and will take back with
him this morning Kate Sullivan , the negress
wanted there on a charge of grand larceny.
The woman did not rob a Chicago alderman
as at flrst renorted , but Is charged with
stealing $1.450 from a returned Klondlkor
who stopped over In Chicago to see the sights
whllo on his way homo to Massachusetts.
The stolen money represented the entire
amount that he had brought back with him
from , the Yukon nftcr two years' hard work
and the suffering of many hardships and
privations.
The funeral of itho late Mrs. Mary A.
Good , wlfo of S. C. Good , was held yester
day morning at the family residence , 115
fitutsman street , nnd was attended by a largo
number of the friends of the deceased. The
services were conducted bv 'Mrs. ' Tulloys of
the Christian Science society. The remains
wore laid temporarily In a receiving vault
n Falrylow cemetery nnd later will betaken
taken to Ellzabcthtown , Pa. , for pc > mancnt ,
Interment. The following 'acted ' as pall
bearers ; T. A. Barker. W. E. Wilson , J.
D. Johnson. M , Williams , A. Hoffmayr and
F. Covnlt. The floral tributes that graced
the casket were many and beautiful ,
N. Y. Plumbing compaoj. Tel. 250.
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Scientific optician , Wollmas , 402 Br'dway ,
llonl Kntiite Triinnfrrii.
The following transfers were filed yester
day In the abstract , tltlo and loan ofllco of
J. W. Squire , 101 Pearl street-
Jnmca T. Dunlap and wlfo ct al to
lloruco K. Gould , lot 23 , ( block 13.
Burns' udd. , w. d , . , . . . $ 10
2Ioi\iro K. Gould to Anna Jargensen ,
lot 2 , block 31 , Howard's add. , w. d CO
Eunice M. Casady .to Albert W.
Oasiuly , south 10 feet , lot 6 nnd north
10 feet lot 7 , block 9 , Uayliss' First
udd , ; lottt 6 , 7 nnd 8 , block 9 , Jlyn-
Hter'8 mill ; lot 3 , block H , and lot 5 ,
Mock IS , Hull's add. : Iota H and 12 ,
block 11 , Williams' First mid. , w d , . 2,000
Dlmllj' A , ItlHhtou ami tiusbiind to Na
nnieDewey. . lot 16 , block 18 , itown of
Neola , V. d SSO
l.upy TrobouKh und Jiusband to Chnr-
lotto S. lllKlir , lot 3. block 3 , Big
CSrove , O.iklnnd , w. d 200
CorneltilK S. Quick nml wife to Kllus
J. Quick. w % wv'/i 2-75-42 , q. c. d. . . . 1,000
Nellie A. O.iugliey to Kllas Quick.w&
nw 4 8-75-42. q. c. d 1,000
B. A. Kkultou and wife to Andrew
Point * . 2 acres mv > ,4 ne'.i 2C-77-H ,
a , c , d , . , , 10
Annie Jnines to Bnmuc-1 1C , Tlussell , lot
3. block 19 , Howard's udd , , q. c. d , . . 1
John K. JcfTerls and wlf ot al to
Kranklln JelTerls. mv'i 18.75-11 , d. . . 6,073
XMmuiul D. JefTerls and wife et al to
John B. JefToils , wVS fccU mid cVJ
H\\ > 4 12-75-42. d. . . . 6.991
Jr < ! m K. Jerferla and wlfa ot al ( o
Hurry V , Jefforls , lot 121 nnd part
lot 120 , original plat of Council
UlufTH , d , POO
Same to P.irthenla K. Goodwin , s % lot
2 In lot 41 and part lot 7 In lot 26 ,
original \ > lat of Council Bluffs , d , . , 3.SOQ
Bamo to Willlftin 11. Jefterls , sw'i 7-
75-41 , d 6,929
Same lo .Agnes Duncan , e',4 eo > ,4 13 ,
( \Vi c % neli 13,73-U , d 4.S93
fiainn to same , u & nc'.i and w > & eVj
ne'i 13-75-12. d 126
Total , sixteen transfers $33,215
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT
for Cnuli or I.ouuuu Un.
12. II. SlllCAI'i : A : CO. ,
6 Pearl Street , Council UlatTi. low *
TO RECEIVE THE IOWA BOYS
Meeting to Raise Money for That Purpose to
Ba Held at Des Homes , Angtut 15 ,
GOVERNOR REFUSES USE OF STATE FUNDS
An lOITort In Now lo Ilr Mndp in Give
the Ilntvkoe 1'eoiilc All n
Clinnoo to Sub-
iicrlbc.
The friends and relatives of the soldier
'boys ' of the Fifty-flrst are desirous that the
regiment should , after belnc mustered out
In San Francisco , bo kept together and
brought back In a body to Iowa. To do this
the funds will have to bo raised by sub
scription , as the state's funds cannot legally
bo used for such a purpose. Mayor Klsslck
of Oskaloosa has taken the matter In hand
and yesterday the following letter was re
ceived from him by Mayor Jennings :
Letter from .Mnyor Klimlck.
OSKALOOSA , la , . Aug. 8 , 1899. To the
Honorable Mayor Dear Sir : It has been
thought best by some of those Interested In
the homo-conilng of the Kitty-Unit Iowa to
have a meeting of representatives flora the
several towns and cities which have com
panies In the regiment to confer with Gov
ernor Shaw In regard to Its reception at San
Francisco and to sec If some plan cannot
bo devised whereby the regiment may bo
brought to DCS Molnes In a body at the ex
pense of the 'state after Us muster out at
San Francisco and receive the welcome of
the people of the state.
This meeting will be held In the gov
ernor's office at the State house at Ues
Molnes , la. , on Tuesday , August 16 , 1899 ,
at 2 o'cFock p. m. By fixing the meeting on
this date Instead of the 17th. as previously
announced in the papers , persons attending
the meeting can take advantage of the re
duced rates on the railroads Riven to the
democratic stnto convention which meets OD
Wednesday , the 16th.
Please confer at once with your citizens
and select one or two of your citizens to at
tend this meeting on be-half of the regiment
and send to mo the names of the persons
selected this week.
I enclose for your Information a copy of
, a petition I sent to Governor Shaw a few
days ago signed by 200 of some of our
best citizens of all parties , occupations and
professions. The matter Is being largely
discussed In the newspapers , as you may
have observed.
Hoping you may give this matter your
prompt attention , I am , yours very truly ,
ROBERT KISSICK.
Mayor Klsslck has sent a similar letter to
the mayor of each town sending a company
to the Philippines In the Fifty-first regl
mcnt. The towns sending companies ara
as follows : DCS Molnes , Company A ; Vll
llsca , Company B ; Glenwood , Company C
| Knoxvllle , Company D ; Shenandoah , Com
I pany B ; Oskaloosa , Company F ; Creston
( Company O ; Des Molnes , Company H ; Bed
ford , Company I ; Corning , Company K
Council Bluffs , Company L ; Red Oak , Com
pany M.
When the movement to have the regimen
brought back as a whole to Des Molnes wa
flrst started It was suggested that the state
appropriate the money , and the matter was
laid before Governor Shaw. In answer tea
a letter addressed him on the subject Gov
ernor Shaw replied as follows : -
Governor Cnnnot UNC the Fnnil.1 *
I am at a loss to know where the funds
arc tocome from with which to meet the
expenses of transporting the men of the
regiment to this state. The legislature
placed quite a large fiyid at my disposal , to
be used In the defense of the state raid in
aid of the national government in case o :
war. I have used this fund In furtherance
of the object for which It was created , ant
would like to be able to construe the act
appropriating the money as authorizing Its
use for the purpose desired by the petition
ers In this Instance , but certainly such use
would not be "in defense of the state , '
nor yet "in aid of the national government
In case of war. " Were the government un
able to pay the men of the regiment It
might not be deemed a strained Interpreta
tion to consider that warrant could be found
In the act for the use of the state's money
In bringing the men to their homes , but such
Is not the case. The government pays the
men in full , not only to date , but for two
months after muster-out , and allows them
travel pay and rations to their homes. If It
were suggested that I should allow the men
of the regiment a couple of months' pay
out of the state treasury , I doubt If any
body would consider that I had authority to
do so. If I have not authority to use
$30,000 In that way. how can I alfow that
amount of money to the men of the regi
ment under another cover ?
The MectliiR nt Den Moliica.
The letter from Governor Shaw settled
the matter so far as tbo state Is concerned
of bringing back the regiment to Iowa , and
It was suggested that an effort be made to
ratso sufficient money among the towns hav
ing companies In the regiment. For the
purpose of discussing this matter , Mayor
Klsslck has called the meeting for next
Tuesday In Des Molnes. Mayor Jennings , on
receipt of ttfe letter from Mnyor Klsslck ,
turned It over to the members of the ad
visory board of the Woman's Sanitary Re
lief commission , and it Is understood that
at least two delegates from the board will
attend the meeting in Des Molnes. The
delegates , It Is said , will be Freeman L.
Reed , clerk of the district court , and Cap
tain L. B. Cousins. The matter will also
bo laid before the Merchants' and Manufac
turers' association with the purpose of se
curing the co-operation of the business
houses of the city In raising this city's
proportion of the money necessary to bring
the regiment back In a body.
Domestic soap soFd by all grocers.
Welnbacb burners at Blxby's. Tel. 193.
Oflleer'n Iloily to He HroiiKht Home.
Postmaster Treynor received a letter yes
terday from Congressman Hull stating that
the War department had Issued an order
which had been cabled to Manila directing
that the 'body ' of Lieutenant John L. Moore
of Company L , Fifty-first Iowa , be disin
terred and sent to this country .by the flrst
transport. It was reported at first that the
authorities ut Manila had refused to send
the body home and Congressman Hull's let
ter comes as a great relief to the parents
of the gallant young ooldler ,
Advices from Des Molnes are to the effect
that Captain Will Pryor has tendered Ills
resignation-owing to continued Ill-health and
that the appointment to fill his place lies
between Adjutant Frank Campion of this
city and First Lieutenant Harry French of
Company M from Red Oak.
Louis Wagener has received bis discharge
from Company L , having enlisted in the
new regiment of veteran volunteers to be
commanded by Major Boll.
Domestic soap is the purest made.
O. Younkerman & Co. , grape baskets , bar
rels , and all fruit packages.
rolloeiiiiin ami n llurly Tramp ,
Officer Weir had a lively tussle last night
lo the Northwestern yards with a 'burly '
tramp whom ho endea\ored to place under
arrest. The fellow , who gave the name of
George Tlnney , was lying asleep with his
clgtlue partly off In a box car when aroused
byYelr Ho objected to having his slum-
t > ers disturbed aqd at once showed fight.
Weir closed In on him and a regular wrest
ling match ensued. Both rolled over In the
mud and the tramp was evidently getting
the best of the tussle , nhcn some trainmen
came to the officer's aid. With their as
sistance the handcuffs were placed on the
tramp and howas escorted to Jail.Vclr \
was covered with mud from head to foot
when ho reached police headquarters.
Domestic outwashcs cheap soaps.
Davis sells paint.
Xotp * from the Court * .
George W. Paine , an attorney of Carroll ,
la. , filed a voluntary petition In the United
States district court yesterday asking that
ho bo declared a bankrupt. His liabilities
from which he asks the court to relieve him
amount to the respectable sum of $31,182.23 ,
made up as follows : Taxes , $51.23 ; secured
claims , $13,531 ; unsecured claims , $1,305 ;
notes and bills which ought to < bo paid by
others , $11,2A6. He admits to .being pos
sessed of assets amounting to $5,415 , but
claims they are exempt as consisting of his
homestead , household furniture and law
library.
Two suits for divorce wore filed In the
district court yesterday. Mrs. Sarah Parker
asks that the bonds tying her to Marlon
Parker , whom she married In Council Bluffs
November 24 , 1691 , bo severed. Mrs. Parker
alleges that her husband misbehaved with
ono Mtnnlo Ackernian and that on July 1 o
this year he left home. Her husband , th
claims , earns $75 a month salary , and sh
asko the court to grant her $100 temporar
and $30 per month permanent alimony. Mrs
Ccnorah Butler was married to J. W. Butle
November 11 , 1877 , In Avoca. On March 20
1897 , she says ho deserted her nnd for thl
reason she asks the court to grant her
divorce.
Thomas Officer and W. H. M. Pusoy com
mcncod suit against William McQIll an
John Pugh , administrator of the estate o
Allen Grosvonor , deceased , to quiet thel
title to a lot In Jlerce's subdivision.
Lowest prices , easy terms. The best and
largest stock of pianos at Swanson Music
company. Masonic Temple.
Domestic soap Is full weight.
Ilnrlier'n Clinrlty Unnpnreulnteil.
The Jury In the court of Justice Frank o
Keg Creek township , 'before ' whom F. E. Sll
ver , the Pearl street barber , had his trla
yesterday for keeping his shop open on Sun
day , brought- a verdict of guilty. Sllve
filed notice of appeal at once to the dls
trlct court. Silver's
defense was that o
the Sunday In question on which he wa
charged with violating the Sabbath by ply
Ing his trade he did so for a charitable pur
pose and that all the money received tha
day was turned over 'by him to the hosplta
fund of Company L , Fifty-first Iowa ,
The trial lasted the greater part of th
day , a number of witnesses being Intro
duced for the defense. The Jury , however
apparently made up Its imlnd as the cas
progressed , for It only required eight mln
utes to deliberate In before bringing In
verdict.
The case against John Schlcketanz , th
Broadway barber , is set for next Monda
before the Justice of Crescent township.
Domestic soap whitens your clothes.
Tonight , at the Dohany theater , the Red
mend company , now playing a week's en
gagement there , will present "Caprice , " one
of the best pieces of its repertoire , for the
benefit of Company L. The sale of ticket
opened yesterday morning and appearance
Indicate a well-filled house. The Red
mends have had crowded houses all weel
and form a strong company. Seats on sale
at the box office. 25 and 10 cents.
Prizes go with Domestic soap.
ROBBER FAILS IN A HOLDUP
Station Afrent nt ORden , In. , In Snvei
Some Trouble by Prompt Ac
tion of III * DOB.
FORT DODGE , Aug. 10. ( Special Tele
gram. ) An attempt was made last evening
to hold up Station Agent E. Groom of the
Minneapolis & St. Louis road at Ogden
The northbound passenger which leaves this
place at 11B7 : , had gene and Agent Groom
was preparing to go homo. He had turne <
out the Hghta and -was going out when he
was confronted by a man with a gUn , which
was pointed at him. Mr. Groom had a huntIng -
Ing dog with him , iwhlch made a rush at the
robber and received the charge of shot In
tended for the station agent. Whllo thla
was going on Mr. Groom made a break for
his desk for a revolver and when he re
turned the would-lje robber had disap
peared.
Veu.ru Illn Own Men ,
DES MOINES , la. , Aug. 10. ( Special. )
The charges of cowardice which have been
made against Captain A. F. Burton of Com
pany B , Fifty-first Iowa , promise sensational
developments. Burton'6 company Is from
Vlllsca , la. , and he has been Its commander
since it went into service. Ho has been very
unpopular with the men , and recently re
ports came that he was charged with gross
est cowardice , that ho deserted the company
In action nnd waa found by regimental offi
cers lying In a ditch far in the rear , and
that thla kind of conduct was repeated sev
eral times. Advices from Manila , today nay
that Burton was In fear of his life at the
hands of his own men. The men had re
peatedly threatened that Burton would not
last through many brushes , because "If the
Filipinos did not get him somebody else
would. " Burton was In terror lest some of
his own men should shoot him. The matter
will be fully Investigated by the state
authorities If the regular army officers do
not look into it.
Tenclicru Form Ilradliifjr Club.
1IARLAN , In. , Aug. 10. ( Special. ) Yes
terday the teachers of the county organ
ized the Shelby' County Teachers' Library
association with a membership of moro than
100. The object of the organization IH
the purchase of professional books , as wall
as of general reading , for the teachers. The
executive committee Is composed of the fol
lowing officers ; President , Superintendent
E. S. White , Harlan ; vlco president , Bo-
[ > hronla Klngton , Invln ; secretary , Eliza
beth Wyland , Harlan ; treasurer , Principal
Wilson D. Young , Panama. County Super
intendent Shorett was made librarian. The
books will be kept in the county superin
tendent's ofllco.
"Dead Nhot .luck" Held for. Trial.
SIOUX CITY , la. , Aug. 10 , ( Spoclal. )
' 'Dead Shot Jack , " owing to the precarious
condition of his victims at Lake View , was
not given an opportunity for a hearing
until Wednesday , The county attorney de-
elred to await the development of th < 5 re-
eults of the wounds which the men received ,
lie waived examination and was bound over
o await the action of the grand Jury. His
xrad was placed at $5,000 ,
Hey l.ii - r with Illroil Mini.
IDA GROVE , la. , Aug. 10. ( Special. )
The 14-year-old son of 5Ir. Fred Baker , llv-
ng fiouth of town , was Induced to leave homey
> y the hired hand and together they started
'or ' Wyoming. The last heard of them they
md taken the train at Danbury for Sioux
: ily , The 1 > oy Is very small for his age ,
md no money and had never been away
rom homo ,
lutfiiMf llt-ut III Imvu.
DUBUO.UE , la. . Aug. 10. The thermome-
cr was 93 In the shade here today , Street
work was entirely suspended and In the
arming districts field laborers were obliged
o stop work.
CROPS IN FINE CONDITION
Iowa Drop Service Bureau Presents Snmmwy
from Towns and Counties.
CORN MAKES A MARKED ADVANCEMENT
Total AcrctiKc of Corn , 8'tJOB21 Win
ter Wlit-nt , in 1)177(1 ( Siirlnir Wlirnt ,
lnil : , : tlll ; Ont ,
icy , r.r,7r.usj
DES MOINES , Aug. 10. ( Special. ) The
Iowa Crop and Weather Bureau Service
has Issued the following summary of the re
ports of county nnd township correspondents
showing the average condition of unrlpencd
crops August 1 :
Corn bas made marked advancement , and
the average condition of the crop Is rated
at 00 per cent , as against 83 per cent on July
1. The condition of other crops Is estimated
as follows :
Millet , 94 per cent ; flax , 95 ; buckwheat ,
90 ; broom corn , 88 ; sorghum , 91 ; apples , 69 ;
grapes , 48 ; potatlcs , 100 ; pastures , 94.
On August 1 , 1S98 , the same correspond
ence reported the condition as follows :
Corn , 94 ; millet , 90 ; flax , 95 ; broom corn ,
90 ; potatoes , 78 ; apples , 63 ; grapes , 95 ; pas
tures , 86.
AorenRc of lovrn Crops , 1800.
The bureau Issues a carefully prepared
table showing the acreage of crops by coun
ties for the current season. It Is based on
the census of crop acreage for the preceding
season , made by the township assessors un
der the direction of the secretary of state ,
as provided by the statute. The acreage for
this season Is figured from the reports of
county and township correspondents esti
mating the Increase or decrease as compared
with the year 1898. The figures are be
lieved to be approximately correct. The fol
lowing summary of the figures for the whole
state will bo of general Interest :
Corn The total number of acres planted
of this leading crop appears to be 8,460,521.
Last year , according to assessors' returns ,
the total was 8,374,530 acres , showing an
Increased planting this year of 85,991 acres.
There was a considerable Increase noted In
many counties , but this was In part offset
by a decrease In others , so that the net gain
In acreage la small.
Winter Wheat The area of winter wheat
sown In the fall of 1898 , as returned by the
assessors , amounted to 154,177 acres. The
larger part of the crop was lost by winter
killing and , according to careful estlmaten
of crop correspondents , the total number of
acres left for the harvest was only 27,427
acres , or about 18 per cent of the area
planted. It la quite probable that the de
struction was more nearly complete than
those figures Indicate.
Spring Wheat Acreage sown this year ,
1,639,557 acres , a decrease of 87,735 acres ,
compared iwlth last year.
Oats Number of acres sown this year , 4-
069,557. Last year's acreage , 4,076,669 ; de
crease , 7,112 acres.
Barley Number of acres harvested this
season , 557,598. Last year , 575,815 acres ; de
crease , 18,2l7 acres.
Rye Acreage this year , 126,236 acres.
Flax Area sown this year , 142,175 acres.
Area lastlyear , according to assessors , 189-
882 acres , showing a doorcase of 47,707
acres. ] ,
Potatoes Area plantcdH54,243 acres. Area
planted In 18981 ; 165(131/cres. (
Tame Hay PradiinU acreage of timothy
'and ' clover meadO VS2,644,343 acres. Last
year the aggre at was ' 235,286 acres greater.
Prairie Hay Acreage "of wild hay reported
toy assessors last "year" was 1,198,332 acres.
Pasturage Acreage reported by assessors ,
7,460,922 acres.
HUNNELL ADJUDGED INSANE
Mail 'Who Kill * Illn .San nt Don Mnliicn
Taken to nn Afiyliim Dcniicrnte
Attempt nt Suicide.
DBS MOINES , la. , Aug. 10. ( Special Tefc.
gram. ) Fred Hunncll , who shot and killed
hla son Archie Monday night , was this after
noon adjudged insane nnd will bo taken at
once to the Mt. Pleasant Insane hospital.
Hunnell was brought before the Insane com
mission this morning and gave evidence In
a rational way. Ho declared that , although
ho was unsuccessful iu the attempt to take
his own life , an opportunity would afford
Itself in the near futitie and honou'd ' take
advantage of It. "I was unsuccessful , " he
said , ' 'but I will yet take my life. I have
absolutely nothing to live for nov * nnd I
want to die. " In talking of the murder bo
evinced great eorrow. He said he loved
his boy and If ho could through any power
restore life to Archie he would do It. Ho
further stated that he knew everything that
transpired up to the time the shot was hied.
After that ho remembers nothing.
Jock Strublc , an employe at the yanls of
the Dal * Goodwin Brick Co. , flmdo a desper
ate attempt to take his own life early thh
morning 'by ' cutting hla throat wlta a rior. : :
The gash Is a severe- one and may cost Stru-
We his life. Stmble Is 28 , unmarried , and
a fine young man when not undar the influ
ence of liquor. It U said that bo has been
drinking heavily of late and had been threat
ened with tremens. This made him de
spondent.
BURGLARS SHOOT AN OFFICER
CVdar rtiiiili ] * Policeman "Wounded liy
Ilolilicm Who Arc Later 1'liico.d
Under ArrCHt.
CEDAR RAPIDS. la. , Aug. 10. ( Special
Telegram. ) This morning about 1:30 : o'clock
Officer WlHIara Palmer was shot and slightly
wounded by a gang of crooks which had been
: rylng to effect an entrance Into a dwelling
louse and wore frightened away by the approach
preach of the officer. Two of the men w era
: aptured shortly afterward by other officers.
They gave their namea as W. I , Camball
and George Andrews. The Intter wua
equipped with a complete outfit of burglar
oola. It Is bolleved they are a part of a
; ang which has committed several robberies
n this vicinity lately. They are charged
with assault with Intent to commit murder
and will have a preliminary hearing tomor
row.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ADJOURN
lonn Omni ! l.ndKC Clinrx One of theMe
Mo t SiiOd'HHfiil MeetliiKH Iu
I In IllHtory.
DAVENPORT , la. , Aug. 10. The Grand
* edge of the Iowa Knights of Pythias closed
he biggest meeting It ever held today. Tbo
election of officers was completed as follows :
Grand vlco chancellor , W. O. Tliomas , Ma-
luoketa ; grand mnster-at-arms , T. M.
Shackle , Oskaloosa ; grand outer guard , H.
I , Brannock , Eagle Grove.
Waterloo was chosen as the place of meet-
ng next year. Grand Temple Rathbono Sis-
era filled the prlnclpaf crtlccs as follows :
Cliluf , Mrs. Hattie l.ubenfelz , Mount J'lfne-
int ; mistress of recording correspondence ,
Irs , Grace Long , Waverly ; mistress of
Inance , Mrs. Ida Narvls , Muscatlno ; supreme
epresentatlve , Mrs. Nellla E. Day , Dubuque.
Top I'rtuen for Put Cnttle.
ONAWA , la. , Aug. 10. ( Special. ) The toj >
rice for fat cattle in Monona county wai
realized today when John H. Murphy , the
The only
exclusive
up-to-date
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on the
Missouri River.
Everything that pertains to vehicles everything to please you , Why
buy elsewhere when you have an opportunity of selecting from over
ONE HUNDRED dUtoront stylos. Write for catalogue. Call and see me. No trouble to
show you.
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COUNCIL 13LUFFS , JOW-A.
well known farmer , nold to Cubbage &
Wilkinson of Ida Grove 100 head of fat
steers at 5 cents per pound at homo. Thej
averaged about 1,200 and 'were ' an extra
flno lot , having 'been fed ten months , and
go to Chicago for export to Europe. This
Is the best sale made this year In Monona
county and shows that It paye to have cattle
fat 'beforo ' ( selling.
MEETS DEATHJN ELEVATOR
Tcii-Ycnr-nlil Iloj'n Horrible KmlliiK
by SiifTocntloii lit 11
Corn Illii.
WATERLOO , la. , Aug. 10. Reuben Fol-
lott , the 10-year-old son of W. Follett , post
master at Dewar , this county , was smothered
to death In a bin of bhilled corn today.
The boy was playing In an elevator when the
chute was .opened to 1111 a car. He was
drawn do-AU and burled under the corn.
Iowa Xeivit \ < > tcN.
The Benton county democratic convention
declared In favor of Cato Soils for governor.
Mrs. George W. Bomls , wife of n former
state treasurer of Iowa , died recently at
Lake Okobojl.
The city of Iowa Falls has struck a
bountiful supply of water In the well re
cently put down at the waterworks pumping
station.
Miss Clara Gibson of Marlon , who Is now
attending the Chicago Conservatory of
Music , Is looked upon ns a dramatic con
tralto of great promise.
Mrs. Marlon Ames has commenced suit
against the Waterloo nnd Cedar Falls Rapid
Transit company for $10,000 damages , due to
the death of her husband , who was struck
by an electric car July 6.
Democrats and populists In Joint conven
tion for the Adams-Taylor district nomi
nated Lieutenant Colonel M. Miller of the
Fifty-first Iowa , now In the Philippine
Islands , for state senator.
James F Howard , now n resident of Chicago
cage , but formerly a promltlent attorney of
Webster City , has been disbarred from prac
tice in Iowa on account of his connection
with the famous OFmstead case.
Clarence E. Hill , son of General Superin
tendent Hin of the Rock Island road , had
his foot crushed at Cedar Rapids by falling
under the cars. Ho Is employed by the
Burlington , Cedar Rapids & Northern road.
A barn In Grant township , Kossuth county ,
was struck by lightning , and one horse
was killed outright , while three others were
deprived of their hearing. The horses nru
still deaf , although It Is the opinion of these
who claim to-know that they will eventually
recover.
Captain W. T. Rlgby has given up his
homo at Mount Vernon , owing to the fact
that the pressure of his duties as president
of the Vlcksburg military park commis
sion require his presence on the lower Miss
issippi about three-fourths of the year. Mrs.
Rlgby will accompany her husband to the
south.
E. B. Woodruff of Knoxvllle Is seeking to
secure fitting recognition of the exceptional
service'of his son In Luzon. Fred P. Wood
ruff Is a sergeant In Company D of the
Filfty-flrst Iowa , and he received special
commendation for his valor and discretion
on June 16 last , when his company was at
tacked by the Filipinos at Son Fernando.
The captain being 111 and both of the lieu
tenants being on detached service , the com
mand of the company devolved upon Ser
geant Woodruff , and ho acquitted himself
more than creditably. A commission In the
now volunteers would please the sergeant's
father.
AIJOUT MAN-I2ATINC IIO.\S.
TrlcUB of tlic Snrnirc llrnntn In Their
Native JmiKlcN.
"When lions become man-eaters these
Inert nnd treacherous brutes take no un
necessary trouble to catch men , and while
human beings are plentiful none of them
undertake perilous enterprises or proceed on
any haphazard expeditions , " aays a writer
In Outing , "They know what to do and where
to go that prey may bo procured with the
least amount of risk or exertion. Such a lion
Is well aware of who tills this cornfield or
that meallo patch. Ho has Informed himself
of how many men accompany the village
herds , where any outlying camps are situ
ated and how they are guarded. There Is no
route by which travelers proceed or traffic
la carried on that such animals have not
studied with reference to tbo facilities for
attack they afford and their own bodily pow
ers. If otherwise good strategic positions
present natural difficulties the lion not only
considers how these can bo overcome , but
perhaps practices his part beforehand. At
all events , he has been watched while en
gaged In exercise that can only be explained
In this way.
"So puny a creature as man Is when un
provided with effective Implements for of
fense stands llttlo cliancc ngalnst tiucb a
foe an assailant having forty times his
strength , backed by marvelous activity and
an Intense passion for carnage. Under those
circumstances savages can only shut them
selves up or assault their enemy In large
masses. On the other hand , those precau
tions taken by a jnurderpus lion might not
Beem to comport with that bold and often
reckless temper attributed to this species.
But such a dlscrepency lias no real existence.
It only appears when a Judgment Is made
without taking all the facts into considera
tion. This animal's Intelligence , developed
in man-eaters to Its highest point , together
with an organic stealthlness of nature and
proclivity toward unexpected attacks and
stratagems , fully accounts for everything alien
lion does In the way of guarding against
failure. "
QUAniUJI'I.KTH AHU SOAHCn.
They Occur Once In livery 'IOO,000
MlrthN.
The recent birth of quadruplets , four girls ,
to Mr , and Mrs. James Platt of Union Mills ,
Ind. , says the Chicago Inter Ocean , has
awakened considerable Interest In multi
plicity In birth and caused ono of the medi
cal fraternity to search the records to find
a similar Instance of four girls born at one
time. The result of the physician's research
Is statistical evidence that quadruplets are
supposed to occur once In about every 400-
000 births. There are seventy-two in
stances recorded In the index catalogue of
the surgeon general's llarary of the United
States , but not a single ono Is noted as be
ing that of females. The health records of
Paris show that In 108,000 cases d'urlng the
last sixty years there was but ono case of
quadruplets.
Tbo seventy-two cases above mentioned as
having occurred In the United States are
supposed to cover the entire existence of the
Cheap Acreage Near Council Bluffs
LAY HJbSS COUNCIL BLUFFS ,
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terms that will attract.
4 acre tract with buildings. CO aero tract with buildings.
10 aero tract with buildings. SO aero tract with buildings.
12 aero tract with buildings. ICO aero tract with buildings.
20 aero tract with buildings. 320 aero tract with buildings.
40 acre tract with buildings. C40 aero tract with bulldlnga.
Get our list of Council fyjt-Ts and Oimilm property. Money to loa
on improved farms at 5 percent interest.
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( O Cents. 5 Cents.
TWO JUSTLY POPULAR CIGARS.
John G. Woodward & Co. ,
Y
TURKISH T. & P. PILLS brings monthly men
struation sure to tliodiiy uovurdUappomt you
ILADJES FJIEND SI. box. 2boxes will help any caso. Ily mail.
Halm's Drujt Store , iSth & pornmm , Omaha , Neb.
department In which they are recorded. In
later years there have btren but few cases ;
ono In 1890 In Texas , ono In 1883 In Canada
and ono In 1871 In St. Petersburg. The In
stances of the birth of five and six children
at one tlmo are even rarer. The greatest
number of children ever born to a woman at
one tlmo was seven.
WHAT SHE WOUID DO.
The Woman of Sixty Tnlkn to the
Wouinu of Twenty.
"A young woman Just coming out of her
teens made mo her confidante the other day ,
and asked mo a question that I hope she
will grasp the answer of , " remarked a
woman of 60 who has .been twice married
and Is now -widow , relates the Detroit
Free Prass.
"Something about hearts , or love , or men
I'll venture anything , " said the younge
woman with her.
"Of course ; It Is always that , but In this
Instance It was a little different. She
wanted to know what to do to win th love
of a young man who does not care for her
but whom she loves 'very deeply , ' she said. '
"Andwhat did you tell her ? "
"I told her there was but ono answer to
that most pathetic of all questions a womai
can ask ; a short and simple answer ; the
same yesterday , today and forever , yet one
which seems Impossible to be learned by
these foolish hearts who think that love Is
something which may be acquired by effort
1 told her In all sincerity that the man's
love could not bo "won by anything and
everything she could do , and that ho was
as powerless to give it to her as she waste
to win It. Then I branched out a little and
told her If she was rich or had rank and
breeding eho might get him as a purchas
able commodity , for humankind has never
quite ascended to a point beyond that , but
that his love would not go with his person
and his legal binding. That goes where It
Hstcth , I said , or as with some , whoso flense
of honor Is of the very highest , It remains
and withers. I told her It seemed to be
enough to aomo men and women to marry
the object of their love , trusting to some
thing or other , the Lord only knovts what ,
that It must como around all right , but a
more unsatisfactory way out of a difficulty
could not be chosen , as thousands of un
happy marriages bore dally testimony. If
men and women In love were reasoning
beings , I said , life , at least married Hfo ,
would bo a far different existence , but since
| they are not , nothing can bo done to
ameliorate their condition except to let
them choose their own way , marry BH suits
their Infatuation , and lot the end come as
It may. No mnn's or woman's love has ever
been won , I told her , and whatever has been
given under that name could have been
withhold by the donor for a lifetime , and
ho or aha 'would have never been ono whit
unhapplor or felt a pang moro of regret. "
"And after all that , and knowing as she
must that It Is gospel truth , " said the other
woman , "do you know what * hat girl would
do if she got the chance to marry that fel
low ? "
"Of conrso I do , " admitted the elderly
woman , "and that Is why I nald In the be-
elnnlns that I hoped she would grasp the
full meaning of my answer. And most of
us are alike , " she sighed In conclusion.
HIM ; $10,000 HIM , .
Government Would lIUe ( o Iledeem
TlilH Mttle Greeiiluielc.
Who bus this f 10,000 ulll ?
The government Is anxious to call In a
greenback of this denomination , the onfy
one at large. It was Issued during the
civil war among others of Its fellows to
pay war expenses and Is now the only ono
outstanding , sajs the Kansas City Star ,
After the war they were gradually retired
until the government got them down to $343- $
000,000 and In 1880 congress passed an act
declaring that they should not go below that
amount. Of 'them ' there are now outstand
ing 60,000 bills of the denomination of { 1,000 ,
three of $5,000 , one of $10,000 , 20,000 of $500 ,
more than 9,000,000 of $10 , moro than $2,250-
000 of $1 and almost $1,600,000 of $5 , As
boon as these greenbacks become worn out
they are returned to the United States treas
ury and now greenbacks are luiucd in their
place. All itho old $10,000 bills have como
In and been redeemed except this ono.
There are outstanding 1,200 gold certificates
of $10,000 each , which are practically only
certificates of deposit with the government
except that they draw no Interest.
Some humorist suggested that probably
this mtbslng $10,000 $ bill was in Kansas and
hla hearers laughed heartily at < he idea
of "poor old" Kansas having such a thing
as a $10,000 bill. But It turns out that KanSan -
San owns two $10,000 gold certificates which
ere iu the etato treasury. They were
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Council Bluffs office. No. S North Main
street. Telephone 128. Omaha oflloe re
moved to 322 South Fifteenth street. Tele
phone 1303.
Connections made with South' Omaha.
Cawli I'll Id for
Kur Skin * . . . . MnnuKcr.
brought in by county treasurers from th
short grass country to pay taxes. When a
county treasurer would saunter intb tht
capltol with a $10,000 bill carelessly ntlcklng
out of his vest pocket it was in the tru
Kansas spirit , and when ho threw it1 on a
counter to pay for a cigar the clerk -would
say : "I haven't the change , but I'll Just
run out and got it , " which ho did not do.
These bills were Issued under an act of
Jury 12 , 1882 , and bear date September 1,1882.
They ro numbered A 3S80 and A 7674 re
spectively and bear the llkencao of Andrew
Jackson ,
They have been In the state treasury sev
eral years and are considerably worn owing
to the fact Jlmt they have been handled
considerably by the free citizens of Kan
sas , who drop In occasionally to finger their
lIg money.
Kansas also owns three $5,000 bills which
ire of tbo sumo net as the $10,000 bills and
bear the picture of ex-President Madison.
They also are much worn from handling
and will soon have to bo returned to the
Unltwl States treasury and now ones sub
stituted.
lllminul Jra > - Will I'lirUrlpntp.
CHICAGO , Aug. 10. The committee hnv
ng in charge the arrangements for the lay-
ug of the cornerstone of the new federal
mllillng In Chicago next October mode ar
rangements today to Invite cx-confudrrato
generals nnd officers to attend the cere
monies. The list included oevcn nontenant
; cnerals , nineteen major generals and 114
brigadier generals.
' .MIiK-rx inul l > | ira < < > rN .
MOWEAQUA. III. . Aug. lO.-An agreement
was reached today between the striking coal
miners nnd operators and the men will re-
fume work tomorrow.
Bear. tbe Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature
Bean the Ilia Kind You Havs Always Bou | j x.
Beantb- Tha Kind You Have Alnays BougM
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