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THE OMAHA DAILY "BEE ; THURSDAY , ATJG-TJST 17 , 1800. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MI.VOU Davis cells glass. Moore's food kill's worms and fattens. A. Culver Is visiting In Lamed , Kan. Flro escapes for buildings At Dlxby's. Budwelser beer. U HoscnfeldU agent C. P. Turner has gone on a visit to Hus- nel I vl lie , Ky. 0. I ) . Jacqtiomln & Co. , jewelers and op- tlcl.ins , 27 South Main street. W. C. Estcp , undertaker. 2S Pearl street. Telephones , ofllce , 97 | residence , 33. Get your work done at the popular Eagle laundry , 724 Broadway. 'Phono 157. II. II. Spaltl and L. F. Potter , bankers cf Oakland , la. , were In the city yesterday. Miss Anna Harris of Hod Oak Is tlio guc.it ot Mr. and Mrs , J , T. Harris on Vine street. Miss Edith Cools , a teacher In the public schools of Sidney , In. , Is In the city visiting friends. The regular meeting of Harmony chapter , No. 25 , Order of Eastern Star , will , be held this evening. Miss IM MassenberR left yesterday for n visit with her sister , Mrs. W. J. Davenport , at Canon City , Colo. Mrs. John C. Watts of Chicago is visiting Mrs. Mary Watts at the Donham home on North Second street. The Ladles of the Maccabees have post poned tholr excursion on the steamer Jacob RIchtman from tonight until Saturday evening. Mrs. 0. M. Sargent and daughter Adah have gone to Madison , Wls. From there they will go to JancsvlMo , Wls. , to visit Mrs. Pulker. The fair term of the United States court will open In this city September 19. The last day for filing trial notices will be Sep tember 4. Clyde Mlchaells and Edith Cummlngs , both of Omaha , wore married In this city yesterday , Justice Vlen performing the ceremony. C. II , Barnes of New York Is visiting his niece , Mrs. A. S. Richardson , and in cidentally taking In the Greater America Exposition. Mrs. 0. G. DuBols leaves today for Shan non City to accompany her sister , Mrs. M. C. Stevenson , on a visit to relatives In Iowa , Illinois and Ohio. There will be a meeting this evening of local lodge , No. 234 , Retail Clerks' Inter national1 Protective association. In Labor hnll , 101 Main street , at 8:30. : Edward Morris and Mrs. Susannah T. Morris , both from Foster1 , Mo. , were mar ried here yesterday , the ceremony being performed by Justice Ovlde Vlen. All members of Council Bluffs radge. No. 4 ! ) . Independent Order of Odd Fellows , are requested to bo present at the meeting this evening for work In the Initiatory degree. Postmaster Troynor has received an In vitation to attend the cornerstone laying of the new government building In Chicago , October 9 , when President McKlnley will be present. All members of Abe Lincoln post , Grand Army of the Republic , and aD ex-soldiers nnd sailors are requested to meet this after noon at 1:30 : o'clock to attend the funeral of the late Dr. F. S. Thomas. J. L. Ellsworth , the dairyman , complained to the police last night that ton calves and ten cows were missing from his pasture near the Union Pacific transfer nnd the in dications were that they had been stolen. Miss Madge Penny of the Woman's CUt 1s- tlan Association hospital left yesterday for Los Angeles , Col. , where she win visit her cousin , Mrs. Robert Halo , for a few woeks. On her way homo she will visit friends In Salt Lake City. Henry Richards and James Von Ness , two runaway boys from Brownvlllo , Neb. , were picked up on South Main street yesterday by Officer Callahan. They are being herd at the police station until word Is received from their parents. Mary L. Cleaver commenced suit in the district court yesterday against the city , county auditor and county treasurer to re strain the collection of city taxes on certain property of hers within the municipal llmlta , which she claims Is agricultural .land. Clarence , the Infant son of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. R. Lawrence , 1514 Fourth avenue , died yesterday afternoon of cholera Infantura , aged 13 months. The funeral will bo held this afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock from the resi dence. The services will be conducted by Rov. G. P. Fry of the Fifth Avenue Metho dist church , and Interment will bo In Fairview - view cemetery. Miss Colltt Perry , rooming at the resi dence of G. II. Brown , 626 Mynster , com plained to the police last night that her pocketbook , containing $22 In cash and a check drawn to her order by David Bradley & Co. for $20. had been stolen during the previous night. A pockctbook containing JS belonging to Neal Nichols , another roomer , had also been taken by the thief. Frank J. Rcttlesdorf ot Imogeno , la. , filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy yesterday in the United States circuit com" His liabilities consist of unsecured claims Amounting to $351 nnd notes and bills which ho claims should ho paid by other parties to the amount of $ U939.93. Ilia as sets , amounting to $10 , ho claims as exempt. Joseph Gllmoro , formerly of Company L , FIfty-flrat Iowa , has ro-enllstcd in the Thirty-fourth United States volunteers , one of the now regiments now being formed. Ho wlir rank as sergeant and has been tem porarily assigned to a recruiting station In Mitchell , S. U. Ho has written friends hero that ho will pass through Council Bluffs In n few days with fifty men. Ho goes to Fort Logan and from there to Manila. N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. 2RO. llcnl KNtute Trnimfcrn. The following transfers were filed yester day In the abstract , title nnd loan ofllco of J. W. Bqiilro , 101 Pearl street : rrhomns Oincor , trustee , et al to A. Ooodwator , rnvtf 20-77-41 , w. < 1 . . $ 6,271 Jamo Danforth and wife to Francis T. True , lot 3 , block C , and lot 9 , Work 4 , llayllbs1 First add. , w. d. . . . 6,750 A. N. Swain and wife to J. W. Squire , lot 7 , block 1 , Mornlngslde , n C tl . . f i t t * * * t" < * * lBoi Francis T. True- and wife to Moses Bnltzman. lot 3. block 6 , Hayllss' First add , , W. 1 3,600 Julius C. Holfniayqr ami wife to Council muffs Savings bank , seven lots -MaMuhon. . Cooper & , 'Jc c.rls . odd. , and six lots In Howard's add , , w. d Delia Balding and husband J ° n.n Buchanan , lot 4 , block 3 , Judaon's Second add. , w. d "JJJ Total six transfers. . . . ; . . . . $20,916 I'uncrnl of Ilr. 'I'lionum. The funeral of the late Dr. F. S. Thomas will bo held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence , 127 South Eighth street. The services v.lll be conducted by llov. W , S. Barnes , pastor of the First Prcebytorlan church , and Interment will bo In Walnut Hill cemetery. Drs. Macrae and Green have been selected a * honorary pallbearers - bearers , while the active pall-bearers will lie Drs. Lacey , Robertson. Scybert , Treynor , Jennings and Dean , MnrrliiKe Moeimeii. Licenses teed were Iwuied yesterday to the following persons ; Name nnd Residence. Age. J. W. Miller , Council Bluff 23 " Way Carey , Council Bluffs -0 Clyde Michaels. Omaha 25 Edith Cummlngs , Omaha IS Kdward Morris. Foster , Mo , , . . . S Susannah F. Morris , Foster , Mo 40 C. Tracy , Canton , O. . . . . . . . . . 31 Elite iMoPhee. Missouri Valley 30 Domestic outwasbeg cheap uoaps. LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT For Cimli nr l.onncu ou. l . II , SHKAKia A CO. , 5 Venrl btreet , Council lllull * , lowo. INTER-URBAN CARS CLOGGED Fifty-Year Franchiss is Declared Illegal in District Court. STATUTE REQUIRES VOTE OF THE PEOPLE Annnnnocmcnt of tlic Grant Snlil to Have Jli'cn 1'ulillHlied In nil IlleKnl Manner Three Hnurn tlcfure Lnw Took I2fTcct. The amendatory ordinance passed by the city council September 20 , 1897 , and approved by Mayor Carson on the night of September 30 , granting tbo Omaha & Councir Bluffs Hallway and Bridge company a fifty-year franchise has been declared Illegal by Judge Thorncll of the district court. This de cision Is handed down by Judge Thornell In the case of the State eoc-rol C. C. Bump against the motor company and was received here yesterday. In the fall of 1897 the Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge company pre sented an amendatory ordinance to the city council by which Ita franchise was extended for a further period of thirty-flve years , the old franchise under which It was operating having at that time fifteen years yet to run. Many of the citizens ot Council Bluffs were opposed to the granting of a flfty-ycar fran chise and a number of public meetings were held ami.tho city fathers were petitioned not to pass the ordinance. On September 20 of that year the council1 passed the ordinance. The new code of 1897 , which went Into ef fect October 1 , required that no franchises should be given or extended without being submitted to the vote of the people. This was the chlof ground on which the council was asked not to pass the measure , but to leave It to the popular vote. Mayor Careen hesitated about attaching his signature to the ordinance , but finally did BO about 9 o'clock on the night of September 30 , about three hours before the new code of 1897 went Into effect. The ordinance was rushed to the ofllco of the local paper and a special issue containing the publication of the measure was gotten out shortly before midnight of that day. A few copies of the issue wore sold on the streets. Publication fiat Vnlld. Judge Thornell in handing down his de cision holds that the publication in this spe cial IsBue of the local paper was not a vaNd one , and in addition holds that the section In the ordinance providing for the sale of commutation tickets to citizens of Council Bluffs discriminates against the general pub lic In favor of the residents of this city. The portion of Judge Thornell'8 ruling In which he holds the publication as Invalid is as follows : After said ordinance was signed by the mayor and before midnight of September 30 , 1897 , an extra edition was Issued in which the ordinance was published ; that nald Council Bluffs Dally Nonpareil is a daily newspaper published In Council Bluffs , la. , and having a gonoraf circulation among the people of Council Bluffs and vicinity ; that the sold paper is a morning paper and has never published any regular evening edi tion ; that the edition of said paper Issued between 9 and 12 o'clock of September SO , 1897 , In which said ordinance was published , was not sent nor delivered to regular sub scribers ot said paper , but was sold and cir culated by different persons upon the streets and street cars of Council Bluffs before midnight of said day ; that said ordinance was published in the regular morning edi tion of the Daily Nonpareil on October 1 , 1897 , and thereafter for such time , and in such manner as would constitute a lawful and sufficient publication of said ordinance provided a lawful and sutaclont publication of same could have been made ou and after October 1 , 1897. CoiioluHlonn of the Conrt. As conclusions of law upon this point the court finds that the code of 3SD7 went -into effect on October 1 , 1897 ; that under the provisions of said code the extension cf time to the charter of the defendant com pany given in the amendatory ordinance In question could not have been granted by the city of Councir Bluffs unless aunh extension of power was authorized by a vote of the people of said city ; that the publication ot the ordinance in question waa essential to same becoming a law ; that until publlfhed it was not a legislative act of the ritv ; that the publication in the - = xtra edition ot the Dally Nonpareil aforsesald was not such a publication , as the law contemplates and re. quires for the passage of the ordinance ; that the publication being .in act of the rity essential to the passage and taking effect of the ordinance that same was not a law of the city on October 1 , 1897 , when the code of 1897 went into effect ; that as the ordi nance in question could not have been passed by the city without a vote authoriz ing It after midnight September 30 , 1897 , tbo city could not do an act ussantlal to the passage and taking effect of said ordinance after that date ; that therefore the ordinance never did become a valid and binding legis lative act of the city. IlullUK oil Computation TlcUetn. The portion of the decision in which Judge ThornoH holds that the section providing for the sale of commutation tickets to citi zens of Council Bluffs only Invalidates the ordinance is as follows : Section 3 of said ordinance provides that the defendant company shall keep for sale to the residents of Council Bluffs for a sura not to exceed $1.00 commutation tickets , good for thirty rides for thirty days from date ot issue from any point In Council Bluffs over defendant's bridge to any point In Omaha to which its cars may be operated nnd from sold point In Omaha over its bridge and lines to any point over Its lines in Council IHuffs , said ticket to be non- tranaforablo. It appeared to the court that the effect of this part of the ordinance Is to discriminate in favor of residents of Coun cil Bluffs as against the general public traveling between Council Bluffs and Omaha and that part must be void on that account. It appears to the court that said section 3 must be held void for the reasons before stated and that said part of said'ordinance and the other parts of said ordinance are so mutually dependent and connected as con siderations and conditions that the court cannot assume that had the provision of said section 3 been expunged that the legis lature of the city would have passed the re mainder of said ordinance. The court therefore finds that the whole of said amendatory ordinance Is invalid and uncon stitutional. Judge Thornoll concludes his ruling as follows : As to the ground urged In plaintiff's petition that said ordinance is void by rea son of same being opposed to the public policy ot the state , the court finds that the plaintiff is not entitled to relief on Bald grounds and said claim In plaintiff's peti tion la dismissed. It is therefore ordered considered and ad judged by the court that said amendatory ordinance of tbo city of Council Bluffs passed by the city council September 20 , 1897 , and approved by the mayor of the city September 30 , 1S97 , that the same is hereby declared to be illegal , null and void , and that same never did become effective for the reason and on the grounds before stated and that the grant and extension ot franchise and privileges therein attempted to be given and granted to the defendants , the Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge company , be and the game is hereby adjudged to be null and void and ot no ef fect , and that the defendant Is without right or authority to exercise any power or authority or privileges thereunder. It is understood that the motor company will carry the case to the supreme court. inns ASKED rmi ni.BCTinc IIOHTS. Contract-Alinont Kxplred Will lie Ile- netred for Fifteen Yenrn < President Draffon of the Municipal Con struction company of Chicago failed to been on hand at the adjourned meeting Of the city council last night to submit his prop osition for the erection of an electric lightIng - Ing plant to bo owned In the possible fu ture by the city. Alderman Casper , who Is fathering Draffen's scheme , however , brought the matter up by presenting a reso lution that the clerk be Instructed to pub lish the following advertisement : Public notice Is hereby given that whereas the contract of the Council Bluffs Gas nnd Electric Light company for lighting the city ot Council Bfuffs , la. , Is about expiring sealed proposals for supplying the city of Council Bluffs , la , , and Ita Inhabitants with electric light for the term of fifteen years will be received at the ofllco of the city clerk up to 7 o'clock p. m. of the 4th day ot September , 1899. Plans nnd spoelflcotlons of a system which the council believes to be suitable nro on file and can be seen nt the ofllco of the city clerk. Each bid must bo accompanied by a certified check on some solvent bank In the city in the sum of $1.000 , to be forfeited to the city of Council Bluffs , la. , In the event the bidder receiving an award of contract falls to enter Into a , contract with good nnd sufficient sureties within thirty days after said award Is made. The city reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Manager Nichols of the local electric light company called attention to the fact that the wording of the advertisement would practically exclude his company from mak ing any bid as bis plant did not meat the plans and specifications prepared by Draf- fen's engineer. Ho showed that under Draffen's proposition the city was asked to pay $74.66 a year for every arc light under a fifteen years' contract. Ho stated that if given the opportunity his company would make a proposition to the city to supply the 150 are lights at a price lower than the city could possibly furnish them Itself under the scheme proposed by Drnffcn. After considerable discussion the form of advertisement amended by making the proposals for terms of either five , ten or fifteen years and providing for the reception of bids contemplating other plans and speci fications than those on flic. The "bicycle" ordinance was brought up on a report from the special committee to which the matter had been referred , In which further time was asked. A delega tion from the Ganymede Wheel club was present and through Attorney Stuart sub mitted objections to the provision of the measure calling for the compulsory carrying of lamps on wheels. It was contended on behalf ot the club that lamps on bicycles were no protection to pedestrians , but were a source of much inconvenience and ex pense to the persons riding wheels. It was also contended that with the present police force the ordinance could not properly be enforced , and that In a short time It would become a dead letter. Alderman Atkins spoke in support of the measure , but the matter was finally laid over and the com mittee given further time. The new fire escape ordinance oame up on Ita second reading and was laid over for certain neces sary amendments to be made to it by the city attorney. At the request of Alderman Casper the council will meet as a committee of the whole this afternoon at 1:30 : o'clock and in vestigate the culvert on Pierce street , which is in an unsafe condition. Casper reported that to rebuild the culvert would cost In the neighborhood of $700 and suggested that the present wooden structure be replaced with a brick one. Domestic soap is full weight. Welsbach burners at Blxby's. Tel. 191 Lowest prices , easy terms. The best and largest stock of pianos at Swanson Music company. Masonic Temple. Prizes go with Domestic soap. WORKMAN STRUCK HY PIL.EDIUVEU. WeynlicrK Is Tnnljr In Getting ; Awny nnd IlecelveH DniiprerouM Injnrlcn. Martin Weynberg , working with the pile- driving gang on the Northwestern railway at Honey Creek , was taken to St. Bernard's hospital yesterday suffering from severe in juries about the head. While assisting at the Dlle-drlver the weight waa dropped be fore he managed to get out of the way and It struck him on the side ot the head , crushIng - Ing his jaw and Inflicting other terrible In juries. Ho was at once brought to this city on a special train and conveyed to the hos pital. His injuries it la feared will prove fatal. Weynborg's homo la at Little Shoot , Wls. 'He ' is a sinclo man. Domestic soap is the purest made. Scientific optician , Wollman , 3 Br'dway Ilcnt AiTectH Farmer's Mind. William J. Klilian , d farmer living near Oakland , in James township , was brought before the Insanity commissioners yester day morning on the charge ot being mentally deranged. Last Friday while working in the fields Ktlllan waa overcome by the extreme heat and it was necessary to call into requisition the services of a physician. In the evening of that day , after having partially recovered , ho loft the house and went to the barn. Some of the members ot the family went out shortly after to look for him nnd when they reached the barn found him with a rope around his neck , evidently preparing to hang himself. On being taken back to the house ho ibecamo exceedingly violent and it waa with extreme difficulty that he was kept from doing Injury 'to ' himself and the members of his family. Tuesday his con dition became so alarming that It was de cided to bring him to thin city for examina tion by the insanity board. The investigation , however , disclosed the fact that Kllllan , while evidently Buffering from the effects ot a sunstroke which had brought on a temporary apoplectic affection , was not insane and the board ordered his dlicharge. Ho was taken by his friends to St. Bernard's hospital , where ho will be cared for until he recovers. Kllllan , who Is a well known farmer of this county , is 59 years of age and has a wife and six children , Domestlo soap sofd by all grocers. Snndny SI-avliiK it In the six cases against Barber Fritz Bernhardl , charged with 'violating the Sabbath by keeping his shop open for business , the evidence was submitted yesterday morning before Justice Vlen on an agreed statement of facts. It was agreed that the shop was open on the six Sundays complained of , that Bernhardl piled bis trade and that be did so believing that the work was one of necessity , as each of bis customers before being shaved were asked it it was necessary that it should -bo done. Justice Vlen found Bernbardl not guilty , holding that Sunday shaving was a necessity. The trial of the five cases against F. E. Silver , the Pearl street barber , held In the afternoon , re sulted in the same manner , Davis sells paint. Domestic soap whitens your clothes. Home Hnclnir nt Vllllm-n. VILLISCA , la. , Aug. 16 , ( SnecUl. ) The Vllllsca Jockey club will give a racing pro gram en Its half-mile track on August 22 , 23 and 24 , A fine list of entries hag been assured and some heavy purseu hung up. Some of the fast horsea In the northwest will be here. fl IOITII Firemen' * Tourney , CLAUINDA , la , , Aug. 16. ( Special. ) The annual tournament of the Southwestern I Iowa Firemen's association will be held here this year on September 6. Teams from nearly nil of the towns In' southwestern Iowa will compote for the prizes offcrci and the event promises to bo one of the nest Interesting over hold by the associa tion. Unite : Knlth In llnnkn. FORT DODGE , la. , Aug. 16. ( Special. ) Sheriff F. A. Dowd Is searching for the un known parties who entered the homo ol Johnnie lies , situated one mile north and one mlle west of Stratford , nnd stole $1,200 , $800 being In large bills and $400 In gold. Johnnie lies is a character. He Is a bach elor , who has led a lonely life , Is about 80 yeans of age , but during his long life has accumulated considerable property , beIng - Ing In fact very wealthy. One of Johnnie's hobbles was a distrust of banks. Saturday Johnnie went to Stratford to do some trading , it was unfortunate that ho took the journey at this time , for when he returned In the evening he found that he had had callers. Evidence of their presence was everywhere about. The house WHO turned upside down. Everything was topsy turvy , showing that his homo had been searched and ransacked from cellar to pig eon loft. The hermit was not long In peer ing Into the hiding places where ho pre served his ready cash. It was gone , $1,000 In cold cash missing. He searched for the missing money In n sad nnd almle&s sort of a way until Monday about noon , when he came to Fort Dodge and notified Sheriff Dowd of his loss. Snndny School Association. SIOUX CITY , la. , Aug. 16.-Speclal.- ( ) The Woodbury County Sunday School asso ciation will convene In this city Thursday and will bo In session for two days. Prob ably never before In the history of the organization has such widespread interest been shown in the work. This association was organized twcnty-ono years ago. A number of prominent speakers have been engaged to attend , and a largo meeting is anticipated. New IJrewery nt Den Molncn. DBS MOINES. Aug. 16. ( Special Tele gram. ) A. B. Cochrane , A. C. Cochrnne and J. M. Cochrane , all of Pennsylvania , closed a deal hero today by which they will at once begin the erection of a now brewery at a cost of $200,000. Ground has been leased and a petition of consent will at once bo cir culated. The now plant will have a capacit } of 300 barrels a day. Iowa \CMVH Nntcn. At the Plymouth county democratic con vention there were thirteen delegates. Bucna Vista county will have four new towns as the result of railroad building. Four thousand sheep were shipped to the fair grounds at Newton recently and sold to farmers around about. LeMars citizens are making a whole lot of fuss because a man Insists upon using the public park as a pasture for his cows. The first child was born the other day In the new town of Tltonka , Kossuth county. It was a glrf and belongs to the family of L. E. Smith. Last week the people of Duncombe held a special election to vote on a proposition to build waterworks for fire protection. The proposition carried by a majority of thir teen votes. A regular Kentucky feud is on In Spring Creek township , Black Hawk county , in which figure four young men , metal knuckFes , steelyard weight , a cog wheel , knlfo and a revolver. A heavy wind that came up at night at Shenandoah swung a sign in front of W. H. Reploglo's jewelry < store through a couple of large prate glass windows. The damage will amount to ? 50'or'$60. Dr. Stafford"of Mount Pleasant has re ceived a telegram offering him the presi dency of Wllllamette university , nt Salem , Ore. , at a salary of $2,000 , but has not as yet accepted , preferring to re-enter the pastorate in Iowa conference. Not an empty freight car was to be had In the Cedar Rapids railway yards last Satur day. Not enough cars can be secured for local shipments. The RepubHcan says the regular traffic out of Cedar Rapids is heavier at present than it has been at this time ot year for several seasons. Benjamin F. Barb , a Hancock county farmer , found In his barn lot a chunk of almost pure copper weighing fifty-four pounds. Ho hod permitted it to He undis turbed for a long time , supposing it to be nothing more than an ordinary stone. It is doubtless a relic of the glacial epoch. Contractor Younglove , the Mason City efovator builder , reports inquiries coming in from Iowa and Dakota for estimates en houses for 15,000 bushels capacity and ap. There Is great activity In elevator work and building materials are still going skyward. Mr. Younglove says ho Is snowed under with contracts. Tho. executive committees of the Third Iowa cavalry , the Thirty-sixth Iowa In fantry and Company B , Sixth Kansas cavalry , are quietly at work corresponding with speakers and others relative to tbo re union which these organizations expect to hold nt Centervlire October 11 and 12 nnd already a number of good speakers are as sured. Mr. J. F. Atkinson of Marshalltown , who has secured the contract for the erection of Denlson's now high school building , is nc- tlvely pushing the work of the new building. The building brick for the Interior will be furnished by Mr. Green , while the mottred brown pressed brick , which Is to give the exterior of the building such a fine appear ance , will be supplied by an Omaha firm. A Mount Vernon man , according to the Armmosa Eureka , has developed something In botany that is attracting much attention from florists and seedsmen. This Is the second end year of his experimentation and ho has produced from the seed , for instance , pansles that have black , blue , white , purple , brown , lavender nnd yellow cofored flowers on the same stalk , and verbenas In the same way with blue , red , white and variegated colors. Mr. Dcsher says this never has been ac complished before. As a consequence he is receiving letters by the score from florists and he expects a visit from several this month or next. The process Is a secret with him and Is liable to remain such , at least for the present. FIRE RECORD. DeNtrnotlvc Fire nt Jnincittovrn. ERIE , Pa. , Aug. 1C. A special to the Morning Dispatch says : A fire nt James town , N. Y. , which started in the black smith shop of the Jnmcfitown cane seat chair factory today , proved to be the most disastrous which ever visited that place. Four factories , two private dwellings and a livery stable were destroyed. The build ings burned include the Jamestown cane eeat chair factory , American Axe and Tool company's -works , Swaneon & Co.'s livery stoible , two private dwellings , Brooklyn mills nnd Olson & Co.'e label factory. The loss will foot in the neighborhood of $90,000. Soldier Ileported DjIiiK. LOS ANGELES , Cal. . Aug. 16. Lawrence A. Taylor of Kflda , 111. , late private in Company H , Third Illinois infantry , who was found on the street here In an ex hausted condition today is reported to be dying. He was taken sick with dysentery in Cuba and after returning to his home in Illinois came to California for his health. Ho has a wife and three children In Ellda , who have been notified. IlriuUniukerit Itedirii to AVorlc , CHICAGO , Aug. 16. In accordance with the agreement reached here yesterday , the brlckmakcrs who huve been on a strike for three weeks today returned to work , despite the fact that the manufacturers made no concessions materially affecting the situa tion. Dynamiter * Keep Cleveland Scared. CLEVELAND , 0. , Aug. 16. Late last evening an attempt was made to blow up a westbound car on Clark avenue , near Scranton avenue. One passenger was aboard , No one was Injured. The only exclusive up-to-date Vehicle House 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 HUND11ED different styles. Write for catalogue. Call and see nib. No trouble to show you. HENRY H. VAN BRUNT , COUNCIL , IOW.A. AT MILWAUKEE NEXT YEAR Dniir Dnr f"r the Ititcrnntloiinl TypoKrniihlcnl Union In Sc - ion nt Detroit. DETROIT , Mich. , Aug. 10. The Interna tional Typographical union convention today selected Milwaukee , Wls. , as its next meetIng - Ing place. A report from the committee on laws favoring the levying of a special as sessment upon members of not more than 50 cents In any three months by the executive council whenever the strike fund of the urlon shall fall below $20,000 was adopted. Discussion of the proposition to unionize and recognize the Chicago etcreotypers was made n special order for Thursday after noon , the session to bo executive. A supplemental report to President Don nelly's report was Introduced , voicing a protest from H. H. Kohlsaat , proprietor of the Chicago Times-Herald , against a sentence ot the report attributing to him sentiments antagonistic to the International Typographi cal union. Mr. Kohlsaat said ho sympa thized with trades unionism and would do nothing to antagonize unions , but that In the matter of the Chicago situation , In dis cussion ot which the president's report mis quoted him. he must act with the Chicago Publishers' association. The situation re ferred to la the projected Idea of endeavoring to unionize all the allied printing trades in Chicago , which are at present employing both union and non-union labor in some branches. Committees are considering resolutions en dorsing The Hague peace conference and declaring for establishing of an Internationa ] olectrotypers' and stereotypors' union with out the jurisdiction ot the International Typographical union. Consideration of constitutional amend ments and recommendations from the com mittee on laws occuoled the afternoon ses sion. The committee recommended that the admission of non-printer proofreaders to the union be left to the discretion of the local unions to as large an extent as possible. The delccatcs adopted the recommendation. A clause making four years apprenticeship compulsory to a proofreader's admission into the union 'Was rendered inoperative until January 1 in order to facilitate the union izing of proof-rooms. After much debate the convention adopted a resolution permitting the International Typographical union to give financial support to local unions Involved In lawsuits where the principle of unionism is in any way in volved. The admission of employing print ers and foremen to unions was discussed at length. A resolution making It manda tory was overwhelmingly defeated , their ad mission being left optional with the local unions. A constitutional amendment raising the regular monthly dues 10 cents per month for .the benefit of the strike fund was un der consideration when the convention ad journed. HENCH DIES FROM INJURY CanntliiK Down a Steep II1II on a Bicycle He Meet * frith Fatal Ullnhap. BOSTON , Aug. 16. Prof. George Hench of Ann Arbor , Mich. , who was injured by a fall from a bicycle at Franconla and was brought to this city yesterday , suffering from a fractured skull , died nt that institution just before noon today. Prof. Hench was an in structor ih the University ot Michigan and was passing his vacation In the White moun tain region. The accident to Prof. Hench occurred while he was going down a steep hill. A companion who was riding with him missed the professor and returning found him lying in tbo road with bis face and body badly cut and bruised and unconscious. Ho was taken to the hotel , where the lo'cal physicians found a fracture of the skull. They advised his removal to Boston , where ho could receive expert treatment , and the patient was brought hero yesterday after noon. After examination the hospital physi cians decided to perform an operation for the fracture of the skull. This was done with apparently successful results , The con dition of the patient was reported as com fortable , both after the operation and this morning. Unfavorable symptoms developed during > no forenoon , and death resulted. Prof. Hench did not recover sufficiently to tell how the accident happened. Prof. Henoh was unmarried and 32 years old. Ho was a native of Pennsylvania and ils remains will be shipped to Carlisle , Pa. , : omorrow. DEATH RECORD Alfred Mnyiir. HARLAN , la. , Aug. 1C. ( Special. ) The sad news has just reached here that Alfred Uayne died at Durango , Colo. , at" 9 o'clock his morning after an operation for appen dicitis. Mr. 'Mayno ' left Shelby county a few months ago to take a place In a real Mate office. He was well known here , mvlng resigned his position as deputy clerk of the courts to go west. He was a son of John Mayno , a well known farmer. Cho remains will too brought to this city for Interment on Saturday. Mrs , Mayne and another see reached Durango before ho death of her son. Wealthy Tohaiu-o Merchant , NEW YORK , Aug. 16 , Gustavo Charles Clcnbufch , a wealthy tobacco merchant , known aa "Baron Klenhusch , " died today , aged 62 , He was born in Tennessee , and ater lived In Cincinnati , to which city the body will b taken for Interment. I'rnf. Cieoruc A , Hench , ANN ARHOR. Aug. 1C. A telegram from loeton announces the death today of Prof. George A. Hench of Michigan university , vho was Injured while riding a bicycle down a road in the White mountain * . Former \iiUoiiul Liberal Lender. BERLIN , Aug. 1C. Dr. von Benda , a mem ber of the Reichstag and the Prussian Diet and former leader of the national liberals , is dead. Prof , II. W. K. Ilunien , HEIDELBERG , Germany , Aug. 16. Prof , lobert Wllbelm Eberhard Bunscn , the ch m- t , 1 dead , aged 89 yean. Cheap Acreage Near Council Bluffs DAY HFSS 39 PEARL ST. , LJ \ . JL iX JLJLJLrfOkJ > COUNCIL BLUFFS , Have for sale Fruit , Fanr and Garden Land at prices and on terms that will attract. 4 acre tract with buildings. CO acre tract with buildings. ' 10 aero tract with buildings. io 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 aero tract with buildings. CIO acre tract with buildings. Get our list of Council Bluffs nnd Oiunlia property. Money to lo n on improved farms at S per cent interest. i TOM & 'OORE mm GEORGE 1 i IO Cents. 5 Cents. $ g TWO JUSTLY POPULAR CIGARS. John G. Woodward & Co. , cDS"te , | Y HAY RETURNS TO HIS HOME I'rcnldcnt linn Other Callers , AIIIOIIK Them Attorney General PLATTSBURQ , N. Y. , Aug. 16. Secretary Huy , accompanied by his son , returned to his summer home In New Hampshire this after noon at 4 o'clock. Attorney General Griggg and family arrived tonight and are quartered in a cottage near the hotel. They will re main two weeks or more. On the same train came Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock , who will remain several days. Attorney General and Mrs. Grlggs and Mrs , Hitchcock called on President and Mrs. MdKinley soon after their arrival this evening. President and Mrs. McKlnley enjoyed their usual morning drive today and after luncheon the entire presidential party went for a two hours' sail on the yacht Murlqulta. Presi dent flcKinley , accompanied by Vice Presi dent Hobart , Attorney General Grlggs and Secretary Hitchcock , will review the Twen ty-eighth regiment at Pfattsburg barracks , either Friday or Saturday , probably Satur day. day.Among Among the president's callers today were General and "Mrs. Guy V. Henry. ST. LOUIS TO GET THE ORDER llnlliray TcIeKrnphcrn "Will Mnlcc that City Their IIcuilqnnrtcrN After Scutcniher 20. PEORIA , III. , Aug. 16. The headquarters of the Order of Railway Telegraphers will be removed to St. Louis on September 20. This announcement , coming as it docs im mediately upon the return of the committee of trainmen from Cleveland , Is important , for it is an intimation that the idea of brotherhood centralization has been aban doned. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men remain In this city. The locomotive engineers will not leave Cleveland , the con ductors stay in Cedar Rapids and tbo telegraphers' ' prefer St. Louis. The trainmen will go to Cleveland. TO TEST NEW POLICE LAWS IlcpuhllcnnM of .St. Loiiln Flic Three Suits wlili That Object In Vluw. ST. LOUIS , Aug. 16. The republicans ot St. Louis have taken tbo Initiative In the testing of the new police laws. Three suits were filed today to that end. Two of them are for Injunctions to prevent the enforce ment of the election law. The third Is to restrain and enjoin the Board of Police Commissioners from organizing a police board under the new law and from carrying out the provisions of that law. Circuit Judge Wlthrow granted an injunc tion in the election cases , < but set no date for a return by the defendants , The police suit was referred to Judge Withrow , who set no date for a hearing. TWO MYSTERIOUS DEATHS Docile * < > : White mill Colored Mini Found oil IIIIlMlilc Xeur Hot SprlngM. HOT SPRINGS , ATk. , Aug. 16. The bodies of two men were dlscoveied on a hillside , n the northern part of the city this morn- i ng. _ One has been Identified as that of Jim 1 Mitchell , a colored coachman , who died from , a pistol wound In the brain. The other , ly ing near by , was an unknown white man. The cause of tie two deaths Is a mystery. THREATEN TO LIBEL SHIP Ofllccm of TrniiNiiort I'ort Albert Are DUmitlHtlril with Their Ilr numeration. TACOMA , Wash. , Aug. 1C. The quarter master and petty officers of the steamer Port Albert , recently chartered to transport mules from this city to Manila , threaten to libel the ship and delay Us sailing If wages .paid . on American ships be not paid them. They shipped under a British char ter for two years at lower wages , IiiNtiillineiit of ( iolil C'crtlllcnteii. NEW YORK , Aug. 16. The seventh in stallment of geM certificates was received at the BUbtreasury today. H consists of J380.000 , chiefly of the smaller denomina tions. Hereford's ' Acid Phosphate promotes digestion and corrects acidity of the stomach. Genuine bear * name Horsford'i on wrapper. FCOMFQ A.DAVIS'SONS a CO. MAKERS JOHN G.WOODWARD&CO , WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS COUNCIL BLUFFS , IOWA J1 k ' { Ir-Zi 1 n. ! ! " 9re ns " " * k COATED ELECTRICITY as science can make tlicra. IJ.ioli one produces as much I "crveHuildlnKsu s'allc'ns ' Is con- tallied in the amount of food a man con-jtimes in n week. 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