TTTE OMATTA DATT/T NEE : THURSDAY , 28. ISO } ) .
I NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
I COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI.NOIt MHNTIO.V.
sells .
I lni > A , H. C brer , Noumnyrr's hotel.
Uplibsith burners at Blxby's Tel. 193.
Hudvv'cJsfrr beer. L Ro enfeldt , ngenl.
c.raVcl roollng. A. II. Head 511 U vvny.
Mi Lutlll' Norman \Htng | ft lends
Iri South riinaho
Ur W. A. Oervals , osteopath , 301 Mer-
rlmi block , Council Bluffs.
The pln.ro to have your framing done ,
Alexander' * Art emporium.
ciot jour work done at the popular Eagle
laundiy , 721 UMadway. 'Phono 157.
i Itv Engineer Etnj re Is tprndlni ? the boll-
flajH with relatives In Oregon , 111.
W C Estop undertaker , 2S Pearl street.
'Jppphontn. | Olllce , 9T , reslderce , 33.
L'.dRp Xo tf Star of Jupiter , will meet In
r. ulllr ei-slon tonight In Woodman of the
World hall
ii M KelUwsr. rhlef of the tire depirt-
inont at Klotn rityviis an Elk guest In
lli > i Itv > c trrdn > j
Thp EnthiiBlimtlr club will meet this aft- .
irnnon at the renldeni c of Mrs. Snrkett ,
Ill < i 'Hilrd iivi-iuip i
Shorldaii coal makes a large Homo nnd
rleir llro but no dmoko , soot or clinkers.
1 onion .t Foley. solo agents
The ca. c against Chester Egbert , charged
\vlih cnrrylni ; concealed vvcupmiH , VVHH con-
tliiiud by Jiulge Avlosworlh In jiollce court
yiM < rdny until Saturday morning (
Thp prcllmlnnry hearlne of Fred H. Han-
Kn , ( horsed with brcjiklng Into and rob-
lilng the residence- Alb'n llustpr , vvns con-
tliiud In police court jestc-rdaj until bat- I
x.nlaj I
13 W. Caldwell , city wlltor of the Sioux'
C'liv Tlmrs and one of the best known news-
l.iprr mien In thn Hlute of Iowa nnd South
H.ikota , was In the clt > jesterday assisting
In thp Elk" ' festivities
Fritz Hernhardl , Robert llprnhardl and
13dvs.ini Kellj , three of the Sunday working <
4 > irbrrs , ( ImrKeil liy the Barbers' Protective
n -snclatlou vvltb violating the S.ilibath clos-
Inr ; law vvcie each llne < l $1 and costs In the
s-i.prrlor court Tilecimei vvlll be at once
niipeiilfl to tTie district court |
J T Harilhan , second vlcp president , A
] 1 Hanson , senernl pasuptiKor agent. T J
Hudson , tralllc manager , W 13 Kpnpers ,
ppnernl freight agent foi thp northern and
vvi stein lines , c omprlHed a pntv of Illi
nois Central olllclals who were In the city i
> ittpiilav making nrrangc'inents for the lu-
aiigiiratlon of the through pnsaeliger seiv- ! '
jci between this city and Chicago | '
The announcement contained In the tele- ,
priph dispatch from Chicago that the St.
'
Louis { * San Francisco raldo id had pur- 1
< hnse < l over 15,100 acres of .slm. ' lands In
Arkansas Is of more than passing Interest
t , , a large number ot Council lllufls people.
The Ozark Klnc and Lt-ad Mlnlile company
of this city , tin ) .stockholders of which are
nearlv all residents of this cltj , own 6t <
aiies of zlne hinds In the vicinity of the
property purchased bj the railroad com
pany.
N. V. Plumbing Co. Tel 230.
3II < S WILKINSON 'OIJ.M1.
Truniit Ctrl llNeo\ereil In Oninliii anil
Delnlneil li } ( lie I'ollce.
The police lecelved v\ord yesterday that
Mabel Wilkinson , the young woman who
nindo her escape from St. Bernard's hospital
abjut two weeks ago , has been found In
Omaha nnd Is being detained at the police
station pending an Investigation Into her
sanltj. Miss Wilkinson claims sheIs per
fectly sane and her actions and appearance ,
it Is said , indicate that she is She docs not
want to bo sent back to the hospital here
and has asked that she he examined by a
competent board of Insanity commissioners.
In telling the story of her escape from the
hospital , Miss Wilkinson sajs that after
climbing through the window of the music
room , where shu was practicing a piece for
the Christmas entertainment , she ran to
Broadway , where she met two men who
slopped her nnd asked her what she was doIng -
Ing on the streets without a hat nr wraps
One of the men went to get her a cloak ,
but tliti was afraid of being taken back to
the hospital , so she ran awaj from the man
who had stayed with her after his compan
ion had gone for the cloak. She turned
down a side sttcet , nnd seeing a man com
ing towards her , hid In a barn until he had
passed hj. She then made her way back to
Hroadvvnv , wheio she met an elderly man
i > lici gave her a dime to pay her carfare
ni ross thp river Since she has been In
Omaha she has been living with a colored
famllj' .
The jounc woman , v\ho Is of rather pre
possessing appealanco , was sent to St
Bernard's hospital from Deadwood , S. D. ,
about thioc 'months ago by hci parents , who
wore unable to control hoi. It Is said that
during the p\posltlon , she ran awny from
home and was found , after considerable
trouble. In Om-ilw In a rooming house. ,
Tuesday night of this week OlUcer Rjnn
taw her Mandlng no u the corner of Eleventh
nnd Farnam strectf , Onnha. He spoke to
her nnd fid hm she had better go home , ns
it vvius getting late. She walked on , but
came back again , and then she was taken to
the stutlcii- The girl was taken back to the
hospital Wednesday afternoon , and will be
kept there. Sluhcems to be perfectly sane
at tlmcM wnd her onlj Idhsynciasy seems to
bo that of stealing nwaj fiom home.
VoleruiiN to ! liCalei tnliteil.
The annual Chilstivms entertainment for
the veterans of the civil war and their fam
ilies. provided b > the gc'ieroslty of Gen
eral Gi M Dodge , will b ? held tomorrow
evening In Ihe Giund Ami ) of the Republic
hall. N. P. Dodge will piesldo and the
following program will In- tarried out
Music , dium c ips , eons. 'America. " '
audience , Invocation , llev G W Snydei ;
hole , Miss Llda McFadden , iccltatlon , Miss
Corn Grcuct , nddieos , Judge Canton , solo , ,
JIlss Sjlvl.i Snider , tecltutlon , Miss Ilirel I
Brown , duet. Misses McFadden and lloon ,
dialogue , Claud Smith , John Mc.Mahan ,
James McMuhnn. Hugh Petltt. David Pcrlue ,
Henry Perlne , Charles Giai-on. Joseph Gri-
hon ; recitation , Miss Jennlo GrcUer ; music ,
drum corps ,
C'olirl Niilvn.
.
Judge Thornell ef the dUtrlct couit has '
pet Tiifhdiiy. Jnnnaiy ! ' , for hearing the ap '
plication of Ervln Dryer for a permanent In '
junction restraining the city council fiom '
entering Inlo a lighting conttact with any
one else except himself.
Mrs Anna II Eden ( lied her petition for
divorce from Cornelius 0. Eden , whom she >
married in mileage. April 11 , 1R90. She and I
her husband moved to Persia , this state. In i
the spring of 1891. and a month or so later
ho deserted her.
The defendant In the case of the Duncan i
Bhoo companj against the Iowa Merchant * ) '
Mutual Insurance company filed a motion
Scttcrday for a new trial
Heal l > tr.l < ' 'I riumfrrN.
The follow IIIK transftTb weio Illrd yester
day In the nlwtract , title and loan oillco of
J. W. Squire , 101 Pearl street.
Council Bluffs Pivlngs bink to H. E
Could , lot 4 , blpck S , 1 1 own id's add
w ft . 40
J'rler mid wife to GiiHtnv
UomPii < MKcr. ot , 21 und niv'i
noVt 36-77-11. vv il 5. W
John Bdtiiielt and wife to lioorco II.
Bld ! 6 ui n'ti In nvvl4 c'/i -75-l3. ) .
vv cl . . . . . . _ lj fl
Tottil , three iranffers . $0.810
IIoncll'8 Anil 'Kawf" currs couglia , colds.
Pav Is pells pilnts
FARM LOAMS
Pt'ctiotlatcd In Eastern Nebraska
und lowu , James K. Capuly : , Jr. ,
12C Mntu dt . Council Uluffa.
FJlfE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT
J or CiiKli or l.uuiiutl Uu.
u. u. siiuvrn A co. ,
If i'enrl St re-el , Conuoll Uluff * , lone ,
HORNED ELKS OWN THE TOWN
Take Council Bluffs by Storm and Hold it
All Night.
INSTALLATION OF A BIG NEW LOUGE
Two Hundred nml I'ltty Cltnrlrr MIMII-
licrM Initiated Into Iliu SferrlN
( ) innh 11 iiU ( Jlllclato at < iod-
fl at Hie CerrmiinlvN.
The Installation Wednesday nlgbt of the
ofllcers of the newly-organized Council
Uluffs lodge No. fi31 , Uenevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks , will go clown In the
history of the city ns ono of the greatest
events In fraternal nnd secret bocloty circles
ever witnessed hero. From noon yesterday
until early this morning Council Bluffs was j
to all Intents and purposes In the possession
of men from whoso watchchalus dangled
gold-mounted clkn' teeth or upon the lapel
of whose coatB might bo seen a miniature
elk's head , the emblem of the order.
The fact that the new lodge , the first ot
Its kind In Council Bluffs , was to start llfo I
with close upon 250 members , the largest |
charter list ever known In the history of i
tlio order , had attracted consldetable utten- j '
( Ion and Interest among the different lodges
throughout the state and across the river. '
Elks from many cities thtoughout Iowa ]
and from Omaha had signified their Inten
tion of being present at the ceremonies j
which would give the now lodge Its cx-
Irtence nnd fctandlng In the order. They
Kept their promise und every train brought
In Its quota of visiting Elks.
Headed by Huster's uniformed band , the
local prospective members marched to the '
different depots and ttcortcd the visitors to
tbe Grand hotel , where the Elks' headquarters - (
tors had been established. The crowd that I
came from Sioux City over the Northwestern
attracted the most attention on the streets ,
as It was headed by Colonel William names
I
seated In a light road wagon and drawn
by his two famous pacing elks ,
i The Installation ceremonies were held
In the large hall of the Masonic temple ,
' which wag elaborately and gorgeously dec-
i orated for the auspicious occasion. The In
stallation was perfoimed by Exalted Ruler
Ed Mullen , Esteemed Leading Knight Lysle j
I Abbott , Esteemed Loyal Knight D. M. ,
1 Vlnsonhaler and Esteemed Lecturing Knight
Trunk Crawford of Omaha lodge No 39 , as-
I , slsted by about seventy-five of the mem-
I bcis.
l The officers of the new lodge Installed
' were Hxalted ruler , John N. Baldwin ;
esteemed leading knight. Dr. T. D Lacey ;
esteemed loyal knight , W J. Davenport ;
esteemed lecturing knight , Emmet Tiuley ;
i secretary. Harry Haas , treasurer , F. A.
Bfckman ; trustees , Lucius Wells , William
1 Arnd nnd Dr. G. K. Smith.
Clinrler "M < ; inl > < T .
The charter list of the lodge follows :
C E. Smith , H. Z. Haas , L. H. Greer ,
Geo. S. Wright. S. K. Shrlver , J. M Ten-
Ion. C. L. Corpenlng. Fred D. Empkle , EmI -
I ' met Tlnley , S. D. Wiidsworth , Joseph C.
Ried. Victor E Bender , Will C. Estop , P. U.
Goodrich , L. Zurmuehlen , jr. . H. C Pere-
goy , W F. Sapp , Wm .Moore , Howard F.
Culver , Thomas D Metcalf , Geo. S. Davis ,
John N. Baldwin , Thomas Bowman , Chas.
D. Blalne , D. A Hamilton , August Bere-
hhciru , Chas. S Morse , H A. Qulnn , M. B.
Grout , T C Jarvls , J. A. Gorham , F K.
Davis , J P. Davle , W. H Town , Trod
Johnson , T B. Lacey , John H. Mlthen ,
Edward W. Hoyt , Robert Henderson , E. H
Merrlam , J. II. Cleaver , E H Haworth , G
II. Mann , E. C. Brown , C B Atchlsnn ,
Donald Macrae , jr , V L Trejnor , G C
Shcpard , W A. Maurer , F. A Buckman ,
I .M. Treynor , F. n Sellers , B W. Walt
ers , S. T McAteo , J. B. Long , X. C. Phil
ips , Victor Jennings , F T. True , B M
Sargent , Gee H Majne , E. H Odell , J. W
Camp , John C. Woodward , W L Douglass ,
C E. Ornfton , Henry I. Forejth , M C.
Vanderveer , Gee II Nlcholl , I C Bonham ,
J E. Wallace , Jceph W. Smith , Gub
Louie , Ray W Blxby , John T Mulqueen ,
II. D Brown , Chas A. Wiley , J F. Wll-
, cox , Chas. R. Hannan , E L Empkle , N. M.
Little , A S Ha/letnn , J. C Waterman. II.
A Seirle , T. II. Searle , J. P. Grcenshlelds ,
H. C. Faerbor. R. H. Bloomer , D. J. Clark ,
F. F. Everest , Geo. Gcrner , Wm .Arnd ,
G M. Gould , Emll II Lefferts , James , I.
HcnrW. . S Reed , H H Van Brunt , Lu
cius Wells , M L. Woolman , II S Jones ,
J. T. Stewart , Jr , Fritz Bcrnhardl , Will T.
Seidontopf , A. L. Hayes , F. T Sebcrt ,
W. W. Hanthorn , L C flrackett , Wallace
E Shepard. C. R. Crockwell. H. B. Rnnds-
dall , A. Whltehuv. Prank R. Levin , John
S Gardiner , C. II. Lougee , James P. Mul-
ciueen , Adolph Bcno , II. S. West , H. S.
Ilutchlnh. W. H Dudley , S Tainsvvorth ,
Geo. J. Crane , J C. Small , A P Hanchett ,
Harry Schmidt , II B. Jennings. D E. Wal
ton , Gee A Kecllne. F. II. Hill , Walter S.
Stlllman , T W. Osborne , D B. Bono , E. P.
, Dow nun , E W Dana , Trnnk S. Haas , D. J.
! Rockwell , Theodore N Peterson , C. A
iVok | ( , J B Ilibhel. Karl Mavne , B O. Biu-
imjton , A T Elwell , D. C Smith. Simuel
Haas. Edwaid Nelson , T. H Kejs , A. T.
Ilallc-y , Chin Edwards , C. W. Macdonald ,
.John . W Smith. W. M. Piper. A. J Ifcllcy ,
W. W Loomls , II. C Cook , F. T. Snyder ,
i W. T. Stephau , E. J. Gilbert , A. W Rlek-
man , Gee , 13. Williamson , J. H. Chambers ,
| P. E. Parsons , P Gnnnoudc , J J. Hess ,
I A. L filnyro , II W. Binder. F C Brendcl ,
| A J Maudcrson , A R. Ellis , Oeo , S. Davis.
M. L Evans. J. W. Magulro L W. Kin-
Jim , J I ) Edmiindiion , H C. Ileebcc , Leonard -
ard Everett , H. J. Nichols , Thos G. Ur en.
.Chan. . M. Harl. R. V. limes. E E Smith ,
I F. E. Klngsbury , A W Casndy. C. G.
i Kaundors W A Southard , J. II. Giady ,
i L B CoiiFlns , E. P. Schocntgcn , A. II Tabor -
! bor , W. S. Dlmmock , E P I.aliihon. H L.
! Uummlngs , J. J , Stcadmaum. . L Ilcl-
Ion , Rev. Goo. Edward Walk.V J. Dav-
.enport . , W. A. TravlB , H W Flndley , A L
| Smith , A 11 Carter. O. C Tluycr. L Pa-
, geiiaicchei , E A. Troutmin , Jos. R. Reed ,
, S. S , Paos. John P. Organ , 0 A. Vancey ,
E. P. JohiiKnn , Thus. E Duggan , C , C.
Yanccj , C. Straub , Mar. Bourlclus , Thos.
13. Casady , L C. Dunn , C. F. P. Proem ,
M F Rohier.
Prom outside the city James F. Hlol-
ronn. W F Pierce , Carson , , H. M. Bobt-
wlck , Woodbine , Claude Dye , Tabor ; Harry
L Hiuv > . Allen Van Scny , Ljgau ; W. J ,
Burke. Missouri VnlleA. . L. Ingram ,
Ticynor ; Samuel Payne , Red Oak ; D. V.
Fisher , Cretton
I.UI of Visitor * .
Among the visiting Elks were
From Sioux Clt ) A. F. Adams. W B.
McNIilc ) . Al Crooks , Dr G C Rich , Col
W. Barnes , Harry Strelf. W F. Knlttle ,
C. U Waterman. H M BIrdsell , E W.
Caldwell. A. E Carter , C E Turnbull.
U M Kellogg , chief of fire department
From Lemars 0 D. Symms , F E Pow
ers. J , U. SainmU. George E. Pew. 0 L
Mputou
From Perry F II Held , A S Munroo
J J Courtne ) Otis Anderson J J Kelly
D Orane > S I ) Marchre * , F Leonarl
L A French , W C Kelle ) . H A Nash
f MrGee , R Rail
From Atlantic S Hoffman Jr Arthur
\\alkcr. W. A. McWald , W , W Eller , J.V
Cykomlall , W. A. Wllklns , \ , L. Krlend , O.
P. Tyler. Ed Youag. C. Johnsoit , Dr. II. D.
Miller , J H. MnrMiiill , T. M. Turner. G. T.
SpinRler , W. II. Crow , W. C. Slovors , J , 0.
Sprtnglcr. Don .McCurdy , 1M. . Lcct , A. Boy-
son , M. P. Ilroyson
Following the ( nstnllntlon nnd Initiation
ceremonies the vl ltlng I21K < nnd the member -
ber of the now lodge- adjourned to the
Grand hotel , where a bamuiet wtts nerved ,
covers being laid for 300. When the bill of
fare had been paid ample homage , cigars
were lighted , chairs tilted back and then Uio
fun commenced.
Marrlnur
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
the following-persons.
Niime nnd Residence. Ago.
W C Orote. Cmimll Uluffs 21
Clam liorkonui'hl , rouncll Hhiffs 2i5
Robert I'nrrornn Kansas City 21
lu : a Hanilgin Fremont , Neb in
GOOD PLACES FOR FACTORIES
N of Ion n TIIMIIN Set I'orlli
> iii < ; ol MMClnlnm of
Their CUU-N.
ATLANTIC. la. Dec. 27 ( Special. )
Asked ns to the best business opening In this
city , Major L. L Tlldcn said "Tho blR-
Rest opportunity In thlo city Is the establish
ment of a starch factory to opeiale Inde
pendently of the trust. The starch works
hero , and now imiiscxl , were a paying Insti
tution until It went Into the combine. At
the time It was conceded that belter starch
was made here on account of the purity of
the water , than anywhere else In the slate. If
not In the United States. Thlc , with the
abundant supply of corn , would enable a
company to produce an excellent product at
a minimum cost. To operate suchtn concern
plenty of capital would be required. An
other opportunity for Investment In this city
l.s In a foundry and machine shop to handle
the business of that nature which Is now-
sent elsewhere. Some light manufacturing
might bo done In connection therewith This
offers opportunity for Immediate return upon
the Investment. A jilckllng establishment !
could be operated vslth prollt. A dozen or j i !
more largo poultry farms could be made
profitable with Atlantic's three wholesale
houses "
HAMBURG. la , Dec U" . ( Special )
Major W. B Houts sajs that , In his opinion ,
Hamburg Is one of the best locations for the
Investment of capital In the state.
"We are In the midst of the great corn
belt , hence It Is a great stock feeding center - I
tor , " said the mayor. "In the moro hlllv i
portions of the county near hero the soil Is I '
especially well adapted for fruit raising and
gardening. Again , there Is a large terrltoivl
adjacent to us which Is moro or less subject
to overflow In the hprlng and cannot bo
cultivated until late in the beason , but this
same ground IB very productive for late veg
etables for canning purposes. Again , our
railroad facilities are such that vvo have easy
access to about el\ large business centers ,
which would afford n good market for fac
tories. " .
FIND MORE NEBRASKA COAL
ItiiHronil IH Vow Tr > II\K < < > ! ! " > iliu
lll'CIMlHj DlMl'OV < TC < I rlflllN
SIOUX CITY , Dec 27. ( Special Telegram. )
A man representing ono of the big lines
operating in this section of the northwest
! was at Jackson , Neb , today trying to buy
I up the newly discovered coal fields In the
| Interest of his company That there Is much
]
i coal in that section of Nebraska and within
, twelve miles of Sioux City is a centnlnty.
| j Today a third strike was made on the Good-
|
j ' fellow farm A vein of conl six feet thick
, was found at a deith of 1CJ feet. Samples
| were burned. On the Rlley & McBrlde farm
three strikes of wonderful coal have been
made , over a mile distant from the Good-
fellow farm. In addition some very line pot
tery clay has been found There Is excltp-
ment over these two discoveries. That Ne
braska will have a mining town within a
year seems almcet certain. Mining will be
begun soon.
Tniri'iioMi
Loral Concern at Sioux < ll > Misorlu'd
: > il ItalcN Will \il\nncc.
SIOUX CITY , la , Dec 27. ( Special Tclc-
] giam ) The Homo Telephone companj , a
, local corporation , has been absorbed by the
Iowa Telephone company and henceforth
Slcu\ City will only have ono telephone ex
change. The deal was made today between
the majority of the stockholders of the
I Homo company and the Iowa companj olll-
' clals. C. E. Yost of Omaha Is president ,
i E B. Smith , general manager , and G. E
Mc-Parland of Davenport , superintendent.
i
The transfer will Include the Sioux CItv
(
exchange and also the loll lines In Iowa
!
inn I South Dakota The company had n line
of IIS miles to Parker , S , D. , and I2S miles
to Rcmscn , In. This means telephone rates
In Slous- City will go up almost at once
and for this icabon the majorltj of the
stockholders have been lighting ngnlnst the
sale. The piesldcnt , r. L Eaton of Slon\
Cltj , has been tijlng to Interest loc-al capItal -
, Ital to huv the companj's propertj , but
failed. This gives the Iowa companj ti
monopoly In northwestern Iowa , Nebraska
and South Dahota
. Confronlcilii [ \ Si-rluiiN
1
CTDAR RAPIDS. In. , Dec 27. ( Special
Tc'egram. ' ) At Central City , In the uorthcin
ipiiii of this county , J. L Jenkins , the major
of the town , was today held In bonds o'
$2000 to await thp action of the grand Jutj- .
It Is Ourpcd that ho attempted to nlm-
Innllj assault h ! 14-year-old stepdaughtei.
Ji-nklr has been piomlncnt In polities and
at the last tepubllean convention was a can
didate for representative.
limn \I-M-I : \nti > N ,
The broom factory nt Jeffeinon hiirned
involving a lofs of $1,030 "
! Th * souiliwcstein Iowa poultry show Is
mw b'lnt ; Ill-Id at Sidney
* The RuiIlnKton Is ruahlnc work on Its
new brldsp ac ro > , i Skunk river at Home.
! The in ujilo of Wlntuset had n l'liristma
trio nl the louit house for the poor of the
ut > .
Tim new towns on the- Fonda extension
ot 'he Milwaukee road aio all leported to
be LcibiuiiiE.
The Mlt-sipMppI river In now c-IoFCd at
IMihiniue This Is one of the latest clos
ings on iccord.
I ThiNd Ih a rumor that Judge Scott of tlio
dniiiiell dlstilct ! < o region Ills nluco on
tb > ( I btikt bi'iu-S- .
Mn > . J H Flecwrof Ilendrlek look mor
phine with the Intention of killing herself.
Inn hVinllovvtii too much and wlli u , i\tr
H llownw ono of the jilonc-cr of noii'i-
vvc-slern Iowa , fell dead Sunday evening
while atteml-r. oliuivh fcrvkes at CUuiwm
II. O Curtlrt of Atlantic , now senlng on
the bench In Pucito Rlfo , Is the latest
candidate for tinfixleral Judgcshlp for tht-
uorthcin district of IOWH
Judtfe illcholberspr of Oltiiinvvu has icn-
< lou-l a decision In which he hold ? that ihr
law under which all the paving of i Itlen
clone In in cm voarti U iiiuoiuiltutlonal
i After being out llfterm hours Ihe Jurx In
the IIUL of Frank Dahlcn of IA > IIUII
brouKht In a verdict of fc-ulltj. Dihlen
v.aa uc-cus > t > fl of , ihaiiHMf- ! | 9 > > car-old glil
I'jloiif-l Svvtrnej , who for sc-vorul ii rm- >
j iopnc > ntc d the Poutth dltrlcl in iontr -
.f > i. lit ; tor a Jlvone on thegiouud > > 1 < -
iition II' in u i-l < < 1 lilnlfe whlli l' <
\ \ \ 'i' > , i an 1 hhi \ \ 13 u t n U t j Lii ue !
liurrcll Poor of f < i-n > us Jaiuticin tut
l > f Jt J , T * t , > 11 xv
jii u' t . PIIItui r ni vro viewu > < ; ' it
< elcbraiiun In honor of the return of low i
h'-l Ilcrs troin cite uur ulrn a ld ( alk
Knve wa > an I prnirlt itc-1 lilni and otieib
into a. baeenieni , tserloUHl ) Injvrlnc him.
STRUCGL1NG FOR THE 10GA
Iowa Senatorial Oontest Continues to Ixcito
Much Interest.
GEAR FORCES GROWING MORE CONFIDENT
ItiH-KiTi of I lie Srnnlor Clnlm Hint
'I In-10 IN No Donlil of UN r.lrf-
lloii Munition Mio-
t < ltii < tl > Mrcd t p.
DES M01NES , Dec. 27. ( Special Tele
gram ) Politics is moro quiet In Des
Molnos this week than last. The question
seems to have resolved Itself In this form :
Will nil the Gear men go to Bowen , or
will some of them go with Eaton , accord
ing to their previous pledges , or nt least
leanings ?
The Gear men called upon all their
friends to vote for Bowen , since Eaton's
candidacy had become Identified with Cum
mins' bonatoilal aspirations. H seems to
have taken some effort to convince all the
Gear members that It would bo wrong to
their wide of the scnatorshlp to vote for
Eaton. The Cummins men have been anx
ious to retain certain Gear vote for Eaton ,
because they realised that a victory for
the lesser ofllco would bo an advantage In
the great contest. The Gear men are now
bntlstlcd that Bow on will poll practically
nil of the Gear btrcngth In the house nnd
piobibly a few nf Cummins' votes. They
figure out that they already have twelve
votes more than enough to nominate their
candidate , with more to gain.
En ton was not hero today. Bowen says
ho feels certain he will win. He Is now
anxious to make his majorit } ns large as
possible.
As III Ilic SiMlltllli-Nlllll.
On the bcnatorshlp Itself the Gear men
claim that thcro has boon no doubt for
homo time past Their forces are growing
moro and more compact. "We cannot
see , " said one of the Gear men today , "how
wo can lose a vote of the ones which we
have , hut we can see , and that very clearly ,
how wo are going to gain more votes. "
There Is not a Gear man who believes that
the senator can receive fewer than
sevcntj-sl.x votes on joint ballot
No ono seems to be able to
show that any changes have been made In
the vote since the light began In DCS
Molnes Din. Elkcr and Prentlss are
claimed as gains by the Cummins men , but
the Gcir men say the question
marks had never been erased behind the
names of the two doctors and It was known
to the Geai men that If the third doctor ,
Bowen , was made the candidate , Drs. Elkcr
and Prentlss would desert them To oflset
these losses the Gear men have bee assured
of the undoubted suppoit of Boyescn of Audubon -
dubon and Coyles of Kossuth. The gen
eral feeling In the Gear camp today v\as
one of confidence and cheerfulness.
"There are too many jounger men In
low a , " bald ono of the non-combatants ,
"to allow Cummins to run away with the
biggest political plum In Iowa In a contest
with one old man , for they have certainly
made out Senator Gear to be an old man
Cummins may go to the senate , but it will
be after a contest with a number of the
jounger men , such as Shaw , Dolllvor , Lacey ,
Hepburn , Perkins , Cousins , and pcrhap.
others. These men have irt ccrrto out ns
candidates this year , whether their refusal
to do so is the result of a senatorial com
bine or not , and the people of Iowa are
not going to decide the Gear successorehlp
until after Gear has ceased to be a factor
or a candidate Then there will be a battle
royal In Iowa politics. "
Representative Ciounse of Adams county
today authorised the publication of a letter
In which he not only says that he Is gol"rf
to vote for Gear , but that in his orlalon
all Gear men ought to fall In line upon the
Bpcakerahlp. Trfila letter Is Important In
view of the fact that the Cummins men
have claimed that be was another one of
the eighth district men vvlio was hanging
In the balance
FATHER KIDNAPS A CHILD
Iliisliiinil of MrH. Ulllaii Ilnnunonil
of DCH VIolni-N KoK'nliiM Hub }
a ( St. , | ONCI.
ST JOSEPH. Mo , Dec 27. ( Special )
While Mrs. S. E Holland , the v\lfo of a cai-
penter , lay sick nt her home on Bartlett
! street , josterday afternoon , n straiiRC man
land woman entered the room. The man
'held ' Mrs. Holland while the woman seized
In 2-jear-old atlopted baby girl from the
I bed and carried it away.
The child Is the daughtci of Mrs Lillian
, Ilnmmnul , formerly Miss Lillian Lemon , of
DCS Molnes , nnd Is supposed to have been
kidnaped at the Instigation of her hus
band. Mrs. Hammond Is now n traveling
saleswoman for a Chicago wholesale house
She left the baby here
I
\voiuc ON Tin : i iM'int MISMH in.
Iteport of Impi emenls ltccoiu-
mi'llllntloiiH lor Vellou Mlone | > nrl > .
SIOUX CITY , la , Dec. 27 ( Special )
Colonel H. M. Chlttcnden , Unite 1 States
engineer in chaige of the upper Mlssnuii
liver Impiovemcnt work , with headqu ir-
ters nt Sioux City , Is preparing a ipport foi
i congress on the necessities of the Yellow
stone park In the waj of Improvements This
icport will be accompanied by photographs
showing the Insecurity of some of the bridges
leading to the printIpal attr.ictlonn , and the
itiecesslty of widening home of the rouls ,
not only that teams may pass in safetj ,
but IIK ! > In order that the him may learh
the deep SIIOWK and thus make the lines ( f
travel passable earllei In the seasons. Some
nf these photographs show teims at woik
on the Hth of last June , hauling away snow
fco that otdlnaiy vehicles could get along
Immediately oil the noithcrn dido of the
highway the miou had melted , us the sun
had liren able to leach U : hut In the roid-
way ItEcIf , which was moie in the shadow
| of the dense fnresl , the drifts were still
piled in.il ) > feet high The cutting of these
! trees would permit the sun to throw Ho
| rays upon the snow- and thus open up the
load for tiavel much eat Her In the season
Woik on the Improvement of the upper
Mlt-Bourl U about ( lulthnl for the jear All
that remains tn he done Is tn haul across
the Ice fcomo umbers for work around Pierre.
Hut at Yunkton the rip-rap work and dyke
work is about completed , and the gangs of
men have been paid off At Mandan. EU
Point and other places along the upper nv
nothing moro can bo done Regarding
Sioux City , congress will bo called upon lu
placn a construction upon the bill appro
.printing J75.000 for river protection at this
'point ' The money was voted In the general
! sundry bill , but owing to the wording Hie
jlreasuidepaitmetit has not paid over ih >
money It U not oxpecte l the prebtnt mil
grcsi will vote any juonej for river 1m
Imparts Energy
Hereford's ' Acid Phosphaic
When vitality and nerve force have
become impaued by illness its value is
wonderful. Induces refreshing sleep.
Gciumc VMM name HoRsroto's on wnppcr
provemrnt work , o the lrtt t l < bclHR iimdo
out of what Is lrft over from the Inut allow
ance.
TIIWIM ; 1:1 : MUII/I : * * 'mi : TI\I/IIIII ,
rialnn thai MiIliililn n Illulicr I'lai-c
'I'llllll till * I't-CIIOllIM' .
IES MOINES. Dec 2T Ptrstdotlt
Charles P Tlnvliis , | j L P. of Western ,
Reserve university ami Adelhcrt college , ,
Cleveland , Is now In the vvwt addressing
meetings of teachers' associations. This
evening he spoke heir on "The Teacher as
n Pone In Clvlll/atlon " In his address
he tefeired to some of the reasons for be
lieving that the higher leadership of th.i
comminl ( > la passing from the church to
the school and the college , from the clergy
man to the Instructor.
Ho tnld that the church tills In the
minds of the better classes it less eonsplcti- ]
otis place thnn n score of years ngo ; the
school nnd the college occupy n moro conI I
splctiotis place. The attendance upon the '
services of the church relating to the |
whole population diminished , the attendance
nt the school and the college Increases , I
"The superintendent or dlreclor of school1 ? |
In many communities has come to llll n |
place not unlike that which the paster of a ,
former generation occupied , lie Is the
guide , philosopher nml friend. Ills oillco hns i
Increased In liupoitain-e nnd Its enlarged
value brings to Itself men of greater power ' (
or wider Intelligence nnd of nobler charm- i i
tor. The pantornto Is cettalnlj getting
ilelier or liner pertonalltlc.s than twenty or .
thirty vears ngo. The head of the educa
tional sjstem In not a few localities Is the
tacitly recognl/ed head of the community
Itself Moro frequcntlj Is he ihr head than
the pastor of tiny Individual church. The
ordinary teacher , too , llnds that he l.s bomc-
thlng far moro than a teacher. He Is the
counsellor , the companion , the general
helper of his bojs and glrvi. These youth
are not simply his students , scholars they
uio his bovs and glils.
Tlu relation hut * ceased to be simple and .
single , It nan become general and manifold. I
The causes of this change of leadership lie ,
on the side of the church , In the Incieaslng
commercialism of the ago and the current
unsettlement of religious doctrines , and en' '
the side of the school and the college In the
great educational icvival manifest In better
school houses , better courses of study , better
8)stems of education and richer and finer
personalities in the teaching force.
"Of course , there are exceptions. Of
courwo , too , the present lack of effectiveness
In the church may prove to be onlv tem-
pornrj. Let us pray that It Is only tcin- I
pornry. But for the present at least the
teacher's desk has become a more Important
power In the higher le.idcitdilp of the com
munity than .1 minister's pulpit "
TO EQUIP THE PANAMA CANAL |
i
Cniiiiuiii ; Iiicoi-iioriUfi fur Sltll.(1(1(1.UK ( ( ( ( ) j
< o . \eililr < % li > I'lirchasiClio
Hiillvti'.i unit Canal.
TRENTON , N J , Dec 27 The Panama '
Canal Company of America , with an nu- j
thorlzed capital of $30,000.000 was lncorp i-1
rated hero late this afternoon The object l
of the company , as fahown by the nitides of
the Incorporation , Is to acquire by purchase
the ship canal of the Compagnlc Nouvellc
du Canal de Panama and the railway across '
the Isthmus of Panama , also to eoustiuct ,
equip nnd operate said canal and railway
nnd the various enterprises connected theio-
wlth
The articles also empower the company
to enter Into arrangements with any gov
ernment that may teem conducive to the |
company's object. '
The capital stock Is divided Into firht and
second and prefer red common stock. The
incoiporators ate three New York and Now
Jersey men.
The following companies were also In
corporated here toda > The Standard Sanl-
taiy Manufacturing company , capital
$ : > ,000,000 , to mantifactuie plumbing and
banltarj IKtures and supplies , one-half of
the stock Us prefeiied , with 7 per cent non-
cumulative dividend. The Incoi porators are
nil of New York and Jersey City.
HYlYiENEAL
I'r.rrlN-l'rahni.
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TREMONT , Neb , Dec. 27 ( Special )
Sheritf Thomas W Farris ofVahoo and
Mlhs Ella Frahm of Prague were marrKd
hero today at the New Yolk hotel. The
groom Is the youngest sheiiff In the Mate ,
having just pastrd his 2-id jear He was
elected sherilt of SHinders county at the
November election , having previously be-n
appointed to 1111 the vacancy eaused by the
death of his father.
.Nri n ! IVcililIiiufTlllr. ; .
NEW YORK , Dee 27 The marriage of
Miss Zenalde Sheppard , daiiKhtei of Captain
and Mis Edwin Malcolm Sheppard , I' h
N to Lieutenant Theodore Vogelsang r
S N , of San 1'ranrlsco took plate at Iilgli
A Trlul Tri-atnu-nl Sent Tree to All
Who Sulfur Prom unj Mn e
Of tllU DlMI-IIMC.
CurcN CIINOH Tlmt Hot SirliiK" mill nil
Ullu-r Treatment , , Pa 11 oil
Co i\cii : llflii ,
There has been tllseovered by the State
Wedk.il Institute , WJ Kltktion HliJu. , [ T I
Wajne , InU , tin- most r .maiU.ible SvphllN
cine over liuiiid of. U has. cuicd all HIK Ii
lndl < atlunti as nuuoiui piti lies in tliu nioutli ,
pore throat , copper toiuud upots , clintHU'-i
ulccratliniH on tinhoiiy and In hiindrt Is
ot uisfja wlipii. the hair tnd ejulirowH Ii i l
fallc'ii out and the \\lifli' skin WIIH u mass
uf bolls , pimples and ukeis this vvo'idci til !
Fpciliu has iompleu-l > < | IIHIK > I | the whole
body Into a ( lian , jiprfe < t condition of
Tibjslclal honltb i\'iy ; nilhoil ; ( ninnliu
Inlo rt. Wnyne brliiRH i-porc-M of sulfcrcrg
seeking this new anil miiiic-Ious cuio .ind
tn enalilo tbosn vvlio rannnt tiavc'l to ic-
all.io what a tiuly maivdous vvnrk the
liiHtltuto is ( u'omiillMliii they will > .cml
fieo to cveij suflcict u Ino trial treatment
ho that evui ) > iiip f an < ure thfinsi-lvis In thn
privacy of Hull own luime ThlH Is the
only known cure for svphllls Do not hesl-
la'o to write at OIK c and I IIP free trial will
be suit suited in plain i > ackate.
nnon today In St. Paul's Memorial church ,
Staplcton , Staleti Island The wedding v\n
n naval affair and mnny of the gur t were
In full uniform.
I'llllll'IK-UVtl * .
SIOUX FALLS. S. H. , Jec. 27. ( Special
Telegram ) -l''rcd 13. I'hllllpi of the ArRiit-
I.endcr nnd Miss Helena A. Wells , daughter
of It. J Wells , n prominent local attornej ,
were married here this evening.
PACKING HOUSE STATISTICS
\\t-ilcrii MniiulilrrlnuN MHIM ' 'ii
uf it ralllnu ( HI lllirliiK
the I'uxlcolt. .
CINCINNATI , UPC. 27 ( Special Tele-
grnm ) Price Current snvs The hnllclij
Benson has served to Icj cn tne marketing of
hogs Western slaughterings for tlio week
nrc 525,000 , compared \\ltli r < ? 0,000 the pre
ceding week and 010,000 last vear Prom
November I tlio total In l.lflO.OOO. again ? !
5,105,000 a jpnt" MRO. Prominent plncca com
pare ns foi low a :
l,350.oro l,77nd > i
Kan.iitH Oily -IGOPOO tilS ( XM
Omaha ! Wooo ) 41 } ' H )
St LouU OlO.Onn
Irdlanipollq lUO.Ooo J A HOi )
.Milwaukee 1MM\ * >
OiKlnnntl iSO.OOd rn o >
SI Jooi-ph 2c , wo
Ottiitnvvn Il2,0tnl
t'ediir liapidH "i.nv
* MnuOll > . ( Vie
Si. Paul 73000 70 ( " 00
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Afd-r Miiirt lit M
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Aliulc l Orilor.
LANSING. Mich. , Doc 27. Both branches
of the legislature are reconvened tonight
after the Chi latinos adjournment The cen
ter of Interest was the senate , where the
Plngree joint lesuliltlon , piovidlng for the
submission of n constitutional amendment
to amend the state tax laws Is pending
The committee to which the measure was
referred last week reported It with scveial
amendments and after H sharp struggle to
proceed with its Immediate consldeiatlon. It
was leferrcd to the committee of the whole
and made the special order for tomorrow
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A new mid
powerful serial story
by
In J8 installments ,
beginning Dec. J 7.
Illustrated by G. A. Shipley.
This novel fully < > qunls "Tho
Silckit Minister. " "The Blnt'U
iKiUKhib , " nml "The Unldcts. " It
could 1m vo lieeu wilt ten by no
author other than Gtotkett.
The Isle of the Winds Is essentially
a story of advcntuie. Its hero , Phillip
Stanllcld. the younger , is kidnapped
by his father , Phillip the elder , nnd
carried fiom Scotland to the plra es'
Isle. Phillip the elder , a pllato cap
tain , hns murdered his father , Sir
James Stanullcld , and debcrtcd his wife
for Janet .Mnik , the shameless wife of
Saul Mark , a gjpsy tailor who is
Stausllcld's evil genius. Janet as ac
complice In the murder of Sir James
Is sold Into slavery into American
plantations Phillip Stanslleld the
elder also carries off his deserted wife
nnd Janet's daughter , little Anna
Mark , lioth children have been adoM-
cd by Humphioy Spurway , a rich Hntj-
llsh cloth-merchant , living on the
Stansfleld mtnte. He loves joung
Phillip's mother , but has no hope of
marrjing hcT. Notwithstanding , ho
goes In search of the captives as soon
as he discovers their fate.
After months on the pirates' Isle
they manage to escape from It by help
of Kbora , a negro , and hla mother , an
Obeah woman They find refuge In
Porto Klco and ( hero discover the
aoinotlmo Janet .Mark transformed Into
a great ladj , wlfu of the Spanish
governor general. She befriends them
after a fabhlon , but cannot save Phillip
from being taken back to the pirate
Isle Ills fnthci and Haul Mark , routed
by other pirates , come to Porto 11.co
and persuade the governor general to
send hack un expedition to seuiro .Mor
gan's treasure. The famous buccaneer
has left It In boxen , htuck fast In a
lake of burning pitch No man could
bring It eut of the pitch and IIe ,
bonce the plan to make jciung Phillip
the hrlngcr. It Is frnatrated by the
discover ; that tlio lake baa hCLumc a
volcano Then the e\pnlltlon plans
to attack the pirate- stronghold and loot
it Uhora , nenl to HJIJ , encourages
the commander and leads him , full of
confidence , to a. night assault. The
pirates ofter no resistance , they can
not , since they are all hanging entrees
trees , hut Kngltah ships and llngl Mi
mllors rout tbo expedition utierl >
Humphrey Spurway Ih with th war-
whips In a ves il ) of his own. Thm
follow briefly Ihe sack of Sin Jinn ,
the * death of Phillip Stutiuflrld Ihr d irr
nnd Haul .Mark , the rcscun nf little
Anna and voung Phillip's mother , the
vo > ago home , the lerovcry of Uio
estates , and the general knlttln < c of
JocwH ( nils From first to IflKt the nc-
tlon Is breathless and told with all the
author's lire und force.
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