TTTT3 OMAHA DATTjY BT3TD : MONDAY , JAXUA17Y 15 , 1)00. ! )
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MINOR MINTION.
Davis sells glpss.
ritio A. IJ. C. beer , Neumayer's hotel.
" \Vclsbnch burners at BKby's Tel. 19J.
Uudnelser beer. L. Hosenfeldt , nsent.
Mrn O It. HunnlnK Is \l ltliiK In Atrhl-
ton K.in.
Missouri wood on track , in carload lots
Telrphone 33M.
N J. Suunson ntid son are spending n
feu Onysj In ChlcnRO
Dr W. A Gervnls. osteopath , 201 Mcr-
rinin block. Council Bluffs.
The plftco to have your framing done ,
Alexander's Art emporium.
. Get your work done at the popular Eagle
laundry. 721 Hrc-ndway. 'Phone 157.
W C. Hstep. undertaker 2S I'enrl street.
Telephone v UIIlcc , 97 : residence. 33.
Mrs James I , Wt-'lly of South Hrst
islroet Is i nlcrtiilnlng Mr TrederleU Han-
Ben of I'.irsU. Iii. - '
Sheridan coal makes n large llamo and
clear flro but no tmioke. soot or clinkers.
Tcnlon S. Koley. sole agents ,
II M Mctz , conimeril.il agent of the Illi
nois I'entrnl nt this point , spent Sunday
with IIM | family In rn-rport , 111
I , H Dullard , Mlxs Kitty Hiillnrd nnd
Miss 1'olly Hrl ) left jesturdiiy for Fort
Worth , Tex , to bo fitine for about two
weeks.
Mr J I ) Mntilc of Fnlrmount. Neb. Is
visiting her pnrentH. Mr nnd .Mrs George
Hlmplaml. corner of Seventh inonuo unit
Thirteenth Htreel.
A ninrrlugf licence was Issued late Satur
day otrnliiK to 1. I * Mudge of Omiilin ,
iiged 2)eirs ) , ami Alice Hancock of this
city aged TO yearw.
State Senator A. S Itiizoltoti returned
from Tes Mollies Saturday i'\enlim to
upend Sunday with his family. 11" \\111
return tomorrow morning
lxcelnlor Masonic lodso. No 23'i , will
meet In .special Hcssloii this evening for
work In Iho third degree. Following the
meeting a biiiuiuet will be served.
Captain George J Cram- , who has been
laid up nl Ills llolno on Park avenue for
two weokM as a result of stepping on .x
lianana peel , Is able to be out again , al
though still somewhat hunn from the fall
Twenty-out ! members of Hazel camp.
Jlodern Woodmen of America , went to
1 nderwood Saturday night to assist the
lodge there In Initiating a number of new
members After the meeting the Council
lllurfs Woodmen were the guests of th < >
1 nderwood lodge at an elaborate supper
The return home wus made yesteid.iy
inornhiL' .
The rcgulnr monthly meetlnir of the
Jlonnl of I'dueatloti Is slated for this evenIng -
Ing It IH Hiild a mujoiltv of the incm-
lien , have come to an ngrcoment to rescind
the former aetlon of the boatil In seloet-
Ing the Hallanl property IIH n site for the
A new High school Imtldlng It Is believed
there will bo enough \otes to select the
Hlte at Fifth avenue and Seventh .street.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel 230.
Mr * . OeililoN I.nlil to Itt-nt.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Ilcim M.
Geddes , wife of William M Oeddes , gov
ernment distributing agent for the I'an-
ninerlcan exposition nt Iluffalo. held yester
day afternoon from the jesldonce of her
elster , Mrs. T. 12. Cavln , on Park a\enue ,
wan attended by a large gathering of rcla-
f thcs and friends of the berojuod family
The handsome casket , as It rested In the
parlor , was completely covered by the many
beautiful Iloral offerings from friends and
relatives. The services were conducted by
Hev George IMward Walk , rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal church , who spoke In feel
ing terms of the deceased. The unusic was
rendered by a quartet consisting of Mesdames -
dames Mullls and Welsh and Messrs Trey-
nor and Slmms , while Miss ( jlcason acted
ns accompnnlht. Interment was In Fairview -
view cemetery , the remains being followed
to the grave by a long cortege. Among the
relathes from out of town who were In at
tendance at the funeral \\ero Mr and Mrs.
N O. Num of Marnc , la. , Mr and Mrs. E
Borensrn , Mr. and Mrs. II II Olover , G.
II. Geddes and John Geddes of Grand Is
land , Neb. The following out of town
friends were present Mr. urn ! Mrs. U W.
Fish and Miss Hay wood of Lincoln , Neb ,
nnd Mr. and Mrs. U. H. Horth of Grand
,
Island , Nob. Mrs. Geddes was the > oung-
oBt daughter of II II Field of this city
nnd shier of Mrs. T n Ca\ln of this city
and Mrs. H. II. Glo\t-r of Grand Island 13e-
fildcs her husband she Icaxcs a son and
daughter to mourn her lots
Cnuiitv Tr Mi ur 'rs to Meet.
County Treasurer William Arnd , ns pres
ident of the State Association of County
Treasurers , has Issued a call for the an
nual imcetliig of the association , to be held
nt DCS Molnes , Wednesday and ThurbJay ,
January 21 and 25. In the call the follow
ing announcements are made
"All treasurers and ox-treasurers arc re
quested to attend. No IKcd program has
been arrange 1 , as experience has proved
that the assignment of subjects to certain
jnemberB to bo dlsctifsed has not been sat
isfactory. Consideration of the various
questions that present themselves will con-
Htltuto nn Interesting progiam.
"Tho leglslatuio will be In Fesslrn at the
tlmo of the meeting. AVe desire to urge
upon every county treasurer to attend this
meeting and especially those who ha\e Just
gene Into office. Those who have not been
nttcndlng wo are sure will ho well repaid
should they come.
"All treasurers are requested to notify
the ex-treasurers of their respective coun
ties of the meeting and request their at
tendance. "
Mrx. 1. It. I'rrii < ! < < Demi.
Mrs A. 11. Prentlce.jn pioneer' settler of
rottav.attnmle county , died yesterday mcrn-
liig at her homo In Crescent , aged C8 yeais.
She was horn August 20 , 1SI12 , In Uunfei in
line , Flfeshlru. Scotland , nnd was married
to Alexander H I'rentlco March 1 , 1852. In
1E57 tbo family left Glasgow foi America ,
coming direct to Cresient , where they have
lived o\ci since She leaves a large fam
ily , all of whom were with her at the l.isi.
The children aio Mrs Margaret Hariltt ,
Adam Pientico and llobert 1'rentlce of
Crescent , Mrs A l > Aletrand of Mlsiouil
Valley , Mrs Agnes Caldwcll and Mrs C
W Atwod of this clt > Tlu funeral will
lie held Tuesday morning from the Methodist
church nt Ciescnit , of which she was nl-
wayb u prominent member , and Interment
* 111 bo In the llnzol Pell cemetery. The
services will ho conducted by Hev. M. M
Cable of Dellance , la.
VIIUN fliii WorU on tlu >
Acting Police Judge Paul Ajlesworth , In
imrbuancc of his determination to force the
xags brought before htm to work on the
streets , has notified thu street supervisor anil
i-lly marshal that there arc neveral pris
oners nt the Jail rt'iid > to bo given n bpadt ;
or n shovel and taken out to ecrape. the
mud from Iho street crossings Alderanui
Casper , chalrpian cf the city council com
mittee on streets and allejb , Is not favor
able to the plan of v\orklng city prisoners
on the strretfi and It is possible that Judge
Ajlcsworth may find tome trouble In hav
ing his orders carried out.
Does HourlclUB' Mutlo House handle hkli
grade pianos and organs ? Whj doesn'i
II urlclus' Muelc House advertise the makcc
they handle' Is there any reason for EOIIH
dealers to continual ! ) advertise the name
of factories Instead of themselves' Hav <
not many cf the most successful and re
sponsible firms advertised themstlvos In-
ttead of the inanufacturorB' 235 llroadwny
where the organ stands upon the building.
I
FARM LOANS
Negotiated In Kastern Nobra.sko
end iowu. James N. Casady , Jr. ,
lit Main dt. . Council Ulufls.
BAD FIRE IN A WAREHOUSE
Building of the Union Transfer Compiny
Suffers from the Flames.
IMFL1MENTS AND VEH'CLES SCORCHED
Doui CiMiNlilernlile
anil Uu- Stork Will Aeeil n
TlioiotiKli Otc-rliiiiillnu
IXInmtr of loniM'S ,
Fire which started about midnight Satur
day In the building on South Main and
Tl Irteenth streets , occupied by the Union
Transfer company , which handles the goods
of a number of agi [ cultural Implement firms
In transit , did considerable damage The
aelunj loss , howevei , cannot bo accurately
estimated until the goods are gone over and
an Inventory made. While n small poitlon
of the stock was consumed the damage will
be from mnolte nnd water.
The flro Is supposed to have started from n
gas Jet left burning in the shipping clcrk'a
onico at the rear of the building. This jet
Is only about two feet from the celling nnd
n big hole burned Just above It slious un
doubtedly the origin of the lire , which , but
for the prompt work of the department ,
might have proved much more eerlous than
It did.
When the department ni rived on the scene
the building was full pf nmoko nnd the fire
men had considerable dllllculty at ilrst In lo
cating the blaze. Thrco strong streams of
water wcro thrown Into the building and In
a comparatively short tlmo the fire was un
der control , although the smoke continued
to till the building for Borne tlmo longer.
Dan Carrlgg , the owner of the building ,
estimated his loss at about $2,000 , fully cov
ered by Insurance nnd a fuither examina
tion of the building jcsterday morning con
firmed his estimate. With the exception of
the Hoosier Drill company , the stocks
of the different agricultural Im
plement firms , handled by the Union Trans
fer company , are all fully Insured. The
Hoosier Drill company carried no Insurance
on Its stock.
llovt ( he Klrc Did Ks Work.
Examination of the building yesterday by
Flro Chief Dates showed that the Unities ,
after eating through the celling above the
gas jet , ate their way over the heavy tim
bers , supporting the floor above , until they
reached a big pllo of binder canvasses , be
longing to Aultmnn , Miller & Company.
From hero the ( lames evidently spread to
the wooden portions of the machinery of the
Hoosier Drill company , as their charred
appearance Hhowcd yentcrday.
Profiting by the experience they had had
with the lire when the Deere , Wells com
pany's wnrehoubo was burned down , the
firemen worked like trojans nnd It Is due to
their work that considerable more damage
was not done.
The flniiH whoso stocks were In the build
ing are Hoosier Drill company , Aultmnn ,
Miller & Co , Grand Detour Plow company ,
IJanner Buggy company , Columbus Manu
facturing company and the Minneapolis
Thresher company The smoke made Us
way through the walls and did some damage
to the stock of the Peru Plow and Imple
ment company In the adjpolnlng building.
A lough estimate mndo yesterday places
the \aluo of the different stocks In thn
building at $300,000 and the estimates on
the damage \.uy nil the way from $20,000
to $7.1,000. Much of the damage Is merely
[ superficial , caused by the smoke and water.
Some of the agilcultuial Implements are
binned about the wooden parts , but the
lobs In this respect will not exceed a few
thousand dollais , even If It reaches to that
figure. The principal loss arises from the
fact that the larger portion of the blocks
of buggies and implements will all have
to bo repainted or revarnished and much
of the stock tent back to the factories to
bo gene over again apd put in salable con
dition.
1'OTHJ Ml'N KNtllllUlf.
Henry I. Forsjth , manager of the Union
Tinnsfcr company , said > esterday that it
was almost impossible to form any estlmalo
of the damage to the stocks on hand until
they had been carefully gene over. The
actual loss by lire , he bald , was compara-
i lively small , but where the real loss would
I come In would be In rcllxlng the buggies
and Implements , the paint on which had
' been blistered by the heat and blackened
and othciwlsc damaged by the smoke nnd
wnter. Much of the stock , ns far as he had
been able to see , would have to be leshlppcd
I to the factories to be placed In n salable
i condition Mr. Forsjth said ho estimated
i that the stock on hand would invoice In the
neighborhood of $300,000 and that the damage
all told might run up close to $50,000 , nl-
*
I though he wasnot prepared to give this
j as definite until a thorough overhauling
jot the stock was made , when pcihaps It
might be considerably under that figure.
Manager Forsylh took occasion to pay the
firemen n high compliment for the excellent
work pci formed In getting the lire under
control as speedily ns they did.
How ell's Antl-"Kavvf" i-nrcs coughs ,
IOWM3IIH \K \ COCK KUill
llnir a Hundred > porlN Hold a Mnlii
in North Onuiliil ,
Some flftj or more sports Journeyed from
Council Hlutfs Saturday night across the
river to witness the Intel state cocking main
between Iowa and Nebuibka , which was to
bo pulled off at Ketchmark's hall , on North
Thlitleth street , near old Fort Omaha , pro
vided the iiuthorlllra did not Inrerfero.
Thcro was no 'nturfcrcnco mid the main
j was duly pulled off according to schedule.
land It was tlmo for earlj pra > er service before -
fore the t o last chiekci a wore pitied and
the dead game sports 'from the Hawkcjn
state. South Omaha and the city across
the river began to wend their way to their
respuc'tlvo homes. The Haw ki yes were not
ftc-llng over Jubilant , as their birds had
i gene down In dufeat In bittlo rojnl nnd
! the tports from Omaha nnd South Om.ilri
were Jingling in their pockets the each
of the men fiom the lown bldo of the Mis
souri
The main WOH for $100 cash nnd the gain
receipts The price of ndmUslon to the
hall itbovo the saloon , in which the cockpit
had been anaiiRcd. was 50 ccntj , and when
the hour of midnight tilled thcro wcro In
the neighborhood of 200 sports gathered
there Politics nuke fatrango bedfellow a
nnd the tnrao can be uptl ) applied to cockfighting -
fighting , for In that gathering were to be
i icon all classes of men. Thcro wcro law-
> era , bank clerks , who tilted their hat back
' nnd tried to appear as It Ihoj bad bceii
dead game sports nil tlulr lives , hack driv
ers and crapshooters , while the packlns
houses In South Omaha were represented
b > n good slzod contingent The delegation
from Iowa WUH likewise a mixed lot. Fred
Lamb , the \etcran "pltter. " was In evi
dence. as ho has been at nil such affairs
over slnco ho was able to handle a chicken
Jack. " the veteran breeder of Worded
lighters , wag there , and old man Parsons
of Audubon the coolest head among the
lut , who ucver knew what U was to crj
enough until his bird saxe tip the ghost.
Parsons handled the bird * for the Hawkejo
sldo of the contest , while Charlie Mnd , "the
terrible Swede" of South Omaha , pitted the
birds for the Nebrasknns.
Nine fights were to haxo constituted the
main , but the birds failed to weigh In nnd
the number was reduced to five , the lowest
weight being 4 12 , nnd the topnotchcrs 5.1u
nnd 6OS.
For the first fight Iowa put Into the pit
a white muff weighing 12. while Omaha
was represented by n Mississippi Athlete ,
n trim looking red chicken , which weighed
one ounce less than the Iowa rooster. One
pitting was sulllclent to decide the battle
In fnvor of the Omaha champion , n.s the Iowa
chicken was k'lled ' during the first shuffle.
The second fight lasted n full hour , the
birds being pitted no less than seventy-
eight times On the Hcvonty-olshth pitting
the lown chicken , being breasted , failed to
respond , put his beak Into the ennd nnd
was duly counted out. Iowa In this fight
pitted n Grist Champion , weighing G 0 ,
white Llml handled for the Ncbraskans a
white pile , which , while weighing only an
ounce Ices than the Iowa cock , looked"
ns If ho wan at least a pound heavier. After
n few pitIngs ! both bltds were blind In ono
ejo and the. fighting was more or less tame.
When they succeeded In getting together ,
however , the pile had the best of it in
most of the plttlngs , especially after the
twenty-ninth pitting , when the Iowa bird
was gaffed in the ba e of the brain nnd was
"crarj" for the balance of the fight. At
the seventy-eighth pitting , vvhon every ono
was hoping that the end would como , the
lown bird , on being breasted , failed to
keep his feet , but quietly lay down nnd
sinking his hcnd into the rand was per
fectly content to let himself be counted
out , while the pile stood over him on ono
leg , watching to see If he would como to
the scratch once more.
This gave two fights of the main to the
Omaha contingent and things were com
mencing to look decidedly blue for the men
from Iowa , but the next fight went their
way nnd some of their money came back
from the pockets of the Ncbraskans.
For the third light lonn put Into the pit
n splendid pllo that looked like a fighter
nil over , while the Nebraskans pitted n
"Cleburne" red bird. Iowa weighed in nt
fi 9 , ono ounce the better of the Nebraska
cock. No sooner had the word "down ,
cocks , " been given than the pile made a
dash for the red bird nnd one of the prettiest
shuffles ever seen In a pit was witnessed.
A few seconds sufficed for the pile to get
his gaff homo and as Llnd picked up his
bird for another round the chicken's head
dropped and he was n dead one
The fourth fight gave the main to Ne
braska. Iowa put Into the pit n brown red
at C 10 nnd money was fieely offered on It ,
but there were few takers which , ns it later
proved , was n lucky thing for the sportra from
the Ilawkeve state. Nebraska pitted a
"Race Horso" and Llnd , when ho handled
the bird In his corner , thought ho was a
goner , but the chicken proved a gamer one
than ho looked. Hoth birds fought gamely
for the first few plttlngs and It looked as
if the Ilrown Red had nn easy thing before
him The Ilnce Horse proved n slow bird ,
despite hid name and it was not until after
twenty plttlngs that he pulled himself to
gether and gave the Red Drown more than
ho was looking for Both girds became
blind In the early stage of the fight and
had to bo breasted At each breasting the
Race Horse got the best of it and the Ued
Urown had to be frequently released from
the other chicken's gaffs. The Red Urown
nt the thirty-sixth pitting turned tail and
Jumped out of the pit , thus losing the fight
nnd giving the main to Nebraska.
1 The first fight with the "big ones" was
declared off much to the regret of the
sports , as they had been looking for a battle
for their money from the heavy weights.
Following the main a number of scratch
fights were brought off.
Davis eells paints
THAMI'S HOLD IT PA It II 1IAM1S.
Two IOIIIIK Men from CIINN County
llll < - \ IM | of Tlii'lr runilM.
John Wilson anil Pete Nichols , two farm
hands from Cass counly , complained to the
police jewterday that they had been held
up nnd robbed by a tramp n few miles this
hide of Wcston , on the Rock Island tracks.
Wllhon nnd Nichols decided Saturday aft
ernoon to come to the. Hluffs and boarded
n boxcar at Atlantic. In the car a tramp
had already made himself nt home nnd the
three were soon on friendly terms. Just
| ns the train was pulling Into AVeston the
j train crew put the two farmers and the
tamp off and they started toward the Bluffs
along the track. As they were crossing
the long trestle just this side of Wcston
the trnmp suddenly drew a revolver and
ordered the two farmers to hand over what
ever money they had about them. They
both expostulated , but the tramp , with an
oath , said ho would blow both their heads
off If they did not get quick action on them
selves and hand over tholr cash. Wilson
had $17.fi5 , which he was forced to sur
render , nnd Nichols , In nddltlon to his gold
watch nnd chain , was forced to give up
$19 75.
] As soon as ho had the money , the tramp
told tl'o two farm hands to "right about
faco" and start back in the oppnslto di
rection. Not wishing to have their heads
i blown off , the two farmer lads obeyed nnd
j the tramp continued on his way. As soon
as he wins out of plght they retraced their
steps and on reaching this city at once
notified the police. A search of the rail
road yards was made , but no trace of the
trnmp was to bo found.
DajllKht Tln.fl.
The dry goods store of Wondbury & Cul
ver , on Main street , was entered by n thief
jesterday afternoon In broad daylight nnd
| robbed of considerable goods and about
$15 In cnsh The thief secured an entrance
through the front door by mcnns of n skeleton -
! ton key After loading himself with his
! booty he made his exit by the rear door
! Into the nlley. The robbery was discovered
| shortly after by II F Culver , ono of the
I members of tbo firm , who , on going to the
1 store , found the both doors unlocked. A
hasty examination of the stock showed that
I eleven silk waists , n number of pairs of
I whltn silk gloves nnd novel a ! boxes of hand-
I kerchiefs and other small articles were
! missing. Tbo money drawer , which had
'
contained $ ir > In change , had been emptied ,
! H was said Inst night that the pollo had
obtained n clew to the thief and that they
hoped to have him behind the bars before
long.
Aioillec'Hi' | h trol. i' ,
OhKNWOOD , la , Jan. 14. ( Special. )
Dr. C IJ. Dcsb ) shell , the oldest practicing
, jibjfllclan in Mill. county , was stricken with
l npoplcxy last evening Frank Weathcrhead
called at the * doctor's ofilce for medicine
nnd found him unconscious. Ilo was car
ried home , where he has lain In a camatoea
condition , gradually falling , since. Dr.
Hosbyshell was a surgeon In the civil war
nnd has always been nn active practitioner
In Glenwood since that time
Iliuli'd lij Wlfo > iimlM > r Two ,
SIOUX CITY. Jan. 14 The remains of
Dr. Gustavo Mahe. whose body two wives
claimed , was burled today by wife No 2.
Although wife No 1 In San Francisco de
manded custody of the remains , local olll-
dals decided in Issue a burial permit tn
v Ifo No 2 and she had charge of the cere
monies More sensational developments are
expected.
IT pint iTiini iini rro'iinpor\ ?
LEGISLATURE MEETS 1UESDAY
First Ballot Will Than Ba Oast for United
States Senator.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THE ELECTION OF GEAR
Joint Convention ( o lip llelil on
AVcilnenilny Will Also > ninlnuti-
Cnnillilato for Mate 1'rlntiT
of Iit'K
DES MOINES , Jan. 14. ( Special. ) On
Tuesday afternoon the recess of tbo town
legislature will be over. Both houses will
then meet , each in its individual chamber ,
to tnko n ballot on United States senator.
The following day , January 17. nt noon , ns
pi escribed by net of congress , the two houses
will como together nnd compaie votes on the
election of th ? preceding day. If the votes
tally , nnd they unquestlonnbly will show n
full republican vote for Senator John H.
Gear , the formalities of the closing of the
most bitter political light In the annals of
lown politics will ho concluded. Besides the
name of John H. Gear , thcro will bo that
of Hon. Fred White , last democratic candl-
date for governor In the state , for whom the
democrats cast their votes. There Is con
siderable gossip over the narrowness of the
escape of the democrats In their caucus last
week from dividing their forces on the
money question. The gold democrats stilt
clnlm that they had enough votes to have
nominated lion Cato F. Sells , the promi
nent gold democrat residing at Vlnton , la. ,
had lhat gentleman not withdrawn his name
fit in the caucus and mndo It Impossible for
them to cast their votes for him. The Joint
convention will also determine who shall
bo the next stnte printer nnd binder In
town. Bernard Murphy of Vlnton , la. , will
bo named state printer , and Howard Ted-
ford of Mt. A > r. fitnto binder. The democrats
named no candidates for thcsp offices , de
claring they did not care to glvo the olll-
ccs that much recognition.
Theio Is likely lo bo another effort to
abolish the offices of state printer and
binder , though It will unquestionably be
futile. The one two > ears ngo failed nnd
the fact thnt the republicans have nnmed
candidates this > enr practically removes nny
possibility of such nn aotlon being tnkcn.
The democrats , however , are decidedly in
fnvor of abolishing these offices , vvlvro
boodle has been the chief feature in the
pnst , and they will undoubtedly put them
selves on record ngalnst their continuance
nnd In favor of the state letting Its printing
and binding out by contract or of putting
In its own plant
of tlli' Sl'SNlotl.
Nearly evcribody believes the assembly
will bo in session at least 100 days. Lieu
tenant Govcrnoi Mllllman , president of the
senate , has put himself on lecord that the
session will last that long and this Is gen
erally approved by the members who are
In closest touch with matters which are to
tome up for consideration. Next to the
Icglslallon on schools , which is conceded to
be the biggest task before the assembly ,
the question of appropriations Is one which
vlll demand attention. The largest appro
priations , as usual , will be asked for the
state institutions. The Board of Control
has asked for appiopriatlons aggregating
$759,572 OS for special purposes and ? SO,000
for land for the thirteen eleomosjuary ,
penal and reformatory institutions under
its charge. The Statp university wants
$60,000 annual support fund and the con
tinuation of a one-tenth of a mill tax for
five years. The State Agricultural college
wants as much and I he State Normal school
department Is likely to bo enlarged by the
establishment of hcvcral additional schools ,
four new ones having been lecommended
bj the governor in his biennial message.
Tbo governor stated also in this document
that there was at least $1,200,000 available
for appropriations this year and he recom
mended npproprlatlons In keeping with the
large surplus in the treasury.
Aiiproi'riiillollN.
Senator Warren Garst of Carroll county ,
chairman of the senate committee on ap
propriations , sajs ho believes the work of
the appropriations committee will be as
hard , if not harder , than two years ago ,
when everj thing had to he pared to the
utmost to accommodate the deficit in the
state treasurj , for the more money there
Is the more demands there will be. Senator
Gnrst Is ono of the most Influential mem
bers in the upper house of the assembly
Ho was a supporter of the Board of Control
measure which passed the last assembly
and became n law only two jcars ngo and
ho believes that the present piospcrous
condition of the state treasuiy Is due to the
careful and economical administration of
the present Board of Control as 'much as
to any other one thing. Senator Garst has
said ho believes the State Board of Con
trol Is n fixture In Iowa and this Is the
general belief. Thcro will bo no effort
to abolish the now board and if there Is , it
will have few supporters. There will doubt
less be some changes iii the present laws
governing the board nnd Its management
of the Institutions under its charge.
Among the measures pertaining to the
educational Interests of the state which will
be the most important under consideration
is the ono proposing to establish new nor
mal schools , one to establish the township
hjsteni In the country mid otherwise 1m-
prose the schools of the rurnl districts , nnd
several measures locking to the Improve
ment of the thiec existing educational iu-
stitutlons the State univeislty , the Stnte
College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
nnd the ono normal school now In existence
There- will be n proposition for compulsory
education , and one for free text books , niul
the private and denominational Institutions
of the statci will ask for legislation putting
their graduates on n level with those of the
stale schools In the preferment of state
certificates.
Speaker Bowen's house committees will
probably bo announced not later than
Wednesday , though they may possibly coma
Tuesday , though they aie not jet In the
hands of the printer. Until these me an
nnunced llttlo can bo done In the house in
the way of getting down to business.
IMcniMif .Hull Fill In.
ONAWA , In. , Jan. 14 ( Special ) S H
Greek cf Illencoe , Monona count , has filed
a voluntary petition In bankruptcy and
gives the following list of unsecured claims
Wlnona Manufactuilng company , $1300
Blencoo bank , $1,125 , Cunningham & Gray
$350 ; A. C , Webster , $40. T .M. O Iognn
$50. Peter Kelly. $100 , J. M Hnlhanoy
Onav.a , $ 'J ' , L D. Hlgby , $9 , McCormick
Harvester and Manufacturing companj
$100. Total liabilities , $3,107 No assets
are given.
lillirar ) for Olliimun.
OTTUMWA , ! a. Jan 14 Andrew Car
negie will probably endow Ottumua with e
$50,000 library building. The only restrict
Ing proviso is that the city vote a $5 OOC
annual 'ax to maintain tbo Institution The
city council 1ms tacitly agreed to pass an
ordinance to this effect.
Size doesn't Indicate ijuaili'Ilenare at
I counterfeit and worthless salvo offered for
DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve DeWltt's I *
the only original. An Infallible cure for
piles and all fikln diseases.
" % ii , iiuiin ON 'i in :
Ollleo Mrnti-ui I. lulled vvltli
IMItiirlnl rcrMtlftilt ) .
"It didn't take much to Kick up a tow In
my town , where my father wag the editor of
the paper , " Mid the * on. who lives In New
York to n New York Sun reporter
"You wouldn't think , " he continued , "that
nn asterisk nt the end of n political an
nouncement would set people to wondering
Well , It did , or they did , for there were sev
eral nsterlaks. There were no pilmnrles or
conventions at the timeo ? which I speak
When a man wanted an office ho announced
thnt fnet In the newspapers. Some ! lines n
call would be printed , signed by many tax
payers nnd prominent citizens , urging some
ninti lo allow his name to be used nt the
etipulng election.
"Tho announcements began lo appear
nl out six weeks before election. They helped
out the exchequer Immensely 1 < ifton heard
my father nay , when ho was pressed to buy
something for the home , 'wait until the
political announcements come In. '
"Tho asterisk war of which I spoke oc
curred the jenr before the civil war. The
ni.nouncements had appeared sooner thin
usual. The asterisk appealed nt the end of
some announcements , nnd the question of
that day was , 'What Is the meaning of the
star In 'Squire Blank's announcement' ' '
" 1 remember that several citizens called
nt my father's house that night nnd asked ,
In the most surlous manner , If ' 'Squire
Blank wis all right on the goose1' That
wa * the query of that ago when jou wanted
to know If a man stood well socially , po
litically or financially. In this case It re
ferred to the 'sccesh' proclivities of 'Squire
Blank. My Mthor Informed the citizens
that he was glad to say lhat 'Squire Blank
was nil right on the gooso.
" 'Then there Is Judge Hash , ' said the
chairman of the cominlttoe. 'ho Is not nil
right on the goose' , ' My father hastened to
coricct the chairman by snyl"g that Judge
Dash was one of the ver > first men In town
to get all right on the goose While the
committee was tijlng lo satisfy Itself at the
sideboard 'Squire Blank rushed In without
waiting to pass the compliments of the dav
nnd , thumping on the table , he asked
vehemently 'See hero , what do > ou mean
by sajlug In vour paper this morning that
I am ot all light on the goote' ' *
"Before my father had a chance to ex
plain Judge Dash lushed in with nil the
characlerlsllcs of a fighler. He didn't stop
to say onj thing about the weather , but
bristled up and demanded to know why
the C > clo that was the name of the paper
had Intimated that ho wns not all right on
the goo e. B > that time that was the
unanimous inquiry hi the room. My fnthcr
had put on some war paint by thnt time
and demanded an explanation 'If It's a joke. '
ho said , 'all right , and Hie sldeborad Is open
But It you have come lo mo seriously about
this , tell me what jou mean , for I'm damned
if I know. '
" 'Squire Blank was the fltst to bo heard
It's this was , ' ho said 'When the Cycle
came out with my announcement It had a
star after mj name , and some of my neigh
bors said that spoiled as not all right on
the goose. Now wlial did jou mean bj
that "
" 'Yes , and what In the dickens did you
mean by not putting ono after my name ? '
broke In Judge Dash. 'My friends came
lumbering Into mj court room this morning
and wanted to know If I wasn't all light on
the goose , and said that the Cycle said 1
was , not , and that no star following an an-
ncuncement means that the candidate is not
all right on the goose , and it has cost me $1
to provo lhat I am what 1 am. "
"My tnther gnvo a hearty laugh that shook
the stoppers out of the decanters and ex
plained 'Why , my dear friends , It's a busi
ness olllce mailer. You see we have a new
fule In the business office that where a man
pajs in advance for his advertisement or
announcement the bookkeeper puts an aster
isk on it , and the printer sets It up , so when
the bookkeeper goes to post he does it from
thj paper , don't you see' Asterisk , cash ,
no asterisk , cicdlt. That's all. Have some
thing with me , gentlemen. '
"At the top of the Hist editorial column
of the Cjclo the next day was this para
graph.
" 'Politically , every candidate who nn-
nouncch In the columns of the Cjclo Ib all
light on the goo = e. '
"And It was but n few dajs befoio an
asterisk wns at the end of every announce
ment. H wns what my father called 'busi
ness ofilco strntegj' , linked to editorial
' "
pertplculty
i > ni , Ainioint AS A nit VKIM \ - , .
ChlrnK < > Millionaire Iliul n llrlff mill
t'llSIKMM'SKflll ' Cliri'lT.
Gcorgo A. Sheldon , depot master of the
Lake Shore station at Adrian , Mich , who
died on October 23 , after fort > -blx jears of
continuous service with the Lake Shore
company , was u veritable encyclopedia of
railroad Incidents , and bis well-told talcs , If
repeated in his own select phrase , would
rank ns classic literature His nanatlon.s
were confined to nctualllles , thus giving
them n real value , sajh the Detroit News He-
was many years a conductor , and among
the best of the Incidents ho i elated the fol
lowing :
"Ono day there stopped aboard my train
a well dressed , business appearing man ,
who , as he tendered his fare , remarked
" 'I sco you are still on the road , Mr
Sheldon. '
" 'Yes , I am still nt It , ' I replied , 'but I
am not certain that I remember you , Ihough
I think I have seen jou before '
" 'Yes , jou have iiecn mo before , ' empha-
sl/cd the passenger , 'and while jou doubt
less have forgotten It I still remember that
! GRA8H-Q !
Remember that name when you want a
delicious , nppetlzlncr , iiourtalilnir food drink
j to take the place of coffee Sold by all gro.
I rers nnd liked by all who tmvc used it.
drnln-O Is made of pun- grain It aids di
gestion nnd strengthens , the nervri It IH
, not a stimulant , but a health builder and
the children as well as the adults ciii
1 drink It wllh great benefit f'o'-is about
} 4 as much as coffee 15c and 2r > c per pack-
une. Ask your grocer for Qraln-O
v u on t dll mo ttP | Rrfx'pfll ' fnr o' nn
I f < > Pome to my xont when jou get urn.
ii 1 I 11 tell jou about It
When I hnd nnlohcd rollfetlnR fnrrs 1
dropped Into the strangefB * ent , nnd he
continued ' \enrs tiR" 1 wns feur da\s
lirnVrnmn aboard j-our trnln At the end of
the four days jew took me nMde nnd re
marked In tx tone of sjmrmthy "I'm sorry
to lia\o to tell jou flo , but thoifnct Is joting
mnn , > ou nio too much of n fool lo e\er
mnko A good rnllronder. Take my advice
nnd quit ' t took jour advice nnd went
Into other busltuss nnd the result Is I innde
ft fnlr foi tune. 1 thank jou , Mr. Sheldon ,
for jour wlso counsel'
" 'Wlint it. jour uanie1' ' ' 1 nsked.
" 'Phil 1) . Armour of Chicago , ' replied my
rx-brakenirtii , 'nnd I flhnlt nlnnyn remember
jour kindness. I wns A stupid railroader ,
find jou advised me ( or my good. '
"Until this lnter\le > \ \ , " added Mr. Sheldon ,
"I never suspected thnt Philip I ) . Armour ,
tlio packer , \\na thr brnkcmnn I dis
charged jenrs bi'foio "
Miss riornlce Newinnn , who has been n
great sufferer from cmiseulnr rhreumatlsm
snja Clininberlnlu's Pain Halm Is the only
temedy thnt affords her rjllcf. Miss Newman -
man Is a much respected resident of the vil
lage of ( ! rny , X Y , nnd make this state
ment for the bciiPlH ot other ! ) sllmllnrly
nllllcted.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Tli rrti trill UK Moililaj niu Partly
Cloinlj 'I'nesiln ; Midi
\VluilM In V'liriiM
WASHINGTON. Jnn. H. forecast for
Mondaj nnd Tuesday
1'or Nebraska , Knnsnn and Missouri-
Threatening Momlaj ; partly cloudy Tucs-
dav , \ arlablolndH. .
Tor South liakoln Threatening Monda\
prubablj fair Tuesdnj' ; southeasterlj winds
Vnr Iowa Threatening Moiulaj wiili
light rain In eastern portion , threatening
Tuesdaj ; east to southeast winds.
l.oeiil Itt'cortt.
arrtcn op run wnATiiru mmnAiT ,
OMAHA , Jan. -Omnlut record of tem
perature am' precipitation compared wlih
the eoiiesyondliiff day of the last three
1500 IS1" 1SOS 1S17
Maximum tenuieintute. . W 4. ! u 2i !
Minimum tcmpernturc . . . Si L"l 2Ti 10
A MM .ice tempetatuio. . . . ! ! fi l7 ! ; > n 1'J
1'uiii lliitlou 00 vo T T
lUeord of temperature and precipitation
nt Omaha for this daj and since March 1 ,
ISO'J
Notmal for the ilnv 17
Excess for Jhe dav VI
An uinuliitpil nxcesM since Mutch 1 fill
NVimal lalntall for the day O liub
Ilellelencv f u the day 02 Inrb
Tntil i.ilnfall mnee Mnreh I..38 in liu h , > s
llcliilriuy slnro Slnreh 1 I-If ! Inches
nellelenix for cot jiorlnd , IRIS 4 01 liu lies
Dcflcli-ncj' for cor period , 1R'I7 10.113 liu his
lIcjMirt from sditliiim nt H e. in.
° °
STATIONS AND STATE ! nll
OP WEATHER , c
Omaha , clear : : r , | no
Noith 1'latle , partly cloudy 41 ID
Salt I.ako City , tloudy
Che\enno , cloudv in
Rapid City , partly cloudy 01
lluion , cloudy 02
Wllllston , foKR/ 21 00
21Rfil 00TO
ChieiiKo , cloudy Rfil TO
St UouN , clear i 01
SI I'.ml , eloudj I ii'-l ' 00
n.i\enpoit , nloellng | .02
llclenii , partly Lloudy " .00
Kansas C'ltv , clear 501 none
Havre , < leaf no
lllsmiirek , snuuliiir is "nl 11 ;
Ciiilvcstnu , clear .00
1-ocal Toiecnst Olilclal.
PERFECT
W ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY.
Used liy people of refinement
for over u quarter of a century.
YOU KNOW IT 15 TRUE
Thnt is if it is Told You
by a Neighbor.
These Statement * rc by Persons
Whom We are Willing
to lleltcve.
If a person you re poct tells you ( omo
< litnR , } o bt > llc\p him. You may not know
the perron whose statement we publish In
this nrtkle. but jou can easily kno\\ him ,
because wo give you his name niul address
nnd ho lives right here In Omaha. That is
the way we do , wo Rho you Iho names ol
people miiiR In this city who have , used
Morrow's Kld-iie-olds for backache nmt kidney -
noy tioublca. because wo vnnt jou to con
sult three pcoplo about the good Kid-no.
olds ha\o dour them.
Mr. John Sw.uiFon , printer , 311 South
lth St. sa\8 "I heaitlly reci < tumouil
iMorrow'8 Kld-ne-olds to people who nre
suffering from kldnej bacUmhe 1 took
Kld-ut'-olls according to directions and they
roUffvod me completely of backache and I
Imvo not experienced the toast symptoms
of the trouble since "
Morrow's Kld-nc-olds are not pills , but
Yellow Tablets ami sell at lift ) cents n box
\ > \ all druggists and by the 'Mjors- ' Dillon
limp Co
MftllrJ on ro-elpt of price Mnnufaeiurfd
b > John Moirow & Co. , Chemists , Spring-
Meld , Ohio.
CHARGES LOW.
McGREW ,
SPE , IALIST ,
TrtAtiallFo-nucI
DISEASES AND
DISORDERS OF
MEN ONLY.
22 Years Fxperltnct.
12 Wan In Onuhs ,
FI.ITTIliriTY i n.I
, Ml IIK'AI , ' 1 reatmcti.
combined Varlioictn ,
Stricture , Syphilis , f < ossuf V Icorand Vitality !
rt'ltrs oriUASTVKD. Charprn low. HOJ1I !
TKEITJH'M. Iloolt , CoiibtiUatlonniul Kxam-
litatlnii Krcc. ilonrs.Ba ra.loD ; 7tn8ti m.
Similar , 9 to 12 P n. I < T 7 ( * Offirp. N. rX
Cor. HiUaud r.in.am Sir. u 1MA1JA. KILt
JOHN G.WOODWARD&CO.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS
'COUNCIL ' BLVFFS.IOWA *
TIII : iinu WAVI. ' ADS 4W
n msii/rs.
, rJREE ADVICE bi out physicians and a FREE SAMPLE . ! &
S BCriblii'S.vmm8 ' nr ° P Hor7 , ° TroQtmpnt-a 1U.-P go n.uiVratea book deV
. . . . . . . .
? p.iSJ.yplom ! | ( < .ftncauso | or diseases with Den ire iiuieni , , also many valuable OSk
receipts and I prescriptions In plnlii languttKe BiivlnR you heavy doctor' ; , 111 Iii ; as. for It W
$ ° \ s f i _ r * * . #
> " enovator i
n. J. KAY MKUIPAL CO. , Sn rntnKn Spring , , y , Y.
lli.it our prices are always
moderate Examine them for yourself.
Telephone
Silver Fillinss $ i ' no
Gold Alloy Fillintrs i'oo
' ' " "
Pliilinnin Alloy TilliiiffB . . . . . . . line
, ' , J'UllnL'h ' t > , ( ) ( ) an ( ] j ,
Crowiw a.0i ) mill ui
H , fl. Woodbury , D..D. S- , Council Bluffs ,
Next to
If you have stoniiieli , Ihcr or Kldnoj tumble , miller iiom iwln In jour back , or
rheiimaliMi ) , link if scxultun \ ; eaullj to beiomc Ilicil or lalitfned , jou need clcctiiclh.
You ilo nut nci'il something to siliniilatc the ncne . hut . \ on mod smcthijiK lo'
supply this ilHIclfiicy of nerve Italltj. 011 need sunn thine ID cause u , , . OIKIIIIN to
IH'i'lonu their priiei' , | fuiKlloiis ; that IH , , \ou need lune In Hie ncnoim sjsleni and In
the hi oil , sonn thlu tn eiuall/i- | the c-lienlallon of the lilonil and risioie jour vitality
Theie In one thliiff. which Is nature's nun n-nu'ily. that \\lll do this' , and thai' IH
Lledtldl.vhea It is projet'lj applied. It will penuuiir-ntly rrstoie ' MIIII- nerve loini
and oiniall/.e the clunlatl n , then jour oi ans \ \ \ \ \ et that \IKOI UMI' nature Intended
them to , and health is yours.
, BE ETTS ELECTRIC BELT.
It places a stead ) , eu'n , mild current In the system whil \uu sleep , The weak-
ened nerve nuluall.s ab oilm the current , the circulation h/.ed IhioiiKlioiit the
whole Hjstem , and jou get up Invigorated. Its elleit is pennsin nt and not teniponuy
Idlel.
The leason Hi' licnnutt It fiutWHsful In lieatluw eases of t his kind IH that , lu
stead of the liaic metal eleclr ICH | , used on all other hells , wide ll burn and bllHtor , ho
uses SOTT .SI'H.NCIJ nuCTIUII3 ; ) , his exclUHlve patent , the o nly Imlt In tin ; woild
that has It. which allowK a heiny cuncnt ot ICIectilclty to cut. r HID Hysteni without any
iinplcaK.ininchH or lunniux. II has cined thousands ot palli-nlx , alter all other ruiucdlcH
! m\r tailed. II Is aiian ed paitiiulailj to suit e.uh case , and Is a permanent cuiu for
Ithcuniatlsm , Kidney Il\ci and IJladdur Tumbles , J , hi M.uilio oil , CoiiHtlpatlon , etc.
( iiaianleiMl the M.oip'si Heir made
Write or i.ill and p ' lltciatiire upon Ibis mallei 011 wil 1 ( andldly be told
\\lnllni I.lci lih it\ \\ill help joii or Hot Sold lil > lij
1 FIT'S PLFCTRSfS RiFB T Kooins ' t 2i.
I I O E fciU.J B IBOul tieila I f Douglas
H.ijJen'.s Corner 16th and Dodge Streets , Omaha Neb.
OKFIC ! , HOII ! { turn s .lu a in to * . ' ! ( ) p m Suiulius from 10 ; IO a in to 1 p. rti