THE OMAHA DAITjT T5TDE : TUESDAT , JAXTAttV 10. 1000.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
M1MIH 1t\TIO.\ ! ,
Dnvls pls ! Klr .
rine A C beer , Xcumiyor'H hotel.
Wohbach burnora nt nixbj's. Tel. 191
HudweiHer beer I * HosenfeliH. nuent.
Dr. T. C Clark left josttrday on aislt
to Mdltip.
Mlwourl wood on tr.tck , In cnrloacl lots.
Tcleiiliono , IBM.
(3 A. Hullis hna goneto Chlcngo on a
hart business trip
Dr W. A Gprvali. oitcopath , SOI Mor-
rlnm block Council Hinds.
The plane to Imvcour frnmlnj ? ilnup ,
Alexander's Art emporium , 3X3 Hrondwny.
Get jour work done nt the iionulir Uaglo
laundry , 721 Hroaclttny. 'Phono 157.
W. C Kstcp. undortnkcr. 2S I'cnrt streot.
Telephonesonico , 97. residence. 33.
Joipph Mntlork It reported to bo lilnu
crloutly 111 nl his homo ut M A\PIHH-
.loo A. SnnilPKon of the Slou < City Trlb.
uno IH In the city \hltlntr rclatUes mid
friends
11 S lltitelilm left jpstprdny for spo-
kiuip. Wn h. , on a trip combining pleasure
and biiHlni x.
Mrs John H Wil ltt of Stut mnn itrcPt
has retiirne-d from a months \lslt wllli
friends In Sioux City
Sheridan coal makea ; law name and
clear tire but no smoke , soot or clinkers
Tcnlon & rolcy , sole nRcnts.
1'resldpnt Middon has called a niee
of the- Veteran rironu-n'H nssoclatlon
this evonlnt ; at No 3 hos > o hoii'o.
( Jeorfie A Kpnllne has returned from
Texas , where he purchased. 3 , < WO hca , of
II H Smith and Ida A nalll.'t , l.oth . of
Omaha , vvtro married In this city jester-
the cere-
Vlen performing
da > , Justice
" '
Terrier performtd the mY ! ? " ? ?
ceremony jcsterdaj for W 11 Jarksi n oC
Olcnwood and Mary McDowell of Council
Bluffs
Colonel D.avenport of the Burlington re
turned ycstordav from Tort lort"v f' | '
annual gathering
where ho attended the
of the tattle men.
Tor the lirst time In many months a force
of men was put to cleaning the flreol-t
[ Monday and the paving was visible foi the
llrst time this winter.
Miss I-rttini rilcklncer has gone to De
-
Slolncs to nmaln during the session of the
legislature , having been appointed clerk of
one of thu senatorial commltUes
The High school c-adet bnttnllon will be
Inspected b > Adlutant Ocmral livers on
the occasion of his visit here to muster In
Company Ij of the Tiftj-llrst regiment ,
Jowa National gu ird
Supervisor J M Matthews .mil J P
Spire returned jostorda > from Dos Mo lie" ,
where thej nitended the funeral oflllinin
Jlusson , grand ecrotii > of the Odd 1 el-
lows grand lodge of lowj
President Caspei has called a meeting of
the Merchants and Manufacture ! " asso-
clitlon fcjr this evening at the clt > hall .it
K o'clock There Is considerable Important
business to como before the association
The stock of the Peru Plow and Imple
ment compunv In the building adjoining
that of the Union Tranifor company was
badly d imaged l > y the btnoko from the tire
of Saturday night. The loss Is covered b >
Insurance.
The case against John L Price , ch irgcd
with cheating by fnlp pretenses , was dis
missed jesterdav Injustice Peirlers coutt
for lack of bulllctent evldonce to convict
This Is the cuso In which Mrs Ida Travis
charged Price with swindling her out of a
printing shop on South Main street
I. U. Mudge of Omaha and Miss Alice
Jlancock of thlu city were married Sun-
dn > afternoon at the home of the bride's
jiarents on North Ulirhth street , Hev S M
Perkins of the Pirst Christian church olll-
clating Mr and Mrs Mudgo will be nt
homo to their friends it C05 North Eighth
street after Januarj 20
The funeral of the late Mrs Alexander II
Prontioo will bo held this morning at 10 JO
o'clock from the Methodist church In Cres
cent Htv M M Cable of Dellance , ] a .
will conduct the services and Intoiment will
bo In the llnzc'l Dell cemetorj. The funeral
prooesslon.ill Icavo thq fumll > residence
In Crescent at 10 o clock.
Tim rosldcncp of GCOIKO H Patterson at
SIS fourth avenue , \\.is entered by thlives
Bunilni night dining the ubseiue of the fam
ily A considerable < iuanlit > of Jewelry was
HlolPii 'Iho fact that the IIOUKO had boon
lobbed was , not dli-c'oveml until a late , hour ,
when olio of the mcmbura of the family on
loturnlng homo found the house- had been
ransacke-d
An art exhibit and entertainment will bo
given at the Avenue B school Prlday after
noon and ovonlng of this week under the
auspices of the teachers of that building
assisted by Miss Blood , supervisor of
drawing , and Miss Porteilleld , supervisor
of music In the city schools An Intertht-
ing program of music and recitations hub
been urrunced.
County Treasurer Arnd hold the adjourned
tax sale Monday moinlng when a number
of parcels of property left nvc'r from the
llrst snlti were disposed of The number of
1 > uycrs was smaller than the previous sale ,
but the bidding for the mon deslrablo pU > < os
wan falily lulsk Tlio silo was adjoinmd
npiln to Kobruary 1J when another effort
will bo m ide to auction olt the remaining
unsold delliiauent pr.ooittv
Jamc-H Lyons a pltlnblo object , who has
heoii making the r'ty jail bU hond < iuarters
wlnoo wlnlci tommoined was taken Ixfoiu
the Hoard of Insanity Commissioners yes
terday and by It committed temporarily
to St Hornard s hospital An effoit will bo
made to Induii- his relatives In Pennsyl-
\anla to care for him Lyons In the earlier
days was a man of mo ins and owned oon-
dlilenililu hind In the vUinlty of Crescent
City.
May01 Jennings and City Clerk Phillips
will KU to Dos Molms Thursday nlpht to
attend a miotlng of thr committee on city
Kcvoinmont of tin Iowa , Lcaijuo of Munici
palities to bo hold In that tltv Iho follow
ing Oa > Tin commlltco will lovlso the
1)llls decided on at the last niootlim : of thn
IciiRlio hoforo having thorn piesinlid to th" > '
legislature State- Son itnr Ha/eltoii of this
city Is ill.ill mm of the sui.ito eommltteo
to which Huso bills will bo referred
N , Y. Plumbing Co Tel 2SO.
Hov. Thomas 13 Green , In a story of
the "Groat Criiwado. " Illustrated with 100
mngnlllcent uterroptlcoii views January 21 ,
Odd Follows' hall Tickets 25c. Dancing
at close
Licenses to wed wcro Issued vestcrdny to
the following persons1
Name and Hesldonco Age
A n. Mattiiz Council Uluffs . . . . 21
t'ora H WH ko , Council HluffH 17
\V 11 Jackson , aionwood la . . . 24
Ulary Mi Dow ill , Coiuull Uluffs , .10
O ( ' Townpi-nd. Council Hlufts . 2
M H llalf-i , ( "OIIIH II HliilTs 21
H U Smith. Oinuhi"i
Ida A UallUt uinnliii . 31
CONDENSED MILK *
Border's Condensed Milk Co. , N. Y.
FARM LOANS
Negotiated In Kastern Nebraska
nnd io u. Janies N Casady , Jr. ,
129 Malti St. , Council UUfta.
PIIPT i I\T TUP n 11 T i nn OITI
SUS1A1N THE BALLARD $11L $
School Board Sticks to Its Location for a
New High School.
ATTEMPT TO MAKE A CHANGE DEFEATED
1 cm In-r Alouro IN I inuooonnrul In UN
HlTortN to Unto Ilu > llniird'N
M-li-utlnsr tinItiillnril 1'rop-
e'rtj lloiioiilcil.
The Hoard of Education , nt Its regular
monthly moctlng Monday night , failed to re
scind Its action In selecting the Ballard
properly adjoining the Grand hotel on Plrst
avenue as the situ for the proposed new High
school building , although urged to do so by
Member Moore None of the members who
voted for this site seemed willing to take
upon themselves the responsibility of mak
ing such a motion , and the bonrd adjourned
leaving the matter still unsettled
The question was brought up at the close
of the meeting after the routine business had
nil been disposed of , by Member Moore ask
ing if there was any member who had voted
for the Unllard site who vvns willing to move
that such action bo rescinded Not having
voted for the site. Member Moore said ho
was prevented from tnnklng such n motion ,
although he would bo perfectly willing to dose
so Before any answer could be made to
Moore's Inquiry , Member Stewart moved to
adjourn , but failed of n second.
Member Moore then took the floor and
urged that the action be rescinded. He said
It would bo nothing short of nn outrage to
erect the building there , as It meant the
closing of the hotel and , what was more , no
body wanted It there.
Stewart again Interposed with a motion
to adjourn and secured this time a second In
Cooper , but on being put to the vote the no-
tlon failed to carry
sitMinrt KxiilnliiM lll.s 1'osltlon.
Palling In his motion to adjouna , Member
Stewart got on his feet and In a lengthy ad
dress explained his position In the matter
Ho said ho had always been In favor of the
Oakland nvemio property , but the state sup
erintendent had decreed that the school
could not be built there Ho had done the
next best thing , In his judgment , and that
was to vote for the Ballard property. For
his part he was not willing to rescind the
action selecting that site , neither would he
vote for It.
Member Henry asked "Arc you In favor of
building the school there' "
To this Stewart made no reply , but , con
tinuing , said there were not fifteen people
who were opposed to putting the school next
the hotel except It might bo the members of
the hotel company.
This statement brought Moore to his feet
with the declaration that ho was willing to
bet any money that ho could find 1,000 , or
eVen more , citizens who wore strongly op
posed to having the school located there.
Continuing , Stewart said that in his hum-
bio Judgment it was now the duty of the
board to consummate without further delay
the purchase of the Ballnnl property and to
Instruct the architects to prepare plans to
suit the site
President Sims then said that , although ho
did not vote- for the Dallard site , he would
not under any circumstances vote to rescind
the action unless It was coupled with a prop
osition to submit the question to the people
at the next or a special election , to secure
from them nn expression as to where the
school ought to bo located.
ThlN Srltlen It.
Again Stewart Interposed with a motion to
adjourn and being * again ecconded bv
Cooper , carried his point , the members be
lug evidently not willing to further pro
long the discussion.
At the opening of the meeting Thomas K.
Cnsady , acting for Simon Cusally , BUbmlt-
tcd a formal tender of the warranty deed
to the Oakland avenue property and also
made a formal demand for the payment of
the purchase price , $8,000 , and Interest at
ti per cent from April 17 , 1899 The board
unanimously voted to reject both the tender
of the deed and the demand for payment.
The following communication was re
ceived from the legal firm of Stone & . Tin-
ley , which hnd been retained by the hoard
to defend the district In the suit brought by
Casndy at a fee of $100
"Gentlemen We have the pleasure to re
port to you that the case- commenced by
service of original notice upon the district
for alleged contract prlco for what Is known
as the Oakland avenue site , was not carried
further than servlro of notice , as the plain
tiff failed to fllo the petition The failure
on the part of the plaintiff to file the pe
tition constitutes , under our statutes , a dis
missal It Is unnecessary for us to say-
that neither the school district nor ourselves -
solves contemplated the payment of the fee
provided by the contract under present con
ditions We therefore make no charge
whatever for the matter"
The bills of II O. Ilrulngton and John
CInrk for f57 50 and $50 , respectively , for
taking the shorthand noH > of the evidence
In the Smith appeal case before County Su
perintendent Sawyer and transcribing the
same for the appeal to the state superin
tendent , wcro referred to the secretary , to
report ns to the board's liability In the
matter.
Out ( 'DI-N tinTfli'ulionr. .
On motion of Member Stewart It was
decided to dispense with the telephone that
was plnced in the Wnshlngton avenue build
ing for the convenience of the High school
clnbs whllo occupying two rooms thero.
This building Is occupied by about 700 chil
dren and Member Henry opposed the re-
movnl of the telephone on that account
Member Stewart opposed the payment of
the $10 rent for the hall In the Masonic
temple used as an armory and drill hall by
the High school cadets The rental Is $20 $
a month ! , half of which Is paid by the ca
dets themselves A motion to pay the bill
( .revallcd , Stewart nlono voting against it
A bill for $ 'J. presented by Janitor Peter
son of the High school for extra work dur
ing the Christmas vacation , was rejected ,
ns there was no explanation forthcoming of
what thu extra work comprised.
Member Stewart opposed the payment of
thrco Janitors extra compensation , who had
been employed during the recent vacation
in placing the seats and desks and other
equipment In the now school at Cut Off.
but the majority of the board decided to
allow the bills
Superintendent Hay den called attention to
the nr-cetult ) of a sidewalk from Locust
etreet to the now school at Cut 0T ( to enable
the teachers and pupils to reach the build
ing without bavins to wade up to their
Knees In the mud The matter was referred
to the eommltteo on buildings and grounds
MiKlfiKH Will \lxlt l.onUlaUiro.
Superintendent Hnyden secured permis
sion for Principal Clifford to close the High
M.IIUO ! for one dnj In the. near future In
order that ho might take the members of
the senior and Junior clafsefi to Dea .Moines
whllo the legislature Is In scission for the
purpose of giving the. students a practical
lesson In legislative methods A operlal
train will bo arranged for to leave here at
about 6 a m . returning about T 30 p m
Kcduccd rates will bo secured and the- pupil *
will pay their own expenses. The classes
will bo accompanied by their teachers It
Is expected that about 100 will go.
N P Dodge presented a petition from the
residents In the neighborhood of the Woodbury -
bury school asking that they bo permitted
to u o the building for Sunday school pur-
POSCH. As Mr. Dodge offered to guarantee
that the building would not bo damaged
the request was granted. At the last meetIng -
Ing of the board this privilege had been
tnkcn away , ns complaints were made that
the books and other equipment of the school
tvera being damaged by the Sunday school
scholars.
CITS DOAVN TIII : iiioi.r.Mi\Ti ! .
I In 11 UK of Interim ! Itovciuu-
Mlotu-r Crc-nti-N t iinntcrntitlon ,
A recent order of Internal Revenue Com
missioner Wilson has caused consternation
among the deputy United States marshals
of this district and the majority of them
are seriously thinking of quitting Uncles
Sam's service. The order will have the cf-
feet of materially reducing their emolu
ments and will also seriously affect the
fees which the United States commissioner
and clerk of the district court now receive.
Another direct result of the order will bo
to abolish the periodical "bootleggers' con
vention , " which heretofore has been one of
the striking features of every term of federal -
oral court In this city and throughout the
southern district of Iowa
The order leqtllres that no arrests or
prosecutions for soiling liquor without the
requisite license shall bo made until the
collector of Internal revenue for the district
or his deputy shnll have Investigated the
case and satisfied himself that there hns
boon an Intentional violation of the law.
Deputy Collector M M. Parkinson , whoso
headquarters nro In this city , has received
the following letter from J. M Klmblo , his
superior officer and collector for the fourth
district of Iowa , with headquarters at Uur-
llngton :
I have a letter from Commissioner Wil
son calling my attention to the mnnv cases
that are being prosecuted In my dlstilct
and I nm Instructed that the policy of that
otlico Is such that moro care should be
taken In recommending these prosecutions
You nro ndvlsed that in the future you
will sign no complaints until you have In
vestigated the case and found whether the
party Is Intentionally violating ; the law
The commissioner btijtes ns follows"Jso
prosecution shall be commenced against
the accused unless ho Is found o be In
tentionally evading taxes , nor should It
bo done unless the case Is an aggravated
one" In other words unless you know
the party to have wilfully committed thN
crime you will not commence prosecution.
All cases should bo referred to this otllce
for flnal action
The carrying out of the commissioner's
order means that no deputy marshal shall
make an arrest for "bootlegging" until ho
hna referred the case to the collector of In
ternal revenue , who shall first Investigate
and satisfy himself that there Is an inten
tional violation of the law before he shall
fllo on Information before the United States
commissioner.
The majority of cnses coming before the
United States commissioners have Invariably
boon these of pcrwons charged -with "boot
legging , " which Is the common term for
selling liquor without a government license.
Heretofore the deputy marshals have made
the arrests and the deputy Internal col
lector of revenue has filed the necessary
Information on their say so. Now , under
this order , all will bo changed and the num
ber of arrests for bootlegging will be ma
terially decreased. It has been frequently
charged in the past that deputy marshals
have abused their position and that in ordei
to Increase their fees have made arrests of
alleged bootleggers on evidence which , when
brought before the federal grand jury , in
variably resulted In that body Ignoring the
charge , and ordering the release of the pris
oner. This , It is said , was particularly true
when there was no limit to the fees that the
deputy marshals received. When the pay
of the d'eputy marshals was restricted to a
certain limit about two years ago the num
ber of arrests for alleged violation of the
Internal revenue laws was noticeably de
creased and It was claimed that the mar
shals , aa soon as they reached the limit of
the fees to which they were entitled , loot all
Interest In further prosecutions.
The order of Commissioner Wilson will
save the government a largo amount of
money , as the prosecution of alleged boot
leggers has always been a costly Item owing
to the number of wltnosses subpoened In
each case and the distance that as a rule
they have to bo biought to testify , not only
before the commissioner , but before the
grand Jury , and then at the trial The
expense attendant on the prosecution of
some bootleggers has run up into hundreds
of dollars. Discussing the matter yesterday
Deputy Collector Parkinson said
"The order of the cominlfeaioner of In
ternal revenue will mean n largo decrease
in the number of prosecutions for boot
legging In the first place it will be utterly
Impossible to give every case my personal
attention and Investigation as required , and
secondly , In the past many persons have
been arrested and prosecuted where there
was no willful Intention to violate the law
Heretofore the deputy marshals have always
nctcd on the theory that Ignorance of the
law Is no excuse and hnvo always made an
arreht whcro there was the slightest pre
text for such The order will undoubtedly
envo Undo Snm considerable money and
It will also tend to cut down the pay of
the deputy marshals ns well as that of the
commissioners and the clerk of the diutrlct
court. The deputy marshals are naturally
up in arms against the order , but they
have no redress and will have to accept It
as final. It seems a lot moro work for mete
to do , but I will have to obey orders as
far ns I possibly can "
Colonel J J. Steadmnn , clerk of the United
States district court for the southern dis
trict of Iowa , sold the order of Commissioner
Wilson meant a loss In fees to him of aoout
$100 annually
Ilt-iil Ilxtad'i'raiiNfor.x. .
The following transfers were filed yester
day In the abstract , title and loan olllco of
J W. Squire , 101 Peail street
John Udwnrd Flavin and vvlfo to
George Schlndole , lot 7 , block S ,
Hyatt's RUbd q c d . . $ 10
Geori ? Schlndele and vvlfo to Minne
apolis Threshing Machine company ,
lot 7 , block 8 , Hyatt K subd w d 1,130
Adolph OoldHteln to Mrs Hello Gold
stein , lot 1 and und ' ? lot 2 , block
27. und U lots 15 and 16 , block II ,
und < 2 lot 12 , block H , und > < lot
5 block 25. und H lot C. block 23 ,
Doers' subd , und * & lot 7 , block 12 ,
Mullln's nubd v > . d S
Fred J Day and wife to Mary I *
Kvorett w 31 ft HO' sw'J I.-7I-I1 ;
vv d M
Thomati Olllcer and W II M Pusey
and wives to Peter Plimann , part
of swv 17-76-11 , w d . -1,000
Thomas F Dnnford and vvlfo to Mil
ton H Parks , s'i no > 4 21-75-40 ; vv. d 3 , < Xtt
Six transfers , total $9,015
Davis noils paints
lion lit Sdc-nil ( In * MOIII-J ,
Since the fact was made public that there
wan a handsome balance loft over in the
Fifty -llrst Iowa reception fund a number
of suggestions have been made for the dis
position of thlb surplus Mayor Jennings
Is In favor of utilizing a portion of It for
the purchase of a city ambulance \lder-
man Casper wants It to pay the subscription
of the Merchants' and Manufacturers asso
ciation to the Wardner , Glftenor Kfiush -
iifll company's building with Another sug-
gestlon Is that It bo employed in erecting
a monument to the members cf the Fifty -
first regiment or Company L who died In
service Seine favor buying medals for the
members of Company L with it. The mem
bers of Company L , however , want the
money for their new nrmory when they are
mustered Into the reorganized National
Guard The boys feel that they are en
titled to the money A prominent member
of the company nald yesterday
"The money was raised for the purpose
of tendering us n reception. We arrived
too late , however , for the general festivities
i and we feel that If any one Is entitled to
| that monuy wo arc. It was raised for our
benefit and Wo ought to get It. We are
going to equip and maintain a first-class
armory In this city when wo are mustered
In and we will need the money for that
purpose. "
DiilnitN In tilt Court * .
The hearing In the matter of the estate
of the late William Sledentopf was resumed
before Judge Thornell In the district court
yesterday and It now looks as If It will
bo a week or oven longer before the matter
. Is disposed of It Is said that In connection
I I ' with the hearing clceo upon 400 transfers
of property forming the estate will nil have
to bo Investigated nnd If this is done the
hearing mny last several weeks.
Judge Thornell nt the adjournment of
court yesterday evening went to Atlantic
nnd docs not expect to return hero before
Wcdncsdny or even Inter In the week The
hearing In the Injunction suit of Forrest
i 1 ' Smith against the city In the matter of
the electric lighting contract Is set for this
morning before Judge Smith , but ns the
plaintiff Is the judge's brother ho h.as declined -
clined to hear It This means that the case
will probably go over until Judge Thornell
Is able to tuko It US.
The grand jury resumed Its deliberations
yesterday morning and a number of wit
nesses were examined. Justice Vlen se
cured a hearing before the Jury and gave
his side of the case In the matter of the
retention by him of $190 from the county ,
which ho claims as due him for office rent
and other expenses connected with his of
ficial position.
Seth Sherman Spencer , n merchant of
Corning , la. , filed a voluntary petition In
the United States dlfctrlct court yesterday ,
asking that ho be declared n bankrupt
His liabilities are scheduled at $1,934 2C ,
but no mention of assets.
Dcrllilok Clult Meet Inn.
At the meeting of the Derthlck club last
evening the composers treated were Bellini ,
Donizetti nnd Berlioz The mooting was
well-attended and the following interesting
program rendered
Sketch of Llfo of Cellini Miss Hutli May no
Overture La Somnambul . Helllnl
Miss Cora Harle and Miss Knvo Travlu
Sketch of IJerlolr. . . . . Miss Mayno
Rom.mcp . . noldermann
Mr Chirlos P Steekclbertr
Sketch of Donizetti . Miss Mayne
llomanzn. from Anna Uolenn Donizetti
Mrs Robert Mullls
Fantasia on Norma ( arranged by Ley-
bnch ) Ue-lllnl
Miss Nora McC.abo
Quartette O , Columbia , We Hall Thee
Donl7ettl
Miss Stoll i Mclntyre , Mrs Robert Mullls ,
Mr W. S. Rlgilon , Mr. C IJ. Altchlson
Howell's AntI-"Kawf" euros coughs , colds.
SURVIVOR OF PLUM CREEK
Ail IfMia Wo nut it TellH of Hie MIIN-
, HIT Capture Iry Indian *
anil UHCIIIIC- .
ONAWA , la. , Jan. 15 To the Editor of
The Bee. Referrlns to the letter of George
M. Thomas of Nebraska City In The Sunday
Ilee , I would say that the massacre at
Plum Creek was on the morning of August
8 , ISC I , and Instead of being the stage , It
was Pletcher's outfit from Sidney , la. Eleven
men were kllle'J ' 'nnd two women canled
away by the Indians.
Mrs Nancy I'leichcr ( Morton ) , one of the
tno women mentioned , recently visited her
brother , S. II. Pletcher.one of the best known
farmers of Lincoln township , this county.
Mrs. Fletcher Morton lived at Lincoln from
1874 to 1SS4 and is well known here. Dur
ing her recent visit she related some of
her thrilling experience on that memorable
occasion. Mrs Morton , with her husband
and thirteen other persons , started from
Sidney for Denve'r. Ono night they camped
on Plum Creek. Early In the morning
about daybreak a party of sixty Indians , ac
companied by four white men , rode down
over the bluff where they were nnd attacked
the party , killing eleven of the men nnd
one boy , dettroylng all the property they
could not carry off and capturing Mrs. Mor
ton , whoso husband was killed. She was
a prisoner among the Indians from August
until the next Pobru.ary , when she was ransomed -
somod by the government , but , owing to
the treacherous character of the Indians ,
the ransom was paid four times , they recap
turing the prisoner each time until the last ,
when , mounted on a s.wlft horse and riding
100 miles the first day , nlic made her es
cape A faithful half-breed , who had con
ducted the arrangements , aided her Mrs.
Morton passed through some fearful expe-
ilenees at the hands of the Indians , and
only her courage and nerve enabled her to
survive The memory of the scenes Is
still vivid In her mind. She saw ono
woman priboner burned ut the stake and ex
pected herself to meet the same fute Atone
ono tlmo she was bound to the stake and the
flru started , but the Indians , struck with her
coolness and courage , put out the fire , sayIng -
Ing "White squaw heap bravo. " Mrs.
Morton suffered great privations during her
experience , at ono tlmo traveling four days
with nothing but a few berries to subsist
upon. Mrs Morton was married to her
pre&ont husband , Mr Stevens , some years
afteh her nscapo from the Indians After
living seven years In Monona county she ro-
raoved to Jefferson , Green county , la
SUHSUUIHDK.
Mnlir'H I'roli-nilril Wife a 1l5 U T > .
SIOUX CITY , la , Jan 1C ( Special )
The woman who had been living hero for
three yeais u.s the wife of Dr. Gustavo
Mahe , the suicide , says aa soon as ohc Is
strong rnounh sh'o will take the body back
to California for burial It is evident from
this that she doe ? not ftar to face the real
wlfo at San Pianclsco The body has bcon
Interred temporarily In the Catholic cem
etery In this city , and here It will remain
for avvhllo So far no ono has boon nblo
to find out \vho the woman really Is who him
be-on mabqueradlng as hln wife.
DES MOINUS , Jan. IB. The American
Malting company of Now York City suc
ceeded the American Spirits Manufacturing
company in the ownership of the old dis
tillery property in this city No .spirits have
been made hero since the prohibition law
wont Into effect several years ago , but the
property has been operated for malting pur
poses for Fomo years and will ho continue
until the law IH changed to permit the man
ufacture of tplrits The consideration was
about gSOO.OOO
r.rum nml Iliullr > Vwfroo.
ST l.Ol'IS , Jnn 15 W J Hryan and
Prof lladloy of Y.ilo unlveislty wore In
terview od today i dative to the latter b
proposal to ostiaclp < trust magn itos Both
uio agreed on thf Idc t that uncial recogni
tion xhould bo denied to any man onitaKOd
In a trust 01 am biiHlnoBs enterprise In
imical to the public wiilfaro and that the
public mind should bo educated to bee
those evils that exist In iho trutt Hyt > tom
Sli'iiiiHT DuilKfH Honolulu
SAN PHANcMFCO. Jan 15 The bttumer
( hliii arrived her todnv from the urliii
via ! i < nululu ' 1m chini did not ! K at
Honolulu but nn bored "T that ; x > rt the
Maw illii" mill foiliiR iiiirinl out 10 th > liner
on IUEH I i > t < > lunuurs ) > < horc had been
nlin'teen ni w < aBi-s of tin- plague The
illseafe Is now tb light to no well under con
trol of the health authorities.
DISCUSSING THE JODCESII1P
Legislators Talking About a Successor to
Judge Woolson.
SEVERAL CANDIDATES FOR THE PLACE
n rilrnili Clnlin Unit 'I ho >
Will ! Sm'croil In l.ntulliiK Their
linn rirnt llnllot on
Hcnnlor Toilii } .
ES M01NiS : , Jnn. IS ( Spcclnl Telo-
I'olltlclnnR hn\o spent the Icglsli-
the reewj illacuMliiR the probable appoint
ment of n successor to the late Judge Wool
sou on the federal bench , which Is expected
soon. There hns been n story current ted iv
that the Gear people ha\e made dlsco\ cries
\\hloh led to the conclusion that Judge Hor-
nco M. To\\nw of the Klghth district did
not remain trim to them during the Inte
senatorial light nnd so IIP \ \ \ \ \ not get the
appointment , tthlch has until non bicn conceded -
coded to him. The Gear people arc reticent
about specific charged In their dlscuBsloii of
the matter , but admit there la truth In the
story , the result ofvhlch IB that the can
dldaclcs of Judge Smith of Council Bluffs
| and Judge. Da\U of Kcokuk are being put
I In the lead , with chances between the two
about equal
I Hut Judge Towncr'i friends hn\o not gl\en
' up yet They Insist that they have another
'card ' to pin } , which will land their candl
date. It 13 believed this Intimation hns a
hearing on the candidacy of W. W Morrow
of the nighth district for state treasurer.
Morrow Is Inokctl upon as n Dear man and
It Is said that the Clear forces ha\o been
figuring upon his being a member of the
executive council e\er since ho was brought
forward for the ofllco six years ago and de
featcd. Judge Tenner's friends Intimate
that If be Is not gUcn the federal judgeship -
ship they will force him Into the rnco for
the supreme judgeshlp this jear , and should
thin bo done It would unquestionably blight
the hopes of the Gear people In getting
Morrow on the council. This being the
present situation , It looks as U the friends
of Judge Towncr stood at least another
clmnco of putting him on the federal
bench.
There Is still much feeling In political
circles against the appointment going to
the Ninth district , which han more than
n half doen federal olllccs now , while the
Eighth district hns but one , that of United
Statea attorne } for the southern district ,
the First district to claim the appointment
for Judge Da\is on the giouud that It hns
but few federal offices
H Is understood the Iowa delegation will
get together at Washington In the near
future and decide * the matter , lthough
many politicians belle\e the matter has
been practically decided by the- powers be
fore this and that nothing now can change
it.
The legislature convenes at 2 p m. to-
monow , when each house will ballot sep
arately .tpon United States senator. Re
publicans will cast their \ote for John H
Gear and democrats for Fred White , la'e
candidate for governor , and the following
daj both houses will meet In Joint conven
tion to compare \otca and make out the
certlflcnto of election for Gear.
Speaker Bow en sajs he will not announce
the house committees until Wednesday
morning. The belief Is still prevalent that
the speaker will be fair in his appointments ,
giving special consideration to the Cum
mins and Cnton men , and no surprises are
anticipated The bill to provide for three
or four new normal schools In Iowa , the
most Important mensuro to come up at this
session , will probably be introduced this
week.
MINERS DEMAND AN INCREASE
DIITeroiif I'lclilx Viirj In L'Ntlinnio
from Fifteen to Twciitj-
I'Ue CenlM Per Toil.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. , Jan. 1C. A close
approximate of the credentials committee
showed that at least eighteen states were
represented In the national convention of
the United Mine Workers of America when
that Ixidy convened In Masonic hall t-jday.
The wage question will be the paramount
consideration. Some of the dlslilclh have
already framed their demands. West Vli-
glnla wants 15 cents extra a ton ; Ohio wants
20 cents moro n ton and several other dis
tricts make similar demands. In Kansas
they want a large Increase.
It ifi said that the Indiana delegates have
decided on a demand for a flat dlffeientlil
of 7 cents per ton on machine mining The
bituminous miners work on a different basis
from those In the block Held Some of the
bituminous men think that they ought to
have nt least 25 cents n ton increase.
John Blue , president of the Indianapolis
Ccntial Labor union , welcomed the delegates
to the city. P J Keenan , chairman of the
credential eommltteo , reported that his
committee would not bo ready to report until
tomorrow
The convention unanimously Invited
Samuel Compere , president of the American
reiteration of Labor , to make an address
Hampers tpoko at 2 o'clock Hoforo the
morning session adjourned President
Mitchell appointed Thomas Davis of Ohio
Steven Corbln of Michigan and Ilarnoy
Naveln of Indiana a committee on rules and
order of business.
rtuu iTiHncno ura H oinmc.
Out } ' a l' Mi llniiilri-d Intnliril lit
Prom-lit , but Trouble Mn >
Siircacl.
CLEVELAND. Jan 15 Ofllelals of
the National Association of Hod Mill Work
CTS claim that the roil men ate out today
at all of the several mills controlled by the
American Steel and Wire company In this
cityWhile
While there arc only between 200 and 300
men Involved nt present. It Is declared that
unless the demands cf the rod men are con
ceded by the company within a very few
days the mills will bo compelled to
clobo down In practically all department ! )
This would affect several thousand men In
Cleveland.
Chairman Hates of the American Steel and
Wlro company today made the following
statement concerning the strike of roil mill
men
"Our company has 28.880 men on Its pay
roll at the present time Of thlb number
not to exceed 400 are In the Cleveland dis
trict asking for an advance of 10 per cent
as against the advance of 7'i per cent
which we granted on January 1.
' These men are known as rod mill men
and work In four of our mills In Cleveland
nnd will probably cause us to suspend oper
ations there. We have a total of twenty-ono
rod mills and are taking tin ? product of
thrfo moro under longtime contract , no that
wo have the product of twenty inlllfi nut of
twenty-four , running day and night , whlih
Is practically all the rod wo can dispose
of In flnlshe I product |
"It IK barely possible that those men may
object to the 2'i per cent that wo are put-
Horsford's ' Acid Phosphate |
Strengthens the exhausted and con
fused brain , relieves nervous headatho
and induces refreshing Bleep.
Ccouwe txatt name UOKTOPU on wr
ting In ft sinking fund for MIP benefit of nil
!
our mill cmplojpd In an > runt the labor
trouble Is not serious nnd would not nin
terlnlly Interfere with our output If nnn
of thrso mills were operated In the present
jcftr. "
1'ITTSHfllO I'a . Jnn. 15 \ strike of rod
mill workers nt the four plants of tli-
American Steel nnd Wlro comprui > m this
\lclnity was Inaugurated today Thorp are
about 800 rod workers oniplojpd , but onl\
n portion of them quit work Thp strike
was hastcnpil It Is clalmr-d bv ( he ills
chnrgo of tbrpp men nt the Hra\ir Pulls
mill The mills nrp fill In opentlon nnd
thp company official ® claim that the imill
number of dissatisfied workmen will tint in
terfrii wlh ! the running of tin plmts
W. DDING GUESTS YoiSUNtD
One lliiiulteil Perinnt '
Knt I'ninl ( on-
IlilnliiHI'nliiin MIIII.I Serloiislj
III No MeiKlix.
CH1CACU ) , Jan. 11 Neirly 100 guests
who assembled at SG1) ) Canal street to wit
ness the wcddliiR of Morris 1'olhck and An-
nlo Schnii , wcro poisoned during a dinner
which followed the wedding curcmniy
In less than half an hour after dinner ,
ncarlj cvcrjone In the hall was In a help
less condition. What article of food con
tained the poison no ono hna jet been able to
learn , but the moat popular belief Is tint
It was the chicken which had been prepared
In a copper kcttlo.
So far no deaths ha\o been reported but
mnn > , ire sorlousl } ill , including the bride
and groom.
DEATH RECORD ,
Mexican War \ elernii ,
COUnilllTS , Nob. .Inn If , < pp ( | nl Telegram -
gram ) "Undo John ' Hlllott dle-d at his
residence In this city this morning Ho was
born In Cumberland count j , I > piins > l\anln. In
1823 , and was \c-tpran of the Mexican
war. Ho was one of those who entered the
City of Mexico with the Amorlrnu arm > , and
was also In the bnltlo of Vcra Cruz and other
engagements Ho scned under ( JeneralK
Scott and Ta > lor nnd held a certlilcnte of
hwiorablo mention signed bj 1'rusldi-nt I'olk
Thrco weeks ngo ho wns stricken with apoplexy
plexy and a t \ \ dayb ngo ho suffered a second
end stroke and since tint tlmo his deith
has been expected The funeral will bo held
Wednesday morning and will be conducted
by the Knights of 1'jthlas
After ( 'olimr to livlnl ! \ c'.s Piuii > riil.
LYONS , Neb , Jan 15 ( Special )
Charles D Hotchklbs , aged 71 > oars , died
at bla homo In thin eit > > esterday mornliiK
of nonoUH prostration brought on bj o\er-
cxertlon whllo .ittendlng the funeral of a dc < -
ccascij brothor-ln-law at Kansas Cltj , Mo
Ho wns In good health until Immodlate'v '
nfter his biothcr-ln-law's death When
ho was brought home a few dajs ago hc > had
to bo carried from the train Hotchkiss
was a pioneer In this cnmmunltj
Ciiliinililii PrufoNKor of llliiei .
NEW YORK , Jan 15 Thomas L'glestou ,
who planned and founded the School of
Mines of Columbia university , of which
ho was professor of mineralogy and mctnl-
luigv , and was pi eminent ns an author of
Bilcnttfle works In this country nnd Europe ,
died at his homo In this city , aged OS years
A. n. iiois.- .
News was received in Omaha yesterday of
the death of A. U Morpo in Hoston , at the
age of C" years. Ho was a brother of W V
Morse He came to Omaha In 1SSO , and for
many years carried on a largo retail shoe
store at the northwest corner of rarnnm and
rourteenth streets.
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Hcv George Dumgartcn. pastot of the
Catholic congregation nt Constance , Cedar
ccunty. Neb , died Sunday morning The
funeral services will be held fiom the |
church Wednesday forenoon.
Former Itiillronil I'l CNhlcn I.
BOSTON , Jan 1C Halsey J Dmrdmnn ,
formerly president of the Dtiluth & Winni
peg Railroad company , Is dead , aged C5
years.
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