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    8 TJIE OMATTA TXA.1T/T UEE : SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1000.
I NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
'
MIXOH
Davis sells .
Fine A. II. C. beer , Ncumaycr's hotel ,
Welabneh burners at Blxby's. Tel. 193.
lluJwelm-T beer.i Hoscnfcldt , agent.
Oet your work done at the popular 13aglo
laundry , 721 Broadway. 'Phone 1ST.
W. C. Kstep , undertaker , 2S Pearl street
Telephones : Ofllcc , 97 : esldence. 23.
The place to have your framing done ,
Alexander's Art Emporium , 333 Broadway.
.1. V. lllonm Is In Dos Molncs attending
the niimml meeting of the Iowa Marble
and Granite Dealers' association.
The motor company had a large force of
men nt work yesterday clearing the snow
from Its tracks on Pearl street and Broad-
V.HI- .
Alderman .T. D. Johnson and daughter loft
ycHtprday for Newton , la. , where they ha vu
linen called by the Illness of n sister of Mr.
Johnson.
The Omalm & St. I.ouls train due here tit
t:25 : u. m. did not reach the transfer null
limit noon. The oiiglne jumped the track
between the roundhouse and the transfer.
Tonight clowns the engagement of u mm-
rrsHfut six nights- run of the Knowles ,
liVpnotltttH , ut Urn Dohnny theater , The PII-
tortnlnmntit ouch evening haH been very
creditable. *
Howard Connor has resigned his position
with the Postal Telegraph .company In this
rlty nnd left yesterday for ottumwn to
' otlleo of the
take n phu-o In the dispatcher's
UurlltiKton ,
Peter Lynch , the 11-year-old son of Mrs.
Koto Lynch , by hla mother charged with
being Incorrigible , vns brought before
Judge Tbornull In the district court yester-
ilny afternoon und by him committed to the
reform Hchool at ISIdnru.
William II. Ford , n tailor of Creston. la. .
Hied u voluntary petition In bankruptcy
yesterday In the rnlted States district
court here , llo owes JfiO taxes and his un-
pecured liabilities amount to JS21.92. Ills
assets consist of Jl" > worth of wearing np-
'cimrlcs Lnngdon. charged with smashing
the Plate glass window In Bakers barber
tdiop on Broadway , was arrested yesterday
nnd his hearing set for this morning In the
mipcrlor court. In default of ball , which
wan llxcd at J2UO. Lnngdon was confined In
the city Jail.
The Omiilm , Council Bluffs & Suburban
Hallway company received advice yester
day of n further shipment of eleven cars of
Hteel mils from the Illinois Steel company.
Manager Heed , who has been east looking
lifter the equipment for the road. Is ex
pected homo today.
Oeorgp Severn , a farmer from Glenwood.
died suddenly yesterday afternoon at St.
Uurnnrd's hospital from dropsy. Ho was
4r , years of age nnd bad been one week in
the hospital. The attendants had just
placed him I" a chnlr when he dropped
buck dead. No arrangements for the
funeral will be made until the relatives are
heard from.
A team bitched to a coal wagon belonging
to Sleepv & Sleepy became frightened yes
terday afternoon on Pourl street by the
motor company's sweeper and ran away.
At thn corner of First avenue It ran Into
the BurlliiKlon railway's lamppost , break
ing It off about two feet from the around.
This brought the team up with a sudden
halt and broke the tongue and seat of the
wagon The driver narrowly escaped being
crushed between his sent and the Iron
lamppost.
The lire department was called yesterday
morning to the residence of L. C. IJarlem.
nt Seventh nvenuo nnd-Senlli street. The
water pipes of tin- reservoir of Ihe kitchen
range bud become frozen and when Mrs.
Harlem started to prepare the breakfast
the reservoir exploded , shattering the
range to pieces. The tire was pul out by
thn force. . of the explosion , which also blew
the. kitchen windows into the street. Mrs.
Harlem bad a narrow escape from being
bit by pieces of the range. The only damage -
ago was to the range and the windows.
N. Y. rimnblnCiC.Tel. . 2f-0.
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Davis jsells pajjiW. . . . . ,
Court XotfK.
Judge Thornoll handed down his decision
In the district , court yesterday morning ,
overruling llu > 'demurrer of the city to the
jietltlon of Intervention filed by Forrest
Smith In the Injunction case of Krvln Dryer
against the City of Council Bluffs nnd
Thomas u'owman. Dryer brought suit to re
strain the city from entering Into a con
tract with' Bowman for supplying the city
with electric lighting. The city demurred
to the petition on the grounds that Dryer
was not a. taxpayer nor a resident of the
city and therefore had no standing In court.
The dumurrer of the city was sustained , but
in the meantime Smith Intervened and set
ting up substantially the- same ground as
Dryer nnd claiming In addition that the city
had no right tp enter Into a lighting con
tract for n longer period than one year.
The city demurred to Smith's petition of In
tervention on the grounds that It ought to
Ktnnd or fall with Dryer' * original petition.
This the court now overrules and unless an
appeal Is taken the case will now have to
bo tried on Smith's petition of Intervention.
The demurrer In 'the suit of Mary K.
IIiitchliiKon again MM. Minnie Dunne was
overruled , as wan the aim to the petition In
the case of the Pottawattnmle County Mer
cantile association against J. B. M. Pruitt.
Mrs , Ll/.7.lcs II. Matthews commenced suit
yesterday against A. A. Woodward nnd
others to quiet her title to lots nine and
ten In block thirty-seven , Bcora' subdivi
sion.
sion.L.
L. W. Sautter commenced null against W.
C. Keellni ) to recover $1,200 which he al
leges to have paid on notes which he en
dorsed for the defendant.
v KNI'IIIM * from Asphyxiation.
Mrs. Tate and daughter of Shelby , la. ,
luid a narrow iscapo from asphyxiation at
the Klol hotel Thursday night. On retlrliiR
for the night Mrs. Tate In turning off thr
KIS ; In sonio manner left the valve open ,
Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday moriilnfi
Bhis wan awakened by the smell of gus anfl
nt tempted to nach the hall to call for
help. Shu fell to the. floor before reaching
the door and forimiatcljr Iho night clerk ,
who was directly below , heard the fall ,
llo hastened upstairs and at once unlockeO
thu door of the room. He found both Mm
Tuto and her daughter unconscious , bin
tlit'y noon revised when the clerk threw
rpen tin- windows and doom. A physlclnr
wits hastily tuunmoneil and In a short tlmi
J > \n \ , Tate and her daughter were pro.
pounced out of danger.
Novelties In valentines at DeHnven's.
IIoxvcU'B Antl-"Kawf" curex coughs , colds
It < % : i ! Hit'ito TraiiHfiTH ,
The following truiiBfora were Jilrd ycsler
day In Iho ah'Jtract , title and loan ofllco c
J.V. . Scjulro , 101 Pearl street :
Alice lihodci * and hunhimd to Mlcharl
.1. Kelly , nart of iJt'e ll-TI-41 , w il..J 1,70
Nora Murphy to same , part of lot els
111 iKvretloMH to lot 'i In 1'2-TI-ll , < ! . . . .
fibi-rllV to Northwestern Mutual I.lfe
Insurance coni'ialiy. lot 13 , block 5 ,
JackHon' add. il S.CO
3 < . K. Potter and wife to William C.
WarlikeFe44 rw',1 .V73-IO. w iJ . ; ,00
" \Vofclwrn Kleclrlcal Supply cmnniany to
Joseph H. Kvans , lul 213 , block 28.
L'uiiiicll HlnffH uijil On.uh.i Chaiitau-
iiua AKi'einhly park , w it . 7
.M on son Jones and wfn ) to Frunklln
Perks , w1tie'4 and neU HW',4 20-74-
40. w d . < ,80
lllrain c' . llouvrh to Mary 1C. Hough.
B 37 feel of lot 3i n feet of lot 4
arid lot S. till In bluclt I , town of Oak
land , w d .
Eunm to fharlcs T. Houch , Hw'.i 33-
7ii-aO und nV4 liwU 4-75-3a , w d . IMC
Juhn Aii'lerson. guardian , to Chicago
& Northwestern Hallway company ,
part B'J nw' i > W 10-77-11 , K d . . 11
Total , nine transfers . J2S.75
FAKEV8 LOAE\SS \
Negotiated In Eastern Nebraski
v and lowa. Jamea N. Casady , jr.
US Uulit Bt. , Council DUtt * .
VERDICT IN GREGORY CASE
Jurj Finally Agrees to OompromUo After
Being Out Two Days.
ASSAULT COMMIT GREAT BODILY INJURY
Dili ? Yenr In Jnll llvnvlrnt Sentence
tluil Can llo InllliMiMl for Mliiiiit-
lut Countable Moan TulU
of .liirx llrllilnic.
J. A. Gregory , the desperado and horse
thief , who has already served three terms
In the penitentiary and who shot und nar
rowly escaped killing Constable Hardln Moss
of Lovcland , will not be called upon to ex-
plato his crime by a severer penalty than
one year In the county Jail. The Jury bu-
fore which he wa tried on this charge In the
district court , alter being out nearly two
days , arrived at a compromise verdict yes
terday afternoon , finding him guilty only of
assault with Intent to commit great bodily
Injury. The Indictment on which Gregory
was tried charged him with nsmult with In
tent to commit murder. The verdict Is the
same as that returned by the jury before
which Gregory was tried for shooting at
Chief of Police Albro and under It Gregory
cannot be sentenced to more than one year
In the county Jnll In both cases and It rcstw
with the court , whether these terms shall
bo concurrent or cumulative. In the latter
case Gregory will have to spend the next two
years In the county Jail. Judge Thornell will
not pass sentence until some day in the
early part of next week.
The case against Gregory In which he was
Indicted on the charge of stealing a mule
belonging to a mat. named Laughlln at Ash
land , Neb. , will not bo taken up at this
term.
Whinner * of Jury IlrlliliiRT.
The finding of the jury has caused much
comment , the more especially aa the evidence
against Gregory was positive and In fact
there was no denial on the part of the de
fense as to the shooting of Moss. The fact
that both juries returned verdlctn In a lesser i
degree than the crime charged has caused j
rumors that Improper Inlluonces were j
brought to bear upon some of the members i
of the Jury. County Attorney Kllpack j
has been Informed that during the progress !
of the trials a stranger , supposed to be a |
friend of Gregory , was hanging around the |
court house corridors and displaying a large
roll of bills. This man 1 said to have de
clared that Gregory would never be con
victed. At the tlmo of Gregory's arrest It
was reported that he was a member of an
organized gang of horse- thieves and that a
desperate attempt would be made to get
him fre < ? . Gregory himself said he never
would be convicted and that he had plenty
of friends. If he could get word to them , \
who would supply him with all the money he
needed. Gregory's attorneys , however , say
that their client had but little money at his
disposal.
Gregory yesterday morning was feeling
very much elated over the verdict. He
bousted that hereafter if an officer in uni
form should ever come toward him and he
had reason to believe he was to be arrested
he would shoot to kill without waiting to
ask the officer what his business might be.
Shlerlff Cousins and his deputies do not relish
having Gregory aa a boarder at the county
jail for two years , as a close watch will I
have to be kept all the time over him , as
they feel sure ho will make an effort to
escape some day.
Other Cnnex.
Frank Paul was yesterday tried on the
charge of breaking and entering n caboose
In the Burlington yards and nteallng an
overcoat belonging to one of the train crew.
The jury brought In a verdict of guilty as
charged after being out less than an hour ,
but recommended him to the mercy of the
court , Paul , who claims to bo from Creston ,
la. , admitted stealing the overcoat , but de
nied breaking Into the car. He said the car
was open and ho entered with the Intention
of necurlng a ride to Pacific Junction. FindIng -
Ing no oneIn the car and weeing the coat
lying there , he decided to take It. The evi
dence of the train crew was to the effect
that while the doors of the car were not
locked they wore shut.
The case of Fred II. Hanson , charged with
the burglary of Albln Hunter's residence ,
will be left open for a few days , ns It Is
understood that ho desires to enter a plea
of guilty. Ills friends , however , are op-
pc cd to this and wish to have h'a sanity Inquired - !
quired Into.
This completes the criminal calendar for
this term and Judge Thornell will take up
the civil docket again this morning , the flret
case assigned being that of E. W. Slgler
against Nora Murphy. Judge Thornell will
pass sentence this morning on Jesse Thomp
son , who pleaded guilty to the larceny of
Jewelry and other articles from the resl-
dencn of the ( Clapping family near Neola.
lliHS TO ( JOVHIIX IMIUIAHIISS ,
Siipclnl CoiunilUfc Appointed for HIP
I'lirpoNi * I > 'oriiiiiln ( < > N HfKuliilliiiiH.
The special committee , consisting of Dr.
V. L. Trevnor. W. A. Gronowcg nnd J. J.
Hess , nppolntnd at tl"1 last meeting of the
republican central committee to prepare and
draw up a set of rulcn to govern the hold
ing of caucuses or primaries In Council
Blutff , has completed Its work. The fol
lowing rnlra drafted by the committee will
bo submitted to the city central committee
at a meeting to bo called by Chairman
Harry Brown for next Tuesday evening :
1. In all cauciD-es held for the selection of
delegates to any convention It t > hall bo the
duty of the precinct chairman to call the
mooting ; to order not later than 8 p. m. .
afli-r which a chairman and secretary of
the caucus cliall be chosen.
3. Following this tbno Judges , one of
which blmll be the chairman of the me. ' . : .
Ing , and tuo clork.s shall l > o chosen liy the
caucus.
3. It shall bo Iho duty of the clerks to
imiko an original copy of the name , ud-
, , droMi and lust voting place of each elector
, \ who eaMH a ballot at the caucus and they
I shall Indicate on tb poll books which shall
1 bo furnished thorn by the precinct c-oinmll-
, teoman the numox of all the electors who
, . vote ns above and ale Indicate on the uoll
' I books .ill who huvo voted \\y \ ullldavlt. H
. shall bu their further duty to assist the
11 judges in counting the 'ballot.
4. It uhall bo. thn duty of the judges to
. PU H upon all liallots presented to them and
J the qtmiutcutloii of the elretorw who present
. aanui and thu decision of two or more of
J I nald judges Khali bo llual In all cases.
| 5. In cn e It IK demanded by th judges
j the elector necking to votn flmll miike the
. ! Hainu utlldavlt which would entitle him to
1 vote ut a regular election , t-ald atllduvlt to
be preserved tiy the secretary and returned
with the poll book to thu city chairman.
0. When tbii caucus lias been organized
nnd thu judgea an.il clerks choncn the chair
man Hluill announce that the polls arc open
and hull at the. eamu time utato at what
tlmo they will bo closed , which time Hhall
. In no cusu be lew than onn hour from thu
11 tlmo of opening , but In no cauti trhul ] the
J ixills be closed until all present liuvo been
„ I given an opportunity to voto. In any case
whoru all huvo voted the jwlls shall close
i onu hour from the tlmo of optmlng.
1 7. When the polls arc open all qualified
, electors may present their uallotH , the same
to bu folilc < ! In biifh manner that the judge *
an ecu that Inn onv ballot U presented by
the voter to oim Judge , who shall hand It vo
the other judge und It will be by him dc-
t iiosltod In thu ballot box , Kuch uluctor lie-
, faro presenting hl ballot to the judgeaa
ubovp tlaU sl.v t ° Hie cjerb * bit * name
and address , togPtliM- with his I art voting
place.
S. When the polls have been declared
closeil by the chairman the Judges and
clerks , nwlstrd by the secretary , shall
rount the ballot and the reult of came
shall b < * announced by the chairman ! the
result of the ballot shall nlco bo endorsed
by the clerks on the original ; ioll book nnd
after being certltlod ! & the chairman nnd
secretary returned by the sorretary < o the
chairman of the Vlty central committee
within twenty-four hours.
These rules , If adopted , will do much
toward doing away with the disorder and
Irregular methods that have heretofore pre
vailed at the caucuses In this city. Thry
will also prevent the stitlllng of ballot
boxes and the Introduction of outsiders
having no Ipgal right to vote In the pre
cinct. They will also bo the means of
preventing any one faction taking snap
judgment on another by opening and clos
ing the caucus at such time as the dominant
friction may see tit. These rulcu , If prop
erly carried out , will give every voter In
each precinct an opportunity to fairly cast
his ballot. The rules h.ivo bcon Eilbmltte' ' .
to several of the members of the republican
city central committee and they have all
expressed themselves strongly In favor or
ndopllng them as they arc.
Valentines , beautiful ones , at DcIIaven's.
Ivconotltlo Ien ; uo OrunnlroN ,
Council Bluffs Center of the Economic
Lcaguo was organized last night nt thn city
hall wilh a membership comprising many
of Iho representative business and profes
sional men of the city. The following offi
cers were elected : President , James McCabe -
Cabe ; vice president , II. W. Tlllonj secro-
lary , Hay W. Blxby ; treasurer , P. C. UoVol.
Committees and leaders of departments were
named aa follows by the president : Ex
ecutive committee , Prof. H. H , Ilayden ,
chairman , J. E. Price nnd Clem F. Klmball ;
committee on entertainment , I. M. Treynor ,
chairman , Fred D. Etnpkle , T. H. Hoagland ;
leader of .political economy department ,
Prof. H. W. Sawyer ; leader of political
science department. B. O. Nichols ; leader of
department of sociology , Hev. George Ed
ward Walk. The organization will meet the
second and last Mondays In each month , the
place of meeting to be arranged by the en
tertainment committee. The league has for
Its object the discussion of live topics of
the day. The following list of lectures and
subjects for discussion has been arranged :
"Tho Evils of Political Issues In Con
nection with the Public Schools , " Prof.
H. W. Sawyer ; "National Expansion , " James
'McCabe ' ; "Trusto and Combines , " Clein F.
Kimball ; "Woman's Place in the Industrial
World , " L. G. Scott ; "Sociology ; Its Present
Effects and Conditions , " Hev. George Ed
ward Walk ; "Tho Trend of Our Present
Industrial nnd Commercial Systems , " O. L.
Blanchard ; "Prollt Sharing and Cooperation
tion , " Hev. J. W. Wilson ; "Education as a
Factor In the Solution of Civic and Social
Problems , " Prof. H. B. Hayden ; "Tax
ation , " Judge Walter I. Smith.
Assignments have not yet been made for
the following subjects : "Production nnd
Consumption , " "Money , " "Municipal Owner
ship. "
\e\v for Children.
There have always shirts for men , shirts
for big boys nnd shirts for medium sized
boys. But the little fellows ages 4 to 8
have had to wear waists. BuV now even
they can be fitted. We have juat received
a nice assortment of shirts for little fellows.
Come in and sec them. They are something
new. METCALF & METCALF.
IHIAMATIC SC13M3 I.V COl'IlT.
I'rlNonor SiitlNflfN Court Hint Illtt .Seii-
tfiiuo IIH AVoll DoMcrvt'il.
DES MOINES , Feb. ! . Special Tele
gram. ) There was a dramatic scene in ,
district court hero today when' Frank Hold
ing was arralgnod to be sentenced for high
way robbery , Judge Scott o' Brooklyn pre
siding. The limit Is twenty years and the
Judge pronounced that ns Holding's sentence.
Turning upon the court like a flond the
criminal hissed : "I hope the train which
you take homo will Jump the Irack and
kill you. " Without apparently notldns
the criminal Judge Scolt turned to the
audience and said : "you see , gentlemen ,
I made no inUtakc. "
Holding assaulted an aged blacksmith ,
William Wilson , with a brick , knocked him
down and then , standing over him with an
axe , demanded his money. Beldlng has
served one lerm before aitd once escaped
from the sheriff while being taken to the
penitentiary.
The evidence for and against J. D. Hager-
mnn , charged 'with ' the murder of Frank
Moudy , was finished today and the argu
ments postponed until Monday. The case
will probably go lo Iho jury on that day.
Hagcrman was heard In his own behalf
today. He says he shot In self-defense and
thought Moody was a burglar.
IMSVlSI.OI'MliVrMAY II I ? THAO1C.
Vomit ; Klopoi-H Arrcntoil nt York lo
Atvnlt Arrlvnl of Iru < < % I'urc-iil.
FOHT DODGE , la. , Feb. 0. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The country In the vicinity of
Farnbamvlllc , la. , a small town twonty-
llvo miles Bouthwest of this city , Is excited
by an elopement. James MdDonalJ , a ,
farmhand , wooed and won pretty Hosn Mc-
Latn , the daughter of A. B. McLaln , a
prominent and wealthy farmer. McDonald
Is a comparatively roconl arrival and noth
ing Is known concerning his nnlecodciita.
When , after a brief but fervent courtship , be
sought the hand of Farmer McLaln'a
daughter he was warned from the prcmlsm.
With n lover's persistence ho continued
to meet the young woman nnd Wednesday
succeeded In Inducing her to accompany
him lo Farnhamvlllo , where they took the
train for the went. The father soon hoard
of his daughter's departure and , hurrying
to Farnbamvllle. molted the wires In nil
dlrccttoiiH In an effort to inlerccpt the run
aways. He llnally succeeded In having the
pair arrested at York , Neb. , where they
are now being held to await his arrival.
McLaln vows vengeance on McDonald when
they mcirt.
IlMVll XlMVH
Thn Masons of Shenandoah have decided
to erect a temple ,
Murray is to havp n now opera house to
lie oroclod by Frank Andrews.
Mrs. Herman Schrliin of Tlllon has died
from irlohliin , Ihe result ot puling raw
pork.
The recent outbreak of smallpox at Coal
field wlil cost Monrou county between S.OO (
and J9.000.
The Fort OpdRn liquor dealers have se
cured the required number of signatures to
their petition.
TheWoman's H < dlof corps of Washington
ralt.ec ! the money and puld off the mortgage
on the homo of u soldler'H widow.
The members of the First Methodist
church i.f Mason C'lty have Htartod u
rrutmdu against Iho big hata worn by tin
women.
The proprietors of the drug Htoros nl
Spencer huvo surrendered their permits foi
selling liquors and as them urn no ualoom
In the jdact ) the town la now dry.
Julius Courtney of Kookuk Is under or-
test charged with tmirdor. It Ix c-hurgc <
that ho put poison In bcor wnlch he gave
to William Hill of Mtrmr > hl * . Mo. , causing
his deu tli.
A bridge contractor named Hoynolds , whr
lias b oii working ntar Montezunm , lefi
between two days , but creditor * got aftoi
him. He was found at Columbun JuntUoi
tind brought back.
TriiiiNtHirl l.iiKim Arrive * .
SAN FllANl'ISi'O. Fob. O.-Tho I'nlt
St.ites tniikport IMUHU arrived today fron
Manila The voyage occupied twenty-sin
days The Ix ) trail brought fourteen put ; ,
seiiKcra , On February 3 Robert Gray , lat <
of i'ompany H. Twenty-second Infantry
died at M > a from d\i'niTy. : The body was
enibainuU und Oruught here.
NOT MUCH LIRE ADJOURNMENT
Iowa Legislature Likely to Be Busy Some
Time After March 1
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OVER FOUR HUNDRID AND FIFTY BILLS
I'lint Mnnj Arc \oiv on the 1'llcn mill
Oilier * Ar lilUply lo AiiiMir | |
CiilliertNon Dfollnvn Prof
fered Appointment.
DBS MOIN12S. la. , Fob. 0. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) It lookn like anything but nn early
I iiiljournuieiit of tbo legislature tit this date ,
111 splto of the- fact that the house has adopt
ed n resolution fixing the flnnl adjournment
of the assembly at .March 1. Tlio tiles of the
two housvti now number over 450 bills , with
Indications that still others may be expected.
1'ractlcally none of the most dllllcult prob
lems before the assembly have been touched
upon outside the committee room and many
have only been discussed In a Kencrnl way
there. Thcro Is yet the quttitlon of establish
ing new normal schools In the state to be
determined. The ? hearings on the bills have
been completed and at this writing the house
committee on normal schools has reported
favorably the lliree-fichool law and the lower
body has set next Thursday at 11 o'clock
as thr tlmo for taking up the measure as a
special order. The favorable- report nf.tha
committee Is no Indication that the bill for
three schools \vlll pass , as It Is expected that
amendments will be offered en the Moor to
reduce the number and that several days
may he consumed In arguing the < | ticstlon ,
pro and con. The senate will In all probabil
ity consume the same amount of time on the
same question.
Iniliortiitif Iii.siirnncr Measure.
The most Important Inwuranco measure
before , the assembly passed the house this
morning , if u meets with favor In the other
house. It gives a victory to homo com
panies In repealing the 1 per cent state tax
on gross receipts and releasing them from
the alleged double taxation as has been the
case Hlnco the supreme court held their prop
erty should be. taxed by the county as that
of Individuals. The bill was Introduced by
Dews of Linn and was recommended by the
house committee on Insurance , it met lit
tle opposition , passing by n vote of 81 to fl ,
after explanation had been offered by
Dews showing that under present conditions
homo companies were paying a double tax ,
having been assured first that the 1 per cent
state tax would suffice and later being sub
jected to another by the decision of the supreme
premo court.
Another two hours were devoted by the
senate this morning to the discussion of the
3111 for the suppression of tuberculosis in
Iowa by the inspection of all Imported cat
tle for dairy and breeding purposes. The re
sult v/as another postponement of action.
A in ensure by Payne of Appanoose , pro
viding for a hearing of counties before the
State Board of Review , passed the house this
morning. As the law now stands counties
are given no right of appeal when the Board
of Review racoU | n July to fix taxation and
considerable dimculty arose In consequence
Mt > year. There was no opposition to the
bill , the opinion prevailing that counties
wore logically entitled to hearings on mat
ters of taxation.
The bill by Klmball of' Monroe , to reduce
the legal rate of Interest from 6 to 5 per
cent and the contract rate from 8 to 7 ,
'ailed to pass the house this morning , the
banking committees' recommendation for
ndefinite postponement being adopted.
To Ilollcvt * llio Au'illfor.
An Important measure was Introduced In
the house this morning by Buchanan ofVa -
> ello , providing for the creation of a state
lepartment of building and loan savings
ind loan association * " . In order to relieve the
uidltor of state and provide for the more
exacting enforcement of building and loan
aws. The department shall have an Inspector
specter whose duty , among other things ,
shall be the liquidating of Insolvent asoa-
clatlons. Ho shall appoint three members
of the association to act as liquidating com
mittee to dispose of assets.
Lyman of I'oweshelk Introduced a bill this
morning providing that property Inherited
by a man from his wife must upon his death
descend to her line.
A bill by Wilson of Washington repeals
poctlon 2360 of the code In' regard to tres
pass as belns Identical with section -1821.
Kerr of Grundy Introduced n measure to
provide that boards of supervisors may at
their discretion exempt homesteads from
taxation.
The normal school committee of , the house-
reported favorably on the caucus bill and It
lias been made n special order for next
Thursday at 11 a. m.
Cuiltertnoii Hcclliii'N.
Governor Shaw said this morning that W.
C. Culbertson of Carroll county had declined
the appointment as member of the Hoard of
Control. The governor Is urging him to ac
cept , but has light hopes of success. Many
o'thor friends of Mr , Culbertson arc urging
him to accept. Governor Shaw made the
statement that Mr , , Culbcrtson had posi
tively declined to accept the nomination.
Although Oulbertson has declined , the gov
ernor and members of the senate will try
to Induce him to accept.
A bill that Is liable to cause a big fight
In the legislature was Introduced this after
noon in the house. It provides for the pro
hibition of saloons within a limit of five
milr.'i of all educational Institutions. The
bill Is presented by the anti-saloon league of
the state In order to compel the saloons of
Iowa City to close. Iowa City Is the home
of the state university. Twenty-one saloons
are now open In that city at thin time. Itp-
tcctlve.i employed by the league declare that
the ciiloons arc- mainly patronized by stu
dents and minors. One detective declared
to n number of the legislature that In one
day hp counted over 500 ptudonts'who en
tered the saloons.
The house , late this afternoon. pasrd two
bills regulating fish and game and adjourn
ed to Monday at 3 p. m.
ToiiiliMonci In Deiinrliiirnf Store * .
DKS MOINKS , Keb. P. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Iowa granite and marble
dealers met In annual convention hero to
day. They passed a resolution to boycott
a cirtaln wholesale marble dealer who has
been selling marble to department stores ,
as the association does not want depart
ment stores to sell tombstones. Another
resolution called upon the Interstate Com-
nierco commission for a readjustment of
freight rates. Charles O'llonnell ofDm
Molnea was elected president and K. 11.
IMIor of 1'ostvlllo secretary , vice presldenta
being named for each district In Iowa.
flllUIUI'N Ills 1'ICII.
1100X13 , la. , Fob. n. ( Special. ) Luther
Davidson , on trial In the district court for
shooting Alfred Thelln during the mining
troubles last summer , changed his plea of
r.ot guilty to guilty of assault with Intent j
to commit manslaughter. Ho was sen
tenced by Judge Weaver to four , months
In Jail and $2r.O line. He has already been
In jail live months , Thelln has recovered ,
although the 'wound ' was supposed to bo fa
tal.
GENERAL WESTERN NEWS.
Mlnlnir In Cody.
CODY , Wyo. , Fob. 9. ( Special. ) Work on
the Gold Hcef mining property near Colonel
Picket's ranch on Four Bear Is to bo re
sumed this spring by a company of Chicago
capltalUls who own Ihe properly. It Is the
Intention to push development work until the
ledge Is slruck , when reduction works will
bu erected. Several cxpcrls have reporlcd
upon the Gold Hecf and say that It Is one
of the largest and best frco milling gold
propositions in the state.
The mines In Sunlight basin , near here ,
are all producing promising copper ore. Sev
eral now discoveries have lately been made.
I Heavy snow in the mountains , however.
I prevents a great deal of work at this time
i The ore from the Silver Tip nllne , which Is
I owned by a New York syndicate headed by
Henry Vlllard , has Increased In richness
and the mine promises to be a valuable one.
Family .Skeletons liiienrllieil.
PIEHHE , S. D. . Feb. 0. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Last fall several buildings belong
ing1 to A. 15. Rich , a Cheyenne river ranch
man , were burned and at the time in
cendiarism was hinted , but nothing wna
done. A few days ago Rich's wife secure1. !
a divorce from him and ho has now se
cured the arrest of Mrs. Raymond Herbert ,
I sister of his former wife , on a charge of
I burning the buildings and also the arrest
of Narclsso Narcelle , his former brother-
in-law , on a charge of shoollng with Intent ]
to kill. The cases , if pushed , will develop
a lot of past family trouble * , out of which
they both grew.
Will Not Try for Senate.
I DEADWOOD , S. D. , Feb. ! > . ( Special Tcl-
' egram. ) George A. Sllsby of Mitchell , na-
| tlonal > bank examiner for South Dakota , Is
In Deadwood tonight. He has but recently
I returned from Washington , D. C. . where ho
, met Congressman Gamble of South Dakola ,
confidentially. Mr. Gamble told Mr. Sllsby
that ho did not propose to give up a sure
thing by throwing over a renomlnatlon for
congress in an endeavor to get to the sen
ate , of which ho would not be certain.
This will mean that the Black Hills re
publicans will bo given a senator to bo
Pettlgretv's successor.
I'rcnnratloiiN for Mining.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. . Feb. 9. ( Special. )
Agenls are hero purchasing heavy draft
horses for different mining companies In the
Grand Encampment country. The pnlmals
will bo used In transposing .the ores from
the mines to the railroads. There Is a great
demand for freighters and frelghl teams
In southern Carbon county and many hun
dreds of horses will bo required to meet the
demands of the mining .men during thn
coming summer , or until n railroad Is built
to the district.
Mliiiiiur Man laxane.
CHEYENNE. Wyo. . Feb. ! ) . ( Special. )
Mark Uernoudy , a prominent mining man
of the Halm's Peak country , near the Wy
oming-Colorado line south ot Laramlo , has
been adjudged Insane. The cause of his de-
mention was over-excitement Incident to the
discovery by him of rich mineral In his i
mines. This is the second mining man who I
'
has gone crazy In the Halm's Peak dls-
trlct during the present year over the un
expected discovery of r1 'i ore.
SoliIlrr'H Kimoriil In South lal in.
RAPID CITY , S. D. , Feb. n. ( Special Tcl-
egrnm. ) Sergeant Will Smith was burled
today In the cemetery In this. city. Ho
was a member of Company M and wits
killed in battle In the Philippines. lib
body arrived today and the funeral ncrvlccs
occurred this afternoon. Chaplain Daley
of thn First South Dakota regiment ofl- !
elated. It was the moat touching servlco
ever held In the city. Members of Black
Hills companies , comrades of the deceased ,
were In attendance.
yHleveTluy Ililve IlurelnrH.
MITCHELL , S. D. . Feb. ! ) . ( Special. )
Two men were arrested yesterday charged
with stealing an overcoat and several other
articles and wrro hound over to the district
court. The men were strangers and whim
searched a line kit of burglar tools was
found In their possession. It Is believed thai
Mre. II. T. Salisbury , of n
Follctt Street , Pawtuckct , R. I. ,
says :
" About eight years ngo , I wns
taken with nervous prostration
which was followed by n partial
paralysis of the lower limbs. The
doctor called it locomotor ntaxia.
I could not direct my steps , nnd I
would often full down. I tried
many remedies but was not bene
fited tttitil I began taking Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People.
Several doctors had told me that
there was no cure for iny trouble ,
but uiy improvement continued
and I took the pills steadily for
two years. At the end of that
'
time'l had regained full control of
my limbs. The pain left me mid
Jias never returned. "
MRS. IT. T. SALISBURY ,
Subscribed nnd sworn to before
me this sist day of August , 1899.
CAKLOS L. ROGHRS ,
Notary Public.
Dr. William * ' Pink Pills for Talc Peopl *
contain , in it condensed form , all thr ele
ments iiccrsiiiry tof-ivi'iiew hlV nml richness
to the blood and restore shuttered nerves.
They arc nn unfailing specific for such ills-
cases ns locomotor ntaxin , pnrllal rnrnHMn ,
St. \ itus' dun .
c. scinticn , nournlpln rlii'ii-
uinthm , nprvoushoadaclic.thenller.rllVctsof
la grippe , palpitation of the heart , pulonnd
hallow complexions , all forms ot weakness
either in m.ilo or fcmulc.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills lor Palo People are never
told by the doien or hundred , but aluayj In pick *
ages. At ll drungltts , op direct from the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Company , Schoncctstlr. U. Y. , GO
cents per boi , 0 boxes $2.60 ,
Only do crown and biidge work , but
we fill teeth , make new ones and extract
leeth as well as doing everything else that
they may be in need of. 11' your teeth are
not in perfect condition we can fix them
for yon at a very moderate Telephone iiT
cost.
H. fl. Woodbury , D. 0. 3Gomel !
Next to
"SAY AYE 'NO' AND YE'LL NE'ER
MARRIED. DON'T REFUSE ALL OUR
ADVICE TO USE
the federal authorities will want them for
complicity in porno of the numerous post-
office robberies In this state.
AViir AuiiliiNt Slot MniIIIIN. .
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Feb. 9. ( Spe-lal. )
The authorities of Kstelllne are \\aRliiK
a war against nlckel-ln-thc-slol machines.
One man who wafi arrcsled for opcratlrg
one of the machines pleaded guilty to the
charge of running Ihe machine for gambling
purposes and was asses-tscd Ihe sum o"
120.75.
Sonlli DuKoIll \ < MVK .Votes.
R'edtk-ld clllzons are striving lo organize
a baiul.
A band of eJghl pieces has been organized
at Jreni' .
A lieudle county farmer named John T.
Hogan tin1 other day sold ten head of rattle
for $100.
Klcctrle lights and a telephone system are j
among the Improvement * dPrldmi upon at ;
Clear Lake the coming reason.
The t'ltlziMis of Center 1'olnt are tnaklnz
proparutlonH to establish a local telephone
aysti-m with long-distance connections.
Owlnir to tlu inrrease In the number of
pupils 'the school iiutboiltlps of Ir.idlt > > are
contemplating enlarging tin1 nrhool house.
Tliiol'i r mill at St. Lawrence , the town
wh i Is disappearing an the result of a re
cent decision of the state suyrfine < nurt , |
lias been pureliiifcd by J. U. Davy an.l
Charles Strlckllrig. who. It Is understood ,
will move. It to Wiwlncton.
A resident of Jafk.-'oii township , Sanborn
< ounty. disposes of the rumor that eoal had
lii-en dlscoveied there by haying thai the
K'ory Is without foundation , as the only
eoal that can be discovered In his vicinity
Is t'hat which tests from } S to J10 per ton.
: ! < > ( ! ; < > ! ' KIIIIMIN .11M n l-'oilml.
SAN KHANf ISCO , Feb. S.-Tbe body of
liimou II. H'ardlmini , eousln of Mrs. .1. K.
Miller of Oakland , better known In the
literary wend atPloieiicu Ilaidlman Mil
ler , has been wiudicd asliqro on Angel
Island In tin1 U.iy "f Sun KnineiHco.
Whether death was caused by milclde or
aeelilenl Is unknown. Jlurdlman'.i home was
In Uswego , Kan. , where his mother and
olio of hln sisters reside.
roreninl.iTxVln u Slrilie.
CLFA'HLANl ) . Feb. ( I. The eoreninkers'
strikewhleh was Inaugurated at a num
ber < > f foundries In this elty several weeks
ago , Iw terminated In u victory for tliH
strikers. They will gel % 'l.W per day. tlmn
and M half for overhuiiru and double pay
fur work n Sundays and holidays.
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