THE OMAHA DATL.Y BEE: WEDNESDAY, arAKCTT 21, 1900.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA,
COUNCIL
MI.VOII MIJNTION.
David sells glass.
lludwclser beer. L. Ilosenfeld, agent.
Pino A. H, C. beer, Neumaycr's hotel.
Velsbach burners at Blxby's. Tel. 193.
Dr. Stephenson, Merrlam block. Tel. 399.
Oct your work done ut the popular Eagle
laundry. 721 Urondway. '1'hono 157.
Hun nrtogravures. Alexander tc Co. give
special prices on frames for them.
W C. Hstep, undertaker, 28 Pearl street.
Telephone: Office, 97; residence, 33.
While Hose Heboknh lodge will meet to
nlKht at the usual time und place.
House clcunlng, carpet cli-unlng and put
tint? flown, V. II. Swun, 1106 S. 7th Bt.
A miirrlatro license was Issued yesterday
to Mancy Hand, aged 32, and Hcrtha Icbo
Vllz, aged 12, both of this city.
T. H. Strvens, it prominent attorney of
Hamburg, la., whs In tho city yesterday
railing on friends In tho county court
house.
Thcro will bo a special meeting of the
parliamentary department of the Woman's
club this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
club rooms,
Them will be a special communication of
yilurf t'lty lodge No. 71, Ancient Free and
Acct-pted Masons, tonight for work In the
third di'grco.
Thn Ladles' Aid society of St. John's
u4ugllsh Lutheran church will meet Thurs
day afternoon at tho rcsldcnco of Mrs. J.
at. .Miller, 1013 South Main Htrcot.
llcniif'ssy Leroyle, a sterling comedian,
jirisentlng the very funny comedy with
the Jingling title, "Other People's Money,"
'will bo tho attraction at the Dohatiy th ca
rter tomorrow nizht.
Ixiii llrown. tho colored horsetralnor who
luul trouble with thn proprietor of a Broad
way ohophouso .Monday over a meal, had
ii hearing In police court yesterday morning
and wus discharged.
All members of lodge No. &, Star of
Jupiter, are requested to meet at tho corner
of liroiulwuy and I'carl street at 12:30
o'clock this afternoon to attend th funeral
of one of their sisters of Omaha lodge
No. 70.
V 44, Heed, nccrctury and general man
ager or the Omaha, Council HIMTh & Su
liurbun Hallway company, and lSmmet Tin
ley, general attorney of thu corporation, re
turned from a business trip to Chicago yes
terday morning.
Council Bluffs tent No. 32, Knights of the
CMuccubees, will meet In regular review this
rvenlng. After tho Initiation ceremonies
tho entertainment committee will spring
something new and ull members are re
quested toibo present,
Tho Trades and Labor assembly of this
city has passed strong resolutions endors
ing tho candlducy of V. U. Hoyer, tho dem
ocratic candidate for alderman-at-large.
Jlovcr Js a well known member of tho
Typographical union.
Postmaster Treynor hu received notice
from, the department that on aifd after
lAprll 1 a regular mall service will bo es
tablished on tho fort Dodgo & Omaha rail
road. Tho now route will have Its terminal
at Omaha and Tara and will bo known as
xouto No. 143.077.
Mrs, Oeorglno Gllssman, wlfo of John
nilssmnn of Walnut, la., died yesterday
nfternoon at tho Woman's Christian asso
ciation hospital from a complication of dis
eases. Sho woh 40 years of age and leaves
1esU!e.s her husband six children. The body
will bo taken tomorrow morning to Walnut
Jor burial.
Mrs. Anna Frederlcknen lias applied to
to appointed administratrix of the estate
of her brother, tho lata John H. Thomas,
who wan found dead at his home at Twenty-sixth
street and Avenue D. Judge Smith
will hear the application tomorrow. C. Q.
ISauudcrs is at present acting as special
administrator.
Charles Langdon is under arrest at the
rlty Jail, charged with disorderly conduct.
Ho ami Chester Egbert were using loud
nnd profane language on Main street Mon
day night when Olllccr Busso attempted to
arrest them. Egbert managed to make good
3iis escape, but Lnngdon fell into tho meshes
of tho law and will have a hearing In police
court this morning.
'ihn Inquest on John Brown, thu deaf
rnuto run down and, killed liy an Illinois
Central passenger train Monday, hus been
lmstlKined until today in order to secure
tho attendanco of tho train crow. Tho re
mains have been removed from tho
Woman's Christian association hospital to
n.unklc-y'H undertaking rooms, where tho
liuiuest will bo held. '
Tho receipts at tho Christian homo last1
week showed an upward tendency. In the
general fund $263.15 was received, being
J5.1.15 abovo tho estimated needs for the
current expenses of the week and decreasing
tho deficiency in this fund to dato to J178.6S.
In the manager's . fund only Jll wus re
ceived, being $24 below the needs of tho
week and Increasing the deficiency to dato
In this fund to $103.78.
Kirn completely destroyed a cottage at
C9"0 Avenuo K at an eurly hour yesterday
(morning occupied by Itoy Carlln and owned
toy Sheufe & Co. Tho occupants of the
house wero absent from homo at the time
tho tiro was discovered and Its origin Is
unknown. By tho tlmo tho blaze was dis
covered and the Ilro department notilled tho
Siouso was a seething -mass of flames. The
loss Is estimated at $J00, with $500 Insurance.
It. S. Hooten, arrested last Sunday for
kllsttirblng tho peaco and threatening to do
1. dlly Injury to C. Morris, was taken ne
iforo the commissioner of Insanity yester
day On a previous occasion the board came
1o tho conclusion that ho was not Insune,
Unit this tlmo they decided to send him to
(it. Bernard's hospital for observation, as
Ills manner and actions clearly indicated
4 hat ho won suffering from mental uborru
llon. Mrs, Halle, tho wlfo of John Halle, Jr.,
of Hazel streot, called at the otllco of As
sistant County Attorney Kimball yesterday
nfternoon to say that her husband had
thrown her out of the' houso and had re
fused to let her In again. She was not
anxious to return to him. but she did want
to get her trunk and other belongings out
of tho houee, Her two children, sho said,
Nhn hud placed In tho care of one of the
neighbors. Sho made serious charges
avalust her husband and accused him of
extreme cruelty toward her and tho chil
dren, She wos Instructed to lllo an Informa
tion against him.
N. Y. Plumbing C. Tei. 2M.
Howell's Antl-"Kawf' cured coughs, cold,
Davis sells paints.
SnritrlMP for Mix I'pmiy.
Miss Madgo Penny, superintendent 0f tho
Woman's Christian Association hospital, has
nmong her various duties that of ordering
tho menu for the mid -day dinner of tho staff
of tho Institution. Yesterday, however, was
ono dny In tho year that sho failed to at
tend to this duty. Somehow or other sho
did not huvo tho tlmo. Every time . that
sho started tooward tho kitchen with tho
purposo of consulting with the cook ono or
other of tho nurses engaged her attention.
When tho dinner hour arrived and Miss
Penny descended to tho dining room sho
was much surprised to tlnd the place in
darkness, Dcforo she could expostulate,
huwaver, tho dining table was suddenly
lighted from numerous colored candles sta
tioned in two largo cakes plnced at each
end. The table was in addition beautifully
decorated with cut flowers and smllax and
tho menu, a upeclitl one, was of tho dainti
est. Tho staff of nurses had prepared this
Surprise In celebration of Miss Penny's
birthday anniversary.
I
FARM LOANS
Negotiated In Eastern Nebraska
and Iowa. James N. Ouudy, Jr.,
iSi Main St, Council Bluffs.
BLUFFS.
HIGH SCHOOL FUNDS TIED UP
Injunction Secured bj Fliokingtr Dafm
Building Still Pnrthir.
PETERSON WAS MORE THAN A FIGUREHEAD
Orlglnnl Petition for Injunction
Show Him to llnve Ileen thn Sole
1'lnlntllT Another Twelve
Month of Delay.
Tho action of Attorney I. N. Fllcklngor
In enjoining the school board Monday night
from taking action on the Oakland avenue
site, after the suit In which Slack Peterson
had figured as plaintiff had been dismissed,
was tho subject of much comment on tho
strcots yesterday. Tho general feeling Is
that after tho voto cast at tho recent school
election so largely In favor of tho Oakland
avenue sito and the Injunction suit having
been dismissed by the person who was sup
posed to have been the real plaintiff, tho
Board of Education should have been per
mitted to tako such action as It deemed
best for tho Interests of the people of tho
district without being trammeled by further
Injunction proceedings.
Tho' tomporary injunction was secured on
tho claim, as presented to Judge Smith, that
Slack Peterson was morely a figurehead In
tho original proceedings and, In fact, was
only one of many plaintiffs to tho petition
and that such being the case, he had no
legal right to dismiss the caso without se
curing the consent of tho other persons
Interested 'with him In the suit.
It Is also conceded that tho order Issued
by Judgo Smith was too sweeping and that
thoro was nothing in the caso to Justify him
in enjoining the members of the board from
oven voting on this site. It was said yes
terday that If application had been made to
him Judgo Smith would have modified tho
order In this respect.
Peterson the Sole Pctltloiii-r.
Itoferenco to the original petition for an
injunction against the board as filed in the
district court shows without question that
Slack Peterson appears In the title of the
suit as tho sole plaintiff. Tho petition In
question boars tho tltlo "Slack Peterson
against tho Independent School District of
Council Bluffs." Tho second paragraph of
tho petition reads as follows: "That he
(referring to the plaintiff) Is but ono of
the numerous residents and taxpayers of
said school district who have a common
and general interest In the prosecution of
this action, nnd as it is Impossible to Join
all who are so Interested as plaintiffs herein,
ho (Slack Peterson) brings this action in
their and his own behalf."
It will bo seen that no name of th,t so
called interested persons and taxpayers is
mentioned and In the event of the case
being decided against the plaintiff the costs
would naturally have to bo taxed up to
Slack Peterson. This being the case, It is
claimed that Slack Peterson, in order to
avoid cny possibility of being mado respon
sible for tho costs of tho actions, had a
perfect legal right to dismiss the case
wherein he appeared as tho solo named
plaintiff.
But for tho Injunction served Monday
night,, It Is believed that the question of tho
building of. tho High school would have
been settled once and" for all. It Is known
that Ave of the Beven members of the Doard
had agreed to vote to erect the school on
the Oakland site, and another member had
said that If the majority of the board was
In favor of this site and voted for it, he
would owing Into line and this would have
left only ono member against tho site.
The monoy derived from the bonds voted
'by tho people to build the High school has
been tied up In the banks of this city for
twolve months and now It Is doubtful if tho
school will be even built this year.
Judge Smith said yesterday that he would
rofuse to hear the case, but would leave it
to one of the other Judges of the district, as
ho had dono In the original proceedings.
He said he only Issued the temporary re
straining order Monday evening as a matter
of emergency. ,
"A Night In Bohemia" for the benefit of
tho Woman's Christian Association hospital,
to bo given at Dohany opera houso Friday
evening, March 23. Reserve scat tickets on
sale after 9:30 this morning.
Mr. Ttlley E-cent cigar.
FKW I.ITItJANTS APPEAR AT BAIl.
Present Conrt Term Will lie One of
the Shortest on Itrcnril.
Judge Shlras convened tho March term
of tho United States circuit and district
courtB here yesterday morning and tho ex
peditious manner In which the civil docket
was disposed of indicates that tho term will
probably bo one of the shortest on record.
Most of tho equity cases were either con
tinued or settled out of court and outside
of a few bankruptcy cases tho remainder of
the term will be devoted to whatever crim
inal prosecutions may result from tho de
liberations of the grand Jury.
Tho grand Jury was empaneled, with John
T. Stewart of Shenandoah as foreman and
tho following members: John Andrews,
Diagonal: F. W. Beebe, Wlota; W. A.
Boggs, Orlswold; C. C. Bosworth, Tlngley;
C. II. Currier. Prescott; F. A. Dean, Dun
lap; O. F. Elliott, Lenox; J. H. Eldrldgc.
Corning; J. K. Ewlng, Shannon City: C. F.
Huston, Clarlnda; Fred Hoist, Treynor;
William Kubl, Cumberland; Thomas Lig
gett, Mt. Ayr; John Mllnoss, Talmage; J.
O. McGregor, Alton; C. M. Sharp, Glen
wood; C. H. Thomas, Kent; Charles Town
Bend, Anita; John T. Stuart, Mnrne; Jerome
Smith, Corning; J. T. Ward, .Malvern.
Tho damage suit of Mittie J. Clark against
her halt brother, Albert A. Clark, tried at
tho last term when the Jury disagreed, was
dismissed and costs paid, a settlement hav
ing been arrived at on the outside, Tho
big bankruptcy caso of the John S. Brit
tain Dry Goods company against Adalaska
O. Ingram of Mount Ayr, which had been
expected to occupy a considerable portion
of the term, was withdrawn and the trus
tee ordered to pay tho costs.
The damago suit of Mary E. Fay against
the Chicago t Northwestern Railroad com
pany was continued until next term.
A motion to strike plaintiff's petition in
the case of James McKlcslsk against J. It.
Faublan was submitted and taken under ad
vlsomont, Tho suit of Mahala J. Taylor against tho
National Benevolent association was dis
missed as plaintiff had failed to file a cost
bond, as directed, ,
Tho suit of L. Abt & Sons against niock
& Heyman was transferred for trial to Dcs
Molnrs,
The motion for a new trial In tho famous
suit of Mrs, Jessie Kerr against the Modern
Woodmen of America was argued and sub
mitted and taken under advisement.
The suit of tho United States against
Hussell It. Whittlesey nnd his bondsmen
was transferred to Des Moines,
The suit of M. E. Smith & Co. of Omaha
against Neal and others was continued at
the cost of the defendant, as was the suit
of T, J. Rice against Humphrey R. Sloan
and others.
Charles McMurtln of Hamburg entered a
plea of guilty io bootlegging and tho case
i was dUmlaied, there being certain exteuuat-
Ing circumstances, tho offense having been
but a technical one.
William lams of Lorlmcr pleaded guilty
to sending unmallable matter through the
malls and cscuped with a fine of $25 and
costs.
Tho caso against Hiirold Egbert of this
city, In which ho la charged with . sending
obsceno matter through tho malls, was con
tinued. This case has been pending for two
years, but has never been brought to trial
on account of tho youth of tho defendant.
E. It. Cadwcll and D. T. Child of Dunlap
and P. C. E. Lally of Dcnlson wero ad
mitted to practice In 'the federal court,
E. B, Gardiner, Joe Spauldlng and William
McFaddcn were appointed court bailiffs for
tho term.
OONTUACT MAD1J KOIl 111111)1.1? TOM.M.
Terminal Hnlluii Will llnlf-Crnt
for llnoh PimmMiRi-r Transported,
A contract between tho Omaha Bridge &
Terminal Hallway company anil tho Omaha,
Council Bluffs & Suburban Hallway' com
pany, giving the latter a right of way for a
slnglo track railway across the former com
pany's brldgo over tho Missouri, was filed for
record yesterday in tho office of the county
recorder. Tho contract Is for a period of
twenty years from dato of the instrument,
which Is dated February 19, 1000. Under It
tho now motor conipun'y Is to pay tho Ter
minal company one-half cent for overy pas
senger It carries across tho bridge, ho pay
ments to bo mado monthly. In tho event of
default of payment for thirty days tho con
tract Is to bo at an end. All former con
tracts between tho Terminal company and
the East Omahn Street Hallway company arc
nullified.
Tho Omaha, Council Bluffs fc suburban
rallwuy agrees to comptcto nnd have In op
eration Its lino In Omaha, East Omaha and
Council Bluffs within six months from tho
dato of tho contract. Profiting from previous
experlcnca thcro Is a provision In tho con
tract to tho effect that In tho ovont of tho
new motor company being enjoined or other
wise tied up by litigation, tho tlmo for tho
completion and operation of its lino may be
extended, provided It Is shown that tho com
pany Is not In collusion with any such liti
gation. Another provision of tho contract
is that tho new motor company shall not
have any claim for damage In the event of
the destruction of tho bridge by fire, water
or any other casualty. Tho usual' provisions
as to flagmen and crossings aro contained In
the contract.
GAI.V IX .SCHOOL
ATTHXllAXCi:
Iteport of .SiipcrliitPiiilont Itcflccts
Credit nil I'uplU.
Tho statistical report of Superintendent
Hayden for tho sixth month of tho school
year ending March 2 and submitted nt the
meeting of tho Board of Educntlon Monday
night contained tho following iigurea: En
tiro enrollment for tho year, 5,130, being a
gain of 2S0 over last year; total enrollment
during month, 4,003, being 371 over tho same
period of last year; average, dally attend
anco, 2,818, being 327 gain over last year;
number of cases of tardiness, 303, being
fifteen lers than at tho same tlmo last year;
number of pupils neither tardy nor absent,
1,232, being 2G5 loss than tho number at
tho same tlmo lout year.
In concluding his report Superintendent
Hayden says:
"It is but Just to the schools to call at
tention to tho creditable decrease In the
number of cases of tardiness and to mako
explanation of tho loss on the items of aver-
ago daily attendance, per cent of attend
ance and number neither absont nor, tardy.
Tho month covered by thie report Included
the severest weather of tho 'wintor season.
Thursday, Fobruary 8,r tho day of tho bliz
zard, more than one-half of, tho children
In tho graded schools were absent. In so mo
roomB usually having more than fifty chil
dren present, less than ten were present
that day. And whllo tho schools had been,
up to tho February month, qulto free from
Hlckness, tho absence from this cause dur
ing the February month was notably large.
With tho coming of tho milder weather, wo
oxpect to make a more creditable showing
on these points In our next report."
Veteran l'lreinen'm AuHoclntlnii.
Tho annual meeting of the Veteran Fire
men's association was held last night at
Rescue onglnc house, when the following
officers wero elected for the ensuing year:
President, A. Bergman; first vlco president.
Charles Mitchell; second v:co president, C,
Sanderson; secretary, John Bohn; treasurer,
C. D. -Walters; directors, John .Madden, R.
H. Huntington, P. D. .Moomaw, C. M'. May
nard, B. Orahl, O. Younkorninn. Tho as
sociation had a most successful year and Is
In bettor shapo today than since Its organi
zation mainly due to tho efficient work of
tho retiring secretary, Charles Nicholson,
There is n good balance In tho treasury and
tho number of members in good standing is
tho largest In years.
Commonwealth clcnrs nrn Ihn Ulnil 4hi.i
mako a man take chances on burning his
lips to get tho last whiff.
Heal KHtnle TruiiMferM,
The following transfers wero filed yester
day in tho abstract, title und loan offlco of
J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street:
Lake Manawu Ice company to J. D.
Edmundsoti, trustee, part sVS nwtf 13-74-41,
q e d $ i
Johanna K. Peterson to Clans II. Pet
erson, lots 1 and 2, block 7, Mere
dith's add. and lots 7, 17 and IS In
subdlv of lot 2, n', nw',4 10-77-39,
s w d i
Sliver Creek townshlo to William H.
Taylor, part nw'.J se 31-74-U, q c d.. 1
Huns N. Sucksdorf and wlfo to P. N.
Sucksdorf, n'.i sw'.i K-TCi-31, w d l
Nathan P. Hunt, rocelver, to James
Nuwton, lot 4, block 4, Sackett'H add,
Hvd........ .... 40o
oeunto . i.ipe ami wne io .Mary A.
Thomus, lot 4, bloek 21, Howard add,
q lid
Florn K. Heck and husband to .Robert
23
h. ucneitree, lots 15 and 10, block' 10,
Meredith's add, w d GOO
Heirs of W. tl. I hillock to H, E.
Oould, lotH 1. 0, 8, B, 10, 11 und 12,
block 3, JlnylW 3rd ndd, q o d i
County treasurer to John II, Million',
lot 8, bloek G. Everett's mid. ( il
Deero-Wells company to John Deorn"
Plow company, lot 10. 11 and 12, block
r6, Rlddln's subdlv lots 3. 4, 5 and 6,
block 10, and lot 24, -block 18,-Wrglifg
add. w il... i
E. J. Beaumont to Nancy I, Crimen, lot
17. block 3;', Ccntrul subdlv, w 'f00
Total, eleven trunsfors ."$Ts33
Commonwealth 10-cent cigar.
Gravel roofing. A. H. Rend, 541 BVay.
i:-lliinU I'reHldeiit Free.
ATLANTIC, la., March 20. (Special.)
J. C. Yctzer. formerly president of tho Cass
County bank, returned to his home yester
day, huvlng completed his sentence in tho
penltontlary. He malntaina ' his Innocence
of complicity in tho fraud of that Institu
tion JiiHt us he did before, He will probably
remain In Atlantic, though ho has no plans
for the future. Mr. Yetzer suys he cherishes
no 111 will against any ono.
"I used Kodol Dyspepsia uurn m mr family
with wonderful results. It gives Immediate
relief, is pleasant to tako ami is truly the
dyspeptic's best friend," says E. Harlgerlnk,
Overlsol, Mich. Digests what you eat. Can
not fall to cure.
BROWN'S For (hi
BRONCHIAL .
troches Throat
Thi Public Spuku's Frlind.
John i. Promt Jt Son, Hex ton.
IOWA TELEGRAPH MEASURE
Upper Bodj of LegiiUture Dis:nue8
Oheihire Amindmint.
STUBBORN RESISTANCE BY CORPORATIONS
I.eBlxInture nmt Number of 1,'rlcndn
Visit Stnte CnllrKC of AKrlenltnrc
nmt Meehnnlcnt Arts
nt Amen, i
DES MOINES. March 20. (Special Tele
gram.) The principle of the Cheshire
amendment applied to telegraph companies
Is now under consideration by the Iowa sen
ate. It camo up today as a special order and
the early part of Its consideration Indicates
that it will be stubbornly resisted by tho
corporations affected.
Senator Ball offered the same amendment
today that he tried to Incorporate In tne ex
.press bill last week, but It again was de
feated. He has tho sarao objection to that
feature of tho telegraph bill as of the other
bill, which proposes that the values of the
lines shall be distributed equally over tho
cntlro system, nnd the Iowa valuation be In
proportion to tho Iowa mileage. To this ho
objects on tho ground that lines in some
other states may bo worth moro or less
than In Iowa, and an average valuation
would bo reported for the entire system and
for Iowa; tho total valuation, after deduc
tions for real cstato determined, and tho
Intangible valuation, representing the dif
ference between the total and tho tangible,
distributed In tho same proportion as the
tangible. Only five votes were cast for this
proposition and the amendment was there
fore lost.
lllanelinril Snlmtltntr.
Illanchard offered tho substitute for the
whola bill, which it has been predicted he
would do, and mado a talk for It. He
claimed that tho aubstituto contained all
tho meritorious provisions of the Cheshire
bill with none of Us ovlls. In short, the
BUbstltuto proposes to apply tho principle
of railroad assessment In Iowa to the tele
graph and telephone linos of the state. Its
friends claim that this will reach the samo
end as the Cheshire amendment, as the rail
road property is assessed according to tho
proportion of Iowa property to tho entire
lines in tho United States. The friends of
tho Cheshire amendment claim that the sub
stitute will not cover tbo desired ground.
The bill providing stricter regulation of
stipulation of premium life Insurance com
panies waB taken up by the houso today as
a special order. Afi pr n lia.,4 I. , ..
amondment was Incorporated In the bill pro-
urns mm. mo unpaid 75 per cent of tho
capital stock bo secured by first real estate
mortgages duly recorded and acknowledged
and deposited with tho auditor of Btate, In
stead of by voto of the stockholders.
Byers gavo notice that as soon as tho
house convened tomorrow ho would offer
amendments to make other sections of the
code conform to tho amendment Just passed.
This Is regarded as the first step in an Im
portant move in InBuranco legislation. Tho
bill pending is of great significance to the
companies of tho stato and a number of in
ouronco men wero present this morning.
This afternoon several hundred persons
including moat of tho leglelators and a large
number of friends.
special train to Ames to visit tho State Col-
lego or Agriculture and Mechanical Arts.
Tho excursion was nt the. finin e i,
citizens of Ames and the -friends of the
college. A mass conference was held In the
college chapol. at which speeches were mado
u mo governor, president of tbo college
lieutenant governor, speaker of the house
and others. At 6 n. m. a dutrv i,mM, ...
served and toastu wero given. The party
iuiuiuuu io ucs .Moines about 9 p. m This
Is tho last Junket the lP?lRlfltllf-A will tnl,.
at this session.
A reeolutlon was introduced in the house
today fixing the dato of final adjournment
at April 3. It is believed that either this
date, or April G, will bo nelected as tho final
dato.
Pardon for Moelehon.
Today tho senate committee on peniten
tiaries and pardons roDorted fnvnmhi v,
application for tho pardon of Cornelius Moel-
cuon. .Moeicnon is a German who camo to
America In 1878. Ho lived with an uncle
near Dubuquo for six months. One day his
uncle left home, but did not return. His
bedy was found somo distance from home,
whero ho had evidently been murdered. His
nephew was tried for tho crlmo and Im
prisoned for life. (At the tlmo of his trial
ho could not speak English and ho had no
means to get counsel. Moelehon has served
twenty years in tho penitentiary. Before
he came to America he served three years
In tho Prussian army during the Franco
Prussian war, and was never convicted" of
crlmo before.
His pardon has been reported favorably to
the house also. This will
pardon to paBs tho present assembly, the
pardon of Thomas Kelly having been granted
on the eve of his death several weeks ago.
The ways and .means committee of the
senate introduced a 'bill making It unlawful
to solicit political campaign funds from
employes of tho State Board of Control, the
eamo as It iu now contrary to law for such
employes to pay anything In this way. The
bill Is In lino with tho recommeadatlona of
the State Board of Control.
Hubbard's bill relinquishing to the United
States government the state's title to the
acre of ground upon which Sergeant Charles
Floyd is burled, near Sioux City, passed
tho senate today. The government has ap
propriated $5,000 for a monument to tho
sergeant If It secures tltlo to the gravo.
ATTEMPT TO BLOWUP LAWYER
Albert Kulin linn Made n Partial Con
femiluii of HID (jullt to the
Authorities.
CHDAIt nAPHJS, la., March 20.-(Spe-cial.)
There havo tbeen tho most sensa
tional developments in connection with the
arrest of the eight young men on Saturday
night, charged with placing dynamlto on
the steps of St. Paul's Methodist church a
week ago Sunday night. As a result Albert
Kuba has been held In bonds of 5.000 to
await tho action of tho grand Jury and
i J. Mettle 1,08 hcon arrested In a
Michigan town and Is now being held to
await tho arrival of an officer from this
city. Theso two men will be charged with
attempting to blow up the home of At
torney William U Cron last Thanksgiving
night, and as Kuba has already mado a
partial confession, there soems to te no
doubt about their guilt.
After tho arrest of the eight mra on
Saturday night and the development fol
lowing their arrest, the police camo to the
conclusion that Albert Kuba knew somo
thing In regard to tho attempt to b!o up
the homo of Attorney Cron and It wai on
that lino that they directed their every ef
fort. They worked on the matter all day
tsunday and late In the ovenlng secured a
partial confession from Kuba. They did not
give the matter out, however, first deilr
lug to secure Mettle. Today they received
fv,mTase ,r5ra a Michigan sheriff stating
that Mettle was under arrest. They then
arraigned Kuba and held hlra to the grind
Jury In bondn of $5,000, which he will not
be able to furnish. An officer will fv
on the first train to bring Mettle back.
Mettle is a Frenchman who was her Ut
Smith & Bradley's
EASTER SALE OF CLOTHING
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week an expert
cutter from A. E. Anderson & Co., Chicago, will be at our store with
a large line of piece goods from which to select
Suits, Trousers and Fancy Vests
Made to your measure at ready-made prices.
Every Garment Warranted to Fit or No Sale.
Suits from $13.00 to $23.00. Trousers from $3.50 to $6.50 and
Fancy Vests from $3.00 to $5.00. Don't miss this exceptional oppor
tunity to get fitted out for spring. It costs nothing to investigate,
year and acted as foreman at tho North
western stone crusher, Just below the city.
Ho became Intimate with a fast woman and
tho two often frequented tho Kuba saloon.
It was hero that ho became well acquainted
with Kuba. One night several men were
In the saloon talking and somo one said
that it would bo a good Idea to blow up
some of tbo blackmailing lawyers. At
torney Cron has had the reputation,
whether Justly or not, of "bleeding" the
saloon men. It Is stated that Mettle spoke
up and said he would furnish tho dynamite.
Nothing more was thought of the matter
at that time, but afterwards, according to
report. Mettle and Kuba got together and
concocted tbo plan of blowing up the Cron
home. They first went to a dance nt tbo
C. S. P. S. hall. Uetween 11 and 12 o'clock
they slipped away and, getting the dyna
mite, proceeded to the Cron home, where It
Is said thoy placed the dynamite and lighted
the fuse. They afterward returned to the
dance, remaining there until morning,
Louis Cejka, who was an Intimate friend
of Kuba, and who was employed at the
stone crusher, happened to bo at the saloon
on the night when tho first suggestion was
mado in regard to blowlug up tho Cron
home. He kept referring to tho matter,
flrat to Kuba and then to Mettle. Each
supposed tho other had told him tho whole
story, and finally told him Just what they
did and asked him to keep quiet. Cejka was
In tho crowd which visited tho church on n
week ago Sunday night, and the only man
of tho eight, except Kuba, who knew about
the dynamlto being placed on tho steps.
It -was Cejka who ilrst told tho Cron story
when closely questioned by the police on
Snnrinv. Knh.1. when in learned that it was
I known, acknowledged that Cejka bad told
tho truth.
The plot to blow up tho Cron homo was
a most diabolical one, although up to tho
present time It has generally been believed
that It was dono for a bluff and that there
wbb no real attempt to blow up the house.
I Had tho charge of dynamite placed on his
doorstep exploded not ono would havo
escaped Instant death, as there was enough
dynamlto to blow tho houso to ntoms.
I They were saved by a miracle. In some
manner the detonating cap had been placed
on tho fuso carelessly and was on only
nbout half way. The fuse burned down to
the cap, but did not explode It.
Tho Liquor Dealers' association held an
indignation meeting this aftornoon. They
.idnnted resolutions Htronclv denouncing tho
1 act, expelled Kuba from the association and
turned tho 50 offered as a reward over to
the. mayor to be disposed of to tho proper
man.
IOWA BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS
Word Itccrlved thnt Prlvnle Institu
tion ut Ilecntur Ult- Unit
Fulled.
DES MOINES, March 20. (Special Tele
gram.) A telephone message was received
at tho state houso this morning to tho ef
fect that the bank at Decatur City, Decatur
county, bad closed ita doors. Tho institu
tion is a private affair with a capital stock
of 115,000 and surplus of 118,000. The offl
cers are: Nathan Schee, president; John
Clay, vice president; E. W. Townsend, cash
ier. Tho particulars of tho reported falluro
had not been learned at the. state house.
Helng a privato bank its affairs do not como
within the Jurisdiction of tho stato auditor's
office, and hence, when the message wub re
ceived no official attempt was made to In
vestigate tho matter.
Nathan Schee, president of the bank, is
a well known citizen of Dos Moines, and
has extensive realty and personal property
interests throughout the entire state.
Three of the four national banks of this
city, tbo Des Moines National, Iowa Na
tional, Citizens and Valley, will take ad
vantage of the new currency law which went
into effect last Thursday and aro preparing
to Increase their circulation to an amount
that will likely aggregate $600,000. Tbo
Des Moines National said this afternoon
they were Intending to tako advantage of
tho provisions of that law concerning In
crease of circulation and wero prepared to
tako out $250,000. Tho two other banks, and
possibly all three, will take out similar iuma
aggregating tho abovo amount.
Tbo four banks received yesterday from
tho Treasury department a largo ofuclul
package, which, on being opened, disclosed
io vlow a number of documents, In which
the proposition of tho department In rela
tion to the Issuance of new bonds Is made.
The bankers of the city have considered the
matter purely and thoroughly from a finan
cial standpoint and are convinced tho ven
ture will result beneficially to them.
This morning in Newton thcTO was found
In a spring wagon, attached to a pony and
a mule, tho dead body of a man about 40
ycam of age, quite bald-heuded and poorly
dressed. No marks of any kind were found
upon the body, and tho presumption of thn
authorities In Newton is that death was due
to alcoholism. In telephoning the matter
to the police department In this city this
afternoon tho Newton officers stated that tho
man was an entire stranger thoro, and from
an examination of articles found upon his
person they believe that ho was a resident
of Dea Moines and desire to havo an Investi
gation. Mrs. Margaret L. Shepherd, who adver
tises herself as an cx-Komanlst nun, arrived
here today and began a series ot lectures
attacking the Catholics. She was refused
at several halls, but finally cbtal'ned per
mission to held ber meetings in tho Young
Men's Christian association auditorium,
Hloiii City HelnK Purified.
SIOUX CITY. Ia., March 20, (Special.)
The Ministerial association of Sioux City
has Inaugurated a campaign against Sun
day base ball and has appointed a com
mittee to see what can bo done to prevent
tho league games being played In Sioux City
this season. This is In lino with the gen
eral purification movement going on In
Sioux City a' tho hands or tho ministers.
The preachers fear that this summer amuse
ment enterprises will be run very oppnly
on Sundays and they propose to put a stop
to such proceedings if they can. If the min
isters should be able to carry out their In
tentions Sioux City will have no league ball
this year, as the city could not support the
-Hhniii thn Sunday cames. The club
Is owned by Manager Boall of the Orand
opera house and It U certain ne win givo
Chainless Bicycles....
Hold All World Records Except One.
Columbia, tpsttnl three years, L'O.OOO In use. SpnlilltiK OnIcr-(Sciir, sold
four years. Utile 15 per cent easier than chain wheel. Urease proof,
tlust proof, tlreil proof ami guuranteeil.
OUR OFFER Cash or Easy Payments.
Any puivhaser of Columbia or Spalding ?(MUX) or ?".".00 Chainless
Can Change for Chain Model
Inslilo of thirty days If not satlslled. See the Coaster Hrukc. Saves
one-third the pedaling.
COLE & COLE'S CYCLERY
Enameling - Brazing - Repairing.
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the games up If tho ministers succeed In
shutting off the Sunday exhibitions.
The ministers also are taking rnther an
actlvo interest In tho present municipal
campaign. They want a man elected mayor
who will Insist upon tho strict enforcement
of tho Martin law.
School Superintendent OhnMcn.
ATLANTIC, la., March 20. (Special.)
At a meeting ot tho school board laBt night
Prof. C. M. Cole, principal ot the High
school, was unanimously chosen superin
tendent ot city schools, to succeed Prof.
Wilcox, who recently resigned. Tho honor
was one unsolicited by Prof. Colo. Ho was
chosen for the remainder ot this school
year and also for next year. ThlB gives
him an increase o! salaiy of $500 per year
and Is a recognition of tho splendid work
ho has dono in tho schools.
Iovn Soldier Heturim.
CLINTON, Ia March 20. (Special.)
John Shepard, an Iowa boy, has returned
homo from tho Philippines, where he was
with General Lawton as a member of Com
pany II, Twenty-second United States regu
lars. Ho was one of sixty soldiers to go
200 miles Into tho Interior of the island
north of Manila, and had many adventures,
as a band of cannibals wa3 '.ocated In that
part of Luzon and mado tho duty of the
soldiers hazardous.
Inwn Xew Notrn.
Only one -woman voted at the recent
bchool election at Anamosa.
All the arrangements have been made for
tho rural free mall delivery out of Hills
dale. Thirty people caught the measles at a
wedding at Lelghton recently. Three of
them have died.
Charles Brandon of Mason City was
thrown from a buggy by a runaway team
und Instantly killed.
A Sioux City man proposed marriage to
a woman lawyer and she charged him $10
for framing a reply.
Itov. Kather J. V. Ward, for twenty years
tho priest In charge of tho Catholic parish
of South Ottumwa, has been transferred to
Iowa City.
John Shepard of Hillsdale Is home after
two years' service In Cuba and the Philip
pines. He was with General Lawton's com
mand when tho general wus killed.
Oeorgo Thompson, a notorious burglar,
for whom the police of several cities have
beem searching for a couple of years, has
been nrrested by the Hurllugton police.
An Incendiary fire camo near destroying
the otllco of the Fairfield Republican. It
was discovered before It had gained much
headway nnd extinguished with compara
tively llttlo damage.
Tho bureau of ordnance and fortifications
of the Wur department hnK given an experi
mental order to the Dubuquo enamel works
to supply a regiment of cavulry and one of
Infantry with canteens.
Ernest O. Schlapp. a prominent Burling
ton business man, wus drowned In u small
lake nonr that place while he wns out hunt
ing. Just how the accident happened will
never bo known, us ho was alono nt tho
time.
Fuy Wright, a farmer living near Pacific
Junction, was Imprisoned In a large Incu
bator which he had entered for the purpose
of tixlng something. The door accidentally
closed and when wound by his wife hu was
unconscious.
A Kulrfux man belongs to every lodge In
that town. Tho citizens are trying to get
a curfew law passed and the wlfo of the
lodgcman wants a clause Inserted to the ef
fect that a husband Hhnll not stny out
more than two nights a week.
J. C. Yetzer has been relenscd from tho
eon .MiiuiHon peniienuiiry nnu returned to
his homo In Atlantic. He served three years
and threo months for his shnrn in ti.
wrecking of the Cass County bank. All tho
lormer oiuciais or mo DaiiK are now ut
liberty.
A half dozen Humboldt boys, headed by a
lad who wus ut one time nn inmate of tho
Reform school, wero nrrested for sMalliij;
Junk. It developed after their arrest that
they hud planned to hold up the Minne
apolis & St. Puul llyer and tho attempt
would huvo been mudo If their arrest on the
other charge hnd not Interfered.
.Missouri mil MlHnniirlnnx,
Ituy county clulms a population of
30.000.
Tho Wnrretisburjr normal school recently
enrolled 112 new ptudentu.
Tho Missouri apple will occupy u promi
nent pluce ut the Purls exposition,
Joplln's new gas works will have twelve
times tho cupuclty of tho present works.
A sixty-flvo foot face of rich Jack oro
has bM-n struck In thu southwest suburbs
of Carthage.
Henjumln IT. Otto, who has been fore
man of the press room of tho Jefferson
City Tribuno for twenty-llvo years, Is dead.
Miss Mahau, tho stato orcunlzer of tho
Women's Chrlstlun Temperance union, In
lecturing to large audiences wherever sho
soes.
Just to scare hl jiarents a Orant Cltv
17-year-old boy took u dow of nrsenlc, but
by timely arrival of medical aid ho wus
saved.
After an absence of forty years, Mrs,
Hoblnson, ngrd "5, has returned to Car
thago. Forty years ngo Rho and her hus
bund left Jumper county to go us mission
aries to tho Holy Iund. Recently her hus
band died and sho returned to America,
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BLEEDING PILES
Mr. E. D. Skelton, a telegraph opera
tor ot Kremont, Neb., snys: "1 had
piles for eight years and got so bad I
hud to quit work. I crawled up to the
drug store part of tho way on my
hands and knees nnd got a packago of
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I havo never been troubled since.
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DON'T Ml D IT!
"If you happen to stand In tho lobby
of tho
Dob any Theater
WAitr'ii
say nbout !) o'clock, und hear loud laughter
and tumultuous yolls, don't mind It. Don't
think you uro in a cruzy liousnr It Is
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I'ltlzi-nessos have of oxpressinK their satis
faction with that unctuous comedian,
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In last season's most conspicuous success,
Other People's Money