THE OMAHA DAILY BJSEt TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1900.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
MlXOlt MI3STI05.
Davta Bell glass.
"Mr. IUIy," S-rent cigar.
Flno Missouri oak. Gilbert Pros.
Oan fixtures and Blobs at HUby.
Flno A. H C. beer. Neumayor's hotel.
Wolunan. sdcntltlo opUclan, 409 Il'd'y.
3chmidt'a photos, now and latn.it styles.
W. J. IJostetter. dentist. Haldwln block.
Moore's stock food kills worms, fattons.
Boo Schmidt for elosant holiday photos.
Drink Budwulncr beer. L. Hoscnfeld. a;t.
effort. Joweler, optician. 234 Uroadway.
Christmas pictures at C. B. Alexander &
Co.'B, 333 Uroadway.
W. P. GrafT. undortnltcr and dlslnfector,
101 Bouth Main streot 'l'hono 506.
Get your work done at the popular Eaglo
laundry, 1U Uroadway. 'l'hono 157.
W. C. Kstep. undertaker. 28 I'oarl street.
Telephones: Office, 97; residence, 33.
Tho I-ady Maccnboos will meat at tho
usual tlmo nnd placo this afternoon.
Try our Chrlstmnw dinner. Ladles' and
Oontn' cafe, Ml Uroudwuy. Open ull hours.
Morxan & Klein, upholstering, (urnlturo
repairing, mattress making. 123 8. Main st.
Miss Klla Hlscnfeld Iioh Bono to Hen
Wolnen for n month'", visit with friends
ntul rclattvcN.
A want add In Tho Hco will brine results.
Tho samo attention Riven to a want add in
Council Hlufts as at tho Omaha office.
Mrs. J. W. Kavanailith of Kansas City
arrived yesterday on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Arthur W. Slack of South Hlxth street.
Sheridan coal, once tried always used,
Hmokolcss. no soot, clInkerH nor sulphur,
l'rloo 5, i.S0. tfVnlon & Foley, sole agents.
Contractor WIckh'im completed the pav
Ins of North Second Mreot yesterday by
uslnt? GalcsburB brick at tho intersection of
Vino street.
Georxo Kcllngtr, chief of tho fire depart
ment of Sioux City, !.. wn In tho city
yesterday visiting Chief Tcmpleton und
other friends.
Mrs. Mary Christiansen, wife of C. U.
Christiansen, 131G Third street, died yester
day from consumption, ng'd 23 years. No
tlco of funeral will bo given later.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobcrt Hluford of Lincoln,
Nob., aro spending tho liollduyH with T.
O. Lovo and family. Mrs. I.ovo'h mother,
Mrs. M. 11. lllnford, Is also a guest tit tho
Lovn home.
Tho case of I. O. McCrarcy. charged with
murderously assaulting his wife, wnH con
tinued In nollco court yesterday until Jan
uary 8. Ills ball was llxed at 1200. In de
fault or wnicli no is bum languisning ui
tho city Jail.
Frank Paul, formerly of this city, but
now of Uenlson, In., whero ho owns and
edits tho Ilemokrat, a weekly German
paper. Is In thn city with his family, spend
ing inn nonuays wmi rcmiivcn.
Mr. Paul
wiia olected county clerk
of
Crawford
county at tho lust election.
Tho cano ngainst Henry McDonald, James
and Alfred Richardson, Georgo Leslie nnd
Robert HauckH, charged with mullclous de
struction of trees on tho grounds of tho
Omuha Gun club, wnH continued In Justice
Vlen's court yesterday until Friday. All of
tho defendants aro out on ball.
Tho memborH of the flro department were
smoking clgarH yesterday through the
courtesy of Manager Hart of tho Water
works company, who Bent a box to each
horo houso. Mr. Hart also remembered tho
Sollco department In n slmllnr manner, as
Id Manager Nichols of tho Gns company.
Carl Carlson, wanted hero to answer to
tho chargo of breaking Into V. Battln s
carpenter Hhop nnd steullug a quantity of
tools, valued nt nbout $C0. last June, was
brought acronH tho river from Omaha last
ovoning by Detective Wolr. Ho nt Unit re
fused to return without requisition papers,
but reconsidered tho matter.
It Is paid you will mlns a treat If yaii
don't seo tho big fnrce comedy success, "A
Merry Chuse," at tho Dohany theater
Christmas matinee and night. Matlnco nt
S p. m. Latest specialties, newest songs
nnd novelties portrnyed by a strong com
pany of players. Come and laugh at one of
tho best farco comedlca on tho road.
Jj. C. Lowcry, a colored man, was nr
rested after midnight Sunday, charged
with assaulting his wife, a white wornun.
Tho Information wub filed In Justlco Vlen's
court, but when tho defendant was brought
heforo tho court yesterday morning tho
wlfo refused to prosecuto and tho chargo
was dismissed Tho costs wero taxed
against tho woman.
Tho case of James Ilnll, the negro
churged with assaulting with Intent to kill
Mrs. Mary Burns, an nged colored woman,
was continued In Justlco Vlen's court yes
terday until Wednesday. Mrs. Burns Is
still being cared for at tho police station,
bb tho landlord of tho houso where she
had a room provlous to the assault re
fuses to let her go bnck there.
Colonel J. J. Steadman, clerk of the
United Stntes district court, has recently
lacod on his Harrison county farm, neur
lunlap, fourteen pure-bred, blooded Here
ford cuttlo. Part of this beginning of a
puro-blood herd of Herefords camu from
tho Rlversldo ranch, near Ashland, Neb.,
and part from tho Comstock ranch at Al
bany, Mo. Tho last of these cattlo came
through yesterday, having been on ex
hibition at tho line stock shows In Omaha
and Kansas City. Colonel Steadman Is very
proud of the cattle, which have been
greatly udmlred by stockmen.
N. Y. Plumbing Co.. t)epnono 250.
Eat, drink nnd be merry. This Is the
glad day of the year, nnd tho man that
partakes of that famous whisky bought
In bond and sold nt tho Hoffman will bo
glad that he is alive.
Ileal IXnte Trnnnfer.
Tho following transfers were filed yester
day in tho abstract, title and loan office of
J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street:
Mary S. Hcnly to Fritz Bruhn, w 14
feet of lotH 4. IS and 6. block 11. town
of Avoca, w d $ 7,000
mro. Aiary Jones to j ntues tiems
worth. lot 6. block 2. Judson's 2d add.
Nooln, w d 275
jonn u. uanisirom nnu wile 10 mary
F.sthor Jnmes. lots 12. 13 and 14.
block 19, Railroad add, w tl 1,000
Baraii J, j amen to urn uonvcm oi
Mercv. lotH 12. 13 nnd 14. block 19.
Railroad add, w d 100
blicrlrt to iowa iiusiness .Men s uuiiu
lug und Loan association, lot 10 nnd
nart lots D nnd 11. block G. town of
Curson. ml 1.031
Claim Albees ana wire to Jonn T. uu
lott, n 200 feet of lot 33, Avocu Lund
and Loan company's subdlv of part
of 9-77-39, w d
Albert W. Cnsady nnd wife to NIcU
J. Mndscn, lot 3, block 4, Hnll'ii add,
w d
Jacob Lohrman to I'ete Simpson. lot C.
1.650
block 3, Highland Place, w d 200
Total, eight transfers $12,031
Howell's Anti-Kawt" cures coughs, colds.
Qrarol roofing. A. U. Read. 541 Broadway,
Marriage. I.lonmen.
Licenses to wed woro Issued yesterday to
tho following persons:
Name and Henldonce,
Charles O. Mlllsap, Council Bluffs..
Kmllo 11. MynBter, Council Bluffs. ..
J. Truman Jones, Council Bluffs.,,,
Harriott 11. Worloy, Council Bluffs..
'William Cozad, Council Bluffs
Minnie Ileiscr, Council Bluffs
Age,
.... 24
.... 18
.... 21
.... 20
.... 25
.... 20
C. 11. Pattorson, Omaha 25
aertruda Hharer, council iiiurrs..
FARM LOANS
Negotiated In Uaatern Nebraska
nd Iowa. James N. uanaay, jr.,
Uf Main ml. council umna.
Savt Your Monty
AVINfll, LOAN AND IIUILDIN
Br
Investing
witn inn
NO ASS'N
KI3 fcavl Street, Council Uluffs, In
I HAMILTON'S I
I SHOE STORE.
BLUFFS.
PLEASURES FOR TBE POOR
Kind-Hearted Folki Look After Material
Wants of the Unfortunate.
REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IN EVIDENCE
Flower Mission, E1W iinil Other So
clrtlr Hive of TheJr Snbatnuee
to Slnke the Day Plraannt
(or All.
Chrlitmos will not no without some of
its Joys to tho poor of Couuctl Bluffs, as
sovoral of tho charltablo organizations have
seen to it that not only should tho little
ono bo remembered by Santa. Claus, but
that tho heads of tho families should not
want for a Chrlstmaa dinner.
Yesterday afternoon tho young women of
tho Flower Mission had an Immense Christ
mas trco at the Dodge Light Guards armory
for tho special benefit of tho poor chlldroa
of the city. The tree was laden with toys,
which Robert Wallace, lu tho gulso of
Santa Claus, distributed among the little
folk. Today tho Salvation Army will serve
tho poor at Its barracks on Broadway a
Christmas dinner and none win do rciusoa
n lone as there la anything left. The mem
bers of the army have roado arrnngemonts to
feed upwards of 300 persons and thoso
who through sickness or other causes wilt
bo unable to go to tho hall will have their
dinners taken to tholr homes.
The local lodgo of Elks has donated $100
In cash to bo distributed among tho poor
today. Eighty dollars of this amount was
placed in tho hands of Hev. Henry DcLong,
nf thn Council Bluffs Benevolent association.
and by this means many a poor family will
be permitted to realize something of tho
eliidnesB of Chrlstraastldo. Tho Llks did
not forget the llttlo children at the Chris
tian Homo, and Manager Lctnen waa given
an order on a local firm for 200 pounds of
dressed turkeys, and tho llttlo folks will
havo a real Christmas dinner this afternoon,
followed by Christmas exercises, as Im
portant fcaturo of which to them will be
two immense Christmas trees, over fifteen,
feet high, which will bo laden with toys
and gifts for every ono In tho Institution.
These gifts have been sent to tho homo
from ovory part of the Unitod States.
Tho relief society of tho Woman's Chris
tian association under Mrs. Phelps has not
been ldlo and numerous families on tho list
of tho association will today be provided
with bounteous Christmas dinners. In con
nection with tho arrangements made tbla
year for the poor, It Is pleasing to state that
the number of families dependent to a
great extent on charity 1b far smaller than
It has been for several years.
Two services will be held this morning
at St. Paul's Episcopal church. An early
celebration of the holy communion will be
held at 7:30 o'clock and at 10:30 o'clock there
will bo morning prayer, sermon by the
roctor, Rov. O. E. Walk, and holy com
munion. A special program of Christmas
muslo will be rendered at this service.
Services will be held at Grace Episcopal
church at 10:30 o'clock this morning, when
tho choir will render a special program of
Christmas music.
Services will bo held this morning at
St. Francis Xavler'B and St. Peters Catholic
churches.
At St. Francis Xavlor'a tho pastor, Rev.
Father Smyth will be assisted by three
clergymen from Omaha.' The services will
be as follows: First mass at 6 a. m., sec
ond mass at 8 a. m., lost mass high mass,
with sermon by a Jesuit father at 10:30
m. In the Interval between these masses
prlvato mass will bo held. Muslo will bo
rondorcd by tho children's choir, owing to
tho fact that the church choir Is at pres
ent disorganized. After tho last mass will
come tho benediction of the adorable sac
rament.
Christmas services at St- Peter's church
will bo as follows: High mass at 6 a. m.,
which will immediately bo followed by a
low mass; high mass at 10:30 a. m., with
sermon by tho pastor, Rev. Father
Thomas; rosary and benediction at 3:45 p. m.
The children of tho Sunday school of the
First Congregational church held their an
nual Christmas exercises, last evening.
Thero was a large Christmas treo from
which Santa Claus distributed gifts for tho
little ones. Mrs. W. J. Leverett presented a
number of steroptlcon views Illustrating
Christmas stories and scenes from the
bible. Tho Sunday school sang "The Birth
ay of a King" and the program also In
eluded a number of recitations and songs
by the children
At tho Second Presbyterian church the
children of tho Sunday school celebrated
Christmas last evening with a tree and a
program of appropriate recitations and
music.
At tho German Evangelical church the
Sunday school held Christmas exercises
last ovoning and the little ones wero raudo
hnppy with gifts from a big Christmas
troe. The cantata, "Joseph and His
Brethren," was given.
At Trinity Methodist church the Christ
ms cantata called "Santa's Surprise" was
rendered last evening by tho Sunday school
under the leadership of Miss Myrtle Faul.
Tbo Sunday school of the Fifth Avenue
Methodist church also held Its Christmas
exercises last evening,
The Broadway Methodist church Sunday
school held Its Christmas exercises last
evening,
A number of the Sunday schools will
hold their Christmas exercises this even
ing,
The children of tho Sunday school of the
First Baptist church will render a cantata
and a program of recitations and songs
ana will have a ChrlBtmas tree,
At the Epworth Methodist church the an
nual entertainment for tho children of the
Sunday school will he held this evening,
There win bo a Christmas tree and gen
oral exercises.
Tbo Union Band Sunday school will hold
Its exercises tonight at the Woodbury
Snow Storm
RomlndB oue that it is
Rubbers and
Overshoes
he nooda. This point being
settlod, the next Is to know
whero to buy them. There Is
one place In town where you
cannot make a mistake It you
want something serviceable
and at reasonable prices
that's
SARGENT'8
Look for the Bear.
Avcnuo school. Tho cantata, "Deautlful
Echoes," will bo rendered under tho direc
tion of Mrs. E. E. Cook and Mrs. C. II. W.
Drown. TherA will be a Chrlstmaa tree
and Santa Claus will bo in evidence.
KXFUHSS COMI'ANV I.VTHUVKMKS,
American Una n Claim Aualimt Officer
fc l'uvy'n Ilnnk for Preference.
Tho American Express company last May
Issued to Mr. and Mrs. B. Musser of
this county twenty-six travelers' checks ot
tho aggregate value of J 1.S00 at the In
stance of Officer & l'uscy, who guaranteed
their payment. In turn Mr. and Mrs. Mus
ser secured Officer & l'uscy by paying them
$800 cash and giving their note for tbo
balance. During Mr. nnd Mrs. Musser's
trip In Europe these checks were cashed
from time to time, except ono for $100,
making In nil $1,700 that tho express com
pany paid out on them.
Tho express company yesterday filed a
petition of Intervention tn the Officer &
Pusey receivership, in which it states al
though Officer c l'uscy had received $800
cash from Mr. and Mrs. Musser It has re
ceived nothing. It alleges that Mr. and
Mrs. Musser, stneo their return from
Europo, huvo paid the note, ami it asks homo in Bed Oak Saturday to spend Sun
that the receivers bo ordered to pay over . day and Christmas nnd will not return
to it tho $800 deposited In cash by the Mus- I until late In tho week. His decision ren
scrs and tho proceeds of tho note nnd in- ders necessary nnothcr meeting of the re-
tcrcst which they paid. Tho company asks
that its claim bo decreed a preferred one,
Frank Stcgall filed an application in tho
Officer & Pusey matter yesterday, In which
he asks that tho receivers be ordered to
pay over to him tho proceeds of a pension
order collected on a Now York bank by
Officer & Pusey in December, 1899. Tho
amount was $225. Stcgall states that nt
different times ho received $10 from Officer
& Pusey and now aska that tho balance bo
paid to him by tho receivers.
John Mlthen, as guardian of tho estate
of Mnry Mlthen, filed a preferred claim yes
terday of $2,000.
Wednesday will be tho last day for cred
itors in which to file claims against the
Officer & Pusey bank.
Receivers Bcreshclm nnd Murphy are
hopeful that tho court will adopt their
8UgBCSt0n that n certain amount of tho
funds now on hand bo withheld for tho
purposo of paying tho preferred claims
when ndjudicated, and that thoy In tho
rnenntlmo bo permitted to declare a divi
dend on tho general claims. If tho court
will make this order tho receivers expect
to pay a dividend of about 23 per cent be
fore the first of tho new year.
This Is tho day that ovcryono should bo
glad that turkeys grow, nnd they are
doubly lucky If thoy have a small decoction
of that famous whisky bought In bond and
sold only nt tho Hoffman, whero "Sappho,"
from her perch on tho wall, smiles with
you.
Open Till Noon.
Tho Boston Storo will bo open until noon
today.
Davis sella paint.
More Rninllpox.
Leono, a little daughter of Grant Schoup,
was pronounced yesterday by the city phy
sician to bo suffering from smallpox. This
raakeB tho second caso In tho Schoup fam
ily and the eighth In tho city slnco tho
disease broke out. The Schoup resldenco
at 2409 Avenuo A has been under quaran
tine for the last seventeen days and tho
period will now be extended forty days.
The city council held a short session
yesttrday evening as a Board of Health
and took the necessary legal steps In con
nection with this last caso of smallpox.
Another daughter of Schoup was taken
tele with the smallpox a fow days ago.
Both cases are said to be of the mildest
form.
The three patients at tho city pest house
are rapidly convalescing, but cannot leave
there until their forty daj-B quarantine Is
expired. Tho two cases at tho Woman's
Christian Association hospital are almost
convalescent despite tholr extrcmo age.
Commonwealth 10-cent clear.
Iowa Pioneer Dead.
T. H. Sketchly, a former resident of this
city, died recently at his home In Seattle,
Wash., after a short Illness from pneu
monia. He was a pioneer of Iowa, having
come to this state in the spring of 1846.
He resided In Hamilton county for a num
ber of years and moved from thero to Tay
lor, Pottawattamlo county, where he en
gaged In farming for several years. Later
he came to Council Bluffs and resided here
for eight years. In the fall of 1897 he and
his wife went to Seattle, WaBb., where they
have since made their home with a daugh
ter. Mr. Sketchly was 69 years of age and
had only recently celebrated his forty-
seventh wedding anniversary. His wife and
ten children survlvo him. Mr. Sketchly
was well known throughout Harrison, Mills
and Pottawattamie counties, where he had
a large acquaintance.
Open Till Noon.
Tho Boston Storo will bo open until noon
today.
Mrs, SndoTV4kl Anka Divorce.
Mrs. Cora Sadowskl, whose husband Is a
fugltlvo from Justlco, commenced suit for
divorce In tho district court yesterday.
Sho recites tho fact that a warrant is out
for the arrest of her husband on a charge
of attempted criminal assault and that he
has 11 od from the city to avoid arrest. She
asks for the custody of their three minor
children aud that sho bo awarded $5 a
week permanent alimony. Sadowskl Is a
well known railroad man, who left tho city
about a month ago to avoid arrest and his
present whereabouts are unknown to tho
authorities.
ChrUtiuna ut I'ostoHlce.
Tbcse, hours will prevail today at the
local postofflce: Stamp window, general
delivery wludow and money order division
will be open from 8 until 11 a, in. Car
riers will make but one delivery, leaving
the postofflce at 0 a, m, There will bo a
business collection made at 7 a. m. and one
In the afternoon at 1 p. m.
Sew Centurr Wntclt Mertlnir.
FORT DODGE, la., Dec. 24. (Special.)
A twentieth century service of more than
usual Interest Is being planned by the
pastors of the Fort Dodge churches, to be
held on Now Year's ove, December 31.
Arrangements have been made by which
leading business and professional men and
women of the city will speak of the advance
which has been made in the century Just
closing along various lines of human ac
tlvlty. Among the subjects treated will be
the press, manufacture, art, education and
agriculture. Tho meeting will begin at
9:30 o'clock In the evening and will last
until slightly after m'dnight, the last hour
being devoted to services of a devotional
character.
Itullnar In Poison Case,
SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 24. (Special.)
Judge Wakufleld of the district court has
rendered an Interesting decision In a caso tn
which the Masons Fraternal Accident as
sociation of America refused to pay $5,000
on a policy which was held by Fred C,
Hills, prosldont of tho Sioux City, O'Neill
& Western railroad. Mr. Hills died after
eating some breakfast food, which had been
poisoned to kill rats, and which was served
on the table by a new servant girl. A pro
vision In the policy states It doeB not cover
death resulting from "taking poison.1' Judge
Wakeflotd held that this refers to the taking
or poison voluntarily, mo insurance com
pany will probably appeal.
1
Supremo Justice Decides to Declino Unirer
ity Chancellorship.
REGENTS MAY NOW ACCEPT AN OUTSIDER
Uenernl Kxiivctntlon In Tbnt Mcl.nln'n
Sucocaanr Will II r n Mini from
Some Other Slnte Applicants
Are MimrrotiN it Prcftnlntr.
DES MOINES. Dec. 21. (Special.)
Judgo Doemer this morning settled tho
matter of his leaving the supremo bench
by announcing his decision not to accept
tho offer raado to him by tho regents of
tho State university of tho chancellorship.
The Judge has been criticised for not having
rendered a decision sooner, but tho fact Is
that he whs lu doubt up until today and his
closest friends knew nothing of what his
final decision would he. Ho went to his
gents to select n chancellor. Tho present
chancellor, Emlln McLnln, has been con
nected with tho law school of tho univer
sity many years and is an able toucher.
It will bo hard to choose a successor.
Thero aro several active candidates In the
field, but It Is generally expected tho re
gents will go outBldo of tho stnlo for tho
J man to bo placod at tho head of tho law
scnooi.
Dnnclnir Tenchers' Swindle.
A great many of tho residents of Inde,
pendence, Manchester, Oclweln and Water
loo and n lesser number of those who llvo
In Charles City, Qrecno nnd Nashua are
mourning tho departure of a firm of danc
ing teachers who worked tbo towns for
what they could get out of thorn. They
formed classes In dancing and collected
small sums from many Btudeuts and then
loft tho country, leaving unpaid bills in
all theso towns.
Gonoral Manager A. C. Goodrich of tho
Keokuk & Western railroad, now a part
of the Burlington system, has announced
that tho Humeeton & Shenandoah branch
of tho Burlington will soon bo placed under
his control and bo mado n part of the
Keokuk & Western for operating purposes.
Ho nlso states that tho headquarters of
tho Kookuk & Western will remain in Kco
kuk and tho Humcston lino will also bo
operated from that point. It had been ox
pectcd that tho consolidation of tho Keokuk
& Western with tho Burlington syBtein
would result In a removal of tho head
quarters from Keokuk and glvo to Mr,
Goodrich a position elsowhcre.
State Trensurer Recovering.
G. 8. Maris of tho stato treasurer's of
fice returned this morning from Chicago,
where ho visited O. S. Gllbcrtson, tho stato
trcasurer-eloct. who is In a hospital. Mr.
Gllbcrtson Is recovering from tho opora
tlon which was performed on him and tho
wound has already healed. Tho operation
was performed on December 6 and ho ex
pects to be ablo to be in tho stato troas
urer's offico by January 7, tho day when
the transfer of tho office will bo made to
him by Treasurer. Herrlott.
It is reported here today that Arthur
Reynolds, tho head of tho proposed Dca
Moines & Northc Iowa railroad, Is about
to dispose of his right of way and corpora
tlon to the Milwaukee and that the latter
company will extend its Boone lino from
Boono to Clarion along tho right of way
thus secured. This will glvo tho Mil
waukee connection with tho Mason City &
Fort Dodge road.
It Is learned hero that in the rearrange
ment of its business tbo Postal Telegraph
Cable company has In contemplation tho
establishment of a division office in somo
city west of Chicago for tbo purposo of
handling nil the business of Iowa, Nebraska,
South Dakota and parts of Missouri and
Kansas. It Is expocted in Des Molnos that
this division headquarters will bo mndo
hero, but that has not yet been determined.
During the six days of last week the
stamp sales at tho Dob Molnos postofflce
nveragod $1,704 a day
Mrs. Itlcliardaon Gets Die Children.
Tho Richardson caso, which has attracted
a groat deal of attention horo the past
month, and which wns incidentally the causa
of the mystcrloiiB attempt on tho life of
Mrs. Broadbcnt, was decided today. Mtb
Richardson was granted $125 a month for
maintenance und tbo custody of tho children.
No divorce svas granted.
Two elections In the Iowa National guard
wero reported today. Llslo W. Brown has
been elected captain of tbo company at
Marshalltown, to succeed C. S. Aldrlch, who
Is in Alaska, and Ralph II. Whlnery takes
his placo aa second lleutonant. In tho com
pany at Oelwcln H. B. Arnold has been
elected second lloutenaut vlco Van Wirt,
resigned.
New Incorporations: The Wayland Lum
ber company of Wayland, incorporated by
T. E. Brlttlnghura, J. M. Hlxon and C. M
Donkle, with $8,000 capital; tho Shroder
Drug company of Iowa City, to manufacture
stock food, by W. E. Shrader and others,
capital stock $10,000. Tho capital stock of
tho Davenport Malt and Grain company
has been Increased from $55,000 to $75,000
D. B. Lyons of Chicago Is preparing to
embark in tbo municipal franchise- business,
Ho has written Mayor Skinner of Creston
stating he Is ready to submit to the city
council a proposition for tho establishment
of a lighting nnd heating plant In Creston
He will probably present tho matter within
a week.
Poultry Show ut Cednr Itnpiila.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Dec. 24. (Special
The arrangements havo been comploted
tor the sixth annual exhibition of the West
ern Poultry Fanciers' association, which
will bo held in the new auditorium January
14 to 19, Inclusive. Secretary Richards Is
sending out tho premium lists and not less
than 2,000 birds from the leading breeders
of tbo middle west aro expected. In addl
tlon to the regular percentage premiums
for slnglo birds aud pairs, the association
has offered a number of cash collection
display and grand sweepstakes specials to
exhibitors. Prizes of $25 in cash will be
given to exhibitors showing ten highest
scoring birds in the American, Asiatic and
Mediterranean classes, whllo another $2
prlzo will bo given to the exhibitor show
Ing the largest number of birds scoring 80
points or better. Fine sliver cups, valued
at $60 each, will be given to exhibitors
showing ten highest Light Brahams and
tau highest scoring Barred Plymouth Rock
Prizes of $15 and $10 each wilt bo given to
exhibitors showing ten highest scoring
birds In all the leading varieties. The
Judges for this show will be James
Tucker of Concord, Mich.; Bon S. Myers
of Crawfordsvllle, Intl., and O. D. Holden
of Owatonna, Minn. The association has
added this year departments for fancy
pigeons, Belgian hares and cats and sepa
rato Judges have been secured for each.
She Clmritrs Fraud,
FORT DODGE, la., Dec. 24. (Special.)
A petition has Just been filed by Mrs
Gcorgo Hcwill of this city, In which she
charges that L. W. Names, Mrs. Kate Wal
rod and W. J. Baker have, through con
splrncy, defrauded her of the sum of $1,800
which sum sho claims thoy have divided
among themselves aud have failed to re
turn. She alleges that this was dono in
April of 1S96, at which tlmo sho was In
partially demented condition nnd claims
that she was not responsible for her ac
tions. She slates that she was induced to
leave her homo In Omaha and to come and
live with Mrs. Watrod at Barnura, In.,
and that after sho had thus been brought
under tho control of tho conspirators she
as induced to sign n paper, tho exact
hsractcr of which sho docs not now re
all, through which sho claims that Names
collected the money from the firm at Clin
ton with which it was invested.
The case will come up for trial nt tho
January term of the district court,
MASSACRED BY BOXERS
Detail of the Mnriler of Dr. nml .Mr.
llodKe nt I'nn 'I'lnsr I'm Hfcchcil
nt Cetlnr llnplils,
CEDAIt RAPIDS, la., Dec. 21. Tho first
positive nnd definite details of tho tragical
death of Dr. and Mrs. Van Renssolaor
Hodgo of New York, missionaries at l'ao
Ting Fu, China, wero received hero today
by Robert S. Sinclair, head of tho T. I.
Sinclair company, a brother of Mrs. Hodgo.
undor date of October 22, Rev. J. W. Lowrlc,
rltlng from Pao Ting Fu, says:
"They, tho Hodges, Sltncox family und
Dr. Taylor, defendod themselves to tho last
In tho Slmcox houso and all perished In the
flames, but tho two Slmcox children, Paul
and Frances, who noarly suffocated, ran
out of tho houso nnd wero decapitated by
tho Boxers and thrown luto a well,"
Illlitola-liMvn llnae Hall Lookup.
CEDAR RAPIDS, In., Dec. 24. (Speolal.)
It Is probablo that a meeting will bo held
lu Dnvonport or Rock Island about January
15 for tho organization of the Illlnols-Iowa
Baso Ball leaguo. Thero has been a move
ment on foot for soveral months In a num
ber of the Iowa and Illinois cities looking
toward professional baso ball for tho com
ing senscn, aud whllo there have been many
discouragements, the movement now bids
fair to culminate In tho organization of a
strong leaguo. Billy Gant of Qulncy will
visit tbo several cities Immediately after
tho holidays, and from reports that have
been received It Is bolloved he will have
no troublo In swinging eight good cities
Into line. Tho probabilities aro that tho
cnguo will bo mado up of Qulncy. Poorlo,
Bloomlngton, Jollet, Rockford nnd Rock
slaud, 111., and Cedar Rapids and Daven
port, la. Tho plnn generally favored pro-
Kles for tho posting of a $500 guarantee
to play the season through and placing tho
salary limit at $900 or $1,000 a month, In
cluding manager's salary.
Mrs. Lnpole I.ohcn Her Kult.
WINTERSET, la., Dec. 24. (Special.)
Irs. Lapolo failed to secure thn JlOOOn
damages for which sho Bued P. J. Cunning
ham and others on u chargo of having sub
jected her to Indignities and physical vlo-
lonco uunng tho progress of tho search
for Daly and Brewer, who had henn laiiort
for assaulting Cunningham's father, but
wno naa escaped through Banker Davlos
oxlt way. Mrs. Lapole's charges wore son
satlonal and soventy-flve witnesses worn nr.
amlned, but tho Jury was out only u short
iimo Dororo returning a verdict for tho
defendants.
Kxcnprd Convict Cnptnred.
NEVADA. la.. Dec. 24. fSnrclnl Tl.
gram.) Charles Yancy, who was sentenced
to flvo years' Imprisonment for nttomptcd
murder, nnd who escaped ten months ago,
has becu captured and returned to the
pontcntlary at Fort Madison.
He luspecta Rural Delivery.
WEST SIDE, la., Dec. 24. (Special.) J.
F. Groto of West Side has been appointed
an Inspector of rural mall dollvery of Iowa.
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Wonderful Snow-MUc Drpoalt In the
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ing for miles, In which, with plow and
shovel, work tho Coahullla Indians ten
hours a day in a temperature of 150 de
grees. So level is the region, so singular
In all its details, that the Irresistible con
clusion Is that ages ago the entire country
was part of tho Gulf of California. Indeed,
the old shore lino can be traced, and along
tho rocks tho traps of tho early fishermen
seen.
In tho center of a wide valley 280 feet
below tho level of tho Gulf of California,
says a Now York Sun letter, glistens a
sheet of molten stiver. No bank of virgin
snow is more beautiful. During tho day it
is dazzling white, a lake of crystal, Indeed,
and as the sun goes down a crimson hue
pervades it, nnd a transformation sceno of
marvelous beauty Is set on this desort
stage. Tho trnveler who reaches tho region
at night might well Imagine that a miracle
bad occurred and that a snowstorm had
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fallen, as tho area of whllo extends to tho
horizon, nnd by the largest building, tho
mill In Salton, great heaps of seeming
enow aro piled, glenmlng and scintillating
in tho tun. But tho snow Is salt. It Is
not the salt left by tho ancient sea, but the
dejcslt of peculiar springs that aro cvor
running down from the distant mountain.
The Bait is spread over a great area, and
Is bo pure that all that is necessary to do
Is to collect and dry it. Usually steam
heating appliances are necessary to dry
the product of salt mines, but the Intense
heat of Snlton Is all that Is needed.
Tho method of obtnlnlng tho salt Is to
plough It up by steam, tho plows cutting
furrows eight feet wldo and six Inches
deep, tho harvest tor each plow each day
being 700 tons, which Is suggcstlvo of tho
ttrrocnslty of the deposit. Tho salt la put
on cars, which aro run out into tho salt
lake. It Is then hauled to tho mill and
dried, when It is ready for transportation.
Thousands of tons nt salt are heaped up
In small mountains here, presenting a re
markablo appearance.
How men can work In such a climate
seems imo of tho mysteries, but tho only
real difficulty one has nt Salton Is from
the glnro of the salt, which makes green
glasses n necessity. A temperature of 150
degrees In Now York for five minutes
would nit the hospitals and create a panic,
but nt Snlton n case of sunstroko Is un
known. This Is duo to tho fact that tho
humidity Ib very low here. Moisture Is
almost eliminated from the atmosphere.
This fcaturo has given this part of the
desert fame as a health resort, and nt lndto,
which Is an oasis In the desert, a health
resort Is rapidly growing up and winter
nnd spring And many consumptives here.
Tho Colorado desert from India to the sea
Is an Interesting region, abounding In min
ing claims, from copper to coal. Here one
may go down, ns at Indlo, 300 feet below
tho sea, n literal hole, which would bo
filled and becomo a deep lake if tho sea
should break through from the gulf. This
was tho cause of the Snlton sea some years
ago. Tho Rio Colorado broko Its banks
and flowed out upon the desert, forming a
vast lake and demoralizing the Indians, who
fled to tho mountains and watched the fill
ing of tho great depression with fear and
trembling. Midway between there nnd the
gulf are many mud volcanoes of exceeding
Interest, suggesting the uncertnln charac
ter of tho crust In the vicinity.
Aaaerteil lltiiinelf.
Chicago Tribune: The hero of the his
torical novel stepped forward to take com
mand of tho troops.
At this critical moment Gcorgo Wash
ington grabbed Algernon Fltz-Murgatroyd
by tho collar aud thrust him In tho back
ground. "You may bo tho, greatest man in this
story," exclaimed George, "but you must
not palter with tho plain nnd accepted
facts of hlstoryl Stand back! This Is
whore I take tho leading parti"
It wns thus, by tho e.xcrclso of the ut
most daring and firmness, that the Father
of His Country asserted and successfully
maintained his right to bo the principal
personago In tho memorable performance
of Washington crossing the Delawaro at
Trenton.
THIS DELTOID MUSCLH.
It I'lnya a Prominent I'art In
the
Tallor'a llnalucas.
"It Is a rare thing." said the talking man
to a Washington Star reporter, "to Und a
merchant tailor who can get a 'perfect fit'
In tho clothes ho makes. So rare In fact
that I have sometimes thought that tailors,
of nil artisans, know leust now to do tholr
work right. Yet the tailor, or the cutter,
rather, Is not always to blame, for a per
fectly cut garment may be often set askew
by a carelesB muker, who by a crooked
seam or a slight departure from tho line
set for his nuedlo muy throw the wholo
thing out of plumb. Still, a good tailor
ought to know when a garment fits and
should either be able tn correct Its unfitness
or not let It leave tho shop. Speaking of
tho cutting part, I remember an Incident
tint nrcurrnd once at a convention of
cutters held In Cincinnati. The subject for
discussion was the cutting and fitting of
fnrments ana a testy oiu scoicnman naa
ho floor. He said In effect that if a coat
worn rut to set rlcht unon the de'.totd
muscle that the -wearer would always find It
comfortable ana wen lining.
" 'In fact,' said ho, 'the deltoid muscle
dotermlnes tho fit of a coat.'
will thn centlcman state what and
where the deltoid muscle is?' asked a cutter
on the other side of the chamber.
"The Scotchman turned on him sharply.
" 'Sir.' he said, angrily, 'do you claim to
bo a cutter anu not Know wnere me ueuuiu
musclo Is located? Don't you know, sir,
that a knowledge of the human anatomy Is
nu imnnrtnnt to the tailor as It is to tho
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you do not know? You might ns well try
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size of the hole. No, sir. the gentleman
will not Btate what and whero the deltoid
musclo Is. It Is your duty, sir, to know tho
Oltolu muscio, noi iiuiio iu iiuuuvi
TUa .liirMiHHlnn ended there, slmnlv be
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except the old follow know anything about
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Christmas, Dec. 25.
Matlnco ut 3 o'clock Night at 8:30
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and tholr big company of
Comedians, Singers and
Dancers
Will be hero In that greatest of all
comedy successes,
Prices 25c, 35a and 50c.
Special Christmas Matinee at 3 o'clock
Matlneo prices, 15c, 25c, 35c.
Christmas Candies
Ice Phosphates, per lb.. 20;
Midgets, per lb 15c
Struwberry, per Ib IBe
Humt I'eunut. per lb.... IBe
Snow DropH, per lb 18c.
Uoston Drops, per lb.... IOj
Mixed Taffy, per lb ... 10c
Bpeclal prices to churches and Sunday
Bchools on candy.
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