THE OMAHA DAILV UTCE: AV KPN ESP AT", APRIL n. 1001.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
mix'.'.i mi:ntio..
Davis, sells drugs.
Htockert sells carpets und rugs.
Gas fixtures and globes nt Blxby's,
ririo A1IO beer, Neumnycr's hotel.
Wollmnn, scientific optician, i'O H'wny.
W. J. llostottcr, dentist. Haldwln block.
LclTert, Jeweler, optlclun. 2M Ilroadway.
J. A. Snow, nuctlonccr. H'wny. opp. 1. O.
Mrs. C. E. II. Campbell Is visiting In Chi
cat'o, Sirs. J. II. UrnvcH Ims Bone to Chicago on
a visit.
New novelties for Easter gifts, C. 12.
.Alexander & Co., 3.U H'wny.
lid White of Oakland, la., was In this
city yesterday visiting- frletuis.
V. 1'. Oralf, undertaker and dlslnfector,
101 South Malirstrcct. 'Phone GC6.
Oct your work dona at the popular Hagle
luundry, Til Iiroadwuy. 'I'hono 157.
Morgan Klein, upholstering, furniture
repairing, multri'SM making. Vi2 S. Main t.
Mrs. I).. J. Clark has gone to Colorado for
aeveral uctks for the hi-nolll of her health.
Stephen II. Connor has returni'd from
AVnshliigton, where ho has been visiting his
futhcr.
Fred Johnson, superintendent of carriers
at the postoltlco, Is kept to his homo by
sickness,
Mr, mid Mrs, .. McTwlgun left yester
day for a two weeks' visit with relatives In
tit. Louis,
City Clerk Phillips has reappointed Marry
II. Itrown his assistant and clerk of tile su
perior court.
Hugh Crnlc. formerly rlerk nt the Savery'
nouso Ml Pes .Moines, lias ucconio nigni
clerk at tho (iraud hotel,
rtladys. daughter of .Mr. ami Mrs. J. F.
Hunt. 1201 North Twenty-ninth strict, who
has been seriously III, Is Improving.
A want ad In Tho IJou will bring results.
Thu same attention given to a want ad In
Council Illuffs as at thu Omaha ottlce.
Concordia lodsn No. 52. Knights of
r.vthlas, will meet In Hughes' hall tonight
for work In the llrst anil second ranks.
At the meeting of t li lilks lodge to
night the uuest'oti of adopting rules for thu
new clubhouso will eonio up lor action.
Pottawattamie tribe No. 21, Improved
Order of lied Men, will meet tonight In
Blureus' hall to work the adoption degree.
Mrs, riublc Amy Strong of Chicago is
visiting her auui, Mrs. a. A. llaynes, W.I
Main street, and other relatives In this
city
Hi-iiulsltlnii naiiers for tho return to this
city Of John Wall. iiIImh Armstrong, under
arrest In Omaha, ato being secured by the
county ntiorney.
A tnarrlaco license was Issued veslerdav
to Oeorgo T. Cornish, aged , and Mildred
Itleh. aged 21, both of Omaha. They were
married by Justice Ilryant.
Mrs. V. Kami, who was recently re
moved to her home on Oakland uvenuo from
the Woman's Christian Association lios
pllal, Is slowly Improving.
J. M. Itabor will have a hearing beforn
Justice I'Vrrlcr this morning on the charge
of assaulting Owen Cunningham with Intent
to do nun great nmlliy injury.
Tho Ladles' Aid society of St. John's
Kngllnh Lutheran church will meet tomor
row afternoon at thu homo of Mrs, L. V.
Williams, MO Commercial stieet.
L P. Jlidson. D21I Sixth avenue, telenhono
SIS, has itu NIC-acre stock farm and lOO-ncro
fruit and grain farm, three miles north of
city, for rent. separuto Improvements.
Daniel L. Lilian!, general agent of tho
Travelers' Insurance company or Hartford,
Conn., wllh headiiuarteni at Davenport, In,,
Is guest of W. It. Huston ami family.
Mount Calvary Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Omaha, will attend with tho
local commandery the Easter services Hun
day morning In St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Hurry Vnnllrunt Is homo from tho Cul
ver (I ml.') Military academy to spend tho
KaHter vacation with his parents. Harry
Bchultzc of Cairo, III., a fellow cadet, Is his
sucst.
In compliance wllh Ihn request of .the
city authorities the motor bflnipuny has be
gun to tear up the trucks of tho old Jinn
wa railway on Ninth' stre'et, south from
Ilroadway.
A Sundoy school convention will be In
tho Swedish Kaptlsl church at Avenue D
it ml Williams street beginning tomorrow
evening and lasting over Sunday. Services
will bo each day at 2:30 and 7:30 p. in.
Several shares of Colorado mining stock
havo been found among the effects of Gil
bert J. Morfcl, attached by Mrs. Kclley for
u board bill, and she, expects to realize tho
judgment sho secured In Justice Hryunt's
court.
Thesn building permits wore. Issued yes
terday: Hans Anderson, one-story frame
addition to rcsldenco at 317 Avenuo II. $400;
K. II. Shcufo & Co., remodeling Orand
Hotel annex. $2,600: A. Marcus, one-story
brick storu building nt 511 West Ilroadway,
ll.Otm.
The new hoso wagon constructed under
tho supervision of Chief Templeton has
been completed and will bo placed In servlco
at No, 4 hoso house. Tho wagon has been
constructed on the running gear of a hoso
cart bought for tho department twenty
yearn ngo. It will hold 1,200 feet of hose.
Tho receipts 111 the general fund at tho
Christian homo last week amounted to
JS2:l,7;t, being Jt'.2S.7:t in excess of tho rati
tun led iii.edM for tho current expenses of
the week, and this amount was placed to
tho credit of tho contingent fund. Tho re
ceipts In tho manager's fund were iTi.'io
above tho needs of the week.
Mrs. Snrnh Piatt Vandercook. need "I
years, died yesterday morning at her homo,
lfll Kimi'th street. Tho bodv will lie taken
to Now Lisbon, AVIs. Three daughters, sur
vive her, Mrs. II. CI. Wnrnock of Ited
tleld. H. D. ; Mrs. N. A. Crawford of this
city and Miss Anna A undereooK, teucner in
tliu wusuiugion .ivcnuu scnuui.
N. V. Plumbing Co.. toiepnone 250.
Davis sells glass.
PARK
IIIIAItn
ItlCOItfJAM.r.S.
C. A. TllililtN In President null Frank
1'otrrmin Sreretury.
Tho Hoard of Park Commissioners reor
ganlzed last ulght by electing C. A. Tlbbits
president nnd Frank Peterson secretary.
City Treasurer True will act as custodian
of tho park funds without remuneration.
Theso park policemen were elected: Fair-
mount park. J. M. Murphy, $50 a month:
Cochran park, I). Mottnz, $45 a month;
nayllsa park, J. V. Kirk, $10 a month: Lako
A'lcw park, A. J. Schlll, $10 n month after
May 1 and $5 during tho winter months.
Tho bills for thu preceding month wero
allowed.
Gravel roofing, A. II, Head, 511 nroad'y
Davis sells paint.
WERE YOU
FOOLED
APRIL FIRST?
You were if you bought
a pair of shoes without
see ng those elegant
styles at our store, where
your money gozs into
the best values ever of
fered in footwear. J- J
SARGENT'S
I.ooL fur the Hear.
FARM LOANS
Negotiated In Kastern Nebraska
and lowa. Jame N. cosudy, jr,
12G Main St., Council llluffa.
LEWIS CUTLER
Funeral Director
(Successor to W. C. Estep)
W 1'UAItL TUISUT, 'I'faua
07
BLUFFS.
Itiiic iinncr nuTun tm oimw
inn iiuul rnicf iu duiui
Combination of GircamiUncsi Fats It Far
Bejosd Baring.
LAMP BREAKS, MATCHES EXPLODE IN OIL
Cliemlcnl Kimluc sticks In Mini find
lliillilliiK I" Too Fur Above Wntcr
I'rpNNiiri' for mi Adc
iiiinte Stream.
The dwelling of O. C. Fuller, manager
of tho Postal Telegraph company In Omaha,
at Sly Madison avenue, Council llhiffs, with
Its contents, was destroyed by fire yester
day afternoon.
Mrs, Fuller, while attempting to place n
stopper In the flue In tho dining room, lot
It drop. The stopper struck nnd broke a
tamp standing on a table nearby and by
n strange combination of circumstances also
struck and Ignited some loose mntcnes.
Tho burning matches communicated with
tho oil from the broken lamp nnd In a
few seennas tin- room was ablaze.
Tho department had great dlltlculty In
reaching' tho scene of tho Are, owing to
the condition of tho street. The chemical
engine got stuck In n niudholc up to the
hubs and It took four horses to drag It out.
Tbo houso stood forty feet above the level
of tho reservoir on Park avenue and, al
though tho waterworks company put on a
pressure of 140 pounds, the firemen were
unable to get a sulllelent stream on tho
burning building. A thousand feet of hose
had to bo laid from tho nearest hydrant
and this, with the elevation of tho build
ing, prevented a sufficient prcsHuro for
effective work.
Tho houso was owned by Mrs. Goodyear
and was known as tho Scolleld homestead.
It was insured for $1,000, whtlo tho loss la
estimated at $1,500. .Mr. Fuller carried
$500 lnsuranco on his furniture, but this
will not cover his lois, us everything !n
tho house was destroyed, Mrs. Fuller es
caping with only the clothing sho had on.
lixploftlon at (inn Works.
Tho explosion of a small tank at tho
Plntsch Has works on Ninth avenuo and
lilghleonth street yesterday afternoon at
1 o'clock did considerable damage nnd ope
ml Ions will have to bo suspended for sev
eral days until tho repairs arc made.
Tho explosion was caused by a small leak
In tho tank between tbo holder and stor
age tank. A big hole was blown in the
roof and the partition wall between the of
llco nnd tho storage room was tumbled
down by tho foreo of tho explosion. All
tho doors and windows of tho plant wero
blown out, tho total damage being esti
mated by Manager Copley In the neighbor
hood of $300.
None of tho employes was Injured, al
though several had narrow escapes from
being hit by flying bricks nnd pieces of
tho roof. Work on repairing tho damage
was commenced within an hour after tho
explosion.
Tho Pintsch works supply compressed gas
for tho railway cars, the plant being in tho
Iclnlty of the Union Pucillo transfer. Tho
explosion was heard distinctly downtown
.VA.MF.S COMMITTKW OX CO.XGtilt,
.Mayor Jeiinltiui Seleeln CltUcna
to
Prepare Iteceptloti.
Mayor Jennings has called a nubile meet
ing for tomorrow night at tbo city hall
to arrange for tho reception to Minister
Conger on hla arrival in Council muffs.
Tho proclamation was issued by Mayor
Jennings yesterday:
Kcllablo Information lirlncrn thn nnnniiiipn.
meilt that AIIhIhIc Ciiu-it win. luw r.m.
dercd high servlco to the world nnd who
a H so greatlv honored ihlx iitiitn mt,i n.i.
Ion, Is in turn I lie honui from ii fornlun
and. It Is expected ho will arrive In S.m
ranclsco about Aurll 10. mui'ldm- rv.um'li
Bluffs Anril l.V IIIh uri'lnil 1,nr !,.
the signal for such an exiucsslnn of wet.
comn as him seldom been extended to ono
' lowa h loyal sons. It Ik but llttlng that
his hourly annroval of his serviced m lili
Miito and country should bo given him
when ho first stem tinnn Inwn unit In
order to prepare for this welcome I have ap-
ioiiucu mo louowing committee to meet
rhursdiiv uvcnlnc. Anrll 4. nt s .iVlnnir in
tho city hall to mako such arrungemeiits
as Iliav bo deemed advlsMhlo fur thin
auspicious occasion:
i. i. niiuiii, r. rigni. i.iieiuH wens,
M. Trevnor. K. K. AvIeHwnrtii. .1 .1
Stewart. J. N. Haldwln, Henry W, Itothert.
K. Uender. C. It. llmnmn TCmmnlt Tin.
ey. C. G. Hnunders. M. Ilnlinr .1 n At.
kins. C. W. McDonald, U, 11. I.ougec. C. M.
IlirlC. Jollll ScllOl-lltiren. II Mnrrlnm
AVllllnm Arnd. II. M. Mctz. .V. P. Dodge. V.
II. mil, H. M. Sargent. Spencer Smith. V.
Davcilliort. John Ilcnn nnd M It Wtulu.
worth. A'ICTOIt JKNNINUS, Mayor.
Tho arrangements for tho reception will
necessarily depend to a great extent on tho
tlmo that Minister Conger will bo able to
spend m Council Illuffs. This cannot bo
ascertained until ho reaches San Fran
claco. It will bo tho duty of the commit.
too appointed by tho mayor to communl-
cato with Mr. Conger as soon as ho
reaches this country and learn from him his
wishes and Intentions, so that dcllnlto ar
raiiBmonts for tho reception can bo carried
out without further delay.
All of the men appointed on the com
mltteo signified their willingness to act nnd
do al iu their power lo mnko tho reception
ono worthy, of tho distinguished guest and
tho city of Council Hluffs.
HAIMtOADS IS POTTA AVATTAM 1 1
County Auditor fietn Valuation Her
ortl from .Stale Council,
County Auditor Iuncs has received from
tho state council tho valuation of tho rail
roads In Pottawattamlb county for 1001. Tho
totnl assessed valuation Is $1,4,06,983.4.4 upon
u mileage of 102,534 miles. Tho following
shows tho mileage of each railroad In the
county and tho nsaesscd valuation per mllo:
Assessed
No. of
Miles.
Chicago & Northwestern. ...lJi.Oi'i
Chicago, Burlington &,
Qulnoy , 1.300
Chicago, Burlington &
Qulncy, Ited Oak & Atlan
tic, branch 1.W6
Chicago, Durlliigtou &
Qulncy. Hastings & Avocn
rullroad .'. 5.211
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul. Chicago & Council
Uljffs division i. .20.55
Chicago, Itock Island & Pa
cific. Iowa division 45.01
Chicago. Hock Island & Pa
cltlc, Carson branch 17.73
Chicago. Hock Island & Pa
cific. Harlan branch 1.13
Kansas City, St. Joseph &
Council Illuffs G.7H
Omnhu Hrldgo and Ter
minal 4.R2I
Omaha & St. Louis ..11.22
I'nlon Pacific, Union division 2.C6
Union Pacltlo dummy lino... 1.72
Dubuiiua & Sioux City,
Omaha district 17. di
Vnluo
Per Mile.
$11,W5
11,230
3,500
3.C0)
7,230
11, Oil)
3,5"0
3,500
5,010
cow
4.0:1
100.110
4,000
' 3.5S3
HlllT.
TWO IHJPHTV SIIK1UFFS
linker lln Hllm Fractured nnd Can.
ii I n i; la llruUeil.
Deputy Sheriffs Baker and Canning wore
shaken up and bruised In a runaway yes
terday afternoon on North Eighth street
and Baker buffered tho fracturo of two
ribs.
They wero breaking in a team of bronchos
which they had hitched to a light buggy.
Baker was In tho buggy, holding the reins,
whllo Canning was adjusting a part ot
tho harness, when thp animals berama
restive and tried to break away. Canning
attempted to jump Into the buEey, but the
bronchos dashed oft and ho was thrown
het.vlly agulnst tho curbing. Haker was
unable to hold the animals and they started
on n gallop, but had not gono more than
half a block when they ran the buggy
against a tree. Dakrr wan thrown out and
the bronrhos and tho buggy parted com
puny. Tho horses, with a remnant of tho
harness still clinging to them, were found
scernl hours later In tho vicinity of
Mynstcr Springs,
Uakcr received a number of bad cuts In
addition to breaking two ribs. Canning
was bruised and his right Hide was In
jured. Hoth expect to bo laid up sevctnl
days.
movhs
'on
cojmxirANCH.
City Solicitor AVn.Unortli Ncokn for
Time hi Ansrssmeiit Cnsr.
City Solicitor AVndsworth yesterday filed
a motion In tho district court for a continu
ance In tho caso of J. J. Steadnian, trustee,
against the City of Council Illuffs. This Is
tho suit In which Stcadman nnd others nro
attempting to defeat the assessment against
three lots on Ilroadway for the paving laid
last fall. After the city had proposed to
pavo this portion of Ilroadway Steadman, as
trusloo for himself, J. P. Orconshlelds and
City Assessor Kvcrest conveyed n strip of
fifteen feet from theso lots nbuttlng on
Broadway to F. C. Glass. The city coun
cil In assessing the cost of tho Improve
ment Ignored this conveyance of tho strip,
holding that it had been made for tho pur
poio of defeating tho assessment.
In tho motion filed yesterday the city
solicitor sets up that as many Important
questions are apt to be and can bo deter
mined In the caso nt bar that will affect
tho city's Interest nnd rights In projected
and contemplated Improvements, the tlmo
slnco tho suit was begun Is too Bhort for
him to go to trial, lie also sets up that
certain material witnesses arc out of tho
Jurisdiction of tho court nnd that their
testimony cannot bo procured. He further
says that 1J. P. AVickhum, being tho party
most Interested In tho result of tho suit,
should bo made a party defendant.
AtlncUn Merit of Cniivo nucc
Supporting tho motion Is an nflldavlt from
City Solicitor Wndsworth, In which he at
tacks tho genuineness of tho conveyance of
tho fifteen-foot strip by Stcadman and his
partners to Glass, and claims that It was
mndo for the direct purpose of defeating, If
possible, tho assessment for tho cost of tho
paving. Ho assorts that Glass Is not tho
bona lido owner of tho Btrlp, but that ho
became owner of tho same In connivance
nnd collusion with the owners of tho re
maining portions of tho lots for tho sole
purposo of defeating tho. assessment. Ho
says ho caused n subpoena to bo Issued for
Glass, but that person ennnot be found.
Regarding the point raised by Steadman
that tho assessment Is Invalid, Inasmuch us
It covers tho extra expenso for tho five
year guaranty to keep tho paving In repair.
tho city solicitor says that tho pavement
laid and tho material supplied ought to
last for a period of five years or moro and
that tho guaranty did not enter Into the
cost of the Improvement.
Judgo Wheeler is still kept to bis bed
nnd It Is doubtful If ho will bo nble to hold
court today. Tho Steadman suit was as
signed for today.
AI.AH.imil AT SMALLPOX IIII.I.S,
County Supers I it urn liefer Thcni to
the County Attorney.
Tho Uoard of Ciiunty Supervisors when
confronted yesterday with tho bills for car
ing for tho smallpox rases throughout tho
county became alarmed at their magnitude
"and derided not to tako any action looking
to their payment until they had been
passed upon by tho county attorney, so
they wero all referred tohlm for his opin
ion as to the county b liability.
A second communication from the city
electrician calling attention to tho neces
sity of rewiring tho court houso and county
Jail prompted tho board to accept Israel
1-ovctt'ii bid to rowlro tho court houso for
$1!13 and tho Jail for $!.
A number of road matters occupied the
attention of tho supervisors tho greater
part of tho day.
Theso justices and constables wero ap
pointed to All vacancies In tho several
townships: Justices Grovo township,
Unfits Lyman; Keg Creek, Christ Homann;
Lincoln. J. SI. Stovcns, M. Howard; Pleas
ant, J. N. Frum; Hockford, T. Ityan; AVash-
ington, J. II. Turner; AA'aveland, H, F.
llabb; A'ork. It. A'. Churchill. Constables-
Crescent township, Denver Hough; Grove,
Adrian Osier, J. L. Caldwell; Layton, D.
Polklngham; Lincoln, Daniel D. Donnycr;
Hockford, F. R. MycrB; AVnvcland, J. II. Mu
Whltter. Tho board expects to elect a Janitor for
tho county court house today.
J. J. Ferguson has withdrawn his proposi
tion to ferret out taxable property.
nuy your trees, shrubs and roses of
Mcneray. Orders tilled by mall or express
622 East Broadway, Council niuffs, la.
SIJKS
Till':
UMOX
PACIFIC
I.nwrcnee T. Ilrnwii AViintu Thirty
Five TIioiiniiiiiI Dollar.
Judgo Smith McPhcrson reconvened fed-
ernl court yesterday morning, when tho
trial of the personal Injury damage suit
of Lawrcnco T. Urown against the Union
Paoitlc Hallway company was begun.
Ilrown was a switchman In tho employ of
the Burlington and was crossing tho tracks
of tho Union Pacific and Durllngton on tho
front board of n switch euglna when n
jolt caused him to loso his balanco nnd
inn unuer mo engine. No bones wero
broken, but Ilrown claims his leg was per1
manontly Injured and that he was other
wise hurt. Ho asks for $35,000 from tho
Union Pacific alleging that it was tho
unovoness of tho company's track that
caused tho Jar and throw him from tho
engine.
Tho hearing of tho motion of the de
fendants for a now trial lu tho caso of M
1. Smith & Co. of Oinp.ha against Martin
Neal ami othcra has been set for toraor
row.
Judge McPherson Is preparing to hear the
I several pennons ot intervention in tno
i matter of tho recolvershlp ot tbo Omaha
& St. Louts railway.
Hubber stnmps at DoLong's, 307 B'way,
C'OMIM.HTHS MAIICH MH.IC TKST
Inspector Crimen eg; I'IIcm 11 In Hepart
of I'crcenlnm'n.
AV. A. Gronoweg, city milk inspector, has
completed his report of tho tests made
during March of tho product sold by tbo
local dairies. Tho tests showed tho follow
Ing percentages, which are up to tho ro
nulred standard: ',
O. N. Applequlst, 3.20; P. J. Arnold. 3.80
H. Allen. 3.33; K. S. Hoal, 3.73; Oeorgo
Ilodurtbii, 3.50; Hoy Cook, 3.S0; G. AV
Cook, 4,20; G. E, Ellsworth, 3.30; K, Eas
dnlo, 3.50; A. C. Ellsworth, 3.30; O. Ewall
3.30; C. E. Hlnman, 4; A. J, Hutchinson, 4
Mrs. C. Jepson, 3.40; A. Johnson, 3.25; Chrl
Jensen, 3.20; D. A, Levcnburg. 3.80; Sophl
Leonard, 3.40; H. II. Martin, 3.73; Charles
Merriam. 3; P. Nelson, 3.20; Frank Peter
son, 3.85; James Hay, 4; Hoach & Co., 3.60;
George Sbcrror, 3,90; F. E. Wolcott, 3.00;
AVnterloo Creamery company (milk), 3.50;
AVatcrloo Creamery company (cream), 12.80;
C. C. AVablron 3.S0.
Ilnrrvmiirc Iu Prltule AkjIiiiii.
NEW YORK, April 2, Maurice Dnrry
more wns taken this evening from Hellevuo
hospital to Brunswick home, u private In
sane asylum, near Amltyvlllc, L. I. Ho
was accompanied by his son nnd two at
tendants, and made no objection to taking
the trip. .
MAN MARRIED TO N1EC
Two Orphani Who Wed DUcaier They Ate
OIcjoIj Belated,
DES MOiNES-NEWTON TROLLEY LINE
ItcfiiNi's to I'lrdiin Person Convlutnl
of Pntrlcldc-llnlsed 11111 Circulat
ing In I, tien CountyIivnnKell
cul Churches Prosperous.
DES MOINES, April 2. (Special.) The
facts concerning a peculiar complication In
tho matter of marrlnges came to light hero
today In tho filing of a petition for dlvorco
by a Minneapolis man, tho defendant being
a married woman of this city. It seems
that five years ngo ono Jacob Atwood
enmo from an enstern state to Minneapolis
and settled. Ho met n Miss Jcanctto At
wood nnd in duo time they were married.
Both wero orphans and knew little of their
fntnlllcs. But after a tlmo It became whis
pered nbout that they were closely re
lated and that their marrlago wna ono for
bidden by tho Minnesota statutes. In
vestigation followed nnd nftcr consider
able correspondence they discovered that
Atwood had married his nleco, although
sho Is sovcral years his senior. They Im
mediately separated, hut as gossip did not
censo In tho neighborhood sho camo to Des
Moines n few ycara ngo. Under Minne
sota laws tho marrlago was Illegal. Sho
met a prosperous Des Moines man and
wns wedded again.
Now Atwood desires also to bo married
again and ho today filed a petition for di
vorce, which seems to bo required under
tho Minnesota law, even though tho mar
rlago was Illegal. AVhen tho papers were
served on tho woman hero sho declared
that her present husband knows nothing nt
her former mis-mating, but tho divorce will
bo quietly granted In duo time.
To llullil llurni Trolley I. Inc.
Information was received today to the
effect that tho Cleveland (O.) syndicate
which purposes building a trolley lino from
Des .Moines to Newton nnd possibly Into
northern Iowa, Is preparing to commence
work at nn early day. Mrs. H. D. Butler,
who Is at tho head of tho syndicate, de
clares that tho project is a sure go. Tho
surveying has been practically all done nnd
tho concessions will bo granted. A local
lawyer han been representing himself to
be an agent of tho syndicate, but the syn
dicates repudiates him. He has been at
tempting to secure bonuses for the lino In
tho city nnd has failed nnd now the com
pany declares no bonuses nro sought or
will be accepted.
Will .Vol Be Pardoned.
Although great prcssuro has been brought
on Governor Shaw to grant a pardon or
parolo to Henry AA'llcox of Calhoun county
tho governor has refused to Interfere In
tho cass. AVIIcox Is a young man found
guilty of having killed his father. Ho re
ceived a fchort sentence and an attempt
has been mndo to secure his pardon beforo
ho goes to tho penitentiary. Many ot tho
people of tho county believe he should not
be punished and thnt ho really killed his
father In self-defense
llnnlln County Nomination.
' Tho republicans of 'Hardin county havo
nominated a full ticket at primaries as
follows: Representative, M. J. Furry of
Alden; treasurer, H. S Martin of Eldora;
sheriff, A. AV. Mlttercr of Hubbard; sur-
cyor, J. C. Crockett of KKlora; coroner.
AV. II. Lewis of Aldon; superintendent of
schools, Ella Cha'ssoll of Iowa Falls. Tho
sheriff received a nomination for third
term.
Ilnlned Mill Are Common.
Considerable amounts ot raised bank bills
nro In circulation In Lucas county und an
Investigation Is being had with a view to
disclosing tho orisln of tho frauds. A boy,
Bert Fry of Lucas, passed a bill In a store
In Charlton which had been raised from
$2 to $20. Ho was nfterward arrested, but
contends that tho bill had been received
by him from other persons and ho supposed
It was a $20 bill. After tho arrest It was
discovered that n number of similar raised
bills had been put In circulation In various
parts of tho county.
Printers of I own to Meet.
A call has been Issued for a state meeting
of tho Iowa Printing Trades' association In
Sioux City at tho tlmo of the meotlng of
the State Federation of Labor. May 7 next.
Tho call Is Issued by J. P. Byrne, president
of tho association, nnd it includes five
unions only, but theso nre sufllclent to
guarantee a largo attendance.
RvanKcllcal Churehea.
Rev. J. E. Stauffacher, presiding elder of
the Des Moines conference ot the United
Evnngollcal church, returned today from
Cedar Rapids, whero ho had boen In at
tendance at tho general state conference of
tho church for the last week. Tho re
ports of Rov. Mr. Stauffacher and of Rev.
G. AV. Mullan, tho other presiding elder In
Iowa, showed that tho church has made
rapid progress tho last year, tho Increase In
momberf-hlp being marked. New churches
havo been built In AVnterloo and near At
kins, and now parsonages built or pur
chased at Biairstown, Center Point, Albur
nctt and Bolan. Rev. T. M. Evans of Water
loo was elected a trustee of Western Union
college nt Lemurs. Hov. G. AV. Mullan was
elected fraternal delegate to tbo Northwest
cm conference.
Klecteil Alderman.
B. V. Prunty was elected alderman In tho
First ward of Des Moines nt a special elec
tion held today. Ho fills tho vacancy
caused by tho death a short tlmo ago of
Alderman Fagen. Prunty bad no opposition
after his nomination.
Condition of Iowa Fruit.
Secretary Greeno of tho State Hortlcul
turnl society Is engaged In compiling re
ports Irom tho counties showing tho condi
tion of fruit. From tho reports from forty
counties ho 'finds tho following to bo tho
condition' of tho various fruits, on tho basis
of 100 per cent: Apples, 85 per cent; penrs
80; cherries, 85; peaches, 82; plums, Amcr
b an, 87; plums, European, 80; pluinB, Japan
87; grapes, uncovered, 82; raspberries, red
75; raspberries, black, 74; blackberries, S5
strawberries, 84. It will thus bo seen tha
tho condition of the fruit trees presages nn
averago crop or better unless unfavorable
feather should follow In the spring months
Adelliert llewey Milken Tour of Stale
FORT DODGE, la., April 2. (Special.)
Adclbert M. Dewey, special agent of the
United States Department of Labor, Is In
tho city to Investigate the labor difficulties
which havo occurred In AVebster county
and vicinity during lato years. Mr. Dewey
Is related to Admiral Dewey and Is well
known ns an author, Journalist and lec
turor. Ho will remain In tho city for sev
cral days. Mr. Dewey Is accompanied by
State Labor Commissioner C. F. AVcnner
strum of Des Moines, who Is making the
tour in order to secure Information as to
government methods, which may be applied
with success to stnto business,
Plat for .cv Town.
FOHT DODGE, la.. April 3. (Special.)
A plat has been filed at tha ofilco of the
county recorder of AVebster county for a
new town to bo named GypBum City. Th
town is at what Is now known aa Carbon
Junction, about eight miles from this city
whero extensive gypsum mills have been
established by the Carbon Plaster company.
Tho town Is located at tho Intersection of
the Mason City &. Fort Dodgo nnd Illinois
Central railroads and It Is expected that
It will experience a rapid growth.
MAY MARRY SISTER-IN-LAW
Keokuk I'resliylery Vote lo Alluu
Wlitoivn .More Liberty In Pur
suit of Happiness.
BURLINGTON, la., April 2. (Special
Telegram.) Tho Keokuk presbytery of the
United Presbyterlnn church today voted to
chnngo tho doctrine so that a man can
marry a sister of his deceased wife. This
question has ngltatcd tho church for fifteen
years and Is now being finally voted on by
the presbyteries In tho United States. Tho
general assembly In Des Moines In May will
finally decide the question,
HUM KOPATHISTS AliTl f! It A II CATC I).
Tuenty-Tlilrtl Aunnnl Commencement
nt limn Mnte I'ulvernlty.
lOAA'A CITY, April 2. (Special.) Tho
twenty-third annual commencement of tho
Collego of Homeopathy wns held today at
ho State university. Although the medical
building was destroyed by lire n few days
go the school term wns so near ended that
t Interfered but llttlo w a the class
work. All tho dissecting hu been done and
nothing was left but a few lectures nnd re-
lews. Judgo Charles A. Bishop ot Des
Moines was tbo speaker to tbo class. The
following wero the candidates for doctors'
degree: G. AA'. Anderson, Dysart; Elmer
Babcock, Eldora; E. O. Kauffman, Union;
I). Kemp, lown City; F. T. Laundon.
Orient; H. E. Mnrtln, Boono; O. J. Mus
grovc, Fnrmlngton; P. L. Parsons, Tracr;
O. Pond. Gladbrook; F. O. Richards. Iowa
City; G, A. Sarchct, Center Point; Charles
G. Snltkay, Iowa City: AV. II. Stokes, Brad-
gate; G. J. AVcnzllk, Iowa City; L. A.
Wlnklnson, Ilcdrlck, and L. E, AVIntcr,
Hampton, III. Tho following received ccr-
lllcates ns nurses: A'lrglula E. Connors,
West Liberty, and Alice A. Williams,
Mount A'ernon. Tho annual alumni ban
quet was held In tho evening.
To Sell Slouv City .C I'aellle.
SIOUX CITY, la., April !!. A' AVnshlngton
special to tho Journal says: Secretaries
Gngo and Hitchcock and tho ntiorney gen
eral, tho commission nprolntcd to settle
tho Indebtedness of tho Sioux City & Pa
cific railroad, havo decided to offer tho
road for salo at an upset price. Tho gov
ernment will adopt tho samo process un was
followed In tho caso of tho Union Pacific
and tho Kansas Pacific In disposing of Its
Interests In tho property.
In Sioux City It is considered thnt the
prospective bidders nre tho Northwestern,
Illinois Central nnd Orcnt Northern.
ttntlerlnkern In (.'oitvcue.
FORT DODGE, la.. April 2. (Special.)
The undertakers of Iowa will hold a stato
gathering at Boone May 21. Largo delega-
lona from all over tho stnto aro expected
o attend. Tho program will Include papers
nnd discussions on nil subjects of interest
to undertakers. Lending undertakers from
all over tho stnto havo been given plnccs
on tho program. At tho close of tho con
vention tho examination for cmbalmers,
under tho direction of tho lown Slate Board
of Health, will bo held.
Soldier III on AVny Hume.
FORT DODGE, In., April 2. (Special.)
Molvln Hill, a United States soldier on hla
way homo from the Philippines, Is nt tho
City hospital, seriously 111 with dysentery.
lllll landed in San Francisco AAednesday
and was on his way to Delvldero, III., where
ho has a brother. Ho waH taken Blck on
the way nnd was unable to go farther when
he reached Fort Dodge. Ho is receiving all
possible care, but Is considered seriously
III. His brother has been sent for,
SOUTH DAKOTA DECISIONS
IlnldliiK of Court AVI pen Ont Contest
titer llonril of Char
ities. PIERRE. S. D.. April 2.-(Spcclal Tele
gram.) Tho supremo court today handed
down decisions in tho following cases:
By Fuller-
Lottlo B. Slxta ot nl ncnlnst Minnie
Hclser. administratrix: Hutchinson county:
affirmed.
Piano comnanv against John It. Ml 11a to:
Lincoln county; nfllnnd.
John AA'amnol ncnlnst John T. IConntz nnd
Hattln Kouutz; Hon Homme county; ut
llrmed. S. a. V. od. ndmlnlstrntor. ncnlnst Porrv
D. Ashton; Hamlin county: reversed.
AA. A. limits et ill ncnlnst Frod A. Itnrth
et ul; Turner county; ntllrmcd.
uy minor
State of South Dakota acalnst Philemon
Dunning and Churlcs Longstaff: Beadle
county; rovorsed.
Anulo rmiril against (irand Lodge An
cient Order of United Workmen nnd Emma
Roberts; Minnehaha county; reversed.
M. L. Llttlejo iu against t'ounty Lino
Creamery company: Lako county; modified,
Lymnn county against Board of Commis
sioners of Lyman county; appealed.
ueorgo w. unpens against Kanani t.
Parker and Frank Parker; Yankton county;
affirmed.
Hy Corson
Avymnn Partridge & Co, ngalnst J. AV.
AA'erner: Mlnnchnhii county; nfllrmed.
John Zcrnhn against Michael Cooling et
nl: Lawrence county: affirmed on rehearing.
AV l am Hall ugninst Kreii s. Fisher et
ul: Jerauld county: nlflrmed.
Horneo K. Tluirber against .Mary Mil
ler et nl: lawrenco county: reversed.
8. Av. Mnrrlcang against urown county:
Brown county; nlflrmed.
In this last caso tho court holds that an
net ot tho legislature, duly authorized by
tho presiding officer and governor and fllcl
In tho ofilco of tho secretary of state, U
llko n Judgment nnd gives It validity, re
gardless of any technical errors in the
journals of tho house hy legislative em
ployes. This practically wipes out tho
contest mentioned In tho Board of Charities'
case of tha Invalidity of that law on ac
count of errors In tho Journal,
STOCK GROWERS TO MEET
AVcslcrn South Dnkiila Assoolatlnn
AVII1 Co live no In ItHpId City
April H and t.
RAPID CITY, S. D., April 2. (Special.)
Rapid City peoplo nro planning for a
great tlmo when tho members of tho
Western South Dakota Stock Growers' as
sociation meets here, April 8 nnd !). Tho
expectation Is that tbo meeting will bo
tho largest ever held. A program has been
arranged by the business men of this city
and tho meeting will have tho nature of n
Fourth of July celebration, Ob tho first
day ot the meet tho following program will
bo observed; At 10 a, m., parado of cow
boys, stockmen, commission men and
business houses; 11 a. m meeting of ex
ccutlvo commlttco of association; 1 p. in.,
annual meeting ot stockmen's association;
3 p. in., roping nnd tying ot steers, prize
J75; r. p. in., riding pitching horses, prize
i"5. The program for April 0 Is: At 1
p. m., horso race, first prize $50, second
prlzo J25; 3 p. m., riding wild Bteer. prlzo
$23; d p. m., cow pony race, first prize $25,
second prlzo $15.
SHOT
is
TAIKSI'JT
fi AM.IHl V.
John tiroitory Hi-rclvr Acclilentul
Wound from Which Hi- Dim,
MITCHKI.I., S. D., April 2. (Special Tel
egram.) John Gregory, aged 16, who was
accidentally shot In tbo head In a target
gallery Saturday night, died hero this aft
ernoon. Coroner Crane. Is holding an In
quest on tho body tonight.
IllncU llllla Home fur Troop.
FOHT MEADE, S. April 2. (Special.)
Clark Anderson and H. Hunting of Sturgla
havo been awarded tho contract for furnish
ing tho horses for tho Thirteenth cavalry,
which Is being enlisted at this fort. An
derson Is to furnish 214 at $10D per head
and Hunting the samo number at $104.50
per head. The horses will bo taken from
THE WAY IT WAS.
The Bedfast Man Got Up and Went
to Business.
This Is tho way It was. The man (had
been sick with ''rheumatism and a compli
cation of trouble," nnd had been bedfast
all winter. Ho had thrco of tho best phy
sicians In nttendntice, but his condition
baffled their skill. Then It chanced that
ft pamphlet was put into his hands. He
read of cures of men and women whoso
condition suggested his own, and he said:
"That medicine Is just what I need. Send
for a bottle at once."
If every sick person would reason as
logically nnd act as promptly ns did this
man, thcro would bo many raoro bedfast
people able to be up and go to business.
Every human body Is organically alike.
The blood Is tho llfo of tho richest man
ii3 well ns the poorest. It a king's blood
gots out ot order the samo conditions fol
low in his body as In any other man's. If n
millionaire's blood be Impure his wealth
can't preserve htm from tho skin eruptions
which usually Indicate tho blood's Impari
ty. If cither king or millionaire wants
to bo cured he has to use the means
open to tho poorest person in tho Und.
Thcro Is no royal road to health moro than
to learning.
ALL PEOPLE ARE ALIKE.
Slnco wo arc ull alike, flesh and blood,
then what cures dlseaso of flesh and blood
In ono case should euro it in nny case un
der similar conditions. That wns tho ar
gument of the man who was bedfast and
tho sequel proved It to bo sound nnd log
ical. "Quito a number of years ago when I was
n girl nt home, my father wns prostrated
upon n bed of sickness," writes Mrs. P. M.
AA'hceler, of No. 2 Ann Place, Bradford,
Pa. "Ho had rheumatism and n complica
tion ot troubles which baffled tho skill ot
thrco of our best physicians, Alt through
tho winter months he lay upon his bed,
suffering severely at times with rheumatism
In his limbs. AVhllo in this condition a
pamphlet containing a description ot Dr.
Plcrco's remedies fell Into his hands. I do
not remember whether It wns left nt tho
door or camo through tbo malls, but I ido
remember of his sitting up In bed nnd
reading It through nnd then exclaiming,
'That medicine Is Just what I need! send
for a bottlo at once. Just then a neighbor
came along who was going to town (wo
lived In tho country, flvo miles from thf
nearest drug store) and wo sent for n bot
tlo of Dr. Plcrco's Golden Medical Discov
ery, AVo laid aside tho doctor's medi
cines nnd commenced giving my father tho
'Golden Medical Discovery' according to di
rections. Tho first thrco days ho felt worso
as is often tho cnFc. After that ho com
menced to gain. Hla physician was sur
prised nt tho chnngo In his condition and
John Reno &f o.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Special Easter Display Boys' Clothing
Only four days until Easter. Have you purchased your
boy's ncAV suit yet? Come in and let us sIioav you the most
thoroughly up-to-date and stylish line of Boys' and Chil
dren's Clothing ever displayed in Council Bluffs.
The newest styles at the lowest prices.
Our Special Easter Sale of
TAFFETA RIBBONS AND KID GLOVES
Continues All This Week.
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
tho ranges, for tho most part. There wero
a number of bids beforo tbo department,
tho highest being for $110. a bid mado by
a horso raiser in Missouri. Tho homed
nro to bo supplied by May 20. Tho horso
dealers of tho Hlack Hills consider thut
they havo scored u victory, since the de
partment has decldod to tako natlvo horses
for tho entire lot. There will bo no dim
culty In gottlng tho required number for
this contract from tbo horsemen around
this part of the range.
MiontliiU' Over Cattle.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 2. (Special.)
A ranchman from tho north reports that
tho cause of tho shooting between T. H.
Theusen of Squaw mountain and AV. J.
Montgomery of AVheatland was as fol
lows, Theusen met Montgomery nt the Hrnocko
ranch on Bybllle creek and accused him of
starting reports that Montgomery inn
llclously turacd Thcuscn's stock out ot a
candidly admitted that tho 'Golden Med
ical Jihcovery was doing moro for him
than ho had been abln to do. In less than
two weeks my father was up with his
clothes on. Ho continued taking tho medl
clno and In n short tlmo wns well, and
ever afterward loud In his pralso of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery' as ho
totd of tho wonderful euro performed In
bis case.
"You may publish IhlH if you deslr lo
do so. I havo no doubt that many will
read it who will remember tho circum
stances perfectly well."
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
has an unsurpassed record ns n blood
purifying mrdlclne. Not only does It
euro rheumatism but diseases In general
which havo their cause In an lmpuro con
dition ot the blood, such as eczema, scrof
ula, erysipelas, bolls, pimples, ulcers, sores,
etc. Tho cures effected by "Golden Mcd
Ical Discovery' nro perfect and perma
nent. Somo medicines drive, tbo surfACo
symptoms of tho dlseaso lu. Instead of
out; they cover dlseaso but do not euro
It. 'Golden Medical Discovery" drives out
of tho blood tho curruptlng poisons and im
purities which cause disease,
and It establishes the body lu
sound health.
A SPRING MEDICINE.
Because of Its blood purify
lag power and tonic qualities,
"Golden Medical Discovery" is
an Ideal spring mrdlclne
Thcro Is no alcohol In tho
"Discovery," and It Is cnt'lre
ly frco from opiates and nar
cotics. It does not stimu
lates but Imparts real
strength and permanent vigor.
''It gives mo much pleasure
to testify to tho merits ot
Dr. Plcrco's Golden Medical
Discovery," writes Miss Annlo
Wells, of Furgussons AVharf,
Islo of AVIght Co., A'n. "I can
say honestly nnd candidly
that It Is tho grandest medi
cine over compounded for
purifying tho blood. I suf
fered terribly with rheuma
tism nnd pimples on tho skin
nnd swelling lu my knees and
feet so that I could not walk.
I spent about twenty dollarn
paying doctors' bills but re
ceived no benefit. A year or
two ago I wns leading ono of your Memo
randum Books nnd I decided to try Dr.
Plcrco's Golden Medical Discovery and 'Fa
vorite Prescription,' and am entirely cured.
Sometimes n dealer tempted by tho llttlo
moro profit paid on tho salo of less meri
torious medicines will offer tho customer
a substltuto as being "Just as good" as tho
"Discovery." It Is better for him becauao
It pays better, but It is not as good for
you. If you want tho mcdlclno that has
cured others.
Dr. Tlerco's Pleasant Pellets clcanso tho
bowels and stimulate tho sluggish liver.
Men or women suffering from chronic
forms of dlseaso aro Invited to consult Dr.
Plcrco by letter, free. All correspondenco
held ns strictly private nnd sacredly con
fidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierco, Buf
falo, N. Y.
This offer of frco consultation by letter.,
Is not to be confounded with offers of
"frco medical advice," which In somo cases
aro mado by those who havo neither rucd
tcal knowlcdgo or experience, and are pro
fessionally und legally Incompetent to
practice medicine. Dr. Plcrco's offer not only
places freely at tbo disposal of tho sick,
his own vnluablo advice as a specialist,
but nlso the ndvlco of tho medical staff
associated with him, numbering nearly a
score ot skilled physicians.
FOR MAN OR AVOMAN.
thcro Is no better medical work than Dr.
Plcrco's Common Sensu Medical Adviser.
It contains moro than a thousand largo
pages aud over 700 illustrations, Is sent
free on receipt of stampn to pay expenso
ot mailing only. Send 31 ono-ccnt stamps
for tho cloth bound volume, or only 21
stumps for the book In paper covers. Ad
dress Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V.
The "Comstock Process''
Is tho most successful method for reducing and relieving
pain In all klnris of dental operations that baa yet been
presented to tfio public. It has been used by lcodlnt don
tlsta of tho cast for nearly two years, and has been pro
nounced by them to be entirely satisfactory. Our patients
nro delighted with tho results It produces. If you aro
norvous and your teeth are sensitive we will bs pleased to
explain It to you.
. ..Telephone 145.
H. A. Woodbury. D. D. S., Council Bluffs-
30 Pearl St. Grand Hotel
pasture. This Montgomery denied and
the men quarreled. A scuffle ensued and
Montgomery is alleged to havo given
Theusen a thrashing. As tho men parted
Theusen Is alleged to havo fired several
shots at Montgomery, who ftcapod Injurj
by taking refuge behind somo horses,
Thueson will bo tried at tho April tern
of the district court on the charge ot as
sault with intent to kill.
Sew South Dakota Mine Inaprotor.
LEAD, S D April 2. (Special.) Tho now
stato Inspector of mines, Thomas Gregory,
began his duties today, James Cuslck,
who has held tho position for two years,
will devoto nil of his time to raining. Thero
has been a remarkable freedom from
deaths und accidents among the mines of
tho Hlack Hills during tho tlmo that
Cuslck has served as mlno Inspector.
AVheols! AVhee.Is! AA'heelsI How they go!
Hide a Uce wheel and be la lb swim.