THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1001. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL OMAHA GIRL'S ELOPEMENT Kttie F. Waltu Beats Out Hir Fathir by Fifteen Minutes. BECOMES B3I0E OF W. C, TAVENER AHIioiikIi liui I'lf tc-en Yearn of Akp She field Council lUurf lunllcc to Help Her l.itiiKli lit Locksmith, "Moln Oott, am I too late? Have you given my little girl n marrlago llccnso?" ex claimed Michael Walenz In one short breath as he rushed Into the odlco of Clerk Heed of the district court at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. "She la, not of age, she la but n little girl, an Infant. She was only IS years of ago last February, and I will not let her marry that man," continued tl.o excited parent without waiting to give Mr. Heed time to answer his first question. While the excited old gentleman was mopping tho perspiration from his bro', Mr. Iteed looked through tho marriage llccnso record and there fo'nd that a llcenso hnil been Issued that morning to W. C. Tavcrner, aged 28, and Katie F. Walcni, aged 18. He so Informed Mr. Walcnz. "Hut, Meln Oott, you had no right to give her a license. Sho Is only 15 years old, my llttlo Katie. She run away today at noon and I came after her as quick as 1 found she was gone and now I think I am too lato. It la a bad business, that Is whnt It is. I will have hlin," evidently meaning tho groom, "arrested. I told him he could not have my Kntle. She Is too oung to get married, and to him, no never. It Is a bad business, a very bad business, and I don't know what I ahall do," exclaimed the old gentleman as ho vigorously mopped tho perspiration from his face, .luxtlcc Ilryiuit OfltvlutcN, Deputy Clerk llalrd, who Issued tho license, informed Mr. Walcnz that a young man named Charles Groves, who nccom panlcd Tavener, had made an affidavit that Miss Walenz wns 18 years of ago. Grovca told Mr. Dalrd that ho had known the girl alnco sho wns almost a baby. The girl was not present when the license was Issued. Tho services of Deputy Sheriff Anker wero enlisted and In company with tho father of the young woman the offices of tho Justices of the pcaco wero visited. Justice Fcrrler had not Seen the couple, but on reaching the omco of Justice Bryant, tho distracted father learned that tho ceremony bad been performed fifteen minutes before and that his daughter Katie was now Mrs. Tavener. Mr. Walenz becamo much excited and questioned the right of tho Justice to marry girl under 18 yoars. The Justice showed him that the laws of Iowa permitted a girl of 14 and a youth of 16 to marry, provided the marrlago wns legal. Justice Dryant ex plained that as the license had been Issued by tho proper official ho did not know of any cause why ho should not perform the ceremony. The excited father left tho Justice's offlco threatening to havo everyone In sight and out of stsht arrested and hastened back to the omco of the clerk of the district court. "Meln Oott, I was too lato. I knew that I was; they aro spliced," ho said In answer to Mr. Reed's question as to, whether ho had found his daughter. Thinking that perhaps his daughter had roturnod to Omaha, Mr. Walenz decided to hasten back thcro. Whipped for Niimliiy 10ni'iiiuil( From Mr. Walonz, who conducts a hotel at ISIS Leavenworth stroot, Omaha, It was learnod that tho girl had been keeping com pany with Tavcuor against her parents' wishes nnd that Tavener had been refused tho house. Sunday tho glr,l slipped nway from homo and with' Tavener camo to Coun cil Dluffs for tho purposo of getting mar ried. Tho offlco of the clerk was closed and they wero unable to Becure u license. When her father learned of what she bad dono, ho aald, ho gave her a good whipping. Yesterday morning after she washed the breakfast dishes and flnUhcd her other duties about tho house tho girl slipped out of tho back door and mot Tavener In tho "Such a Headache!" You aro so careful of your diet, exercise and everything else hygienic that you can't Imagine what makes your head actio so Ever think It might bo due to a defect in eyesight, overworked optical nerves or blood vessels askew 7 Often, vcrv often, eye glasses propeily adapted to your eyo needs Will Htop that hendachc. HERMAN M. LEFFERT, Graduate Optician. S38 llrunilu '. Opp. Olen Ave, Council Bluffs. (M- M" Made lor thou wij krm wm'i giol. Woodward's Ganymede Chocolates ajOpera Bon Bons Made By John 6. Woodward & Go. "The Candy Men." Council Dluffs Iowa. Iowa Steam Dye Works 3(14 !lroauw;iy. Make youi old clothes look Ilka new. Cleaning, Dyeing a"hl ltepalrlag. LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Director (Successor to Y. C. ICetep) S I'llAIIL STHKLIT. 'I'll una 117. FARM LOANS 61' Negotiated In F.astern Nebraska and Iowa. James N. Casady, Jr., U Main St., Council Bluff. BLUFFS. alley. Her absence was discovered half an hour later and tho father at once hastened to Council Dluffs. According to the girl's father Tavener is a teamster and, although he gave his age as 28, Is said to be old enough to bo her father. Mr. Walonz de clared that Tavener could not afford to pro vldo properly for his team, let alone a wife. When Tavener and tho girl appeared nt Justlco Bryant's office, tho Justice recog nized Tavener as a man who had called on him tho day Buffalo Hill showed In Council Bluffs. Tavener at that time told Justlco Bryant ho was engaged to a young woman In Omaha, but her father kept her under lock nnd key and ho wanted to know If the Justlco would assist him In kidnaping hor, as bo called It. Squire Bryant told Tavener that he could not assist In gottlng the girl away from her parents, but once on this side of tho river ho would marry any couple If tlioy had tho proper license. Tavener, be foro leaving, said ho guessed he would try to get the girl to Buffalo Bill's show In the ! nfternoon and then tho rest would be easy, Ho Inquired as to how lato Justice Bryant kept his offlco open. As Havener did not show up ngain that day, the Justice con cluded that tho ruse to get the girl to tho show did not succeed. Bargains In land: Havo Just returned from a long trip to Minnesota and North Dakota and can furnish any number of acres of choice farming lnnds at low prices. L. W. Tulloys, 102 Main street. WANTS GRAND JURY TO ACT County Attorney Klmlinll Hnn K(irrnH' Axsnnlt I'nt Off Till Then. the When the enso against Lloyd Forgravcs, nn Inmate of a Townsond resort on Broad way, charged with slashing R. J. Jlmmon, a colored man, with a butcher knife, and with threatening to carve Officer John Smith, was called In police court yesterday, a con tinuance wns tnken to October 2 nt tho sug gestion of Assistant County Attorney Kim ball. Tho case will bo presented by the county attorney's offlco to tho grand Jury, which convenes September 3, nnd It was to obviate a preliminary trial that tho continuance was taken. Forgravcs Is still out on bonds In $500, signed by C. J. Dobbins nnd W. W. Hogers, neither of whom has been required to qunllfy In tho amount. Chief of Police Albro, when asked yester day If ho Intended closing tho resort on Broadway conducted by tho Townsend woman, said he had not fully made up his mind but "guessed" ho would. Tho resort Is on tho principal thoroughfare of tho street and Is reported to havo been tho scene of many disturbances. Complaints from business men In the vicinity have been frequent, but havo hitherto been Ignored by the police. Davis sells class. ASKS THAT HOTEL BE CLOSED Attorney Seek I)eM rap t Ion of All Liquors nnd Ilnr Fixture In Metropolitan. Attorney Fremont Benjamin,' who secured a temporary Injunction from the district court restraining Charles Blerwlth from maintaining a saloon at tho Metropolitan hotel on Broadway, Is still camping on Blcrwtth's trail. Yestorday he tiled an amendment to his orglnal petition, in which ho nsks that the "nuisance" bo abated and an order Issued by tho court directing th'j destruction of all Intoxicating llquora and the removal from tho building of all fixtures, furniture, vessels and movable property used In any way In conducting tho "unlaw ful" buslnesB. Benjamin further asks that tho building be effectually closed for a period of ono yenr and that he be allowed an atttorney fee of $100, nnd that tho fee and costs of tho suit bo mado a Hen upon the property. TO FILL VACANCIES ON TICKET Denincrntlu Comity Ccntrnl Commit tee I ' I ml It Xeeessnry to fiet Together. Chairman Brooks Hoed of the democratic county central committee haB Issued a call for a meeting of democrats to bo held Wodncsday evening In the city council chamber. Tho notlco says there Is Im portant business to bo transacted. Tho "Important business" Is understood to be tho necessity of filling vacancies on the county ticket. In addition to John Garner refusing to be a candidate for county treasurer. It Is said thnt A. W. Wyman has declined to make tho race for representative, and rumor has It that other of the nominees are nnxlous to withdraw. Gravel roofing. A. II. Ilcad. 541 Broad'y. I'iikIm IMiime for I'llnht. Tho Council Bluffs Kagles nre making great preparations for their picnic on Sun day nt the Driving park and Ih y rxp;ct to ecllpso anything of Its kind ever in this city. Thero will be no limit, It Is said, to tho height to which the Eagles will roar on that day, and many of them nre already Happing their wings In nnticl patlon. Besides tho feasting there will bs a program of sports, including a gent'o men's roadster race. These aro tho com mittees In chargo of tho nttalr: Printing nnd ndvertUIng, N'lehola, Delong, Jtnklni; flnnnco, May, Whitney, H. Brown; trars pcrtatlon, Boyer, Lovott, D. J. Clark; grounds, A. A. Clark, Gregory, E. C, Brown; races, Nicholson, Hods, Scheffier; musl:, Swanson, Askwlth, J. C. Mitchell; lunch, W. W, Hogcra, Slovens, Hoynclds; liquid re freshments, A. Wells, Boyseu; tlckats and gates, W. B. Hosd, Maloncy, Tlnne 1, Chisam, H. Schurz; executho, W. C, Iloyor, C. II. Huber. A. A. Clark, S. B. Wads worth, B. O. Nichols. Alderman C. II. Ilubcr will act as general superintendent of grounds. Still Ailjtmtlnw Sinnllnnx 1IIIU. At a meeting of the city Board of Health last night a resolution was adopted rec ommending that tho county board allow tho bill of City Treasuror True of $200 for act ing as purchasing agent of supplies for smallpox patients from November, 1900, to date. A. D. Cadwalladcr presented a bill for $,175 for caring for his brother-in-law dlll-ltlC thlrtv-flvn rlnvn nt nnarnntlnn fnr r sm.1 nnt Until fam 1 Ud u-or. nun r-n nt nn. "" I -. ...,(EI (11., 1j M, ,,. on account of tho dtioaso. Tho board re jected tho bill Inasmuch as both families had been furnished all supplies during the quarantine. Ilromlirny Methmllut Cumiimrc ting, Rev. W. J, Calfco, pastor. Is conducting a week's campmeetlng at the Broadway Moth- odlst church, assisted by Rov. D. C. Frank Iln. D. D., presiding elder; Rev. r. w Rrlekson, Fifth Avenue Methodist church; Hev. W. II. Cable, Trinity Methodist church; Rov, J. Slmi and others. Dally services will to at ) a. ra., 2;30 and 8 p. m. A largo choir of voting peoplo under the leadership of John Sylvester has been or ganized tor the meetings. S TAX RATE Three id One-Fourth Mills Lesi Than that of Last Year. REDUCTION IN IMPROVEMENT FUND 1'rovlnlou for Juilmur iiln Uurt Up n lilt Levy for Site of New I.llirnry nullriliiK la Itrjectrtl. The city council last night fixed the tax levy for 1901 at 37; mills. The levy last year was 43 mills, which Included 1 mill for the park fund. Under the now year the park board fixes its own levy Independent of tho city council nnd certifies It direct to the Board of County Supervisors. Tho levy for park purposes for 1901 Is 2 mills, thus making tho total city levy 30; mills, a re duction of 3 Vi mills from the levy of 1900. "T . A" r Tho, c,hll'f rc?uc'Io1n f n lh Improvemen fund levy, which Is decreased from 5 to 2 mills. The Intersection sewer fund levy Is reduced 1 mill, but the Judgment fund lovy Is Increased from M mill to 1 mills. The council refused to certify to tho 3 mlll levy fixed by the Board of Library Trustees for the purchase of real estate and for the purpose of erecting a library build ing. This action was taken by the council on tho opinion of the city solicitor that un der tho amendment to tho statute passed by the twenty-eighth general assembly It had that power. Tho original statute conferring on tho boards of library trustees In cities having a population of 25,000 upward tho power to levy not exceeding 3 mills a year for tho purchaso of real estate and tho erec tion of a library building was amended fo as to give tho city council power to levy "such tax or so much thereof as It may deem necessary to promote library Interests." City Solicitor Wadsworth gavo it as hit opinion that the amending clause gave the council tho right to reject the entire levy If It so thought fit. How the Levy la Mnilc Up. The levy of 37 mills for 1901 Is mado up as follows: Mills. General fund 10 Lighting fund 3 Water fund 5 Library fund 1 Sewer fund 1 Judgment fund 1 Improvement fund 2 JJrldgu fund 1 Intersection paving and grading fund.. 5 Intersection sewer fund 2 .Uond loan fund 3 Funded debt fund 3 Total 37ft Tho valuation of the city for 1901 Is $3,775,000 and the following table prepared by City Treasurer Truo will show what tho levy for each fund will produce: 1 mill produces $ 3,755 2 mills produce 7,510 3 mills produce 11.260 4 mills produce 1D.U20 5 mills produce 18,775 6 mills produce 22.530 7 mills produce 2G.2S5 8 mills produce 30,040 9 mills nromice ss.iVo 10 mills produce 37,500 The tax levy for agricultural lands within the city limits was tlxed at the usual 5 mills. Ilemnnd for n. Brldnre. Property owners on Mynster street, who wero represented by an attorney, pressed their demand for a bridge across Indian creek at tho Intersection of Mynster and North Main streets. They claimed that the bridge fund levy for 1900 was Increased ono-balf mill to provide funds for the build ing of this bridge and that It was to have been constructed this year. Tho matter was referred to tho committee on bridges and city property and tho city engineer with Instructions to furnish an estimate of the probable cost of such a structure. Arc lights were ordered placed at the Intersection of Harmony and Frank streets and at Fourth avenuo nnd Ninth Btreet, tho former light being for tho benefit of St. Bernard's hospital. Tho light at Sovcnth wlreet and Eighth avenue was ordered changed to Seventh streot nnd Ninth av enue. A petition for a light at tho inter section of Tenth street nnd Seventeenth avenuo was placed on flic. The bill of the water works company of $13.75, six months' hydrant rental from .March 1 to September 1, was ordered paid. The council adjourned to Thursday night. Mnrrlnge Llucimen. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Isame nnd Ilcsldenco. Ago. M. O'Lenry. Woodbine. In ,, 25 Fannie Barnes, Oakland, lu 23 C. K. Booth. Dow City, la 22 Mabel Dulles, Grlswofd, la 23 M. S. Munchuw, South Omaha 21 Kthol Wcddington, South Omaha 2i5 "W. C. Tavener. Omaha 2S vatle F. Walenz, Omuha 18 Itcnl KMnte Trnnsfcr. These transfers wore filed yesterday In tho abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Tho Iron Nntlonul bank to J. 13. Uut- ler, part or lot l, Auditor's subdlv of soW neli 0-71-43. w. d S 1.800 Carrie M. Morso and husband to Martin W. Quick, 23 lots In Council Bluffs, q, c. d 1 Total two tranafers $ 1.S01 Davis sells paint. MINOR MK.NTION. Davis sells drugs. Stockert sells carpets and rugt. Fine ABC beer, Neumayer'a hotel. Victor heaters. Blxby & Son, agents. Wollmnn. scientific optician; 409 Broadway, lletali Clerks' union No. 234 will meet to night. C. E Alexander & Co.. pictures and frames. Tol. 3C6. fi. T. McAtce Is home from a sojourn at Colfax Springs, la. Get vonr work done at Hie Donular Lade laundry, 724 Broadway, "Phone 167, Cnlanthe nssembly No. 1. Pythian Sister hood, will meet Wednesday afternoon In ,iiugtics' nan. X. T. McCoy, assistant superintendent of the rural free mall delivery service, was In tho city yesterday. The young women in charge of tho As sociated Charities' entertainment nt Lake Mnnawu last Tuesday netted JS5 for the In stitution. Evening services, which have been dis continued during tho hot weather, will bo res-imed In all the churches of the city next Sunday. W. S. Harrison of the railway mall serv ice Is in the city to remove his household goods to Denver, where ho has already taken his family. A. J. Brown, lit South Eighth street, complained to the police that a sacrtllglous thief stolo a leather-bound Bible from his buggy Sunday night. Mrs. N. E. Brlckley. aaed Oft years, died yesterday nt tho Woman's Christian Ai soclntion hospital, nt which sho had been a county patient for some time. Miss S. S. Calfee, Held matron of tho government schools at Truxton, Ariz., Is visiting her brother, Rev. J. W. Cnlfeo of tho Broadway Methodist church. Mr. und Mrs. W. O. Frogg, who havo been visiting Mrs. Frogg's parents. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Crewdson, returned to their home In Knoxvllle, la., yesterday. Mrs. Ellzaboth Heffner. wife of O. W Heffner, 233 Fleming avenue, titled yester day nfternoon at the Woman !v Christian Association hosnltnl from dronss. aced 41 Association hospital from dropsy yenrs. John Btirch. arrested liv Detertl tl Weir at ult In on BUinlclbn nnd who has brnucht Pult the district court to recover Jl.rew damtecs from the oliicer und his bondsmen, vas discharged In police court yesterday morn ing. Misses Alice Bonham and Mnrle Ilrant arc home from their visit to Star island, Lake Erie. Concordia lodire Xo. 52. Knights of Pythias, will meet tonight for tcr.ool or Instruction. Word received frnm Mnrnlonlit Inst even ing was that the condition of Charles Dye was slightly Improved. Daniel U llnrcourt nnd wife filed arllc es of adoption yesterday of Clara Louise Thomas, nged 3 years. Tho child's mother Is dead and the father Is said to have de serted It two weeks after her death. Supervisor J. M. Matthews and nxne t Accountant C. E. Wnlter, appointed by tho county board, commenced tho worK of checking up the olllcc of County Treasurer Arnd yosterJay. An clcht-foot rattlesnake, with thirteen rattles, killed by Guy Shepard, attracted largo crowds yesterday In front of Smith & Bradley's window on Drondwuy, where It was displayed. Tho flro department was called by u still alarm vosterdnv mnrnlnir to Welch's ennl yards, where nn Incipient blaze had stnrted. It was extinguished with but nominal damage. Mr. 'nnd Mrs. II. A. Cole were tendered a farewell reception last evening nt tho nrunuwnv .-uctnouist cnurcn. iney will leave today for (Milcnuo. wlu-ro thev ex pect to mnke their future home. A llchted mntrh thrown rnrclesqlv Into the nrcaway nt the rear of tho onora houre saloon set fire to a heap of rubbish. The blaze was extinguished by employes of tlie opera nouse, one or tliem, Uert lirown, being severely burned about the hands. Major and Mrs. Snera. while out driving yesterday, were run Into by a fractious horse ridden bv n how The liuircrv was partly demolished and Major Spera and his wire were tnrown out, uotn receiving pain ful bruises, although not seriously hurt. Frank Hermes was arrested vestrdav on a chargo of selling mortgaged property on a complaint of A. F. Clatterbuck. It Is alleged Hermes sold a watch and chain on which he had given n chattel mortgage. Hermes gave ball and Justice Ferrler con tinued the case for thirty dayB. JaniCS Dale WIM nxttesaml S". nnil ra In police court yesterday morning for bolrg too liberal with a Jug of whisky Saturday night. Dale and his Jug proved so popular nt a dance nt a North Klghth street resott unit a numoer or youilis becamo Intoxi cated nnd complaint was made to the police. The case against Mnv Mndrsen. nrrrnfntl on suspicion of stealing U from John NctiHcr of Living Springs Sunday night In mo wiucruurna over mo senate saloon, was continued In police court yestcrduy Until tlPXt Klltl1l"flllV Thn ti-nmnn ,t-nU leased mi n $300 bond, signed by C. J. Dob. uiiiH, proprietor or tne senate Hotel. Dr. V. V. Hnl nirnr lltwl lllu ,ll-ll,nr. Inhn Holdcn, wero badly bruised and shaken up In n runaway on Washington avenue last evening. In turning a corner the bugjy uiiaci mm mo occupants till own heavily to tho crrinml. Tim li himself free of tho harness after running several blocks nnd was finally caught near ro. 3 engine house. Tho buggy was smashed ulmost Into kindling wood. N. Y. Plumbing Co.. telephone 259. IOWA ANTI-SALOON "LEAGUE Itcpnrtn nt Anniinl ScnnIoii "Will Show Unwonted Activity In Convlctlonn. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Aug. 26. (Special.) The state Anti-saloon league began Its annual meeting tonight wth a lecture and mis cellaneous program, and tomorrow the busi ness sessions will be begun. There aro a a largo number of members present and moro Interest Is taken In tho movement now than at any time the past few years. The reports from the officials will show that they have been unusually active the past season in prosocutlng violators of the liquor law' and have secured a larger num ber of conviction tjian oyer before. The officials work only In counties where there Is prohibition andmake no attcmnt to ln- t"fr, wfro the' present mulct law Is en forced. Tho president of tho association, H. H. Abranis, has traveled extensively over the state He Is in favor of somo Blight moQincations or tho mulct law, but other wlso declares that tho temperance peoplo of Iowa aro well satisfied with Its work ings. Somo members of the league called a state political convention to bo held hero at tho same place as the Anti-saloon lcaguo to nominate an anti-saloon republican ticket, under tho Impression that Mr. Cummins. candidate for governor, would bo In favor of tho repeal of tho mulct law and the sub stitution of a license law. Since he has como out In a public Interview declaring ho Is In favor of letting tho law romaln a3 It Is promlnont members of tho league have como out in his favor nnd say he Is good enough temperance man for them. Presi dent Abrams of tho leaguo will take tho stump for the republican ticket. It is lenrncd that Instead of there being n chance to havo tho leaguo select a new candidate for governor there Is a movo on foot among tho members to procure the Indorsement In the leaguo of Cummins and the entire re publican ticket. Prominent Mnnon Ilend. It la learned bore that N. B. Hyatt died today at his homo In Webster City. Ho was ono of the most prominent Masons In the state and was grand high priest of tho grand chapter for Iowa and also one of the chief officers of Zagazlg templo, of tho Mystic Shrine. He was also a prominent lawyer and politician of northern Iowa, Woiiiiiii'm Simltnrliim Company, Tho Woman's Sanitarium company filed articles or Incorporation with the county re corder this afternoon, The capital stock Is $200,000, which Is to bo used In the nur chaso of tho sanitarium building north of tho fair grounds, now occupied and oper ated for sanitarium purposes. A strip of ground lying cast of tho present building. several acres in area, will also bo purchasod and added to tho property now occupied by mo company. Tho articles provide that the shareholders shall be composed of women from the organization of tho Women's Christian Temperance union. Take Leave of Ahicnee, Captain Thomas F. Cooke of Algona Inspector general of small armH practice for the Iowa National guard, has asked bIx months' leave of nbsonce and will spend somo tlmo In the east on account of his health. His place will be taken by Major William li. Evans temporarily. Major Olmetead, rotlred, goes to Cedar Falls next week to assume chargo of tho military department of the State Normal school. Ho will havo chargo of tho four companies of Infantry and two batteries at the State Normal school among the 500 male students, but will not for the present rc movo to Cedar Falls. Fund U In ((neNtlon, The state treasurer this morning sub mitted to the attorney general n question as to what should be done with $302 received from the administrator of the estate of the late H. A. Oilman, superintendent of the hospital at Mt. Pleasant. Tho money Is a part of a 7 per cent dividend on the debts and the stnto had a claim of $5,500 against the estate. The legislature had appro priated money with which to pny tho in sane porsons whoso accounts were thus lost and now the state treasurer doesn't know what fund to credit with tho money coming In from tho estate. CAVE EXONERATED BY JURY Yiiiiiiit Sinn Who Shot NIumv ICinploye nt Nloiix City In Met Free. SIOUX CITY, la., Aug. 26. (Special Tele gram.) J. Harlcy Cavo, who early Sunday morning shot and Instantly killed Joseph Sullivan, an employe of tho Pawnee Bill Wild. West show, was released from cus mm tody this afternoon after the coroner's Jury, which Investigated tho case, had completely exoucrated him on the ground that ho shot Sullivan in self-defense. Dr. W. 1. Swain, one of the managers of tho show, came to Sioux City from Missouri Valley today and stnted that he would go before tho grand Jury to secure Caves' In dictment. Tho grand Jury was In session this afternoon, but Swain did not appear. Ills story of the riot differs from that of Cavo and his friends. Swain alleges Cave Btartcd the trouble by pulling a gun and was not Justifiable in shooting. The show peoplo raised $1B0 to bury Sullivan, whoso relatives are not known. EXPECT TO BREAK DEADLOCK Thlrty-Hevrntlt District Convention AVIll Uiulrnvnr to Nominate Sen ator nt Wehntcr City, WEBSTER CITY, la., Aug. 26. (Special.) The thirty-seventh senatorial district con vention will meet In adjourned session In this city tomorrow. Tho district Is made up of Hardin, Hamilton and Wright coun ties. The first session of tho convention wns In Eagle Drove, August 13. It was In session for three consccutlvo dnys and cast 2,682 ballots without change The volo each tlmo stood: Wallace of Hardin, 20; Brlnton of Hamilton, 17; Harto horn of Wright, 16. To break the deadlock Hamilton county's candldato offered to re lease his delegates provided tho other candidates would do likewise. They re fused. It Is believed by local politicians that Brlnton will succeed. Wallace has had ono term and precedent In this district forbids two. Out of tho sixteen years that tho district has been organized Wright county has had the senatorshlp twelve years. Briton seems to bo tho logical candidate. When tho dele gations are released, which they must be to break the deadlock, It Is figured that they will como to Hamilton county ns It has never had the senatorshlp since being In the Thlrty-soventh district. MADMAN IN A SCH00LH0USE Manlno Captured ar Fort Dodge Alter Terrorising ftelghhorlnK Country. FORT DODOE. Ia., Aug. 26. (Special.) A madman was captured today near this ctty after having terrorized tho neigh boring country. He was caught la a school- house striking matches on tho floor. He was captured after a desperate resistance. The maniac is a largo and powerful man, and haB thwarted provlous attempts to capture him. Tho madness Is evidently due to a terrific blow on tho head, which has forced his skull down on his brain. The man's Identity Is not known. POSTMASTER BOWKER IN JAIL Charge Afcnlimt Cryntnl Lake Official U ShortnRc In Ills Acconnti, FORT DODOE, la., Aug. 26. (Special Telegram.) Lesllo E. Bowkcr, postmaster at Crystal Lake, la., was arrested today on n charge of Bhortago In his accounts. The arrest caused much oxcltcmcnt, as Bowkor was a highly respected citizen. A shortage to the amount of $300 is nlleged by Postal Inspector Ketcham, who says Bowkor ad mitted his guilt and restored a part of the money. Ho could not furnish ball and was Jailed at Sioux City. Sues Hock Inlnnd for $15,000. IOWA CITY, la., Aug. 26. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth A. Shollady has sued the Rock Island road at Iowa City for $15,000 for tho death of her husband. He was fatally In jured August 10 by falling from a scaffold whllo cutting off pile heads. She claims tho scaffold was held up by rotten ropes, one of which broke, letting him fall to tho ground. He struck his head on a pllo of debris, breaking his skull. All of this she avers was caused by criminal negligence. Mount IMennnnt Mnn Killed. MONROE CITY, Mo., Aug. 26. A man who was killed by a Bu'l ngton train here Saturday has been Identified as Daniel Kreg of Mount Pleasant, la. He was on his way to Edlna, Mo. MRS. POOR WANDERS WOODS ItelntlveN nt Corning Are Now Kn- gnged In Hunt fnr Her and Boy. CORNINO, N. V., Aug. 26. Dr. Nellie Poor, the Chicago woman who with her two sons caused excitement In nn Erie train last week by rushing through It brandishing a knife nnd crashing through tho plato glass of a vestibule, is being anxiously looked for by relatives In the hills about hore. After sho and her sons were released by tho Corning police they wandered nbout town for several hours, On Friday thoy suddenly disappeared. It has been since learned that tho woman Is well connected In Chicago and has wealthy relatives thero. Farmers report that a woman nnd two boys answering tho description of the missing trio have boen living In the woods, buying food from farmers. Cnn I'lmh Hand DenU, NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Assistant Treas urer Jordan was authorized by tho secre tary of the treasury today to buy bonds nt the local subtreasury at the prices fixed by the secretary without referring applications to Washington. This arrangement will con tlnuo for this week only, but It may bo ex tended at the discretion of the authorities, It saves two or three days' tlmo In convert ing the bonds Into money nnd Is expected to Increase tho offers of honds for sale to the treasury. Only a few bonds wero offered today, but larger lota aro expected to morrow. EpiiiIh Went for Nnt y necrnllii. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 26. The Navy de partment Is to send another recruiting party to Kansas City In October lo enlist young men for sorvlce In the nnvy. A party here several months ago obtained mora recruits In Kansas City In tho samo length of time than at any of tho halt dozen cities touched by the naval ofllccra. ) Nino out of ten people are afflicted with constipation in ono form or another, but pay littlo or no attention to it. Every week or ten days a violent headacho warns them that somothinc is wrong. Then it's a dose of calomel, pills or some other irritating, pripinc purgative to set tho bowels and liver in motion. Such treatment is only adding fuel to the fire so to speak undermines the syttem nervous prostration and utter collapse is the end. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Herb Laxative Compound taken as directed at meal times counteracts hasty and ovor eating, aiding digestion, acting gontly on tho bowels In a manner pleasant to the user headaches disappear, you aro your old self again. Get a bottle today take it regularly at meal times. ' Put up In EOc and $1 bottles, but you had better ret the ft site, Icr It contains more proportionately. Our new took, "Toll by a Doctor," will be mailed with a sample o! Dr. Caldwell's Pepsin Syrup absolutely FREE. PEPSIN SYRUP COMPANY, Montlcollo. His.. U.S.A. FORTY THOUSAND KNIGHTS They Ate Expected to Fats in Rexiew at Louiifille Today. ELECTION TAKES USUAL PROMOTION FORM Grnnd Mnntcr Iilnyd to Itetlre nnd Iiveryhmly Mose Up n Notch, l.rns Ing hut One IMncc to Contest Fnr, LOUISVILLE, Aug. 26. Tho twenty eighth triennial conclave of tho grand en cntnpinent of Knights Templnrs begins hero tomorrow and the olllclal prediction Is for fair weather for tho big puradc. Major John II. L. Leathers, grand mar shal of the parade, stated tonight that In formation received during the day led him to expect that at least 40,000 sir knights would bo In lino when the procession moves. This pageant as planned will extend over a route of four miles nnd will bo tho crowning glory of tho conclave. Knights Templars from nearly every city of tho country and even Honolulu, will be In lino, Tho courso of tho parado Is a fluttering show of bunting. Hags and steamers, and nearly every one of them will present to tho marchers somo sign of welcome. Pro cautions to keep the streets clear havo been adopted. Incoming trains today clogged tho tracks about the city throughout the day and by midnight all but a fow scattered comman dcrlcs had arrived and been escorted to tho quarters. From ten to thirty trains arrived over every railroad entering tho city and It Is estimated that thcro are 90,000 visitors hero tonight. Hotels aro crowded to tho doors with guests and visitors also occupy steamboats moored at the wharf and Pullman sleepers placed in different parts of tho city. Tho various Kentucky "com manderlea wero divided Into detachments today and, accompanied by brass bands, met Incoming delegations at the depots and es corted them to their quarters. Rain dur ing tho afternoon drenched tho draperies of the buildings, but they suffered no ma terial damage generally. Grand General Oeorgo M. Multon of Chi cago stated tonight that the election of officers Wednesday would undoubtedly be the usual perfunctory affair It has been tor years past. Orand Master Lloyd will retire and be succeeded by Deputy Grand Master Stoddard of Toxas. Officers under hlra will each advance ono grade. This will leave ono vacancy to be contested for tho Junior grand wardenshlp. A hot skirmish is ex pected. In connection with this office nearly every grand commander at tho conclavo Is regarded as a candidate, and a great deal of electioneering was dono today. The solectlon of the meeting place for tho next conclavo will be the laBt subject to come before the conclave. Denver and Cin cinnati are in line for the meeting, while St. Louis and various cities of New England aro regarded as possibilities. Suhordlnnte Conimniiderlen Present. The grand commandcrlcs of tho majority of states reached hero during tho day and tho following subordinate commandcrles are among theso at present: Peoria, Peoria, 111.; St. Bernard. Chicago; Bollovllle, Belle ville, 111.; Urbana, Urbana, 111.; Baldwin, Sholbyvllle, Ind.; Columbus, Columbus, Ind.; Cyrene, Columbia City, Ind.; Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Frnnklln, Frank lin, Ind.; Green Castle, Green Castle, Ind.; Greenfield, Greenfield, Ind.; Joffersonvllle, Jeftorsohvllle, Ind.; Knlghtatown, Knights town, Ind.; Iafayctto, Lafayette, Ind.; La Vallette, Evansvllle, Ind.; Marlon, Madison, Ind.; Marlon, Marlon, Ind.; Rnpcr, Indian apolis; Richmond, Richmond, Ind.; St. John, Logansport, Ind.; Torre Hnute, Terro Haute, Ind.; Wabash, WabaBb, Ind.; Wash ington, Washington, Ind.; Temple, Des Moines, la.; Appolo, Cedar Rapids, la.; St. Bernard, Independence, Kan.; Beaumanolre, Decatur, III.; Blanty, Morris, 111.; Calumet, Woodstock, 111.; Chevalier, Bayard, Chicago; Chicago, Chicago; Elwood, Springfield, 111.; Englewood, Chicago; Evinston, Evanston, III.; Everts, Rock Island, III.; Galesburg, Galcsburg, III.; Godfrey D'Boulllon, Mat- tanoon, 111,; Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.; Missouri, Marshall, Mo.; Oriental, Kansas City; St. Dolmar, St. Louis; Tancred, Moberly, Mo. The city was a grand glow of lights to night when the festivities of the week wero Inaugurated at tho customs house with a reception to grand encampmont officers and ladles. Grand Commander Jefferson of Ken tucky made a brief speech of welcome, to which Orand Master Lloyd responded happily. Itelleved of Severnl Thoiisnndu, CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Nicholas Kranz, a farmer near Aurora, 111,, was robbed of over $5,000 In notes, $155 In checks and $33 In currency on a Cottage Grovo avenuo cable train today. He carried the money and notes In a large leather pocketbook In an Inside pocket of his coat. Ho believes his valuables wero taken by two men who Jostled him on the car and who alighted shortly before he discovered tho loss, The robbery was reported to the police who are working on the case, IiiMiirnncu Company WanU llccelver. BOSTON, Aug. 20. Tho Northeastern, a fraternal benefit Insurance organization of 'Lowell, has applied to tho Insurance de partment for a receiver to tuko charge of Its affairs. The association was Incor porated on AugUHt 31, last year, and It Is owing to lack of Interest In the affairs that It voluntarily proposes to retire. Headache Food doesn't digest well? Appetite poor? Bowels con stipated? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills cure all livei troubles. 2sc. Aiid-uggi-u. Went jour uiuuitaca or bekrtl a beautiful "(UITM U( flbll UISL-.I IICII UIO BUCKINGHAM'S DYE iX Unra I" en. , D-UWItl. Ol l, . Ht4 CO., N,nu.. N . M. SUMMER SPECIALS. $43,75 New York and Return $25.75 Buffalo and Return daily yii.bu Louisville and Return On sale August 24-2526. $21.60 Cleveland and Return On sale September 7 to 10. Tickets to Cleveland mav be used via Wnlmsh to Detroit and D. t C. Nav. Co. steamers to Cleveland, a delightful ride across Lake Erie. Home-Seekers Excursions. On salo 1st and 3d Tuesday of each Month. 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