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NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MINOR HKSTIO. ' Davis sells drugs, Btockert itlli csrpets and rug. Mets beer e.t Neumsyer's hotel. I Wellman, scientific optician. 40 B'way, I Myrtle lodge No. 12, Degree of Honor, will meet tonight. Olrla of the High achool talk of forming a baaketba.ll team. Clay Cochran has been elected captain of the High achool track team. Fifth Avenue M. E. church musical to BlghU Admission, 10c and l&c. J C. W. Woodward, architects, room ' t Everett block. Council Bluffs, la. Mies Mabel Adama, bookkeeper at Bartel A MUlere grocery, la 111 at her home. Missouri oak body wood, IS. 50 cord. Wtl 4am Welch, a N. Main street. TeL 12s. Dr. Elmer Jones of Bait Lake City Is In Council Bluffs with a view to settling here. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Toole of Larlmore, N. D.. formerly of this city, a daughter. . W. I and H. P. Butler of the Milwaukee . freight office hava gone to visit relatlvea In Davis. 111. The Woman'a Christian Temperance . union will meet this afternoon at 3 In the ' Baptist church.. Rev. Charles C. Maxfleld of Oneida, N. T.. will All the pulpit of the First Baptist church for two Sundays. Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Merrlam will enter, tain the Unity Guild of Grace church this . afternoon at the rectory. A marriage license was Issued yesterday 1 to Herbert McMullen, aged 21. and Lida Klshton. aged 22, both of Neola, la. The recently organised Musical union will apply for a charter at the meeting of the Trades and Labor assembly to- ' night. Mrs. O. H. Lucas Is home from Pacific ' Junction, where she was called by the ' serious illness of her niece, Mrs. Walter Lykea. Dr. C. A, Rollins, at one time county Jihyslclan, was committed to the county all yesterday for thirty daya for habitual , drunkenness. Judge Aylesworth has dismissed thirty one city poll tax suits In the superior court, which have been encumbering the i docket several terms. Mrs. Emma Lacey was granted build ing permit yesterday for a one and one half story frame cottage at Harrison and Halt streets, to cost 1.&00. Harry Baldwin, 109 Fourth street, com plained to the police last evening that his ' overcoat had been stolen from the refer ' ence room in the public library. Mrs. H. H. I.usk, wife of the editor of the Parsons (Kan.) Bun, has been called ' here by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Hurts of Waahington avenue. A. M. Hutchinson will entertain the Toung Peoples' society of the Second Presbyterian church at a valentine social at his home on Franklin avenue tonight. Justice Bryant has consented to the re lease of John Hogan from the county Jail, where he was committed to await the action of the grand Jury on the charge of assaulting his wife with Intent to kill, on his own bond. Hogan a two children In Omaha need hla care. Rev. John Gordon, acting president of Tabor college, will preach Sunday morn ing and evening In the First Congrega tional church. A Short business seeslon of the congregation will be held at the cloee of the morning service. Miss Cora Swarti of Omaha will hava charge of the music and all singers are requested to be present at choir rehearsal In the church Saturday evening at 7:10. The funeral of Henry Hoist will be at S:M this afternoon, tnstesd of 8, as pre viously arranged, from the family resi dence, SSI Benton street. ' Rsv. G. K. Walk, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, will conduct the services and burial will be In Falrvlew cemetery. The members of the Veteran Firemen's association will meet at 1:30 o'clock at No. 8 hose house to attend the funeral. N. T. Plumbing Co.,' telephone Z50. ' ' i'. l '' w '. '.' " , ; , , Preliminary for Hoax City Debate. 'A preliminary debate will take place to night In the auditorium of the High school . to select a tesfi to represent the local High achool In 'the Council Bluffa-Sloux City contest at Sioux City next month. The question for the Sioux City contest Is, "Re solved, That the American city should owa and operate Its street railway sys tem." This Question was also chosen for the preliminary debate this evening. These will participate in the debate to nlght: Affirmative, Helen Holleabeck, Robert Bwaine, Richard Organ, Maude Hart; negative, Fannie Davenport, Dana Hanford, Charles Campbell, ' Kenneth Barnes and Alfred Hanchett. The two young men and 'one young womas who carry off the honors will be chosen to rep resent the school at Sioux City. The Judges will be County Superintend nt McManus, Prof. Rlggs of the Woodbine Normal schoaj and Robert Mcintosh of Omaha. The Orpheus club. Miss Atsn and Miss Hortanse Forsyth, will assist with ft mu sical program. Davit sells glass. Eraest Marsk Gets Damages. Judge Thornell's permitting Ernest Marsh to Introduce additional testimony in his personal ' tnjurydamage suit agalnat the city resulted In the Jury returning, a ver dict yesterday morning for him for 3760. He sued tor 32.000. The trial of the personal injury damage suit ot John Wslker against the city was begun. Walker was thrown from hla wagon at Avanaa'jG and Twelfth street March 8. ItOl, and sustained a fracture of his right leg. He alleges that the culvert at the In tersection was faulty and responsible for ' the accident. The case will go to the Jury this morning. . . , Ia Judge Green's court the evidence In the Henry Metcalf estate suit was com pleted yesterday afternoon and arguments will be begun this morning. Following the Wslker suit In Judge Thor nell's court the personal Injury damage ault of James Jacobean agalnat K. L. Sbugart will be taken up. . Davit 'll glass. laapeet Pablle laatltatleae. The county supervisors yesterday morn ing Inspected St. Bernard's hospital, where a number ot the county's tnsape patients are kept. They expressed themselves as pleased with the condition aad management ot the institution. Ia the afternoon they .vtalted the Woman's Christian Association hospital and the Creche of the Associated Charities and the Christian Home. Real Batata 1 raaafers. These traasfers were filed yesterday In the abstract, title and loan ernes of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Jane Price to Pottawattamie county, lot 8, block 12. Carson, w. d $ 1 Adam Miller to Elmo W. Kleef, s? wi Jl-Tb-42, w. d Claus H. Jacobaen and wife to Caro line Schuts, lot 4. block 33, Avoca, w. d .William Hooker and wife to Mra. D. ' B. bhovsnaker. lots U and U, block . 11, Poiut ft Cobb'a add. w. d J. S. Stewart, executor to Ind. achool district of Council Bluffs, lots 7 to U. block U. Cochrane add., . (1. .. A. 0. Mark and wife to V. A- Flack, lot 1ft. block tl. McGee'a aubd.lv. In Hughes ft Doniphan's add., w. d. a wia 160 I MM 1.600 Six transfer, total ..$ 8.M LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Olrector taaooMee i V. c utt pa raAab eravatavg. 'fkaaa t, FARM LOAU3 60::? Negotiated In Kastera Mebraasa Lad Iowa. James N. Casady, Js, A taaia BL. Couaatl Bluaa. BLUFFS. AIMS TO KILL HIS IROIHER William Batik First g that tt G17 ant Fists to Omaha. CENERAl DISTURBANCE IN A FAMILY riatlroa til Ballet Fly Threwgh the Air ssd Another of (he Bay Is Badly Braised. Guy Rolph, driver for a grocery firm, had a narrow eacspe from being shot by his brother William yesterday morning at their home, 2(50 Avenue C. William Rolph, after the shooting, fled from the house and Is supposed to hava crossed the river. An Information charging hint with assault with Intent to kill was Bled and a warrant Issued for hla arrest. William Rolph was creating a general disturbance at the family home yesterday and began to beat his mother, when Guy Interfered to protect her. William seised a flatlron and hurled It at Guy's head, but his aim was bad and the missile went wide of Its Intended mark. This increased Wil liam's rage, and, drawing a revolver from his pocket, he fired at his brother just as the latter was making his escape through the door. The bullet whltzed by Ouy's hesd and lodged In the doorcaslng. Guy did not wait to give his brother an other chance to shoot at him, but ran from the house, boarding a motor car, and hastened to police headquarters. When aa officer reached the Rolph home William was not to be found, and his parents ex pressed their belief that he had fled to Omaha. Mrs. Rolph, the mother, showed a bsd bruise on her forehead, which she told the officer had been caused by her son striking her. . MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS Great Western's Proposal to Parallel nth Aveaae Is Vp for. Dlscasslon. The question of the Great Western rail road paralleling South avenue will come up for further consideration at a meeting of cltliens called for tonight la Farmers' hall in the county courthouse. The meet ing has been called by the committee ap pointed by residents and Interested prop erty owners In the Third ward. The two petitions In regard to the pro tection of South avenue, one bearing the signatures of nearly 300 farmers who use that thoroughfare and the other signed by almost every : srehant, Jobber and manufac turer In the city, were handed' to President Colt of the Mason City ft Fort Dodge rail road when In Council Bluffs Wednesday The petitions were banded to President Colt by Oscar Brown, chairman of the Third ward committee, and Mr. Colt promised to give the matter careful consideration. N. P. Dodge had a conference with Prest dent Colt at the depot and ha la expected to make a report this evening at the meet ing -.in Farmers' hall... , v , Plumbing and heating. Bixby ft Son. Regulate Qaaraatlae. A s peels 1 meeting of the Board of Health was held last night to take action In the case of Mrs. Dan O'Orsdy. a smallpox pa tient living in ft flat In the Jeffries building on South Main street. On the recommen datlon of the city physician It was decided to quarantine only the O'Grady family. A Bister of Mrs. O'Orsdy, her husband and two children who live on High School av enue and have . been stopping at the O'Grady flat for a few days, were quaran tined. The city physician recommended that they be allowed to return to their own home and be quarantined there seventeen daya Mrs. Charles Piokney, 108 ' Lincoln av enue, wife of a mallcarrler, was also re ported to have smallpox and the house was ordered quarantined. - The ease of Mrs. O'Grady again called the attention of the board to the necessity ot additional pesthous facilities and this question was discussed at length, but the board adjourned without coming to any de cision. Creatkaw Coatlaaee Under Caver. The continued absence from the city of W. H. Crenshaw, Broadway grocer, is giv ing his creditors considerable worry. Under tn order Issued by Judge Munger of the federal court In Omaha, F. A. Buckman, as sistant cashier of the First National bank of this city, one of the heavleat creditors, has been appointed receiver. The store Is being kept open and business continued under the management of Julius Keppnsr, Crenshaw's chief clerk. An attorney In the interest of the Firit Nstlonal bank went to Weeping Water, Neb., yeaterday to see Crenshaw's mother and sister, to whom ho gave a chattel mortgage on his stock her. Leslie Cren shaw; a brother of the missing grocer, aad formerly associated with him In the busi ness here, says ha expects hit brother will return to straighten up matters. laapeeta Graad Army Posts. Sheriff L. B. Cousins In his capacity of In spector of the Grand Army of the Republlo for the Department ot Iowa left last even ing on a trip of Inspection of ths posts In towns along ths lines of the Illinois Cen tral, Milwaukee and Rock Island railroads. He will also visit Mason City and Inspect the National Memorial university being erected by the Sons of Veterana of the United States. There are (18 Grand Army posts In the stats of Iowa and Captain Coualna haa re ceived reporta from all but thirty-five. Thla la the record for auch work and haa elicited compliments from Department Commander Mettgsr of Davenport. Last year eighty posts failed to file their re porta. Aald gettlee Mis Persoaal Debts. The repcrt that Bsn G. Auld, former county supervisor, had been ssea In Omaha I Tueaday, is not crsdlted by bis former as- I..V.I-... - .k- ....... ....k . nrlili. I cvumj cuviibuu... Auld of Lincoln, brothsr of the ulaMng supervisor, sent word to County Auditor Innes yesterday that he had searched a'l ! over Omaha for his brother aad had failed i to ssenre any trace of him. He aald he did not believe his brother was la Omaha or had been there since Monday. In his let ter ot resignation to Couaty Auditor Innea, Auld wrote that he was going away and would not be back for a month. Before leaving Auld settled all his psrsonal In debtedness In this city and la Orlswold, where he and his family traded. Ga ta Central Wkist Tenrnament. J. J. Shea. John P. Orraa. B. O. Brulng ton aad Ed Stlmaon will ,eave thla morning for 8loux City, where 'they will represent ths Council Bluffs Whist club In the Cen tral Whist league tournament. They go with the determination ta bring back. If TOE OMAHA DAILY JlEEi Fill DAY, FEIHIUARY 14, 1902. possible, either the Richards or the Des Moines trophy, if not both. They will not contest at this tournament for tbs Schmel ter trophy, which was wrested from the Council Bluffs club Isat Saturday by Co and Redlrk ot Omaha. Char lea B. Walters. O. P. Wlckham. Charles Cook, Dr. Baretow, I. M. Treynor and Fremont Benjamin of the Countll Blufft club will also go to Sioux City to play la the contest for pair. Class Walks at Owner's Eaaense. The city authorities have decided to wage war against the snow and Ice covered tide walks In the business section of the city. Street Supervisor Avery has been Instructed to put a force ot msn cleaning the walks where eceupaate of the abutting property hava failed to comply with the city ordi nance. The cost of clean lag the walks will be charged vp against the property. Patriarchs Mllltaat ta Meet. MAR8HALLTOWN, Is., Feb. It (Spe cial.) The annual state council ot the Patriarchs Militant of Iowa will be held in this city February 10 and II. This will be an Important gathering and It is expected that about 800 members will be present. Many ot the members will be accompanied by their wives and families. General O. M. Seckner, department commander of Il linois, will be present at the council and will bring a party of eight other officers. General M. F. Leroy ot Manchester, of the Second brigade, will be here, as will Gen eral Raney ot Marengo, department com mander of Iowa, and Colonel R. L. Tllton ot Des Moines, assistant adjutant general of the Iowa department. A large number of other prominent men In the order have signified their intention of being present and they have engaged quarters at the various hotels In the city. W. B. Wast Aeaaltted. AMES, la., Feb. 13. (Special.) The trial of W. B. West of Grand Forks. Minn., tor killing Frank March, has been followed with much Interest by cltlsens of Ames, owing to the fact that Ames was at one time his home. The West hotel of this town was built and run for several years by bis father. Two of hla sisters have made Ames their home since, Mrs. Brenneman and Mrs. Fitchpatrlck, the latter of whom but re cently removed to Colorado. He was ac quitted of the charga of murder, the Jury returning the verdict at midnight Saturday night, February 8, after a three weeks' trial. Needless to say, the result was Joy fully received by his Amea relatives and friends. Fined for Breaking- la Social. FORT DODGE, la., Feb. 13. (Special Tel egram.) R, Glllett and James Hamilton of Leigh were fined $100 and costs hers today tor breaking up a basket social at the school house near this city. Both men come from Leigh, a small town near Fort Dodge. Glllett and Hamilton entered the achool with a crowd of drunken rowdies and cleaned out the house, threatening people with knives. Many made their escape through windows. Both men fined are prom inent and the affair has caused a sensation here. Mrs. Blake Gets Divorce and Child. AVOCA. Ia.. Ffcb. 13. (Special.) Con trary to early reports. It Is Lulu C. Blske who haa been granted a divorce from Wal ter O. Blake, upon her croaa-petttloa and upon Blake'a testimony. The custody of the child was given to Mrs. Blake, as also was the home and furnishings, besides 32,500 In cash. FRANK JAMESDROPS SUIT Says Hla Pesltloa Is . Vindicated by Cawrt'e Granting Application KANSAS CITT. Feb. 13. Frank James stated today that he would he unable to furnish the $4,000 bond required by Judge Teaadale when he granted James' applica tion for an Injunction to prevent the pro duction of the play, "The James Boys in Missouri." The order of the court does not become effective until the bond Is approved. Mr. James said that friends had offered to sign hla bond, but that he could not con sent to it. His position In the matter had, he said, been vindicated by the decision, but be would be compelled to let the ques tion drop. gwala Captnres Bolomen, MANILA. Fab. 13. Captain William M. 8wa1n of tha First Infantry In an engage ment with Insurgents at Paranaa, Island ot Bamar, recently captured thirty bolomen and four riflemen. There were no Amer ican casualties. The enemy's loss Is not known. It has been learned that two hours before the fight Lukban, the Insurgent leader, was with the natives engaged by Captain Swain's command. FIRE RECORD. T. M. C. A. aad Store Balldlacs. GENEVA. N. Y., Feb. 13. Fire tonight destroyed the Toung Men's Christian as sociation building, the outfit of M. H. Har mon ft Co., nurserymen; Jacob Gllck, ahoe and variety atore, and aeveral other bus iness bouses. The loss Is 8100,000. Thirty boys .la the gymnasium on the top floor of the Toung Men a Christian association building escaped down ladders in their gymnasium autta. Two young women era ployed by M. H. Harmon ft Co. eacaped on the root to the next building. The prin cipal losses are: ' Young Men's Christian association, 863,000; Insurance. J1O.0O0. M. H. Harmon surance. ft Co., 314,600; no In- Jacob GUck, 88,000; fully Insured. Millinery glare aad Telephone Ossee. ST. EDWARD, Neb.. Feb. 13. (8peclal.) The millinery store of Mrs. William Sharp, alao the local office and central ot the Nebraska Telephone company, caught fire from a defective chimney last night about 11 o'clock, but was extinguished with abcut $60 damages to the building aad mil linery atock. DEATH RECORD. Re Vert B. Lindsay. SHEFFIELD, Ala., Feb. 13. Former Gov ernor Robert B. Llndiay, aged 76 yeari, died today after a short illness. He was the first governor of Alabama after the re i construction period . ... rmmL. J. His Induction Into I office was rssisted by his predecessor. Gov ernor William M. Smith, and the contest aver tbs office Induced one ot the most ex citing periods In the history of Alabama. '' Coaila ( Preeldeat Palk. KAN8AS CITT. Feb. 13. Colonel John W. Polk, aged 83 years, a aoualn of President Jsmsa K. pTlk. and doorkeeper of the house of repreeentatlvss during Cleveland's first administration, died la this city tcday. Colonel Polk waa ta the oommlaaarr depart ment of the confederate' army during the civil war. Rea II. ftmlik. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 18 Rea H. Smith, aged 3a.- a prominent business msa of this city, manager of the Muneon Stationery company, died here today of tetanus. TO CONTROL AUTOM05ILES Bill Fiims EtiiM far Bpetd Rsjmlatioi Public lead. THER STRICT RULES AE STIPULATED Mast Hava Brakes, Lights aad Other Aenllaaees aaa Stop at Signal (ram Drivers at Teams. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DB8 MOINES, Feb. IS. (Special. Tht house ef representatives today passed a bill to regulate the running ot automobiles on the highways and streets of Iowa. The bill requires that automobiles shall have brakes, lights and other appliances, and on signal from ths driver of a team the auto must come to a full stop, so aa not to scare ths horses. The speed Is regulated to eight miles an hour on atreeta of cities and towns and fifteen miles an hour In the country. On bridges the speed must not exceed five' miles an hour. The bill also requires that licenses be secured by persons who use automobiles. The younger members of the house made concerted effort to have the bill changed ao aa not to completely ruin automobile riding In Iowa, and offered la ail twenty-two amendments, which were voted down. The bill Anally passed 88 for and 13 not voting. The senate passed Joint resolution pro posing a constitutional amendment to In crease the number of members of tha house from 100 to 110. Thla la substantially the amendment which was voted down three year ago. The Idea is to give to every county of the state a member of the house and not be compelled to group countlea to gether to make aome districts. There was opposition to the bill by Blancbard becauae It would not give to certain countlea the Increase In representation they desire. On the final vote only two votea were cast asalnst It. To Pablleh Laws. The house passed the bill to provide for editing the laws and publishing a supple ment to the code of 1897 including all the laws and annotatlona to date.- This pro vides for a code editor at $1,600 a year and a committee to supervise the work. The new laws will be published In one book, la eluding the laws of the laat three assem blies. The house also passed the bill to pro vide severe peaslties for kidnaping persons for ransom. A bill waa passed fixing com pensation for attorneys appointed by the court to defend In mlademeanor rases. The senate passed a bill to permit sav ings banks to lncresse the amount of de posits received to twenty times the capital atock. Were Bills Introdaeea. Senator Harper Introduced a bill to de clare that where a merchant sells a atock ot goods Intact without payment of all credits It shall be deemed evidence of fraud unless he shall first have given notice to the creditors. The municipal code commission appointed last year introduced seven bills of minor Importance as prepared by the code com mission. One of these Axes a way by which tha cities may locate smallpox hospitals, for In case of a disagreement as to loca tion a committee of the State Board of Health shall arbitrate the matter. Another requires that counties shall pay all ex penses of smallpox quarantine. Senator Harrlman introduced a bill to de fine interurban railways and. to provide regulations therefor. Senator Wilson Introduced a bill to pro hibit the sale of convict made roods in Iowa In competition with rood m1 h labor where the .latter are manufactured In Iowa. Senator Smith 'of Mitchell offered a hill to permit the organization of credit ineur- ance companies In Iowa. Mr. Kerr introduced in the houss a bill limiting the sums which may be paid for a candidate for campaign expensea and pro viding for a report thereon. Pioneer Lawmakers' Visit. Ia the afternoon the Association of Pio neer Lawmakers visited both houses of ths legislature, the houae Aral at 1:15 o'clock and ths senate a little later. In each houae aome time waa given over to apeechet ot welcome and responses. Among those speaking were Speaker Eaton. Messrs. Gil christ. Hamann, Marshall. Que and Fair- a!i. Brace-Bmmert Contest. The attorneys and tally clerks in ths Bruce-Emmort conteat this morning made up an agreed statement of the number ot votes found for each candidate up to the present time. According to tha statement. r-rU.Ch' 1M aoritr tblrty-elght tea in the two counties. There Is referred to tne committee for final consideration and r u wU1 n(roubtl7 daclde the contest 185 ballota upoa which the parties and their attorneys could not agree. Fifty of these were retained by Judges of election aa objected to or disputed In lis local count. Sportsmea geek Game- Protection. t .. - .. v. wunee ot tne sportsmen of thla atate are carried, every person who wanta to go hunting will have to secure a license t l per year, and every person fishing Ti. ""-earn, lake or pond will be 10 aold himself down to twenty- " " " per osy. Any person using dynamite In fishing anywhera la the state will be subject to arrest and conviction r a felony. No fishing shall be done wlthltf w ieet or a runway or reservoir for fish. Over 300 men met at the Klrkwood todsy ueKuasea nsn and game lawa. They Instructed a special committee r ,ki.t. Mr. Blrdsell of Waterloo Is chairman, to amend billa and secure passage during the present session of the legislature making the open quail season from October ia December 16, also that there shall be no snooting between December 15 aad March r oetweea Aprll lt and September 15. The epea season for ducks and geese Is maae March 1 to April 16. Declare Caastltatloaal Qaestlea The Iowa supreme court iodsy disposed ot a constitutional questloa of great Im portance and held that acta of the twenty sixth, twenty-geventh aad twenty-eighth general aasembHee were in violation of the constitution. This related to the con trol or the waterworks la Sioux City. Ths legislature took the. control out of the hands of ths city council sad placed It la a commission appointed by the Judges of tne district court. Ia a dsclsloa by Judgs Deemer rendered today tha law la declared unconstitutional and, hence the water works will agata be taken charge of by the city council. The law waa defeated on the ground that It violated the principle of local self-government and alao because It wss an attempt to glre the Judges ex ecutlve power. On this last question it is decided that courts cannot perform func tions which are executive or legislative, aad that thla attempt to place the control of the ' waterworks under ths control of the courts Is In vlolatloa of tbs constltu tlon. "The manifest purpose of the leg islature,' he writes, "ia pasaing ths aet la question aad placing the appointing power In the handa of the Judiciary Is a compliment that apeaka loudly of the In terrltv. fairness and Indenendencs of Judl- cial officers, but If they are puf on a plan with other officials who are compelled to. or who at least la many Instances do use their sppolRtlng power to further their own Interests, will they not sscrtnee their standing aa Judges and defeat the very ob jects Intended to be secured? Let us ad hero to the traditions and history of the past; let the Judge be supreme in his field. the legislator in his and the executive re main where the constitution placed him; let the three co-ordinate departments of the government be preserved Intact; let neither trench upon tha other, and our liberties will be preserved and our rights duly maintained." Theae deolalons were announced today: R. A. Morley against Chicago A North-' WMtMn Dallv.v fninninv. BPnellant: Clinton county: Judge Bollinger; affirmed. Home savings ana iruirt ompn. against J. B. Hicks, appellant; Polk county; Judge Prouty; reversed. Dorr Cattle Company against George A. Jewett. appellant; Polk county; Judge Conrad: affirmed. W. C. MeNamara agalnat waiu-wney IJvestock Commission Company, appellant; Woodbury county; Judge Gay nor; affirmed, Maud belle Bartlett against J. M. Bogg, appellant; Guthrie county; Judge Gamble; affirmed. John Wahlqulst, appellant, against Maple Grove Coal and Mining Company; Polk county; Judge Holmes;- reversed. A. B. HlnsJall against John I Carey, ap pellant; Decatur county; Judge Towner; affirmed. T. C. Alexander against O. F. Bllger. ap pellant; Pottawattamie county; Judge Mcy. affirmed. State ex rel White, appellant, agatnet Barlot; Woodbury county; Judge Wake field; reversed. For a Holiness Oraaatsatloa. Tha articles of Incorporation of the National Association for the Promotion of Holiness were filed with the secretary of atate today. Its principal place ot busi ness is Des Moines, but with branch of fices In Chicago, Denver, Louisville, Bos ton, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Atlanta, Ha Jurisdiction la unlimited. The officers are: C. N. Fowler, president; Joseph H. Smith, vice president; Isaiah - Reid, secretary; Alexander McLean, treasurer, and J. P. Lockwood, auditor. Auxiliary associations may be formed in other atatea "provided their membership is composed ot some Evangelical church, unleaa reasonable cir cumstances forbid, and whose life and con versation give evidence of perfect love." Pioneer Lawmakers' Action. Reaolutiona were adopted by the Pioneer Lawmakers this morning urging the legis lature to appropriate money to preserve the buildings at Agency City, and the graves of Joseph M. Street and wife and of the redoubtable Indian warrior Wapello. Sena tor Perry offered the resolution at the meetings today. Curator Aldrlch read a paper on the life and work ot Theo 8. Par vln, which waa roundly applauded. Isaac Brandt told of the removal of the capltol from Iowa City, and Senator Fatrall of Iowa City read a paper on the pioneer at torneys of Iowa, all of which were pro nounced splendid attributes, aa well aa re plete with historical notes of extreme value. Alonzo Abernathy gave a paper on recol lections of superintendent of public Instruc tion, referring to his holding of the posi tion when C. C. Carpenter waa governor. He aald that It ia a singular thing that In tha history of this state there has been no malfeasance In office, no corruption auch aa haa atlrred up the people In many other atatea. Captain William H. Fleming read a One paper on the life of John Henry Gear, giving many remlnlacencea and rec ords of good deeds, as well aa valuable public work on the aubject of hla aketch. MERGING EXPRESS COMPANIES Harrlman Credited wltk Schema ta ' Comblaa Fonr of the , . Big Ones. BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18. The Call thla morning intimates that the four big ex press companies of the country the Adams, American, United States and Wella-Fargo may merge Into one corporation. It aaya that "word cornea by private message from the east that E. H. Harrlman, president ot the Southern Pacific company, will be elected to the presidency of 'the Wells Fargo Express company at the next annual meeting of the stockholders." The paper adds that Harrlman may be selected aa president of ths proposed company. NEW TORK. Feb. 13. The dlapatch re cetved from San Francisco, quoting the Call to the effect that a merger of the leading express companies. Including the Adams, American, United States and Wells-Fargo companies, might be arranged, was today showa to President Weir ot the Adams Ex press company. Mr. Weir aald the report was not correct. Such a thing had not been contemplated, ao far aa he knew. The quarterly meeting of the directors ot the American Expreaa company waa held today, with President James C. Fargo In the chair. Annual reporta were read and approved and considerable routine business waa transacted. No chaage was mads In the board and tha aubject of a possible combination or merger with any kindred Interest waa not diacuaaed, according to the statement of a leading official. EDWIN HAWLEY STEPS OUT Reelgae aa Eastera Traflle Manager f tha "aathera Paciae. NEW TORK. Feb. IS. Edwin Hawley. eastern trafflo manager In this city, for the Southern Pacific, has resigned. He waa forced to give up this office becauae of the Increased demand on his time of other Interests. He Is also president of the Minneapolis, St, Louis ft Iowa Central. Mr. Hawley has been an official of the South era. Pacific for nineteen years, all this time in the traffic department. After seven years on the Texaa lines he waa trans ferred to New Tork aa eastern traffic man ager. . The office of eaatera traffic manager haa been abolished and the duties will bo di vided by L. 8. Spence, general eastern freight agent, aad L H. Nutting, general eastern paaaenger agent. Illlaata Railroad laearparates. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Fsb. 13. The Chi csgo, Eslglsr ft Gulf railroad, with a capital stock of $600,000, waa Incorporated hers todsy. The principal offices will be in Chi cago. It ta to be conatructed from Chicago laa south aad aoutbwest direction through Zelgler, Franklla couaty. III., to Cairo, 111., with branches to East 8t. Louis. 111., snd to tha, northerly shore of the Ohio rlvsr In Msssae county,, Illinois. The incorpora tors and first board ot directors are: W. J. Wsrr, Hugh Crabbe, Joba H. Hume, Sidney Stela and Henry R. Piatt, all ot Chicago. ' ' Far . Indergrannd Railroad. NEW TORK, Feb. 13. The Pennsylvania, New Jersey ft New Tork Railroad company, wrth . a capital of $100,000, waa Incorpo rated today under the lawa of New Jerssy. Its object la to construct a railroad under the river between Jersey City and New Tork. AH incorporators are prominent offlclala . of the Pennsylvania railroad, which la the real promoter of ths project. First Tkrssgb Train. SANTA FE, N. M., Feb 13. Ths first through trains were run todsy over the El Paao ft Southwestern railroad between Doming, N. M.. aad Blsbe. Aria. Tbs road was lullt by Phelps, Dodgs ft Co. to csrry fuel and ore ta tha Phelps-Dodge companies The Novelty Cloak Store The entire stock of The Novelty Cloak Store, consisting of Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Furs, Millinery, Shoes and thousands of other articles, is on sale at 17-19 South Main Street, Council Bluffs 1 AO a A fine Fur Scarf, worth $2.00 81 9UC and $2.60. fJC A fine Electric Peal Col- A fine Electric Pes larette, worth $5.60. ttl lit) -1 I nO A fine Scarf or Collarette, 91 lsf 0 worth $6.00. alQ flO A fine Marten Prurf or BldsSO Collarette, worth aio.OO. at IEm Each Our line of Flannel ill I WW ette and Percale Wrappers, worth S1.26 and $1.75. .1 Qfi- A fine Flannel Waist, made si I vuv in in the latest style, worth I2.n0. .11 IDA good Walking Skirt, m heavy cloth Hi IsHl) made from and perfect fitting, worth $2.60. ct!9 HO Fine Golf Skirt, made of 3IesiJ0 good material, with 12-lnch ilounce, in all shades, worth $3.00. Meyer H. Pear lmati 17.19 South Main St., Council Bluffs. r AILING WOMEN mad bealtiiy aad wappj by Btsioz TavlD A Pleasant and Palative Crushed Fruit Laxative D&Uolous to tho Tastom Qontlo la Action, It ia a blood maker and a blood purifier. Ita parity commends it to inralid women, especially mothers. No home sbonld be without it. It prerenta ennui, lassitude, torpidity, despondency, and produces energy, active vital ity, firm nerve tissuea and mirthful mentality. It strength ens, sooths, stimulates and suatains the ayatem, builda np the impoverished blood vessels and worn ont nerve centers. Good for everybody sick, half-aick or well: it imparts new Life and Vigor. It will pay you to put chase a bottle to day before yonr case gets beyond aid. Get a bottle for 60s as larae aa those yon are accustomed to pay ll.OO for. SHERMAN & UcCOKNELL DRUQ CO., S. W. Car. ltttkt aad E Mull's Luthtnlnc Pain Killer rheumatism, etc Drink it or S5.00 A raOHTH . .ECii.iiT in All ivilseei anJ of Men M rs urs In Omaha VARItOCElE and MYDROClU: enred Method new, without eaittus. rwte At loss of time. CVPUII I fv cure for Me ana we no l eos. - rl I Ul O thoroughly cleansed from Ike system. Soon every sign and symptom disappears completely and forever. Ne "BKIUKJNG OlT" of the disease on tbe skin or face, treatment eootalns o dangeroaj Brags or injurious medicine. WEAK MEN from Exceaaes or Victims o nvols Daamrr or Eaaioaxion, WASTIMQ WlAIKIM with EARLT PS(MT la YouKd and Mipulb Aoao, lack of vlra. vlirot and Btrenkth, with organs Impaired and weak, STRICTURE eu.-ed with a new Boms Trrauiieni. No pain, po detention Irota eusi aesa Kidney and Bladder rrnuble. , . CHARGES I 5W . Ceatsltsts tret. frtslnwat r MN. Call oa ou or address 1 19 fco. 1 4th St Dr. Se&rlei & Searles. (tai. Ksa. at Clifton, Blsbe snd Nacosari. 125 miles long. ' Tbs road Is RESUME WORK ON VESSELS Naval Construe. ors at las Kranelera Free from Effects of ' gtrlke. WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. Acting Becre tary of tbs Navy Darling received a tele gram today from the Union Iron works at San Francisco, stating that work had been rsaumed there on the monitor Wyoming, and that the Navy department would be formally notified by letter that the strike at those works is off. There srs now building at ths Union Iron works ths battleship Ohio, the armed cruisers California and South Dakota, tbs protected cruisers Tacoma and Milwaukee, ths monitor Wyoming and a number of tor pedo boata, destroyera and submarine ves sels. For over half a year paat there bss beea practically ao work done on tbess vessels, though there haa been alight advances of - umiLiiili-Jll TED .1 O OQ The very Golf Skirt, made ST tfilO of keraey. melton and other good cloths; regular valuea $i.W to 10A0. 1 I OC A fins colored Petticoat, 81 It 1 0 made ot line mercerised cloth, with yoke and accordeon pleated flounce; value $2.&0 to 83.W. 71 . per yard. Fruit of the 8l I 9C Loom; alwsys sold for lot. -a a Per yard, 10c Outing Flan 81 4C nel; 10 yards to the piece. a 1 fC Our entire line of French 81 L 10 Flannel, Silk and Satin Walets, made In the latest atylea. In all the leading shades; value $5.00 and 39.00. 1 in Ladles' Ribbed Vndcrwear, 81 I if C alwaya sold for 35c. l 44 A Gents' heavy fleece lined 81 00 C Underwear, regular value poo and 6c 8 a 5CMenl LnderweJ' De4gs gta Omaha. cares sore throat, otoud. eolda. rub It on. aa cents. .TV DR. ftlcGREW (Age 53) SPECIALIST. Dlaeatce ana a....ea ! Only. 2 Years' Kayarleaav, IS Years la Omaha. , , VARICOCELE ..VEkKt! safeet and must natural that has yet been discovered. No pain whatever, no cutting and does not Interiere witn nvra or busi ness. Treatment at office or at home ani a permaneul cure guaranteed. Hot Springs Treatment for Syphilis And all Ulooii Dlseaaes. No "BKcJAKINO OUT" on tha akin or' luce and all external eigne ol the dleeaae dlaapprar at once. A treatment thai. i mure aucccasiui and far treatment and at .eea than HALF THE permanent iov lire. IIVt-M 'Jl Mllil1""" cured of nervous UILII aUUUU debility, ioas of vitality jii w.i.miuial weaknesses of men. ut rl,-i nr.. i i. . u i . i .... Lcatea, Hyrlrocels. cured bermaneniiy. lt.AMtifc.8 LliW. t .l t,l'A'l'lU Kfc-L. Treatment ty m-tll. I'. U. Ho 7c Office over Z1& S. Inn street, between Far I am and Doug'.a &is.. OMAHA. NUB. lata In the smaller craft. The long break in the work on these vessels was becoming quite a serious matter to. the department. Hayes' f. ran 4 sen Cremates. CINCINNATI. O., Feb. ll.-The body of a grandHon of a president of ths United States was today reduced to ashes at the crematory in this city. The child was the son of Rutherford Plstt Hayes and bore the name, of hla Illustrious grandfather. Mr. Hayes brought the body from Abbe ville. N. C, but tho mother was loo 111 to be present. f 4 & Aa D " ' -w 11 in 11 sv