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THEOMATIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 11)02.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
HEDGE TO SHIELD HORSES
OitimiPlai Umbrajen Foot Altnf tat
Grist Wsittrs Tracks.
DIVICE T PROTECT $0UTH AVENUE
Vina Mtrtlic Rrialli In Adoption of
Varlons Reromniendntlon to De
Inserted In Right-of-way
Ordinance,
The meeting of clt'ten interested i the
protection of South svenue. the thorough
tar threatened by the paralleling of the
tracks of the Great Western railroad, laat
Bight In Fanneri' hall In the county court
house, was well attended. Oscar Brown
presided,
Mr. Brown had Interviewed President
Colt of the Mason City ft Fort Dodge rail
road on his recent visit to Council Bluffs
and stated to the meeting that Mr. Colt ap
peared anxious to meet the wishes of the
citizens as far as possible. He said that
Mr. Colt had expresiied himself as being
willing to move the tracks back at least
eventy-five feet from the highway and to
erect a fence or shrubbery If thought de
sirable. Ha also atated that a letter had
been received that morning from President
Colt, In which he stated full and mature
consideration would be given the petitions
presented him In the matter of South ave
nue. In his letter President Colt stated
that the policy of his road was to endeavor
to have the friendliest relations with the
citizens of those towns through which the
line ran and that It had no daslre In the
lightest to be in any way antagonistic to
their Interests.
A suggestion that the Great Western be
asked to lay Its tracks along the highway
of South avenue and that thoroughfare be
moved to the right of way purchased by
the railroad was declared not feasible, ow
ing to the large sum of money expended by
the railroad In securing Its right of way.
After the matter had been discussed at
length the meeting decided to request the
city council to Incorporate these provisions
la the ordinance providing for the vacation
ef certain streets and avenues In the 'In
terest of the Great Western:
1. That no tracks of said railroad, run
ning parallel with South avenue, shall be
nearer the easterly side of said avenue than
seventy-five feet.
2. That said railroad company be required
to plant, the present year, a closely grow
ing hedge on or near the easterly line of
rtouth avenue, beginning at a point 1
feet southerly from the point where said
line Intersects Toetevln street and extend
ing to Woodbury avenue, which said hedge
shall be permitted to grow ten feet hls-h
and be kept properly trimmed and main
tained by said railroad company at that
height, protected by a wire fence. Also,
that the same kind of a hedge and fence
thall be erected and maintained bv bald
railroad company along the west line of
Third street opposite the property of said
railroad company.
I. That a line of growing forest trees
hall bo1 planted thirty feet apart and
maintained by said railroad company along
the west curb line of Third street and
along the easterly curb line of South ave
nue between Tostevln street and Woodbury
avenue. .
4. That electric light shall be maintained
by said railroad company at the - street
crossings of 'Fourth street. Tenth avenue,
Tostevln atreet and. Woodbury avenue and
such other street and avenue crossings mm
the city council may from time to time
designate, and that a flaaman be . main
tained at the crossings of Tenth avenue
and Tostevln ' street and at such other
street crossings as the city , council may
from time to time designate. ...
'.
Dance tonight, Hughes' hall.' Ladles free.
OPPOSES . TERMINAL BRIDGE
Mayor Jennings Objects to Ellaalnu.
tlon of Team aad Foot Pas
senger Privileges. ,
Mayor Jennings is much exercised ever
the fact that a number of the city coun
ollmen have attached their signatures to
a petition now being circulated indorsing
the bill Introduced by Senator Millard,
which amends the original bill granting
the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway
company the right to construct a bridge
gcrosa the Missouri so as to exclude teams
and pedestrians. This petition, which
when slgued," la to be sent to Congressman
Smith, asking him to indorse the passage
of the bill, is being circulated by Presi
dent Hart of the First National bank in
the Interest of the Illinois Central rail
road, which has obtained control of the
bridge.
The, Terminal company's bridge Is prac
tically the only communication between
this cfty and Cut-Off. a portion of which
la in the Incorporated limits of Council
Bluffs. In the event of the Terminal com
pany's being permitted to reconstruct the
bridge so as to exclude passenger and team
traffic, there would be no access to that
portion of the city except by way of Omaha.
Mayor Jennings is of the opinion that the
right heretofore enjoyed over" (11 bridge
should be retained so. long as Cut-Oft re
mains a part of the city of Council Bluffs.
Mayor Jennings, It is expected, will bring
the matter up at the next meeting of the
city councu.
J. P. Greenshlelds of the firm of Green-
hlelds Everest, employed by the Great
Western to secure Its right-of-way through
Council Bluffs, said the petition was not
In the Interests of the Great Western
Whereas the Great Western had figured on
using the Terminal company's bridge, the
matter was now, since the control of the
bridge had been secured by the Illinois
Central, very much la the air, and there
was a strong possibility of the Oreat West
ern's using the Union Pacific bridge.
Dance tonight. Hughes' hall. Ladles free,
Plumbing and beating. Blxby dt Bon.
Davis arils glass.
Board nf C'nnnty Sunervlaer,
Routine business occupied the attention
bf the Board of County Supervisors at yes
terday's session.
. E. A. Larson, auditor of Montgomery
county, presented a bill for expenses In
curred in eonuectlon with the death of
Clarence Fields, negro, former resident of
Council Bluffs. The bill was $79.95. The
claim waa referred to the county attorney.
Tom Callaghan. a former member ot
Mayor Jennings police force, has been em
ployed as special officer by the Union Pa
- clflc Railway company and hta appointment
aa a special deputy sheriff was approved
by the board. -Callaghan' bondsmen are
John M. Galvla and Pat Ounnoude. He
serves without expense to the county or
bens.
A. O. Wyland was appointed county phy.
DROWN'SW1
The saatpreseratle for eelds, teaghs.
aa aatka,a.Mr
a. a. WATfcOs, tMMOM Uctsrw.
" Fr-ealBat!v beat"
kaf. fiMkf UiBSBIfXBlt. I
BLUFFS.
slclan for Norwalk township, his remunera
tion of f25 not to Include smallpox cases. -J.
J. Ferguson, reporter of the superior
court, submitted bis bill for $515, balance
due him for 1888. 1899 and 1900, which was
referred to the county attorney. '
Sue to Recover Liquor Woney.
Sam H. , Ford. former saloonkeeper of
this city, hss brought suit In the district
court against John Under to recover money
paid him for liquor from June, 1898, to No
vember, 1898. The amount that Ford seeks
to recover Is $579, and he bases bis suit
upon the peculiar construction of the Iowa
liquor law. '
Ford alleges that .between the dates men
tioned Llnder sold liquor contrary to the
provisions of the mulct law In a place, the
location of which Is not stated In the pe
tition, where there were pictures on the
wall, aeats and tablea in the room and
more than one entrance. He said that he
demanded a return of the money be had
paid Llnder, but that he had refused to
comply with the request.
Llnder until recently was In the whole
sale liquor business in this city, but re
moved his business to Omaha.
Personal Injury- Damage Salts.
The personal Injury damage suit of John
Walker against the olty of Council Bluffs
was given to the Jury yesterday morn
ing and at late hour last night the Jury
had not returned a verdict.
The suit of Captain H. U Henry against
F. J. Day, administrator of the George
Metcalfe estate ' in Judge Green's court,
went to the Jury at noon yesterday and no
verdict had been returned laet night.
In Judge Thornell's court the trial of the
personal Injury damage suit of Jamea
Jacobaen against E. L. Shugart was begun.
Jacobsen was formerly Janitor In the Shu
gart building and sues for $10,560 for In
juries received In an elevator accident.
Judge Green returned to his borne In
Audubon yesterday evening.
Davis sells glass.
Officer of Trades and Labor Assembly
These officers were installed at the meet
ing of the Trade and Labor assembly last
night: President, E. B. Gardiner; vice
president, Gua Lots; recording secretary,
O. R. Scott; financial secretary, J. R. Diet
rich; treasurer, J. F. Knuth; sergeant-at-arms,
O. T. Smith; trustees, Frank Marlowe,
J. D. Schroeder and William McKinley..
N. T. Plumbing Co., telephone 260.
Team for Aloax City Contest.
The preliminary debate at the High school
last night resulted In Charles Campbell,
Richard Organ and Fanny Davenport being
selected as the team to represent Council
Bluffs at the Sioux City contest next month.
A. Hanchett add Maud Hart were chosen
as alternates. The debate attracted 600
people.
Dance tonight. Hughes' hall. ' Ladles free.
, Shoemaker's Yarn Is Prayed.
The story of Mlnard Shoemaker, alias
Ed Smith, that he was present in the Rich
ardson home in Savannah, Mo., the night
that Frank Rtchardaon was murdered; has,
as was. generally expected, proved to be
a pipe dream. At the time of the murder
Smith was an Inmate, of,, th Nebraska peni
tentiary. . , . . . ,
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were filed yesterday
In
the abstract, title and loan office of J. W,
Squire. 101 Pearl street:
John O. Bennett and wife to the Iowa
jjeposit and Loan comnanv. lot 4.
Auditor's subdlv of lot 4. Green
wood add. w. d t
Llllle M. Wroth and husband to S. D.
Tobey, lot 9. block 3, Oakland, w. d.
Jamea P. Alexander and wife to
Emma Danford, lot 18, block 13. Car
son, w. d
R. V. Walker and wife to Mary Craft,
ana , oioca i, uates aao. to
Oakland, w. d
A, W. Pope and wife to Mary Craft.
lots 6 and 7, block 1, Gatesr add to
Oakland, o e. d
William Fltxgerald and wife to Chi
cago, bock island farina Railway
company, that part of lot 8, block ,
Caaady'a add lying . n of railroad,
w. d ,
75
Pottawattamie county to William
Arnd. lots 1 and J, block lr Stuts
man's 1st add. con
Niels Hansen and wife to Hana P.
Hansen, se ne and eH aw ne4
86-77-43. w. d
8.150
Erasmus Richardson - and wife to
Charles Harder, sH sw4 of iv4
wU 14. and s 17 acres aeU eU 1.1
and wH rnrtt M-77-M. w. d!
F. C. and B. II. Lougee and wife to
6.(10
.uaniei uoennng, aw4 11-74-41,
w. d
3,610
Ralph Wesley Clayton and wife to
Mary c Kmhree, undlv H nw and
nVi swV4 2-7R-M w. t m.
1.250
1.200
John Reno and wife to Q. A. Weber,
lot iw, original plat, w. d
Total, twelve transfers
..$16,423
MINOR MENTION.
Davis sells drugs.
8tockert sells carpets and ruga
Meta beer at Neumayer's hotel.
Wollman. scientific optician. 40 B'way.
CM t V Rnrlnr Ktnvra la HiiMtt hnma
from his trip to Cuba Sundsy..
New novelties In picture frames. C. E.
Alexander A Co., 333 Broadway.
J. C. at W. Woodward, architects, room
tiverrji diocx, lunciluiun:s. la.
Mlisourl oak body wood. IS.fi oord. Wll
Jam Welch. 23 N. Main street. Tel. 128.
The chars aaalnat William Ttnlnh tor
shooting at his brother Ouy waa with
drawn In police court yesterday morning.
Mrs. A. IngerRoll, aged 92 years, died
last evening at 2227 Avenue E. The body
will be taken to 1-e.Mnr. la., this morning.
Mrs. Clarence Searlght and daughter have
been called to St. Joseph by the death of
airs, eearigni a Dromer, Andrew Isaacson.
George A. Custer post; Grand Army of
me nepuuiic. ana woman s Keller corns
of Omaha will be the guesta of Abe Lin
coln poet this, evening.
The Delong Industrial school will meet
this afternoon at 629 Kast Broadwav at
2:30. Kitty valentines donated by Catherine
Robblna, a 12-year-old cripple girl of Noda
way. Ia.. will be distributed amon iha
cniurrn.
Ariel LsthroD. harnesamaker. of Deflaiwr
la., haa tiled a petition In bankruptcy In
the I'nlted Slates district court, lite lia
bilities aggregate S2,u and his assets
amount to tl.iao, all of which are claimed
aa exempt.
Rose Wlnthrol. 211 Seventeenth avenue.
waa reported to the Board of Health yes
terday as suffering from smallpox. Hurry
Moore, Sixth and locust streets, Enl
Omaha, was also reported to be down with
the dtneast.
A rear-end collision of two cars occurred
yentcrday morning on the motor company a
bridge. A defective brake was the cause.
The rear platform of the front car waa
damaged. It. C Hansen and K. J. Parker
of Hastings, Neb., and Lee Iughead of
Omaha were thrown from thvlr seats and
brulaed.
The funeral of Henry Hoist, from the
family residence on Benton street, yester
day afternoon, u attended by a large
number of friends of the deceased and the
bereaved family. Rev. George Edward
Walk, rector of St. Paint's Episcopal
church, conducted the services. Mrs. Rob
ert Mullls. Mix Mclntyre, Charles Havr-
atocK and W b. Klgdon sang. Burial w
in Falrvlew cemetery.
r a sensations I melodrama "KldnaDd
In New York." which cornea in the IWih&nv
theater tomorrow bight, is said to be much
above the average. Not only la the plot
carefully drawn, but the company Is of
remarkable quality. The piece Is full of
thrilling situations and bright dialogue and
Is exceptionally well acted. Mr. Gtlmor
having secured the very best available
talent. Mr. Oilmore. aa Mr. Iktoley. a de
tective. Is the star of the play.- and his
work in same goee fsr te prove the claims
of his marageraent tnat he la the coming
FOR BIENNIAL ELECTIONS
Iarptf Jtiot Ittolntita far Otsttitatioail
Amtndment ia ttaat.
SIMILAR TO MEASURE LOST IN COURT
1
Changes Made to Remove Objection
able Features of the Former Bill
ad Its Favorable Considera
tion la Anticipated.
(From a 8ta(t Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Feb. 14. (Special.) Tfce
Harper Joint, resolution proposing a con
stitutions! amendment for biennial elec
tions came up as a special order In the
senate and after some discussion waa aent
back to the judiciary committee to make
sure that there are r.o flaws In It anywhere
before it la allowed to ga over to another
legialature. Ex-Senator Titus was prcoeut,
an interested spectator. Senator Harper
called it up and spoke briefly In defense of
the amendment. He said It waa sub
stantially the Titus amendment, which had
been adopted by the people at an election
and waa lest In the supreme court. Some
changes had been made. He and Mr. Titus
had gone over It carefully and afterward
It had been submitted to Senators Hubbard
and Courtrlght. He believed It was abso
lutely unobjectionable now. A change bad
been made to provide for a session of ths
legislature, in 1906 and In, 1807. Instead of
omitting one session, aa had been contem
plated before. . There had been a change
made also to. cover the point that there was
uncertainty as to which set ot officials had
their terms extended because of the termin
ation of some terms in December and others
In January. He aald - that' It ''would save
money, that $500,000 la expended every year
at least In elections and this would be
saved every other year, that this does not
include the peraonal expenses ot candi
dates, that elections Cause turmoil and ex
citement and it would be better not to have
so many. He said thirty-five-. states now
have biennial eleotlons and he read from a
letter by Governor Van Sant of Minnesota
to the effect that the system has been satis
factory in Minnesota and that-there-is no
mention ot ever going back to the other
system.
Senator Molsberry, successor of Senator
Titus, criticised i the 'measure ' on , several
grounds, calling attention to supposed de
fects, among them being no mention ct dis
trict officials. He suggested that the resolu
tion be postponed, that more time might
be taken to consider it. The resolution was
finally sent to the Judiciary committee with
out objection on motion ot Senator Hazel
ton. Another important matter considered by
the senate wti a resolution by Trewln In
which he directed the committee on re
trenchment and reform to make an Investi
gation and report aa to why certain state
officers and commissions had failed to com
ply with the provisions of a law of the last
general assembly providing that they shall
make sworn statements aa to their ex
penses. The resolution laid over under the
rules.
The senate debated at some length the
bill to allow savings banka to lend money
outside of Iowa. Thla Is the same bill that
the house defeated laat week by an over
whelming vote. The senate refused to pass
the measure, the vote standing 1 to 20.
The senate , passed a bill ..appropriating
$1,260.86 for inauguration - expenses, a-bill
to pay. a deficit In the fund for expresa and
cartage, and a bill affecting the raising of
taxes for the Muscatine library. .
For Expert Insnrance Appraisers.
The house spent most of the time on the
bill to require that expert Insurance ap
praisers must live In the county where the
loss occurs. It was strongly opposed and
many excuses offered why the bill should
not be passed. In defense of 'the bill It
was explained by Langan of Clinton that
It would put an end to the profession of
expert Inaurance adjuster. The bill waa
oet, 47 for, 37 against and 16 not voting.
Bills were passed to prohibit the use of
labeled bottles ' and casks a second time,
to change the time of meeting of health
boards and to make it a crime to sell grain
on which there is a landlord's Hen for rent.
The laat named bill was asked for by the
grain dealers of the state and is intended
to prevent losses to elevator men from
the purchase of grain and afterwards the
landlords claiming the same on rent.
The house made a special order for next
Vueaday morning of the bill to .provide
expert examining accountant for the county
offices of the ctate, three in number, to go
from county to county and examine all
books, and providing that uniform systems
of bookkeeping shall be employed.
A special order for Wednesday morning
waa made of the bill to prohibit giving of
passes. Thla bill paased two years ago, but
there la stronger opposition this time.
New !feasnres Proposed. -Senator
Maytag proposed a law to re-
rrange the' work of the state labor com
missioner, to give, him authority to Inspeet
factories and hotels and order fire escapee,
and to fix hi salary and that of a depu'y
and clerk. A second bill requires the uss
of safety appliances of various . kinds In
factories in Iowa and prescribe sanitary
regulations where number of persons ar
employed regularly.' Young persons ars not
allowed to clean machinery In motion, blow
ers are to be provided for emery, wheels
and similar regulations ar proposed.
Senator Trewln ,has a bill to place the
traveling libraries of the state under con
trol of the Iovx library commission, also
to extend the jiowers of the commission and
make an appropriation therefor.
Senator Classen Introduced a bill to ap
propriate $26,000 for an Iowa monument In
memory of the Iowa soldiers who died at
Anderaonvllle prison.
Te License Opticians.
Representative - Fields introduced a bill
to regulate the practlv' of optometry and
license, opticians, create a board of examin
ers and fSSue certificates to optician. .
Representative Bweeley Introduced three
bills . relating to telephones. He would
place long-distance telephone systems un
der the control of the state railroad com
missioners, the same as express companies,
and provide that connoctlona aball bo road
between them. .. He would have cities regu
late the charge for telephone rate and I
would provide that towns and eitlea might
own and operate telephone plant. 1
Representative Hughes proposes that
there shall be a uniform time for com
mencement of the fiscal periods in ths
state.
Representative Springer Introduced the
appropriation of $01,200 for the Hojpital
for the Inaane at Independence.
Intredacea Sheriffs' Bill.
. A bill to provide for sheriffs' salaries, in
troduced by Mr. Boyaen, was reported back
from the committee today with some
amendmenta. In Its present form It is eat
lafaclory to the sheriffs and to the mem
ber of the house. It provides for salaries
ef $3,600 guaranteed to sheriffs In counties
having more, than 45.000 population, $3,000
In counties over 28,000 population, aad
$2,000 a year la all counties, it alao pro
vide for a salary t the chief deputy ef
from liM tt $1,0 a rear I b paid eui
of the fees of the office, ana sutsrles of
other deputies to be guaranteed by the
county. The bill haa been given a great
deal of thought among the members of the
bouse and It la believed it will pasa In thla
form.
The fish and game committee are at
work on measures to revise the game laws
of the state. It is proposed that there aball
be two absolutely closed seasons when no
gsme of any kind can be killed, and that
huntera take out licenses, the funds derived
from this source to be used in prosecutions
It la also contemplated that spearing cer
tain soft fish shall be allowed.
To' Enforce Strict Quarantine.
A mass meeting of cltltena wss held at
the city hall tonight at which It waa de
elded that the city officials' should be helped
in every way to enforce the quarantine reg
ulations. There have been rumors for sev
eral days that the city of Des Moines would
be placed under quarantine and that this
would affect the legislature now In ses
sion, but the officials deny any such In
tention. The legislature will tomorrow take
a trip to Knoxvllle and back. The mayor
haa now employed eleven physicians to
work on the smallpox cases end has thirty-
three employes to assist In enforcing the
quarantine.
Issues Two Requisitions.
Governor Cummins today issued a requt
sltlon on the Governor of Montana for the
return to this state of Marcus Weatrum.
under arrest at Butte and wanted here on a
charge ot forging money orders, and one on
the governor of Kansas for Oeorge Burns,
under arrest at Fort Scott and wanted on a
charge of larceny at Mason City.
Decides Homestead Case.
The decision of the Iowa supreme court
today In the case Involving the Iowa Home
stead confirms the order for the sale of the
property and an 'accounting between the
persona comprising the firm owning the
same,' but the sale. does, not Include the
auxiliary paper published by the same
company. The case has long been fought
In the courts by the partners and grows
out of a contract with one of the partners
for work aa advertising solicitor at a high
salary. ' , ..-""'
Supreme Court Casen.
' These are the decisions of the supreme
court rendered today t
' German Savings bank against Francis
uenexer, appellant;' Folk , county. Judge
rrouiy; amrmea.
W. A. McLacan. aooellant. aaralnat" Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway Company;
Carroll county. Judge El wood; affirmed. -
Armour Packing Company against Des
Moines Packing Company, appellant; Polk
county, judge Holmes; amrmed.
Assignment of Lewis Investment Com
pany, J. Edward Bailey, appellant; Polk
county, juuge rioimes: amrmed.
P. H. Bosquet, appellant, against Ward
W. O'Farrell; Polk county. Judge Bishop;
anirmeu.
L. H. Wapler et al aa-alnst Cltv of Tn
buque, appellant; Dubuque county. Judge
O'Donnell: amrmed.
Mahlon Russell against Lou Haider, ap
pellant; Marsnau county, judge uurnnam;
affirmed.
B. J. Foley, appellant, against Lelsy
Brewing Company; . Polk county. Judge
lonraa; amrmea.
H. P. Porter, annellant. ac-alnst M. T.
Tjutterfreed; Cedar county. Judge Frelch
ler; reversed.
J. B. Lam be, treasurer, appellant, against
Charles McCormlck, and other cases; Palo
Alto county. Judge Bailie; reversed.
Henry Bltser attains Theodore Becke et
al, appellants- ' Muscatine county. Judges
Brawnon and Wolfed reversed.'
8. . V. Stewart against rthe Homestead
Co. any, appeliafiU FolK county. Judges
Holmes and Prouty;' modified and amrmed.
William C. Renfsy et al against lowa
Central Railway Company, appellant; Mon
roe county, duuKTDiuH; rc-vcraea.
MARRIED MAN ASSAULTS GIRL
Edward Davidson. Arrested for
Crime and Narrowly Escapee
Lynching.
the
OSKALOOSA, ia Feb. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Ed Davidson, aged 28 years, who
haa been married twice and Uvea in Pekav.
southeast of this city, la charged with hav
ing aseaulted 12-year-old Katie Gallagher
near Eddyvllle. Thursday evening. He was
driving in a buggy when be overtook the
girl going to her home and asked, her to
ride with blm. The girl escaped fron. the
buggy, but Davidson pursued her. After
the assault ' be drove to hla home, where
he was arrested later. The child waa
picked up and carried to her home and
medical attention' was given. She Is In I
precarious condition. Davidson was ar
reated and taken to Eddyvllle. The story
of the crime spread and a mob of enraged
citizens gathered during a couple of hour
thla morning and threats of lynching were
made freely and the leaders became bold
when it was learned that the prisoner had
been spirited away through the rear door
by the sheriff, who waa summoned hastily
from ottumwa, where Davidson la now
held.
DISTURBANCE AT A WEDDING
Chalrvarl Party' Disorderly Com
dact Lead t Warrants for v
- Participant.
LE MARS, la., Feb. 14. (Special.) W.
M. Parker, a young farmer living west of
town, swore out warrants for . the arrest
of nineteen peopl charging them with riot
oua conduct. Parker waa married on
Wednesday night to Mr. Joel Clary of
Mount Pleasant and a dance was given In
the Adavllle hall. A charivari party ar
rived and, on being forbidden entrance.
started ahootlng, barred the doors of' the
hall, stopped up the chimney and pro
ceeded to smoke out those inside. The
caves of the hall were riddled with bullets,
the windows broken, and when the chart
varl party finally broke Into the hall they
spit tobacco juice on the women's dr eases
and started a free-for-all fight. Warrants
were sworn out for Ray brlstowe, John
Frederick. Blaine ' King, George Buler,
August Hendrlcksen, Raymond Fletcher,
Will Brlstowe. John Pegler, Edward
Fletcher. Claud Forbes. Walter Fletcher,
G. Mann, Peter Brown, H. F. Flsch. Ed Tal
bot, Charles Talbot and Lewis Mann. All
thoss Indicted are young men. The trial
la et for Saturday afternoon.
Nervousness, "Tired Feeling'
Exhaustion of Body or Brain
Instantly DupcIIed by One
Powder "which Normally Raton."
TRY IT NOW. ,
The gnat actor, Mr.WIIIUai dlHette. alla ill
"Theoolv stimulant without sUag."
' Rev. Dnacaa B. Macdeaald. Hartford Thee.
locicalSeaiiDary.wriMsi " orsuaiae siippiies
ourubmeat aad stimulus tut body aad brata."
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Trawiu School, bu Aothuay's Boa pi tal. Bock
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MERCER AND LOCAL TIE-UP
Feel Bitwsei Okies r-()noas Lilt Teres
Hasd af Uolsa Paoifio.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL THEN BECOMES (UTltT
History of Combination with North
western Heeennted by Overland
Official to Snow HOW IndU
rations Point nt Present.
A week ago a Union Pacific official an
nounced that the Northweslern-Vnlon Pa
cific traffic agreement would soon be aban
doned and that the Illinois Central would
assume the place held by the Northwestern
In such an agreement. The same day a
fast-growing iMmor of a merger between
tho Northwestern, Rock Island and Chicago,
Milwaukee St. Paul roada took definite
shape and waa served to the public in the
prints with great prominence and consid
erable ado.
Though the first of these moves is much
the further toward consummation, that each
will be accomplished is widely believed in
Omaha, as each explains and almost com
pels the other. The Imminence of such a
great wave of reorganisation and recon
struction ot railroad relations which so vi
tally affect Omaha hat started a thorough
upheaval and rehearsal of the long-disputed
term of the agreement between the Union
Pacific and Northwestern.
There have always existed strong differ
ences of opinion aa to what waa the impetus
of this agreement, what its real extent, pur
view and Importance, and how strong its
binding power. There are many different
versions. Most railroaders have maintained,
however, that the Union Pacific would never
have entered into such an agreement had
not the Northwestern used aa a club Its
possession of the Fremont, Elkborn tc Mis
souri Valley line, running out to Casper,
Wyo.
Threaten Coast Traffic.
With Ogden but a comparatively ahort
distance away to the southwest, the North
western waa able logically to threaten a
line of lta own to the coast If the Union
Pacific would not make the overland ar
rangement. 8o the Union Pacific gave In,
though other interests Impelled it In an
other direction. At least, thla ia a common
belief in regard to the matter, and it la
apparently supported by the fact that till
the Northwestern spcured the Elkhorn it
could not get even so much as a hearing
with the. Union Pacific.
A piomlnent Union Pacific official, how
ever, . launches a totally new explanation.
He Is a man who lived through the entire
affair -right In Omaha and he says he. is
familiar with the situation from the ground
up. '
'The Casper 'line had nothing whatever
to do with that agreement," says this offi
cial, "and simply for the.' reason that the
overland traffic waa never thought of when
this arrangement was first made. It was
the Denver business that the Union Paclflo
was endeavoring to care for and it waa
with this end only in view that the agree
ment was made. The overland affair was
the outgrowth of the other and did not fol
low for some time.
Due to Denver Traffic.
'Why did the Union Pacific take in the
Northwestern? That's something which Is
still a closed secret. We do not know. But
this was the way It happened: The Union
Pacific, as a matter of fact, having lust de
termined that the Denver matter must be
attended to Immediately, had made the
offer of such a connection to the Chicago,
Milwaukee St. Paul road. The St. Paul
people did not accept at once. They were
not very anxioua and were conaldering it.
Meanwhile President Marvin Hughltt ot
the Northwestern heard of the offer. He
rushed to Omaha, was closeted with Presi
dent Charle Francis Adam ot the Union
Pacific for not more than an hour and came
out and announced that th Union Paclflo
and Northweatern had mad the agreement.
It waa all ao sudden It took our breaths
away, but It was done, and It hs stuck.
'Every one thought the 8 . Paul road
would be the second party to the agree
ment. It was the logical first choice, for
the same Interests that dominated it con
trolled the Union Pacific, the Rockefellers.
And the situation Is still (he same today,
by the way, despite all they may say.
Rockefeller interests ar dominant in the
Union Pacific.
'However, the Northweatern was a
logical second choice, for physical reasons.
It does not get into Kansas City, aa the
other roads do, ao Omaha Is Its natural
outlet. Just what led to It choice In the
agreement, however, I cannot state.
Freight Traffic Distribution.
"There Is another great misunderstand
ing relative to thla arrangement. That is
in regard to its real extent and Importance.
On th passenger side, of course. It la ab
solute and complete. Through trains make
It to. On the freight side it does not
mean so much. As a matter of fact the
freight has alwaya been pretty well dis
tributed between the St. Paul and North
western, and since the Illinois Central has
com that has had Its share.
"I will go further than that. I will say
that in all those years since the agreement
haa been In effect the St. Paul haa had
even more ot ' the Union Faclflc freight
business than the Northwestern. Coming
west they have broken about even, for In
that rase th Northwestern derive an ad
vantage In soliciting from the fact that it
caa cits Its close arrangement with the
Union Pacific. This haa its effect. But,
going .ast, the St Paul haa had a little
the best of it alwaya. Aa one example,
there baa been many a month to my knowl
edge during the, fruit seasons when the
Northwestern caa carriea tne union r acme
loads from California on east from here
three dsys in the week and the St. Paul
had the other four.
-"This state ot affairs has not been brought
about by the Union Pacific. That road would
doubtlesa have made the. balance of division
hang the other way If It could. But it aim
Dly could not control Its freight, and the
St.-Paul stood stronger Jhan the North
western with people who could control It.
Indicated by Character ot Freight.
"I can prove thla. The great bulk of th
Union Pacific freight la commodltlea ot
three descriptions grain, orts and stock
Grain comes to the Omaha elevators, so Is
out of Union Pacific power here. Ores go
to the smelter and is likewise lost. .The
smelter can ship the product out over any
road It pleasea. Stock no road can control,
as has been often proven. . It Is a cominod
Ity that can readily be moved fifty or 100
miles on foot, and If the shipper prefers a
road that la farther away than another he
will go to it In this manner. 8o you can
aa how th St. Paul haa been able to keep
it hand In good and atrong despite any
agreement.
"As regards thia Illinois Central tie-up,
It ia the only thing posaible if the St. Paul
merges wttt the Northwestern and Rock
Island. The St. Paul 1 still th logics!
road for th arrangement, but such a com
bination will bar It at th same time that
It take th Northweatern out, and there la
only th Illinois Central left."
La resale at Hnhn's Penh Work.
M. J. Oreevy, fiscal agent for the new
Laramie ft Habn's Peak railway, waa in
town yesterday on naoclat buaiaeaa for th
company. Not a foot of track ha yet beea
laid n this road, bat grading la progress
Us aad track wii Uow sooa. It la backed
ot
Ronton and will be pushed earnestly."'
This road Is belog built to give outlets
for the mining district of Wyoming and
Colorado that are now unplerced by rail
roads," said Mr. Oreevy. "We will weave
a network of trackage throughout that sec
tion. With two excellent connections, one
with, the I'nlon Pacific at Laramie, Wyo..
and the other lth the Denver at Rio Grand
at Dillon. Colo., the line will be able to do
a wonderful business, and It Is thert wait
ing to be done."
OBJECT TO THECLERK FORCE
Economical Senator Contulala of El-
travnaranr la Extra Cleri
cal Hire.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. A little flurry
was created In the aenale today over the
employment since the beginning of the
session of a score or more of extra clerks
and messengers to committees. The
charges of extravagance made Induced the
reference of the whole subject of clerical
employment to a committee for Investiga
tion and report.
The bill creating a permanent census
bureau was under consideration for a time,
but was not disposed ot finally. After the
passsge ot a large number of private pen
sion bills, the senate eulogised the life and
character of the late Representative Bro
slug of Pennsylvania
The bill to provide for a permanent cen
sus office- wss taken up- at the Instance
of Mr. Quarles, chairman of the committee
on census.
Mr. Allison, chairman of th committee
on appropriations, made an argument
against the committee amendment Increas
ing the salary of the director of the census
from $5,000 to $7,600 per annum. He pointed
out that the salary of the census director
was below that paid any officer in Wash
ington, below that of a cabinet officer.
Mr. Quarles made a defense of the amend
ment, and In response to a Question by
Mr. Hawley aald. he did not think con
gress should Impose such a humiliation on
the director of the census as congress im
poses on Its members the acceptance ot
a salary entirely Inadequate to the services
performed. . Mr. Allison moved to make
the director's aalarg $6,000 Instead ot
$7,600. The motion was rejected 1 to 32.
The committee amendment was rejected.
At S o'clock the senate began considera
tion ot the private pension bills. In fifty
five minutes the calendar was cleared of
pension bills, 127 being paased.
A bill was passed authorizing the presi
dent to appoint William B. Franklin, for
merly colonel of the Twelfth United States
infantry, aa a colonel and to place him on
the retired liat with that rank. Another
measure waa passed granting a right-of-way
through Oklahoma territory and the
Indian territory to the Enid Anadarko
Railroad company.
Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania then pre
sented resolutions expressing the sorrow
of the senate at the death of M. A. Broslus,
late a representative in congress from
Pennsylvania. Eulogies were pronounced by
Mr. Penrose, Mr. Oalllnger, Mr. McComa
and Mr. Spooner, and the senate at S
o'clock adjourned.
THINKS PANAMA THE BETTER
Civil Engineer Noble Regards the
French C'annl Preposition
Fair. '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Alfred Noble,
civil engineer and a member of the Isth
mian ' Canal ' commission, waa before the
senate committee on lnteroceanlc canals to
day. Mr. Noble said It would be necessary
te have absolute control of Panama and
Colon In order to control sanitation. ' He
thought the conditions were favorable for
yellow fever during most of th year on
th Isthmus, though he waa not a sanitary
engineer. There was no yellow fever In
Nicaragua, so far a he knew.
Mr. Noble said the technical engineering
features of the Bohio dam on the Panama
route were more difficult than those of the
Conchldo dam on the Nicaragua route. - Aa
to harbors, he thought both routes about
equal.
Senator Foster of Loulsisna asked if th
construction of the Panama route did not
depend on the safe construction and per
manency of the Bohio dam. Mr. Noble re
plied In the affirmative. Senator Foster
then asked If the Bohto dam was actually
safe and practical.
Mr. Noble aald . the work had not been
exactly paralleled, but a similar class of
work had been used aa would be used at
Boblo. He had no doubt of the possibility
of constructing the Bohio dam.
DEATH RECORD.
Mrs. John H. Kellons.
Mrs. John H. Kellom, a pioneer resident
of Omaha, and wife of one of the founders
of this city, died at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. L. Adams, in Tistln, Cal. She had at
tained an advanced age.
Mr. Kellom wss especially prominent in
thla city as an educator, the Kellom school
being named for him. At the time of bis
death some years ago Mrs. Kellom went to
California to make her home with her
daughter.
John R. McKulabt.
John R. McKnlght. formerly of this city
and prominently connected with the social
and religious work of the First Methodist
Episcopal church, and who recently went
to California for bis health, died Thursday
last at Redlands. Cal.
Town Destroyed by Flames.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. A special to the
Dally New from Norfolk, Va., aays: Ths
town of South Mills, N. 0., near the Dismal
Swamp, was practically deatroyed by Ore
today gnd at last report th flame were
heading toward the swamp. The fire
started in a negro shanty and spread rap
idly. The town haa no fir department
Four hundred families ar reported home-
leas. A rough estimate places th loas at
$160,000.
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TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON SUPPLIES
Purchase for County ' More Wilt Ha
Longer Be Made en Informal
Weekly Bid Received Over
the Telephone. '
A resolution Introduced by Ostrora and
adopted unanimously at yesterday morning' -meeting
of the Board of County Commis
sioners brings mattert to a show-down bJ
tween Halfdan Jacobsen and W. R.
O'Shaughnessy of the 'county auditing de
partment. Both have continued in th
office since the rearrangement and the se
lection of Peter 0'Ms.lleytt chief of the
office, but the Ostrom resolution call for '
the heads of ' departments to est off all
extra help, and Mr. O'Malley knows Just aa
well as anybody else what that means. He
did not Immediately announce hi selection '
between the two, but It Is thought that Mr. '
O'Shaughnessy will be tht one to eta.
The resolution that created most com"
ment by the commissioners, tome of It be- .
Ing of a rather heated nature, was on by
O'Keeffe, requiring that hereafter bids for
supplies at the county store be mad for o
periods of six month) instead of on week,
as has previously been the practice. The ..
resolution waa adopted and the bid are to . .
be advertised, for at once and be opened
at 10 o'clock February IS. .'.. -Connolly
Mnke It Peraonal.
When O'Keeffe Introduced th resolution
Connolly leaped to hi feet fcnd declared '
that It waa only another reflection on him
as chairman of the committee, and that he
declined to let it go through, without com
ment. He said that the agent f the
county store has a habit of snubbing him
and treating hla Inquiries with eeid disdain '
every time be goes out there and that the" '"
storekeeper Is also "knocking" on him 'con
tinually to others. He further declared r 1
that he couldn't see tbt wisdom of b'Keeffe's
plan as a protective measure against dls- .
honest bidders and declared that there -was
not a grocery firm In ' Omaha that ;
would not enter Into a secret arrangement "
with the storekeeper. If It Could. '"
The comment made O'Keeffe torrid under -the
collar and he led the discussion to al- :
leged former thefts at the county farm bv
employes there, and Connolly; In defense of ' '
the board, declared very audibly that one '
man out there had been "fired when he'
was discovered to be knocking down money - '
that should have gone to the county." The
O'Keeffe motion finally paased, with Only
Connolly dissenting, and it was agreed be-
fore the meeting closed that hereafter all "
business done by the board ' shall be in
public. ' ' . " ".;'
Want Authority for Work. '"
O'Keeffe introduced two other , resolu
tions, which were adopted. . 0 requires , .
that "on and after this date any. work ex
ceeding $26 shall be authorized by. a motion
or resolution Introduced at regular e
slon of th board.',' . Th other read: "The
county clerk Is hereby Instructed to notify ;
all those officials whose office supplies are
furnished by the county 'that all requisi
tions for the same must be' made by them
direct to the county clertr and not through
any solicitor, and that the county clerk
must have all such orders, endorsed ,b
some one of the commissioner before hav
ing the same filed.", .
The explanation -of this, first resolution Is , -found
In the discovery that p'Keeffe.mad
yesterday that a plumber la doing work
at the county farm thtwtll cost. tt.OOOv and "
on which $500 haa already ' been allqwed ' .
but for which there la no. scrap, of paper1',
to ahow that he has any contract or' any
authority to perform. The new member Is
prodding into this , with a very long pole; v
but his so far failed to discover . any. very- .
satisfactory solution. ' .' "',
Another resolution . of. Ostrom's, which '
was adopted, directs that the superintend
ent of charities, before' ordering good for
the supply at the charity store, .shall obtain i 4
a written order from the committee having
charity mattera In charge. '"' "
The event that had been counied on to."
furnish the liveliest feature of the meeting ';
did not materialize. It was the bearing on'
the application of John Sorenson for , a '.
license for a saloon at Irv'lngton. The sign- .
ers of the protest by the temperance people
of the town outnumber nl signers and hv '
withdrew hla application before the meeting
was called. He Is preparing; however, to
renew the effort later. ,..:( ,
Bid n Prescription.
The bids for furnishing the prescriptions
written by th asaiatant ceunty. physician
at South Omaha were opened, but referred '
to committee of the whole, The bid ranged :
from 10 cents te 59 rrsts per prescription. '.
The board accepted the' report of the '
finance committee approving the report of
County Treasurer O. Fred, Blsasaer for the :
period from July 1, 1901, to January I. 1902. ,
It alao granted the G. W. Hull company.)
the contract for furnishing . th ' rounty.,
sand, cement and tawer pipe.
The pay roll for the Judges and clerks of
the laat election disclosed that some of
them were caught for. $TTj.'S9 delinquent
taxes. Th net total waa $2,647.78.
Dr. Van Camp advised -the board that
Frank Storck, who waa present Id th room
when the letter waa read, . was subject, to
epilepsy and a permanent county patient. '
Storck asked transportation to his home la '
Wisconsin and the charity commute da- .
elded to aend him aa far aa Clinton, la. -
Condemned Mam Attempt lulelde.
CHASKA. Minn., Feb.. U. Sheriff John
son ha completed th enclosure about the '
gallows where Andrew Tapper will be exe
cuted February IS. The condemned man
is In a deplorable physical , condition. Me
ha eaten nothing for over a week. He
has tried tc commit suicide three time
within the laat few days, once by breaking
a lamp chimney and cutting himself with
a piece of the glass, another time by prick
ing himself with a pin and a third time
by hanging himself with hla suspenders.
He is now closely guarded. He. spend
much of hi lime reading (he bible.
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