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TITE OMATTA DAILY BEE: BATURDAY. MARCH 15, 1002. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS: MIKOR MEJlTIOlf. MAYOR JENNINGS RUNS AGAIN ravin Mill drug. Btockert ell carpet and rugs. Met beet at Neumayer'a hotel. Wollman. scientific optician, B war. rasturage. Judaon, M9 6th ave. Tel. ! Perry plct.ire for aale.- C. E. Alexander at Co., 833 Broadway. 1 J. Murrain of Silver City. Ia.. wa a Council Bhiff visitor yesterday. J C & Vf. Woodward, arrhitecta, room I, Everett block. Council Bluffs, la. Missouri oak body wood. 16 50 cord. Wil liam Welch, 23 N. Main street. Tel. 128. Excelsior Mnsonlc lodge will bold a spe cial communication tonight for work In the Aral degree. . The wind yesterdny wrecked a plite-Klass window In the south aide of the county courthouse. The choir of the Flrt Congregational Church will meet at 7:30 tonight tor re hearsal. Mies Srhwarts of Omaha will have charge of the music. Qua Txiuie hae gone to Sterling Polo., to superintend the erection of buildings on the bouta A Metager ranch. Rev. T. C. Hmlth, evangelist, will beg n special servlcca Monday In the Hardin township Presbyterian church. For aale, -room house, modern, except furnace; lot 49x170. Do not call unless you want to buy. 132 Harrison street. Go to' Morgan Klein for upholstering, mattress mailing and feather renovating. 122 South Main atreet. Phone 648. For- rent, office, room, ground floor: ex cellent location for real estate or Insur ance; centrally located. Address B, Be office. Mrs. Anns Cornelius took out a permit yesterday for a. two-story frame dwelling at Seventh street and fifth avenue, to cost ta.m. . m .Abe Uncoln post, Orand Army of the Republic, nml Woman's Relief corps will have a Joint social session In Orand Army hall tonight. For rent, two furnished or unfurnished rooms, for light housekeeping, for man and wife; no .-hllilren; rent reasonable. Ad dress M. Bee ofnee. . Mrs. C. J. Keith of Omaha is a patient In the Woman's Christian Association hos pital, where she underwent a critical oper ation Thursday. Charles Hoy, colored, arrested on sus picion of bring concerned In the burglary at the Demltig residence on Fifth avenue, u discharged yesterday. Mm IP a i'iiv nf Rarllnr. Ia.. has brouaht her 15-year-old son Le to- this city for treatment for an injury to his eye, caused toy the kick of a home. Fire In a coal shed at the rear of 2008 Fifth avenue, the homo of J. 11. v tiim. gave the Are department a run yesterday morninc. .The damage was nominal. The case against Jesse James, charged with the theft of a cow alleged to be the property of John Russell of Albright, Neb., was dlamisHed In Justice Bryant's court yesterday by the assistant county attorney. Five new cares of smallpox were re- ?orted to the Board of Health yesterday, lavl, child. R2S Third street: Burns child. 114 North avenue: Crlllin family, 600 Pierce street: Leslie Stelnkopf. 219 Stutsman street: Allen family, 715 Sixth avenue. Whlla returning dome, near Weston, Ia., from a trip to this city Thursday evening P. Peterson was thrown from his wagon In a runaway and was found by the side of the road near the Chatauqua grounds by A. B. Howe, suffering trom a fractured leg. lie was removed to his homo In a carriage by tbe neighbors. Of the "Gaiety Girl," -which will be at the Dohany theater tomorrow night, the flan Francisco Bulletin has this to say of the performance: "The Pollard Opera company appeared In their second opera last night at the Tlvoli and attracted an other Targe audience, who did not omit to anolaud. and applaud generously, the vnrli nf the vnuneatern. The most remark a hla feat nr of the little ones' work ia the versatility of extreme youth, which has in their training been taken full advantage of. It Is full of light, catchy muslo and baa some excellent military cnoruses. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers war filed , yesterday In the abstract, title aad loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: ShorlfT In Frnrat E. Hart, lot 1. block 24, Beers' subdiv, s. d ,..11.163 Bame to same, lot 1, block 24, Beers subdiv. s. d Laura Fllcklnger to Thomas J. Payne. lot 12, block 13. Howard add, w. d.... 300 fiame to same, lot 13. block 13. Howard add. w. d 800 John Rodwell and wife to Edwin White, lot 1. Auditor auuuiv, sw4 ne4 12-75-40, w. d 2,000 Dixie Kelley and wife to Maria Kelley, nH ne and ne nwU 13-77- 38. q. c. d 1 Thomas Meredith to Tony Van Beck, lots 13 to 18, block 20, Meredith's add to Avoca, w. d 120 JI. C. McCrea. and wife to E. M. Smart, lot 6, block 6, Oakland, w. d..' 1,500 mma Lacy and husband to A. S. and 8. K. Shaw, lot 10. block 81. Everett's add, w. d 680 IA. H. Weinberger and wife to A. C. I,amborn. lots 7 to 10, block 8, Wrlght'a add, w. d 1,200 Clara A. Stafford and husband to George Dlrgo, lota 1, 2 and 3, block 5, Meredith s add to Avoca, w. d.... 1.225 E. A. Spooner to W. B. Cooper, lote 1 aad 2, block 11, Hyatt' subdiv, w. d. 2.400 DemooraU Hake Him Their Standard- Bearer by Acclamation. PETER JENSEN IS UP FOR TREASURER W. C. Boyer aad I,. A. Casper the Sum- Inere for Aldermea-at-l.ersje Platform Vrsjes I'ablle Oinr . ship of Itllltte. " For Mayor or Treasurer. For Solicitor.. For Auditor.... For Engineer.. For Assessor.. ..VICTOR JENNINGS PETER JENSEN ..8. H. WADS WORT II VIGO BADOI.LET 0. Li, EINYKK ..F. A. BIXBY tfal committee held after the convention W. C. Boyer resigned at chairman, and J. J. Hughes was elected In his place. M. C. Goodwin was elected secretary. J. R. Dietrich was appointed committeeman In the First precinct of the Third ward In place of Jack O'Nell, resigned. REPUBLICAN WARD CANDIDATES Bell, Longee, Brows, McDonald, Fl em lag aad lyovett Are Rained for Aldermen. First ward Second ward Third ward Fourth ward Fifth ward Sixth ward These nominations J. R. Bell ,...E. II. lxugee E. C. Brown ....C. W. McDonald J. C. Fleming Israel Lovett for ward aldermen the Christian church and burial will be In the Walnut Hill cemetery. Deceased bad been a resident of Council Bluffs since 1878, coming here from Manley Center, N. Y. He had been an aoilve member of the Chris tian church forty-five years.. Bootlegging Case to Be Heard. There being no business to bring before It. Judge Mcpherson discharged the fed eral grand jury yesterday morning. During the morning session the court at tended to a number of minor matters, prin cipally claims In connection with the Omaha 41 St. Louis railroad receivership. In the afternoon a Jury was impaneled to try Jroy Mapee of Hancock, this county, charged with bootlegging. Mapea con ducted a poker game at his place and it SENATE SEATS J. E. BRUCE Member from Eighteenth District Sworn In and Emmert Betired. LARRABEE WOULD REMOVE UNIVERSITY Resolution oa Aatl-Iajaactloa Law Treaty ftopporters Plaa Dead at Age of ion. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES. March 14. (Special.) The senate this morning eeated James E. Bruce as senator from the Eighteenth district, comprising the countlee of Cass and Shelby, and retired Dr. Emmert, who was declared elected by a majority of one. The senate had listened to arguments of senators on For Aldermen-at-Large ,W. C. BOYER Li. A. CABftl.lt For Welahmaster W. HIGGEaON For Park Commissioner.. ..A. C. GRAHAM This city ticket was placed In nomination by the democratic city convention. A, fea ture or the convention was the difficulty experienced In obtaining candidates willing to accept the nomination for several of the offices, those mentioned declining 'one after the other to be offered up as lambs for the slaughter.. '. Platform of Pnbllo Utilities. These resolution were adopted by the convention. We, as representatives of the democratic party, in convention assemoieo, nereoy an nounce tne principles lor wnicn we con tend and pledge the nominees of this con ventlon to use every honorable effort to Inaugurate municipal ownership of publlo utilities in tne city or council Hums at tne earliest possible date, and until that Is possible no long-time contracts nor fran chises of any nature should be granted and none In which the city doea not participate In tne earnings ana noia tne absolute riant to purchaso at any time at Its actual cash value. Contract for necessities for temporary or permanent improvements should be awarded after due publicity to the lowest reHponslble bidder, but when such bids are not equitaDie ana me city s interests wen conserved such contracts should not be awarded at all. The convention was called to order by Alderman Boyer, chairman of domocratlc city central committee who named Emmet Tlnley as temporary chairman. J. J. Hughes was selected aa secretary. Mr. Tlnley on assuming the gavel made a short address in which ne said that a municipal corporation ' was simply a large business corporation; the aldermen repre sented the directors and the citizens were tbe stockholders. This being the case. It was necessary to put at the head a business man. These committees were then .ap pointed: On credentials W. H. Schura, Henry At kins, Ed Stlmson. ; On permanent organization Ed Etoekert, John Churchill. T. U Smith. On resolutions H. O. Owen, John L Luti, B. S. Terwllllger. On the recommendation of the committee the temporary organization waa mad permanent. Jennings Quickly Renominated. For the nomination for mayor the name of Mayor Victor Jennings waa brought be fore the conveatlon by J. C. DeHavea. of tbe Sjcond ward, who In a short, speech' referred to what he called tbe Improved financial 'condition of the city under May of Jennings' administration. Henry Atklna of the. Fourth ward placed tiouls. Zurmuehlen, Jr., In--nomination. An Informal ballot waa taken which resulted as follows: i Jennings, 80 votes Zurmuehlen, 23. -When the ballot waa announced Zurmueh len asked to withdraw hla name and Mayor Jennings waa renominated by acclamation. were made at the republican ward pri maries last night. Owing to the contests in the several wards, the vote was unusually large and the keenest Interest waa displayed In the result. Aldermen Lougee, Lovett. McDon ald and Brown secured renomlnatlons, but Alderman Clark of the Fifth ward went down In defeat before J. C. Fleming after three ballots. Only one ballot waa neces sary to nominate In all of tbe other five wards. In the First ward the first ballot gave J. R. Bell eighty-eight votes, with one each for Henry RIshton and George Hamilton. Mr. Bell to an old-time resident of the city and In business on Broadway. In the Second ward 221 votes were cast, being thirty-five more than two years ago. The caucus waa held In Mlnnlck'a barn, which waa entirely inadequate to accom modate the crowd. The first ballot re nominated Alderman Lougee by 228 votes, as against ninety-five for A. D. Johnson. There were three candidates In the Third ward. Alderman E. C. Brown, J. Harley Mayne and M. J. Kelley, the nominee of the Municipal Nonpartisan league. On the first ballot Brown secured a renomlnatton by ninety-five votes to fifty-two for Mayne and thirty-five for Kelley. In the Fourth ward the report that Slack Peterson had decided to leave Alderman McDonald a clear field proved to be with out foundation, as he went Into the pri mary and secured sixty-eight votes, but the renomlnatlon went to McDonald with 185 votes. Tbe Fifth ward waa the scene, as had been expected, of, a battle royal, and Al derman Clark went down In defeat be fore J. C. Fleming, an employe of the Pull man Car company. It took three ballots to decide the nomination. Tbe ballots were aa follow: First Fleming. 88; Clark, 75; Hana Han sen, 35;. Chris Loseth, 19. Second Fleming, 90;- Clark. 62; Hansen, 21; Loseth, 10. Third Fleming, 114; Clark, B9. Han sen and Loseth withdrew. In tbe Sixth ward Alderman Lovett was renominated on the first ballot by 212 votes, a against sixty for John M. Harden and fifteen for A. C. Harding. Is alleged furnished his patrons with liquor tna question until 11 o'clock, when a motion without complying with the revenue jaws. Hla attorney in the opening statement to the jury admitted the poker game, which, he asserted, was only a small one, but de nied the sale of liquor by the defendant. The trial of thks case will clean up tbe criminal business In this division. At tbe close of this case the trial of the personal Injury damage suit of B. F. Kirk against the Union Pacific Railroad Company, waa made to adopt tbe minority report of the democrats In favor of permitting Em mert to retain his seat. This was lost and the majority report was adopted by a strict party vote of 84 to 9. Mr. Bruce was sworn In and took hli scat. He briefly thanked the members of the senate for their uniform courtesy to him and especially the members of the con test committee. He. asked leave to have a June 11. 17M. and wee therefor nearly 103 years old. Miss Smith was one of the few real daughter of the revolution, her father having fought lth the colonists against the royal trocus of King Oeorge III. She sa remembered very distinctly, a It It were only yesterday, the events of the war of 1312. Miss Smith was a native of West Virginia, having been reared In a ' little town then known as Charleston, sixteen miles west of Wheeling, now called Wells- llle. Her father was plain, common Patriot John Smith, who when hi daughter Jane was a mere babe removed from Charleston and settled on the Ohio aide, bout ten mile from Wheeling and on the public road leading to Columbus. Miss Smith remained there until her father died, or until she was about 40 yeara of age. when she went to live with her sister, Mrs. George Sbetler, sr., who then resided at Pittsburg. When Mr. and Mrs. Shetler and Miss Smith came to Iowa there was but one railroad In the state. The trip to Mus catine was made by boat, thence by rail to Iowa City and to the village of Marshall by wagon. In which the plaintiff aska damages In the statement Inserted In the journal which was sum of 150,000. will be begun. Kirk lost both legs In a railroad accident In the South Omaha yards February 1. 1900. He wa a conductor la the employ of the Northwestern road. Kirk appeared In court yesterday wheeled In a chair. to the effect that If he bad been present and had had his seat at the time of the election of the United Statea aenators 1 in January , he would have voted for Allison and Dolllver. . . Hayward Bill Defeated. The only bill considered In the afternoon by the senate was the Hayward bill to re- PFCULIAR FARM TRANSACTION t that all cost of. maintaining the Or - I phana' Home at Davenport shall be borne Frank Gr on Jean of Muscatine owns Land oa Which Other Raise Money Wlthont Trouble. Davis sells glass. SAYS BRAINARD WAS MURDERED C'oroner'a Jnry Rrtnrns Verdict After - Two Week of Inves tigation. MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia., March 14. (Spe- lal Telegram.) After an investigation of nearly two weeks the coroner's jury has rendered a verdict In the J. E. Bratnard case. The verdict is to tne enect mat Bralnard was murdered the morning of March ;J, In- Missouri Valley or vicinity, by a person or persons unknown. Bralnard was undoubtedly killed for his money, as ha had nearly 13,000 with htm at the time. N. T. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. Total twelve transfer 210,881 TRAIN CRASHES INTO HOUSE Heavily Loaded Freight Jar a Dwelling; tthat I On the War to New Fonndatlons. An Illinois Central switch engine pulling a long train of loaded freight cars eraahed Into a houae which was being moved across the Terminal company's tracks at . Elg- teenth etreet and Avenue B. Th house, a two-story frame strnoture, . wa the prop erty of Attorney Henry Wernlmont and waa being moved by Contractor Schaffer from Twentieth atreet and Avenue A to Oakland avenue. The house was almost across tbe tracks when the engine smashed Into it. The train was going from this city to In a short speech Mayor Jennings thanked I Omaha and Engineer Mlkesell had put on steam to make the curve at First avenue and Eighteenth street. When he saw the house he ahut off steam and tried to bring the train to a atop, but the load behind was too heavy and pushed th engine along. Engineer Mlkesell, seeing a collision In evitable, Jumped, as did hla fireman. Mike sell struck on his head and was rendered unconscious, but soon recovered. The force of the collision threw the house from the heavy rollers on which It was mounted and pushed it partially around aad off the track. . Contractor Schaffer aatd he had notified the railroad that he intended to cross the track and had been told to go ahead aa soon aa the passenger train had passed. Plumbing and beating. Blxby A Bo. CRESTON. Ia., March 14. (Special.) Frank Orosjean is a Frenchman by birth and lives In Muscatine, la. He also owns a farm In section 13, Lincoln township. On March 7 a man supposed to be Mr. Grosjean appeared before Jim Locke and gave power of attorney to one S. K. Powers to sell and convey tbe land. Mr. Power sold tbe same to Fred Dykeman of Jone township, the consideration being -14,800, and as attorney in fact gave Dykeman a warranty deed to the same. March 11 Mr. Dykeman mortgaged the land to A. E. Locke, receiving $200. He also went to the Iowa State Saving bank and made an effort to borrow $1,500 more, but when the cashier examined the deed and saw it was signed by a power of at torney he became auspicious and refused to make the loan. Later J. L. Merritt, who has been the resident agent for Mr. Grosjean and through whom all former business haa been trans acted, appeared upon the acene and dropped a bomb In tbe camp by declaring the owner could not write English, and, furthermore, that be had not been in this section of the country. It Is stated that Mr. Dykeman had to pay a certain amount of money down and it was for that purpose he sought to borrow the required amount, aa he had none him self. But aa the matter now stands the prop-, erty is deeded to Mr. Dykeman, who haa a $200 mortgage on it, and the papers are all on record. Mr. Grosjean haa been notified. AGREEMENT NOT YET REACHED Meeting of , Jelat, Scale Committee of MlnernyOperator Fall to tter. Marriage Licenses. Licenses . to wed were issued yesterday to th following: Name and Residence. Age. Raymond II. McNeill, Chicago 22 Maudo M. West. Council Bluffs 17 iomes A. Thurman, Huron, 8. D ,...38 Iva Barker, Sioux City, Ia 28 RTF When the ficlde appe tite of the irritable) con valescent rejects every thing elee you can think of in the food line, try bini with a cup of beef tea mado from Company's Mj Lxiraci OF BEEF. Odds are that ho takes U gratefully and feels better after. PaiTiiWALTiLLs In rRU!HS.TEH'M KNAUMH HtklarlUn. TakeaaMkar. his ibium lu f ft DruiuL r aaai 4. M fc' Farlaiaa, taBaalaia ac - B-naf r LaiUa. Uiim, ; r. tnm Mali. !. TuaalsU. S.14 Draatuu kUaaatar k.Ual f)a v V DOllflflY THEATER Sunday, March 16 POLLARD'S - v AUSTRALIAN JUYEK1LE OPERA CO. In a grand sceblo production "A GAIETY GIRL" with a grsnd Pierrot ballet. Fifty marvelous children, treat lor young and old. Price 3&c. 6 He. I&c and f 1.00. the convention and promised. If elected, a clean business-like administration. Peter Jensen for Treaaarer. An Informal ballot for nominee for treas urer was then taken with thla result: Lee Evans, 16; Brooks Reed, 1;' James Macrae, 31; Louis Zurmuehlen, 29; Thomaa R. Drake, 19; Peter Jensen, S. . Evans, Drake, Macrae and Zurmuehlen withdrew their names, asserting they were not aspirant for the office, and could not accept the nomination. On the formal ballot the nomination went to Peter Jensen with 91 votes, W. B. Reed, receiving 10 and John I. Luti, 2. Tbe nom ination of Jensen waa then made unanimous. City Solicitor aad Analter The informal ballot for nominee for city solicitor gave S. B. Wadsworth sixty. wo, aa against forty-one tor Thomas B, Casady. On the formal ballot Mr. Wads- worth was accorded a renomlnatlon with seventy-alz votes, Casady receiving twenty seven. The nomination of Mr. Wadsworth was then made unanimous. O. R. Hooker, Lee Evans, August Parish, Charlea Paschel, J. R. Dietrich and R. H. Huntington were brought out In the in formal ballot for nomination for auditor, but all "positively" declined the honor, It began to look as If the convention would fall in securing a nomination for this office, when John Churchill placed in nomination Vlgo'Eadollet of the Fourth ward, and.be ass nominated by acclamation. ''Engineer and Assessor.. . S. L. Etnyre was given an unanimous re nomination for city engineer, George L. Judson withdrawing his name. Tbe informal ballot for the nomination for city aasessor brought out the names of Prank A. Blxby. R. H. Huntington, Henry Paschel. G. L. Tlnley, C. B. Ruff corn and E. B. Bowman. All declined the nomina tlon, but the convention insisted on giving the nomination to Blxby, and he gave way and accepted It. Other Kamlaatleaa. Alderman -W. C. Boyer was unanimously given a renomlnatlon tor alderman-at-large. L. A. Casper waa nominated by acclamation as Boyer's running mate. . . Nominations by acclamation being now la order, William Hlggeaon waa renoml nated for welghmaster by acclamation An attempt to nominate A. C. Graham for park commissioner failed, as th First ward bad a candidate In Oscar Younker man. The Informal ballot gave Graham fifty-eight votes. 'Tounkermaa twenty-nine and W. W. Cones ixteea. Before tbe formal ballot was called Younkerman withdrew 'hla name, 'and an other attempt to nominate Graham by ac clamation failed, being resisted by Cones' friends. The nomination went to Graham with ninety-four vetes, as against nine for Cones. . s (, .This completing tbe 'ticket, tbe conven tion adjourned,, Hagae to Maaaarc Camala At a meeting of th democratic city cen- DE3 MOINEsf Mrcl4-An all day ses sion of the Joint scale committee, repre senting the United Mine Workers of Amer ica and the mine operators of Iowa, waa at tended by President Mitchell today, but no report could be formulated. A partial report was offered the conven tion, but no action was taken. So far aa can be ascertained an agreement on the shot-fliing question Is as remote as ever. President John Mitchell of the the United Mine Workers of America spoke thia even ing at a meeting of miner and operators, who are holding a conference here to fix the acale for the ensuing year. Mr. Mitchell had spoken only a few min utes when he was taken ill and had to be assisted from the stage. It was ten mln- by tbe state, and this waa defeated The Powers bill to give state aid to rural school was defeated. I'nlveralty Removal Talk. Representative Larrabee Introduced in the houae this morning a concurrent resolution providing for submission to the people of an amendment to the constitution removing the Ironclad requirement that the State unl versity oe located at Iowa City. This is a part tt the plan to compel the university trustees to secure more room for the uni versity if it Is to remain at Iowa City. The lack of sufficient ground on which to build la regarded aa a great drawback Bills passed: Barkley'a bill to provide for keeping library report: Hurn'a bill pro viding for account books of a certain kind by clerks In cities and towns; Crawford's bill to bring the special charter cities un aer xne waterworks law. A bill to pay James A. Ward of Mill county $250 for horses killed fifteen years ago by mistake was defeated. H to 22. Railroad Win Again. The house adopted the report to Indefi nitely postpone what Is known as the Hogue bill, which wa a bill to prevent dlscrimt nation In furnishing cars, the report being adopted by a vote of ES to 22. There was a spirited debate on the question of adon tlon. The 2 -cent far fare bill was similarly disposed of, 63 to 21. Antl-InJnnctlon Lan, The conferees of the two houses on the resolution to sndorae the Horr and Gros venor bill in congress to prevent incarcera tlon for violation of strike injunctions, have agreed on a compromise resolution. The aenate passed a resolution strongly eadors lng the bill and the house rejected it, but passed a resolution merely expressing con. udence in the Iowa delegation. Confere were appointed and they have agreed on the following resolution: . 1 .',. Whereas. There la greaa a bill Introduced into the senate by Senator loar of Massachusett and fa- vumuiy reporcea oy tne judiciary commit tee of the senate, and Introduced Into the noune or representatives by General Uroa venSr ,l !jlo,V l!5Lld.. bll beln known o. uio mjiii xi. n. jiuw, ana, Whereas, The said bill concerns the wel fare of a larse number nf tna era of the United States; therefore, be It Resolved. That It Is the opinion of the Twenty-ninth general nM,mhiv -n state of Iowa that the said bill Is a Just 7 x u m uevume a law; it Resolved. That the general assembly of - - ..... uib uuiiiwi connaence in th rrireieniauves in' congress .v. - cAicLiing mem to exer cise their indlvldu ii judgments .i matters, it submits this resolution for their CaArle Cllyroweravllla Railway. CHARLES CITY, la., March 14. (Spe clal.) The Charlea City and Powersvllle electric railway project will be a reality. Over $50,000 In stock was signed at a meet ing In the Illldreth opera house Monday night. One hundred thousand dollars In stock I required for complete organiza tion. Twenty, thousand dollars of the old subscription will be signed and $15,000 will be taken at Clarksvllle, making a total of $85,800. The remaining $14,200 will be taken by interested, parties here and on the line south. The money for active construction Is assured from the bonds to be issued by the company on the basis of a bonaflde stock subscription of $100,000. LeaTes State Normal. CEDAR FALLS, Ia., March 14. (Special.) Mies E. Jean Batty, general secretary of the Young - Woman a . Christian association of the State Normal school, ha resigned to take a-similar position at tbe head of the educational department of the Harlem association of New York City. She leaves for her new field April 1. She will be sua ceeded by Miss Lilian E. Chantry. Claim Wage, Break Rib. WEBSTER CITY, Ia.. March 14. (Special Telegram.) Samuel Ashland, a prosperous farmer,, near Blalraburg, was viciously as saulted this afternoon in the Illinois Cen tral depot by Daniel Dillon. Dillon alleged money waa due him for farm work. After knocking Ashland down, he Jumped upon him, breaking two ribs. Dillon is In cus tody of the officers. Words of Hope for lfie Despondent, PAINE'S Celery Compound The Marvelous Banlsfier o( disease Has Become the Popular Family Medicine. Devised by art Eminent Physician and Generally Prescribed by the Profession, Professor Edward B. Phelps, M. D LU D., according to th ethics of honest and reputable physicians, gave to the leading medical men of the world his wonderful prescription, Paine' Celery Compound, as soon as It was perfected. For this reason Palno's Celery Componnd bss never been Included among th patent medicines. Coining from so high a source, and being so thoroughly tested and ao atrongly rec ommended, physician prescribe It with confidence. ' i Palne's Celery Compound rapidly gains In tame aa a disease banleher; all who have tried It gratefully acknowledge It curing and life giving power. - It drives the poison germs of deep-searad diseases from the blood; It brings buoyancy of spirit In place of lassitude and despondency; It enables the overtaxed and broken down system to start fairly on the road td health; It give the sweet sleep o neces sary to brain and nerves. It strengthens, invigorates and gives tone to the system, makes pure blood, ia food and jhourlshment for nerves and tissue. It makes alck peo ple well. Mr. John B. Dryden, editor of the Frankfort Call, Frankfort, Ky., wrltee aa follows: "It give me great pleasure to state to you, and to any suffering human. , being, that In my Judgment there are thousands upon, thousands in thia broad land of ours who are today suffering, who might enjoy all the blessings of health If they would but use your great medicine, Palne's Celery Compound. "For tbe cure of dyspepsia It has no super ior, and that dread disease, Insomnia,' will soon be a thing of the past if people who are thus afflicted will use this Medclne. "I have used tbe Compound1 lh my family and always with beneficial results. As a family medicine I do not think it possible to find it superior. ' To those who are worn out in body, it will speedily dtring them back to health and make them feel that life la worth living again. . To all poor suffering human creatures, we say. 'Use Palne's Celery Compound It you want to be made well.' " Let the GOLD DL'ST twine do your work." City Water Case. duu wa Degun this evening In district court to enjoin the city from paying to the LEWIS CUTLER rurtcrl Director iii ar w w. u atan , ja )Jka.a.t. TuaT. vasa ,F ARM LOANS 6cK? S. F. HENRY OUT OF THE RACE Fight for Nomination, Rsrrews Down to laps, Mbrasu aad Haaaaa. S. F. Henry, whose nam haa been promi nently mentioned In connection with the republican nomination tor mayor and who waa endorsed by the municipal nonpartisan league, haa decided not to allow hla name to ga before the republican city . convention. He has noti fied tbe executive committee of the nonpar tisan league to this effect. ' i With Mr. Henry out of the race, friends ef Colonel Charles R. Hannan say It will greatly Improve hla chances of obtaining the nomination. - The fight for the nomination is now narrowed to William Sapp, Dell O. Morgan and Charlea R. Hannan. It was reported yesterday that the non partisan league was considering the advis ability of Inducing former Mayor M. F. Rohrer to become a candidate for mayor on an Independent citizens' ticket. Mr. Rohrer Is quoted as saying If the salary of th of fice waa Increased to the figure to which he raised It when chief executive of the municipality he might consider th proposition. did not attempt to speak any further, al though he occupied a seat on the atage throughout the evening. utes before he was able to. return and he C,U,y wter company the money In a spe- tii iuuu created lor tne purpose of build ing a municipal waterworks. The council has entered into a contract to lend this fund to the water company at a nominal rate of Interest to build a water main out side of the city to the proposed army post, and a bill waa got through the legislature to legalise the contract The auit is brought to have thia declared Illegal on the ground of it being unconstitutional. Socialists ar pushing tbe suit. Th city attorney advised the council at the ouUet that the contract could not be carried out If attacked in the courts. Captain Knox Dead. Captain James H. Knox, for twenty-two yeara a resident of this city, died this morn ing agea eignty-one years. He came to less than a year old. Besides his interest ?ow ln 1854 ,na WM ,on ,n the newspaper lc the cigar atore he received $4,000 from hla father'a estate a year ago and was in comfortable circumstances. Maroney was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he had $3,000 insurance. Victim of Land a nam. PERRY, Ia, March 14. (Sueclal Tele gram.) John Maroney of Christ & Maron ey' cigar store was found dead by hla wife thla afternoon about S o'clock. He bad been ill for a week or more and was un able to Bleep. He had lain down for a little rest and his wife on going to awaken him found him unconscious. Medical aid waa summoned, but he was past help. An empty laudanum bottle was found on the dresser beside tbe bed. It is supposed he took the dose to Induce sleep and got too much. Maroney leaves a wife and child Davis 'lis glasa. no RUFF Pomltlrmty CauW aw yomf fit Ptlllnir HW w) U tSirrii W Halt tad Sttlp pilMi tmlf wMfe p-r4 ft m4 ON. Pwil alwiiiiM rl bo-li (,,. Cl! m wtt: JoH'l H. WOibHURY D 1.. a, !.. ihicn. TTTTTT "-"I District Coart Caav. Gerhard Ostdlek brought auit In tbe dis trict court yesterday against tbe Chicago, Milwaukee a- St. Paul Railway company to recover $102. SO for a S-year-old steer which the plaintiff allege was run down and killed by a train on the defendant com pany's tracks near Neola. ' Mr. Rebecca A. Fry began auit for dl vorce from Everett A. Fry, sexton of the Walnut Hill cemetery. Bne ank for th custody of their three minor children, whose age rang from month to 7 year. Mr. A. Mabel Edgar brought suit for dlvorc from Charles H. Edgar, whom ah married in thla city November I, 1S99. Bbe asks th custody ef their llttl daughter, In th personal Injury damage suit of Mrs. M. A. Lett against tha Chicago Northwestern railroad ln tha superior court, th Jury yesterday afternoon after a short deliberation returned a verdict for th railroad company. Mr. Lett sued for $!, for alleged Injuria. di ol ti Oravel roofing. A. H. Read, E41 Broadway, Death af Isaaa Deaaey. Isaac Deaney. aged T4 years, died yeater day morning at hla home, 1121 Avenu B, of pneumonia. Hi wife, two sobs and two daughter aurvlv him. Th funeral 111 b fiuadajc afternoon, at a'clock fxoa K. K. Browa Win Oratory Honor. IOWA CITY. Ia.. March 14. (Special Tel- egram.) "The March of the Constitution," by E. K. Brown of Solon, won tbe Univer sity of Iowa oratorical contest tonight. W. H. Anderson of Estherville won second honors and H. E. Hadley of Webster City third. All three are members of the Jetagathiaa Forensic society. They will represent Iowa at the contest of the North ern Oratorical league at the University of Chicago la May. Brown will deliver the oration for Iowa. Hla oration deala with the efforts of Webster and Marshall to build up the federal government and of the present-day statesmen to extend Amer ica's sphere ot action Into world politics. New President for Tabor Collee. GRINNELL, Ia., March 14. (Special Tel egram.) Trustees of Tabor college at Ta bor, Ia., have elected Rev. William J. Sal mon, pastor of the Congregational church of Bridgeport, Conn., to the presidency of the Institution. Dr. Salmon will assume tbe presidency next fall. Goldea Wedding; at Aekley. ELDORA. Ia.. March 14. (Special Tele gram.) Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hoyer, of Aekley, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Aekley, where they have lived alnce 186. They were married ia Cincinnati in 1861 A large family ot chil dren helped celebrate. Gael t Great Western. CEDAR FALLS. Ia.. March 14 (Special.) Robert Andersen, road and trainmaster tor the Rapid Transit company, has re signed to accept a like position with ths Chicago Oreat Wester ' railway, having charge of ths new line from Mason City to Fort Dodge. Mr. IC C. laya Mach Better. CHICAGO, March 14.-Mrs. Henry C. Payne, wife of th postmaster general, who, while on her way to Milwaukee, be came ill and spent lust night ln Chicago, today aald that bar IndispoalUon had left ar and aha jtrocecdea oa ar Jojirn, bnstaes at Burlington, Oskaloosa, and In dlanola. He leavea a wife, aged seventy seven, and a daughter, Mrs. E. K. Bllllnga ley of Lincoln. The announcement was made today by President Adams of Des Moines college that Joseph V. Hlnchman. of Glenwood, has offered to give $40,000 for tbe building of an administration building for the col lege on the condition that tbe college raise $3,000 with which to build a gymnasium. Kxoaraloa Party to Leglalatare. There were upwards ot 200 school chil dren and others In Dea Moines from Ot tawa and Eddyvllle to visit the legislature. ana It was largely for this reason that afternoon sessions were held. Quite number of excursion parties have been at tending the legislature, the railroads pro viding cheap transportation. Plaaalaa for a Bolt. It la learned that as the result of con ferences heid here the past few days, the friends of Judge Prouty, the defeated can dldat for congress ln this county, are pre paring to walk out of the republican county convention, to hold another convention and to aend a contesting delegation to tbe dls trict convention. It ia alleged that tbe plan la then to make a play for at least three out of the five other counties in tbe district and when the district convention is held to gain control of tbe committee on credential and seat tbe contesting del egation from Polk or give both delegations an even chance. The counties relied on to be for Prouty and against Hull are Story, Marion and Warren, while it is conceded that Madison would be for Hull and probably Dallas county. Th republican county convention la to be held here tomorrow. Hull has 136 in structed delegates to 106 for Prouty. Ths Hull people control tbe organisation and will b able to control th convention from th start. Th only thing for th Prouty peopU to do ia to make a demand for a postponement while charges of fraud ar Investigated and this will be refused they will then walk out of tbe convention It i believed they will not be able to take out all ot the instructed delegates. Daaabtev af tha Revolntlan The death Is aaaounced of Miss Jans Emlta is MarahaU county, who waa brt This would be a cleaner, brighter world if very housekeeper ued ' GOLD DUCT It MmMMImm-ouT pleasures: DrWaa jour ftortx; Subtrmoimirom your cares; Amom to your life. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago. New York, Boston. St Louis. 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