THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAHCH .11. 1002. a A 7- NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MISOR MEKTIO. Davis op 11 drugs. Stockert sells carpets and ruga. Meti beer at Neumayer's hotel. Wollman. scientific optician, 409 B'way. Pasturage, Judsnn, 929 6th ave. Tel. Mi. Jewel court. Tribe of Ben Hur, will meet Tuesday night. The monthly meeting of the park board Will be luesoay uignu Easter novelties. C. K. Alexander at Co., 833 Uroaaway. Telephone 366. Burnt leather goods. C. E. Alexander & Co., Sa Broadway. Telephone IM. J. C. and W. Woodward, architect, room a, Everett block. Council Blurts, la. Missouri oak body wood, I5.&) cord. Wil liam Welch, Zi M. Main street. Tel. 128. R. A. Nicholson, postmaster at New Bharon, la., is guest of C. K. Price aiid Xamiiy. Mrs. C. C. f'oldren of Chicago is guest Of her sister. Mrs. frank Wright of Soutn uevenia street. Misses Dora and Lena Dorhem of Ports month, la., are guests of Misses Hllburn vi tirtn avenue. For rent, one furnished room op two tin. furnished rooms for llgbt housekeeping. rfiaaress , nee omc. . Otto Hansen has renorted to the notice the theft of his overcoat from the office or Dr. Itoe in the Merrlam block. Oo to Morgan A Klein for upholstering, tnattresa making and feather renovating, IU South Main street. . 'Phone 648. Miss Klce of the High school faculty ts pending the Kaster vacation with friends at tne xseurasKa state university In l.in oln. . The city council will meet In adjourned nesmon i uesuay nignt, when the apj.roprlH tion ordinance will come up for linal ac tion. Paul Tullcys of Bloomfleld. Neb., is visit ing his jmrents. Colonel and Mrs. I.. W. Tulleys of Park avenue', during the holi days. Miss Lillian Price Is home from St. Catherine's college at Davenport, la.. pending the Kaster vacation with her parents. ' Mrs. John Camp of First avenue has as her guests Mm, Fred LJnderman and daughter and Mrs. John F. Bice of Dela van. Wis. - The ladles' Aid society of the First Con gregational church will meet Tuesduy afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mueller on Washington avenue. "The Deestrlik Skiiln onil Vvortiltlnn" Thursday evening, April 3, In opera house for the benefit of Grace church. Parquet biiu uujct, joe; parquei circle ana Duicony, Rev. Harvey Hosteller, pastor of the Becond Presbyterian church, will lead the discussion at the meeting of the Council Bluffs Ministerial association this morning In the Broadway Methodist church. Word has been received here of the death of Theodore Bray at Cheyenne, Wyo. Mr. Urav was a pioneer resident of Council Bluffs and for years was engaged In the livery business. Ten years ago he moved to the Pacific coast. He Is survived by his wife, his daughter. Mrs. Fred Johnson of this city, and a son, Charles Bray of St, Louis. The funeral of Thomas Dalley will be at 10 this morning from the home of his sl-ter-ln-law. Mrs. Arthur Dempsev. 308 Oak Street. Burial will be In Kairvlew ceme tery. Deceased was a son-in-law of James Caffald of this cltv and had for years de voted himself to mission work of the Re organized Church of Jesus Christ of letter Pay Halnta. He was on his way from his field of labor In Nevada to the general con ference of the church In lamonl. Ia., when he was talcen ill. He died on the train. V. T. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. Registration la Heavy. The registration Saturday was eves heavier than bad been estimated, and when the registrars met yesterday morning at the office of City Clerk Phillips and com pared notes It was found that 818 names had been added to the lists. As on the pre vious two days of registration the heaviest registration was in the Second precinct of tho Second ward, where 120 names were added to the lists. Tho registration by precincts Saturday was as follows: First ward, First precinct, 75; Second precinct, 65. Second ward, First precinct, 7; Second precinct, 120. Third ward. First precinct, 65; Second precinct, 80. Fourth ward. First precinct, 45; Second precinct, 58. Fifth ward. First precinct, 65; Second precinct, 75. Sixth ward. First precinct. 85; Second precinct, not reported. Total. 818. The registration' on the two days of the week previous was 430, making with that of Saturday a total of 1.248. Today any elector who was out ' of the city on all three days of registration, or any foreigner who secured bis naturalization papers since Saturday, will be entitled to have bis vote sworn In by the registrars. numbing and heating. Ulxby A Son. Jail la Oat of (tssrsatlse, James J. Payette, who, the day following Mi arrest on the charge of breaking into nd robbing the Cole-Brelaford Hardware company's store, was found tobe suffering from smallpox aad has since been quaran tined at the city Jail, will be removed to the county Jail this morning, the grand jury having returned an Indictment against him. Yesterday he was thoroughly fumigated. The city jail Is now open for business again, the quarantine having been raised aad the place thoroughly fumigated and disinfected. Gravel roofing, A. It. Read, (41 Broadway. Babies Want to See Pnblle. The women of the Associated Charities In vite the public to visit the Creche In Its Hew home, ISO Glen avenue, today from 1:30 to 6:30 p. m. and from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. Tea will be served to the visitors and the babies will be up to receive the guests. Each visitor Is asked to bring a donation of some article needed at the Creche, . An 1 Accepted Fact BLATZ BEER MILWAUKEE 18 A QUALITY LEADER. Original Methods have had much to do with the unpreceden ted auccess of these brews. Not a bottle of Blati Beer leaves the plant that has not bsea thoroughly ma tured and stsrilised. BLATZ MALT-VIVINE Non-Intoxtcant) Tonic. Druggist or dlrsct. VaXTbUTZ BREWING ClCMllwsskec AHA nMAHCH. Jl Dolas at, Tol. 194M. LEWIS CUTLER L Funeral Director i isuet-siser to w. c. BLUFFS. REPUBLICANS SEE VICTORY Chairman Brown Eipecta Party to Elect Major and Councilman. SOLID BUSINESS VOTE FOR MORGAN His Majority Over Jennings Is Fore casted as Three HandredWnraa Contests (or Ward Al dermen. Although the municipal campaign prac tically closed Ssturday night, several of the candidates improved the opportunity to put In a few finishing 'touches Sunday. The campaign while short has been lively, and both parties have been working day and night since the nominations to secure supremacy at the polls today. Two years ago the city campaign was quiet and the work done was on tho still-hunt order, but this year things were entirely different and for the last two weeks the city has been In the throes of on of the warmest political campaigns seen In many years. What the result of all thl hard Work on ths part of the candidates and their sup porters will be, the ballots today will tell. Chairman Brown of the republican city central committee said yesterday he was pleased with the situation and the outlook for a republican victory was exceedingly bright.- He said: "A careful canvass of the situation throughout the city Indicates that the republicans will elect their en tire ticket. Including the six ward alder men. A careful estimate has been made and it shows that Dell O. Morgan wtll be elected by a majority of at least 800 votes over Victor Jennings. Tho rest of the ticket will be elected by safe majorities. Mr. Morgan's candidacy has gained strength dally and nothing except a complete land slide, which Is not at all probable, can prevent his defeating Jennings , In addi tion to the loyal support of his party Mr. Morgan will receive a large number of votes from business men In state and na tional politic affiliated with the demo cratic party. Mr. Morgan will bo the next mayor of Council Bluffs, and he will have a republican city council and administra tion to work with." Hogbes Bnoys I'p Democratic Hone. Chairman Hughes of the democratic city central committee said yesterday he was confident Victor Jennings would be elected by a safe majority. Thl assertion was made despite the well known fact that Jen nings I meeting with opposition in his own party and that to be elected he would have to draw strongly from the republicans, which Is not likely. Figures taken from the results of the city election in 1900 may prove Interesting at this time, considering many of the candi dates there are In tho field again this year. Mayor Victor Jennings two year ago had as his opponent Dr. Baratow. Jennings was elected by a majority of 398. City Solicitor Wadsworth ran against G. H. Scott, since elected Judge of the superior court, and he only succeeded la defeating Scott by fifty-two votes. His opponent this year is 8. B. Snyder, who will poll the full vot of his party and who Is re garded aa a sure winner Frank True, re publican candidate for treasurer, two years ago defeated A. K. Cooper, democratic nom inee, by 288 votes. This year hla opponent Is Peter Jensen, a cigar manufacturer, who, although successful In his particular line of business, has had absolutely no ex perience In managing the finances of a city, as he would be called upon-to do In the event of hla election, which Is not at all probable.' Frank True during hla connec tion with the city ha shown himself an efficient and capable officer. F. L. Evans in 1900 was reelected auditor by a majority of 506 votes over Kelly, the democratic nom inee, and this year he will doubtless roll up an even larger majority over Vigo Bad ollett, the democratic candidate, who was given the nomination when no one else coulj be found to take it Will Be Different This Year. Two year ago City Engineer Etnyre had as his opponent Harley Mayne and defeated him by 436 votes. This year be has Thomas Toatevln a the republican candidate against him and the story will be totally different. Mr. Tostevln ia regarded a on of th most experienced civil engineer, in thl. section of . the country, and the record ho established while filling for several terma the office of city engineer entitles him to election today. Mr. Tostevln, besides serving a city engi neer, has filled the office of mayor of thl city. Frank Everest was elected city assessor two years ago by a majority of 188 over Vigo Badollett, tho democratic nominee, who this year I the democratic nominee tor auditor. Frank A. Blxby, Mayor Jen nings' former chief of police, la the demo cratic candidate thla year against Everest and thla means nothing short of a walka way for Everest. Blxby'. political record la agalnat him and It I. said he will not even secure the loyal support of his own party at th poll today, Hlggeson, present dem ocratic welghmaster and candidate for re election, wa elected two year ago by the mall majority of 38 vote over Joe Spald ing. Thl year Hlggeson has a his op ponent Charles E. Sackett. an old soldier and an old-time citizen, who stands well In th community and who will doubtless be elected. Contest for Ward Aldermen. Th contest for ward aldermen in some of the wards promise to be exciting.. Ia the First ward th republican will put up a strong. fight to wrest th ward from the grasp of . democracy by defeating Charley Huber. who wa elected two year ago by 188 majority. With J. R. Bell as the re publican candidate this year they believe that Huber can be defeated and relegated to private life. Huber' record as chairman of the streets and alley committee. It 1 urged, should be sufficient to defeat hint. In the Second ward Alderman E. H. Lou gee has as hi opponent Thomas Maloney, the democratic nominee. The cltiten of this ward are sat Is lied with the repreaenta tlon they have bad during the last two years In th city council and Lougeo, who two years ago defeated J. N. Caaady. th democratic nominee, and J. . D. Johnson, who ran independent, will b sleeted by a sura majority. In th Third ward Alder man E. H. Brown was elected two years ago over E. P. 8earlo by a majority of . This year b ha pitted against him M. H. Tlnley. Alderman Brown has always looksd well after the Interests of his constituents and ha been successful In securing public Improvements for his ward. Th contest un doubtedly promises to be Interesting, but Brown's re-election I said to be certain. Alderman McDonald la the Fourth ward wa elected two year ago by a majority of 114 and tbl year it I conceded b will be re-elected hand down. Ia th Fifth ward th two candidates are new la th field. J. C. Fleming, th republican nominee, has hi opponent John B rough, who served la th council sum year ago, but wa retired to prtvat life after voting la favor, of grant tha atrnot mm aQm-. kr , " tension of it frsnchlse for fifty years. Fleming la regarded a a sure winner at the polls today. The Sixth ward alderman contest Is Inter esting tbls year, as the same two candidates are pitted against one another as two years ago. In 1900 Israel Lovett, republican, de feated Al Wells by a majority of 20, and this year he Is expected to defest him again and win out by a larger majority. Open from Seven to Seven. Tho polls will open this morning at 7 o'clock and will close at 7 o'clock In the evening. The polling places In the twelve precincts of the city are a follows: First Wsrd. First Precinct Wheeler A Hereld buiidlng, corner of Broad wav and Benton street. First Ward, Second Treclnct No. 113 East Broadway. Second Ward, First Precinct 23 Bryant street. Second Ward, Second Precinct "44 West Broadway. Third Ward, First Precinct Creston house, 217 South Main street. Third Ward, Second Precinct 919 South Main street. Fourth Ward. First Preclnct-36 South Main street. Fourth Ward, Second Precinct 612 Twelfth avenue. Fifth Ward. First Precinct County build ing, corner of Fifth avenue and twelfth street. Fifth Ward, Becond Precinct County building, 1511 South Thirteenth street. Sixth Ward, First Precinct County building, corner of Avenue B and Twenty fourth street. Sixth Ward. Second Precinct Magnusnen building, corner of Locust and Fifth streets. Davis sells glass. Don- Licenses Expire. Owners of dogs will have to renew their license by ths purchase of tags, as the tags issued last yesr become of no account after Tuesday. The dog catcher, however, will aot begin Active warfare against un tagged canines for several weeks, in order to permit owners to comply with the city ordinance. During the year Just ending uy i-ier runup issued 631 dog licenses. Davis sells glass. IOWA S0L0NS MAKE HASTE Legislators Are Anaions to Speed I'p the Gear of I. an -Producing; Mill. (From a Staff Corresnondent.l DES MOINES. March 30. (Special.) The legislative session appears to be nearlng a close. The senate has already adopted a resolution to limit the time of debate and to hold night sessions from this time on. The house has similar resolutions ready. Sifting committee will be named early thl week. An effort will be made to push through this week all of the Important legislation yet to be considered. The com mittees have done their work. The calen dars are now well filled. One day last week the senate calendar appeared with 130 bills upon it for consideration, and every one was of some Importance. A night session was held one evening and twenty bills disposed of, but they were mainly legalizing acts. The calendars tomorrow morning will show from 100 to 125 bills on each one, and this does not include thoee that are of greatest Importance, the ap propriation Tills. But the disposition Is to make bast from thl time on and unless something unforseen comes up, the legisla ture will gc through tho middle of next week and aujourn. Appropriation Matters. The appropriation bills are In practically, fjo better condition than they were a week ago. The conference subcommittees of the two approDrlatlons committee are at work trying to reach an agreement on the main appropriation bills. There must be a cut ting down of the bills at some nolnt and the committees are finding their "task a difficult one. During the last week they have made practically no progress. The members of the State Board of Control were before the entire legislature one evening to discuss these bills or those relating to tne various penal, charitable and correc tional Institutions; but they were not able to point out how and where deductions should be made In the estimates they have already furnished the legislature. The committees have decided upon not making appropriations for the various park pur poses suggested. There was to be pur chased a park at old Fort Atkinson, an other at Spirit Lake, and so on, but none or tnese project will be realized. Some of the bill for appropriation will be condi tioned on the securing from the general government of the war claims of the state. The legislature is certain to greatly in- '!0.f,th ,Ut' D9 . --"- ou uKureu ii out mat If the bill all get through that are In con- vempiauon ine salary list or the state, in cluding that for Judges and for various county office, will be increased about 1160,000 annually. Educational Institutions. The bill for the pproprlatlons for the educatlona) Institutions hsve not yet been acted cn. There are bills to be passed not only for tho support of the three great collegiate Institutions, but for each one separately there is a bill for giving a spe cial tax levy for building purposes. These have yet to be considered in detail. They nave oeen neid back awaiting final action , . . . b hnd r" .: " 0" 0 . bill to place the educational Institutions under management of one board Instead of three has been beaten In the house, where It originated. The heads of the state In stitutions at once made a hard fight on thla bill and insisted on continusnce of the old order of things. The bill had been post poned, but the agitation on the subject has been such aa to make it reasonably certain it will come up at another session and re. celve more consideration. Railroad 9feasores. The railroad legislation Is in a peculiar stat and some interesting developments are expected the coming week. The rail way assessment bill was defeated In tbe house after it had received consideration In the committee only. The vote was over whelmingly against It. The Molaborry bill, which wss vetoed by the governor. Is still a live Issue and may cause lots of trouble for the legislators. The consideration of the veto has been put off until Tuesday. In the meantime a new bill has been pro pared and presented and Is on the calendar for consideration. It is generally believed that the veto will be sustained and imme diately following this the second bill will be passed, and with it tbe Hubbard bill, which is declared to be a part of the same legislation, and which supplements the Mols berry bill These two bills will be sent over to the bouse snd that body will pass them on promptly to the governor. It ia anticipated that he will not hesitate to veto them, but that the legislature will be able to pas both of them over hi veto. To do this is sure to cause an ea IraOKomcul bolween the executive and legislative branches .of the government and to bring about political conditions fraught with great danger in ths future. But it 1 oo th program to push matter through to aa immediate crisis This may take up more of th time of the week than it Is entitled to, in which case th general work of tho week will be delayed. General Legislation. Th only general legislation which ha ps com law by th paasag of both w . . I V " I.JTTTTT . ww-uwmm mu aa pvcu. siguca py ia gov - ernor, Is of comparatively little Interest This Includes such bill al reduction of Interest rate on county warrant from to 5 per cent, providing for notice to garnishee before Judgment la entered. peals from commissioners of insanity, mak ing taxes on property in hand of a receiver a first llsn thereon, making it lawful to vote tax aid for trolley lines, giving slat board of health power to do work neglected by a local board, providing for semi-annual Inspection of coal mines, permitting savings banks to receive larger deposits, taking oft limit of fees for filing Incorporation papers, authorizing library boards to condemn ground, prohibiting sale of cocaine, except on prescription, providing heavy punish ment for kidnaping, punishing for having burglars' tools In possession, providing for a code supplement and new edition of the Iowa code, and a concurrent resolution looking to an amendment of tho conatltu tlon for biennial elections. OUTLET TO ATLANTIC COAS Plana (or Road front Plttsbara; Oil lined by Joseph W. Relnhart. P1TTSBCRO, Pa.. March 80. In tho midst of the present Interest over a new seaboard outlet from Pittsburg a full statement of the plans and purpose of one of the most Interesting as well as one of the most my. terious of those project can now be made This Is In connection with tho Chesapeak Western railway. The statement comes from Joseph W. Relnhart, formerly president of the Atchison, Tope k a at Santa Fe, and who 1 now at the head of the syndicate which Is furthering this project. Mr. Relnhart says: It Is not generally known, but It Is a fact that before the Pennsylvania Railway company secured control of the tide-water traffic through the purchase of the Balti more & Ohio, Norfolk Western and Chesapeake & Ohio, a number of men quietly took up the project for the con struction of a line of railway from the Ohio river through the northern West Vir ginia coal fields and from Virginia to the Atlantic coast. This enterprise has been carried forward: and nas now a foundation upon w hich the whole structure will shortly be erected. This project Is known an the Chesapeake western railway, it negins at Uloucester Point, or York Harbor, Va where a large acreage of land for tide-water terminal has been bought. The line runs northwesterly ana westerly, taxing in tne cnesapeaxe et Western railway twenty-seven miles, built and In operation In the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, which Is owned by the syndicate, through 1"0 miles of the coal fields of West Virginia to a point near Parkersburg. Construction work on over MO miles of the line westwardly through the Shenan doah and Allegheny mountains Into West Virginia is now under way, with fourteen milt's of track laid and over half of the entire line has been surveyed and located, estimates of construction made thereupon and preparations are now being completed for general construction. The line Is In no sense a parallel road with any existing railway, but opens up new anu proiinu territory mrougnoui lis length. The greatest care was exercised by the owners to secure an ocean tide-water ter minal that would be In every respect suit able for handling the large traffic or a trunk line railway, and Gloucester Point was selected. It Is of much significance that the west. ern terminus of this project Is at Parkers, nurg, w. va., to wnicn city a line la now being bunt by tne uouids from a connec tlon with the Wheeling & I.ake Erie a Zanesvllle. It Is also significant that George J. Gould, the head of the Gould In terests, spent a ween at Uloucester Point last summer ant is tnorouabiy in touch wun me wnoie situation. OMAHA INCLUDED IN PLANS Road from Dalnth to Kansas City to Pas Through orr aad Kebraskn. MINNEAPOLIS, March 30. C. H. Law rence has returned to Detroit with on of the biggest contract . ever given to a Detroit concern The paper bind the In ternational Construction company of De troit to build 800 miles of railroad, ex tending from Duluth to Kansas City. Th total amount of the contract I for $12,196, 71112. Most of the money to be put into the enterprise Is foreign capital, one of the principals to the contract being tho Soclete Generale Francats et Beige, tho great French financial concern, having It head quarters In Paris and doing business in France and Belgium. Another party to the contract is the Gulf & Manitoba Railroad company of Iowa, which probably will be the title of tho new road. The road will pass through Minnesota, Iowa and part of Missouri, a branch run ning to Omaha. The contract prescribes that $7,695,711.12 shall be paid In cash and that the remaining $4,600,000 shall be paid in bonds of the railroad. Mr. Lawrence aald that work on the railroad would bo begun without delay, tho engineer to go into th field next Tuesday. TUNNEL THROUGH SIERRAS Work I to Cost Million of Dollars and Will Require Year for Completion. AUBURN, Cal., March SO. A corn of Southern Pacific surveyors and engineers has Just completed the survey for the new tunnel through the Sierras, which will bo una Vi mo luugroL iu mo w u 1 1 U . ACCOTtl - to th. record, of th. .urv.y ,t w,U I five miles and eight hundred feet in length. It will eliminate nearly 1,000 feet of grade and will reduce tho length of snowsheds twenty-eight miles, ' or from forty, their present aggregate length, to twelve mile. The proposed work will cost million of dollars and consume years In construction. PLANS OF THE FEDERAL LINE Hew Railroad Schema Said to Be Foal tered by the Mllwanke for Black Hills Business. PIERRE, S. D., March SO. (Special.) Tho purpose of the newly incorporated Fed eral Railroad company is the construction of 1,000 miles of road In South Dakota, S75 mile In Wyoming. 300 mile in Idaho and 200 mile in Nebraska. Th Dakota lines re to extend from Rapid City to Stoux Falls, and Sioux City, croaslng the river at Chamberlain; from Chamberlain to Watertown, by way of Huron; front a point in Stanley county to Aberdeen, by way of Pierre, and from Chamberlain to Omaha. The capital is represented by 180,000 shares, of which 80,000 are to be preferred per cent stock, and 120,000 share to b common stock. It 1 claimed from some source that thl move ha back of it th Chicago, Mil wauke k. St. Paul road, which desires a line tnto tbe Black Hill from its terminal at Chamberlain, and that tbe new lln I to us the lraes of that road east of th river. OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH SPAIN Treaty Walt for atorer, Wk' f,. SUa it When Ho RetorsJ. to Madrid, MADRID. March 30. Th tretty of friead ahlp between th United Bute and 8 pal a will bo signed a. mob as Bellamy Btorer, th United State, minister jhr. return a U.JJ W.a' aa. . . . jf " """ "r- "wnr u at xresnt la th tolled elate. a BURGLARS OF EASTER MS Two Black Honsebreakeri Gangbt Eed- handed on Gray Day. ONE MORTALLY WOUNDED BY OFFICER Promoters of Colfax tnternrbaa Line Snddenly Vacate Field Plans far Grand Army En campment. I (From a Staff Cor imnn.-leTi 1 DES MOINES. March 30. (Special.) Two coiorea burglars were caught redhanded at an early hour thla momlnr nl a mi. ored officer who apprehended them had to inmct a ratal wound on on before be wa abls to get them in band. The officer wa Ira Miller, who heard tho crash of r! and going into an alley found two negroes with their arm full of small notlnna hni which had been stolen from a Jobbing bouse in tnai vicinity. The officer attempted to arrest the burglars, when they attacked him, one of them striking the officer on me up wun a sharp Instrument, which Inflicted a bad wound. ' Miller then shot one or the men aad took them both to tbe police station. They gave the names of Alfred and Walter Jackson and said their home la in Springfield. 111.; that they had buen here but a few weeks and had nothing to do. They claim their father is a preacher in tspnngneid and gave their agea as 25 and 17. Alfred, who waa shot by Officer Miller, was wounded In the groin and was taken to a hOKpltal in terrible aaonv. His wm,n, is regarded a certain to result in death. Municipal Campaign Closed. Tbe Des Moines city election Is to b held tomorrow. The mayor and about halt the aldermen and most of the other city officer are to be elected. At the republi can primary held a few days ago nearly 10,000 votes were cast, but It Is expected that tbe entire vote In the city will not be over 14,000 In spite of this apparent enor mous majority of republicans it la gen erally regarded as decidedly uncertain a to the outcome, especially on the bead of the ticket. James M. Brenton, the repub lican nominee for msyor. Is an energetic campaigner and has been doing good work but his opponent Is running on a "citizens" ticket and will not only get the entire dem ocratic vote, but also thst of many repub llcan business men who have been pleased with his administration and for business reasons prefer that there shall be no change In city affairs at thl time. Both sides are therefore confident of victory tomorrow, A unique feature of the aldermanlo cam paign I the candidacy of Al Moore, a well known newspaper reporter, for alderman In the second ward on an independent ticket. his platform being antagonism to Jobbery In the council. Moore has more than a state wide reputation as a writer, especially on railroad matters, but he has been for many year fighting jobbery and corruption In city affairs and is making his campaign oa the record thus made. Ioternrban Line Abnndoned. Although a fight for a new franchise for a street railway to be operated In connection with a proposed interurban railway to Col fax and beyond had been projected into tbe city campaign, and a citizens' committee ia engaged In making a fight for a council that will grant new franchises, the pro moter of the Una to Colfax yesterday un expectedly announced that they will not ask for a franchise. They had been at work for more than a year securing franchises and right-of-way east of Des Moines and it was supposed they were in a position to enter the city if they secured a franchise here. But they have announced that they are out of the field and do not want to build an Interurban line Into Des Moines. Tbe promoters have claimed that they rep resent large capital from Cleveland, O. Grand Army Encampment. A local committee of arrangements for the Grand Army encampment to be held In Des Moines, beginning May 20 next, has made a preliminary announcement of tbe program for the encampment. On Tuesday evening, the first day, at the auditorium, the festivities will begin with a publlo campflre. There will be an address of wel come by the mayor of the city, a response by the department commander, a welcome on behalf of tha state by tbe governor, a response by the commander-tn-chlef of the Grand Army. General Dodge, Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, and many other distin guished men will be present and will be beard. On Wednesday, the second day, the annual parade will move at 2 o'clock p. m. We can assur the comrades that tbe line will be so short that no one will be tired out with the march. After the parade the afternoon will be devoted to regimental and other reunions. Easter Blaster. Easter Sunday, aside from it usual in teresting feature, presented an example of a changeful spring day in Iowa The day was as variegated as the styles, first the wind wa blowing a terrible gale, carrying duat, then tbe aun would shine and the air become quiet, and again at Intervals snow fell with great rapidity and hid everything from sight. The entire month of March had been pleasant, but at the close tbe weather has turned to disagreeable. "Allied" Party Delegates. Tho Iowa delegates to the conference of the "allied" party start for Louisville, Ky., tomorrow. The conference Is to be held April 8 and Includes representatives of all the various minor parties now la the allied" movement. About fifteen will go from Iowa, where tho movement has been ystematlcally worked up the past winter. VICTIMS OF MOVING PICTURES Women and Children Hurt Trying to Escape from Blue Started by Cinematograph. BARCELONA, Spain, March 80. A fir occurred her today at a cinematograph exhibition in a building filled with women and children, many of whom were injured endeavoring to escape. The building wa destroyed. Thlak Taft is Right. LONDON, March SI. Tho limes, in aa editorial in which it compare the Philip pine problem to Great Britain' Boer prob lem, says it thinks that Civil Governor Taft'. declaration before tbe senate com mute on th Philippines, report th popu lar view and that although it would be bsurd to gtv th half-clvlllzed Filipino II th rights of tbe American legislation. th great majority of th American people favor th retention of the Island. Will Respect Open Doer. VIENNA. March SI. Th Wiener Alio- emelno Zeltung aaserts that Russia, In response to Inquiries made by tha United tales, recently declared sbs was uot dis posed to evacuate Manchuria until ample uarantee for th preservation of order bad been given, but that she would respect the principle of tho "open door." Colonel Grimm's Case. LONDON. March 31. Th St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mall says b ha learned that Colonel Grimm, who 1 to be tried on th charge of having revealed Russian military secret to foreigner, sold plana to Austria and France, and not to pemaay, m fcaa bean previously stated. h m Tho MQU MEM 00. ! COUNCIL BLUFFS Children's nnd Misses' At Reduction Prices In our basement Cloak department w offer you three special lota of children and misses' Jacket for spring wear. Any gar- ment in these lota Is worth several times the price we ask you. LOT 1 Include children' Jacket In t 4. 6, . 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WASHINGTON, March SO. The friend of tho oleomargarine bill hope to secure vote on that measure Tuesday, and a. soon as It Is disposed of the Chinese exclusion bill will be called up. Accord Ing to the present proposition Senator Mitchell, who wa largely instrumental In framing the exclusion bill, will make the first presentation of it merit to tbo sen ate. He will be followed by other support er of the bill, and It I the hope of &.w ator Penrose, who ha charge of the meas ure, that tho senate will be able to conclude its consideration within ton day. after it 1. taken up. There 1. no pronounced op position to the bill as a whole, but an ef fort will be made to amend it In some particulars. There are several speeches to be made on the oleomargarine bill, but it 1. the gen eral understanding that the discussion will be concluded during the first half of the week. It is expected that the Indian appropria tion and the river and harbor bill will be reported during the week. Both are sub ject to immediate consideration, even to the extent of displacing other bills, but it not believed that either of them will be used to deprive the Chinese bill of its chance for consideration. The Philippine government bill will also be reported, probably tomorrow, but its con sideration by the senate necessarily will be postponed for some weeks. APPROPRIATIONS HAVE FLOOR Sundry Civil Expenditure Will Take Cp Most of Thl Week In the Honse. WASHINGTON, March SO. Th house, during the coming week, will be largely occupied by the sundry civil appropriations bill, which will be called up tomorrow. 8ucb time as remains will be devoted to tho consideration of the senate bill to pro mote tbo efficiency of the revenue cutter service and tho Chines exclusion bill, both of which are on special orders, but they do not Interfere with revenue or appropriation bills. It Is the Intention of the leaders not to bring forward tho Cuban reciprocity bill until next week. Service by Papal Delegate. HAVANA. Ga., March SO. Cardinal Mar- tlnelll, papal delegate to the United 8tate. observed solemn pontifical high mass at tbe cathedral thla morning and solemn pon tifical vespers this evening. Cardinal Mar Unelll will remain hero till Wednesday. ere s Where there s Xiffi&J Never give up.? Even ifyou have been trying a SarsaparlUa and have not improved. It's not the slightest reason why "Ayer's" will not cure you. "Aver's" is not like any other Sarsaparilla. Doctors Know this. Tfiey have our formula. That's why they always recommend Ayer's " in preference to every other kind. It's the oldest, safest, strongest, best. " Your BaTMpertll fcas done tub a rax deal of good, pnstMng. mv blood and gtvtag gn strength ad a e4rai.-4niouioo of tb wbol lody. I know it ia th bet-Uood else t. and-iPtag dooe-ovk wondarfal sight f good." 6au.,W ituuag, Lieaoo, Ohio, l.t,AJrajxM, J, 0 slsssTU TQ lowest, JK, 50c $1.00 J prices. PARIS S0L0NS SIT ALL NIGHT Chamber of Depntles nnd Senate Hold Protracted Closing; Ses sion. PARIS. March 30. Both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate sat all night last night to adjust budget differences. Tbe senate at S o'clock this morning adjourned until 2 o'clock thia afternoon. The Chamber of Deputies finally agreed to all the amend ments made by the Senate and passed the whole budget by a vote of 367 to SO. It adjourned at 5 o'clock this morning. At this afternoon's meeting of tbe Senat the formal elections were fixed for April 27. Tho Chamber of Deputies and tbe Sen ate will reassemble June 1 and June 3 re spectively. . . Just before the adjournment of tbe Cham ber of Deputies President Descbanel, In a short speech, alluded to th Increasing diffi culties of parliamentary government and severely censured those members who had waated public time by making astounding proposals for public expenditure, for the mere purpose of catching votes. M. Des cbanel said: "Personal power has cost too dear during the last century for France to be tempted to recommence the experiment." The speaker also expressed bis hope that their successors would "be able to find means to maintain free institutions with out tbe abuses which compromise them." M. Mellne, member of the Chamber from the district of Remtrement, department of Vosges, in an Important speech to his elec tors at Remlrement today, declared that the fundamental fault of the present minis try was Its admission of the socialist, M. MUlerand, to tbe cabinet, and that from th day this wa done M. Waldeck-Rousseau. the premier, had been a prisoner of the re volutionary party. The first principle of tbe new legislature, aald M. Mellae, ahould be shown from the collectlvists and a re turn to the traditional policy of th4 re publican party. CHINA FIXES MINING LAWS Decide on Regulations to Grant Concession to Foreign Residents. PEKIN, March 30. The government ha. decided on mining regulations, under th term of which concessions may b granted to foreigner in any part of China. These regulation provide that tha gov ernment ahall receive 25 per cent of th profits, 25 per cent of the output of dia monds and other gems; 15 per cent of th output of gold, sliver and mercury; 10 per cent of the output of copper, lead and line; 6 per cent of the output of coal and Iron, beside export and Ilk duties. These duties are regarded here as altogether pro hibitive. nope