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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1902. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MIX Oft MBSTIOS. David sells drug". Btockert sella carpets and ruga. Wollman, scientific optician, B'way. Pasturage, Judann, 923 6th ave. Tel. 34- J. C. and W. Woodward, architects, room 1, Everett block. Council Bluffs, ia. Take home a brick of Merger's Ice cream. Vanlla, 2.ic; Neopolltan, c. New goods and outfits for pyrographlc work at Alexander'a Are Store. HI B'way. Kor rent, one furnished room or two un furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Addreas M. bee office. On to Morgan A Klein for upholstering, fnattrejia making and feather renovating. U2 South Main street. 'Phone MS. J. P. Stake of Des Moines la guest of hla later, Mrs. M. V. Beasore. The Lady Maccabees will meet Tuesday afternoon at ih usual time and place. Fidelity rounrtl No. 1M. Roval Arcanum, will meet In regular Session this evening. Mrs. Ernest K. Hart of Pork avenue will , entertain the ladles' Musical club this i afternoon. I Mr. and Mrs. Perry of Manning, la., are ! guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Millard of I Ulen avenue. j J. J. Frlton, 13U Avenue F, was reported to the health authorities last night as hav ing smallpox. I Misa Edith Shreves of Neola Is guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Shrevea, ) 16H Avenue (J. Miss Mary Bishop of Cozad, Neb., and Miss Allie Lane of Orleans, Neb., are visit ing Council Bluffs friends. Avery Jennings, son of Mayor Jennings, left last evening for Iowa City, to resume his studies at the Htate university. A. A. Covalt, rornetiSt of this city, his been selected to lead the bind which will play this summer at Lake Manawa. Mrs. Anna B. Hills and daughter. Mrs. Mary Bemls, are guests of Mrs. Hills' son, W. E. Lewis, and family of South Beventh at reel. The county supervisor will meet In ad journed session today. The principal busi ness before It wl'l be the bills for the care of smallpox patients. The track team of the High school h.is . closed a contract for the um of the Driv ing park fr training purposes. The team ' will go Into active training today, Mrs. H. B. Jones has gone to Wichita, Kttn.t where she will make her home. Mrs. Jones was one of the leading members of the Mosart Musical club of this city. Now is the time to plant trees, fruits and flowering Bhrubs. Buy them at M-nary's Crescent nurs'-rles. Bales ground 619 East Broadway. Edwin J. Abbott, manager. The l.oyal Neighbors of America are pre paring to give an entertainment the even ing of Tuesday, April 2, when the mem bers will be assisted by "Ma Dusenberry and Her Glarls." The Dodge Light Guards will hold an election this evening for a major In the Fifty-first regiment, Iowa National Ouard, to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Major Bennett. Harry Van Brunt left last evening for Culver, Ind., to resume his studies at the Military academy, after spending the Easter vacation with hla parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. li. Van Brunt. President Wells of the motor company Is expected home from the east this week, when a meeting of the board of directors will be held to decide upon the opening of the resort of Lake Manawa and what im provements will be iiiBtalled there thla ummer. Charles S. McDonald, son of Alderman W. C. McDonald, will engage in the real , estate buslnesa In Butte, Neb., where he ' wlli enter the firm of Barclay tc Jackson. Mr. Jackson la a son of former Governor Jackson of Iowa and collegemate of Mr. McDonald. The directors of the Council Bluffs Row ing association will meet thla evening, when the question of establishing a golf club aa an auxiliary to the assoc. ation will come up for final action. As the committee has been moat successful In securing members, the golf club, it la said, la an assured fact. Mrs. Mary H. Calfee, mother" of Rev. w. J. Calf nee. pastor of the Broadway Methodist church, la lying In a critical con dition at the home of her aon on Fletcher avenue. These members of the family are at her bedside: Misa F. 8. Calfee, mis sionary among the Indiana at Hackberry, Aria.: Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hues and children of Pierre, S. D. ; Mrs. W. H. Wiswell of -Greeham, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Test of York, Neb., and Mack Calfee of ML. Ayr, la. N.'T. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. Two Old Srettlrra Die. James B. Boren, a pioneer settler of Pot ' tawattamle county, died Sunday morning . at his. home In Hazel Dell township. Ho waa 85 years of age yesterday and death waa due to the Infirmities of old age. De ceased had been a realdent of this county since 1847. Hla wife, two sons, J. A. Boren and C. H. Boren, both of Crescent. Ia., and two daughters, Mrs. Laura McMullen of Crescent and Mrs. Mella Ballard of Soldier, Idaho, survive him. The funeral will be at 2:30 o'clock Tueaday afternoon from the Latter Day Saints' church In Crescent, Rev. H. J. Chambers conducting the servlcea. i Mrs. Mary McCauley, aged 66 years, died Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Llizle Schoup, 2409 Avenue . A, the cause of death being general debll ' Ity due to old age. Deceaaed was born In County Wlcklow, Ireland, and emigrated to Canada In 1847, where ahe was married to Jamea McCauley. With her husband ahe came to thla county, settling at'Avoca, where the lived, for twenty years, and then removed to thla city, where she had since resided. Three daughters, Mrs. Katherlne Cllne, Mrs. Llnie Scboup, both ot this city, and Mrs. Minnie O'Nell of Victor, Colo., and three aona, Christopher, Clarence and James McCauley, all residents of Omaha, urvlve her. The funeral will be Tueaday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Francis Xavler'a church, and burial will be In St. Jcaeph cemetery. William Cosad, aged 23 years, died Sun day afternoon at hla home, 1325 Avenue D, from consumption, after an Illness ot one year. He la survived by bis wife. Chris Jacobson, aged 35, died yesterday at 8t. Bernard's hospital from tuberculosis. He waa atngle and. at far as It known, had bo immediate relatives In thla country. The body was taken to Lunkley'a undertaking rooms pending arrangements for the funeral. Davis sells glass. Final Effort for Monument, Funds. The two committees in charge ot secur ing funds for the Colonel Kinsman monu ment will make a final canvas this week for subscriptions. Up to date less than half of the ueeded $1,200 has been obtained. As May 17 is the dato fixed for the unveiling cf the monument no time can be loat and the committee will put in some active work this week. These comprise the committees. John Llndt, Judge Carson, Theodore Quit x tar. William Moore and E. J. Abbott, rep resenting Abe Lincoln post. Grand Army of tho Republic; - Emmet Tinier. Spencer Smith, Captain Beth Craig and Superinten dent Clifford, the cittirns' toran-lttee. Plum ting and beating. Biiby Son. ' Treuhle Beonrtng Jndgea. The debate between the Council Bluffs and Sioux City High schools Is set for Fri day la Sioux City, hut as yet no judges have beea decided upon. I'nder the rules for the joint debate the judges were to be selected frees within a radius of 100 miles of Sioux City, but they were not to be resi dents of Council Bluffs or Sioux City. So tar the schools have been unable to agree upon the Judges and It Is possible that the debate may be postponed. It not declared off entirely. LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Director taaocaaear vs w. Mtept eg rihAJti. iTaaai, rasa T, BLUFFS. MORGAN GOES IN TONIGHT Nothing Startling Expected at the Meeting of City Council. SOME OFFICIAL REPORTS NOT READY Retiring; City Attorney Gives Con dition of Pending; I.ltlcatlon Closes Ip a Sacresafnl Term. Last evening at the meeting of the city council Dell O. Morgan became the chief executive of the municipality and Mayor Victor Jennings again became a private clt lien after serving as head of the city ad ministration for two years. Before retiring Mayor Jennings read his farewell addreas to the old council, which convened for the last time to clean up ltt outstanding busi ness, such at the allowing ot payroll! tor March, and then made way for the newly elected aldermen. Following the usual custom the aldermen will be seated in alphabetical order from right to left. At this meeting the heads of the several city departments are expected to submit theln annual reports. Auditor Evans la unable to have his ready, at the old coun cil did not complete Its business until last evening. Treasurer True for the same reason may not have hit ready, but all the other officials are expected to have their reports In time. Litigation of the City. The report of City Solicitor Wadsworth, who failed of re-election for a third term. Is completed and It shows that the city has been eminently auccessful In ltt lawsuits during bia tenure of office. .The report will contain a resume of the litigation in which the city was Involved during Mr. Wads worth 's four yeart of office. The suit against the motor company, which has been pending since 1891, tor re fund of special taxes for paving and grad ing, waa forced to trial by Mr. Wadsworth on hit assuming office and he succeeded In securing judgment In favor ot the city for $7,000, which has since been paid by the motor company. The suit ' of the Rock Island railroad against the city to close up South Seventh street, which had been de cided adverse to the city In the district court, was taken to the supreme court and a reversal secured by Mr. Wadsworth, thereby aaving the ttreet to the public. Of the forty-six catet against the city during Mr. Wadsworth's tenure of office forty-one were won by the city and only five lost. In the several damage suits the amount claimed was $27,600, while the amount recovered against the city only ag gregated $2,620. A number of damage aults are still pending. City Is Getting; Good. The report of Chief of Police Albro shows that for the year ending April 1, 1902, the total number of arrests made were 1,302, aa against 1.403 for the previous twelve months. Of these 208 arrests were for sta'.o offenses, In which seventy-one convictions were obtained; sixty-seven were discharged. The. nationality of, the persons arrested was as follows: - Americana,, 761; Africa!, 43; Auitrlans, 3; Bohemians, 3; Canadians, 10; Chinamen, 1; Danes, 13; English, II; French, 1; German, E6; Hollanders, 8; Irish, 64; Norwegians, 7; Russian, 8; Scandi navian, 1; Scotch, 4; Swedes, 31; nationality not given," 385. During the year 1,080 per sons were provided with lodging at the city jail. The total amount of cash collected by the department from fines, forfeitures, etc, waa $3,245.30. Davis sells paint. Among the Clnba. Club work for the present season Is ran Idly drawing to a clots and most of the clubs will hold but two or three meetings more before adjournment for the summer. The Oakland Avenue Reading club will meet Friday with Mrs. C. M. Harl. The Woman's club will meet Wednes day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charlet T. Officer. The Current Events department of the Council Bluffs Woman's olub will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. H. Cleaver on First avenue. The House hold Economic -department will also meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. H. Cleaver. "Nutrition In Its Relation to Domestic Sci ence" will be the subject for discussion. The physical culture class will meet Wednesday afternoon at the residence ot Mrs. Walter L Smith on South Beventh street. The Atlas c1ubwIU meet Thursday after noon at the home of Mrs. J. M. Barstow on South Sixth itreet. . The New Century club will meet Wednes day with Mrs. Stavely. The Athenian club will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Sblpton of Third street, when the general subject for dis cussion will be "The Consulate and Em pire," with Mrs. Shlpton ai leader. The Ideal club will meet Tuesday after noon at the home of Mrs. Metcalf on Bluff atreet. Gravel roofing. A. H. Read. 641 Broadway. Preparing; to Receive Travelers. The Iowa grand council ot the United Commercial Travelers will meet In Council Bluffs June 13 and 14 and the local council has commenced preparations to entertain It. There are over 1,000 members of the order In Iowa and a large attendance Is locked for. J. B. Helwlg ot this city is grand coun selor of the state grand council. The local council will ba represented In the granl council by U I. Edson, A. E. Bray, Clay B. Plainer, Louis Zurmueblen, jr., and J. B. Helwlg. Mr. Bray holds the office ot jrar.tl conductor in the atate grand council. ' While plans for the entertainment are yet In embryo It has been practically decided that a grand banquet and ball will be fea ture!. On the afternoon of the second day it Is expected the visiting members and their wives will be the guests of the local council at Lake Manawa. Banner Meath In Real Estate. ONAWA. Ia.. April 7. (Special.)-Tne re corder of Monona county has tiled hla re port for the quarter ending March 31, which showed that 3,070 Instruments were re corded during the quarter, the fees amount ing to $1,480.85. . Six hundred and fifty-nine of the Instruments were deeds.. This Is the banner quarter for business in the history of the office. Movements of Ocean Vessels, April . At New Tork Arrived: L'Aqultalne from Harve: Mongolian for Glasgow. Hturn'd At Liverpool Arrived: Nomadic from New York. At Plymouth Arrived: Moltke from New York for Cherbourg. At juniown-balled: Baxonla from Liverpool for New York. At Auckland. N. Z fin I led: Sonera from Sidney. N. 8. W for Pago Pago, Hono lulu and San Francisco. At Cape Spa rtel Passed: Kalaerln Mar la. Theresa, New York, for Naples and Ulhri. LAST WEEK OF LEGISLATURE Expectation that the Work Will Be Finished During the Week. APPROPRIATION BILLS NEARLY READY Agreement Reached All Along the Line, So that Work Can Be Fin ished Ip Quickly Railroad Bills Yet In Doubt. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. April 7. (Special.) It is now anticipated that the legislative ses sion ot the Twenty-ninth general assembly will be brought to an end the latter part of this weet(, possibly on Thursday, but certainly by Friday or Saturday. The progress made the paat week has bten considerable. The disposal ot the pardons cases and the millage taxea for the itate educational Institutions was a long ttep toward reaching the end. The appropria tions committees bavs now practically coma to an agreement on every item. The bill for the Institutions under the Stste Board ot Control will cat! for obout $710, 00, the chief reduction from the bill as originally Introduced being In the lopping off of Itema for the purchase of land at the Soldiers Orphans' horns at Davenport, leav ing out an Item for a deep well at the Independence hospital and leaving off Item i for gates and buildings at tha Soldiers' home at Msrshalltown. An item has just been added of $15,000 for a new laundry building at the Mount Pleasant hosoltnl to taks the place of one burned a week ago today. Of the sum to be given the State Board of Control only about $485,000 will be made available the present biennial period. The board will be left to make contracts and purchases running over Into' the next biennial period. With th? passage of the millage taxes the appropriations tor the educational Institutions will be re duced more than half. In this way the committees have reached the conclusion that they can get the appropriations down to a reasonable sum say about $1,800,000 a year, which will take only a 3 mill levy. It Is the plan of the house members fa pass the appropriations bills for state In stitutions on Monday and send them to the senate as quickly as possible and the sen ate commute' will take Immediate action, as the committees have, already agreed. The miscellaneous appropriations will then be passed, the largest of which will be the one for the St. Louis exposition, which Is likely to be about $100,000. There will be no contingent appropriation to be paid out of the war claims refund. The state historical building will not be completed and there will be no arsenal. A small ap propriation will be made for beginning the work of completing the state capital. The rest of the items will be insignificant. Many Unimportant Matters. The calendars of the senate and house contain about 100 bills each not yet acted on. It will be Impossible to act on more than a third of them. A great many that have1 merit may wait without harm to any person or Interest, but the majority of the measures are of very little Importance to the general public and there will be no harm done when the sifting committees get to work and sweep them off the cal endar Into the waste basket The railroad bills are still attracting some attention. The bill to provide for assessing railroads on the stocks am' bonds plan was completely discredited before t got to a vote In the house. When ffie pub licity section was taken out and passed by the house as a separate bill It waa seen at once that the whole subject would be opened np and the bill was take nback to the house, where It will be defeated In due time. Of Itself the publicity bill was In line with the sentiments of Governor Cum mins In his Inaugural, but it could not get through without many additions there to. The two bllli whlcn have been de nominated "merger" bills have not yet been dtiposed of, but an agreement has prac tically been reached which will end the disputes, and amended or substitute bills will be passed. City Administration Change. Tomorrow the new mayor of Des Molnea, James M. Brenton, will be Installed In office and a new city council entirely re publican will be in operation. During Its history Des Moines, although always a re publican city, has bad about aa many demo cratic mayora as republican. The retiring mayor has served but one term and has made a creditable record. -, Mayor Brenton contemplates making a clean sweep ot the police force and many changes in the em ployes of the city'. Trouble is likely to ensue over a member of the board ot pub lic works. Mayor Hartenbower named a member last week, but Brenton will claim the right to name a member next week. A law suit is sure to follow If both try to hold the position. Inanrance Rates Go I' p. i The local Insurance agents have received notice from the western Insurance com pact that beginning March 17, last. In surance rates on certain large classes of risks havs been advanced 26 per cent. The Increase Is on mercantile and manu facturing stocks In the best business part of the city, and practically all In buildings that are not occupied in part as residences. It had been supposed that the western in surance compact had gone out ot business, but this would Indicate the contrary, and the local agents declare that there Is no way to escape the Increased rates on In surance In this city. Quits a number of companies have gone out ot business in Iowa In the last few months and this makes getting Insurance a difficult matter: The Increase Is said to have beea declared on similar business In nearly every city in Iowa and it It because the Insurance com panies declare they must secure a Isrger revenue from their western business. War Claims Not Settled Yet. Members of the legislature are somewhat disappointed at the alowness of the law board of the auditing department of the national treasury in reaching a conclusion aa to ths Iowa war claims. It wat an nounced early In the week that the board would decide on the Iowa claima the last, week, but Information hat been 'received that some additional Information is desired from the governor of Iowa before the case ii finally disposed of. It will take several days to secure this Information, and U It therefore now certain that the amount ! Iowa will get from the United 6tatea will not be known until after the legislature adjournt. Motional Gaard Rleetlon. An election for major In the Fifty-first regiment will be held Monday night. The candidates are: Captain P. E. Wetherell of Company F at Oskaloosa, and Captain D. W. Turner of Company K of Corning. Captain Oity E. Logan of Red Oak and Cap tain Harry B. Dull of Glen wood have both declined to run, though both were promi nently mentioned aometlme ago. . smallaos at Soldiers' Home. H. P. Moulton. a veteran of the Iowa Soldiers' Home, occupying quarters in the main building at Marthalltowa. was taken ill with smallpox Saturday and removed to the city detention hospital. As this case romes from the same ward In which Fred 8owln, a Spanish-American war veteran, occupied when he took III with the disease ten days ago, Commandant Horton ordered a general quarantine of the grounds, ef fective Sunday morning. FAILURES FOR THE QUARTER Increase la Xnmber and Amoant of Liabilities Compared with Laat Year. R. O. Dun Co. report commercial fall urea for the first quarter thla year. 3.418 In number and $33,731. 758 In amount of de faulted liabilities, compared with 3.335 fail ures for $.'l."n3,4fi during the ssme three months of Manufacturing Insolvencies numbered 746 against "lit last year, while liabilities aggregated $14,775,904. compared with $12.5"4.2:3 In 1WH. There were 3,S4 trading failures for $I5.5I?..1?7, and Inst year there were 2,48 for $14,&52.9"6. Other com mercial failures, not properly Included un der either of the two principal divisions, numbered 170, with liabilities of S.1.43W7, agulnst 157 last yenr for $4.646,35S. Banking and other fiduciary defaults were twenty six In number against twenty-one a year ago, but there wan a large Increase in lia bilities to ll5.5K8,rM3, compared with only $3,441,389 a year ago. The number of failures In the first quar ter each year since 1875, the amount of lia bilities and average amount of liabilities are given oelow:- Year. No. Liabilities. Average. 1!2 3.414 $33,731,758 $ 9 9 11 S.3.'(5 M.7i3.4 1!0 3M S3.(.B73 11,411 19 2.773 27.152,031 . 9.7H5 1S0S 3,s7 82.9!,5:5 ,9M 1S97 3,932 4S.0O7.911 12..09 1: 4.i31 57.425.136 14.24S 1X16 3.!2 47,S13.6k3 12.677 14 4.9i4 8I.137.333 14.9U) 1S!i3 3.202 47,33. 300 14.74 1V92 3.3X4 39.2J-4.349 11,819 l!'l 3. 515 42.1fi7,fi31 11. 1M) 8.223 3752.9W 11.747 189 3.311 42.972.516 12.979 1S8 2.948 3H.8S4.71.9 1.1.190 18H7 8.4X17 82.161.763 1,W6 iSH6 3.2ii3 29.1,726 9 266 1S5 8.658 46.121.051 12,6 8 1SX4 8.296 40.1KO7S 12,103 ISSa 2. 821 8. 372.643 13.602 1W.2 2,127 33,338.271 15.670 1R1 1,761 24 447.2TiO 13.900 isso 1,432 12.777,074 8..'2 1879 2.524 43,112.665 17.U81 3.3S5 M.07S.82t " 24.464 1877 2.86't 54.538.074 19.010 1876 2.M16 64.644,000 23.0S9 1875 1,982 43.173,000 21,782 Failures by Sections. Geographically considered, the record of Insolvencies for the first quarter of 19o2 makes a most erratic comparison with the previous year. In New England states there appears a decrease of sixty-nine fail ures and nearly $2,000,000 In amount of de faulted Indebtedness. The change Is prac tically confined to Massachusetts, and It Is noticed that the decrease Is not due to any exceptional loss Inst year, since liabilities were equally heavy In ' 1!W. An Increase of over $1.0o0,0U0 In liabilities was reported for the three middle states, and Pennsyl vania supplied practically all the difference, which waa more than explained by two large suspensions, a rubber concern and a coal mine. Eliminating theae two excep tional failures, which accounted for nearly $2,0u0.0OO Indebtedness, the record for Penn sylvania would be unusually good. Numerous Failures Month. In the south and southwest there was a striking Increase In number of defaults of small traders, whose buslnesa was badly demoralized by the unprofitable returns on farms and plantation. During most of the season cotton commanded a much lower quotation than in the previous year, yet It la gradually becoming apparent that there was no proportionate Increaae In quantity, while the expense of planting, picking and marketing was enhanced by the large demand for labor In newly dis covered oil regions and other Industrial undertakings. Drouth In tho southwest caused a heay reduction In the yield of corn and some other crops, and it followed Inevitably that the small storekeepers found collections slow and In many casea Impossi ble. ' Moreover, the preceding year of lare profits for cotton had accelerated opera tions In many lines ot trade, and the effect of a bad aeason was felt the more keenly. In the eouthern states the number of fall urea Increased 143, or nearly twenty-four per cent, although liabilities decreased somewhat, owing to a few exceptionally heavy losses last year In Maryland. An Increase of 126 In the three southwestern states Is over 60 per cent, and the rise In liabilities Is little short of $1,000,000. All of the central states reported fewer failures than a year ago, but a large 'In crease In liabilities occurred In Illinois, mainly of "other commercial" failures. In cluding a number of large defaults In real estate and grain brokerage. Changea were less striking lit the far west and on the Pacific slope. For Fas Western States. Number. Liabilities. 1902. 1901. 1902. 1901. Minnesota ... 46 59 $ 219.046 $1,044,245 Iowa 77 93 468,000 414,367 Nebraska .... 22 15 96,424 44.133 Kansaa 35 41 130,493 174.423 Oklahoma ...' 44 6 238,050 15.910 Indian Ter... 23 11 79.044 63.700 Montana 15 14 185.391 111.569 No. Dakota.. 3 12 16,122 87.242 So. Dakota... 4 7 86,000 31.068 Colorado 29 23 723.002 100,931 Wyoming .... 6 .. 10,100 New Mexico.. .. 2 6,800 West 303 283 $2,201,672 $2,063,368 For Paclde States. Number. Liabilities. 1902. 1901. 1902. . 1901. Utah 22 20 $ 388,583 $ 62,182 Idaho 22 4 102,100 13,900 Arizona 1 16,500 Washington . 55 33 504,589 269.796 Oregon 37 89 134.136 150.084 California ....129 132 614,511 669,611 Alaska 3 2 bi.000 s.000 Pacific. ...868 231 $1.793.919 $1,190,073 ENTIRE TOWN THREATENED Chesterton, Indiana, Sends for Help to Supprcaa Hasina; Flames. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 7. A tele phone message to the Sentinel at 1:30 this (Monday) morning, from La port e, sayt the fire at Chesterton ia under control. No esti mate on the lost can be given at this hour. CINCINNATI. April 7. The Commercial Tribune's special from L ports, Ind., tayi: Chcaterton haa just made an appeal to thlt city for help and a apeclal train carry ing a part of the fire department la now on ltt way to the stricken town. Chesterton la twenty-two miles west of this city on the line of Lake Shore railroad. It haa a population of about 1,300. Eight business houses are in flames and the high wind it carrying the firs to all sections ot ths town. The place has no system of water works, but a ateamer has been sent to ths town from Michigan City and water Is being pumped from Coffee creek. Late advices here confirm the report that there la but little hope for the town and tha residence portion li also bound to bs doomed. Every men, woman and child in the town Is en gaged In fighting the conflagration. The origin of the fire Is not known here and no estimate of the loas can be made at this hour. Ts fire la plainly visible la this city, huge sheets of flames shooting athwart the aky. PESSIOSS FOR WKSTEH.M VETERANS. War Snrvlvors Remembered by the General Government. WASHINGTON, April 7. (Special.) The following westera pensions have been gracttd: Issue of March 20: Nebraska: Original David 8. Couchman, Lyons. $6. Increase, Restoration. Reissue, Etc. Oeorge Rud'all, Fairmont, $10; Jamea McCormack, South Omaha. 113; William Childress, Orleans. $8. Original Widows, Etc Rose Gilbert, Nemaha, $12. Iowa: Original Aaron H. 8a ter, Mt. Pleasant, t&; Michael Olttins. Davenport, 36; Hugh N. Horn, Hillsboro, $10. Increase, Restoration, Relaaue, Etc. W'll'lam O. .. I .' 1 I 114, i' - . , t , A i I . a . u i. , ,uoi raws. i4 . kmwi e omantsiu, Fairfield, $17; John T. Pope, New Market. f-; John talr, Maxwell, llo; Henry Hes'.er, Muscatine, $6; Miles O. Btanwood. Musca tine, $8: Jamea F. Smith. Harlan, $10. Origi nal Widows, Etc Hannah B. Camerer, Balix. $8; Mary G. Turvey (special accrued Mur.'h 22). Hayes. $4; Amelia Y. Bedell, Marble Rock. K tiouth l)kota: Increase, Restoration, Reissue, Etc. Samuel Jaques, Aberdeen, $S. Original Widows Rebeca A Kerne (spe cial accrued March 22). Hill City. $8. Colorado: Original Widows. Etc. Caro line Carter (apeclal accrued March 22), Mor rison, t CASUALTIES AT DORXBAALT Both Eocti and British Loss Heavily in Dead and Wounded in the Tight CANADIANS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES One Tarty of Dominion Troopa Flaht fader Fierce Attacks of Boers tntll All Are Killed. KLERKSDORP. April 7. Report! of the battle at Dornbaalt Farm, March 31, In which the British had three officers and twenty men killed and sixteen officers and 131 men wounded, while the Boers had 137 men killed or wounded, show that quite 2,000 Boers opened a strong attack from different points with three guns and a pompon. Thla attack wat made at a moment when the British had left their luggage In a laager. In charge of the Canadian contin gent, and were galloping acrose the open plain with the Intention of capturing a Boer convoy which bad been discovered five miles ahead. The British retired steadily and. having dismounted, opened a return fusil ade on the Boers. While the luggage In charge of the Canadians wss tent for the British formed a camp and started digging trenches. The shelling of the Boers ttam peded the mules and caused confusion, but otherwise It was not very effective, at many shells failed to explode. Canadians' Front Attacked. The Canadian's front was attacked In strong numbers, but they gallantly repelled every attempt made by the Boers to break through. One party of the Canadians fought until they were sll killed, and the last man of thlt party, although mortally wounded, emptied two bandolier! ot cartr rldgea at the Boers and then broke his rifle. The fighting wat tevere and general for fully three houra, but after the British had entrenched and the guna got into action the forces repelled numerous and determ ined attacks made under ths personal ex hortations of the Boer leaders. Toward! night the fire gradually ceased and the Boers retired. The British then telegraphed for aid and further entrenched their camp for the night to await the arrival of General Kitchener, but the Boers made no attempt ta renew the attack. Careful computation gives the total strength of the scattered Boer commandoe at between 8,000 and 9,000 men. Casualties Among Canadians. OTTAWA, Ont, April 7. A cablegram from Bock Neck, South Africa, to Lord Mlnto, gives the following list of casualties among the Canadian troops In the engage ment at Hart River. Killed: v SERGEANT JOHN CAMPBELL BERRY, Guelph. PRIVATE W. T. PETERS, Cranbrook, B. C. CORPORAL 8EERRITT;, Guelph. PRIVATE W. VOLLWORTH. Bevelatok, B. C. PRIVATE M. O. HUSTON, London.' PRIVATE O. N. EVAN'S, London. PRIVATE W. P. K. MILLKEN, Peter bo ro. Sines dead: PRIVATE A. WEST, Montreal. PRIVATE D. H. CAMPBELL, Brandon, Man. Dangerously wounded: Corporal F. S. McL. Howard, Montreal; Private S. M. Liuont, Cranbrook, B. C.j Private 1. C. Grafflns, Cranbrook, B. C. Severely wounded: Sergeant A. Milne, Calgary, N. W. T.; Shoeing Smith, W. H. Hunter. Winnipeg, Man.; Private J. C. Fisher, Vancouver, Private L. Sbelton, Mooaeomln, N. W. T. Private F. B. Hodges, Verdln, Man.; Pri vate F. W. Denny, Calgary. Slightly wounded: Sergeant C R. Othen, Brandon, Man.; Sergeant Thomas Western, Portage, La Prairie, Man.; Private A. Fortey, Winnipeg; Private J. Slmms, Nelson, B. C; Prtvats P. Hendy. Roaaland, B. C; Private Alex ander McDonald, Fort 8teele, B. C; Private Harris, Halifax. N. S.; Private O. N. Boss manger. Halifax, N. S. Field hospital, severely wounded: J. O. Gunn, London. The list Is not complete. . PRETORIA. April 7. Details received here of the rear guard action during the night of March 81 between the Second Dra goon Guards ot Colonel Lawley's column and the Boers, near Boschmanskop, show that a force of 200 British, while endeavor ing to aurprlte a Boer laager, rode straight Into a force ot 400 Boers. The night was dark. Tha Boors were hid den In a drift and opened fire almost from under the legs of the British horses. , A fierce hand-to-hand struggle eniued ' In which both ildes freely uied the butt-ends of their rifles. The British regained the ridge they had just left and began a rear guard action. In the meantime a atrong force of Boers had barred the road back to the British camp. The coming ot daylight enabled Colonel Lawley to see ths Guard! were hard pressed and hs dispatched reinforcements with two guns to their assistance. The re inforcements soon compelled the Boers to retreat. Ths Ouards had had a very bard tight and were ordered to retire by squad ron. Baera , Preas Guards. Ths Boers disputed every Inch of the road and continually attempted to rush the Guards, shouting "Hands up!" At each successive position taken up the British appeared in diminished numbers, for as it grew lighter the aim of the Boers Improved proportionately. The following Incident of the fighting is reported: i Commandant Pretorlut, ' who wat cap. tured the previous day In a Cape cart, was In charge of tome Natal tcoutt. The tcoutt rode into a party of Boers dressed In khaki, supposing them to be British troops. The Boert opened fire and Pretorlus ea. caped In the confusion. One report tsyt he wat shot at bj Bed Commandant Prlnsloo Is also reported to have been killed in the fighting, as well as other Boer officers. Ths British wounded who fell Into Boer hands were well treated by the enemy. SUSPECTED OF TRAIN ROBBERY Straaaav Arrested aa Baspleloa of Being; ta the Barllnaton Holdup Gaaa-. 8T. JOSEPH. Mo.. April 7. George Car son. a well dressed stranger, was arrested at Union 8 tar, Mo., Sunday and Is held on the supposition that be ia a member of the gang that held up the northbound Bur ling ton train near thla city Thursday last. 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