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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
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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.
The Burlington engineer and firemen be
lieve Caracn Is one of the robbers. -He
declines to give an account of himself or
his movements.
Faaeral of C'onnnaader acaaeta.
WASHINGTON. April T. Funeral services
over the body of the late Lieutenant Com
mander H. Scfauets, U. 8. N., were held st
St. John's church Sunday afternoon. They
were conducted by Rev.. E. 81ater Dunlap,
assistant rector. The Marine band and
four eompaalea of marines from the bar
racks under the command of Major Thomaa
M. Wood, formed the military escort to
the Baltimore eVObio station, whence the
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