THE OMAHA DAILY KKEi FJUDAY, APRIL 18, 1002.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
MINOR MEJTIOS.
Davis sells drugs.
tockert sells carpets and ruga.
Wollman. sclentlnc optician, 0 B'nf.
Pasturage, iudson, W th ave. Tel. MS.
J. C. end W. Woodward, architects, room
I, Everett block. Council BluRa, la.
Take home a brick of Metsger's lc
crura. Vanlla, 25cj Neapolitan, ibc.
Refrigerators and lea chests. Prices right.
Cole-Brelfford Hardware Co., tl 8. Main at.
New goods and eutnts for pyrogrsphic
work at Alexander's Are Btore. tsi 13 way.
' Oo to Morgan Klein for upholstering,
mattress making and feather renovating.
122 South Main atreet. 'I'hona MS.
The -Insurance gasoline stoves are abso
lutely ssfe. No cilrt. no smoke. Get our
prices. Cole-Bielsford Hardware Co , 41
8. Main atreet.
The Columbia and Tribune bicycles are
the very highest grade. We handle them.
Also a fine line of cheap wheels. See ua.
Cole-Breleford Hardware Co., 41 Main at.
For Bale Excellent building lot in Cen
tral aub., size 44x130. This Is a bargain for
someone, for cash sale or will aell on pay-,
ment plan. lot Is located on Avenue B
within aeveral blocks of good school. Call
or address E. F. Watts, Bee office, Coun
cil Bluffs.
Stella Curry. J1S Vorhts street, hae been
quarantined for smallpox.
Mlaa Grace Richardson of IndlannpnMs Is
fc-uest of the family of P. Q. Mlk-sell.
Harmony chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star, will meet this evening In Masonic hall.
Mrs. Arthur Shaw of Fort Dodge is the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Otto.
M. W.' Mlkeeell, county clerk of Rawlins
county, at Atwood,- Kan., la visiting his
uncle, p, O. Mlkeaell,
Mrs. j. W. Rapalje Is home from San
' Francisco, where she pHascd the winter
with- -relatives- and' friends.
Mrs. Mary Frank took out a building
permit yesterday- for a two-story frame
cottage on Vine street, to cost Sl.OuO.
Wc make a specialty of all kinds of fur
nace and tin work, bee us for prices. Cole
Brelsford Hardware Co., 41 8. Main street.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
'to H. J. Underwood, aged 27, and Catherine
8. Lewis, aged 24, both of Council Bluff.
Mayor Morgan.. Is said to be considering
the advisability of lncrenslng the police
force for the summer months by appointing
a health officer.
Captain Bailey of ,he branch postofflce
t the transfer depot Is laid up with rheu
matism and left yesterday for Colfax
Springs for treatment.
Between forty and fifty members of the
local lodges of Knights of Pythias will go
to Olenwood this evening to assist In con
ferring the degrees on a large claBs of
candidates. ,
John Dunn, Jr., against whom a charge
of Insanity had been filed by Harold Egbert,
was discharged by the commissioners yes
terday, there being no evidence to sustain
the charge.
The Council Bluffs aerie of Eagles Is pre
paring to Initiate Friday night the largest
, class of candidates since lis organization.
A banquet will be served at the close of
the meeting.
The first session of the two days' con
vention of the county superintendents of
southwestern Iowa will ba at 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon In the rooms o County
Superintendent McManua, In the court
house. Receivers Bereshelm and Murphy of the
Officer & Pusey bank reported to the dis
trict court yesterday the sale by them of
three lots In ' MynBter's addition to Mrs.
Mary L. Everett for I1.6U0, the price at
which the property was valued by the ap
praisers appointed by the court.
Stephen Collins, living at 2306 L street.
South Omaha, attempted to board a Union
Pacific train at the transfer with the Intent
of securing a free ride acroas the bridge.
He missed his footing and was dragged a
considerable distance. While not seriously
Injured, he was bruised and strained. The
police provided him with car fare and
placed him on an Omaha motor.
Charles Kimball, who became owner of
the Ogden hotel property Tuesday, Is un
able to secure possession of the building,
as George W. Matthews, who has been
running the house for the last two years,
refuses to quit. Yesterday Kimball filed a
petition In the district court asking for the
appointment of a receiver for the property.
Judge Wheeler set Saturday for hearing tha
application.
The members' of the new police force
, .last night considered the bids of several
firms for furnishing the uniforms, and
awarded the contract to Metcalf & Metcalf
of this city. It will be about two weeks
before the uniforms will be ready. In the
. meantime the patrolmen endeavor to ap
pear as dignified as they can In cltlsens'
clothes, supplemented with a star, the
badge of their authority.
E. D. Townscnd, the first person arrested
.by the new police force, was fined $10 and
, costs In police court yesterday. He was
charged with being drunk and disturbing
the peace. Townsend was taken Into cus
tody late TueBday night by Captain Maltby.
He was stopping for the night at the home
.of his slater. Mra. Bell, on Ross street, and
took exception to the young folk occupying
the front parlor after midnight. He failed
to properly attire himself before starting
to elect tne young ioik ana vain, new sum
moned the police.
To those who have witnessed the various
companies presenting "East Lynne" the
last few years, the coming big revival of
' that famous play by Miss Courtenay Mor
' ran will appear to thoae In attendance aa
not only a pleaeant surprise, but a genuine
revelation. "East Lynne" has never had
a big reproduction before In Ita history
and Tt was a matter of speculation as to
V the wisdom of the management In Investing
so large a sum of money in a play that had
been exploited so much. The Investment
ihaa, however, proved a very lucky one, aa
A the bualnesa done by thla company with
" - Miss Morgan and tne specially selected
cast that supports her. It is said, has been
enormous. The highwater mark Is passed
at nearly every city visited. It will be at
the Dohany theater Sunday night.
A Miraculous
Feat.
"It eemed that nothing short
of a miracle could ave my little
daughter from an untimely
death," says City Marshall A.
H. Malcolm, of Cherokee.Kan.
" When two years old she was
taken with stomach and bowel
trouble and despite the efforts
of the best physicians we could
procure, she grew gradually
worse and was pronounced in
curable. A friend advised
miw Nervine
and after giving it a few days
she began to improve and final
ly fully recovered. She is now
past five years of age and the
very picture of health."
Seta all Druggists.
Dr. Mil Medical Co Elkhart, Ino,
LEWIS CUTLER
-Funeral Director
(Successor to W. C. Eatep)
M raCARl, STREET. Pks T.
BLUFFS.
IS CASE OF GIVE AND TARE
Terms of tha OompromiM by Which Oharlu
Offioer Beiignt m Administrator.
CREDITORS THINK IT A GOOD BARGAIN
Widow's lirreaitr of Dower Rlht
Adds Materially to tha Assets
Available to Extlncelsb
The4r Claims.
Papers filed in ths district court yester
day la the matter of the administration of
the estate of Thomas Officer, deceased,
made public the details of the settlement
and agreement between the creditors of tha
klfflct r & Tusey bank and Charles T. Officer,
whereby the Indictment on a charge of
criminal banking against the latter was dis
missed and be resigned as admtalstrator of
his father's estate In favor of Attorney J.
J. Stewart, representing creditors of the
defuact bank, whose claims aggregated
$300,000.
The creditors had petitioned the court to
remove Charles Officer as administrator of
the Thomas Officer estate, but while "there
was a charge of fraudulent banking stand
ing against him he refused to do so, but
notified the creditors that as soon as the
indictment against him was quashed and
the petition for its. removal withdrawn he
would willingly resign. This desired end
was brought about and the papers filed yes
terday show how:
Administrator Stewarts in consideration
of the agreement on the part of Elizabeth
M. Officer, widow of Thcmaa Officer, Charlea
T. Officer, William P. Officer and Julia B.
Officer, the heira, to waive certain claims
and convey their interests in tha eatate to
him, stipulates to release and discharge
any and all claims that the estate may have
bad in connection with the following mat
ters: . What Creditors Give l'p. .
'Certain gifts made by Thomas Officer ts
Charles T. Officer, William P. Officer and
Julia E. Officer, respectively, on or about
March 10, 1881.
The gift by Thomas Officer to Charles T.
Officer on or about December 28, 1884, of lot
11, block 10, Bayllss' first addition, being
the premises now occupied by Charles T.
Officer as his home.
The purchase by Elizabeth M. Offlcer
from Thomas Officer on or about July 1J,
1894, of what is known as the Monona
county farm, and the transfer and sale by
Thomaa Officer to Elizabeth M. Officer of
certain notes held by Thomas Officer against
J. T. Hart, and the repurchase by Thomaa
Officer from Elizabeth M. Officer of said
notes In part satisfaction of the purchase
price of this farm.
A certain gift and advancement of about
16,200 made by Thomas Officer to William
P. Officer on or about July t, 189S.
A gift to Julia E. Officer of certain notes
secured by stock made April 14. 1894, being
the notes and stock involved In the action
now pending in the district court, wherein
J. M. Galvln, special administrator, is
plaintiff and Julia E. Officer and others are
defendants. '
A certain claimed obligations against
Charlea T. Officer to Offcer & Pusey and
the recelvere of said firm, for the balance
of $1,000 lost by him on or about juarca
12 1899.
A further provlalon of tha stipulation a
that the action of J. M. Galvln. SDeclal
administrator, against Julia B. Officer, shall
be dismissed, but this release does not In
clude any obligation owing by Julia B.
Officer to the receivers of Officer ft Pusey.
for which the stock Involved in that action
Is held as collateral: but that subiect to
this obligation the stock is and hereby re
mains the sole and absolute property of
Julia E. Officer.
It is also stipulated that all claims against
the heirs of Thomaa Officer for rentals of
the real estate of ' Thomas Officer which
they may have collected or received since
his death, and which have not been Included
in th report of Charlea T. Officer, adminis
trator, or credited on his books to tha ac
count of the estate, are released, surren
dered and waived.
Heirs Concede Something.
On their part the heirs convey to J. J.
Stewart, administrator, all their right, title
and Interest of every name, kind and de
scription. In or to the property or estate
of Thomas Officer, either real or personal.
and assign and transfer to him all leaaea.
contracts and rants hereafter to accrus
in any. of aald real eaate.
Th widow, Elizabeth M. Officer, waives
and surrenders any and all right of dower
in or to th estate of Thomaa Officer. In
cluding the homestead and agrees to dis
miss her petition tor the assignment of
her dower.
Th heirs also waive and relinquish their
claims to any rents which have been col
lected by Charlea T. Officer and Included
In th reports made by htm In th admin
istration of tha .estate; thta, however, does
not include th. rents or profits, if any,'
which he has collected , and paid over to
the heirs of the estate entitled thereto,
and which have not been included in his
report as administrator.
Charlea T. Officer waives and relinquish?
any and all claima tor his aervlcss as ad
ministrator of his father's estate.
The light to occupy the homestead until
May 1, 1902, without rent or Interference.
reserved to the widow, Elizabeth M.
Officer.
Considered a Good Deal.
The compromlsa reached between Admin
istrator Stewart and the heirs of Thomss
Officer Is regarded as a favorable en for
the creditor of th Officer Puaey bank.
While th action brought -by Special Ad
ministrator Galvln agalnat Julia E. Officer
to recover into th estate certain ahares ot
atock In th Empkl-Shugart company of
thla city is dismissed and she is permitted
to retain ownership of th stock. On the
other band Mrs. Elizabeth Officer, tb
widow, relinquishes her dower claim of a
ons-thlrd Interest In th estate, including
th homestead, a valuable residence on
Willow avenue.
In ths event ot th suit of Special Ad
mlnlstrator Galvln against Miss Officer be
Ing decided in his favor it would only have
recovered Into th tt tat about $(.000, wall
by Mrs. Officer relinquishing her dower
right th creditors will be benefited about
$40,000. Charles Officer waives all claim
for remuneration while acting as adminis
trator, although he would have bn en
titled to receive $1,000 or mor.
Tk.er will be a rummaa sal at th eld
B-ao bu ill. ft j on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
J as tie errler tn Keaiga.
It was stated laat night tbat Justice J. W
Fsrrier had obtained a government posl
Uon In the Philippines and ttit be wot Id
resign as justic ot th peace for Krns
township by Mar 1. Th appointment of
bis successor will rest with ths Board ot
County Supervisors and it ts said Attoncy
O. 8. Blancbari, on of th younger mam-
bars of the local bar, has an Insldo track
on the appointment. Ovlde Vlec, former
lustte of the peace for eight years. Is said
to be after the place. Thomas Q. Harrlion
la alio said to be a candidate.
Gravel roofing, A. H. Read. 64) Broadway.
NOT SO FRANK WITH ASSESSOR
ftebmeka Corporation Admits It Is
Oneratla Street Hallway In
Council Bluffs.
Separate answers wer filed yesterday In
the district court by the Omaha it Council
Blurts Railway and Bridge company, Iowa
corporation; the Omaha ft Council Bluffs
Railway and Bridge company, Nebraska cor
poration, and the Omaha, Council Bluffs ft
Suburban Railway company in the quo war
ranto proceedings brought June 1$, 1901. In
the name of th 8tate of Iowa ex-rel H. I.
Forsyth, to declare th franchise under
which the three companies claim to be oper
ating null and void.
The Iowa corporation of ths old motor
company, while denying the allegation ot
the plaintiff admits that It Is a corporation
but nothing else. The Nebraska corporation
goea a little further and admits it Is oper
ating a street railway in Council Bluffs,
while the Omaha, Council Bluffs ft Sub
urban company admits it is operating a
street railway on and over th streets and
alleys mentioned in the complaint. The
admission of th Nebraaka corporation that
It Is operating a street railway in this city
Is Interesting in view of the fact that in
ths statement returned to City Assessor
Everest the company stated that the street
railway was being operated entirely by the
Omaha, Council Bluffs ft Suburban Railway
company and the only assessment made by
Mr. Everest Is against the Suburbsn com
pany. The franchise which Forsyth attacks Is
the one originally granted by the vote of
the people in December, 1897, to the Coun
cil Bluffs, Lake Manawa ft East Omaha
Construction company. This franchise was
subsequently transferred to the Omaha.
Council Bluffs ft Suburban Railway com
pany. The validity of the franchise Is at
tacked on the alleged grounds that th
Council Bluffs, Lake Manawa & East Omaha
Construction company was not a corpora
tion, but merely a voluntary .association or
copartnership of Charles R. Hannan, Era
met Tlnley and others. Also that the pro
visions ot th charter wer not lived up
to nor complied with. Forsyth also asks
that the alleged pretended assignment to
the Nebraska snd Iowa corporations of the
pretended stock of the Omsha, Council
Bluffs ft Suburban Railway company be de
clared fraudulent and void.
Ths quo warranto proceedings were begun
shortly after the old and new motor com
panies merged.
N. J". Plumbing Co.. telephone 250.
Horse Thief Get Away.
Officer Lorenzen, ons of the new police
men, had his first experience with a real
thief last night. It was a success from the
thief's point of view.
Word Led been received from Sioux City
to be on the lookout for a stolen team anil
buggy. The outfit waa located at Cherniss'
livery barn, and th officer sagely ooncluded
if he would wait th thief would come In
time. He did. I
A man answering tha description of the
thief put In an appearance at the barn and
Lorenzen took him into custody. On the
way to th city jail ti; thief took tb offi
cer into custody, threw Vim into a vacant
lot and escaped.
Davis sells paint.
Independent Telephone' Officers.
The Council Bluff Independent Telephone
company has elected these officers: Presi
dent, H. H. Van Brunt; vie president, J.
F. Wilcox; secretary, E. H. Walters; treas
urer, T. B. Lacey. These with the other
two Incorporators. Emmet Tlnley and B. O.
Bruington, comprise the board of directors.
Tb city council will meet this afternoon
as a committee of th whole to consider
ths ordinance Introduced by the company
last Monday night.
Plumtlng and heating. Ulxby ft Son.
Payette Goea Free.
The Indictment against James J. Payette
on a charge of breaking into and robbing
the Cole-Brelsford Hardware company's
store on Main street was dismissed in th
district court yesterday by County Attorney
Klllpack and Payette was released from
the county Jail. Payette th day after be
ing brought back to this side of the river
following his arrest broke out with small
pox, which necessitated th city jail being
quarantined for forty days.
Davis Mils glass.
Real Estate Traastera.
These transfers wer filed yesterday lc
th abstract, title and loan office ot J. W.
Squire, 101 Pearl street:
County treasurer to George 8. Wright,
a Kna nw iw Z3-7B-44, t. d.I I
Victor Jennings, executor, to Clara L.
Deyoerc so1 set U-7&-43. ii.nt
Inilth l.n mmm A
John Holsfaster' and 'wife" to ' Henry
1.600
nuiiimirr, ne ne and
nwH 31-77-41. and lot 1, block. 2, Jud
son's let add.. Neola. o. . A .
700
Council Bluffs Savings bank to F. O.
uieason. mm acres m lot 1, Audi
tor's subdlv. iwU ntU ai.7&-4.l n, A
200
James Bwanson and wife to John B.
nascn. iota l ana 2, block 10, Ferry
add., w. d
700
A. E Palmer and wife to F. N.
Vaughan, lot 12, block 2, Hutchin
son's 1st add., a. r. d
John I. Redlck and wife to 11 H.
Inktree, lot IB, block I, Potter ft
George Co's add., o. c. d
Iowa Business Men Building and
ixian HBKDciRiion to u. A, oloom,
part lot 11, block . Carson, q. c. d..
w. uavis and wire to August C.
Buck, lots i and 10, block 2o. Avoca,
w. d
800
August C. Buck to Wllhelmlna Buck.
io a ana an lot t, does. a.
Avoca. w. d
KM
Western Realty company to Charles
t.. nimnaii, iota 161 and lhS and lot
2. subdlv. of lot 149, original plat,
w. d..
.eco
Eleven transfers, total..
.$21 906
Iowa Undent Uees to Philippines.
IOWA CITY. Ia., April IT. (Special. It-
Cap' Lodge, who for two years past has
held the title of dean ot th University ot
Iowa athletic field, left for th Philippines
this morning, where he will serve for three
years In th ranks of ths United Btates
army. Deaa Lodge, as ha wss called by
th athletes, has always had th control
ot ths gates to Iowa field on the occasion
of secret practice by the Iowa teams.
Carnegie Makes Offer Waterloo.
WATERLOO. Ia., April 17. (Special Tel
egram.) A letter waa received today from
Andrew Carnegie, offering $30,000 for th
estsbllabment of a free library providing
ths city turniibes a suitable sit and $3.00
per year tor maintenance. Tb offer will
undoubtedly be accepted. The oaly alt
mentioned is East Sid Park snd will prob
bly be located there.
Sentences Bnaae to Haas;.
WAVERLT. Ia.. April 17. Judgs Kslly
this afternoon overruled a motion for a
new trial la th eaa of Louis Buss.
found guilty laat week of th murder of "hie
wife and then attempting to burn her
body. He then sentenced ths prisoner to
be hanged at the state penitentiary at Ana
mou April IT, 1901,
NO CLUE TO THE MURDERERS
Evidence Accumulates that Crime Wu Not
the Work of Colored Men.
TAX FERRETS START THE FIRST SUITS
Adjntnnt General Brers Paints Oat
one Objectionable Featnres to
Militia Bill Now rending;
In Congress.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, April 17. (Special.) Th
day brought practically no new develoo
menta In the murder case at Highland park.
A light rain thla morning washed away all
traces ot the crime. A consultation was
held between the mayor and police officers
and the conclusion reached, by reason of
the work of the dogs which have been used
in following 'the trail and other reasons,
that the murderers of the two children
did not go north in tha direction of the
mining camps where the colored men live,
but started directly toward the city and
turned In the direction of Highland Park
college, where a main road was reached.
In the opinion of many this makes it rea
sonably certain that the crime was not
committed by colored men, and it throws
suspicions on the people living in High
land park. The officers are also positive
now that there were two persons concerned
In the crime. They hsve a number of clues
which appear insignificant now, but may be
of value later on. It is reported they have
in their possession a button from the dress
of the little girl on which is imprinted In
blood the thumbmarks of a man and this
will be preserved for reference.
The funeral of the children was held this
afternoon in th small church in Hiehland
Park where the children bad attended serv
ices on the night they were murdered.
' Much Petty Crime.
Burglars . entered the home of E. W.
Crass last night between the hours of 12
and 4, and secured a woman's gold watch,
several gold rings and $22.60 in cash. Dur
ing the night men by the aid of a skeleton
key entered the home of Philip Schmidt
and secured a watch, some silverware and
a number of articles of Jewelry. Two more
holdups were brought to light this after
noon, despite the diligence with which
the police seek to guard the Information
from the public. This makes the total num
ber of holdups for the evening three. A
young farmer was held up on Court avenue
and robbed of $90. Another holdup occurred
in the northwest part of the city, the de
tails of which the police refuse to divulee.
Salts by Tax Ferrets.
Suits hav been commenced in the dis
trict court here against ten persons for
the collection of back taxes as shown by
the work of the tax ferrets, aggregating
about $5,000. . These are the first suits
brought here to enforce collection of taxes
on concealed property, although th tax
ferrets have had placed on the tax books
taxes to the amount of nearly $100,000.
The entire membership of the Stat
Board ot Control and State Architect Llebbe
left this morning on the semi-annual in
spection of state institutions. Th board
will visit Davenport, Mount Pleasant, Fort
Madison, Clarlnda and Council Bluffs, and
will be absent about ten days.
Oppose to Military Plan.
Adjutant General Byers ot Iowa has
written a strong letter to Senator Allison
protesting against the bill which is de
signed to take the place of th Dick bill.
which was approved by the guardsmen ot
th various states. The substitute pro
poses that the secretary of war may en
list a reserve force of 100,000 men who
snail be required to drill and be ready for
service. These would be to take the Disc
of tha guardsmen. Now tha guardsmen
propose that the state troops shall ba in
fact the reserve and be enlisted as such.
General Byere points out that the substi
tute would, be more costly to the United
Btates than the original plan and If passed
It would almost disorganize the national
guards of some of the states.
Meeting ot Osteopntba.
On June 25 and 26 the osteopaths of
the state will hold a meeting in this city
to elect state officers and plan for a more
active campaign. The association will pass
upon diplomas presented by graduates of
all the oateopathlc schools, and from thla
record the graduates will be prepared to
appear before tha Stat Board of Medical
Examiners and demand certificates to prac
tice In this state under the law recently
enacted. Still college of this city, the
Klrksvllle college, and other large schools
will be largely represented in the coiven
tion.
New Corporations.
Th articles of incorporation of the Citi
zens Railway and Light company were
filed with the secretary of state today.
The company has a capital ot $600,000 and
purposes the erection of an extensive light
and power plant in Muscatine and tb con
struction of street railways. The lncor
porators are Martin A. Devltt and Henry
W. Huttlg. ,
Tha second company organizes to ex
ploit th oil dlacoveriea in Bremer county
filed Its articles with th secretary of state
today. This is the Frederlka Oil company
ot Nashua. CapltaJ. $100,000; J. G. Laird,
president; William B. Perrin, secretary.
Other articles filed: Western Pearl Spe
cialty company, Muscatine, capital, $10,000;
by Elmer Becker, Lee Richards and George
Baer. Klngsley Telephone company; cap
ital. $25,000; J. C. Cottrell, president; J.
M. Wormley, secretary. Atallssa Savings
bank; capital. $12,600; George Black, presl
dent: Roy Ayemaster, cashier. Rex Fuel
company, Oakaloosa; capital, $6,000; H. L.
Spencer, president; C. W. Durfee, secre
tary.
TO ADDRESS IOWA STUDENTS
Booker T. Washington, Eminent Col
ored Lender, Will Participate In
Commencement Exerclaes.
IOWA CITY, Ia.. April IT. (Special.)
Booker T. Washington, the colored leader.
was today engaged by th regent ot th
University of Iowa to deliver an addreaa
during the commencement exercises ot the
university this June. While the exact oc
caslon of his address hss not yet been
determined, it Is thought by ths regeuls
that It will be delivered on June 11, the
day before th commencement exercises.
and will bs given befor the student body
No objection has been made by atudents
of the university to Mr. Waablngton's de
livering an address befor them com
mencement day and Regent Parker K. Hoi
brook of Onawa, chairman of th executive
committee, is certain that no senior will
object to receiving his diploma at a com
mencement at which Booker T. Washing
ton speaks.
Arrested for Breaklaaj Gam Law.
ONAWA, la., April 17. (Special.) Nd
Edmunds and Cade Jewell, two well known
fsrurars living near Blenco, wer arrested
yesterdsy on Information sworn out by W.
IC Sfrsin ah..! ft ,h,r,.4 with flahtn In
th Oliver lake on March 29, contrary to
th lawa of Iowa. There are twenty counts
In each information. They gave bond In
the sum of $r.00 for their appearance be
fore Howard Rota, Justice of the peace In
Onsws. Mike Engle, a restaurant keeper
of Onawa. was arrested charged with hav
ing alx black bass In his possession con
trary to the statutea and hla trial Is set
for April 17. ,
CALLS TO QUORUM OF SEVENTY
Coaferenee of Latter Day Paints
Kame n Nnmber ot New
Missionaries.
LAMONI. Ia, April IT. (Sperlsl Tele
gram.) Laat evening the exerclres at the
Saints' church were In charge of the La re on I
choir, which gave a sacred concert to the
lsrgest audleace which has yet gathered In
one room during the conference, msny belug
unsbls to find seats, standing lu the alsics
and doorways.
Prsyer servlc in the forenoon was In
charge of Brother Ellis Short of Indepen
dence and Heary Kemp of th Fremont (Ia.)
district. Preaching was by Elder Arthur
Allen of St. Louis.
Business was resumed at 2 o'clock. Presi
dent Smith in the chair. Prayer was of
fered by Elder Davis. The resignation of
William Anderson aa a member of the
board of trustee of Graceland college was
read. A report from the Daughters ot Zlon
was read.
A report from th first quorum of seventy
recommended that the following men be
called to the office of seventy. They had
not been conferred with and each responded
to the call as follows: Chsrles Fry asked
for time to consider; Arthur B. Phillips.
Walter M. Self and Paul M. Hanson signi
fied their willingness to accept; Adam J.
Keck said he would not decline, but doubted
the wisdom of the selection; W. R. Smith
was not present Action upon these names
was deferred until tomorrow.
Report from the second quorum ot seventy
contained calls of a like character for tb
following elders: George C. Tomllnson, not
present; J. W. Roberts snd C. E. Crumley
wer willing to accept. Th drdlnatlon of
George C. Tomllnson was referred to thi
missionary in charge of Canada, to take
place If be coaaents. The call to the office
of seventy Is a serious thing to any msn,
for it means tbat be will be willing to leave
home and family and devote his entire time
to prosecuting the gospel mission work
abroad.
By motion no new business csn be intro
duced after today.
The special order for 3 o'clock was taken
up, viz.: Tbs choosing of auditors for
church accounts. For the term of one year
Albert Carmlchael wss chosen: for the two-
year term Adam J. Keck and for the three-
year term Frank A. Ruaaelt.
A motion was introduced to tb effect
that It is the sense of this body that the
presiding bishop of the church should be
the treasurer of the board ot trustees of
Graceland college Referred to board ot
trustees. The resignation of William An
derson aa a member of the college board was
accepted. The following men were elected
to fill vacancies on the board: J. A. Gun-
solley and Danlol Anderson, to succeed
themselves, and W. A. Hopkins, to succeed
William Anderson.
Preaching tonight wss by Rudolph Eten-
houser from his chart. The prayer meet
ing tomorrow will be In charge of George
A. Smith and W. A. McDowell, followed by
preaching by Mark H. Foracutt of Nebraska
City. Tomorrow night F. M. Sheeny con
tinues his book of Mormon archaeology lec
ture. END OF WATSON'S ROMANCE
Trainer of Grlnnell'a Athletes Shows
Why He Refused Offers
I Elsewhere
ORINNELL, Ia., April IT. (Special Tele
gram.) Trainer "Jack" Watson, who for
the last five seasons has wrought wonders
with th small track team of Iowa college,
was married her this evening to Miss Arte
Williams. The marriage is the culmination
ot a happy romance of love and athletics.
During the last five years Trainer Watson
has manifested a strange devotion to the
fortunes of Iowa college. He has refused
far mor remunerative offers and has made
tb hearts ot th students glad by con
senting to remain. This devotion is par
tially explained in the light of events. He
Is well known all over th east and espe
cially in the vicinity of Boston. When J.
Harland Rush, Grlnnell's fast sprinter, was
looking for a trainer he wrote to Trainer
Christy of Princeton, who recommended
Watson. Watson had never been west and
wanted the experience, so engaged for the
season. But love played havoc with the
plana ot the athlete. Among the faces at
the meets and gala occasions he espied the
pretty countenance ot Miss Williams. The
memory of the face remained with him and
when opportunity offered be secured an in
troduction. Miss Williams resides In Grln
nell, where she attended the High school.
Whll developing Rush Into a wonder, who
was to defeat Wafers, Trainer Watson
found time to wta th affection of th
pretty Grinnell girl.
ROSE USES KNIFE IN FIGHT
Jabs Blade Several Times Into Corn
panlon' Head at Iowa Falls
ad I Jailed.
IOWA FALLS. Ia., April IT. (Special
Telegram.) Everett Rose was arrested
early this morning by Deputy Marshal Bar
rick, charged with attempt to commit mur
der. Tb victim of his assault is John Con
rad. Ths men left the city last evening to
gether and when a short distance south of
town quarrelled, resulting In Conrad being
stabbed several tlmea on th head with a
Jackknlfe. Conrad waa unconscious until
this morning. The men are supposed to
have been under the influence of liquor at
th time. Rose Is to be given a hearing be
fore Justice Bryson today and will be sent
to Jail at Eldora until the extent of Con
rad's Injuries develop.
EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING
Gasoline Lamp Bnrsts, Blowing Ont
Front of Store and Injuria
On Mnn.
,
WEBSTER CITY. Ia.. April IT. (Special
Telegram.) A gasoline lamp exploded In
the general store of Bossert & Hslverson
at Woolstock last night, blowing out th
entire front of the building snd damaging
goods to the amount of $1,000. The slock
is fully lntured.
Samuel Pate, a bystander, waa knocked
senseless snd severely cut by flying glaaa.
Railroad Deal at Slonx City.
SIOUX CITY, Ia., April 17. Deeds for
$65,000 worth of ' property connecting the
Union terulnals with tha combination
bridge over the Missouri were filed today.
J. C. Coombs, a Boston capitalist. Is tbs
purchaser. Mr. Coombs' plan are said
to involvs th connection of Sioux City
with certain railroad systems to the west.
Reports connect th O'Neill Western, the
Oreat Western snd Senator Clark s road
with the deal. The O'Neill sV Western
road extends to O'Neill, Neb.
Yankton Convention Hall.
YANKTON. S. D., April 17. (Special.)
Tb Yankton county convention, to elect
thlrty-thre delegates to the stats conven
tion at Sioux Falls In June for th purpose
of nominating a republican state ticket, has
bee called for May I. It alll meet at
Yanktoa.
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FACTS ABOUT IRRIGATION
Department of Agriculture Issuei a Bull
etin of Oreat Value.
METHODS OF PREVENTING WASTAGE
Available Supply of Water loilil Ac
rnrapyjah Mark More Good If t are
Is Tnkrn f Ia DU
trlhatlon. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, April 17. (Special.) Tbs
second annual report, bulletin 104, of th
Irrigation Investigations of the United
States Department of Agriculture, under
the direction ot El wood Mead, has Just been
(sued. It contains 334 pages and Is fully
Illustrated. The leading subject of the in
esttgatlon Is to determine ths quantity u.
water used by farmers In various parts ot
the arid region. In his review of the work
for the year 1900 Mr. Mead says that farm
era nerd an approximate knowledge of the
duty of water in order to make Intelligent
contracta for their supply. It la needed by
the engineers and Investors In order to
properly plan canala and reeervolrs. With
out this knowledge every Important trans
action in the construction of Irrigation
works or In the distribution of water there
from Is very largely dependent on individ
ual Judgment or conjecture. Rights to use
of water cannot be Impartially atttled un
ices at least an approximate knowledge of
the duty of water Is available.
Many works havs been planned on the
assumption that water enough to rover land
to a depth of one foot during the aeann
would bring crops to maturity, while the
average depth of water used, measured at
the points of diversion, was over four feet.
A large part ot this water Is lost from the
canals between the headgates and the land
Irrigated by seepage and evaporation. This
loss has been found to be much larger than
had been supposed, the average of all tbs
measurements reported showing a liss of
2.47 per cent per mile of the water taken in
at the heads of canals. The lowest meas
urement reported is about a quarter of 1
per cent per mile, while tha largest ta
more than 6 per cent per mile. Slight Im
provements oftn reduce greatly the loss
due to seepage, if the places where this Is
the most serious can be pointed out. The
investigations In the field have this object
In view. In many places such work woull
result In a doubling; of the water supply.
While the loss from csnals is In itself a
serious matter, the greatest harm Is often
done to low-lying lands which become too
wet to grow crops, or, if the subsoils con
tain injurious salts these are brought to
the surface and vegetable growth thus
made impossible. There will, therefore, De
a double saving from Improvements which
prevent largo losses of water from canals.
The reports give the methods employed In
different parts of the west for reducing
these losses.
Xerd of Storage.
AH reports emphasize the need of stor
age not only for Increasing the area culti
vated, but to properly farm the areas al
ready under cultivation. An important ques
tion in the construction of storage reser
voirs Is the amount and character of the
slit carried by streams whose waters are
stored. Investigations of this question have
been begun In the southwest, but its study
will have to be carried on for a number of
seasons before much definite information
will be available. The progress report con
tained in Bulletin 104 deals with the
methods used for preventing the deposits
of silt. This is sometimes accomplished
by making settling basins In the feeders
at short distances above the reservoirs,
thus checking the velocity of the stream
and permitting a deposit ot the greater
part of the silt. Sluicing reservoirs to re
move the silt have not yet been attempted
in connection with this Investigation.
There has been much demand for in
formation In regard to pumping water for
Irrigation. In many places it is believed
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thet this would be a cheaper method of
obtaining a water supply thnn the construe
Hon of long canals. The report contains
the records of cost and capacity of pumping
stations in Arisona and California. It is
estimated that water sufficient to Irrigate
sn sore of ground can ba supplied by pump
ing at an average cost of $10 per acre tn
Arizona, and in California, ht-rr elec
tricity can be cheaply generated by water
power, the cost does not exceed from 23
to 35 cents per acre. The difference llrs
sltogether In the cost of developing power,
for which no general estimates can be
made.
F.aperlmenta In Xehraska.
In addition to the general Investigations
In the arid region, experlmenta were begun
In eastern Nebraska. A large canal was
built In a region where tor thirty vears
crops have been raised by rainfall alone.
The results show that even In realons
where the rainfall Is ordinarily sufficient
tor the raising of profitable crops, the use
of an additional supply of water much more
than pays for the construction ot Irrita
tion wcrks.
The improvement In ths design of In
struments for measuring water hss been
marked and farmers are adopting the water
registers at a number of places where It
is Important to have continuous records ot
the flow of canals and laterals.
Aside from the principal questions dis
cussed In the report, there Is much of
value to the Irrigator relative to the
methods ot diverting and distributing water
in each state. Thees details, while valuable
to the farmet of some experience in Irriga
tion, will be especially helpful to those
who are unacquainted with agriculture
where conditions are such as to make the
artificial application of water, necessary.
TELLS OF FILIPINO CRUELTY
Lieutenant Colonel Dlrkmas Kmou
erntea Americana and Blames
Inanraents for Atrocities.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The report of
Lieutenant Colonel Dlckman, Twenty-sixth
volunteer Infantry, which was referred to
st yesterday's cabinet meeting aa part of
the Initial Investigations of the charge of
cruelty to the Filipinos, was submitted to
congress two weeks ago, but received very
little attention at the time. The letter waa
written by Colonel Dlckman from the
Presidio at San Francisco, April 24. 1901.
He had been directed to Investigate Ser
geant Riley's charge that the water cure
was administered at Igharas, a fact to
which he also testified before the senate
committee last Monday. Colonel Dlckman
made this return in part to the Wat de
partment: Sergeant Riley. Company M. Twenty
sixth Infantry, U. 8. N., slates that the
publication Inclosed was of a private let
ter and without any authority wlratever.
The tendency of enlisted men to draw the
long bow In such cases Is well known.
Major Cook, Captain McDonald and Ser
geant Riley state that no officers or sol
diers of this regiment took part In any
so-called water-cure proceedings or other
threats against the natives on the occa
sion stated.
Colonel Dlckman then gives a list ot
atrocities inflicted by the Filipinos upon
Americans unfortunate enough to fall Into
their hands. He tells of ambushes and as
sassinations and burning of soldiers by slow
fires and of burials alive of American sol
diers, all ot which be offers to prove in de
tail. He winds up as follows:'
The conduct of the American troops In
the Philippines has been so humane as to
be a continued source of surprise to all
foreigners and to the natives. Although
Qeneial order No. W0 (the repressive or
der) has not been revoked. Its provisions
against treachery, according to the law
and custom of war of all civilised nations,
have not Leen applied to my knowledge.
ADDIE JOSS BEFORE THE BAR
Pitcher Indicted for Herelvlna- Money
Inder False Pretense After
Jumping; Contract.
(TOLEDO, Apry 17. Addle Joss, the base
ball pitcher, who repudiated a Toledo con
tract and signed with the Cleveland team,
hns been Indicted for receiving money
under false pretense. He received VM ad
vance money from Manager Strobe! of the
Toledo team.
BY THE TWO GREAT
POWERS
DISEASES OF MEN
VARICOCLE,
HYDROCELE,
STRICTURE,
NERVO-SEXUAL DEBILITY,
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON,
RUPTURE, KIDNEY and
URINARY DISEASES,
and all reflex complications and assoclst
diseases and weaknesses of men.
Young, Middle-Aged and Old Man
all at oar esBeea toany, nr write for
nr hook, FRER
which will explain th dlsessea we cure,
and how we cure them to atay cured when
others fall
Wa make no rharre for nrlvate counsel.
snd give each patient a LEX1AL CON-
1HACT to hold for our promises.
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QUARRELS
STORES.
MEN