Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 27, 1902, PART I, Page 8, Image 8
THE OMAHA DAILY I1F,E: SUNDAY, APRIL. 27, !002. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. 'If You Have) Them From Us, They're Rlht." 8 COUNCIL MISOR MKSTIOS. Davis fill drugs. Btockert ells carpets and rugs. Wollman, aclvntlllc optician, 4 B'way. Take home a brick of Metzger s Ice Cream. Vantla. loc; Neopolltan, Sic. J C. and W. Woodward, architects, room t, Everett block, Council Mutts, la. New goods and outfits for pyrographle work at Alexiudur s Art Store. ii way. Go to Morgan & Klein for upholstering, mattress making and teuther renovating. 122 South Main street. 'Phone MS. For sale, excellent building lot In Central ub., slse 44x121). This Is a bargain for Some one, for cash sale or will sell on pay ment plan. Lot In located on Avenue B, within several blocks of good school, . ail or address K. F. Watts, Hee oftlce, Council Bluffs. John Mulquren, sr., has Bone to Excelsior Springs, Mo., for the bcnelit of hla health. W. O. Letton, munnger of the Grand hotel, has gone to Clayton, N. V., on a visit. Miss Mankcy of New. lt, la.. Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. W. I'ember of bouth First street. Excelsior Masonic lodge will hold a spe cial communication this evening for work In the third degree. Justice J. W. Kerrler went to Ottumwa yesterday on business connected with the Knights of Pythias. Mr. end Mrs. Harry Pierce are home from Texas, where Mr. Pierce went to loott after hla oil land Interests. A marriage license was Issued yesterday to L. M. Khaw, aged iiT, and Dertha Mer rill, aged 2o, both of irnderwood, la. Mllllnerv reduction sale at Mrs. A. Mus ters, 321 Broadway. All trimmed hats are reduced to cost price for Saturday only. The windstorm yesterday blew down the billboards In all parts of the city. 1111 poster Nichols estimates his loss ut low. The Juunlta Ctlee club of Chicago will rive a sacred song service at Trinity Methodist church Sunday morning at 10:) o'clock, Harry Nicholson complained to the police yesterday morning that while he was call ing on his sweetheart Thursday night some one carried off his bicycle. William Babrlck, the Itinerant mender of umbrellas who tried to dispose of express money order receipts, representing they were bills of lading for goods he had pur chased, was fined $5 and costs In police court yesterday morning on a charge of general vagrancy. The Grand Hotel company has decided upon a number of Important Improve ments. The dining room will be changed from the sixth to the ground floor, neces sitating a complete change In the arrange ment of the rotunda and olllce. The room now used aa a dining room will be kept for dancing purposes and as a meeting ball. The mcr;ttng of the Council Bluffs aerie. Fraternal Order of Kagles, last night, at which between forty and nrty business men were to have been initiated, had to be postponed on account of the hall t.ein flooded by the rain, which poured down through the roof. The roof had been partly torn off during the windstorm on Wednesday and the repairs had not been completed. Judge Wheeler has overruled the motion for a new trial In the suit of H. L. Tin ley, administrator of the estate of Leo Bteln, against the motor company, and en tered Judgment for the plaintiff In the um of I2.0U0. Leo Stein, tho young son of Jacob Stein, was run down and killed by a motor car on Broadway. The case wua tried In May, 1901, and resulted In the Jury giving the plaintiff a verdict for fcl.uuu. A telephone message was received at noon yesterday at police headquarters to the effect that there was a dead man hi a boxcar on the Burlington tracks on Elev enth avenue. Uetectlve Murphy was de tailed to Investigate. Instead of a corpse be found a tramp sleeping off a drunk. All efforts to arouse the fellow proved futile and It was two hours alter he had bten locked up at the city Jail before he sobered up sufficiently to give his name aa Mike Oswald. Go-Won-Go Mohawk, the Indian actress, will appear at the Dohany theater tomor row night In Lincoln J. Carter's border melodrama, "The Flaming Arrow." Miss Mohawks support Includes a large cast ot white actors, a band of full-blooded In dians and four finely tra'ned horses. As White Eagle, the hero, Miss Mohawk Is Jlven the opportunity to handle a rather lfticult male Impersonation, And Is said to do credit to herself. She Is given numerous opportunities to deliver some very thrilling lines and to participate in many exciting and sensational scenes. Plumbing and beating. Uliby Son. Imagines He Is Kins; of Sweden. The fact that Chrta Johnson labors under ths hallucination that he Is the king of Sweden and not the son of Nels Johnson, a well-to-do farmer of Pottawattamie county, baa Induced his father to file an Informa tion against him, charging him with being mentally deranged, and the commissioners for the insane will Investigate the case this morning. A tew weeks ago while young Johnson was boarding at the Chicago bouse In this city, he showed signs of mental derange ment, and at the request of his parents ! was placed in St. Bernard's hospital. His condition Improved and he was taken to the homo of bis parents in Garner town hip. Within the last few days he has again become possessed of the Idea that be Is Sweden's ruler with purple blood flowing through bis veins, and hla actions becams such that his family feared for their safety, so they decided to apply to the commissioners to have him committed to the State asylum In Clartnda. Gravel rooting, A. H. Read. 64 1 Broadway. H. T. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. Tightening l'p oa Saloons. Mayor Morgan yesterday Instructed the police to see that all saloons are closed tight at 12 o'clock at night on week days and ( o'clock tn the evenings on Sundays. The order Is to go into effect today. All of the ssloon keepers In the city were notified of the mayor's order last night, and but few of them raised any objection to Closing at midnight on week days, but most of them protested against being com- i palled to close down Sunday evenings at 6 1 i'clock. They assert that It will drive their patrona across the river. The mayor also Instructed the police to rigidly enforce the order prohibiting the opening of front doors of saloons on Sun days, It being reported that a number of saloons In the outskirts of the city violated this rule. Davis sells glass. i 3 vJ Davis sells paint. DOIIAtlY THEATER: Sunday, April 27 G0-V0Ii-G0 MQIIAVVK In a Picturesque Western Play, Tha Flaming Arrow Aft V I D.i.1.1 A R citing hor race, the "eclipse of the moon, the council nre and the ghoi dance, the flaming arrow, the aiUik on old Fort Keuo. and th wonderful horses, Wongy and liuckskln. tl ITS ( LEASKU-. ryd and preased. Special attention given ladles' garments. Also chenille curtain neatly cleanrd. dyed aid pressed. 'Phone A -till Iowa Steam De Works. U4 Uruadway. LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Direc'or- (Successor to W. C. Estap) M raiHL STHfcKT. Tkuas 7. BLUFFS. APPRAISE OFFICER REALTY Valuation of $19,297 Placed Upon the Por tion Eemaining Unsold. FARM IN HARDIN TOWNSHIP IS SOLD This, with Money on Hand, Makes F.nonh for Another Dividend to Creditors of Twenty Per Cent. The real estate holdings of the Thomas Officer estate, to which the creditors of ; the defunct Officer & Pusey bank look for ( payment of their claims In part. Is worth I19.29T.50, according to the report of the appraisers filed yesterday. The appraisers, who were appointed at the request of Ad ministrator Stewart, are: J. R. McPherson, 8. O. t'uderwood and H. Ouren. The real estate belonging to Thomas Officer remain Ing unsold consists of lpts In the cty of 1 Council Bluffs, Including the homestead on ' Willow avenue, valued by the anDralsera at . $8,250. one lot In Bayliss' second addition li property, with a probable right to lmme appralsed at $3,000, another in the same ad- j alat possession and that the property Is dltion at $1,800. and one in Haifa addition ' likely to suffer through lack of proper caro at $1,600, while the rest average about $100 I n1 repalra. Frank T. True Is appointed each. j receiver with power to collect the rents, Since Attorney Stewart was appointed ad- J make the necessary repairs and conduct the mlnistrator In place of Charles T. Officer, ha i hotel he deems best for the interest of has completed the sale of what was known the owner. George W. Matthews, the pres as the Hardin township farm belonging to j fnt occupant, who claimed an equity In the the estate, (or $17,442. Of this amount 1 Officer had received $2,000, and had included It In his final report. Officer turned over to Administrator Stewart $14,749.84, which, with the proceeds of the Hardin township farm, makes a little over $30,000 In Mr. Stewart's hands. The receivers of the bank have about $25,000 In their hands and to this will be added the amount owing by Miss Julia Officer which U hotwoon 14 00ft and li 000 This added tn tha fnnrt.' In 1 ana i.,uuu. i nis aaaea to the funds In , possession of Mr. Stewart will enable the payment of another dividend In the near future of shout ia ner rent hn. . Ul. 1 r-- . a i oa per cent mat me creditors win nave received on their claims against the bank. The remaining assets outside of the mines In Colorado of the Thomas Officer estate will not exceed $3,000. The value of the mines In Colorado Is problematic, but In order to acquaint himself with the prop erty there. Administrator Stewart will leave next week for Colorado, tn or"der that he may be able to make a report to the cred itors. Homes for All. at low prices ror saie at low prices and easy payments, home's In all parts of the city, Including some of the nicest - residences and those of moderate size. Also dwell ings and business property In Omaha. Farms bought and sold. It will pay you to see us at the abstract office of J. W. Squire. DECLARE FOUNDRY A NUISANCE Hesldents Will Enjoin Spraarae Iron Works from Occupying; New Location. The Sprague Iron Works company, which has sold Its Interest In the foundry at Twelfth street and Tenth avenue to W. I. Walker, has announced Its intention of starting a foundry In the buildings for merly occupied by the electric light com pany as a power station on Third avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, and In consequence the residents and property owners in that vicinity are up in arms. When It became known yesterday that the Sprague company Intended transferring Its foundry from Its old location to the old plant of the electrlo light company on Third avenue there was a scramble on the part of adjoining property owners to consult their attorneys with a view to bringing injunction proceedings in the courts to restrain the creation of such a "nuisance" In their midst. It la expected that one or more such suits will be begun In the district court today. The law provides that a nuisance, such as a foundry la claimed would be, cannot be created In a residence district to the annoyance of adjoining property owners and residents. Residents in that neighbor hood put up with the electric light plant as long as they were compelled to, but now that' the plant baa been abandoned and the machinery all removed, will resist to the last the Installation of a founndry, with Its Incessant nclse, in their midst. W. I. Walker of Rock Island, who has purchased the property of the Sprague Iron works, plana to move bis Implement specialty manufacturing plant from that city to Council Bluffs. For the operation or his plant here Mr. Walker figures on forming a new company, with a capitaliza tion of not less than $150,000, and expects to materially increase the output of bis plant. The Sprague company will retain pos session of Its present premises until Oc tober 1, but In the meantime proposes to proceed with the remodeling of the build ings of the electric light company for Its future use and to begin the erection of a now foundry building on this property. Property owners in the vicinity, however, say that not a brick or tne new lounary w,u be U(, untU , rlght to do i0 ha. beon UsUd , tho courU. pcpif flRIFPT Tfl FRFF7F0IIT BtL UbJtU&IU rHtttUUI Declare Ills Intention of Flclitln- It Out on This Line It It Takes -All Summer. Colonel Beck, who during the short life of Manawa at an Incorporated town, was Its mayor, has declared his Intention of flyhtlng the motor company to the bitter end If it persists in what he terms its game of freezeout. Colorcl Beck is proprietor 5 of a cafe, which Is located directly opposite what last year was the main entrance to the Laike Manama resort. The motor com pany having changed the plans of its grounds this year, by enclosing Manawa park and moving Its fence to the far side of the street, will practically shut oft ac cess to Colonel Beck's place. This is not to the liking of Manawa's erstwhile chief executive and he Is consequently up In i arms. He baa declared hla Intention in the event or the motor company persisting to ' build Its fence directly In front of his place v ' enforce the law and prevent the sale of liquor at the company's resort, and to further enforce tha law prohibiting public entertainments on Sunday. The colonel states ha is tn the fight to atsy and that the Injunction proceedings begun In ths district court by himself and two other property owners at the Jake is but the commencement of the trouble which the mjtor company will bring on Itself if it persists in Us gams of freessout. nistrthatlaa; Taa Money. County Treasurer Arnd turned over to the city yesterday $W,0O$.09. being the municipality's proportion of the tax collec tions for March. Of the amount $:6.496.74 represented regular taxes and $8,50.35 spe cial assessment taxes. Treasurer Arnd Is sending out the quar terly remittances to the school treasurers of tho county, amounting to $129,049.77. The school tax Is distributed quarterly among the country districts, but the proportion of the Independent district of Council Bluffs Is paid monthly, that for March, which was turned over yesterday, amounting to $52,367.67. The road money derived from the road fund tax, will be distributed this week to the township clerks, amounts to $13,916.89 for the quarter. Treasurer Arnd reports that the tax col lections for the first quarter of this year are above the average and more than $50, 000 over those for the corresponding period of 1901. The collections for the quarter ending March 31, this year, were J356.3S8.20, as against $29S,175.67 for the first three months of last year. The collections for the month of March this year amounted to $279,647.16, as against $264,504.59 for the same month In 1901. Receiver for Osden Hons. Judge Wheeler of the district court handed down hla decision In the application of Charles E. Kimball, the recent purchaser of the property, for the appointment of a receiver for the T)gden hotel. The court bolds that Kimball Is the owner of the property, on account of money alleged to have been expended by him In keeping ths hotel open, Is permitted to retain possession of the rooms he and his wife now occupy for a period of thirty days. Ileal Kstate Transfers. These transfers were filed yesterday In lne abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Thomas D. Metcalf and wire to J. W. jjeii, t I7 nn(1 5 fePt )ot 16 bIock 2. Turlev & White's subdiv. w. d t S65 jonepn Bomervme to c. U. Tyler, sw4 . ,nwH, !--. w. d. .. .. . . 1.S00 oeivey ana nusnana to Mil lnerva Moss, lot 10, Hanthorn's add. Love land, w. d 400 Total, three transfers $ 3,165 Ban Illinois Central. CEDAR FALLS, la., April 26. (Special.) The action started by the city council three weeks ago to compel tho Illinois Cen tral to run its trains from Mona Junction to this city may result in the roadbed of the Lyle branch of the Central being changed The company which built this branch was organized In Cedar Falls In 1858 and the road when built was known as the Cedar Falls & Minnesota. Owing to the prices asked for land over which the road bed was built the company avoided the city limits by one mile and no trains stop here and the Improvement started by Cedar Falls capital became a benefit to Waterloo and was the primary cause for the location of the shops there. The articles of incorporation state that the road shall enter the city limits and It is on this point that the case will be based. The company made a survey of the pro posed changed route a year ago and esti mated that the improvement would cost $36,000. ' ' Two Biases at Shenandoah. SHENANDOAH, la., April 25. (Special.) At 4 o'clock yesterday morning flre de stroyed the house occupied by S. P. Clift in the west part of town. The family bad not yet arisen, and the origin of the fire la unknown. The bouse was entirely de stroyed, though the greater part of the contents were saved. Wednesday morning a hog house owned by A. J. Swanson, north east of this place, was discovered on fire. The bouse and eleven hogs were burned and it was only by persistent effort that Mr. Swanson's big barn was saved. Iowa Keeps Its Professor. IOWA CITT. Ia.( April 26. (Special Tele gram.) The board of regents of the Univer sity of Iowa today met the offer of Western university for Prof. Harvey Sanger Rich ards of the law faculty and ha will remain. A dinner, was given the retiring regent, Harvey Ingham of Algona, and resolutions adopted recounting his useful service to the university. The board determined to erect three modern medical buildings in a group for the College of Medicine. The purchase of ground and selection of an architect was left to the building committee. Northwestern Wants Iowa Professor. IOWA CITY. April 26. (Special.) Ths Northwestern university school of law has extended a call to a professorship to Harry Sanger Richards, professor of law in the college of law of the University of Iowa and secretary of the law faculty. Prof. Richards has taken the matter under ad visement and will make known his decision next week. He will probably accept tho offer. His present salary Is $2,100 and the salary tendered hm by the Northwestern university is $3,000. Wisconsin Sheriff Gets Ills Man. IOWA FALLS, la., April 26. (Special.) Henry O. Smith of Phillips, Wis., was ar rested here last evening, charged with seduction. He Is a young man and was at work with a fence gang along the line or the Des Moines, Iowa Falls t Northern road. Deputy Sheriff Hunt of Price county, Wisconsin, left last evening for Phillips, the prisoner waiving requisition papers. Poor Health Causes Suicide. SHENANDOAH. Ia., April 28. (Special.) Warner Hooker of Walla Walla, Wash., son of P. R Hooker of Essex, this county, committed suicide by taking poison. Mr. Hooker was well known In this section and his parents and his wife's parents reside In Essex. Mr. Hooker was in poor health for some time and It Is thought despondency caused bis act. He carried $3,000 lite In surance. Library Site Hard to Choose. IOWA CITY. April 26 (Special.) The site for the Carnegie library building in Iowa City iias become the leading theme in Iowa City. One location was selected by the library board opposite the University hospital, but the city council defeated it by a strictly party vote. The library board has recommended another site in the same block as its first recommendation. Ilepabllcans (uuttut at Kldorn. IOWA FALL8. Ia., April 26. (Special.) The republican county convention con venes at Eldora today to nominate dele gates to the Third district congressional convention at Waterloo May 1, when Speaker D. B. Henderson will be renom inated for another term. Delegates to ths state and Judicial conventions, which have not beeo called as yet. will be named. Forty Baker Btadrats Suspended. BALDWIN. Kan.. April M. Forty stu dents of Haker unlverttliy here have been suspended for breaking into the gymnasium Thursday during a basket Dal" ganis be tween two ladles' teams nt the college. The officials say the offenders can be re tnatattd only on petition to the faculty. L1NDT PICKED FOR WINNER Opinion Expressed Ho Will Be Unani mously Elected Commander of 0. A. E. PREPARATIONS MADE FOR A BIG TIME Congressman Hall Itrcommends Mc Kay for Postmaster at Des Moines, but the Drpatyahlp Is Troublesome, (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, April 26. (Special.) "It Is certain that John Lindt of Council Bluffs will be elected the next commander of the Iowa department, Grand Army of the Republic." This statement was made today by Commander George Metzger of Daven port, who airlved In the city last evening for the purpose of getting out his final or der relating to tho state encampment, which Is to be held in this city May 20, 21 and 22. Llndt Is an enthusiastic Grand Army man and has before been a candi date for the high honor of state com mander. It is the general feeling of prom inent members now that he should receive the unanimous vote of the delegates. Contracts have been made for the dec orations for the encampment. About $1,200 will be expended by the department for the beautifying of the streets and the halls where the meetings are to be held. This, with the private decorations, will un doubtedly make the greatest showing of any similar gathering ever held in the state. It Is expected the attendance will be grati fying to the local committees, inasmuch aa the railroads have made concessions re garding the term of the special ratea that will give the visitors nearly a week in the city. It has been arranged on the opening day to have a public reception in the executive chambers at the state house at 4 p. m. and another in the evening at the conven tion auditorium. At the latter will be given an address of welcome by Mayor Brenton, a welcome on behalf of the state by Governor Cummins and a response on behalf of the organizations represented from Commander Metzger. Among the campfires arranged for the most notable is Wednesday evening, when General Dodge will read a paper giving personal recollections of General Sherman. General Williamson and other prominent Iowans will also contribute to the enter tainment, besides there being a musical program arranged. This will be given at the Auditorium and the public is invited. Another campflre will be held by the vet erans of the Spanish-American war, at which the principal speaker will be Hon. Claude Porter of Appanoose county. Examination of Law Students. Arrangements are now being made for the semi-annual examination of law stu dents for admission to the bar. The ex amination begins May 13 before a state board appointed by the judges of the su preme court and will be held at the state capitol. A class of about thirty is ex pected. Had it not been ror the change In the rules laid down by the court requir ing that students now take a three-year instead of two-year course, as formerly, there would have been 100 or more In the class. As It is, many are now going east to take the finishing touches required by the .Iowa examiners. Governor Cummins today made an ap pointment of the commissioners for the riverfront improvement In Cedar Rapids, authorized by an act of the last general assembly, giving special charter cities of certain population control of meandered streams parsing through such corpora tions. The act affects only Cedar Rapldt and Ottumwa and as the result those cities will make great improvements in the ap pearance of this portion of their cities. Hull Selects a Postmaster. It was ascertained today upon apparently reliable authority that Congressman J. A. T. Hull has written a letter to John Mc Kay, sr.. Informing him that be bad se lected Mr. McKay as the successor of Post master Lewis Schooler and has so Informed the president. No public announcement has been authoritatively made, as yet, for the alleged reason that the deputyshlp It occasioning considerable difficulty, Mr. Mc Kay desiring that County Chairman Lay man, deputy treasurer, be given the place and the congressman being unwilling to unseat George Van Dyke, the present in cumbent, unless he is able to procure an equally satisfactory position for blm, It Is said Secretary Shaw has been approached with a view to make a place for Mr. Van Dyke, and that the difficulty be adjusted In this manner. Mr. McKay Is now serving his second term as county treasurer. Prior to bis election to the treasuryshlp, he had served two terms as alderman. He was manager of Congressman's Hull's re cent campaign, and scored a success In the face of determined opposition. Marder Still a Mystery. It is now apparent that the Peterson mur der case la destined to go down into his tory as another mystery, a parallel to the Mabel ScoDeld case. The various suspects taken Into custody by the police have been released from time to time until at last the detectives announce th-y have ex hausted all clues, and will henceforth pur sue a waiting game, hoping against hope that the murderer or murderers will event ually grow careless and betray themselves In some manner. Approximately $2,000 re ward bas been offered for the apprehension of the guilty person or persons. Helps Out Army Post. The seeming Interminable wrangle over the Dea Moines army post passed an other mile-post today when Judge McVey of the district court refused to dismiss the Injunction proceedings Instituted with a view of releasing $50,000 that has been tied up by socialists, at a time the money was most needed for the purpose of laying water mains to the site of the post. Just as the mists that have enshrouded the post for two years seemed to be clearing away and by special act of the legislature tho money for the waterworks seemed available, John M. Work, the socialist candidate for maydr, filed an Injunction suit, preventing the transfer of the fund, on the ground that it had originally been raised tor an other purpose It was conceded that the action was brought by the socialists merely as a dilatory proceeding, and that when tba matter came to trial, it would result In dismissal of the Injunction. But the social ists refused to permit the case to come to an early trial. It waa thereupon deter mined. to file a bond Indemnifying the city auditor against damages, and thereby en able blm to transfer the sum Immediately. Upon learning that the socialists would In stitute another injunction suit against this proceude, the friends of the post has tened to bring such suit first, as a test rase, and submit It to immediate trial. Hearing was had today. The socialists In tervened, alleging that the Injunction pro ceedings was brought through collusion and with the intention of defrauding the social ists. McVey late today ruled that there bad been no collusion and refused to grant the Injunction. It is therefore probable work on the army pest, ao long delayed and so often postponed, will be rtsumed at aa early date Negligee Shirts Getting in new designs and patterns aa fast a they are pro- duced by thren of the beat manufacturer! in America Monarch, Wilson Bros, and Gold and Silver, at 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 Men's Shirt Waists Don't wait, as you did last year, until the lines are broken, but come in and pelect your pattern early from the swell est line that will be shown by any house in the west from WORKERS IN IRON CONVENE Every Train for Wheeling Filled to Over flowing with Delegates. FIGHT IS TO BE OVER THE WAGE SCALE No Objection to the Scale Itself, bat to the Manner In Which Officers or Federation Sign It. WHEELING, W. Va., April 26. Notwith standing an overcast sky, cooler weather and occasional showers, the union Iron workers of the trt-state radius are coming to Wheeling this morning by thousands. Every train Is filled to overflowing and the delegates from Pittsburg and Youngs town districts and from Cumberland, Md., are notable for their size and enthusiasm, while the nearby towns of the Wheeling district are dumping their population into the city almost enmasse. The parade occurs at noon and the Indi cations are that there will be 10,000 men in line If showers do not interfere with the turnout. Following the parade the crowds will assemble at Wheeling park, where addresses are to be made by Gov ernor White of West Virginia, Congress man B. B. Dovener, J. W. Slayton of New castle. Pa., a labor leader; President Shaffer and Assistant Secretary Tlghe of the Amalgamated association and others. No session of the association Is being held today, but on Monday the recom mendations of the several committees will be made to the convention, after, which several pretty contests will be Inaugurated upon the floor. Foremost among these will be that on wage scale. The majority report of the committee, that the action of the national officers In signing up the scales in advance of the convention be endorsed, probably will be adopted, but not without a strong fight for the adoption of the minority report, which takes no exception to the scales in themselves, but registers constitutional objections. Late Information Is that the federation of labor representative, F. H. Flynn, will not be accorded the floor of the convention for making an attack upon Shaffer in re turn for tba letter's strictures upon Gompers. If Flynn Is not accorded a hear ing it Is said Gompers will make a public statement through the press of his attitude during the 1901 strike. HARRIMAN CROWDS THE WORK Removes All Obstacles from Comple tion of Salt I.ake-I,oi Anareles Line. i LOS ANGELES, April 26. As a result of E. H. Harriman'a visit to Salt Lake and his Inquiry Into the cause of delay in work on the Oregon Short Line's extension to Los Angeles, it is now given out from a reliable source In this city that all obsta cles to construction have been removed and the new railroad between thla city and Salt Lake Will be completed and In operation before the end of the present year. Orders have come from New York and the engineering department of the railroad will rush the work of surveys. Materials are ordered and are already arriving and workmen are being employed wherever lh?y can be found and are sent to several ram;s on the line of the road. There remains less than 300 miles of now rood to be built to complete the line. About the same mileage of old tracks will be relald with heavy ateel rails and 110 miles of road southwest from Salt Lake forming the cut-off through Garfield beach and Into the Tlntlc mining district will be .constructed to shorten the distance covered by the present line. The order contemplates a complete rebuilding of the railroad from Salt Lake and Calient. the present southwestern terminus of the Oregon Short Line. The new line is surveyed from Caliente to Ludlow, on the Santa Fe, and it Is semi officially announced that a Joint traffic agreement with the Santa Fe has been made whereby the Short Line will use the Santa Fe tracks from Ludlow to Los An geles. FAILS TO GET THE ESTATE Youoa: Physician Is Denied Title to Ills Late Partner's Property and Money, KANSAS CITY, April 26.-In the circuit court today Judge Teasdale held that Pr. Leon Kosenwald was not entitled to tha estate of hla late partner. Dr. Charles W. Adams, valued at between $.'.0,000 and 175. 000. Adams was an eccentric physician, aged 65. When he died he left no will and there were no known heirs. Dr. Kosenwald, 28 years old, brought suit to secure the entire eetate, contending that Dr. Adams had verbally promised him that If he (Kosen wald) would become his partner and care for him in time of sickness be should have all his property at his death. Funh rmore. Roeenwald alleged that he and Adams had agreed to make wills, each bequeathing b'.s property to the other. Dr. Rosenwald made his will In Adams' favor, but Dr. Adams failed to will his belongings to Ml partner. BROTHERS LAND IN JAIL Defy Kansas Aathorltles ssl Do Rrrklesa BlinotlasT, bnt Are Over powered by t'ltlseaa. WICHITA, Kan., April 26 Homer Lan ham. a ranchman, went to the city of Meade, la southwest Kansas, last Wednesday and $1.00 Up SMITH & BRADLEY, 415 BROADWAY. became disorderly. He sought the marshal with a threat to kill him. He met the offi cer and shot .him . four times. He hit a young man named Ed Kragh, who will probably die. The marshal grappled with Lanham and took bis gun from him and aimed a bullet at his heart. Hla life was saved by a book In his breast pocket. He was arrested and put in Jail. The next day Jesse Lanham, a brother ot the prisoner, came to town with revolver and defied tne authorities. A public meet ing was held and R. W. Griggs ordered Lanham to surrender, but Instead he fired his revolver recklessly and the first bullet grazed the cheek of C. B. Campbell, who sat in the hotel parlor near by. He was finally disarmed and Is In Jail with bis brother. IN MEMORY OF GENERAL GRANT Eightieth Birthday Anniversary of National Hero Commemorated at His Old Home. GALENA, 111., April 26. The eightieth anniversary birthday of General U. S. Grant waa celebrated In this city today under the auspices of the Grant Birthday association of Galena. This marked the ttnth observance of the day. The orator of the day at the first cele bration In 1893 was William McKlnley, fol lowed In succeeding years by orators cf national reputation, including Luther Lat lln Mills of Chicago, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Emory Smith and others. The speaker of the day, Hon. William T. Calhoun, arrived from Chicago shortly after noon, accompanied by many distin guished visitors, who Joined with thou sands from this and adjoining counties in the celebration with marked enthusiasm. Special trains were run from various points, bringing In numerous visitors to swell the throng. The commemorative ex ercises were held In Turner hall and Mr. Calhoun's address was warmly received. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP TUNNEL Plot Discovered to Wreck Property of Canadian Power Company at Masrara. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 26. A special to the News from Niagara Falls says: As the night shift went to work last evening in the tunnel ot the Canadian Power company discovery was made of an attempt to wreck the tunnel and kill the men, thirty in num ber, working 160 feet below the surlace of the earth. The shaft leading down to the tunnel la 160 feet deep. The bottom of the tunnul runs north and aouth atid men work at both headings. The blasts are dluchargel by means of batteries, which are operated at the foot of the shaft, the wires extend ing to the beadlnga. One of the "nipper" boys discovered that one of the batteries had been cut and a cartridge tap connected and placed In a stick of dynamite. Tbe dynamite had been placed between two boxes of dynamite con taining seventy-five pounds of material. Had the explosion occurred the havoc wrought would have been fearful. No mo tive can be ascribed for the plot. IS STRANGLED TO DEATH Maa Aerused of Wife Marder Ha oars Himself to a Door Knob. CLEVELAND, O.. April 26. Martin Lynch, who was arrested a few days ago, charged with ths murder of his wife at the home of the couple, (03 Tod street, com mitted suicide early today in bis cell at the county Jail by hanging himself from tbe door knob. Tbe knob was not more than three feet from tbe floor. Lynch had carefully tied a sheet to tbe knob and then tbe other and about bis neck. In order to accomplish bis purpose It was necessary for blm to ait down on ths floor of bis cell and alowly strangle to death. New Styles in Chandeliers and gas fixtures for halls, libraries, par lors, reception rooms, dining rooms and bedrooms. We nave In a multitude of handsome designs. Ry having your gas fit ting done by us you secure mechanical perfection and gas fixtures that are up-to-date and teasonable In cost. J. C. Bixby & Son, 202 Main St it 20:) Pearl St., Tel. 193. COUNCIL BLUFFS, I,V The Song of the Shirt That comes from our Laundry Is one sweet lay of Joy and gladness, so sweet, so pure and clean. Collars and cuffs Join in the chorus and you can this summer symphony if you become a customer. BLUFF CITY LAUNDRY Wallace & Grout, Proprietors. 22-21 North Main Street, Telephone 311. Council Bluff. High Grade Fountain Pens, 75c, $1, $8.25, SI.50. In DeLong's Stationery Department tor a few days only. We have Just made arrangements with the Waterman Fountain Pen Co. to handle their pens exclusively for the next two years, and under the terms of the agree ment we must at once dispose ot all pens of other makes now in stock. To make them disappear quickly, we have decided to cut the regular prices squarely In two. $1.50 Franklin Fountain Pen 75c 12.00 Wirt or Parker $1.00 $2.50 Wirt or Parker $1.25 $3.00 Wirt or Parker $1.60 Each In box, with filler, complete. Ten centa extra if ordered by mall. Satlsfai tlon guaranteed. 307 Broadway. - Council Bluffs A Constant Stream Of delicious drinks will flow from our fountain beginning this morning (Sunday) and will be kept going through tbe entire summer months. This means that you can get your choice out of about fifty different flavors of the finest. Summer Drinks That Flow From Any Fountain in Council Bluffs. We invite you to come in and compare our delicious drinks with any others served In this city. It means that you will givo us tbe verdict of keeping tbe best to be had anywhere and they are not only de licious, but pure and wholesome that means a good deal. GEORGE W. FLETCHER'S Drugstore. TELEPHONE 275. 106 BROADWAY, - COUNCIL BLVFFa. OTVfe UlilaslUMnlsr I , , rwMiwiii,TiA yoorwialHacartf sTsV ar . r n tm v mr