THE OMAHA DAILY THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1002. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MIOR MEXTIOS. Dsvls sells drtig' Btockert soils carpets and rugs. Leffert. fjlnh specialist. 2w Broadway. Thomas owman has gone to Chicago on business trip- , rirtupta for graduation gifts. C. L. Alex ander A Co., 3i3 Uroadway. Take home a brick of Metzger Ice cream Vanilla. 25c; Necpolltan. .fcc. The grand jury a 3jo..rned yter n until this morning, when it will make Us Mr' 'and Mrs. Frank Nelson left yt nay fo? Fresno. Cal., where they will make their home. . Dr J. M. Darstow and daughter Kuth have gone to Saratoga. N'. to visit rela tives and frlendn. Mrs. Merwln Maynard of First avenue la eniovlng a visit from her daughter. Mrs. Uucklngham of Boston. V W Hart manager of the City Water J Works company, leit last evening on ' business trip to Chicago. ' uuVMam the summer vacation with her mother. , Dcmity County Recorder wiinam parson 1 ' . .i.u friiTn Alberta urov- : 1. expreted home lod-y from aim -ria pr -v- , ,S.ir & hB W i lr Charles McDowell, who was found ead' In his bed at I'awnee. .Neb.. Monday. ;" iArof,,!irI pH resided here I dead . . . a ...marlu ( i if rl hfr. Vliy mm iu. ------ . P M. I'ryor, printer or xne paper puo- iiu'...i u ho r'T.rluilan home. w;iri found in i a. ..... ... ,- it esterday to ne suiteim " f"- In wui auarantineit ui me mnuiuuuo. , f Vi. J. M. I'elstrun will be held at 2 o'clock this Hfternooii from the . were to be checked up, and fearing the out resldence of her son, Willis .Fettrson. an come jcft tne city. He had been in the AvenueD, and burial will be In I alrview of tha Rock about thre8 Mrsidwxrd Haggerty and son Wade of years, coming to Council Bluffs last Feb Missouri Valley were In the city yesterday ruQry fr0m Guthrie Center, la. During the dren Involved la the Haven divorce caw ' SSfrt!S. ya7"Ha 'ook 'the case ; under advisement. Hev. James Thomson of the rlrst Con gregatlonat church went to Des Moines KM I gregatlonal churches. I 8. P. liarnett of Terre Haute and Mrs. , J. H. Throop -of Carbon, ind.. who nave been visiting their brother, J. D. Barnett. i and family of Washington avenue, will leave for their homes today. I William N. Sohaffer. the housemover i charged wth destroying and cutting wires ot the Telephone company, had his hearing before Justice Bryant yesterday, who took the caae under advisement. Mr. and Mrs. James McClure went to Lincoln, Neb., yesterday to attend the wed- ding of Oovernor Savage's daughter. Mr. ' and Mrs. McClure and the family of Gov- ernor Savuge were formerly neighbors. 8t. Albans lodge, Knights of Pythias, has selected these deleKatea to the grand lodge at Des Moines:' W. M. Frederick, W. T1!) Vien and J. J. Keith were selected aa alternates. The will of Mrs. Christine Ryan 'of Gar ner township, who died Baturday last, was Hied for probate yesterday. It bequeaths all her property to her huKband and spe cifically disinherits all her children and their heirs. The probating of the will was set for June 20. The decision of the supreme court declar ing the deposit of the Cochran estate in the Officer & Pusey bank a preferred claim will affect in a similar manner the deposit of the Dan Elcher eft ate, making It also a preferred claim. The amount involved In the latter is- about $1,000 Edward Cv Brown, -former alderman from the Third ward, has been, appointed oil In enector for this district by Governor Cum mins and will assume the duties of his offlce July 1. The term of Theodore Gulttar of this city, who has held the position for a number of years, will expire June 30. The receipts- in the general fund at the Christian home last week wera $129.08; be ing $70.92 below the needs of the week, and increasing the deficiency to $140.20 in this fund to date. In the manager's fund the receipts were $18, being $17 below the needs and Increasing tha deficiency to $23.50. J. A. Orenory, whose sentence to twenty years in ine penitentiary was amrmea ty the supreme court Monday, waa convicted ' of horse stealing. At the trial It was ' shown that he had been committed to the penitentiary on three former occasions ' ind his long sentence was under tha habit ual criminal act. . Ernest Florlmond, a guest at a lodging house on North Main street, was arrested yesterday morning, charged with exchang ing his old coat for a new garment belong ing to another roomer. He claimed to the police that he went into the wrong room by mistake and did not notice he waa wearing another man's coat until hla atten tion was called to it by the owner. John Mlkesell, Edward Wheeler, Donald Mlkesell and William Rolf have been ar rested, charged with creating a disturbance Bunday evening at the saloon on Broadway and Twenty-first street at the time. Wil liam Fegley is alleged to have hurled sev eral brickbats through the saloon window because the bartender refused to serve him after the time for closing. Their hearing In police court has been aet for Friday. The annual meet lag of the Council Bluffs Woman's club will be held Friday after noon in the parlors of the First Congre gational church. Only those who have paid their dues in full wlll be permitted to vote. Mrs. Walter I. Smith, president of the club, is in Washington, D. C. but la ex pected home Thursday or Friday morning The election promises to be a spirited one, as one faction favora Mrs. P. J. Montgom ery for president, while Mrs. Bmith's friends are urging -her re-election. Puck's Domestic foap Is best. Davis sells glass. Old Employe of Milwaukee Dies. James Johnston, one of the oldtime rail road employes of this city, died yesterday morning In Perry, la. Two weeks ago Mr. Johnston left for Chicago te seek ex. pert medical advice, but on reaching Perry hla condition became sa critical that he was obliged to leave the train and go to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rait, at tnat point Mr. Johnston waa fiK vra nf age and came to Council Bluffs twenty 1 years ago with the Milwaukee railroad and was In Its employ as foreman of the round. . house at the time ot hid death. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Halt of Perry and Mrs. M. L. Wil liams of this city, and three sons, W. L. ot this city, James of Perry, la., and John, living In Arizona. He waa a member of the Masonic fraternity. Odd Fellows, Red Men and Modern Woodmen of America. The body will ba brought to tbla city this morning and the funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence ot bis daughter. Mrs. M. L. Wil liams, with whom be made his borne, at 748 Madison avenue. Rev. W.- 8.. Barnes of the First Presbyterian church will con duct the services, which will be under the auspices of Bluff City Masonic lodge. Burial will be In Walnut Hill cemetery. K. Y. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. AH Wollman'a big auction aale la ibe place P1,EB' moainea plans win. omit . tne to buy your gifts for graduation. wedd.ng. finishing of two rooms sod all plumbing and holldaya. etc. Two big sales each day at . BemUtt except 'roughing." tor future in 1:30 and 7 JO p. m. stallatlon ot plumbing and will call for a j flat roof, either tin or gravel. In place of SHAKE INTO YbUR S! QES Alln'g FootEaaa. a powdar. It turn pln(l, sraarllua, aaroua ffat ana Ingrowing oalla, au4 In. Vautljr takaa lit itlng out of curna an4 buatoaa. ll'a itm imiM cooitort ditvcrr ot it aiiu i.i :Kirrn:r.. I" Superintendent tne Trj it BuU u ii dnufiau and that Clifford's duties were Increased materially Aiiaa a. oicuMl. La Kor. N. T. . free text books, the board last sight voted J to allow him $200 for this extra work. De al ITS ri.t-a.KKl fore the free text book system went Into Dyed ant pressed Special attention given ladies' garments. Also rhenllie- fre'ssedVuVL-illow. til'L Dy. Works, Sin Unadway. LEWIS CUTLER FUNERAL DIRECTOR (Bucce&sor to W. C. Eatep) rUAJtl kTHKtCT. 'Paone 91. BLUFFS. TICKET AGENT IS MISSING Thomas E. Gannon Said to Ee Short in Hit Account with Bock Island. BOOKS ARE NOW BEING CHECKED OVER Leaves Behind a Toang WIfs Whom He Married Last April and Wk Is Prostrated by Her Bad- . den Misfortunes. Thomas H. Gannon, ticket seller at the local depot ot the Rock Island railroad, is supposed to have left the city." as he has not been seen or heard 01 since .Monday mornDgi when he failed to report for duty. 10 b8 ehort ,n -' CC0UnU' which aro now being Checked up. Although m. O. Gay, the local agent, declines at tms . . . . .. . Umg q mahe ny. ,utement tl ,g aal(1 nls shortage amount- to over 1500. Gannon 1. said to have lost ine money. at n gamming tabieB. Monday morning, before leaving, ostensl- n.n. V.norf M. -If. uij u. .... -.v. tr.n and that la the last, she said vaster - - dav. she had seen or heard of Him.- It la , . ...... . said that Gannon learned . that, hi. .book. ot a few weeks .la completely prostrated, Qver hlB disappearance and the charge of shortage in hi. acoounta, Mr. Gay stated last evening that no In formation aa to the mlsslBg ticket. clerk's wnereaDouts had been obtained and that the work of checking up Hi. accounts had not been completed. Gannon, ha said, waa bonded in a surety company, like .other . . ,h . . tha' railroad employes, and that as far aa tne rauroaa was concerned It ould' not prosecute, leaving -this to the bonding company, an offlclal 0f wnich Is expected here Oils morn, ou," wl ,.. , .. Ing. Gannon was 28 year of age and until u was learned tnat be ra frequenting tha . ,. y.a .lwnva hnrna ttaei gambling rooms, iiad always Borne tna highest ot reputations. His friends assert tj.at when he was married- incurred ex. nMBe. for furniture and other household PenseB Ior x rn'V re .t,. " requisites, which he was unable to meet, and this prompted him to attempt to In. crnu his means through the medium ot the gambling table. . One of his fellow employes, who had loaned Gannon $30, -secured a writ ot at tachment and levied on a typewriter. Gannon was a telegraph operator In the employ of the Rock Isiand when he re. signed to enlist for service in the Bpanish- Amerlcan war. On his return He was again taken Into Us emnloy by the Rock Island. Buy Jour diamonds, watches, Jewelry, Uiauwuua, Klin, etc., at Wollman'a big closing silverware. out auction sale. . Two big salea each day at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. CATCH CASADY IN CHICAGO Missing; Insurance and Loam Asent la . Located by .His .Bonds . Jamee N. Caaady, 'Jf.. of this city was arrested yesterday : morning ' la Chicago, where ha has been under cover for several months ' at the instigation ot the Council ,. .,h-m. .mat 'was made Bluff authorities. His arrest was maaa on a charge of embesslement 'Hied-In tna court ot Justice Bryant by George H. Still man, on behalf of the Scottish Union and National Insurance company. Tha Informa tion alleges that Caaady, while at.n aa agent ot the company In this city, am bezxled $341. Casady was Indicted about it year ago by the district grand Jury on a charge of embezzling $800 belonging, to John Farrell, a resident of the east end of the county. He succeeded in having the case continued for two terms of court and It had been ; aet for trial at this term, but Caaady failed to put in aa appearance, it waa. repur-eu that ha was In Chicago, but efforts to lo cate him failed. Attorney Emmet Tlnley, who waa on .his ball bond for $2,000. went to Chicago Monday and succeeded In locat ing him and causing his arrest. .Word from Chief of Police O'Neill of Chicago roeelved here yesterday afternoon was te the effect that Casady had consented to return with out requisition papers. Sheriff Cousins left last evening for the Windy City to bring him back. Last winter when Casady. was reported missing, hla creditors rushed la and at tached all the property lie had here, which proved to be far less hm had been ex pected. Attachments were secured sgalnst the furniture In his home on Oakland ave. nue, but Mrs. Casady aucceeded. In remov ing all their household belongings to Omaha before the officers were able to aerve the writs. She Is said to be living with her parents in Omaha. Casady's affairs are said to, be in vary bad shape and attorneys for eastern losa firms with which he did business are aa tborlty for the ststement that aeveral more criminal actions win oe uruuam. a" him. Puck's Domest to oeo la beat tar laundry. Don't fall to attend Wollman's big clos ing out auction aale. Two big sales dally at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. SCHOOL BOARD TO TRY AGAIN Same Modtttcatlon In flans of Pierce Street ackoyl to Be Made This Time. - The Board of Education, at a special meeting last night, decided to readvertlse tor bids for the construction et tha four room addition tc the Pierce street icbool. Bids wilt be Invited on the original plans with the hope pf aecurlpg. figures within the $8,000 appropriation and on modified ine siantmg state root wun no uiaa. in tha event of the board having to adopt the modified plana money will be asked tor next year to complete the addition accord ing to the original, plans and make it con- form to the rest of the building. effect the board paid Custodian Bushnell $150 per ann'tm for caring for the school book Member 0ormn m,d motlon t0 ; the effect tht Superintendent Clifford's alary be Increased from $1,000 to $2,403 a year, but the- notion waa declared out of order at this time, aa all sslarlea are fixed on recommendation of ths finance committee. ........ The Danish Lutheran ihurch waa granted i permission to occupy one room at the North 1 Eighth street school during tha time tha j church is undergoing repair, for a summer school for the children of tha church. Rev. A. Overton asked for permission to i: occupy the Gunn school for Sunday tiehool rposes, but no sction was taken on the request. The board will Inspect' all the school buildings next Monday. Chairman Macra ot the committee on Janitors reported ttst the Janitors as a. rule quit work the dpy that school closed without putting their buildings In proper condition. It waa tug gested that the Janitors ba ordered to clean up their buildings before quitting, as their reappointment would depend to a great cx tent upon the condition the board found the buildings in. It was decided to Include this requirement in next year's contracts with tha Janitors. Keep clean, fee Puck's Mechanic's soap. Oravel roofing, A. H. Read, 641 Broadway. EQUALIZE THE ASSESSMENT County Board Makes Few Changes Except In the Live Stock List. The Board of County Supervisors spent the greater part of yesterday's session equalizing the assessment of personal prop erty as returned by the assessors for the county. But few changes ot any conse quence were made, the only changes being on live stock. The assessment on bulls was raised 20 per cent all around. In one case the board lowered the assessment, tfaat on cows, fixing tha value at $24. as against $27.65, the average assessment re turned by the assessors. The other changes were: Two-year old colts, fixed at $40. as against $39.15. av- jerage value placed by assessors; horses at $52, against $51.45, the assessors' average; mules, $60, assessors' average $53.30; 1-year-old heifers, $20, assessors' average $19.20; 2-year-old' heifera $20, assessors' average $23.63; one-year-old steers, $24. assessors' average $23.60; 2-year-old steers $32, assessors' average $30.43; S-year-old steers $40, assessors' average $37.60; cat tle In feeding $40. assessors' average $38.63. F. E. Bender, keeper ot the Bender hotel at Mlnden, presented a bill for $11.50 for bedding on which M. H. Sturrlcke, who was run over by a Rock Island freight train, was brought to this city. The bedding waa destroyed at the Woman's Christian As sociation hospital of this city. The bill waa referred to the supervisor of that dis trict .with power to act. F. M. Cunningham, the tax ferret, pre sented and additional bill ot $966.35 for his fees, based at 60 per cent on $1,932.71 which had been recovered into the county treas ury alnce June 21, 1901, on property which had been omitted from taxation. Like his former bill this waa rejected, the board de ciding to make no payment on Cunning ham's contract until the litigation now pending la decided. The appointment by Sheriff Cousins of E. E. Williams, J. H. Thomas. A. L. Jack son, James Hanks and H. S. Tucker as deputy sheriffs to serve at Lake Manawa without expense to the county , waa ap- - vr The contract for furnishing the county building with loe waa awarded, to Gilbert Bros, at 25 cents . per 100 pounds. Use any soap so Its Puck's soap. No SewJUad Into Park. , At the monthly session of the park board laat night Ohio Knox submitted a plaa for another road Into Fairmont park, starting at a. point between Park avenue and High street. Tha. plan will necessitate a deep cut and a . heavy fill and the board decided that it could not consider - It - this year, owing to. lack of funds. Ths board will go before .the county supervisors today to talk over the matter of the Huntington lot, part of which. It is claimed,' has been fenced' In with Falrmount park. Tha park commissioners deolded to stand on their rights If they have any, as the reoords show that the survey of the park made by the county surveyor Included the portion now claimed by the county aa being part ot the Huntington lot. Residents In the vicinity of Blg:Lake filed a complaint to tha effect that a. person to whom a por tion of Big Lake park had been leased had fenced in not only part of the park, but also a roadway which they had been In the habit of using for many years. The complaint will be Investigated. Plumbing and heating. Blxby a. Son. Board el Health Acts. City Physician Houghton has .called tha attention of tha Board of Health to the condition of the toilet rooms at the Union Faclflo Transfer depot and the board, act ing upon hla recommendation, has In structed the city marshal! to notify ths railroad company to place them In a proper sanitary condition at once or re move them entirely. The board has de cided to recommend the payment by the county ot the claim of George F. Miller, aupervlsor of the poor, for $90 for acting as purchasing agent of supplies for small pox patients. Other bills recommended for payment. Including that of James Autrey, nurse at the pesthouse, for 143 days at $5 day. Davis sells paint. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were filed yesterday In the abstract, title arttd loan . office ot J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl atreet: Henry E. Nelson and wife to M. Mar-' cm. lot 1, block 1, Beer' add., w. d..$ 300 Henry Whetstone to Kasmus Hoff. lot 7, block 7, Beers'-subdlv., w. d 1 Catherine J. GuanelLa. guardian, to , J. P. Hess, e2o feet of n40 feet lot 6, block t. Bay lias' 1st add., g. d 16 Catherine J. Guanella et al to same, same, w. d 1 W. C. Barton and wife to T. K. Hunt, lot 28. Auditor's aubdlv. nf nwU ne'i 12-75-40. w. d 666 Caroline Morgan and husband to Ava Kller Gardner, lot la and e2d feet lot 15, Johnson's add., w. d 800 Mrs. K. J. Fries to Edwin Clemlnson. lot 103, original plat, q. c. d 1 J. M. Pullen and wife to L. F. Potter. lots 11 and 12. block 6, Oakland, w. d. 1.700 Ernest E. Hart and wire to Ueorge C Hansen, lot t. block 1. Allison's add.. w. d l.J0 Nine transfers, total $5,073 ' Little Bey Maltreated. CRESTON, la.. June 4. (Special.) A story of cruel and inhuman treatment of an S-year-old boy cornea from Murray, a small town east of here. It is stated that F. L. Andrewa threw a lathing hatchet at Herbert Warren and knocked him down. In dieting a very serious flesh wound in the leg. It Is alleged that Andrews, who Is a carpenter In Murray, had been employed to build a house for Mr. and Mrs. J. E. War rcn, the . parents of the boy, who live a short distance from Murray. He evidently became angered at the actions of the boy. who was playing near where ha was work lag, and threw the hatchet, with the result slated. It Is further alleged by the mother j of tha boy that Andrewa walked over to the r after he had fallen sod befor. he was able to rise, and deliberately kicked him In the back, producing verp painful and seri ous bruises, which, will keep him confined to the house for days. No legal action has yet been taken In tha matter, but an In testigatloDj of the esUM et the bay's in Juries Is being made. TA1 I frTC UTTTD THE TiLTC 1U ) A ULIJ rtrlLIV lUbrAlYLJ Diamond and Other Contract Tontino Work era Will Be Prosecuted. NEW LAW PROVIDES SEVERE PENALTIES State Auditor and. Attorney General Bald to IlaTC Hesolved on m Loig List of Prose cutions, (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, June 4. (Special.) In numerable arrests and prosecutions of operators ot diamond contract schemes and bome-bulldlng comjianies are threatened In Iowa. It has been ascertained that ac tions will be begun by Auditor of State Merrlam through Attorney General Mullan In order to make test cases. They have been prompted to make the move by the conviction in Chicago of two men who operated a diamond contract scheme along lines Identical with the contracts sold by several companies In this state. The pen alty Is from one to ten years in the state penitentiary. Attorney General Mullan disclaims any knowledge of the action to be taken and the state auditor is at present out of the city. Nevertheless It is almost certain that proceedings will be brought within a few weeks and an effort made to suppress all business of this character. It is also rumored that under the provisions of the Grlswold law, passed by the Twenty-ninth general assembly, that proceed ings will be commenced against the home investment companies and associations conducted on the tontine plan to compel them to immediately come within the pro visions of this act. Killed by Hock Island Train. John Tyler, a farmer living between Dcs Moines and Valley Junction, was instantly killed by a Rock Island engine this morn ing as he was walking along the track. He was walking from his house down to the pasture and it was convenient to go a short distance along the track of the railroad. It Is a mystery how the accident happened, for it was a piece of straight track, but the fact that he might have been watching a train coming from the east on the other track is supposed to explain his failure to hear the signal from the eastbound train which killed him. He was about 68 years old and a native of Switzerland. The attorney general has been Informed that Mrs. Kubn, acrvlng a life sentence In the penitentiary at Anamosa, has made at least a partial confession and that she ad mits having administered the poison to her husband, as found by the jury. Believe Keane May Go East. There is a growing impression among the Catholic clergy of Iowa that the name of Archbishop Keane la being seriously considered In connection with the vacant place In New York, due to the death of Archbishop Corrigan. It is known that the name of Keane haa been suggested to the Vatican along with the name of Arch , bishop Ireland and others. The articles ot Incorporation of the Well-Hord Grain company of Central City, Neb., were filed with the secretary of state today and notice given ot an Iowa branch office at Crescent, Pottawattalme county. Ioiva Crop Conditions. The following is the weekly review of weather and crop conditlona la Iowa: . The averaao temperature of the last seven days was from 2. to 4 degrees be low normal, with llaht rainfall, except in scattered localities. The week closed with higher temperature and showery weather. The conditlona were generally favorable for farm work, and the dry weather af forded onnortunltv to cultivate the corn fields, which were becoming very weedy In all sections where rainfall had been ex cessive. The northwestern counties need copious rains, but the bulk of the state would De uenentea by a weea or two oi warm, dry weather, to facilitate the culti vation of corn and prevent damage to small grain by growing too rank. The corn acre age is pracucauy an piamea, ana gener ally a good stand has been secured, with fair prospects, if conditions are favorable, for timely and thorough Cultivation. Pas tures, meadows.- potatoes and garden vege tables are making fine growth. . There are variable reports as to apples, pluma . and cherries, but the average is below normal. Long Term for Boy. Sonny Brafford waa sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary at Fort Madison this morning by Judge Prouty of the dis trict court- Brafford had nothing to say before the Judgment waa announced. He was found guilty of highway robbery of W. O. Wilson at Eighth and Center atreeta two months ago, when Wilson claimed he lost a watch and about $4 In cash. Other charges agalnat Brafford will be dismissed. Supreme Court Decisions. The Iowa supreme court rendered the following decisions today: Edward Dorun against Cedar Rapids ft Monon railway, appellant; Linn county, Judge Thompson; damages for injury to person and killing horse: verdict for $8,300; affirmed. Opinion by McClaln; dissenting opinion by Ladd. William H. Rule against John Mc Gregor, appellant; Crawford county. Judge fcllwooa; settlement or pannersnip; re versed. Opinion by Ladd. Sharpies company, appellant, against Day & Hess; Pottawattamie county. Judge Thornell; to recover anoney on purchase price of an article; affirmed. Opinion by Sherwin. Minnie Howrlng against Nannie M. Smith, appellant: Lee county. Judge Bank: affirmed. Opinion by Waterman. ueorge tw-hloaaer against w. u. Hemp hill, appellant: Palo Alto county. Judas Quarton; reversed. Opinion by Waterman. j.. scnoonover against u. osnorne, ap pellant; Jones county. Judge Trelchler; re versed. Opinion by Ladd. Henry Grasmler against Wolf & Ohsman, appellants; Linn county. Judge Thompson; reversed. Opinion by Sherwin. H. B. Knowlton, administrator, against Des Moines Electric Light company, ap- Eellant; Polk county, Judge Holmes; af rmed. Opinion by McClaln. JUDGE FOR ELEVENTH DISTRICT Republicans Meet at Fort Dodae to Select Their Candidates for tbe Bench. FORT DODGE, Is., June 4. (Special Tel egram.) Judge J. R. Whltaker ot Boone county and Judge J. H. Richard of Webster City, Hamilton county, were renominated, acd W. D. Evans ot Hampton, Franklin county, was nominated to succeed Judge W. S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge, resigned, at the convention of the republicans of the Eleventh Judicial district at Fort Dodge this morning. Other candidates. E. H. Ad dison of Maxwell, Story county, and F. M. Williams ot Iowa Falls, Hardin county, did not figure prominently in the contest. Whit aker was nominated on the third ballot, re ceiving sixty votes out of elghty-stx. Evans received seventy-tbree votes on ths first ballot and Richard the unanimous vote on the first ballot. All counties In tbe dis trict were represented by full delegations. Mo'aona Coaaty Assessment. ONAWA. la.. Juns 3 (Special Telegram) Tbe Board of Supervisors of Monona county In aessloa as a board of equalization, to day decided to leave unchanged the assess ment of Monona county as returned by ths asaessora for the various towns and townships of Monona county for the year li02. The assessment la pronounced one ot tbe best and most uniform ever made and the board concluded to make aa changes. At a meeting of tbs city council last night it was voted to remove the electric light plant and power house to a site on Central Broadway south of Iowa avenue. FIREMEN DRAVVA BIG CROWD Atlantic Mine Prise- for the Largest Xiuktr of I'nlformed Men In Parade. AVOCA. Ia., June 4. (Special Telegram.) The annual tournament ot the Western Iowa Firemen's association opened hers today with good attendance. Largo dele gations cams from surrounding towns. At lantic received the $25 premium for the largest department in uniform In the pa rade, Audubon $15 for the 'best appearing company. In the band contest held on the courthouse lawn the Atlantic, band proved winner. In the straight-awsy hose race Atlantlo took first money, Audubon second. In the Juvenile hose race the Neola team was first, Avora second. The runnlng-l coupling contest was won by Audubon, At lantlo second. Fully 3,000 persons wit nessed the program at the fair grounds. Old Settlers Dying-. SHENANDOAH, la., June 4. (Special.) Death has been busy with the old settlers In this county during .the last week. Includ ing among its number one of Buchanan township, who died at the ripe old age of 87. William Hardee came to Iowa In 1844 and settled on a piece of land near the home In which he died. He raised a family of ten children. Perry, tha second son, be ing the first white male child born in Page county. Money In Strawberries. SHENANDOAH. Ia. Juno 4 rsnoxlal The local strawberry crop Is coming in nicely now and the fruit is commanding a lancy price, une oi tne local gardeners. Mr. Henrv Field, has alrrariv artM t?nn worth of berrlea oft from a single one-acre paten. He expects the acre of eround tn return him almost $1,000. ELECT WATSON SECRETARY lulled Presbyterians Choose Succes sor to Rev. Dr. Barr of Philadelphia. PITTSBURG, June 4. Today Is the last day of this session ot the United Presbyterian general assembly. The most Interesting event yesterday waa the elec tion of a successor to Rev. Dr. William Barr of Philadelphia, corresponding sec retary of tbe board of foreign missions for the last nine years. The new secre tary of the board Is Rev. C. R. Watsoji. pastor of the First church of St. Louis and a former Alleghenlan. The following nominations made by the committee were adopted by the assembly: Trustees of the General Assembly Rev. R. E. Stewart, James H. Scott and E. S. Morrow. Board of Foreign Missions R. L. Lattl mer, William Neely, Rev. S. G. Fitzgerald. Board of Home Mlslons G. M. Reed, Rev. G. W. English. Rev. H. W. Temple. Board of Freedmen'a Missions Peter Dick, Rev. R. H. Park, W. K. McGlnnis, Rev. J. W. Wltherspoon, D. D., correspond ing secretary. Board of Church Extension Rev. J. T. McCrosery, D. D., C. F. Dean. Rev. R. L. Hays, Rev. H. C. Swearlngen, who will succeed Rev. A. H. Calvert, D. D., de ceased; Rev. H. G. Edward, D. D., corre sponding secretary. Board of Publication Rev. H. D. Smiley, D. D., Rev. Gillespie, Hugh Kenney. Rev. J. M. Wallace, D. D. Board ot Education Rev. T. H. Hanna, D. D., H. R. Moffett. Rev. E. S. Brown, T. O. Peacock, who aucceeds Hugh Nash, and Rev. W. T. Campbell, corresponding secretary. Board of Ministerial Relief Rev. J. O. Scouler, D. D... Rev. W. J. B. Edward and Rev. Frank Getty. Board of Managers, Historical Society Rev. H. 8. Manley, D. D., John A. Wilson, D. D. Committee on the Revision of. Member ship Covenant Rev. J. McClurkln, D. D., Rev. J. S. McKee, D. D., Rev. W. S. Mc Clure, T. H. McMichael, Rev. T B. Turn bull, D. D. The afternoon session was given up to the discussion of the reports ot commit tees. The recommendations of the committee on tbe report ot the Board of Freedmen's missions were adopted by the assembly without debate. They provide that the presbyteries be urged to have tbe freed men's work brought more prominently be fore the churchea this year and that a special collection to be applied to the liq uidation of the $25,000 debt be taken on tha third Sunday of October. The committee on church extension con gratulated tbe denomination that $52,857 had been expended by the board laat year, an Increaa'e of $12,857 over the year be fore. Tha transfer of the parsonage fund from the women's board to the church extension board was approved. WILL BRAVE MOUNT PELEE Illinois Man Found by President to Succeed Consul Prentiss at St. Pierre, WASHINGTON, June 4. Preeldent Roose velt haa found a competent man willing to undergo the dangera of another eruption of Mount Pelee In the Island of Martinique. He is John F. Jewell of Catena, III., who today appeared before the board of officers at tbe State department and was examined to ascertain his fitness to fill tbe vscancy caused by the death of Consul Prentisa at St. Pierre. His nomination will be sent to the senate tomorrow. The department Is anxious that be shall reach Fort De France aa quickly aa possi ble, la order that be may relieve Consul Ayme, whose post la at Guadaloupe and who has been compelled to sttend not only U the consular business of hla own island, but to that of Martinique aa well. PAY MAN FOR L0S"s"""0F HOME Engineers and Firemen Helmliuree Claimant on a Compromise Baals. NORFOLK. Va., June 4. The national convention of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers today ordered that the claim of J. H. Guilford of Trinidad. O., who claimed $23,847 damages for tbe loss of his home which he avers waa due to the acts of tbe brotherhood, be aettled by tbe payment of $8,000 to Guilford as a compro mise. The convention sent a telegram of en dorsement to Governor Dockery of Mis souri, who, at the outbreak of a Missouri strike, preceded tbe military which be had ordered out to tbe acene ot tbe trouble and aided in affecting a settlement. The executive committee's report shows that $65,000 has been expended in chsrlty sines tbe last biennial convention. FARM RECORDS InHoLORADO Twenty-Five Thousand Ranches with Total Value of Huadred and Sla Million. WASHINGTON. June 4 The census re port on agriculture In Colorado issued to day shows that 24,500 farms of tbs state enumerated Juns 1, 1900, were valued at $106,344,035. Of this valuation 15 per cent was In buildings and tha remainder la land and other Improvements "other than buildings. The value of fsrot Improvemente and ma chinery waa $4.t?.7S5. and live stock $4. 454.311. making the total value ot farm property $14,045,111. The total value of farm products ot the state for 1S99 waa $.13.047.on, cf which 49 per cent waa In ant mat products and ths remainder In crops. Including forest products cut or produced on farms and range. The total value tit farm products exceeds that ot 1889 by 12 per cent. The gross farm Income for 1S99 was $26,866.7(6. and income from Invest meat 17 per cent NEW POSTAL CURRENCY PLAN Bill Is Drafted luder Direction of Administration by Special Committee.' WASHINGTON. June 4. An admlnstra- tton bill for the establishment of a postal currency has been drafted by tha commit tee appointed to consider the question. It authorizes tbe postmaster general to cause to be Issued postal checks of fixed denom inations not above $1 In even multiple ot 5 and 10 cents. These are to be redeem able or payable at any money order post- office. ' A fee in addition to the face value will be' charged for every chock Issued. - These postal checks will not be negotia ble nor payable after the expiration of three calendar months from the last flay of the month, which may be written or stamped thereon, but a duplicate may be' Issued at any time thereafter by tbe Postofflee department without charge. Duplicates will be similarly valid for three months. After the postal check is once paid the United States shall not be liable for any further claim for the payment. Postal checks will be sold wherever the regular stamps are sold. Senator Depew, from the committee on Judiciary, has reported a substitute for Senator Piatt's bill to suppress train rob bery. It Is In the nature of a substitute and Is as follows: That If any person shall wilfully and ma liciously trespass upon or enter upon any railroad train, railroad car or railroad lo comotive, within any territory of the United States or any place subject to the exclusive Jurisdiction or control thereof, with the Intent to commit murder, robbery or any unlawful violence upon or against any passenger on said train or car or upon or against any engineer, conductor, fire man, brakeman or any officer or employe connected with said locomotive, train or car or upon or against any express mes senger or mail sgent on said train or In any such car . thereof, or to commit any crime or offense against any person or property thereof, such- person shall be punished by Imprisonment not exceeding twenty years or by fine not exceeding $5,000 or both, at the discretion of the court. That any person who shall counsel, aid, abet and assist In tbe perpetration of any of the offenses set forth tn the preceding seotlon shall be deemed to be principals therein. That upon the trial of any per son charged with any offense set forth In this act It shall not be necessary to set forth or prove the particular person against whom it was Intended to commit the offense or that it was Intended to com mit such offense against any particular person. Humboldt Wants a Game. HUMBOLDT, Neb., June 4. (Special.) Local base ball enthusiasts are proud of the new team which has Just been organ ised, and the Indications are that It will be strong enough to keep up the previous high standing of Humboldt In base ball circles. The club has been officered with leading business men, as follows: Claude M. Linn, president; R. S. TJnland, manager; O. L. Bants, treasurer; Fred R. Linn, secre tary ; R. L. Linn, captain. The first game will be on the home grounds next Tuesday. 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