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( THE OMAIIA DAILY I1EE: SUNDAY, JULY 20. 1902. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL I M1XOR MENTIOS. Davis sells drug. Storkert sells carpets and ruga. Leffert, eyesight specialist, 238 Brosdway. Dr. Btockdale, First Nat Bank building. William Jennings Is making a visit with friends at Creston. Picture framing. C. E. Alexander A Co., 833 B way. Tel. 368. Taks home a brick of Metzaer'a lea cream. Vanilla. 2oc; Neopolltan. toe. John Achat was fined 8V and costs for Conducting a disorderly house at 1021 Broad. "jewel court, Tribe of Ben Hur, will Join Mecca court of Omaha In a picnic at Manawa July 22. In Justice Hryant'a court yesterday morn ing Pearl Wright was acquitted of the charge of assault and battery. George F. Brulngton of Carson was In the city yesterday, on his way home after a. visit of several weeks in Colorado. Ex-Postmaster Treynor expects to turn ever the custody of the federal building today to his successor. Postmaster Hasel ton. Miss Henrietta Bauer, 91 Avenus C, en tertained a number of her young friends Friday afternoon In celebration of her 12tn birthday anniversary. The Lady Maccabees and their friends sire Invited to attend a lawn social Tuesday venlng at the home of Mrs. Horace. Third avenue and Nineteenth atreet. A new bank has been organised at Under wood, with a capital of HO.ouO. W. J. Deatera will be cashier and the new In stitution will begin business September 15. Mrs D. J. Harrington, accompanied by her slster-ln-law. Miss Anna Harrington of Bloux City, will leave this afternoon for Hot Springs and other points In the Black Hills. tn r.iiea court vesterdav morning the caae against William Hanson charged with . violating tne nre-umua oiuuim. u.t rooting the St. Joe barn on South Main street with Inflammable material, was con. tlnued until Monday. Hemorley Fuller and Mlas Flora Oohman were married Wednesday evening at the residence of the groom's sister, Mrs. H. A. DeLong, on East Pierce street. Rev. Harvey DeLong officiating. A number of friends and relatives of the couple were present. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller will make their home in thla city. C. B. Aitehlson, chairman of the com mittee on music for the reunion of the Army of the Philippines, reports encourag ing progress In the organization of a glee club for that occasion. His call for assist ance has been met with such a hearty re sponse that It la quite likely that a perma nent organization of a triple male quartet may be formed. The case against Henry Otto, who has been -accused of the embezzlement of 16.77 from Augusta grove lodge, was taken up In the court of Justice Bryant yesterday, and Tuesday, July 28, fixed as the day for trial. The charge against Mr. Otto aroie cut of a controversy among the members of the lodee and Involves practically no r.sr. than tha nwn.mhlD of the mOflPV. I Mrs. 8. B. Hawes, aged 75 years, died, county In convention assembled, do hereby yesterday morning at St. Bernard s hos-1 reaffirm our allegiance to democratic princi pltal. where she had been a patient since' pies as enunciated in our national platform, fast September. Death was due to the I and refer with pride to the fact that the Infirmities of old age. The funeral will be 1 fundamental principles of our faith are ex prlvate and will be held this morning from act Justice to all and special privileges to Cutler's undertaking rooms. Rev. W. J. . none. . Calfee of the Broadway Methodist church J We believe that all conflicts oween conducting the services. Mrs. Hawes Is capital and labor should be submitted to survived by one eon, Frank Bort, 2o2 South arbitration and that the penal at"t,, Twenty-fifth atreel, Omaha. against trusts should be rigidly n'or- V C Silicon. nn of Hot SorlngS. 8. 1J.. snd Miss Mamie Brassen were married Wednesday evening at the residence of Mrs. L. M. Hargenson. on Bouth First street. Rev. Hsrvey Hostetler of the Sec ond Presbyterian church officiating. Mr, nd Mrs. Sllkenson will spend their honey moon on the Pacific coast before returning to Hot Springs to live. The groom Is a wealthy lumber merchant, while his brlrts has for soma time made her home with Mrs. Hargens. who was formerly the wife of Dr. Hargena, mayor of Hot Springs. Use any aoap ao lis Pick's soap, i i Devi aells glass. Plumbing and heating. Blxby Son. i- . - - Matters In District Court. In the district court yesterday the Injunc tion suit of L. C. Besley against Ferd Ward and others was dismissed as the result of the aettlement of the difficulties between the bricklayers' union and Mr. Bealey. The suit had been brought by Besley following a trlke of the bricklayers to prevent them from prosecuting a boycott against him or Interfering with his buslneis. The Injunc tion then granted la now dissolved. Judge Wheeler made an order taxing the costs of the habeas corpus proceedings In the case 6t Carl Hector, held for the mur der of Fred Johnson at Avoca, to the de fendant. Hector'a ball had been fixed at $10,000. He Instituted habeaa eorpua pro ceedings to get the amount reduced and the court holds that ha must stand for the costs f the proceedings. Cars and Motor Collide. An eastbound motor car was knocked from the rails and slightly damaged by a atrlng t freight cars at the Broadway crossing of the Illinois Central yesterday morning. The freight train was passing over the street when the motor ar arrived. After the crossing had been cleared Conductor Van Horn of the motor car signaled Motorman Hough to proceed. The motor started across the Central tracks, but In tha mean time th slack from the long atrlng of freight cars let tha rear one back a suffic ient distance to bring It Into collision with the side of tha motor. Tha latter waa ahoved from th rails and several feet to on aide nd lta forty passengera were badly shaken up and frightened, but none waa seriously Injured. ' J. C. Mitchell of the Northwestern had a knee badly sprained. Aside from a number of broken windows th motor car waa but slightly damaged. Ball Games Today. Weather permitting, th ball gam be tween th Smith ft- Bradley and the Orlg lnals of Omaha, which waa postponed last week on account of th rain, will ba played thla afternoon at Lake Manawa. The gam will be called at I: SO o'clock and the lineup will be th same aa announced last week. Th West Council Bluffs team will play th Toung Americana thla morning at th grounds on Thirty-fourth street and Broad way. At th same grouuda at 8 o'clock In th afternoon th Buburbana will play th team from Quick, la. N. T. Plumbing Co., telephone ISO. Real Estate Transfers. These transfer wer filed yesterday In th abstrsct. title and loan offlc of J. W. Bqulre, 101 Pearl street: j b. F. MeOee. administrator, to James L. Wesley, that part of lot A Kir.b t flnnw aV Oreen'a subdlv. west of Graham av., a. d t 151 Augusta A. Keellne and husbsnd to Frank 8. Haas and Jesclca J. mi.nlnnr unrllvU lot b. block 8. Street's add., w. d 100 J. F. Evans and wife to Nathan M. v.,.v lot. t L B and 24. block 63. Railroad add, w. d 100 Horace J. Evans to N. M. Pusey, lots i . j klnok 11 and Inla 1 la 14. block 72. Railroad add., w. d l.W John Bennett and B. H. Ohlendorf, ... in n F! Ofihorn lot 2. block ! Benson's 1st add., r. d SO James K. Torbltt to Lewis E. Day. e lot . block t. Bayllsa 4c Palmer's ... nH Ini 9R anit 2 block 34. Central subdlv.. W. d 1.900 Paul C. Aylesworth snd wife to A. D. Annls, lot t. block K. Curtis P.ameey'a add., w. d I."0 K M. Pjsey. trustee, to J. B. Young, riwVi se"4 S-74-44 q. C. ' John Bennett and E. H. Ohlendorf. referees, to Olln E. Osborn. n4 se 24 and part nwV aeVt and of ( seres west of road In neV seVi 20 74U w. d a-7 Sam to Hunter Osbrn seVi 24 and part nwVi seV "-7 , r. d.... S.66S J E F. McUe. administrator, to 'J. B Young. nw eW and nwV, M-ls-41. a. d 1.700 - Eleven transfers, total , tliUl BLUFFS. DEMOCRATS ME A TICEET Delsgatsi from Walnut Are lor Over Manner LeFebu Wu Treated. WOULD NOT TAKE CONSOLATION PRIZE County Attorneyship the Occasion for Another Lively Tilt In Which Candidate' Democracy Is Questioned. For Clerk of the District Court ... LOI'lS ZL'RMUEHLKN, JR., Council ForBAud"rtor..AL. A. LENOCKER, Oakland For Recorder . , . . L. C. PROUTT, Oarner Township For Attorney.... H. L. ROBERTSON, Neola For Member Board of Supervisors........ Long term. JOHN W. WARNER, Valley Thortht?rm. TIM RYAN, Rockford Township. This Is the county ticket placed In nomi nation by the democrat of Pottawattamie yesterday In Neola. These are the delegates selected to at tend the state, congressional and judicial convention!: To State Convention J. R. Blake, Byl veater Dye, J. B. Johannsen, Ouetav Dled rlch, Warren Hough, Conrad Oelse, J. W. Hemstead, H. Mendel, T. E. Casady, B. O. Underwood, Jamea O'Nell, Oeorge Thomaa, Tuomae Bowman, C. 8. Walters. J. J. Shea, Lucius Wells, J. P. Organ, Brooks Reed, B. B. Wadsworth, C. H. Huber. To Congressional Convention John T. Hazen. Charles Schmidt, 8. D. Tobey, J. E. Hemsworth, W. C. Sieves, D. W. Borruff, Joo O'Nell, O. 8. Dye, C. H. Stuhr, U. R. McLaln, William Curry, James Shields, M. C. Goodwin, J. R. Dledrlch. O. 8. Davis, Lee Evans, W. C. Boyer, Morris Hough, Jamea Burns, Jeff Blegler. To Judicial Convention Roscoo Barton, Riley Clark, J. M. Coons. J. W. Crow. A. O. Wyland, W. H. 8churi, H. O. Owen, Fre mont Benjamin, E. E. Aylesworth, J. W. Schoenlng, Henry Atkln, Cbarlea Nicholson, John Mlchaelson, O. B. McBrlen, C. Q. Mc intosh, Tim Ryan, Joseph Pierce, Hugo Baumelster, Theodora Meyers, Thomaa Ma loney. Platform Adapted. This platform was adopted: We. as democrats of pottawauamio V e ueurve intti n tlon for any man to aspire to a position that will represent his constituents in an official capacity, but we do not believe in a system of graft that results In a few men manipulating county affairs to an extent that awards contracts for pr.ntlng and bridge work to the highest bidder; that diverts county funds from their In tended use to the building of prlvste road, waya for membera of the board: that uses the office of overseer of the poor and the supplies distributed therefrom -to manipu late primaries and Influence voters In the city of Council Bluffs and succeeds in n.intinin aaWteii few in office during ' the term of an ordinary life. w hoiiava that th holdine- of a munici pal office for three " mor 5t"?eu"Y" terms by any one person tends to estan- llsh a practice of favoritism, oppression, dishonesty and corruption, detrimental to nrat a nf favoritism. oPDression. i the best Interests oi tne puouc. We therefore declare our orpOBlt,on TO the holding of any municipal office by nny one person for more than two consecutive terms. Several Townships Unrepresented. The convention was due to meet at 10 o'clock, but It was 11:30 before It was called to order by Chairman Brooks Reed of the county central committee, the delay being occasioned by aeveral of the dele gatlona from the eaat end of the county being unable to reach Neola before that hour. Of the 179 delegatea credited to the convention only 158 were present, Har din, Kane (outalde). Keg Creek. Pleasant Silver Creek. Waveland and Wright town ships not being reperesented. Of the seventy-one delegates to which Council Bluffs waa entitled sixty-eight were in at tendance. The citizens of Neola had made elaborate preparations to entertain the convention and the streeta of the proa- perous little town were gay with bunting and flags. A reception commute met to delegates at th depot with a band aa they arrived and escorted them to the cpera house, where the convention waa held. On calling the convention to order and reading tha call Chairman Brooks Reed suggested that the candtdatea nominated be not assessed for campaign purposes, but that each candidate be permitted to.ncke hla own campaign and apend hi own money aa he deemed beat, while It Is understood that thla suggestion Is approved, especially by th candidates, the convention took no action In regard to It. Thomaa E. Casady of Council Bluffs was named by Mr. Reed aa temporary chair man and th convention aelected Lee Evana of Council Bluffs as temporary secretary and Hugo Baumelater of Walnut aa read ing clerk. Thla temporary organization waa later made permanent. On taking th chair Mr. Caaady refrained from making a speech and the convention got down to business by appointing th usual committees as follow: Credentials John T. Hazen, Knox; Jaoob Noumayer, Council Bluffs; John Warner, Hancock; J. W. Crow, Mlnden; Riley Clark. Neola Permanent Organization J. E. Larlmore. Knox; Uriah McLaln, York; Georg Mur phy, Neola; P. Ounnoude, Council Bluffs; 8. T. McAtea, Council Bluffs. Resolutions J. M. Kelley, Macedonia: W. C. Boyer, Council Bluffs; F. A. Blxhy, Coun cil Bluffs: Rosco Barton, Avoca; John Stuhr, Mlnden. Delegate John P. Organ, Council Bluffs; J. B. Johannsen, Walnut; William Currle, Crescent; Georg Thomas-, Boomer; C. D. Walters, Council Bluffs. Following th appointment of these com mittee th convention took recess of nearly two hours tor dinner. Walt en Committees. On the convention getting together again after dinner there waa mora or leas delay owing to committee not being on hanj to report. During tha wait J. J. Ebea cf Council Bluff a waa called upon to address the convention and be made one of bla characteristic talks. Riley Clark, chair man of the committee on credentials, r ported that there waa no contests and recommended that whtr th delegations were "not full," they be empowered to cast th full vota of th delegation. Th man ner In which th Neola Justice of th peac worded th recommendation of th com mittee caused considerable amusemaat. Tha first - nomination to be made was that for clerk of the district court, al though according to th call it Should bav teen for auditor. Th change waa mad at th Instigation of Louis Zurmuehlen' friends, who desired in th event of him receiving the r.jmtnatloa to give the notn inatlon for auditor to Prank LeFeber of Walnut, Zurmuehlen' mala opponent for tna clerkship nonUnaUon, aa a aoaaoUiioa prlie, but as events showed LeFeoer was not looking for any consolation offering and he and bis friends went home feeling that they bad been badly treated. The contest for the nomination for clerk of th district court had during the early morning narrowed down to Zurmuehlen and LeFeber and It waa evident that there was a good fight on between these candidates representing the ' two aectlons of the county. The Informal ballot gave Zur muehlen 96H and LeFeber 60V&, with 11 for J. M. Kelley of Macedonia, who an nounced he waa not a candidate. The first formal ballot gave th nomination to Zurmuehlen with 103 votes, against 5 for LeFeber. Not In Consolation Class. Then ensued one of the most Interesting Incidents of tha convention. On motion of C. D. Walters of Council Bluffs the rules were suspended and LeFeber waa nominated for auditor by acclamation, every one ap plauding except the delegates from Walnut. As soon as the cheering died down Dele gat Sievers of Walnut announced that Mr. LeFeber would not accept the nomination under any circumstances and would posi tively decline to make the race. Delegatea from all parta of the hall crowded around LeFeber, urging him to ac cept the nomination, but ha turned a deaf ear to their entreatlea and informed them that he had not com to th oouventlon seeking any consolation prize. He had been turned down for the nomination he had sought and that ended It with him. The convention, however, was on the point cf forcing the nomination on LeFeber whon Delegate Blevera rose to hla feet and in a voice ringing with anger aaid that the democrats of Walnut would not permit Mr. LeFeber to be used as a catspaw for any man. J. J. Shea suggested that Al A. Lenocker of Oakland, a rural telephone system mag nate, ba nominated for auditor by accla mation. This waa voted down and an in formal ballot taken, which gave Lenocker 121 votes, against 37 for L. C. Prouty, a school teacher of Garner township. On motion of the delegation from Garner the informal ballot waa declared a formal on and the nomination given to Lenocker. . Then ae a consolation an attempt was made to give the nomination for recorder to Prouty by acclamation, but fell down. An informal ballot resulted aa follows: Prouty, 90; L. H. Smith of Rockford. 38; C. R. Reels of Reels, 4, and Brooks Reed, county chairman, 8. Thla ballot was then declared a formal one and Prouty accorded the nomination. Do Not Like the Brand. Then more trouble ensued. An attempt to nominate Harry L. Robertson, mayor of Neola, for county attorney drew forth a storm of protest from all parts of the hall. It developed that opponenta of Robertson had during the morning made overturea to Emmet Tlnley of Council Bluffs over tha telephone and had received from him a qualified consent to accept thla nomination. The Informal ballot gave Roberston 86 and Tlnley 72. Then Attorney Organ addressed the convention, stating that it would be unwise to nominate a man who might later withdraw hla name from the ticket. He aald that they had no positive assurance that Mr. Tlnley would make the race. Then there was more trouble, and opponents of Robertson showed that he waa no demo crat and called upon him to come forward and declare himself. A friend hastened for Mr. Robertson, and in tha meantime thu convention attempted to settle the ques tion by nominating Mr. Organ, but he re fused. Then Justice Riley Clark of Neola seized the opportunity to accuae Robert- son oT being anything but a democrat, ... . . . , A - " ui uoi nu roiureo restored to enable the formal ballot to be taken on an order from the chairman and It re sulted in giving the nomination to Rob ertson by 110. against 39 for Tlnley and 9 for Roscoe" Barton of Avoca. Mayor Robertaon .made his appearance. and mounting the stage .declared he was aa good a democrat as any of hla Neola friends, or more' correctly speaking, ene mies. To prove his democracy he called attention to the fact that his father had been a confederate soldier and that he himself had during hia earlier yeara voted the straight democratic ticket and that four yeara ago he left the republican fold and wandered back Into that of the dem ocrats. After he had paid his Neola friends all the compliments he could Mayor Kooertson concluded by thanking the con vention for the honor it had done him by nominating him for attorney. The Informal ballot for member of the Board of Supervisors for the long term brought out several candidatea and re sulted sa follows: John W. Warmer of Valley township, 91H; George Dye of Carson towjjshlp. 89H; Thomaa Smith of Boomer township, 17; Tim Ryan of Rock ford township, 10. The formal ballot on motion waa made a formal one and Warner declared the nominee. For the nomination for tha aecond member of the board for th short term th informal ballot gave Tim Ryan 63 totes, against 64 for Georg Dya and 48 for Thomas Smith. Dye'a name waa withdrawn and on the first formal bal lot Tim Ryan waa nominated by 103 ft votea, agalnat Si for Thomaa Smith. With tha election of Mack Goodwin of Council Bluffs as chairman of the county central oommlttee to aueceed Brooks Reed and the naming of the membera of thla committee the convention came to a close For sale, cheap, a high grade tandem in good repair. Inquire Theodora B. Tholl, gas office. With the Churches. The uetlal services will be held at th Broadway Methodist church today. At th morning service at 10:30 the pastor, Rev. W. J. Calfee, will speak on "Nearer to God and In th evening at 8 o'clock his subject will be "Common Benee Religion." Sunday school will meet at noon. Junior league at 4 p. m. and Epworth league at 7 p. m. 'Regeneration" will be the subject of Rev. Harvey Hostetler's morning sermon at the Second Presbyterian church. For th even ing th topic la "Elijah." Elder Charles Derry of Woodbine will oc cupy th pulpit at tha church of th Lattar Day Salnta on Pierce street at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Sunday achool at noon. Mid week prayer aervlce at 1:46 Wedneaday venlng. All are welcome. Grace Episcopal church, corner of Pierce and Union streets, Edwin I. Abbott, lay preacher. Morning prayer at 11 a. m. Bun day school at 9:45. Thr will be public worship at 10:80 a. m. and I p. m. today at the First Congrega tional church. The pastor. Rev. James Thomson, will preach In the morning on 'The Coat of Christian Character," and In the evening on "Soma Characteristics of Paul's Gospel." Sunday ' achool and th meeting of th Christian Endeavor society will bs held at th usual hours. Th First Church of Christ (Scientist) will hold services this morning at 11 o'clock In tha Bapp building, when th subject of th Irs sod will be "Truth." Sunday achool will b held at th close of this service. The regular mid-week testimony meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Thar will be preaching services at tha First Baptist church at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Th pastor, Rev. Millard Rlggs, will preach In th morning on "Our Dally Bread," and In th veclng hi subject will be "The Spoil of Achan." Sunday achool Will b it soon, meeting ot th Junior union at t p. m. and Young People' meeting at T p. m. At th West Bid mission. Twenty-second atreet and Avenuo B, tner will be Sunday achool at 1:30 p. m. , Police Station Robbed. On ordinary occasions It la safe to visit the pollr station, at least In th daytime, but there Is on individual In th city who In the future will give the city ttastll a wide berth. Th man In question has a reputation as a ward politician, and Is a particular friend of the chief'a, and that waa all the more reason why he should not expect to get robbed In the police station. He happened to be at the station when a couple of drunks were being searched and watched the proceeding with some curiosity. While he waa rubbering at the unfortunates a patrolman went through the citizen's pockets, purloining two of the best B-cent cigars In th city. That means th Pil grim. Ask your dealer tor the Twin City. Puck's Domestic aoap ts beau Gravel roofing, A. H. Reedl E41 Broadway. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed have been Issued tfrthe following: Name and Residence. Age. G. 8. Walker, Des Moines ..... 2 Hattle Jackson. Kansas City 24 Frank Blake, Lincoln, Neb 32 Allle McMaater, Lincoln, Neb 84 Puck's Domestic soap ts best for lautdry. Keep clean. Use Puck's Mechanic's soap. SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE WEEK Larsre Number of People Leaving; for the Lakes and Monntalna to Spend Summer. F. R. Davla la visiting friends at Chi cago. Mrs. J. H. Martin is visiting friends at Davenport. Mrs. E. W.. Crandall la viaitlng frienda at Sioux City. Mrs. E. A. Rlsser Is visiting friends at Colorado Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Everett are visiting friends In Denver. Mrs. W. A. Maurer entertained a number of frienda Informally yesterday afternoon. Mra. Frank True entertained Informally at her home on Third avenue Thursday evening. Mrs. Charles Rattalick of Billings, Mont., Is in th city, the guest of friends and relatives. Mrs. Horace Everett entertained a few frienda Informally at a whiat party Tuee day morning. Miss Mangum, principal of the Washing ton avenue school, Is visiting relatives in Salt Lake City. Miss Byrne of South Dakota la In the city, the guest of Mra. Eva Murray of Willow avenue. Miss Morris left last week for Appleton. Wis., where she will spend the summer vUlting friends. Mrs. A. B. Frush and Miss Mulqueen will leave Tuesday for Colfax, where they will apend a couple of weeka. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Graham of South First street have gone to Fremont Lake, Wyo., to visit their son.. Mrs. O. M. Brown and niece, Miss Louise Brown of St. Paul, have gone on an ex tended trip to the Pacific coast Mr. and Mrs. P. C. DeVol are home from St. Paul and Madison Lake where they have been for the laat few weeka. Mr. and Mrs. Fred John son nt VMftK avenue entertained a few friends Infor mally at a dinner Monday evening. and Mrs Victor E. Bender and children are spending a few weeka at Madlaon lake. Miss Ethel Cook entertained a number of young friends at a picnic party at Lake Manawa yesterday afternoon and evening. Mrs. J- H. Helwlg entertained at cards Friday evening at her home on Harrison street. The guest numbered about twenty Mrs. Alexander Murray of Chicago, who haa been visiting friends In the city for the last alx weeka, haa returned to her home. Mlsa Caroline L. Dodge gave an Informal dinner dance at "The Orchards" Tuesday evening in honor of her guests, Miss Haw- N?waYorkMClt"0raM E Park'r' b9th 0t Miss Delia Metealf. Miss Edith Butler and Miss Evelyn Thomas entertained about fifty of thtlr friends Thursday afternoon i t,p "f, ?onR. Prty. K'ven at the horn of Miss Metealf. Miss Josephine Jennings entertained the members of the Kensington Club at her home on First street Wednesday after noon. The prize for the game of the aftor. noon was awarded Miss Ruth Barstow. Captain Oeorge Crane and daughter, Mlas Marian, have gone to Portland, Ore., to visit relatives. They were accompanied as far as Salt Lake City by Miss Oeorgene Bebblngton, who will visit the family of E. E. Mayne at that place for aeveral weeka. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Brown of Los Angeles are In the city enroute to their home from Rhode Island, where they were recently married. They will leave for Los Angeles Tuesday morning, accompanied by Miss Bessie Brown, who will make her home with them. Davi sells paint. Douglas Democraey Will Picnic. MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia July 19.-(Sne clal Telegram.) A committee repreaentlcg the Douglaa County Democracy of Omaha waa in this city today In consultation with the Commercial club In regard to holding their annual picnic at th fair ground In thla city. Th committee was well pleased with the grounds and will ren der a favorable report to th Douglas County Democracy. - The picnic will be held on August 24 and it la expected that over 1.600 people from Omaha will be In attendance. - Prohibitionists Choose Delegates, CRESTON. Ia.. July 19. (Special.) The prohibitionists have aelected tha fol lowing delegates from Union county to at tend the state convention at Waterloo, Au gust 30: E. R. Button, Cbarlea P. Lang, E. A. Enders, J. H. Perry, Georg Fra iler, T. H. Osborne, M. I. Jones, 8. E Robinson and Charles Petioldt. Their platform calls for prohibition of th sal and manufacture of liquor, woman'a suf frage and th election of United States senators by a direct vote of th people. Unveil Soldier' Monument. OELWEIN. Ia,. July 19. (Special.) Tbls afternoon the monument In the Oelweln cemetery erected to the memory of tho soldier dead by the Women' Relief corps was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. The rltuallatlo services of the Grand Army of the Republic waa carried out and 200 children repreaentlng a living flag assisted In the ceremonies. State Department Chap- Han Ferguson of Parkersburg delivered tha addreaa of the occasion. Alleged Marderer Captured. CEDAR FALLS, Ia.. July 19. (Special.) Tha offlcera here have been Informed of the capture of Fred W. Stephenson at Portage, Wla. He waa wanted for th alleged murder of a deputy sheriff st Waterloo, Wis., laat February. Tha offl cera wer Informed her soms day ago that h waa supposed to be In this vicinity and that he would receive mall bar. Th detective followed him her, but h rradad them in soma mysterious manner. Cholera Victim Premlaeat In Creston. CRESTON. Ia., July 13. (Special.) Many cUlsen of Creaton are deeply affected by tha nwa which arrived from Manila ' last night conveying th intelli gence of th death' of Mra. John Gibson from cholera. Ba waa prominent ia church and aoclety circle and waa loved for bar many acta of charity to tha poor of the city. Mr. Gibson la also under quarantine from the aame dlsaa and much anxiety la felt for hi condition. MAY APPEAL TO THE COURTS lailroadg IntimaU They Will Tight Anj Aatsntnant Osniidsred Unfair. VANDALS CUT TWO TELEPHONE CABLES Exposition Commission Plan to Spend ftHMXM) for a Building at the St. Louis Fair Work on Army Post. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, July 19. (Special.) The railroad hearings closed this afternoon and the representatlvea Of the railroad com panies exhausted all their arguments on the state executive council this morning. The closing session with the attorneys was by far the most Interesting. Governor Cummins raised a question which had to be met. He asked the attorneya to discuss the problem of whether or not the council has the right to make an assessment at less than 25 per cent of the value of the rail road property, granting that the conclusion is reached that other assessments are less than 26 per cent. In other words, the law saya that the valuation for taxes must be fixed at one-fourth the actual value of the property. Can the council Ignore this pro vision of the law because of deficiencies in the real estate and personal property assessments T Attorneys for the railroads drew cuts to see which one should present an argument on the case, and Judge Carr of thlB city waa the one aelected. He presented a par allel caae from Tennessee where the assess ing board had fixed the assessment of the Louisville Nashville at full value, where as other property waa assessed at less than value. Judge Taft in the federal court, in deciding the case, said that the board had followed the exact letter of the law, but that the constitutional requirement ot equality In taxation made It necessary for the board to go beyond the law and compare assessments so that It should not be rel atively higher on one class of property than another. He asked the council to follow thla rule In Iowa and where as the assessment Is by law required to be at 25 per cent of Its actual value It abould be made, In aome way, to conform to the ex isting state of affairs by which property In general la assessed at not to exceed 16 2-3 per cent of Its value. He contended that it waa not only the right, but the duty of the council to do thla. Hay Appeal to Court. Th Intimation was given out, though not fully expressed, that in caae the coun cil makea the assessment at a figure con sidered by the railroads too large, resort will be had to a court of equity to correct the assessment and secure equality in taxation matters. Judge Carr instated that the council ahould not shirk a duty when it became plain that a Court nf equity would have the power to enforce that duty in an action brought. In the course of the discussion, which became a free-for-all talk among the law yers and the membera of the council, Gov ernor Cummins rather Insisted that, uo matter what might be the fact In regard to real' estate and personal property as sessment, the fact that the council cannot at this time remedy any defect In tha real estate aaaessment makea It Impossi ble for the council to take Into consid eration the rlae in the value of land which haa taken place In the laat year and a halt on which the claim ot deficient aa aessment la baaed. Th railroad representatlvea agree that. from the Insinuations given out by mem bers of the council and the line of argu ment made necessary by questions, the council is certain to raise the assessment on railroads several million dollars. They expect a alight increase and believe that they have aucceeded in making aucn a showing aa will hold the lncreaae down to a reasonable limit. The majority of the membera of the council are practically pledged to take action that will Increase, the assessment of the railroad aystems aa whole. The sole question for tnem to consider Is how mucn snail oe me in crease and how It may be distributed. The council haa before It more complete statlstlca than ever before and these have been ao carefully complied tnat every phaae of the question Is familiar to the membera. The hearing which closed to day haa been the most thorough ever known to the atate. Cot Telephone Cables. m.. flraf aarlous act of vandalism in con nection with the atrike of telephone oper nlaht when two large cablea of the Iowa Telephone company were cut The discovery waa not mace umu salsa mAPn 1 tl ST The cables run to the east and south aldea and crosa the Dee Molnea river on the Walnut atreet bridge. Botn are the ordinary cablea which carry more than 200 wlrea each. Someone climbed to the top of the bridge and aawed on tne cablea during the night. This destroyed the use of sbout 440 telephones. Includ ing those in the east aide bualness district and thoee at the atate capitol. A police n.n had been assigned to watch either end of the bridge during the night, but they did not aee anybody and are at a loss knnw how the cutting could have taken place. The officers of the telephone com pany insist that the cutting must nave been done by someone who Is perfectly familiar with the lay of the wires. Work men will be' put to work at once to re pair the damage, but it will take aeveral .nA in tha meantime a large number of tha aubscrlbera will be without telephone aervlce. Tbla evening the Trades and Labor assembly held a meeting and the advisory committee repudiated any sympathy with tha vandals who had engaged in the wire cutting. An effort la to be made to patrol the city better and prevent a repetition of the damage. There Is no change In th atrike situation here, but information received from Dav enport la that tha linemen have gon out on a aympathetlc strike there to assist .the linemen In Des Moines. The work of organizing tbs telephone operatora la In progress there and In Molina and Rock Is land and organizers are to be sent tj every city where the Iowa Telephone company doe business. The Retail Grocers association through lta board ot directors haa endorsed the strike of the telephone operators and line men against the Iowa Telephone company. Tli master clumbers of Des Moines to night declared a boycott on the Iowa Tele- nhnm romosnv and decided upon taking out all their telephone In sympathy with tha striking operatora. Exposition Commission at Work. Th member of th Iowa Exposition commission completed their work at 8t. Louis yesterday for th time being. A building commute waa appointed, tha membera being Governor Larrabee, chair man ex officio; 8. M. Leach, Jamea H. Tre win, W. W. Wttmer, L. A. Palmer and Dr. P. L. Prentla. Thla committee will con alder tha erection of a building for tha state, engaging an architect to draw th plana and assisting htm with suggestions aa to the needs of ths commission. It waa decided to erect a building costing $50,000, leaving (75.000 for the exblbtta and other ex pense. Th commission also decided to bav In the atate building a room devoted to th historical relics of th state. Th data received from exposition officials waa all reduced to writing, to be used la tha further work of the commission. The next meeting will be at Des Moines, August 15. More Army Post Buildings. The work of construction is now under way for eight buildings at the Dee Moines srmy post on the site of Fort Des Moines, and the War department haa Just issued an order, which haa been received here, for the construction of eighteen other buildings, the aggregate coat of which will be In the neighborhood ot $340,000. The entire amount to be spent by the gov ernment on the post this year and next la about 3500.000. The new building to be erected are the ordinary bulldlnga In and about an army post. Including offlcera' quarters, a double cavalry barracks and cavalry stables. All the buildings will be of brick and modern In arrangement. Candidatea for Congreaa. It is learned here that W. H. Wilson of Davenport ts likely to be the republican candidate for congress In the Second dis trict. The nomination is conceded to Scott county In case that county presents a suit able candidate and the republicans ot that county, who hold their convention next Saturday, have about agreed upon Mr. Wil son as the proper peraon. In the Eighth district it is understood that Senator Por ter of Centervllle, who has been consid ered a possible democratic candidate agalnat Hepburn, has refused positively to make tbs race, and this leaves the field free for J. B. Sullivan of Creston. The democratto conventions have not been generally called and there la but little discussion of can didatea among the democrats. LIGHTING PLANT MAY FOLLOW Slonx City Stock Tarda Company Buy Traction Concern and Con templates Other Big Deal. SIOUX CITY, Ia., July 19. (Special Tele gram.) The interests controlling the Sioux City stockyards, generally understood to be Swift and Company of Chicago, have purchased the Bloux City Traction com pany and are negotiating for the Bloux City Gaa and Electrlo Light company. Th books of the Traction company have been in the hands of John F. MUlett, auditor for Swift and Company, alnce July 1. The deal was closed by Colonel I. C. Elston of Crawfordsvllle, Ind, president of the Sioux City Stockyards company, when he gave hla check for $80,000 to bind the bargain. The Traction company has forty-nine miles of railway and la capitalized at $1,200,000. Bwlft and Company are alleged to have purchased the Sioux City atockyards last fall. The name of the purchaser was kept a secret for a time, but it Is now generally understood that Swift and Com pany were the purchasers. The company plana to build a large packer here and Its purchase of the Trac tion company and the negotiations for the Gaa and Electrld Light company indicate It has large plans in view. SEVERE STORM AT CRESTON Hall and Rain Destroy Growing Crop and Railroad T raffle 1 Retarded. CRESTON, Is., July 19. (Special.) The most disastrous storm of the aeaaon passed over here laat night. Hall and rain cut the corn up, laid the oats fields down snd filled many cellars with water. The wind blew off fruit and broke and tore down fruit trees and lightning struck four houses, several barna and haystacks, shocking one lady until she haa not yet recovered and killing three head of stock. All ot the streams are out of their banks and railroad traffic haa been greatly Inter fered with. Killed While Sleeping on Track. FORT DODGE. Ia.. July 19. (Special Telegram.) An unidentified man waa run over and killed by a Northwestern train at Gowrle thla afternoon. He waa aaleep with his head on the rail. The train could not be stopped before the engine wheels bad passed over him. No marks ot Iden tification were found, but the victim was apparently a tramp. Iowa Normal Will Graduate. CEDAR FALLS, Ia., July 19. (Special.) Next Thursday -a graduating class of thirty-five atudenta will be granted diplo mas and apeclal certificates from the State Normal achool. The address of the occa sion will be delivered by President 8eerley. Thla will complete a class ot 263 graduates for the year. Heavy Rain at Daalap. DUNLAP, la., July 19. (Special Tele gram.) A heavy rain fell here this even ing and fears of further damage by high water aro entertained. Reports indlcato that the storm extended up the Illinois Central as far as Rockwell City. WHERE FRIARS MADE ERRORS Rev. Patrick J. Hart, Jnt Returned '' from Philippine, Discusses Important Question. gt-. PAUL, July 19. Rev. Patrick J. ito-, a Catholla clera-vman. formerly of St. Paul, now military chaplain at Fort Meade, 8. D., Is on a visit to nis oia nome. r.ih.. Hun ment two years and a half aa chaplain to the United Btatea forcee In the Phlllppinea. TO an Associaiea rreus ranresentatlve today Father Hart aald: Before Admiral Dewey'a fleet arrived In the harbor or Manna me mrmuci m religious orders, who had been previously scattered through the archipelago, had been driven Into Manila, where alone their Uvea were in saieiy. ui mu-o w.. not come Into Manila aome were actua.ly put to death, and the others Impriaoned and even cruelly tortured. Those who had been imprisoned were ultimately released by the American army. The question Is raised, of course, why such antipathy was shown by the Philippine people to the mem bers of those specific orders, from my observation, the reasons are the following: They were the land holding friars. The Filipinos were their tenants and had been for yeara paying rent to them, which rent was collected from the people In the name of the Spanish government. The original acquisition of those lanos by the friars was with the best possible Intentions and principles. Th people, then savages were gathered upon those lends by the friars, civilised and Christianized. The mistake of tho friers was this: They having civil ized and Christianized the people, failed to observe what was the frulta of their own teachings, the development in the people of Indf pendence. which led those people to the desire of being proprietors themselves. This point reached In the teaching of the people, the friars should have aided In making them proprietors. From what I know and firmly believe, the members of the four orders I bye mentioned as landlord orders cannot with safety return to their parlshea. FAIL TO ACCEPT REDUCTION Member ot Iron and Steel Warker and Tin Work Do Not Want Wage Cnt. ELWOOD. Ind.. July 19. After a debate for several hbura the membera ot tha Amal gamated and Iron and Steel Worker voted tonight not to accept the reduction in wagea asked by tha American Tin Plate company. Tb proposition waa mad to th manufacture that they could eecur a contract from tha Standard Oil company for $1,500,000 boxes of tin if the men would accept a reduction tn wagea equal to 25 per cent of their total earolnga. ANDERSON. Ind., July 19. By unanimous vota tonight the tin workera decided to rafnaa to allow tha American Tin Plate company to reduce their wagea li par cnt. BEARS IN OATS ARE CAUGHT Prioe of July Option Goes bj Leapt to Bixtv-Fiv Cent. ALL RECORDS SINCE 1874 ARE BROKEN Continued Wet Weather and Small Amount of Oata tor July Deliv ery Fata tha Shorta In a Panic CHICAGO, July 19 In a very excited session of the Bosrd of Trade today oats sold at .5 cents, the highest pries here since 1874 for thst cereal. The cause of this rocket flight, which was a gain of 15 cents In three days and of T cents today, waa the fear of "shorts" In July options that they might not t able to aecure oata with which to fulfill their contracta. Back of this cause lay that of oat fields yellow for the harvest, but devaatated by th heavy rains of the laat tew daya. Yesterday trade In oats on 'the local ex change was very much excited. Today It almost reached a panic. From the first tap of the atartlng gong terror filled tho hearts ot the beara In the oats pIL Reports during the latter end of June and early July Indicated excellent harvest of oata. Shorta, who had been pinched a little early In July options, determined to bang out for a reaction when good weather arrived. Stocks of old oata became rapidly depleted under a constant good cash de mand. Mayer James Patten ot Evansvilla bad cornered May oata, and bad done It so suc cessfully that there was no "corpse" ot big cash supplies to bury. When the heavy rains continued receipts of new standard, oata, which must be delivered on new July contracts, were almost nil. Today only eighty-one cars of all ktnda of oata arrived and only twenty-eight cara were of contract grade. "Shorta" bid tor what little atuff there was offered. The bulla believed prices would go still higher. snd chief of these bulls was Mayor Patten, wbp la supposed to have a tight bold on nearly 2,000,000 bushels of new July. Most of this supply of ahort contract waa bought around 86 cents. The crowd figures that only profits are going to the bull clique. July opened 214 . cent higher than laat night' close at 60 cents. There waa soma haggling for a short time and then tn Jumps of 1 or 1 cents at a time the price bounded to 65 cents. Hers and there longs liquidated for good profits, but th close waa very strong and congested, 7)4 cents gain for July for the day at 64H cent a. September felt the Influence of the July strength and made fair gains, closing 4 a cent up at 84 cents. CASTRO ABANDONS HIS PLAN Will Rot Attack tha Revolntlenlsts at Barcelona, aa Waa Proposed. WASHINGTON. July 19. Minister Himm at Caracaa has cabled the State department aa follows: v "The president of Venezuela haa aband oned the Idea of attacking the enemy at Barcelona and la proposing to return to Caracas soon. President Caatro went to Barcelona. which waa partially Invested by the rev olutionists about ten days ago. landinsr from a government warship and asserting that he would clear out the rebels within fifteen days. He bad a conaiderable force of soldiers with blm and the reason for hla change of mind in the absence of a de cisive battle can only be con lectured here. It is known that be la unable to regain Caracas by land, owing to the presence between himself and the capital of the revolutionary force and be must return by water aa be came. HIBERNIANS CONCLUDE WORK Aa Adjournment Is Taken at Mid night After Election ot Offlcera. DENVER. Colo.. July 19. The forty-eee-ond biennial convention of the Ancient Or der of Hibernians of America adjourned at midnight to meet in St. Louis in two yeara hence. The following officers were chosen: President, John E. Dollan; vice presi dent. T. J. O'Bulllvan; secretary, J. P. Bree; treasurer, M. J. O'Brien. Directors, John T. Keating, P. J. O'Connor, Daniel Hennes sey and W. J. Cronln. BANK OFFICERS SENTENCED Harry T. Dnka and Alexander A. Rob ertaon Must Serve Frar Venra Each (or Embeaslemeat. SALT LAKE. Utah, July 19. Harry T. Duke and Alexander A. Robertson, for merly cashier and paying teller, respec tively, of the Wells-Fargo back In thla city, today. appeared before Judge Mora In tb district court and pleaded guilty to th charge of embezzling $80,000 front the bank and were each aentenced to four yeara' Imprisonment In the penitentiary. NEW MONMOUTH PARrTcHURCH Methodist Meeting Hoaae Destroyed , by Hurricane ta Ready tor Rededlcatloa. On the 11th of laat March the Monmouth Park Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Thirty-fourth atreet and Larlmore ave nue, waa totally demolished by a wind storm, and the people aet about the. rais ing of funds for ths erection of I new building at one. Tb now building was begun on April 14 and baa been pushed with auch progress that It la now ready for dedication. Th service will ba held next Bucday, July 11. In tha morning at 10:80 Rev, F. M. Elsson will preach the dedicatory aermon. At !:S0 p. m. will be held a platform meeting and the dedicatory services la charge of Dr. J. W. Jennings, assisted by the pastor and other minister who are present. In tha evening at 8 o'clock will be the closing services and a aermon by Rev. A. J. Markley, D. D., ot Oretna. Meade County Capitol Deeded. STURGIS. 8. D., July 19. (Special.) Tb deed for tb Meada county court house having been algned, aealed and delivered to the county commissioners, the county now owns It tree from all Incumbrance: Thla gives the coanty a atructure that could not be duplicated for a 60 per cent Increase In price, and taxpayera are aware that Ibe officials have savsd them thousanda cf dol lars. THE REALTY MARKET. INBTRT'MENTS filed for record Saturday, July 19: Warranty Deeda. Anton Kubat to Frantlska Kubat, lot ' 1, block 104, Bouth Omaha..., J. C. Havemeyer, executor, and wife to Samuel Mancuso, lot 19. block 9, Kounta A R.'a add 1,000 J Q. A. Edwards et al to Mary A. Patrick. ,ct T, block 8, td add to Bouth Omaha 1.00 West Hide Investment company to Henry Rolfs, lot 1, block li. Lawn field add ISO O W. Ucott and wife to aame, lots 6 lO IV, VIH w,.,r... a m Herman Ooorhuls and wife to Joh Lange, lot I, b'ock t. Corrlgan Plic to 10, ilo ia. iAnnri(i ana &n 10 jonn ce Total amount of tranaer.... .16.001