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t 0 li-'i' NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. r-rTlmil UJ TTT7T7Q 'w1,:hrV UlUiVUl mihor Mr.Tio. Pari sells drugs. Atorkart sails carpet and rnri Leffert. eyesight speclsllst. t riradwy. pcl.l offering In framed picture. C. E. AUxtilr Co.. Kie Hroadway. Ml Hatighmnn of Orlswold. la., la visit ing Miss Macrae of Park avenue. Ml Mabel Cummlnsa of At. Joeeph la the UMt of Mlae Cliloe Wrldeneteln. Mia Margaret Plnnchard left Thursday for a rlalt with friend in Burlington, la. Mr. A. A. Campbell snd sen have gone to vl.lt relative and friend In Wisconsin. Wanted at once, boy with pony to carry pee rout. Apply at th office, No. 10 Pearl street. A. B. Ollllland of Jefferson, Ia., la tha guest of Ceptaln John H. Clark of Sixth .venue. , Misses Elisabeth Pernio Purl of Stoux Sit y are guests of Mrs. Hay Blxby of Boutb lral street. Mr. A. F. Robinson of Willow avenue I entertaining her mother, Mr. Bryant pt Itanaas City. Miea France and Oraee Towalee of Olenwood are guests of Mr. E. J. Towale tit Oakland avenue. Mies Fl"renr Penny la home from Boa ton college where she has been taking a. cour In physical culture. Born, to Mr. and Mm John F. Bchults yeatardsy, a nn. Mr. Schults I ateward avt tha Iowa School for the Leaf. yter. O. L. Morgan of Windsor, Minn., j'lll conduct services at the mission at lfcul Weal Uroadwuy, fur a few daya. D. R. Witter of tha letter carrier force la taking hie annual vacation and left yes-t-riliy lor a trip to point in the Black lilll. Mr. KlUnbeth Dickey, aged 90 year, died yeaterday afternoon at the home of her dMtighter, Mr. J. d. Woodward, fit tjlxth avenue. Tor aale Mr home at (18 South First atreet; a modern alx-room cottage, large lot and shade trees. Call at 608ft Broad way. C. K. Nicholson. Captain J. II. Culver, who ha been tha guest of John P. Oretier during the re union of the Army of the Philippine, left laat evening for Ban Francisco. ' Mark at Co., proprietor of the Ogdan livery barn, l.:d Broadway, have an elegant equipment of rubber-tired rig. Home Ixmi.i.d and cared for, (10 per month. Beat livery service In the city. Telephone, lu. The committee of the whole of the city council will meet thl morntnn at 10 o'clock to take up the matter of the Look judg ment, a settlement of which la aought by Lock attorney. An eastbound motor car on the Omaha ilne collided with a coal wagon belonging to 5. A. Moore at Sixth atreet yeaterdny, with th result that the wagon had to be taken to the ahop for repalra. John Wilson, charged with the theft of a bicycle several month ago, we picked up fcv the nollce Thursday evenlner. He waa later released on a I) caah bond and hie hearing In police court aet for Monday. Tha reeldence of Mra. C. W. Hargen. 404 Pouth First ireet1 wa entered by thieve Thuraday while the family . wa as Lake Manawa. Fifty dollars in money and a woman's gold watch comprlaed tha booty tha thieve secured. F.dward C. Cowan, a farmer of Logan, Harrison county, haa filed a voluntary peti tion In bxi.krinrUy In the United Stales district court here. Ill liabilities amount to tJ,.(.' Irt. H aets, aggrrgaung H.'ilO, .re claimed aa exempt. Rev. W, 8. Barnes, pastor or xne rirnt Presbyterian church, la home from hla va cation trip, spent In northern Minnesota, lie will hold a communion service at the church Sunday morning, but the evening service will not be resumed until the first flunday In September. During the ahem battle at Lake Manawa Thursday night Major Mat Tlntey of the Flfty-firat reulment. Iowa National Quart, waa called Uuon to keep tha crowd back. A man resented being ordered back and ap plied a vile epithet to Major Tinley, who promptly knocked him . down. Several friend of the man then jumped on the officer, klrV'd him In the groin and h-ad and one of the fellnwa bit him on the chin. There were no arreat. but the mn who kicked Major Tlnley la known and a charge may be Iliad against hint. Darla icil giasa. Puck' Dcmaatlo soap la beat tor lautdry. WRITES THE MAYOR FOR A WIFE . Omaha Ha Patronise the Coaacll BlajTa Man let pal Metrl. nsonlal Sinai, For tha flrit time Mayor Morgan yester day learned that he was in the matri monial agency business on about tha same aoale that Mayor Moores of Omaha was supposed to bev been. Among th mayor's mall yasterday was a letter postmarked Omaha and signed by 8. N, Tldd, who was evidently under the Impression that Mayor Morgan could supply him with a wife. The latter read: Dear 8lrt I seen an advartlaement In an Omaha paper about the Firat of May Mat ing thai you atlll had a few "womene" that would make good "wlfea." If you have aome under your care pieaae write and let Die know. I am 40 years old and preparsd to airpport one. Piease writ scon and let me know them. The writer thoughtfully enclosed a stamp for the reply and under tha circum stances Mayor Morran deemed It only fair to answer the letter and Inform Mr. Tldd tliat while he had been elected chief ex ecutive of a city of 2e.OOO souls, hs was sot a matrimonial agent. Clerk fasast Locate Hlaa. City Clerk Phillip, la hla capacity of clerk of the local Board of Health, opened a letter yesterday addreesed to "Th Hon orable Health Occr ot Council Bluffs. 1." Tli iaUof piuJ l be frviu a peu tun attorney at Columbus, Kan., who de sired a certificate of tha death of Jamra W. Lyons or James Lyons, "who should have died near the 'Brurey northwest of Council Bluffs." The writer ststes that although "the brurey" Is across tbs river. thre latai to be no record of his death In Omaha. The date of the death of the man "who should have died ear the brurey" Is sot mentioned la the letter and Mr. Phillip was unable to find among hi records ot tb death of any man ot the . name ot Lyons. SettMnsj Tteealoa BUI. TTia Tcut!v committee of citizens la char of the entertainment ot the re vision of the National Society, Army of th lailipplnrs, will meat Monday morulas at 11 o'clock at headquartera la th Grand hotel at which It Is requested that all per ous having bills asalnst the committee will preatut them. Thoee so winning can present their bills beforehand to H. W. IKudar of the commute. Gravel roofing, A. II. Read. (41 Broadway. PK'ffiMng sod beating, filthy Boa. Real Katate Transfere. Tha tracalcrs were fled yesterday la the abstract, title and loan oftce ot J. W Ejulre, 1C1 Pesrl street: Fanny M Trew to Leon Wood, lot 1 an I a lot 4, bio-ck 4. liufl a adj.. (),iVix..l. w. A f cteie ruvin "K of Cun-ll l;iTs l V. H. J Morrta, bn and J, IT.Iele'e subrtlv. it OUUv't F. John l. i.i .n a i-,d . w. i IM turu nte Ir.i Kv brvr to I.ouUa Kfurr b.kri!. Ii i is 14 blotk 4, Cievr- f id a ii I., w. d 100 Wi.t em A. i-. to V lilUm Ptueve, 1 I t 8, Aui i. ra subdlv. vt k', nwW 1 li-77-44. w. 1 coo ll.-n.-y A laui h'.m lo lillin lsiuve. lot 1 tnH 1. A hi lore sutKiiv. of ao1 ns, II-. . a, w. d 113 Five trerefere, loiai ... 'l::v:sc cutlch JLJJ-jkJ a. jl TRAPS PORTER AND BARBER Bailrsxd Deteotir init Fair Obtrg f Robber. . r . RESULT CF LONG SERIES OF ROBBERIES Paaaena-ere oa Overlaa LlnlteA Have Cemplalaed of Loslngr Hour sal Coaapaay Makes Effort Catch Thieves. Tho arrest of Lewis Seldon, colored per ter of a buffet car, and Wayne Bhoup, a whit barber, both employed on the Northwestern-Union Pacific overland passenger train. Is believed by th official of these rallroadn to solve th mystery of tbs nu merous robberies which passengers of lata htve complained of. The arrest of tha two men was brought about by 3. C. Fanning and E. R. Stevens, detectives employed by tha Northwestern road. Beldon and Bhoup are now sojourning In tha county Jail pend ing tha determination of their preliminary hearing on a charge of larceny from the person, which was begun before Justice Bryant yesterday afternoon. Tot the last six months the Northwestern rgllroad haa received complaints from pas sengers on th overland limited who had been robbed of various sums of money, Only a week ago on passenger reported th loa of flftO. Investigation led to th sus picion that Beldon and Shoup wera respon sible for tha theft and, that the victims were robbed while In th barber ahop com partment of th buffet car. Special Officers Fanning and Sterans wera detailed on the case. Thursday night they assumed the role of passengers on the over land limited. ' In his coat pocket Detective Fanning carried a notebook containing a number of marked 110 bills, th number of everyone of which had been written down on a slip of paper. Th two detective were apparently traveling for pleasure with plenty of mney to spend and they trot quently patronised the buffet, taking, how ever, careful note of everything they or dered and paid for and at the same time keeping tab on what Porter Beldon suppltel to other, passenger. ' Both Are Attentive. Early yesterday morning tha two detec tive arose from their berths In the sleeper and repaired to th buffet ear where they ordered something to "brace up" on. Do teotlve decided he wanted a shave. Bar ber Bhoup was most accommodating and attentive to hla customer. Hot towels in plenty were spread over his faoe to keep away that "tired feeling.'' Porter Beldon wa equally attentive .and-, rigorously brushed the detective- coat. All this time DeUctlv Stevens waa watching from a point of vantage. The porter finished brushing the coat and the barber Uniahee shaving Detective Fanning, who . rejoined hla companion In the buffet compartment. Barber Bboup waa seen to rejoin Porter Seldon and then the two detectives de cided the time waa rip for action. They surprised the two men Just ae the porter waa handing the barber a $5 gold piece. Hastily pulling open the -portsr'.. cash drawer in the buffet, . Detective Fanning discovered, as h alleges, on ot bl marked $10 bill which he had prevloualy missed from his note book. He had taken care to note that all th bill were In th book before he ' went Into the barber's chair. The porter and barber were at once placed under arrest and on th train,, reaching Council Bluffs wera turned over to the uthorltles, Detective Fanning Cling an Information against th two men betor Judge Byrant. ggsldoa Refnaea te Aaawer. During the preliminary hearing Seldoa refueed to answer a queatton put to him by Alstant Attorney Kimball which the court decided lie should. Th court threatened to commit him for contempt It hs persisted tn his refusal hut the two colored men refused to answer It. The ques tion asked him was whether the rules of the company did not require him to use a certain check book tn which to keep ac count of all .good sold from th buffet. Thla question waa asked during Seldon' cross-examination, aa be claimed that the money found in hla drawer had been re ceived In payment for drinks aold by him aad tha ' proaeoutlon wa endeavoring to chow that no such sum of money could hat been received when compared with tha goods sold. Just about when Seldon waa being taken to the county Jail by th constable weakened and ottered to answer the ques tion but once back In tha witness atand els attorney refused to allow him to answer th question and the court ordered the porter removed to the county Jail, which was don and th hearing postponed. Bhoup wa aleo committed to th county Jail. Beldon' attorney left the court room threatening to Institute habeas corpus pro ceedings to secure the release ot their client. Beldon when arreated was found la pos sesion of a large roll of bills, and three valuable ring, two set with Urge diamonds and one with opals. Kp clean. Us Puck's Mec'canle'a aoap. Davis sell paints. Allege ilaaeaad ta laiaaa, Jamra C. Oelat, whose legal realdence Is assumed by the commissioners for tha Insane to be at Weet Point. Neb. was com ing to St. Bernard'a hotplttl yesterday for observation. Complaint was filed by his wife who alleged that bar husband had become mentally deranged over religion. Mr. Qelst waa ' formerly Mra. M. E. Jamea, daughter ot Mr. and Mr. J. E. Hill, 112s Fifth avanua, thl city, tha waa married to Celst In this city August S. l0l aud they shortly after moved to Onawa. Ia., to live. Some months age Geist left, saying he was going to Denver and Mrs. Cetat returned to her parents In this city. Geiat returned from Denver Thuraday and bis actions were such that Mrs. GaUt and her parents had him arrested oa a charge of laaauity. Calst la 11 year of age. v- Puck's Cemrstie soap te bosu t. Faal Peapte Parade. ' Tha delegation from St. Paul. Mian.. Jubi lant at ha success ia capturing the reuuloa ot th National Army of the Philippines tor ltkil. marched last evas'.cg to ths Il linois Central depot, beaded by McFadden's druaa corps and a string ot banners reach ing acroas the street oa which were In scribed. "St. Paul, Thl mlnatur parade, practically lb laat event et the re union, attracted conalderaole attention and toe aaieganua waa iiwiiij Iti wa to th depot. T Sla ! far 'Wife. Oliver ruBQiockam, who recently n teicd tola SB agreement wtih th county uprviM t dead to Fouaaeitauuie county hi hvufr aad lot ia title city in coueijere- Tim OMAHA TAT17Y TtEE: RATUHDAT, AUGUST 10, 1002. tloa of the eounty taking care of himself and wife for the remainder of thMr Uvea, applied In the district court yesterday to be permitted to sign the deed for his wife, who Is an' Inmate of the Insane ward ot Ft. Bernard's hospital. Cunningham is 76 years of age and being unable to take care of himaelf any longer haa been placed In Et. Bernard'a hospital as a county charge, PICKPOCKETS REAP A HARVEST Oroaada at Manawa Ifrewa with Eaapty Pa rare as Reaalt et Thelif Work. The light fingered gentry reaped a har vest at the sham battle at Lake Msnawa Thursday night and daylight yesterday dis closed the fact that the field was llterslly strewn with rifled pocketbooka. Many who managed to get home with their pocket booka lost their watches. Constable Albert! picked up nineteen pocketbooks which had been depleted of their contents and their owners can get them by applying at Justice Bryant's office. Alongside the fence near the merry-go-round an employe discovered eleven riflel purees and pocketbooks, some of which con tain papers, which will Identify the owners. On the grounds where the sham battle was fought twenty-seven pocketbooks, all empty, were picked up yesterday afternoon by employe of the company and others. Conditions at Lake Manawa Thursday night were exceedingly favorable for th pickpocket and they took every advantage of it. Th night was dark and tb people were packed In dense crowd and th strug gle to board the cars on tha return trip gave the light fingered gentry every op portunity to snatch not only pocketbooks. but watches and other article of Jewelry. James Palmer, employed In the local Rock Island freight office, mourn the loss of MT. P. D. Hows ot thla ctty wss touched tor $18, while Railway Mall Clerk Lawson Is poorer by $20 by reason of his visit to th lake. Mr. A. H. Carter of South First atreet lost her pocketbook containing nearly $20,' which wa Hatched from her hand a eh wa boarding a car. A man named Stewart, living on Park avenue, waa another victim of the pickpockets, but the amount of hi loss has not been reported. Few of the victims of the pickpockets mad their losses known to the police, realising that ao far a th recovery of the money was concerned it would do little good. Cbrls Muhrs of Treynor had his pocket book, containing $7 In cash and a certificate of deposit tor $50 stolen. Mrs. Crosby of Silver City had her chatelaine satchel In which was her pocketbook, snatched as she wa boarding a car. Her pure contained only a email amount In Silver. N. Y. Plumbing Co., telephone ISO. Use any sosp so Us Ptok' soap. WEBSTER CITY STORM STRUCK Wlai aad Ha la Strike low, Towa, I'proottngc Treea aad Aa-a-ra atlas Flood. WEBSTER .CITY, la.. Aug. 15. fSpectal Telegram.) A drenching rain accompanied by an extremely hard wind passed over this section last night. Between t and 4 Inches of water fell. Tree all over the city war torn up and outbuilding overturned. Coro la badly down and In place flattened to the ground. i-. Boon river la booming, being about 'three feet higher thanf yesterday. All lowland are flooded. ' ' ' " " Sire. M. I. Facile laaane. SIOUX CITY, la.. Aug. 15.-MSpaelal Tele gram.) Mrs. M. I. Faulk, formerly princi pal of the Morning Bid college, escaped thla afternoon from the Samaritan hospital, where she was taken laat night mentally de ranged, and after a long search by the po lice was finally recaptured. Mrs. Faulk was married a few years ago and her wages went towarde paying her husband's ex penses at the 6toux City Medical collego. Bhe waa refused re-election for this fall and It is atd, went to her husband at Spencer, who told her "to shift for herself." Sh returned to Sioux City and yesterday be came violently Insane. : i Iowan Injured at Lodare Meet In St. IOWA FALLS, la., Aug. IS. (Special.) Henry Snyder of ,Alden la reported to have been badly Injured at a meeting of the Maccabee lodge In that place laat evening. The report that Snyder was Injured during Initiation Is denied by member of the order from thla place who attended the meeting and the statement is cited that Bnyder la commander ot the new lodge and assisted in the Initiation, of the candidates. t Citi Throve Jail Bast. nwo vniNtra i iu' IK. Albert Bee- Uw eeoiiBAit rtf atemntad aaaault oa his own daughter, broke Jail at Pocahantaa early today by cutting through the roor. uimert Blood broke out of the same jau ia eiacuy the same manner two weeks ago. Blood hounds are on Beelow's trail. law tUmtm Hew Notes. M-s. H f . Tamh of rioone ha received wcrd from her son, M. C Pale, In Cali fornia that he ht nmite a Hue strike In Glovcland. Cel. The mine where the gold haa been found I at Gloveland and prom leca t give forth a great deal of lino ore. While Peter Theln. who Uvea a fpwmllea southwest of Carroll, was handling a re volver It dropjed from his hernia and fell to the floor, in the tail It was rtiacharned. the ehot entering hla stomach. The wounj la quits palntul, but It Is thought he will recover. Hurllngton Hawkeye: Iowa will, have only four tickets this yesr republican, demorra tic, prohibition and socialist. Thla It. oka like a iniiwrly remount compared lo the good old blanket ballot times. And it puis a tremendous re!onslbllity upon the latter two. It Is definitely decided that E L. Boles, son C'f former Governor Horace ftolee, ana the lattrr's law parlour. lli be tho nomi nee of liie enmncrnlli! V&rty tor congress agalnat Colonel 1. 11. Hrnoron. The con vention will be held at Iubuiue, and it ia uiuiemioo i that nu other ntim will be ire -e-nir.l. Th date of the convention la ep temter 11. v Mra. Huldah Blunders died In' Mount Pleasant, Ia., agr.t W tears, che wa mar ried to Presley fcunVr. the founder of Mount Pleaeant, In 1M,". It being the first marriage that ever took place In Henry count. Mra. Suundere had resided In Henry county over alxly-ee!t yeura. hav ing been u:i of the earliest pioneers of tills county. The corn crop tn Hamilton county is doing Very well at tnia lima. What ia no, oed to make It much beiier than the average yield ia hot weather epjxcWHy hot niKhta within the tiekl momh. It la roi!ia vtgoiously and earing well, but warmer r!fta and niKMa ale i,ere?.4ry t mature too crop betore the fail troaia come. The outlook waa never tetter at ihia aeaaon of tha year and the !hi for a bis" crop la Well Icuuded. Fort Dod?- la all worked up over the Work of a hoieeaie- d "if polaoner. A very valuable ootnter i.uii, thirled lo Jim lUack from the Stw England aiatea, waa poldom-d flrei. Then s pel pus li.ngir to Will aiaiicock airtcurled Us jelivroll tail and lay beauillul In death. Will Healey a f"X ter rier, a priaa Uok. was a n l ti nog heaven by a mcea of polaou other dot hoi to valuable are beins killed off. Tho re-i- tieitla are niuch alarmed and Inrire rewaroa have been uitered lor the aiprt heiialou of me cu i i it. On of the largeat real estate tranafer tnat waa ever uiaue In J"a i fly Ai con r base t lh I.eRoy Hill .let! frm tor I'.. C. The land la In h oil township, about Wire ir.i.'s eaat ( loan I'liy. end la 1 - ace tra-( A (lanre bhoa that the land brought r a-te. a raid at a tut Ii nearly any linn ia tne etete of l.a ctid b l'ur V r lM.,i;.liiie hna i...ia aev eral o:her Uii.l I ti vet liie,. ta, end iiia proa, t.ejiiy l.iJi. ,ut ba kuwaa bor cui.il iMud 1 av, Ligatnlig BlrikeK BeraraJ Hons! and Fir mn Are Kept inij, - . SWINDLER WORKS MANY BUSINESS MEN PloeVy White Womaw Cowies ta Bet eae . of Colored Wanaaa aad y Drives Off Her Asaallaat Levleh Case Coatlawed. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES, Aug. 15. (Special.) Be tween mlnlght and morning more than two and a half Inchea of rain fall in this city and at the ssme time there wss a heavy windstorm, accompanied by lightning. The Des Moines river, which had got down to nearly It normal condition for thl sea son of the year, suddenly rose two feet. The street were flooded and street car traffic early this morning waa atopped. The home of.F. W. SUlwell oa Fourth street was atruck by lightning and the house aet , on fire. Th root wss burned off, th los being covered by insurance. The Inmate of the house were unharmed. They were Mrs. SUlwell, Mr. and Mr. B. F. Steadmaa and Mrs, John Barber and daughter, of Atlantic The storm had awakened Mrs. SUlwell who had got up and was engaged in reassuring the children in their room when the lightning struck the chimney. All In the iouss were stunned by the shock but not Injured otherwise. A neighbor saw the lightning and gave the alarm of fire. Mr. Stlllwell is a traveling representative ot the Twentieth Century. Farmer. The elec trical storm kept ths Are department busy, aa a number ot Ores were started by the electrlo wires. Reports ot aome damage to the railroad companies have been re ceived but trains were not delayed long In any direction. It Is believed the storgt did very little dsmage throughout the state to growing crops. In thl city there wis also some ball and this killed hundreds of sparrows whose dead bodies were found this morning strewn along the sidewalks. Report on Iastitnt tons. The July reports on state Institutions, made to the board of. control, shows that the balances In ' the special and support funds aggregated $1,048,809.84 at the end of the month. There were Increase of pop ulation at Mt. Pleasant, 8. and Clarlnda 12, and at all other decreases aa follows: Anaraosa, 10; Fort Madison, S; Council Bluffs, 127; Davenport, 21;- Marsbslltown, 9; Olenwood, 76; Kldora, 10; Mltchell Tllle, . . ' . Swindled Hlaeteen ', Finns. A smooth swindle was worked on nine teen business firms of Des - Moines by a stranger, who gfot about $70 dollars by hla trick. He arranged a program for an al leged waiters' ptonlc to be given by the TV.It-e.' 4lllnee Anamat 0 Ha had a line list of specialties and entertainment, and aollcitated firm for an advertisement In a program to be printed. He printed the pro gram and collected the; money In nearly every tase and left the city before any of the 'waiters got onto . tha. game. They bad never thought, ot a picnic much less ar ranged for the printing of a program. Levies. Case Coatlnaed. The case of the) ataie against Harry Levlch, In connection with 'the Flnklestein murder, 'was continued , foday , in Justice court on 'account ot' t,b'e absence ot a city detective from thai cltyj t The defense made aa effort to have an immediate trial, but the Justice granted a; continuance for a week. Nothing was developed as to the evidence. ' )-.-. riacky Woman Flarhte Brat. ' Mr. J. E. Brown, who Uvea southeast of the tly, waa driving -along the road In the edge ot the city . when sh heard scream from a woman . by the roadside. Bhe saw colored woman struggling with a whit man. Mrs. Brown seized her buggy whip and rushing to the roscue of the col ored woman commenced to lash the vlllisn over the head. He beat a hasty retreat and the colored woman waa rescued. Par ot New.Jada.ee. . . Attorney General Multan today rendered a decision oa behalf of . the auditor of slate affecting the salary of a Judge ap pointed to fill a vacancy since the passage of the law Increasing the pay of Judges from $2,600 a year to $3,600 a year. Judge W. S. Kenyon of Dodge and Oovemor Cum mins appointed George, W. Dyer ot Ne vada to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Tha state auditor was at a loss to know what compensation to . pay Dyer, Since the law Is now that a Judge shall have the larger salary. - Attorney General Mul len quotes the section of the oonstitutloc referring to the term of office being for tour yeara and that the pay of a Judge shall not be increased or diminished during his term. "In the case under consideration," say the attorney general, "Judge Kenyon was sleeted for the term of four years. At the time of his election the compensa tion fixed by law waa $2,600 per annum. It Is clear that under the proviaions ot tha constitution referred to his compensa tion could not be Increased or diminished during the term tor which he was elected. Judge Dyer was appointed to fill such vacancy. The term of office which he was appointed to fill la a part of the asms term to which Judge Kenyon waa elected. He atands precisely m the same position, so fsr as the terra of office which he holds is concerned, as Judge Ken yon would have stood had he not resigned, with the single exception that under his appointment ha only holds ths term' to which Judge Kenyon waa elected until the next general election." Th attorney general, therefor, concludee that it I the same term of office and tb' salary cannot be Increased during tb term. BAPTISTS NAME EXECUTIVES Iowa Bandar Ac-boo! Association . . Elceta at Aanaal Mtttlag ta . Iowa f alia. IOWA FALLS. !..' Aug. 16. (Special.) Officers of the lows,. State Baptist Sunday School assembly have Just been elected her as follows: President, C. R. Wood of Cor with; chancellor, J. K. Rlchsrdson of Dos Molues; secretary, F. W. Smith of Des Moines; treasurer. H. C. Miller of loaa Fslls. Ths board of directors s: Rev. F. A. Carter of Webster City. Rsv. A. H. Besvcr of Iowa Fslls, F. M. Thompson and J. J. Powell of Cedar Rapids, E. R. Cal kins of Iowa Fslls. The annual meeting which closes here to night has bean the moat successful one In the hlatory of tbe society. Improvement In the Chautauqua grounds will be mads ths coming year. Lawyer Bars t'oaatr Fee. FORT DODCK. Ia , Aug. 15. (Special.) J. N. Prouty haa filed a petltloa la a suit for l. 000 against Webster county. Prouty C - tV amn,,n Mnul aa Aim bias for scrv!cs rendered tn securing ths psyment to the county ot $,7 75 ot swamp land Indemnity. Ths county " tared Into a con tract with C. O. Bailey al K. P. Fuller to do this work, and Prouty rlaimu that all right under these contracts sre bow Veatad U tiuu County bCZM slat UM both Trotity and Fuller claim the money due from tbs county, and say thst the real question Involved Is to whom the money should be paid. Prouty Is a well known attorney of Humboldt. WOMEN GRAFTERS MAKE HAUL Sell Tickets for Imaginary Pvnter talnnaent to "loom City Real- eae Men aad Decamp. BIOTJX Clf . Ia.. 'Aug. 16. (Special Tele gram.) What Is sppsrently a successful grafting schema under the guise ot religion haa been exposed here by the failure of three women, who represented themselves ss being connected with the t'nlted Home missions at Milwaukee, to make good on an entertainment for which they sold ticket. A contract wa made through Helen Barnes, representing the mission, with the Sioux City Rescue Home at Leads by which a home talent concert was to be arranged and the home wa to get $75 of the pro ceeds. Miss Barnes was Introduced by "Mother" Lee of Omaha. The three women, who gave their names as Mrs. M. Smith, Mrs. H. F. Ball and Miss Mlna Scott, worked the city and sold a large number ot tickets to business men. The concert wa to have been given this even ing, but a few day ago they left the Rein hart flats, where they were staying, with out paying their bills. Mrs. Eagan, the proprietor, says that Miss Scott told her they bad worked severs! cities and found it a very paying business, and that they had Just completed a cam paign In Minneapolis, IMPLICATED IN A MURDER lown City Man Makes Confession to Ills Part la Kllllns; ot Wealthy Farmer Hear that Place. IOWA, CITT. Ia.. Aug. 15. Charles Hol ada ha made a confession in which he states that Jamea Gaullagher waa mur dered by Mrs. Oaullagher,' with his com plicity, and that the crime waa committed because he and Mr. Gaullagher were in lore. Oaullagher wa a wealthy stockman. Four month ago he wa murdered at mid night while sleeping by 4he side of his wife and child, the aseasaln sending a bul let from a target rifle through hi head. Tracks led across a cornfield to Holads's house and he was arrested. HoUda had Bought employment of Gaullagher under an assumed name and claims ' to have won Mrs. Gaullagher' heart while her husband was away on business trips. Gaullagher trusted both implicitly nd gave Holada a farm on easy terma and do nated farm Implement and stock. Holada declare they planned to poison Gaullagher, and that, while he was present at the house the night of the murder,' he left hours before and had no hand in the shooting. i BOY TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED Two Tontbful Desperadoes Attempt to Hold I'p Rock Island, bnt Ara Captared. WATERLOO, Ia., Aug. 15. (Special Telel gram.) Unaided, Frank Randcll of Dixon, 111., and Joseph Powell of Kentucky at tempted to hold up the Rock Island train, northbound, this morning at 10 o'clock be tween this city and Washburn. The engi neer was too quick for the robber and, throwing open the throttle, ran to thl city, where 8hertff Law and a posse went back on a special train and arrested the men, who were hcavpy .armed. They." offered no resistance., They are youthful and are ev idently Ticttms of cheap novels.' t OerstaaYeaag People Elect. CEDAR FALLS, Ia., Aug. 15. (Special.) The convention of the Young People's alliance . of the German Evangelical church of Iowa has closed. Th following officer were elected: President, Rev. L. F. Smith, Hampton; vice president. Rev. S. N. Reep, Hartley, recording secretary, Mia Tuile Zellboefer, Waterloo; corresponding sec retary. Miss Viola Knocne, Cedar Falls; treasurer, George Gruenur, Des Moines; superintendent of Junior work. Miss Mary Hleber, Cedar Tails. The annual camp meeting ot the church follows the conven tion and lasts over Sunday. Brakeman Ran Over and Killed. AMES, Ia., Aug. 15. (Special.) This morning at 1:20 o'clock while-freight train No. 331 was switching cars into the yards Paul Rockabrand, bead brakeman, fell under the cars and the wheels psesed over his chest, death ensuing immediately. 'Just bow the accident occurred Is not known. When found he was dead. Ths train waa in charge of Conductor Bellanty. The wheels passed over both arms above one elbow and below the other. Tbe remains will be taken to Clinton tor burial. Bx-Senator Berrr Injnred. INDIANOLA. Ia.. Aug. 15. (8 pedal.) Former 8tat Senator W. H. Berry had hla left arm broken early this morning while Inspecting the new building of the Conservatory of Music at Simpson college. Senator Berry was walking about at the building, which Is not yet finished, when he slipped and waa thrown heavily to the ground, breaking bis left arm a short dis tance abova tho wrist. He was badly bruised by the fall, and also Buffered a slight gash across the face. Imprisonment for T)eb. . WATERLOO, Ia., Aug. 15. (Special.) The courts of the county will have a chance to dispose of a esse that rightfully eomes under the ancient blue laws whereby men were laid liable to imprisonment tor debt. David Orrl has asked damages of Peter Rushferolg, proprietor of a clothing atoro. Orrl owed an account and when he did not meet tbe obligation he waa ar rested and confined in Jail for one hour, tor which he asks $i05. CMId Victim of Yli-ioaa Dos, FORT DODGR. Ia.. Aog. 15. (Special.) A little son ot Leroy Pooler, living near Fort Dodge, was frightfully mangled about the face by the bttee of a vlcloua dog today. The little fellow's face waa mutilated until it was almost unrecognisable. The dog haa been tied up and will be watched for signs ot hydrophobia. Trie Srlf-Deatraetlon. SILVER CITT, Ia.. Aug. 15. (Special.) W. Tunnisoa, proprietor of ths Rever hotel at this place, made an utMuccrsp.'ul attempt 'at suicide at aa early hour thl morning by cutting himself oa the wrist with a piece of glasa. No cause Is known for the act, but It Is thought his mind is slightly unbalanced. Woodmen Organise Lea-rollias. WATERLOO. I.. Aug. 15. (Special.) The Woodmen of the World held a meet ing her yesterday and organised the Log Rolling Association of Central Iowa. They arranged tor another meeting to be held here next month. There were delegates from a dor.en Ioea cilia. Stnrarle Vim t'hWf Ranted. BTt'ROIS. 8. D.', Aug. IS. J Special.) At a meeting t iu otu, depart"! held at Its parlors last night, Fred A. Wll lard was re-elected chief and Henry E. Perkins treasurer. Tbe secretary of the board of the city Is always secretary of th Ore department. Two aaaiatant chiefs are k be appuluted by lbs chiaL DAINTY SUMA'f!R GIRLS USB CUTICURA SOAP assisted by , , CUTICURA OINTMENT for preserving;, purifying and beauti fying tbe skin, scalp, hair, and hands, for irritations of the skin, heat rashes, tarv'sunburn, bites and stings of insects, lameness and soreness, incidental to outdoor sports, for sanative, antiseptic cleansing, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. . fcyiluch that all should know about tha gkla, gcalp, and hair ii told in tbe circular with Ctjticcba SOAr, CORRECTS FIRST TESTIMONY Camilla Weldenfeld Recalled as Wit ness la Merger 8nlt and Kxam. laed ' by Oathrle. ' f- ' V NEW YORK, Aug. 15. When the hearing In tha case of Peter Power against the Northern Pacific director Waa continued to day Herbert Limberger, counsel for H. Con tent Co., appeared with records ot trans actions between that firm and Camilla Weld enfold. Entries ss to the purchass of 100 shares of Northern Pacific stock by Weiden feld on December 2$, 1901, and ot payments ot cash on account Of Weldenfeld and Cap tain 8;ern were put in evidence. The ac count ot Ellsworth I. Chapman waa asked for, but Limberger declined to produce it, on the ground that it waa not pertinent. Mr. Guthrie pointed out that, the Power suit wss only one of several brought against the Northern Pacific for the "same purpose. Therefore, he thought that the entries of suit brought by Mrs. Chapman, waa perti nent to the Power suit But Mr. Limberger pleaded privilege. : Mr. We'.denfeld was recalled aa a witness. He desired to make some corrections of his prorlous testimony,:, . i "I was asked," be said, 'lf I bought stock for Ellsworth Chapman , or Mrs. Sophie Chapman?. 1 find thst I,bought through Con tent & Co. 100 shares of the Northern Pa cific stock.' The price wa 189H- She paid ty check, -cm January J.9, $18,944.10. Deliv ery wa made to' Mr. Chapman.. I do not re member wheee check It wa. ' " "In relation to the Bouden stock, In the conference with Judge Lancaster, . it was understood tbst suit coulff only 'be brought by a stockholder. Oovernor VanSant said be would have nothing to do with any 'strike.' He would not. touch the caae un less it was understood that the action would I be carried , to the supreme court oft the United States If necessary. It wss after that that Mr. Bowden qualified and hs op posed tbe suit." , ' Replying to . questions - by Mr. Outhrle, counsel for tbe Northern Pacific., Mr. Weld enfeld aaid that E. R. Thomas (a banker) waa at first adverse to the present litiga tion, but that he talked him Into It. That was after Mr. Lamb'a visit to tha west. The witness had shortly before stated that he and Mr. Thomas had Jointly purchased 400 shares of Northern Peclflo stock. "Did not Captain Stern or Mr. Lamb tell you," Mr. Guthrie went one, "that Judge Lancaster had declined to go one with tbe caae .unless hs was convinced that Peter Power was a bona fide stockholder?" "I don't remember," was tbe reply. "Did not Judge Lancaster send you word he would have nothing to do with the Oreat Northern suit if It was to be a 'strike'?" "I understand he sent aome message." said Mr. Weldenfeld.. , , Asked why be did pot personally sue, the witness said that Lamb had told him he had a plaintiff. Witnesses' stock wss sent out to the western meeting. "Then why did you . go to Mr. Thomas to procure a plaintiff instead of suing your self If you bad any grievance to redress?" queried Mr. Outhrle. -. "I think Mr. Thomas' had the stock. I really cannot answer the question," replied Mr. Weldenfeld. Replying to Mr. Lamb, he said he did not authorise Cap'aln Stern to make a payment to Mr. Lamb to defray the expenses ot the trip west to confer wKh Mr. Osborn and the others. 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