TUT? OMAHA DAILY UEK: SATI71WAY, OCTOREll 11,
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MIOR MESTIOS.
Davis sells drug.
Fforkert sella carpets and ruga.
Mauthe, fine watch repairing. B'way.
Expert watch repairing, Ln-fTert, 40 B'wsy.
Horn, to Mr. and Mrs. Truman Jones, 1010
Sixth avenue, a son.
The Christy pictures fur sale. C. E. Alex
ander A iSo , SU3 Broadway.
Do you play ping pong? Morgan A Dickey
can furnish you a nice set for tl.
New fall FhlrtK. underwear and hata com
ing In dally at Smith A Bradley a.
Mra. O. V. If.ng will leave today for
lull with relative at Charlton, la.
A 15-cent Hunter Hour sieve, G cents. Sat
urday only. Howe'.". 310 Broadway.
Dr. J. C. Dretken has removed his dental
Office to Noa. 2"1 and iM, dapp block.
Mrs. J. I'. () Keefe and children of Fourth
.venue are visiting In Lincoln, Neb.
Girls, have you seen that swell line of
fall styles of pape tries at Morgan &
Ldckey s?
S. F. Henry has disposed of his Interest
In the Evans steam laundry and has gone
east on an extended visit.
Visit our ait department and see the
beautiful new desUns In frame now In.
C. B. Taint, Oil & Glass Co.
Tho finest line of ready-to-wear suits and
overcoats ever put on sale In the city are
being shown by Htnlth At Brad'.y.
Boys' and children's suit and overcoats,
full, new lint- of all the latest thlnga,
from -'.ia up at Smith A liradte y a.
Mrs. H. H. Showalter and daughter
Iorothy of r'alrhury. Neb., arrived yes
terday on a visit to Mrsi C. C. Ulllesple of
Washington avenue.
A delegation from Unity Rehekah lodsn
Went to Crescent City last evening to Install
a degree start in the lodge there. The trip
was made In a carryall.
Commander Owen B. Vail of Denver and
Brigadier General D. Scott are In the city
for the purpose of organizing a branch of
the Christian Volunteers.
Judge Macy yesterday excused the petit
Jury In the district court until Monday
afternooti, when the first case on the crim
inal assignment will be taken up.
E. Mlnnlck, charged with assaulting Wil
liam l.ookahlll, has been committed to the
county Jail In default of bail. He will have
his hearing before Justice Carson this
afternoon.
J. C. Cunningham and family have ar
rived from Kansas City to muke Council
Bluffs their home. Mr. Cunningham is a
messenger In the employ of the 1'aclflc Ex
press company.
Justice Carson performed the marriage
ceremony yesterday for R. L. Hewitt of
Brookfield, Mo., and Jettle O. Abbott of
K ansae City, and Alfred Patterson and
Flora Bird, both of Omaha.
Finely Improved farms in north central
Missouri, tio to foO per acre. Go down with
Us and examine these farms. Prices are
advancing rapidly. Buy now. Bend for
price list, Lougee A Lougee,
The hearing on the application of the
tate to have Even Fegley committed to
Mount Pleasant as a chronic Inebriate
tin 'er the new law la set for today before
Juoge Wheeler In the district court.
The Ganymede club will entertain Its
members and friends this evening at a
moker In the club rooms in the .vierrlam
block. A first-class program has been ar
ranged for the evening's entertainment.
A. 8. Phaw, an employe of Hollenbeck
Bros.. suffered a fracture of his right leg
Thursday afternoon by having the member
caught In a tightening chain while moving
a building. He was taken to St. Bernard's
hospital.
A barn on the premises at 124 Avenue J,
occupied by W. 8. Goodrich, was destroyed
by tire shortly after midnight Thursday.
Tno fire department had considerable work
In saving the extensive sheds and barns on
the property of George Feuerhaken adjoin
ing. Mrs. Iouise Weber Farmer, aged it
years, died yesterday afternoon at her
residence, 214 Benton street. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at S o'clock
from 8t. Peter's Catholic church and burial
will be In St. Joseph's cemetery. Deceased
was the daughter of Mra. M. Weber. ,
Owing to continued Illness I have been
tillable to do much soliciting for Winona
hosiery and underwear the past few
months. If sny customers needing these
goods will kindly call at my rooms from 10
to 12 a. m. and 2 to 6 o'clock p. m. I will be
pleased to take their orders. W. 8. Homer,
803 Fourth street.
County Treasurer Arnd yesterday served
on Roes A Roaa, local agents and attorneys
for the Portland Gold Mining company, a
formal demand for the names of the stock
holders and Ithe amount of their holdings
of stock on January 1 In each of the last
five years. This la the first step toward
assessing the company here for taxes ac
cording to the plan suggested by County
'Attorney KUlpuck.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Son.
Oae of City's Pioneers Dies.
Mrs. Mary Ann Robinson, a pioneer resi
dent of Council Bluffs, died at a late hour
Thursday night at her home, 123 Washing
ton avenue, aged 66 years. Deceased waa
the wife cf William H. Robinson, to whom
he waa married forty-eight years ago in
this city when it was a small frontier vil
lage known as Kancsvllle. Rev, Rice qfflcl
ated at the wedding, which was the first
in Kanesvllle outside of the Mormon col
ony. Mrs. Robinson had been a resident of
Council Bluffs fcr fifty-three years. Be
sides her husband, one daughter, Mrs.
George A. Keellne, and two sons, John and
James Robinson, survive her. She also
leaves a sister, Mrs. J. F. Hopper, and a
brother, W. H. Laffery, both residents of
Omaha. The funeral, which will be pri
vate, will be held at 10 o'clock this morn
ing from the family residence and Inter
ment will be In Falrvlew cemetery. Rev.
W. 8. Barnes of the First Presbyterian
church, of which deceased was a member
for many years, will conduct the services.
This Is t'audy Day.
Today the Purity Candy Kitchen. 548
Broadway, will put on sale 1,000 pounds of
Butter-Scotch, Peanut candy, Angel-Food
Taffy, Coacoa nut Taffy, all freshly home
made at a reduced price of 10 cents a
pound.
Davis sells paints.
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Licenses to wed were issued yesterday
te the following:
Name and Residence. li
Henry 1-aphlim, Council Bluffs 46
Beverll R. Rose. Council Bluffs 22
B. 1 Hewitt, Brookfleld. Mo 48
Jettle O. Abbott, Kansas City, Mo 27
Alfred Patterson. Omaha M
flora Bird, Omaha.... a
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All kinds, called Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Gastritis, VUart
buro, Waterbratb. Catarrh,
Ulccratioa td Stomach etc.
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stomach. V know it will
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For sale by Sherman Ho
Counell Drug Co.. 8. W. Cor.
lth and Dodga Sts.. Omaha,
and leading druggists.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
n Pearl St Council Bluffs. 'Phone 97.
BLUFFS.
EFFORT TO POISON BURNS
loiatiossl Epiiod f Famon Portland
Cue Which Wat Hushed Up.
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO BRIBE A WAITER
Police fiet Hold of Story and Pat Him
in Swrntbos, While the Alleged
Poisoner Makes His
Escape.
A belated story of an alleged attempt to
poison James F. Burns, president of the
Portland Gold Mining company, while In
this city last fall attending the trial of
the suit brought by James Doyle against
him was made public for the first time yes
terday. Mr. Burns was stopping at the Grand
hotel when It is said a stranger, well
dressed and bearing the marks of refine
ment and wealth about him, approached one
of the colored waiters employed in the din
ing room. The stranger evidently await
ing his opportunity, accosted the waiter at
the entrance to the freight elevator, which
Is used by the employes, and asked him if
he did not want to make a nice little sum
of money. The waiter replied that nothing
would suit him better.
Then the stranger ottered to pay the
waiter $500 if he would place something In
Mr. Burns' coffee the next morning at
breakfast. Of this sum the stranger, pro
ducing a roll of bills, offered to pay $260
and the balance the next day after the
waiter bad complied with bis end of the
transaction. The waiter, It Is said, told
the stranger that he had evidently mistaken
htm for someone else and walked away.
The waiter told of tho stranger's offer
to a waiter In an Omaha hotel where Mr.
Burns stopped part of the time while at
tending the trial of the suit. This man In
formed the Omaha police and they In turn
notified the authorities in Council Bluffs.
Accompanied by Omaha officers the waiter
whom the stranger had sought to bribe to
poison Mr. Burns was brought to Council
Bluffs at midnight and an , Investigation
held at police headquarters, one of Mr.
Burns' attorneys, who had been sent for,
being present. The Investigation held by
Night 8ergeant Burke, It Is said, lasted the
entire night. The waiter stuck to his story
and gave an excellent ' description of the
man who had offered him the money but
the latter could not be found. It Is sup
posed that when the negro refused to con
sider his offer he at once left the city.
According to the waiter's description of the
fellow he was wearing a false moustache.
The whole matter and Investigation was
kept a profound secret and only leaked out
yesterday through one of the officers em
ployed on the esse who has since left the
force.
CHALLENGE TO JOINT DEBATE
Republican Chairman Cannot See
Any Good ' to Result from
Acceptance.
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F. P. Fetter of Oakland, chairman of the
prohibition central commltte of 'Pottawat
tamie county, is anxious to secure a joint
discussion of the Issues between the re
publican and prohibition parties in this
county and with this end In view has for
warded a challenge to Chairman Wright of
the republican county central committee.
Chairman Wright of the republican
county central committee. In bis reply de
clined to entertain the proposition..
This did not satisfy Chairman Fetter and
in . a letter received by Chairman Wright
yesterday he makes a suggestion for a
three-cornered debate between the repub
lican, democratic and prohibition parties in
this county. He say that prohibition Is not
only a state, but a national question, and
refers to the Hepburn bill. To this Chair
man Wright answered yesterday, again de
clining. Senator Allison will be unable to speak
In Council Bluffs this campaign. County
Chairman Wright received word yesterday
from Mr. Dawson of the state central com
mittee's speakers' bureau that owing to en
gagements In the First, Second, Third and
Sixth districts Senator Allison would be un
able to make a date for Council. Bluffs as
previously suggested. Chairman Wright,
however. Is planning for two rallies In ths
county near the close of the campaign. One
Is to be held at Neola, at which Colonel C.
G. Saunders, candidate for state senator,
will be the principal speaker, and one at
Underwood at ' which Congressman Smith
will speak.
Reparts from the .several .county pre
cinct committeemen indicate an Increased
republican majority this fall and that no
where Is there any dissatisfaction appar
ent with the entire ticket or the party
platform.
A. E. Klnkald, postmaster at Walnut, has
resigned as member of the republican
county central committee In view of the re
cent ruling of the department regarding
federal officials taking an active part in
politics, and Frank Hanna has been ap
pointed In his place.
Gravel roofing. A. H. Reld. 641 Broadway.
Foot Ball Game at Miami.
The Council' Bluffs and Harlan High
schools foot ball teams will contest for
supremacy this afternoon on the gridiron
at Lake Manawa. The game will be played
on the Manawa base ball grounds, which
have been put In condition for a winter
season of foot ball. There Is considerable
rivalry between the two schools and the
game promises to be a hotly contested one.
Lsst year In ths first game with Harlan,
played here, the Council Bluffs tesm won
with a score of 15 to 0. The return game
played at Harlan resulted In a victory
fcr the Harlanltes by a similar score. The
game will be called' at 2:10 o'clock and ths
lineup of the Council Bluffs eleven will bs
ss follows: Beardsley, right end; Byrara,
right tackle; Nlchol. right guard; Carlgmile,
center; Dudley, left guard; Robinson, left
tackle; Warner left end; Scott, quarter
back; Cutler, left half; Treynor, right half;
Hennlger. full back; substitutes, Vai Or
der, Porter and Dickey. Frank Capell will
be referee and Dan Mulltck, linesman for
Council Bluffs. The motor company will
run cars every twenty minutes to the lake,
beginning at 12:30 p. m. and the round trip
fare will be It cents from Council Bluffs,
ths same as during the summer.
N. Y. Plumbing Co., telephone 254.
Sradlusr for Great Western.
Th Great Western railroad commenced
work yesterday grading tor Its right-of-way
within the city limits sod its engineers are
staking out the route which will be followed
to the Union Pacific transfer depot. The
trscks of the Great Wettern will enter be
tween those of the Northwestern and ths
t'nloa Pacific, north of the depot. At pres
ent the aew railroad baa plans for eon nee
Uoae with both the Union Paclfio and lbs
Terminal and It Is understood here that
as yet the Great Western has not decided
over which bridge It will enter Omaha.
Local representatives of the road are In
clined to the opinion that thi Great West
ern will eventually use the Terminal bridge.
The grading within the city Is practically
all surface work and It Is expected will
be completed by November 1 and tracks
laid by December 1. It la net known here
how aoon work on the Terminal buildings
will be commenced.
VERDICT GROWING SMALLER
Two Trials and Long- Bill of Costs
Over Land of Little
Valve.
The district court Jury In the suit of
Jacob E. Thrush against Brlgham Gray
bill and others brought in a verdict yeattrr
day afternoon for the plaintiff In the sum
of $150 and Interest in the amount of $109
from 1890, making a total of $259. Thrush
sued for $259 for the value pi the strip of
land and $24 coats and attorney fees he in
curred In the former trial. At the former
trial be secured a verdict of $340 but this
was aet aside and a new trial ordered by
Judge Green. It was stated by Grayblll's
attorneys that the case would assuredly be
taken to the supreme court. The original
value of the strip of land Involved in the
suit is said to have been only $60.
The hearing in the Christopher Omeg will
contest, was continued to next Friday.
Judge Macy admitted the will of Mrs.
Catherine Ryan to probate and Immediately
following suit was begun by Josephine
Wood worth, Emma Smith and Christina
Smith to have the probating of the Instru
ment set aside. In their petition they allege
that the will was secured by undue in
fluence, fraud and misrepresentation and
that Mrs. Ryan had not testamentary capa
bility to execute same. Mrs. Ryan, who
was a resident of Garner township and pos
sessed of a large estate, left everything to
her husband, Lewis Ryan, who 1b made de
fendant in the action begun yesterday.
The petition In the personal Injury dam
age suit of Henry Wilson against Buckley
Brothers, contractors on the Great Western
grade, was Died yesterday. The plaintiff
asks for $2,000 damages for a "badly
sprained left ankle" received as he alleges
by Jumping from a construction train which
he thought was running at too rapid a
speed down grade. The accident occurred
September 7 of this year and Wilson says
he has been Incapacitated from work since.
Keep Congressman Smith Busy.
Congressman Smith completed his week
nf ramnalmllK in Nebraska and Kansas
at Panln. Kan., last evening and Is ex
pected home today to stay over Sunday. I
Next week he will speak In this state, out- j
aide of his own district, under the auspices
: of the state central committee. Monday j
evening he Is booked for a speech at Chart-
tuu lii the Eighth district; Tucuday at j
, Wlnterset, In the Seventh district; weanes
.' day at Marengo, In the Second district;
I' Thursday at Anamosa, In the Fifth dis
trict; Friday at Cresco, In the Fourth dls
, trlct, and Saturday at Hampton, In the
Third district.
Proposed Consolidation of Knlajnts.
Action on the proposed consolidation of
the two local companies. Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, will bs taken tonight
at a called meeting of Bluffs company No.
27 and U.. 8.., Grant company No. 44, The
meeting will be held at the armory; of the
latter company. Ths opinion seems to bo
that favorable action on the proposition
will be taken by the members Interested.
Davis sells glass.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were filed yesterday In
the abstract, title and loan office of J. W.
Squire, 101 Pearl street:
W. S. Cooper to John Flynn. lot 7,
block 12, Everett's add., w. d $ 215
S. C. Price to John B. Price, und. V,
Interest nw 19-76-43, w. d 600
County Treasurer to F. T. True, lot
13, block 6, Potter & Cobb's add.,
t. d S
Same to same, lot 6, block 11, Potter
& Cobb's add., t. d t
Same to same, s 50 feet lot 6, block 3,
John Johnson's add., t. d 61
Same to same, lot 7, block 11, Stuts
man's add., t. d 15
H. O. McGee to W. S. Cooper, lot 7,
block 12, Everett's add., q. c. d . 60
Seven transfers, aggregating $959
SHOWS SHERIFF A NEW TRICK
Porter, the Versatile Swindler, Makes
His Escape from Vermil
ion Jail.
SIOUX CITY, la.. Oct. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) E. S. Porter, alias Proctor, alias
Gtlmors and several other names, the letter
writing and poetry Inditing grafter, who
sold Butterlck patterns upon false repre
sentations, and who won numerous sweet
hearts by his missives, broke Jail tonight at
Vermilion. Porter proved his versatility by
fooling Sheriff W. M. Gilchrist. He pre
tended to be sick and In the evening, the
sheriff brought him some medicine. The
prisoner had fixed a dummy In his bad.
! When the sheriff entered the cell a confed-
erate, named Sam Rosenberger, slammed
the door, locking the sheriff In the cell
and the two escaped. They got fifteen min
utes start. It Is supposed they wilt follow
the Missouri river In the willows Into Ne
braska. Ons of his sweethearts was Carrie
Hancock of the Hotel Victoria at Omaha.
CREDITOR CHARGES FRAUD
Asks for Ousting of Receiver of Oto
Bank and Hot Legal Fight
la Impending.
SIOUX CITY. la.. Oct. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) Charges of a conspiracy on the part
of Cutting A Wlllett and numerous parties
In and around the town of Oto, for the pur
pose of looting the Oto bank of Its assets
and wrecking the institution are made In a
sensational petition of Intervention, which
has been filed In the district court by the
Holstetn Savings bank. The petitioner de
mands ths removal of the receiver, John
B. Knudson, who was appointed by the
court upon the application of John T. WIN
let, and the appointment of another peraon
as receiver. A bard fight Is to be made not
only over the aasets cf the bank, but over
ths Individual property of the owners. John
T. Wlllett, one of the owners of the bank
Is one of the state representatives from
Woodbury county.
Church of Christ Convention.
ONAWA, la.. Oct. 10. (Special Telegram.)
The -trl-county convention of the Church
of Christ of Woodbury, Plymouth snd Mo
nona eountlea has been In session bere for
two days with a fair attendance. Addresses
were made by John Williams of Whiting.
V. M. Elston of Moorehead and others. Tbs
The C. W. B. M. wss represented by Mrs.
Legrsnd Psce of Anton and Mrs. L. C.
Sesrs of Onaws. who made, sddresses. XV.
B. Crewdson of Council 'Bluffs, T. H. John
son of Sioux City and others addressed the
convention and a very Interesting program
was rendered. The convention closed at $
p. m. with an educational address by Joel
Brows of tbs University of Dea liolasa,
ASSURED OF COAL SUPPLY
Dei If si set to Have Fltitj of Bitunineus
to Hasp tho Tsmpsratu.ro Up,
NOTED MURDER CASE IN SUPREME COURT
Important Opinion Handed Down In
Regard to Declaring Assessments
InvalidMore Room for
Inebriates,
(From a SUIT Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Oct. 10. (Special.) The
coal operators and coal dealers of Des
Moines and this Immediate coal field con
cluded a three days' session here today at
which they gave consideration to the coal
situation and the danger of a coal famine.
The coal operators gave out a statement
to the public in which they ask the co-operation
of the consumers In handling the
limited supply of coal. "The strlks situation
In the anthracite fields," they said, "has
caused much concern and uneasiness
among our citizens regarding coal supply
for this winter and It Is but proper that wa
make some statement as to the situation
as we view It. It Is quite true that the
mines of Polk county will not be able to
Increase the tonnage over that of last year.
In fact It Is doubtful If as much coal can
be mined as last season, yet the supply of
coal for this city wilt be quite adequate for
Its needs if the consumer of cosl will as
sist the operator and dealer In the Intelli
gent handling of the product of the local
mines."
The operators then advise all consumers
who are able to buy in large quantities to
do so and to place orders early so that the
deliveries to poor people may be made more
promptly. In conclusion they said: "There
is not the remotest probability of an ad
vance in the price of soft coal. It will be
no more than the present price. This
statement Is Intended not as a scare, but
as a warning, and If religiously observed
tnd acted upon, we assure you that anx
iety and uneasiness because of coal supply
can be entirely banished. 'To sum up:
We propose to take care of the people of
this city In the matter of coal supply and
at the present price. All we ask Is your
reasonable co-operation." The giving out
of this statement has had a good effect
here, where soft coal Is very chesp and Is
more generally used than anthracite.
Harder Case Submitted.
The Iowa supreme court today listened
to oral arguments in several civil cases In
the forenoon, then called the case of the
State against Sarah Kuhn, serving a life
sentence for ths murder of her husband In
Keokuk county. The case was argued by
Colonel C. H. Maceky, I). W. Hamilton and
Attorney General Mullan. Mrs. Kuhn was
the wife of a crippled shoemaker In the
town of Delta. They drove over to What
Cheer to do some trading and bought beer
and bologna for lunch on the way home.
While driving along the highway they
drank of the beer. Mrs. Kuhn didn't like
the taste and drank but little. He drank
a bottle of the stuff and was soon In con
vulsions, from which he died before ho
could tell his story: In bis last hours be
accused his wife, of poisoning htm. She
was convicted and sentenced for life. The
supreme court reviewed the evidence and
affirmed the son tent but In a dissenting
opinion by Judge Weaver the majority
opinion prepared by fudge Waterman, since
resigned frorqt .the bench, was literally torn
to shreds and , some 'of the principles of
law laid down were ridiculed. The case
came up today on a petition for rehearing.
The theory- of the .defense Is that the evi
dence failed to show that Mrs. Kuhn had
any motive for the murder and that It was
Just as probable that Kuhn placed the
poison In the beer as that she did It It
Is a case that has attracted a great deal
of attention because of the peculiarities of
the Incident and of its similarity to the
Hossack case, which was reversed.
Charter City I. aw Not Disturbed.
In the case of Collins against City of Keo
kuk, affirmed today, the plaintiff sought to
have the law under which special char
tered cities are organised declared uncon
stltutldnal because it provides for assess
ment of property for city taxation at full
value Instead of at one-fourth value. Ths
court refused to pass on this main ques
tion, but affirmed the assessment In ques
tion on the ground that it was legally and
properly made and the general statute pro
vides that no error or omission shall ren
der void an assessment, so that even though
the assessment wss four times as high as
It ought to be there Is no relief.
The attorneys sought to have the cass
from Council Bluffs involving the title to
the Portland group of mines in Colorado
advanced on tho calendar so that It could
be beard at this term, but the court re
fused.
ww Inebriate Hospital Opened-
The State Board of Control today opened
a second hospital for inebriates and mor
phine victims at Cherokee. The patients
now at Mt. Plesaant from the northern part
of the state are not to be removed to
Cherokee but bereafter all who are com
mitted from the northern districts will be
sent to Cherokee. The number of inebriates
at the state hospital Is constantly increas
ing. Soldiers' Home Matters.
The report from the State Soldiers' borne
at Marahalltown shows that during ths
month of September there were eleven
deaths of Inmates, a larger number than
In any previous month in the history of
the institution. Sines the state opened
the borne to old soldiers In 1887 474 deaths
have occurred at the Institution. Of these
450 were men and twenty-four women.
Aside from thoss who have died at the
home fifty-one men and one woman have
died while absent on furloughs. Of all
this number 816 are buried in the home
cemetery. At present the borne has a mem
bership of 761 persons. Of this number
seven are officers, 606 men, seventy-one
women and seventy-seven civil employes.
Of the 606 men seventy-nine are at present
i in the hospital and of ths seventy-one
women two are on the sick roll. Of ths
seventy-seven civil employes twenty-three
are men and fifty-four women. Aside from
those at present actually at the borne there
are ninety-three men and eight women
away from ths Institution on furloughs.
Since the fiscal year began on July 1, sixty-
two have been admitted to the home and
forty-nine who were formerly members
have been readmitted.
Harvest Home at Ames.
Today wss ths annual Harvest Home fes
tival at the Iowa stats college at Ames,
and excursion trains were run from many
directions and large crowds gsthered there.
The progrsm Included addresses by Lieu
tenant Governor Mllllman of Logan, Thomas
Trigg of Rorkford snd Rev. Thomas E.
Green of Cedar Rapids. Quite a number
went from Des Moines. A meeting of the
board of trustees wss held at the same
time.
Froat Damages ran Cron.
CEDAR FALLS. Ia.. Oct. 10. (Special.)
Ths early frost did much damage to tbs
f?'n ' -
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'CVKJW J aRe order to get its -iVflV 'Tr7 '
,V,y fr'VSb beneficial effects it is al- . JU it J C Y fAfyJA...
cane crop In this vicinity. The manufac
ture of aorgbum Is quite an industry in this
neighborhood. There are five mills near
this cltv turning nut this vear about 40.-
000 gallons of syrup. This lu very far be--!
low a normal yield, some mills by them
selves in good years turning out 20,000
gallons. In the low lands the water kept
the crop out of the ground until so late
in the season that It bad not matured when
the sorghum season opened. The killing of
ths leaves does not harm tho stalk but
the froat was so heavy that In many fields
the stalks dried up.
CHARGE MURDER TO GREGORIS
Mysterious Killings Near Perry I.nat
Jnne May Be Cleared Vp
nt Last.
PERRY. Ia.. Oct. 10. (Special Telegram !
Jim GregorU was arrrsted this morning
tor the murder of George Colomottkos, last
June. They had been running a Cindy shop
together here snd were suppored to be the
best of friends. One morning Colomoskos
got up early and taking hla gun went out
cn the river a mile west of town to hunt.
He awoke Gregorls and eked htm to go
along, but Gregorls said he did not ears
to go. This was the last time Colomoskoj
was seen alive, except by a train crew of
the Milwaukee road, who were coming In
on a train and saw htm going toward the
river. Not returning that day his partner
began to be anxious about him and spoke
about his absence. Nothing was done,
however, until the next morning, when a
searching party, Including Gregorls, went
out and found his remains with a bu'let
hole in back of bis bead, hla gun twenty
feet away with stock broken and the barrel
bent as though it had been struck against
a tree. Gregorls was arrested on suspicion
then, but be told such a straight story
and the evidence was so circumstantial
that the grand jury failed to Indict and
Gregorls went free. Colomoskos was known
to have several hundred dollars In cash.
which was the supposed motive for the
murder.
Since the affair happened, Gregorls has
enlarged the business and has seemed to
be very prosperous. Both men are Greeks
and have no relatives In this country. Greek
friends of the two men in Des Moines re
said to have given Information that Gregorls
confessed the murder to them yesterday.
On this showing, he was srrested this morn
ing and held without bail. Should this al
leged confession prove correct, it clears
up a very mysterious affair. Gregorls sold
out the other day snd was preparing 'to
leave the country and bis confession comes
as a surprise to the community, although
there Is a well defined suspicion be Is the
guilty party.
The confession was secured as follows:
"Let tho
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Yesterday be was drunk and In his drunk
enness made a partial confession of having
killed his cousin. This was taken down In
writing and when Gregorls beca'tne sober he
was told what he had said. He admitted
its truth and made a complete confession
of the murder and declaring that he did It
because he wanted the entire business to
himself.
BODY F0UNDJN THE RIVER
Mystery Surrounding; the Disappear
ance of a Sioux City Woman
Is Finally Solved.
SIOUX CITY, la., Oct. 10. The mystery
whicn surrounded the strange disappear
ance of Mrs. T. F. Burns, a leading Sioux
City musician, last Friday night was solved
today by the finding of her body In the
Sioux river. ,
Mrs. Burns took a boat from the River
side Boat club last Friday, and bad not
been seen since. It Is believed death was
accidental.
Foul Piny Is Feared.
WATERLOO, la.. Oct. 10. (Special.) Ous
Anderson, an umbrella tnender and charac
ter of the town. Is missing. He attended
the carnival at Cedar Rapids and It Is
feared met with foul play. He took all of
his savings with him, and some one evi
dently found it out as he Intended to be
gone a few days and It has been more than
a week Blnce he should have returned and
not word has been received from him.
Strleken ulth Paralysis.
WATERLOO. Ia., Oct. 10. (Special.) J.
T. Moran, formerly rcadmaster for the Illi
nois Central for this division, was stricken
with paralysis yesterday and It is feared
will die. be having not yet recovered con
sciousness. He has lived here thirty years.
He Is seventy years old.
SAYS INDIANS WILL NOT RISE
Military Commander Deprecates Scare
Talk and Heassnres Fright
ened Populace.
DENVER, Oct. 10. "My advices tend to
show that . the Indian scare In western
Colorado Is greatly exaggerated," said
Major A. C. Sharpe, adjutant general of the
Department of the Colorado today.
"I have been In communication with that
section," be continued "snd there is no
cause whatever for alarm. There la abso
lutely no prospect of the regular troops
being called out. The Indian police will
be able to handle the situation. There are
some Utes hunting In Rio Blanco county,
but my advices say they have done no dam
age and there is no truth in the report
of a pending uprising."
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PETAItS WILL BE ARRANCCD NEXT MONTH
Merehants to Meet In Detroit to Fix
Prices and Definitely Organise New
National Concern, with
Offices In East.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Oct. 10. The Interstate
Grocer of St. Louis, will tomorrow say that
a combine, to Include every wholesaler of
groceries in the United States, is In the
course of formation.
The details It alleges of the plan will
not be made public until after' November
S. when the Initial steps toward forming
the combination will be taken In Detroit.
George D. Hanford. of New York city.
Is engineering the deal. In a few days the
entire wholesale grocery trade of the United
States will receive invitations to this meet
ing. Already a large number of the leading
wholesale grocers In the east have been
personally seen by Mr. Hanford or hla rep
resentatives, and nearly all of them have
expressed a willingness to be present.
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of the wholesale grocers In the United
States. One. great corporation will be
formed which will buy outright the business
and good will of all the firms. A central
office for the accommodation of the officers
of the company will be maintained, prob
ably in New York. This central office will,
on all of the leading grocery products, do
the buying for all the houses in the cor
poration. It Is not proposed that the company will
go into the manufacturing of grocery
products, but rather that the business be
tween the Isrge manufacturers and the
company will be through one general office.
It Is expected that this will enable the com
pany to buy in such large quantities as to
greatly reduce the first cost of the goods.
RETURN CANADIAN PRISONER
State Department Orders Thompson
Surrendered to Dominion by
Lincoln Authorities.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. The secretary of
state has Issued a warrant for the surren
der to the Csnadlan authorities of Robert
Thompson, held under arrest at Lincoln,
Neb., as a fugitive from Justice.
He was convicted of burglary io Sarnla,
Ont., and sentenced to ten years Imprison
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