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Till: OMAHA DAILY 1IKE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1002.
CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA.
COUNCIL
M I O R MKITIin.
Dsvls sellr drugs.
Htockert selis earpUs and rugs.
Expert watch repsirlng, IIIert. B'way.
'1 he Christy plctuies for sale. C. E. Alex
ander ft t . Hioadway.
We are headquarters for glass of all
kinds. ua t.etore you buy. C. li. 1'alnl.
Oil and Ulaas Co.
Pin line of jardlileres from .:tc up at
A. B. Howes, iliu Hriadway.
Cnncnrdla lodge. Knights of Pythias, will
meet In regular seeMon thin evening.
Election return will be received at thr:
Klks' club home tonight for mcmbtrn only.
Mrs. T.' B. t'avlii of I'ark avenun la home
from a visit with relatives in Grand Inland,
Neb.
Jewel cnurt. Tribe, of Hon Hiir. will meet
turn evening for work In the Initiating de
gree. There will bo a regular convoratlon nf
Ptir Chapter, Hoyal Arch Masons, tilts
(.wiling.
Hem?mber the Steckclberg Concert Co.
It. A. hall. Nov. II. Tickets lor Bale at
femlth Hradley's.
Fire Chief Templetnn, who haa b.-en ron
fined to Ma bed with a severe attack of
rheumatism, was able to be out yester
day. Rev. Henry Pe Iong left yesterday for
Chicago to attend the annual convention of
missionaries of the American Bundiy Bchool
union.
Judge Wheeler will preside In th? dis
trict court at :) a. m, and 1;30 p. m. today
for the purpose of granting naturalization
papers.
Mrs. M'llllam Whitney, who is at tho
Woman's Christian Association hospital,
was reported yesterday to be In a critical
condition.
The Dodge I,!ght Guards foot hall team
has scheduled a game with Highland I'ark
college of Pes Moines for next Saturday at
Lake Vanawn.
A meeting of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union will be held Friday after
noon nt the residence of Mrs. O. O. Halrd,
T6ti Mill street.
Frank Brooks and Amanda Young, both
of Omaha, were married In this city yes
terday afternoon, Justice Carson perform
ing the ceremony.
The ladles' Aid society of the Congroga
i tlonal church will meet this afternoon at
( the residence of Mrs. E. F. Watts, 36
North First street.
F. J. Pliant has gone to Chicago to ac
cept a position with the McCormlck Har
vesting Machine company, ills family will
Join him In a few days.
The Bloomer Fence works, which had
been shut down temporarily for want of
material, resumed buslneas yesterday
morning with a full force.
Miss Cora Hitchcock of the local tele
phone exchange force has resigned to ac
cept a position In the Woodmen of the
World headquarters In Omaha.
A special meeting of the Royal Neigh
bors of America will be held thla evening at
which "The New Man'1 will be presented
for the edification of the members only.
The nine boys arrested for destruction of
property on Hallowe'en were discharged
In polio court yesterday morning after
listening to a lecture from Judge Scott.
John Wilson, arreated at the Instance of
the Omaha authorities, was discharged
from custody yesterday. The authorities
acrotta the river decided they did not want
him.
John Jay Fralned will leave today for a
Shakespearean lecture tour in aouthwest
ern Iowa. Wednesday evening he will give
a recital before the students of Tabor col
lege. Members of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union are requested to meet at
the Second Presbyterian church at 7:30 p.
m. to attend the funeral of Mrs. H. Hos
teller. The Woman's Foreign Missionary and
Ladles' Aid societies of Broadway Metho.
dist church will meet this afternoon with
Mrs. Calf m at the parsonage on Fletcher
avenue.
The meeting of the Associated Charities
scheduled for yesterday has- been post
poned to Monday, November 10, when It
will be held at the residence of Mrs. P. J.
Montgomery on Fourth street.
: Rev. Everett GUI, P. P.. pastor of the
Fifth Street Baptist church of Hannibal.
. Mn.. haa arrived In the city to assist Rev.
Milford Rlggs In the special services now
being conducted at the First Baptist church.
Charles Lanadon. bound over to tha
grand jury for breaking a $100 plate glass
window In W. Rogers' .saloon, wan re
leased from the county lall yesterday on a
3U0 bond furnished by N. P. Nelson and I
H. Peterson.
Hon. Thomaa C. Pawson, secretary of the
United States legation at Rio de Janeiro,
Brasll, arrived In Council Bluffs yesterday
afternoon and will cast his ballot at the
election today. Mrs. Pawson Is visiting
friends In Washington.
Rev. George Edward Walk, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal church, denies knowing
about the rumor that he is likely to be
called as a suocesaor- to Rev. Heathcote
Hills, who recently resigned as rector of
the Episcopal church In St. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. Lena Barner, an old woman living
In the western part of the city, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon, charged with
the larceny of corn, by C. J. Pierce who
alleged that Mrs. Barner never passed his
corn patch without filling her apron full
and feeding her cow with It.
Ajrlur Cherrett, charged with the theft
of Jewelry and articles of clothing from
the residence of Thomaa Metcalf had a
partial preliminary hearing yesterday be
fore Justice Carson, he having taken a
change of venua from the court of Justice
Bryant. The hearing will be r-'sumed next
Monday.
A. J. Rice, aged 5 years, died yeater
day morning at his home In Weston, la.,
from paralysis. His wife, two aons and
two daughters survive him. The funeral
will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from
the family residency, and burial will be in
the Hasel Pell cemetery. Deceased was
'a pioneer resident of Pottawattamie county.
Jacob Stein, who was assaulted Satur
day by C. p. Harty and Harry Hall, em
ployes of the motor company at Lake
Manawa, was reported yesterday to be In
a critical condition and feara for his re
covery are entertained. An Information
charging Harty and Hall with assault with
Intent to commit murder has been filed
Hall was released yesterday on a $500 bond
furnished by Attorney Emmet Tlnley.
Fwaeral ! Mri. Hoatetler.
Funeral service over Mrs. Ida May Hos
teller, wife of Rev. Henry Hosteller, will
I be held at the Second Presbyterian church
jthls veiling at 7:30 o'clock, after which
I tha remains will be taken to Marshalltown
I for burial. These have been selected
pallbearers: R. N. Merrlam. D. N. Ma
. grudr, A. M. Hutchinson, Arthur Picker
ing,' A. B. Howe and J. P. Greenshtelds.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were filed yesterday In
(he abstract, title and loan office of J. W.
Squire, 101 Pearl street:.
W. L. Fleming and wife to Maria W.
.Fleming, all interest in lot 4. In block
i. Eubank's 2d add., w. d $ I
L. F. Jamea to John M. Galvln. lot
, 14, In block 4 and lot S, In Mock .
Howard's add., Council Bluff, w. d.
j H. Q. and J. E. F. MeCJee and wives
to State Savings bJnk, Council
- Bluffs, lot , In block , Morning-
aide. q. c. d .-.
'Charlsa W. Crum and wife to W. A.
Johnson, sVfc of lot , in block 17.
' BayUss' 1st add., w. d ,
A. . Gilbert and wife to John F.
Helwlg. lota X and 4. in 8mlth's
subdlv. of original plat, lot 47,
w. d
John M. Galvln to William Backer,
2.000
1.700
1.SO0
iffi i, in oioca i, riowaro. a add..
W. 4.
. l.Me
$"t2j
Six transfers, total
Marriage Licenses.
Licensee to wed were Usued yesterday to
the following:
Name and Residence. Age.
W. W. Eldrldgs. Atlantic, la t
Laura Steflens, Hastings, Neb 26
f. D. Wllhelm ' Fremont, Neb., 27
Agnes Walsh, Fremont, Neb au
Frank Brooks. Omaha t$
Amanda Young, Omaha ..'. 27
LEWIS CUTLER
klORTICIAN.
tt Pearl St., Council Bluff 'Phone 17.
BLUFFS.
PLEA FOR THE EARLY VOTER
Republican Qornmittes Aiki that All Who
Cm Cast Ballot! Earl.
IS A GREAT AID TO THE COMMITTEEMEN
.lien ot In City nls(ratioa Days
f an Vote by Applying; Today to
the Preclnrt Registra
tion Doarda.
The polls will be open today from 7 a. m.
to 7 p. m. Chairman Wright of the repub
lican county central committee Is anxious
I that all republicans cast their votes as
early ss possible. He' says ho sect no rea
son why the greater part of the republican
vote cannot be cast before noon. Every
effort will be made to get out tho full party
vote and Chairman vVrlcbt asks that every
voter cast his ballot before going to his
work or his office' In the nYornlng. By the
voters casting their baTI flit's early they will
greatly lessen the work of the precinct
committeemen and materially add to the
success of the party at the polls today.
Any voter who was not In the city during
the three days appointed for registration
will be enabled to get his name on the
books today by making the necessary show
ing to the registration board of the pre
cinct In which he resides.
The voting places In the several precincts
of the city are as follows:
First Ward First precinct: 132 East
Broadway.' Second precinct: 2l7 Ejst
Broadway.
Second Ward First precinct: 23 Brvant
street. Second precinct: "44 West Broad-
Third Ward First precinct: 323 West
Broadway. Second precinct: 1015 South
Main street.
Fourth Ward First precinct: 3d South
Main street. Second precinct: 612 Twelfth
avenue.
Fifth Ward First precinct: Conntv build
ing, corner of Fifth avenue and Twelfth
street. Second precinct: County building,
1511 Pouth Thirteenth street.
Sixth Ward First precinct: County
building, corner of Avenue B and Twenty
fourth street. Second precinct: Corner of
Fifth and Locust streets.
MAKE CHARGES OF FRAUD
Former Street Supervisor Taylor Ac.
rased of Man(pnlatIoa of Poll
Tea Money
The long expected report of Aldermen
Tlnley and Huber, the committee appointed
to Investigate the books and accounts of
former Street Supervisor Taylor, made Its
appearance at the meetlug of the city coun
cil last night and the charges made by the
committee treated quite a sensation. The
report was as follows:
The committee to whom was referred for
inVCPtliTHtlnn tha rennrt rt 11 C Tatrlnr a-
urnri supervisor or this city, respectfully
lf)'OllB u IU1IOWB
That the time book and the records nf the
supervisor during his term of office are In
such condition that It Is very difficult to
determine what was expended, the number
of men who worked for the city or the time
for which the men were employed.
, That the accounts were very poorly kept
and that no satisfactory voucher waa taken
for men employed upon the streets working
out poll tax for the Hty. '
Wa And upon Investigation that poll tax
waa collected from the following named
cltixena: C. W. Byers. F. W. Wesner, H. A.
Qulnn. Mr. Harrington, residing at 1004
Seventh avenue: Dr. Melner. E. W. Loomls.
Oscar Keellne. J. H. Schlcketanx. A. Shonta
C. R. Shultz. V. Hutchinson, Mr. Herrlck
and Peter Madison; that each of these men
paid $3 In order to have their poll tax
wor.eu oui upon me streets, and that Mr.
Taylor gave a receipt for the poll tax, but
that no labor was performed upon the
streets on account thereof.
orn- our Investigation we are satisfied
that there were several men soliciting poll
tax notices from citizens who are liable to
Pay poll tax. and who presented them to
Mr. Taylor, the street supervisor, and ob
tained from him receipts for labor without
performing any labor, and that thev there
upon collected from the persons liable for
the poll tax, and that thereby the city was
defrauded out of a large amount of labor
upon Its streets by this procedure.
We recommend that the vouchers and re
port ol the street supervisor be delivered
to the city clerk, to be by him retained un
til the convening of the next grand Jury,
and we believe we will be able to furnish
the names of the witnesses necessary to
prove that Street Supervisor Taylor on
numerous occasions delivered receipts for
labor performed upon the streets without
having the labor performed, and author
ized the persons to whom the receipts were
delivered to collect the amount of the poll
tax. and that In different ways the city
waa defrauded out of a large amount of
money. M. H. TINf.KY.
G. H. HUBER.
Contractor Wlckham succeeded In Indu
cing the city council to grant him a fur
ther extension of time for completing tho
paving on Harrison street, and the resolu
tion providing for the forfeiture of his con
tract and holding Wlckham and his bonds
men liable for any loss the city might en
tail from letting a new contract was
shelved. A compromise was effected which
the property owners on Harrison street
who were present said was satisfactory to
them. Wlckham agreed to deposit $1,000
with the city, which Is to be forfeited tf
he falls to have at least 200,000 brick on
the street ready for laying by March 1
next and the work completed by Septem
ber 15 of next year. The property owners
present stated that all they dealred was a
guarantee that The paving, would be laid
some time within the near future.
Final action was taken ou the resolution
calling for the paving of South Ninth street
between Broadway and First avenue and
the city clerk was Instructed to sdvertlso
for bids. This block will be paved with two
courses of vitrified brick, as the season
4 ... . season i
wv a auvsacou iq use concrete lor tho
base.
Henry Knepher asked for an extension of
thirty days la which to complete the gra
ding of Fifth avenue on the grounds that
he bad experienced trouble In securing
teams. Tbs council, however, took no ac
tion In the matter. '
The contract for repairing the bridge
over Indian creek on' North First street
was awarded to C. E. H. Campbell on his
bid of $S60. The city engineer was In
structed to report si to the probable cost
of constructing s new bridge over the creek
at Twenty-third svpnue. . ...
The Judiciary committee reported that It
bad Investigated the claim ot John W.
Rodefer and bad discovered that In June,
1S83, he secured a Judgment against the
city tor $41423, and that there was noth
ing to show that It had ever been paid.
The Judgment, which has been drawing 6
per oent interest for over seventeen years,
ill now be paid as soon ss the funds sre
avsllable. '
Tha assessment for paving against ths
property of Dr. E. I. Woodbury st ths cor
ner of First srenus and Seventh street was
rednced $157.50. Aldermen Caspar and
Fitting protested snd voted sgainst ths
asiassmenl being reduced.
The appointment by the major of James
C. Anderson as member .of, ths police
force wes confirmed. . .
To Balld a Mission Chnreb.
The coagregatloa of the First Presbyte
rian church Is arranging to erect a mis
sion church to the southern part of -the
city, rims lor tbs building have bee sp-
proved and work on Its construction will
be begun st once. The mission will be lo
cated on Eighteenth avenue, between Ninth
and Tenth streets. As soon ss the mission
building Is completed regular church serv
ice! will be held, together with a Sunday
chool. Arrangements will be made to have
these services conducted by students from
the Presbyterian Theological seminary In
Omaha. A Sunday school haa been cou
ducted by the Presbyterians In that part
of the city for several years, but It has
cevcr bad a permanent home. The estab
lishment of this mission Is In line with tho
recent action of the Presbyterian synod In
declaring In favor of Iowa rhurrhes con
ducting and supporting the state mUslons
direct.
Gravel roofing. A. H. Reld. S41 Broadway.
Davis sells glass.
floomlnar an nit Road.
Hon. George F. Wright returned yester
day morning from California, where he has
been since Irst May In the Interest of the
Midland Pacific Railway company, which
proposes constructing a line about 150 miles
In length from Bakersfleld. In Kern county,
California, to the Pacific coast at a point
near Port Harford. The purpose of the
road Is to secure means of conveying the
oil product of that section of California
to the coast at a rate which will Insure
tho producer some profit. During the time
he was in California Mr. Wright has been
engaged In securing the right of way for
this projected railroad, for which the line
has been surveyed and the estimates made.
The projected road has now been bonded
for $20,000 a mile and the parties Interested
are now in New York floating the bonds
and have so far met with the best of en
couragement. As soon as the bonds are
floated work on the construction of the
railroad will be begun. Mr. Wright says
that Kern county, California, can produce
more oil than any section in the United
States, Texas not excepted. The company
which Mr. Wright represents has made con
tracts with the oil producers of that sec
tion of California under which they have
agreed to ship 6,000 barrels a day for ten
years, the rate of transportation to the
eoaBt not to exceed 15 cents a barrel. By
this contract the producers, Mr. Wright
says, will save 20 cents a barrel and thus
Insure a profit. Mr. Wright says that he
also succeeded In making a very profitable
contract with the Rothschilds for the hand
ling of a large portion or the oil output of
that section of the country.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Son.
Darts sells paints.
N. T. Plumbing Co., telephone 254.
MONEY GONE FROM PACKAGE
Tvro Thousand Dollars Disappear
While In Transit by
Express.
DES MOINES. Ia Nov. 3. Officers of the
Des Moines National bank made public to
day the loss of $2,000 shipped by tho
American Express to the Bank of Irwin,
la., on October 20. When the package was
opened at Irwin the next day it contained
brown paper. One seal had been removed
from the package without breaking it and
replaced by the use of mucilage after tho
package had been closed again It Is claimed
the mucilage was still soft when the pack
age was opened, thus indicating that the
contents of the package had not been re
moved many hours.
MAY SETTLE OUT OF COURT
Hearing; of Case of Banker Chrtstseu
aen of Sharpebary Continued
I ntll Next Monday.
BEDFORD, la., Nov. 3. (Special ' Telegram.)-
The preliminary hearing of ' the
Sharpsburg bank case has again been post
poned until next Monday with a view of
settling the matter out of court.
In the meantime Chrlstensen and Glenn
are In Jail ber. while Lawyer Martin Is out
on bond of $5,000.
ROBBED WITH HIS OWN GUN
Bura-lar Takes Revolver front Under
Pillow and Compels Iowa
Man to Disgorge.
CLINTON, la., Nov. 3. Last night a
burglar entered C. A. Fay's house, took a
pistol from under his head, struck a match,
lighted the gas, covered Fay and his wife
with the gun and compelled them to give
up money and diamonds valued at $1,300.
The robber was cool and Joked ail!; his
victims.
Sells Church for n Barn.
ELDORA, la.. Nov. 3. (Special.) A most
peculiar transaction In connection with the
selling of a church four miles east of thts
city, belonging to the Cumberland Pres
byterian society, has Just been discovered
by an agent of the society sent out to In
vestigate the condition of the church here.
The church building was one of the best
and most substantial country churches In
the county. It appears that for the past
few years the members of the church have
not been very harmonious and for some
months no regular service had been held
In the church. Something like a year ago
one Bohn. representing himself to be a
bible missionary of the American Bible so
ciety, spent several months In this county
selling bibles and doing some preaching.
Shortly before leaving the county he sold
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ten or a dozen men with teams were on
hand snd tore down the building and hauled
the timber and pews sway. Great was the
Indignation of the members of the church
when It was learned that their bandBome
building had been torn down and sold to a
German farmer and by him made Into a
barn. It appears that not a single member
of the church bad any knowledge of tho
transaction. An effort is now being tuado
to locate Mr. Bohn. The sequel to this
audacious piece ot grand larceny will be
looked for by a large circle of Intereatod
members.
Hotel Flrr
SIOUX CITY, la..
t'anaes Panic.
Nov. 3. (Special Tele
gram.) Fire In the Hotel Garretson, tha
leading hotel 'of the city, caused a panic
among the guests here tonight. The fire
broke out In the Isundry chute In the rear
of the hotel and Immediately shot up to
ths top ot the building. Jchn Carter, a
cook, opened a door leading to ths chute
from the kitchen and had bli face badly
burned. The lights went out all over the
hotel and the panic-stricken guests fled
from their rooms snd from the dining room.
Tbs actual damage to the building will not
be over $100. Carter, the rook, whose face
waa burned, wss painfully, but not seri
ously, Injured.
Annnal Episcopal Convocation.
FALLS CITY. Nb.. Nov. 3. (Special.)
Tbs annual convocation of the Episcopal
church of the dloeese of Nebraska will
be held In this city from November 4 to
T. About thirty clergymen from through
out the stats are expected to be la attendance.
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. If Is Pure
"Preparing meals entails an
enormous amount of work at
home."
"Get the Cero-Fruto habit It ( "': i)
brings leisure, is. more healthful, I U !
f makes home restful." ,
No other food appeals so strongly p. jtvV. I
' to all the family. It settle ths food f- ' I
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SHAW WINDS UP CAMPAIGN
Largo Crowd at Dei Moines Gathers to Hear
Secretary of the Treasury.
SPEAKS AT NEWTON IN THE AFTERNOON
Report from the Courts Show an
Vnn.ual timber -of Criminal
C'r.ses During; the
Past Year.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Nov. 3. (Special.) Secre
tary Shaw ot Prssldent Roosevelt's cabinet
closed the political campaign In this city
this evening by addressing a great crowd
at the Auditorium. It was in every way a
successful political meeting. No other rally
had been held .here during the campaign,
and thts was the first appearance before a
Des Moines 'audience of Secretary Shaw
since he left the, governor's chair and en
tered the cabinet There was consequently
a great deslrto- to hear him. There was
also great Interest In view of the fact that
he is known to be opposed to the Interpreta
tion of the Iowa platform which has been
made by some of the local politicians, and
It was understood he would express himself
freely on the subject. Secretary Shaw had
gone to Newton at noon and addressed a
political rally for Jasper county In tho
afternoon. A delegation of his Des Moines
friends went to Newton and returned with
htm on a special train after the Newton
meeting. Secretary Shaw was feeling well
after bis extended speaking tour and de
livered a splendid address ot considerable
length on the political Issues, presenting
the views he has expressed repeatedly, and
particularly discussing the tariff question
In opposition to all tree trade arguments.
Other addresses were made by Lafe Young
and Judge Prouty. Governor A. B. Cum
mins presided at the meeting and although
his voice was hoarse from speaking, opened
the meeting with a few general remarks.
It Is the intention of Secretary Shaw to
cast his vote in his home precinct In Denl
son, and he left tonight on a late train to
be at home early on election day. He will
then immediately return to Washington.
Many Convictions.
The report ot the clerk of courts for Polk
county, which was completed today and
filed with the secretary ot state, shows that
there has been an unusual number of con
victions In the county during the last year.
From September 1, 1901, to the 1st of last
September the number of convictions for
criminal offenses in the courts here was
seventy-eight, but since September 1 there
have been at least twenty-five additional
convictions, bringing the number up to
over 100. Thero were convictions In three
murder cases and one tor manslaughter.
Three convictions for burglary have been
had. There are but few cases left for con
sideration by the court, and an unusual
record baa been made ot cleaning up the
criminal business.
Oppose n Truant School.
The school board of East Des Moines,
having determined that It was necessary
to establish a truant school under the new
law tor compulsory education, located said
school in the building designed for a pri
mary department recently finished on East
Fourteenth street. As soon as It became
known to the prospective patrons ot this
school that it was to be made Into a truant
school, or rather that a room was to be
set apart in the building tor truants for
the entire East Des Moines district, there
were loud protests and the patrons have
signed a big petition to the school board to
have the plans changed. A meeting was
held and a committee appointed, which will
wait ou the school board and ask that In
stead of having the truant school In one
of the public school buildings the boar!
rent a room especially for this purpose. It
Is ths first attempt of any school board In
the state to estabHsh a truant school.
Sew Corporations.
The srtliies of Incorporation of the Jour
nal Printing company of Webster City were
fil.d with the secretary of sttte loizy. Tr
capital stock Is $10,000 and incorporator!
C. D. Hellen. C. E. Atkinson. Stella Tut
tie. Furman Tuttle and J. L. Kammar. The
purpose Is to run a republican dally paper
In Webster City.
The Goldstona Medicine company of Ha
warden, capital $35,000, filed articles ot in
corporation; also the Cedur Falls Canning
company, capital $.'5,000, and the Plymouth
Rock Telephone association of Cresco; cap
ital. $$.000.
Ulde't Kaon tiun Was Loaded.
IOWA FALLS, la., Nov. . (Speclsl.)
Neil Bump, a young farmer living south of
here, was brought to Ellsworth bokpital
yesterday to have a er gunsnot wound'
dressed. He Is seriously if not fatally
wounded. He had planned to go duck hunt
ing, and auile attending to some other
I h
J
work laid his gun, which he did not know
was loaded, on top of a double wagon box
filled with corn. Later he reached for the
gun, (rasping It by the muszle and dragging
It toward him. The trigger caught on the
edge of the wagon box and the ma.n received
the full load In the hip and one ot his
hands. The wound is regarded as a serious
one on account of Its location, as well as
from the fact that the shot and wadding
were both deeply .imbodded In tho flesh.
He is a young, man and strong physically,
and unless blood poison or some other com
plication should set. in there is a chance
for him to recover.
KILLING STILL A MYSTERY
Coroner Obtalas No Clue to Cause
of Death of Constable
8clineaclf,
ADAIR, la., Nov. 3. (Special.) Local offi
cers are completely baffled by a strange
murder. W. D. Schneck was found dead
near the front gate at his home In this city
early Saturday morning. He had a bullet
hole in his head and near him on the ground
lay a revolver, In one chamber of which
was a csrtrldge which had been discharged.
The circumstances surrounding the death
ot the man are rather mysterious. He was
a constsble of Adair township and Friday
night was appointed as one ot the special
police to patrol the streets on account of
anticipated depredations by Hollowe'en par
ties. He left home shortly after supper time
and the last seen ot him alive was about 0
o'clock Friday night.
When found his clothes were covered with
mud and his umbrella was found fully two
blocks from where his body was found. Ho
bad evidently been dead for some hours, as
his limbs were stiff and rigid. '
One thing that leads to the murder the
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that when ha left home he was known to
have some money, several dollars, in fact,
and when found there was not a cent in his
pockets. Then, too, his umbrella being found
so far from where the body was lends color
to ths theory.
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had laid up sufficient money to buy a home,
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coroner's Inquest and the verdict returned
was that the deceased came to his death
by a gunshot wound In the head, but the
responsibility for the death was not fixed,
and it Is said there will be a thorough In
vestigation. SNAKES FLOATING IN RIVER
Flsbrrmau
Lands
Webster
Box of
City, Ion,
Eighty-
Venomous Reptiles.
WEBSTER CITY. Ia., Nov. 3. (Special.)
Ed Bently of this city pulled a small box
containing about eighty rattlesnakes from
the Boone river. The box was floating
down tne river and was pulled in by Bently
merely through curiosity. The loathsome
find was made near the old Chase mill.
Bently was fishing at the time. He noticed
a small box coming down the river, and as
It came near to where he was ha simply
pulled it ashore and was frightened to find
it packed tightly with slimy snakes. The
box was about a foot and a half or two
feet square, and on one side was covered
with a closely woven screen. The eighty
snakes were packed within this small space.
Some were dead and some were alive;
some large and . some small. Among the
lot wero also some "Kentucky whips." Tbo
largest rattler was alive and was between
five and six feet long. Among the find
were a large number of "baby" snakes. All
were killed.
The box was probably a consignment to
some snake show which had been lost or
misplaced somewhere. As to how It came
to be In the river, however, is a mystery.
The snakes which were dead had probably
died from starvation. Tho rattlers were
fierce and vicious from their long fast.
Several of them were exceedingly largo
and fine specimens of their variety.
It un-. a life
Knila l.i
la., Nov.
I'rtnoit.
3. (Special.)
IOWA FALLS,
Ed Shaffer of this city has pleaded guilty
to the Indictment of grand larceny returned
last week by the grand Jury. Judge Whlt
taker sentenced hlra to one year In the
penitentiary. The young man was arrested
j in August charged with stealing a I'jO bill
and some clothing from bis employer, who
I resides west of tho city. On his preliminary
I hearing he admitted taking the money, his
I excuse being t hut he wanted to get married
and needed tho money for the expenses of
, the event, hoping later to reimburse his
employer.
McKay Itrleaaed on Hull.
' ONAWA. Ia.. Nov. 3. (Special.) C. P.
McKsy, the Mapleton mlnli'ter confined in
i the Monona county Jail fcr the crime cf
sgsauit, alleged to have been committed
I upon Ma Kraft of Mapleton, hai been ro-
leasi.'d on bonds of $1,000 for his appear
I ance at the next term of the Monona county
' district court. The bond is signed by John
1 A. Heibler and E. II. Kaper of Mapleton.
Kplilrnilt' of llaralnrlra.
l6u.X CITY, la., Nov. 3. (Special Tclo
gram.) An epidemic of burglary has
troVen out In Klmu City, Seven burglaries
have occurred within the lat few days an I
i hey arc be.-omlns a nightly occurrence.
Lust eight the (jculllt studio was broken
Specialists
In ail DISEASES
and DISORDERS
of MEN.
12 years of sue
ceasful practise la
Omaha.
CHARGES LOW.
MUCOCELE HYDROCELE and
II EC curaa 1 1 i ears, viiooui cimuia, p"
ILCd lou ot itraa Lsl suaruilM to ur
l-ou or mon.y rfuadd.
CVnUII IC " for Ufa snS salwi
3 1 Kill LI 3 tborouaSlr clcanaaS from tha
Iilu!" .l" fsriwr. Wo "BREAKING our- W
ts? Status en ths akin ar taca. Trtm.n oo.Ulu
o o.ui.roui orusa or lajoiloua mMlaluaa.
tUril IICM nm EaeeaaM ' VICTIM TO
WEAK Mfclf KEHVOUH 1'BBii.ITT OR EX
IlllJallulf WAa'lNO WBAKNLES. with BSJILT
Mar Vow' wbum aod: u.h el .
Turoa ua.rantoai.
STRICTURE
nnt with saw homa traat
Bank No palo. so Sauatles
Irom bualuaas. . .,... -M wk
I HI AH t. Kionaj -
M.A C. "rls! or with -liW aula-. susSI.
Leuoullatloa Fra. Trrstiafil fcy Mall.
DRC SEARLES& SEMES.
tita Bit 41 l"r xnr.ttatsl
I dlaibarioa.iuaeiuiatlyua,
t Irrllatioea of ulceration.
of mucosa luevbranaa
BtH lav uFtlarx
.r.au (Viiulas - Palnlaaa, and out ss4a
iMA'UiuTi.a m " 'f
M r UrantaL
am ... tU wrtw Iw omiM. turn aula.
K.KKmmet. N--U-il Good Blk. Denver. Col
into and an attempt was made to rifle the
safe. Tbo police have put on extra men,
but seem absolutely helpless. Not s single
clue bus been discovered.
Ions Mate Xews Soles.
A enndy faetoiy at Cedar Rapids hus
JiihI paid M per cent dividend on its stock.
Having juxt secured an automobile fac
tory. Waterloo tun Juki gee itself flying
ahead.
The Inebriate law Is becoming more popu
lar every day and the Insane asylum nmr
popUlOUH.
At iillmore man got to following a
woman tuo iuHe, ao bhu grabbed a club
and chasi-il Mm.
raising l-VON) Fairfield has succeeded
In r taliiliig Hie I'reabylerlan college thl
haa been starving for twenty years in that
town.
V.ii Hhafer gave homages tn fortune by
felting married at Kidora, but he also will
e hunKelf a hoataae In tha penitentiary
ttm the tu t that hu stole fYu to defray his
wedding e xpvflat'H.
There la a deaperate hotel situation at
the town of Hadclln. The cook quit and
the Itaaee cloacd t lie kitchen. Then tha
linor tiled null of ejectment. It la tha
only hutil in town.
Bully f Hilda y was a great baoe ball
playr In lux dy ant ortw a Dig salary.
btU the other day when he concluded a
wrl-a of rnhal mtrilntii he took up a
lollvitluii vl V.i'J at luna Falls.
Et ... TEN DAYS TRIAL.
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