THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1002. CURRENT COUNCIL COMERS VERY MUCH ALIVE Hoe Tot Look Liks a Man Who Had Bm Thrown Ttreihicg Machine. CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW STORY STARTED Retnrm Mark the F.ad af Dlveree Episode Wales Oaly Leked Oaa T j af Reaching- a Coasaatmatloa. William D. Conyers of this city, who waa recently reported to have died as the result o; Injuries received In a threshing machine accident In Bigelow, Minn., Is very much alive. Ha reached Council BluSs on a late train Saturday night and shortly after mid night called at police headquarters seeking assistance to locate hia wife and family. On reaching town Conyers at once went to 1MB Avenue B, where hia family lived when he left the city laat July, only to fled that hia wifa had moved and the neighbors were unable to tell her present location. Last Friday Mrs. Conyers was granted a default In her suit tor divorce and would In the course of things have been granted a decree today. Conyers, however, denies the allegations that he has been unfaithful and says he will fight the case. This, he says, waa his main purpose la returning to Council BluSs. It is said that Mrs. Con yers placed no credence in the report that her husband was dead and for that reason went ahead with her auit for divorce. Conyers denies all knowledge of the let ter received here containing the account of his death and says he Is at a loss to know who could have written It. About three weeks ago he waa Injured in a threshing machine accident at Bigelow, but although be had to quit work for a few days, his In Juries were not serious. The first that Conyers knew about word being sent here of his death was from the' telegraph op rrator at Bigelow, who told him that a mes sags had been received there asking about him, as there was a report In Council Bluffs that he had been killed. That his wife had begun divorce proceed Ings against him was no news to Conyers snd he admitted that he had received notice of the suit. The allegations of his wife, he Insists, are unfounded but admits that for some time he has been at home but little, as before going to Minnesota be was in the Black Hills country. He says that until he received notice of the divorce proceedings he had continually sent his wife money for her and the children's support. Conyers said the first thing he would do Monday would be to secure the services of an attorney to defend the divorce case, as he intended to fight it to the end. Conyers succeeded In effecting a recon ciliation with his wife yesterday and It Is understood that the divorce proceedings will be dropped. Gravel roofing. A. H. Reld. 841 Broadway. WtBti'i Clak Itotes. The Atlaa club will meet Tuesday after noon at the residence of Mrs. O. D. Wheeler on South First street. The Oakland Avenue Reading club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Flnley Burke. The program will be given by Mrs. Cutler, Mrs. Crockwell and Miss Blanchard. The New Century club will meet Wednes day afternoon at the home of Mrsr Gafford on Vine street. Mrs. F. C. Ensign will be leader and papers will be read by Mrs. Gafford. Mrs. O. J. McManua and Mrs. Ballinger. The Athenian club will meet Tuesday aft ernoon with Mrs. J. G. Hollenbeck. 30 Av enue E. Mrs. Cady will act as lesder and "Emperors of the House of Austria" will be the aubjeet for tbe afternoon's study. Mrs. Westeott will contribute a paper on "Emperor Maximilian." Mrs. S. F. Shugart of Simh avenue will entertain the Tuesday club tomorrow after noon, when Mrs. Dell G. Morgan will act as lesder. The household economics department of the Council Bluffs Woman's club will meet Thursday afternoon at the club rooms with Mrs. Osborn ss chairman. The University club will meet Friday aft . ernoon at the residence of Mrs. Mark L. Williams on Madison avenue. Da via sells points. . Balld OS Old Deere-Wella Site. The new agricultural Implement ware house to be constructed by Warehouse Con struction company No. t of this city for the Fuller Johnson-Shugart company will be erected on the three lota on South Main street, formerly occupied by the warehouse and offices of the Deere-Wells company, which were aeeiroyeo oy urm i the winter or 1895. The property has a i frontage of 145 feet on Main street, with depth of 100 feet. The building, which will be three stories la height, with an eight-foot basement, will cover the entire three lots. It la expected that the build ing will be completed and ready for occu pancy by April 1. IMS. The building will be erected under a ten-year lease with the Fuller sV Johnson-Shugart company, of which Lucius Wells of this city will be manager. N. T. Plumbing; Co-, telepboae IS. Advsaee Price of Sklaee. As tbe result of the bootblacks ox this city forming a union Sunday shines ad vanced yesterday from a nickel to Is seats. The public, however, did not take kindly to the Increase and la most cases the shops' business was decidedly slack, as everyone who could got his ahoes polished Saturday night, when the old price of t rents prevailed. Several boys who pry their vocation oo the streets and are not members of the union got all the business they could attend ta at I cents m skins. The Increase ta price Is only for Sunday shines, but it was said yesterday by the proprietor of one of the boot blacking shops that If business was as dull next Sunday as It was yesterday that the price would ba lowered to the former standard. Davis sells glass. ta Glva Cklldrea'e Operetta. Ths children's operetta, "Dama Fire fly," will ha given November 21 and 11 at the New theater under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of St. Paul s Episcopal church. It will be produced under the di rection of Miss Hannah Cuadeft of St. Jo seph. Mo., with local juvenile talent exclu elvely. The soloists will- be Noaa For- sytbe. Amle Walk. Dorothy Pusey. Loraine Ellis. B. Bradley, Horace Greer. Rob Ben der and Harry Kerney. Special dances will be given by Hazel 11 annas. Cora Buckman, LEWIS CUTLER afORTICLkN. Pearl St, Council Bluffs. Phoee tT NEWS OF IOWA. BLUFFS. Amanda Buckman, Bessie Greer, Evelyn Edgerton, Lovey Bouquet, Edith Besque and May Letson. Miss Hortense Forsyth will be the accompanist. Plumbing acd heating. Blxby m So. Death of Mrs. Whltaey. Mrs. Icalona Bell Whitney, wife of Wil liam Whitney, died yesterday morning at the Woman's Christian association hospital from typhoid feTer, aged 27 years. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ful- mer of 2rdi Fifth avenue. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the EnglUh Lutheran church and the serv ices will be conducted by the pastor. Rev. G. W. Snyder. Interment will be in Fair- view cemetery. MISOB ME3TIO. Davis sell drugs. Ptockert sells carpets and rug. Expert watch repairing, Leflert. 40 B'way. Mrs. John L. Templeton Is visiting friends In Missouri ValleJ Mrs. N. M. Robinson is visiting relatives and friends in Chicago. Dr. F. P. Belllnaer. office and residence SIS Broadway. 'Phone IL For rent, modern six-room house, by W. L. Kerney, jl Main street. The Christy pictures for sale. C. E. Alex ander tt Co . &i3 Broadway. Clothespin, as tnanv as tou want, lc oer doien. A. B. Howe, 310 Broadway. Miss Jes.'ie Gilbert Is home from a month s visit with friends In Kansas City. For rent, nicely furnished front room, reasonable price. Inquire 3fi6 North First street. Mrs. J. H. Arthur of Washington avenue has been called to Ohio by the illness of her brother. The rem la r monthly session of the trus tees of the free public library will be held this afternoon. We are headquarters for glaas of all kinds. Bee us before you buy. C. ii. Paint, UU and Glass Co. Mrs. T. E. Cavln of Park avenue Is home from a month s visit with her daughter In Washington, u. C. The Dodge Light Guards foot ball team Is trying to arrange a game with the State Agricultural college at Ames, la. Mrs. True Cleveland of Taylor, la., and staler. Mias Millie Turner or Harlan, la., are guests of their aunt, Mrs. K. Lyon. Mrs. Robert Reynolds of Pocatello. Idaho, arrived yesterday on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. K. Hunter of East Pierce street. Mrs. A. W. Shaffer, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs J. W. Bell of Third avenue, -tt jesteru for her home in Trenton, Mo. Arthur Moore, an employe of the Sprague Iron works, had the thumb and forefinger of his 11 1 hand cut oft Saturday afternoon while operating a lathe. Mrs. W. A. Maurer is visiting In Chicago. From there she will go to visit friends In French Lick Sprintta, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., before returning home. The members of the muaic committee of j tne First Congregational church will meet this afternoon at j o clock at the residence of Mrs. K. F. Watta. North First street. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Counch, former , residents of Council Bluffs, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Atkins, enroute to I f hlf hum. In AAltl With fmm A Vi.lt !ln Chicago. The Board of County Supervisors will meet today for the regular November ses sion. The first work before the board will be the canvassing of the vote cast at the recent election. Mrs. John T. Pugh of Chicago, who has been tbe guest of triends here; Miss Mary Pool and Mrs. F. W. Miller of Oakland avenue, are visiting Mrs. A. E. Gass in Plattstnouth, Neb., for a few days, Clarence H. Hafer and Howard Cutler will leave Tuesday evening for Jackson ville, Ore., where they go in the Interests of the Iowa Lumber company. They ex pect to spend several months in the logging camps. Detective Tom Call&ghan left yesterday for Fort Scott, Kan., to appear as a wit ness la the preliminary hearing of Otto Herman, arrested In this city October 12 on a charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Lottie Fadden, who was committed to St. Bernard's hospital over a year ago by the commissioners for the insane, after the Nebraska, authorities declined to be respon- Sir jr.X.ZZVX.X." Row Henrv n.i-on h. revive wnr'rt nf th serious illness of his daughter, Mrs. Anna McElrath of Randolph. Minn., who recently underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor. Mrs. McElrath is well known in Council Bluffs, having been born and reared here. The Union Pacific has settled the suit of Mrs. Sarah O'Neil, administratrix of the estate of the late Henry u'Netl, for tofw. O Neil waa a switchman in the employ of the Lnlon faclnc In this city and was run over and killed by a switch engine in the local yards May U last. Mra. O'Neil sued for C'AU Mrs. W. H. Brown of Third avenue ts en joying a visit from her sister, Mrs. K. J. Harrison of Kansas City and her brother, J. C. Stuart of Spokane, Wash. It is their first meeting for twenty years. Mr. Stuart is accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Har rison by her granddaughter, Miss Ruth Angel of Kansas City. Rev. Harvey Hosteller returned Saturday evening from Marshaiitown, where he ac companied tbe remains of his wife, and services were resumed yeeterdsy at the Second Presbyterian church. At the even ing service Rev. Hosteller took as the sub ject of his sermon, "The Comforter," re ferring to his recent bereavement. Captain W. A. Hayes of 10CO Avenue A was arrested last evening on cnmplalnt of his wife and members of the family, who charged him with beating them. A few days ago aJi Information charging Hsyes with intoxication was niea in justice Bryant's court, where the case Is still pend ing. Iowa State Iwi Notes. It waa no sooner Marshalltown'a turn for a sensational story than the response came in the shape ui tne exploits oi a female burglar. A minister at Waverly believes In govern ment by Injunction, and has spplx-d for one to restrain the Baptist church from Investigating his character. Bioux (It v la ma kins; some progress to ward Duttinc on metropolitan airs and is at leaat talking about providing illuminated alrna nd push buttons on its street cars. Woodburr county, of which Sioux City la the capital. Is up against the constitu tional limitation of indebtedness, and in addition haa In four years Incurred a de ficit of !ll,4-. The funeral of Mrs. Maria A. Bubert at Dubuaue cost her lo cents. She had lust joined a funeral association that makes an assessment or iv cents wnen a memoer ales and had paid only one assessment. The counties from which they are sent will hereafter havs to pay the expense of the whlkr soaks who are being confined In great numbers In the insane asylums under the new inebriate act. in only a few rajMa can the costs be made out of the chronic bums themselves. Tbe Adams Expresa company has been so forcibly impressed with demands of the frohlbltion counties wnere prohibition is n effect that it refuses to accept the de cision of the state courts and wui continue shipping liquor C. O. D. into Iowa, pending its appeal to the federal courts. SIAMESE PRINCE GETS ROSES Caaatrraanai Greets Hlas la Kaaaaa City aad Presents riewtrs. KANSAS CITT, Nov. J. Ths crown prince f Slam broke his western journey by a two hours' stop here, tbe time being spent la a drive through the city. For tbe first time since landing at New York, tbe prince was welcomed by a native of Siam. Nal Luang, a student at tbe Atchison (Kan.) college. He presented the prince with a bouquet of pink chrysanthe mums. The next atop will be at Colorado Springs tomorrow, the best pert of the day being alloted for sightseeing. r A Mis Stanly lajare. Or painfully hurt, burned, bruised or wounded gets quick comfort from Bucklea's Arnica Salvo. It conquers pain, tic For sals by Kuha 4 Co, TEST THE OLEO LAW IN IOWA Etat Dairy OammisiioiieT Would Keep Uocolored Praiact Out of 8tat MARKET FOR MUCH OF PRODUCT INVOLVED Eight Licensee ow Takes Oat Is , Inwa Twa Sew Coart Haasee Maria a Tew a ta Sew Railroad. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES, Nov. 9 (Special., Tbe efforts of the manufacturers of oleomar garine to enter Iowa under tbe new law have sttrscted the attention of State Dairy Commissioner Wright, who proposes mak ing a test esse as soon as possible to de termine whether the manufactured product can be legally sold In Iowa, even though' the government licenses are paid. Voder the old law the companies practically aban. doned any effort to sell oleo la Iowa, as both the state and tbe federal law discouraged it. Since the law has gone Into force making It possible to secure a government license to sell uncolored oleo margarine on a license costing only It a year, tbe makers have determined upon an Invasion of Iowa, and leading grocers and butchers here and In other cities of the state have been Invited to take up the sale of the goods. As yet no licenses have been taken out by dealers In Du buque, Davenport, Burlington, Marshall town and Ottumwa. As soon as a dealer takes out a government license tbe state dairy commissioner Is notified and he goes to the dealer and warns him that he must comply strictly with the law. But there Is a question as to whether the so-called uncolored oleomargarine which is being put on the market does not in fact violate the Iowa law, which la more specific as to color or resemblance to butter than the federal law. As soon as there is a sale ie Des Moines the state dairy commissioner will bring suit to test this question. If the Iowa law forbids the sale of the oleo margarine which is being put on the mar ket as uncolored, the companies will be forced out of the state. Appolat a ssperlor Jie. The city of Oelwein. In Fayette county, decided at the last election In favor of having a superior court. A special law was passed at the last session of the legis lature allowing that city to have a su perior court, but it was necessary that it should be voted on first. Inasmuch as they could not elect a judge at the same election, the governor will soon sppolnt a superior Judge for that court.. levva Balltlasr at Esaoelttoa. The building committee of the St. Louis Exposition commission has been called to gether for next Tuesday for the purpose of giving additional and more specific In structions to architects as to what Is wanted for the building for Iowa at the St. Louis exposition. The architects of Iowa have been lnvtted to submit plana at a meeting to be held early In Decern ber. but they have no Information as to the size of the building, tbe purposes for which it Is to be designed, the amount of floor space or other details, and some of the leading architects have asked that some specific information on this subject be given out. Panes! College Plans. The trustees of Parsons' college. Fair field, have been called to meet at that place on Tueaday of this week for the purpose of deciding on the future of the college. It Is probable that the college will not be removed. After the fire of last spring, which destroyed the main building of the college, the trustees made " wn that they would expect of the people of Fairfield a considerable contribu I tion to retain the college there, as there were other cities with good offers for removal. The city of Mount Pleasant, which already has a college, made an offer of SaO.OOO cash and site worth $10,000 Since then tbe citizens of Fairfield have raised a large sum to offer to tbe trustees for the endowment fund or to build a new i k..nir.9 mA it i. iikiv that at ti mt ! building, and it is likely that at the meet ing Tuesday It will be definitely deter mined that the college shall not be re moved from Fairfield. Ottumwa, Burling ton and other cities contemplated making offers for tbe college, but failed to do so, New Iowa Ceart Hoanes. The voters of Crawford county at the election last week approved a proposal for the erection of a new county court bouse at Denlson. The same thing was d-ae tn Appanoose county. In both of these counties old and out-of-date court houses are. In use. snd especially at CenterviUe has there been a great deal of expense and annoyance on accouat of tbe lack of a good court house. In Henry county, owing to local differences, the voters refused to order the building of a county court house. Moving: an Entire Town It is not very often that an entire town Is moved to a new site so that it may be on the line of the railroad. This Is what will s.-on happen to the little village of Elkhart, in the north central part of Polk county. Ed LaPlant of Marshall town has been awarded the contract and will begin work In the course of a couple of weeks. There are about twenty-five or thirty buildings In this little place. In eluding both stores and residences. These will be moved, one at a time, to the new t?wns!te one mile west and a quarter of a mile north, on the line of the Des Moines, Iowa Falls 4 Northern. It Is expected that It will take a better part of the winter to complete tbe work. TALKS OF NAVY FUEL SUPPLY Adaslral Bradford Wants rant rssllig Skips of Gaverasneat ta Carry an alien. WASHINGTON. Nov. . In his annual report Admiral Bradford, chief of the Bu reau of Equipment and Repair of tbe Navy department, takes occasion to renew his protest against the substitution of a naval constructor for a line officer at ship building works. A naval constructor, he ears, is a non seagoing officer. Inquiries as to ths cus tom of the merchant maiine In this matter show that the construction of merchant ships Is generally supervised by the most experienced master mariner and chief en gineer in tbe employ of the owners. It is an anomaly to build a ship and prepare it tor sea under the supervision of a lands man. The report does not touch on tbe ques tion of additional coaling statloas or wire less telegraphy. Ths total coal purchased during the year waa $62,043 tons at an average cost of $5.1 per ton, against $7.01 laat year. This was ths lowest price paid for coal since mi, when the average was $4 68. The amount used was 'I per cent larger than the preceding year. The amount of foreign real purchased decreased 14 per cent, while $4 per cent more domestic Coal was used. Special attention Is called to the fact that 41 per cent of the consumption was for suxlllary purposes. Exhaustive tests were made during the early part of the year by tbe torpedo boat flotilla ont of Norfolk with Virginia coal to determine which was best adapted for the torpedo boats. The result showed little difference when the coal was carefully se lected. Admiral Bradford renews his recom- menda'.Ion for tbe construction of two large steam colliers cspsble of carrying 10,000 tons of coal as cargo and 1.0(0 tons In bunkers, with accommrdation for a naval personnel and liberal amount of stores and a secondary battery. Such ships would be very useful In peace or war. They should be capable of twelve knots when loaded and Would be econom ical on long voyages at a speed of eight or nine knots. CLAIMING A LARGE ESTATE Ptattsasaatk Bkaaamaa May Be Ike Heir ta Several Mllllea Dollars. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. Nov. .(Spe cial ) George E- Corey of Hendxicki. Minn., who has been traveling over the United States for three years hunting up the heirs to the large estate left In Eng land by Sir Francis E. Drake, visited In this city yesterday. While in Denver he learned from Mrs. George L. Etites. for merly Miss Sarah Corey, that she was a cousin of John Corey, who resides here. and has been employed In tbe Burlington shops for many years. If John Corey ran produce sufficient proof to show that be Is one of the legal heirs he will receive between $1,000,000 and $14,000,000. Sir Francis Drake was born In Crown- dale. Devonshire, England, In 1545 and died In January, 1598. He left a large es tate, which tbe chancery court of England placed In trust for the heirs. The estate la valued at $109. 000.000 and consists of $.420 seres of land, on which are .many large mansions and smaller buildings, snd Is located about twenty miles from Lon don. Mr. Corey departed for Omaha and expects to return to his home in Minne sota. Hoars Brine Gawd Price. 8IDNET. Neb., Nov. . (Specisl.) At a sale held at the Oberfelder ranch yesterdsy at Lodge Pole Amos Meeker of Llewellyn, Neb., purchased the celebrated Poland- China boar. Bob Baxter, for $500. This Is the highest price ever paid in western Ne braska for a male pig- At the same sale Walter Clark of Llewellyn bought the well known Poland-China boar. General Price, paying $250. Sheriff Raids a Clak. BEAVER CITT, Neb., Nov. 8. (Special Telegram.) The sheriff made a raid last night upon a place at Hendley. which was operated as a club, complaint being made by citizens of that city. Nine cases of beer was confiscated and Will Hulchow, mana ger of tbe place, put under arrest. Fire la Railroad Saaply Hoase. HASTINGS. Neb., Nov. . (Special) The fire department was called down to the B. & M. yards at 1 o'clock this morn ing to extinguish a fire in the repair house. Tbe loss was small. BALL PLAYER IS MURDERED Interferes wltk Wsrklsg Barglars, Who Shoot aad Rak Htsa. POMEROT, O., Nor. 8. Harry Allemang, who pitched In the Southern league this season and who had signed with Cincinnati for the coming ye?',, was shot and mor tally wounded at &san, W. Va.. early today. Ho had been out with friends and waa returning home, when he found burglars at work In the poetoffice. A sentry or dered him to halt. No attention was psld to the command and the sentry fired on blm. The bullet entered bis back and lodged in the left lung. The robbers then took $9S0 from him and escaped. till K.ees s taw "During a period of poor health some time ago I got a trial bottle of DeWitt'g Little Early Risers," says Justice of the Peace Adam Shook of New Lisbon. Ind. "I took them and they did me so muck good I have used them ever since." Sate, reliable and gentle. DeWltt s Little Early Risers neither gripe nor distress, but stimulate ths liver and promote regular and easy action of the bowels. FORECAST 0FTHE WEATHER Fair la Nebraska, kat Maek Colder la Iowa May Be Looked Far. WASHINGTON. Nov. . Forecast: Nebraska, North and South Dakota Fair Monday and Tuesday. Iowa Fair and much colder with cold wave Monday: Tuesday, fair. Illinois Rain In north, fair In south por tlon. much colder Monday; Tuesday fair, colder In extreme south portion: brisk northwest winds. Kansas Fair in north, rain and much colder In south portion Mondsy with a cold wave; Tuesday, fair except rain in south portion. Missouri Rain and much colder Monday with a cold wave in northwest portion Tuesday, fair. Montana Snow Monday and Tuesday. Wyoming Snow and colder Monday Tuesday, snow. Colorado Rain and cold In east, fair la west portion Monday; Tuesday, rain. Loral Rererd. OFFICE CF THE WEATHER BT7P.E AtJ OMAHA, Nov. . omclal record of tern perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of tbe last three years: in. iw i Maximum temperature ... 5 4 47 70 Minimum temperature .... 37 27 Jo o Mean temperature K So Precipitation T .00 .00 .VO Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and since March L Normal temperature 42 Excess for the day Total excess since March 1 241 Normal precipitation 04 inch DeficRncv for the day (4 inc Total rairifall slice March 1 5 9 Inches Ix-flc.ency since March 1 2.5s inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1S01 i.lt Inches txcess fur cor. penoa, iJv i.u incn Reports fresa stations at T P. M. -I g "2 ? Y e - 12 ' CONDITION OF THE WEATHER. lis MS :: w Omshs. misting Valentir.e. cloudy North Platte, cloudy Cheyenne, pertly cloudy... Salt Lake City, cloudy .... Rapid City, cloudy Huron, partly cloudy Wllilstcn. cloudy rhijMC. partly cloudy .... St. Ivouis. partly cloudy .. 8c Paul, clear Davenport, cloudy Xansaa City, cloudy Havre, cloudy Heier.a. cloudy Buinarrk, cloudy Uaivcalon. clear ST SS T 24 2 .08 2b: 4J M 5"! 64 .00 tni t'M .00 22 .w) 24' v . ! J"' .tC t a, .oo e, ; .) ( 4 T 64 t6 .OA 8' 74, . 10 .1 h ei .o 14 If .WO :' 7s, .oo T Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A WELSH, Local Forecast Official. REPARE FOR SAENGERFEST 8t Louis is Anticipating a Great Influx of I Germin Siigcrs. PROGRAM OF MEETING ARRANGED something af the History af the Sing- In; Sorletles Which the Oer aaaa Feople Have Made Fasnaaa. ST. LOVIS, Nov. f Vigorous prepara tions are now making for tbe thirty-first national Saengerfest to be held la the lib eral arts building on tbe St. Louis World s fair grounds on June 17. IS. 19 and 20. There will be a meeting of representative cltlsena at the Mercantile club on Novem ber II at S p. m., when addresses will be made by prominent speakers, and ways snd means formulated to rouse Interest In he great festival and make It the great and unprecedented success that it deserve to be The meeting referred to has been called by the World's fslr officials, the mayor of the city, the president of tbe Business Men's league, the president of the Manufacturers' association and the presi dent of the Thirty-first National Saenger fest assoclstion. At the time when St. Louis singers de parted to participate In the thirtieth Saen gerfest, which was held In Buffalo In 1901, the World's fair officials, the mayor of St. Louis, the president of the Merchants' ex change and the president of the Business Men's league urged them to use all tbelr Influence to have the National Saengerfest association decide to make St. Louis and the World's fair grounds the location of the 1903 festival. The St. Louis delegates went lato the plan with patriotic vim and pride and succeeded in gaining their point. The World's fair city was declared to be the next meeting place of the association. When the World's fair waa subsequently postponed to 1904 the officials persuaded the national association to abide by the decision of the delegates In 1901 to bold he festival In St. Louis tn 1903, In tbe liberal arte building, which. It Is confl- ently expected, will be completed by that time. Encouraged by the Interest taken In the matter by the World's fair officials, the Saengerfest board began preparations. organised lta various standing committees, incorporated under tbe name of the Thirty first Saengerfest association, and estab- shed headquarters In rooms S15 and SIS, Wainwrlght building. Progrrasa AH Arranged. The program of the coming festival has already been properly arranged. It will be both In English and German. There will be a reception concert the first evening, in which the orchestra and male choruses will participate, and alao so los and grand mixed choruses, the Utter in EnglUh. The following afternoon there will be a matinee, with orchestra, solos, children's choruses In English and choruses of Amer ican societies. In addition there will be wo grand evening concerts. The festival will wind up with a big volksfest. The main chorus will consist of about ,000 drilled male voices, the singers com ing from all parts of the country, north, south, east and west. The songs will be rendered in an artistic, finished manner. the singers having already been preparing themselves for several months past, and 1 the effect of this grand massed singing; will be heightened by the able conducting of Profs. Richard Stempf and William Lange. It is stated that aome of tbe most famous singing societies of Germany will likewise participate. The mixed choruses of sev eral thousand local voice vill sing in Eng lish and Include some of the best local English societies. The musical committee is endeavoring to secure a quartet of solo singers of not only national, but international reputation, regardless of cost. It will probably be re membered by many St. Loulsans that when the last national Saengerfest was held in St. Louis, in 1S88, they had the pleasure of hearing such eminent singers as LI 111 Lehmatm, Max Alvary, Emit Fischer, Emma Juch and Anna Lankow. A symphony orchestra of 200 of the lead ing musicians of this country will be en gaged under the leadership of a famous director. It will be the strongest orchestra ever heard Jn St. Louis. In connection with this, it may be stated that. In 18S8, the Thomas orchestra was brought from New York to St. Louis at a cost of 112.400. Ths liberal arts building, in which the festival la to take place, will be one of the most elegant structures on the World's fslr grounds. It will be of grand, even Im posing dimensions 7S0xS50 feet. The build ing Is now under construction and will be easily accessible and close to the Llndell pavilion. The World's fair officials have promised to have all transportation facili ties in beet shspe. The chief personal responsibility for the management of the great festival rests in the. hands of Mr. Otto F. Stlfel, as presi dent of the Thirty-first National Saenger fest association. He is assisted by an abl staff of officers, most of whom hsve bad valuable experience in affairs of this kind and magnitude, and may be relied upon "to do tbelr utmost in making the saengerfest what it ought to be and what it promises to be one of the greatest, most artlstle triumphs of the World's fair period la St. Louis. Sketek of Orgaalantlon. Ths following brief historical sketch ol the origin and growth of the German male chorus and of tbe North American saen gerbund may be- of Interest to readers: The secular male chorus rendering songs in four parts was Introduced In Germany by the organist of the cathedral at Salz burg, Michael Haydn, who published In the year 178S the first German "Male Quartets Without Accompaniment." The example of Haydn was followed by Naegell (born 1773) In SwUzerland, L. V, CalU bom 177) in Vienna, and Carl Fried - rich Zelter (born 1758) In Berlin. The lat ter, with the advice of the poet, Goethe founded December li. 1808, at Berlin, the first German singing club for male voices. which consisted exclusively of poets, com posers and singers, and was called "Lieder tafel." modeled after King Arthur's "Knights of the Round Table." Soon afterward the war of liberation began, during which the olii bards, "heroes and singers alike," rose sgaln from tbe ranks of the people; Koerner, Schenken dorf and Arndt wrote their patriotic and war eocgs; Carl Maria von Weber, Reich' ardt, Silcher, Kruetxer and others com posed for tbe male chorus their songs la four parts aad gave to tbe German people a new treasury of excellent vocal music. Increasing thereby considerably the cum ber of papular songs inherited from former centuries. These songs, repeated lnnu merable times, brought consolation and comfort during the many days of afflic tion, kept alive In the minds of the people ths greatness of their fatherland, reminded ths German tribes that they were of '.he same stock and created, fully fifty years before the regeneration of the German em pire. a "Germany of Hearts." The "Liedertafel," founded by Zelter la Berlin, was soon followed by similar clubs In Frankfurt-oa-tbe-Oder, Lelpsie and other cities. Neighboring societies visited ons another: associations of districts and stales were established for (he purpose of oc casionally bringing together greater Bum bers of singers aad of holding song fes tivals. Finally, la August, l&li, ths "First VITA ill V , Mmr jSJor breakfast I S alii The Perfect rood" Far BRAIN and ClUSGLE MALTA-VITA, the perfect food lor old aad young, tick or well. MALT A-VITA contaim more nutrition, more tissue building; qualities, more nerve stimulant than is found ia any other food. A regular diet of Malt-Vlta for breakfast and supper will remove the cause of Insomnia and dyspepsia. Eat MALTA-VITA It Sjtveg health, strength and happinefi. MJlLTJl'VlTJt1 needs no cooking. J? I ways ready to eat. Joist rr Toroata, Cam, MAITA-TITA FCRE General German Sangerfest" was held st Wursburg In Bavaria, and in the year 1862 the "General German Saengerbund'' was founded at Coburg. Crosses tbe Ocean. With tbe ships that carried the emigrants from the old world to the new, German song crossed tbe ocean to keep awake in ' the new fatherland the reminiscences of the old and td help to teach its youth by j means of sweet melodies the language of . the fathers and to preserve the mother tongue. Tbe "Philadelphia Maennerchor," still in existence. Is considered the oldest male chorus In tbe United States. It was founded in 1835 and was followed by tbe Lieder kranx of Baltimore and the Liederkranz of New Orleans. The first German song festival in Amer ica, which was at the same lme the oc casion of the foundation of the North Amer ican saenserbund. took Dlace in June. 1849. There were present at this gathering : three singing societies from Cincinnati, a society from Madison, Ind., the Lieder kranz from Louisville, Ky., and a delega tion of the Columbus Maennerchor, Colum bus, O. From 1849 to' tbe beginning of the civil war the festivals of ths North American ssengerbund took place annually In differ ent citiea, as shown by this table. Socl Sing ers. 1?S 13 1'47 I"0 121 146 3J J0 144 20 0 464 eties. 5 7 13 II 8 1 18 19 17 16 24 23 1. Cincinnati, O... 149 1CY 11 lvj l"sS3 1.-64 16 1 1S57 1SA9 lN t. Louisville. Ky.. S. Cincinnati. O... 4. Columbus. O.... 6. Liayton, O C. Canton, O 7. Cleveland. O.... 8. Cincinnati. ()... S. Detroit. Micn.. 10. Pittsburg, Pa... 11. Cleveland. O.... li Buffalo, N. T.. On account of the great extension of the country and tbe poor accommodations for traveling the New Tork A Erie railroad did not reach Dunkirk before 1831, and tho Baltimore Ohio did not reach Wheeling before 1853 the foundation of several asso ciations or unions of singers became neces sary. And so came into existence, besides the North American tho oldest asoocia tlon, the Northeastern saen gerbund In 1850; the German-Texan in 1852 and the Northwestern ssengerbund in 1855, etc. After the civil war the festivals of the North American ssengerbund were held during great intervals: JARV S 8 BRANDY Socl- Blng- etlos. ers. 13 17 m 1S 31 o 1S67 S4 l.'"J im to l-co ei i 18T1 62 1 1S74 66 l. 1S77 XI l.tsiO 1M7 SK 1,1.) ltxl 46 10 lsKJ 73 2.1'"J IbSi 85 2.4s2 IS. Columbus, O 14. Louisville. Ky 15. Indianapolis, Ind... 1. Chicago, 111 17. Cincinnati. O IK. St. Louis. Mo IS. Cleveland, O . Louisville. Ky SI. Cinclnnstl. O n. Chicago, 111 n cJ x: V A. Milwaukee. !.... 0 U va a wsav bj ruatv sj w I Saw w W a as It Cools, Soottes aci Cures all Burns, Cuts, Brutes, Sprains, Insect Bites and Swelling? instantly, by sweating cut the Ferer and Loflammation. Every Mother should keep a bcttk of PARACAMPH in the house &t all times. It prevents Pain,. Trouble and Worry. " Every bottk is g-uaranUcd' to satisfy or naoory rcfunici. BOLD ONLY IN 2 So.. 60c. and SI OO BOTTLBS. . AT ALL GOOD DBDOGlhTS. roit SALJC BY KlUX CO, ktfTW yJ Kcadytocat mrw an a - 1 rW:-ri W sv Grocers. FOOD CO. Battls Creek Mich. 5K. St Louis. Mo liS SO 2.I9S 2. New Orleans. La l-i M 1.7"9 IT. Olevelard, O 1 Wi t.?d 2 Pittsburg. Pa 1MJ W 2.1 . Cincinnati. O IV l?l 2.757 80. Buffalo, N. Y liwl I'M 2,704 Improve Organism ion. For many years the necessity had mads Itself felt that tbe North American Saen gerbund organization be made stronger and permanent. It bad been a rather loose or ganization that dissolved after each festi val and that had to be brought together again through agitation on the part of each new festal city. In Cleveland, therefore, a committee was appointed for the purpose of preparing a new constitution. The re port of this committee was adopted la Pittsburg, and thereby was created, be sides tbe committee of tbe festal city, a governing board of the association, whose members, in the majority, resided in those cities at which the last festival of tha union had been held, so that tbe adminis tration had at their command the experi ence of the past and tbe personal connec tions with tbe societies in the different parts of the country. In June, 1S99, the North American Saen gerfest celebrated at its place of birth, Cincinnati, its golden jubilee, at which 120 societies and 2.757 singers appeared aad were offered cordial congratulations from all large associations of singers of this country snd likewise from the "General German Sacngcrbund" In Germany. The perfect rendering of tbe mass choruses formed the crown of the Jubilee festival of tbe union snd a worthy conclusion of the first half century of Its existence. In Cincinnati also tbe perfection of the permanent union made much progress. The constitution as adopted in Pittsburg did not stand the test in many ways, because several reforms, for a long time acknowl edged to be necessary, were disregarded and many laws only admissible for a loose organization were tn force in this perma nent association. Taking in consideration these ci cumstances, the president of the association, J. Hanno Deiler, submitted at Cinclnna'i a draft of a new constitution, which vt5 accepted without any material changes by the session of ths delegates of the union. ROBBERS BLOW UP BUILDING Seek Valaaalea la Safes aad Wreck Whole Office -wltk Dyaa mlte. PITTPBCRO, Nov. . At an early bout this morning the office of Walker A Etrat man, soap manufacturers on Herr's Island, was looted by burglars. Two of the four safes in the office were dynamited, about fS00 stolen and fully $(,004 damage done tsj the building. No clew to tbe robbers has been found. V5T MOTHER! ISS IT! 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