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THE OMAHA PAIT.T HEE: FRIDAY, NOVKMI1ER 21, 1002. wa loaded. Four Inches of flesh mere torn away from the limb above the ankle. The tendons wera severed and if she lives sh will be crippled for life. Complications ar feared owing to old age. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. The John Beno Co. Council Bluffs, Iowa. COUNCIL MIJOH MEXTIOS. Davis sell drug". fltookert sells carpets and rug". Klegant new Xmm photo at Schmidt's. Expert watrh'repalrlng. Iffert. 4"" B'way Mn. J. M. Oursler in visiting relatives at Odebolt, la. Visit th. Country 8tore, Koyal Arcanum hall, today. rirture framing. C. E. Alexander at Co., 123 Broadway. Tel. .m Mr. 8. J. Watts Is visiting friends and relatives In Plwah. Ja. Mrs. A. D. William of Chicago Is the gueet of Mrs. C. F. Kimball. Three quart 25c sanrcpan Saturday only lOr. A. A. Howe's, 310 Hroadway. There will ne a special meeting of Myr tle lodge, Degree r f Honor, this evening. For rent, nicely furnished front room, reasonable price, inquire 366 North First Street. t Wanted, at once, rnrrler with horse for route on The Hee. Apply at the ottice. No. lu I'earl street. We are headgunrters for gla of all kinds. 8e us before you buy. C. II. Faint, Oil and Olass Co. Broadway Methodist bazaar lunch. i5 cents; chicken pie dinner, 25 cents. Koyal Arcanum hall today. Oood lot on North Eighth street, one block from school. Clear and up to grade. A bargain If taken soon. Inquire at 26 Fourth street. Anthony Young of Omnha and Miss Marie l.lchtenbcrg of HitMlng. Neb., were married In thin city yesterday afternoun by Justice Bryant. I'nlty guild of Orace Episcopal church will hold Its regular meeting this after noon at the home of Mrs. John Uretxer on Kast Fierce, street. Remember the proceeds of Dr. Iceland's lecture tonight go to the upbuilding of our high school. In which every cltixen has a, direct Interest. Tickets 2a cents. Council Bluffs lodge No. 270, Ancient Order of I'nlted Workmen, will meet In regular session this evening. At the close of the burliness session retreshments will be served. The Woman' Christian Temperance Union will meet this afternoon at the bap tist church. The president, Mrs. O. O. Uslrd, will address the members on "Prac tical Alma." Having refurnished my gallery up-to-date I offer this month H photos for ll.nO and S4 photo for fci.uO per dozen. Have your Christmas photo taken now. Htlglemun, 13 and 45 South Main street, upatalra, Mrs. Christina Snyder Romans of Den Ison, eommarvder of Department of Jowa Woman Belief corps, will be In the city today and will I unpen Abe Lincoln corps at 2 o'clock In Urand Army of the Hepuo lic hall. Mark Holder, who was picked up by the police early yesterday morning in an evidently demented condition, had a partial hearing before the commlsHloners anil wa committed temporarily to fcst. Bernard s hospital, i Arthur Harrison, who acquired a Jag Wednesday night and tried to set fire to the city Jail by overturning the heating atova, waa given a ten days' sentence on bread and water by Judge Scott yesterday morning. The remains of Mr. Henry Brandt, who died Wednesday at the Woman's Chris tian Association hospital, were taken yes terday to Neola for burial. Mrs. Brandt is survived by her husband and a nine weeks' old baby. Mis Ooldla B. Barton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Barton, former residents of Council Bluffs. will be married Thursday, November 27, at the home of her parenta In Kansaa City, to Edward M. Donaldson. Fred N. Lewis of Macedonia, la., the young civil engineer who has become mentally deranged owing to overwork, was committed to the state asylum at Claxlnda yesterday by the commissioners for the Insane. Tha caae of Chester Egbert, charged with attempting to roh- a farmer In a Broadway saloon, was continued in Jus tice Bryant's court ' yesterday until Satur day owing to the absence of Asslatant County Attorney Kimball from the city. John M., the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. bitten, 1S3 Turleys Olen, died yesterday morning trom appendicitis. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at i o'clock from the residence and burial will be In Falrvlcw cemetery. Kev. W. 8. Barnes of the First Presbyterian church will conduct the services. Kev. J. W. Abel, the newly appointed pastor of tb Fifth Avenue Methodist church to succeed Kev.. K. W. Erlckson, ha arrived in tha city, from his former charge at Granite City ill. Kev. Abet and family will make their home in the church parsonage at 41i) South Eighteenth street. Eddie Batchelor, the young lad who re ceived a compound fracture of the leg while playing foot ball last Saturday, has been Joined by his brother at the Woman's Christian Association hospital. The brother la aufferlng from typhoid fever. The boys are the sons of Mrs. Florence U. Batchelor of 770 Madison avenue. 1 E. W. Miller, aged M year, died at a late hour Wednesday night at the Woman' Christian Association hospital, where he had been a patient since May 3 last. Deceased had been In the employ of the Burlington railroad for twenty years in a clerical capacity until last spring. He Is thought to have a sister, whose home I slthar In. Chicago or Sao City, la In the1 district court yeaterday In the replevin suit of Joseph Ljder against b. B. Cousins sheriff, judge Ureen took all 3uestlon from the Jury except that of amagea, the court holding that the prop erty undoubtedly belonged to the plaintiff. The Jury assessed the damages at fau. Lauder aued to recover posseralon of a de livery wagon and team of mules alleged to have been wrongfully attached. Hon. Ben I. Salllnger of Carroll, su preme court reporter, who has been re tained by Leon Lozler and Ed Moore, ap- Seared yesterday afternoon before Judge reen In the district court and submitted a demurrer to the indictment charging his rlienta with conspiring to defrajd Charles Gregory and William Baker out of Jo.OuO in connection with an alleged fake foot raca In Webb City, Mo., laat January. Tuesday night Mr. Mary Ax ford, claim ing Aberdeen, 8. D.. aa her home, ap peared at police headquarters with a black eyje and otherwise badly disfigured oountenanc. Hh. aald her husband had beaten her. She waa given lodging aad a substantial breakfast the next morning. Wednesday night at a late hour she was found by the police on South Main street In a drunken condition. Judge Scott gave her Ave das on bread and water in police court yeaterday morning. N. T. Plumbing Co., telephone toi. Plumbing and heating. Blxby & Son. ' Real Estate Transfers. The transfers were tiled yesterday Id tha abstract, title aad loan office of J. W. Squire. 101 Peart atreet: Samuel Welser and wife to Bertha B. Shuman, 4 acres in nV awVt 16-16-42. w. d tlM Sheriff to John Beno. lots W and 30, block a, Howard's add., sh. d 1 Theodore Miller to John D. 'Ellis and Albert Hoyt. lot 9. block i. Steele at Woods' Bubdiv., q. c. d 90 Henrietta Jackson to receiver of Officer Pusey, lot 7; block 9, Mynstcr'a add , Q. e. 4 1 Four transfers, total.. I5 Csreka Foaatala Pea, 19e. Cut tbis out and present It on or before Saturday. November 22 and you will be en titled to on Eureka Fountain pen complete for 19c. Only one to a customer and pos tWsly none without this ad. DeLong The Printer, 107 Broadway. Marrlasj Urease. License to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Residence. Age. . J. N. Conger Wheeler, Neb ) Ethel Hoon, Stromsburg, Neb 13 Anthony Young. Omaha a Marie Llchlenberg. Hastings, Neb DU Mil glass. Davis sells paint. LEWIS CUTLER UORTICIAN. p-,rl Pt . roonrtt Bluffs 'Priors T BLUFFS. DEPUTIES' SALARY IS POOR Scarcitj of Bootlegging Case Cats Inoom Below the Living Point. RICHARDS RESIGNS A FEDERAL JOB ays He Cannot Afford the l.axnry nf Belna; Deputy I nlted Mates Mar. ahal of Southern District of Iowa, ' Deputy United States Marshal Richards, an old-time officer In the employ of tha government, has tendered his resignation to Marshal Christian and is awaiting the appointment of his successor. Deputy Richards in tendering his resignation does sa because the fees of the office have dwin dled down so he can no longer make a liv ing by serving I'ncle Sam as a deputy mar that In the aouthern district of Iowa. Since Judge Smith Mcpherson's orders relative to the arreat of bootleggers went Into effect a year or so ago the fees of the deputy marshals In this district have been almost wiped out. At the same time their duties have correspondingly derreaaed, but while holding the office of deputy they are prevented from earning a livelihood In any other manner. For several years the dep uty United States marshal have agitated the question of being placed on a salary and made Independent of the fee system, but so far the agitation has failed of Its purpose. Cnder the present system the deputy marshals In thia district complain that their expenses are greater than the fees they receive and that Instead of earning money they are actually paying for the privilege of working for the government. Since the removal of the marshal office to Dcs Moines the business in the federal court In this city has been almost at a standstill and what were known as the "bootleggers' conventions" at each term of court are now things of the past. Gravel roofing. A. H. Reld. 641 Broadway. ATTORNEYSCHALLENGE JURY Asserts .aW Regard!; Drsnlns of . the Same Has Sot Been Com piled With. Attorneys practicing In the district court have from time to time made complaint hat the law relating to the drawing of Juries haa not been strictly complied with and yesterday the attorneya for Carl Hcrr, the defendant In an action In which W. J.' Chrlstlanson appears as plaintiff, filed a written challenge to the three special ven ire drawn this week. Aa Clerk Reed of the district court was at Avoca the hearing on the challenge had to be postponed un til this morning and In the meantime Judge Green discharged the talesmen summoned and continued the caae until such time as the bearing on the challenge Is disposed of. The attorneys filing (he challenge allege that the officers required by law to ba pres ent at the drawing of the Jurors were In fact not Iq attendance' at the time the drawing waa made to complete the panel. They further allege that the ballots on which tho nnmea of the Jurors are placed were not In the form required by law and that they wero not concealed but were open so that the parson drawing them bad a full and complete view of the name and also allege that the boxea containing the ballots were not properly sealed and charge other minor Irregularities. The law requires that the regular panel for the district and superior courts shall be drawn at specified periods by the clerk of the district court, the county recorder and the county auditor. The same officers are required to draw special venire but talesmen are drawn by the clerk of the district court or one of his deputies. such drawing required to be made In the presence of the court. The rule regarding the drawing of Juries In the district court. Judge Green said yes terday afternoon, had undoubtedly not been strictly enforced but that this waa tho first time complaint had ben made of the Irregularities. The necessity for summon ing talesmen to help out the regular panel frequently arises during a term of court when one or more Juries may be out at the same time, aa happened Wednesday. The rule requiring the drawing of tales men in the presence of the court has, it Is admitted, rarely been followed, the drawing generally having been made In the office of the clork, more aa matter of convenience than with any Intent to evade the provisions of the law. In the case In which the challenge to the Jury waa filed the plaintiff W. J. Chris- talnsen sues Carl Herr, tailor, for $5,000 damages for alleged unlawful arreat. Herr' shop was robbed and Chrtstalnsen was ar rested on suspicion of being Implicated In the robbery. Twenty-five extra talesmen were drawn last evening In the presence of Judge Green la order that a Jury might be secured to try the case which Is the next on the assignment. Fresh Lemon Drops, Angel food taffy, peanuc candy, chocolate taffy, horehound. Yankee peanut and other delicious fresh home-made candles will be on sale all day Saturday at only 10 cents per pound. Brown's Candy Kitchen, 546 Broadway. Colored Knight ot Pythias Lodge. A colored Knlghta of Pythias lodge has been organized in Council Bluffs with these officers: Chancellor commander, Frank McRaven: master-at-arms, Edward Burke; prelate. George Levert; financial secretary. Jake Washington; treasurer, George Doug las; keeper of records and seal, Charles Suowden. The lodge has secured the hall at &0S Pearl street, formerly occupied by tha Tradea and Labor assembly, which It I now fitting up In a suitable manner for the lodge and club room purposes. The officers a ere Installed by C. L. Washington of Cleveland. la., grand chancellor of the Iowa Jurisdiction ot tha colored Knights cf Pythias. At the meeting last evening the newly installed officer received In structions in the wcrk from Grand Chan cellor Robert Johnson of Omaha. The lodge staru out with a charter membership of forty-one. comprised ot the leading col ored men ot the city. Motor Car Jnmpa Trsrk. A weatbound motor on the Omaha line Jumped the track on East Broadway near Getse's brewery about o'clock last night and the car came near toppling over Into Indian creek. The front trucks went over the edge of the creek but became Imbedded in the aoft embankment. At this point the tracks run within a few feet ot the bank of the creek. There were no passengers on the car, mhlch wa la charge ot Motorneer Eberhard and Conductor Crew. It Is sup posed that some obstruction on the rails caused tb front trucks to ! the tracks. It took the wrecking crew several hours to replace the car as a superstructure of heavy timbers had to be built under the front trucks. Folk Social a Rarees. The social session at the Elks' club house last night proved to be sll that had been promised by the entertainment com mittee and a right merry time ass en Joyed by the large crowd of iT.embers present. An excellent program ke;jt the fun going until past midnight when an excellent supper was served In the base ment. During the evening cigars were passed around and punch served in the reception room and halls. Those assisting on the program were the Mandolin trio, comprised of Arthur and Harry Evans and Robert Sprague, Ned Mitchell, George Hughes, W. S. Rigdon and Manager Carl Reltter of the Omaha Orpheum, with sev eral of the people playing there this week. Chars: Boys with Theft. Walter Whltaker, Thomas Rowbotham and Leslie Cox, three young lads, were ar rested yeaterday charged with stealing goods from a freight car In the Milwaukea yards. A bucket ot candy, the ccntenta of which the boys are alleged to have dis tributed among their companions is sail to have led to their detection. They wero released en bonds furnished by iheir par ents and will have a hearing Saturday before Justice Carson. It is alleged that they stole goods to the value of IS. Albert Tietze, an 11-year-old boy living on Tostevln street, ws arrested yesterday at the instance of the same railroad com pany charged with the theft of coal to the value of SI. I.ectores on Land of the Scot. Dr. Samuel Phelps Leland ot Chicago will give his lecture, "The Land of Scott and Burns." this evening in the auditorium of the high school. Dr. Leland comes to Council Bluffs under the auspices of the local chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, the members of which are en deavoring to furnish the high school with a historical reference library and the pro ceeds of this lecture will be devoted to that purpose. This will be the second lec ture given under the auspices of the Daughters ot the American Revolution for the same purpose. The proceeda ot the first lecture furnished the nucleus of the li brary. No Foot Ball Sntnrday. Mornlngside college of Sioux City will not play the Dodge Light Guards' foot ball team Saturday at Lake Manawa. Manager Rutherford has received word from Manager Harding ot the Mornlngside team to the effect that their coach wants the men to rest up for their Thansglvlng game. This means that there will be no game here Sat urday, and the only game on the soldiers' schedule Is that with Doane college, which will be played here Thanksgiving day. Tho guards will have a practice game Saturday afternoon at the lake. ADJUSTING ARMOUR INSURANCE Several Companies Are Represented Which Are ot Sopposed to Be In Business In Iowa. SIOUX CITY. Ia,, Nov. 20. (Special Tele gram.) The adjusters for Insurance com panies In which the Armour ft company plant was Insured met here today. W. E. Mariner, representing the Western Adjust ment Inspection company represents tho majority of the companies, representing over $500,000 ot Insurance. The other ad justers were T. T. Armstrong of the Home of New York, W. A. Hand of the Aetna. W. A. Wllken of the Oerman of Freeport and D. P. Welpton of (he Royal. Because It waa impossible at this time to determine the salvage the settlement was postponed until December 2. It developed that the plant was insured in several outside companies not authorized to do business in Iowa. The total Insurance on the plant' was $789,500, the list of so called outside Insurance which came to light today Is. Lloyds. $2,000; Firemen ft Mechanic of Indiana, $1,000; Merchants Exchange, Chicago, $25,000; Michigan Mil lers, $2,500; Dutch Underwriters, $7,500; Skane, $1,600; Salamdra, $2,000; Austrian Phoenix, $1,942; Manufacturers Lloyd, $5, 000; Globe ft Rutgers, $40,000; Wilming ton $2,500; National of New Jersey, $2, 500; Stuyvesant, $2,500; Republic Under writers, $2,500; Standard Underwriters, 12, 500; Fidelity association, $2,600; Interior Underwriter. $1,000; North American Un derwriters, $1,500; Millers ft Manufactur ers, $1,600; Security of Baltimore, $1,500; Chicago Underwriters, $2,000; National Fire Lloyd's, $2,500; Northwestern Lloyds, $2,600; Merchants ft Manufacturers, $2,500; Equitable of Indiana. $1,000. DIXON DIES AT CHEROKEE Superintendent of Omaha Dlvlalou of Illinois Central Snccamba to n l.ona; Illness. SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Nov. 20. C. K. Dixon, superintendent ot tha Omaha division of the Illinois Central railroad, is dead at Cherokee, la., after a long nines. He had been in the road' employ for twenty-Ova years. Mr. Dlxou's betdquarters were in Omaha. He came here about a year ago from Chero kee, Ia., where he had been atatloned for twenty-five years as superintendent of the Cherokee division. He was on a leave of absence of three montha because of 111 health, due to a complication of 'diseases. He leaves a wife and family In Omaha. The body probably will be buried at Chero kee. Celebrate Golden Wedding. FORT DODGE, Ia.. Nov. 20. (Special Telegram.) Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Lincoln, prominent citizens of Fort Dodge, cele brated their golden wedding anniversary here today. Tbey have lived here alnce is. Mr. Lincoln was for years president of the Fort Dodge school board. lows State Kewa Notes. Every nchool district In Hamilton county la now provided with a library. Des Moines claims to have the youngest burglar in the state only 12 years old. Muscatine la about to put In a light and power plant, owned and optrated by the municipality. One man up at Bloux City gave another a sever beating because he did not like the nay the Utter talked over the telephone. One of the bitterest poetofflce fights in Iowa has Just been composed at Knoxvl'le by the opportune marriage of one of the contestants with the daughter of the other. A servant girl at Tripoli has given the best solution of the tramp problem by ribbing a shotgun and opening tire on one of thtm who Imperlouely demanded a free feed. Official figures how that the prohibition vote In Ioa thla year fell off nearly ope half from what It wa last year, and It Is a neck and neck race between thera and the aoclaltsta. A magician ha caused public maemert at Sioux City by his trick of making roses arow and bloom under the eye of hi audi ence. But a local florist ha now aued the magician beiaue he falUd to pay the bill for the flowers. An Indlanola woman ha a huband of very Inflammable temper. He poured kero sene over h-r heaa and et fire to It. And she Is so oppoetd to that ort of thing that (he seta It up as a cause for divorce. TALK OF MUTUAL INSURANCE Committee Making Up the Program for the National Convention. EVIDENCE IN LEVICH CASE ALL IN rresent Plana Indicate Slate Normal School Will Have Model (iin. naslom rarole for the Inebriates. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Nov. 20. (Special.) The program committee of (he National Asso ciation of Co-operative Mutual Insurance Companlea held a meeting here In connec tion with the meeting of the 8tate Asso ciation of Mutual Associations. The last national meeting was held In St. Paul and a committee appointed to prepare the program for the meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn., In May next. This meeting was held here today and tho program com pleted. There la to be a welcome by the governor of Tennessee and a greeting by the mayor ot Chattanooga, and an ad dress by the president of the Chamber of Commerce. James MHHken of McPberson, Kan., will respond. The president of the association is V. D. Forbes of this city. Among the papers and addresses arranged for are the following: "Best Plan of Mu tual Fire Insurance In the South Atlantlo State," by J. R. Young, Insurance com missioner of North Carolina; "Why State Supervision of Mutual Co-operative In surance Is Essential," Jefferson Johnson, Texas; "The Mutual Fire Insurance Con. tract aa Viewed by Law," W. G. M. Thomas, Chattanooga; "Limitation of Ter ritory and Restriction of Mutual Fire In surance," E. M. Coffin, Lincoln, Neb: "What Minnesota is Doing In Mutual In surance," J. J. Furlong, Austin, Minn.t "What Mutual Insurance la Doing In the Northwest," F. J. Martin, Seattle; "What Mutual Insurance Is Doing In New York," C. H. Stanton. Plymouth. N. Y.; "Best Method ot Occupying the Entire Field for Mutual Insurance," Joseph Saunders, An derson.jlnd.; "Should the Classification ot Risks Be a Feature of Mutual Insurance?" W. B. Gasche, Topeka, Kan.; "What Mu tual Insurance Is Doing in Missouri," J. C. McNamara, Springfield. Mo.; "What Mutual Insurance 1 Doing In Wisconsin," C. A. Hamm, Waupaca, Wis. There will be other usual reports and entertainments. Tho national association has been growing In strength and the meetings are now at tended by persona from nearly every state in the union. Evidence In l.evlch Case In. The day was largely consumed in the Levlch murder case in rebuttal testimony on tho part of the state, chiefly in the nature of testimony to Impeach the wit nesses of the defense or In contradictory testimonv as to the Incidents which sur rounded the death of Isaac Flnkelsteln. There Is a great deal ot contradictory tes timony In tho case. During the day the defendant made a savage personal attack on the city offlcjals, who are prosecuting the case, and denounced them harshly, claiming .that they are In a conspiracy to send him to the penitentiary for the crime. Just before the close of the testimony the defense placed on the stand an Im portant witness'' whose evidence bad not been learned until today. A railroad man named Wills ' swore be saw two men in the alley where Flnkelsteln waa murdered and that both were negroca and neither one was Walker. This is regarded as the most important testimony yet given. The taking of testimony closed this even ing and arguments were begun. Normal School Grmnaslam. The trustees of the State Normal school are In session today at Cedar Falls and Governor Cummins and State Superin tendent Bartett went to attend the meet ing. The special purpose ot the meeting at thU time is to decide upon plans tor a new gymnasium, which I to be the first of the new buildings to be erected by the trustees out ot the appropriation made by the last legislature. Preparatory to this meeting President Seerley made a trip of a month visiting the leading colleges to gain Information as to the best modern gymnasiums. He has made an exhaustive report on his observations. Plans have been drawn for a gymnasium hall to comprise two large rooms, one for women and one for men, and to have a partition which will roll up and afford a great ball for the armory, and some such plan as this will be adopted. The building of a special gymnasium at the state normal will be the first Rpeclal building for that purpose at any college in the state. A requisition has been Issued on the governor of Colorado to bring back to Iowa M. J. Brierton, wanted for embezzlement of $500 In Davenport. Dr. A. M. Linn ot this city haa been reappointed a member of. the Slate Board of Health. He is now president ot the board. Paroled from Hospital. Five Polk county members of the colony of inebriates at the state hospital have recently been paroled, namely: Truman Wilson, Frank Pierce, Norman Mitchell, Thomas Holland and William Ramey. The following from other counties have recently been paroled: George Kldwell of Jones county. James White of Chickasaw county, E. C. Foster ot Hardin county, H. C. Low of Linn county, Thomas Hewitt of Linn county, Arthur Glbford of Jasper county, Amos 8. Hodge of Jackson county, H. W. Moore of Winneshiek county, Ed ward Lyman of Lucas county, C. Boetcher of Kossuth county, J. A. Johnson of Kos suth county, E. J. Byers of Linn county, and P. J. Mally of Palo Alto. Grrrk Trial Contlnned. The trial ot the case of the Stat against James Gregoris. the Greek, was to have been held this week at Adel, and a number of witnesses were subpoenaed from Des Moines, but the case has been continued until the January term. Important deposi tions had been sent for relative to the de fense In the case and tbeae were shown to he of vital Importance In the trial of the case. The defense claims that with the de position sent for It will be easy enough to dispose ot much of the testimony con necting Gregoris with the killing of Kolo mokls. The putting off the caae will ne cessitate a change of lawyers, for E. E. Nichols, who haa been conducting the de tense, got on the bench as Judge the first of the year. ot Expected to Krtsrs. ONAWA. Ia.. Nov. 20. (Special.) W. A. Bonham, the man formerly ot Hastings, Neb., sent to Jail here for lewdneaa, waived examlaatton before Justice Lind say thia morning and was allowed to algn his own bond tor $300. He left on the first train for the east and Is not expected to show up soon. The action of the Justice in releasing him Is generally criticised. Son Accidentally Mbnots Mother. WATERLOO, la., Nov. 20.(8pclal.) Mrs. Anna L. Lamper was accidentally shot ia the leg by her son, who waa taking a shell from hi shotgun, which h attempted to break la tha middle, not knowing that It GAMBLER BOUND TO GET MONEY When the Card Tarn Wrong; He Trie Persuasive Powers j of Uan. SIOUX CITY, la . Nov. 20. (Special Tel- j e gram.) A bold gambling bouse holdup was perpetrsted here and as a result George and Jack Scollard, proprietors of the house, are under arrest. Thn holdup Is the case of the "outside" holding up the "Inside" and the "inside" lu turn held up (he "outside." The holdup oc curred in a dingy upstairs room on Fourth street. "Kid" Roger walked Into the place and "oftlced" up to tho dealer that the man with him was being played for a "sucker." The dealer got wise and handed out money to the amount of $560. The "sucker" kept losing and Roger kept winning, the dealer advancing tho money to the stockman. Rogers, in order to keep the crowd good-natured, handed out about half the money all around. At this point the dealer saw through the game and one ot the Scoltards pulled a gun, and the other Scollard held the door. "No one goes out of this room until he Is frisked," he shouted, and at the point of the gun the entire crowd was com pelled to give up all the money they had. Rogers had kept about $350 and was re lieved ot thia. Rogers swore out a war rant for the arrest of the Scollard and they are now out under $500 bonds. EDITOR INSTANTLY KILLED Kelson Ilersch of the New York World Meets with a Fatal Accident. NEW YORK. Nov. 20. Nelson Hersch. editor of the Sunday edition of the New York World, was Instantly killed near his home at West Brighton, Ststen Island, today, by being thrown from a buggy. He fell on his head, breaking his arm and fracturing bis skull. Mr. Hersch was driving borne before day. light and his vehicle ran Into a ditch which he could not see. The body was taken to his residence. Mr. Hersch was 41 years old, a native or Rock Island, and a graduate of Yale. He was connected with the Davenport, Ia., Gazette, and on tho staff of the New York Commercial Advertiser for several years. Two years ago he became editor of the Sunday World. He leaves a widow and tour children. . Nelaon Hersch, whose doatb in New York Is reported in the preas dispatches, as the result of an accident on Staten Island, was a former resident of Omaha. He was city editor of the Omaha Herald under Dr. Mil ler from 1885 to 1888, and went from here to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. From St. Louis be went to New York with the Her ald. While employed on that paper he worked up the Ludlow street Jail scandal, which reaulted In municipal investiga tion. He had himself inearcarated in the Ludlow street Jail on the charge of forgery and remained tLere for three or four months securing data for the articles which ha afterward published. At the time of his death he was Sunday editor of the New York World. He was a brother-in-law of D. Rlaley of this city. STUDENT LEAVES NO CLUE Enajnare Passage for America Antwerp, bnt tho Ship Sail Without Hint. at NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Consular and de tective agencies of Europe are endeavoring to discover the whereabouts of Frederick C, Johnson, son of Colonel Edmond John son, a wealthy ciziten of Vlneland, N. J., who disappeared three months ago. Johnson is a nephew of Princess Agnes 8alm-Salm ot Bonn, Prussia, who is well known in Chicago, where her sister, Mrs. I. H. Rhea, resides. He was a student at the University of Pennsylvania and after finishing bis studies there had taken a course at the Darmstadt university. On September 1 he started from Bonn for Vlneland. That was the last his rela tives ever saw of him. Upon receiving no news of his arrival In the United States the princess made inquiries of the steam ship company and learned that be had engaged passage at Antwerp, but that the ateamshlp sailed without him. Hi baggage waa found still unpacked and untouched at Antwerp. Although the search ha been prosecuted vigorously, no further trace of him has been found. PENITENTIARY THE PENALTY Thomas Alexander, Onee Prominent Merchant ot Mlssonrt, Gcta Two Year for Stealing; Cattle. MARYVILLE, Mo., Nov. 20. (Special.) Thomas Alexander wa yesterday after noon convicted ot highway robbery and aentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The caae has dragged through the courts of Nodaway county for the laat three years. Alexander was formerly a hardware mer chant at Pickering, a small town In this county, and Is a member ot one of tb oldest and best known families of this section of the country. The specific charge against him was the theft ot eighteen bead of cattle from the pasture ot Henry Pistole, seven miles north of Maryvllle. The cattle were driven out ot the pas ture during the early part of the night and evidently would have been brought to Maryvllle and shipped out to market on an early morning train bad not William Groves, a farmer, accidentally discovered the theft. 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I I m-MOROtV. 1J Broadwa y: UcHAVEN, K2 Central Broadway, UKOWP, iJ Main; WUEELEY. u Broadway. SPECIAL SALE OF STREET HATS! Our millinery department has an important item for today and tomorrow. We sliall close out nil of Our Felt Street Hats at a ridiculously small price, preferring to pive you the benefit than to carry them over. All our Felt Street Hats, OCp nnnlt worth up to $1.50 each at. . CaCil ....Friday and Saturday Only.... BASEMENT CLOAK AND SUIT SALE! We have transferred a large number of our Ladies' Suits and Short Jackets to our basement wet ion and have put quick selling prices on them. Former prices and actual values have not been con sidered. Look at these prices. 1 Ladies' Suits ot pormer t'rice $iu.uu, ix3u, jia.uu ana i.uu. Ladies' Jackets at $1.00, $2.50. and $5.00. Former prices to $ 1 7.50. JARVIS 1877 BRANDY PEN IS AS BAD AS BULLET King Leopold Hakes Striking Statement to a Deputation. TALKS OF WORK OF THE AGITATORS Stirring" Ip Trouble and Accomplish. Inajr Nothlngr. Because If They Kill a Klnsj Someone Take Hla Place. BRUSSELS, Nov. CO. King Leopold made a somewhat striking reply today to a deputation from the chamber, headed by the president, who presented his majesty with an address of congratulation on his escape Saturday from the anarchist's bullet. After thanking the deputies the king con tinued: The times are very troubled. Agitators are constantly stirring up their fellows to disturb that ortler which Is the guaranty of public liberties. Without order only license remains, which l"ans inevitaoiy to aespotim. rnese agi tators find in their path, llrstly, the heads of states. If they fall to reach them they nttack their wives, as in the case of the liorriole drama at ueneva. Their blows are also aimed at ministers. as In the case of Senor Canovas, and they aleo Dlow up tne nouses or private In (llvidualx. They want to Intimidate. But they will not succeed. Kven if they struck down the head of the state It would make no difference, as he would soon be re' Dlaced. In addition to revolver shots they employ the pen. which can write what calumnies they please. I am nearlng the end of my life. I do not know how long I shall live,, how long iney win let me live, cut I can assure you that the rest of my existence will be de voted within the limit of my constitutional powera to the good of my country and to ihe protection of Its liberties, BRUSSELS, Nov. 20. A warrant for the commltal of Rublno, the anarchist, has been officially confirmed. The would-be assassin will be tried on two counts, an attempt of King Leopold's life and a homicidal attempt on the lives ot thoie who were In the carriage at the time Rublno fired. IOWA COLLEGES EXEMPTED National Grange Says Some State Us Know Hon to Teach Asrlcaltare. LANSING. Mich.. Nov. 20. The amended report of the committee on education ot the National Grange was adopted today. 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