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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: SATtntPAV, JANUARY 24. 100.1. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MIOR MKSTIO. ravl se.ls d'lias. For rent, muMern house, 719 Sixth avenue. Expert watch repalrlne. LelTert, 409 H'y. Mr. and Mrs. P. V. KeVnl have gone fo Los Angeles. Cnl., for a short visit. Hedu turn file on framed anil unframej plctui.s. C. K. Alexander A Co., 3?J llway. Wanted, at nnce, boy with pony to carry Bee route. Apply at the ottice, 10 Pearl street. We are Headquarters for alas of all kinds. Hi e us before you buy. C. 11. ITilut, Oil and i.l if s company. The prion Industrial school will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the mission ball cn East Uronlway. Mrs. William II. Schmnller Is home from BufTiilo. N. Y., whre she was called by the d?ath of her father. Bt. Alban's lodge, Knights of Pythian, Will holil a special meeting this evening for work in the second and third ranka. A marriage l.rtnae was Issued late Thurs day evening to J. 1. K.ott, aged 27, and llollle liuriia. aged 30, both of Weston, Mo. 1 he ceremony was pi rformed by Kev. W. iJ. ("re Wilson of the l-'lrat Christian church. Ross Henry, the 5-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William McKeown d.ed Thursday night. The funeral will be held this morn ing mi u o ciih'k iron me mmuy resiaence . p.,,.,..!, The committee as orlainallv near Reela and burial will be In the Orange I nTa- in commiuee aa originally cemetery. j appointed consisted cf Dr. V. L. Treynor, Charles Gum, 1624 Avenue C, died yesfr- C. A. Beno, p. M. Sargent, Lewis Hammer day from tubercolosls, aged 28 years. The Bn( Howard Culver. funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at , . , ... . . ' 1 o'clock from the residence and Interment ; In order 10 facilitate the work and pre will be In Walnut Hill cemetery. Oeceaaed , Tent as far as possible any prospective Was single. John Wheeler, eon cf Mr. and Mra. George T3 .Vh.la. la mnih t , .... t' .. . 1 i . ) luiinv 'oYyi I j taken for the John Wheeler who was ar- rested by th police Thursday for being : ?runkn ,h"-.mn "rre,ud ta tr"8 i Council BlufTs. William Matson. Indicted for the theft of ' an overcoat belonging to Floyd Iowrey from a Broadway restaurant, entered a plea of guilty before Judge Thornell In the district court yesterday and wan sentenced to sixty days in the county Jail. A brown mare hitched to a top buggy which hud been lert atandlng all Wednes day night on First avenue and I'earl street was taken In charge by the police early Thursday morning. Up to laxi night the owner had not shown up to ciuim It. Julian Gladwin, aged 60 years, died yester day In St. Joseph'a hospital, Omaha, from dropsy. The rt mains were brought to the realdence of his daughter, Mrs. K Neu mann, 2110 Souti Ninth street, this city, from where the funeral will be held Hun day. Interment will be in the Keg Creek cemetery. Deceased, who waa a veteran of the civil war, .eaves two daughters and five sons. The fire department was called to the Ogden hotel, where a window on the fourth floor had suddenly buret out in flames in neBaay night It waa decided that the fifty ' scheme was to purchase rings at the Bar a most mysterious manner. Thecaslng ' , . . . , . . . ... was burned away ana tne glass reii out into the street below. The Humes were extln gulshed before they could spread further. There was no apparen cause for the wood work of the window cutchlng tire, there being no electric wire near it nor any gas Jet. Trades and Labor Assembly Election. The Trades and Labor assembly elected these officers last night at ita annual meet ing: President, James A. Raabe, Cigar makers union; vice president, Jahn Smith, Carpenters' union; recording secretary, Frank Marlowe, Carpenters' union; finan cial secretary, William Seymour, Typo- graphical union; sergeant-at-arma, Jamca Matthal, federal labor union; trustees, W. H. Wallace, Shoemakers' union; J. Rink, DatnLM1 wA llnnnrotft..1 linlnn V Painters' and Decorators' Fauble, Bricklayers' union. Representative from Tradea and Labor assembly on dlrec- . tory of Commercial club, E. B. Gardiner, Typographlcal union. The matter of the aeveral unions being represented on the board of directors of the Commercial club waa left to the unlona themselves to decide. It was decided to have a business agent and be will be elected by a committee con sisting of a representative from each union. Matters In District Conrt. Th rilstrlrt ennrt turv In the neraonal Injury damage suit of Henry Lock against t or Henry IjOck against 11 Bluffs, which went out . having failed toV reach ; the city of Council at uoon Thursday a verdict at S o'clock last night, was al rowed by Judge Thornell to go to bed In charge of the bailiff. It was said that the Jury atood 8 to 4 In favor of the city.' Dvrlng the trial yesterday of Wayne Bhoup and Lewis Seldon, the railroad ; barber and porter charged with the theft of a marked 110 bill from J. C. Fleming, i railroad detective, the state aucceedod in Introducing testimony to show that the defendanta had been arrested tn San Fran cisco on a similar charge, but had been acquitted. The case Is expected to go to the Jury today. Slajna Library Ordinance. The flrat official act of Mayor Dell Q, Morgan, on his return yesterday from his I trip t. Oregon was to attach levy not less than $7,000 annually for tho maintenance of the free public library to meet the conditions on which Andrew Car negie offered to donate $70,000 for a library building. A certified copy of the ordinance waa forwarded to Mr. carnegie a private eeretary last evening by Trustee Balrd. AS aoon as It is anown mat or, isrurjio approves of the ordinance as meeting his conditions, the library board expecta to aelect a site for the building and then tho next atep will be the drawing of plans, which. It Is understood, must also be sub mitted to Mr. Carnegie for his approval. 'Heal Estate Tranafers. These transfers were Bled yesterday In the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Sr.ulre. 101 Pearl street: F. It. Schultx, guardian, to Magilnlena Kundel. undlvtt-45 lot 2. block 17. Mlndt n, g. d $ Charles Iilllo and wife to Peter 11. 80 Hansen, nH lot 25. Avoca Land and Loan company's subdlv., w. d 1.800 Fred Hoist and wife to Fred R. H. liensee. nw4 2-74-42 and hk Kit 85-75-42, w d 15,400 William 1 Jones and wife to C. 8. Hour and M. T. Weston. & acres In the northwest corner of w 11-77-44, W. d P. H. Kmery to Cedar Raplda Loan and Trust company, as receiver, lot 1. block A, Kiddle's subdlv.. q. c. d.. A. H. Walker and wife to A. Hooge wonlng. lot 2 and eVfc lot S. block 14. Avocu. q. c. d John Carlson to Oscar t'arl'on, un dlv4 neV, and se nw4 23-77-42, w. d. Jena Christian Anderson and NeW Peter Anderaen and wives to The Andersen company, lot t In original plal lot 1 and other property, w. d. (0 t,200 Eight transfers, total. .125,761 HEW THEATER A BAVU Tou see the searchlight there's a show SI !DAY Prices, 5c, Sue, T3e. KATE CLA.XT0N IN "The Two Orphans. 1NEW THEATERS Mans Aer.U X Tou Sea the Searchlight There's a Show." SATURDAY, JANUARY. 24. The ,E. V. O. Comedy Co HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE I'KICLS Matinee. 10-So. Night, 10-30-Sue. LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN. , Council Bluffs. f ?arl 4 'Phons t7 BLUFFS. BOOM mMVPDrHr'. nilUl IUjJI I LlVllAL ILllD Humbar of flaw Haines Already Added to on. mi. a- 3 T" ' l v 1 .a. luo.e n no oi.au first mguw HUSTLING COMMITTEE IS ORGANIZED (llr la Divided Off aid Portion ' alftwed for Kaeh Utvlsloa and Thoronak Caarmi la to "Be Made. An- The hustling committee to secure mem bers for the Commercial club has already added a number of names to the Hat ami will commcjee an active campaign Monday. At a meeting of the committee yesterday In Chairman Treynor'a office It was de cided to lncresse the committee by adding Louis Zurmuehlen, Jr., Alderman C. H. Huber, F. B. Liggett. A. A. Clark and H. member being overlooked In the campaign the committee decided to divide the city uto three districts as follows: First District Broadway from east city limits west to Main street. Including North ... ..... . . , . Maln lreei- LewlB Hammer and Alderman Huber. Second District Broadway west of Main street and all territory north of Broadway, Howard Culver, Louis Zurmuehlen, jr., and F. B. Liggett. Third District Main and Pearl streets and all territory south of Broadway, Dr. V, L. Treynor, C. A. Beno, B. M. Sargent, A. A. Clark and H..I. Forsyth. Union labor la to be represented In the directorate of the club If the members of the unlona ao desire. The committee yes terday notified the Trades and Labor coun ell that a representative from each union ; would bo given a place on the board of directors provided the union would arrange to pay the dues and entrance fee of such ' renresentatlve. At the mass meeting Wed- mnuci ''"" would be required to pay iz& in addition to the regular entrance fee of $5 and $12 an nual dues. Plumbing and heating. Blxby k Son. COLLECT TOO MUCH PENALTY Jndare Thornell Derides None Accra! After Tax la Four Yeara of Aa?e. Judge Thornell of the district court yesterday handed down a decision In which he holds tLat no interest or penalties can be collected on taxes which have remained .... 1l...n. . n ..nnal.4 fnll" V F aw mOVA delinquent and unpaid four yeara or. more from the last day of December of the year in which the tax books containing thorn were first placed In the hands of the county treasurer. The ruling la of constaeraoie Importance, as the county treasurer has been In the habit of collecting the penalty ven after the four-year limit had ex pired. Judge Thornell'a ruling was handed down in the ault of Flnley McBeth against Wil liam Arnd, county treasurer, and Sheriff L. B. Couslna. The treasurer caused the sheriff to levy on property belonging to McBeth to satisfy the county' claim for taxes for the years 1889, 1890 and 1895, to- gether with the penalties. McBe'.h. through " his attorney, made a tender In court of the amount of the taxes, but refused to pay the penalties demanded and asked that the treasurer and sheriff be restrained from selling the property levied upon. Taxes become due the first Monday in January, delinquent on March 1, and the peuauy oi vr " -';- April 1 until paid or until the prop, "ty 1. sold at tax sale The code . how- w. father provide, that the ; P" of 1 P" cenl P"r u,unl" " uuv ,""r " the tax has remained unpaid four years. This provision. Judge Thornell stated, waa evidently Incorporated In the tax lawa for the purpose of reminding county treasurers that It waa their duty to enforce the collec tion of taxes within a reasonable time. This part of the law. County Treasurer Arnd says, has never been observed and the nenaltv has always been demanded in lM'nmln unpaid for four yeara or more. He aaya the aame practice prevails in other countlea. Judge Thornell'a ruling will affect many claims for delinquent taxea and it la pos sible that many persons who have been compelled to pay the penalty on taxea com wUh,n ru,lng of Ju(Jge Thorneii . wJU ,niUtute ,ult t0 recover the interest and penalties. Gravel roofing. A. H. Read, 12 Main St. KEMPKISS MEETS HOLDUP MEN' They Fir Two Shots at Him, bat Fall! to Hit Their Victim or Get Ilia Money. Two men made an unauccessful attempt to hold up Mike Kempktsi last night. Kempklss Is the proprietor of a saloon ou Main street and was returning home at a late hour with the day's receipts on his person. When at the corner of Bluff and Fourth atreete two men stepped from be hind a tree and, presenting revolvers, commanded Kempklss to put up his hands. Instead of putting up his hands he put fcls legs tn motion and waa making good progress on toe oaca ir.ca wncu uu.n . the holdup men fired at him. but their aim was poor and the only effect waa tc ac- celerate his pace. A short distance down the street Kemp klss met a policeman, who was hurrying toward the direction from which the shots came. The two Immediately returned and gave chase to the. robbers. They caught sight of the holdup' men, who were losing no time getting away In the dlrec' ton of Fairmont park, in which place the officer and Kempklss lost track of them. Aaother HeatlasT Free. The first heating wtove given by William Welch to his coal cuatomera waa awarded to the Christian home. Another baa been put up on the aame plan, and during the next thirty daya will be given away free to one of his customers. Before ordering your coal call at 1 Narth Main atreet or 'phone 12$. The Seventeenth district of the Iowa Sunday Reboot association held a Sabbath school institute at the First Christian ' church yesterday. The aesstons. of which there were three, lasted the entire day. ' Rev. 8. Alexander, district chairman, ore ' aided. I The principal addreasea were made by I Mra. B. P. Michell of Dea Moines, sacra I tar oX the lawa a lata Babbala School aa- soclatlon; Rev. A. IS. Slothower, pastor of the Methodist church of Shelby, 7a .,' and O. O. Wallace of Omaha, chairman of the Nebraska atate executive committee. The Seventeenth district comprises the ; r rouawaiiamie. Lass, snolby ami; Harrison and a large number of the leading . Sunday school workers lu the churches In I these counties were present. The sessions ! ' w" of educational character and the 'addresses discussed the beat methods for conducting Sunday schools and Bible study. N. Y. Plumbing Co., Tel. 2.10. Night. F667. Arrest Detective for Asannlt. J. C. Fleming, the railroad detective wh Is hero as prosecuting witness for the state in the ease against Wayne Shoup and Louis Seldon in the district eourt, was arrested yesterday on a warrant Issued from the court of Justice Ouren. An in formation charging Fleming wltb assault and battery on a boy, Barton Brooke, dur ing the Elks' street fair in'thls city last September, had been filed by L E. Ryan. Fleming, while here last September at tending the preliminary hearing of Shoup and Seldon, noticed a youth In the act of picking pockots in the street fair. He tried to catch the young fellow and In the mix up that followed was struck and knocked rinvn hr Rvin Plomln. , .pannl.il wll h Rv.n .ml tnrneit hi i th. ii,. . The warrant waa aerved! on Fleming Just as he had concluded his testimony In the district eourt room. At the hesrln. In the afternoon before Justice Ouren, 'Flem- I Ing was at once discharged, there being no evidence to show thet he had struck young Brooke. The boy himself testified Ikal Cl.mU. t. n . .1 ln . . V. . V 1 ... v.. th .rm A t Th. ..m- ,L n.,iL.i.. rim , Ing testified that young Brooke, who Is a ' aon of most, respectable parents, was In no way connected with the young lad whom he noticed atempting to pick pockets. FAINTING BERTHA IN TROUBLE Tries to Exchange Dogai Stories for Genuine Diamonds In Sioux City. SIOUX CITY, la.. Jan. 23. (Special Tele gram.) Bertha Libbecke, alias Mrs. J. P. Upton, alias Nellie Bernhard, alias "Faint- Ing Bertha," of Omaha, and who has given the police of the country no end of trouble, was arrested here today while attempting to work a big. diamond robbery. Her rloa diamond store, which she would deftly .exchange for genuine stones at the dif ferent Jewelry establishments of the city while pretending to examine goods. She was captured at the Fleckensteln establish ment. BOYS SCARE BANK ROBBERS Depart ao Hastily that They Leave Explosives Behind Them In Balldlnar, FORT DODGE, Ik., Jan.' 23 (Special Telegram.) A daring attempt to crack the safe of the Bank of Vincent' early this morning waa thwarted by the appearance t Oil th.M 111111 flf th-A Knvi Mllimlno 'vim I on the acene of three boya returning from a party. The robbers fled, leaving a can of dyna- mite and a bottle of nitroglycerine be hind them. One of the doors was blown off and another had almost given way. ., The safe contained $2,400. Sheriff Olsen la taking active measures to apprehend the robbers. - Grand Jury Falls to Indict. CEDAR FALLS, la.. Jan. 23. (Special.) The grand Jury adjourned without In dicting the parties charged with the two most serious crimes on the criminal cal endar for the year, that of attempted mur. der and the theft of $165 In cash. Miss Mary Cummings, although she had planted a bullet In the breast of one Fred Wheaton, was discharged. She-claimed at tho tine to have fired the shot In protection of her honor. Wheeler was given up to die, but. Is recovering and requests that tho case I against the woman be dropped. He was a boarder at tne cummings home. Miss Llzzia Young, employed at the Irving hotel, stole $165 from an employe and confessed to It. Evidence was given the grand Jury showing that a woman of Hampton had peculiar hypnotic power over her and at the bidding of the woman the money was stolen. She waa released. The money waa recovered. Telephone Companlea Consolidate. WATERLOO, la., Jan. 23. (Special Tele gram.) The Commonwealth Telephone company of Chicago today closed a deal purchasing six independent companies In this section, including the Cedar Valley company. County Telegraph and Teleprone company, Waverly Telephone company, Hardin County Telephone company, Park ersburg Telephone company, Laporte City Telephone company. Automatic exchanges will be Installed. The company la Incor porated for $900,000. Ends Earthly Troubles. WATERLOO, la., Jan. 23. (Special Tele- gram.) Despondent because of being out of employment and money Charles H. Byers of Iowa City took poison at the Tremont hotel. Ho was 60 years old and a veteran of the civil war. EARTH QUAKES IN THE SOUTH Carolina and Georgia Are Both A Is Ited by Seismic Dla tarbancea. COLUMBIA, S. C.'Jan. 23. A decided earthquake shock was felt in this city at 8:1 tonight. . SAVANNAH, Ga.. Jan. 23. Two distinct and almost Immediately successive shocks , of e,rthquaUe were felt here tonight at g l5 Beport from Xyge ulan(, ,ay hoUBe , there wfn percept,D,y ,haken. AERIAL MESSAGES THIS YEAR Msressi Expecta to Open tor tammrr. rial Baalaesa Wllala Two or Three Moatha. NEW YORK, Jan. 23 Marconi arrived here today. He aald that his system would be ready tor commercial use within two or three months at least. Marconi expecta to sail for Europe on Wednesday. Slaaetoa Wants Electric Lights. SIOUX FALL8. S. D.. Jan. 23. (Special.) Efforts are being made to Induce soma capitalist to establish an electric lighting' system at Slsseton. Such an improvement is badly needed and It la said on good author ity that the right kind of a man will be given ample encouragement. It 1s very much do sired that the handaome new court house building and the new opera house should be lighted by electricity. The streets also need to be lighted, and In addition prac tically every business, man would. It is believed, substitute elertriclty for the pres ent methods of lighting their places of I bualaeaa. I ATTORNEYS BUNGLE CASES " Two Eecis'-ons Affltmed Because Law-art Make a Mess of it Tryiag Tbam. - ' S " CONVICTED MURDERER WANTS REHEARING Reports of Klre Insurance Companies Show They Did n Proaperoaa Business Darin a the Vnmt Year. (From Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. 23. (Special.) The state supreme rourt today affirmed two tases appealed to the higher court almost aolely on the ground that the attorneys who bad handled the cases did not know what they wero doing, and the legal ques tions were not properly placed before tho court for Its determination. One of them was a case Involving "the constitutionality of a law of great Importance In every coal mining district of the state and was in tended to be a test case. This was the r?8e of Buchanan against the Blackhawk Coal Works and three similar cases, all 'rom Wapello county. Yhe plaintiff has "cured a judgment In the district .court for the amount of certain wages proved to b d"e nlra n unpaid, and. In addition, In accordance with the Iowa laws, had secured a Judgment for attorney's fees and for $1 a day penalty after the debta had been due and unpaid. The coal companlea fought the case on the ground that the law pro vlding for this special penalty la unconstl- tutlonal and contrary to the spirit of all our laws. But after the demurrer had been overruled In the lower court the' attorney for the company had answered and had gone to trial on the case, afterward com ing to the court with questions raised on the demurrer. The court refuses to con sider the appeal In this form. It will be brought to the court In some other case at an early date. In the case of Grapes against City of Sheldon the court virtually refuses to consider the case because the attorney for the city had taken an ordinary sidewalk Injury case and had presented 200 objections to the way It was tried and had argued all of them, but not one with suffi cient deflnlteness to warrant consideration of the case. ' Appeal In Mordet Case. Wopdson Reagan has filed a transcript of the record 'in a murder trial against him from Appanoose county and he will have a hearing In the court. Reagan was Inti mate with one Ella Clark and last Septem ber at the town of Diamond he shot and killed her. At first he made known her death and announced that she had com mitted suicide, but later, while in jail. I .i.i a .v.. - VII. , k.rf .hnl hoe ha rilit I1IAIU1CU lull n Ul 1 a,nu buvv " -" , It accidentally and that he fired over her head with no intention of killing her, but his aim was poor and he shot her. He was indicted and convicted. His defense Is that It waa aB accident. ' , C. .Q.'Wasson has appealed from Linn county on conviction for robbery. He had brutally assaulted Thomas Malone In frej,t car on the Milwaukee railroad and ... afterward robbed him of $75. The two were beating their way on a train. He was sentenced to two yeara in prison for his part In the tragedy. ;i. Coart's Decisions. , v The supreme court today rendered the following decisions: , . ' William Buchanan against Blackhawk coa' works, appellant, Wapello county, Judge Sloan; affirmed, opinion by Bishop. Estate of Julia A. Walker against Story county and J. Q. Hraden, tudltor, appel lants; affirmed, by the court. Winnebago County State bank against O. P. llustel. appellant, Winnebago county. Judge Smith; promissory note; alflrmad, by Ladd. Lydla E. Barrlnger against F. E. Ryder, appellant, Palo Alto county. Judge Hallle; action to set aside a deed; affirmed, by Sherwln. Elisabeth Orrfpes against City of Sheldon, appellant, O'Brien county. Judge Hutchin son; damag-en for defective sidewalk; af firmed, by McCain. Martha J. Bemls, appellant, against P. Plato. Woodbury county. Judge Oaynor; suit to set aside tax deed; partly reversed and partly affirmed, by Deemer. 8. li. Kennedy against Citizens National bank of Knoxviile, appellant, Marlon county, Judge Oamble; dlsmisaed, by Weaver. . Inaaranee Business Greater. Reports from the insurance companlea on the business done last yar, on which their taxes for tte year are based "Bnd are pay able directly to the state, indicate that In Iowa the fire Insurance business was far better than ever before. The ratea In nearly every city of the state were raised last year by the insurance combine and the increased rates enforced without any great loss of business. At be same time the fire losses tn most of the larger cities were smaller than UBual. The reporta will show that the business was decidedly profitable In the atate. It is understood that a determined effort will be made by the companies to secure further modifica tion of the laws In their interest, but in view of the excellent business year Just had this may not be accomplished at the next session of the legislature. State -Accounts Correct. The Investlgatlouf the accounts of state officials and stale Institutions for the year 1901 and for a part of last year has Just been completed. The last office to be ex amined was that of the Board of Control, which has all the state Institutions under its charge and handles more business than ABSOLUTE SECURITY. ' Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. . Must Bear Signature of 5m FaoSlaalle Wrapper Below. Tory assail aaa as aasy tr taka as swfan, rOR HUOACBE. CARTERS FOR DIZZINESS. rOR RlUOUlREtS. FOR TORN- LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SUN. FOR TNECOMPLEXIOR gglFaBTetaiahUyStwsi CUBLtICK ijCABACHE u!Wr all the other atate offices together. This office waa not examined at the time of the others, for the reason that its year enils on July 1 each year. Expert accountant have just completed the examination, which makes an examination cn every office In the state, and it is found that the bioks are In perfect condition anil the accounts kept In the best possible manner. When the state offices were examined a year ago much was found to criticise, but at the last examination nothing waa found which was worthy cf criticism. t I'altee May Not Live. Information from Terry, where Harry Pattee Her almost In a dying condition on account of the wound received from rob bers whom he discovered. Is that he Is still In a crlticnt condition and may not recover. It has been thus far .Impossible 'to do anything In the way of finding tte bullet which went through his lungs. No probing can be done for some time even If he should recover. The coavictlon is now prevalent that while Stephen Crandle, who is In Jail accused of tne crime, was one of the men. the other Is not known. Mc- Farland, who was suspected, has not been i found, but his absence has been accounted for. The peace officers have taken charge of Crandle'a property, and found that Lis horses were so near starved to death that two of them had to be shot out of mercy, r.eneral Weaver for Governor. Announcement is made at Newton that General James B. Weaver will be a candi date for the democrall nomination for Eovernor of Iowa. A previous announce ment that Judge A. Van Wagenen of Sioux City might be a candidate started the movement for Weaver. Van Wagenen pro posea making the race on a platform de manding the public ownership of railroads and similar radical action. General Weaver and his friends adhcro to the free silver issue as the main ono and will make the fight for that In the state convention. Weaver Is living quietly at Colfax, where he Is mayor of the town. He has been a delegate to several democratic state con ventions and now counts himself a fu'.l fiedged democrat, but In the atate con vention last year waa turned down. t Guard Examinations. S General Prime, Inspector general of tho atate guard, and Major Hume, assistant In spector, have been In the southern part of the state all week making Inspections of the guard companies. The Inspections will continue until all are done and It la ex pected they will be much sooner this year than usual. The articles of Incorporation of the Glad win State tank, capital $10,000, have been filed with the secreary of atate; also the Fox Security company of Muscatine, cap ital $45,000. GO INTO INSURANCE BUSINESS South Dakota Retailers Deride to Carry Their Own Risks in Future. SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Jan. 23. (Special Telegram.) The sixth annual convention of the Retail Merchants' association of South Dakota came to an and here today, after a session lasting four days. The conven tion waa the moBt successful in the his tory of the association, both in attendance and In the Interest manifested. In accordance with a resolution adopted before the association adjourned a com mittee was appointed to lormulate plana for the organization of a merchants' mu tual fire insurance company. The commit tee consists of the following well known South Dakotans: T. W. Dwlght, Sioux Falls; A. D. Bartou, Ilankington; E. F. Gross, Gettysburg; J. W. Turner, Spring Held; E. L. Larson, Viborg; A. O. Rlngs rud, Elkpolnt. and P. F. Wicken, Alex andria. The committee held Its first meet ing this afternoon for the purpose oi mak ing preliminary arrangements for the In corporation and organization of the new Insurance company. Deer Locked la Death Strug-vie. HOT SPRINGS, S. D., Jan. 23. (Special.) William Jenks, who Uvea near Custer, while returning from the timber with a load of wood recently, discovered a largo buck deer which aeemed to have a weight at tached to Its head. Stopping his team and making a careful investigation, he found that the burden was another fellow crea ture which had perished In a fight to the death, and that his antagonist had been unable to extricate himself from the other's death embrace. ' Not having a gun, Mr. Jenks resorted to the use of his ax anS easily captured and killed the survivor of what had evidently been a desperate strug gle for supremacy. Upon examination It waa found that the antlers of the two ani mals were Interlocked and held as firmly as If they had been bound together with thongs cut from their own hides. Form Mutual Insoranre Company. SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Jan. 23. (Special Telegram.) The Insurance committee ap pointed by the sixth annual convention of the Retail Merchants' Association of South Dakota, low In session here, unanimously reported In favor of the organization of a i merchants' mutual fire insurance company. In about twenty minutes about $100,000 of I Insurance waa pledged by such members as happened to be on the convention floor. The following officers of the association were elected for the ensuing year: Presi dent, H. F. Wlckhem, Alexandria; secre tary. E. J. Mannlx, Sioux Falls; treasurer, W. J. Andrews, Sioux Falls. Five vice presidents and seven directors were also elected. Ko Troable East of the River. SIOUX FALI.S, S. D., Jan. 23. (Special.) Reports which reach here in reference to the condition of cattle In Charles Mix county and adjoining territory on the eaat aide of the Missouri river are most en couraging. There is little talk in that part cf the state of cattlemen losing cattle by starvation on account of the deep snow. Every stockman In that locality haa his yards full of hay and other feed. During the recent storms cattle were taken care of In the sheds provided by the stockmen for Just such emergencies. With a few more daya of favorable weather the ani mals will again be turned Into winter pas ture. Enjoins Water Works Bonds. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D. Jan. 23 (Special Telegram.) R, J. Wells, a local attorney, has secured an order restraining the city o( Sioux Falls from selling bonds in the j sum of $50,000 for the commenctment ot work on a municipal water works plant. The restraining order was based ou the ground that the Indebtedness of the city now exceeds the constitutional limit. The case will be Immediately taken up before the atate supreme court and on ita de cision will depend the right of the city to construct a municipal water works sys tem. ' Xatloaal Guard Appointments. ( PIERRE. 8. D., Jan. 23. (Special Tele gram) Adjutant General Conklln has commissioned M. J. MCashea of Water town as quartermaster and William A. Haxel of Aberdeen as adjutant of the Sec ond regiment, state dlard. Tell This to loir Wife. Electric Bitters cure female, complaints aurely and safely; dispel headaches, back, ahes, nervousness or no pay. 60c. For sale by Kubn Ca. COAL MEN COME TO TRIAL Chicago Dsalera Answer to Charge of Con piring to Injnra Pnblio Trade. FIRST ASK COURT TO QUASH INDICTMENTS Parties Agree as to Facts, Whereupon Jadtte Puts Cases Rack, Prom- lalnsx to Sunt Day or Argument. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. The fight of the In dicted coal men to clear themselves of "conspiracy to do an Illegal act Injurious to public trade" began before Judge Hor ton late today, when the case against the Northern Illinois Soft Coal Dealers asso ciation was called for preliminary hearing. Motion to quash in behalf of each of the eighteen corporations composing the association were quickly overruled and pleaa of not guilty entered. A stipulation cf facts was then presentedwhich had been agreed to by all parties to the suit and It was announced that a date for the argu ments and the filing of briefs would be fixed esrly next week. At the request of State's Attorney De cern the case against the Bracevllle Coal company waa dismissed. State's Attorney Deneen expects that all the cases against the Bogle-Indiana deal ers and the Retail Coal Dealers' assocla tlon will be disposed of this month and carried to the supreme court during Feb ruary. RACE TO RUN FIRST TRAIN Frisco and Fort Smith Would Each Be Earliest Road la Gathrle. GUTHRIE, Okl., Jan. 23. The Fort Smith & Western . and the Denver, Enid Gulf, a 'Frisco extension, are racing for the honor of running the first train Into this city. Both companlea have extensive grading forcea within the city limits completing their' end of the line. The former road comes from Fort Smith, Ark., over 200 miles, and the 'Frisco from Enid, fifty miles. DRIVING SN0W IN KANSAS Storm Prevails Over Central Part of . State and Extends Into i Missouri. i KANSAS CITY, Jan. 23. A driving snow storm : prevails In central Kansaa today and light snow is falling In other parts of the atate as well-as In western Missouri. No delay to tralna has yet been reported. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 23. Today's snow storm was general all over Kansaa. About three Inches fell. No severe cold accom panied the snow, but the weather la grow ing colder tonight. MONTANA CATTLE LACK GRASS Snow Crusts on Raagre and Live Stock Perish V With Hunarer. GREAT FALLS, . Mont. Jan. 23. The range In the northern part of the state is reported In bad condition. Cattle are dying for lack of grass. The snow haa crustea and the cattle are unable to do any pick ing.,; .... - . Unleaa a thaw- comes at once there will be great loss within the next lew daya. DEATH RECORD. , Mra. E. M. Reed. BLAIR, Neb., Jan. 23. (Special.) Mrs. Reed, nee Elma Wlshart, wife of E. M. Reed, manager of the telephone exchange at Misaouri Valley, la., died yesterday at 1 o'clock at the home of Dr. Mortlock In this city of tuberculosis of the bowels. Mrs. Reed came here two months ago for treatment and was operated on last Tues day, after which she sank rapidly, being too weak to survive the shock. She grew to womanhood io Blair, was 32 yeara old and leaves a husband, one daughter, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wlshart, and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Beard and Mrs. A. J. Taylor of this city. The funeral sorvlces will be held on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the home of her parents. Wesley, H. Chamberlin. FAIRBURY, Neb.. Jan. 23. (Special.) Wesley H. Chamberlin died Tuesday at hia home In Meridian precinct, aged H years, after ten months' Illness, from 1 paralysis. He settled In 1869 In this county, where he has filled the office of county' surveyor and county superintendent of pub- j lie Instruction'. He was a civil engineer and during the building of the Boston A Maine railway was superintendent of con struction, after serving tn the same ca- 1 pacity on the Zanesvtlle ft Ohio railway. ' In the early '60s he was engaged in the M. & M. railway, from Muscatine, la., west. Three sons survive him, Victor, who lives on the old homestead, Mark, of Cody, Wyo., . and Altla, mail agent on the B. aV M. Colonel Phlllln Deltach. CINCINNATI. Jan. 23. Colonel Phillip Dettsch, superintendent of police, died to- .1 1 IT a waa Kii m In Dairuria fVilnho, 7 ' 1840. When quite young he came to the Lnuea oiaies ana enierea ine regular army, serving In Washington territory. He re-enlisted when the civil war broke out In 1861 and aerved In the army of the Potomac and at the close of the war en tered the police force of Cincinnati, where he was almost continuously connected throughout the remainder of his life. ITCHING HUMOURS Complete treatment, consisting of Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and aoften the thickened cuticle, i Cuticura Oint ment, to instantly allay Itching, irrita tion, ' and inflamma tion, and aoothe and heal, and CUTICURA Resolvent Pills, to cool and cleanse the Blood. A Single Set Is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp and blood humours, eczemas, rashes, itchings, and irritations, with lois of hair, from infancy to age, when all cbc fails. Sold tUrougoul the woId. flcnnEiiimr opium or laudanum ... I. TPiAl e0 "UNFIT FOR WORK" The Doctor's Verdict and How Mr Graham Disregarded It. '. "The doctor snld I was not fit for work and that If I wanted to live I would have to give u bualneas," said F. J. Graham of No. 125 Jefferson atreet, Peoria. 111. "And I waa Incapacitated," ho continued. "It was a kind ot Incipient paralysis and It Is due to Dr. Williams' Pink rills for Tale People that I am now tn perfect health again. Flrat I vould he hot, then cold and clammy and at tlmea my body felt as if pierced by needles. There were horrible pains all over me and then I would have no feeling at all. A numbness aotne tlmes came over me and I could not move. With It all were agonizing, headachea and a pain In the region of my spine. I look back on It now and wonder how I retained my 'reason through that long and trying ordeal. There were months and months when I got no natural eleep and my nerv ous system was a wreck from pain and the opiates which I had been obliged to take. "One day I read the statement of a man who had been cured of a case like mine by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peoplo and I began taking them. The first box did so well that I continued until six boxes were taken and I waa entirety well. That was about seven years ago and I have been In perfect health ever since." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People conialn. In a concnsed form, all the ele ments necessary to give new life and rich ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tho after-effects of the grip, palpitation of tho heart, pale and sallow complexion and all forms of weakness either in male or fe male. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Talo Peoplo are sold by' all dealers, or will be sent postpaid or. receipt of price, fifty cents a box, or six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents (they are never sold In bulk or by the hundred) by addressing Dr, Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Free! A S2.50 . Treatment. A Bona Fide Offer by a Wealthy and Successful Physician to Prove the Efficacy of His New Treatments. During the last few years, very great Improvement has been -made 'in treating disease. Cases formerly considered In curable, now yield readily to new rem edies. The wealthy specialist, Franklin Miles, M. D. LL. B.. founder of the Grand Dispensary and Sanitarium of Chicago and Elkhart, will give away $10,1)00 worth' of his new Individual Treatments. This liberal offer is for the purpose of demonstrating their unusual curative powers. They are the result of twenty five yeara of careful study, extensive re search and remarkable success In treating diseases of the heart, stomach, liver, kid neys and nerves which complicate each case. They are prepared expressly for each patient, aa the result is much more cer tain. Each free' treatment consists of a curative elixir, tonic tabloids, eliminating pills and usually a aompound hyoBcyamla plaster, together with a diagnostic chart and valuable personal advice. Extensive statistics clearly demonstrate., tliat- r, Miles' Treatments are at least three tlmea as successful as those usually employed. Few physicians have such confidence in their remedies; and there is no reason why every afflicted person should not avail himself of this liberal offer. Thousands die unnecessarily each, year because phy sicians do net understand such diseases. A thotisund testimonial:! from Blsluips, Clergymen, flankers, Farmers, etc., sent free on request. These Include many who were cured aJIcr from live to twenty physicians failed. Send at once to Dr. Franklin Miles, 203 to 209 State St . Chicago, 111., for $2.50 free treatment before It Is too late. Mention Omaha Bee. Specialist In all DISliA.iES and DISORDERS of MEN. 12 years ot sue ceasful practise la Oumlia. CHARGES LOW. ARIGOCELE HYDROCELE and II FC mr4 i. " far, without cuttliis, pain of ILCw Ioh ot l.nv Lul futruilM to sun foa or woneT rfuno4. CVDiUl! 16 rurM tor Ufa ant tha poison Oil II I bid thorausblr cIm.i-.k4 from th niUa. .ua atarr also aud aymplum aiaappaara oBplataly ana toravar. No "BREAKING OUT" ml tka Siacaaa on tha akin or faoa. Treatment contain So Saasarou drugs or Injurious mcatalnes. UfClV II CM from EiraaaM or VICTIMS TO (ft A IV WKli NERVOUS IIKBILITT OK BX HAUS'UUN. WAST1NU WitAKNBbS. with BAKLT tBJAY In YOUND and U1DD1.H Al.KD; lack of Hiu. visor and atnnstb. with orsana impaired and : Cures cuarantead. STRICT USE mint "no paln!Wao,"a.Uuiica t'HIKAHY, Kldnay and Bladder Treablea, Weak Wok. burnlns Urine, Frequency of Orlnatlog, Una Evilk Colored or with mlikr sediment a sundlns Consultation Free. Treatment by Mali, Call dr address. 11 . 14th St. (JJ. SEARLES & SEARLES. OMAHA DR. McGREW SPECIALIST Treats all forma ot BISEASES AND DISORDERS OP MEN ONLY 27 Tear Experience, 17 Tears In Omaha. His remarkable sue cess has never been availed sad every day brings many flatter ing reporta of the good be Im doing, or the relief he haa given. Hot Springs Treatment for Syphilis ' And all Blood Poisons. NO 'BREAKrNq OUT" on the akin or face and all external signs of the disease disuppeajr at once. BLOOD DISEASE KSV.." VAfilUOCfcLE iiaViHar6ni,ri? Utffen dUaUUU oas dttbiluy, loss ot uw.'iiiai diachuraea, tttriciurs, Oleel. KlUuey and Bltttiaer iletuies, Ht Ofocsie. yUiCK CURK8 LOW CHARGES. Treatment by mtui. f. u. Uux it4, offioa over .U4 ti. lilU Mrcal, between t'artuus ao1 Loualaa sirnvuc QMAIia. tiiU,. J.P. Those suru'rinsr from weuk noses liieli ; tur pit-am. res of life shoulil luke a dollar hot- tie of Juven I'llls. Ine bottle will tell a story of marvelous results aaa create profound wonder. This medicine bu mure rejuvenating, vltaliiinc ton e than ha ever been offered, htnt by mail in pluin paAatfe only on receipt of this adv. and tl. Tbls is 5 worth of jnedlclne for or dollar. Iiiade by ite c.-ifinatom ('. I. Hood Co.. pro trietors Ho'-d rnj"rlitn. lAunrH. .Mjt Deputy Stat YatennarUa Food Inspector. H.L, RAMACCtOTTI, D. V. S. " CITT VETERINARIAN. pAoa aad Iaflrmary, 28 th ao4 Maaoa Sta, Omaha, fteb. . 'leiuplioii . 1kI-
