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8 TIIK OMAHA DAILY 1IF.E: SUNDAY, JANUARY 25. 1003. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL Ml'VOIt HKNTIOS. v "" ' fltvid e.ls drugs. For rent, modern house. 719 Sixth avenue. Expert watch repairing, Ieltert. 4n B'y. Annual reduction on picture and picture framing. C. K. Alexander A Co. The iMdy Maccabees will meet Tuesday afternoon in their hall In the Brown build ing Wanted, at once, boy with pony to carry pee route. Apply at the office, 10 Pearl ireet. The Knight and Ladles of Security wl" give a prise masquerade ball at St. Albans hall, January 21. We are heariqjarters for glass of all klndH. See ua before you buy. C. U. Paint, Oil and Ulaaa company. Sunday la my busiest day. Come and set twelve mounted photo for 25 cents. Car veth. artist, 9 Broadway. The Bchool board has awarded the con tract to J. C. B-xby tc Son tor putting the fire escapes on the school buildings. Ivanhoe commandery, Knight Templar, will meet Tuesday evening for work In the lied Cross degree, followed by a banquet. The Morning degree team of Council camp, Woodmen of the World, will meet Friday evening to Initiate a clasa of twenty-seven candidates. The police are looking for aneak thieves who Bueceaded In stealing a quantity of bed clothing from the roome over Taylors restaurant on South Main street Friday night. A new cancelling machine ha been placed In the postotttce to meet the demands of the Increaeed business. It is of the most modern pattern and haa a capacity of 6u0 letters a minute. A banking channel Is now open. We sell atocks and bonds on commission and ar range guaranty of principal and some In terest. Charter furnished under new act of congress, small cost. Many reference. New York and London Syndicate, 10 Wall atreet, New York. Sheriff L. B. Cousins I home from Ies Moines. While there he learned that Hill Klchards, the missing former Deputy Vnlted States marshal, had secured but tl'X) lrom the aherllTs' association, by which he had been employed to hunt the murderer of Sheriff Strain of Monona county, and not I1"!, aa hud been reported. The annual soclrfl meeting of the Asso ciated Charities will be held Monday after noon at the residence of Mrs. P. J. Mont gomery, on Fourth street. At this meeting the officers will make their annual reports and officers for the ensuing year will be elected. All members and friend of the association are Invited to attend. Are you attending the Weatern Iowa col lege? If not, why not? Are you aware of the fact that this Institution la one of the best In the weat? Do you know that this aehool haa more calls for teacher, stenog raphers, bookkeepers and office employe than it can (111? Do you know that we have 133 student In our day school and 60 In our night school? Do you know that beginning classes in each department will ho organixed tomorrow? Do you know that we WHiit you to know that our school Is In the lead of all other schools In the weat? Matters ia District Coart. The district court Jury la the personal injury damage ault of Henry lock against the City of Council Bluffs, which went out Thursday noon, had failed to arrive at a verdict at 9 o'clock last night. Judge Wheeler, presiding for Judge Thornell, who had returned to his home In Sidney to spend Sunday, sent the Jury to bed at that hour " at the Kiel hotel In charge ot the court bailiff. Before, sending the Jury to bed ..-Judge Wheeler sent for It and Impressed upon It. the -necessity of arriving at some agreement. In response to the question of the court the foreman stated the jury stood I to 4, but was not asked to stats whether In favor of the plaintiff or defendant. The foreman stated that The jury baa1 stood V to 4 from the first ballot and that there ssimed but little 'possibility of an agree ment. It Is said that the majority of the jury are in favor of finding for the city. ; The trial of Wayne Shoup and Lewis Sel dop, the railroad barber and porter charged with robbing J. C. Fleming, a railroad da- tectlve, waa concluded last evening and the case given to the Jury at 5 o'clock. Judge Wheeler read Judge ThorneU's In structions to the Jury and at 11 p. m. the jury brought In a verdict of acquittal. Judge Oreen has handed down Ma de cision denying the motion of the defendant fof a new trial In the personal Injury dam age suit ot Chris Peterson against the mo tor company in which Peterson secured a verdict for $11,600. Judge Oreen also handed down his de cision In the suit of F. A. Messmore against P. C. DeVol and others, to enforce the specific performance ot an alleged con tract to sell real estate, dismissing the pe tition ot the plaintiff. I ; Foaad Dead Bars Floor. Marshal Sherman, a stableman In the employ of H. H. Van Brunt, was found dead In the barn at the family residence, corner of Willow avenue and Bluff atreet, about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The body waa discovered by Mr. Van Brunt and In dications were that Sherman bad been dead for several hours. Conditions Indicated that he had died while In the act of drawing water for lbs horses some time Friday night. TheN,ody lay a few feet from the hydrant, under which a pall had been placed and the water turned on. It was evident that the water had been running for aeveral boura. Dr. Jennings, who waa railed by Mr. Van Brunt, found that death waa due to heart ' failure and was of the opinion that Sher- jtnan waa dead, before he struck the Door. Coroner Treynor, after viewing the re mains, decided that an Inquest was un necessary and the remains , were removed to Cutler's undertaking rooms. Deceased was a veteran of the civil war, a member of the Knights of Pythias and had been a resident of Council Bluffs for. many years. For a number of years he was" In the em ploy of Mrs. J. L. Stewart as coachman. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the undertaking rooms of L. Cutler uuder the auspices ot St. Albans' , lodge. Knights of Pythias. 1 Interment will (be In Walnut Hill cemetery. Members of j St. Albans' lodge will meet at their hall at 3 p. m. The members of Abe Lincoln post, ' Grand Army of the Republic will meet at the undertaking rooms. N. Y. Plumbing Co., Tel. 250. Night. F67. Heal Katate Transfers. These transfers were tiled yesterday In the abstract, title and loan office of J. W B i u I re. KH Pearl street; Julian 'lever ami wife to Krlck J. Krieksou, lot 1, block 13. Fvrrv add. w d t " George W. Lle and wife to C. A Hamilton, lot block il. Ferry add, s w d . j Janet MeKeown and h'ushund to Ar thur le MeKeown et al, wU nr'i ). 4 sw", la and U seV 15-76-41. w d x.nno j.. it. tteams ana wife to lxit Law, northerly 46 feet of lot 4 In sw'i ne'i J0-J5-41. w d gjO Four transfers, aggr-gattng.. HEW THEATER A. B. BEALL. Mgr. You se the aearchllght there's a show ,ol Dti Frlcea, 5e, ROc, T5c. KATE CLAXTON IN "The Two Orphans.' ' LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN. ft Pesrl Council HluITt 'Phone 97. BLUFFS. LEGACY TO CHRISTIAN HOME" Wit cousin. Woman Leaves Property Valued at Thirty Thousand Dollar OTHER SUMS ALSO ARE NOW AVAILABLE Two iev Balldlnas to Re Erected Daring the Coming Summer, One of Which Will Be m Dormitory. Rev. J. O. Lemen, manager of the Chris tian home has received notice that the Institution baa received a windfall In the ahape of a $30,000 legacy left by Mrs. Mary Robertson of Sheboy gan,' Wis., who died December 19, leaving an estate alued at $100,000. This sum Is said to be part ot a legacy which Mrs. Robertson's husband bad left to their only son, who also died a few months ago. The legacy Is for the purpose of erecting a building at the Christian home to bs called the Robertson Memorial. The estate left by J)I rs. Robertson Is said to consist of city and farm property at Sheboygan and the portion willed to the Christian home Is valued at $30,000 and may possibly realise even a larger sum. Although Mrs. Robertson had been a life long friend of the Christian home, the legacy comes as a great surprise to Man ager Lemen, but Is none the less welcome, as It will now enable the carrying out of long cherished plans for the enlargement of the Institution. When the Robertson legacy becomes available Manager Lemen will have $56,000 for building purposes. Last year a wealthy friend ot the home who declined to have his name made pub lic, offered $25,000 for building Improve ments at any time tat Mr. Lemen desired to make use ot the money for such a pur pose, owing to Mrs. wmen i long niness and death last year, me aesirea improve ments were delayed. With the money which will be derived from the Robertson legacy Mr. Lemen pro poses to erect a dormitory building for the children atd the $25,000 will be uaed In enlarging and Improving the dining hall and the cottage reserved for the old folks. The Christian home Is now caring for noarly 250 children, brought there from all parts of the country and about fifteen old women. The Institution Is supported wholly by charity and Us buildings cover two blocks of property, includltg a pretty park used as a playground for the little folks. Gravel roofing. A. H. Read, 126 Main St. With the Charehes. At St. Paul's Episcopal church this morn ing at 10:30 o'clock the rector. Rev. George Edward Walk, will deliver an address on the origin and history of St. Paul's parish. At the vesper service at 4.30 p. m. Rev. T. J. Mackay, a former rector of the parish, will deliver an- address. Mrs. Robert Mul 11s will sing Mascagnl'a "Ave Maria" at the vesper service, 1 A series of revival services will begin this evening at the Fifth Avenue church and will continue throughout the week and indefinitely, according - to Interest. The services tor today will be as follows: Class meeting at 9:45 a. m, preaching at 10:30 a. 7a, sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Abel, who will take as his subject "Dig This Valley Full of 'Ditches;" Sunday school at noon. Junior league meeting at S p. in., Epworth league meeting at 8:30 p. m.. preaching at 7:30 p. m when the topic ot the pastor's discourse will be "True Good Revealed." J R. E. Shaw ot Qlenwood, la., will preach I morning and evening at Broadway church todfcr. x The Second Church of, Christ (Scientist) will hold services In Modern Woodmen of America hall, in Merrlam block, at 10:45 a. m.; subject, ','Love;" Sunday school Im mediately after the service; Wednesday evening meeting at 7:45 o'clock. This evening at 7:30, at the First Con gregational church, the pastor, Rev. James Thomson, will deliver the first of a series of discourses on the "Life of Christ," il lustrated by 400 of the pictures of the lead ing artists. At the morning service the subject of the pastor's sermon will be "Climbing Higher." All services and meet ings will be at the usual hours. ' Eureka Fountain Pen, lOe. Cut this out and present It on or before Saturday; January 81, and you will be en titled to one Eureka Fountain Pen complete for 19c. Only one to a customer and posi tively none without this ad. DeLong the Printer, 307 Broadway. . I Coming; to Baaqnet la Omaha, Many ")f the leading republicans of Coun cil Bluffs are planning to attend the Mc Klnley banquet In Omaha Thursday night. The tact that Governor Cummins of Iowa will be In attendance and deliver ons of the principal addresses will ensurs a large attendance from this city. Colonel C. G. Saunders, who is a member of Governor Cummins' staff; Hon. W. E.'Balnbridge, as sistant secretary of the American legatldn t Pekinl China, and Mayor Morgan will be among those at the dinner from Council Bluffs. Giving; Away Stoves. The second healing stove given byWtl lian Welch to his coal customers waa awarded to Mrs. Henry Becker, 141 South Eighth street. Another has been put up on the same plan, and during the next thirty days will be given away free to one ot his customers. Before ordering your coal call at 1 North Main street or 'phone 128. PAST WEEK IN BLUFFS SOCIETY Large 5 amber of Local aad Omaha People Attend Hun Ins Clou Ball. G. N fra go. Hayden is visiting friends In Chl- Dr. A. il. Carter la heme from a visit In New York City. Mlsa Jessie Foster of Chicago la visiting t friends In this city. I Mm. D. W. Hushnell will entertain at cards Tuesday vventng. i The Woman's AVhlst club met Tuesday afternoon lth Mr. A. T. Klwell. i J. IV Boyd of Stutsiuun street left last evening on a visit to Centralia, Watih. Mra. W. A. Maxwell of Avara. la.. U the ' guest of Mrs. N. O'brien of 81 nth avenue. Mrs. t 8. I.effert entertained the mem bers of the Evening Whist club Friday evening. i Mr3. J. J. Maurath and Mlxs Alice Dull of Malvern, la., are the guests of friends in ' this city. . Mis. L. A. Gray was hontecs to the mem bers of the Tuesday History club Tuesday The innmhrri of the Calendar Card club alii m.-tt Friday evening with Mra. I. 1 i TempMon. The Athenian club will meet Friday ' afternoon with Mrc. Bobert Reynolds of geventh alreeL Mr. and Mra. II. A. Qulun entertained at dinner last evening In homr ot Mtas Pack- -ard ot Ottumwa. Mrs. Forrest Smith entertained the mem- ber of the I'nlvrasity club Ht her home Friday afternoon. Mr W. II. HoiiFon of Dubuque Is in the" rlty. the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mis. George F. Wright. Alderman and Mrs. C. W. Mt Donald have returned from a shart visit with friends at Karens City. Mr. M. F. Hohrer entertained Informally at luncheon Mommy In honor ot. Miss Spalding of Sioux City, Mis. Grace Heebe entertained at a pret tily arranged dinner Thursday evening. Covers were laid tor ten. , The members of the Atln club were en tertained Tuesday afternoon at a tea given at the home of Mrs. Frank True. Miss Maude Hoaglsnd entertained the Girls' Kensington club at her home on Fourth avenue Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Test Stewart en tertained at dinner lust evening In honor of their guest, Miss Bonner or New York City. The member of the fencina class of the Council Bluffs Woman's chili will meet at the clubroom Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ' Rev. W. M. Waleh of Falrbury, Neb., and , Rev. W. H. Wismell of Gresham. Neb.. I were the guests last week of Kev. W. J. Calfee. Mr. Horace Kverett gave an Informal reception Thursday evening at her homo In honor of her guests, Misses Guitar of Columbia, Mo. i The household economic department of the Council Bluffs Woman's club will be the hostesses at the general reception for the month of February, Friday afternoon, February t, at the home of Mrs. Victor Jennings. A' large number of Council i Bluffs hnd Omaha people were In attendance at the dancing party given Friday evening at the ballroom of th Grand hotel, under the auspices of the Council Bluffs Rowing as sociation Dancing club. Mrs. W. L. Douglass and Mr. W. Cop pock entertained the members of the Tues day Euchre club Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. Douglas. Prizes at cards were won by Mrs. Hull of Omaha and Mis Schoentgen of this city. Mr. D. ' J. Rockwell and Mr. A. R. Brlndsmald entertained at six-handed euchre Wednesday afternoon In honor of Mrs. K. K. . Pattenson. The rooms were prettily decorated In palms and cut flowers. Prists at cards were won by Mrs. T. O. Turner, Mrs. LH. Patterson and Mrs. F. R. Davis. Plumbing and beating. Blxby & Son. IOWA CONVICTS BREAK - JAIL Spring- Lock ot Steel Case, After ward margins; Way to Freedom. MARSH ALLTOWN, la., Jan. 24. (Spa cing Telegram.) Fred Forsythe and Ten nis VanderqulBt made a daring escape from the Story county jail at Nevada early this I morning. They were confined In a steel j cage and secured their liberty by springing the cage lock. From the corridor they dug a hole through the brick wall under a steam radiator at the . same place where Forsythe dug out on December 3, 1901. Forsythe was serving six months for jail breaking, having broken out about a year ago while being confined for burglary of a creamery near Slater. Last October Sheriff Boyd again landed him back' of prison bars. Vanderquist Is a Pole and the same man who attempted suicide In the Ames Jail a week or so ago. He was sentenced last week to four months under a charge of trespass and doing malicious mischief. Sheriff Boyd has notified the authorities In the surrounding cities. The man Forsythe served eighteen months at Fort Madison, being sent up from this county in 1889 for burglary. STRIKE OF MINERS IS AVERTED Iowa Coat Owners Reach Amicable Settlement wHh Men, Terms of Which Are Not Made Public. i WEBSTER CITY. Ia., Jan. 24. (Special.) The miners a"nd mine owners' at the La high mines, southwest of this city, to gether with President John C. Reese of the miners' union for Iowa and Mr. Sharp ot the mine workers, bo'th of Albla. held a convention at Lehigh last night to arbitrate the differences , between the miners and mine owners. The operators claim that the miners, ,to whom coal Is sold at cost, have been taking more than they need and have been re tailing It to their neighbors and others at profit. For this reason the supply thus sold to the miners has been limited by the operators. The miners resent the charge and have threatened to strike. An amic able settlement, however, has been reached, the terms of which have not been given to the public. 81.x Cases ia One Family. MARSH ALLTOWN, Ia.. Jan, 24. (Spe cial.) Six cases of appendecltls In one fam ily, occurring within one year. Is the rec ord at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dunn near St. Aryhony in this county. It is re garded as so remakable by the physicians in this part of the (cuntry that tbey are dlacuBBlng with considerable Interest the theory that the disease is hereditary. About one year ago Thomas Dunn, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, was taken suddenly ill and after a tew days of suffering died, the symptoms being those of appendicitis. No post-mortem was had, however, to discover tho fact. A month later another son named Harry wa's taken 111 and. operation for ap pendicitis was performed, the appendix be ing found to be badly Involved. Ho died as a result of the disease, the operation not be ing successful. A few months after this death Bridget Dunn, a daughter, was op erated on for the disease, and then later on another daughter, Dolly; then William, a son. These three were successful and the patients recovered. Yesterday J. E. Dunn, Jr., of the same family submitted to an op eration for the same disease, making five operatlona In the family for appendicitla In one year, and there seems no dcyubt that the death of Thomas Dunn was also due to the disease. . I FIRE RECORD. Pig-eon Cove Hotel Destroyed. ROCKPORT. Mass.. Jan. 24. The Pigeon Cove hotel was destroyed and several resi dences were damaged by fire today. Leas j$35 T,ty ... .t vi.to.. ,.. VINTON. Ia.. Jan. 24. (Special Tele- gram.) Fire at an early hour this morning deatroyed the city ball Losa, $4,000, par- tially covered by insurance, BREATH Sterling Sensed Co.. Chicsra a, m v AKXUJvL SALE. TEN tilLUON BOXES BAD i i. ? Juw1 hid "' with mrtirs-h !ol, 1 J k""1 "''IBM. W t-.i.aW ' a bd k1.,c. 1 w.. k! m(.. . fr.ci,.i r.;ua,?" t ehMrtulljr tumi the; l, ,t r,. tr,,f ,', "i I kJ? 'S11!? "ring lr,. lc t...bl". ' " (T Qj) tETbovi . . u4 n r rim nfrn FIGHTING FOR CIGARETTE National Tobacco Company Denies Eight to Levy Un ot TaiJTLereon. GOVERNOR CUMMINS IS BACK AT WORK Supreme Coart Decides !one ol the Claimant Have Title to Lake Bed In Hamilton County. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES. Jan. 24. (Special.) The American Tobacco company has taken a second line of attack on the cigarette mulct law In Iowa and In case the decision of the courts In the first case is in favor of sustaining the law a second is ready to be sprung. Last aummer the tobacco com pany clime to the supreme court with a case from Marshall county attacking the cigar ette law. An attorney from New York ap peared and argued the case and contended the law la In violation of the "original pack age" theory of Interstate commerce, but more particularly attacking the law as null and void because of the 'manner In whlch.it was put Into the Iowa code. The legisla ture passed the mulct tax law as a part of the criminal statutes of the state, and It was contended that a taxing law could not be passed as a1 part of the criminal statutes. A decision is expected in this case' at the present term of the court. Should it fall another case .is ready and has Just been brought from Muscatine in which the law Is attacked as being con trary to the constitution of the state and the United States in that It provides for a process of .taking property without due process Oi" law. There is no provisUn for notice of sr. assessmrnt and no chance for a hearing In -the case of property against which the $300 a year tax is assessed. The decision of the case will affect the rev enues of the cities many thousand dollars. Important Railroad Question. The state railroad commlslsoners will next Tuesday take up several cases of vast Importance to the railroad companies of Iowa. Several farmers of Keokuk'county, Iowa, have secured orders for the con struction of farm crossings aver the Rock Island right-of-way at their respective farms and In accordance with custom In this state the company has put In gates and made a roadway over the tracks so that wagons may pass through with ease. But the farmers contend that an adequate farm crossing contemplates also the construc tion of wing fences running from the sides of the right-of-way to the tracks and the placing of cattle guards, so that there will be free passage over the tracks tor all stock. Governor Back nt Work. Governor Cummins returned to his desk this morning after being at home most of the week suffering from pleurisy and kin dred ills. He has now fairly well recovered and expects to be able to attend to bis duties as governor regularly, but has really been quite 111. He expects to take up and conclude the matter of the appointment of a pharmacy commissioner very soon, a) there Is strong pressure being brought to have this disposed ot at an early date. It Is the last of his regular appointments. Good Food for Insane. John Cownle, chairman of the .State Board of Control, has returned from a visit Ho the state hospitals at Independence and Cherokee, and while out on this trip made a special study of the quality pf the hos pital stores on hand to see if they were up to the requirements of the contracts. .He returned greatly pleased with what he saw. He cut off a sample of the beef from that furnished the hospital inmates and brought It back, declaring his belief that no better beef can be found in any hotel In Des Moines. At Independence the hospital is receiving daily enough fresh milk from farmers to supply an average of, a pint and a half to every inmate and official. Tho butter used Is all purchased direct from a creamery and Is as One as it Is possible to buy. So also with flour, vegetables and all other stores In use at the state bos Dltals.' Decision on Itwa Lake. " The supreme court of Iowa today dis posed of long pending litigation In regard to Iowa lake. In Hamilton county. This wss a lake, shown as such on the maps, com prising nearly 900 acres, properly mean dered when the government survey wis made In 1S49; but a few years ago Prof. Kent ' took possession of the ' "lake" and began Its cultivation, having drained some i portions of it and made practically all of It tillable. He and his assigns set up tho plea that the lake was properly swamp land and not In fact a lake, and secured title through the state and county. Then tho owners of adjacent property claimed It as accretions to their land. The supreme court today decided that the lake waa not In fact a lake and should never nave been meandered; that it was merely a big, swampy place, with ponds over parts of it In some seasons, and as the meander lines were Improperly surveyed the adjacent property owners have no right to th land In the lake bed. At the ssma timo tho claim of the owners of the lake bed, John J. Carr and G. W. Bryan, ia rented, from the fact that there never has been any declaration by a proper authority of the land being swamp land. Until the United States surveyors have resurveyed the laud and designated It as swamp land title can not be secured through the 1 state. This leaves the lake bed practically as govern ment l"od subject to homestead until a re survey has been asked by the governor. The land at one time was regarded as quite valuable, but last year was too wet tor good crops. THREAT LEADSTO HIS DEATH Indication that a Former Coavlet Is Killed to Keepvll!iu from TalklusT. MUSCATINE, Ia., Jan. 24. Martin Woods, recently released from, the penitentiary, where he served ten years as an accessory to the blowing up of the homes of lohn j Mahin. E. M. KUilngfr and E, M. Soasen- berger of this city in 18U3. waa found dead in bed "'his afti-rnoon. There are strong indications of fuul play. It ia said thut Wood lhreatcned to tell who hi, accomplices were in the dynamite outrage. The blowing up was the result of th i active participation of the parties In a prohibition movement at that time. BURLINGTON STICKS TO CARS Hrfaaes to Bend Any vtllh ttnluutenta to Contested Connec tions. KANSAS CITV. Jan. 24 (Special Tele gram.) The Burlington today issued ' the following notice: "On account pf theipres rnt congested ccntiition of our connections and the existing deficiency in car supply on our linea, it is necessary that we refrain from taking freight in Burlington cars un til further notice loaded to points beyond our rails; neither shall c b able to ac- rept rrconslgnment orders on sny business now In trsnstt In Burlington rsrs for points beyond our rails. We sincerely hope that this condition will not last very long " Katenalon of "Frisco Itoad. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Jan. 24. Articles of Incorporation of the Illinois ft St. Iouls railroad were filed with the secretary of state today, vilth principal offices at Chi cago and capital Block $100,000. Tho road Is to be constructed from th" state line In Iroquois county to East St. Louis. This. It is stated, is a proposed extension of the St. Louis ft Saa Francisco railroad from St. Louis to Chicago. Alton Settles with Firemen. CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Superintendent Bar rett of the Chicago ft Alton railroad said today that the trouble between the com pany and Its firemen has been settled. Ho refused to give the basis of the adjust ment further than to say that the men were, given an lucreaso In wages In con cessions as to hours and conditions. GETS VERDICT IN TEN YEARS Israel Calkins Wins Award from (aster t'oonty Dank-Notice of peart Given. HOT SPRINGS. S. D., Jan. 24. (Special.) The case of Israel Calkins against the Custer County Bank waa given to the jury last night. After being out tho greater part rff the night they came in with a ver dict for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,180. This esse has become famous, having been on every court calendar for tho last ten years, and having been tried four times. The claim arose over a band of horses which plaintiff charges the bank with se curing and mtving spirited away through the intervention of a fraudulent mortgage, and the amount in controversy Is $10,000. The bank has given notice of appeal, and the case will probably drag along for sev eral years more. GAS FROM STOVE ASPHYXIATES Two I'alverslty Stndenta Hnve a Nar row Escape from Death One Is Cold When Found. MITCHELL. S. D.. Jan. 24. (Special1 Telegram.) Daisy Laughlin and Alico Boyer, two students of Dakota University, barely escaped death this morning by as phyxiation from gas that escaped from a coal stove. The latter was cold and rigid when found In her bed and after hercu lean efforts she was restored to life. Both young women live at Ashton, S. D. Deadrrood Wants the President. DEADWOOD, , 8. D., .Tan. 24. The Black Hills Mining Men's association will ex tend an Invitation to President Roosevelt to visit Dead wood and be the guest of the association during the session of the American congress, to be held In- Sep tember. It ' is the Intention to prepare something unique in the way of an Invita tion. BnddlnsT Lawyers of Pierre. PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 24. (Special Tele gram.) The class taking the examination before the supreme court today fdr admis sion to the bar Is: . A. J. Christopheraon, J. E. Tipton, Sioux Falls; John Walsh of Lead. f DEATH RECORD. Charles A. Myers. DAVID CITY, Neb., Jan. 24. (Special.) Charles A. Myers, one of the early set tlers of Butler county, died this forenoon, after an Illness of about three weeks, aged 62 years. Mr. Myers came to Butler county about twelve years ago and engaged In the loan and abstract business and at the tlmo of bis death was publisher ot the Butler County Dally Abstract. Hs served' one term aa pity treasurer. He was a member of the federal grand Jury at Oruaba at the last November term. He was an old soldier and a member of- the Grand Army post, also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He leaves a wife snd three daughters. The funeral will probably be held Monday or Tuesday. Grorgs H. Ilrooka. 1 MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. 24. (Special Telegram.) George H. Brooks, sheriff of this county, died this afternoon after an Illness' of less than one day. Last night he suffered slightly from Inflammation of the ear. 'This morning it penetrated the brain and he was found unconscious at 6 o'clock In his office 'at the courthouse. An examt lnation this afternoon develops4 an abscess on the brain, which caused his death. Mr. BrookBwwas elected sheriff last November and took his office the first ot the year. Edward Dodendorf. WEST POINT, Neb., Jan. 24. (Special.) Edward Dodendorf, a veteran of the civil war, died yesterday, aged 72. The remains were interred by his comrades of D. C. Crawford post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He leaves a widow and six chil dren. H. C. Cook. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Jan. 24. (Spe cial Telegram.) H. C. Cook, father of Deputy Treasurer Frank Cook and for many years a resident of Otoe county, died this evening. . THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL v Few People Know How I'sefnl It Is fa Preserving Health nnd Benntjr. , Nearly everybody knows that charcoal Is th's safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier In nature, but few realise Its value when taken Into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the mora yon take of It the better; It Is not a drug at all, but' simply absorbs the gaaes and Impuri ties always present in the stomach and In testines and carries tbem out of (ha system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smok ing and drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and Improves the complexion. It whitens the teeth and further acts ss a natural and eminently safe cathartic. - , It absorbs the Injurious gases which col lect in the stomach and bowels; it disin fects the mouth and throat from the poson of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and the most for tte money Is Stuart's Ab sorbent Loiengss; they sro comp sed rf the finest powdered willow charcoal and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form, or, rather. In the form of large, pleanary tast ing lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey. Tho daily use of these loxenges will soon tell In a much Improved condition ot the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the b.auty of It Is, that no possible barm can result from their continued use, but, on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician. In speakiog of tho benefits of charcoal, says: "I advise Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas In the stomach and bow els, snd to clear ths complex on and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also be lieve ths liver Is greatly benefited by the dally use of them; they cost but tweoty-flvs cents a box at drug stores, and although ia soma sense a patent preparation, yet I be lieve I get more and better charcoal la Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges Uaa la any ol J ths other caarioal tablsta." . Every Day 1903. tha Union One. Way Colo. thtx, following ' FROM MISSOURI RIVF.B $20.00 to Op;cIen and Salt Lake City. $20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and Helena. ' v $22.50 to Spokane and Wanatchee, Wash.' $25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven and New Whatcom, via Huntington and Spokane. $25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. $25.00 to Ashland, Roseburp;, Euf-ene, Albany and Salem, via Portland. $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Apeks anl many ' Othrr California nnints. CITV TICKET 1324 Farnam Ht. Union Station, loth rnone There is Teldom a dsy that I am tint consulted by nn unfortunate sufferer who, If he had consulted me In regard to his condition In Its early stages, I would Iihvo cured him and saved him much suffering, annoyance, and expense. Tils, I consider, Is due to lack of knowledge on the part of the tttie who haw previously treated the case; theiefure, 1 sty to yon If you are suffering from any disease or condition peculiar to .men," or If you have been a victim anil been disappointed in not getting a permanent cure elscVhore, 1 would auk that you tome to my ofHce. 1 will explain to you OCR 8YSTKM OK TRKATMKNT, which I have criglnuted and developed after a V hole life's experience In th" treatment of special diseases of men. I w.ll t'ive jon a thorough . examination, together with nn honest nnd sc ientific opinion of your case'. If I lliia you nre Incurable, I will honestly tell you so'. If I find your case curable, 1 will give you a legal guarantee to cure you. VARICOCELE permanently cured without a cutting or tying operation. No pain or loss of time. ILCERS. We care not of how long standing, ua we cure them at once. STRICTURE cured without di lating or cutting; no pain. RHEUMATISM In all its forms ermanently cured y my system of treatment. BLOOD POISOM (Syphilis) permanently cured vltliout injurious arter errects. IMl'OTEMCY promptly restored to natural vigorous and lasting strength jf s7 (Kms UfniTP If you cannot call. All correspondence aittictlv confidential l"nllb all replies sent In plain envelopes. Enclose 2c stamp to Insure prompt reply. State Electro-Medical Institute, I3Q8 Farnam St., Bat. 13th and 14-th Sts., Omaha. Nab. Office Hours 8 a. ra, to p. m. Sundays, 10 to 1 only. Curse DRINK Cl.'HKU HY VVKI1E RIBBiN REMEDY No t'.iKte. No ocl'ir. Cun lie given In kIuks of U r, tea or coffee without patient s know ledge' White Kilibon Heniedy will cure or de stroy the dtmuscU appetite for alcoholic atlmuianlH. whether the patient Is u con firmed Inebriate, a. "tippler." soclul drlnkt-r or drunkard. Impossible fur anyone to have an appetite tut alcoholic liquors after using White Hlbbiin Kcnudy. Indorsed Members of W . f. T. I. Mrs. Moore, press superintendent of the Woman's Clirixtiuii Ti-mihm ancc union of Ventura California, writes: "I have tested White Klblioii itemed? on very oiislinate rt runl.ard.i, ui.d the cures have le.-n ninny. In many a-B the remedy waa given necretly. 1 cheerfully reciimniend and en dorse White Hlllxi:i licmrdy. Mtrntiura of our union are ilellghtril to Hud an cioliomi ral treatment to aid UK In our temperance work." Lirugglats .or by mall, II. Trial package free l writing Mra. A. M. Tuwiiscnd ilor years secretin")' nf a Woman's Christian Temperance rn n', V' 'rre runt ft., Hislun, tA. Sold in Omaha by SCHAEFeR'SSauoH 'I'hont 747. k. W.' Cor. Wlh and Chicago. CuoUs delivered r'KEE tu any purl uf cliy. Deputy. Btata Tatartaa-rlaa Food Inspector. 11. L. R&MACCiOTTI, D. V. S. CITT VETERINARIAN. Dfflo aad Infirmary, 2St a, and Slaaoa stts, O.liatl. f C J. i . .OllUi.l.' I TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Uuly Us. Dollar a Vcar. From February 13 to April 30. Pacific will sell nisi Tickets .t . rateat I I i t I sie-Toa" OFFICK Thone 311 and Marcy. tw. DISCIIAROES stopped In from three to five days. ECZEMA pimples or any skin diseases per manently cured In the shortest possi ble time. HYDROCELE cured to stay cured without cutting., RUPTURE of men cured In from ten to thl.-ty daya. No cutting no detention from business. HI. ADDER AND KIDNEY troubles by our system of treat ! ment tare Im I proved at once, (and permanently I cured. and It's a Pleasure .for the Children . to bathe when your bathtub is clean, bright and sweet smelling. There's where we aro the little folks' friend and grown-ups may .share their delight if we provide thd tub and install it in your home. Excel lent porcelain lined bathtubs are so Inex pensive now that you ought to let us put one in. If we do It, It's done right. ' J. C.Bixby& Son, 202 Main & 203 Pearl Sts., Council Bluffs, Ia. Telephone 193. Proud as a Peacock a man Is when ho dons such faultless linen aa we send out from our laundry. It has that fashionable finish which all well dressed men desire. We make it clean and spotless without Inhiry to tba clolh. Linen cent herb not only looks better but lasts longer. We call for and' deliver. Special ratrs on family washlogs. Bluff City Laundry, COUNCIL BLUFFS. YVallaee A Grout, Proprietors. Thone 314. 22-24 North Main Street. Old Friends Are Good Friends That Is why we want all the old custom ers of tne late Geo. W. FJetcher to con tinue their trado with us. We' will glvo you the same -ordull treatment and ap preciate your custom to the fullest extent. Our nisi hods of doing business you will find up-to-date. Our goods consist of "the freshest drugs, tho most modern druggists' supplies to be found on the market and our prices as low as any similar store In the city. Cur Hobby is Prescriptions ' AND IT IS A GOOD HOUHY fr any Irug ttore to have. In thla de partment we claim to excel every other store In Council Bluffs and equal any storu iu the west. We don't suy this to brag, but because II la true. Our prescriptions are put up by such an exact process thsl the making o mistakes la an Impossibil ity. If you have a prescript Ion to fill, bring It to us and we will demonstrate the truthfulness of this assertion. THE BBONSON; DRUG CO, Prescription lJrugglBts, TELEPHONE 27.".. 106 Droadway COUNCIL BLUFFS pEflWYROYAl. PILLS ? ,.'ui,i. l..t, ... nri. n'CHr.T-..K'ii r:N.LIH ' 7. fclu. nbooa. T.lttu.ih.jr. fUtum I ""JiWM ulllliillaa wi lis.Ua "Krllef for !, , utli . uj r Ian. Mail. IU Ull.1 a- . ... It... hl..fcaater .-..!-! Ta- j TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Best Agricultural H.ckl),