THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1P03
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NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
MINOR MENTION.
fterla Mill drugs.
Stockert telli carpet.
Crayon enlarging, ni Broadway.
Expert watch repairing. Lefferf, B'y
Celebrated Mali beer on tap. Neumayer.
Flna Una berry Beta. 60o and up. A. B.
Howa, 310 Broadway.
Special aale en Etching. C. E. Alexan
der A Co., 333 Broadway.
Real estate In all parts of the city for
ale. Thomas E. Casady. 2J6 Pearl street.
Council Bluffs Court of Honor lodge will
hold a short business session this evening
before the callro ball.
Berora papering your rooms wa want to
show you our eiesant lt3 designs. C B.
Paint, Oil and Glass company.
Wa contract to keep public or private
house free from roaches by the yean In
net Exterminator Manuiactunng com
pany. Council Bluffs, ia. Telephone FtU.
The Ladles' Aid society and Kpworth
league of the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church will give a mystery" social Friday
evening at tha home of Mrs. Mallory, 2011
Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Mary Aten. 434 Glen avenue, will
entertain the members of the Woman's Be
lief corps Friday afternoon at her home.
She will be assisted by Mcsdames Cousin:
Kenaal and Watts.
A suit of clothes stolen from a guest at
the Creeton hotel yesterday afternoon wa
recovered last 'evening by the police In a
second-hand store on Broadway, where the
thief had disposed of It for tl.
C. Ktechmer, a waiter employed at tha
Kell hotel, burst a varicose vein while play.
Ing ball In the alley back of the hotel yes
terday afternoon. He was very weak from
loss of blood before medical assistance
could be secured.
The police received word yesterday that
burglars had cracked the sate In a grocery
store at Thurman, Fremont county, and se
cured considerable money and Jewelry.
Bloodhounds from Lincoln, Neb., were,
taken to Thurman last evening.
Tha motion for a new trial In the suit of
Teal, guardian, and Binder administrator,
of the estate of W. E. Haverstock against
the National Masonic Accident association
was argued before Judge Wheeler In dis
trict court yeeteruay and taken under aft
Msement' by him. .
John M Marston, chief engineer. of the
Mason City e Fort Dodge railroad, A. M.
Munater, engineer of brluges and bulidln,!
of the Oreai Western and John M. Fine,
division engineer of the Great Western,
were In the city yesterday Inspecting the
wnrk being .one on the roundhouse, finlaht
depot am otner buildings ot the Great
Western.
An information charging Q. O. Planl
i,. ogaun, Boone county, with nelng ins...,
was riled yesterday afternoon with the
commissioner tor the insano by Nels u.
Nelson. Plant, who has. been a private
patient in St. Bernard's hospital since tne
tirst of the year, wa? appointed pastor of
the Sweoisn cnurcn at ugaen, ia., in reu
ruary, HI healtit 'Is said to be
responsible for his menial derangement
O. P. McKesson has brought hull m the
district court to recover ., iium Hay
ttixby ana wife for tne alliKed aesuuciiou
of trees whlcn bolder nls property on OaK
lanu avenue. Mr. and Mia. Ulxby are
building a home on tee 10w alrecliy soutn
01 tne McKesson property aim lue laaer
Cialms mat In grading their lot tne B.xbys
went too close to tne ' lot line and ex
posed tne roots oi his trees. M9.ve3K.-11 h-s
also brougnt suit to restrain lue onuy
trom trespassing on a brick driven-.,.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Te;. iZ-j. Night. F67.
.Charged with Stealing? Jaak,
A. P. kremenchul. a junk dealer of Grand
Island, has caused the arrest of D. W,
Smith of this city, who makes a living
by collecting Junk, on the charge of steul
Ing 840 pounds of old rubber valued at 5S.
from a car In Omaha. Justice Carson ls-
' sued a search .warrant yesterday morning
" and the rubber alleged by Kremenchul to
belong to hint was found at Smith' place
on Tenth treet and Seventeenth avenue.
Smith returned Tuesday from a ten day'
trip through Pottawattamie and adjoining
cjuntles, 'bringing back with him a big load
of Junk, principally made up of old rub
ber boot and shoes. He was trying to dis
pose of the load to Omaha . dealer when
accused by Kremenchul of the theft. Th
latter followed Smith to Council Bluff
' and claim Smith assaulted him when h
demanded tha return of hi Junk.
Justice Carson will hear the case Fri
day, Smith having given, bond, for hi ap
peal anc.
Clna to Matheson' Whereaboat.
George Matheson, the young man wanted
for shooting Deputy Sheriff Baker, is re
ported to have been seen Tuesday in the
Ylolnlty of- Macedonia. William Hobson,
Clyde Scott and George Dye. farmers, all
aw a young man malting hi way through
the brush along the Nlshnabotna rrver
whose action clearly indicated that he wa
trying to avoid being een. When hown
a photograph of young Matheson, -they each
were positive that the man they had seen
wa the fugitive.
- It I thought that Matheson wa making
his way toward Sidney and Deputy Bherlff
Grrneweg, who I In charge of the sheriff's
office during the absence of Captain Cous
ins at th state encampment of the Grand
Array, notified the sheriff at Sidney to be
on the lookout for Matheson.
Eleetrle Pan.
All sires at New York Plumbing company.
Postpone Bankers' Meeting.
The annual meeting of Group No. 1 of the
Iowa Stat Bankers' association, which
was to have been held In this city today,
ha been postponed awing to tha speakers
arranged for the meeting having previous
engagements elsewhere. No date haa been
fixed a yet for the meeting, but President
Hart of tha First National bank of this
city stated yesterday that he expected it
would be. held about the middle of June.
Real Estate Transfer.
These transfer were filed yesterday In
the sbatrsct. title and loan office of J. W.
Squire, 101 Pearl street:
F. M. Hunter, commissioner, to Chris
tian Straub, lot 4, block 18S, original
plat. c. d $11,203
J. W. Squire and wife to George H.
Mavne part n swU 2S-T5-44. w. d
Sheriff to Ixuifroe at Lougee. lot 4,
block 4. Hillside ad., a. d
Administrator ot William Sledentopf
to H. O. McOee, lota 21 and 22, block
JO, Howard ad. a. d
32
-four transfers, total
Feathers Renovated
v7t sr prepared to do this work te per
facUoa. la eoanectloa with our orslng bull
ae. i , lm Contains Clsansd and
Porters Cleaned and Dyed.
Our method is to give complete sstlafao-
0 Com la and Upct our work It you
want te see what tea do la th way ot
f n work.
Ogden Steam Dye Works
CARTER A COOK. prop..
3C Broadway. Council Bluffs, la
Wrk called for Ml aelWertt Jl.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
Pearl St., Council BUfls.
Phone !.
BLUFFS.
SONS OF HERMANN COMING
Gratd Lodge of tt Order Conynei ia This
City Ta'i Afternoon.
SIOUX CITY SENDS BIG DELEGATION
Order Ha Five Thousand Member
la Iiei Divided Amoag Twentj.
Ledges Bnslaes gesslon
'Friday.
The opening session of the Iowa grand
lodge, Sons of Hermann, will be held this
afternoon, although it I expected that but
little business will be transacted beforo
Friday morning. Th grand lodge will be
in session until Saturday.
The biggest delegation Is expected, from
Sioux City, where the headquarters of the
grand lodge are and where three of th
principal officer reside. The Sioux City
delegation will be accompanied by Reed's
Fourth regiment band and will be met at
the depot by the local members of th
order and such delegate a may have ar
rived by then. Headed by the band th
delegate will parade, forming In line at
Willow avenue and Sixth street. Th line ot
march will be: East on -Willow avenue
to Pearr street, south on Pearl street to
Junction ot Main street, thence north on
Main street to Broadway, thence west on
Broadway to First street, countermarch on
Broadway to Sixth street, thence south on
Sixth street to First avenue, thence east
on First avenue to the Royal Arcanum
hall, where the sessions of the grand lodge
will be held.
This evening the visiting delegates will
be the guest of the local member at a
banquet In Royal Arcanum hall, at which
time Mayor Morgan will make hi address
of welcome, which will be responded to by
A. C. Lutse, grand president.
There are twenty lodge of the Son of
Hermann In Iowa, with a membership of
about 6,000. Davenport and Sioux City each
have two lodges, while there Is one In each
of the following towns: Council Bluffs,
Alvord, Plerson, Danbury, Charter Oak,
Manning. Movllle, Rock Rapids, Sibley,
Doon, Schlcswlg, Lester, Midway, Vte, Cor-
rectlonvllte and Remscn.
Plumbing and heating.- Blxby d: Eon. -
MRS. THORDSEN ACQUITTED
Jury
Say She la Not Guilty
Stealing Mr. Theme's
Chicken.
of
A Jury In the district court yesterday ac
qultted Mr. Llzsle Thordsen - of the
charge of being implicated ' .with her
husband, John Thordsen, In the theft ot
eighty-five chicken and harness from the
premise of Mrs. Susan Thome In Garnet
township on the night of January last. J
John Thbrdsen, who pleaded guilty to. tha
robbery, was committed to the penitentiary
for two' ytars. r Mr. Thordsen, It wa aV
leged, had accompanied her husband ' In
many raid on chicken roosts disguised In
man' attire. When arrested she admitted
having accompanied her husband and even
tated that the robberies had been com
mitted at her Instigation. When placed on
the stand yesterday she denied being im
plicated and asserted that her alleged con
fession had been made at a time when
she was so 111 that she was not responsible
for what she said. It 1 understood thai
th authorities Intend to hold her oii'othst
case of theft in which she Is allegod to
have been Implicated with her ii'iibanl. In
th case yesterday the Jury brougnt In It
verdict of acquittal within twenty minute
of leaving the box.
Frank 8cagg. Indicted Jointly with
James Brown on a charge of assaulting
Carl Trojan with Intent to commit highway
robbery, was permitted to plead guilty yes
terday to simple assault, and battery and
was sentenced to twenty . days In th
county Jail. He ha been in . t4.lt far sev
eral week awaiting trial and this the court
I took Into account In passing sentence. Sen
tence has not yet been pronounced on
Brown.
May Madaen, Indicted two year ago on
a charge of prostitution, wss fined 150 and
costs, and Mrs. Elisabeth Murphy, charged
with maintaining a house of 111 fame, was
fined $100.
The disposal of these case leave but
that ot John. Fa bey. charged with the theft
of a quantity of overall and other good
from a Northwestern, far, on tha criminal
calendar for this term. Fabey' case ha
been set for Saturday, when It 1 under
stood he will enter a plea of guilty.
At th conclusion of the Litxle Thord
sen trial the petit Jury was dismissed for
the term. j.
Judge Wheeler will this morning mak
an assignment of equity cases.
Lawyer Misses His Train.
Clark Varnum, a prominent attorney of
Chicago, who In personal appearance closely
resembles the 1st Lord Tennyson, poet
laureate of England, missed his train yes
terday morning to Chicago aa the result of
an encounter with a newsboy, and waa put
to tha annoyance of being escorted to the
police station In custody ot a blue-coated
officer. Mr. Varnum had Just left th
Grand hotel and wa hastening to catch a
car when tha newsboy got In his way. Im
portuning him to buy a paper. This an
noyed Mr. Varnum and he pushed the boy
out ot his wsy. Th boy claimed the at
torney slapped htm and complained to
Officer Kirk, who happened to be near.
Th officer compelled Mr. Varnum to accom
pany him to th police station, where he
waa held until he could secure th service
of friends to effect hi release. Judge
Scott later, on hearing th particulars, at
once dismissed th case.
Roger Ha Been In Pen.
Th sheriff's office received yesterday
from Warden Jones of th penitentiary at
Fort Madlaon an excellent photograph of
W. C. Roger, now In th county Jail
waiting trial for th murder of Saloon
Keeper Bert Forney.
Roger, who wa known In th peniten
tiary a No. 1270 at th time th picture
was taken, wa committed from Lucas
county for four year for burglary In 1891,
nd wa discharged In 1894. He wa com
mitted under1 th nam of William Mur
phy. Th description of Murphy which
accompanied th photograph showed that
he had the picture of a woman tstooed In
red and blue on hi right forearm, th
am aa wa recently found on Roger'
right forearm. At th time of hi commit
ment from Lucas county Rogers, or Mur
phy, was 21 year of ago, which would
mak him now $ year old.
Desmond I Now In Jail.
William Deamond, who wss shot by hi
former wife, Mr. Emma Metcalfe, at the
latter a roadhouse Monday night, waa
yesterday placed In the county Jail here to
await a hearing 00 the charge brought
against him by Mr. Metcalfe. Hi wound
I not serious and he Is apparently suffer
ing no 111 effect from It.
Desmond, against whom Mr. Metcalfe
had filed an Information charging him
with robbing her ot $28, was arrested yes
terday morning In Omaha by Constable
Albertl of Justice Ouren'a court. He ac
companied th officer across tha river with
out requisition paper. A second Informa
tion charging Desmond with threatening
to murder her was subsequently filed by
Mrs. Metcalfe. In default of bonds, 'whlcn
were placed at $1,000 In the two cases, Des
mond was committed to the county Jail and
his preliminary hearing set for Friday
morning.
YOUNG GIRL STAGE STRUCK
Ilan Away from Atlantic, Iowa, and
Her Parent Ar Dis
tricted. ATLANTIC, Ia., May .Speclal Tele
gram.) HannaA Chrlstensen, the 18-year-old
daughter of C. L. Chrlstensen of this
city, started for school yesterday morning
and has not since been seen by her parent
or friends.
The matter has been turned over to the
officers and Justice Pressnall finds that dur
ing the visit of the Hickman & Bessy The
ater company In this city last winter Mis
Chrlstensen wa teen In the company of
Jack Bessy and that she to'.d several of her
echcolmates after the company left that
ehe Would Ilka to go on the stage. She
said that Mr. Bessy had offered her a good
position and that she had a strong notion
to run away and Join him
Testerday afternoon the parents received
a note through the mall, written In a dis
guised man' hand, stating they need not
worry about Hannah or spend any time
looking for her, as she had left with the
writer and his wire and wa going on the
tare.
Th family I prostrated with grief.
RAILROAD TRACK WASHED OUT
Rain 'Which Amounts Almost to
Clondbnrst Fall Near
Hasting.
HASTINGS, Ia.. Msy 20. (Special Tele
gram.) The worst rainstorm in years,
amounting to almost a cloudburst, struck
this region this afternoon. A steady tor
rent of water fell for five hours. The
whole country is one continuous sheet of
water and most of the corn and small grain
on the side of hills and bottom la washed
out. A mile of th Sidney branch track
near "White Cloud Is washed out and the
branch trains will be laid up at Hastings
for several days. Much, damage In done to
the new railroad grade.
Iowa Cona-recatlonnllsta.
CRESTON. Ia., May 20-(8peclal Tele
gram.) More delegates arrived today for
the sixty-fourth annual session of the Iowa
Association of Congregational churches.
The officers elected were: Moderator, E.
D. Miller of Des Moines; tsslstant mod
erator, D. F. Bradley, president of Iowa
college; sorlbe, J. Burling of Howard; as
sistant scribe, E. Dean ot Clinton; register.
J. O. Stevenson. . Committees were ap
pointed and report of auxiliaries made.
Address were made by Rev. C. A. Moore
f Davenport; E..S. Hill of Atlmtlc; Rev.
White of Sioux City; C. A. Hiskett of
Corning' -Rev. M. Wlllett of Decorah;. V.
L. jonnson 01 mount neaiant
Lorey of Des Moines; R. F.
Earlvllle.
ReV. JVB,
Paxton of
Malrd Will Take Appeal.
KNOXVILLE. Ia.. May .-Speclal.)
Frank Baird of Creston, sentenced to the
penitentiary for eighteen years on account
of hi connection with the Sullivan rob
bery at Hamilton, Is making an effort to
secure bail and release pending appeal to
the supreme court for- another trial. Balrd
la under two .other Indictments. His bonds
In all cases amount to $5,200. He ha in
fluential friend who are working for him.
Judge Nichols fined W. A. Richards, who
was Implicated, It Is alleged, with Balrd.
and his brother, Bert Richards, each $300
on their conviction for Illegal sales of
liquor. They , were running a liquor Joint
at Hamilton at the time of the robbery.
Farmer Killed by Lightning.
FORT DODGE, Ia., May 20. (Special Tel
egram.) Ira Neal, a young farmer, was
struck by lightning and Instantly killed
In a terrlfle storm ot Hvermore this after
noon. Young Neal wa working In a field
when the storm came up. His horse was
also killed. Hailstones fell in Llvermor
eight Inches in diameter. There Is hardly
whole window light left In town and
much minor damage was done.
Disbarment is Proposed.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Ia.. May 20. (Spe
cial.) A committee of the local bar pre
sented to Judge Smyth a petition for a
committee to prosecute disbarment pro
ceedings against the firm of McCotd A
Flnley on account of alleged Irregularities
In connection with a recent lawsuit. The
court suggested that the charges be made
specific and a committee of the bar la pre
paring them now.
Killed While Repairing Car.
ALLISON, Ia.. May 20. (Special Tele
gram.) John Stone of St. Paul was 'killed
while repairing a Chicago ft Oreat Western
car on th sidetrack.
(
DEATH RECORD.
Vlacent Loaa.
BEATRICE. Neb., May WBpclal.)
Word wa received here yesterday ot th
death of Vincent Long, which occurred at
hi horn at Sycamore, 111. He wa a resi
dent of Gage county for many years, and
before removing to Illinois he was engaged
In th sheep business with his brothers,
Fred and John Long. Deceased was 40
year ot age and leave hi wife and two
children.
Mr a. Meses Owens.
COZAD, Neb., May ao-(8peclal Tele
gram.) Mrs. "Moses Owens died her yes
terday and was burled today. She came
her about twenty-three year ago from
Indiana. 6h wa about SO years old.
Th deceased waa the mother ot Hon. E.
D. Owens, ex-senator and at present re
ceiver ot land office at North Platte.
Iowa ti-Cosf rMmss.
FAIRFIELD. Ia.. Msy .-(Speclal.)-
Moaes A. McCold, many year a prominent
resident In this county, died yesterday. He
had been a member of th state enat
and representative In congress, long a lead
ing lawyer and author of several books,
hi latest being "John Williamson of Hard-
scrabble"
Hack J. Murdoch.
SEWICKLET. Pa., May tO-Hugh J.
Murdoch, editor of th United Presby
terian and prominent In church circles
died today of fatty degeneration of th
heart. Deceased was 70 year old.
Lasaher Plant I Bended.
SAN FRANCISCO, May J0.-Th Over
ton mill and the property of the Sierra
Wood and Lumber company, near Truckee,
haa been boiulrd to an eaatern syndicate bv
Henry J. Crocker of this city on bthalf of
tha Unhurt estate. Th consldt ration la In
exree of tl OuO.OUO There are about ui.Ouu
acrra of while, yellow ana uar pin on
tn vracu
L1XDT MAKES HIS REPORT
0. A. &. in low Uat Prospered Daring
Pst Tear.
GOOD WORK KEEPING IP KtKEERSH?
Financial Short Ing la Good One,
Showing Securities and Hand
some Cash Balance in
Treasury.
CEDAR RAPIDS, May . (Special.)-In
the business session Of the department en
campment. Grand Army of the Republic,
which opened here this morning, th an
nual report of various officer were pre
sented and referred to appropriate com
mittee. The encampment wss presided
over by John Llndt of Council Bluff, de
partment commander, and he compli
mented ajl the subordinate officers and th
Grand Army worker on th work of th
past year. Indicating that the showing ot
work done wes better than for many years.
He commended the movement for a mem
orial to Dr. Stephenson, founder of th
Grand Army of the Republic, recommended
th adoption cf a souvenir badge for th
department, urged that member take
pain to enforce the law against non-member
displaying Grand Army ot th Re
public emblems, expressed a desire that
there be renewed effort to Increase mem
bership, and gave detailed Information re
garding . the plan for th trip to San
Francisco to the national encampment. He
also made a very important recommenda
tion to the effect that a legislative com
mitiM Ha ftnnninUft fop the nurnose of ex
amining th Iowa cod to see it there I f
any occasion for amendment In the mattet
of giving preference to old soldiers in offi
cial position. .
"On year ego," said Commander Llndt,
"In th capital city of the state you elected
the present administration to take com
mand and have charge of the business ot
the department. How well we have per
formed that duty will be shown by. the
report of the department officer. A a
result of the arduous work of my pre
decessors and the fact that there was no
session of the legislature during my term
saved me much labor and effort, conse
quently my report will be brlei. At the
commencement of my administration there
were In good standing In this department
12.378 member. There have been added
during the year by muster Ave posts and
1,184 members. V'e have lost six posts
and by deaths, transfer and suspensions
1.238 members, leaving in good standing
SSS posts and 1.1,570 members. This Is a net
loss of only 75, a better showing than has
been made for several years. Many poets
have made a large gain from their sus
pended lists, showing what could be ac
complished In the department if the posts
would all show like activity. ' i
"The finance ot the department are In a
prosperous condition. We have $4,30) In
note secured by first mortgage on farm
land. Wa had at the commencement of
my administration $1,236. tl. and we had at
th cloae $2,069.63. The expense during the
year have been reduced $203.17. a showing
that we consider very creditable consider
ing the fact that for the national encamp
ment a much longer distance was traveled,
necessitating greater1 expense.". , . f
Vtalts Soldiery Home. ,1..- ':
In regard to the noldlere' home at' Mar
shalltown he' Stated that' he had visited
that Institution In company with the com-
! mlttee appointed for that purpose, and had
found "everything as, satisfactory as could
b expected In an Institution of this kind."
The comrade are a comfortable and
happy aa they can b when cared for out
side of their own homes." He especially
commended Commandant C. ?. Horton and
Dr. Duffleld, the surgeon In charge. In
regard to the Sohs of Veterans he said:
"As to the Son of Veterans, the na
tional encampment at Its last meeting tn
Washington, having declined to admit
them In membership to the Grand Army of
the Republic " we cannot recognise them
officially; but It Is the duty of every com
rade In this department and everywhere
else to glve them all the assistance in his
power and to aid in maintaining every or-
ganlsation. and to encourage them In
their good and tioble work."
Commissioner Llndt also spoke a good
word for th Women' Relief corp and th
Ladle of the Grand .Army of the Republic
and urged that every post should have
one of these auxiliaries In connection
therewith. He also especially commended
the good work of his assistant adjutant
general, George A. Newman, and his as.
slstant Inspector general, L. B. Cousins,
nd other of the minor officer and com
mitteemen.
HYMENEAL.
Meltser-Blsehof.
NEBRASKA CITV. Neb.. May .-(Spe-
clal Telegram. E. J. Melter, manage, of
the Union Cold Storage company of Chi
cago, was marred this afternoon to Miss
Olga Blschof of this city. They will make
their future home In Chicago.
Part of Rawlins Shops.
RAWLINS, Wyo., May l0.-(SpeclaI Tel
egram.) The copper shop and storehouse of
the Union Peelflc shops was destroyed by
I fir early tonight. The building wa a large
frame one, filled with Inflammable material
and burned fiercely. Nevertheless the fire
department mastered the flames and saved
the foreman's office and the paint shop,
which were In another frame building par
allellng the burned building and not more
than eight feet from It. At one time
looked as If the new roundhouse and the
blacksmith and machine shop would be
burned, but they were saved by hard work,
A Death Blow to Malaria.
Electric Bitter kill and expel malaria
disease germs, will prevent typhoid aod
eur fever and ague, or no pay. Only Me
For sal by Kubn A Co.
Water Covered with OH.
PHILADELPHIA. May J0.-A dlapatch
received at tne Maritime exenange an
nnunrea that tha British bark Skoda ha
arrived at Black river. Jamaica, and re.
port that on April 30, IftO mile off Cap
Charlea. It passed through water covered
for mile with oil. This probably explains
the loss of the tank steamer which left
Sabine Pass March 19 for1 Marcus Hook
La., loaded with oil. Since the date
sailing Luckenbach haa not been heard
from and has been given up for lose , It
carried a crew of thirty-two men.
Will riek Winners.
NEW YORK, May JO George 1. Smith
(Pittsburg Phil) hs declared that he will
ell all of his race horses and confine hla
efforts to picking winners. He has a small
but select stable of thoroughbreds, of whic
Grand Opera. Stevedore and Chilton are the
best knows. This action is saia io te au
to the suspension of hi jockey, Willi
Shaw., Since the atewards of tne Jockey
club revoked Shaw's license Pittsburg Phil
haa not won a race. He haa started several
horses snd tried different riders.
Indians Aopt t onslltnt Ion.
FVFAULA. I. T., May SO. Prominent
leaders of the Five Civilised tribes met
hfrm tndav at tha rail of Chief Green Mc-
Curtaln of the Choclaws for the purpose of
calling a convention to adopt a constitution
for iha Indian aiute. independent of Okla
homa, to take form at the" expiration of
the tribal government In 1. i met rc. ur
tsln called the meeting to order Amun
those present wa Chief Pleasant Porter u:
i iu ureea.
cfpHgSSw ff jim Dumps' good dam, on wisdom bent,
afTT f. : .r?5T H To frequent cooklnR lectures wont. k
ia' 'Ptif m " For scalloped oysters don't use bread,"
2yVi V .i? B She there was taught. "Take ' Force' In- Mi
t V"jv"w g When Oyster-Foroe was served to him,
VNlV J if Fit for a king I " cried " Sunny Jim."
an old dish. 1 a A
MEDICAL EXAMINERS MEET
RecreUry Outline! His Annual Beport to
the Governor.
HUSBAND AND WIFE LOSE EACH OTHER
Polk
Connty Democrats Vote to
id by the Kansas City Plat
form Reorganise Qnlt
the Fight.
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(From a Staff "Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, May 20.-(Speclal.)-The
annual meeting of the State Board of
Health and its associate body, the State
Board of Medical Examiners waa com
menced today. Th report of Secretary Ken
nedy was read, In which he outlined his
biennial report to be made to the governor
for publication, and stated what prepara
tions he had made for the biennial report.
The work of the year was discussed and
general satisfaction expressed over the
condition of th state as to health. New
offlolals ot the state board will be elected
tomorrow.
The annual meeting of the State Hahne
mann Association of Homeopaths com
menced today also in this city. Addresses
of officer and th reports wore read. Tha
legislative committee reported on the work
don and plans for new and necessary leg
islation, and this evening th member of
th association were banqueted.
The annual meeting of the State Associa
tion of Photographers also commenced in
Des Moines today, and the preliminaries
wr gone through with. .The association
was to have been welcomed by the gov
ernor, but he had an engagement at Cedar
Rapids and waa not present. The associa
tion has a large exhibit of photography,
for which prises are given.
Man and Wife Lose Each Other.
An Interesting case of getting lost turned
up here today. Charles Hccker was mar
ried to Lydla Johnson in Waterloo three
months ago. A few weeks ago they came
to the city In search of employment. She
went to work as a domestic servant and he
went out on a farm. They had arranged
to both go to the farm. He came to town
Sunday to get her and found ehe had gone
away. He haa traced her about the city
and found where she ha sought work, and
the persons to whom she applied claim that
the young wife wa also In distress be
cause of her Inability to find her husband.
Both are very young. He was a soldier In
the Philippine war. It appears, therefore,
that both are searching and that they have
become a completely lost to each other aa
If they were in a wilderness.
Democrats Will Reaffirm.
The caucuses have been held for th Folk
county democratic convention, which will
be held here Saturday. It 1 found that
practically none of the reorganlzer will
attend the convention, and that the men
who Insist on reaffirming th Kansas City
platform entire will hay full and undis
puted control ot the convention. Sine the
Jefferson day banquet, when Bryan cam
here for the purpose of preventing any com.
promts In the state convention, the re
organisers have generally given up and
say they will not make any effort to keep
the convention from reaffirming this year.
C. O. Holly, a radical free sliver man and
socialist, Is to be the temporary chairman
of th county convention.
Supreme Court Decisions,
Th supreme court today affirmed the
case of Livingston & Schailer against Em
niett Heck, from Shelby county. Th
plaintiffs, who are of South Omaha, had
sold 113 head of cattle to the defendant
and he had given a mortgage on them and
taken them to Harlan. He afterwarda
sold thirty head of th cattle, but did not
deliver the goods until after the mortgage
had been filed. The company sued to re
cover,"t)ut It was shown that th company
had given Heck authority to sell the cat
tl notwithstanding th mortgage, and that
the firm knew of the sale, hence cannot
recover on this action.
Th following were the decisions:
Iowa Central Building and Loan Associa
tion aaainat Merchanla and Bankers Fire
Insurance company, appellant; roia county,
Juda-e Blahon. Affirmed opinion by Ladd.
Andrew McQueeuy, appellant, agalnat
Chicago. Milwaukee ft St. Paul Railway
Company: Sae county. Judge Church. Af-
nrmet). by Mociain.
Mnud Htover aaalnat Mrs. J. Flower, ap.
reliant; Marshall county, Judge Caswell.
Reversed, bv Deemer.
Lemars Building and Loan Association
against George W. Mcl-aln. appellant; riy.
mouth county, Judge Wakefield. Affirmed
by Weaver.
Livingston A Schailer. apppellants
against Emmett Heck; Shelby county
Judge Wheeler. Affirmed, by Bherwln.
Kuh. Nathan AV Fisher Company attains
Morris Gluckllck, appellant: Dallas county
Judge Gamble. Affirmed, by Bishop.
Wilson Will Superintend.
The committee ot the State Hortlcul
tural oclety sppolnted to co-operate with
the state commission on the St. Louis com
mission will hold a meeting here tomor
row with Dr. Bailey of Mount Ayr, chair
man of th commute on horticulture, and
plana will be laid for th exhibit at St.
Louis. Silaa Wilson of Atlantic, many
years connected with the State Horticul
tural society, has been recommended for
superintendent of th exhibit and will be
elected for that purpose.
Th state railroad commissioners have
received word from the Mason City Fort
Dodge railroad that th crossing ordered
near Manning on complaint of F. A. Long,
will be put In. This will end a trouble
some controversy on th nw Omaha Un
of th Great Western. t
Th secretary ut state today recorded the
Incorporation paper of the Sheldon Arm
ory company, with capital of $5,000, organ
ised by J. B. Frlsbee, F. 8. Plumb nnd
others. An armory for the company Is to
be built
The Hawkeye Land company of Blnux
City has been Incorporated, capital 1100,000,
by William Magivney, William Mllchrlst
and F. L. Eaton.
The Valley Place Investment company of
Rockingham, Scott county, haa been In
corporated, capital tno.000, by John N. lies,
president; George W. Bowder, secretary.
The Security Savings bank of Albert City
Increased capital from 115,000 to double tha
amount.
Reduced III Sentence.
At the January term of the supreme
court a reversal wa found In the case of
the State against Henry Kuhul, from Scott
county. He had been convicted of an un
speakable crime and had received life sen
tence. Word was received today that he
had just been sentenced again after hi
second conviction for the same crime and
that Judge House had imposed on the con
victed man a penalty of ten years' Im
prisonment. He ha gone blind and the
Judge remarked that it would appear that
God had anticipated the court in Inflicting
punishment.
Railroad Report All In.
The last of the railroad report "to be
filed with the state executive council ap
peared thla morning, which complete th
records on which the council will make
the assessment. The report of the Chicago,
Burlington A Qulncy road was filed. It
ahowa that on tha main line and all It
branches tn the. state of Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and elsewhere,
the gross receipts amounted to $24, 477, 158. 88;
the expenses, $15,440,004.86, and the net earn
ings, $9,037,164.23, Or $5,800 per nlle. On 'the
business done in town the receipts, were
$11,004,965.54, tho expenses $3,830,391.11 and
the net earnings, $2,174,564.43.
BRIDGE G0ESINT0 RIVER
Structure Give Way Fader Weight of
Car Containing;' Six
People.
BINGHAMTON, N. T., May .-The rock
bottom bridge which span the Susque
hanna river in this city, went down today
under the weight of a street car.
Six persons were In the car, besides the
motorman and conductor. All were more
or less Injured. One of the injured, Wil
liam Plckard, may die.
Search I nar for Suspected Murderer.
WARREN8BURG. Mo.. May 20. A nosse
under Sheriff Koch, aided by a portion of
the citlsens of the northern part of John
son county, are searching for Henry Me
Keeley, the brother-in-law of Dode Kinn
yon, a 17-year-old colored girl, who was
found murdered at her mother' home.
seven miles northwest of here, last night,
with her throat cut. The girl was mur
dered while her mother and sister were
away. McKeeley. who was known to b
at the house at the time, disappeared soon
after the girl' body was found.
Recital at Trinity Cathedral.
Assisted bv J. K. Scott of Oulncv. Til..
and the choir of Trinity cathedral, F. H.
wrignt win give an organ recital at the
cathedral at 8 o'clock this evening. A very
attractive program of anthems 'by the
choir, organ solos by Mr. Scott and Mr.
Wright and a vonal solo, "I Know That My
Redeemer Llveth" (Handel), by Robert Mc
Cormack, has been arranged.
'I . -t4 your vlvbU CnnrtU and fln4
than prfet. Couldn't do without, them. I bfc
ued tbm fur som tlm for Indigo. tion nd bil
onnMB tad fern now completely- enred. Kecom
B)nd .h win to PTonej, One tried, fott wUl
.ff without Utm In th fumlly." u
Xdwftrd .4. Mux, AlbMJ. V.7.
Pleasant. Palatable. ni. Tmm Good Dertned,
Tr aiek.a. Wak sr 4Hp. Mo. Kc. Me. Jf
sold la bulk. T. f.ssla ahl attp4 C U O.
aataasa4 s ear or ot oaf kaus.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chlcsfe or N.Y. tes
AKXUAL SALE, TEX KILUON BOXES
DR.
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SPECIALIST
Treat all form of
DISEASES AND
DISORDEtSOr
MEN ONLY
IT Tear Experience,
IT Year In Omaha.
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cess haa nevsr haan
qualed and every day brings many flatter
ing reports of the good h is doing or ih
relief be ha given.
Hot Springs Treatment for Syphilis
And all Blood Poisons. NO "BREAKING
OUT" on th skin or fao and all external
sign of th disease disappear at once.
BLOOD DISEASE ZZrA'Mrl
VARICOCELE its, tfXtfr&T1?.
OVER 30.00aou.-Vbu,7td,. loss of
vitality, unnatural discharges. Stricture.
Glee! Kidney and Bladder Lle. Uy.
droostn,
Wi 1CIC CURES-L1W OHAP.nES
Treatment by maiL P. O. Bos ?L QAVa
r tl B. 14th sirrat. between Kafi.ajo '
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Biiousness
jfp&i Best For
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A tkinof beauty is a Joy forevtr.
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BCHAEPER'S CUT RATE DRUG 6TORE.
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GOVERNMENT NOTICES.
PROPOSALS FOR FIVE BUILDINGS,
etc. Department of the Interlur, Office of
Indian Affairs, Washington, D. (V May I,
1M03. Sealed proposals, endorsed "Proposals
for Buildings, etc.. Rapid City, South La
kota," and addressed to the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. tC., will
be received at the Indian Office ' until 1
o'clock p. m. of Wednesday, June 10,
WW, for furnishing and delivering the
necessary materials and labor required
to construct and complete a frame em-
Sloyes' quarters; a frame addition to laun
ry and a brick employes' quarters, all with
plumbing and acetylene gaa piping; also an
addition to a brick dormitory, with plumb
ing and gasoline gaa piping, and a frame
acetylene gaa house, with plumbing and
heat, all at the Indian school. Rapid City.
S. P.. In atrict accordunce with plans,
j specifications and Instructions to bidders,
which may be examined, at this office, the
omce oi tne .improvement uulletln, Min
neapolis, Minn.; the Ploneer-TIm, Dead
wood, 8. D.; The Bee, Omaha, Neb.; th
Pioneer Presa, St. Paul. Minn.; the Build
ers' and Traders' Kxchange at Omaha
Neb., Milwaukee Wis., and St. Paul, Minn.;
the Northwestern Manufacturers' Associa
tion. St. Paul, Minn.; the U. 8. Indian
warehouses at No. fr5 So. Canal at., Chi
cago, III., No. H16 Howard St., Omaha, Neb.,
and Noa. 119-121 Wooster St., New York
City, and at th school.
Bids are also requested for furnishing
a quantity of gas fixture In the brick school
house and brick dormitory In the courae of
erection at the above mentioned school.
Lists cf th article are also on file at th
above mentioned place.
For further Information apply to Sam B
Davis. Supt. Indian School, Rapid City
South Dakota. A. C. Tonner. Acting Com
missioner. M im-ltt-19-21-23-l-23-30
OFFICB CONSTRl'CTINO QUARTER.
MASTER. CHKVtNNE, Wyo., May
Ii3 Sealed proposal in triplicate will be
received here until 2 p. m.. mountain time
May 23. 13. and then opened, for plumbing
the following public buildings, viz: 1 bake
house. 1 N. C. O. quarters, t d s
items, quartera. 1 artillery stable, and 1
artillery barrack at Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo. Full Information and blank forms
of proposal niay be obtained at this of
fice. United States reserves the right to
sccept or reject sny or all bids or any part
thereof. All former bids fur this work
which were opened at thla office April i'i
14. have been rejected. Envelnpea coiv
tainlng blda to be marked "Proposals for
plumbing public buildings at Fort D A
Russell, Wyo.," and addreasd to Cants hi
W S Soott. Constructing Qiartermaaer
Cheyenne Wyo. Ms-ll-a-22M '
OFFICE CONSTRl'CTINQ QI'ARTFR
msster .Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Siuv
O. 1903 Soalnd proposals. In triplicate, will
he received here ur.ttl 11 a. m . rentr.i
June 18. 118. and then opened, for .i,i7
structlng sewage purification plant, crern.i.
tory and smoke stack, at Fort Leaven
worth. Kansas. Information uwi ki..
forms of proposal furnished on apnllcat'on
to this office, where plans may be seen
United Statas reserves the right to accent
or reject any or all proposals or anv part
thereof. Envelopes should be endorA1
Hrepossl for Sewsge Purification Plant'
etc.,' udiead to Major L, E. McCarthy'
Quartermaster. ''
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