Tllfl OMAHA DAILY BEEt SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1903.
NEWS OF1 INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
Psvt nil drug.
Btoekert sell crpt.
Crsyon enlarging. Broadway.
For rent, toreroom, 231 Main street.
F.xpert watch repairing. LefTert, 409 By.
Celebrated Met beer on Up. Neumayer.
Schmidt's photos. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Ulamond betrothal ring at Leffert ,
Broadway. ' ' .,..
14K and UK wedding rmg at Lenert a.
Broad wax. ,
Born, Mr,-And Mr. W. R. Btorra, V
Frank meet, a son.
Anything you want, go to Howil,
Broadway,, and ava money.
The newest thing-etched bras toaat tao
leta. Alexander Art Store. '
Mrs. J. A. Oorinan Is convalescent from
a severe Attack of typhoid fever.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Herman J.,Rohl
Ing. ltill Third avenue, a daughter..
Miss Maude Hafer Is home from a visit
with her brother at Jacksonville,- Ore.
v, xv tp nnker and daughter, Mrs,
Flemmlng. left Thursday for a sojourn at
Colfax Sprints.
Misses Zella Lynch and Florence Hurbert
Cf Atlantic, ia., are guests m .
ufc iTniirth avenue.
The semi-annual election of the Coiincll
Bluffs Trades and Labor assembly, will be
held Friday, July 24.
Mrs. R. D.' Miller of Petersburg, HI., Is
viaitin her daughters. "Mrs. D. I -Rom
unit Uri .K. ITilJl of thU City.
m fi4 Mm Prank Plnney are home
from their wedding trip and haT taken up
their residence at 214 Pearl street.
Louis Zurmuehlen, Jr., has gone to Bloux
Cltr where he will locate aa general man
n brf for . a wholesale cigar and tobacco
house.
ii t vi..i l.ft venterdav for Denver,
Colo., to visit his son. He will also visit
relatives In Colorado Springs before re
turning.-
For rent, office, room, ground floor. One
of th most central location In the business
portion or m cny. pp7 'u '
u.J vc w Tnnrmm of Fulton. 111.,
oVl "twins Florence Baldwin of thl
city, I the guest of Council Bluffs relatives
and friends. . - - . '
The spiral fire escape ordered for the
v.,.r. a- ...mia aAvnnl hutldinir has
hen ulnced In Doaitlon. on the west ride of
the building. . . . . . ,
ti,. h.irin. nf TTrsnk Labouff. charred
with threatening to shoot Grocer Hasklns
was continued In police court yesterday
until Mntid.v.
Charles Stockdale, a former member of
the Council Bluffs police, force, now a resi
dent of Atlantic, la., Is In the city visiting
relative and rnenas.
We eontraot to keep public or privat
kniiu. trim from roaches by the year, in
sect Exterminator Manufacturing company,
rnltill RImITs. Ia. Telephone F6M.
Captain James K. Mather of the Dodge
Light guards Is home from an eastern trip
during which he visited New York. West
Point, Washington and other places.
Elder Dlllo:of Omaha will conduct er
vlces in the Pentecostal church, Brpad-
. a irirtAanth utreet. Sunday after
noon and evening and each evening of next
week. ,'
J. P. Greenshlelds ha gone to Quebeo
where he will Join his brother in a yacht-Ina-
and Ashing tour off the coast of Labra
dor. He expects to be away about i
month.
inhn Bnhntt hu iniii to Rock Island, 111,
his mother and sister,
xt i. ii ( whn have been visiting
relative there. They, are expected home
Sunday.
Albert Harter, the U-year-old on of
Henry Harter of Falrmount avenue, la
suffering from a compound fracture of the
left arm and Internal lnjurle a the result
of a fall from a tree at hi home Thurs
day evening..
Thomas Ryan ws brought In from
Neola, la., yesterday mornin, wv.TIiJ
have a heaHng today before Judge Wheeler
In the district court on an application to
have him committed to the hospital for
dipsomaniacs at Mount Pleasant. .
t Tr y?. in ih. .mnlov of Fred Cop
ping, a farmer living about two miles from
Underwood, died Thursday night as the re
sult of being overcome by the heat wnue
ploughing corn. Reay wa formerly a trav
eling man and wa not accustomed to
work out In the sun. -
Mayor Morgan yesterday appointed O. W.
Llpe, one of the appraisers to flx the dam
age austalned by abutting property own
ers by reason of the change of grade of
Vorhls street. The property owners will
select another appraiser .and he and Mr.
Llpe will then choose a third.
The funeral of Margaret, the Infant
daughter of Mr. and Mr. A. C. Cooper,
will be held thl afternoon at 5 o clock
from the family residence. 2011 Avenue D
. and Interment will be In Falrvlew ceme
tery. The services will be conducted by
Rev. Harvey Hostetler of the Second Pres
byterian church.
A delegation from Council Bluffs lodge.
No. 49. Independent Order of Odd Fellows
will go to Weston this evening to Install
the rYewly elected officers of the lodge
there The trip will be made by carriage
and the party will start from uad Fei uw.
temple st p. m. F. A. Backett will act
as Installing officer.
Funeral services were held last evening
over Judge Eltzah Peaks at the residence
of his daughter. Mrs. D. J. Rockwell. 819
Third avenue, after which the remains
were taken to Onawa where the '""S1
will be held today. Besides Mrs. Rock
well, Judge Peako Is survived by a eon.
Warner H Peaks of Long Pine,
H. L. Massle. representing the Fore-paugh-Hells
Brothers show, which will ex
hibit In Council Bluffs next week, was In
the city yesterday. Mr. Massle is a son
of "Captain Bill" Massle. who In the early
days was one of the best known bostsmen
that plied up and down the Missouri from
Bloux City and Yankton to St. Louis, and
who Is doubtless remembered bv some , of
the older residents of Council Bluff and
Omaha.
Ho, a Wins Hose Race.
The race between the teams from hose
houses Nos. 2 and 4 Inst evening, to de
cide which should represent Council Blurts
. A....ni.mnt in PlntlX
at the state nremcii .v.
rMtv wa won bv trie Team irum
City, was won ujr ii. ....
.et.f. an eltlna contest, which
st- wnicn w.w wh-
nesaed by hundreds of people who lined
the sidewalks from Ninth avenue to Broad
way on Fourth street.
The contest was a straightaway hub-to-hub
race, end from the start the team from
No. had the lead, winning by about two
wagon lengths. The team from No. 4 was
the favorite and the result was a surprise
to the men of the department and , those
who had Interested themselves In the race.
Adam Hudson, a new man In the lire de
partment, had the honor to drive the win
ning team, while Clarence Hough, a vet
eran driver, handled the reins for No. 4.
The teams were Mtrhed to the regular
hose wagons, containing a complete supply
of hose and manned by three men In addi
tion to the driver. Csptsln Matlieson was
In charge of the crew from No. 2, and. be
side the driver, with him were C. M.
Bwarts and J. N. Cochran. These four
will. It Js expected, go to Sioux City.
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Insane Man Tlecontes Violent.
An Insane ratient named Oordon. who
waa being conveyed to 8t. Bernard- ho
pltal by Sheriff Power of Omaha, created
considerable excitement at the corner of
Pearl street and Broadway last evening, gatlon wes made that they had been aban
The man became extremely violent and re- I doned by their parent. Chesslman and
fused to change car. He fought with th his wife had trouble and are believed to
Sesperatlon of a madman and It took Ave
men to hold him. Finally the police patrol
wagon was sent for and In that Sheriff
Power succeeded In ronveylr.g his man to
the hospital, with the as.tiatance of several
officers. A sinter of the man accompanied
him. but was powarle to control him. He
had been' adjudged Inu.ii.e by th Douglas
aoutity . commit sioners and his relatives
made arrangement for I Is treatment at Bt.
Bernard's Instead of having hlirr sent to
the asylum at Lincoln.
LEWIS CUTLER
t MORTICIAN.
tt Pearl Bt. Council Bljffa. 'Phone OT.I
BLUFFS.
NEW RAILS ENTER THE CITY
Great Western Line ii All Laid to the Main
Street Cro ling.
WORK WILL BE SLOWER FROM NOW ON
Blar Machine Which Doe the Work
the Invention of a. Council
Dion's Man and Made In
This City.
The tracklaylng machine on the "Great
Western reached the city yesterday morn-!
Ing and by evening steel was laid up to
the 'Main -street crossing on Ninth avenue.
Tho work from this on will naturally be
slow and It will be several days before the
rain are laid as far as the transfer depot.
The tracklaylng machinery 1 something
new to the people of Council Bluffs, and all
day yesterday large" crowds watched the
progress of the tracklaylng on Third street.
Tpe tracklaylng machinery - consists of a
train of car especially equipped for the
purpose. Heading the train is what might
be termed the tracklaylng machine proper
and behind It are a number of flat cars
laden with rails and tics. The train Is
pushed by an ordinary locomotive,, which
1 stationed between the car containing
rail and those laden with ties. Troughs
extend along the sides of the cars, having
roller on the bottom, which are worked
by the front engine. Into these troughs
men feed the rails and tie from the flat
car and they are carried forward to the
front of the machine, which ha troughs
extending twenty feet In front of it. As
the tie reach the end of the trough they
are seised and placed In position on the
grade by a gang of men, while another
gang lay the rails as they are discharged
from the trough on the other side of the
machine. A the rails are placed In' por
tion men fasten the fishplates to them In
an amaxlng short space of time, the signal
I given and tho ponderous machinery
moves forward the length of the laid rail.
Following the train is a large gang of
men, who drive the spike.
' Tho big tracklaylng machine with Its sys
tem of movable trough 1 the Invention of
J. H. Roberts and was made In this city a
few years ago at the Sprague Iron works
under hi supervision.
ENTERTAINING THE EDITORS
Informal Loach Served In the Park
and Evening; Spent at
Manawtv,
Council Bluff did ltr, share yesterday
evening toward entertaining the delegate
to the National Editorial association and
the member of their families. While the
Visit of the newspaper men In Council
Bluff waa short the members of the Com
mercial club, assisted by the citizens gen
erally, did all in their power to make It
agreeable. '
On reaching Counctl Bluff the visitor
at once proceeded to Baylies park, where
a dainty lunch wa served ' at two long
tables placed beneath the trees. Thl part
of the entertainment wa Informal, the
guest seating themselves In group where
they wished while partaking of the lunch.
Covalt's Lake Manawa band, stationed on
the porch of the Elks' club house, facing
the park, rendered a number of selection
during the time the guest remalr id In the
park.
At the club, house the guest were pre
sented with boutonlerre by a committee of
women, and thoae who desired to view the
Interior were shown over the handsome
building. The club house waa tastefully
decorated in the color of the order purple
and white for the occasion.
To Congressman Walter I. Bmlth wa
delegated the welcoming of the guests,
which he did In a short but happy address.
Garry A. Wlllard. the retiring president
of the association, responded, and then
came a number which had not been an
nounced on the program. Before Mr. Wll
lard could step down from the 'improvised
platform from which he had responded to
Congressman Smith's welcoming address
he waa Joined by Mr. B. B. Herbert, carry
ing a auspicious looking package under ht
arm. The package, when its green cloth
covering waa removed, proved to be a
handsome solid silver server, which Mr.
Herbert presented to the retiring president
on behalf of the association.
At 7 o'clock the five large open motor
again lined up In front of the park and
the visitor were whisked away to spend
the remainder of the evening at Lake
Manawa.
Everything at Manawa, from, merry-go-round
to steam launches, and from bowling
alley to bathing privileges, belonged to
the newspaper people as soon a they en
tered the gates. A majority of them Imme
diately took to the water, first In boats to
cross the lake and then In bathing suits.
. Magtc,r Herbert, son of H H w.-k..-.
' . . - - - " " "
.one of the most darlno- nf h. un..
. ... - - 1
arter one high dive had to be assisted out
or the water.
He recovered In a few mo
ments and wa none the worse for his
experience.
Special cars were waiting for the party
at 9:30 o'clock and every fifteen minute
thereafter, and as they were returning the
delegates, without exception, were enthu
siastic In their praise of Iowa hospitality
and in declarations of the good time they
had enjoyed.
N. V. Plumbing Co. Tel. SO. Night FK?.
Children Given te Home.
Dolly Chesslman, aged 4 years, and her
18-months-old brother, Thomas, were yes
terday committed to the custody and care
of the Christian home by M.tyor Morgan on
the application of the Associated Charities.
Some months ago the children were placed
In the Creche of the Associated Charities
by their father. William Chessiman, he
agreeing to pay 13 a week for their oar
On April 1 last his payments ceased and
all efforts to secure any trace of Chesslman
or the mother of the children have failed.
in the application to have the children
i committed to the Christian home the alle.
I ve separated.
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These transfer, were filed yesterday In
the abstract, title and loan office of Bqulr
Annls, 101 Pearl street:
Pa ssumpslc
Savings bank to Jacob
Neumayer.
101 t, mock 1, Glendale
v , ; n.wn
Jlenry J. J jngferraan and wife to John
and Joseph Jungfermnn, UndW ett
IieKi SJ and seVi 9-77-41. w d.... S.000
H. H Jungfermsn to John and Joseph
Jungferman, ur.dv, eW neU JV. and
ae4 aeV-T7-41; w dT .7.,. 1.500
. Three transfers, aggregating ....R.fciO
Fllrtlaa; mttk Deatk. '
"An enumeration of the chance that men
take with desth in order to entertain the
great amusoiueot-lovuui pubUa would U
add. w d
very Incomplete without the addition of
that latest and greatest sensation, the
looping of the loop on a bicycle," snid Mr.
James D. DeWolfe. one of the agents of
tho Forepaugh-Bells circus, which Is sched
uled to show here In a few days. Mr.
DeWolfe declares It Is the greatest, sensa
tion ever presented. He said: "It Is diffi
cult to conceive how a man of sound mind
can be tempted by money to so ardently
flirt with death. The cost of this set is
j ll.POO per week, and it consumes Just six
seconds of our entertainment program. The
act Is presented twice daily, and therefore
Dlavolo works Just seventy-two seconds
per week. But his work Is such thst we
have as yet been unable to find another
living man who can perform It. The basis
of tho act la tho overcoming of gravitation
by velocity. It has been mathematically
proven that a freely moving body weighing
215 pounds can descend a 110-foot runway
at an angle of 45 degrees and gain suffi
cient velocity to rise almost perpendicularly
twenty-three and a half feet. In other
words, Dlavolo weighs 180 pounds and his
bicycle slxty-flve pounds; the runway is
110 feet long, placed at an angle of 46 de
grees, and the 'loop' proper Is Just twenty
three and a half feet in diameter.
'The speed attained Is terrific and the
slightest swerve from the center of the
narrow three-foot runway means Instant
death. It Is absolutely, without qualifica
tion, the greatest hair-raising demonstra
tion of dare-'devlltry ever witnessed but It
only lasts six seconds."
Plumbing and heating. Btxby Boa
FOUR PRISONERS BREAK JAIL
One of Them Being Held for Assault
Committed on an Aged
Woman.
KNOXVILLE, la., July 10. (Special.)
The notorious Dan Cox awaiting action of
the grand Jury for the alleged assault of
aged Mrs. Griffith, and three others, Dan
Clifford, Pearly Myrlck and one whose
name could not be learned, broke JaJl late
last night by digging a huge hole through
the brick wall through which they man
aged to crawl. Bloodhounds were placed
on the track of the fugitives early this
morning but as yet there has been no trace
found.
The three men with Cox were In Jail
charged with being found in a disorderly
house. It Is believed they were influenced
by Cox who had little hopes of escaping
the penitentiary for his crime If proven.
Cox Is alleged to have waylaid an aged
woman, Mrs. Griffith, at a lonely spot be
tween this city and her home and after
attempting a criminal assault robbed, her
of her belongings. He was tracked down
by bloodhounds and afterwards Identified.
It is believed the officers will be able to
capture the men though theyhad a good
tart. Sheriff Bybee will swear In special
officers In sections of the country through
which it Is likely the fugitives will pass.
Telephone lines running In every direction
are being used In the hope that the Jail
breakers may be apprehended in this man
ner. Bo far the dog have not struck a trail
that give promise of any degree of hope.
MANSLAUGHTER THE CHARGE
Shelby Amusement Company People
Mast Answer for Death of
. Clara Rasmnssen.
FORT DODGE, la., July 10. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Millie de Etta wa thl
morning held 'to the grand Jury under a
bond of J2.000 to answer to the charge of
manslaughter,' a the result of the verdict
of the coroner' Jury, which declared her
guilty of criminal negligence In connection
with the death of Clara Rasmussen, who
wa killed while attempting a "slide for
life" during the Fourth of July celebra
tion here.
The de Etta woman' husband, the head
of the Shelby Amusement company, with
which the dead girl appeared, is now being
given a hearing.
Martin Wheeler, whom the girl' body
truck In falling, and who received a frac
tured skull and broken collarbone, will
recover.
THREE KILLED IN COLLISION
Accident Happen on the Chicago,
Milwaukee A St. Paul Kear
Sooth Inns.
DES MOINES, July 10. Fireman Joe
Dusek of Cedar Rapids, Brakeman
Nichols of this city, and an unidentified
tramp were killed In a head-on collision
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad last night.
The wreck occurred near South Amana.
Two heavily loaded freights crashed to
gether. The engines, tenders and many
car were derailed and shattered. Traffic
on the line was delayed for saveral hours.
Bey Drowned While Bathing;.
. DENISON, la.. July 10.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Little Johnnie Clark was drowned
below the dam In the Boyer river this
afternoon at S o'clock and his little play
mate, Arthur Cushman, narrowly escaped
a like fate In attempting to rescue him.
The Isd, who Is but 12 year old, had gone
In swimming and waded out beyond hla
depth. Although a large number of boys
were In the water and on the bank no one
. , L ,
on account of fright, rendered any assist-
. . . . .
ance except the Cushman boy, who plunged
In after him with all his clothes on. The
drowning boy clung to his rescuer and It
wa with difficulty that a double tragedy
wa prevented. Assistance wa summoned
at once, but It wa two hour before the
body was recovered from the bottom of the
river.
Judge Peake to Be Burled In Onawn.
ONAWA, la., July 10. (Special Telegram.)
Judge Elijah Peake, who died at the resi
dence of his daughter, Mrs. Rockwell, In
Council Bluffs last night, was a resident of
Onawa and Monona county the most of tht
time since 1806. He was elected county Judge
In 1XB7 nnd In lSTg he was representative of
the district composed Of Ida, Crawford and
Monona co-intlrs and served one term with
credit and ability. He was also a candidate
for the nomination for register of the rtate
land office, but was defeated by J. K. Pow
ers. Judge Peake was very active for
many year In county and state politics
and had a very lurge acquaintance and
i many friends. He will be burled at Onawa
Wonderful Claims for New Light.
JANESVILLE. Ia., July 10.-(Spec,lal )
After many months of experimenting In
his workshop, Aqullla Walker announces
that he ha discovered a light which will
aa greatly surpass the electric light. as the
electric does the kerosene lamp. It is se-
cured by mean of chemicals ha teals wiihln
,n ar.,,Bht glass globe, the illuminating
. r or whlch .edli no renewing as long
B ,ob r,maln, unbroken. The light
once purchased Is of no expense after
wards. One the else of an Incandefcent
lamp placed 1.0U0 feet above the earth. It Is
Claimed, will shed a light by which a paper
can be read on the earth.
Rain Damage Hay.
CEDAR FALLS. Ia., July 10-(Spectal
Telegram.) Heavy rains have been falling
for twenty-four hours and the Cedar river
1 rising rapidly. Crop will be greatly
damaged in Black Hawk county, a much
hay U cut
CUMMINS MAKES A DENIAL
Kuch Put 0ot at Repart o' Letter 0onoern
tie V.ce Presidency.
SOME QUEER ANTICS OF THE ASSESSORS
Many Acres of Land Disappear In
Borne tonntlee, While (a Other
There . Has Bern an
Increase.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. July 10. (Special Tele
gram.) Governor Cummins declared today
that the statements published In Washing
ton that a letter had been seen there writ-
ton by him In which he had stated a will
lngness to become a candidate for vice
president were wholly without foundation
as he ha written no such letter and it
Is not In existence. He declined at thl
time to further discuss the matter, but In
dicated that he felt very much annoyed by
the fabrication of the Washington news
paper.
Land Area Varies.
One of the strange things In connection
with the assessment of real estate In Iowa
this year, a Indicated In th return
which have been made to the state auditor,
Is that the acreage of farm land assessed
varies greatly in different countle from
what It waa at the time of the last assess
ment two years ago. In some counties the
assessors found more land than before
and In others they found much less. On
the whole the acreage, a Indicated In the
assessors' returns, has materially decreased
In the two years. Here are some of the
decreases in the counties showing a falling
off: Pottawattamie county, 16,908 acres;
Warren, 8,326; Sioux, 6.613; Boone, 8,642;
Adair, 8,097; Guthrie, 4,120; Polk. 9.0W;
Wayne, 4,877; Henry, 4,288; Appanoose,
3,534; Grundy, 8.280; Harrison, 1,809; Mar
shall, 639; Mills, 1,422; Monona, 1,222. Among
the counties that show an Increase of
acreage are the following: Monroe, 10,364;
Hamilton, 6.692; Kossuth, 6,722; Woodbury,
4,320; Palo Alto, 2,375; Jefferson. 8,006; Jas
per. 3,421; Clay, 8,072; Cerro Gordo, 2.147;
Emmet, 2,326. other changes . In acreage
from the amounts which have been taxed
as farm lands heretofore are smaller than
these Indicated.
The executive council begins assessment
work next week and It Is probable there
will be some Inquiry made as to the reason
of these changes In acreage. The losses
may be partially accounted for on the
ground that a much larger number of ol
diers' exemptions were allowed this year
than before the passage of the law of the
last legislature giving exemption to all
soldiers and their widows without regard
to their statements of poverty. But th
member of the executive council are un
able to account for the increase of acreage
In some counties except on the score of
greater care in the assessment of property
and a desire to have all property assessed.
Amend the Jury Law.
A committee of the New Jersey State
Bar association, at the' head of which 1
John S. Voorhee of New Brunswick. N.
J., Is engaged In making an Investigation
of the manner (n whloh grand and petit
Juror are drawn hi the" different tate,
with a view to formulating a report on
the advisability of aoma .change In the
la we of New Jersey. Attorney General
Mullan Is In receipt of an Inquiry as to
the manner of selection 6f Juror In Iowa.
but his report cannot be very favorable
to the adoption of the Iowa system.. The
Jurors are selected virtually by the Judge
of election, who are charged with the duty
of making out Hats of talesmen and who
are Influenced by personal or political eon
slderatlons In many cases and whose se.
lections do not so often represent the best
material for Jurors as the material that Is
most persistent in seeking places on the
Juries. It Is the understanding that the
New Jersey Bar association plan for an
exhaustive report which will be watched
with great Interest by the lawyers of thl
state, many of whom favor some modi
fication of the present system In Iowa.
Mysterious Disappearance.
About January 1 a man representing
himself to be a real estate agent, and that
he waa a resident of De Moines, called
at the office of the Associated Charities in
the Loan and Trust building and sought
desk room. The charities official had more
room than they needed, so they sub-let to
the man the right to put in a desk In one
room. He paid a month's rent In advance
and remained at the desk several days.
Then he went away. Occasionally a letter
har come addressed to him and these have
all been left on hi desk, but to thl day
nothing ha been heard from the man. He
has disappeared completely from the face
of the earth, so far as anyone her can
discover. The detectives have been making
some inquiry to And out about the man
or to determine If he had any relatives,
but nothing has been developed. He gave
the name A. Sherry, but It is believed thl
Is not his name. . He was a stranger to
every one about the office where he lo
cated himself and no person lit the city
knows where he came from or what wa
his business. .
Dedicate Soldiers Building;.
About 300 old soldier went from De
Moines to Marshalltown today on an ex
cursion and to visit the 8tate Soldiers'
home. Governor A. B. Cummins, who had
Just returned from South Dakota, accom
panied them. The occasion is the dedica
tion of the new chapel and hall of the
state home for soldiers, which ha recently
been completed. The new hall ia a very
flne one and ha been arranged for enter
tainments as well as for chapel service.
A flne flagpole wo also to be erected.
Senator Renominated,
In a convention at Northwood, State Sen
ator James A. Smith of Osage wa unani
mously renominated for the state senate by
the republicans. The district Is composed
of Worth, Winnebago and Mitchell coun
ties. At the same time the representative
convention for Worth and Winnebago was
held and Andrew Miller of Forest City wa
nominated.
The articles of Incorporation for the Iowa
Condensed Milk company were filed today
with the secretsry of state. The head
quarters are at Muscatine and the capital
Is 875,000. Other new corporations: Bills
Floral company, Davenport, capital 810,000;
Elk' Building company, Atlantic, capital
810,000. ,
Extreme Hot Weather,
The last four days have been unusually
hot ones end, owing to the great amount
of molFture in the air, the suffering has
been great and many prostrations have
been reported. Today the temperature
reached only 85, but the air waa heavy
laden. Yesterday the temperature ran up
to 4 and the day before It was above to.
Rain has fallen every day and vegetation
1 making rapid progress.
V Alumni Will Hold Meeting.
Th local Alumni association of th
Iowa State college ha arranged for a re
union in this city July 80. when there will
be an effort made to reunite the divided
faction aud get th alumni together In
support of the new president of the col
lege. The organised Alumni associations
were all working very hard for the selec
tion of Trof. Stanton for president of the
college. Dr. Storms has accepted an Invi
tation t meet with the members here.
The agricultural Journals of the state have
Joined heartily In commendation of tho
selection of Dr. Storms as president of the
college.
Knight Templar Officers.
Th grand commnndery of the Knights
Templar.' In es-ilon at Spirit IJtke this
week, selected the following as officers:
Grand Commander John W. Wells, Mar
shalltown.
Deputy Grand Commander William Wel-
don. Jowa Falls.
urana ucneraussimo onmuei i. v uuaum,
Charle City.
Grand Captain General Crom Bowen,
De Moines.
Grand Senior Warden George Watnbach,
Webster City
Grand Junior Warden A. M. Hough,
Newton.
Grand Prelate Rev. W. II. Frost, Oska-
loosa.
Grand Recorder D. M. Brownlee. Sioux
City.
Grand Treasurer John B. Atkins, Coun
cil Bluffs.
Write Life of Prof. Parvln.
Joseph E. Moreombe of Cedar Rapids,
assistant librarian In the Masonic library
and editor of the Masonic Bulletin, will
come to Des Moines in a short time and
do eome delving Into the historical ma
terial In the state historical collection to
assist him in preparing the memorial vol
ume on the late Grand Secretary Theodore
S. Parvln. Mr. Moreombe was delegated
by the Mssonic grand lodge to do this work
and ha been gathering material for some
time.
HAVE THE DEVIL ON THE RUN
(laeer Ceremony by a Queerer Beet
In Little Town I'p
, In Maine.
At th Temple of Shlloh, the grotesque
tabernacle of the strange sect known as the
Disciples of the Holy Ghost and Ua, on
Beulah Hill, In the town of Durham, Me., a
peculiar ceremony ha been In progress
under the direction of Elder Sanford, chief
prophet. The ceremony Is called a "devil
drive" and Its purpose is the expulsion from
the temple of the evil spirit, which has
been present for a year or more at Shlloh
In the form of various diseases, including,
latterly, virulent smallpox, says a Bangor
special to the New York Sun.
Elder Sanford says he is in direct com
munication with the Holy Ghost and re
cently, he says, he had a revelation to the
effect that the devil must be driven from
Shlloh before the smallpox could be
checked. Hence the "devil drive."
Sanford, who formerly was a Freewill
Baptist clergyman, organized the Holy
Ghost and Ua aect eight years ago and at
once began the erection upon what used
to be known aa Sand Hill, In Durham, of
the group of queer-looking buildings which
are today one of the strangest sights in
all Maine. . The central temple Is U00t feet
long, and shelters In Its 626 rooms several
hundreds of religious fanatics gathered
from all part of the country by Sanford'
remarkable powers of exhortation. A con
dition of reception into the fold of the
faithful Is that the convert must give up
all worldly possessions and turn over the
proceed to Elder Sanford. In this way
the chief prophet of Shlloh has gathered
large sum of money, many of the converts
having been well-to-do.
The life at Shlloh 1 one of labor and
prayer, Interspersed with frenzied orgies
of singing, . supplication and fantastic
manual exercise on special occasions, as
In the "devil drive." Banford says ho
possesses the power to heal the sick and
even to raise the dead, and hi control
over the disclp'le I absolute. Ever since
August, 1802, however, Shlloh has been a
veritable pest spot ot contagion,: and the
disciples have died at an alarming rate, so
that the chief prophet's reputation for
power over all things earthly has lately
been In danger. Something had to be done, '
and so the "devil drive" waa ordered. The
ceremony is thua described by one of the ',
faithful!
"In, the upper hall of the temple, known
a the Armory of David, the host of the
saints first i armed themselves with shields
and bucklers that were hanging on the
walla In readlnesa for such emergencies as :
this. They then descended in solid pha-
lanx to the . main hall of the temple and !
met the devil upon their knees.
"It wa then necessary to dislodge the
evil one from each of these Individual !
saint. When finally he wa without cover
where he could hide himself, the saints
moved in a body upon their knees, forcing
th foe before them to the western door.
Every corner of the temple wa well
beaten with bibles, that the devil might
lurk nowhere.
"On their knees, and keeping solid front
to the west, the saints descended the broad
step, whacking their palms with their
bible and shouting anathemas of the flee
ing devil. During all this time saints were
stationed at the open windows In the three
stories of the temple, each with a bible In
hand, to prevent the devil from eluding
his pursuers and re-entering the tabernacle."
The authorities, who have been consld
ing the situation at Shlloh, are not
anguine a to the effectiveness of the
"devil drive," and may have a drive on
their own hook, for with a death rate ex
ceeding that of Bangor by BOO per cent,
Shlloh. with all It holiness, Is regarded as
a menace to tho surrounding settlement.
ROB COBRA 0F. SNAKE MEAL
Zoo Keeper with Forceps Pull Out
Little Reptile Eaten by
Big One,
One of the big hooded cobraa In the
Bronx Zoo park, says a New York dis
patch, attempted to prove today that two
bodies could occupy the stme space at the
same time by swallowing .a smaller com
panion. Both were trying to swallow the
same rat that had been given them for
supper. 8on the Jaws of the more power
ful cobra were engulfing the head and neck
of ltt pugnacious antagonist. They worked
rarldly, pulling the scaly neck inch by inch
out of sight.
The smaller snake was game to the last,
but he finally disappeared and the victor
Stretched hi jaws Into shape again and
co led to await the digestion of his heroic
meal.
When the keepere became alive to the
situation It waa decided to try to rescue
ths swallowed snake. Keeper Snyder slid
a flat stick under th crpenf body snd
lifted him upon the passageway. The snake
expanded Its hood and struck at the men,
but the keeper quickly pressed its head to
the floor with a stick and grasped It by
the neck, while the venomou Jaws flew
open and ahut In a nerve-racking fashion.
The rescue at ones begin. Keacninar down
the snake's throat with a pair of elongated
forcepts, the reptile curator located the tail
f the victim and drew him Into view. Fte
p'aclng the cannibalistic reptile In thecngr.
all attention was concentrated on the small
eobri. which was bathed and massaged,
but in vain. It was dead.
la a cms Alone.
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FLOOD IS CAUSE OF WRECK
Trestle at St. Loan Weakened by Effect
of Water.
ONE KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED
Hall Spread and Train Heavily
Loaded with Passengers Leaves
Track and Uoe Over Into
the Ditch Below.
6T. LOUIS, July 10. One person, a girl,
was killed, four were seriously injured, at
least one of whom will die, and a score
slightly hurt In a wreck on the Terminal
Railroad association's line between Granite
City and Madison, 111., today.
The dead girl, whose name Is not knbwn,
and the slightly Injured were left in Madi
son, while those more seriously hurt were
brought to Bt. Louis.
Among the latter are:
Fred Winker, both legs severed below
knee, will die.
Evert Hastings, left leg and arm proaen
and head cut.
George Fry, right foot crushed and left
arm broken.
Oeorge Stein, left leg broken and right
ankle crushed.
Most of the men injured and the other
passengers on the train were employe of
the Commonwealth Eteel company at Gran
ite City. III., and employe of the National
Enameling & Stamping company.
Many on the Train.
Six hundred workmen who were on the j They add nothing to the public knowledgo
wrecked train and on othera Immediately , .nd th entertainment they afford 1 nerve
following returned to Bt. Louis after th racking and productive of an abnormal
wreuk Instead of going to wurk. Many of taste for horrora. Washington Star.
it is iauiuuj ivi it a .
rivilized world. sty
Agent
Detroit and back
14 and 15.
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Baltimore and back, $32.23,
July 17 and 18.
Denver, Colorado Springs
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Salt Lake City and back,
J13.50.
Portland, Ore., Seattle and
Tacoma, Wash, and back, $43,
August 1 to 14.
Los Angeles, Pan Francisco,
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Lou Angele. or San Fran
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Hot Springs, S. D., end back.
116.40.
The above are some of the Burlington's
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them returned on the relief train with the
injured.
Th terminal passenger train which left
fit. Louis at 6:26 a. m., consisting of nlno
coaches loaded with workmen for tha fac
tories of the trl-cltles, Jumped the truck
on a small trestle just north of the Ameri
can Car & Foundry company's shopj at
Madison.
One coach rolled over onto the traiks
of the Chicago & Alton, striking the bag
gage coach of a pasrenger train passing In
the opposite direction. The derailed car
was badly crushed. The Chicago & Alton
train was not wrecked.
Spreading of the rails of the trestle,
which had been weakened by the flood, is
believed to have caused the accident
Deadly Amnsemeat Novelty.
The spectacle of a man on a bicycle
"looping the loop" no longer sufficiently
hock and thrill th crowd. Some new
sensation Involving peril to human Ufa ta
demanded. So a young man named Zim
merman tried at Indianapolis to supply the
deficiency by undertaking to make a circuit
of the loop on a pair of roller skates. In
order to bring his center of gravity close to
the point of contact he had constructed a
pair of ekatea weighing 100 pound. But
even with thl aid the chance were in
finitely against him, for by placing the
greatest weight at th base of the tall col
umn presented by his frame he lessened
his opportunity for balancing. Bo when he
wa making hi trip Thursday night he
lost his pose when at the highest point of
th loop and fell to tha ground, his skull
being crushed. Ha died shortly afterward.
There are many varieties of this llfc-rlsk-ing
enterprise now on view, all of which
Should be pronounced tlleaal and nrohlhltv
