TIIK OMAHA DAILY IlEE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 8. 1003.
CURRENT
COUNCIL
CEEETS SUPREME RECENT
riie'itj Couno l Tenders Reception to Head
of Royal Arcanum.
OVIAHAS ARE LIBERALLY REPRESENTED
Event ia Preliminary to the Big Pic
nic to II Hrld at l.ake Miiiiw
Durlnir the Dr and
A. S. Robinson of St. Louis, supremo re
gent of the Royal Arcanum, was the guest
of Fidelity council last jiltiht at a recep
tion given in his honor. The visit of the
head of the Royal Arcanum to Council
muffs Is for the express purpose of attend
ing the celebration by fidelity council of
the twenty-fifth anniversary of its or
ganization, and incidentally the founding
of the order in Iowa, Fidelity council be
ing the first to be established In this state.
This event will be celebrated today with
an appropriate program of sports and
other festivities at Lake Manawa.
There was a large attendance of the lo
cal members and a number of prominent
members of the order from Omaha last
night to greet the supreme regent. Among
those from across the river were J. M.
Teegarden of Weeping Water, grand re
gent of Nebraska; W. M. Oilier of Omaha,
representative from Nebraska to the
supreme lodge; A. P. Brink of Omaha,
deputy grand regent of Nebraska; E. A.
Parmalee of Omaha, grand treasurer of
Nebraska; H, B. Morrill, secretary of
Union Paclflo council, Omaha; Regent
Hancock of Caso council, South Omaha;
and Thomas Q. Magrane of Omaha. The
attendance of Mr. Magrane was of more
than, passing Interest. Twenty-five years
ago. on August 12, 1878, Mr. Magrane had
the honor of organizing Fidelity council,
which today has a membership of nearly
600, consisting of the representative citi
zens of Council Bluffs.
The first part of the evening was spent
In greeting the supreme regent, after
which refreshments were served. Follow
ing the refreshments & social session was
enjoyed, during which short addresses
were made by the supreme regent, Orand
Regent Teegarden, Deputy Grand Regent
Brink, Congressman Walter I. BmWh,
Hon. A. T. FUcklnger, Clem F. Kimball,
O. S. Hewitt, A. E. Brock, grand treasurer
of Iowa, and Messrs. Oilier, Morrill and
Magrane. Oeorge Hughes entertained the
gathering with several of his Inimitable
recitations, and others contributed vocal
and musical selections.
The opening event of the celebration at
Lake Manawa this afternoon will be a
game of base ball at 2:30 o'clock between
teams from Omaha and Fidelity councils.
At 4:90 o'olock the program, of miscel
laneous sports will be carried out. Supper
will be served In Shady grove from 6 to 7
p. m., following which there will be a
bowling contest botween teams from Pio
neer, Union Pacific, Knoxall, Omaha, Caso,
Douglas and Fidelity councils. The day's
festivities will be brought to a close with
a dance at the Kursaal, which haa been
specially reserved for the use of Fidelity
council and Its invited guests.
F. Wilson of Ottumwa, 'grand regent of
Iowa, was unable to be here last evening,
but sent Word that he would arrive today
In time to participate In the celebration
at the lake.
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel 26a Night, F667.
Veterans to Greet Commandeer.
Colonel L. B. Raymond, commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic, Depart
ment of Iowa, will be tendered an Informal
reception at the Illinois Central depot this
afternoon by the members of Abe Lincoln
post of this city.
The special train bearing Commander
Raymond on his way to attend the national
encampment In Son Francisco will leave
Dubuque this morning at 7:27 and Is ex
pected to reach Council Bluffs over the
Illinois Central between 4:40 and 6 o'clock.
The stay of Colonel Raymond in Council
Bluffs will be too short to permit of any
formal reception as had originally 4een
contemplated and many of the, veterans
will. It Is expected, accompany the train
across the river, where It will be switched
over to the Burlington tracks.
At 11:30 tonight the train will leave over
the Burlington for Denver, reaching triors
Sunday afternoon. From Denver to Bait
Lake the route will be over the Denver
St Rio Grande and from Salt Lake to Ban
Francisco over the Southern Pacific. The
train la due to arrive In San Francisco
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Past Commander George Crnson of Abe
Lincoln post has Issued orders for all mem-
bers of the post to meet at the Illinois
Cent ml depot this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
to greot Department Commander Raymond.
Xam Order Commands Company.
The resignation of Captain James L.
Mather, exclusive announcement of whloh
was made in The Bee Thursday morning,
will be presented to the Dodge Light
Guards at its meeting next Tuesday. Until
an election to. choose a successor Is called
by Adjutant General Dyers, the company
will be In - command of FirstvIJeutenant
Paul I. Van Order, who, like Captain
Mather, Is a veteran of the Philippine, com
palga. The resignation of Captain Mather
leaves 'two vucuncles among the commis
sioned officers of Company L. .Second Lieu
tenant Oeorge Judson resigned several
weeks ago, but no order, to elect his suc
cessor has been mude by the adjutant gen
eral.. Captain Mather received his commission
April 23, 1902, and succeeded to the com
n and of the company on tho promotion of
Captain .Mat Tlnley to major. Captain
Mather was not only most popular with tV.e
members of his company, but - was well
known and a general favorite throughout
the national guard of Iowa.
Heal Estate Traasfers.
These transfers' were 'tiled yesterday In
the abstract, title and loan office of Squire
at Annls. 101 IVarl s:reet:
J, r. Edmundfon end wfe to 8nr.ih II.
Hart, lot 2. Kncn'.n Place, n. c. d I -J
H. A. Hough and wife to Jjiii" I
Puxton. lots 1, 2 and t. in 81-73-4,
q. c. d 1
Maiy J. Button to Jnhn J. Q.r.li.n,
lot a ali i 7, laner zu nuu., i in-
cook, w. d
C. J PobHn to AniiU A. IW.ibtn".
(wife, lots S and l'X block 9. l'ine's
subdlv., w. d
i.eoo
Four transfers, totat...
tl.bCZ
Sues Motor
Company.
J, Milder hns brought suit In, the dis
trict court to recover from the motor com
pany damages placed at $1,959 for an as
sault alleged to have bern committed upon
hlro by one of the company's conluctors.
Milder, who wus a p.t;enger on a motor
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
B Pearl St., Couuull liUHs. 'Phone It.
NEWS OF IOWA.
BLUFFS.
from Omaha to Council Bluffs, alleges that
he tendered the conductor $1 In paymenV
of his fare and received only 80 cents In
stead of 90 cents In change. He called the
conductor's attention to ths discrepancy
and the conductor Insisted he had Riven
Milder the correct chunge. Words ensued
and Milder alleges the conductor struck
him In the face and continued striking
him until the other passengers interfered
and compelled the conductor to desist.
Milder alleges that the assault was entirely
unprovoked.
Disappoints the Children.
The wet weather yesterday brought dis
appointment to many a small child in Coun-
I ell Bluffs who had been eagerly looking
forward to the trolley party and picnic of
; the DeLong Industrial school. The trolley
party and picnic was carried out, but not
until after It had been once decided to
postpone It. and this caused many to stay
at home. It was decided at first to post-
none it until tndav. but Rev. Mr. DeLona
learned that the grounds at the lake had
been reserved for the Royal Arcanum, and
next week Shady Grove would be occupied
by the camp of the Knights of Pythias.
So at the last. minute It. was deemed best
to carry out the plans already made. Three
cars sufficed to carry the crowd of children
whov however, thoroughly enjoyed them
selves despite the dampness of the ground
at the lake resort. Supper was served In
Shady Grove after the trolley ride to
Omaha and back.
Fish and Game Association.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Council Bluffs Fish and Game Protective
association, held last night In the city
hall, It was announced that fifty-six new
members had been enrolled during the
month. It was decided that delinquents
would be denied the privileges of the c'.ub
house at Lake Manawa until they settled
their dues. The secretary was Instructed
to call a special meeting for next Friday
evening, at which time a treasurer will be
elected to succeed J. I. Henry, who will
leave about September 1, to locate In Seat
tle, Wash. As the association Is now In
a flourishing condition, both In regard to
membership and finances, it was decided to
make an effort to lease the building now
occupied at Lake Manawa and to make
arrangements for lighting It and carrying
and other Improvements.
Wanted on Old Charge.
Bob Scott, who was arrested Thursday for
being drunk, was placed In the county Jail
yesterday. It developed that an old bench
warrant for his arrest on an Indictment
returned by the district grand Jury In April,
1901, was In existence. The Indictment was
on a charge of larceny. Scott avoided
arrest at the time by leaving the city, and
only returned a few days ago.
MINOR MENTION.
Davis sella drugs.
Stockert sells carpets.
Crayon enlarging, SOS Broadway.
Expert watch repairing. LefTert. 409 B'y.
Celebrated Mets beer on tap. Neumayvr.
Diamond1 betrothal rings at LefTert's, 401
Broadway.
14K and 18K wedding rings at Lefferfs,
40 Broadway.
One-fourth to one-third off on pyrography
outfits. C. E. Alexander & Co., 333 B'way.
County Attorney W. H. Klllpack left last
evening on a two weeks' visit to relatives
In Utah.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Atkins, Dr. T. B.
Laoey and son Tom returned yesterday
from a summer outing at Spirit Lake.
It is practically decided that the labor
unions of tills city will hold their Labor
day celebration September 7 at Lake Man
awa. For rent, office room, ground floor. One
of the most central location in the business
portion of the city. Apply to The Bee
office, olty.
James Neece, charged with fast driving
and smashing a buggy driven by Charles
Fuller, was lined J2o and costs in Justice
Ouren's court yesterday.
James Hnsklns drew a twenty days' sen
tence on bread and water in police court
yesterday morning for making insulting
proposals to young girls.
We contract to keep publlo or private
hoases free from roaob.es by the year. In
sect Exterminator Manfacturlng company.
Council. Bluffs. Ia. Telephone F634.
Congressman Smith has accepted an Invi
tation to deliver an address before the J
iniem lowa veterans awociaiion, wnicn
will meet at Ute. Ia., August 20, 21 and 22.
Rev. W. S. Barnes and family returned
yesterday from their vacation outing in
northern Minnesota, and servlres at the
First Prebyterlan church will be resumed
Sunday morning.
There will be preaching services Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock at ihe First Christian
church, followed by a business meeting of
the congregation, at which every member
Is requested to be present.
Mrs. II. I. Forsyth and daughters, Hor
tense and Noan, of 724 First avenue, will
leave lir the near future for Berlin, Ger
many, where they will remain for two
years while the Misses Forsyth complete
their musical studios.
The Council Bluffs aerie of Eagles ex-
poets to hold Its annual picnic some time
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fi)Tnni(lt.ij wara annnlntMl t r 1 , i nlr
grounds and other matters and report at
,11, tru iu lunn ui
tho meeting next Friday night. j as delegates to the American Publlo
A. W. Padgett, proprietor of the Opera ! Health association in Washington In Oc-
hquse, yesterday filed with the county ,. . , , .. . .
auditor the ta.000 bond required by law tober- Tne nrxt meeting of both boards
and the Injunction proceedings brought by will be held November 11 next.
County Attorney Klllpack by reason of.
Padgett's failure to do so will now be dls-j Buy a Pine Island Farm.
"Thecase against Pearl Wright, charged . There was Incorporated with the secre
wlth deserting his wife, after a forced mur- fry of state today the constitution of ths
riuge, was dismissed in Justice Ouren's Pine Island Land & Lumber company of
court yesterday on motion of Assistant I e . .i.i .
l County Attorney Hess. It is understood - ...u. i ,, . I.
I thnt young Wright mude satisfactory ar- I Swing, president; P. M. Ingold, secretary.
rangements for providing for his wife. The purpose of the company la t J buy
Willi . m B Strock of Wichita Falls, Tex.. what u known a8 the ..Li Curagua Ea
Is visiting his brother, J. II. Strock of ... ... , , , B
KlRhth uvenue. William Strock has a tnU' containing one Spanish league, or
number of friends among tho old soldiers about 4.400 acres of land, on tho Isle of
' "J .'il,l8oC'ty-.K "d "1erved as ,a "'ember . i.IneSf and t0 deVelop the same for fruit
I of the Seventh Pennsylvania regiment dur- I . , ,
lng the civil war. and was seriously I n(1 agricultural purposes.
I wounded during McClellan's campaign. I The Davenport A Suburban Ral way
Miss' Belle DeLong. daughter of E. P. , company today amended Its articles of In-
Pel-ong of Cherokee. Ia.. and niece of Rev. i,i i
Henry DeLong of this cltv. died yesterday corporation lncra-lng the capital stock
nt the. home of h.-r sister, Mrs. James I from t5"-0,QCO to $1,400,000. Adolph Preslster
; Register, Waterloo, in., aged 33 years. The . ) president, and B. F. Aufderheide ia sec-
remalns w'll he brought here today and the ; r(..rv
; funeral will ) held Sunday afternoon at : ' y"
5 o'clock from tho resl lence of her sister. The Mason City Printing and Blank Book
M.r,? " ?.,e,v"'.1 ,4b ,n etreet. liumi i
wlll be in lalrvliw cemetery. Besides the'
two sisters mentioned. Miss DeLong Is sur-
vlved by throe brothers, George of this
city and Puul and Edward of Cherokee.
Plumbing and healing, blxby ft Son.
STEALS P0ST0FFICE KEYS
I'rlwscr When searched Yields Com
plete Set to Burlluiiton Fed
eral Building.
BURLINGTON, Ia., Aug. 7 -(Special Tel -
egram.)-Ceorge Miller, believed to be an
..x-oonvict from Leivenworth. Kan., was
arrested after a desperate fight with the
-
police lit which he defended himself with a
clasp knife. He was felled by a blow and
quickly handcuffed. On him a complete
set of ys to the postofnee were found,
which he had stolen from the room of the
Janitor In the federal building. It ia prob
able the federal courts will take rare of
the rase. At the time of his arrest he
was found snerklng about the poatofflce.
Dolls, Sores and Felons
Find prompt, sure cure in Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, also eczema, salt rheum, burns,
bruises and pile, or no pay. For sale
by Kuhn 4k Co.
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPEFUL
f s-sasssass.es.
Committeemen Think They Can Do Bonu
thiag in Iowa This Tear.
NEEDS OF THE STATE INSTITUTIONS
Snate Board of Health Rescinds Or
der Refusing Certificates to
J. on-Hesldental Itinerant
Doctors.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DEB MOINES, Aug. 7.-(Special.)-The
members of the democratic state committee
and the candidates for state office and
other prominent democrats held a meeting
here today and considered plans for the
coming state campnlgn. They will not open
headquarters at once, but will begin some
work. Last year Chairman Jackson of the
state committee did but little more than
"et tne organization well In hand and to
Prepare for a campaign this year. This
vear much nre than organization work
will be done and all who were here ex-
pressed the belief that they would be able
to make a decided advance this year. All
the members of the state committee were
present except one. Jerry Sullivan, candi
date for governor, and Judge Caldwell,
candidate for Bupreme Judge, spoke of the
work they were ready to do and Indicated
that they were ready for an aggressive
campaign. Others present were: Judge M.
J. Wade of Iowa City, member of con
gress; Charles A. Walsh of Ottumwa, sec
retary of the national committee; G. F.
Rlnehart of Newton, S. S. Wright of Tip
ton, John Shortley of Perry and John
Stubenrach of Pella. The democrats will
be ready to start their campaign some
what In advance of the republicans. Mr.
Sullivan expects to make a speaking cam
paign. Report on State Hospital.
I The biennial report of Superintendent Ap
plegate on the Iowa hospital was filed to
day, and the superintendent reports many
improvements In the two years, including a
new heating system, the Improvement of
the farm and garden and much repair work
to buildings. The hospital needs an In
firmary for women, an amusement hall
and many other things, summarised as
follows: Woman's infirmary, 130,000; oper
ating room for men's infirmary, SS.OOO; en
larging horse barn, $1,500; farmers' lodge,
, $9,000; bake oven, $2,000; floors and furnl-
ture, $12,000; kitchen Improvements, $2,600;
amusement hall, $3,500; extension of main
corridor, $2,500; ' basement, $1,200; painting,
$7,000; Improvement of grounds, $4,000; cls
j tern and fire protection, $5,000; farm and
i garden, $7,500; roof for engine room and
j resetting boilers, $6,500; reservoir, $3,500;
bathroom fixtures, $1,000; lavatories, $2,000;
tunnels, $3,000; new sewers, $2,000; temper
lng colls, $2,600; standplpe, $3,500; contin
gent and repair fund, $18,000.
Indnstrlal School for Girls.
Superintendent Fitzgerald In his biennial
report asks for some much-needed Im
provements at the Industrial School for
Girls at Mitchellvllle, Including the fo!
lowing: New cottage, $25,000; office build'
lng, $6,000; ice house, $1,200; meat house or
refrigerator, $1,000; contingent or repair
fund, $3,600; library fund, $600; chaplain
fund, $300; total, $36,300. In regard to the
parole system Superintendent Fitzgerald
declares his opposition to It, as the pur
pose of the school should be to give the
wayward girls education or training to fit
them for life, or the system of putting
them out on paroles Is found to be not
suitable. The grade system Is also dls
approved to some extent. The method of
securing good work or preventing escapes
Is to lead the girls to desire education or
to make their work profitable or pleasant,
They are Impressed that this Is not
prison, but a school. The result has been
that the girls are given great liberty, are
allowed to go to town or small parties,
frequently visit Des Moines and there are
no attempts at escape. Superintendent Fits
geraia bsks lor an increase In the, per
capita allowance for the Institution that
the growing needs may be met.
Modified Itinerant Rnle.
Before adjourning, the State Board of
Medical Examiners rescinded the resolu
tion of the board, which was passed, last
February, which directed the secretary to
not Issue licenses to itinerant' doctors re
siding In other states. The attorney gen
eral has since decided that the board ex
ceeded Its authority in making this dis
crimination. Complaint had come to the
board because of doctors holding licenses
J and residing in other states. They would
eena xneir agents into tne state and do a
fraudulent business, but because of tholr
living In another state the victims would
prefer to let the matter go, and not prose
cute. Hereafter the old system of issuing
licenses to outside doctors will prevail
again. The board directed the Issue of
certificates to 137 of the 181 applicants who
were examined. The Board of Health
! elected Dr. Adams and Colonel Francis
company, with a capital of $26 010, was In-
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corporated by F. H. and H. H. Shepard.
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Look for No Fair Postponement.
The statement has been published some
what widely In the state that there is ex
pectation of a postponement of ths St.
Louis exposition for another year, and
this statement Is causing some embarrass
ment to the comrnlKKioncri engaged In
working for an Iowa exhibit. Secretary
Conaway, who recent'y vlaited St. Louis,
says that there is much talk on the out
side about the fair not being ready for
! "ct 'r- but thnt "ong the tffl.Uli of
j exposition there is no anticipation that
I tn exposition will be put off. On the con-
I n .. a i i
I wry. r. runaway wa grr.ny pieaseu
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tire progress mat was oeing maae in
building the' exposition, and says that he
sees no reason why the fair management
will not be able to get ready for the otn
lng nrxt spr.nj. At any rate, the low
commission Is going ahrad on the aisunp
tlon that the exposition will be next year
and not the year after. The Icwa bu lding
will toon be out of the way, aad tt.e work
of getting ready for an Iowa exhibit ii
now well In hand.
Olmsted May Inspect Guard.
Governor. Cummins has requested of the
War Department that Major J. A. Olra
sted of this city, retired United States
army major, be dnnlgnated to represent
the regular army In Iowa In the m itter
of Inspection of the national guard and In
struction under the new national militia
law. The request has been seconded by
Congressman Hull, and It Is regarded as
certain Major Olmsted will be named.
Major Olmsted la a retired major, and
was for two years Inspector of the Iuwa
National Guard, and was regarded as very
efficient. He Is now military Instructor at
the State Normal school at Cedar Falls.
It Is probable that the encampment of
the Fifty-fourth regiment will be held at
Burlington, and that of the F.fty-slxth
may be located at Fort Dodge, as fl;oux
City Is understood to be IntlfTerent to It
Des Moines Knights of Columbus, at the
regular meeting Tuesday night, will ar
range to send a telegram of congratula
tions to Pope Plus X at Rome. Such ac
tion Is being taken by the Knight of Co
lumbus all over the country, and the Des
Moines council will be one of the first.
WOMEN PROBABLY WORKED
Roy and Pay for Magraslne and Soy
Walt for the Pre
miums. CRESTON, la., Aug. 7,-(Speclal.)-
About 100 women of Creston are wonder
ing whether they are really such great
bargain getters, or whether they have b' en
the victim of misplaced confidence. About
six weeks ago a smooth-tongued stranger
came to town, purporting to be advertis
ing the New Idea Magazine. He said he
was going to put In a premium store and
give away premiums for the purchase of
so many magazines. The capital prize was
Ano dinner set of Haviland china, which
would be delivered when they had bought
flfty-twe Journals at 10 cents each, with
the understanding that they were to buy
twenty-eight more. There were also
smaller premiums for lesser numbers of
books, and those who stopped at the
smaller number now seem to have been
lucky. He delivered the bookB, one each
week, for a lime, and Impressed upon the
women that the sooner all were bought
the quicker the premium would be deliv
ered, and Induced many to pay the full
$5.20 and take all the magazines. This was
about two weeks ago, and when the worn in
began to get anxious about their money
they Inquired at his boarding place and
found that he had been gone from town
almost a week, and neither premiums nor
store have yet materialized. The women
have a number of magazines worth prob
ably 2 -cents each, and, as It now looks,
$5.20 worth of experience. The magazines
could be bought for probably 2 cents each.
Farmer Files Bankruptcy Petition.
CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 7. (Special.) Frank
Chandler, one of the most widely known
farmers of Sand Creek township, and h s
wife, have, filed petitions In voluntary
bankruptcy. Their liabilities are given at
$25,768, and assets at $12,582, of which $7,100
Is In real estate. Mr, Chandler has been a
prominent stock tals r and grain man,
and the cause of the failure Is not known,
as he was supposed to be well fixed.
Creston Boy Enters Annapolis.
CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 7 -(Speolal.)-Regi-nald
Glllmer, who was appointed by Con
gressman Hepburn as alternate, and after
wards by Senator Dolllver as principal in
the competitive examination, has success
fully passed all the tests and been ad
mitted as a cadet In the United States
naval academy at Annapolis. His parents
are residents of Creston.
Big Price for Land.
CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 7. (Special.) Those
people who thought that farm land In
Union county was decreasing In valm
have another guets coming. George Wat
lace yesterday purchased of Ezra Arnold
twenty acres of land Just east of the
north branch track, near Creston, for
which ho paid $2,300, or $115 per acre. This
is the highest price ever paid for farm
land In this vicinity.
Lay Church Corner Stone.
CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 7.-(3peclal.)-Work
on the new $35,000 M. E. church of this
place Is progressing finely. Arrangements
have been made for the corner-stone 1 lying
anti dedication. The corner-stone will be
laid next Sunday, and the dedication will
take place November 22.
PIGEON STOPPED A CLOCK
Rescued from an Accidental Snare In
the Steeple of a New
. York Church.
The mystery of the erratic conduct of the
clock In the steeple of St. Mark's church,
Second avenue and Tenth street, was
cleared up when a kite string and a pigeon
were found to be responsible for the
charges of horologlcal misconduct lodged
against the ancient timepiece since last
Sunday. The bird, entangled In the cord,
was rescued by the assistant sexton amid
the cheers of a great crowd far below, Just
In time to snve Its life, for It was In the
last stages of starvation.
Churchgoers and others noticed last Bun
day that the clock waa acting In a man
ner befitting neither its age nor Its position
as hour marker over the historic graveyard.
Not only was Its course unreliable, but Its
actions were positively skittish, the minute
hard having been seen to wiggle In a most
undignified manner. Robl Roefs, the as
sistant toxton, observed all four dials of
the clock during a period of time marked
by the consumption of four plpefuls of to
bacco, but aside from a fluttering bird on
the first ledge below the eastern face could
see nothing unusual.
By Monday the clock had stopped alto
gether, and cn Tuesday It was decided that
something was radically wrong with It.
On Wednesday the decision was reached
that the repairer was needed; Thursday he
was summoned, and Friday he teported and
climbed Into the belfry. Mr. Roefs took his
station on the other side of the street to
watch developments and his earnest gaze at
the clock attracted a little crowd.
The clock repairer meanwhile found noth
ing wrong with the works and began turn
ing the hands. As the big axle revolved a
little winged creature, fluttering feebly, was
seen to be carried up by some invisible
forco toward the sweeping hands. A shout
rang from the crowd, and Mr. Roefs rsn to
the church and up into the steeple to halt
the man there. The crowd outlde had
swelled to a throng of a couple of thousand.
Trucks stopped In the street and the drivers
watched the struggles of the snared pigeon.
Then the hands stopped, the bird swinging
a few inches below them.
Wrhlle the street full of men. women and
children waited in painful anxiety to see
the fate of the bird a lattice far below the
clock was opened and a long ladder was
thrust out. The assistant sexton and the
clockman lashed It upright, and then Mr,
Roefs began Ms ascent outside the steeple,
in a few minutes be reached the ledge be
low the clock and, drawing up another lad
der, waa able to rvh the dial. Then he
gently disentangled the bird from the kite-
string, one end of which had been wrapped
around the axle of the clock. Tearing away
the cord, he lowered the upper ladder.
climbed down the lower one and regained
the security of the Inside of the steeple.
The crowd cheered him when he rescued
the bird, and again when he came out of
the church. The pigeon was given to a
pigeon fancier living near by to nurse back
to health. The clock resumed its dignified
and accurate course of conduct, and
marked midnight acceptably to the ghosts
of Peter Stuyvesant and his fellow patrons
who lie burled In the quiet yard beneath.
New York Time.
TRUE ENGLISH FAIRY TALE
Nine-Year-Old Girl Mad Heiress to O'.d
Man's Million
SHE WON HIS HEART BY HER SMILE
John rort's Life Work and the Ro
man t Ic Tarn it Took After He
Had Met Its Little
Heroine.
A little English girl living near Manches
ter has been made, the heroine of a real,
actual fairy tale Just like one of the kind
she loves. She won the heart of an old,
seemingly crabbed man. He Is dead now,
and Janey, at the age of , Is worth $2,500,
000. The story of Jane Loft's good fairy begins
seventy years ago, when there was born In
a mean street of -an ugly Manchester sub
urb a boy who In the ordinary course of
tvents was christened John Port. His
parents were among the poorest of the
poor, and the boy had hardly emerged from
babyhood before he was plunged into fac
tory work.
There was no factory Inspector In those
days to save a child fr6m work at a tender
age and John went Into the factory without
education and with no hope of securing it.
At I o'clock In the morning the hoarse
call of the whistles drew him to the mill
and sent him home again at t. From then
until 8 the boy struggled with his books
In an effort to give himself knowledge
which could not be'glven him byothers. It
was a commonplace chapter In the life of
a commonplace boy.
Other boys In his position had no hope.
They were reconciled early to the prospects
of dreary work and hopeless poverty, but
John was angrily ambitious.
"I hate poverty; I will be rich some day,"
he told his foreman.
Living in this state of rebellion, he at
tained his majority. He was earning $7.60
a week then, and for eight years had been
saving a little from his wages. He found
himself able to set up a small shop and
start out on his own endeavors. Manches
ter was then a growing city, constantly
spreading out. People were beginning to
swarm to its suburbs, and partlculnr'y to
the suburb In which John Port's shop was
located.
"Sell the people's necessaries; let others
sell them luxuries." was the maxim he
worked on. He realized that tho peop'a
flooding the new district must have beds
and he began the manufacture of them.
His suceeai was Immediate and great. In
time he had built a large factory and soon
had become one of the wealthiest men In
Manchester.
He also became one of the loneliest and
least known of the citizens. He played no
part In publlo lite. He had nothing In com
mon with the other citizens. He had mar
ried, but his wife died and left him child
less. He was a self-centered man. Busi
ness was his all Jn life. He had succeeded
as he had told the foreman he would. He
was rich, but he was a solitary old man.
Beginning of Romance,
Here begins the romance of a hitherto
unromantlo life. A little girl of 4 years
managed to entwine herself in the heart of
the old martinet. Without knowing that
he was yielding to her Influence, the old
man found that he could not live without
the girl. He took her to his home and her
welcome when he returned at the evening
from his factory was the one pleasant
feature of his life.
They used to romp about the house to
gether tb the surprise of the servants, who
never tad seen the head of the house un
bend. The rid man called the girl his "lit
tle ray of sunshine," and was a "brighter
and l.appler man In her company. '
He e'led a few weeks ago and when his
will was cpened :t was found that every
thing had been left to little Janey Loft
w.'th the stipulation U at she. take his name
t-nd be known as Jane Port.
Good fortune has not changed the girl,
who Is now 9 years old. A visitor found
her the other day playing the piino In tho
drawing room a tall, graceful Mttle
maiden dressed In "ivhlte, her well poised
head fringed with dark brown ringlets. On
a footstool near her feat sat listening sl
ilently another pretty little miss with long
; fair hair, and curled up on the floor ba-
tween them wos a yellow and white dog.
slumberously Indifferent to the charms of
music. A dainty picture the three of them
made.
Miss Port played with unusual skill for
one so young. Presently she sang In a
pleasing childish treble.
The song over, the little musician Intro
duced first her friend, then Jackey, the dog,
"Isn't he a beauty?" she exclaimed, caress
ing the dog a description which, it Is to
be feared, a canine expert might question.
"Jackey Is my greatest friend. They
would not let me take him to Wales with
me. and I missed him so much that I hur
ried back home to see htm."
Miss Port does not realize the good for
tune that has befallen her, although her
school companions have hinted at It to her,
She, by the way, declines to leave the pub
lic schools she has been accustomed to at
tend and have her tuition undertaken by
a private governess.
'What would you like to do, Jane, If
some day you became a ricn woman 7
asked the visitor.
Please do not call me 'Jane,' " was the
reply. "I like 'Janey' better."
"All right, Janey. When you grow up
would you like to be a fine lady and live
In London and have carriages and horses
and servants?"
'No, I am sure I should not. I should
like to live In the country and grow (lowers
and vegetables. The flowers I could send
to ths hospitals and the vegetables J
could give to the pool. On hospital Sun
day I sent such a beautiful basket of flow
era, but I think the children liked better
the basket of daisies 1 gathered for them
myself. Don't you think all little children
like daisies better than those big red and
blue flowers you buy In the shops?"
In course of further conversation Miss
Port said that what she liked doing best
gt school was arithmetic. "When she was
ever such a small child," added the
mother, "she would ask me to give her
sums to do out of her head. For a child
she has a remarkable aptitude for mental
rlthmetlc."
Miss Port gave the visitor to understand
that she did not care In the least for
horses and carriages or fine dresses and
Jewels. All she wanted, It appeared, to
complete her present napplness was , a
bicycle a. modest request, which at the
time of the visitor's departure seemed on
the high road to be compiled with. "And I
hope I shall go to the pantonine next
Christmas, for I so love the fairies."
LRUs "Janey" Port has had her own
real "good fairy," who has made hsr one
of the richest children In England. Chi
cago Tribune.
MAKING HELMETS FOR FIREMEN
Very Little Ckssc la the Pashloa la
Fifty Years, bat Prlee
Takes Tumble.
There are only two firms In New York
that make the solid leather hats that fire
men wear while fighting the flames, and
they are within a stone s throw of each
other In Orand street. One firm has been In
business for fifty-one years, when It used
to make bats for the old volunteer firemen.
The other firm entered the field thirty-eight
years Ago.
At that time the price of a fterman's hat
was $12. The hat worn then was much the
same In shape ss those worn today, but not
so strong or durable. The first effect of
competition was to cut the price down to
$10. then to $8, and finally to $r, which Is
the fixed cost agreed upon today by the
rival manufacturers. As New Tork com
pels every firemen to buy his own hat, the
reduced price makes a material difference
to the man In the ranks. The white hel
mets worn by the chiefs cost more, accord
ing to the amount of ornamentation de
sired. The rrice of a fire chief's hat ranges
from $10 to $a.
There has been very little change In the
Style of firemen's hats since they were
adopted fifty years ago but Improved pro
cess of manufacture hits made them lighter
and at the same time nfford better protec
tion against falling timbers or bricks. The
very latest fireman's hat has n Inside can
vas lining which can be bulged out Into a
cushion, so that If a brick or anything else
dors crufh In the thick leather superstruc
ture the fireman's head Is more or less pro
tected. It takes ten days to make a fireman's
helmet. Thnt Is to say, ten or even one
hundred of them can be made In the same
time; but owing to certain processes the
leather must be put through it Is Impossible
to make one fireman's hat that will stsnd
Official inspection In less than ton days.
Nothing Is used In their manufacture but
wire and leather, hut the latter must be
hardened by a special process until It Is
virtually bullet proof and has almost the
resisting power of steel. The leather Is
put through the most severe tests In the
drying room. A slab of, leather used In
making the hats Just shipped to Porto
Rico bcre the weight of a three-ton Iron
safe. The manufacturers say that their
process will produce a sheet of leather that
Is harder than Iron.
The old volunteer firemen used what Is
called a four-cone helmet. The firemen of
today use an eight-cone helmet. In old
times, and even now with some of the
suburban volunteer Are companies, there
was some attempt at ornamentation; but
the city fireman wants none of It. Regu
lations call for the plain black helmet
with the brass eagle on top and a shield
with the number of the company for the
front. Nor Is tho brass eagle a work of
ornamentation. It Is solidly built, and the
firerren often uses It to smash In windows
when no more formidable instrument is l
handy.
A "cone" Is a sharp ridge of metal that
runs from the crown to the brim of the hel
met, about half an Inch high. It Is neces
sary to give strength to the hat, as well as
to protect the surface from falling debris
lr. burning buildings. Up-to-date Are hel
mets have four of these large cones. Just as
the hats worn by the volunteers did, but
they have also four more cones about one
eighth of an Inch high Intersecting the oth
ers, and are therefore called eight-cone ! '
hats.
There are Ave thicknesses of leather In the
helmet, from crown to brim. In front the
brim Is narrow, about the same as In a
man's derby, but at the back of the brim
10 very wide and sloping. This Is not only
to carry off the water, so that It shall not
run down the fireman's back, but It Is also
a protection In case of falling debris. A
few bricks would be more likely to knock
a fireman's hat off than they would to land
on his head.
An attempt has been made recently to use
aluminum Instead of leather in the manu
facture of firemen's hats, but the experi
ment has not been altogether satisfactory,
particularly In cities. The use of metal,
enhances the danger when coming In con
tact with electric wires, and the simplest
sort of an accident is likely to put ths
aluminum hat out of business. Still they
are much lighter than the leather hats.
New York Times.
The Irishman's u-fsrestlon.
At '.he June polo games of the Philadel
phia Country chub George Gould, like all
other plsyers. wore breeches of white duck.
On the porch of the club house he said,
one afternoon, looking down at his breeches
with a smile: .
"Duck trousers always remind me of an
Incident that happened aboard a battleship !
!ast summer. The battleship was one of
those that lay voft Newport, and I was
vlaltlng It. The day was fine, and a multi
tude of little boats were circling about, bent
on seeing all that could be seen.
"There was a young officer on board who
must have sat down accidentally on a fresh
painted bench or something of that kind,
for his white duck trousers were very dirty. I
He, though, was not aware of It He
moved among the ladies gallantly, and his
trousers were an eyesore. Suddenly some
one on one of the little boats below caught
sight of them, and in a stentorian Irish
voice shouted:
" 'Och. misther, wouldn't yer ducks he
better for a shwim.' "Kansas City Jour
nal. As to Hygiene.
The world progresses. Observer had oc
casion to consult the doctor the other day,
for the first time In a long period, and was
handed, not a prescription after the old
fashion, but a diet list after the new. His
attention being thus personally conducted
to the subject he has since found a goodly
number of similar lists In use among his
friends and acquaintances. The modern
motto of medicine appears to be, Indeed,
"As man eateth, so he Is," and the doctor
lays his mightiest stress not up his dally
doses as of old. The old woman who said
feebly, In former days, "Leave the pills on
the chimney piece, docther, and I'll tako
them when I feel betther!" was wiser than
her generation. The period of pills Is pass
ing and diet dawns Instead in hopefully hy
gienic lines upon a welcoming world. Hotel
Life.
Bargains In Fyelnalies.
In a hair store on Broadway a novelty Is
being sold in the shape of long, luxuriant
eyelashes, which can be adjusted In two
minutes and will wear for one month.
They cost (3 a pair. A pair of eyebrows
can also be had costing V, and It Is said
they will only need renewing twice a year.
The demnnd Is not brisk as yet. New York
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