TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1903.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL
MIlfOR JrlESTIOH.
Davis sells drugs.
Stockert sells carpets.
Crayon enlarging. 308 Broadway.
Expert watch repairing. Leffert, 109 B'y.
Celebrated Mets beer on ap. Neumayer.
I)lamond betrothal ring at LelTert'e, 40
Broadway.
UK and 1K wedding rlnka at Leffert's,
4o9 Broadway.
Mr. and Mm. Herman Roach will leave
today (or a vlait with relative In Palermo,
Kan.
Bee the hand-painted china In tha ahow
window at C. H. Alexander & Co.'a, Ki
li roadway.
Miss Ada Wasoner of Benton Harbor.
Mich., la the meet of her cousin, Mlaa Mll
' lie Graham.
Mlaa V'erna M. Bhedd left yesterday for
Iowa City to resume her atudlea In tha
State university.
Kor rent, office room, ground floor; one
of the moat central locations In the busi
ness portion of tha city. Apply to Tha Bee
office, city.
We contract to keep public or private
houses free from roRches by the year. In
sect Kxtermlnator Mnnufacturlng company,
Council HlulTs, la. Telephone SS4.
Mies M. Frances Walker, who has been
spending the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Oscar Keellne. left yesterday to resume her
work as teacher In the state school for the
deaf at Taladega. Ala.
Detective Murphy, who was stricken with
apoplexy Sunday afternoon, regained con
sciousness early yesterday morning and his
condition Is much improved. There are now
strong hopes for his complete recovery.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Library Trustees scheduled lor
last night whs adjourned until this evening
as several of the members desired to at
tend the Ak-Bar-Ben meeting In Omaha.
To advertise our many new styles of plo
tures we will for thirty days give to those
whir mention this ad 26 per cent reduction
on all work. Life else portraits a specialty.
The Stigleman Studio, 43 and 46 South Main
Lew Uedlnirer, an employe of the Harle
Haas Drug company, died early yesterday
morning at 646 Fifth avenue from diph
theria, after a week's illness. The remains
will be taken to his former home at Win
throp, la.
Mrs. Edgar Hafer left yesterday for a
visit In Atchison. Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Hafer
will leave the latter part of tha month for
Jacksonville, Ore., where Mr. Hafer has
extensive lumber interests and where they
will make their home.
Kobert Harrison, living on Ridge street,
was yesterday committed to St. Bernard's
hospital by the board of Insanity for ob
servation. Harrison's condition la believed
to be due to tha excessive use of morphine
He Is 32 years of age and has a wife and
two children.
Captain B. W.' Wright has announced the
engagement of his daughter. Miss Laura,
to Valdemar M. Johnson, the wedding to
take Diace Wednearlav. Hpntomhor an or tha
home of the bride on Bluff street. Mr.
Johnson is a member of the clerical force
f the postofflne. ,
The casa urn I nut Mr Hon Rll ami PV.nV I
Newman, charged with breaking Into a
room at the Depot hotel on South Main
street and stealing a small sum of money
belonging, to a guest, waa dismissed In
Justice Otiren's court yesterday for want
of evidence to convict.
J. W. Dalley, the one-armed shoestring
peddler, who snatched a watch from Henry
white of Gretna, Neb., Sunday afternoon,
had hie preliminary hearing in police court
resterday morning and waa bound over
o the grand Jury, his ball being placed at
$000. He was transferred from tha city to
the county Jail.
Zeph Hughes, who escaped from the hos
pital at Mount Pleasant where he had been
committed ax a chronic Inebriate, was ar
raigned yesterday before Justloe Carson
on an Information filed by Deputy Sheriff
Oroneweg, charging him with vagrancy
under the state law. He will have a hear
ing Wednesday morning.
Mayor Morgan received a letter yesterday
from Clifford; Wayne Hartrldge, secretary
of the Sir Thomas Llpton testimonial com
mittee. New York City, asking him to be
come the member of the eommlttee from
this city. Not being of a nautical turn of
mind. Mayor Morgan suggested to H. Z.
llass, commodore of the Manawa Tact
club, that he accept the position, and Mr.
Haas consented to do so.
The -eommlttee appointed at the last meet
ing of the Went Knd Improvement club to
draft a ..Constitution and bylaws has been
unable to cojnpleto Its report in time for
the meeting announced for Wednesday
venlng of this week, and the meeting has
been adjourned until Friday evening, Sep
tember at, at whtvh time a full attendance
of all members la desired at the eounty
building, corner of Twenty-fourth street
knd Avenue B.
Chester Egbert, who celebrated his es
cape from the Insane asylum at Clarlnda
and subsequent parole by the local board
of Insanity Saturday night, by getting
drunk, was released from the city Jail
yesterday. Judge Scott gave him a thirty
day sentence on bread and water which
waa suspended so long as ha keeps away
from the saloons. Egbert agreed to leave
town. Charles Langdon, arrested with Eg
bert, was also given a similar suspended
sentence on the same conditions.
O S. and Marlon Nixon, young men liv
ing with their parents on a farm near
Weston, this county, were arret--d yester
day afternoon, charged with larceny from
a building. They went Into Friedman's
pawnshop on Broadway and while Marlon
engaged Friedman In converaatlon relative
to the pawning of a watch, the other put a
repeating rifle under his long rain-coat and
walked out of the place. Deputy City Mar
shal Louoh happened to pass by at tha
time and he overhauled Nixon when he
had gone but a short distance.
Mrs. Isabel Beecroft died at a lata ho'ir
Sunday night at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Theodore Oulttar, 116 North Eighth
street. She was 87 years of age and had
been a resident of Counoil Bluffs since 186.),
Death was due to the Infirmities of old
age. She Is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Oulttar of this city, and Mrs. T.
lirockenberg of Almo, Idaho, and two Bona,
Henry and Robert Beecroft of thla city.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at
I o'clock from the Oulttar residence, and
burial will be In Walnut Hill cemetery.
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel., 280. Night. F67.
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Worries school Officers.
Tha school authorities are fearful of a
Cold snap at this particular time and are
fervently hoping for another spell of warm
weather. Their anxiety over tre weather
conditions Is due to the fact that several
of the school buildings have more or leas
water In the basements and the heating
plants cannot be operated nor any coal
stored In the cellars. As yet the Bloomer
and Washington Avenue schools are about
the only ones that hare a sufficient supply
of fuel to start tha heating planta.
The schools of which the basements are
full of water are the high school. North
Eighth Street Third Street, Thirty-second
Btreet, Second Avenue, Avenue ' B and
Twentieth Avenue. At the North Eight
Btreet building' there Is twenty Inches of
water In the basement, and but little prog
ress can be made In pumping It out, as It
keeps seeping in almost as fast as It Is
removed. The high school has five Inches
of water In the basement, Owe to the back
ing up of the sewer. Tha Courtis nd school
at Cut-OfT Is without coal, and owing to
the condition of the roads It would be al
most Impossible to get any there at tha
present time. '
Plumbing and Heating. Blxby A Son.
Millinery Opealasr.
Thursday and Friday. September 17 and
li, swellest Una of pattern hats ever shown
In the city; also an elegant line of tailored
ults and skirts.
ANNA II. MOORE, IS9-41 Broadway.
Real Estate Transfers.
This transfer waa filed yesterday In the
abstract, title and loan office of Squire at
iAnnls, 101 Pearl street:
Heirs of William II M. Pusey to Ella
O. Plnney. part 1 In 14,
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LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
M pearl St. Ceuaoil Huffs. 'Phaaa R.
BLUFFS.
WATER STILL TROUBLESOME
Counoil Diicuttes Meam of Draining the
F.oodad Diitricta.
WICKHAM GETS THE PAVING CONTRACT
Aldermaa tesget ftaaajeats Deferring
the Work In til Another Tear,
bat Majority Decides for
Immediate Actios.
Devising means and ways to relieve the
fjood conditions still existing In several
sections of the city occupied the attention
of the city council for a considerable por
tion of last night's session.
Alderman Lougee reported that a large
area east of the Northwestern tracks and
north of Avenue O was still under water
and that the conditions there were as bad
as the day after the flood. He suggested
that the Northwestern and Illinois Central
railroads be compelled to place a number
of culverts under their tracks to facilitate
the draining of this district. He said that
to attempt to drain this large area with
the present culverts waa about as useless
as to try to drain the Atlantic with a hose.
At the solicitation of the alderman from tha
Second ward tha city engineer was In
structed to devise some plan for draining
this district and to ascertain where extra
culverts were needed under the railroad
tracks, v
To expedite the draining of the sub
merged district north of Broadway be
tween Sixteenth and Twentieth streets Al
derman Lovett was empowered to have a
number of dltohes dug In that neighbor
hood. These ditches are to drain the water
south of Broadway to connect with the
Pettlbona ditch, which will carry tha water
to Spoon lake.
Conditions were reported to be but little
Improved In the Fifth ward and the city
engineer was authorised to contract for
the widening of the ditch at Ninth avenue
and Twenty-third street At the sugges
tion of Alderman Fleming It waa decided
to put In adequate culverts on Ninth ave
nue at Twenty-first and Twenty-fourth
streets. Alderman Fleming stated that tha
city engineer had suggested that about
1,600 feet of sewer pipe be laid along Ninth
avenue to drain tha immediate vicinity,
and the city engineer was Instructed to
report at the next meeting an estimate of
the cost of laying such pipe.
Wlckbam Gets Farina; Contract,
The contract for the paving of the streets
and avenue recently ordered to Improved
was awarded to E. A. Wlckham on his bid
of 11.81 for Oaleeburg block on ooncrete
base and H.79H for Oalesburg block on
Council Bluffs brick base. The contract
will amount to nearly 1100,000, as there are
about 30,000 yards of paving on ooncrete
base and about 20,000 yards of brick base
Included In It Alderman Huber waa in
favor of permitting tha property owners
to select the kind of brick to bs used, but
the other members declared themselves In
favor of the Oalesburg blook.
Alderman Lougee opposed letting the con
tract for the streets to be paved with
brick base at this time and urged that It
be laid over until next year. The contract,
however, for the entire work was awarded
Wlckham, Alderman Fleming alone voting
against It
On Alderman Casper's motion the city
engineer was instructed to prepare specifi
cations for the paving of Little Ridge
street, which since the heavy rains is in
an almost Impassable condition. Fleming
avenue was ordered placed In passable con
dition by the committee on streets and
alleys.
Regarding the petition that the extension
of Union avenue to the transfer depot,
which Is on ground owned by the Union
Pacific, be placed In condition so It can
be used by the mall and express wagons
Alderman Casper ro ported that he had been
advised that the government had control
over all thoroughfares used by the mall
service, and that If referred to him Post
master Haselton would take up the matter
with the department In Washington. The
petition waa accordingly ordered referred
back to tha postmaster.
Gilbert Bros, asked permission to place
In a switch on Union avenue between First
and Second avenues-from the Union Pacific
ti-aoks to their coal sheds. The council saw
no reason why the request should not be
granted and the city attorney waa In
structed to draft tha necessary resolution
granting such permission.
The request of the Associated Charities
that tha taxes for 1901 on Its property used
as a creche and home for orphan and
destitute children he remitted was granted.
Important lasaraaea Ckssge,
Mr. B. N. Waller, who for the last fifteen
years has represented the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance company of Mil
waukee. Wis., In thla city, was laat week
appointed general agent for that.compkny
In the southwestern quarter of the state.
His territory Includes twenty-five counties,
succeeding the late H. A. Munger, general
agent of the company In Cedar Rapids, la.,
whose death took place September 6.
Mr. Waller's promotion comes as a result
of long and successful service. For a num
ber of years he has ranked among the most
successful agents of the company, and last
year waa awarded the class A medal given
by the company for tha largest amount of
business personally reported during the
year. He was laat year elected president
of the state association of Iowa agents of
tha Northweetsrn.
The change which has brought promotion
to Mr. Waller will also Increase the Im
portance of the company's Counoil Bluffs
office. Heretofore all premiums collected
In this agency were forwarded to the gen
eral agency in Cedar Rapids; but under the
new arrangement Mr. Waiter will have per
sonal charge of all collections and other
business of the company In this part of the
state. He will maintain his residence In
Council Bluffs, and with a much Increased
office force will handle the business from
this point.
Horticulturists Comlnaj.
The opening session of the annual meeting
of the Southwestern Iowa Horticultural so
ciety will be held this morning at 10 o'clock
in the south court room of the county
courthouse, when J. P. Hess of this city
will extend a greeting to the visitors. An
afternoon, and possibly evening, session will
be held today. Wedneaday will be devoted
by the visitors to sightseeing, and they will
be taken for a drive to Inspect the orchards
and vineyards in the vicinity of this city.
From advices received by Mr. Hess It Is
sxpeoted about fifty representative fruit
growers of tha twenty-four counties from
which the society draws Its membership
will be in attendance.
These are the officers of the society: Pres
ident. I. H. M. Edwards. Logan; vice pres
ident A. F. (Tollman, Corning; secretary.
W. M. Bomberger, Harlan; treaaurer. O. H.
Barnhlll; directors, Henry Field of Shen
andoah, George H. Van Houten sf Lenox.
D. II. Bullock of Nodaway, C 1L Deur of
Missouri Valley, James McGlnnls of Orls
wold, A. 1 Plummer of Ivy.
BIDS FOR DRAINING DITCHES
Foor Parties Babmlt Propositions for
Harrison-rot t a watt amle
Work.
Four bids for the construction of the
Harrison-Pottawattamie county drainage
ditches were received yesterday by County
Auditor Inr.es. They were from R. A.
Brown A Co. of Washington, Ind., Phelan
A Shirley of Omaha. E. A. Wlckham A
Co. of Council Bluffs and W. A. Smith of
Missouri Valley. These bids as received
by Auditor Innes cover the portion of the
work to be done in Pottawattamie county.
Bids from the same firms for the work to
be done In Harrison county have been re
ceived by Auditor Huff of that county.
Auditors Innes and Huff will open the
bids this morning at 11 o'clock at the for
mer's office here. The contracts will be
awarded at S o'clock this afternoon. The
bid of Phelan Shirley of Omaha was re
ceived by Auditor Innes one hour later
than the appointed time set forth In the
published advertisement. The question of
Its rejection or acceptance will be left to
County Xttorney KUlpack to determine.
R. A. Brown of Washington, Ind., and
W. A. Smith of Missouri Valley, two of
the bidders, are In the city. Mr. Smith is
the owner of large tracts of land which
will be benefited by the drainage ditches.
No injunction has been Issued yet by tha
court in the suit brought by Logan Craw
ford of Missouri Valley to restrain the
construction of the ditches.
Federal Court Today.
Judge Smith McPherson will convene the
fall term of United States court here this
morning. He arrived In the city laat even
ing and with him came E. R. Mason, clerk
of the district court; W. C. McArthur, clerk
of the district court, and O. M. Christian,
United States marshal for the southern
district A number of the grand and petit
Jurors also arrived last evening. Indica
tions are that the term will not be a heavy
one.
This assignment of cases has been made:
Tuesday, September 16 Lawrence T.
Brown against The Union Pacific Railroad;
Lucius Wells against James A. Pattern.
Wednesday, September 16 Lou Skelton,
administrator, against The Union Pacific
Railroad: H. I. Forsyth and Kobert Burt
against J. L. Sanderson.
Thursday, September 17 M. It. Free
against Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. This will not be tried, as a stipula
tion for dismissal was filed yesterday
Friday, September 18-Ellznbeth Thorpe,
administratrix, against Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railroad.
Monday, September 21 John R. Webster
against George T. Rew.
There are several bankruptcy cases to
come before the court and the trial of Fer
dinand Kuehnel on a charge of embezzle
ment Is slated for this term.
Joel Wright and George Black, who blew
open the safe of the Montezuma (la.) post
office on July 15 last, when they secured
$300 In stamps and cash, are to be brought
here for sentence. Wright Is said to be
also wanted In Arkansas for the murder of
a Jail guard there. Wright was arrested
for robbing a postofflce In Arkansas and
sentenced to fifteen years In the peniten
tiary. He succeeded In making his escape,
however, from the county jail after shoot
ing his guard.
Dismantling; Street Fair.
The work of dismantling the street fair
and carnival was In full swing yesterday.
Nearly all of the exhibits have been re
moved from the booths and many of the
booths themselves have been dismantled.
ay tonight little of the street fair will
remain but the bandstand and h ,.,-
Umber of the booths. All of the conces
sions nave disappeared, some going west
and some east to ahow at other fairs and
carnivals. The blr Ferris wheel h. tw.n
taken down, crated and shipped for a tour
oi xaira ana carnivals through the west.
Today the remainder of the canvas fenoe
will be taken down and shplped back to
Des Moines. The De Kreko shows with
their Orientals, have gone to Enid, O. T.
The entrance arch, which attracted so
much attention with Its electric lights. Is
so constructed that It can be removed In
sections and stored away for another year.
It will not be permitted to encumber the
street as was the one last year for several
months before It was removed to Fair
mount park.
The awarding of the several prizes which
was to have taken place laat evening, was
postponed until this evening. The awards
will be made from the bandstand.
The success of the carnival will, it is
expected, result In It becoming an annual
feature and an organisation similar to
Ak-8ar-Ben of Omaha formed. It has been
suggested, and the suggestion has met with
considerable Tavor, that the yearly car
nival be styled the Festival of the Full
Moon and tha organisation to conduct It
known as the Knights of the Full Moon.
Fir In Bridge Company Warehouse.
The fire department waa called at 9 o'clock
laat night to the warehouse of the Campbell
Bridge company on Thirteenth avenue and
Third street, where a blase had started In
one corner of the building. Considerable
damage was done before the flames were
gotten under control, but the firemen suc
ceeded In preventing what mlglt have
proved a costly blase, owing to the In
flammable nature of tha material stored In
the building. A quantity of bridge tools and
bridge material was damaged, but no esti
mate of the loss could be secured last night
or whether the building and contents were
Insured, as J. M. Flagler, manager of the
company, la out of the city. A number of
barrels of oil were stored In the warehouse,
and If the flames had reached these the
building and contents would have been
entirely consumed. Indications pointed to
the fire being of Incendiary origin.
POSSE PURSUES A MURDERER
Kills Another Man with Scantling
and Then Makes His
Escape.
DES MOINES, Sept. 14.-A telephone mes
sage from Oskalooaa thla afternoon states
that the sheriff of Mahaska county, ac
companied by a big posse, Is closely pur
suing James Lobblns, the negro who la
wanted for the murder of William Henry,
a white man.
Henry and Lobblns engaged In an alterca
tion near Buxton last night over Lobblns'
refusal to give Henry a drink of whisky.
Lobblns dealt Henry a terrible blow with
a scantling, crushing his skull.
Lobblns Immediately disappeared and has
not been seen since. Feeling Is at a danger
ous pitch and a rare war is feared.
No deaths from Fair Cider,
FAIRFIELD. la.. Sept. 11 (Special Tele
gram.) No deaths have resulted among the
people who drank "orange cider" at the
fair grounds Saturday. About fifty cases
were attended to by physicians, some of
them serious. M. L. Garvin, who sold the
decoction, was fined 130 for selling adul
terated goods. His partner, Frank Don
nelly, has escaped.
Are Simply Peraeet.
Dr. King's New Life Pills are prompt
safe, gentle and always satisfy or no pay.
Best for stomach and liver. Sc. i For sale
by Kuhn Co.
PAYS TflE POLICY IIOLDERS
Bat local Life of Minneapolis 8ett'es Law
uiti it Brought with Iowa Company.
RECORD OF IOWA WEATHER AND CROPS
Roek Island Railroad Lifts Blockade
at Atlantic Caased by Redac
tion of Yard Force at
that Polat.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Sept 14. (Bpectal.) The
suits of sixteen of the certificate holders
In the Northwestern life and Savings com
pany against that company and Its pur
chaser, the National Life of Minneapolis,
for recovery of money paid by the cer
tificate holders were dismissed today, a
settlement having been effected. The suits
were brought by residents of Dallas and
Guthrie counties for the purpose of secur
ing a return of the money paid while the
Iowa corporation was In existence, on ten
year gold bond certificates. After the com
pany sold out and abandoned the field the
last of the companies to succumb to the
attacks made by state officials to compel
compliance with the lawa, these certificate
holders and many others demanded a re
turn of their money. The suit was com
menced on the ground that the companies
had violated the agreement by taking the
business out of the state. Rather than go
to trial on the case the company paid back
the money and the suits were dismissed.
All other suits that have been commenced
from time to time for the return of the
money have been settled in the same way
by this and other companies.
Dobj Vp Wife's Money.
R. C. Dinnell waa given thirty days by
the police Judge this morning In which to
sober up, after a drunk in which he spent
freely the money he had dug up In the
yard on the day before while digging fish
worms. Mrs. Dinnell testified that he was
a common drunk and layed around the
place, refusing to do any work and spending
the money earned by her at washing. She
said that he had frequently taken money
from her, and that she had become ac
customed to secreting her earnings about
the place. Having exhausted all the hiding
places In the house, she put 114 In a tomato
can and burled It In the yard, where the
old man found it. When he was arrested
$2.70 was taken from him and this the
Judge turned over to Mrs. Dinnell. A
charge of vagrancy was lodged against
him In addition to the charge of Intoxica
tion, for which he was sentenced, which
Judge Sllvara holds againBt him for good
behavior. .
Weather for Thirteen Yeara.
The State Executive council at Its session
this morning declined at this time to order
the printing of additional copies of the ap
pendix to the annual report on the weather
and orop service for distribution by the
Iowa commission at the St. Louis exposi
tion. The council has directed the printing
of 10,000 extra copies for distribution In the
state. This is because the appendix, on
which Mr. Bage has been working for many
months, will be a complete review of the
Jowa weather and crop conditions covering
thirteen years, and in addition It will con
tain all the other data concerning meteor
ological conditions which have ever been
made of record. This Is the first attempt
that has ever been made to gather into one
volume all the Information available con
cerning the climatology of Iowa, and there
has been a steadily Increasing demand for
the Information. The Iowa commission had
hoped the state would print copies for dis
tribution at St. Louis as a part of the infor
mation regarding Iowa
New Telephoae Line.
The Farmers' and Mechanics' Telephone
company of Newhall was Incorporated to
day with 11,600 capital; James Harrington,
president; F. O. Byrner, secretary. The
Duncombe Hotel company of Fort Dodge
was Incorporated with $6,000 capital; Mrs. J.
F. Duncombe, president; W. E. Duncombe,
secretary. The Howard company of Red
Oak was Incorporated; capital, $4,000. Tho
Barden Harness company of Washington
was incorporated with $10,000 capital.
Secretary of State Martin returned to the
city today from California where he visited
a brother In Amador county, whom he had
not seen since 1860. Another brother from
Vermont accompanied him to California.
Railroad) Blockade Lifted.
A peculiar state of affairs existed for a
week or two at Atlantic, owing to Inability
to move freight by reason of congestion of
business In the yards. The company re
cently reduced Its force at Atlantic, cutting
off all the help at the round house except
one watchman and relieving the yard crews
and . taking away the engine used for
switching. As business accumulated It be
came impossible to move the trains with
the engines from the branches. The watch
man had worked so many hours that he
went home 111 and was unable to continue
work. Borne of the train crews abandoned
their trains In the yards because they had
been unable to keep awake longer. There
was Indignation among the shippers and
others Interested and there was an accumu
lation of cars In the yards which made It
Impossible for trains to run regularly.
Superintendent Smalley went to Atlantlo a
few days ago and took along an extra en
gine with which the yards were cleared and
arrangements made to prevent a recur
rence. The managers of the railroads all
believe that there has been too much re
duction of fores In the State,
Demand Chance la Ticket.
The political muddle In the Bremer-Butler
senatorial district is becoming more dang
erous. W. N. Larkln was nominated when
another had selected the majority of the
delegates to the convention. It is alleged
that Larkln secured the nomination either
by bribery or treachery or both, and a few
days ago a committee of Butler county re
publicans, including all but one of the del
egates to the convention frorrythat county,
called on Larkln and made a formal de
mand that he decline the nomination, which
he secured, they alleged, In a questionable
manner. It la proposed, if he will do so,
that another convention shall be held and
a new candidate be brought out. But
Larkln has refused to decline the nomina
tion. This Is believed to mean .the certain
election of a democratic senator, and John
Wade, brother of the congressman. Is slated
for the position.
The enrollment at the Iowa State college
at the beginning of tha school year is about
250 more than at any similar time In the
history of the college. Oovernor Cummins
estimates that the attendance will reach
1.800 before the year Is ended, and that It
will be a record-breaker. The college fao
'ultyals working In perfect harmony and
there Is great confidence In the new presi
dent, who has already taken bold In earn
est Drake university opened todsy with a
larger enrollment thaa usual, and the other
three colleges In Des Moines already opened
have larger attendance than ever before. It
Is learned that practically every college In
the state has an increased enrollment.
Indlanela Conference Opens.
INDIANOLA. Ia.. Bept. 14--(Special .)
With ths anniversary meeting of tho Des
Moines Conference Preachers' Aid society
Tuesday evening the annual meeting ef tha
Des Moines conference will be opened.
Bishop W. F. Mallalleu, who will preside
at Use conference, will make the address
on that occasion. Wednesday morning there
will be the first session of the conference,
and In the afternoon at 1:80 a sermon by
Dr. A. B. Storms. In the evening will be
held the conference missionary anniversary,
at which Rev. J. H. Senseney. presiding
elder of this district and president of the
conference, will preside. Thers will be ees
slons all the week and on Sunday and Mon
day of next week.
RIVAL FOR COLONEL SELLERS
Kansas Man Proposes a Bis Mann,
faetarlns; Scheme at
Crestea.
CRESTON, la., Sept. 14 (Special. ) A
man giving the name of L. Carr and claim
tng Atchison, Kan., as his home, was In
Creston Saturday endeavoring to Interest
the mayor and the leading capitalists of
the city In a scheme of gigantic magnitude
that would establish three manufactories
in this city that would do business with
the entire world. He claims that several
of the larger cities of the country are en
deavoring to secure his factories, but that
he would rather locate In a smaller city
and that he will establish the business In
the city that will allow him the largest
bonus. The scheme Involves the organisa
tion of a company under the laws of the
state of New Jersey for 125,000,000 and the
business will be to manufacture saddlery,
hardware, malleable iron works and. hams
factory, stove factory, brass and iron bed
works, six to nine cotton and woolen mills.
All the above lines are to be manufactured
In one city and the three factories or com
panies are to operate under one company.
All the articles manufactured are pro
tected by patents. The cotton and woolen
mills are for the manufacture of a patent
undershirt for which he holds the patent
It Is designed as a safe place to keep
money and valuable papers and will be
known as Carr's patent safety bank un
dershirt. He also wants two partners, a
secretary and treasurer. The plana were
all written out on a letterhead and he
seemed deeply In earnest His Idea did not
meet with much encouragement, but he
expects to call a meeting of the business
men tomorrow night to listen further to
his plana.
PROBATION TERM REDUCED
Iowa Methodists Believe Membership
W1U Be Increased by
New Plan.
MUSCATINE, la., Bept lC-Bellevlng
that thousands of souls would be saved
and that the Methodist church would reap
a consequent harvest In membership, the
lay delegates to the annual meeting of ths
Iowa conference have adopted a resolution
reducing the term of probation for mem
bers from six to three months.
The resolution as Introduced to the gath
ering, aside from reducing the probation
ary period, also provides that "in extreme
cases the term of probation be dispensed
with." This caused a heated debate and
when a vote was taken on the resolution It
was overwhelmingly defeated. Then the
question of reducing the probation period
was voted on and carried without a dis
senting vote.
Members of the conference say that
Methodism has lost untold members be
cause of the stringent rules of the church,
which have heretofore not allowed a eon
vert to be received Into full membership
for fully half a year. They say that
other churches are not nearly so strict
and that In consequence the Methodist
church has lost ground, where by the exer
cise of slightly more leniency it could have
strengthened Itself.
The conference elected John Mahen of
Muscatine, Charles Axtell of Newton, J. W.
Neaham of Ottumwa and D. H. Payne of
Bloomfleld lay delegates to the general con-
fere nee at Los Angeles in 1104.
PREDICTS A ' KILLING FROST
loax City Weather Forecaster Says
Wothln bnt Rata Caa
Avert It.
BXO'C jC CITY, la., Sept. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Frost In this vicinity Is forecasted
by the local weather bureau. Weather Ob
server Fursell said the frost would come
whether ths skies were cloudy or clear and
that only a rain would avert It. Thers Is
no Indication of rain and the temperature
Is rapidly falling. A killing frost Is an
ticipated for this section of Iowa and over
South Dakota.
, Women Talk Missions.
CRESTON, la., Sept. 14.-(Speclal.)-Ths
first annual convention of the Women's
Missionary association of the Methodist
Episcopal church for the Creston district
closed a very successful two days' con
vention here jsssterday. There waa rep
resentatives from all over the district,
which Includes the southwest half of ths
stste present and the meeting was very
Interesting. There were addresses by some
of the prominent women of the church from
Atlantic, Council Bluffs, Indlanola, Green
field, Afton, Red Oak and all over the pa
triot. The Creston women had prepared and
rendered an excellent program of vocal and
Instrumental music that was greatly ap
predated by the delegates. The principal
address Of the meeting was made by Mrs.
Allen of Atlantic on the question, "Need of
Home Missions," snd by Mrs. A. E. Griffin
of Council Bluffs, who presided over ths
meetings. The officers elected for ths en
suing term were: Mrs. W. O. Hohenshelt
of Indlanola, prealdenti Mrs. C. W. Car
roll of Creston, vice president; Miss Knspp
of Greenfield, recording secretary; Mrs.
English of Vllllsca. corresponding secre
tary, and Mrs. Replogen of Red Oak, treas
urer. Late Frest Only Salvation.
CRESTON, la., Bept. 14 (Special.) A
late frost Is the only salvation for the
crops In Union county and even then It
will be far from a full crop. Some of the
early corn is now maturing, but ths wet
weather of the past week and the cold
nights have somewhat Interfered with the
ripening process. The heavy rains of the
past two weeks besides ruining much of the
small grain has also damaged considerable
of the hay that was stacked In the field.
Oats are turning out fairly well and there
will be plenty of tall apples. Potatoes that
are on high ground will be a fair yield,
but many of them are on low ground and
are rotting.
Arrested Forcery Charge.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. Sept. 14. (Special
Telegram.) A man giving his name ss
Frank Williams and his horns at Toledo,
O., was arrested here this svenlng on the
oharge of forgery. He la alleged to have
forged tha name of John Assman, a well
known farmer living near Dell Rapids, to
a note for $249. which he cashed at the
First Nstlonat bank at Dell Raplda A
short time later he engaged a livery rig
and drove to this city. In the meantime
the forgery had been detected and Williams
was arrested soon after his arrival here.
The forgery was evidently the work of an
expert and It Is feared others have been
victimised-
Ko Time to Fool Away,
Coughs, colds and lung troubles demand
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PRESIDENT DILL IN WRECK
Special Train oi Northern Pacifo Bunt
Into Two Largs Boulder,
OCCUPANTS ONLY SLIGHTLY BRUISED
Entire Train on Same Road Goes lato
a Ditch Near Daasel, Mlnne- '
sot a, and a Hnmber
Are Injared.
LA CROS8E, Wis., Bept. 14 A sreclal
train consisting of an engine and two
coaches containing President J. J. Hill of
.the Northern Pacific railroad. President
Harris, the first and second vice presidents.
Chief Engineer Breckenrldge and other of
ficials of the Burlington early last evening
ran Into two large boulders which had been
washed on the track by a severe rainstorm
near Alma, and the engine was badly dam
aged. Outside of a bad " haklng up and a few
bruises none of ths officials on the train
was Injured.
A fierce storm was In progress when the
train left this city for St. Paul and the
engineer was running at a reduced rate of
speed when tha engine crashed Into the
rocks.
Chief Engineer Breckenrldge was In a
wreck about a year ago but a few miles
from Alma, In which Trainmaster Furdy
lost his life and other officials were badly
Injured.
Much damage was done to the railroads
In this vicinity by the storm. Numerous
washouts are reported and all trains are
late Into this city today.
THREE SUSPECTS RELEASED
Two Still la Custody on Snaplcloa
of Having; Robbed Valley
Spring Bank.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. 14 -(Speclal
Telegram.) Three of the five men who were
arrested on suspicion of having been im
plicated In the sensational robbery of the
Minnehaha County bank at Valley Springs
early laat Saturday rooming have been re
leased from custody, nothing having de
veloped that would connect them with the
robbery. The two men who are yet in cus
tody are the ones who were seen at Bran
don, between this city and Valley Springs,
last Thursday and Friday, and who took a
train for the latter place late last Friday
night. One of them gives his name as W.
H. Hunter and claims he is from Missouri.
He Is tall and dark, smooth-faced and has
a scar on the left cheek. The other states
that his name Is Ted O'Brien, athough his
companions says his first name is George
O'Brien, Is of sandy complexion. He Is
heavy set and. like his brother prisoner,
is smooth-faced. Both were captured at
Oarretson.
That other members of the gang, which
the officers have reason to regard as being
an exceedingly dangerous one, are still at
large, Is shown by the fact that two Bioux
Falls saloons were robbed, evidently by ex
perts, slnoe ths Valley Springs raid and
since Hunter and O'Brien were placed In
the eounty Jail. Owing to the absence from
the city of ths state's attorney, the pre
liminary examination of the two prisoners
will not be held for several days.
Inherits Valuable Estate,
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Sept 14. (Special.)
Nicholas Welnacht who for some time
has been foreman In tha office of the Nlch
rlchten, a weekly Oerman newspaper, pub
lished In this city, has been advised that
through the death of a relative he haa In
herited a valuable estate In Germany. He
will be able to live In ease and comfort the
balance of his days. Welnacht Is still a
young man, having only recently attained
his majority. He Is preparing to depart for
Germany, where he will remain during the
rest of his days and enjoy his Inheritance.
First Grata fa Lyman County.
8IOUX FALLS, 8. D., Bept 14.-6psclal.J
8. A. Keppler, a well known resident of
Lymsn county, has purchased a threshing
machine and will enjoy the distinction of
operating the first threshing machine ever
taken into Lyman county. He will com
mence work In the county about October
1. For years the residents of the county
have devoted their attention to stock rais
ing, but this season a great deal of grain
was put In, principally by new settlers,
who have been well rewarded for thelt
efforts.
Cold Weather Hampers Fair.
YANKTON, 8. D., Sept. 14.-(Speclal Tel
egram.) Cold weather today made prepara
tions for the state fair go forward slowly.
Entries are made In every line that will
fill every department full to overflowing.
Ths races will be the best ever held In thla
circuit. The crowd also will be In evidence
If the weather gets more favorable. To
morrow Is soldiers' and sailors' day, and
ths first of the series of races will be
put In.
Boy Thrown and Killed.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Sept. 14.-(Speclal.)
Elmer Pike, aged 13, son of prominent
residents in the vicinity of Bijou Hills,
was Instantly killed by being thrown from
a horse. Himself and a companion were
enjoying a horseback ride when the animal
ridden by ths unfortunate boy fell upon
htm, crushing out his life. His parents
had been to Sioux City and were returning
to their home when a messenger met them
and Informed them of the accident.
Colleare Hearing Completion.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Sept. 14.-(Speclal.)
The new Mennonlte college at freeman
Is rapidly nearlng oompletlon, and If pres
ent plans materialise It will bs opened to
students by the fors part or middle of
October. Rev. H. Bachman of Mountain
Lake, Minn., has been selected as prin
cipal. He will teach Oerman and English,
The remainder of the corps of Instructors
has not yet been determined upon.
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