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Tnn OMATTA DAILY BEK: WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1f!0S NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL MISOR MKKTIOV Darts wllR di-uK. I.effert'a glasses fit. fitorktrt sells carpets. A more for non-"Bono's." Celebrated Mets beer on tap. Ncumayer. Diamond betrothal rings at Leffert's, 4" Broadway. 14-K and 1-K wedding rings at Leffcrt's, 40 Uroartway. M. r. Reed. M Fourth street, la reported 111 with typhoid fever. IT. I. Forsyth ntid Dr. A. TT. Carter are home from a trip to New York. Mr. Hcrnlre Hmlth of sterling-, Colo., Is the guest of Mrs A. Metisger. Miss Arkwrleht. Christmas sale Novem ber M to lifo mtwr 5. Studio, W04 Mynster at. Free for a few days, a life nine portrait, llxlt, given with each dozen bast cabinets, "Williams. Members of J.lgzerila temple, Rathhone Blstrrs. will mo!t Thursday with Mra. tiraney. 3012 Avenue H. Mrs. Carpen'.er has arrived from Michigan to spend tha winter with her daughter, Mrs. Wilkin. 74S Went Washington avenue. Mrs. R. Lyon hns as her guests. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Turner of Harlan, Mrs. True Cleveland and Mra. T. J. Taylor of Taylor. Wanted, places where young men may Work for board and room or part, while attending college. Address Western Iowa College. For rent, office room ground floor; on of tha most central locations In the busi ness portion of tha city. Apply to Tha Baa office, city. i Mark Holder, who hss been living with til mother on Vaughn street, has been re committed to St. iiernard's hospltul on order of the commissioners for the Insane. T. R. Qlenn, the half-breed who ran amuck in a South Main street saloon Mon day night, WH8 given ten days on bread and water In police court yesterday morn ing. The remains of Charles H. Brayman, father of A. H. Drayman of this city, who died in Ureeley, Colo. Sunday, were brought to Council Bluffs yesterday for burial. At the regulnr meeting of Encampment No. 8, Union Veteran legion, this evening officers will be elected for the ensuing year. The Dndlea' auxiliary will meet at the same time. The Ladies' Aid society of St. John's English Lutheran church will meet Thurs day afternoon at 1J0 South Main street, where the members are conducting a rum mage sale. Mrs. Louisa Dllsaver, 1330 Fifteenth avenue, reported to the police yesterday Uie theft of a largo quantity of house hold linen and other articles from her clothesline. T. P, Mullck, for several years manager of the Champion branch of the Interna tional Harvester company in this city, has gone to Minot, N. D., where he will assume the management of the company's office. E. L. Anderson, business manager of The Telegraph of Atlantic. Ia., has noti fied the police of this citv that bis resi dence was broken Into Sunday night and a valuable gold watch stolen. He asks the police to search the local pawnshops for the stolen timepiece. Mrs. Hans Olson, aged 68 years, died yes terday morning at her home in Boomer township from cancer, after an illness of four months. "ne daughter and one son survive ber. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at U o'clock and Inter ment will be In the Danish Lutheran ceme tery In Boomer township. The receipts In the general fund at the Christian Home last week, were $280.55," be ing 180.56 above the needs of the week and decreasing tha deficiency in this fund to data to f2.8XZ.81. In the manager's fund the receipts were 30.60, being $ll&0 below the needs of tho week and increasing the de ficiency to 1218.45 In this fund to date. A. A. Covalt. leader of the Manawa band, baa gone to St. Louis to Join John Merkel of this city and together they will produce a musical play for a tour of the south. Mrs. Covalt will leave to Join her husband In a few days and will accompany him on tna lour. Air. vovait expects to return to Council Bluffs In time to resume the lead ership of the Manawa band for next sum mer. Mrs. Amelia Jane Beswlck, wife of O. E. Keswick, 17(16 Sixth avenue, died yesterday morning at St. Bernard's hospital after an Illness of five years, aged 60 years. Her husband survives her. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the Fifth avenue Methodist church, the pastor. Rev. J. N. Graves, conducting tho services. Burial will bo In Gregg ceme tery. The thirty-third annual Pottawattamie County Sunday school convention will be held today and Thursday at Avoca. Rev. James Tomson of the First Congrega tional church. Rev. V. A. Cace of the First Baptist church. Rev. Harvey Hos teller of the Second Presbyterian church and A. M. Hutchinson of this city appear n the program Others who will attend from Council Bluffs are Colonel C. G. Saunders, Alex Tipton and Rev. Henry DeLong. $1.50 School Shoes That Will Wear All solid the best oak soles and box calf uppers. The beet en earth for the price, at LOOK FOU THE JJEA1L We Give Thanks ilECAl'bt! there. are lots of people who have money In ths bank. BECAUSE there are lots ut people looking for good investments. BKCAl.'SK we have properties netting from 8 per cent to 10 per cent annually. JiECAl'SE we have some coxy cottages, all modern. "riECAl'HE our price ure right, terms right, locations right. L'fcJCA 1813 we sold l4.i'i worth of property last week. BECAlfcE hero In some good stuff that must be sold: U.MO 7-4 South Ct It t.; Iwo-vtory house, ten rooms, c!osta, bath. gas. corner lot, small barn. Items for Sc mi. II.OOO Hi 8tut.Htn.ui ut.; modem rotase. five rooms, gas, bath, closets, shade.-paved street, tine lovaOoii. ileitis for fltl.au. , ItOO 1TJS Avenue D; cotue, three rooms, corner lot. good location, slse of lot 44x130 fot. fiea p. SUra WHO Avenue H; frame lioujo, five rooms, corner lot, sis 44x130 feet. Rents for S7.UU. $700 715 Avenue O; collage, four rooms, water iu kitchen, cellar, shade. Rents for pi UC. Well locate, I. R.000 H0J Sixth Avenue: m.lei-it enuige, six rooms, city water, bath, fine lawn, two lota, on corner. njse l"xl. feel. Sl.OnO 70J South Mh Street; cottage, six rooms, cellar, closets, well, cistern, corner lot. A good home. site to I. ll.Jurt 10M Avenuo C; cottage, five rooms, closets, water In kitchen, cellar, shads. Lot 4'jxM feci. Rents tul fl3.uu SQUIRE & ANNIS iQi Pearl Street. Telephone 06 BLUFFS. RECEIVE THE CLUB WOMEN Opening Function of Federation Meeting a Brilliant Affair. ATTENDANCE FROM ALL OVER DISTRICT First Formal Session Will Bo Held la Morning, Wkri Libraries and Kin- . dred Topics Will Be "abject I'nder Consideration. The reception last evening at the home of Mrs. Thomas Metealf on Bluff street to the visiting club women, here to attend the second annual convention of the women's clubs of the Ninth Iowa district, which will l held at the First Baptist church today, was a brilliant social affair. A large num ber of the delegates to the convention ar rived yesterday and at least ISO club women were present at the reception. Mrs. Met calf was assisted in receiving by Mra. Horace Everett, Mra. J. P. Davis, Mrs. Vic tor E. Bender and Mra. Drayton W. Bush nelL The opening session of the convention will bo at 9 o'clock this morning, when Mrs. Metcalf will make tha welcoming address and Mrs. Phelps of Atlantic will respond. A large portion of the morning program will be devoted to -the discussion of libraries and subjects of Ilka Import. At tha noon hour the local club women will serve lunch to the visitors In the church parlors. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 o'clock. N. T. Plumbing Co.. Tel. 0. Night. F-67. LITTLE CASE OUT OF COURT Commences Damage Action Too Soon and la Likely to Lose Chance to Recover. The $30,000 personal Injury damage suit of Robert Little against Pottawattamie county has been ordered dismissed by Judge Thornell in district court at At lantic, Cass county, to which place it was taken by the plaintiff on a change of venue from this county. The suit Is dismissed on the grounds that the suit was filed be fore Little's claim for damages was brought before the Board of County Super visors and could have been acted on by It. Little was seriously injured by the col lapse of a county bridge near tha town of Minden on June S last, but It was not until August 24 that he filed with the county auditor his claim for damages against the county. The Board of Supervisors did not meet until September 7 and so had no chance to pass on the claim until then, but In the meantime Little, on September 1, filed suit In the district court. The court held that the suit had been "prematurely filed," inasmuch as the county board had had no opportunity to pass on the claim before action was com menced. The ruling of Judge Thornell places Lit tle In a bad position. Under the statute governing such cases Little .would be obliged to brlirtjr his suit for damages within three months of the' accident end under the statute, of limitations this time expired on September 5. The question now is can Little, in the face of Judge Thor nell's ruling, bring a new action at this late date. - That Little was seriously Injured there is no controversy, b't his claim, for dam ages was considered excessive . by the county board. Little was driving across the county bridge near' Minden on June 5 last, when it collapsed, precipitating him, byggy and team into the ditch beneath. Little received a fractured jaw as well as other injuries. The order dismissing the suit was made yesterday by Judge Thornell. Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Bon. Likes Toll Boad Proposal. f Regarding tha suggestion of Park Com missioner Graham to transform Broadway from Thirteenth street to the approach to the motor company's , bridge into a toll road City Engineer Entyre stated yesterday that he believed such a scheme would be a practicable solution of the question of putting and keeping In repair this Import ant thoroughfare. He said, "Broadway Is to all intents and purpose an interstate roud. It Is the thoroughfare most used and without doubt is the one most In need of repair. While there would be no in tention of charging toll to the people using the road within the city, those, going to or coming from across the liver, would have no objection, I should think, to pay ing a small toll for the use of a good road In place of having to travel over such a thoroughfare as It now is." Mr. Ktityre is at present working on a report giving an estimate of what it would cost to pave a strip twenty feet wide In the center of Broadway from Thirteenth street to the motor company's bridge but will be unable to complete it until he secures fig ures on the cost of paving brick etc. Albums for kodak pictures and postal cards. Alexander's, 333 Broadway. Doctors F.lect Ofnrers. At .the annual meeting of the Pottawat Ui mle r'ounty Medical society last evening tho following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. Dr. W. F. Pierce, Carson; vice president. Dr. F. W. Hough ton, Council Bluffs; secretary. Dr. F. W. Don no. Council Bluffs; treasurer, Dr. Grant Augustine, Minden: board of censors. Dr. G. A. Spalding. Avoca; Dr. J. H. Cole, Council Bluffs: Dr. A. O. Wyland. T'mVr wood; delegate to state society. Dr. II. B. Jennings; A committee to draft resolu tions on the death of Dr. John Green was appointed. The meeting was held in the ladles' ordinary at the Grsnd hotel, the business session being followed by a ban quet. Hafer sells lumber. Catch the Idea? OBJECT TO "DITCH ASSESSMENT Morthnratrrs Hsllrnad Flies an Ap peal from the Award of the Appraisers. The Chicago & Northwestern railway company filed in ths district court yester day the petition In Its appeal from the amount assessed against It for the con struction of the Pigeon creek drainage ilitcli. The commissioners appointed by the county auditor assessed the railroad com pany l.fil'.90, this being the amount In their opinion the railroad would be bene fited by the ditch. In the first place the railroad company asserts that the board .of county super visors had no right to establish the drain age ditch for the reason. It Is alleged, that the petition asking same lacked the re quired names of 100 legal voters and further that no sufficient bond was filed by the pe titioners. The railroad company also con tends that on June 10 last an agreement waa entered Into between It and the county board whereby the railroad company waived all claims for damages to Its property by reason of tho construction of the ditch In consideration among other things that the ditch should be constructed without liability or cost on the part of the railroad company. The railroad company also takes excep tion to the commissioners finding that 100 feet of Its right-of-way was equal to one acre of land classed as swampy. Such classification the railroad company con tends Is arbitrary, unauthorised and erron eous and further, that Its right-of-way Is not subject to assessment for the cost of the construction of a drainage ditch. Notices of three other similar suits, among the number being one In which the Illinois Central railroad is plaintiff, have been served upon the county authorities but the Chicago & Northwestern company la the first to file its petition. West Enders Want Park. Alderman Fleming of the Fifth ward. General E. F. Test, A. C. Keller and others representing the West End Improvement club, appeared before the Board of Park commissioners at its regular monthly meet ing lost evening and urged that the com missioner take steps to secure a park for the western port of the city. The commit tee suggested that an effort be made to secure all or part of the tlmberland on the river bank between the bridges of the Union Pacific and the Illinois Central rail roads. The board agreed to look Into the matter t and will ask the city engineer to make a survey of this strip of land and after this is done will ascertain at what price it can be purchased. The committee and the board held an in formal discussion over the improving of West Broadway and a number of plans were suggested and talked over. The board assured the committee It was willing to do all in its power to assist any movement looking for the Improvement of this much traveled .thoroughfare. Mrs. Mayne Ahead. There was some lively voting In DeLong's Grandma contest yesterday, resulting In a change of leaders. The count at 6 o'clock last evening follows: Mra. W. S. Mayne 8.05T Mrs. Charles Mcholson. T,45 Mrs. O. Talbott 6,480 Mrs. John Rogers, 5,634; Mrs. John Lin der, 5,114; Mrs. Charles Lunkley,' 4.490; Mrs. I C. Bonham, 2.115; Mrs. Alice Davis, 1.900; Mrs. Mary Tibblts, 1.790; Mrs. N." W. Williams, 1,770; ' Mrs. Sarah Whittlesey, 1,515, and others. The contest closes Sat urday evening at 9 o'clock. Fnneral of John Hantlngrton. .The funeral of John Huntington, one of the pioneer settlers of Council Bluffs when It was known as Kanesvllle, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the resi dence of his son, J. F. Huntington, 221 Harmony street. Rev. Harvey Hostetler, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, will conduct the services, and Interment will be in Fairyiew cemetery. The five sons and son-in-law, C. A. Cooper, will be the pallbearers. At the cemetery Council Bluffs lodge No. 49, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which Mr. Huntington was a charter member, will take charge of the services. Treyuor Wants to Incorporate. All of the voters In the town of Treynor, this county, with the exception of four, have signed a petition asking that the town be incorporated. Under the Iowa statute the incorporation of a town is a judicial proceeding and can only be ef fected after the requisite petition has been filed In the district court. A town meeting was held Monday night at which the peti tion was signed, amidst much enthusiasm, and It will be presented to the district court some day this week. K. of P. Election. Concordia lodge. Knights of Pythias, elected these officers last night: Chancellor commander, C. F. Kimball; vice ctlancellor, E. E. Steepy: keeper of records and seal. B. J. Bouriclus; master of finance, Brandt Crocker; master of the exchequer, George L. Hill: master at work, Frank Elgan; prelate,' Harry Black; master-at-arms, H. Koch; Inner guard. E. , A. Black: outer guard, Perry Alleshouse;, trustees, P. Alms house, J. J. Klein, F. Elgan. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following Name and residence. Age. Charles A. F.rlekson. Oakland. Neb ; Emella Dahlgren, Oakland, Neb 18 J. S. Harnlsa. Omaha 38 Linuie Coapland, Omaha 44 Boxes for Waste Paper. According to a statement made by Mayor Morgan yesterday an ordinance granting permission to place metal boxes as "re ceptacles of waste paper and other rub- COftgrLT THE KINO OF A I.I, CLAIRVOYANTS AND PALMISTS, PROF. K I no MVi Foarlh Ut., Council lilans, la (Cor. 4th Bt. and WiUow Ave) Reduced prices for a few days loaarr. Ladles SUr. Gentlemen 91. All business strictly private and confidential CLEANING AND DYEING I Adles' and Gentlemen's Clothing Oeaaed, Dyed, Pressed and Repaired; also Dry Cleaning. No shrinkage or rubbing off guaranteed. Work dons on short notice. COUNCIL BLUFFS STEAU DYE WORK. Tel. BOO. 101T West Broadway. LEWIS CUTLER MOBT1CIAN. blsh at the street corners" wilt be pre sented to the city council at Its next meet ing. The boxes. It Is said, will be similar ti those now In use In Omaha and will carry advertising matter and a sign de noting the name of the street. Who the persona are who will submit the ordinance Mayor Morgan declined to make public yesterday. An ordinance authorising the erection of such metal boxes was passed by the city council several years ago and the mayor and cJty clerk were Instructed to adver tise for bids for the privilege of erecting such advertising mediums but there were no bidders and the matter was permitted t drop. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were filed yesterday In the abstract, title and loan office of Squire A. Annls, 101 Pearl street: Clair J. Stllwell and wife to William W. Fnrrand, lot 5, block 5, Burke s ...... ,1 t 1 ! HIIU., ... O . F. O. Gleaxon and wife to Clair J. Stll- weu, lot ju, uicnaaie exiensiuu, w. i 1.000 Alexander Shannon and wife to Will iam T. Wilson, lot 2, Auditor's sub. ee 4 ne4, 17-76-43, w. d - 1.800 Three transfers, total. .. 13,600 DRAKE HEIRS BEGIN A FIGHT Exeeator of Their Choice Announces He Will Dlsresrard the lowan's Will. CENTERVILLB, la., Dec. 1. Dr. J. L. Sawyers, appointed by the heirs of the Drake estate to wind up Its affairs, will disregard the will found In the Des Moines consistory at Des Moines 8unday and has publicly notified creditors to present their claims to him. Heirs of the estate believe the circumstances under which the will was drawn render it Invalid. It ta claimed the instrument was drawn merely as a for mality, conforming to the requirements of the consistory, and was not intended to represent General Drake's permanent wishes. They will attempt to keep it from probate. . DES MOINES' HOUSE CLEANING Proprietors of Nine Gambling; Hoases nd Wlno Rooms Are Indicted by Grand Jnry. DES MOINES, Dec, 1. Proprietors of nine gambling houses and that many wine rooms wtre indicted by the grand Jury to day. The crusade was inspired by the Good Citixens' league, a body of cltlxens organized to oppose the present city ad ministration and for reform. Walte Well Known In Onawa. ONAWA, la., Dec. L Speclal.) George W. Walte, civil engineer, whose death was announced Saturday In the Chicago papers, took a prominent part in the early rail road building In the west. In 1S48 he laid the first railroad tie In Chicago and later built the Burlington between Mendota and Aurora, and waa well known by the old St. Charles colony at Onawa, as it was by the advice of Mr. Walte, who was then living in St. Charles, 111., that the Elliott-Morrison colony came to Monona county in 1850. George W. Walte, as chief engineer of the St. Charles & Iowa Central Air Line railroad, ran a line crossing the Mississippi at Lyons' and following the Forty-second parallel to the Missouri river opposite Decatjir, "tfeb. Mr. Walte at that time spent a couple Jf days at Morrison's tavern in the old town of Ashton, visiting his St. Charles friends and assuring them that the road would certainly be built the next year, so as to be the first road to reach the Morrison. In the spring of 1857, Assistant Engineer Learning, now of Decatur, Neb., went over the line and located it to the Missouri river, the line passing midway between the old town of Ashton and the present town of Onawa, but the financial panic of 1857 knocked out all railroad building for some years and the St. Charles colony failed to see a railroad until the Sioux City 4 Pacific was built In 1867. George W. Walte was for some years en gaged In the -banking business at St. Charles, the firm name being Freeman & Walte. All Want Electric Mae. CEDAR FALLS, la., Dec. f, (Special.) The Rapid Transit company, Instead of having to ask for rights-of-way Into new territory, is being besetged by re quests from inland points to come and help them out Fredsvllle, Dike. Lincoln, Kingsbury, Grundy Center, GUbertsvllIe and Jubilee are among ths places, soma of which have roads, which are anxious to liave the electric system extended. Tho company has Issued Invitations to the newspapers of the county to send repre sentatlves over the entire system on a special train on December 7. More ex tensions are under plan, but just what towns will be touched, the president and management have not said. Rebuilding Elevator. LOGAN. Ia., Dec. 1. (Speciul.)-Tlie elevator of the Updike Grain company at Missouri Valley, which was destroyed by fire two months ago, Is being rapidly re placed by a larger and better structure. Several hundred men are now employed In the work. The new elevator will hold 300,000 bushels of grain and will cost about tioo.ooo. Drops Dead on Reaching- nome. LOGAN, Ia., Dec. l.-(S.eclal.) Frunk Remmes, a young farmer who lives four miles east of Dunlap. fell dead at the entrance to his farm yesterday morning. He had Just returned from mass at the St. Patrick's church and fell a victim to heart failure. He leaves a wife and one child. Breaks Arm Tending; Fur usee. GLENWOOD,, Ia., Dec. l.-(8peclal.)-John Hanson, the senior member of the Hawkeye Clothing company, sustained a bad fracture of the arm while attending to the furnace at his residence last even ing. Fred g. James superintendent. FORT DODGE. Ia.. Dec. l.-Fred S. James was today promoted from the posi tion of trainmaster to superintendent of the Omaha division of the Illinois Central to succeed A. Phi! brick. Injured Man Recovering. GLENWOOD. Ia.. Dec. WSneclaJ.) Ben Taylor, who was shot by William Myers here on Thanksgiving evening, is Improving. Myers Is still in Jail, unable to give a bond of 11.000. WOULD SIT JN CONVENTION Republicans of Porto RU-o Will Con sult Americans as to Staad-lug- In Party. SAN JUAN, P. R., Dec. L Dr. Jose Brl oso, of the executive council and Mayor Todd, of San Juau, will sail for New York tomorrow on tha steamer Caracas to con kult at Washington with Freuldent Roose velt. Senator Manna mnA Vnmk.r anil others regarding the admission of repub licans i rum rorto ruoo to the next rcpub Uuaa national coaventiva. MORE MONEY FOR EXHIBIT Iowt Commission. Finds Itself Bandictpped by Lack of Sufficient Funds. DISCUSS DECORATIONS FOR BUILDING Jefferson Loaraa Gives Ills Annual 'Possum Dinner to the Politicians nd Many Participate In the Feast. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Dec. 1. (Special. ) The Iowa exposition commission Is holding a meeting here today, the executive com mittee hearing from the vnrlous depart ments and the entire commission to con sider appropriation matters tomorrow. The chief purpose of the meeting at this time Is to decide on the Interior decorations for tho Iowa building at St. Louis. The building Is now completed so far as the exterior Is concerned, but no decision hns been reached , as to the Interior. It was planned that the commission might use some of the decorations prepared for the Interior of the state capltol, but this Is found now to be Impossible as the decor ative work for the state capltul has not been ordered. The commission Is also en gaged In rearranging appropriations among the different departments and apportioning the money for Immediate use. Last spring the commission appropriated t43,OnO for ths different departments, but In September this was cut on nearly all departments. It Is now expected that the commission will ask more money from the legislature in addition to the (125,000 made available by the last session. ( Five, of the depart ments have been actively at work with salaried agents engaged In gathering ex hibits, and the Iowa commission Is In ex cellent condition to begin making the ex hibit Made I p Shiloh Case. Messrs. Hayes and Carson, of the Iowa commission on the Shiloh monuments, had a consultation' with Governor Cummins to day in regard to the preparation of the case to be presented to the secretary of war In regard to the Shiloh monuments. There are two monuments regarding which there Is a controversy as to what should be said on them. These tell .the story of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa regi ments. The record has now been made up as it will be presented In Washington by the governor. A class of sixty-three persons Is engaged In taking the examination for pharmacy certificates before the State Pharmacy board. Possum Snpper and Politics. The annual possum supper given by Jef ferson Logan, colored, to the state officials and politicians was given this evening at his home. Logan is a wealthy leader of the colored population and generally se cures a good position each legislative ses sion through his pull with the politicians. Tonight he gave his possum supper to leaders among the politicians and the gov ernor and other state officials were pres ent. There were speeches and good cheer and a great supper. Planning for Inaugural. Lieutenant Governor John Herriott has been In the city for several days where he is meeting members of the senate and getting acquainted with them. He has ap pointed the senate committee on inaugura tion consisting of Senators Dowell of Polk, Winnie of Humboldt, Molesbury of Louisa, Turner of Taylor and Lombert of Jackson. This committee will act in conjunction with a similar committee of the house to arrange for the Inauguration which will take place January 15 next. Nothing has been done as yet as to other committees. . State to Get Big Fee. ' The stato of Iowa will probably get from the estate of the late Jacob M. Funk, of Hamilton county, the largest collateral in heritance tax collection ever received by Iowa. Ths estate Is variously estimated at from $500,000 to 11,000,000, and practically all in Iowa. If the estate goes to the hlarher figure, after deducting expenses of admin istration, the state treasury of Iowa will be richer by $&0,000 than before. The state collects S per cent tax on estates that des oend to collateral heirs. Mr. Funk was never married and he leaves a brother and a number of nephews and nieces, who will get the estate. KELLY LIKES CANADA WELL Has Ko Desire to Go Back to Jeffer son City nnd Expose. Boodllng. w w NEW YORK, Dec. 1. After having been in conference several times with D. J. Kelly, who Is under Indictment In Missouri in connection with legislative scandals, R. E. See, a marshal of the Missouri supreme court, has left the city, says a Montreal dispatch to the Times. The exact nature of See's mission was kept secret, although it is presumed he cams as the representative of Attorney General Crow of Missouri, to Induce Kelly to turn state's evidence. It is said Kelly told him he liked Canada very much as a place of residence and that If he desired to make any overtures he should communi cate with Kelly's attorney. Kelly declares William JSeigler of New York, who Is also under Indictment In Missouri, had abso lutely nothing to do with the legislation at Jefferson City. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1. Attorney General Edward 8. Crow will leave here Friday night for Albany, N. Y., where the heating on the requisition Issued by Governor Dockery. of Missouri, for the return of William F. Zlegler, the controlling stock holder In the baking powder syndicate, in dicted for alleged bribery, will bo held before Governor Odell next Monday. The contention of the Missouri authority Is that Zlegler furnished to D. J. Keliey, now a fugitive from Justice In the Domin ion of Canada, the boodle fund with which certain members of the criminal jurispru dence committee of the Missouri senate aud the lieutenant governor are alleged to have been brought to advocate legixlatlon favoring the cream of tartar Interests as against the alum baking powder manufac turers. DROWN WHEN TUGS COLLIDE Three Men Lose Lives In Accident OS Ellis Island One Other Maimed. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Three lives were lost and ons man was badly hurt today by a collision between ths tugs Idlewild aud Hercules off Ellis island. Hans Peterson, William Lasker and a man whose name was not learned were drowned. John Stor berg, a boatman, waa cut about the head and his left leg broken. He Is in a serious condition snd unable to give any 'details as to how the accident occurred. The Her cules Is owned by the American Towboat company of Baltimore. MEXICAN CENTRAL IS BALKED Two Bondholders Committees Ilrrllar to Allow Retirement of In. ' eomo Bonds. NEW YORK. Nov. Jl.-InablUty of llu Mexican Central railway to carry to a suc cess tts effort to retire Its Income bonds, amounting to approximately t32.000,OUO, ha a been announced. Ths failure of the plan. U J ) , , 1 , Pure and Unmixed. Delicate Aroma. Really Cheapest In Use. TELEPHONE 265. At Low Prices Second Woni en's Flannel Waists On sale today on our Seouiul Flannel Waists, in colors, blue, gray, red, rose, black and white waists that originally and $3.00 each, reduced to Women's fine 8!lk Pattern Waists, in high grade qual ity, on sale at just ONE-IIALF PRICE. Sppcial Department Item , MAI1Y FLOOR. Outing Flannel Gowns for plain and lace trimmed styles, sizes from 2 to 14 years regular 50c gowns, 'reduced to MAIL ORDERS FILLED. which van Intendfd as the first step In the reorganization of the company's finance", was due to the opposition of two bondhold ers' protective committees, each acting In dependently of the tfther. Henry Clay Price, chairman of the Mexl. can Central board of director, In announc ing the withdrawal of the plan, utates that each bondholder will be thereby enabled to act independently in his dealing" with ths two committees."" COLON IS A PLACID TOWN Arrivals from There Report that the Discontented Hare Hern Deported. . NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Among the pas sengers who arrived today on the ia earner Alliance were lieutenant Commander Uraunemreuther of the t'nile.1 States steamship Pixie, who is on Kick leave. I'as eengers who were questioned ald that quiet prevailed at Colon and that business had assumed its usual course. It was denied that the prloons were tilled with political prisoners, but about 130 persons In all. It was said, were deported for snowing oi- conlent. GUERILLAS AREJGETTING BUSY several Parties of Them Reported to Hare Commenced Malting the Istbiuua. XKW YOltK, Dec. 1. A private cable gram, received here from lieuna Ventura, cables the Paris corrcupondent of the Her ald, states that several guerilla parties are ObsI Li N OTUfflY ...THE aflO I I VIA OMAHA !,' ' T5he UNION PACIFIC Is if 204 Mllsi Shorter to Salt Uka City 12 Hours Quicker to Salt Ukt City j I I 278 Miles Shorter to San Francisco IS Hours Quicker to San Francisco I l 278 Miles Shorter to Los Angeles 16 Hours Quicker to Los Angeles J V V 358 Miles Shorter to Portland 16 Hours Quicker to Portland than any other line. If Full information cheerfully furnished on a f plication to OSw It? Ticket Office , f Xw ia24 'AK,I'AM ST. J-, Phone Jie. ao1 , J on Our Busy Floor Floor, a line of Women's fine sold at 2..r0 1.98 children and misses in neat 25 c : HE ACM Of fJAM. T. COUNCIL BLUFFS. I A. already In tha field and that several en gagements have taken place In the Interior of ths lathmus. MAJOR KILBOURNE IS DEAD Paymaster of the Department of Dakota Ksplres on Trnln Hearing- Him Homeward. CHICAGO, Dec. 1. Major Charles E. Kll bourne, U. 8. A., paymaster of the Depart ment of Dakota, died en a Chicago, Mil waukee & tit. Paul tisin as It neared Chi cago. He hud been very 111 and waa on his way to his home in l.'o'uinbus, O., ac companied by his wife and son. Captain V. F. Klllbourne of the Twenty-sixth In fantry. Vajor Klllbounio graduated from West Point lu IWtf and was 59 years old. Ha was treasurer of the Fh'Mpplna Islands while they were under military govern ment In 1S9K-99. KANSAS IS AFTER ROBBERS Five Men I nder Arrest in Nebraska to Be Taken Back for Trial. TOPKKA, Kail., Dec. l.-Becrotary ot Stale Burrows returned today from Ne braska, whe.-e he arranged tor rr-ciulsltlon for the robbers who attempted to blow up ths bank at Agra, Kan., last weeek. Five men are under arrest for the i-rlma, three at iiloomington snd two at Ktverton, all in Franklin county, Nebraska, whleh lies just over ths state line lvrth uf Hmlth and Phillips counties. 2C " J-4m UYJ Lb UU