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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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