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THE OMAHA DAILY IIKE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1904. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL Davis sells drug. Leffert's glasses fit, Btockert sells carpet. A stors for men Beno'., L-lamond betrothal ringa at Leffert', 40t Broadway. 14-K and IS K wedding rings at Leffert'. I0( Broadway. Calendar for New Year Rifts at cost prices. Alexander's. 333 Broadway. A young, fresh and gentle Jer.ey cow for ale. J. II. Breedlove, iltui Fourth ave. lvanhoe coinmnndcry, Knights Templar, wlir meet In special conclave this evening for work In the Templar degree. ' Jahfl Chapman, 1 13U7 East Fierce street, was reported to the Board of Health yes terday as suffering, from scarlet fever. Furnished room for r-ut to gentleman, heat, gas, bath, etc. Will rent reasonable. Address, with reference, to X, care Bee office. Council Bluffs. The committee of the whole of the city council will meet this morning to consider protests against the assessments for the paving on Graham avenue. Buckwheat cakes and genuine country , honey. Do you like them? If you do we have the honey. Bee our ad today. Central -Grocery and Meat Market. The Woman's Missionary society of the First Presbyterian church will hold Its regular monthly meeting this afternoon at o'clock In the church parlors. St. John's English Lutheran church will Install a chorus choir In lis services next Bunday morning and evening. There will also be regular preaching services and chorus singing every Wednesday evening from now on until Buster, and for a week firlor to Easter there will be services every evening. , John Williams and a companion were brought from I'errival, la., just evening oy Constable Albertl and Detective Mur kily, it being suspocted that they were (he young men who piutspcl forged checks un Grocer Crlppln and Tailor Peterson December 12 last. Both Peterson and Crlppln, however, failed to Identify the young men and they were released. K. T. Plumbing Co. Tw 250; night, F 017. - Fix Treasurer's Salary; The Board of Supervisors yesterday after considerable discussion decided that County Treasurer Conslgney should receive the cams compensation aa his predecessor In office had; namely, 15,000 per annum and -the fees of the office, he to pay his depu ties and all clerical help. The fee of the office average annually between $2,000 and $2,500. The treasurer has two deputies and one clerk, whose salaries he has to The following banks were approved' as depositories of the county funds, they giv ing bonds 'In amounts as follows: First .Vatlonal, Council Bluffs, $100,000; Council Bluffs Savings, $50,000; State Savings, Coun cil Bluffs. $50,000; E. E. Hart, Council J lu ITs. $40,000; the Avoca bank.iAvoca, $40, ,(; Citizens' State, Oakland, $40,000; Cttl r.ens' Savings, Avoca, $30,000; Citizens',1 Walnut, fc'0.000; Spaltl Brothers, bankers, Oakland, $20,000 State Savings, Carson, : 0,000; Bank of Carson, $20,000; Macedonia State, $20,000; State Bank of Neola, $20,000; Farmers' oV Merchants', Neola, $20,000; German American,' Mlnden, $30,000; Ex change State, Walnut, $20,000; German, Walnut, $20,000; Tteynor Savings, Treynor, "10,000; Farmers' Savings, Mlnden, $10,000; JunJt of Hancock, $10,000; Bank, of Gris woW, $6,000. The bonds represent double the amount tertnltted to be deposited In each bank. O. J. McManua, superintendent of ichools? In a communication to the board, nked that his total comismsatloit be made 3,000 per annum, on,4he grounds tiiat much imaller counties were aliening their county superintendents of- school as much as Pottawattamie county was. Discussion de veloped that last year Superintendent Mc Manua was allowed $800 for clerk hire and .raveling expenses In addition to the salary if $1,260 as fixed by law. One of the mem bers suggested making the county super- .iiQiiunui iuiki cuiiiueiiBttiiun. iu inciuae lt-rk hire and traveling ' expenses $2,600, .ut after some discussion action was de .or red until today's session. Former Sheriff Cousins ' has fees for -nlleage on the books' of the clerk of the (strict court for the four- years of his neumbency of the office amounting to E0.30 yet uncollected. He made a propo sition to the board to accept $246.30 and "sslgn the amount due him to the county, which the board accepted. Hafer sella lumber. Catch the Idea? Mysterious Kbootin Affair. The police yesterday were investigating without result a mysterious shooting affray O-ild to have taken place about 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning In the alley back of the Grand hotel between Pearl and Sixth streets. Sound of a revolver shot and the crlea of a woman were heard by passersby M Pearl street and residents Id the vicin ity, but upon Investigation no one could I o found. One man, who claimed to have "Itnesaed the fracas' but whose Identity .as not learned by the police, Is said to mve told a story to the effect that a man nd woman occupying a buggy drove Into he alley from Pearl street; that they ap peared to be quarreling ever a dog which .ue woman held In her lap. The man seised the dog and threw It out of the buggy and the woman Jumped after 4t. Then the (nan shot, either at the woman 'T the dog, and the woman screamed. The man who witnessed-this much said he then went to find an officer and when he re amed the buggy and its occupants had uiaappesred. , The night clerk and -other employes of iie Grand hotel heard the shot distinctly uui Qui investigate. Real. Estate Transfer. , v These transfers were filed yesterday In Jie fcbstrect, title and loan office of Squire i Annls. Jul Ieart street: lenry Hanson and wire to Frits Stem- ' berir. Itm acres In e, n. and 44 k3 acrt-s.ln w4, nwVi, &-"-43. w. d.. $6,431 Michael Thomas Mc Bride to 8. A. Tamlsiea, nV4. ne4. 7 and nw4, nwVi, s-77-43. slO acres lot J, In sub. of seiJ. . ,se4. 2-77-44. w. d ., 8.0U0 . Tea it. mil ana wire to tjusie A. Morton. wlEI f.et lot 2 and el2 f.-et lot 8, block 11, Grimes' add., y. d 1.469 Three' transfers, total S15.W1 Ogdeo Hotel Kooms - with or without -oard; steam heat; free bath; public par- WAR! WAR! WAR! The liukfcian government in buving meats for her army in Antici pation of war with Japan and'pricPH are going up every day. But we are utill selling the beat meat at the very lowest' possible trices. Rt'nt round steak, per lb.. . .81 C Jtoilfd Heef, per pound . . 2c Best porterhouse steak, lb.. 10c Here nre a tew- specials on smoked meats and provisions. llest breakfast bacon, lb . . 12c Picnic hams, per lb 6Jc I Ivnt salt pork, per lb 5c Hest nkinnttl hams, lb... I01c Took tbH prices over carefully and ae If they, are not the lowest prieee for i he BEST meats In town. roi'NTRY HONEY We have Jast aat front a farmer oat la ha eoaatry the balaneo of his honey, ft Is all nleely eanueel la the tost ana an eseeottonally gosa eolor. Wo will sell It while It lasts for . IS l-ilo per , CENTRAL GROCERY CaMs-lHKl Broadway. BLUFFS. SALOON FIGHT CROWS ACUTE Y Injunction Agiimt 3 tori , Pltoei to B Pnihed 10 a Determination. LATTER FIRM PREPARES TO RETALIATE Fixing; t p Its. Places to Comply with Mulct Us and All Other Places Will Be Force to Do Likewise. The saloon war emanating from the at tack made on the places owued y the Btorz Brewing company of Omaha In this city has reached an acute stage. The hearing In the six suits In which Benjamin and Fowler seeks to enjoin saloons owned by the Blurs company from selling liquor, which had been assigned for yesterday In the district court, was not reached and the cases wept over until today. It was slated that Attorney Benjamin intended to carry the Injunctions through and that no settlement of the controversy was In Bight. In view of the contlnuod fight against Its Interests In this city .the Stors company yesterday began preparations to place all of Its saloons in Council Bluffs In such condition that the provisions of the-mulct law could be complied with. A force of carpenters was at work tearing out the partitions and removing other fixtures and Impediments not ullowed by the law. In pursuing this course, the company It Is said, makes no secret of the fact that If its suloons are run in accordance with the mulct law, every other saloon In the city will have to follow suit or go out of busi ness. Attorney Wadsworth, representing the Stors Interests, had Instituted, injunction suits against every saloon In the city not owned or operated by his clients and he announced yesterday that he Intended to have these cases brought forward for a hearing as soon as possible. He expects that the court may be able to hear some of them Saturday. It is said further that the Injunctions when issued will be executed unless the saloons comply strictly with the mulct law. In some cases. It is said, the saloons will not be green an Opportunity to comply with the mulct law but that the Injunctions when Issued will be put Into effect and the buildings closed. All negotiations looking to a settlement, which had been pending, It was understood yesterday had completely fallen through and that it would be a 'fight to the bitter end betwpeen the warring factions and would necessarily Involve every saloon keeper In the city In the embroglio. As but very few saloons could successfully continue In business and comply with the mulcf law. It Is expected that many will be forced to close their doors. s TABDR ORDINANCE IS FAULTY Aldermen Think City Interests Are Not Protected as II Now Stands, , That the ordinance granting a franchise to the Council Bluffs, Tabor Southern Electric Hallway company lacks a number of essential provisions and safeguards for the city's interests is the opinion of sev eral aldermen and other city officials and when the measure comes up at the meet ing of the city council next Monday night on Its second reading it is 'likely to have a number of large sized holes picked In it. .In the first place, those aldermen who have examined into the ordinance have discovered that It Is absolutely devoid of any forfeit clause.. Examination of the measure has failed to disclose any clause, provision or section which binds the com pany to build an interurban line or part of a line outside of the city of Council Bluffs. . The ordinance contains nothing that binds the company to run trains to outside towns and again there Is no forfeit clause In event of the company falling to connect Its line with the State School for the Deaf. . v ' Those who have examined the' ordinance as It now' Is contend that there is nothing to prevent the company from operating a purely local freight line In the city limits thus furnishing an east and south right-of-way for Omaha jobbers or to build a regular commercial line south for the bene fit of the same people and Council Bluffs would gain absolutely nothing by. It. At the last conference' between the' city council committee and President Dobba of the Tabor line It was specifically agreed that all regular schedule passenger trains should be run into the heart of the city and over the streets named In what .'la designated as subdivision one, and all should stop t the passenger jlepot; that none but special or excursion passenger trains would be permitted to be run over the southwest belt' line. This agreement, It Is found, is not carried out In the pro visions of the ordinance. There is much opposition to the company bejng permited to use South avenue for freight purposes. ' The aldermen are willing and ready to give the Tabor line a franchise to enter Council Bluffs, but they insist that the city's Interests must be properly safe guarded and this they claim the ordinance In Its present form falls to do. Plumbing and heating. Blxby As Boa Bare Dead Man Is Maleont Webster. . Mirvln Abel, a truck gardener living about four miles east of Cou.nct! Bluffs, Is of the opinion that the man who dropped dead In Goldsmith's Is his wife's uncle, Malcolm Webster by name. Webster hud been visiting the Abels for several days, coming here from the south. Wednesday Abel drove him to Council Bluffs, as Webster stated be wished to go ever te Omaha, Abel waited until 7 o'clock In the evening for him, but as he did not AND HEAT MARKET Telenaon . show up drove' home. Webster complained Wednesday morning of not feeling well, but did not think there was anything serious wrong with Mm. Abel was under the impression that Webster had nearly fciOO or $300 on him when he went to Omaha. Mr. Abel did not learn - of the man's death In Omaha until late Thursday even ing. He will go .to Omaha this morning to Identify the body, but says he Is sure It Is that of Webster, as the description exactly answers him. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Residence. Age, Nicholas Ieuck, Neola, la 21 Mary Goodwater, Neola, In Carl L. Anderson, Council Bluffs. 33 Sarah M. Neilsen, Audubon, la .,. 27 DIES FROM FRACTURED SKULL I nccrtaln Whether Injury Resulted from Full or nn Intentional i Blow. BED OAK. la.. Jan. 7.-Speclal Tele gram.) An unidentified man was found at the viaduct east of the station on the pave ment, unconscious, at about 9 p. m. Jan uary 6, and brought to the county Jail, where he died at 10 p. m. yesterday without regaining consciousness. The coroner's In quest was held today, when It was learned that this man, in compnny with two others, was seen at the station about 8 p. m. Jan uary 5, and nil appeared under the Influ ence of liquor. .They were iheard to talk about going west on No. 13, passing here at 8. Ills age was about 35, dressed In la borer's clothes, height 5 feet 6 Inches, red mustache, dark hair, of stout build, weight 180. Near the top of the head Was a con tusion, under which the skull wna broken but not depressed. It was learned that he had been working In an Omaha packing house. His name was found to be S. Wright. The Jury's verdict was: "The de ceased came to his death by a blow on the head or the result of the fail from the platform over the viaduct." SWINGS WHOLE ROCK ISLAND Chairman Cable .of Executive Commit tee Casta Practically Whole Vote Against Mortgage Proposition. DAVENPORT, la., Jan. 7. (Bpeclal Tele gram.) At the adjourned meeting of stock holders of the Rock Island system today R. n. Cable, chali'man of the executive Committee, cast all the stock represented against the proposed $250,000,000 mortgage proposition. George H. Crosby, secretary and treasurer, was the only other attend ant upon the meeting. Asked as to whether this indicated that the Cable interests were In control, Mr. Cable smiled and said: "I am only working for the Improvement of the service and the property." He suld changes In the officials of the road were being considered, but were not ready to be announced. "We think we are. going to get a management that will be satisfac tory not only, to the public, but to the employes," said' Mr, Cable, with a smile tHat Indicated that he expected to have considerable to say about what the man agement should be. Blflr Attendance nt Ames. AMES, la.. Jan. 7. (Special. ) Today marks (the fourth day in the corn and stock judging short courses at' Iowa State college. Already the, course Is a record breaker In point of attendance. The first three days of the work In stock judging was dovoted to sheep study. The work In sheep Is always the least attractive of any. thing In the course. Iowa la not a great sheep state and accordingly the attendance Is never so groat until the other animals are token up. Today the work was taken up" with horses and today and last night large number of- students have arrived that are not yet registered.. The attend ance up to Wednesday morning's registra tion was about 600, as much as the entire attendance of last year. A special feature of this year's attendance Is that for the first time In the history of the short course work the enrollmen Includes women students.- Two of the fair sex are enrolled this term. Miss Genevieve Mllnes of Mis souri and Miss Alice Mann of Algona, la. Especial Interest Is being taken In the ad vanced corn' judging work. Pnrlng the past year the department sent out in quiries all over the state for data In re gard to corn growth, corn development and corn breeding. , Boy Prisoner Breaks Jail. LOGAN, la.. Jan. 7. (Special.) Alfred Swange. 15 years old, broke out of the Logan jail some time during the night. He was confined In the second story of the brick jail and escaped by removing a dozen or more bricks close to a window and leaping a distance of about fifteen feet to the ground below.- Swange la. known to have been in confinement at 10 o'clock last night and was gone this morning at 6. The boy tore to pieces his jail flush box and used the Iron moulding to remove the ce ment from the .' bricks. There were four other prisoners,- but they were men and were confined In the cells below. Alfred Swange Is a runaway from a small town In Illinois. He- was first arrested here late In November for vagrancy, later on the charge of burglary. No trace of the runaway has yet been found, but his description has been telephoned to all nearby towns. Iowa fMockninn Arrested. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Accused of embezxllng $11. i from Smith, Carrleck & Co., stock yards commission dealers, Manley Gl fiord a cattle raiser qf Monroe. la., was ar rested in Iowa and today arrived In Chi cago. An Indictment charges that the firm had sent Glfford money with which to purchase cattle for shipment to Chicago and that Glfford had failed to follow his Instructions.' Grand Jury After Gamblers. ONAWA. Ia., Jan. 7. (Special Telegram.) The Monona county grand Jury adjourned today and nine Indictments were returned. The names of, parties are withheld until they are under arrest. It is reported that the gamblers have received a lively shaking Mayor Hoyt Sherman III. DE8 MOINES. Jan. 7. Major Uoyt Sher man' of this city, and brother of the late General W. T. Shermam Is reported to be vry ill from an attack of pneumonia. Poaltry Association Elects. BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 7. (Special.) The Southeastern Nebraska Poultry asso ciation met here last night and elected of ficers aa follows: M. W. Chrlsman, presi dent: Prank CUppenger, vice president; H. C. White, secretary; Dr. J. 8. McClsery, treasurer; Sherman Whltcomb, superin tendent of shows. It was decldud to hold the next poultry show In this city Decem ber n to M Inclusive. ' LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN PeeJ St.. Council Bluffs. 'Phone 7. LEGISLATORS HOLD CAUCUS Do'd Howe Chtmbtr Can Bo Tiztd Up with but Little Delay. COMMITTEE ADVISES EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Only n Few Contests Oir Positions In senate and House Ora-aalsa- , lion and These largely In Minor Places. s (From n.'fltaff Correspondent.) PES MOINES. Jan. 7. (Speclal.)-The members of the senate and house who are in the city hold a caucus, on call, this evening 'and considered what might be done toward making temporary provision for the house of representHtlves during the ses sion. The caucus was presided over by Lieutenant Governor John Herrlott, and a report of the capltol commission, made through the executive- council, was re ceived, showing about what might be re quired to put the hall of the -house In order so that It would be habitable for the 100 days of the session The commis sion estimated that this could be done In two or three weeks and the expense would not bo greater than to make temporary provision in some other hall. , In view of this the general sentiment was in favor of having the commission continue with Its preparations for the repair of the cham ber. The Joint caucus of legislators named committees, five from each houAe, to con sult with the executive council In regard to repairs on the capltol and to have full authority. The committee consists of Lieu tenant Governor Herrlott. Senators Smith, Hngue, Molsberry and Wlnne; Representa tives Clarke, Wise, Bealer, Kendal and Teachnut. The senate members tender to tho house the use of the senate chamber pending the repairs. The council reported that the house could be put In order for from $.',000 to $G,000 In about two weeks. A call was Issued tonight for house cau cus on legislative positions. There are only a few minor contests that are caus ing Interest. The following are the can didates for positions: s In the Senate Secretary, George A. New man. Dlackhuwk -oounty; first assistant, George A. K. Wilson, AUalr county; second assistant. 1. i'. lxw. Marshall county: John L. Gillespie. Story county; post mlHtress, Edith lefTlngwell. Carroll county; sergeant at arms,' 1. B. Huff, Muscatine; engrossing clerk, ixrts Klny. iavenport; enrolling clerk, Ella Christie, Oskaloosav two Journal clerks. Cecil Dixon. Calhoun county; John Connolly. Polk county; tile clerk, T. "K. Brown, Monona county: hill clerk. Miss IlasselquiHt, Lucas; Delia Clarey, Warren county; chief doorkeepers, Alex West, Jasper county. Many candi dates for doorkeepers and Janitors'. in tne Mouse Biieaker, George w. Clarke, Dallas county: chief clerk. C. R. "Rene- diet, Shelby county; assistant clerks, L. E. Corlett, Clayton county; R. E. Clock, Franklin county: W. C. Ramsey, Wright county; Carl Johnson, Mahaska county; Roland Shaver. .Linn countv: C. L. Lamb. Clarke county; bill clerk. Bessie Conger, wasningion county; enrolling clerk, Kmmi Wheeler. Calhoun countv: Ines Black and Marie Stegeman, Marlon countv; engross ing clerk, Mollle Heist, Wapello county; file clerk, Roland G. McCurdy, Polk county: J. B. Coup, Taylor county; George E. Madden; journal clerk, B. S. Haxrlman, Rlngold county: F. W. Dusey, Cnion county; Harry R Griffin, Jackson county; , chief doorkeeper, J. B. Lewis, Clay county; Henry Cain, Bremer county. Opposition to Women. ' A considerable movement was started to oppose the selection jot women for Impor tant positions, especially In the house, and to give all poUtlcalpoeltions to men who would be of some service to the party or might be useful In the future. Last session . all the girt pages were tabooed ,and only boys were emphtyed. Now It Is proposed that the female clerks and employes gen erally holding the best positions give' way tomen. It ia still uncertain whether this can be made to go or not, as many of the women who are candidates for positions In the legislature have strong backing. Two Candidates Are Out. Already there are two candidates out for railroad commissioner before the repub licans of Iowa this year. Ed. C. Brown, of Sheldon, the present chairman of the Board of Railroad commissioners. Is a candidate for renomlnatlon and N. M. Ketchum of Marsballtown, who was a can didate two years ago and was defeated by i. narrow margin, will soon be announced as a candidate. Brown has had but one term but he defeated a commissioner who hadibut one term and therefore the friends of Ketchum say he cannot complain if he Is opposed. FIREMEfTS TREASURER MISSING Statement Is Made that He Is in . Kanaaa and Will Return at Early Date. BEATRICE, Neb.. Jan. 7. (Special Tele gram.) Prof. Louis Lambert 1, succeeded as treasurer of hose company No. 1 last night by Charles Begelke, disappeared this morning without turning over the hooks or funds belonging to the company. He was not present at the company's banquet last night. Two demands have been made for the books, both without result. It is said that Lamberti has gone to Kansas, Intending to return soon. It is said thut he has about $100 which be longs to the hose company of which he has been treasurer for the past few months. Lamberti has been engaged In the real estate business In company with C. C. Farlow. Lodae Installations. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Jan. T.-Bpe-! clal.) Nuckolls lodge No. T. Ancient Order cf United Workmen, and Degree of Honor loge No. 90 held a Joint public Installa tion of officers at the armory last nigtit, Grand Foreman George M. Mordock acting as installing officer. The following are the officers of the Ancient Order of United Workmen: Master workman, W. D. Bchmlnke; foreman, Joseph Ricketts; over seer, Joseph Meyer; recorder, O. M. Mor dock; financier, Karl Koehler; receiver, W. 8. Hyer; guide, Richard Laidlow; inside watch, Ed Lyon; outer watch, James Tum baugh. The newly elected officer of the Degree of Honor are: Chief of honor, Mrs. Neff; lady of honor, Mrs. Bell; chief of cere monies, Mrs. Sippet; reporter, Mrs. Mor dock; financier, Mrs. Kelch; receiver, Mrs. William Laldlaw; usher, Miss Albright; Inner watch. Miss Prue; outer watch. Miss Btapleton. After the installation of officers the floor of tho' hall was cleared and the lodges and Jnvlted guests Indulged in dancing until a late hour. Keystone chapter' No. 2. Royal' Arch Masons, have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: If. P., William Mets; king. O. W. Mordock; scribe. A. U. Smith; C. of ir., W. a Cornutt; R. A. G. J. A. Haggard: P. 8., R. M. Taggart; M. of F. V.. J. C. OerardyM. of 8. V., J. C. Poling; IS. of T. V Oeorge Clendenln; secretary, 3. H. Morrison; treasurer, M. R. Thorpe; sentinel, E. F. Thorpe. ' BOUTH AUBURN, Neb., Jan. T. (Spe cial.) Curley post No. ITS. Grand Army ef the Republic, Installed the new officers for the ensuing year at the court house last night. After the Installation ceremonies a baaqust to the members, their families and near friend was served by the women's auxiliary. All present 'pronounced It one of the pleasantest social functions ever held In this city. RIVALS GIVING AWAY PAPERS Lincoln Punlleutton Introduces Gift Method to Cut In on The Bee. YORK, Neb., Jan. 7. (fpeclal.)-Just be fore Christmas a number of business men of York received a letter from the Ne braska Slate Journal saying that for thirty days that paper would send to them without charge. A large per cent, of those receiving free, copies of the Journal are subscribers of the Bee. Receiving .both papers has given many readers the op portunity of learning the superiority of the news service of the Bee. The Bee has a large number of paid subscribers here and Its lists are increasing. Pew rhanares in Court House. FREMONT. Neb.. Jsn. 7 (Snerlnl V There were only a few changes in the force at the court house today. J. M. Crulck shank, clerk of the district court; Oeorge J Coddlngton. treasurer: W. J. Arnntt. an. perintendent; A. Bauman, Jr.. sheriff, and a. u. uriggs, county judge, were their own successors and will have the Hume -lrk and deputies. C. O. Boe eucceeds Oeorge Murrei as county clerk and has appointed James A. Donahue donutv. Dr. F. If. Brown, who was elected to succeed himself aa coroner, failed" to qualify and that office is vacant, p. J. Flannagaiv succeeds Peter Parker on the county board. Its nolltlca.1 complexion, however, remaining the same. vviiuam cnetnut, who was elected one of the constables of the citv. failed to nunllfv and J. P. Hanson, who now holds the office, filed a hold-over bond and claims he is still entitled to serve papers. This mat ter will probably be settled In the courts. "Woman Dana-eroualy Burned. Nonvnr.u" m.k Ton t a ii . -1 ' , ... .. . V.'JI-V IfVl, 1 telegram from Center, Jjeb., says that Mrs. Benjamin Saunders, wife of the clerk of the district court In Knox ennntv wna nearly burned to death In the night. Car rying a lamp upstairs, she stumbled and fell, spilling kerosene over her s-nwn it quickly took fire and the woman, wrapped in names, ran into tne yard, where the breese fanned tho b'.asn. l!v the tlmaiv o. slstance of her husband the fire was smoth ered before death came and Mrs. Saunders will recover. She Is quite badly burned. Waives Trial in Llqaor Selllna: Case. FREMONT. Neb.. Jan. 7. (Soeclal v Carl Selmson of Crowel waived preliminary examination In justice court this morning on the eharge of selling liquor without a license and gave bonds for his aDnearnnrn before the district court at the next term. This is the second time within a year that Selmson has run up against the Slocumb law. Cresco Woman Is Killed. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 7 A. GrflM r.t Hurley, Wis., today shot Pearl Ouvnt of Cresco, Ia., and killed himself. It Is said the two have been living together for the last two weeks as man and wife and that this afternoon they had a quarrel, which culminated in the murder and suicide. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Promise of Pair Prlday and Satur day in Nebraska and Iowa. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7 -Forecast: For Nebraska Fair Friday and Satur day. " For Iowa Fair and colder Friday: Sat urday, fair. For North Dakota Fair: warmer Satur day. For South Dakota Fair Friday and Sat urday. For Kansas Fair Friday and Saturday, except rail Saturday in seuth portion. For Montana Fair Friday and Saturday. For Illinois Fair Friday; Saturday, In creasing cloudiness, rain- in extreme por tion, brisk west to northwest wlrtds. For Missouri Fair Friday; Saturday, rain. For Colorado and Wyoming Fair Friday and Saturday. Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Jan. 7. Official record ' of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the lust three years: . A 1904. 190$. 1903. 1901. Maximum temperature .. M St , W 34 Minimum temperature ... i8 14-35 16 Mean temperature 41 24 46 16 Precipitation 00 T .00 .00 Record of temperature and precipitation t Omaha for this day since March ' 1. Normal temperature ,. 19 Excess for the day 22 Total excess since March 1.1903...."' S3 Normal precipitation os'lnch Dettclency for the day 03 inch Total nilnfall since March 1, 1903.J3.32 Inche Excess since March 1. 1903 1.90 Inches De ciency for cor. period. 1903. . .77 Inch Deficiency for cor. period, 19UJ.. 6.31 Inches " Report from Stations nt T P. M. CONDITION OF THB WEATHER. : 1 ' c ; 3 : a : 1 ? :B ? i ? : Omaha, clear Valentine, clear North Platte, clear. Cheyenne, clear Bait Iake City, clear..,. Rapid City, clear Huron, clear Wllllston, clear Chicago, cloudy Bt. Louis, clear Bt. Paul, cloudv Ml .00 40 50 .00 H M .00 M 4S .00 24 Ml .00 i 60 . .00 2 1W .00 U 32 .00 84 . 36 .00 46 62 .00 JW 3S .00 40 44 .00 4 60 .00 41 4H .00 1) Ul .00 80 3X1 .02 W 60 .00 DavenDort rlfjir Kansas City, clear.. Havre, cloudy... Helena, cloudy...., Bismarck, clear . Galveston, clear T- indicates trace of precipitation. L- A. WELSH. Fur coaster. PRE-INVENf OJRY Special Gash Discount of 33 1-3 Per Rnni opiortuiutytobuv8uch;Drof;Tn; ;VJ ' ""T ! Lfrtaln.tbat 3ou wi opportunity to buy such a profiisi discount. All Sterling Silver In Our Stock at a Discount ot 20 Per Cent Telephone L607. Metcalf flUlAL PttE-IC3UEC3TORY SALE PER GENT ON PRICES OF ALL Men s Boys' Suits, Overcoats and Trous ers and on Men's Sheepskin Lined Coats and Overcoats PER GENT ON PRICES OF ILL Shirts, Underwear, Gloves, Mittens, Hosiery, Mufflers, Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, Night Robes, Dressing Gowns, and Smoking Jackets This Sale Will Last Until After Wo Have Finished Taking Our Inventory. ; PANIC ON BROOKLYN ELEVATED It Follows a Collision Which Kills Three Trainmen and Starts a Fire. 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Three trainmen were killed today by a collision of two trains on the Brooklyn elevated railroad. One of the dead was hurled from the struc ture to tho street and nearly every bone in his body broker., while another had his head crushed between the pumper of the engine, which was rammed by a motor train, and the front car of the one drawn by steam oower.. SlmultffnuBly with the collision a fire mas started by the coals from the locomo tive and this added to tho panic of the passengers, who fought desperately to es cape from the wrecked cars. The dead, who were all employes of the road, were: GEORGE GULIO, yard master. JAMES O'BRIEN, car coupler. WILLIAM H. FERGUSON, foreman. George E. Smith, aged "35 years, was seri ously Injured. None of the passengers was badly hurt. A crowded passenger train crashed Into a train of empties, telescoping the rear car of the latter, In which were the trainmen. RUTH CLEVELAND IS DEAD Daon-hter of Former President Is Called Very Suddenly by - ' Diphtheria. PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. 7. Ruth Cleve land,' the eldest child of fc-PresIdent Cleve land, died at the Cleveland home here today very unexpectedly, the immediate cause of death being a weakening of the heart action during a mild attack of diphtheria. ' Dr. Wlkoff, the attending physician, said that Miss Cleveland had been 111 with a mild form of diphtheria for four days and that the heart affection was not anticipated. She was 15 years of age. MRS. v HAZLETON COLLAPSES Believes Her Husband Was Bfnrdered, Robbed and Thrown Into River Seine. BT. LOUIS. Jan. 7.-The ranilly' and relatives of Henry Haileton, the St. Louis lace importer who mysteriously disappeared at Parle, France, have given up all hope of ever seeing him alive. Mrs. Haxelton Is In a .serious condition from grief. She collapsed when new was received that her husband's hat, coat and keyring had on nt rpfliiv ni-tiutii ti , "nicies or Jeweler and Optician. Ik letcalf mm and Children's been found on the hank of the rlvn Seine Through W. S. Boyden of New York, a brother of Mrs. Hatelton, the family will sk United States Consul dowdy at Taris to order that the 80lne.be dredged m tho hope of finding the body. It Is bellev,l Harloton was murderca, robbed and thrown Into the river. SWIFT COMPANY CONSOLIDATES Decides to loerrnse Stock nnd Take Over Transportation nnd Distributing- Concerns. . CHICAGO. Jan. 7.-At tho annual mee4ing of the stockholders of Swift and Company today it was decided to Increase the caplt U stock from $35,000,000 to .435,000,000. A resolution was adopted that the di rectors be authorized at their discretion to purchase the wholesale distributing marketsi In New England. New York and New Jersey, now belonging to Swiff and Company, a corporation of the state of Maine, and those In flrut t4 i tng to the Swift fleet m .,.. ,.... ., . . ....Ifr,B,IJr luuuttsur, a corporation of England. The directors were -. .uuiuuiou 10 purcnase the refrigerator and other cars usvi in v.,.i . Bwlft and Company, now belonging to the Swift Refrigerator Transportation com pany and Swiff LI wo Stock Express, a uuiHurnuun 01 we state or Maine. Edwin C. Swift of Boston was re-electe . chairman of the board of directors and Louis W. Swift of Chicago president of the company. FIREMEN SAVE FIFTY LIVES Women nnd Children Huddled In Tenement House Narrowly Escape Denth In Flames. NEW YORK. Jan. .Two incendlnry fires early today Imperiled the lives of hun dreds of persons living In tenement houses at Seventh avenue. Thirty-first street. In extinguished the blaze In the basement with snow, but the flame. n the other place got such headway that the nremea J'V" c"rry hJ' ozen women and children down the fire escape A man said to have been seen emerging' from the basement w. captured by the X "ndT " "'"S to have fired both buildings. Ho wa. arrested two weeks ago at the scene of a tenement Are In another quarter, but was releasee? after an exam inatlon a to his sanity. Nat J3k 8Iab"u"h- " t law. 604 Mer. SALE n.ui ti..i t:. Vt'f an u i jou will not Hoon hav intrinsic value at xnoh r,Mt " - " vs- vuh fagu. 409 Broadway.
