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TTTE OMAITA DAILY REE: FRIDAY, AriUL P. 1P04. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. PICKPOCKET SHOOTS TWO MEN Arte Aaaataltlns; Woaaatax sued PaateH la Parse Fagltlvo Adds Fros ahle Marder to Crimes. EST. 1847. i J 8- COUNCIL POLICE MAKE GOOD CATCH Arrest Man for Iatoxicttioa snd DieoTer . They EaTa. a Forger. HAD ESCAPID FRCM JAIL ONLY WEEK AGO At Ilberty I."C Ksonh. lloftrvrr, to Tsira m Trick at C'ratoa and Attempt to Work His llmr - ' la Coanrll BlaSTa. D. J. Bennett, alia Z. M. King, who e- cipM Friday night, April 1, from the Polk county jail In t Moines, where he was awaiting trial on numerous charges of forgery. In under arrest In this city and will be. taken back to Des Moines this morning. At the time of his arrest the pollre were not aware they had rrmde such a good catch. , ' ' Bennett arrived In Council Bluffs Tues day night from Crenton, aa It was later discovered, and registered at the Grand hot.l' as "J. If. Barlow, Denver." Wednesday' he was drinking heavily and flashed two check, one tor 1500 and the other, for 16,000, purported to be t signed by S. J. Kirk, a wealthy etloonman of Creston. Barlow, aa he called himself, claimed to have sold a saloon In Bt. Louis, located near the entrance to the exposi tion to Kirk and that these checks rep resented part of the purchase money. When Barlow offered to deposit the SVTO check for a loan of tX the hotel manage ment became suspicious and .notified the police, who shadowed him. Late Wednesday night the police de cided It waa best to tako Mr. Barlow Into custody, so they arretted him on the ostensible, charge of drunkenness, lie put up a stiff fight when token into custody and It took two officers. Night Captain Bussa and Patrolman O'Nell to land him In the city Jail. On the way to jail Bar low succeeded In getting rid of the two checks he had displayed at the hotel, but on him was found a number of blink checks- on different Creston banks. At the city jail he gave the name of F. H. Johnson. ..... Yesterday morning wurd was received from Creston that Barlow, waa wanted at Creston, It being alleged that he had secured a quantity of jewelry and vari ous sums of money on forged checks. Part of the Jewelry which ho had ob tained from F. A. Bowers, a jeweler of Creston, Barlow had with him when he arrived here, but all that could be located yesterday was a gold watch, which he had deposited In the notal safe for safe keeping. , When placed In- the sweat box yesterday morning Barlow told Chief Richmond that his right nume was Johnson and that his horne was Ave ""miles north of Murray. Chief Richmond thought the man answeied the description . of Bennett,' alias King, and after he had- been In the sweat box some time Barlow, alias Johnson, ad mitted he was th nian Wanted In Des Moines. Bheriff lioper 1 Was ' at -once " no tified and he tclographed that he will: be hero for hla man this morning. A re waod of t-waa,.. offered. ! by the. , Polk county authoelUe,-for. Bennett s arrest. APPORTlOl' COVNTV ROAD FIND AlMost Twelve Thoasand to Bo Ei ft ded:fcy gapervlspra. Tito Board o Supervisors yesterday ap portioned the county rood fund to be ex . pended hi the different districts aa follows: Supervisor Buker's district, 14,686.02; Super visor Brandes" district, I2.0C9.04; Supervisor Bullis' district, 11,874.77; Supervisor Dry den's district. S1.K3.80; Supervisor Spencer's district, tl,707.J7. Total, 111.800. The official bond of W. D. Hardin, the newly elected assessor of tho city of Coun cil Bluffs, In the sum of K.000, furnished by a bonding company, was approved. Mr. Hardin's term of office does not begin until January 1, 1906. - Tho appointment of George I Martin, a deputy sheriff, without ', expense to the county, was approved. Martin will act as special officer at the opera house and at the dun club's grounds near the river. Henry Kay presented a claim of 12.500 for Injuries received on tht night of February 05, "by driving off the embankment at tho approach to the bridge over- Mosquito creek near the State Bchool for the Deaf and Henry 8tevey, owner of tho horse and buggy Kay was driving,' put In a claim for Ui for damages to the rig. Both claims were rejected. . C M. Potter was appointed Justice of the peace for Wavelaod township and' John Slrnoy, constable for Valley township, to fill vacancies. ' - The Iowa Children's Home society pre sented for the second time Its claim for tlOO for taking charge of the six Kuti children last January, but the board de clined to pay It, offering, however, to al low 126 to recoup the association for any expense It might have been put to In the matter. . '..!., B1U of Dr. I, M. Doyle for til and of O. -K. Wlllmott for t for attending tho family of John Schmcdlcker, while suffer ing from smallpox. Were rejected as the family waa able to pay them Itself. The board, decided to purchase an elevator road Sradttr at a cost of not to exceed tsuO. Troable tor Hnloon Mea. County Attorney Klllpaik. in the name of the state of Iowa, tiled In the district Court ' yesterday an Information charging Charles Uterwlth. a saloonkeeper at 8'JB West Broadway, with being in contempt of court. It Is charged that Uterwlth has been conducting hla saloon contrary to the provisions of the mulct law despite the faot that two permanent Injunctions were hang ing Over his head, lie was arrested and gave bond" In the sum of 1500 for his ap pearanoe before Judge Wheeler Saturday Worn trig. About two years ago Fremont Benjamin obtaiued a permanent Injunction against Itlerwlth. ' who was then proprietor of the Metropolitan hotel. The Injunction was executed . and Itierwltb's stork of liquors etaed and destroyed by order of the court, result of the saloon light. Had Bierwlth ait 8ul West Broadway was one of the num erous places sgainst which Attorney Wads Worth secured permanent Injunction as a result of the saloon fight. Had Blerwoth conducted his saloon since the last Injunc tion according to the mulct law provisions be would not have been Interfered with. County Attorney KUlpack stated yesterday. Blnillar proceeding; the county attorney stated, would be Instituted against a num ber of other saloon men who, despite recent Injunctions, are said to be conducting their places contrary to the mulct law. Another result of tne recent saloon fight Is noticeable In the many applications made St the present session of the Board of LEWIS CUTLER JrtOHTICIA". - SMt., t'ni-l r""ii I"fcaa BLUFFS. County Supervisors for the refund of liquor taxes by saloon men who have gone out of business. These application are for re fund of licenses paid In advance after Jan uary 1. and where the anlstrn keepers aa a reeult of the Injunction cases have been forced to quit business. The refunds so far allowed by the board amount to about 1300. Overturning of Bla Injures Two. Miss Blanche Iw1k, Bister of Dr. Claude P. Lewis, suffered a dislocation of the tight arm at the 'shoulder and Mis8 Marian Crane, daughter of Captain George Crane of Park avenue, a fractured thigh bone in un accident while driving home late I Wednesday night from the State School for the Deaf. Miss Lewis and Miss Crane, In company with the other members of the choir of the First Congregational church, had been guests of Mr. Oeddes, one of the teachers at the Institute and were returning when the accident occurred. Miss Lewis, Miss Crane and Mr. J. W. Evans occupied Cap. tain Crane's high trap. While crossing a small bridge from the institute grounds to the main road, the trap ran off the edge of the bridge and was overturned. Miss Crane and Miss Lewla were taken back to the Institution where their Injuries were attended to and yesterday were brought to their homes In the city. Discuss Bchool Addition. The Bourd of Education held a special meeting last night to discuss the plans for the eight-room addition to tUe Avenue B school, for which a tax of $25,000 was voted at the recent school election. The board favors raising the old building so as to provide a high basement, which can be used for manual training, class rooms and allow the Installation of a heating plant. The old wing will be retained Instead of being torn down, as originally planned, and will be converted into a corridor. If the amount appropriated will permit of It, the board will probably decide on remodel ing the building so that with the addition fourteen Instead of twelve rooms will be provided. Owing to the absence of Directors, Dav enport and Tlnlev, nothing definite was de cided upon last night and another meeting will be held Saturday afternoon. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: " Name and Residence. Age. L. B. Gamble. Omaha at V. B. Davis, Omaha 21 Adolf Mnthla. Omaha to Lena Miller, Omaha ... 38 numbing and heattna. Bixby ft Ban. MINOR MUXTIOV Dsvls sells drugs. Leffert's glasses fit. Stockert sells carpets. ' The Faust cigar, 6 cents. ' Peterson, gun and locksmith, 420 B'y. For rent, modern house, 710 Sixth ave. Paints, oils and glass. Morgan & Dickey. Picture frames made to order. K. Alexander & Co., 333 Broadway. For wall papering, pmntiner, picture fram ing, see Borwlck, 211 Main at. 'Phone A-620 Miss Georgia Mitchell Is home from a visit over iiajaler with friends In Jefferson, la. Mr. and Mrs. John Keller are norne from Boats Monica, Cal., where they spent the winter. . ,- .' , R. C. Head of Jefferson,' la.,' is. the guest of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Bonham of North Becond street. '. . . City Engineer 8. L. Etnyre Is home' from Oregon. 111., where he was called by the death of his mother. ' Dcvoe's mixed paints. Morgan tc Dickey. Major Richmond has ' appointed George Wilson,, a former member of the police de partment under Mayor Jennings, night de tective. Justice Carson performed the marriage ceremony yesterday for L. B. Gamble and V. K. Davis and Adolf Mathls and Lena Miller, two oouples from Omaha. The plat of the new town of Gllllnt, in Garner township, Pottawattamie ouunty, on the Una of the Great Western, was filed yesterday In the otllce of the county re corder. Have your carpets taken p, cleaned and relald by modern methods. Old carpets made Into handsome ruga Council Bluffs Carpet Cleaning Co., 34 North Main street 'Phone Ills By agreement Z. H. Bratton was given Judgment against the Burlington railroad yesterday in the district court for 111 for the loss of i case of household goods. Brat ton sued for 1124. Louis M. Mackeben filed an Information In Justice Ouren's court yesterday, charg ing Joseph O. Roberts and wife with adul tery. Mrs. Roberts was formerly the wife of Mackeben S'ld the latter claims aha a. cured a dlvort Improperly, The funeral of Mrs. Ellen M. Caaady will be held Saturday morning at 10 o clock from her residence on Vine utreet. Rv- T. J- Mackay of All Saints' Episcopal church. umana, win eonauet me services ana burial will be In Fairvlew cemetery. The funeral will be private. Mrs. Jennie Mowery has brought suit for divorce from Gannett W. Mowery, to whom she waa married July 19. 1M5. She asks the custody of their three minor children and the restoration of her maiden namo. Mrs. Mowery charges her husband with habitual drunkenness and cruoity. Thomas Egan, aged 60 years, died yester day morning at Mercy hospital from tuber culosis. One sinter, Mrs. Martin Moran, 1016 Seventh avenue, this city, and one lirother, M. C. Egan of RawUas, Wyo., survive him. Arrangements for the funeral will not be made until the arrival of the brother. . K.. T. Plumbing Co. Tet. 280; night. F-7. FINDS WIFE WITH ANOTHER MAS A. G. McClelland of Oaiks Causes . Woman's Arrest. CRESTON, la., April T. (Special Tele gram.) A. O. McClelland of Omaha ar rived in Creston today and caused the ar rest of Mrs. Mabel McClelland, charging adultery. She was living with A. O. John son, a broken) an, whom McClelland ac cuses of having knowledge that the wo man was married. Mrs. McClelland Is In jail. She admitted her guilt. She was married to McClelland In Omaha. February 11, and deserted her husband for Johnson February IS. Johnson is sick In bed. Old Man Killed on Train. ONAWA. Ia., April 7. (Special Telegram.) John Flltcroft. (6 years of age, was struck by a ' southbound passenger train last night, just south of Blenroe. His head was almost out In two and his brains scattered along the track for 104 feet. The body waa badly bruised and the clothes almost torn from his body. The remains were removed to Blencoe by order of Coro ner Huff, where an inquest was held this afternoon. The old man has been In a demented condition for some Uma. Weoekist SUa Kills Himself. LOGAN. Ia. April L (Special.) Taylor Purcell of Woodbine , committed suicide yesterday by Uklng a dose o strychnine and was found dead not far front the road, five fellies west of town. Purcell as 40 years eld. unmarried, and had not lived at Woedbins long. He had purchased the poison from a UtcaJ druggist. A cor oner's Jury waa Impanelled, constating of E. T. Geddtngs, T. J. Tut tie and Dennis O Leary. They returned a verdict of sui cide. Ten frte trips to th Workro Faxr each weak, si coupoo on page a. DRAINAGE BILL IS PASSED Only Two Total Are Recorded Aga'cit it in thi Hani. STATE TO TAKE THE CENSUS NEXT YEAR Hoaae Pats la Large Portloa of Day oa Appro sirlatioas for tho state iBBtltatloas Repairs oa the Capitol. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, April ?. (Special.) The big drainage bill, on which committees of the legislators have been at work dur ing nearly all the session of the legislature, goes to the governor for his signature to morrow. This Is regarded by all as the most Important legislation of the entire legislative session. It completely revises the drainage laws of the state somewhat after the Illinois statute. The bill passed the house today with only two negative votes. The merits of the bill were stated by Representative Wright, one of the men who had framed It. Amendments were proposed to limit the powers of the drain age trustees, and to further protect min ority owners of land, but all amendments were voted down. Representative Hanna made a plea for the defeat of the bill on the ground that It would result. In prac tical confiscation of large areas land In northern Iowa where great drainage dis tricts are planned. Despite this the belief was general that the law would prove u good one, and at leaBt a start In the right direction. Provide for a. Census. The census of Iowa to be taken next year under state authority will lie in the control of the state executive council, and It will be more complete than any census ever taken by the state. It will be not only an enumeration of the people, but a census of agricultural and other industries and a compilation of information regarding the soldiers of the state. Provision will be made for the fullest Information on all subjects and It Is to be gathered by the assessors at the time of making the an nual assessment next winter. The bill for the census parries an appropriation of $15,000 for doing the work after the facts are collected. Future of Regrets' Bill. It Is planned that a committee of the legislature shall make a thorough investi gation of the state colleges and report on the need of a central board to control them to the next general assembly. The bill to create such a board failed because of the lack of time In which to complete It at this session, but the sentiment in the legislature is now overwhelmingly for the Idea of a central board. The sentiment had been growing rapidly, largely because of the failure of members to secure what they believed to be reliable Information on the finances of the Institutions. The re gents bill will be laid away and next ses sion will come up early and will most likely be passed, Appropriation for Institutions. The house this afternoon commenced the work of making the appropriations on the educational and other institutions. The bill, which . carries 1671 XX) was taken up. The first effort made was to .strike out all appropriations for the new dairy build ing at the State college at Ames and there was much argument to the effect that the 'dairy business In Iowa has become a de clining one and that It Is no use to tench the farmers how to make butter. There was also effort to cut out the engraving department at Iowa City. Tho amend ments were all defeated and the bill passed. Reformatory for Pennies. The bill providing for the establishment of a reformatory for females In Iowa and the transfer of female prisoners from Ana mosa and others from Mltchellville thereto, and regulation of the same, was reported to the bouse today for passage. The bill had been In committee a long time and It Is favored by the Woman's Christian Tem perance union of Iowa. It provides for a large class of unfortunate girls who can neither be sent to the penitentiary or the reform school and who are permitted to go unchecked until they become criminal. It Is believed the bill will pass the house and unless the sifting committee In tho senate opposes It will become a law. The house received and laid over under thn rule till Friday a resolution directing the state mine Inspector In the Third dis trict and the state labor commissioner to make Inspection of the gypsum mines in Webster county, where 209 miners are em ployed, and to report to the next general arsembly on their condition and the need of regulation thereof for the action of the next legislature. All efforts In 'this legisla ture to secure legislation for the Inspection of tho gypsum mines have failed. Mnlct Petltloaa Win Oat. The house received the report of the committee on suppression of Intemperance, recommending for defeat the bill to limit the time of a mulct petition so that after three years 25 per cent of the voters might compel a new petition to be filed. The house paused a bill permitting the running of an electric railway rver the state ground at Eldnra. The bill to allow cities and towns to con tract for mutual support of libraries with colleges was reported and passed. It ap plies to Cornell college at Mount Vernon. A bill to allow diversion of some of the funds arising from mulct taxes to library purposes was passed. . , , , ' To Repair the Capitol. The appropriation .committee bill, carry ing t20t,740 for the restoration of. the burned portion of the capttol building and for Im provements and repairs on the building during 1904 and 1906, was passed by the senate this morning. The bill makes neces sary the addition of a special tax levy of three-tenths of a mill on the dollar for all assessable property In the state. An attempt 'to get the Stookey resolu tion, requiring the appointment of a to re mission of three from the house, and two from the senate to investigate the neoesrity of preparing a law for a board of regents for the state educational Institutions, to report to the next general assembly, up for consideration proved a failure on ob jection of Warren o Marlon. The latter eald there was yet some chance that the house might reconsider lis action of yes terday by which the senate education bill waa practically killed. A good part of the day was passei tn a running debate between Senators Court light. Jamison and Glllllland en the merits of a house bfll providing for the leaning or sale of meandered lake beds ef the state. The bill was finally passed. The house and senate came to disagree ment today en the extradition bill, the two houses having passed different meas ures. A conference committee win try to fix up an agreement so that persona who commit Interstate crimes may be punished. The senate failed to pass the bin to re peal the tax ferret law, the rote befog a tie. The hmise passed trills for condemning real estate by the state, to provide for re ports from state Institutions, to provider for a (Lata aauX. t finding chiLlraa hoou, t and the senate bill to place bank exam iners on salary. Th house alxo passed a bin appropriating I7.SI10 for the relatives of the women killed in an elevator accident and 11.000 for a boy Injured at Eldnra. The house adopted a report for Indefinite postponement on the hoard of regents bill, and passed a bljl to require Institutions to make report. The house bill for a bacteria college laboratory was passed by the senate. Arheol Districts Mixed. The supreme court had f decide a quar rel between two school districts of the same name In one county, in which for thirty years one district hsd been getting school money belonging to the other dis trict One district was wholly In a cer tain township and the other partly In the same township and the first named district had received all the money from taxes due the last district whUh v.-r.s realised on that part of the latter dletrlct lying In the township where ioth were located. The errors date back to 1872. Settlement had been made In Marion county for all since 1896, but the court today held that the sums claimed prior to that time were barred by the statute of limitations. The supreme court upheld, also, a Judg ment for 1100 against the Northwestern rail road because of wrongful ejectment of a passenger from a train in a case In which the conductor had forgot he had taken up the ticket. The following were the flectslons of the court today: State against Joseph and Charles Ra phael, arjwllnnt: Piackhawk cmnty, Judge Blair: affirmed, by Sherwln. c- R. Morehouse, appellant, ngalnst C. M. Doxsee; Kofwuth countv, Judge Qusr ton; dismissed, by the court. L K. Button, appellant, against Bower Perkins: Koveuth county. Judge Uuarton; reversed, by Weaver. Johnson liro., appellants, against J. I. Wright; Kossuth county. Judge yuarton; reversed, by Ladd. School District of Union In Indiana Town snln against School District of 1'nlnn In Washington Township, appellant: Marlon county, Judge Gamble; reversed, bv Bishop. J. A. Freebtirg against Alma Kskell, ap pelant: Webster county. Judge Whttaker; afllrmnd, by Deemer. M. O. Colne against Chicago A North western Railway, appellant; Boone county. Judge Whltaker; affirmed, by McClaln. Fire In Town of Grimes. Fire, supposed to have been caused by tho explosion of a lamp In the bank at Grimes, burned the bank and B. 8. Prunty's hard ware store at an early hour this morning. The building was totally destroyed and only a small part of the contents were saved. With nothing but buckets and men to work the pumps the citizens of Grimes and a large number of farmers fought the fire and saved It from spreading to stir rounding buildings. The building which was burned Is a two-story brick and belonged to the private bank of whioh W. J. Stewart Is the owner. The Iors Is estimated be tween 16.000 and 110,000, partially covered by Insurance. E. S. Prunty, owner of the hardware store, had 11.600 Insurance. The bank was fully Insured.' F. W. McClaln lost about 1500 in damage to new vehicles which he was compelled to remove from a building adjoining the fire. Pnnctaotloa Is Costly, A comma Instead of a semicolon caused the Retail Grocers' association to win thft suit brought by W. T. Wood for 110,000 dam ages for malicious prosecution. The In terpretation placed on the law by Judge A. H. McVey Is that matters of necessity and charity do not apply to the buying and selling of goods on Sunday according to the reading or the statute; The law says that anyone "found nilltv nf irrvln Al arms, hunting, shooting,' i dancing, buying or selling goods or engnged In any labor except through necessity or charity," can be punished. It was held by the court that if a semicolon had been, placed after the word goods the matter of necessity or charity might have applied to selling goods, but with the comma there the enumeration of the offenses are all equal. Removes Poor Farm Steward, The State Board of Control today or dered the removal of James C. Brendel as steward of the men's department at ths Polk county Insane hospital. Revolting acta of cruelty are charged. Evidence sub mitted to the board has been declared by the board to be good evidence. Brrndel's Immediate removal will undoubtedly follow. The board Is empowered by the new Board of Control law to enforce Its order, which Is directed to the supervisors. Specific charges against him, sustained by tho Board of Control, Include the follow ing. That he placed an insane woman In a "crib" for punishment; left her there some hours and when she was removed a clot of blood. Indicating dangerous Injury, was discovered under the skin behind the ear. That he beat an Insane man with a hoe handle for four or five minutes and left him lying In the yard for two hours. That he kicked a patient who had kicked his (Brendel's) dog. That he was habitually rough and ob scene In his treatment of Inmates. In concluding the Board of Control finds Brendal "wholly unfit to be entrusted with the care of the Insane" and asks that he be removed "and excluded from all work in connection with Inmates of either the poor farm or the Insane hospital." FORMER BLIFFS MAX I!f TROIDI.K Said to Be a Member of the Bnrrle. Band at Cltatoa, CLINTON. Is., AprU 7. (Special Tele gram.) Fred Bunty, a former Council Bluffs saloonkeeper, whose name was fre quently mentioned by George B. Burrier during his testimony at the hearings of Daniel Murphy and Michael Conroy, mem bers of the notorious robber bond which operated here so extensively for several years, but who are all In the penitentiary, Is In Jail here on the charge of burglary. P.unty whs arrested at Lanes bo ro, la., and It Is said by the officials they have sof fUicnt evidence to prove Bunty received some of the goods stolen here by the mem bers of the Burrier gang. In his testimony Bnrrtcr stated Bunty accepted and disposed of the goods stolen here, which under ths Iowa statute makes him equally aa guilty as the persona who commit the robberies. During the trials nf Murphy snd Conroy a letter waa Introduced In evidence which it Is said was written by Bunty, tn which he intimated he could dispose of stolen goods. That hitter attracted the attention of the federal authorities and John Mahln ef Muscatine, postofflee Inspector, Is here Investigating the case. He stated that Bunty was ths author of the letter. The federal government will Institute proceed ings against htm. OPllJ SHOP" 1 IftWi ; mE Mea totlfled That It Will Beeoaaar Ef. feetlve April IK. DES MOINES. Ia., April. T.-Lncal "miners have been served with notices that the "open shop" will become effective with their craft after April 15. .This Is an en tirely new Issue In the miners' contro versy snd may cause a continuance of ths strike locally. Ten free trips to the World's Fair each week. See coupon on page f. town Mmm far Kratsrkr rhooL DANVILLE. Ky.. Anrll T. The bosrd of trustee- of Central U"lvr-Hv has decided upon Dr. Frederick It lUniiltt. formerly president r ha Pamonv C'llege lows, for prudent, to sM-rl lilt t&ls Dr. Wil liam C &oberts NEW TORK. April l-Tn an exciting chase for a highwayman who bad snatched a young woman's pocketbook at Thirty fourth street and Second avenue today, twj men were shot, one being probably fatally Injured, and a large crowd that galhred after the highwayman was cap tured made a demonstration as if they would kill him. Tfe man, who gave his name as JohS) Kenny, grabbed the woman's pocketbook and knocked her down when shi struggled to retain It. He then tried to escape on a moving car. Joseph Corn, 26 years old, overtook Kenny at the corner of Third avenue and Thirty-fourth street end clinched with him. In ths struggle Kenny fired two shots, one striking Corn In the arm and the other In ths abdomen. Kenny then Jumped up and ran. E. B. Johnson. Jr., of Woodsldo, L. I., next overtook the fleeing man and Jumped on his back, carrying him to the ground with Johnson on top. Kenny still held the revolver In his hand and pressed" Its muzzle close ngninst Johnson's face and fired. The bullet passed through Johnson's Jaw. Before Kenny could fire again, a pollcemnn grasped the revolver. By this time several hundred persons had gathered around the struggling men and cried loudly that he be lynched. Other policemen appearod and Kenny, who was bleeding from a blow on the head, was hurriedly taken to the police station. . OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS MEET Convention to Select Delesratrs to National Convention Is Now In Session. GUTHRIE, Okl., April 7.-Oklahoma re publicans met In convention hero todny to nominate a delegate to congress, to elect six delegates and as many alternates to the Chicago convention and to name a national committeeman. Before tho con vention met there was practically no op position to the renomlnatlon or Delegate Bird S. McGuire. The convention was the largest In the history of Oklahoma. There were seventeen candidates for delegates to the national convention. Before entering the hall Delegate Mc Guire said: "The convention will udopt the sub-committee's statehood bill, now pending In the national house of repre sentatives. I have Implicit faith In . tho convention renominating me. Charles H. Fitzon of Guthrie will be recommended for national committeeman to succeed "Cash Cade of 8hnwnce." ENJOINS ENGINEER'S UNION Assistant t hief Insists That the Con vent lou Be Held at Los Angeles. CLEVELAND, April 7. Third Assistant Chief Ell Stevens of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers today secured an Injunction temporarily restraining t!e officers of the organization from holding the annual convention in Clevelnnd or any other point aside from Los Angales. The latter city was or:ginal!y chosen as the place for holding this year's conven tion, but on account of tho high transporta tion rates a movement was recent'y started to hold the convention, which meets In May, In this city. Grand Secretary Ingraham said that the officers at no time had definitely decided to tako the convention away from - Los Angeles and that It doubtless would be held In that city as originally planned. r at""" ' ' '" ""IL """" F'"jll'i'i'lisMiiiisinsismiiiiisili.sBiii u.muw,aujami,, a., Ji " -" 'Si..... - --i-iiia .Van in a aiiliira -i-rmiT-i-a i i'hiI in iiiu'w pi-niCjj Nil Cheap Settlers' Rates To MINNESOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, WYOMING AND CANADIAN POINTS Hi 1, 8,15, 22 and April 5, 12, 19 and 26 LLIN0IS CENTRAL R. R. Particulars at City Ticket Office, 1402 Far nam St.. or write W. H. BRILL. Dist. Pass. Agt., Omaha, Neb. 1 'f.'y s'-w-mii "v" ' ' '"""'fit'"' J"""""' - - - ' ill , Japanese War News by Word o' Mouth In the April Metropolitan . Magazine R. H. Rmell, Publisher, New York A 35-cent Magazine for 1 5 cents All Newsdealers POROUS PLASTERS A anivertal remedy for rtins In the back (so fiequent in the case of women). They give instantaneous relief. Wherever there ia a pain a Plaster should be applied. Rheumatism, Colds, Coughs, VTask Chest, Wak. Dack, Lumbago, Sciatica, &C, &Ci AIlcocVs Piasters are superior to all others. Tor fwliwln the reslon rf th KlSaeya, or tor Weak Hark, tta plaster ahoultf t applini m shown a Nit w nfffr were is iwin appiy Aliourk's Plaster. K a I t Allvk'a PUalrr. I v v "V $1,000 for skillful spellers rX If yon cn put together enotirh combinations T letters that could properly be Pronounced You can share in the distribution of in before Junnl5,the word Kgg-O-See This sum will bo divided as !ollows: To the one sending' the ereatt variety ol To the second sending the ft-reateit variety e me imra aeaums; tn greatest vartaly el apemngs 90 on To the fourth (ending the greatest variety of pelllngs 2, no To the 111th tending the greatest variety ef pelllnga 10.00 To the 740 fending the next greatest variety ol spellings $1.00 7u.l0 Total $1000.00 The prizes will be awarded Immediately after ths close ef the contest. Everyone can compete. It will be found equally interesting to the older people as well as children to whom we have paid thousands of dollars since last spring. The only conditions are that you must send in votir list on or before Junel5,1904; that the spelling must be such as could properly be pronounced Egg-Q-Ssee, and for every five different ways of spelling Egg-O-See you must send in one of the little folders, same as used in the school children's drawing contest, totndin sacn ps'kage ol the food that is if you cpelled the word 15 different ways you wojld bead three of tie folders. Be rure and write yocr name and addiess plainly. It fa per missible to have hers assist you. So when you have found all Ihe'vays of spelling Egg-OSee vou can devise, ask your friends to assist vou. Hero are a few ways of roelling f gtf-O-See: tgg-O-bea, EggOh-Cee. Eg-Ocy, Bgg-O-Cie. Save tha folders from Egg-O-See and it will bo easy for vou to get one of ihe prises. We do this to further familiarize tha Detnle with rno merits oi bgg-o-bee, Ihe post ol all flaked wctil foods. It la now conceded that FtVked Wheat Is the mo9t healthful, economical and convenient of ali focds. Egg-O-See Kas beoome the standard of these foods for two reasons First It Is Incomparably superior In purity and favor, and a targe package retails for lOc. ASK OUR GROOER FOR THE GREEN PACKAGE. If your grccer does not keep It, tend us hla name end IO oente and we will aend you a package-, prepaid. 1 - ' Adcress all communications to 3g 0-Sv Qotocy. VX - ' ' Via Onoto Watanna, author of "A Japanese Nightingale" and "The Wooing of Wistaria," writes a lively description of how war news is disseminated in Japan T f Rhea But In, nr Pals tn SaaalSara, llaitwi or etaw. whr, or ti ralm, snir. era, aie., am (or Axklai ret, flm tonnlil txtrtu lira tI anap rrqqirvd aw1 appKaa o la-ri 7-Tri aa aiiuws above. Egg $1,000 in cash lo be paid those who send spelled in the greatest variety of way. spelllnrs IIMM of rprfilnff 7S.CO yV.. S7 (1 Q-See X i.'j CI