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TTTE OMAITA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. A TOIL IS. 1004. -V CURRENT COUNCIL RAILROAD MIPS FARMERS ArrtngM for Series of Lectnrsi on Bnbjtct of Seed Cora. TWENTY MINUTE TALKS BY PROF. HOIDEN peetal Train to Take Kspert Over the 4Jae and Stop at Statlona Where notices Are Being Seat te Ktrmrri. The Rock Island railroad is providing the mean whereby the farmer along Ita line In thla state can learn much which will be to their advantage regarding seed com. l"rof. P. O. Ilolden, head of the depart ment of agronomy of the State Agricultural college at Ames, haa been invited by the JUxk Inland to tell the farmers the Im portance of selecting- good aeed corp and explain how It can be done. The impor tance of testing all aeed this year will be impressed upon the farmera by Prof. Holden. For this purpose the Hock Island will place at Prof. Holden'e disposal a special train, and he, in company with Oeorge A. Wells, secretary of the Iowa Grain Dealers' inundation, will make a three days' trip along the line of the Rock Inland in thin state. It is proposed to give twenty minute talks at the different stations and Prof. Ilolden will Illustrate his addrepses with sample ears of corn and large charts, showing the good and bad types of seed corn and will explain to the farmers how to select, sort and test corn for this spring's planting. Advice) received here are that Prof. Holilen's trip will be made this week. The schedule has been arranged by Mr. Wells and due notice will be sent ahead of the arrival of the special train, so that the farmers can be present. Advance notices of the project have already been sent all along the line. CO TEN OP grPERJXTGNDNTS Those of gonthwestrrn Iowa to Meet In Council HlolTa. The spring meeting of the county school superintendents of the southwestern dis trict of the state will be held In this city tomorrow and Wednesday. The sessions will be hold In the office of County Su perintendent McManus In the court house, or If the attendance demands It in the south court room. State Superintendent Rlggs will be present end will preside at one or more of the sessions. At the suggestion of the state superin tendent these topics' will be discussed dur ing the convention: "Recent School legislation. "The National Educational Association at St. Iuls, June 28 to July 1." "How May Better Salaries for Teachers be Hpcured?" "How May the Institutes be Made of Greater Vnlue to the Teachers?" "Should Examination for Teachers' Cer tirtratea Immediately Follow the Insti tute?" "What Shall be Done with the Incompe tent Teachers?" "Means of Securing High School Advan tage for Country Youth." "How May the Department of Public In struction Render Better Service to the Caune of Common Behoof Education?" "The Iowa State Teachers' Reading Cir cle." , . "How May Srhool Sites be Beautified and School Property Improved?" "Should Agriculture be Taught in the Dis trict School?" "What Should be the Standard for First Orade, Second Grade and Third Grade Cer tificates?" "Is Consolidation of Schoota Practical In Any Part of Your County?" ' Plumbing and beating. Blxby A Son. HaakJna In Trouble. James L. Hasklns, who Thursday stood 'off Deputy Sheriff McCaffrey and Constable Albertl with a shot gun and a vicious bull dog, is behind the bars of the city Jail again. This time he did not fare so well as Officer Woods, who. arrested him, had to lay him out with his club and City Physi cian Tlnley was called to put four stitches in his scalp. Hasklns, who promised the commission ers on insanity Friday that he would re form and quit drinking, forgot his good resolutions yesterday and the police were called to arrest him for drunkenness. Pa trolman Woods ia a friend of Hasklns and the latter offered no resistance when taken Into custody but asked that he be spared the humiliation of a tide in daylight in the patrol wagon. Woods consented that Hasklns should walk to the station, but when they reached Mynster and Scott streets Hasklns started to run. After a chase extending two blocks Woods over hauled his man, and as Hasklns put his hand to his hip pocket as if. to draw a revolver the officer let him have the club on the side of the head. Hasklns went to the ground but by the time the patrol wagon reached the police station he had recovered consciousness and walked to his cell after Dr. Tlnley had sewed up his scalp. An effort to send Hasklns to the hospital (or chronlo inebriates at Mount Pleasant Will be made today. N. Y, Plumbing Co. Tel. ISO; night, F-ST. seeking 1'rehlstorle nellra. Norman Miller left last evening for Hen ton to act as guide for northwestern archaeologists who have resumed the work of exploring and excavating at the prehis toric Indlau vllluge and burying ground about ten miles south of this city. lYof. A- B. Griffith of Billings, Mont., and Prof. C. A. Rlnehart of Minneapolis are already tn the ground, having come from Platts- uouth. Prof. Blackraan of the Nebraska university is expected to Join them. A Dumber of Interesting relics have been un earthed from time to time In the vicinity of Hen ton and systematic exploration to be carried out now is expected to result In loon Valuable discoveries. Mr. Miller Is thoroughly famtllar with the ground and kill superintend the work of excavaUng, Coat of Hogrers' Appeal. The cost of the transcript for the appeal C W. C. Rogers, convicted of the murder if Saloonkeeper Forney, will be about H2S THE OJI.Y AHiOIITKI.Y MODEKX Bl SINKS AM MIHMtl. t OU IKU IN TMK "KIT. Student mav ent.r anv tlmd t- - 1 1 . places to work for board. Tuition very reasonable. Write for sample copy of our College Journal. Write r cull for Informa tion. K. H. MILI.KK, Pres. Manonlo Temple. 'Phone B6H. LEWIS CUTLER MOWIDCI 1H t, Oaukafl (Had NEWS OF IOWA. BLUFFS. and not VW, as stated by a local paper, says Assistant County Attorney Hess. While the court ordered that the cost of the transcript should be paid by the county, Mr. Hess says that Rogers will have to pay his own attorneys on the appeal, no order for their payment by the county having been made by the court. The fees of one of Rogers' attorneys for the trial tn the district court were paid by the county on order of the judge. Mrs. Mitchell Critically III. Mrs. J. D. Mitchell, who was stricken with apoplexy Thursday at her home. Is still In a critical condition with but small hope for her recovery. Saturday she was removed to the home of her son, Ned Mitchell, and up to last evening had not recovered consciousness. One side of the body Is completely paralyzed and owing to her age, she being 73. the attending physi cians think It unlikely that she can survive. Samuel Mitchell, a son, arrived last even ing from Kansas City, and another, W. W. Mitchell, Is expected here today from Pen dleton, Ore. Another son is J. C. Mitchell, city passenger and ticket agent of the I'nlon Pacific and Northwestern roads tn this city. Hafer sells lumber. Catch the Idea? M1XOR MEXTIOX. Dnvts sells drugs. Iieffert's glasses fit. Stockert sells carpets. The Faust cigar, 6 cents. Peterson, gun and locksmith, 420 Il'y. For rent, modern house. 719 8lxth ave. Paints, oils and glass. Morgan & Dickey. Picture framing. Alexander's art store, S33 Broadway. Telephone 3t6. For wall paperlng.-palnting. rlture fram ing, see Berwick. 211 Main st. 'Phone A-a. Attorney C. F. Kimball has been engaged to deliver the Memorial day addreRS at Wyoming, Ia. Mr. ami Mrs. R. H. Bloomer are visiting In Chicago and may go to Ohio before re turning home. The Council Bluffs Physical Culture club will meet this evening In the club rooms over the First National bank. Devoe's mixed paints. Morgan & Dickey. Horace Askwlth Is home from the Iowa State i'niverslty to spend the spring vaca tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Askwith. Have your carpets taken up, cle.aned nnd relald by modern methods. Old carpets made Into hand.some ' rugs. Council Bluffs Carpet Cleaning Co., 34 North Main street. 'Phone 618. A game of base ball Saturday afternoon between the High school and the School for the Deaf at the latter Institution re sulted In a victory for the mutes by a score of 17 to 16. Twin Brothers' encampment. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will meet this even ing for work in the Golden Rule and Royal Purple degrees. Rerretthments will be served at the close of the business meeting. Members of the National Bicycle club of this city made a run yesterday after noon to South Omaha with Arthur Hanni bal as captain. About twenty members mads the run. The club will meet tills evening at 817 Broadway. The Council Bluffs and Omaha High schools will meet on the diamond here on Saturday, May 7, for their first game of base ball. The return game is scheduled for May 21 In Omaha. A track meet be tween the two schools is on the tapis, but nothing definite has been decided. The police have recovered about 120 worth of tools and a number of valuable dies stolen last Thursilay night from the black smith shop of H. P. Nelson on Upper Broadway. The tools were recovered In u local pawnshop, while the dies were found In South Omaha. The police have a clue to the thief. Prof. John B. De Motte will give an illustrated lecture Wednesday evening at the High school auditorium on "A Plea for Posterity, or the Problem of Heredity." This will be the concluding number of the entertainment course, which the Coun cil Bluffs lodge of Elks has provided for the benefit of the people of this city. The park commissioners have invited bids for tilling the south part of Bayllss park, which Is to be brought up to the level of the west quarter, which was filled In 19(Ji Bids must be In the hands of Secretary Peterson of the board by tomorrow even ing at 8 o'clock, when the commissioners will hold their regular weekly meeting. Today it will be decided whether Council Bluffs Is to have a new democrat evening paper. It Is said that the Scrlpps-Macrae people are back of the proposition and that If the local democrats will do their part, the paper will be a go. An option on a lease on the building at 317 Broadway has been secured. In the event of the new paper being started, It is said that the Omaha News will drop lta Council Bluffs department. George Hlely, on his way to Chicago from Denver, is sick at the police station, where he was given lodging Saturday night. Hlely. who claims to be a machlnint. Is well dressed and although his finances are at a low ebb. Is evidently not a tramp. City Physician Tlnley, who was called to at tend him yesterday, suld the man was un doubtedly suffering from what might turn Into pi eumonla. If he Is not better today Hlely will be removed to a hospital. The city council hns Invited bids for the grading of Avenue I. between Eighth and Eleventh streets; Avenue H, between Tenth and Eleventh; Ninth and Tenth streets, between Avenues 11 and I. The bids must be In the hands of City Clerk Zurmuehlen by noon of April 25, and will be opened and acted upon by the city council at Its meeting that night. Proposals for the city scavenging have also been Invited and must I with the city clerk by noon of April 26. Oratorical Contest. LOOAN, Ia., April 17. (Speclal.)-Last night at the Woodbine Baptist church oc curred the annual George. W. Egan ora torical contest for the students of the Woodbine Normal school. There were four contestants, John Hansen, Merrill Ziminer, Harold Reed and Jay Pugsley. Jay Pugs ley won the first prise of $12.50. His ora tion was entitled "The Organisation of Labor" Egun himself delivered an address on "The Educated Man." April 24 Egan will deliver an elaboration of this same address before a meeting of the Knights of Columbus at Fort Dodge. Begins at Bed Rock. Health, strength and vigor depend on digestion. Dr. King's New Life Pills makea it perfect, or no pay. Only 25c For sale by Kuhn Co. Iowa Man Accepts. DANVILLE. Ky.. April 17.-Dr. Frederick W. Hlnltt of Fairfield. Ia.. who was re cently elected president of the Central uni versity of Kentucky, to succeed the late Dr. W. C. Roberts, has announced his ac ceptance and will take charge of the uni versity aooa. Girl Has Disappeared. SIOl'X FALLS. 8. D., April 17 (Special.) Miss Nettle Keehn, aged about 22 years, who about a year ago came to Sioux Falls from Hartlngton, Neb., where her parents reside, and accepted a position as cashier and waitress tn a local restaurant, has disap peared and some fears are entertained that she may have ended her life. Two or three weeks ago she was very 111 and upon re covering and resuming work seemed con stantly to be in very low spirits. Bhe re peatedly threatened to drown herself and was found crying several times. While her employer and his wife were at the opera house the girl evidently packed her cloth ing tn a trunk belonging to a domestic, and with the assistance of someone unknown as yet. succeeded In getting the property out of the building. Not the slightest trace of the girl can be found, although a thor ough search haa been made. Strikes at Their Root. Many dangerous dlaeaaes begin tn Impure blood. Electrlo Bitters purines the blood, and cures, or no pajr, QjUjr, Mo, Far gala NO HARMONY FOR DEMOCRATS Hearst ttnd Anti-Hearst the Oi ly Inns' in Iowa Politic). ROSPECT GOOD FOR AN OPEN RUPTURE Hearst Mea Have Made the Early Start aad Are (Jetting the Dele gatesOthers Threaten to Make Trouble. f I (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES, April 17. (Special.) The spirit of harmony which haa taken pos session of the Iowa republicans appears not to have penetrated 'he democratic ranks in the state, and the present out look Is for a disrupted democratic state convention with a possibility of two dele gations knocking at the doors of the na tional convention In St. Louis In July. No matter which side wins Hearst or anti Hearst there will be Imminent danger of a rump convention and a contesting dele gation to be named. The feeling has be come embittered largely through the high handed methods resorted to by the Hearst men to control the convention. They have used the most desperate means for gain ing their ends and money has been freely used. They are with the old organization of Bryan forces, whlcli controls a majority of the counties of the state, and their plan haa been to stampede the party by hold ing conventions In the strong free silver counties early and thus to make It appear that everything Is spontaneously for Hearst for president. They have carried this pol icy to the limit. The early conventions have generally been In those counties where the Bryan men run things and they have Invariably Instructed for Hearst. They now claim two-thirds or more of the delegates selected and Insist that they will be able to keep up the proportion throughout the state. This Is not believed, however, by the anti-Hearst men, who are still ready to make a hard fight against the new move ment. Nearly all the old party leaders are op posing the Hearst movement. Congress man Wade came out strongly against It. J. B. Sullivan, candidate for governor last year, is opposed to Instructing for Hearst. Nearly every member of the legislature is opposed to the Instructions. The anti Hearst men are disgusted with what has been done and are saying some warm things about the Hearst boomers, whom they accuse of resorting to disreputable methods to secure delegations. There will he no harmony when they get together the middle of next month, Infalrneas la the Rale. "It has become evident," said Repre sentative Springer of Buchanan county, a leader among the anti-Hearst 'people, "that the Hearst people are determined they are going to have Iowa no matter what the situation is, no matter what the people think. They have been compelled to show their hand in numeroua places. In my county they set out to capture the conven tion and caucuses by sly methods. We found out what was going on and I spent Just one day Inducing the democrats to come out to the caucuses. The business men took an Interest and at the convention JuBt one man had the courage to ask 'What's the matter with Hearst? Down in Van Buren county the Hearst people broke away from the convention and laid the foundation for a contest. In Dea Molnea county the convention waa regular in every way and aelected an anti-Hearst delega tion to the state convention, but the Hearst people were determined on making a fuss and they got a few to hold a rump conven tion and prepare for trouble at the state convention. About the worst case of try ing to override everybody occurred in Hardin county. There the county organiza tion was secured by the Hearst people. The convention was called by means of personal letters sent out to democrats and of course they were sent only to those who were for Hearst or might be Influenced. It was ex pected that the caucusses would be held on the sly. Only twenty-four hours' notice wus given even in this way. But a letter fell Into the hands of a real democrat and he set the boys to work with the result that the Hearst people were In a minority in the convention. The chairman on one motion ruled that the anti-Hearst people won out, but a Hearst manager called him down and he changed his ruling (and the result waa two conventions. But the secre tary's record will show the anti-Hearst delegation was regularly selected. But this is the way the Hearst men are trying to get Iowa. They have the organisation in many parts of the state, and they are de termined that, no matter what methods must be resorted to, they are going to de liver Iowa over to the New York editor. But they are not through yet. They have been getting the Bryan counties and those alone. The counties that give democratic majorities and that count in the convention are yet to be heard from. I believe the Hearst men are somewhat premature in their shouting. Opposition to Hearst. "Of course Hearst will not be nominated. That is entirely out of the question. But," continued Mr. Springer, "it may be neces sary for the convention to repeat the pro ceedings of 18 when the Bryan fellows threw out delegations and aeated contest ants and otherwise manipulated the con vention so they could name their man. It is a burning shame that any one claiming to be a democrat should have placed the party in a position to make thla necessary. But the Hearst men are setting the pace. They have guiie to work to cajole or bull doze or buy the party. The national con vention will be Justified in resorting to ex treme measures to prevent Imposing on the party a candidate so utterly unlit. He will not be nominated because to do so would be an outrage. "What has Hearst ever dona that he should be made the nominee of the demo cratic party for president? He has not demonstrated his capacity for the place or his fitness or that he is in fact a leader of the democratic party. I am told that he Is seldom in his seat In congress. He has done nothing there that would Indicate he Is able to master great publio questions. I do not believe that any considerable num ber of the democrats of Iowa are really for Hearst and If he gets the Iowa delega tion it will be because of the liberal use of money in the state the past few months." The Hearst people In this city appear quite confident that the state convention will be overwhelmingly for Hearst. Three- fourths of all the delegations thus far se lected have been for Hearst. They do not anticipate that the proportion will be kept up but they believe that a sufficient lead has been taken to assure success. Betiding Operations suspended. The lockout tn the building trades In Dea Molnea Is likely to bring about a hard fight for control of the business here. Th labor unions are strong and have bean conservative. The lockout came as a iur prise, though some time ago the organisa tion of the builders gave notice that their members would Insist on employment of nonunion labor wherever they-saw fit Nona of them had' done an, however, and no effort bad been made to cause trouble, wbea tba aXCtuuiK f yj A e4t U a general lockout to commence at once. They claim that the union laborers were pre paring to tie up all business very soon end that they preferred to precipitate the fight before large contracts were entered upon. There are said to be over 3.000 men' em ployed by the Den Moines contractors who are affected In some way by thin move ment. Work will probably stop on the new court bouse and some other large con tracts, but generally Des Molnea contract ors have had little to do this year. fate Factory Inspector. As soon as Governor Cummins returns to the city a state factory Inspector will be appointed by 8tate Labor Commissioner Brigham. A large number of applications have been received for the place and It Is regarded as one of much Importance, it is a new position created by the last general assembly in order that the law may be enforced as to safety appliances of every kind, Including fire escapes and sani tary regulations, and for compelling re ports of conditions found In the factories. The work of the labor commissioner the past two years In making some investiga tions among the factories showed the great need of this new office. YOIBKJ WOMAX ACCIDEVTAM.Y SHOT Revolver Drops from Pocket of Com panion and Is Discharged. BTTRGIS, a D.. April 17. (Special Tele gram.) Mary Stull, a school teacher of Blxby, was accidentally shot at the Hotel Scollnrd here last night She had been sitting on the porch with Joseph Garner, of Belle Fourche. The girl suggested that they go Into the parlor nnd as Garner started to get up a gun fell out of his pocket, fell to the floor and was discharged, the ball passing through the girl's right leg and up Into the body where It still Is. Miss Stull Is In a critical condition, but It Is thought she will recover. Severe on Doctor. HURON, S. D.. April 17. (Special.) M. F. Tegge, who for several months past has been practicing ophthalmology here under a diploma Issued by a Chicago institution, following a brief term there, was sentenced In circuit court by Judge Whiting yester day afternoon to pay a fine of 350 and to serve fifteen days In the county Jail for violation of the state law regulating the practice of medicine. The court was severe in Its lecture to Mr. Yeggo before pronoun cing sentence, and also took occasion to se verely criticise the Institution that gave him a diploma after a term covering only about one month. Yegge's manner of ad vertising wns declared misleading and on that account the court came down on him heavily. The case will likely be taken to the supreme court. The action In the cir cuit court was brought by the State Board of Medical Examiners, who propose to bring similar actions against other Irresponsible parties, and the Chicago institution may corns in for special attention. Strike Water and Oaa. PIERRE, S. D., April 17. (Special.) The drillers at the new well at this city last night reached a fine flow of water and gas at a depth of about 1,250 feet, which was much sooner than they expected to secure It, the average depth of the wells at this place being over 1,300 feet. The flow was reduced to a three-inch stream and at that size It spouted over the top of the sixty foot derrick. While the well is not so large as the old one, the contractor estimates that it is already flowing as much as the larger well, or over 1,200 gallons per min ute. The drill will be sent at least 100 feet deeper before the work is stopped. With this well there will no longer be trouble from a shortage of gas In extremely cold weather as has been the ease with but the one well, and lta storage, the demand being greater than the supply; when it was ex tremely cold. With the supply doubled there will be no such future trouble. Rheumatic Pains Relieved. The quick relief from rheumatic pains afforded by Chamberlain's Pain Balm has surprised and delighted thousands of suf ferers. It makes rest and sleep possible. A great many have been permanently cured of rheumatism by the use of this liniment. Ten free trips to the World's Fair each week. See coupon on page 2. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Period of Fair and Warmer Weather Promised for Nebraska and Middle West Generally. WASHINGTON, April 17. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, South and North Dakota: Fair Monday and Tuesday. For Iowa and Missouri: Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday, fair. Indiana and Illinois: Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday, fair; fresh west winds. Montana: Fair Monday and Tuesday. Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, April 17. Official record of tem Derature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three yeara; 1904. 190J. 1902. 1901, Maximum temperature... 60 67 71 47 Minimum temperature.... 32 41 43 20 Mean temperature 4 54 57 3 s Precipitation 0O .01 .00 .01 Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and since March 1. 1904: Normal temperature 48 Deficiency for the day t Deficiency since March 1, 19o4 17 Normal preclpltutlon .11 inch Deficiency for the day 11 Inch Total precipitation since Marchl.3.42 Inches Deficiency since March 1, 1WM 6.S Inch Deficiency for cor. period 1!3.. .2.38 Inches Deficiency for cor. period 19u2... 1.96 Inches Report of Stations at T P. M. K 3 -H ? 3 T5 52. alrif : t : B c : c : 2 : 3 : 3 : 691 801 .00 62 1 .! 64! 70 .'JO 56! 58 .00 62! 64 ."0 54 60 . 54 5M .00 bo .00 42 4g! .00 52 541 .00 48 4X .00 46 5' .00 56 51 .00 60 6t .00 5S 6v .00 46 60l .00 Ml 66 -0U CONDITION OF THE WEATHER- Omaha, clear Valentine, clear North Platte, clear Cheyenne, partly cloudy... Salt Lake City, clear Rapid City, clear Huron, deal W'illlston, clear ,. Chicago, partly cloudy St. Iuia, clear St. Paul, cloudy IXiVfcport, partly cloudy ,. Kansas City, clear Havre, partly cloudy Helena, clear Bismarck, clear Galveston, cloudy L. A. WELSH. Forecaster. A Nicts Uttle Dish of Grape-Nuts and Cream Toothsome and Delicious. sr PRESIDENT REDUCES LIST Bu Hads Fewer Irregular Appointments Than Any of Hit Predecessors. SERMONON BROAD-MINDLD PATRIOTISM Dr. Hamlin Says the Eyes of People Have Been Sadly Opened by Their Fellow ritlsena of t tah. WASHINGTON, April 17. - Chairman Gillette of the house committee on civil service reform recently wrote W. D." Foulke, former civil service commissioner, calling his attention to recent congressional and other crltlclKm of President Roose velt "on the ground that he had made a larger number of irregular appointments to the classified service than any of his predecessors" and In favor of the fact that the period covered was while Mr. Poulke was commissioner asking his opinion as to the charges. In reply Mr. Foulke, under date of April 15, writes: The fact Is exactly the other way. There have been fewer appointments without competitive examinations Under President Roosevelt than under any other president, and there has been no administration since the adoption of the civil service set In which the competitive system hns sdvanced with greater rapidity and certainty. It has been necessary for every president to permit certain positions to be filled with out examination. The number has been reduced from time to time and the range of the competitive system extended. This process has gone on faster under Presi dent Roosevelt than under any other presi dent. Of the sixty enses of suspensions of the rules during his administration only thirty three are persons who were allowed to enter the service without examination. In other words, out of over 7,000 appoint ments to the competitive service since Mr. Roosevelt became president It was deemed unnecessary In these thirty-three cases to require competitive examination. Very Few Sot Examined. These cases form less than one-twentieth of 1 per cent of the examinations. They comprise, for Instance, a steward In the White House, a coachman In the Navy department, two special agents In the Bureau of Corporations, the superintendent of the government hospital for the In sane and other cases where, on account of special reasons, the application of the rules was considered Impracticable, un wise, unjust or unnecessary. These cases sre explained In detail In the annual re ports of the civil service commission. They were usually made on the recommendation of a cabinet officer and with the approval of the commission. In all of these cases the person was excepted and not the posi tion. This has been found by experience to bo much the better plan. If, for Instance, the position of coachman had been ex cepted generally and not the particular man. It would be found that the number of coachmen would Increase and many ex ceptions would creep In Instead of one. The statement of Representative Hay that during the administration of Presi dent Cleveland and Harrison there were no suspensions of the rules, and only three during the administration of McKlnley, while In Roosevelt's administration there h:ive been sixty, leads to a most erroneous inference. I'tah Opens Eyes of t'ltlsens. The Children of the American Revolution, who are holding their convention in Wash ington, In connection with the annual con vention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which begins tomorrow, held patriotic services In the Church of the Cov enant today. The chief feature of the services was a sermon by Rev. Tcunls Hamlin, on "Broad-Minded Patriotism." Mr. Hamlin declared that what is needed Is a broad-minded patriotism a patriotism that serves the church of God not In a de nominational Bense, but on the scale of di vine glorification which abandons the limi tations of creeds and reaches out for the broad, generous religion of mankind. Dr. Hamlin said that the eyes of the peo ple had been sadly opened during the last winter by their fellow-cltlzens of Utah, whom they had trusted. He was loath to meddle with the provisions of the consti tution, but the amendment of that Instru ment, he said, seemed to afford the only remedy that can cope successfully with the injuries the "home" will suffer from the abhorent conditions of polygamy. The spe cial feature of the Daughters' congress will be the laying of the corner-stone of Me morial Continental hall, corner Seven teenth and C streets Northwest, Tuesday afternoon. The stone will be laid with Ma sonic ceremonies. General Dickinson III. General Joseph Dickinson, who Is the only survivor of the adjutant generals of the various armies of the civil war. Is hope lessly ill In this city. He is 73 years of age and Is suffering from general debility. Gen eral Dickinson served under General Hooker. Former Journal Clerk Dead. Henry H. Smith, former journal clerk of the house of representatives and a recog nized authority on parliamentary practice, died in Bavannah, Ga., today, where he had gone two weeks ago for medical treat ment. The body will be brought to Wash ington for Interment. He leaves a wife and son. By reason of his lAng connection with congress few persons enjoyed a wider ac quaintance with public men than Mr. Smith. Democrats to Meet Wednesday. Chairman Cowherd of the democratic con gressional campaign committee has called a meeting for Wednesday night to com plete its organisation by the election of a secretary. VALUABLE PAPERS MISSING Note for Three Thousand Dollars Among Things Treasurer Cannot Locate. PIERRE. 8. D.. April 17.-(SpeclaL)-At the time of the turning over of certain property by defaulting State Treasurer Taylor certain securities and other prop erties were turned In, which are now found to be missing from the records, and Gov ernor Herreld, with the assistance of Pub lio Examiner Hsmmlngway and other state officers, is attempting to locate the missing documents. While the search haa not pro ceeded far enough to show any definite results as yet, it has revealed the faot that a note for $3,000, which waa given by A. C. Mellette to Taylor and turned over to the state, has also disappeared. It waa only by accident that a trace of this note was recently discovered. The papers In the Taylor case have passed through the hands of a number of officers since they were turned over to thestate, and through some of them the papers were lost and w.111 now be traced. Calls Republican Convention. SIOUX FALLS, & D.. April lT.-(Spe-clal In accordance with action taken by the republican central committee of this (Minnehaha) county, A. H. Btltes, chair man, and Roscoe H. Brown, acting sec retary, have Issued a call for a conven tion of Minnehaha county republicans, to be held in the Auditorium in Sioux Falls on Monday, April 26. for the purpose of electing 'fifty-seven delegates to represent the county In the republican state conven tion, which will be held In Sioux Falls on May 4. As Minnehaha county stands second among the counties of the state as to the number of delegates to which it is entitled in the state convention, the action taken by the county convention In reference to the animated struggle which Is now in progress between half a dosen candidates for nomination to the office of governor, will be watched with great in terest by the politicians of South Dakota. The Bee want ada axa ta Beat Business Proclamation RECOGNIZING that the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase is to be .appropriately celebrated this year by a great World's Exposition at St. Louis, it4is our purpose, in connection with the news paper advertising of our Pride Laundry Soap this year, to publish a series of car toons drawn by Ralph Wilder, which shall ; depict in a broad and liberal manner some of the more important facts in the history of the Louisiana Territory, including the discovery of the Mississippi River by Ferdi nand De Soto, in 15 41, the successive own ership of the territory by Spain anb! France, and finally its transfer from France to the United States in 1803. We trust these cartoons will prove both pleasing and instructive; also that they will occasion increased interest in the excellent washing qualities of Swift's Pride Soap. Swift C& Company, u. s. A. Twenty More Trips To the St. Louis exposition. Forty trips have already been awarded as a result of the previous "elections." There are still twenty trips for those who are ambitious to see the exposition and make The Bee. The exposition is friends come back in the summer and fall and tell you how fine it was, you will be sorry that you did' not let people know that you wanted to go and get them to vote for you. A little hustling A SPLENDID Get your friends interested in the fact that you want to go and they will be glad to prepay their subscriptions and to save their coupons for you. Remember that yotf get 520 votes on a year's subscription in the city and COO votes on a year's subscription in the country. The trip from Omaha to St. Louis will bo Via the Wabash ftiiwm 4T JAJ Fair grounds. 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