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-THE OMAHA' DAILY DEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1004.
across the prairie, dragging and kicking
the child to death.
NEWS OF INTEREST. FROM IOWA
COUNCIL BLUFFS
but failed to Identify them ss any of the
large number stolen from Snyder's pawn
shop on Broadway about two weeks ago.
fit JJl
i Minor Mfctrrio. '
Dsvls nelln drugs.
Leffert's glasses fit.
Btockert sells carpets.
The Feust cigar, t cents.
For rant, new storeroom, 22 Main St.
Full Una fishing tackle Morgan Dickey.
And during the' summer months, buy
Hafer'o. lumber,
TeL 124. Cass Stori Blue Ribbon btr.
Pictures for wedding gifts given special
attention. Alexander's, itat Broadway.
Jap-A-Lao floor finish. Morgan Dickey.
The Aid society of the Woman's Relief
corps will meet Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Charles Lunkley.
There will be a special meeting; of Har
mony chapter, Ordor of the Eastern Star,
this evening for Initiation ftf cana. dales.
Mrs. Lj. M. Bhubert and children left yes
terday for a trip throuKQ the eastern states
and on their return win visit the fat. Louis
" . ..
Mrs. B. A. Rlaser left last evening; for
Canton, la., to attend the funeral of Mrs.
W. W. .Perry, whlctt will be held tms ait
ernoon. . . . . ,
The Ladles' Aid society of the People's
Union church. Thirty-fifth street and Av
'enue B, wlU.give a social at the church this
evening., '
V. R. Starr, Jr., arrived yesterday- from
'Coleman, 'lex., en an extended vlaii to his
. brother. Rev. 11. V. blarr, rector ot tU
Paul's Episcopal church.
Hon. Thomas Bowman left last evening
for Wlscasnet, Me., where he will spt-nd trie
summer months, expecting to return here
the latter part of September,
Winnie Phelps. IPS Turley Glen, and
George Jacobs, South Nineteenth street,
'Were reported to the Board of Health yes
terday as suffering from diphtheria.'
A building permit was Issued Yesterday
to Mrs. Caroline Test Kolirer Tnelnharut
for the erection of a )2.Ei00 two-story flame
dwelling at the corner of Washington av
enue and North Becufid street.
' Mrs. Rose Huston, wife of W. 8. Huston,
led yesterday morning . from pulmonary
'tuberculosis at MO Washington avenue,
aged 84 years. Besides her nusbanii. s.ie
leaves one sun, 16 jJears old.' Mrs. Huston
Was a member of the ladies of the Macca
bees of Omaha. The funeral will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from tne
First Christian church, and Interment will
te In Walnut Hill cemetery. The pastor,
-Rev. W. B. Clemmer. will be ansltted In
the services by Rev. F. A. Case, pastor of
he First Baptist church.
N.T. Plumbing Co. Tel, 230. Night FWT.
Thlali Rstlsnate Too Ion,
oThat the. cost of dredging Indian creek,
as estimated by the Commercial club com
.mittee, Is too low Is the opinion ot II. B.
-Whitney, who Is In the city in the Interests
'of a' flrn) of BtMlefontalne, O., which manu
'.factures dredges, Mr, Whitney's visit hers
"Is for the purpose of selling the city such,
machine If he can.
The peculiar conditions surrounding the
tifty la of th oplHWni" will largely Increaa
-the cost. ' If It were possible to float the
.iredge instead of to-' work It -from the
banks of the ' creek, the cost could be ma-
. terlaliy 'decreased. It 4s Considered doubt
ful, however. If by damming the creek suf
flclent water could bo obtained to float
such a ponderous , piece 'of machinery' as a
dredge. .
' Real Estate Transfers. '
.These' transfers were reported to The Be
June 22 by the Title Guaranty and Trust
company of' Council Bluffs: , .
'Karl F. Karrer and wife to Frits
Bhreve, part of nwk nl4 7-74-41; w d..H00
Olive. Hall, to H. J. Joseph, lot 11, block
22, Bay lis A Palmer's ad: q c d. 1
Elmer-U Fehr to Harvey Hurd, lota Zt
and 2S,. block 4, Webster's 1st ad; w d. 100
T. H. Cleland and wife to Enoch Hess,
lot 4, Mount Lincoln; w d... 850
Theodore Wollsteln heirs to M. Woll-
.vstein A Co., part. lot. 4, block 7, Baylies'
1st ad; q c a i.
Same to same, part lot , block 7, Bay--,
has-' 1st ad; q a d ; '....'..'
Charles T. Officer and wlfe to Elmer P.:
1
1
: Cocklln, lot 5, block 2, Babbitt placer
, w d ... oo
Seven transfers; total,
.1863
Matters ta Dtstrlet Ooart
Judge Wheeler In district court yesterday
handed down his ruling In several cases
which' have been' pending- before him. '
In ths suit of David Roach against Jacob
Stein, In which ths plaintiff secured a ver
dict of 100 for alleged false arrest; the
motion of the defendant for a new trial
j waa sustained.
The motion of ths' plaintiff la -the suit
of Peter Donnelley against ths motor com
pany for a new. trial was overruled, as
was the motion cf ths plaintiff In ths suit
of , Charles McCoy against J. V. Benson.
County Dlaa-lngf Ditch.
With a view to draining as far as possi
ble ths district' lying south of Sixteenth
'avenue the county Is, under the supervls-
. Ion of Colonel W. FJ Baker chairman of
the Board of Supervisors, constructing a
large ditch' to connect with 'the slough
"Just north, of ' Manawa.', Starting at. the
Rock Island tracks on Sixteenth avenue
the ditch runs on sthe side of Seventh
street to Twenty-sixth avenue and' then
east to the Manawa road and then' south
'to the slough. Colonel Baker has ten teams
'at work. '
t . .' Blaffs Ftremcm tenoad.
' Word waa received from Des Moines last
..evening that the Council Bluffs team had
.aken second place In the race for paid
,flre departments at the State, Firemen's
tournament, winning Ills. Des Moines cap
lured first' place, . Davenport third . and
tEIoux City fourth.
-. ' Msrrtaee Ureases.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
ths following:
Name and Residence, , '
Thomas J. flixerall. DeKslh, III,
;Hattle M. Murphy, Council Bluffs.,
Charla Garmon, Council Bluffs...,,
.Minnie K. IWrdoll, Council Bluils..
ullarry H. Cavln. Chicago v,
-Blanche E. Lewis, Council Bluffs..,
Age.
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TEACH THE CKILDROf
v J A delicious dentifrice makes the tooth-brush
lesson easy, ' SOZODONT la a fra
grant liquid cleanser, penetrating tho little
sirsvicea of the teeth 11 purifies them. . '
w Mr W lJ 0
V TOOTH POWDER '
t polishes the dollcato enamel, but does not
koratch, thus It prevents ths accumulation
"of tartar, without injurinc the enamsl, a
; property found only In SOZODONT.
' ' FORMi i LIQUID, POWDER, PASTE. '
WESTERN
' iowa ' . '
COLLEGE
;' A Very hlirh grade Business College and
'Normal Cnll.-ge.
New claHsea will begin Monday, June 20.
; Beginning clashes In all subjects. Review
'clHKr.es lik all subJrcla.
Write or call fur information,
. E, p; MILLER, Pres.
flasoale Temple.' '1'hoae B814.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN
it Peer! St., Council bluffa
I'hons ST.
READY FOR THE IACUT RACE
Geod Brsfte All that it Wanted to Afford
Bom EiO'llon' Eport.
CHALLENGER IS GIVEN A TRIAL SPIN
Those Who Watched It Express
Oolaloat that Arse Mast Hastle If
the CP Is to stay la
Coo act I ManTs.
Everything Is In readiness for ths first
of ths series of yacht races at Lake Man
awa, commencing this afternoon, between
the 8L Joseph challenger, Lotus, and the
defender, Argo. If the wind Is anywhere
as favorable as it was last night a good
race can be looked for,'
The St. Joseph boat will be sailed by Dr.
O. W. Ndrthwood, Charles M. Robblns, W.
R. Lange and B. E. Johnson, while ths
crew of the Argo will be Al Stevens, J. Mc
Allister, Paul Cooley and Carl Winter. The
Judges will be Harry K. Haas, commodore
of ths Manawa Yacht club; Fred Empkle,
secretary of the Council Bluffs association,
and E. M. Piatt, secretary of the Lotus
Yacht club of St. Joseph.
.The start will be made between t and
:0 o'clock In front of the" pavlUon, and
the boats will sail twice around the course
of II miles'. The St. Joseph boat Is but
twenty-eight feet In length, while ths de
fender measures thirty-two feet, but the
challenger will not be given any allow
ance for this difference in length. Tht bot
tom" of the Lotus was repainted yesterday.
It having been found that' the hull had
been badly scraped In transit. It was put
In the water yesterday afternoon and given
a trial sail. It showed It was a speedy
boat, snd those who know say the Argo
will have all It can do to show the visitor
Its heels.
Ths visiting St. Joseph yachtsmen are of
the opinion that the Manawa is a faster
boat than ths Argo, so for their special
edification a race . will be held - between
these two boats Sunday ' morning. Ths
crew of the Lotus will man the Manawa,
while ths crew of the Manawa win sail tne
Argo.
MEETINGS ARB .TOO KXCXtSITE
objMtlm Raised to Manaer of, Pro.
' - -mnllar TklnhaM Matter,
Members of the Commercial club who
have not been Invited to attend or even
extended the courtesy of being notified of
the meetings recently held to formulate
plans for the organization of a local inde
pendent telephone company are much ex
ercised over the) manner in "Which they con
sider they have been slighted. Several of
the members as well as one or mora of the
members of the executive oommlttee have
announced their determination to have this
matter brought up at the next general
meeting Of the club with a view of ascer
taining who has been responsible for the
calling of these prlvate" meetings. The
Commercial club was not organised,, they
say, to play favorites, snd the question of
organising an Independent -telephone com
pany Is one In. which all ' members of ths
club are Interested.
. JFormer; .Alderman Lou", lp. a member, of
the Commercial club committee on tele
phone extension, but he was -not Invited to
the meeting Monday night, although hs
waa present. When asked yesterday,- he
said that although a member of such com
mittee he had been unable to secure from
Secretary Reed any Information as to who
called the meeting at wTiich ft favored few
were present. Chairman Binder of the ex
ecutive committee was not notified of the
meeting and likewise received no Invitation
to attend. He, with others of the executive
committee, has taken Issue with the secre
tary and it was stated yesterday that It
was ' very probable that the Commercial
club would be looking for a new secretary
In the near future. .' ' '. '
To all Inquiries Secretary Reed. has de
clined to give any Information ss to who
was responsible for the. calling' of. these,
private meetings, but that personal letters
signed by him were' sent to the members
Invited to attend the meetings has been
proven. The following Invitation to attend
the meeting Tuesday night was received
by a well known business man, but as the
Invitation did not appear to be one Issued
generally to the members of the club or
authorised by the executive committee or
other officers of; the club, he ; did not re
spond In person: f
COUNCIL' BLVF8, la..-' June- K, lWt
Dear Sir: A half dosen of your friends
met at the Commercial club rooms Mon
day, June 18, and talked over the Inde
pendent telephone situation. AS you are
aware, some fifteen men, representing; over
l.Oiio Independent 'phones, met here last
week, who are very anxious to connect
with this city. It is necessary for soms
ten or twelve men to go ahead and get a
franchise from the city; the Independents
will put In some money, and there should
be a reasonable 'amount of haste In order
to. set the work under way. The Inde
pendenta have finally gotten Into South
Omaha and expect to enter Omaha within
a year. If we wait until Omaha has been
Invaded the Independents will not thes
heed us and we will miss entirely getting
direct service with the western counties of
Iowa. ' -
. It you can be Interested in this matter
and think It a good tiling will you kindly
meet with . some 'twenty-five citisens to.
nla-ht, June 20, at 8 p. m.. in the Commer.
clal club roorasT ' We will then talk the
matter over and decide to go ahead, or
else ebondon H entirely. Yours truly,
W. W. REED, Secretary.
Generally speaking, a' large number of
the members of the Commercial club are
greatly Interested in the proposition to se
cure connection with ths Independent tele
phone companies how operating in ths
vicinity of Council Bluffs, and. they nat
urally tak , exception to being - entirely
Ignored In the matter In view of the fact
the meetings are called by Secretary Reed
in his official capacity as secretary of the
Commercial club, and are held in the club
rooms and thus given ths ' seml-quasi
official backing of ths club and Its paid
secretary. '
. Three Robberies Reported.
Burglars became active agala in Council
Bluffs Tuesday right with the result that
three robberies were reported to the police
yesterday. -
The barber ahop of Fred Hart at 2002
Sixth avenue was broken into and the en
tire outfit of rasors, shears and other ton
aortal weapons stolen. Entrance was ef
fected by prying open a rear window. Cir
cumstances attending this robbery lead the
police to believe that it was perpetrated
by ths same parties who broke Into E.
Rogers' saloon on Broadway about a week
ago and tapped the cash register for 110.
The building at the corner of Seventeenth
street and Fifth avenue. In course of con
struction, was broken Into and. about 850
worth of tools belonging . ta H- F. Keller
of 120 Falrmount avenue and Alfred Han
sen of 800 Avenue C were stolen. Keller
and Hansen are carpenters employed: on
the building.
The barn ef C. W. Dacatlar on East
Broadway waa broken Into and a valuable
set ot harness stolen.
Bam Snyder and Detective Callaghan
wnt to South Omaha yesterday to inspect
a number of revolvers wbiva had been, re
cently pawned In three pawnshop there,
- Pleases Restdeat Dies, .
Xenophon W. Kynett, a pioneer resident
of Council Bluffs, died -yesterday morning
at his home, 821 Plainer street, from peri
tonitis after an Illness of about two weeka
He was 77 years of sge snd hsd been a
resident of this city sines 1S54. He Is sur
vived by his widow and four sons, Xeno
phon W., Jr.; Leslie J., Donald F. and Leo
V. Kynett Two sisters living in Warren,
O.. and a brother, Dr. L. J. Kynett of
Hamburg, la., also survive him.
Mr. Kynett waa born February 20, 1827, at
Weatherfield, Trumbull county, O., and
was of French descent, his grandfather
being a native of Alsace who emigrated to
this country.' A( the age of 18 he began to
teach school,, studying law and medicine
In hla leisure hours, and In 1848 was admit
ted to the bar In Portage county, O. Hs
practiced law In Canalsdover, O., until he
came west In 18S4 and settled In Council
Bluffs. He engaged in various enterprises
and at one time .was French consul at
Council Bluffs.
Funeral services will be held at the fam
ily residence Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, conducted by Rev. Harvey Hostet
ler of the Second Presbyterian church.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby Son.
PECULIAR SUIT AT JEFFERSON
Widow of Mam Killed While Resisting
Arrest Asks for Daaagei
from Cltlaeas.
JEFFERSON, la., June 22.-Speclel.)-Jefferson
was thrown Into a furore ot ex
dtement this morning by the serving of
notices In a damage ault with amounts in
volving 840,000 and the defendants number
ing two dozen, of many of Our prominent
citisens. The plaintiff is Mrs. 8. M. Shlp
ff.an, whose husband was killed by a sher
iff's posse two years ago, after he had shot
and killed the city marshal, Mrs. Ship
man has for her attorneys Mr. T. A. Mugan
of this city and Messrs. Salinger & Korte
of Carroll. . The defendants are: F. B. An
derson, Fred C. Kendall, O. f. Wynkoop.
George W. Smith, John Smith, Frank Stake,
& B. Anderson, J. K.P. May, William Al
len, J. M. Thornton, John Ehrhardt, Carey
Head, William Reeder, Charles Moseman,
John Saint, J. W. , Faubel, George DayL
Archls Day and Blaine Anderson.
The commencement of this trouble dated
two years ago, when the last two of tbs
above named defendants while going down
a back, alley near the Shlpman home were
attacked by Horace Shlpman, who threw
stones at them. A warrant was sworn out
for Shlpman's arrest and placed In the
hands of Marshal John Swcarlngen and
Deputy Sheriff Kendall for service, Sheriff
Anderson being absent from the city. Ship
man, known to be a very excitable and ec
centrlo man, waa given three days to ap
pear at justice court to answer .to the
charge of assault and battery, but would
not appear.- June 21, 1902, the city marshal,
deputy sheriff and Dr. G. H. Grlmmell pro
ceeded to the house, the former with the
warrant, the family doctor going along to
pacify Shlpman should he become excited.
Shlpman met them at the door with a short
r)fle.
"Put up that sun," said Marshal Swearln-
a-n ' , . ' .'..'' ... '
Shlpman replied with a shot The bullet
struck the marshal in the neck and he fell
dead upon the steps. The , deputy., sheriff
drew his revolver and fired at Shlpman as
he retreated back Into the bouse,' wounding
Shlpman in the leg. Then the deputy and
Dr. Grlmmell came back to town. '
-Sheriff Anderson, who had arrived home
early in the morning and was at hla office,
waa notified of the shooting. He deputised
a number of citisens and proceeded to the
Shiftman residence. . ".
-Standing opposite the place Sheriff An
derson made two, separate demands upon
Shlpman to surrender. - Shlpman replied
with a shot and ths bullets sipped about
the sheriff but left him -unscathed. Sheriff
Anderson considered this sufficient to order
his deputies to open fire. In one hour
and a half Shlpman was killed by a shot
from the sheriff's shotgun as he passed
a window. In the meantime a thousand
shots had ' been poured ' Into ths house.
None of ths attacking: party were hurt.
' The coroner's Jury exonerated the sher
iff and his deputies from blame and found
that Shlpman had met his death while
resisting an officer in the discharge of his
duties. i -
In addition to the above a suit has been
filed for a similar amount against Henry
Haag, cashier of .the City bank, who waa
ens of ths sheriff's posse. Still another
suit for .110,000 has been brought ralnst
the sheriff's bondsmen, Charles Bollnk
and Joseph , W. Anderson, and also one
against Deputy Sheriff Kendall's bonds
men. If. M. Head and J. B. Keeney.
To make the thing still more Interesting
Mrs. Swearlngen, widow of the deceased
marshal, has filed suit against Mrs. Ship
man to recover the sum of 810,000 as dam
ages foe the murder of her husband.
It Is not expected that" Mrs. Shlpman
will have the case heard in Jefferson, as
the feeling here is largely in favor' of tbs
sheriff. ' Shlpman was considered a dan
gerous man by many, and had been be
fore the commission of Insanity several
times, once being placed under guardian
ship of his wife for some time. Dr. En
field, a well-known physician and member
ot ths commission, always favored sending-
him to the asylum,' but Attorney O.
8, Tollver and County Clerk Young were
a majority against this action, their opin
ion being that Shlpman was for the most
part harmless. After the sacrifice of two
lives the mistake was easily seen.
Trans Hart on Trala. ,
AMES, la., June 22. -(Special.) A
stranger giving hla name as Frederick
Lane 'and his residence as Philadelphia,
Pa., reported to the ,pohce here yesterday
morning: that he had been . shot by some
unknown miscreant during the night, the
bullet tsklng effect in the back of his head.
Vpon examination by a physician It proved
not to be a. bullet wound; but had 'more
of the nature of being a wound Inflicted
by some blunt Instrument. It was ascer
tained that hs had ; been riding the fast
mall train beating his wsy. being secreted
on top of the or. The wound was dressed
and ths patient will recover.
; l Boy Loses Eye by. Kxaloaloa.
AMES, la, June tt (Special.) Albert
Fowler, a 14-year-old son qf F, N. Fowler
of this city, corns near losing an eye by
sn experiment he was conducting with
gunpowder yesterday. He had secured a
block of wood and. boring out the center,
placed a piece of gasplpe through It and
filling the pipe with about an ounce of
powder, touched It off with a match.
World's Best Pile Care.
Why endure torture from piles till you
contract a fatal dlseatw when Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cures or no pay. 2Sc For
sal by Kuan 4s Co. v
Logtaa Maa Gets Dea-ree.
LOGAN, Is., Juns 21 8pecll.) George
W. -Egan, aa attorney of this place, has
Just received a diploma from Drake uni
versity which oonfers upon him the degree
of L.U M.
TROUBLES TELEPHONE MEN
Penalty to B Eafomd Lines Wikh
Fall to Til leport
MOST OF DERELICT ONES FARMER LINES
Jeroaae Hoot, Who Attempted to Blow
ta His Wife with aa Iaferaal
Maehlae, Waats a
Pardoa,
(From a Staff Correspondent)
DES MOINES, June 23. (Special.) It Is
probable that by this time the owners of
ths farm and private telephone lines In the
state have discovered that a change was
made In ths law as to reporting, and that
the compiling of reports and preparation
for assessment Is in new hands this year.
Under the new law this was placed in ths
hands of the secretary of the State Ex
ecutive council, and Secretary .Davidson
has been going after the delinquents in a
way to suggest to them that there Is to be
no trifling with the law. He will lay be
fore the executive council this week a list
ot telephone companies that havs failed
or refused to report and ask the council 16
affix a penalty fof the failure.' He has the
names of several hundred of them. The
impression is out in the state, largely
through the looseness of the law In the
past, that the phonea which are private
property and merely used for accommoda
tion and social Intercourse, do not have to
be reported. Blanks for reports come back
without any statement as to the number
of phones in use, but with the statement
that the farmers own the phones, each one
for himself. But ths law is. rigid and all
must be reported. It Is probable that the
strict enforcement of this law will result
In a change exempting from reports all
companies that do not do a commercial
business. This was tried in the Twenty
ninth general assembly, but abandoned
when It was found that a majority of the
members of the house were Interested in
commercial telephone lines and they were
standing- together to allow no exceptions.
But the farmers may undertake a cam
paign that will put an end to the annoy
ance of annual reporting of ths farm lines,
which have completely covered the state,
for the taxes rsceived from this source
hardly pays the expense of assessment.
The reports show a steady increase every
year In the number of phones used on
faims and the state of. Iowa is now pretty
well covered with them.
Hoot Wants Parole.
After serving- in prison at Anamosa sines
November 28, 1900, on a charge of attempting-
to kill his wife through ths
agency of an Infernal machine, Jerome W.
Hoot has made an application to Governor
Cummins for a parole. '
In letters to friends regarding his appli
cation Hoot asserts that ths punishment
be has received has taught him the moral
force of self-denial and has been adequate
In overcoming- other failures of his nature.
He does not admit his. guilt, although the
statement is made that at ths time of his
incarceration the sheriff of Blackhawk
county, from which urt he was sent up,
told him that a plea, of guilty would have
made his sentence not "more than five years.
As It was after. a, trial lasting several
weeks he was sentenced for ten years.
' Hoot says he Is anitious to get back into
the world and .io win- anew a place in.
society and business,, He believes his
prison record should" be ."taken into con
sideration. ,He has taught night school In
the prison almost continuously since his
Incarceration and has. been. for soms time
the prison' librarian;
The crime for which Hoot was convicted
was committed' in the spring of the year
1900 at Waterloo, and was one of the most
cunning and desperate in plans and one
of the mo,st diabolical in the criminal an
nals of the state. That It failed to mis
carry was but an Intervening act of Provi
dence. Had the Intentions of ths convicted
man been completed bis wife. would have
been mysteriously - slain in her own home
and no explanation of the murder would
probably have ever come forth.
Test Old Soldier Law.
State officials ' and others are watching
with much Interest the proceedings of the
case which has been on trial at Marshall
town, making the first test of ths law
adopted by the last legislature declaring
that In all appointments to positions la
city, county or state ' government, the old
soldiers shall be given preference.
' C. S. Shanawald, a resident of Marshall
town and a veteran of ths war, made ap
plication there for appointment as city
clerk. The city council refused to name
him and he brought action In' the local
courts to restrain the clerk elected from
acting In that oapaclty. After the matter
had been partially heard It was agreed
that the case should be transferred to the
district court. It Is understood the attor
neys In behalf of the city will attack the
law as class legislation. Ths matter will
come up for decision at the August term
of the court.
GALL IP'S ; IIVJl'RIES ARB FATAL
Vletisa mt Footpads I'aeoaseloae (or
' Two Days. '
IOWA CITY. la., June 28. George Gallup
of Tonlca, 111., died today 'as the result
of one of the meet atrocious crimes ever
committed in Iowa. He was held up near
West Liberty by two tramps, who forced a
catsup bottle Into' his abdominal cavity.
Gallup lay. two daya unconscious. He was
brought to a hospital here and died follow
ing an operation.-
CLOTHING STRIKE IS IN FORCE
t'aloa Worksaea Protest Asralast Is.
forcemeat ef "Opes Shop" Rale
by Ifanafaetarere, .
NEW TORK, June 2?.-The general strike
in all brsnohes of the ready-made clothing
trade in this city, which was called yes
terday by the Garmont Workers' Trade
council, went Into effect today, Opinions
were rather at wide' variance, ss to the
number of men affected. .The men claimed
that more than 80,000 will have quit work
before night. On the other hand, members
of the New Tork Clothing Manufacturers'
association, against whom the strike Is
directed, declared that most of their shops
were running with both nonunion' men and
union men, who had either refused to go
out or had not been affected by the strike
order.
The trade council agrees with the em
ployers that the only point of difference
Is the "open shop" declaration promul
gated by the labor bureau of the National
Association of, Clothiers after its conven
tion 1 1) Philadelphia. The strike has been
ordered only In association factories where
the work Is done directly by the manu
facturers. Dragee te Death by Horse.
PIERRE, 8. D June 21 (Special Tele
gram.) A 7-year-old son of M. Rose of
Moore, thirty miles southwest of here, was
dragged to death by a horae last evening.
Ths boy was leading the animal and In
some way became entangled In ths halter
rope. The horse was frightened, dashed
GRAIN DEALERS IN SESSION
Ratio a at Aeaoctatloa' Coaveaes at
MUwaakee aa Talks at Bast,
aess aad Traaspertatloa.
MILWAUKEE, June B.-Neerly fifteen
hundred members of ths National Grain
Dealers association wars present when ths
annual convention of this organisation
opened here today. H. S. Grimes of Ports
mouth, O., president of the association,
la his annual address touched upon mat
ters purely 6f Interest to the association.
Mention was made of the fact that (he
association was protected against adverse
legislation by ths presence In Washington
during the session of the national con
gress, of the general counsel of the asso
ciation. Secretary George R. Tlbbens of Chicago
in his annual report showed what had been
accomplished by ths various committees
during the past year. While no favorable
legislation rendering the decisions of the
Interstate commissions more effective was
secured at the last session of congress,
the secretary saya, great progress has been
made in building up a sentiment in favor
of It. A, campaign of education snd ad
vocacy of a civil service law la advocated
for states where stste grain Inspection la
In vogue The secretary's report shows an
Individual membership of 8,278, or a pet
gain of 788. '
There promises to be a contest for the
presidency between U. A. Reynolds' of
Crawfordsvllle, Ind., and L. Cortelyou of
Muskotah, Kansas, with the chances fav
oring Mr. Reynolds.
LOOKING FOR LETTER WRITER
Iadlana Aatharltles Take t'p Old Clew
la the Shafer Harder .
Case.
BEDFORD, Ind., Jdne 22. -An arses': is
anticipated In the Shafer murder case
within the next twenty-four hours, is ths
statement from a Bedford official . today v
Officers of two states are directing their
energies toward apprehending the writer
of the mysterious letter received by Mayor
the alias of John Brown, la which letter
Brown said he was employed to commit
the crime and described how the. teacher
was waylaid and assassinated.' Apparently
the letter was written at Lawrenoeville,
Ills., but was mailed at Vinoennes, and
was received by Mayor Smith May 20. The
Illinois officers, together' with two detec
tives are Interested In the efforts to arrest
"Brown." ' .
' Word has been received from one of the
Lawrenoeville officers that "Brown" has
been located and his arrest may soon fol
low. It (a believed he and another .man
were - employed to commit the murder.
MONUMENT F0R A PIONEER
Canadiaa Government ' Perpetuates
: Memory of First Coloalst la
British Sorth America.
'. ANNAPOLIS, N. , S., June . B.-In the
presence of thousands of spectators ths
cornerstone of a monument to be erected
by the government of Canada to the
memory of Sleur de Monts, . the French
explorer, was laid at the old fort, Anna
polls' Royal, today. The ceremonial' was
formally carired out by Sir A. G. Jones,
lieutenant governor of Nova JBcotla, as
sisted by M. Kleosowskt, the French ' con
sul general at Montreal; Captain Dilling
ham, commander of Jhe United States
cruiser Detroit,' and a 'representative of Sir
Frederick Porden, minister of militia-and
defense In the Canadian cabinet,, who was
unexpectedly called to Ottawa.
A large number of Americans, were pre
sent. The' two UnHed-States- warships
and the British .'and French vessels dis
played hundreds of flags and streamers.
OUTPUT OF PACKING HOUSES
Moderate Failles; OnT la .the Mar.
;, ketlagj ef Uogs . la '.
"'. V. V .'Noted. : ...
CINCINNATI, Juns 21-(8peelal Tele-gram.)---Prlce
Current' says: Ths move
ment of hogs has fallen off moderately.
Total- western ' packing ' was 400,009, com
pared with 490,000 the preceding week snd
610,000 last year. Since March 1 the total
Is 1.78 J, 000, against t,360,0) a year i)go:
Cltlen. . 4M 1 on, .
Cities.
1904.
1908.
Chicago i.,.,,
Kansas City
South Omaha
St. Louis ....
St. Joseph ...
Indianapolis .
.l.BfiO.ono ,
. 850,000,,.
. 835,000
. Sttt.OOO .
. 6114.000
...&14.0C0
1,878.000
. 650.000
7R0,0i
430,000
-, 633.000
27,000
169,000
110,000
. -120.000
125.000
165,0(10
. 236,000
Milwaukee ,.
Cincinnati ..
Ottumwa ...
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City ..
St. Paul ....
1K3.0IU
170.000
167,000
135.000
147.000
277,000 i
FORECAST 0FJTHE WEATHER
Showers and Cooler for Nebraska,
Followed by Fair Weather
Friday. ' .
,
WASHINGTON, June 22. -Forecast for
Thursdsy and Friday:
For Nebraska Friday, fair.
For Iowa Partly cloudy Thursdays show
ers and cooler In west portion; Friday,
Showers and cooler, except fair In extreme
west portion. . , , , ,
Missouri Partly cloudy Thursday; show
ers and cooler in ths west portion; Friday,
showers; cooler in east portion,
For Colorado Partly cloudy Thursday;
showers in east portion ; . cooler in ths
aoutheast portion; Friday, probably fair.
For Wyomlng-ahowers Thursday; cooler
In west portion; Friday, probably fair.'
For South Dakota-Showers Thursday;
cooler In central and east portions; Friday,
fair. ,
Local Raeord. .
OFFICE OF THE WRATH rtl TtTTnn-itr
OMAHA, Juns 22. Official record of tem
perature and precipitation compared with
" bviiMiHNiuiui uajr
of the last three
years:
Maximum temperature.
Minimum temperature...
Mean temperature ......
i1. u"Ji. ima. unn
7 78 63 88
1 M 61 68
. TA HA ta .
Precipitation 00 T ,07 T
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for Mils day. ainos March 1, 19041
Normal temperature ' 71
Deficiency for the day j
Deficiency since March 1., ,., 121
Normal precipitation.... .20 inch
Deficiency for the day jo Inch
Precipitation sines March L... 11. 23 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 l.M inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1908.,.. 1.2? Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 19u2.... 2. 89 Inches
Reports from Btatloas at T a. aa.
n
.:: t
I i f
78 79 . 00
at2 ' 90 ,00
7s 84 .00
60 74 . 04
so 84 T
6K 8ti .04
7 84 .(
7s HI .00
6H " fc) .00
6i tt .00
74 78 .W)
71 to .00
' 80 84 . 00
8 fi .00
7l 7 .00
86 9l .09
to t .10
CONDITION OF THE
WEATHER.
Omaha, cloudy ,
Valentine, cloudy ..
North Platte, cloudy ...
Cheyenne, cloudy ........
Salt Lake City, clear .
Rapid City, raining
Huron,- clear
Wllliston, cloudy
Chicago, clear
St. Louis, partly cloudy .
tit. Paul, cloudy
Davenport, partly cloudy
Kansas City,- cloudy ....
Havre, cloudy
Helena,- partly cloudy ...
liltraarok. cloudy
Galveston, partly cloudy
T Indicates tre ttt prt-eh'ltation
U A, WELbll. Local Forecaster.
BORAXOLOGY
Do. you remember the bright milk pans
th& clean floors and the dazzling white
clothes "down on the farm'? And do
you remember the big barrel outside the
nouse to catch the rain water, arid that it
was this rain water that was so precious
for washing? We canf t have a barrel out
side our house here but we can have a box
of Borax inside the house And when you
put Borax in the water you turn it into
rain watermake it soft And that's
why Borax doubles the cleansing power of
soap and water It should be used in
every cleansing process of the home in
kundry, kitchen, toilet, bath everywhere
you use soap and water Be sure you get
pure Borax Ask for
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HQKCF CONFESSES MURDER
Jow' larBband Talis How He Eillad
.Petr Johnion.v
STRUCK Hlir WITH AM TIR0N ROD
A --'V... -Prlseaer
at SlUley Says He Quarreled
' wit a Dead Maa Over Cora Hask
''111 ' and Fla-ht Re.
, , .: .'-'.- V salted. " ' ' .'. i
BIBLEX lowa, June JJ. Special Tele
8Tam. Fred HoicuC , In Jail at Sibley
charged with ths murder of Peter John
son, who disappeared from his farm near
Mttvln February U, 1903, has Just con
fessed to O. B. Harding, of Bloux City,
Sheriff Btsvens and Deputy Sheriff 8tamm
that he killed Johnson under the following
circumstances.--? -
' He says that he and Johnson had talked
at Melvln about Hokuf busking oorn for
Johnson; - that, lie had been drinking and
In the evening of the day they had the
talk he walked down the railway track
from ' Melvln to Johnson's farm that hs
was to some extent under the Influence of
liquor; that' on the ' way down he picked
up a piece of the brake rod of a ear aad
carried ' ! , with ' him; ' He claims he ' In
tended to - stay ' with Johnson over night
and go -to work for him In the morning;
that Johnson 'would not pay him as muoh
as'hs thought the. work was worth and
that he called Johnson a "cheap Swede."
Johnson ordered him off the plaee; he re
fused to go. .-They were near the barn
and standing up against the barn was a
pitchfork.' " Johnson turned toward the
barn and Hokuf claims he thought John
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West of Missouri River, one fare plus fifty
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son was going to use the pitchfork on
hip- id' that he struck Johnson on ths
heau with the Iron rod. Johnson fell and
Hokuf turned from him to the house.
Returning to the barn a little' while after
he found Johnson was dead and he burled
him In one of the stalls of the, barn. 4 '
The confession was oral. ' An effort ,wlll
be made Ibis afternoon totjbtfcln a writ
ten confession The coroner's; jury Is Just
assembling'. - .
' It! was. .the dlsoovery ' yesterday. -by. a
searching party of the remains of Johnson
that led to the confesston.' ' Ex-Sheriff
Police Davenport of Bloux City, Mr. Hard
ing and Sheriff Stevens have been working
on the case for-weeks.' "' ..
Miss Alice Paulsen of Illinois, an Ille
gitimate eighteen-year-old daughter' ot
Peter Johnson, becomes his heir. Ths
estate la worth about 815,000. .The yourtg
woman Is highly respected and Is a tele-'
phone, operator. - ' 1
Do Hot Wait Vatli Tpn Nee It). '
Ths season is sgafn at hand when diar
rhoea and dysentery are prevalent. Do not
wait until some of your family la taken
with a violent attack, but be prepared. A
bottle of Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and .
Diarrhoea Remedy at hand when needed has
saved; many a life. Procure It at. once.
Commercial Travelers Blest Offloers.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la, June 8. (Special.)
The Commercial . Travelers club of this
city at their meeting last night elected
J. W. Morgan, veteran traveler, as presi
dent of the club and also made arrange
ments for opening the . Iowa City-Cedar
Rapids Interurban eleotrlo road with a'
grand picnic on Saturday, July 28. They
have . provided a band to., furnish muslo
and- will' have a number of athletic events,
and amusements. . The publlo Is earnestly,
requested to attend and a good time Is
ssaured. '. ' "'
P, RUTHERFORD, D. P. A,
1323 Fcrnan Street,
Onsha, l!eb.
CATHARTIC MSy..
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