THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, AUOURT 10, 1001.
NEWS' OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
INDIAN CREEK ON RAMPAGE
Overflew. Its ranks in .Vicinity of the
Northwestern Depot
STORM SEWERS UNABLE TO CARRY FLOOD
la Conaeqoeivre Many Cellars Were
Flooded In Addition to the Dimi
Doaa : bg Otrrlow ol
."' :' the, Creek.
The terrific 'downpour 'of rain' Monday
night caused Indian creek to go on another
rampage and overflow Ha bank at the
Northwestern track, and yesterday morn
ing Frondwsy between Tenth street and the.
Illlnol Onlrnl 'track ' one mora a
( sea of rmxl.'ln nuthy rliicea a foot deep.
v. The rainfall for something over half an
' ' hour Was terrific, the gatige registering 1.7
Jjnchpa, In that time. . On Broadway, South
) i . (7jrln atreet, Washington avenue. First
r street ' tnd ninny other "street the water
Van" over, .tha.eurbs, ' the sewer aa usual
lUf being nimble to tarry otT the flood.
ij An , lnimeme-;volurne Of water, carrying
'- with It mud juid (lctirln from the hill utreeta,
went down First street onto Rroartway
and over the curh on tho north aide, with
the result' that-'many cellars on Broadway
between Second itnrt Flrat atreeta wero
filled with water. ' On . Broadway In tiro
' vicinity .c-f ilia. Northwestern tracks many
: collars were-flooded and the-water poured
j like a mlllrace through aevernl of the atnoll
; one-story buljdlng on the north aide. For-
j tunn.toty the preek. only overflowed at the
! Northwestern tracks, although the water
; waa up to th floora of the bridges on North
I Tenth, Ninth and Eighth atreeta.
On South Main atroet the acwera failed
j to carry off . the. trepiendous volume of
i water and aoon became clogged. Mud from
the aide atreeta waa washed onto Main
j atreet and waa several inehea deep in the
vlclplty of .the Burlington tracka.
Fifth ayenue In many place waa under
' water, thla , being especially true In the
' vicinity pf-the'Vnlon avenue interaectlon.
f The waiec, however; waa not deep enough
( to prevent the motor cam running.
Tho scow whftfh, has been built for the
dredge held to its anchor In (he creek at
Seventeenth avenue, much to the relief of
Alderman. Weaver j&nd hla fellow aldermen
who expect to auperlntend the operatlona of
the machine. When they arose yesterday
morning they, fully expected that the scow
would have been floated down the creek to
the next bridge, which It would undoubtedly
Y During the storm shortly after 1 o'clock
lightning; struck the residence, of Andrew
Sharkey at 835 Tenth avenue. Tha . bolt
struck the chimney, tore down one side of
the roof In a streajt about two and a half
" feet wide, ripped off, shingles, twisted the
lath, tore the plaster off the walla and
filled the , houae with eulphurou amoke.
Mra. Sharkey and her children were alone
In the house, Mr.' Sharkey, who la night
yardmaater for the Burlington, being at
work. They escaped injury, but were
greatly frightened. The fire department
was called out, but Its services were not
Heeded as the, lightning did not set lira to
the house. .';"'. '- . -.
1 Pr,W(tmu Geta a Claim,
Dr. J. 'C "Waterman , or thla city, who
drew No. It In the Rosebud reservation
land lottery, arrived home yesterday from
Boneateel after selecting his quarter sec
tion. He was .fortunate enough to secure
a Quarter .section adjoining the townslte
of the new town of Burke on the south.
Dr. ' Waterman is fully convinced that
Burke is the'comlng town of the reserva
tion and' that it will be the county seat.
Friday when he looked over the ground
there -was- nothing In sight except prairie
dogs. Sunday there were at least 2,000
, people, all . of them "aoonera," holding
down lots In the new town. When he left
there Monday night Burke was ' a town
of 600 inhabitants, with grocery, hardware
and ptber .stores,, saloons, lumber yards
and houses bemg jput up as fast as lumber
could be secured.
. Twd factions, he said, one under the lead
ership,' vt a. man named Conner and the
Other a man named Jeffreys, were survey
ing, the town, with a view to controlling
It, . and a slash between the twe parties
waa momentarily expected when Dr. Wat
erman left to' return home. Nearly every
one was carrying a large revolver and be
fore be left Dr. .Waterman told one of the
lenders that If a cemetery was heeded,
nd it looked likely ' It ' would be. they
could utilise a corner of hla quarter section
Without waiting to notify him further. .
Plumbing and heating. ' illxby Son.
Matters in District Court.
County , Attorney Klllpack, in the name
of the State of Iowa, began actions in
the district court yesterday to restrain
throe saloons from continuing to do busi
ness. Suits against N. A. Shue. whose
saloon is at 1021 South Main street, and
Miller A Stump, who 'Were recently granted
a ltconno to open a aaloon at Co3 South
Main ytreet, are brought In on account of
failure o file' the bonds required by law.
Kd MoVay, who conducts a saloon at 160S
West. lire id way; la alleged to have vio
lated the oounty attorney's order and kept
his saloon open ,on Sundays, and tor this
reason he la made defendant In an In
junction suit. ,
Out Bouiiclnwj a minor, by tils' next
friend, Mar Bohrldiis, filed original notice
of suit yesterday In the district court
against ' the motor company asking -ri,s
damages. It la claimed that young Bou
rlrlue was wrongfully sjhJ maliciously put
on a cur on August 6, .
N. T.' Plumbing "Co. TrL Night, FWT.
Settle PitUs Question.
After ahother 'conference- with the offi
cials of the street railway Company the city
rouucll has decided that the pavhig on
least Broadway shall be- laid up to tha
motor tracka and that aa aoon as the city
WESTERN
. iowa.:
COLLEGE
TRANSFERABLE 8ClIOLAnSIIIP
The Western loWaCuIlege will aell a
trmisrsral la xhularviil lur the (ail term
al.l'U Ufcln (WS( boi,t Lata very lllerl
diuuui. if urJisinl piii.r tj Aufual la.
Coll at oftce aitj n.).uUumy.
Vrlte or will for Information.
E. P.MILLER. President.
LUWir,
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BLUFFS
has completed the piling and other protec
tion work along the bank of the creek the
paving shall be laid between tha tracks and
one foot on the outside. 4':.
TAX LEW IS DDER DI8C199IOX
Effort Betas; Made to Keep It Below
that of 1IKIH. i '
Aldermen CJllbert. Tounkerman and Wea
ver, comprising the city council finance
committee; Alderman Crtppen. representing
the West Knd Improvement club: City
Treasurer True and City Solicitor Snyder,
met last night with Mayor Macrae in the
letter's office In the Merrlam block to dis
cuss the tax levy for 1804. Nothing definite
was decided upon snd tha finance commit
tee will take another turn at the problem
today. The finance committee will make
ita report to the city council next Monday
nlht.
The consensus of npfnlrm at the meeting
last night waa that every effort should be
made to reduce the levy from that of 1903,
which waa I7H mills. In 1(102 the levy waa
404 mills. How the finance committee will
solve the problem of reducing the total levy
remains to be seen' when at last nlght'a
meeting tlmwr pwfpnt all seemed to favor
levying at least mills for the Improve
ment fund, when last year the levy for
thla particular fund waa but 1 mill. Alder
man Weaver stated he wanted to -use the
improvement fund for dredging Indian
creek, while Mayor Macrae gave It as hla
opinion that It ought to be devoted to th
purchase fit street sweepers, sprinklers and
other machinery for keeping tbe streets of
the city clean.
Alderman Crlpnen wjas present in the In
terests of the West End Improvement club,
which is advocating the paring 'ef lower
Broadway. Mr. Crlppen urged a 5-mIU levy
for this purpose, but how thla is to be done
and still keep the total Irry under that of
190J he was unable-to inaplnrfft or offer any
advice. The levy forlMava as follows:
Fund. MlllB.
Oenernl jo
Oas and street lighting '. 3U
Water g
Sewer 1
Bridge ,
Improvement , , 1
Judgment , 1
Uhrary t
library building 1
Bond , ,,.1J
Total ,J7H
The Board of Park Commissioners at Its
meeting last night fixed the tax levy for
next year at Zhi mills, the same as this
year. , 1 ' .
A committee . from the West End Im
provement club waited on the hoard rela
tive to the conditions alleged to exist at
night time In Cochran park. The commit
tee was armed with a petition that an
officer be placed in the park at night, but
the board had already taken action in the
matter and placed a night officer there.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
August 9 by the Title Guaranty and Trust
company of Council .Bluffs;
Clarence E. Weaver and wife to Es-
tere Om brunt, lot ( Auditor's sub of
nw4 swM 19-75-4; w-d..., $ 700
Jeremlfth Longnecker and wife to L.
V. Klncald. part lots IS and 14.'
block 13. Walnut; q c d... 1
H. P. Boloth and wife to II. MendeJ.
lots 4 and B, Farrell's sub, Neola; '
W d 1;230
Thre transfers, total ...........
( ' . -' . UsrrlsH Mflenwa.
Licenses to wed were Issued.' yesterday
to the following:
Name and Residence. ..
Newell M. Chapln, Blair. Neb.;.;.
Vllena A. Fitxgerald, Blair, Neb.
eeorge E. Fisher. Omaha ............
Ule D. Stark, Omaha
Jii Foley, Neola, la.....'
Mabla Ellis, Neola, la
, MIXOR MEXTIO.
i aa 25
... 22
...83
... 29
..V 24
... 21
Davis sells drugs. .
Leffert's glasses fit.
Stockert aella carpets.1 '
Schmidt' new studio, 408 Brjadway. '.
Swell photos at shrunk prlcea, William.
Alderman. Olaon is. on tho sick lint.
"Special sale on wood for Pyrography,
C. E. Alexander, 338 B'way. .-'
Tucker's new B'wajr Studio, still on the
ground between Pearl st. and postofflce.
F. W. Miller chairman of the democratle
county central committee, left last eveslnar
on a business t.ip to western Nebraska.
County Treasurer L. O. Conslgny and
Sumner Knox have gone for a trip to
Arkansas and the St. Louis exposition.
Captain L. B. Cpusins will leave today
for Hostoh to attend tho national encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Newell if. Chapln -and Valeria A. Fltz-
f'erald, both of Blair, Neb., were married
n thla city yesterday afternoon by Justice
Ouren, -
A. II. Haatlnga and George Clark of the
Grand hotel returned yesterday from Ne
braska, where they each secured a home
stead claim of 640 acres In Brown county.
Iulldlng permits Were Issued yesterday
to W. U. Klgdun for a two-story fauna
residence on Glen avenue to cost M.OOu and
te Kela Johnson for a one-storv frame
oottaao at Sj Avenue i) tuicost VM.
Charles Nelson, lwru xirrested Mon
day on complaint o( hi wife, who charged
him with assault ana bauury, was fined
$10 and costs In poilce court veaterday
morniiig. The floe waa later remitted dur
ing geod behavior.
The fire department waa milled yesterday
morning to E. W. Oray'a restaurant at f06
South Main atreet, where a blaze had
started by the Ignition of gaxollna used fur
dialling purpose. . The ctciiilcal engine
put out the blase . before any material
duiuage waa done. i
Funeral aervirea over the late Mra, Helen
J. Kempater, wtte of C. O. Kerupster, will
be Iil-IU Thursday morning at lo.SO o'nlrx'k
at the family residence on I'pper Harrison
street, conducted by Bev. Mr. Bavldga of
Omaha, following which the remains will
be taken to AVoua for burial. '
The Woman's Missionary society of Sr.
John's English Lutheran t hurofi will meet
this evening In the church parlors. The
Bible reading will be led by Miss Johanna
Nelson of C'iileiigo. The LaJlea' Aid society
will meet Friday afternoon ill the church
parlors.
The hearing of Chester Egbert, charged
with the theft of 1M) feet of hose, was
continued yesterday In police court until
thla morning. The police have so far failed
to discover where Kgbeit secured the
buy cushions and cuirlHx innips which
he wus trying to dispose oi when arrested
In Omaha. , ,'.
The receipts In' the general fund at the
ChriMtlan Home lnt week Were H72.M.
bring 17.47 below the nUa of the weuk
and Increasing tho deficiency In this fund
to data to $,i;.2i. In the manager' fund
the rwcwlpts were $11 being Sl below the
nt-eds of the week and Increasing Hie de
ficiency to Uni.il in this fund to date. ,
A motion to set aside the Judgment se
cured by default by the pUlaillf in the
suit of Mrs. Florence lUirlniuu against
the Ntiw Nonpareil Publishing coinpuny
was mill bi'lore Judge Bfoll In tha sil-
eilor cot vesleriluy afternoon ami by
ilm taken ',r advisement. Mra. Henl
tnan bmug It for H'J.OoO daiuages for
alleged llUo tha drfundalit fuUltig to
appear, sect Judginsut . for Luo full
amount by 6 , -
Kulph Nun .he youth brought bark
from Ulenwoo , churged witn l)itg Impli.
cnled Willi the gung of youthful tuiiglurs
In tho numerous robbrilea to wlileh young
Hoop roiifeNHed. was pluoed In the county
Jull yesterday and hla preliminary hearing
J.oit piined. lie denies being linplli sled hi
hli(K'i by young i(Mp. Aa Juiixe Wheeler
of tho alstibt court Is now expected to
remain n( Isk usobolt for another ten
duys or two weeks, the preliminary hearing
of the several Juvenile oftohders haa been
ludilliillcly continued.
I.atheraa Mlaalaay Festival.
MAGNOLIA, la., Aug. . (Special.) It
Sunday a epeclal ailbtdonary fs!lval was
held ajytha German Lutheran cl'vrth at
Magnolia. It was conducted by J'.ev. Jtin
A run. tbe pastor, aje!xte(f by Ilev. Vun
dtr.ua of ltooj.s ;,J liev. Ex-hbaoh of
1'erala. Fifty d..UUl wa l'i'.l for Hit.
alouury woik.
FEW CANDIDATES. IN SIGHT
Democrat! in Ro Horrj to Kama Tictimi In
GongreMion&l Baoea. . .
THREE DISTRICT CONVENTIONS CALLED
Trial of Ietaoa Balllet la the Federal
Coar-t Met for November IVItwt
Mia Clvea PoaJtlom la
CaVa,
(Prom a Staff Correspondent.)
PES MOINES, Aug. (Special.) The
democratic convention for the Fourth dis
trict la to be held at Poatvllle on Thurs
day. There hae been only one democratle
district convention held thua faf and thla
la In the Seventh, where John.Mulvaney of
Dee Moines has been nominated. It la ex
pected that J. E. E. Markley of Mason
City will be nominated for oongresa In tho
Fourth district. The" district Is now rep
resented by W. N- Haugen, who received
on one . occasion nearly 11,000 ' majority.
The democrata have no hope of carrying
the dlstrict. but there are some democratic
counties where it Is desired that the vote
be kept up. Two other convention, have
been called. The Second will renominate
Congressman Wnde at Davenport, August
24. The Sixth district convention will be
held in Oskajooea August SO, ,ut it Is en
tirely uncertain Who will be nominated.. '
Charles A. Walsh, .Iowa member of the
democratic national committee, Is'on.hls
way to New York for a conference with
the members of the national committee
and leaders in New York City, .ile waa
called op -by long distance telephone b)
August Belmont and after some dlacussipn
he agreed to go to New Turk. .He did not
disclose the nature of hla mission. He
haa been aucceeded Jay Trey , Woodson as
secretary of the committee. v '' '
Examine tbe Gnardaaaen.
A military board, headed by General J.
Rush L4neo!n, today fcommenced the ex
amination of a class of. about twenty who
are candldatea for commissions In the
Iowa National guard. Among those to be
examined are Colonel' Thomas .F, 'Cooke
of Algona, elected lieutenant colonel of
the Flfty-alxth; Fred S." Holsteer of Bur-.
llngton, elected major of the Fifty-fourth,
and three eleoted captains of companlea.
Maintain Frolt Exhibit. ;
Secretary Greene of the State Hortlcul-?
tural society declares that the Iowa exhibit-
of fruit at 'the Bt. Loula exposition
will be maintained throughout the season.
The Buperlntendent In charge contemplated
abandoning It because the legislature had
failed to appropriate a Bufflclent amount
for the same..
Competitive itatea la Iowa.
Iowa rallroada are likely to put In force
a new system of rates for passenger serv
ice between competitive' points. Some time
ago the monsgers aaked permission of the
Iowa railroad commission 1o put In equal
rates on long distance lines, as on short'
distance Unea between competitive points
In the freight buslnesa, and this has. beert
done with such satisfaction that .railroad
managers are now making Inquiries with
reference to doing the same on passenger
trafflo. It haa' not been customary under
the Iowa classification to rnake, these
rates. ' '
Balllet Trl Fixed. ;
Letaon BoJiiet will tw retried for his al
leged mining stock swindles In Dee Motnea
on November -22t- Judge Smith MePhereen
of Ihe United States district joodrt' today
Issued an order' for the trial.- Balllet was
Indicted on two counts "for fraudulent use'
of the United States malls. In the' promo
tion of hi White Swan mining stock busi
ness. The cases were consolidated. He wo
found guilty and given a Jail sentence.
When the United States circuit court of ap
peals In St. Louis granted a new trial many
persons Interested, believed that the end of
the long-fought case was in-sight.-, The
postal authorities are relentless ( In their
pursuit of Balllet' and the trial' , will be
prosecuted vigorously.- ,
81ms Goes to Cuba.
Reports have been ' received te the effect
that Prof. A. V. Sims, formerly head of the
college engineering-department at the Iowa
State university, has -'accepted .a .position
with a Cuban railway. He Is now in Cuba
and the report is that he is getting a salary
double what was paid-him here.
Lavber la Idle- la Iowa'.
Ke ports received from the various" parte
of the state by the Iowa State .Labor Fed'
eratlon indicate that laboring men are Idle
in many cities. Tho bulletin whloh will be
Issued by the1 federation :'tonorrow shows
that While the unions are. not suffering to
a great extent by reason of strikes, many
men have been laid off,,'..'' '1 i . . ' . .
At Clinton and Muscatine the sash and
door, factories have InJd off large numbers
of men and In the latter city coinmop .la
boring men are. also Idle. Many mechan
ics are also out of employment,' which .1
considered unusual at this time of the
year. - -
Building trade Is very slack also through
the state, which the federation officials say
la due to the attitude, of the recently or
ganized Employers" association.
K. OB P. GRAND LODGE IX SESSIO.H
Large limber of Kmlghts of Kkaru.
la Attendance.'
WATERLOO, la., Aug. . Delegate ere
arriving and 1,M, Knights of .Pythias and
Bathbone Sisters were registered .at noon
for the state meeting of the Dramatic Or
der Knights of Khorassan. There is no con
test for offices and the spirit of fraternal
love prevails. . .' - . '
Band concerts, receptions to " delegates,
exemplification of the work and schools of
Instruction are being: held this Afternoon.
The big. meeting of the Dramatlo Qrdtr
Knights of Khorassan will be held Wednes
day. Fifty candidates Were Initiated "last
night at the opera house and 'a banquet
was hold at midnight in Turner hall. -
All the officers of both the Knights of
Pythlaa and Rathbone Bisters are present..
The Knights have headquarters at the Lo
gan hotel and. tha. Rathbone Sisters at the
Irving hotel. '
Rice II. Bell, candidate for grand chan
cellor, waa . taken alck and returned to
Keikuk Monday. Ha suffered a relapse of
typhoid fever. Tha election of hla com
petitor, T. 4S. Waud of Oermanla, la con
ceded. H. C. Schults of. Waterloo will get
the office of exchequer. Nomination of of
ficers will be held Wednesday and the elec
tion in the afternoon.
wits Against a Hallway.
AMES, la., Aug. . (Special.) The New
ton oV. Northweatern Railway . company la
named aa defendant In three separate dam
age aulta for. tbe next term of oouri In
Story county. A.VA. Richardson haa cmv
menced ault to recover' damage to the
amount' of tTWaa a compenaation for dirt
taken outalde of the right-of-way from
hla property, for Vhich he ask $juq. He
also aaaerte that hla drainage ha been
stopped, caused by the filling and exca
vating In the cormtrvctlon' of the road, and
ake $-00 damage.
Isabella Sharp ha also brought ult to
recover damage In a slmlUr case and
asks $uX damages for th removing of
roll from the plaintiff's proer:y.
. A third caae has been filed by Jorla Olfer
nesa aklng for damage to the amount
of ( .0 tor a loi til aiiaunt ef LU property
taken for right-of-way and abutting dam
ages. The plaintiff charge that an era
bankment haa been thrown up by hli lot
In the city of Cambridge and that In mak
ing a cut for trackage that h ha sus
tained a loss to the amount- of P00. The
Newton ft Northwestern le a hew road
that hae recently .been completed, running
through the southern 'part of the county
IOWA MAM GOES TO RIMIA5 ARMY
Dp. William Jeaeoa of Sloa City
Made Flel gnre-eon.
. SIBLEY. Ia., Aug. 9. -(Special.) Dr.
William Jepson of Sioux, City has been ap
pointed a field surgeon In - the Russian
army.
Alleared TKlcf I Shot.
INDEPENDENCES, la.; Aug. . (Special)
Ben Buckingham ' 1 lying aerioualy
wnunded a th result of a bullet wound
Inflicted by City Marshal Andrew Donovan
Buckingham, with two companions, Is al
leged to have stolen $tt -near Quftsetown
and the former started to run when placed
under arrest by the marshal. He failed to
obey the officer' Injunction to stop, and
after firing In the air Donovan shot tbe
thief twice, once In the brick arid the sec
ond shot taking effect in the fleeing man's
hand. The flrsh hot has not been located.
Buckingham, who Is a powerful roan, ran
five' blocks with the bullets in his body.
Woman wltb a Shotaran.
ONAWA, la.. Aug. . (Bpeelal.) A
tragedy waa narrowly averted yesterday
In Lincoln townahlp on the farm of Mitchell
Vincent., when Mrs.., John,, Mills eelsed a
double-barrelled ehotgun and threatened to
shoot Ed Penny, renter on Ihe farm. After
a severe struggle Mrs. Mills was finally
disarmed. Thla morning ahe was brought
before the board of Insanity, charged with
Insanity, but the- commissioners, after ex
amination, refused to commit her to the
hospital, and she was discharged. Mr. and
Mrs. Mills have been boarding a gang of
met, for Penny and trouble hits been brew
ing for some time.
1 To Set' Aside a -Deed.
ONAWA, ' la., Aug. ' f. (Special.) A. E.
Ounderaon, guardian for (lusts v R. ,Gun
derson, by hla attorney. W. A. Hlllsel of
Odebolt, haa filed a-petition In equity In
the Monona county district court against
H. W. Custer to set aside a deed for too
acres of land In section, 38, . ,townh!p 85,
range 44 west;, also town lots in Odebolt,
and for the eurrenuVt' of personal property,
alleging that at the time,, July 26, 1904, when
the transfers were made that aald Qunder
son we a person of tmsound mind and
unfit to transact business. Fraud and de
ception on the part of Custer Is alleged.
' Joint Faculty at Ames.
AMES, la.. ' Aug. 8. (Special.) At . a
meeting of the board of trustees of the
Iowa 'State collejre recently F. B. Baker
of Washington, D. C. was elected assistant
profeseor of forestry In the horticulture
department. Prof. .Baker. Is a graduate of
the Yale School of Forestry - and 1 well
qualified ' for 'the position he haa been
elected to fill. He will pend the month of
August' traveling over .-the state of Iowa
studying Iowa conditions' .prior to taktng
up his work at the -cortege at' th opening
of the new school year, September L
Black Diphtheria . In Hamilton.
WEBSTER CITT.i Ia.;tiAug. .-'(Special
Telegram) Black dlphtrjeirta, has made Its
appearance In HanilnJpttunty In Stan
hope. In -the Leonard. hKill family three,
death have. Jocctirred"! aJ:'many day.
The disease is also prwwflint in Stratford.
The percentage of fat'l1(yes'Hae been very
high and. the residents of the southern
part of the county ore greatly alarmed. ,
erlone Aretdent to Farmer,
DUNLAP. Ia., Aug.-9. (Speclal Wullua
Hartwig, a prominent' farmer' living near
Du Map, 'met wlth' a serious accident1 yeo
terdiy... Failing from the top of ' a1 hay
tack, the handle of a hay fork was driven
Into hi abdomen five , Inches. Hartwig'
condition la now considered very -critical;
GOOD CROPS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Threshing- Returns flbow Bonntl.
( nl Yield of ; small
Orala.-
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Aug.; .-(Special.)
-rThreshlng la now in progress in many
localities in 'the southern half of South
Dakota, and this week will commence in
many part of the northern half. Grain
thus ; far , threshed shows a good yield
and fully, bear out early prediction a
to the generally gpod, condition of th
crop of .Sputh Dakota. j , . . .
P. A. Van Nice, a Moody county farmer,
threshed 1.120 bushels of ; barley from fifty
acre of land, over thirty, bushels to the
acre. Barley on the farm of H. D. Van
Nice, in the same -counts, threahed out
an average' of thirty-seven bushoia per
acre. It 1 conservatively estimated that
the barley crop of the'en,tlre county will
average between thirty and forty bushel
to the acre. ' ,
Jacob Smith of Davison tsounty threshed
hi wheat crop, which yielded . twenty
three bushels per acre. This wheat was
early sown and because of this fact es
caped the rust which badly ; Injured sur
rounding field of late sown wheat 8.
F. Goodykoontx, who owns a farm in
the same county, estimates that his barley
will average thirty bushel per acre and
hi oats fifty. He place til wheat yield
at'twelv bushels to the acre, owing to
Injury done by rust.
J. J. McCormlck of Hanson county
threehed 100 bushels of barley frqm about
one and pne-half acree of land - ,
Threshing machtnea which are operating
In the vicinity of Menno are telling a good
atory. On farmer reports that hi barley
threshed out forty buahela g-er acre.' Barley
on ail adjoining farm averaged forty-nve
buahela to the acre. Some of thet wheat
fields in that locality will yield finely,
while other, owing; to rust,- will hava
larger" atraw atacka than yields of grain.
Chrla Mettler, living near Menno, la th
first In that settlon to' flnlah stacking
wheat ,H ha a new variety which waa
not-injured-by -ust, and which , will" yield
at leaet twenty-five busheU'per acre.
The flrat oat threshed In Charlea Mix
county, ao far aa reported, waa raised on
the Gordon -farm, near Platte, and yielded
fifty ' bushels, per ete. F. Reading, a
farmer living near Egan, threahed oata
raised on Tile farm which hveraged fifty
eight buahela to the 'aore..-
Llnn Beavers, residing, near Jefferson,
In the extreme southeastern part of the
state, threshed winter wheat and reports
that It yielded an average of twenty-four
buahela per aore. Iti la of fine quality,
aound and hard. Hla beta averaged alxty
two bushel to th acre, which 1 the
greatest yield of this grain yet reported
anywhere 1 th. state.
Threshing Is well under way near Yank
ton, and large yields are reported. Oats
1 ylt.-ldlng. an average of fifty bushels
per acre and upwards. Most of the oata
teat thirty-two pound per bushel, which
la two pounds better than ' oat in that
vicinity went last , year, ' Wheat 1 not
yielding eo well, having been Injured to
some extent by rust. Fields that Indi
cated yields of at least lBliteen buulieia
per acre are threshing out only from four
teen to fifteen bushels, which shows, how
ever, that the damage by rust waa not
great The wheot imp In that locality,
(autl!batu.ii.llng iut 1..." iy, will l up
the
average of former yesr In that
part
of the state.
MI IT RIK TRAini 'I1T RIGHT WAY
Orent northern' T!nr rag Will
Have to Tara Arennd Hereafter.
SIOUX FALLS, a t., Aug. . (Special.)
The Great Northern railroad will no
longer be permitted to run Its trains beck
ward on that part of the division between
Slous City and Qarretson, according to a
report Just made by Frank LeCocq, Jr., a
member of the South Dakota Board of
Railroad commissioners. Owing to the fact
that" the railroad company haa no turn
table at Sioux Falls, It has been the prac
tice to run what Is known aa the "Ping
Pong" train backward between this city
and Gorretson. A a result of this peculiar
and unusual method of running train
which carry passengers, several acldent
have occurred and the train haa been par.
tlally derailed. In hla report to the board,
of which he (ls a member, Mr. LeCocq
recommends Vis st the Great Northern rail
road be required to provide facilities at
Sioux Falls for the turning of engines, and
that for the safety of the traveling public
the practice of running the train backward
be discontinued. It was the belief In
some quarters that the condition of the
track was uch to cauie1 the aeveral
accident to the train In question, hut Mr.
LeCocq, as the result of a personal ln
apectlon, state that auch 1 not the case
and that the railroad company ha not
failed to keep Ita track In good repair.
SOl'TH DAKOTA SHIPPIQ PbixTs
-
"Two Places from Which taneh Grain
I Seat Oat. .
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Aug. . (Spe
cial.) During . the twelve monltia from
August L 190S, to August 1, 1904, the grain
buyera at Hetl'.nd purchased nn aggre
gate of 531,528 bushels of grain of all "kinds.
Thla representa the amount after deduct
ing dockage. The grosa amount purchased
could not ha re- been less than 50,000 bush
els. The grain purchased was divided as
follows: , Wheat, 214,02 bushels; barley,
171., 865 bushels; all other grains, J7.2il'
buahela. This la regarded As a good year's
record, considering that Hetland I a small
town and ha only four grain elevator.
Of the total amount purchased, an elo
vator conducted by a. farmer' eompany
handled 170,000 bushels. The total grain
purchased was sufficient to load- twenty
ordinary freight trains.
From July It, 1903, to August 1 of: this
year a total of 696 carloads of grain waa
shipped from the town of Emery. The
shipments aggregated $0,093,006 pound In
weight and contained an aggregate of 517,
911 bushels, 'divided a fol'ows: Wheat, 313,
346 bushels; barley, 57,678 bushels; oats,
62,417 bushels; rye, 7. Ill bushels; corn, 117,
362 bushels. The, claim I made that the
yolume of these shipment make Emery
tho banner town for grain shipments on
that branch of the Milwaukee Railroad
company.
CROWDS COMB TO TUB HOT SPRINGS
Several Important Meeting; la th
v Near Fotore.
HOT SPRINGS, S. D.. Aug. 8.-(SpeclaI.)
The Hot Springs of Bouth Dakota 1 at
the height of the eummer season. - The
hotel are well filled end the Indication
ar that the crowds at thla resort wl)l In
crease during the present month Hnd Sep
tember. The number of visitor -to the
famoua Wind care, twelve mile from here,
thus faf thla season haa greatly exceeded
that of past year.
Sportsmen are arriving at tha resort to
attend the lnteratat association trap shoot
ing tournament to be hold the 24th . and
tSth Inst., under the auMQlce of the Hot
Spring Gun chith The tournament will
he participated In by expert shots from all
part of, tha United, 8tata. An attractive
program ha been 'arranged , for the oc
casion. The antra nee fee t fl.50 and $1
The annual- meeting of the Transmlsaourl
Freight bureau will be held September C
All railroad west of ' the -Missouri river
will be represented.
The list of guest at tha Evans hotol in.
cludf Mayor Frank E. Moores, Thomas
Hughes, C. T-. Taylor, B. C. McCormlck, E.
t. Marr and Mr. H. P. Farrell, all of
Omaha.'
WILSON IN THIS BLACK : HILLS
feeretary of Agrrlonltnro saf Senator
Klttredge Iaapect Forest Reserve. .
v DEADWOOD, 8. D Aug. '.-(Special Tel
egram.) Secretary of Agriculture Wllaon,
accompanied by Senator Klttredge of South
Dakota, arrived In Dead wood on a belated
Burlington train at a very early hour this
morning and- this- evening will be given
reception by the people of the city. Secre
tary Wilson and Senator Klttredge are vis
iting the Hill for the purpose of making
en examination of conditions on the forest
reserve. In their Inspection Secretary Wil
son and Senator Klttrldge will be aoebm
panled by Congressman Martin and Captain
Beth Bullock. The party will remain In the
Hill for aeveral day. i
Wyoming; Newa Notes.
BASIN. Aur. T,. V Khmr vhi mrifeeA
the local postofric two weeks ego, haa
admitted his guilt. He will be sent to th
penitentiary.
SHERIDAN. Aur. Walter fioraaue
ahot himself in the left leg while fooling
with a gun. He did not know the weapon
waa loaded. ' He will recover,
BBIDOER, Aug. . The worst electrical
storm that ever visited Uinta county raged
with great fury yesterday. Upwards of
flffy head of stock were kl'led and report
hav not been received from several sec
tions. Bo far a known no human live
were loeL
EVANSTON. Aur The Amnrlean Con.
olldated Oil company struck a heavy flow
of oil in on of Ita wells at Spring Valley
irxiay. ins well la estimated to be a 2bo
barrel per day property. The oil ia th
highest grade Illuminating product ever
found In the world. There I considerable
excitement over the atrlke.
HTViWDTriV lit. Q Tli Ttt.h.WvAm.
Ing Baa Ball league haa expired. The
&amea were not auiiported and now a num.
er of good ball players are bunting Jobs.
Ogden waa tha first team to disband and
was followed closely by Park City and
Evanstnn. t'ark City was in th lead In
the race for th pennant at th tin. of
the breakup.
SHERIDAN. Aug. . A party of North-
Western surveyor is headedthls way and It
la reported that th company will build
west, to Sheridan from r)tui'gla or Bulle
Foil rc he, H. D. The line will run via bun.
dance. -It waa the appearance of thla
party In the field that gave rise to the sen.
Satlonal repcrt ' that the Northwejtern
would build a line west from C'stper and
fight the Uelao-Amerlcan company, which
roposea to buna iiom casper to Lnar.
'he IJelgo-Amerfcan- and Northwestern
companlea have entered Into an agreement
to not invade the territory of the other
and have formed close traffic arrenao-
menta.
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v Fretful babies become calm
and peaceful babies when fed
on Mellin'r Food. Mellin'i
Food nourishes.
A sample ef Maf'n's Foo4 aoata yea Bothies
but n. a. ing. Will you but uea Urn
it Ux ym iuy'
fcilLLIH'g FOOD CO. KOgTON. MAI1
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BANK'S AFFAIRS HOPELESS
Bpenoer! Looted Grinnell IiuUitution
Beyond Hops of EeooTry,
NO ONE UYING N CRIMINALLY LIABLE
Some Tim Be-eessary to t'nravel the
Tangle ana Permanent Receiver
Will Likely Displace Bank
Kxamlner.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. . (8peclal T
gTam.) National Bank Examiner E. B.
Shaw haa sent In hla preliminary report
to Comptroller of the Currency Rldgeley
a to the affairs of the Flrat National bank
Of Qrlnnell, Ia. The report, while not
made public by Comptroller Rldgeley, Indi
cated a most deplorab'.e state of affairs.
"Th report received . today from Mr.
Shaw," said Comptroller Rldgeley, "would
aeern'to Indicate that the affairs of tho
Flrat National, bank of Orlnnell are in an
almost Interminable tangle and their un
ravelling will take some weeks. The re
port of Examiner Shaw Indicates gross
frauds, criminal In character, but It also
shows that the principals, the Spencers,
were the only parties to the crimes, and
they are dead. There does not appear to
be any one living connected with the at
tain of tho Grinnell bank Implicated In
the fraudulent practices alleged and which
are slmoat proven."
For the time being, at least, Bank Ex
aminer Shaw will look after the affairs
of the defunct bank. He may be ab to
wind up Its affairs, but It I probable a
permanent receiver will be named who
will wind up Its business. There now seems
no probability that- the- bank will reopen
lta door. The speculations of the de
ceased Spencers have been so heavy It ap
pears that ther- Is little chance of there
being a sufficient ;ium left to enable tha
directors to start upon a reorganised- basis
which would comply with the requirement
whloh would by law be Imposed under the
national banking act,
Mrs. W. H. Ferguson of Lincoln and
Mr. George Haskell, formerly of Lincoln,
now of Denver, are guests of Mr. and Mr.
W. E. Andrews,
. Postal Matter.
Rural fr delivery carrier appointed:
Nebraska Johnson, regular, Jesse G.
Moren; substitute, George F. Moren. Iowa
Armstrong, regular, George Crows ton;
substitute, B. H. Knlp. . Avon, regular,
Albert E. Ashdown; substitute, James
Scott. Maloy, regular, Jacob B, Strobel;
substitute, John W, Penn.
Rural free delivery routes ordered es
tablished September 15: Nebraska Sterl
Ing, Johnson county, one additional; area,
twenty square miles; population, 400. Iowa
St. Marys, Warren county, one route;
area, fifteen .square miles; population, 375.
Charles H. Taylor ha been appointed
postmaster at Qulnton, Thurston county,
Neb,, vice "M. I. Tight, removed.
New National Banks.
National banks authorised to begin bus
iness: The First National bank of DUler,
Neb., with a capital of 140,000; A. H. Col
man, president; , Isaac M. Raymond, vice
president; T. C. Price, cashier. The Mon
roe National bank of Monroe, Ia., with a
capital of M,000; A. U. Porter, president;
J. P. Johnston, vice president; Charles
Schenok, cashier,
William H. Maxwell, Marquette, Mich.,
was today awarded th contract for the
construction of tha publlo building at
Plerr, S, D., at 3145,434.
; "Desperate Prisoner Ksoanes. '
; CHAMBERLAIN, 8. D., Aug. .-(Special.)
James ' Moore, so-called, has broken
from the Brule county jail and Is again at
large. The escaped prisoner had been per
mitted to go from hi cell to the corridor
to eat his supper. When the officer re
turned later It was found that he had
picked the lock on the back door of the
Jail and escaped. ' He waa later seen at a
place east of town about a mile, after
which he went to the farm of W. A. Swale,
where he" atole a horse and. saddle. Moore
ia about S feet 8 Inches tall, weighs about
180 pounds, dark complexion, brown eyes,
large Roman nose, two weeks' growth of
beard, wore dark suit of clothes with blue
overalls over them and a black hat.
Dlvoree Ons at Horon.
HURON, 8. D., Aug. 9. (Special.) Jaesle
Lawrence lias Instituted divorce proceed
ings In the circuit court against her hus
band, Bert Lawrence, on grounds of cruel
nd Inhuman treatment. The plaintiff esti
mate the value of the real and personal
nennertv of defendant at 110.000. In hi
answer the defendant denies all the allege.
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liona anu piat.ep. iiw yrvyi t i. owuui
Will (urel interest many reader of
tkle paper.
James O. Gray, Gibson. Mo., write about
Drake' Palneito Wine as follow: I live la the
Missouri Swamp In Dunklin County and bare
bien slok wlib Malarial (ever and for fifteen
months a walklnir skeleton. One bottle of
Drake Palmetto Wine toss done me more rood
thsoall the medlolne I have Ultea in that fif
teen months.' I am buying two more bottles to
stay cured. Drake' Palmetto Wine Is the best
medlotoe and tonlo for Malaria. Kidney and
Liver ailment I aver used or heard ef. I feel
well now after using one bottle.
A. A. Folding, Knoxvllle. Tenn., write: I had
bad ease of sour fttomaob and Indigestion.
I could eutao llule that I was 'falling to bones"
and oould aoi sleep nor attend to my business,
I used the trial bnule and t wo laryft seventy-five
oent bottles and can truthfully say I am entirely
tired. I have adr laed many to write for a free
trial bottle.
J W Moore, MontlosllOt Mine- make the fol
lowing statement about hlmsnlf and jeltrh
bnr E says. -Four bottles of Drake's Palmetto
Wine baa cured ms of catarrh of Bladder and
Kidney trouble. I suffered tea yours and spent
hundred of dollar with best doctors and spa.
clsllst without benefit. Drake Palmetto
Wine baa sarnie me a well man. A young woman
here waa given up to di by a Minneapolis aoe
elallst and be and oar local doctor said they
eould do no more for her. hbe has been taking
Drake's Palmetto Wine one week and ia rapidly
recover! ng.
Tke Drake Formula Company, Drake 'Bid., '
Ohlceto, III., will seud a trial bottle of Praka'a
r-aiuietto Wioe free and prepaid to any reader
of tbta paper. A I niter or postal card a youl
nly expanse to get this tree bottle.
m -w-w-.a.----, n AIW a
Half Your Lifo
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A man spend a muoh er more time la hi offlo than tie doe at
heme. Why overlook being comfortable at your work a well a in your
wn bouse. Having an office in th Be Building mean freedom from
snany lltUe aanoyanoea. Th Janitor ervlq there la glwaya th beat
everything Is kept In conetant repair tbe elevator service 1 anequallad,'
levator running night and day and Sunday e-ud electrle light and
water are included In the rental piioe, ,
Move whsr you will be satisfied.
!L C PLURS O CO.,
Rcntzl Agtnts
although he e.lmltted when (niostloned by
the cot.rt tht he hsd transferred real and
pereotml property te the value of imril
thousand dollars to hH sister "(hout th
time the proceedings for divorce Were In
stituted. ' The court directed tiwrenee to
at once have this property transferred to
him and also directed him to pay 5 per
week alimony to hla wife during the pend
ency of this suit and also S.'4 for, hr at.
torney'a fees. The case la attracting much
notice because of th prominence of the In.
terested pnrtlra. they being i considered
among the most prosperous farmer In the
county. '
Worn Out Women
tVho Feel Tired and Fall to Get Re
freshed by Sleep, Are on tha Yerfa
of a Serious Train of Diseases.
At first there will bo a rrcat lan
guor, especially In tho morning, faint
nets. dlxilnoFS. weakness or sinking
at the pit of the stomach; the appr
, i . 111 v. h.I.1,1a JUmIIm, ImnnlN
UIO V 111 fcU TBI 1UUIU, UltTnvtvi, ..,-..
ad; palpitation of the heart, shortnesa
of breath, cold hands and feet, bead
ache, paleness, dark circles under tha
eyes, and a dragging pala across tha
hips and loins. The blood become
thin and watury, and the nerves lack
Ing la strength, the complexion sal
low, the cheeks sunken, the bust flat
tened and reduced, tho memory poor,
tha mind weakened,. the disposition
Irritable and nervous, the least noU
often producing complete nervous
prostration. By icedlng the blood and
nerves with Dr. Chase's, Blood and
Nerve Food, the weak parts are maJe
Btrong, tha weight Increased, tha
sunken cheeks and flattened bust fill
out and become firm and plump; tha
enriched blood makes tha completion
alear. tha Hps red, ' the eyes bright,
and gives new life, strength and ant
cation to the eystem. j Price 60 eenta.
old ana (ssrsatsta by Myorn-Dti
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