THE OMAHA- DAILY BEE: TUESDAY1, rSEFTEMBEIt 20,. 1904.
"CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA
COUNCIL
MI!IOr MBJITIO!. . ,
Davis Mils 6ms.
Leffert's glass At.
Stockert sella carpet. , .
Duncan sell the beet achool shoe.
Opn Sunday. Tucker B'way atudlo.
Duncan doe tha beat repairing. 33 Main at
Western IoW college fail term now open.
School ralnta, bruahea and paper. Alex
ander's, J.t3 B way.
Fine large photo on ale by Williams,
the phbtognlplier.
Lily camp No. 1. Royal Nelghbora of
America, will meet In regular session this
arenlng.'
Official of the United States court ar
nea n the city last evening for the open
ing , of -the term today.
Robert L. Sadler of South Omaha and
Leona Foster of HsMdarri, Kan., were mar
ried In thin -.city yesterday afternoon by
Justice Carson.
Hon. W. a. Halnbrldge, who Is In charge
of a department of the republican national
committee, returned to Chicago last even
ing after upending Sunday with his family
In thla city. -
Charles K. Lyons of Pawnee City, Neb.,
and Miss Ada Berger of this city were
married yesterday afternoon at St. John'a
English Lutheran church, the pastor, Rev.
O. W. Snyder.! ofllcla ting.
John Prultt la.' Under arrest at the city
tall on suspicion of being Implicated In a
iurgjary committed. Sunday night at a
small candy store Conducted by .Walter
BlaKeslce at U2 West Broadway.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Marous announce the
marriage of their daughter, Anna, to Mr.
xuts 8. Braunstein of Fort Dodge, which
will take place BHitday, October it at tha
newvdewlah synagogue on Mynster street.
A reception at Maccabe hall, hi the Brown
block, will follow the ceremony. -
Zepb Hughes, a graduate of the State
Hoip'.tal for Dipsomaniacs at Mount Pleas'
ant. was arrested Inte Sunday night on
complaint 'of his Wife, who charged him
with coming home drunk and smashing up
the furniture. Hla hearing 111 police court
was continued yesterday until thla morning.
" The hearing of the case against the gas
company, chafged with leaving a mound
of earth unprotected on South First street
and thereby causing the accident to Fire
Chief Nlcholaon and his driver, Marlon
Stevens, early Saturday morning, waa con
tinued In police court yesterday until
Wednesday.
OHIY CEMEXT WALKS I rWTl'RB
Council Passes Ordinance Districting
tha City..
Action waa taken "by the city council
last night to preclude I he Jaylng of any but
cement sidewalks, exoapt In- the outlying
parte of the City. The business streets
have nearly alt beeri "replaced with cemetlt
walks and henceforth any brick or plank
walk needing relaying in tbe four dl
trlcts outlined last night will have to be
replaced with cement walks. ' Thla action
w&s taken on tha report of a apodal- com
mittee appointed1 by the mayor some time
ago-to district the city for thla purpose
and the city attorney and .city engineer
were instructed ,1a ftratt.a,n ordinance .w
accordance with. the. report. Thla ordinance
will provide for tho replacing of all walks
as occasion may demand tvlth cement aider
walks not less thnn five feet In width and
constructed According t specification to
be prepared by tha city engineer.
The report .of- the- committee-, which waa
adopted,' divided tha city Into four, dis
tricts, naming the street Which are to
come under the provisions of the ordinance
e" follows: ' ; . f
First district: Frank street," Harmony to
Ferrln avenue; , Perrln avenue, First to
Oak: Washington avenue, Frsnk to Eighth;
Mynster street, Scott to Eighth; Vine
street. First to Bryant: First street, Wash
ington avenue to Madison avenue; Second
street, .Washington avenue to Broadway;
Oakland avenue. ' Washington avenue., to
Avenue O. c . - '
Second district: ' Pa rkr avenue, Broadway
tb- High School avenue; Glen avenue,
Broadway 'to inn avenue; oiure aireei.
Pierce Street" to ' Ninth -avehue; Fourth
street, Broadway to Ninth avenue; Sixth
street, Washington avenue to- Ninth ave
nue: Seventh street, Washington avenue
to Ninth avenue: Blghth street. Washing
ton avenue to Ninth avenue; Ninth street,
Broadway to Ninth avenue.
Third district; First avenue. Pearl street
to Tenth street; Second avenue, Eighth to
Twelfth atreet; Third avenue. Eighth to
Twelfth street; Fourth avenue. Eighth to
Twelfth street; Fifth avenue. Glen avenue
to Twelfth street.
Fourth, district: Sixth avenue, Mnln to
Twelfth street: Seventh avenue. Main to
Tenth atreet; Blight avenue. Main to Ninth
atreet; Ninth avenue. Fourth to Eighth
atreet L Willow avenue. Fourth to Eighth
atreet Story street, Main to Third atreet;
,wortn street, main wi ruurm Bum., uw.,
street, Washington avenue to Broadway;
High School avenue, Park avenue to Qlen
avenue; Third street, Willow .avenue to
Story street.
The .council' accepted an Invitation to
participate in tha German Day parade and
granted permission for the. police and fire
departments to do likewise.' ;
The controversy, over the sidewalk on
Franklin avenue was settled for the time
being by the council cancelling L. C. Bes
ley'a contract.
The aldermen" were confronted with an
other large batch of proteeta against pav
ing assessments on Harrison street and
action on-these resulted In materially In
creasing the' amount of the coat of this
Improvement which th city will have to
bfal ... W. - .
Civil Service Examinations.
A Competitive r examination under -the
rules of the United Statea Civil Service
commission for the, position of clerk and
carrier' in the postorttce at Council Bluffs
will be held on November 16, commencing
at a. m. Applications for this examina
tion must be made on the prescribed, form.
Which, with necessary Instructions, may
be obtained from the commlaalon's local
representative at the Council Bluffs post,
office or from the undersigned.' '
Applications 'will' not be accepted unless
received by the Board of Examiners, post
office. St. Paul, -Minn., before 4 p.' m.; Oc
tober 17. ' P; H. MORONEV,-Secretary.
Marriage Lloenets.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
tbe following - ;rl. .-- .
Name and Residence. :-,-r Age.
J. F. Trenary,. Lincoln, Neb,..,...., 81
Fay McNutt. Lincoln, Neb...... 1
Robert R. Chrlsto, Oakland,' la. i'
Rose Tyson,. Oakland;' la IS
Robert L Sadler, South Omaha.. 11
Leona Foster, Ifaddam, Kan....... ,.15
Charles K. Lyons. Pawnee City, Neb M
Ada Bergen; Council Bluff a.. 23
v,-. Far Seat. .,
An excellent office location, froatlng on
Pearl street, only, half a block from Broad
way, with a nice large ehowwlndow which
oan be used for display. Be office. It
Peart atreet. Council Bluffy. . . -
Dr. Lyon's
PERfECT
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY
Used by people of refinement
for oyer a quarter of a oentuiy
. 6? --,.'. ....
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTTfT A N.
g pearl St.. Council Bluffs.
'rbonen.
Tooth Poudor
BLUFFS
! SHOOTING HELD ACCIDENTAL
Coroner's Jury PUoei No Blams for Sailing
of FredMerrilL
COUNTY ATTORNEY HOLDS BOY WITH GUN
All Three of boys Tell Same Story
1st Straightforward Manner
' Photographers Are Hen.
eel On".
The inquest held yesterday afternoon by
Coroner Treynor over Fred Merrill of 1421
Fourth avenue, who was ahot Sunday aft
ernoon whilo chasing three Omaha, boy
whom he suspected of raiding hla melon
patch near the Union '. Pacific railroad
bridge, resulted in the jury bringing In a
verdict to the effect . that Merrill waa
killed by a shot from a rifle In the. hands
of Willie Brocker and that the rifle was
accidentally dlacharged. Colonel H. C.
Beebee, local agent of the. American Ex
press company; W. J. Helsler and F. O.
Wllklns comprised the Jury. The Inquest
was held In Undertaker Cutler's rooms and
following It ' Assistant County Attorney
Hess Issued orders for, tb ( release of
Louis Jacobscn and Edward Brocker, the
boys who' were with Willie Brocker at tha
time of the shooting, but Instructed the
police to hold Willie Brocker, against whom
he will file an Information thla morning.
The three boya, whose, frog-shooting; ex
pedition Sunday afternoon ended so disas
trously, were represented at the Inquest
by Attorney DeBord of Omaha, while both
County Attorney Klllpack and Assistant
County Attorney Hess were present for
the state. Except while giving their testi
mony the three boya were kept during tha
Inquest In a covered hack In the alley at
the rear of Cutler'a undertaking rooms to
protect them from representatives of cer
tain newspapers who sought; to secure
their photographs,, to which Chief of Po
lice Richmond and the relatives of the
young defendants vigorously objected.
The witnesses at the Inquest were John
Heflln of 1116 West Broadway, who assisted
In conveying Merrill to his home after the
shooting; C. E. Merrill, a brother of the
dead man; Dr. Macrae, who operated on
the wounded man, and the three boya un
der arrest. . -.
: I. '
Boya Tell Straight Story,
The chief Interest naturally centered in
the versions of the shooting as told by the
three- boya.' They each" told perfectly
straightforward, story whleb, with the ex
ception of certain .minor details,' cor
responded with that told " the' police Bun
1 day night after they. had been brought to
I this side of the rlver'mn every detail the
three stories were -substantially the same
and showed that the shooting of Fred
Merrill waa purely accidental and resulted
from Merrill attempting to wrest the rifle
! from Willie Brocker. , .
'All three boya testified that the entire
time they were "on thla side , of the- river
they remained north of the Union Pacific
! grade ' and bridge and 'never went near
Merrill's melon patch. They denied being
on top of the grade and shooting at Mer
rill when the latter , was In his melon
patch. Thla waa in direct contradiction of
the testimony of Heflln and C. Ev Merrill,
who stated that Fred Merrill had told them
that the boys had .fired twice at him. from
tha top of the railroad dump. "
Willie Brocker, the boy. who Is accused
of firing the fatal ahot, was not sworn aa
tho other witnesses were, but was per
mitted to make hi statement to .the jury,
hla attorney being willing that, ha should.
.The boy' was IS years of age Sunday. His
story of the affair from the time that Fred
Merrill encountered them and told he
would give them five minutes to get out,
was as follow:
"I wsa about to take a shot at a frog
when- tbe man came upon me. He ordered
me to get out and. raised a club aa if to
strike me. - The other boys ran and I did
the same. .1 waa on She other side of the
creek from the other boys and In Jumping
the creek my lame leg gave way and I
had to stop running. I aald ,to the man,
Pard.'l cannot run any more., but I will
get out of this as quick as I can.' He
kept poking me in the back with his club
and then suddenly grasped ' m by the
shoulder and ordered me to hand him over
my gun. I told him I would not and he
seized the gun with hla right hand by the
tnuxsle, pullfng it towards him and from
me. The rifle waa dlacharged ' and the
man let go of me. .1 had the rifle in my
left hand and waa holding It away from
him. I auppose I had my finger on the
trigger1. After letting me go he ran back
towards some weeds - and X Supposed he
waa going to shoot at ma with a revolver,
so I started to run after the other boy
as hard as I could. I did not know then
that the man waa badly wounded. He did
not say anything and I did not, even- hear
him moan.'
Detail What D4,M Said.
From the testimony of-John Heflln,-who
has g proprietary lnteft'j:. In the Merrill
melon patch, and C. E. Merrill, brother of
the dead man; it appeared that they and
Fred Merrill were at the patch sitting in
a tent, preparatory to loading up a wagon
load of melons, when Fred . wnt out to
watch three boys who bad bought a melon,
fearing that tliey Intended to steal more.
Ha was gone about twenty minutes and
on returning said several boys" on the grade
had shot twice at him and that one of the
bullets had passed within A few inches of
him. Fred, they said, stayed in the tent
a 'While and then aald he wwuld go down
to the bridge to see how many boats were
on thla side of tb river that afternoon.
That waa the last they saw of him until
soma boys came to the tent and aald a
man was. lying shot under -the bridge and
that he wanted, his brother to come down
and bring a jug of: water wtti him. The
wounded man, they said, told them that
he had been shot by the same boy who
hot at him from the top of the dump.
The melon patch . Is south of the dump
and bridge, "but where Merrill waa shot I
north, of the bridge and at least a quarter
of . a mile from ', the patch. Yesterday
morning before the' Inquest Eddie Brocker,
the youngest of the three boys, accom
panied Chief- . Richmond and Aaslstsnt
County Attorney Hess to the scene of the
shooting and pointed out the plaoe and the
direction In which be and hla companions
ran when aocostsd by Merrill. . ,
. Tbe mothers of young J scobs en and the
Brocker boy and other relatives were
present at the Inquest. It waa pathetically
noticeable . that when Eddie Brocker,' the
youngest of the trio, held up hla right
hand to be sworn, that the member was
minus all four fingers,, be having recently
had them, cut off In an accident In plan
ing mill where he wa employed. Tbe
brother, WlUle, who la assistant shipping
clerk Tor FarrelJ A Co., stated that be
was at present the sole support of hla
widowed, mother and -brother and sisters.
Dr. Macrae testified as. to the nature of
Merrills wound and that the Immediate
cause of death waa Internal hemorrhage,
the Intestines being perforated In eight
place.
Tbe funeral 'of Tred Merrill will he held
Wednesday morning at 10 O'clock, from th
family residence. 121 Fourth avenue and
burial will be In Lewla cemetery.
SCHOOL POPVLATIOJI ISCHBASES
-..... rilei Resort Recent
raaa mt Children.
At th annual meeting of the Board of
Education last lght Secretarj Ross mad
hi report of the school censu Just com
pleted by him. It give th rouowing sia
1 1 stirs:
Number "of persons between the ge of
t and 11 years, ej"" -i
! ,J?.i inii inst a.17 males and
. ' - sT,i for lu3 ' an
Increase of 268. Number of persona pe
Iween The ages of 1 and 14 yeers, males
and J.024 females, a loiai oi s.w. y ""'"-i
between the ages of 7 and 14 yeara not
: 1 1 .unnm ft RiYT- avsrnarc daily at
TendanV., l-'A've'ragrco.t of tuition
per pupl per month 1. .Value , of th
sixteen school houses in dlstritt. 1340,000.
The annual report of Treaaurer McGee
showed the following figures:
Teachers' Fund-Total receipts. I'M5!
paid out since last report, l,7,8o.29; bal
ance on hand, 111.7W.12. ,'.
School House Fund-Total receipt, 123.
101.18; paid for school houses. 12. ltw; reld
. - t a Sin i iiA i 4fi ft ri as r"
on Donas ana lnierei-i,
. . emi tm. .atnnrm tin nana. So77.1Rf.
n.in..n W..r,,lTr.lnl recellits. J.W.!M.53,
paid for fuel, rent, repairs, li '.''
til, 117 42; secretory' salary. Q; paid ror
free) text DOOKS, ,zu.o, u''v
ft-tia ba
Dillon Ron wa re-elected secretary for
the ensuing year at the same salary or
150 per month and his bond was Axed aa
before at 12,600.
Miss Marguerite Jardlne and Miss Eva
Utterback were elected teachers at the
Avenue B achool. Miss Louise Palmer was
elected to the substitute list.
Oeorge Mott was employed to transport
the pupils from the Ounn chool, ordered
closed, to the Pierce, street school at a
mdnthly compensation of 130. -
A petition bearing forty-five signature.
asking for the removal of Mra. Lou M.
Graves as teacher and principal -of the
Courtland achool, waa presented. The peti
tion was backed Op by a committee of the
signer, who complained that Mrs. Graves
frequently did not get to the school before
10 -o'clock and often not there before 1
o'clock, and that school was dismissed as
a rule soon after 1 p. rri. They also com
plained that the children were required to
clean .the rooma and build the Area while
Mrs. Graves and her assistant were allowed
120 a month for doing the Janitor work.
The petitioners asked that a regular janitor
be employed at the building. The petition
waa referred to the' committee on teachers,
Th petition from the Janitors asking for
an Increase of 10 per cent on-their wages
and a uniform scale of 120 a month and
16 for every room In use and for. permission
to meet once a month 1n one of the school
buildings for the purpose of discussing
befet methods of caring for school buildings
was referred to the committees on Janltora
and finance.
A check for 113.24, donated by the Council
Bluffs lodge of E'lks, being the net proceeds
of the aeries of entertainments given, last
winter In the high school auditorium, was
ordered placed to the credit of the high
school library fund. In addition "to this
the Elks paid $60 for the yse of the audi
torium.
GUARDIAN GETS THE CHILDREN
Mabel and Irene Hartaock to Return
to Colorado.
Judge Macy In the district court yester
day handed down his decision in tha habeas
corpua proceedings brought by William M.
Irwin of Cripple Creek, - Colo., to secure
possession of his two' warda, Mabel and
Irene Hartsock. He auatalned the applica
tion of the guardian, and directed that the
children be turned over to him by Mr. ana
Mrs. John McCoy and Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
James, with whom they have been making
their homo In this city for some time. Mr.
Irwin will take the children back to Colo
rado and plaoe them in achool rfiere. Their
father waa one of the victims of the Inde
pendence mine explosion last June, and Ir
win expects that hla wards will receive a
share of the 110,000 fund raised In Cripple
Creek for the families of the men thus
killed. There was some talk of the rela
tives here appealing from the decision of
Judge Macy. . - '
In the case of Chris and Otto Peterson,
the boya charged with setting fire to a pile
of shingles belonging to the Milwaukee
railroad, Rev. Henry De Long, probationary
officer under the new Juvenile law, recom
mended that the boya be not subjected to
punishment, but. that they be required to
report to him St stated Intervals. Judge
Macy made an order In accordance with the
officer's recommendation.
Under "the Ji.venllo law an information
waa filed yesterday with F. L. Reed of
the district court charging Mark Oano, a
youth living on North First street, with
throwing sA'brick and striking a little
daughter of D. C. Smith, who filed the
complaint. The assault is alleged to have
been committed last . Saturday, and the
hearing, following the report of the proba
tionary officer, is set for next Saturday In
district court.
This first law assignment waa made yes
terday; Monday, September 2 Roach vs. Stein
L,uc?",,,.Rdrntn'"trator' v"- Ky, Bruggeman
vs Elike. Damlu vs. Stranckfioener.
Tuesday, September 27 Bereshelm et al
vs. Blxby, American Hand-sewed Shoe Co.
vs. Martin. . , .
Wednesday, September 28-WInslow vs.
Fenlon.
Thursday, September 2S-Fogarty vs. Chi
cago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Hallway com
pany (special), White vs. Motor company.
Friday, September 80-Rafter va. Wiiaon,
Walter vs. Commercial National bank.
Monday, October l-Wllkea va. Qunnette
et al.
Tuesday. October 4-Dorn A McGlnty vs.
Cooper. Hansen vs. Motor company (spe
cial). Hoard man vs. Simon. '
Wednesday October 5-Smlth vs, Dixon.
Thursday, October S-Farrell vs. Chicago
Rock Island A Pacific Railway company;
Turk vs. Illinois Central Railroad company
(special).
Friday, October 7 Smith vs. Motor com
pany, I . Y
MondayOctober 10-Htinter, admr., vs.
Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway
company (special). ' '
School palnta and paper. Alexander's.
Real Batata Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
September 19 by the Title Guaranty and
Trust company of Council Bluffs:
W. C. Btever to A. D. Bar hug lots 22,
" i a. "ni Part of M h'ock 4,
Hinckley's add., w. d 11 200
Albert D. Foster and wife to Charles '
Horn, part lot I, block 17.. Baylias'
1st add., w. d , 1 goo
Mrs U Colclough to Elisabeth '
Bhimensteln. lot 1, block , Thomp
son's add., w. d. .....: ' jfl
J. Fletcher and wife to Al' Rlche lot
1. Audltor'a aubdlv. sw ne4 29-41-43, .
w. d - . i
Annie Ritchie and husband to William
Hill, lot . block 21, liayllss dt Palm
er's add., w. d i ooo
Hannah Servlss and husband to J. G.
Imen. trustee, lot S, Auditor's sub- -dlv.
ett block 4 Mill add., w. d 1.150
Six transfers, total...:
M.T81
N, T. Plumbing O. Tel, 2a. Night, FW2.
Pott a as Prayer Meetlaks.
i Cottage prayer meeting preparatory to
the union revival meetings, to be held next
month by Evangelist Willlama will be held
this evening at the following places: J. M.
riagier. no Beat Fierce street; A. M. j
Hutchinson. 560 Franklin avenue; M. Bel- ,
knap. Morntngslde; Mrs. Walter t. Smith, i
ijs) eoutn seventh street; Miss C. E. Bow.
man ana Mrs. MeCheaney, (14 South Sixth
treat; Mra. L. P. Kimball Til South Bev.
enth street; Mrs. WillUm Marr. 4 Seventh
avenue; ner. A. Overton, East Broadway:
Mra. Daniels, 42 East Washington avenue
. . .
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Hk
J. H. Arthur, 218 West Washington avenue;
F. C. Lougoe,- 400 Oakland avenue; Loyal
Temperance Legion club' rooms,' 601 Pearl
street.. .- -n
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Sunday Sehopt Covetlon.
At the convention' held Sunday at Dum-
-1 T-,- -kt t uic rtf tMB Htv was elected
inch , ' . . ... u . v.
nrenlnVnt of the Pot&wattamle County
Sunday School association and EL H. Ohlen-
dorf, also of thl; clt,y, secretary and treas
urer. Rev. W. B. Clemmer,' pastor of the
First Christian church of this city, was
elRoted chairman of. the 'executive commit
tee, There was a large, attendance and
addresses were made, by Rev. A. C Martin,
W. Haselton. State Senator- C. U.
Saunders. Rev. L. Sheurer and B. F. Mitch
ell of Des Moines. -..' ,.
Brown and Wood Win."
The result in DeLong's married couple
contest was as follows: -
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Brown ..... .8.01H
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wood . . . . . .4,Ori
The next nearest were Mr. and Mrs.
Tullis, 36,214; Mauer, 1A203. The 1888 picture
of Council Bluffs was purchased by the
new Nonpareil company for 121.
County Coal Contract Let.
Contracts for -supplying the: .county with
coal were-awarded yesterday to the Carbon
Coal company for aupplying the county
court house with Brevier mine run at 13.49.
per ton and to R. H. Willlama for supply
ing the poor w(tlj Cehfervllle lump at 15.28
In ton lots, 22.75 in half-ton lots and 11.60
in quarter-ton lots.
Cedar Rapfds Company Falls.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ja,. Sept. 19. Th Ce
dar Rapids Supply dtfmpany, western dis
tributers of an Ohio agricultural Implement
concern, assigned today because of the al
leged failure of the Ohio connections to
honor drarta or xne tprai company, i-,iaon-ttles
and assets arer estimated at several
hundred .thousand dollars. ','''''' '
A WOMAN'S RISK
A a trapeze performer ia greater than
man'. She must have a man' courage
and a man's tnuacl to succeed. But
she must also work nnder conditions of
which a man knows nothing;. " Many
an accident to women acrobat must
urn annoucea
to the sudden
weakness to
Which all
women .are
subject at cer
tain times.
Dr. Vierce's
Favorite Pre
scription heals
the womanly
diseases which
- cause weak
ness. It estab
lishes regular
ity, dric
weakening
draina, heals
Inflammation
and ulceration.
and cure female weakness. It makes
weaa women smmg ana sick women
well.
With
th ptessare I write to-day hi praise of Dr.
and his ntedidMS. says Mra. Msry Coo-
PI.
way. of Appletou, Lawrence Co.. Tens.
k, Tens. Was
iw who raia ouemi ine Decs of my
head hurt me so I eould not lie ia bed and I
tiwDita win
tbe
would have to sit Bp, sad tho I would hav
snch pains from my waist down I eould scarcely
raise as. My feet end hands won Id feci almost
Use tat. ainoe ukiag Dr. JHerc' Pavcrlie
rTocnpnoa 1 can steep wen an nl
hardly drag around before I took
1
Could
madU
aaraiy arag around before I took vour
cine, and now can do my hooscwork and kelp
my bushaad In the Said. Words can
Us thanks I owe to Or. Meice.
Weak end sick women art invited to'
consult Dr. pierce, by letter, fret. All
correspondence Is held a strictly private
and MCTedly confidential. Address Dt.
JL V. Fierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sens Usdlca
Adviser, containing more than tbou
sand large pages, U sentrsv on recwlpt
cT stamps to pay expanee of mailing
Pr. Bend 31 one-cent stamp for tha
Cloth-bound volume, or only s sume
for the book in paper covers. Ad dice
I, ft. V. fietce, SuSslo, ii. Y
" To the hell man ebery day is a
feast .
To the Ivise man Unooda Biscuit
is an ebery day necessity.
V .
If you are well, you will
be wise to follow the wise
man's policy
If you are wise, you will
do well to stick to
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
IOWA SOLDIERS LOSE OUT
Commission Deoides Against Their Oontan
- tion Eegarding.Bhiloh. -
GOVERNOR . CUMMINS 5 WILL ., APPEAL
State Will Not Participate la Dedica
tion of Monuments If Present
Inscription Is Allowed ' "
to Stand.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE8 MOINES, Sept. 19.-(Speclal.)-Not-Ice
was received from the secretary of war
today by Governor A.. B. Cummins to the
effect that the Shlloh Park commission lias
filed with the War department a decision
in regard to the mooted question of two
Iowa regiments at the battle of Shlloh In
which the commission adheres to Its former
decision, ' denying the correctness of tho
Iowa history. The two regiments involved
ar' the FlfteentM and Sixteenth Iowa vol
unteers. They arrived, 'as raw regiment at
Pittsburg Landing and had arm placed. in
their hands arly In the morning of the
first day's battle and went at once to -the
field. They lost one-third of their men In
battle before noon on ground- which the
commission Insists was occupied by the
rebels all afternoon. Th regiments, luiv
lng never been brigaded, were not reported
through the proper channela. Now the sur
vivors of the regiments Insist that the rec
ord should show that they fought for two
hours before noon on the first day of the
battle. Governor Cummins went to Shlloh
and argued for six hours before the com
mission In favor ot this position, having
first secured reopening of the case through
Secretary Root. The commission refuses
to be moved. The Iowa regiments-will not
allow an erroneous Inscription to be placed
on the monument Iowa has erected theie
and will refuse to participate in the dedi
cation If the erroneous Inscription Is placed
on the monuments.' Governor Cummins has
already secured arrangements for taking
up the case with Secretary Taft and if
necessary with Prealdent Roosevelt,- and It
will be followed to the finish. The Iowa
survivor of the battle of Shlloh are In
dignant at the attitude of the nailona,
commission.
Found an Iovra Battle Fla.
T. ,E. McCurdy, custodian ' of he state
capltol, Is In correspondence with men in
Denver, with reference to the return to
the tate Of a flag carried by the Thir
teenth Iowa volunteer In the rebellion. It
I found that after the war. the flag was
carried away by J. V. Morgan, who had
charge of it at the-t'.ose of the war, alid
he took It to Holyohcf, Colo. It ha re
cently passed Into the hand of F. . C.
Churning of that place, who offers to re
turn It to Iowa if It is desired. A Iowa
has a collection of all -the battle flags
which can be found, th flag will be re
turned to the state,
Plaaa for Caaaon.
Congressman Hull notified the republican
state committee today of the plana for
the tour of Speaker Cannon through Iowa.
He I to arrive in Pea Moines the Aveulni
of the SOtb and will speak at the audi
torium. He will come irom Omaha over
the Burlington and deliver addresses en
route and will go east uver the Burlington
the next day, delivering i number of ad
dresses. Colonel W. P.' Hepburn today
notified the state committee that he will
be absent from the state for two weeka
speaking under the auspices of ths national
committee In inClana. The atate committee
has again cancelrd the date at Council
BlufTa for Governor Van Bunt, but ha not
Indicated where he will go on tha- evening
of October 14.
Hall Storm at Fort Dodgre.
FORT DODGE. Ia.. Sept. 19. (Special
Telegram.) A heaVy -fall of rain,., accom
panied by a fierce hailstorm, visited this
section of the state tonight. Hall as large
a walnuts did much damage about the
city, wrecking electric signs and green
house. The sewais bMun clogged and
cellar were flooded by backwater. A heavy
hailstorm In the month of September Is
something unknown to pioneer here.
FIFTEEN PEOPLE ARB POISONED
One Iead,' One In Preearlons Condl
1 tion and One Serlons.
LEMARS, Ia., Sept. 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Fifteen persons were made vio
lently ill by eating pressed chicken at a
birthday party given at the home of Rob
ert Reeve at Beney, a village five miles
from here. Lena, the 6-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Osborne, died from
the effect of ptomaine poisoning and her
later May, aged 10, is in a precarious con
dition. Paul Reeves, aged 6, is in a seri
ous condition. The others will recover.
Civil Suits at Loaraa.
LOGAN, Ia., Sept. 1. (Special.) Paper
have been filed with the clerk of the dis
trict court by which H. Vollana and Frank
Phllbrlck, cttlsens and real estate owner
of Dunlap, bring suit against the town
council of the town of Dunlap, F. W. Cur
tis, mayor; .William Bird, Ed Lehan, Frank
Wettecgal, Sam Llscomb, J. A. Phillips and
W. 8. Manchester. These men ordered the
construction of the three crossings at
Eighth and Eaton streets, which are twenty
Inches higher than the established grade,
and when covered with ' Ice and anow In
winter wilt be a aerloua menace to life and
limb. - The plaintiffs pray that these cross
ings be removed and a $100 judgment ren
dered againat each defendant.
R. H. Randall, administrator for hi qon,
Howard P.. Randall, deceased, has brought
suit against A. J. Embody, editor of the
Dunlap Reporter, for libel. Toung Randall
wa a. soldier In the Philippine war and In
1902 Embody caused to be printed In his
paper remark detrimental to the young
soldier's war record and slurs on his cour
age. Rrpnhlfeana Tfomlnat' County Ticket.
SIDNEY, la., Sept. t. (Speclal.)-The re
publicans of Fremont county met In con
vention today at tbe rour house and placed
In nomination a strong ticket. The meet
ing was called to order by Eugene Stiles,
county ' chairman, and Senator William
Eaton of rfldney was made permanent
chairman and C. H. McCllnstock of Tabor
secretary. Tha following men were nomi
nated: R. 8. Williams of Percival, auditor ;
A. T. Chambers of Farrngut, clerk of the
court; George W. Moore of Bartlett, re
corder; A.- L. Chantry of Tabor, county at
torney, and H C. Vanatta of Randolph,
member of the board of supervisors. The
nominees are well chosen from the different
parts of the county and the party feels
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- ' Allcock's piasters are the original and genulee porous plaster and have aever
siew equalise aa a paia-carar. We guarantee ihea m contain no r-rHatifmna. opium
Never Accept a
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m a m a
that it has a winning ticket. The balano
of power in Fremont county la close and
both the republican and the democrat
will make a strong campaign.
Retail Grocers I'nite.
AMES, Ia., Sept. 19. (Special.) A gro
cers' retail association ho been perfected
In Story county, ' W. H. Levy, representing-'
Che Iowa State Retail Grocer' association,
with tha aid of a large number of grocers,
met at Nevada and launched the organise
tion. On of the chief motive of the as
sociation la to Improve local condition and
to form a closer tie of friendship between
retail merchanta of th county.' Their ob
ject 1 by a united effort to obtain good
at a lower price in purchasing them In
quantities than It would be possible to do
where each merchant buys In smaller
amounts. Another advantage, that I of
much importance is the protection afforded
each other from irresponsible and non-paying
customers.
Dnnlap's Carnival Closes.
DUNLAP. Ia., Sept. -19 (Special.) Dun- ,
lap' first annual business men's carnival'
Is over and all concede It to have been
great success. Large numbers were in at
tendance on all . three days,, by t Friday
the greatest crowd waa reached at 6,000.
The attractions were all excellent and all
clean. Thua Dunlap has gained much and
lost nothing by its street fair. There were
many free events." Balloon ascension oc
curred dally; three ball gamea also added
much Interest. No gambling device were
allowed In Dunlap during the carnival. Ex
cursion rates were In force on all railroads
and the attendance from nearby towns was
especially large.
Free Concert at Lotto n.
LOGAN, Ia., Sept. 19. (Speclal.)-A free
concert by the Old Plantation quartet Is
announced for Saturday, . September . 24,
from 2 to B p. m. Thla company ha spent
the season at Manawa, This free attrac
tion waa secured by the subscription 6f
the following Logan business men: Stocker
Mercantile company, Price A Sceaver, the
Berkley company. I. C. Wood A rvv a n
Downey, T. C. Caae A Sons. H. L. ' Allen,
n , i -1 . -
. u. ,viuer ana me ixtgan Gaaette.
Bee Want Ada ar tb Best Business
Boosters.
' Roarmonnl's Flas; at Half Mast.
ESOP1TS, N. T., Sent. 19 The flag at
Rosemount will be half-masted aa a tribute
to George Bedford, who has been flagman
for the West Shore rsflrosd here for eight
years. Bedford died suddenly today. He
was an admirer of Judge Parker who never
went to the station without paying a visit
to the flag station. .,
Tear an Atlcock's Porous
Plaster fn two length
wise', and apply on soles
. of feet ; renew the plaster
every time ;the feet are
bathed. You will be sur-'
prised how it will relieve
rheumatism In the feet or
ankles.
. For tirtd or lame feci relief
b afforded at once.
PIASTER
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