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M1E OMAHA" DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1W4. EWS OF . INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL MIXOR MEKTIO. Davis Belli Crag. Lefferte glasses fit. Btockrert sails carpets. Duncan sells the best school shors. Open Bund. 'Tuckers B'Wsy studio. Duncan does the bent repairing; 23 Main St. Wsstern Iowa college fall term now open. Millinery display Baturdsy. Sept. 24, Mrs. Albiu Hunter. School paints, brushes and paper. Alex ander's, 833 B way. Millinery Opening-Friday and Baturday, September 13 and H, at Miss Sprlnk's. Missouri oak dry cord wood pi per cord de livered. Win. Welch, 1 Main St. Tel. 128. Judge O. H. Scott Is out of the rlty and In his absence Justice Ouren Is presiding over police court. A marriage license was laaued yesterday to J. Jensen, aged 2.1, and J. P. Smith, aged 17, both or this city. The ladles of Broadway M. E. church will serve litv lunches at noon, today and Saturday, at 3-4i Wain St.. at the head of First avenue. James Udn, Th4 young fanner arretted on complaint of ft young- woman named Msry Uonden, secured his release from the county Jail yesterday on a i,uuu bond fur nished by his uncle, Andrew Udell. Kv.- Henry DeLong will open a new in- mriat ,hi,ol n.lturdnv aiternoon at i o'clock at his mission, WO Avenue F. The Winter .session of the Industrial school at the mission, 6W East Broadway, will open Baturoay morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Maggie Bethers, wire or f. tiled yesterday, aged 41) yar. Uealdes her liUBband she leaves four sons and two daughters. The tuner! will be held Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the laii.liy residence. Cottage prayer meetings will be held this evening at me iiiiiowiiik " ele Black, 114 South First street, Hev. James Sims. 3111 Flatner street; Lel.ong ; mission, WO Avenae F; I-cyal Temperance lnion ' club rooms. Fifth avenue and i Pearl street; Mrs. Charles Fltoh, Ui South Seventh street; Mrs. H. B. Knowles, 413 South Eighth street, and Mrs. W. Dudley, corner Fifth avenue and Sixth street. J. E. Coffin, an engineer employed at tho Bloomer fence factory, ha asked the po lice to assist In locating his wife, who left iter home las: Saturday. Cofl'.n charges a 1 Itinerant horttrader with being responsible for his wife's disappearance. 1 While the husband charges the party with I kidnaping his young wile, to wnom ne was only married ' about ten months ago In Somerset, la., the police are Inclined to the opinion that she went away of her own free will. . Fined tow Opening; Letter. William Hunt, a farmer living In Mont gomery county, allowed his curiosity to overcome his usual discretion and he opened letter belonging to another person, with the' result that the federal grand Jury yes terday ,-retumed an indictment against him. The lhdlotfnent charged him with opening the letter for the purpose of prying Into the business secrets of ahother. It appears that .some Vr ago Mrs. Lillian A. Price, who was stopping at the Hunt home, ad- ressed a letter to a clergyman at revina- ville. la.. In which she requested mm io discontinue paying so many visits to ner young wiaowea aaugnier, as u cttuseu nu mucn "taia ' among . ine neiguuvrs. ... . . i III imperfect Wiui vam tiio " " delivered and was' returned to the writer at the Hunt, residence, situated on a rural free delivery. Hunt's curiosity, prompted him to 'open the letter, and even go so tar as to make a copy of It. The copy he showed to a number of persons, much to the mortification ;of the reverend gentle man, to whom It was addressed. Before Judge . Smith , McPherson yesterday Hunt admitted committing the offense and es. caped with ft fine of $26 and costs. The grand Jury Ignored, the charge against Carl Augustusr.irbergr.th youngf faxnvur , who.i'.waa" a tew days, ago bound over by Commissioner Crawford on a charge of ending an obscene letter through the mall. This' completed ' the w'ork of the grand Jury' and It adjourned yesterday afternoon. A Jury was Impanneled yesterday In the suit of Mrs. Jessie M. MolTett against the Union Pacific, In .which she sought to' re cover 110,000 damages, for the death of her husband Oharles HJ. Mofrett.- but after the evidence for the plaintiff was submit ted her attorneys dismissed the suit with out prejudice. This action was taken by me p lain li il il k,um m wui .uniwium a motion of the defense to take the case from the Jury. ' Today Judge McPherson will hear the matter of the involuntary bankruptcy of Henry Armstrong of Olldden. Indications are that court will adjourn this evening or Saturday, - Girls Bnclc In Creche. Ellen - Hickman and Geneva Black, the two young girls who ran away from the Associated Charities' crecne, were brought tjuqk yesterday afternoon, having bsen lo cated at Ascot, a small town on the Illinois Central railroad. They were placed back In the .care of Mrs. Johnson, the matron Of the creche, last evening.' Rev. A. W. I.anlngham of Red Oak, agent of the Iowa Children's Home society of Des Moines, who Is the girls' guardian, arrived in the city last evening for the purpose of taking the girls away with him. but Chief of Police Richmond, In .view of certain statements made by the girls, refused to deliver them up to him and had an officer escort them to the creche. The girls, it Is said. While wayward, are not morally bail, and they ran away because Rev. Lanlngham had threatened to place them In the Ulrla' Industrial school at Mltchellvllle. They were perfectly willing, they say, to stay at the ' creche " until proper homes could be found for them. They made charges against Mr. Lanlngham which Chief Rich mond stated would warrant an Investiga tion. Mr, Lanlngham could not be seen last night, although It Is known he had a lengthy conference with Major Richmond. lath Ward Republicans Organise.' The, republican of the Sixth ward held an enthusiastic and largely attended meet ing last evening at the county building on Twenty-fourth Street . and organised a Roosevelt-Fairbanks Marching club. . The club, start' out with a membership of over forty and these officers: Captain, C. B. Hubbard; Orst lieutenant, E. O. Kimball: second lieutenant, II. Li Smith'. The kind of uniform tor the club will be decided upon at the next, meeting. The meeting was presided over by J. N. Wolfe, wltn Israel Lovely as- secretary. The following candi dates on tli republican county ticket were present and made short addresses: J. J. Hess,i W. C. Cheyne, O. O. Balrd and J. C Baker.' - , ' For Rent. An excellent office location, fronting on Pearl street, only half a block from Broad way, -with nice Urge show window which can be used for display. Bee office, 10 Pearl street, Council Bluffs. Plumbing and heating. Blxhy A Son.' WESTERN IOWA COLLEGE Fall Ternt now on en'. Students enrolling every wevfc day. Write for catalogue. . E. P. MILLER. Pres. I'asnnlo itmplr, 'Phone BI14. LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN. 21 Pearl St.. Couuoll Bluffs. 'Phone V. BLUFFS' (WILLIE BROCRER GOES FREE County Attorney Deoidei Evidence Dot Not Warrant Prosecution. DISCREPANCIES IN MERRILL'S STATEMENT On the Olhrr (land Iloye Tell Straight' forward Story Says He Will Jitter Handle Another (inn In Ills Life. Willie Brocker, the Omaha boy held for shooting Fred Merrill last Sunday, was discharged yesterday morning and permit ted to return to his home m-rwi the river. When the case was called In the superior court. Assistant County Attorney Hes moved for a dismissal of the ease without taking any further evidence beyond that which had Leen adduced at the coroner's Inquest. Since the Inquest Assistant County At torney Hess had made further Investiga tion of the case with the result that he had been led to concur in the verdict of the coroner's Jury, which was to the ef fect that the shooting which resulted in young Merrill s death was due to the acci dental discharge of the rifte carried by the boy Willie Brocker. Dr. M. C. Chrlstensen, who was called to attend Fred Merrill at his home after the shooting, while he was not called to give any testimony, owing to the fact that his evidence could have been only hearsay, said yesterday morning that despite the fact that Merrill had stated that "the boy" had deliberately shot him, the statement should nut be entirely depended upon be cause when Merrill was pressed for partic ulars he declined to say anything further or go lito detalln. The acqulf.il of young Brocker meets with the approval of everyone who has given the- unfortunate case any considera tion and tljp consensus of opinion Is that the death of Merrill was directly the cause of an accident. The story told by young Brocker and his companions, it Is con tended, was too straightforward to have been anything but the truth. Brocker' youthful companions on the disastrous frog shooting expedition last Sunday and their relatives were present In court yesterday morning and a big sigh of relief went up from them when the youthful defendant was ordered re leased and formally acquitted of a charge which might have wrecked his entire life. When the two rifles which young Brocker and Jacobs were shooting with last Sun day were returned to them Brocker said: "I am going to throw this gun Into the river. I never want to touch another, much less own one. I have never stopped thinking of the dead man ever since I have been In Jail and It Is something that I will never forget as long as I live," MXCH MYSTERY ABOUT ARREST Henry Bernstein of Omaha Charared with Receiving Stolen Goods. Henry - Bernstein, a pawnbroker doing business, at 210 South ' Twelfth street, Omaha, was arrested yesterday morn ing and brought to Council Bluffs to answer to two indictments returned against him by the grand Jury of Potta wattamie county. He. was. arraigned and released on ball of $1,609,.. furnlshsd by Julius Katelman, a hay dealer of Council Bluffs. The first indictment charges Bernstein with receiving and concealing Jewelry' to the amount of about SA00O stolen from the res idence of Mrs. Emma Metcalfe January 19. 1903. The second acouses htm of receiving and concealing twenty revolvers of the average value mt $13 stolen from wholesale hardware store of the Wright-WUhelmy company of Omaha. The robbery, was committed December $1, 1901 The indictments against Bernstein were returned on September 17, and steps were taken to secure requisition papers. Yes terday Sheriff Canning of Pottawattamie county and Deputy ' McCaffery went to Omaha and arrested Bernstein. He re sisted, but was hurried away to Council Bluffs, where, after being detained about half an hour In the sheriff's office, he suc ceeded In furnishing the required bail. Considerable secrecy Is being maintained at the court house about the indictment of Bernstein, and the papers in the case are being kept safely under lock and key in the safe in the office of F. L. Reed, olerk of the district court. Absolutely no in formation as to the evidence before the grand Jury is obtainable, although in other Indictments by the same grand Jury no ob jection has been raised to the testimony before that body being examined and made publla There Is no doubt, however,. but that the indictment of Bernstein Is the result of an alleged confession made by Oeorge Burrler, a convict In the penitentiary at Fort Mad ison. Burrler was brought here from Fort Madison and was lodged In the county Jail while In the city. The authorities make no denial of the fact that he was before the grand Jury and that es soon as he told what he claimed to know, he was taken, back to the penitentiary. Regarding the indictment against Bern stein, in which he is charged with receiv ing the Jewelry stolen from Mrs. Emma Metcalfe at her resort In the northwestern part of this city. In January, 1908, the tes timony before the grand Jury was to the effect that Bernstein came to this side of the river and bargained for Its purchase. Mrs. Metcalfe placed a value of $1,800 upon the Jewelry, which consisted of a diamond brooch worth, according to her estimation, $6(i0; a diamond pin, $400; a diamond ring, $100; gold chain, $100;. watch, $100, and a fur Jacket. $100. It Is snid that the parties who committed the theft dlspoacj'of the stolon property on this side of the river to Bernstein for $286. As to the charge against Bernstein of receiving and concealing twenty revolvers, valued at $12 each, stolen from the whole sale house of Wright A Wllhelmy, Omaha, on December SI, 1902, It Is said the thtevea brought the booty to this side of the river and concead it In a cache near the water works reservoir on Broadway, and that Bernstein bought and received the stolen goods here. While refusing to give any particulars, both County Attorney Kill pack and Assistant County Attorney Hev stated that they had ample evidence to warrant the Indictments. Charles Stevenson, known locally as "Dutch" Stevenson was also placed under arrest yesterday noon under an Indictment returned by the grand Jury last week. He Is charged with being Implicate! In the burglary at the Evans Laundry building on Pearl street on the night of October Is, 19u2, when the safe waa blown open and a small sum of money secured. While It Is understood that Steveiuon did not enter the building. It Is charged that he formed one of the gang and acted as watchman on the outside. It Is stated that Burner's confession brought about the Indictment against Stevenson, whore bond was placed at, $1,000, and In default pf which fte was committed to the county Jail.- Stevenson la well known to the police. He Is said to have beeu a pal of Rogers, who waa con- rioted of the murder of Saloon Keeper Bert Forney and sentenced to twenty yeais In the penitentiary. It Is a well known fact that Burrler, who was sent up last summer from Clinton for g trumber of burglaries committed In that town, In which Rogers was alleged to have been Implicated; Rogers and another man, for whom the authorities are said to be still looking, were In Council Bluffs during the winter of isoa-t, ' when a number of burglaries were committed, among the number being the blowing of the safe at the Evans laundry and the robbery at the Metcalfe resort. Other arrests In connec tion with these robberies are now looked for. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported September 22 to The Bee by the Title. Ouaranty and Trust company of Council Bluffs: L. II. Robblns and wife to Emma F. Kinney, lots 7 and 8, block S. John Johnson's add., w. d $1,601) Mary O. Oleasnn to E. H. Louree, lots 7 and 8, block 19, Williams' Cit add., w. d soo Carrie M. Morse end husband to Albert Belville, lot U, block S, Plainvlew add., w. d ioo II. L. Robertson and wife to John Flynn, lots 1, 2, S. 4 and 6. block 2, Jurtson s Jd add., Neola, w. d 860 Iowa Townslte Co. to Samuel Rlhner. lots 4 and 5. block 8, Great Western add., Mlnden. w. d SO Treasurer to T. A. Wright, lot 1, block 87, Riddle's sub., t. d 4 David V. Dykeman to Patiilne Ix-vln-son. lots T. 14, 15. 1(1. block 10; lots II and 80, block S, Howard's add.; block 6, Bayllss' 3d add., w. d ,.. $.000 Seven transfers, total ...... .$8,204 N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 290. Night, TOOT. Robinson Draws One Year. Harry Robinson, Indicted for numerous thefts of .clothing and other personal ef fects of guests tt the Neumayer hotel, entered a plea of guilty In the district court yesterday. Judge Macy sentenced him to one year In the penitentiary at Fort Madison. Robinson asked that he be taken to the penitentiary at once, as he did not wish to be taken there at the same time as Egbert and Murphy and Wilson, who were sentenced Wednesday. Since his confinement In the county- Jail Robinson and the three other prisoners did not get along well together and after several lights they had to be placed In separate compart ments. Egbert, Murphy and Wilson will be taken to Fort Madison today by Bherlff Canning. Robinson was taken there last night by Deputy Sheriff Groneweg. School paints and paper. Alexander's. NOT HAN WHO KILLED SHERIFF Man In Anamoaa Prison Not One Wanted for Murdering Strain. ON..WA, la., Sept. 22. (Special.) An other Corns sensation has been exploded. Sheriff Ed Rowlings of Onawa, who took two prisoners to Anamosa, returned today, fully satisfied .that William Rogers, who was sent up from Delaware county for three years for shooting a man who was trying to eut him with a knife, Is not the Corns wanted for the murder of ex-Sheriff W. E. Strain in Monona county. The warden gave Sheriff Rawllngs an inter view with Rogers, and they talked- for more than half an hour.. Rogers does not resemble Corns in any manner except that he Is nearly the same size. Unlike the real Corns, he Is very talkative and anxious to do all the talking he can. Corns rarely sold a word he could avoid and the two men are as unlike in looks, man ner and -speech a possible. Rogers said that he .had been In Monona county and waa at Whiting about the time the race track waa built, and shod some race horses there. He also shod a horse for Amos Hellman of Onawa. He knew all the de tails of the Corns affair, but evidently had obtained his Information, from the newspa. pers. The fancied resemblance to Corns was made by Ben Lukeheart, who used to live near Castana and who was sent up for horse stealing from Woodbury county some time ago. Just what his object was no one seems to know, but he managed to impress Sheriffs Jackson and Rawllngs with his story for some time. The mur derer of Sheriff W. E. Strain Is sUU at large and Corns seems to have disappeared from the faoe of the earth. MINISTER IS DECLARED INSANE Termination of Long; Controversy Among; Methodists. ATLANTIC.' Ia., Sept. 22.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The annual session of the Des Moines conference of the Methodist Episco pal church had a great sensation this aft ernoon. Rev. W. Q. Allen of Des Moines, ex-presldlng elder of the Atlantic district, was adjudged Insane and was committed by the insane commissioner to the care of his wife. At the annual conference a year ago at Indlanola, la., there were com plaints against Rev. Allen. There were charges) that he had taken undue liberties with women in his district He refuted the charges In the conference and he waa returned to the district. He, however, re signed last February and has since been living In Des Moines with his family. When the conference opened here yes terday morning- his- wife appeared and asked that he be reinstated, at the same time declaring that he is Insane. Rev. Allen himself arrived In the city from Des Moines this afternoon and was promptly taken before the Insane commis sioners of Cass county, A large number of witnesses were called, high officials In the church were called and experts on In sanity were there. After hearing all of the evidence, which was sensational In the extreme, the commission decided that he was Insane and committed htm to the care of his wife. CHANGES IN THE WESTERN INION Slonx City Men Boosted All Along; the Line. SIOUX CITY, la., Sept. B.-(Speclal Telegram.) Joseph P. O'Donnell, chief op erator for the- Western Union Telegraph oompany here, tomorrow succeeds F. A. Mohr as manager of the Sldux City office. Mr. Mohr Is promoted to the managership of the office In Milwaukee, succeeding F, V. Moffltt, formerly manager In Sioux City, who becomes manager of the Chicago office,, the second largest In the United States. Mr. Moffltt succeeds J, C. Smith. The new manager of the Sioux City office has been with the company ever since he was old enough to carry messages In Mc Gregor, la. Mr. Mohr has held positions with the company In Jacksonville, III.; Carroll, III., and Davenport, la, Fortnne for Iowa Woman. NEVADA, la., Septf 22. (Special. )-Mrs. Ella Parker was notified Wednesday by attorneys from New York that her feeble minded sister there Is dead and that she Is heiress to over $1,000,000. This good fortune came wholly unexpected. Mrs. Parker has resided near here for over fifty years. Onawa Carnival Draw Well. ONAWA, la., Sept. .-(8peclal Tele gram.) The second day of the Onawa car nival was stemwlnder and drew a large crowd. In the foot ball game the Whiting town team defeated Onawa High school by a score of $ to 0. Tomorrow U expected to be a record-breaker In attendance. If you have something to trade, advertise It In the "This tor That" column of The Bee Want Ad page. IOWA BUTTER WINS PRIZES rint and Second Priies Awarded it at St. LouU Exposition. MINISTERS FAVOR CHANGE IN CHURCH LAW Wealthy Farmer Appeale from Ver dict Declaring Him Oallty of Stealing; the Cattle el Hie Neighbor" (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Sept 22. (Special.) State Dairy Commissioner H. R. Wright today received Information from his assistant, P. H. Kelffer, In charge of the work of having Iowa represented at the St. Louis exposi tion, to the effect that at the third scor ing) of butter at the exposition Iowa won first honors. Two Iowa exhibitors had but ter which was scored higher than any other at the dairy competition. These were W. B. Johnson of Arlington and B. W. Laird of Walker, both of whom secured score of tShi. Iowa had about fifty sam ples of butter at the competition. Minne sota has been In the lead In previous scor ings, and Minnesota had nearly twice as many entries, and there were entries from Nebraska, Illinois and a dosen other states. The rivalry between Iowa and Minnesota has been .strong and the Iowa dairymen were urged, especially the past month, to do their best on the exhibition butter. Min nesota claims that the Iowa butter was received too late, but It Is known that it was shipped on time from Waterloo, while In fact at the first competition the Minne sota butter was shipped too late. , The state dairy department la at work prosecuting alt cases In the state where formaldehyde or other adulterants are used In milk as a preservative. Six milk dealers at Ottumwa have Just paid fines for" this and the department has cases pending in Sioux City and Council Bluffs. Ministers Favor Cigars. At the Methodist Episcopal conference for the Des Moines district In session at Atlantic a group of th members are plan ning to urge the passage of a resolution favoring more leniency In applying the rules of the church as to the use of tobacco In Its various forms. It is found that a good many ministers and prominent members use cigars and the sentiment Is strong In favor of striking out all rules opposing this. ' ' - Sadden Death of Engineer. Robert Barrett of Sioux City, construct ing engineer for the state penitentiary at Anamosa, died suddenly last night of neu ralgia of the heart. The State Board of Control was informed of the fact this morning and that he will be buried In Sioux City. He had been ' engineer there about four years, In charge of the exten sive work for the state, and was 'regarded as a competent man. He died within fif teen minutes after first making known his Illness. Rleh Farmer's Appeal. In the supreme court today a. motion for rehearing waa argued In the case of the State against F. A. Qreefand of Decatur county, convicted and sentenced to three, years for larceny of cattle. He Is a very wealthy farmer living near r Grand River, and when his employes drove a herd of cat tle to market they drove along several animals belonging to a neighbor, and these were afterwards recovered in Indiana, hav ing been sold on the Chicago market. The supreme court ha's. tmW decided ,the sen tence Was Just. -., K. r- . f Attorney General Will Defend. President Funk and Mr. Shoentgen of the Capitol commission today engaged Attorney General Mullan to defend the commission and the state In the matter of the attempt on the part of a local decorator to prevent the state from having the capltol decor ated by the artist to whom the contract was awarded. They are . threatened with suit, though the contract has been let and a memorandum of the same has been signed. It is believed the effort will be easily defeated. The artist has already commenced work preparing the plans for the decoration. Democrat Io Paper Stops. The publication. of the Iowa State Demo crat, a weekly newspaper started last year to be an organ of democracy,, has sus pended. It was edited by H. M. Rebok, for. ierly Indian agent under Cleveland at the Tama reeervatlon, and an experienced newspaper man, and was a creditable paper, but could not gain sufficient sup port to live. ' Shaw Speaks In foyrm. Secretary Shaw held an Informal re ception for five minutes on the platform at the Rock Island depot as he was pass ing through the city and scores pf his friends crowded around him. He went on to West Liberty, where he opened the re publican campaign In the Becond district, speaking again at Muscatine In the even ing. " . Bdneator Makes Chang. Mrs. Mabel Claire Williams, the only woman to whom the State university ever granted the degree of doctor of philosophy, will leave the Institution and has accepted a position to teach in Cos college at Cedar Rapids, succeeding Prof. Oeorge Cutler Tucker, who has gone to Columbia uni versity at New York. lewa Millers to Meet. The Iowa millers will make an attempt at forming a new states association, and to do this they will meet In Omaha October t. They have generally accepted Invita tions to go to Omaha and be guests of the grain men and Commercial club at that time, and the association will be formed then. A state association was In existence for a number of years, but ha never been of large membership nor very active, a It was connected In a way with the mutual Insurance business the millers maintain. Relief Corps Holds Convention. ' MISSOURI VALLEY, la., Sept. -(Special.) Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the annual convention of the Ninth District Woman's Relief corps opens. A large at tendance Is expected. The program, which will be rendered In three sections, will be as follows: Address of welcome, Mrs. Amelia Rltchlson; recitation, Mrs. Ora N. Smith; solo, Dessle Gaver; address, O. L. French? recitation, Edna Fountain; solo, Emma Green; recitation, Mrs. Dollle Bur gess; recitation, Harriet Rltchlson; address, A. H. Sniff; solo, John O'Connor; address, Mrs. Frederlca Phllphot; recitation, W. O. Newton; address. Rev. J. MacAlllater. Indian Fire Dane at Fair. ALBL'Ql'ERQl.'E, N. M., Sfpt. tt. One of the attractions at the territorial fair to be held here Octpber 10 to 1& will be the Navajo sacred Are dance. It will oc cupy the stage twelve nights, the climax being reached on the lust night In a shower of naming brands handled and tossed among the participants, whose bodies are made safe from burning by the use of a peculiar unguents. The dance will be led by Chief Bear Face, and 100 Navajo Indians will be In attendance.. The dance has never been given before outside the reservation. Dr Lor Inter's Body Arrives. NEW TORK, Sept. tt The body of Rev. Dr. George C. Lortmer. who died at Alx-les-Batnes, France, two weeks ago, was brought here today on the White Star line steamer Teutonic. Fuaeral services will held here this afternoon. AMERICAN SHOOTS PASSENGER lew York Man, Temporarily Insane, tsee Onn an a Steem shin. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.-A prtvote cablegram received todny from xOenoa, Italy, say Frank R. Shattuck, h prominent Philadelphia lawyer and clubman, waa shot on board the steamship Prlns Oskar, outward bound from New York. Mr. Shat tuck was shot while at dinner by W. M. Alclvsr, a passenger who sailed from New York on the ship and who I' believed to have suddenly become Insane. Captain Dugge of the Prim Oskar was also a vic tim of the would-be assassin's bullet. The ship's physician treated th two men un til their arrival at Naples, where they were taken to a hospital. NEW YORK. Sept. 22 -At the offices of the Hamburg-American line it was statel that they had been notified of the shooting. Th cablegram received by the company said that both men were out of danger. Later In the day the Hamburg-American line received another cablegram, say ing the Injuries to both men were very slight; that Mr. Shattuck was very little Inconvenienced, and that Captain Dugge had resumed his regular duties. The passenger list of the Prince Oskar on the trip Just ended contained the name of Romulo M. Alclvar, but the steamship official were unable to give any Informa tion concerning him. GENOA, Sept. 22. Romulo M. Alclvar, a Mexican passenger on board the Hamburg American line steamer Prlns Oskar, which ailed from New York September t, be came suddenly Insane upon the arrival of the steamer here today and made an at tempt to kill Captain Dugge of the Print Oskar and Frank R. Shattuck, a lawyer of Philadelphia. Alclvar first fired a revolver at Captain Dugg. whom he shot In the mouth, and then discharged the weapon at Mr. Shattuck. the bullet taking effect In his left shoulder. Alclvar was1 overpow ered and taken to an Insane asylum. WEATHER WEN AT BANQUET Addresses . Are Made by Prominent Members of SerTlce at Peorln. PEORIA, III.. Sept. 22. The announcement was made at the weather convention of the appointment of James H. Spencer, In charge of the United States weather exhibit at St. Louis and late of the Lincoln, Neb., office, to take charge of the station now building In this city. The annual banquet was held at the National hotel last night. Addresses were made by Congressman Joseph V. Graff, Prof. F. R. Stupart, head of the weather bureau of Canada; Captain George P. Blow, representing the United States navy; Prof. Cleveland Abbe of Washington. Dr. Faslg of Baltimore, Prof. A. O. McAdle of San Francisco, Mr. Curley of Chicago, representing a depart ment of marine Insurance, and others. A telegram of congratulation was re ceived from Secretary Wilson. The forenoon was given up to an address and the" ensuing dlseu'sslon on' the' topic, "Instructions and Research by Weather Bureau Officials," by Prof. Abbe of Wash ington. CONDITION 0FNR0N TRADE Iron Trade Review Says Readjnstment of Prices Is Now Com plete. CLEVELAND, Sept. 22. The Iron Trade Review this week says that the reductions by the billet and bar pools on Monday com plete the readjustment of the steel market commenced esrly this month, when reduc tions were made by - the beam and Splat pools. The reduction on billets Is $3.50 a ton and on steel bars $1 a ton. On sheet and tin bars the reduction Is only $2.60. The spread between billets and bars ha been, increased from $1 to $2. Pittsburg reports a ,better demand for pig Iron, two sales aggregating 10,000 tons for delivery the last quarter hav ing been pia.de. In other cities the demand for northern Iron has Increased. Southern Iron is weaker, sales having been reported as low as $9. COLD WEATHERJN THE EAST Philadelphia and New York Both Re port Temperatures Mnch Lower Than Averaare. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.-Thls was the coldest September day on record In Phila delphia; according to the weather bureau officials. At 6 a. m. the official thermome ter registered 40 degrees above xero. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. Unusually cold weather for the season has been recorded during the last twenty-four hours In this TRAD HMW, New Designs are added each yearto the fine stock of table glassware, fashioned, cut anoVengraved by the cunning glass- craftsmen at work in the thopf of the Dorflingeri. Surely no such beautiful tablewareismade any where in the world as that which dealers are proud to show with tho above trade- buA label on eacr piece. r 1 iwi f f "On ramus, old mm.' ;-y-". M 173 . -aan.ana.nam- HOME VISITORS' EXCURSIONS FROM ALL MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY ssEssasaGREATLY REDUCED RATES EAST. 33 INDIANA, WESTERN OHIO, LOUISVILLE, KY., ANO INTf HMKOIATE POINTS. ALSO IsWESVILLE, POWEIS, UWISPOnT ARB 0WENS80R0, IT. September 6th, 13th, 80th, 27th and October 11th. Return limit, 30 daya. '. DO NT MISS THIS CHANCE Te visit th aid heme and res Man ou lass, mauias L C.TVWMajtJ.a,, 1 city, A fall of 15 degrees carried the temperature down to 42 at midnight, and M continued to fall slowly. The average temperature was I degrees lower than it was last year on the same day and 10 de grees lower than the average temperature for the last twenty-five years. rnatrha from different nolnts In New York and Pennsylvania report heavy frosNl and It Is feared that much damage was dor to crops and fruit. BOSTON, Sejt. Jt. A chilling northwest wind today sent the mercury down to the lowest point recorded In September since the weather bureau ws opened her In 1871, with one exception. At Northfield, Vt., the mercury dropped to 24. the lowest official tempermure reached fh New England. Frost fell all over Connecticut except on the sound shore lat night, doing damag to crop to a noticeable extent. NITRIC ACIDJFUMES FATAL One Denver Fireman Is Dead and Others Are la Critical Con dition. DENVER, Sept. 22. One fireman Is dead, four being kept alive only by administra tion of oxygen and thirteen others are crit ically ill from the effects of nitric ncld fumes which they enhnlod at n small fire. Lieutenant Charles W. Dolloff died yes terday 'afternoon. Jehn McOlade, ladder man, was erroneously reported to have died lnatnlght, but he was still alive this morn ing. Very little hope la left for the recov ery of John Dulmage, acting chief; Charles Eymann, captain; S. B. Wilcox, truckman, and John McOlade, ladderman. Find Dynamite on Residence. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22.-A neigh bor passing the residence of J. C. Maben, president of the Bloss-Sheffleld Steel ami Iron company, today, found on the front steps a pickle bottle with a burning fuse attached. The fire was extinguished and an examination of the bottle showed that It contained enough dynamite to wreck the budding. A strike of union miners Is on at the mines of the Sloss-Bhrfflold com pany and President Maben has been very active in his efforts to break It. Have been suffering from Impure Blood for many years, having- Boils and other Eruptions. Having heard of S. S. S. I de cided to try it, and am glad to say that it has done me a great deal of good. I intend to continue to use it, as I believe it to be the best Blood Medicine upon the market. Cleveland, Tenn. ' W. K. Dbters. For over fifteen years I have suffered more or less from Impure Blood. About a year ago I had a boil appear on my leg below the knee, which was followed by three more on my fleck. I saw S. S. S. advertised and decided to try it. After taking three bottles all Boils disappeared, and I have not been troubled any since, Gao. O. Fhrtio. 114 W. Jeffereon St., Louisville, Ky. Newark, Ohio, May 23, 1903. From childhood I had been bothered with bad blood, skin eruptions and boils. I had boils ranging from five to twenty in number each season. The burning ac companying the eruption was terrible. S. S. S. seemed to be just the medicine needed in my case. It drove out all impu rities and bad blood, giving me perma nent relief from the skin eruption and boils. This has been ten years ago, and I hav never had a return of the disease. ' " MRS. J. D. ATBERTOM Write for onr book on blood and skin diseases. Med ical advice or any special information about your case will cost you nothing. The Swift Speclflo Company, Atlanta, Ga. NURSING POTHERS will find nothing equal for milk prodno lag qualities. GABINET has always been recommended by phy sic lain for its milk producing qualities. It is invariably used at the INFANT INCUBATORS throughout the country beoause of its uoequaled milk produolnfr qualities. Fred Krug Brewing Co. Omaha's Model Storrr Telephone) 430 OMAHA LEGAL NOTICE. NOTICE AND CAUTION. The Just debts of Uuy A. Andrews con tracted before August 20, 1904, will, being duly certified and presented within reanoii able. time, be paid by roe. All persons, are, however, warned against trusting or loaning said Guy Andrews on my account or cashing checks bearing his name, be cause, save as above, I will not liquidate any Indebtedness by hlrrt Incurred. E. BENJ. ANDREWS. feucoln. Neb., Sept. 7. 1S04. serUd21tk. 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BI RMNGTOIf STATION IOTH MASON . un . a m . ra Chicago, Burlington Chicago Special Chicago Veatlbuled Ex. OJilt'Sgo I.ocal Chicago Limited ........ Fast Mall & Qulnor. a 7:00 am a 3 a 4:f4 pm a 7 a 9:16 am all a 9:06 pm a 7 2 :68 pm :25 am ;00 pm :40 pm :46 pre Burlington Jt Mlssou rl River. Wymore A Beat at Line Nebraska Express Denver Limited R H111S & Puget H. Ex Colo. Veatlbuled Flyer. Lincoln Fast Mali Ft. Crook A Platts Pellevue A Pac. Jet... Uellevue & Pac Jot... .a 8:60 am t12: .a 8:60 am a 7: .a 4:10 pm a t: .all:l ii m a a t: :0S pnt :4t at.- :80 pm' '06 pm :36 am :26 am .b 1:67 pm al2 b 2:61 pm 10 .a 7 & pm at .a 3:30 am Kansas City, St. Joe Council Bluffs; Kansas Cltv Day Ex. ..a 9:16 am a 6:05 pm Bl. 1-oula Flyer a 6:25 pm aJl:06 am Kansas City Night Ex..al0;46 pm a 6. 46 am WEBSTER DEPOT 1BTII WEBSTER. Mlssonrl Pacific Nebraska Local eorasxa uocai vtu Weeping Water , 1 4:10 pm s 12:35 pm . Caleugo. 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