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NEWS OF INTEREST v FROM IOWA
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MISOR MESTIOX.
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Davis sella drugs.
Leffert's glmiM fit.'
Btocketi aells carpets. .
Domestic cooking. 33 No. Main Bt.
Duncan sails the best school shoes.
Night school at Western Iowa college.
. Drs. Woodbury, dentists, JO Pearl st-
For rent, modern house, 723 81xth ave.
Duncan does th oest repairing. 23 Main.
Pyrography outfit and supplies. Alex
ander, 13 Uroadway.
Miss Arkwrlghtr china sale, Decemler J
to 10, 604 Mynster street.
The regular monthly session of the city
Council Is scheduled for tonight.
Missouri oak dry oordwood $6 cord deliv
ered. Wm. Welch. 1 N. Main st. Tel. U.
Twenty-four karat gold plated photo
framos. the latest thing out. Borwlck. 211
S. Main. Tel. 6M.
For rent furnlshnd room, centrally lo
cated; steam heat and gas; for one or two.
Address M. B office.
An Important meeting o f the vestry of
St. Paul Episcopal church will V h?d
this evening In the office of H. W. Binder.
We hereby notify all rrtlcs that owe
us old standing account to come ami set
tle at once, do. this and save costs. George
8. Davis. ,
The Ladles' Aid society of the People s
Vnlon church will meet Wednesday Btter
noon at the home pf Mrs. Copeland, 8,31
Avenue A. '
The Ladles1 Aid society of the Swedish
Baptist church will meet Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. U. Landstrom,
14o2 Falrmount avenue.
2 ) lbs. to the ton guaranteed. Morton
& brldensteln, the new firm. Prompt serv
ice, beat coal and wood, lowest prices.
Yards, 14th avenue and 6in st. Tel. 182.
The meeting of St. Agnes' Guild of St
Paul's Episcopal church, to have been held
this evening at the home of Mrs. 11. A.
Qulnn on- Oakland avenue, has been post
poned until next Monday.
The; fifth annual state convention of "The
Gideons," a religious organization of com
mercial traveling men. will be held "t ort
Dodge, December 31 and Jnnuary 1. Charles
K. Barker Is president and M. K. Uritllth,
secretary of the state organlxatlon.
Several of the teachers of this city have
places on the program for the Iowa State
Teachers' association meeting, to be held
In Des Moines. December 27 to 29. Miss
Cora. Treynor la down for a paper on rho
Value of Excursions." Mrs. Emma lngalls.
superintendent or drawing hoi -......
Biipennienneni ui ",,
hip, will have a. paper on landscape work
and Mrs. A. D. Card Is secretary of the
kindergarten round table.
M. D. Nelaon, M. C. Hanson and John
Hanson, who came from Harlan. Ia.. Sat
urday to take In the sights of this city by
gas Ugbt became Involved In a row early
Sunday morning In a Broadway resort and
were arrested. Nelson was struck over the
head with a beer bottla and receive. la .bad
scalp wound. He had to be attended by
City Physician Tlnley at the city Jail and
It required number of stitches to sew up
the wound. The three later Bocured their
release on cash bonds.
Society Elections.
These organiratlons elected officers Sat
urday: Abw Lincoln !". No. 29, Grand Army of
the Republic: Post commander, Edwin J.
Abbott; senior vice comiutm.i , " ,
Plckard; Junior vice commander. Joseph :
S Uavis; quariermuHici , rjtimui-.
son; chaplain, John Hutching-; surgeon.
John Aten; officer of the oay. K. E.
Williams; officer of the guard, George V.
Dalrymple; trustee for three years. Jo
seph 8 Davis; representative Wallaco
McFadden; alternate, Elmer Plckard.
Encampment No. i. Union Veteran Le
glon: Colonel. K Sherwood; lieutenant
colonel, D. C. Reynolds; major, Enoch
Hess; nuartermaster. D. A. Helsler; chap
lain. Rev. O. W. Snyder: officer of the
day, William Rolph: historian, A. B.
Nichols; daughter of the regiment. Miss
Sylvia Snyder. ,
The Woman's auxiliary. No. 14, T'tilon
Veteran Legion: President, Catherine
Hesse: senior vice president. Martha jy 11
letts; Junior vice president, BlUhiv Dal
ton;' chaplain. Agnes Holph: treasurer.
Franc' Foster jeoretary. Hducla Y 11
llams; conductress, Ada Martin; 7ard,
lsabelle Dorsett; color bearer, Sarah Hay
den. N7T. FlumMng Co. Tel." 130; night. F867.
' Funeral of Mrs. Meneray.
The funeral of Mrs. R: C. Mcneray from
the First Baptist church yesterday, morn
ing was attended by a large gathering of
the friends of the deceased and the be
reaved family, the members of Rebekah,
Royal Neighbors of America, Rathbone
Sisters and American Yeomen, to which
Mrs. Meneray belonged, being present in
a body. The floral offerings were many,
among the number being beautiful set
pieces from the four lodges. ' Interment
was In the cemetery of Crescent City,
the former home of? the family, where the
services at the grave were conducted by
members of the Rebekah lodge according
to the ritual of the order.
Plumbing and heating- Blxby & Bon.
Debate on Trust Question.
The annual Joint program of the Phllo
mathlan and Delta Tau Literary societies
of the high school will be given In the high
school auditorium Friday evening of this
week. . The program will include competi
tive orations, declamations and the debate
of the question, "Resolved,' That trusts are
more detrimental 4han beneficial. " The
Delta Taus will take the affirmative and
the Phllomatklans the negative side of the
" question. Louise Btephan, Edith Organ and
Vlrgle Myers will be the debaters for the
Delta 'Taus and Elmei Fisher, Russell
Nicholas and Harold Gay will represent the
Phllomathians. Flora Cooper and James
Sims will be the orators and Hazel Brown
and George Phelps will deliver the decla
mations. A SENSIBLE MOTHER
Proud of her children's leeth, consults a
dentist and learns that the beauty of perma
nent teeth depends on the care taken of the
first set.
SOZODONT
Liquid and Powder
should be used. The Liquid to penetrate into
the little crevices and purify them; the
Powder to polish the outer surface and pre
vent the accumulation of tartar.
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Lady Attain
BLUFFS
MEMORIAL FOR DEAD ELKS
Council lluffi Lodge Holds Its Annual
Seme in New Theater.
MUSICAL FEATURES ABOVE ORDINARY
asaaasaVaBaaa.)
Charles M. llsrl of This City and
torge W. Egan of Logan Deliver
Feel lag Addresses suitable
for Occasion.
Council Bluffs lodge of Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, in common with
the order throughout the country yester-
' day paid tribute to the memory of Its de
' ceased members. The exercises held In the
i afternoon In the New theater were most
' elaborate and rarely have so many excel
I lent vocal numbers bean presented on such
j an occasion In Council Bluffs. The exer
i clses attracted an audience which coti
! pletely filled the lower floor of the theater
i and a large part of the balcony, the front
! seats In the parquet being occupied by the
members of the lodge.
The stage was tastefully decorated with
' palms and ferns, relieved by Immense
! bunches of yellow and white chrysanthe
, mums, while the colors of the order, pur
' pie and white, predominated through fit the
house. The officers of the lodge occupied
j the stagn and T. G. Grean, esteemed lead
' Ing knight. In the absence of Exalted Ruler
' H. A. Searle, presided. The vocal numbers
were rendered by the E!ks quartet, con
' slstlng of C. 8. Haverstock. W. 8. Rlg
' don. Dr. Claude P. Iewts and J. R. Gerke
and Mrs. Zoe Pearl Park of Chicago. Mrs.
j Park Is possessed of a magnificent 'con-
tralto voice, sympathetic and showing high
class cultivation, added to which she has
what few singers possess, a perfectly clear
enunciation. Mrs. Park is undoubtedly the
j best contralto a Council Bluffs audience has
had the pleasure of hearing In many years.
Her rendition of Carrie Jacobs Bond's
"Visions," was magnificent and she was
again heard to excellent advantage with
Mr. Haverstock, when they sang Nevln's
beautiful duet, "The Twilight." As a final
number Mrs. Park sang Lincoln's "Abide
With Me," assisted by the quartet, when
she agalh demonstrated the remarkable
rangj of her voice. Mr. Haverstock'B ren
dition of Dudley Buck's "Remember Now
Thy Creator," displayed his baritone voice
to the best advantage. Other features of
the musical program were the singing by
the quartet of "Lead, Kindly Light," and
A. A. Covalt'a- cornet solo.
Hon. Charles M. Harl of this city and
George Eagan of Logan, la., delivered the
eulogies, both addresses being eloquent ef
forts. C. M, Marl's Enlogy.
Mr. Harl, who delivered the first eulogy,
said In part:
In these annual memorial services of the
order, we are brought face to face with
the supreme problem oi humanity. Th'tt
pioblem Is not death, but life. Our prob
lems do not arise out of certainties, but
uncertainties. We know that death Is the
common end of all, and none can escape
the divine flat that it is "appointed to all
men once to die." As we cannot by taking
thought add one cubit to our stature, so
we cannot remove from us this supreme
ordeal of mortality. We may, then turn
fri m this Irrevocable certainty to the
things which we can ourselves shape and
mould. . . . . ..
While we can In no wise limit the power
of the Grim Reaper, we can do that which
is Infinitely greater we can order and de
termine life and In large measure shape
our own destinies. This is the supreme
problem of humanity. When our thoughts
turn to that, we can hear the bugle call
of the Great Master of Life summoning us
to loftier purposes, to greater leal and a
more far reaching victory.
This beautiful ceremonial of the order Is
tor the living, rnther than for the dead.
They have passed beyond all human help
or harm. We can pay tribute to their
mnnory, but the benefit of the service Is
our own. As we nave pnsea their friend
ship, admired their virtues and enjoyed
their comDunlonnhlp, we can recall the
hours of pleasant association and drop a
tear of tender recollection. Such service
appeals to the most universal sentiments of
the heart and call Into being attributes of
human nature that otherwise find no ex
presHlon. We can strew the graves of our
loved ones with rlchext flowers, bedew them
with our tenrH and Inspire our hearts with
the remembrance of the love and loyalty
of those we mourn, but our service will be
lurgoly for ourselves. It will be the mani
festation of our deepest feellnxH. will
soothe the grief, render the separation more
enauramo ana inspire us to lives that will
be a tribute to their memory.
Our best tribute to them will be to emu
late their virtues and endeavor, under the
Inspiration of this hour, to learn lessons
that will be of value In the life that Is still
with us. Engrossed as we are with cares
and perplexities, It ia only on occasions of
this character that we fully face and
measure the great problem that confronts
each one of us the opportunties and re
sponsibilities which crowd upon each soul.
The Order of Elks teaches brotherly love.
that broad principle founded on the father-
nooa or oa and tne Drotnernood or man.
It reaches beyond all barriers of race or
creed. Impels to the observance of the
golden rufe, destroys selllshness, broadens
our sympathies, softens our resentmenta
and leads to selfsacrlflce for others.
It teuches charity: not merely the act of
giving of our substance to relievo the bodily
distress of others, but It requires that we
shall give ourselves.
The order teaches fidelity, the pole star
of exalted character; fidelity to God, our
country, our neighbors and ourselves; fidel
ity to every duty and to every trust; ndei
Ity In every walk and relation of life. It
Implies lofty Ideals and Inflexible purpose.
Kaaran Pays Tribute.
Mr. Egan In his address held that honor
and integrity In the Individual, sanctity
and purity In the home, were the sentiment
and religion of the order, and that without
the "educated man" these could not be
attained. In part he suld:
On this day .all true Elks are met In sol
emn conclave to contemplate tlin spotless
lives, the beautiful characters, the sucred
memories of their departed brothers, and
the excellent teachings of their benevolent
order. On this duv we say with pride to
the Grecian Pericles, "We know nothing
of the envy you describe "or the heroes of
this occasion were our brothers; their vic
tories are our victories, their suffering nnd
achievements are our blessings, for they
died nobly and left to us the sacred heri
tage of Inspiring memory."
We meet today for a purpose that has
the dignity and solemnity of funeral rites
without their sadness; it la not a new be
reavement that calls us here. We meet
not at a newly onened grave. Over the
graves of our brothers nature has cast the
tustimonlals f her love. Above every tomb
her dully sunshine hus smiled, her tears
have wept.
One of the great teneta In the creed of
our order ia that we shall cherish and
preserve the memory of our deceased broth
ers. It Is the hope of every human heart
to be remembered Just us the old man dy
ing said, "Lord, keep my memory green."
We are grieved this duy at the loss of our
brothers, but we are comforted In the
thought that they fought a giod fight In
the ranks of the common citizens. They
lived honorably, they died nobly, and by
their upright lives they gave us courage
and Inspiration; by their death we have
the lessons taught by the painful longing
for the friendship and faces thut were but
are not.
Roll of the Abarat.
Since the Council Rluffs lodge of Klkt
was organised It baa suffered the loss ol
twelve members, and at the opening of the
memorial exercises the names of the "ab
sent" members were, as they were called
by Secretary Troutman, displayed on an
electric cross occupying the center of the
stage. The deceased members and the dates
of their death whose names appeared, In
rotation are; . Jamt-s R. Ioty. Autut 1J.
lSuS; 8. Farnaworth. March 10. 1S3; James
M.' Fenlon, September S, 11; H- W. Find
lay, March X, 1M; Fred W. A. Gelse, May
S, Samuel Haas, December 16, 1S"0;
W. E. Haverstock. May . 1902; Karl W.
Mayne, June 19, 1903; C. C. Potter. October
31. 19"4; Dr. F. M. Powell. August 18, 19"3.
Dr. Theodore A. Trulson. November 19
19J3; A. W. Wyman, July 2, 14.
RAILROAD AUEST 19 IXDBR ARREST
Company Officials Reticent Csarcra.
Ing the t'aajse.
Robert King, said to be an agent for the
Northwestern railroad and American Ex
press company, was taken Into custody late
Saturday night on arrival of Northwestern
passenger train No. 5. The arrest was
made by the local officers In compliance
with a telegram received here from Ames.
King is said to have been agent at the
small station of Buckeye and yesterday
Agent Parsons of the express company at
Omaha and Colonel Beebee, local agent for
the company, visited King at the city Jail,
but the object of their visit was not made
public.
When searched at the Jail King was
found In possession of W0 In bills. In one
of his shoes a fJO bill was brought to light
and several bills of a smaller denomination
were found secreted In the lining of his
clothing. Another t'M bill was found In a
package of smoking tobacco, while a cheese
sandwich which King carried in his coat
pocket was found to be the hiding place
for a $00 bill.
Word was also sent to Missouri Valley to
head off King and when the train reached
there Special Officer Flynn of the North
western boarded It and kept King under
surveillance until Council Bluffs was
reached, when the officers took him into
custody. Fart of the Journey King Is said
to have carried one arm In a sllng, but
when confronted by Detective Flynn he
abandoned the attempt at disguise. As to
whether King Is short In his accounts with
the railroad and express companies offi
cials at police headquarters claim not to
know, but sold they infer something Is
wrong, otherwise he would not have been
arrested.
Mrs. Elisabeth Sherwood Dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwood, wife of Lafay
ette Sherwood, died yesterday morning,
aged 69 years. Besides her husband two
daughters, Mrs. L. Dwinnell of Lake City.
Ia., and Mrs. S. E. Hayden of this city,
nnd one son, Henry R Sherwood of 66
South Thirtieth street, Omaha, survive
her. The funeral will be held Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock from the Broadway
church, of which deceased was a faithful
member for many years, rnd Interment will
be In Walnut Hill cemetery. The services
will be conducted by Rev. James O'May.
The husband, Lafayette Sherwood, Is
colonel of encampment No. 8, Union Vet
eran legion.
The comrades of encampment No. 8,
t'nlon Veteran legion, will meet at their
hall Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock to at
tend in a body the funeral of Mrs. Lafay
ette Sherwood. The members of the
Woman's auxiliary No. 14 will also meet at
the same time and place.
Rooms and cafe. Ogden hotel.
WHERE LAWYERS DO NOT AGREE
Strange Complications Arise from
Varying; Views of Law.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Dec. 4 -(Speclnl.)
Since the suits over the destruction of the
old Clifton hotel at this place have gone
Into court, the question of fire protection In
the matter of Are escapes has been much
discussed and considered, and the city
council Is at sea regarding the true status
of the laws. It has been endeavoring to
enforce the ordinance requiring fire escapes
on tall buildings, but has been met by a
queer combination. Judge Preston of the
district court has ruled that neither the
city ordinance nor the state law Is valid;
Judge Rothtick of the superior court held
that both the state and city laws were;
Judge Reed of the federal court held that
the dty ordinance was valid, but the state
law did not apply to special charter cities
such as Cedar Rapids, and the attorney
general holds that the state law ia valid
and applies to special charter cities. Own
ers of property know the difference of opin
ion and refuse to comply with the city's
request to supply the buildings with fire
escapes. City Attorney Hughes prepared
a city ordinance combining the essence of
both state and city laws on the matter
and the ordinance was passed by the coun
cil. It Is hoped that It Is sufficiently bind
ing to compel Its enforcement.
Free Marrlaaxes In Atlantic.
ATLANTIC, Ia., Dec. 4.-(Speclal.) Jus
tice "Whip" Straight comes to the front
with a novel and unusual offer. On De
cember 6, 7, and 8, the days on which the
Atlantic merchants hold special sales, Jus
tice Straight advertises to perform the
marriage ceremony free for all of the vic
tims of Cupid who desire to mate. A boom
la looked for In the matrimonial market.
Rlar Business In Rabbits.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Deo. 4 (Special.)
Since the announcement was( made In
these dispatches a few days ago that
J. K. Haughton, manager of a local busi
ness house, had entered Into a contruot
to supply a Paris, France, house with
10,000 Jack rabbits from the prairies of
South Dakota, Mr. Haughton has re
ceived letters from scores of towns In
Minnesota, Iowa, South Dukota and other
northwestern states asking for Information
In reference to the matter. He stands
ready to purchase all the rabbits that are
offered to him, and already hundreds of
men and boys are putting In their spare
time scouring the prairies of several states
In search of the festive rabbit. Mr.
Haughton Btates that the contract is for
12,000 Instead of 10,000 Jack rabbits, as
originally stated. When this number of
the animals are received and corded up
they will fill four cars. Notwithstanding
the magnitude of the order. It Is believed
the necessary number of rabbits will be
secured within the next few weeks.
Grand Jury Falls to Indict.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 4.-(Special.)
A grand Jury which Is now In session
in the state circuit court in this city has
refused to return an Indictment agalnBt
Thomas W. Taubman, editor of the Plank
inton Herald, who was charged with libel.
This action of the grand Jury will be of
far-reaching Importance to publishers of
newspapers In South Dakota, for the rea
son that It in a measure determines the
question of whether or not an editor
charged with libel can be made a de
fendant In any county In which the issue
of his paper containing the alleged libel
circulates. Taubman resides In Aurora
county, and since his arrest his attorneys
have steadily maintained that the suit
agalnat him, Instead of being Instituted
In Minnehaha county, should have bten
commenced In the state circuit court for
Aurora county, the circuit court In any
other county being without Jurisdiction.
now Kails In Kansas.
KANSAS CITT, Dec. 4. Snow fell over
central nnd eastern Kansas today and de
spite the fact that it melted rapidly at
first the ground tonight Is covered with
more than two Inches In many places. The
moisture was needed by the wheat. Snow
Ugan falling In Kansas City tonight.
Senators nt White House.
WASHINGTON. Deo. 4 Senator Fair,
bauka V... at the White House tonight for
s nie time in conference with the presi
dent. Senators AlUrieh of Rhode Island
and Depcw also culled during the evening,
the lutt-r to pay his respects to the president.
IOWA WESLEYANS JUBILEE
jixtieth AnniTertarj of Founding of Col
lege to Be Obiemd.
OLDEST INSTITUTION OF KIND IN STATE
Iowa Banking Department Takes a
fn Tack In Cheeking Reports
of the Institutions in
the Mate.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DF.S MOINKS. Dec. 4 (Special.) A very
modest Iowa college lays claim to being
the oldest college having continuous exist
ence as an educational Institution In the
Louisiana Purchase country. This Is Iowa
Wesleyan university, a Methodist college
at Mount Pleasant. Preparations are now
under wny at that college for a big event
to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the
founding of the college. At one time when
It was merely a seminary, and afterward
when It had become a college. Senator
James Harlan was president of the Institu
tion. This was long before he w.is Invited
Into Lincoln's cabinet It is planned to
have the sextennlal anniversary next June
and to have an efaborate program cover
ing nearly a week of events. Three or four
governors of states will be on the program,
two Methodist btshopB and a large number
of the most prominent ministers of the de
nomination.' Committees have already been
appointed and are at work preparing for
the event. The claim to oldest college In
the west has been made hy Iowa college at
Grlnnell, but Iowa Wesleyan has clearly
established the right to be known as the
oldest.
How nnnks Are Watched.
The state bnnklng department has within
the past year or two established and put
Into operation a system of checking up the
reports of the state banks so as to disclose
whether or not they are being properly
conducted. One way In which this Is done
Is to note the accounts reported with the
city correspondents of local banks and to
secure from the corresponding hanks veri
fication of the accounts claimed. In this
way discrepancies are frequently detected.
Several times since the plan was put In
operation the city banks have reported the
accounts quite different from that shown
on the books of the bank examined In this
state. In some cases further Investigation
has disclosed that there have been short
ages not suspected by the bank directors.
In the case of the hank st Wapello a few
days ago this operation saved the bank be
cause the directors were able to make good
the deficit and to make up the Impairment
of capital before any trouble came. The
system Is meeting with general commenda
tion among the people of the state.
Bank May Pay Half.
A meeting of the 'creditors of the failed
private bank of E. H. Skinner at Birming
ham, Ia., was held with United States
Referee Roberts of Keokuk and James V.
Kerr, a well known farmer of Van Buren
county was appointed receiver for the
Skinner bank. Investigation showed that
the liabilities amount to $50,000 and that the
assets will probably pay half the amount.
The bank was a private one and Mr. Skin
ner alone was Interested In it.
Whlteeap Cases Ended.
An Interesting case was tried In court In
Crawford county last week Involving the
action of a band of "whltecnps" which ter
rorized a German farmer near Schleswlg.
This was Jacob Bchaupp, who one night
was dragged from his bed. with a rope and
fearfully beaten by a gang of marauders.
He brought suit against Henry Hendeke,
Jacob Herges and J. A. Southwell for dam
ages and the evidence of himself and mem
bers of his family was positive that these
men were of the party which committed
the outrage. They presented nn nllhl, but
the Jury found a verdict for Srhaupp.
awarding him dnmages In the slim of t.
Would Reduce Iowa Knles.
W. E. Odell of this city la prepnring to
push before the next session of the legis
lature a bill to arbitrarily classify live
stock and packing house products tinder
the Iowa law so that an advantage will
be given to packing houses within the
state. He points out that while the state
has been for many years raising and mar
keting annually over 7,000,000 hogs, yet less
than 1,000,000 are killed In the state each
year. He contends this Is due to discrim
ination In freight rates and that the rail
road commission cannot be depended on to
keep the classification where the packing
houses in the state have opportunity tu
live.
' His Railroad Stork Valuable.
An Iowa man, W. O. Garrett of College
Springs, had a remarkable experience re
cently In connection with nn old Invest
ment. In bank stock. Many years ago he
lived In Washington county, Pennsylvania,
and while there bought u share of stock in
a railroad company for Sn4 to help It start.
He had forgotten the matter until ho re
turned the other day, when he was In
formed that the share, with its accrued
interest, was worth IirA The company
officials had long searched for Mr. Garrett
and could not And him.
Orraaby May Be Messenger.
It Is announced that Colonel E. 8. Ormsby
of Emmetsburg, who led the republican list
of electors at the recent election and re
ceived a larger vote than was ever cast
for any other person, will be a randldnte
for messenger to take the official Iowa voto
to Washington next month. It has been
stated here that Paul Junkln, editor of
the Corning Union, Is also a candidate for
the same place.
Double Suicide Sensational,
Dr. James H. Tucker of this city killed
himself In his home early this morning,
following the suicide by poisoning of Miss
Annie Clark, a domestic. In the siune house.
The double tragedy following a long life of
trouble for the doctor and a series of events
causing trouble In the family, it appears
that Dr. Tucker and wife had quarreled
and she had accused him of showing too
many attentions to the girl. Finally nhe,
secured a divorce, but continued to live in
the same house with her former husband,
neither speaking to the other. On Satur
day Mrs. Tucker became enraged and broke
out into scolding the young girl, accusing
her of Intimacy with the doctor. Sho went
to her room and took carbolic acid In
fatal amount. Dr. Tucker discovered that
the girl was dying, and went to his room
about midnight, where he wrote a letter
addressed to his ex-wlfe In which he pro
tested his love for her. He had been des
pondent for several days and had tiled
every possible way to get his ex-wife to
remarry him, and she did on one occasion,
through friends, agree to do so. Finding
that he had no hope he shot himself dead
in the presence of a number of friends. Hr
had been a traveling doctor and was well
known all over the state. He had been an
active man and came to Des Moines foi
the purpose of retiring from business and
to end his days In peace. He was about 9
years old.
Iowa Traveling Men.
The Iowa State Traveling Men's associa
tion elected as officers: President. II. H.
Hedge, Des Moines; vice president, John
Elklngton; secretary and treasurer, Felix
E. Haley, Des Moines. Governor Cummins
is continued as general counsel, it now bus
a membership of Sl.UXt.
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nFMlH MANY advantages offered by tliis great STore has made
I it the shopping lioust for nearly every member of 'very fam
JL ily around Council Muffs. It i that place where the' people
get the benefit of our unequaled assortments to select from and
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TELLS OF POSTAL EXPENSES
Third Assistant Postmaster General Makes
Fnblio Hit Annual Report.
DEFICIT OVER EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS
OIHrlnl Refers to Nome Cases Where
Postmasters Defy the Ijiwi In
Order to Increase Their
Salaries.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. (Special.) The
annual report of the third assistant post
mauler general shows postal receipts and
expenditures as follows:
KECKIPTS.
Ordinary rostal revenue, ronsistlnK of
Sales of postage stamps,
stamped envelopes, newspupor
wrappers and pqsial card S131,!M3.1,12.i6
BPfiimi-riHHS postage (pound
rate) paid In money
Receipts from box rents
Letter postage paid In money
(made up principally of hal
nnces due from fort ijtn ndinlil
islratiotiH) M iKcellaiieous receipts
Fines and penalties
Receipts from unclaimed dead
letters
5.i7.1M.19
8,111,573.58
108.6S9 ?3
si, 872.64
22,202.77
Total ordinary postal revenue. $111. IA4.221. 70
From money order business.... 2,628,402.61
Total receipts from al' sources. $143, 5S2.624. 84
BXPFJN UITl'RKS.
Actual amount of expenditures
fur service of year ended June
"ji. 1H04 (Including; all expendi
tures on sccount of year up to
three months after Its close). .$152,107,537.30
Kxpendiluren during year on ac
count of previous years 254.S79.10
Total $152,362,116.70
RKl'AriTl'LATION.
Totiil receipts $141 r,S2,R4.S4
Total expenditures 152.362,116.70
Excess of expenditures $ 8.779, 4D2.36
1 it his report the third assistant post
master seneral says:
The largest Increase in expenditures dur
ing the venr was for the rur'il fre delivery
service, the tot il amount. Inc'ullng the sum
4-xpended during the yer rn account of
previous yenrs being $12.6X1.876.90. an In
crease of $1.679.948 05, or 66.5 per cent over
the tireceillng year.
The Increase In the expenditures on ac
count of the rural free Hlvery servle each
year for the last three fiscal years approxi
mated the Increase In the deficiency in the
postal revenue for each of those years. Tt
Is ther-fore evident that were It not for
this extraordinary expenditure on necoiint
of the rural free de'lverv service the iioMnl
service wou'H n"w he uliout self-siintalntng.
Fraud lr Fourth-Class Postmasters.
It SBtimlsl'Insr how miny postmasters
at offices of the fourth class will resort to
Tinddlns their accounts for ths put-nose of
Incienslna their commissions. About $1,000
rcvereil each month on account of
fr-ndulent returns of huslness.
Ttie I'omiiensHtlon of tiHtniaetera of this
chiss Is based "llnclpull v orion ,the amount
of postage stumps cancel, d on matter
actually maMed at "their n'oces. Tn
order to increase thlr comDen'atlon some
of them will purchase stanins In lsrare
innnfl'S nd s the same In rmlttlng
payment for merchandise, or will cause
t-t be d"n by th"s The postmasters
w1" theu claim coCi'mtsHlnna on the can
rHi)lon of n eorrsr,,ndliig "mount of
stanins. although m-'tter justifying Burn
clK'm" was not msl'Pd.
Fr.mds of this nature linve Increased rn
such an extent that I consider It ndvlsshle
that the method of cnmnensttlng iiostnuisf
i rs al ofttcea of ihe foorth class i revised
and nut m on Imslw which will better pro.
e,-t (lie s'verninent from loa for It Is en
tirely probable that there are many such
casMs us 1 hae described which escape
in, Xee.
The Issue of 2-r.enl stamps In liook form
viVn to wtileli art Krat objec
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Buying Ilea
the extreme low prices we quote on dependable merchandise made
possible through our strong buying organization. With by far
the greatest collection of desirable goods that, present themselves
as useful and practical gifts, priced lower than ever before. It is
no wonder the entire great public turns to this leading and largest
store to supply their wants.
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fTMIESE three principal
I to our great collection nnd qualities!
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oi our iiiHgiiiiu'cui uispiuy oi nir
coats nnd neck pieces. The excellence of
every garment warrants us in claiming for
the following items, as well as for the many
not here mentioned, a sterling worth, not
approached elsewhere at the price.
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Black Ooney Scarfs, trimmed with six
tails, unusual values, at
$1.00-1.50-2.50-3.50 and 3.75
Muskrat Scarfs, trimmed with six tails, excellent qualities, nt
$2.00, 2.50, 4.00, 5.00 up to 10.00
Opposum, Knecoon, Jap. Mink, French Sable, Marten's and
Squirrel Scarfs, rauging in price from . . . ,
$5.00 to 35.00
Ladies, fur coats, in French Coney, Electric Seal, Elusion Seal,
Otter and dyed Otter and Wool Seal, ranging in price from
$25.00 to 275.00
Children's Furs in Great Variety
Beautiful sets, Muff and Scarfs, $1.23, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and
up to $10.00.
Misses Scarfs, with pockets iu end and trimmed with Chenile
Taps, at $4.00 to $10.00.
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1 116 dUlm DuilU
tion was made on the ground that It was
unnecessary, undesirable and Impractica
ble; but the demand for these books has
since abundantly Justified their Isnue and
has demonstrated most emphatically their
utility both to the public and to the postal
service. The stump books sell at 1 cent
over the yalue of the stamps contained
therein, and from' this source the depart
ment has gained, after paying cost of man
ufacture, a total of $228,577.54 since the books
were first issued on April 16, 1900.
Second-Class Mall.
Becond-clacs matter mailed nt the cent-a-pound
rate and that free within the
county constituted approximately 67 per
cent of the bulk weight of ull the malls,
exclusive of government free matter, and
about 70 per cent of the bulk weight of all
the malls upon which postage was paid,
while the revenue from tills source wad ex
actly $5,697,198.19, which if. approximately
one-twenty-flfth of the whole Income from
postage. On the other hand, it Is estimated
that tlrst-class- matter-rletter mull yields
about 78 per cent of the postage revenue;
second-class matter (pound rate), about 4
per cent; thd-class matter, about 14 per
cent, and fourth-class matter about 4 per
cent.
There Ih a steady Increase noted in the
registry transactions In the rural free de
livery service, ljiat year, for each post
office at which rural frc-e delivery was In
operation, the average nuinoer of letters
and parcels registered by the rural carriers
was thirty-six, while this year the number
is forty. The registered pieces delivered hy
the same carriers averaged for each office
thirty-seven last year, and thla year the
number is forty-two.
Inflation of Males.
Paragraph 6, section xix, postal laws and
regulations of 19u2, charges this office with
the duty of examining postmasters' requi
sitions for stamp supplies and official en
velopes, and "determining whether or not
they are drawn In proper amounts
and the legitimacy of postmasters' sales of
stamped paper." I'nder this head during
the lust year an unusually hu-gu number
of cases of Inflated sales of postage stamps
and other stamped paper have been In
vestigated. At a numla-r of postofnees of
the presidential class, principally in the
vicinity of lioston, gross Irregularities were
found.
I'nder the law the salaries of postmast
ers of the presidential class are based on
their receipts, at the smaller postofflces
the ratio of salary to receipts lalng much
greater than In large cities, and, therefore,
It is expected that the sale of stamped
paper will ordinarily about equal the
amount of postage on mailings. If at any
office the sales exceed the umount of post
age on mailings, then at some other post
office conditions must be reversed and the
latter office must bear the burden of hand
ling mailings for which it can receive no
credit, while the office making the sales
receives all the credit and performs none
of the work. Hence the diversion of stamp
purchases from the proper postofttce in any
considerable amount tends to disorganize
the equalization of postmasters' salaries
and other allowances under the law, and
operates against the highest efficiency of
the postal service; besides it Is u grave In.
justice to the poatoftlce und community
whose postal revenues are thus lost.
It developed In some cases that postmast
ers doubled and trebled their receipts by
selling stamped paper to personal friends
doing business in neighboring cities. In
some Instances postmasters have uctuully
gone so far as to ray local printers to
print return cards of other postofflces on
plain stamped envelopes furnished by them,
and to pay express charges on packages
thereof sent to the purchaser In a neigh
boring city. Cases have developed In which
the postage stamps of a business firm lo
cated in a large city have, without the
firm's knowledge, been purchased at a sub
urban town where a clerk employed by the
firm lives. This practice was Immediately
Btnpied when the employer's attention was
called to it. Frequently the plea has been
made that the punsise of such diverted
Bales is not to Increase (he postmaster'
sajary. but to benefit the local community
by giving it Increased postal facilities, let
ter carrier service, etc.. and In a largo
number of rases free delivery service, ad
ditional clerical fore and Increased allow
ances have lieen granted upon these Im
properly Inflated recelms. at heavy cost to
the department, before the discovery was
made that they did not represent bono,
fide postal business as required by law.
Bee Want Ada Produce Results.
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WIDEST VARIETIES
RAREST NOVELTIES
GREATEST VALUES
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UUl IT : BHE11PER
START SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE
Nearly Twenty Thousand People
Are Attracted to the
Scene. :
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Amid a roar of ap
plauso from nearly "20,000 spectators In
Madison Square garden the contestants In
the twelfth annual International .six-day
bicycle race responded to the crack of tha
starter's pistol, fired by Congressman Tim
othy D. Sullivan, at exactly five minutes
after midnight this morning. The garden
was thronged for an hour or more before
the start and when the champions lined
up every inch of room In the building waa
occupied. ; ' ' . i , . f
The cheers that hailed the start con
tinued until several laps had been reeled
off, the backers of the various contesting
teams shouting themselves- hoarse in en
couragenient of their fa.f'jbrltes. . A large
force of police was present and perfect
order was maintained. -The foreign con
tingent this year Is the largest that has
ever started In the race, and It was the
general opinion of 'the experts who wit
nessed the start that the native champion
will have a hard time holding their own!
Eighteen teams started from the! mark,
the California team,- consisting of the
Downing brothers, being broken up, Carl
LI in berg of San Jose' belnr subs'tltutod fr
Hurton Downing.'
Middles Select Captain.
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 4. Midshipman Dousv
las Ltglate Howard, a member of the sec
ond class, was selected captain of the
navy's foot ball team for 19ii5 tonight by
ihe naval academy's athletic association.
Howard played at left end for the mid
shipmen for (wo years. He la a .son of
Captain T. B. Howard, IT. g. N., who Is at
present In command of the U. 8. S. Nevada.
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Long- Pine Rents Valentine.
LONG PINE, Neb., Dec. 4.-(8peclal.)
Long line defented Valentine at foot ball
here yesteruav by a score of IT to 0. The
game was culled In the second half because
Valentine ran nut of substitutes. Jones of
Valentino received a dislocated shoulder
and chloroform had to be administered be
fore he could be straightened out.
KIPLING TO THE VOLUNTEERS
Men Should Know IV hat to Do with
Ciuns When starting to
Fight.
LONDON, Dec. 3. (Special Cablegram to
The Dee.) Rudyurd Kipling, addressing the
local volunteers at East . Grlnstend this
week, said they might be told that there
were many more exciting, things - than
volunteering.
He had noticed, however, that when it
came to going into so vulgar a thing as a
fight, it was a matter of advantage to the
man at the butt end of the rifle tq know
what to do with the bolt. .. .
"When people want to know why you
volunteer," he said, "tell them it is In
order that you may not have to find' out
under fire what to do with your little gun."
Bee Want Ada produce results.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4.-A special to the
Times from Ardtnore, I. T., Bays: An In
vestigation of the books of the First Na
tional bank al M ultll. I. T . shows a short
age of bi ween IJJ.Omi and I .- One of the
officers of the bajik la mlaslng and the
other pfnctals say they du not know big
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