TI1E OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MARCIT 23. 1903.
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P0ST0FFICE NOTICE
their uninterrupted overland transit t port
of fall In. Th flnnl connecting mat: (ex
cept registered transpacific mailt des
patched trla Vancouver, Victoria. Taruma
or Seattle, which clnae ( p. m. prevli.ua day)
cloa at tha general posioihc. New York,
a follows)
HAWAII, via 8a n Francisco, do at t
p. m. March u (or despatch ptr a. a,
Alstmeda.
HAWAII. JAPAN. KOKEA. CHINA and
specially addreased mall for PHILIP
PINE ISLANDS, via Ran Francisco. clo
at t p. m. March 23 for despatch per a. a.
China.
IAPAN, KOREA. CHINA and specially ad-dres-ed
nrall for PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
via Seattle, close at 8 p. m., March 24 for
despatch per a. s. Hyadea.
HAWAII, via Han trno!sco, close at I
p tn. March 25 fur despatch per s. . Ne
braska n.
riJI ISLANDS. AfSTRAMA (except
West) and NEW CALEDONIA, via Van
couver and Victoria, B. C, close at p.
m, March 25 for despatch per a. a.
Aoransl.
Philippine islands and ouam. via
San Francisco, close nt t p. m. March tf
for despatch per U. d. Transport.
1EW ZEALAND. AUSTRALIA (except
West). NEW ALEliu.SIA. bAMOA. HA
WAII and FIJI ISLANL'K via 8an Fran
cisco, close at 6 p. m. April I for despatch
per a. Sonoma. (If tha Cunard
steamer carrying the British mail for New
Zealand does not arrive in time to connect
with this despatch, extra malls closing
at 1:30 a. m., JO a. m. and ( p. in.; Sun
days at 4:30 a. m , a. m and ( p. m.
will be made up and forwarded until tha
arrival of the Cunard steamer
IAPAN. KOREA, CHINA and .peclally ad
dressed mall for PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
via Seattle, close at ( p. ra. April 2 for
despatch per a. s. nanagawa tlaru. .
Hawaii, japan, kukua. china and
PHILIPPINE IglANDS. via tun Fmn
clco, close at 6 p. m. April J for des
patch per a. a. Manchuria.
IAPAN (except Parcels-Post Malls), KO
KEA. CHINA and PHILIPPINE ISL
ANDS, via Vancouver and'Vlctorla. P. C.
close at t) p. ni. April 4 for despatch per
s. s. cmprees or japan
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS, via
San Franclaco, close at 6 p. m. April It
mr orspnicn per . s. Mariposa.
MANCHURIA (rxrept Newcliwanj and
Fort Arthur) and EASTERN SIBERIA Is
at present forwarded via Russia.
NOTE Unless otherwise sddressed. West
Australia Is forwarded via Europe; New
Zealand via San Francisco and certain
places In the Chinese Province of Yunnan,
via British India the quickest routes.
Philippines specially addressed "via Eu-
- reps must be fully prepaid at the for-ilgn
rates. Hawaii la forwarded via San Fran
cisco exclusively.
WILLIAM K. WILLCOX. Postmaster.
Postoffice. New York, N. Y., March 17,
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL BLUFFS
LEGAL NOTICES.
BIDS FOR BUILDING COURT HOUSE.
Douglas, Wyoming, March 9th, It.
Bealeu proposala for tha erection of a
court house building at Douglas, Converse
county, Wyoming, including labor and all
materials, will be received by the Board oi
County Commissioners of Converse county.
Flans and specifications nre on tile at the
office of J. Bevun Phillips, architect, or at
the office of the County Clerk, Douglaa,
Wyoming.
Heparaie proposals will he received for the
plumbing, heating and electric wiring. The
party or partlea to whom the contracts are
awarded will be required to give bond ac
ceptable to tha Board of County Commis
sioners for tho faithful performance of the
contract.
All sealed proposals will be received until
i o'clock p. m. on tha 13th day of April,
A. D. 1V6, and will be opened at the otP.ce
of the County Clerk to the board on that
date. AH bids for the construction of the
court house building must be accompanied
with a certltled check in the amount of
five hundred dollars; also separate bids
for plumbing, heating and electric wiring
must be accompanied with a certified check
In the amount of one hundred dollars, pay
able to the County Treasurer of said
county, aa an evidence of good faith on the
part of the bidder. The Board of County
Commissioners reserves the right to .re
ject any or all bids. Bids should be
marked, "Sealed Proposala for Court
House Bulhllng," and addressed to A. D.
Cook. County Clerk, Douglas, Wyoming.
A. D COOK..
'Jounty Clark, Converse County, Wyo.
M 1S-25-A18
NOTICE.
Proposals for sealed bids for purchase of
water works bonds for village of Newcastle,
Neb., will be received until April 20. 1903.
Face of bonds, $6,500; payable In twenty
years: optional ten years; coupon bonds;
ix bonds 11,000, one bond $i00; interest,
& per cent, payable semi-annually. Certi
fied check, tloo, te accompany bid. History
of bonds furnished on application. Address,
W R. Talboy, Chairman. M22dl0t
RAILWAY TIME CARD
UNION STATION TENTH AND MABOY,
l a Ion Pacific.
, Leave. Arrive.
Overland Limited a : am a 8:06 pm
Colorado AV CV1. B a 4:10 pm a B:3U am
Cul. & Oregon Ex a 4:20 pm a 6:10 pm
North Platta Local....;. a 7:b0 am a 7:00 pm
Fast Mall a 8:60 am a $20 pm
Colorado Special.. a 7:45 am a 7:40 am
Beatrice Local b 4:80 pm b 1:30 pm
Wabash.
St. Louis Express...."... ;30 pm 8:20 am
St. Louis Local (from
Council Bluffs) J:15 am 10:W pm
Shenandoah, Local (from
Council Bluffs) 5:46 pm 2:30 pm
Chicago (bireat Westers..
St. Paul & Minn a 8 JO pm a 7:15 am
St. Paul tic Minn. a 7:46 am a 7:6 pm
Chicago Limited,.... a 6:00 pm al0:V am
Chicago Express a 6:0a am a 8 .SO pin
CUicaaT. MOCK laiana at rauiov,
liAsr.
Chicago Limited ....a 8:56 am a 7:10 am
Chicago Dayhgnt Local. b 7:u0 am a i.oo pm
Chicago Express bll:lo am a o:io pm
Dea Moines xpresa....a : pm ou:Mam
Chicago Faat li-xpress. .a b:0 pm a l.J) piu
W EST. -
Rocky Mountain L'l a. .a 7:20 am a 8:60 pm
Lincoln, Den. at West.. a l:3o pm a o:Od pm
Oklahoma as Tex. Ex..a4:iopm aXn:40 pm
CbiouKu Kortavteaw
Local Chicago all:50 am 8:46 pm
Fast Mall a :M) pm ' :JU am
Dayilgiit St. Paul alJUam 1o:im pm
Uayiignl Chicago a B.oo auu 11. ju pm
Lluuteil Chluagc a U.lu pin Vuo am
Local Carroll a 4:00 pm :m am
Fast 8u Paul a 8:1b am 7:oo am
Local Sioux C. Jfc SI Jr..o t:ul pm 4 :JU aiu
Fast Mail 8:do pm
Chicago t-xpims a 6:60 pm a 7:80 am
Norfolk at ionelel....a 7:40 ain 10:m am
Lincoln at Long Plu..b lito am- 10:86 pm
Casper A Wyoming e 2:s0 pm 6:ia pm
Deactwood 4k Lincoln.. a 2:60 pm 6:16 pm
Hastings-Albion b AM pm 6:1a pm
Chicago, Milwaukee at St. PaaL
Chicago Daylight Ex. ..a 1M am aUrOO pm
Califoinia-ortaon iiix...a 6:46 pm a J.lu pm
Overland Limited a 8:20 pm a 7:46 am
De M. A Okobojl Ex. .a 7:66 am a 3.10 pm
llliaeis Central.
Chicago Express a 7 .26 am al0'86 pm
Chicago) Limited.. a 7.60 pm a s:u6 am
Minn. St. Paul Ex..b 7ii am bio: Jo pm
Minn. & BL Paul L t d.. a 7:60 pm a :uu pm
Missouri Pacittc.
St. Louis Express a 1:30 am a 1:00 am
K. C ac BU L. El all:16 pm a 6:00 pm
WEBSTER DEPOT 10TH WEBSTER
Mlssoarl PaclBo.
Leave. Arrive.
Nebraska Local, via
WeepinK Water b 4 60 pm bU :40 am
Chleaatu, SC PeL Mtaaeapolis
Oaaaha.
Twin City Passenger.. .b 8:30 am b 1:10 pm
Bloux City Passenger. .a 8uw pm aU.Jo am
Oakland Local b 6:46 pin b 8:10 am
A daily, b dally except Sunday, d dally
except baturday. dully except Monday.
'bIRLISGTON STATION lOTU MASON
Barllaatea. 's
Leave. Arrive.
Denver A California. ...a 4:10 pm a 3:20 pm
Northwest Expresa all:0 pm a :iM pm
Nebraska poluts ...a 6:60 am a 1:40 pm
Lincoln Fast Mau......b j:67 pm aia:u pm
Ft Crook 4k Plattsm tb.b 8:68 pm alo:J6 am
Bellevue 4k Plaltsm'th..a 7:60 pin b M am
Bellevue Psc. Juno..a 1-30 am
Bellevue 4 Pao. Junc..al2;15 pin ...........
Denver Ltmlied a 8:60 am
Chicago Special a 7:10 am
Chicago Kxpreea a 4:00 pm a 8:5 pm
C'l Aclio Flyer a 8 06 pnt i a.ra
Iowa Xocsl :l P'
6L Louis Expreaa a 4:26 pm all:46 am
Kansas City St. Joe..al0:45 pm a 6:4j am
Kansas City it Bt. Joe.. a 85 am a 6:06 pm
Kansas City a- St. J.te. a 4 6 pm
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
E U R" O P E
TUIBTY TOIR9 THIS SEASON.
April to Aumut, r ! Routes. BspsraU irtl
tsisurcls Irsral. Tuurs eor the efcule sf Butsim,
r:,Vr SI76 to SI, 016
Kvsrrwusrs. Writs tor IwoklM.
m roRBtax orrices. -
Kstshllaas4 roars.
THOUIS COOK & son,
BU 0A1WAT. hW lOHaU
MISOR MENTION. I
Davis sella drags.
Leffert's glssses fit.
Btockert sells carpet.
Plumbing and heating. Btxby Son.
Dra Weodkury, dentists, 80 Pearl street.
For rent, modem house, 721 Sixth avenue.
Spring term ot Western Iowa college
opens March 27.
Uiibert Bros, hnve all kinds of hard and
soft coal. Tel. 175.
Dr. J. H. Cleaver returned yesterday from
a short visit In Chicago.
Dashing styles In wall paper. Prices low.
Borwick, ill Main St. Tel. 6S3.
Duncan. 28 S. Main St., guarantees to do
the best shoe repair work. Give him a trial.
E. L. Meyers and Nadine I. Pierce, both
of Omaha ,wero married in this city yester
day by Justice Field.
. Missouri oak dry cordwood, 88 a cord,
cobs 61.76 per load, shell bsrk Hickory !
per cord, delivered. William Welch, 18
North Main. Telephone 128
Mrs. Mary Carey was Issued a building
permit yesterday for a one-story frame cot- . tne rooms of the Commercial club, at which
sn.j Fifth avenue, to cost 31.10U. over flfty of the IeadIn merchants wers
OPENING OF SPRING TRADE
Council Blnfis Kertliants Will Offer 8pecial
Inducements April 8.
AMUSEMENTS FURNISHED FOR VISITORS
la Conjaaetlon an Old-Fashloneil
Market Day Will R Arrsaaed
for All Kinds of Farm
Products.
The "Grand Spring Trade Opening and
Market Day" will be held on Saturday,
April 8, Instead of on Friday and Saturday,
April 7 and 8. This was 'decided upon at
the meeting held yesterday afternoon In
Twenty per cent cash discount on picture
mouldings next week. Alexander's, 333 B wy.
For sale, new Shubert piano, half price.
Apply A. A. Clark ot Co., chattel loans.
Itev. J. D. Clark, pastor of the West Side
Baptist church, corner of Twenty-second
street and Avenue B, is conducting a series
of revival meetings In the Walnut Btrest
Bnptiat church, Burlington.
Mrs. Anna DeFrlse. aged 86 years, died
yesterday morning at her home. 160 Fif
teenth avenue. One daughter, Mrs. Mary
Brown, living Jn Oklahoma, and four sons,
John Bush of thia city, Michael Bush of
Chicago, M. J. and H. 3. DeFrlse of this
city, survive her.
f Vl , i rhrl.l.nwn a n ....1...
while on a spree Wednesday night thought
It would he a Joke to get Mayor Macrae
present.
By advertising the special day widely
It Is expected to draw a large number of
visitors to Council Bluffs from the sur
rounding country. The stores will be dec
orated and special bargains will be made
for the day. Covalt's band will give an
outdoor concert In the morning and again
In the afteroon. In the evening; there
will be a spectacular run of the fire de
partment and the committee In charge
hopes to provide other amusement features
for the visitors.
Farmers will be lnlvted to make the.
day a market day1 for all kinds of farm
out of bed at 1 o'clock In the morning and products as well as stock. A stock mar
telephoned him that there was a man lying
dead In the gutter at Sixteenth avenue and
t.lKhth street, and another man bleeding to
death, paid 8H.60 for his little Joke In police
court yesterday. When the police went to
the place stated by Chrislensen they only
found the latter very much under the in
fluence of liquor.
Troable Over Sidewalks.
A meeting of the city council was held
yesterday afternoon to consider several
matters in connection with sidewalk con
tracts. City Clerk Zurmuehlen reported
that the assessment sheets for nearly Ave
miles of sidewalks In the John M. Hardin
contract had been made out by the city
engineer; that the notice to property own
ers had been published and certificates
made oit when City Engineer Etnyre had
filed a certitlcate to the effect that he had
not accepted the sidewalks. Mr. Etnyre
was nsked to explain and he stated that he
would not accept the walks for the reason
that in many places the workmanship was
bad and the material not up to. specifica
tions. The council decided to inspect the walks
and will do so next Week. In the meantime
the clerk and auditor are instructed to hold
the certlflcatcs until the walks have been
accepted by the engineer.
The council will meet again Tuesday
evening'.
ket will be established at Broadway and
Fourth street and an auctioneer will be
on hand to auction off all horses, cattle,
mules and pigs brought Into town for the
purpose. The auction of stock will begin
at 8 a. m.
These subcommittees were appointed:
Market Charles II. Huber, Mar Bour
icius. Management H. F. Knudsen, C. A. Beno
and Cal Hater.
Finance J. E. Hollenbeck, Charles
Swalne, R. E. Daniels, W. B. Fisher, Koy
Beenlcy.
Advertising Paul F. Skinner, Emll Lef
fert, J.T. Mulqueen.
Joe Smith, senior member of the firm of
Joe Smith & Co., presided over the meet
Ing. Another meeting to hear reports from
the several committees and make further
arrangements will be held next Tuesday
afternoon.
BIRNS
INTRODtCES
TESTIMONY
Never
Extra large fancy oranges at only 20c per
dozen. Nothing snide about them. Bartel
&' Miller. Tel. 853.
2(0
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The
Bee March 24 by the Title, Guaranty and
Trust company of Council Bluffs:
Samuel M. Jackson and wife to John
H. Wlnans, lots 9, 10 and 11, part lot
12, block 6, Meredith's add., Avooa, '
w. d . .
Edwin "B. Magill and wife to Peter.
smwennonn. tot a, blocit 4, or eat
Western add.. Mlnden.x w. d t
Peter Q. Merkert to Henry Pleper,
lots lu, 11 ana iz, oiock 14, Minaen,
w. d '
De'tlef Miller and wife to Theodore P.
Schoenlng, mVt. seK. 29-74-42,
w. d
Theodore P. Schoenlng and' wife to
oetter Miller, e, neVi, set, 29-74-42,
w. d
Mary Peterson, guardian to Lars Pet
erson, e', nev ai-Yi-u, p. a
Rachel Whited et al to Ellsha H.
Leasure. s"A. nwti. 16-76-39. w. d
George Whited et al to same, same,
0. c. a
William Moore, trustee, to George D.
Hnven, lot 14, block 6, Railroad
add., w. d... ,
Nine transfers, total $10,670
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night, F6C7.
600
1.500
U00
729
,00)
10
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Marrt&ire Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday
to the following: .
Name and Residence.
E. L. Meyers. Omaha :
Nadine I. Pierce, Omaha
George B. Phillips, Seattle. Wash ...
Margaret M. Fisher, Eau Claire, Wis
Age.
... 25
... 2T
... 25
... 20
We intend to make a cut on our best
grade of oranges. Regular 30c size at 20o
per doxen. Bartel A Miller. Tel. S59.
Rooms and cafe, ogsen hotel.
1
Western Iowa
College
Spring Term Opens Marc!) 27
Coins If You Want m Position.
CHATTEL LOANS
A. A. CLARK CO.
BslablUas ISM.
Srsaswsv aaa Msia Si. Ptwes tkM Stars,
(so caa surrsw sajr sy a ssttls, kofsss,
sumo14 luralliu mt ur cssiwl steamy.
riruuti us 6s mud. as srtacisai at anr tlait
is auit korravsr, ana Istsrssi rs4ase soorlailr.
All bualssss MatssBiial, Ls'aat raus Offlr seaa
crl7 attains till VM; Iatsr4ar avaBlas till
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN
28 PEARL ST.""-
Lady A ttn da ut If Desired.
WIIsmin Testify Doyle
Claimed Interest.
Except for the short while that Doyle
was recalled to the stand by the defense,
the entire of yesterday In the trial of the
Doyle-Burns suit was taken up with the
reading of the testimony given at the for
mer trial by witnesses for Burns. Doyle
was recalled and questioned as to a date
mentioned In Ilia prior testimony In refer
ence to the power of attorney sent by him
to Burns. Doyle had fixed the time as In
April, 1896, by the fact of his brother being
Injured. Mr. Thomas tried to show that
Doyle's brother died In November, 1896, and
Doyle admitted he might have been mis
taken as to the exact time.
AH of the testimony read yesterday
strongly substantiated the claim of the de
fense that Burns was the owner of, the
three claims in controversy and that Doyle,
prior to bringing his suit, never made any
claim to have an interest In them.
i The most important testimony read was
I that of John Harnan. which In mhatinna
was as follows:
He went to the Cripple Creek district In
1891. He knew the Devil's Own claim in
September, 1892. when It was Jumped. At
that time Burns offered him a quarter In
terest in the claim if he would do some
work and hold the claim against Jumpers.
He was present at the time the meeting
was held In the office of one Devereux In
March. 1894. That it was arranged at that
time to put the property into a stock com
pany. That Doyle wa there and did not
claim any interest In the Bob Tall No. 2
claim. He said he was present at the di
rectors' meeting when the Devil's Own and
the Tidal Wave claims were bought by
the company and that Doyle, Burns, Peck
and Crosby were there. He was also pres
ent at a conference held before the meet
ing of the board of directors. Doyle was
also present. Doyle did not say anything
about having an Interest In tie Devil's
Own or the Tidal Wave claims. He said
he served with Doyle on the board of di
rectors until February, 1898, and . never
heard that he had any claim or interest
In the Bob Tall No. 2, Devil's Own or Tidal
Wave until after this suit was brought.
Frank M. Kurle's testimony was to the
effect that he was a mining engineer and
that in the application for the patent upon
the Tidal Wave he furnished the data for
the attorneys who drew up the papers. He
saw the discovery stake on the claim and
It bore the name of James F., Burns only
as the locator. He met Doyle at the office
of the Portland company and asked for
two disinterested witnesses to make an
affidavit of nonabandonment. Doyle said
he had no interest In the Tidal Wave and
signed and swore to the affidavit.
Philip Harnan testifled to having a lease
in 1893 on the Devils Own made out n
! h'n by James F. Burns and that when
he forfeited the lease he returned it to
curn,
The testimony of W. F. Crosby was to the
effect that he and T. O. Condon organized
the Portland God Mining company and
that he waa a director In it until mid
summer of 1896. He was present at the
directors meeting In July, 1896, when the
Black Diamond, Tidal Wave and Devil's
Own were purchased by the company.
Doyle waa present but he said nothing
about having any claim or Interest In ths
Devll'a Own or the Tidal Wave and the
witness said that he never understood that
Doyle had any claim. He remembered a con
Tersatlon had with Doyle Just shortly be
fore the meeting. Said that he and Doyle
agreed that Bums waa asking too high
a price (8300.000) for the Devil's Own and
that it would be a bad purchase at that
figure.
E. A. Stevens, a mining engineer, Vstlfled
to having a conversation with Doyle while
witness waa erecting a shaft hnU
the Portland. In this conversation Doyle
aid that the Portland was the only claim
he owned except the Falmouth.
The motion asking that Judgment so far
aa the stock of the Devil's Own Is con
cerned be soured for Burns on the spe
cial finding of the, Jury at the previous
trial and tills finding not having been re
versed by the supreme court, will be ar
rued Monday night by agreement of both
Idea Charles J. Hughes will return from
Denver In time to participate in the argu
ment for Doyle.
gate to grand lodge, IL A. Searle; alter
nate, Victor E. Binder.
BOARD1 OF HEALTH IS ESJOIED
Hearing of Vaeelaatloa Case Is Set
for Monday, April a.
On the filing of the petition of the Board
of Education yesterday morning In the
district court Jwtge Wheeler Issued a tem
porary restraining order enjoining ths
Board of Health from enforcing Its order
relative to vaccination of the teachers,
pupils and Janitors of the city schools and
from closing any of the schools because of
failure of the school directors to comply
with the vaccination edict and from any
way Interfering with the Board of Educa
tion In conducting the schools of the dis
trict. The healing before the court on the ap
plication for a temporary injunction was
set by Judge Wheeler for Monday, April
3. he being unable to give the matter his
attention before then as he has to go td
Sidney next week to preside over the term
of district court there for Judge Thornell,
who la engaged here In the trial of the
Doyle-Burns suit. The hearing on the
application for a permanent Injunction can
not come up before the September term of
court.
Tha petition filed yesterday by Attorney
J. J. Stewart on behalf of the Board of
Education la quite lengthy. Mayor Macrae
In his dual capacity as mayor and presi
dent of the Board of Health, the individual
members of the board, City Physician Tin
ley and City Marshal a. II. Richmond are
all named as defendants.
After citing the facts regarding the Is
suance of the vaccination order by the
Board of Health It Is alleged that this
order was not made or published as pre
scribed by law and that' therefore It is null
and void and not of force. It is further
alleged that this order was made without
legislative authority and It Is also con
tended that It Is class legislation, because
it Is directed only ngatnst pupils. Janitors
and teachers of the schools and does not
apply to other large assemblages of chil
dren and adults.
The auxiliary question of external or
Internal vaccination Is not touched upon
In this petition, the question of the au
thority of the Board of Health to enforce
Its vaccination order being alone dealt
with. Attorney 1. N. Fllckinger, It is
stated, has been retained by the advocates
of tho internal method to bring suit In
their behalf against the Board of Health.
The notice of the temporary restraining
order Issued by Judge W'heeler, which was
served on Mayor Macrae, was read by him
at a special meeting of the Board of Health
yesterday afternoon. Mayor Macrae and
the members of the board expressed them
selves aa greatly dinappolnted because the
hearing would not be held at once. The
mayor expressed himself In plain language
and said he did not believe the .Board of
Health had been treated right In the mat
ter and he could not see the reason for
this procrastination, as he termed It.
Tlnley, Weaver and Olson were appointed
a committee to retain an attorney to assist
the city solicitor In defending the suit.
Mr. Snyder, when informed of this, ap
peared before the meeting and protested
against the action. He said: "I did not
know that I needed any assistance. When
I want an assistant I will ask for one. De
spite Mr. Snyder's protest the board de
cided to employ another attorney to assist
the defense.
Mayor Macrae, la the discussion with At
torney Snyder, said: "We want you to
fight this, case to a finish. We want you to
make the court understand that we halve
an epidemic, and that the Board of Health
la acting within Its authority, the Board
of Education or any one else notwithstand
ing." Mr. Snyder ventured the assertion that
there waa considerable difference of opinion
as 'to whether there was an epidemic or
not.
Attorney N. M. Pusey was selected by the
committee last night to awlet the city at
torney In the Injunction suit.
Offer for Offlcer Mine.
A meeting of the directors of the Percy
Chester Mining- company was held yester
day afternoon In the office of Attorney
J. J. Stewart to consider a proposition
from George F. Wright regarding the sale
of the property to parties who are said
to be willing to make an offer for it.
As nothing was known about the parties
making the offer, which was very indefinite,
no action was taken beyond instructing
the secretary to entef into correspondenc
with them with a view to obtaining a
doflnite rroosal.
Present at the meeting were William
Moore,, president; J. J. Stewart, secretary;
George F. Wright, chairman of the execu
tive committee, and J. J. Hess, a member
of the board of directors.
The Percy-Chester is the mine in which
the late Thomas Officer held a controlling
interest. It is situated In Eagle county,
Colorado.
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A CO.. 1.4 4ACAJO.S ItLVU.. CH1CAOO
A big slump In the orange market! We
Intend to give our customers the benefit of
It. Regular SOo size at 20o per dozen. Bartel
A Miller. Tel. 85,
Elks Elect Officers.
The Council Bluffs lodge of Elks elected
the following officer last night: Exalted
ruler, Thomas O. Qrun; esteemed leading
knight. E. II. Walters; esteemed loyal
knight. Gall Hamilton; esteemed lecturing
knight, F. B. Liggett; secretary, B. A,
Trautman; treasurer, H L Tlnley; tyler,
L. H. Fitch; trustee. A, T. Ellwell; dele-
Death of Mrs. Mellnda Roaera.
The death of Mrs. Mellnda B. Rogers oc
curred yesterday morning at the home of
her daughter. Mr. B. F. William. 814
South Sixth street. Her death was due to
th infirmities of old age. she being In her
87th year. Mrs. Roger was born In Ohio
nhrt in. her earlv life moved to Wisconsin
and came to Council Bluffs with ber daugh-
tr twentv veara bio. She was the widow:
of Commodore Rogers, who served as cor
poral in Company K of the Twelftn Wis
consin volunteer Infantry during the civil
war. Besidea her daughter, Mr. B. F.
Williams, she leaves a brother, Luther
Clark, who resides at River Falls, Minn.,
these being her only Immediate relatives.
Funeral service will be conducted from
the residence on South Sixth street at
2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Gaardi Vote for Lincoln.
In the election yesterday for colonel and
major of the Fifty-fifth regiment. Iowa Na
tional Guard, the Dodge Light Guards,
forming Company L of the regiment, cast
Its unanimous vote for James Rush Lin
coln for colonel and William C. Mentzer of
Knoxvllle for major. The company cast
forty-two votea.v
Major Hume, late assistant adjutant gen
eral, was a candidate for the colonency and
Captain Karns of Dea Moines wa a candi
date for major.
Advice received by the company last
night indicated the re-election of Colonel
Lincoln and Major MeaUer. The election
was caused by the expiration of Colonel
Lincoln' and Major Mentaer'a commission.
Matters la District Coarl.
Judge Wheeler announced yesterday that
he would make this morning the first law
assignment for the present term ot district
court. He ordered that the petit Jury be
notified to report April 17 Instead of April I.
There will be no court next week, as
Judge Wheeler will go to Sidney to hold
court there for Judge Thornell.
Lizzie M. Hmm wa granted a divorce
from Peter N. Timm and the custody of
their minor child. Dessa Hamilton was
granted a divorce from Charles C. Hamil
ton. Yettev Lea Adjusted.
IOWA CITY. March (4. (Special Tele
gram.) The lose sustained In the Tetter
Mercantile Are ha been adjusted at 838,000
and the salvage. The Insurance, amouutej
to SGS.60& The lose en the Coast building
waa. 12,700, with Insurance of 3U.0M.
CANNOT STOP TOE SALARY
Consequently Dei Moines Board of Pnblio
Works Will Be Ooitinued.
FAST TRAIN PROMISE FOR STOCKMEN
Borllngton Proposes to Clip Nlae
Hears (rem Present Time Between
Creatoa and Chicago Guard
Encampment Dates.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE3 MOINES. March 24.-(Speclal.) The
Board of Public Works of this city will not
be abolished. It hss been dlscpvered by
the aldermen back of the move to abolish
the board that though the board could be
abolished It would be necessary for the
city to continue their pay till the end of
the present term. A part of the move
wa not against the Idla, of a Board ot
Publlo Works, but simply a move to get
rid of the present members, the Idea has
been dropped.1' The city council haa now
decided to ask the legislature to make the
city engineer a member ot the board.
Promised Fast Stork Train.
Superintendent Nutt of the Iowa shipping
department of the Burlington railroad Is
on a tour through the southern and south
western section of the state. At each sta
tion he meet the principal stock shippers
by appointment at the depot and confers
with them on the shipping facilities. He
has promised at each place that a fast
train will be put on the Burlington from
Creston to Chicago, making the old time.
For the last two years it has taken nine
hours longer than formerly to reach Chi
cago ar.d the extra shrinkage la 83 a car
per hour. Mr. Ames of Buckingham, presi
dent of the State Com Belt Meat Pro
ducers' association has accompanied him
on the trip. It Is believed that other roads
will soon meet the Increased facilities of
the Burlington.
Practiced Wlthont License.
Dr. Kennedy, secretary of the State Board
of Health, went to Pocahontas today, on a
subpoena aa a witness against II. C. Wcl-
gert, who la charged with practicing medl
cine without a license.
National Guard Dates.
The conference here of the colonels of ,the
four regiments resulted In the determlna
tion that July 29 was too late for the guard
encampment to begin. General order No. 6
was Issued from the adjutant's office today
fixing the date as follows: Fifty-sixth reg
iment, July 6 to 13; Fifty-third regiment.
July 15 to 22; Fifty-fourth regiment, July
24 to 81; Fifty-fifth regiment, August 2 to
9. The First signal corps la detailed to
camp with the Fifty-fifth.
Studying- Provisions of Law.
Governor A. B. Cummins Is giving much
attention now to the provisions of the prl
mary law which he will recommend to the
next legislature. He has not worked out
all the main provisions yet, but believes
the convention should not be done away
with aa has been done in Wisconsin. He
believes the state convention should make
the state platforms. The question of se
lectlng a nominee by plurality Is taking
much attention and the governor may de
cide to recommend that the choice be by a
total of the first and second choices. He
would have each voter record his first and
second choice and the candidate getting the
greatest total of the two be declared the
nominee.
Removing; Sen Holding.
Some of the upper part of the scaffolding
in the rotunda of the ntatehouse 1 being
removed, a the decorating there has been
completed. The lumber is being used to
erect scaffolding in the corridors for the
decorating there. The Images about the
. rotunda are now being glided. Aluminum
Is used and will be treated so as to make
It a gold color.
Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation were filed with
the secretary of state today aa follows
Top Run Mining company, Aurella, la.;
capital stock, 115,000; board of directors, W.
P. Miller, E. L. Devoro, C. M. Morgan, P.
D. Wine, E. W. Hill and J. C. Lockln.
Story County Land company; capital, 115.-
000, with privilege to Increase to 826,000; to
do real estate business; articles signed by
C. E. Markland and others. Farmer' and
Merchants' bank of Columbus Junction, In
corporates as a state bank.
Claims Iowa is First. y
John R. Sage, director of the crop and
weather service of Iowa, in an interview
today state that the report of the federal
government la Incorrect and that Iowa
should have first place with 43,000,000
bushels of corn, 20,000,000 bushel more than
It has according to the federal estimates.
According to the federal figure Illinois is
In first place.
Teachers in Oskalooaa,
The program of the Southeastern Iowa
Teachers' association, to be held In Oska
loosa March 30, 31 and April 1, was Issued
today. Among the prominent speakers on
the program are Dr. Herbert L. Wlllltt of
Chicago, who will talk on "New Conti
nents," and Prof. W. C. Wilcox of the
Universitir of Iowa, who will talk on
"America, an Opportunity." Prof. Wilcox
attracted attention recently by being
credited with saying that a majority of
the people of Kansas were crazy. .
Editor la Session.
The principal paper read at the meeting
of the Southwest Editors' association to
day wa by John Stirling- of the Corydon
Democrat on "How to Indue Board of
Supervisors to Publish All That the Law
Requires of Them Without Antagonising
Them." He held that the editors should
first familiarize themselves with the law
and then talk business. The subject of
"ready prints" wa discussed by A. C.
Gustatson of the Stanton Call. Flat rate
was discussed by 8. M. Green of the Charl
ton Herald. Other matters pertaining to
the publishing ot a country newspaper
were taken up In the afternoon. 4
Wreck Wa Spltevrork.
Railroad Commissioner N. S. Ketchum
has returned from Homestead. He be
lieve the wreck was caused by persons
pulling the spike and think It wa not
local people.
Vote Yes" forth
Independents
e
This letter from the lending wholesale mnnufacturing
concern of Des Moines will explain itself. Vote for chenper
telephones and better service.
The Iowa Telephone Co. is the TKUST, and the Mutual
is "Independent."
DES MOIXES, Iowa, March 14, 1005.
V. J. WAY. Cnrson. Iowa.
Dear Sir In looking- back over the years ulncp the rptnMlKhment of
the Mutual Telcphono company's exchange ami comparing the conditions
since the Mutunl's advent, we are. surprised that the change 1ms been so
very marked. For a number of years we had paid the Iowa IVlepltone
Co. f-l.S.oo per annum with but about (K subscribers, and many of our
dealers had no phone. The Mutual put the business rate at J'Jl.OO. and
for years we paid this rate, rrtul the number of phones lias doubled and
tripled In the years last passed. Where now we reach 3,(HK subscribers
ii Ilea Moines alone at an expense of $,'ii!.00 per annum, we paid the
Iowa for years $lS.x to reach but alxmt Wo, and all Ihls at an exiense
to us of but fl.VOU for one shorn of stock; and even bettor than this, we
hare been given a share and a half for our original share, which leaves
our share costing us but fHO.OO net. At the time of the Mutunl's entrance
Into he field but few of the merchants outside the larger dealers had a
phone, now none are too small to use one. The Iowa was very arbitrary
and exacting. The Mutual has !oon the reverse and has lieen the means
of the Iowa changing Its methods and giving us better service and treat
ing us more liberal!. We consider this one of the best Investments which
we have ever made. Yonra truly.
' MENNING & SLATEK.
The Independent Telephone Company
Woodbine Firemen Elect.
WOODBINE, la., March U. (Special. )
The Woodbine fire department ba elected
the following; officer to serve for one year:
Chief. J. J. Weiss; assistant chief, David
Yager; second assistant chief, A. C. Tor
rey; president. It. A. Humphrey; secretary
and treasurer, Arnold Bennett. The hook
nd ladder company ha also elected offi
cer aa follows: Foreman, M. H. Pelton;
assistant foreman, B. L. Cherry; second
assistant foreman, p. Wilson; president,
H. A. Kinney; secretary and treasurer, C.
J. Tuttle. Forty new uniform have been
purchased and arrangement are being
made to attend the tournament at Wall
Lake on June 1.
Collect Taxes oa Hidden Cold.
WOODBINE. Ia,. March . (Special.)
Several week ago James Monroe, at the
point of death, directed two friends to dig
for hi burled treasury on the bank of a
stream and at the speifted spot 12,7m) In
gold wa unearthed. This incident was
noised about as a local wonder tale and
Instesd of dying Monro took a change
for tha better. This werk the county
collected W a taxes on jthe hidden J
CentreJ Grocery
aod Meat Market
'Phone 24. 600-602 West Broadway.
SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY- . 9Rv
15 Bars of Good Laundry Soap ..fctJU
Uneolored Japan Tea, 9R
per pound fcwli
Sugar Corn, C
per can wfe
6c dieses of Jelly,' Cj,
tor 36
Fresh Horse Radish, 7a
per bottle I C
Turnips, 9R
per bushel COG
Carrots. 9Rf
per bushel 9v
per 'bushel 25C
Salt Pork,
per pound
Breakfast Bacon,
per pound
Corned Beef,
per pound
...5c
94c
...3c
Home Made I.lver Sausage, Cit
per pound 36
Home 'Made Bologna Sausage, C
per pound . 36
Home Made Head Cheese,
per pound
5c
Try Our Gill Edge Flour. Every Sack Warranted.
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7.4 EZ
I
iii and around Council Bluffs for
sale cheap. Farms and fruit land.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL. ESTATE. t .
DAY & HESS, 39 PEARL ST.. COUNCIL BLUFFS.
ACREAGE
gold, which show how newspaper adver
tising pays. Monroe is a veteran of the
Mexican and civil wars. Is single and ex
pects to erect a $2,600 marble shaft to
mark his memory.
NEW LINE FOR GREAT WESTERN
Harvey for a Road front Arlsp to
Carroll Completed.
SIOUX CITT, la., March H.X survey
ha been made by the Chicago Great West
ern for a line from Arlspe, la., to Carroll,
la., and right-of-way and property for
terminals have already been bought. The
Burvey run through Creston, Greenfield and
Guthrie Center, all good towns. It 1 the
Intention to build the line on to 81oux City.
haa drawn It, frigid, from the faucet,-' or
whether he has let It stand all night to rise
to the temperature of the' room; or If, after
all, he has not basely Intermingled a little
warm water to take off the chill. These
are ths secret locked In the breast of every
conscientious man who claims the cold
bath habit. Then the suburbanite, tiDgllng
with fresh life and vigor, with head erect
and eye alight, marches Into the 10-below-zero
air and know It is his natural ele
ment, while hi furnace patiently pump
warm air Into hi fro sen house. Boston
Transcript.
RESTORATION OF NIGHTCAP
New Enajlanders Hark Bark to the
Head Covering; of tha
Forefathers,
Winter ha given ua but a feeble example
so far of our ancestral weather, but noth
ing brings us to a better appreciation of
our ancestor than a continuance of cold.
There Is but one striking difference be
tween our endurance of winter and that of
our forefathers; we enjoy as a luxury, with
certain aesthetlo appreciation, what they
suffered aa a necessity. Modern living ha
made some strange concession to the forced
wisdom of our fathers. They slept up un
der the eaves. In unplastered rooms, while
the snow sifted slowly through upon the
bed, and the water frose in the pitcher.
The very breath of the sleeper changed to
Icicle upon the quilt and the strings ot his
nightcap. '
The Intermediate generation created the
furnace and shivered at the reminiscence
of their fathers. Th hot air poured luxuri
ously Into their bedroom all the night
long, and they awoke in the morning to
dreaa In a comfortable room and sneer at
the world outside the frosted pane. If na
ture were cold, there were havens of sum
mer in each four walla. Modern medicine
ha a catechism of two questions: Do you
sleep with your window wide open? Do you
take a cold bath in the morning? And the
unhappy descendant of his father must
answer In the affirmative to save hi lung
and hi nerve from medical perdition. The
tale of our ancestor need never again
rouse our sympathy or admiration. They
never dreamed of sleeping In the blast of
wintry air In which their grandchildren
exult.
Th snow might creep In unbidden through
the snapping shingles, but never would it
receive that cordial Invitation to rnuh In
with ths draught between tw open win
dows. Our grandfather throve on hardship
and developed an enduring frame but he
never ran with open arm to court th outer
oold. HI grandson 1 Milled without a blast
cf winter from every window. Let ua mer
cifully draw the curtain over his rising
hour; sufficient be It to say that he yet
continue In hi determination, armed with ;
rigor of winter.
But th rising hour I not yet begun; on
more torture bet the worthy descendant
of the Puritan. Green with th outside I
chill, hi cold batn uii swan mm. unt
sometimes U Int-llned to question hen th
hero bouat of his bath whether h really
Overlooked m Fortnne.
The man with whom the writer bunked
a sober, industrious young fellow engaged
In working a lease with several partners.
They sank a shaft ISO feet In depth and
"drifted" from the bottom In their search
for gold, until not a penny was left In their
treasury.
They had discovered absolutely nothing.
The lease was abandoned and all wers
obliged to go to work for wages. Day after
day they bad flung their coat across a
monster dorsal fin of dark, volcanic rock,
outjuttlng from the hill nearby, and given
It never a thought. .
That ledge of rock was fabulously rich.
The leasers who followed them went at the
ledge of hoples looking porphyry on top of
the ground and found It fairly shot full of
gold. They channelled It out, a men might
channel for a ditch, and removed over
fifty sack of or worth $400 a sack. Har
per's Weekly. "
OS. WIHSLOW'S
SOOTKIMQ SYRUP
aa been used by Millions of Mothers for their
ohlldran whits TeetalD toe over Kitty Taar.
It soothe the child, aorum tha sum, allnyt
all pain, ourea wlud eulio, and Is th boat
leauHij ror aiajntnaa.
TWKHT Y-riV JC CEWTI A HOTTLX,
GOV IS it KM ENT NOTICES.
DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR,
United Btatea Geological Survey, Keel
matlon Service, Washington, V. C., March
17, . Hualed proposals will bo received
at the office tit the United Slate Reclama
tion Service, Chamber of Commerce build
ing, Uenver, Colo., until 'I o'clock p. in.
Tuesday, May It, 1. and thereafter opened,
for the construction of about 45 miles of
main canal, Involving about 2,StO,0o0 cubic
yard of earthwork and 160,0m) cuMo yards of
rock work for the Irrigation of lands In
the North Platte valley in eastern Wyom
ing and western Nebraska. Bids will b
received on excavation and embankment
for one or more diviHions, which will ap
proximate 3U,0ijO cublo yards each. The
right 1 reserved to award to one bidder
as mauy or at few of such divisions uu
which lw has bid as th Interest of th
service may require. Specifications, form
of proposal and plan may b Inspected t
the oliU-e of the Chief Engineer of th
Reclamation Bervlc. Washington, D. C,
and at the office of the Reclamation
Uervlce, Denver, Colo. The bid on
each dlvlvlon must he accompanied
by a certified check for $2,000, itayuole to
the order of the Secretary of the Interior,
a a guaranty that the bidder will, If suc
cessful, promptly execute a sutiafuctui y
contract and furnish bond In the sum of
20 per cent of the contract price lor the
faithful pnrfornianoe of the work. The
right I rtwerved to reject any or all bid,
to accept n rt and rejw t the other and
to waive technical defects, a th Intart-st
of the service may require. lildders ar
Invited to t present. Proposals inunt be
narked: "Proposal for ('Mistrucitin f
Interstate Canal, North Platte Project.'
U. A. Hitchcock, Becretarjr.
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