TELE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1903.
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NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL BLUFFS
MIXOR MESTIOJt.
Davis sella dmsa.
Btockert aella carpets.
Plumbing and heating-. Flxby ft Bon.
trs. Woodbury. dentists. SO Pearl street
Morgan at Dickey for paint, oil and (lass.
Leffert'a Improved 'lone lensts give aatla
faetlon. Dr. Luclla Shaw Dean, nomeopath. Brown
building, room 1 Tel. .
Pictures and art novelties for graduation
tlfta. Alexander's, 033 Uroadwuy.
The lat'Ht shades and patterns In wall
paper at llorvlck s. 211 So. Main.
Special summer rates to new students at
western lowa college until June. 6.
Dunran, 23 Main 8t., guarantees to do tha
bent shoe repulr work. Ulv him a trial.
Commencing June 8 the "Get Busy Dan
ting club will give a dante every Thurs
day evening all summer at the New Ar
mory. Whaiey's ui chest ra. Price 26 cents.
Bluff company, Uniform Rank, Knluhta
of Pythias, will meet tunlsht at St. A bun
hall. There will be Initiation of candidates
and arrangements will be made for attend
ing the encampment at Davenport in
August.
Thomas Bowman left last evening for
'VYlscasaet, Me., where he will spend the
summer. Wiscussct Is Mr. bowman s old
liume and he may decide to agitln locate
there and eriKQRe in business, tie hua given
up his oince here, but expects lo return in
the winter.
Have you money to burnT Moat people
have other use for It. You will not burn up
ao much by buying your mantle! burnera
and globes, etc., of us at jobbers' prices.
We do nickel and copper piuilng. Lawn
mowers aharpened. New Specialty Manu
facturing company.
"I consider Dr. F. C. Eastman of Cednr
falls, la., without a superior in the state
both as a writer and a deep thinker. His
lectures are enjoyable and profitable alike
to teachers and the general public." W. D.
Wells, President Northeastern lowa Edu
cational Association.
The annual memorial services of Hazel
ramp, Modern Woodmen of America, will
be held Huniiay eveninK at the First Chris
tian church on invitation of the pastor,
Itev. W. 11. Clemmer, who Is a member of
the ordpr. The members will meet at the
hall at 7 p. m. and, headed by the Foresters
In full uniform and the Junior Woodmen,
will march in a body to the church.
Frank MeRaven, the colored poundmas-
ter, was arrested yesterday afternoon
charged by John Miller of Ninth avenuo
tnd Fifteenth street with the larceny of
four cows valued at II). McKaven. it
leems, had Impounded the cattle, which he
Siaimeu to nave round straying at large, i
He gave bail, furnished by Mayor Macrae,
tnd the case Is set for a hearing before
IimtlrA FlpM this .f ternonn.
Aiiiea Attention, me ii-yenr-oia iua sen
tenced to sixty days' Imprisonment in the
county jail for the theft of a ring from a
Jewelry store In Neola, was released yes
terday, Juclne Wheeler suspending the sen
tence during good behavolr. Friends of the
young man Interceded In his behult and
showed that It was his first offense and
further that the theft was committed while
the young man was under the Influence of
liquor.
The Omaha Bee Is giving away, abso
lutely free, a Hi graphophune with one
year a subscription to The Morning and
bunnay Dee, lo cents a ween, mis grapn
oplione will repeat sayings, sing and play
band music or any other musin that la
produced on graphophones. The records
are not brittle like the oia-styie recoras,
they will stand any amount of playing and
rough usage. The music or sayings are
clear and distinct. If you have any doubts,
call at The Bee office, 10 l'earl street, and
we will be glad to demonstrate to your
satisfaction that we mean Just what we
iay. If you do not want to subscribe,
some anyhow and lot us play the grapho
phone for you.
Two Small Firea.
The fire department waa called out
twice yesterday afternoon but both Area
were of minor Importance. About 2 o'clock
parka from a switch engine started
blaze on tha roof of the Rock Island freight
house and gave the fire department a ran.
The damage was confined to a few shingles
which were burned off. At 4:30 o'clock
the department waa called to Sixteenth
avenue and Main street, where a Western
Union cable box on a pole caught fire
from the lightning.
FIREMEN GET A DRENCHING
Baces Are Stopped and Bedraggled Crowd
Has Hard Tims Reach ng City.
UGHT.TELEPHONE AND MOTOR WIRES DOWN
Indian Creek fioes on One of Ita Peri
odical Sprees and Floods the
Bottoms Around Rail
road Tracks.
matter had not been aettled.
Miss Millie Graham, who up to June 1
was assistant In the office of County Re
corder Balrd, presented through the latter
a request that her salary for the last six
months of her service be made ISO In place
of fc and that she be allowed the extra
$. The request was turned down.
County Treasurer Conslgny made hla
half-yearly settlement with the board
which showed that the collections from
January 1 to June 1 were IM9.541.03, and
the disbursements 464,604,23, leaving a bal
ance of $4,937. SO.
LEQAL NOTICES.
NOTICES TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed bids will be received up to 10
o'clock a. m., June 24, 1906. for the erec
tion of a brick school building In Platte
Center, Neb., for school district No. 24,
Platte county, Nebraska.
All bids must be In strict accordance with
Elans and specifications prepared by A. H.
Iyer, architect, Fremont, Neb., and each
bid must be accompanied with a certified
check for JJuO, payable to the order of
O. Oronenthal, treasurer of the above
mentioned school dis' -let. as a guarantee
that bidder will enter Into a satisfactory
contract and give a good and sufficient bond
for the faithful performance of the con
tract. Tha board reserves the right to re
ject any or an mas. t-ians ana specinca
lions wj uo
derslgnea, or 1
Director School District 24,
tlons may be had by applying to the un
inont, eD. jutm BurrHf,
Platte Center, Neb.
J 10-11-12
NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR STATE PRINT
ING. Bids will be received -by the State Print
ing board at the office of the aecretary of
atate at Lincoln, Nebraska, on or before
l:so o'clock d. m. Monday. June 19. 196:
For printing and binding 1,006 copies of
part two ol volume two, reorasKa ueoiog
leal Survey.
Specifications lor same can re round on
file In. the office of the aecretary of state.
All bids muat be accompanied by a bond
equal In amount to the probable cost of the
work bid upon. The board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Lincoln, Nebraska. June (, l!'u6.
STATE PRINTING BOARD.
By LOU. W. FRAZ1ER,
Secretary to the Board.
J7-d5t-m
BONDS FOR SALE.
Bids are wunted on a ilo.OOO Issue of
refunding school bonds of School District
No. One of Weston County, Wyoming,
aald issue being In 10 bonds of ll.oon each,
bearing: six (it per cent Interest. Interest
payable semi-annually. The first bond of
$1,000 Is payable 6 years from date of
issue and one bond of $1,000 each year
thereafter until paid. For further In
formation address A. KVAN8,
Clerk of School Board.
Newcastle. Wyo. MUdaut m
The closing day of the state Firemen's
tournament was unfortunately marred yes
terday afternoon by a terrific wind and
rainstorm which not only prevented the
program being completed, but thoroughly
soaked the 3,0tX) people gathered at the drlv
Ing park.
The rain, which commenced to pour down
shortly before 3 o'clock, was for a short
while accompanied by a terrific windstorm.
heavy thunder and vivid lightning. So
great was the downpour of rain that for a
few minutes people In the grandstands
could not see across the track. The same
was true up town, where the rain acted
as a perfect canopy and prevented a view
of the buildings on the opposite side of the
street.
At the outset of the windstorm a number
of the motor company's poles west of the
car barns were blown down and the wires
badly tannled. This caused a complete sus
pension of the street car service for con
siderably over an hour, and during this
time the people at the Driving park had
no means of reaching the city except by
tramping through the rain and mud. It
was a sorry, bedraggled looking crowd
which finally wended ita way up town.
Those who had arranged to leave on the
earlier trains were compelled to walk in
the rain to the different depots on ac
count of the cars being tied up, and all
the conveyances were busy hauling a few
fortunate ones home from the Driving
park.
The majn wires of the Citizens' Gas
and Electric company at TwaVj'-thlrd
street and Broadway were blov t down
and as a result all current was .shut off.
During the heavy wind the large arc
lamp at the intersection of Pearl street
and Broadway came down with a crash,
narrowly missing several women who were
rushing across the street to seek ahelter
from the downpour.
Tree Takes Down Wires.
One of the Immense cottonwood trees
In front of the Everett residence on Second
avenue and Eighth streets was blown
down and across the street, carrying with
It telephone and electric light wires and
completely blockading the street. Reports
showed that trees in almost every section
of the city had been blown down. Light
ning struck and shattered a large tree
close by the hospital tent at the Driving
park, but fortunately no one was Injured.
John Dalley of Shenandoah, who was
standing by a telephone pole in the Driv
ing park, was knocked unconscious by
lightning but soon recovered.
The wind played havoc with the shows
of the Bogan Carnival company. The
two large tent shows on Sixth street were
leveled to the ground and the parapher
nalia drenched with the rain. The merry-
go-round in the vacant lot opposite the
postofflce was badly damaged, the main
center pole being snapped in two and
coming down on the wooden horses, etc.
Other of the shows were more or less
damaged by the wind and rain.
At the Driving park a large number of
automobiles became stranded, and had to
be abandoned by their owners.
There was almost a panic among the
occupants of the grandstand at the Driving
park when the wind and rain storm first
commenced. Hats and umbrellas were torn
off the heads and out of the hands of their
owners by the wind, and the women were
naturally frightened. The excitement was
Increased by the driver of -a carryall shout
ing that a tornado was coming and for
everyone to hurry and get a seat In his
wagon. Jert Sargent of the executive com
mittee soon put a stop to the fellow's
ahoutlng and hustled him off the grounds,
while other cool heads succeeded in allay
ing tha fears of the women.
Creek Oat of Banks,
Indian creek had to sustain Its reputa
tion and could not overlook the opportun
ity yesterday afternoon of leaving its
banks. During the afternoon it rose SCV'
era! times close to the danger mark, but
it was not until shortly after K n'rlnclc
when the waters from the adjoining hills
came down that It left Its banks at the
Northwestern bridges and poured its Cus
tomary stream of slimy mud and debris
onto Broadway. In the immediate vicinity
of the Northwestern tracks the water on
Broadway was from curb to curb and in
places two feet deep. The motors had con
aiderable difficulty in crossing as the water
was up to the steps of the cars. Between
the Northwestern and Illinois Central
tracks there was the usual lake when the
creek overflows.
The electric light company succeeded in
repairing its lines by S:30 o'clock last even
ing, but shortly after 9 o'clock the light
ning put the system out of service again
fur about an hour.
MAKING MOVE FOU CHEAPER GAS
Ordinance Reins; Drawn for Bnbmla
alon to Council.
Attnrnev W. II. Ware haa nearly com
pleted the drafting of an ordinance, the
purpose of which Is to secure a reduction
of the price of Illuminating and fuel gas in
Council Bluffs. As soon as the measure Is
drafted Mr. Ware will submit It to the city
council and endeavor to secure its rassage
It Is stated that Mr. Ware has reason to
expect favorable action on the ordinance.
Bo far Mr. Ware has not decided the fig
ure at which the council will be asked to fix
the price of gas. but he stated yesterday
that It would not exceed $1 per 1.000 cubic
feet. The existing rate charged by the Cltl
len'S Gas and Electric company Is $1.45
without any discount for payment of bills
before the 10th of the following month,
which discount la allowed in Omaha and
other cities.
That the city council has the power to
regulate the price the gas company can
charge Its patrons Mr. Ware says has been
fully determined by the supreme court, pro
vided the rate so fixed Is not unreasonable.
Mr. Ware has given the matter consider
able Investigation and he contends that the
Cltliens' Gas and Electrlo company can
manufacture and deliver Its gas to Its con
sumers for 62H cents per 1,000 cubic feet and
this being the case, as he alleges, the com
pany should not be permitted to exact $1.45
from the cltliens of Council Bluffs.
It had been reported that Mr. Ware was
acting for other parties In preparing the
ordinance, but when asked yesterday he
said he was drafting the ordinance on his
own account and was not retained to do so
by any client or clients. He said "that
other persons are back of this proposed
ordinance Is not the case. I Intended to
submit the ordinance some time ago, but
have been so busy I had not time to com
plete the drafting of it. I am at work on It
and expect to have it ready to present to
the city council in a week or so. In addition
to providing for the reducing of the price
of gas I Intend to assail the contract be
tween the city and the Citizens' Gas ana
Electric company for electrlo street lights.
As I understand It the contract provides
for arc lights of 2,000-eandlepower each,
while, in fact, I am told the lamps used in
this city are limited to 600-candlepower. If
such Is the case, and I have reason to be
lieve my Information Is correct, the city Is
getting only one-fourth of what it pays
for."
STOPS THE ROCKER HANGIK
Condemned Man Takes an Appeal at the
Last Moment.
IES MOINES HAS MORE PEOPLE
Tabalatltfn of Returns Shorn that
Assessor Was in Error In Ilia
Estimate Anti-Saloon
League Active.
peruranla while enroute from Colon lo this
city snd wss transferred to the hospital
upon the steamer's arrival. The Peguranla
brought nearly 150 passengers, many of
whom hal resigned their positions on the
Panama canal because of the health condi
tions on the Isthmus.
(From A Staff Correspondent.)
DE3 MOINES. June 9. (Special.) Charles
Rocker waa not hanged at Anamoaa today
for the murder of August Schroeder of
Lyon county, June 30, 1W0. The appeal to
the supreme court was, however, delayed
till about the last minute. The date for
Rocker's execution waa fixed for today and
the appeal to the supreme court reaohed
the clerk this morning. The clerk of the
dintrlct court of Lyon county had notified
the sheriff yesterday of the appeal, which
relieved him of an unpleasant task.
Rocker was Jointly Indicted with Dora
Schroeder, wife of August Schroeder, for
bis murder. They are alleged to have given
him chloroform and then hanged him to a
beam In the barn to give all the appear
ances that he had committed suicide
Roeker was given a separate trial and was
convicted. Schroeder had $2,000 life insur
ance with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and it Is alleged that the motive
was to secure this money. Mrs. Schroeder
was never tried, the trial of Rocker bring
ing out that he alone was guilty.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Supreme court decisions today were:
George Redhead against Iowa National
Bank, Polk county. Afllrmcd. hut modified.
Earl R. Ferguson atralnst Lederer, Strauss
& Co., appellants. Action to recover goods
transferred before bankruptcy. Affirmed.
D. C. Young against People's Gns and
Electrlo Company, appellant. Des Moines
county. Damages for personal Injury re
ceived In street car barn at Burlington.
Affirmed.
Edward Brnner, appellant, against Hlg
man & Skinner Company and Others, from
Sioux City. Action for personal Injuries
from falling down an elevator shaft. Af
firmed as to owners of building and Hlg
man A Skinner company. Reversed as to
other defendants.
George D. Henry against Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific, appellants, from Jefferson
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250 Night. F6S7
GOVERNMENT NOTICES.
YOtJIG MAN KILLED BY LIGHTXIXO
Sexton In Cemetery Knocked Sense
less, but Recovers.
MARSHALLTOWN, la.. June 9 (Spe
cial Telegram.) During the most severe
thunder and rainstorm this year "Sherd,"
or 8hertdan, Wlckman. a young man about
17, was killed by lightning and S. M. Rubee
shocked. The storm broke about 5 o'clock,
the rain falling in torrents, flooding the
streets from curb to curb, while flashes of
lightning lit the sky. Sheridan Wlckman,
who lived near the Iowa Soldiers' Home,
had taken refuge in the dairy barn of A. B.
Cole, a neighbor. A bolt struck the gables
of the barn, killing Wlckman Instantly and
also killing three cows. In the barn at the
same time was another man and forty-one
cows and eleven calves. The man was
shocked, but not hurt.
S. M. Rubee, sexton of Riverside ceme
tery, was endeavoring to drive your.g chick
ens to shelter when a bolt hit a big elm
within ten feet. This is the largest elm in
the county. The lightning tore away a
strip about fifty feet down. Rubee was
knocked down, but quickly recovered. A
funny incident of this was about half an
hour after a big fox squirrel Jumped from
the, tree with all the hair burned from Its
body.
One bolt struck the rear of Henry Sun
dal's restaurant on North Center street,
burning a hole in the wall and shocking the
cook.
Considerable damage to wires has been
reported and the fire department was called
to the corner of Third street and Lincoln
street by a burning transmitter.
AIGISTANA SYNOD
IN
SESSION
PROPOSALS FOR SIX BRICK BL'ILD-
luga, Water, Sewer and Electric Light
ing bysteiu. Uepai'tmenl ol the Interior,
Orlioe of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C.
June J. lint. Scaled proposals, endorsed
Proposals for HuildiiiKs, etc., at Washing-
N. D.i and addressed lo tha Commissioner
of Indian A ft airs. Washington, D. C, will
be recelxed at the Indian Otnce until
o'clock p. in. of Tuesday, July 16. 11x6, fur
furnishing and delivering the necessary
materials and labor renin red to construct
and complete two dormitories, a school
house, a mess hall, a laundry and a ware
house, all of brick, with plumbing, steam
lieit and electrlo light, also water, sewer
and electric lighting systems, at the site
of the new school, near Wahpeton, N. D.,
In strict accordance with plans, specifica
tions and instructions to bidders, which
may be examined at this office, the office
of the "Uasette." Wahpeton, N. D. ; the
"Tribune," Bismarck, S D. ; the "Arutfs
Leudttr." Sioux Fulls, 8. D : the "Improve
ment Bulletin," Minneapolis. Minn.; tha
ptoneer-Prexs," St. Paul, Minn.; "Ameri
can Contractor," Chlcwuo, 111.: ' Globe-Democrat."
St. Louis, Mo.; "Bee," Omaha,
Neb.; the Builders' and Trade! a' Exchanges
at Omaha. Neb.; Milwaukee, Wis.; St. Paul.
Minn., and Minneapolis, Minn ; the North
western Manufacturers' Association, St.
Paul, Minn ; Commercial Club, lies Moines,
la.; the V. 8. Indtnn Warehouses at WS
Svuth Camil yt Chicago, 111.; 119 W ouster
tlx New York; S02 South Seventh St., St.
Louis. Mo.; M5 Howard St., Omaha. Nob.,
and with the Postmaster at Wahpeton,
N. D. For further Information apply to
C V. Lairabeo, Acting Comniibsloner.
J t-S-10-13-lo-l7-30-K-:4
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The
Bee June by the Title Guaranty and
Trust company of Council Bluffs:
Fremont Benjamin and wife to Frank
Vencel, lot 2, block 9, Burns' udd.,
w d $ is
Leonard Everett et al. to Lars Jen
sen La men, part wft nw 18-75-43,
w d aio
George W. Braden and wife to C. H.
Coye, lots 1 and 2. Lush's subd., w d 1,200
George W. Tompkln et al. to Wlllard
E. Smith, aVi w 22. e, nwVi 27,
part nw, nw 27-74 o, w d 11,250
C. H. Coye and wlfo to C. H. Coye.
sr., part se sw and sV seV 5,
n1 neV 8-7-39. w d
Charles Willing Hare et al. to Albert
lirown, part original plat lot 152,
s w a.
7,000
President's Report Shows Ohurcli In
Flourishing Condition.
STANTON, la.. June 9. (8pecial Tele
gram.) The opening session of the Au
gustana synod was called to order today
by the president. Dr. Norellus. The session
was largely attended. The sermon was
preached by the venerable president. In
the afternoon at 2 o'clock the business ses
sion of the synod convened. The synod
was organized, credentials received and of
ficers re-elected as follows: President, Dr.
Norellus, Vasa, Minn.; vice president, C.
E. Llndberg, Augustana college; secretary.
J. G. Dahlberg, Augustana college, treas
urer; C. J. Bengston, Rock Island.
The afternoon session waa taken up al
most entirely by the reading of the presl
dent's annual report and extensive mes
sage, full of instruction and good cheer,
setting forth the work and growth of the
church during the year gone by. The
business session adjourned till tomorrow at
9. The preaching service tonight was at
tended by 1,200 people. The country folks
and their guests are served their meals in
the church basement.
county. Suit In Justice court to collect two
accounts. Affirmed.
Sarah Y'ork against City of Cedar Rapids,
appellant. Suit to recover for damage to
abutting property from changing street
grade. Affirmed.
Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation were filed with
the aecretary of state today by the follow
ing: Dalbey Lumber company, Shenandoah,
caprtal $50,000, E. H. Dalbey president; Webb
Telephone company of Webb, Clay county,
capital $10,000, U. D. Flsk president; Farm
ers' Co-operative Elevator company of
Holmes. Wright county, capital $25,000, J. E.
Richardson president.
Des Moines's Population Still I-araer.
' It is now the belief of Secretary Davison
that the population of Des Moines will
reach about 76,000. The figures given out
by the assessor showed 74,178. Mr. Davison
found enough more to Indicate that It would
be 75,000 at least, and has now found still
more.
Anti-Saloon Leasrne Work.
Fifteen drug stores have been closed in
Hardin county, nine Injunctions secured and
Ave druggists' permits surrendered In
Wrrlght county and two drug stores in Keo
kuk county closed by injunction yesterday
as a result of a two weeks' tour over the
state by Dr. I. N. McCash, secretary of the
Anti-Saloon league. Dr. McCash today on
his return denied that any part of the
money raised on subscription at the county
meetings went to the salaries of the state
officers, but that all of It went to the antl
saloou work In the counties.
Buys Franklin School.
Dr. W. B. Carpenter has returned from
Kentucky, whei"e he closed a contract for
the purchase of the Franklin school of Os
teopathy, which will be moved to Des
Moines. He also contracted with forty of
the students to continue their studies In
the Des Moines school. The apparatus of
the Kentucky school will be used and the
school consolidated with the new one here.
Child Labor Committee.
Dr. Llnsay, national secretary of the
Anti-Child Labor association, has notified
the committee of their election on the state
board. Seventy-five names were selected
from child labor workc.s In the state, who
In turn, voted for the seven. The commit
tee are: Mrs. A. B. Cummins, chairman;
E.D.Brlgham, Prof. I. A. Loos, Iowa City;
Dr. A. B. Storms, Ames; Mrs. T. J.
Fletcher, Marshalltown; Mrs. Julia Clark
Hallam, Sioux City, and A. L. Urtck, Des
Moines.
Population for Six Counties.
The official figures of the census of six
counties of the state Were given out today
by Secretary Davison of the executive
council. Three show an increase and the
other three a decrease. They are as fol
lows: 1905. 1900.
Cedar 18,306 19,371
Clay 13.7"6 13.401
Emmet - 10,01(5 9,93
Dickinson 7. 8,104 7.9H5
Johnson 24.6(16 24.817
Marshall 28,485 29,991
Pardon for Dick Pray.
B. W. Garrett, pardon clerk In the gov
ernor's office. Is back from Decatur county
where he went to Investigate the matter of
a pardon for Dick Pray, who waa sentenced
to the penitentiary from Grand River one
year ago. It Is thought likely that the re
port to the governor will be favorable for
a pardon.
FOUR GREAT MILITARY PARKS
ImproTementa In the IMttleflelda of
Ylekaburar, Gettysburg, Sbllok
and Chlekamanga.
The battlefields of Vlcksburg. Gettys
burg, Chlckamauga and Shlloh, four great
and decisive fields of the civil war, have
been converted Into national military
parks. Tangled forest, rugged hlllslda.
blooming meadow, dyed and consecrated by
the blood of Americans, have been adorned
and beautified, and for all time will receive
the care and protection of the national
government. No state contributed more
fighting men to the great struggle In pro
portion to Its population than Missouri,
and on all the blood-stained fields west of
the Alleghenles, Mlssourlans fought under
Old Glory and under the stars and bars.
Only one state, Illinois, furnished more or
ganizations for the campaign and siege of
Vlcksburg than did Missouri. In the union
army there were of Infantry the Third,
Sltth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh,
Twelfth, Seventeenth, Twenty - fourth,
Twenty - sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty
ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thlrty-socond
and Thirty-fifth engineer regiments of the
west seventeen; Cavalry Fourth. Sixth and
Tenth three; Batteries A, B, C, E, F and
M, First Light and Battery F (Landgrae
ber's). Second Light seven; total, twenty
seven. In the confederate. Including John
ston's army, of Infantry the First, Second,
Third. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth-six; cavalry
First and Second (dismounted) two; Gul
bor's, Landls," Wade's, Lowe's, Bledsoe's
and Clark's bntterles seven; total fifteen
making a grand total in both armies of
forty-two.
The confederate line of defense at Vlcks
burg covered a distance of eight miles,
mounted 130 guns and followed a high ridge
from the river above to the river below.
The plans of the Vlcksburg Military Park
commission, of which Captain William I
Rlgby Is president, contemplate the com
plete restoration of earthworks and bat
teries of both armies and the mounting of
125 guns of the same kind and caliber used
during tha siege. Nearly 600 tablets will
mark the positions and describe the part
borne by the corps, divisions, brigades
and batteries of the two armies In the siege
and defense. Most of them will be of Iron,
but there will be twenty-eight of large
size and special design of bronxe, the
largest being 94x44 Inches, giving a general
resume of the operations, and another of
nearly equal size giving an account of the
operations of the river batteries. Large
bronze tablets will also mark the location
of the headquarters of Generals Grant and
Pemberton, Sherman, McPherson, Logan
and all corps, division and brigade head
quarters, as well as the spots where offi
cers 'of high rank of both armies were
killed. These tablets have a distinctive
military character and were designed by
Captain W. R. Hodges of St. Louis, who,
In a competition Just closed, Was compli
mented by the acceptance of his designs
and the award of the contract for their
production, as well as for the ornamental
granite supporting posts.
Memorials to the valor of the troops en
gaged In the titanic struggle about Vlcks
burg promise to be mot costly and im
posing than those upon any battlefield of
the civil war. State appropriations for
monuments and memorials at Vlcksburg
have been made as follows: Illinois, $250,
000; Iowa, $150,000; Ohio. $56,000; Wisconsin.
$30,000; Pennsylvania. $15,000; New York,
$12,500; Massachusetts. $3,000; New Hamp
shire, $5,000 an aggregate of $623,500. St.
Louis Republic.
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George V. Brett, part lot & block
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Oeorge Baxter, part lot 1 In $-16-13,
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' LEWIS CUTLER 1
MORTICIAN I
28 PEARL ST."10"" I
, Lady Attendant If JiJ
Board of Supervisors.
The request of County Recorder Balrd
that the supervisors furnish him with a
new typewriter gave the board more or
less trouble yesterday afternoon. First the
request was referred to a special commit
tee, and later this action was rescinded
and It was decided to refuse It. ' Then later
this action was rescinded and the request
again referred to a special committee dif
ferent in its make-up to the first one.
Wbea the board adjourned (or It day the
COXTEUT FOR LOCATION OP HOME
Five ntlea Have' Propoaltlona for
Commercial Travelers.
CEDAR RAPIDS, June . (Special Tele
gram.) The Iowa grand council. United
Commercial Travelera of the United Btatea,
began a two days' session here today.
About 800 delegates ar in attendance. The
program consisted of a grand parade In
the morning with 600 in line and four
bands. A base bull game between Dubuque
and Des Moines commercial travelers In the
afternoon was won by Dubuque by a score
of 16 to 2. There waa a grand banquet
and reception thla evening.
Dubuque, Dea Molnea, Ottumwa and
Waterloo have uniformed cluba here to
capture the location of tha national home
that will be located in Iowa at the meet
ing tomorrow. Cedar Rapids la also after
the home and made Ita offer of a ready
built home and tea acre of ground to the
apeclal committee today.
VYkoopla Con la Jamaica.
Mr. J. Riley Bennett, a chemlat of Brown'
Town, Jamaica. West Indlea, wrltea: "I
cannot apeak too highly of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. It baa proved ltoelf to be
the beat remedy for whooping cough, which
la prevalent on this and of the globe. It
haa never failed to relieve in any caa
where I have recommended It. and grateful
mother, after using It, ar dally thanking-
m tor aAvULng tnm."
New flymssilsm Dedicated.
CEDAR FALLS, la., June 9 (Special.)
Commencement week at the Iowa State
Normal school has been most successful.
The weather has been delightful, the grad
uating class large and the guests many.
The dedication of the new gymnasium has
been a prominent feature of the exercises.
for It is one of the finest In the middle west.
Now there will soon be In process of erec
tion a fine building for physical science.
This will be begun In September and pushed
to an early completion. The summer term
open June 10 and close July 21. There will
be a strong force of teachera on hand and
there promisee to be a very large attend
ance. There are a number of changee In
the faculty. Several have resigned and
their places filled by other good teachers,
and several additions made.
Commencement Week at I'olrerslty.
IOWA CITY, la., June . (Special Tele
gram.) The annual commencement of the
literary aocletlea of the State university
was held tonight, forty-eight seniors being
granted diplomas. Diplomas are granted by
alx societies to students who have com
pleted four years' work In the societies.
With this event commencement week of
Iowa university, the most notable In the
history of the Institution, begins.
omaAa manjn the game
An Incident ShovrtiiK How neadlly
the Holt of Sharper la
' Swallowed.
The Rlggs House, Washington, has been
the home of many postofflce inspectors for
the last few days, called here by the
Machen trial, and a more Intelligent-look
ing lot of men would be hard to find. In
the evenings they compare notes and talk
of their experiences with that element of
society which tries to get something for
nothing through the agency of the malls.
"It's queer how easily the public bites
at the bait these sharpers throw out," ald
a veteran Inspector whose home is In the.
far west. "The explanation, of course. He
n the cupidity of mankind. An appeal to
greed, if plausibly announced, rarely falls
to land victims. No matter how old the
scheme is, nor how often It ha been e-
poied In the newspapers, it will still auo
coed In separating fool and their cash.
But, of course, the fertile minds of the
crooks have to get up something new In
order to get larger revenue. One of the
comparatively recent tricks, and one of the
hardest to frustrate. Is the plan of selling
stock In mythical rubber and coffee planta
tions that are generally located In Mexico.
This applies to mines, but not so numerously.
"Now. here is where the shrewdness of
the fakirs comes in. By making Mexico
the scene of their operations they can ward
off exposure much longer. It la a long and
expensive Journey down there, and even
after an inspector gets on tjne ground he
may have numerous difficulties put in his
way (before he can uncover the rascality,
For a while, moreover, the Innocent dupes
are getting dividends, which they Imagine
are coming out of the sales of the product
of the alleged rubber or coffee plantaiton.
This is to lure other victims and Is part of
the game. A little of the capital of the vie,
tim Is returned in order to get more.
"The matrimonial fraud, too, hoary with
age, Is still being operated to the financial
loss of many credulous citizen of both
exes. An Omaha rascal emDloved It Very
effectively, and fleeced unsophisticated men
who were willing to take bis niece, a 'beau
tlful but unfortunate girl' with a big inheri
tance, the fleecing amounting to not less
than $60 per victim. This swindler' work
was artistic in the extreme, a waa that of
a woman who styled herself 'Mrs. Collins,'
who had men In every part of the union
sending her money to pay the traveling ex
penses of herself and ward to St. Louis,
not that there was any lack of fund on
her part, but to show good faith in those
who bit at the scheme. Both the Omaha
man and 31 r Collins' were caught and
both went over the road.
"The smaller cities, even those of the
lze of Washington, offer but little oppor
tunities for this species of grafter. It re
quires a big town like New York or Chi
cago, for the crook, after sutplclon la
aroused and the law gets on hi trail, must
bury himself for a while, and he can't do
this successfully except in densely popu
lated center. New York, Indeed, 1 the
paradise of the mall-employing fraternity
which lives on the gullibility of their fel
lows." Washington Post.
Medal Contest at l.lttle Slon.
LITTLE 8IOL'X, la., June .-(Special.)
The jmen' Christian Temperance union
held a medal contest here recently which
resulted in the awarding of tta or&tortral
medal to Mr. W. H. Butler and the vocal
medal to Teressa Lanyon.
Yellow Fever at Kew York.
NEW YORK. June . Frank O Leery of
Buffalo died at the government hospital on
Swinburne Island today of yellow fever,
lie takea 111 a Board to steamer
Bt Want Ada Produce Reaulta.
PUBLIC
High
LECTURE COURSE
School Auditorium
8 O'clock P. M.
Under the auspices of the Normal Institute will be
given one of the best lecture courses ever offered to the
people of Council Bluffs and vicinity. The following per
sons will appear":
June 12 "The Limbo of Letters," Dr. P. C. Eastman. Cedar Falls.
June 13 "Yellowstone National Park," Dr. A. R. Crook, Evauston, 111
June 14 "Ideals," Dr. I. W. Hovrerth, Chlcaao. III.
June 15 "Brains and Battleships," Dr. I. W. Howertu. Cblonjso, 111;
June 16 "The School as an Ethical Agency," Dr. E. Benjamin An
drews, Lincoln, Neb.
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N. . E. A. Asbury Park
The Wabash will run special
train from Chicago leaving Wabash
station at 2 p. m., June 29, via.
Detroit, Niagara Falls (short stop),
Albany, boat down the Hudson,
salt water trip from New York.
Stop overs, long limit, many other
special features. Ail agents sell
via Wabash from Chicago. Book
lets and all information at Wabash
city office, 1601 Farnam street, or
address Harry E. Moores, Gl A. P.
D., Omaha, Nebraska.
Harvard Spread I aar Oat.
EASTON. Mass.. June 9. The trustee of
the Massachussetts Institute of teohnoloty
at a meeting thla afternoon rterl1.l in fa
vor of the proposed alliance with Harvard,
provided there were no legal obstacles.
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