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NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL BLUFFS
MISOIl MENTION.
rv1s ll. drum.
Btork.rt slls carrots.
Plumbing and heating;. Blxtiy A Son.
Drs. Woodbury, dentists, so Pearl (treat.
Morgan Dlcksy, headquarters for fire
work. lXTert's Improved torlo lenaei give aatli-faction.
wail
for
Ths latent ehadea and pattern tn
paper at Berwick', ai South Main.
Woodrlng-Bchmldt Undertaking Co.,
Bway, succesora to Lunkley. Tel. S3.
Bpcl.l attention riven to rletur
Wedding gifts. Alexanders 833 Bway.
Duncan, 23 Main St., guarantees to do the
best shoe repair work. Give him a trial.
Dr. Liiella B. Pean, homeopath, disease
of women and children. Boom 3, Urown
Bid. Tel. m.
Loet, a black cameo pin, between South
Sixth street and Fourth, avenue. Monday
afternoon. Return to 114 South Sixth street
and' receive reward.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
to John R. Woods of Omaha, aed 0 years,
and Charlotte Woods, aged 68, of Bellevue,
Neb.
This ad and fl will get you six large
' folder cabinet photos, worth $5 a dozen.
Saturday and Sunday only. Williams, up
ponlu postoltVce.
During the month of June ITS transfers of
real estate were filed for record, with a
total consideration of liK.W.S.a?. as against
1WS filed during the same month lust year,
when the total consideration was -'15,)i3 iM.
Have you money to burn? Most people
have other use. for It. you will ret Durn up
so much by buying your mantles, burners
and globea, etc., of us at Jobbers' prices.
We do nickel und copper plating. Lawn
mowers sharpened. Sew Specialty Manu
facturing company.
Harry Searle and Tom Farnsworth, who
started overland from Haclne, Wis., In the
new automobile, mirchased bv the former.
arrived homo early yesterday morning. The
last part of the trip from Hoone, la., was
made by train, as the muddy condition of
the roads rroved too much for the autolsts.
The funeral of Frank Tabor, who died at
the General hospital from Injuries received
at Neola Thursday morning, will be held
this afternoon at 2:30 O'clock from Wood
ring & Schmidt's undertaking rooms and
Interment will be in Hillside cemetery.
Kev. James O'May of the Broadway Meth
odist church will conduct the services.
County Superintendent O. J. McManus 1
plaintiff In a suit begun yesterday in the
superior court against the Oreat Western,
Boo line and Canadian Pacific railway com
panies for IS27.28. Mr. McManus contracted
for the shipment of stock and household
furniture, etc., of 1.. F., E. F. and K. T.
Baker, relatives of his from McClelland,
this county, to HlKh River, Alberta Terri
tory. It Is alleged that owing to delay In
furnishing the cars at this end, the furni
ture was damaged and that owing to d e
lays enroute the stock was damaged. It is
further alleged that at the end of the Jour
ney the railroads demanded and collected
more than the contract called for.
TABOR LINE ASKS FOR TIME
Unless Granted Frmohne WillBs Forfeited
on July 1,
Rathbona Slaters' Convention.
There being but five lodges In the district,
the attendance at the first annual conven
tion of the Rathbono Slaters of the Third
Iowa district, held In this city yesterday,
ras decidedly limited, there being only
twelve. rieWatcs from outside towns. The
meetlnK. however, was none the less inter
esting and profitable so the member pres
ent asserted.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson of Boone, grand
chief; Mrs. Mary Johnson of Boone, grand
Junior, and Mrs. Alice Porterfleld of At
lantic, deputy district grand chief, were
the officers of the grand temple present,
and the latter presided over the convention,
which was held In St. Alban'a hall.
The morning session was devoted to the
reception of visiting delegates, who wore
entertained at luncheon. The convention
was formally opened In the afternoon by
Mrs. Porterfleld, when . Mrs. Minnie- A.
Huber of this city delivered the address of
welcome, which was responded to by Mrs.
Fannie Block of Atlantic
Mrs. Mary Johnson, the grand Junior,
read an Interesting paper on "The Silent
Bister," in which she paid a tribute to the
members who say little at lodge meetings
but who were always ready and willing to
work for the good of the order. '
Reports of the delegates representing the
five lodges in the district were made as
follows: Council Bluffs, by Mrs. Carroll I
Kimball, showing 67 members; Manilla, by
Mrs. Annie Cook, 18 members; Hamburg,
by Mrs. Mollle Green, 63 members; Hast
!ngs, by Mrs. Ina Mason, 70 members; At
lantic, by Mrs. Fannie Block, 68 members.
At the evening session the officers and
degree staff of Tlgredla temple, Council
Bluffs, opened the meeting In rltualistlo
form and exemplified the work, following
which the grand chief, Mrs. Nelson, con
ducted a "question box." The meeting
. closed with a social hour, during which re
freshments were served by the members
Of the local temple.
The committees In charge were: Recep
tion, Mrs. Minnie A. Huber; decoration.
Mrs. Audla A. Moore; arrangements, Mrs.
XJssle B. Matthews.
PR0M0T0R HAS FAITH IN THE COMPANY
Probability City Council Will Refnae
to Grant More Time, as Another
Line Past Deaf School
Is In Prospect.
President Dobbs of the Council Bluffs,
Tabor & Southern Electric Railway com
pany has filed with the city council an ap
plication for an extension of time In which
to complete the construction of the line to
the Iowa School for the Deaf, t'nder its
charter the company was required to have
this portion of the line completed and in
operation by July 1 of this year and on
failure to do so the company was to for
feit all rights under the franchise. Be
yond turning over a few shovel fulls of
dirt about a year ago the company has
done nothing toward the construction of
the line and it was understood that the
city council at Its meeting next Monday
was to be asked to declare the franchise
forfeited.
In the application for extension of the
time In which to build and have In opera
tion the portion of the line to the Iowa
Bchool for the Deaf, for six months from
July 1, President Dobbs says:
It has ben Impossible for the said com
pany to raise the necessary funds to equip
und put In operation said portion of said
line within the time specified, although
the said company has diligently endeav
ored to finance the same. Hut It la be
lieved by said company that It will be
able within the next six months to raise
sufficient funds to build and equip Bald
Hue.
For somo time the general belief In Coun
cil Bluffs has been that the proposed elec
tric line between this city and Rockport
or Tarklo, Mo., as planned by the Council
Bluffs, Tabor & Southern Elec'vii Rail
way company would never be bu t owing
to the Inability of the company t tinance
it. It was stated yesterday at Hie city
hall that It was doubtful if the city coun
cil would grant the extension of time asked
for, as it la understood that the proposed
electrio line from this city to Treynor
and Carson, this county, for which sur
veys are now being made, would pass by
the Btate Bchool for the Deaf. When the
fight was made after the destruction of the
main buildings at the school for -the re
moval of the Institution to a more cen
tral location in the state, one of the ar
guments for Its retention here was that an
electric line was to be built, giving the
institution connection with the city. Busi
ness men of the city feel that the city is
under a moral obligation to provide this
service and this gives grounds for the
belief that the proposed electric line to
Treynor will eventually be built and that
the route will be by the School for the
Deaf.
You will observe that this section does not
make any provision for the naturalisation
of members of the Japanese race and the
courts have so held In the cftses that have
been brought before them. Tour interpreta
tion of this provision of the law Is there
fore correct." "
ENMCiVS SirCK.SSOH IS Jf AMED
Board Falls to Choose Teachers for
Other Vacancies.
Prof. F. L. Thomas was unanimously
elected principal of tne high school at the
meeting of the Board of Education last
night. His salary was fixed at ll.&no. Prof.
Thomas has been Instructor of physical
science at the high school for the last
eight years. He succeeds Prof. F. C. En
sign recently elected state high school In
spector and a member of the faculty of
the Iowa State university by the board of
regents of that Institution.
The election of a teacher of physical sci
ence to fill the vacancy caused by Prof.
Thomas' promotion and of a teacher of
German to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Vlcent was deferred
and Superintendent Clifford Instructed to
look around for suitable Instructors to fill
these two places.
Superintendent Clifford and Profs. Ensign
and Thomas will leave today for Asbury
Park, N. J., to attend the annual conven
tion of the National Teachers' association.
Mr. Clifford s family will accompany him
as far as Chicago, where they will visit
during his trip east.
SCHOOL FUND IS DISSIPATED
tfany Counties Hate Borrowed Money and
Loaned it on Poor Seourity.
MORTGAGES ON LAND IN MISSOURI FIVER
State Aodltor Will Call Attention of
Legislature to the Matter and
Ask that Body to 1 n-vestlaate.
New Torn In Manama Case.
A. Q. Gilbert, one of the property own
ers at Manawa who is resisting the clos
ing of certain publlo thoroughfares by the
motor company at the lake resort, yester
day filed an amendment to his petition In
his suit against the Board of County Su
pervisors. In his suit Mr. Gilbert seeks
to have the action of the supervisors In
vacating these streets In favor of the motor
company set aside. As a reason for the
setting aside of the vacation It Is set forth
In the amendment filed yesterday that the
supervisors instead of being advised and
counselled In the matter by the county
attorney, who Is the regular adviser of
the board, retained as their attorneys In
this matter Harl & Tlnley, the local at
torneys for the motor company. It Is al
leged by Mr. Gilbert that the supervisors
were controlled and Influenced by thestj at
torneys In tho Interest of the motor com
pany, the petitioners for the vacation of
the streets In controversy.
The records of the Board of Supervisors
show that at the time of the vacating of
the streets In controversy the supervisors
by resolution retained the services of
Messrs. Harl & Tlnley to represent them
In the litigation .on the express condition
that the county was to be at no expense
for such services. ,
his chest measurement several years ago
was 44 Inches.
"His reputation In Canada was not
based alone on unusual strength. He took
part In the Psplneau rebellion In 1KI7-SS,
and for over a year served as a spy for
the celebrated revolutionist leader. I re
call how Crolsltlere once related to me
how he brousht mnll and other documents
from the city of Ottawa to Paplneau's of
ficers and men. In those days much of the
travel was done by means of carts, and the
cart driven by Crolsltlere was provided
a twenty-four-hour endurance billiard
match In Paris, the contestants covering
thirty miles In walking around the table,
and a violinist has played a composition of
4.S00 notes In four and one-quarter minutes,
averaging nineteen notes a second.
Reciting Dante's "Divine Comedy" from
memory in twenty hours Is another queer
record, while others have gained fame
through making t.oon ham sandwiches In
nineteen hour and forty minutes, dressing
ten sheep In twenty-three minutes, 200
chickens In forty-four minutes and killing
with hollow hubs Into which messages re- i and dry picking 103 geese In ten hours
MONEY SLOT MACHINES TO GO
County
Boat Club Open llonse.
SIOUX CITY. Ia June 30.-(Speclal.)-The
fine new $15,000 house of the Riverside
Boat club was formally opened this even
ing. The structure Is declared to be the
finest of Its kind in the west. The grounds
and the house were brilliantly Illuminated
and the Fourth regiment orchestra fur
nished music for dancing. There are three
other boat houses at Riverside park on the
Sioux river, but none Is as handsome as
the Riverside house.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to Ths Bee
June 80 by the Title Guaranty and Trust
company of Council Bluffs:
H. V.. Battey, commissioner, to Basil
Fox. part nw sw4 14-77-44, d t 1
Charles E. Bradley and wife to Ar
manda E. Perry ot al, t seV. 18-74-40,
sei se4 1O-7R-40, w. d 9,600
NIs P. Nlsse n and wife to Henry Eg
gerstedt, lot S, Auditor's aubdlv, w4
sw4 -77-3S; tot 6, Blgelow s add to
Walnut: lot . Blgelow' add, w. d.. 700
H. W. Binder and wife to G. J. Han
fen, part lot 1, block 2, Eubank's
Id add, w. d 900
J. J. Stewart, executor, to J. F. Wil
cox, lots IS and 1. block 11. Central
aubdlv. p. d 60
O. W. Megeath and wife to J. F. Wil
cox, lots tl. l and 11 block U. Cen
tral Biibdlv, q. c. d
Jaime G. Mgeath to J. F. Wilcox,
part lots 10, 11. 12, 13 and 14, block
' il, Central rubdlv, w. d...
Chison Kbarhart and wife to Amanda
Lunkley. lot , block tt, Jerteiis suu-
dlv, w. d 3,650
Noih L. La lulls and wife to John
Hlnkle, lots J and 8. block 31, Central '
aubdlv. w. d ?50
James L. Drulen and wife to J. F.
Wilcox, part lots 10. 11, 12, 13 and 14.
. block 11. Central aubdlv, w. d 73
Elmer L. Fehr to Mark L. Williams,
lots 4 and S, Mornlngslde add, w. d . 100
Flortnce Folsom F.verest and husband
to F. O. McGee, lot 13, block 00, Rail
road add 100
Interstate Realty company to C. V.
Miller, lot 11 and part lot 11. block
11, Evan' Id Bridge add. w. d ISO
Fame to same, lot 10, block U. Evans'
Id Brldne add, w. d 100
Albert MoUahn and wife to Frank .
Blank, lot . block 7, Turley's add,
W. d 200
Total flftsen deeds 315,902
Attorney Takes Action on
Petition of Ministers. ,
Sheriff Canning, on orders from County
Attorney Hess, yesterday served notice on
all of the saloon keepers of the city that
all money slot machines must be removed
from their places of business by July 1.
The saloon keepers were also notified that
they must keep their inner screen doors
open so that the Interiors of the saloons
can be seen from the street.
These orders, emanating from the office
of County Attorney Hess, are the result
of the demands of Revs. W. B. Clemmer
of the First Christian church and A. E.
Burlff of Trinity Methodist church, rep
resenting the Iowa Anti-Saloon league, that
the saloon keepers conduct their places in
closer compliance with the provisions of
the Btate mulct law.
Several conferences have been held re
cently between the city authorities, the
executive committee of the Commercial
club and the two ministers with the re
sult. It was stated yesterday, that the min
isters have consented not to push the mat
ter any further provided the saloon men
obey the orders sent out yesterday by the
county attorney. The order requiring the
removal of all money slot machines, Mr.
Hess atated yesterday, applied to the entire
county and was not restricted to Council
Bluffs. It will be enforced, he said, both
at Lake Manawa and Courtland beach.
The enforcement of the order means a
considerable loss of revenue to the city as
It has been collecting a monthly license of
16 for each cash Blot machine, the Income
from this source being between so anu
tfiOO a month, all of which went to help
out the general fund.
MeRaven In More Trouble.
A. W. .Cushenberry yesterday filed In the
court of Justice Field an Information
against Frank MeRaven. the colored
noundmaster. charging him with assault
with Intent to Inflict great bodily Injury.
Cushenberry has been employed by Mc
Raven to assist In the work of Impound
lng untagged canines and stray stock. His
story Is that being unable to collect his
pay from MeRaven he appropriated one
of the best looking dogs In the pounds
with the Intention of selling the animal it
possible and thus reimbursing himself In
part for his services. MeRaven objected
to this and demanded that Cushenberry re
turn the canine and when he refused Me
Raven. so he alleges, struck him over the
head with the butt end of his revolver.
In substantiation of his story Cushenberry
displayed an ugly looking gash In hi scalp.
A warrant for MeRaven s arrest was Is
sued last evening.
Severe Storm at Ottamn.
OTTUMWA, la., June 30. Several houses
were unroofed, many trees were uprooted
and a number of wires were blown down
by a windstorm which swept this vicinity
this afternoon. Great damage resulted to
crops throughout Wapello county. ' At the
Chautauqua grounds a large tent was
blown down and hundreds of people were
drenched by rain. No one was seriously
Injured.
Slonx City Elks to Move.
SIOUX CITY, la., June 80.-(SpecIal.)
The Elks' club on December 1 will move
out of the handsome old Mondamln club
house, which a few months ago was bought
by T. S. and J. P. Martin and will be made
Into an office building. Work has Just be
gun on the remodeling of the old Captain
R. J. Chase residence, north of the post
office, which will be made into an elegant
and cozy home for the Elks.
Heiress to Oreat Fortune.
NEVADA. Ia., June 30. (Special.) Mrs.
Meta Hlgbee..a milliner, was notified yes
terday that'she was one of thirteen heirs
to a 355,000,000 property In New York City.
Over a hundred years ago Jonathan Steel
man leased lands In the heart of New York
City to a promoter. The lease ran out a
short time ago. The names of the heirs
were found in an old family Bible.
Breaks Neck While Dlrlnar.
ANAMOSA, la., June 30. (Special.)
Harry Egan, a 14-year-old boy, dived from
a railroad bridge north of his home in Mon
tlcello, struck on his head In a sand bank
and broke his neck. He died twenty-four
hours later.
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night. F667.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN
-o rtsnu omt
Lady Attendant If Desired.
OCEAN STEAMERS.
COLlPAGrilE 6EP.ERALE
TNANSATLANTIQUB
rreneh Line, New York to Parts, Six Iaya
aUlngs J&rary Tkurwlay at 10 a. mx.
la Owoint Jvilf 1 la lo,-nlu July 11.
La Saviil Jul? 11. L Touralu Aug. i.
La Brvugn July av La Ouk-osu Aug.
Nw. ako4ra, aislls iwi-scrw ul ajprM
SL4Dra.; Dtvai an BMB-ol-v&r sticipuaa.
Cs&lur't. veubul4 Irttna, Mavre-farls, 4 Sura
rrwlwaaio.it orvhaalim M bur t ta -cr- acctaara.
Marry K. Us.nl. AIui Wakoalk K. k , ltul r.Juaa
tliaal. Imuib bivvm, v.r Kim National fcUufc- C.
A Hulbarlunl. Agaui C. H. i. f k. M. . 1UI
yara.a BUaai, ta. AaWU. ! Uua t'
Hotel Clerks Bano.net.
The Omaha Hotel Clerks' association met
last night at the Grand hotel and was
entertained at supper by M. P. Park and
M. L. Petersen, the local members. An
enjoyable and profitable time was had over
the cigars, the feature of the session being
an address by W. Anderson, chief clerk of
the Her Grand.
Those present were G. P. Kendall, Del
lone; W. H. DeWltt. Bachelors'; W. E.
Cory, Millard; P. E. Stanton, Merchants;
C. F. Forsyth. Arcade; K. C. Scott. Jer
chanta; J. H. Keenan. Henshaw; W. P.
Clark. Millard; J. C. Pierce, Drexel; W.
Anderson.-.Rer Grand; Ray Miller, Her
Grand; B. H. Pates. Merchants; M. P.
Park, Grand; M. L. Petersen, Grand; F. P.
Pates, Hotel Reporter.
ERRORS IN AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Careful Man Discovers One Thousand
Blunders In a Work of
Reference.
A man who has done a great deal of
work In correcting some large dictionaries,
encyclopedias and historical reference
works, who has studied ten languages and
. who Ir well Informed on a number of for
eign lands, examined over 15,000 pages of
an encyclopedia recently published in this
country. Much of the work he did without
the publisher's knowledge.
Though this encyclopedia was considered
to have been edited carefully, he discov
ered over 1,000 mistakes in the first vol
ume alone. In the following volumes he
found many thousands.
In speaking of one of the most famous
violin virtuosos who ever lived, it was
said that In his youth he fell out with hi
parent and ran away to Cassel, Germmv,
twelve year after he .died. In giving a
(ketch of a living European author the
statement was made that he wrote and
published his first book nine years lif )re
he was born. In calling an editor' atten
tion to this error, the editor replied:
"Verily, a bright kid. this! What pre
cocl ty ! ' 'Success.
Jans Cannot Be Naturalised.
Recently H. V. Battey. clerk of the dis
trict court, refused to grant naturalisation
papers to a native ot Japan and the legality
cf his action was questioned. Mr. Battey
referred the case to Washington and yes
terday received a communication from W.
A. Way. acting attorney general. In which
he states that Mr. Battey had acted rightly
In refusing papers to a native of Japan.
Mr. Way says in part: "Section 2109 of the
Revised Statutes provides tf!at the naturali
sation laws 'shall apply to aliens being free,
white persons and to aliens of African na
tivity and to persona uf African dcvut.'
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, June 30 (Special.) What
has become of a large part of the school
fund of the state which hns been loaned
to the counties will likely be a subject for
legislative Investigation when the general
assembly comes together next January.
The counties have in their possession 14,767.
000 of the school fund of the state. J. F.
Wall, chief revenue clerk of the auditor's
office, has been on a trip over the state to
collect some of the back taxes and he nas
discovered that there Is from IOT.00O to
$600,000 of the funds that has been lost. It
has been the practice of the counties to
borrow the money from the state and re
loan It. The counties pay the state 4V4 per
cent and relonn it for a higher rate, pock
eting the difference. It has been discov
ered that while the counties have regularly
paid the Interest due the state the original
fund has been lost through loaning It on
Insufficient security. In Pottawattamie and
Woodbury counties there has been a great
deal of money loaned on land that Is now
the bottom of the very changeable channel
of the Missouri river. There Is some slight
suspicion that In some counties along the
Missouri money from the school fund has
been loaned on land after It became the
bed of the river. In other places It is dis
covered that loans have been made on per
sonal security only- for political friends,
and In one or two cases it was discovered
the security was nothing but the note of tho
person borrowing .the money and was
worthless.
Some of the counties have reported for
some years a portion of the fund as being
In Judgment. It is now discovered that In
a majority of the cases the Judgment Is
worthless. The plan of loaning the school
fund to the counties Is In accordance with
a law passed many years ago. Tho Interest
paid by the counties Is regularly appor
tioned to the counties on the basis of the
number of children of Bchool age In tho
county.
State Auditor Carroll will call the atten
tion of the legislature to the condition of
the school fund when the legislature con
venes and will ask that the matter be In
vestigated.
Gnlbralth Promoted.
Major J. O. Galbralth, Eleventh United
States cavalry, and detailed as recruiting
officer at Pes Moines, has been detailed as
assistant Inspector general for four years
by a War department order, and will lcayo
at once for Washington to report to the In
spector general of the army. Major Gal
bralth has been at Des Moines for about
a year, but was recruiting officer here be
fore the Spanish-American war. His suc
cessor has not been named.
Cerro Gordo Shows Gain.
The population of Cerro Gordo county, as
shown by the official figures given out
today, shows a gain over the census of Ave
years ago, making six counties out of
thirty that have made a gain. The popula
tion Is 21,524 and five years ago It was 20,
672. The population of Mason City, the
largest city In the county. Is 8,352 and five
years ago the government census gave It
6,746, a gain of over 23 per cent.
Puttlna; In 'Phone System.
A complete system of telephones Is being
put in on the state fair grounds. There
will be twenty-four 'phones In a private
system, so that communication can be had
with the different buildings on the grounds.
Governor's Chautauqua Dates.
Though the executive council will meet
July 10 to take up the matter of railroad
assessments Governor Cummins has ar
ranged for several Chautauqua dates to be
filled during the month of July and In
August. The dates for the two months
are: Malvern. July 4; Sac City, July 15;
Jowa Falls, July 21; Bloomfleld, July 22;
Farralngton, July 26; Glenwood, August 2;
Atlantic, August 10; Clarlnda, August 15.
Decision on Anti-Trust Lair,
Judge A. H. McVey of the district court
said today that he had his decision and
opinion on the constitutionality of the anti
trust laws written and would deliver It at
the meeting of the bar tomorrow morning,
when court assignments are made. The In
surance men are confident he will hold the
law unconstitutional.
Postofflce f row In or.
The receipts at the Des Moines postofflce
for the month of June, 1905, were 341,333.72
and for the same month last year $37,099.60.
i' or ine sear ending June 30, 1905, there is a
gain In the postal receipts of $15,972.90.
Defaulting- In Question.
The defalcation of Assistant City Clerk
Fred H. Sales, which was followed by his
suicide. Is now causing a question with the
legal authorities. It was Sales' business to
collect paving assessments and the like
The money he appropriated and gave re
ceipts. The question now is whether the
property owners must pay the amounts
again. The annual collection is now due
and this glfes rise to the matter. The
property owners produce the city receipts,
DUt tne city books show no credit.
gardlng the plans of the British officers
were secreted and carried to Paplneau.
Crolsltlere remained In Canada for many
years after the close of the rebellion, not
leaving there until along In the 60s."
When Crolsltlere emigrated to this coun
try he settled first at Suult Ste. Marie. He
came to Marquette In 119 and had con
tinued to make his home here since that
time. He was the father of twenty chil
dren, eight of whom are living. His lineal
descendants number 103 grandchildren and
twenty-seven great-grandchildren. His wife,
who also lived to a great nge, died here
about nine years ago. Detroit Tribune.
New York Herald.
W indstorm In East St. l.onla.
"FART ST. l-t'IS, III , June So.-A severe
windstorm, accompanied bv hall and heavy
rnln. passed over this cltv. demolishing
four smokestneks of the Missouri Malleable
Iron company's plant, blowing down a U'5
foot tower used for wireless telegraph pur
pose and doing considerable other am
nge throughout the city. Four employe
at the Malleable Iron plant were caught
beneath the wreckage and seriously Injured.
Illinois Judges on Trip.
TEOntA. 111.. June 80 The member of
the state supreme court are cruising down
the Illinois river on the State Fish cemmls
slon stcsmer Illinois: In the party are:
Chief Justice Cartwrlght. Justice Wilkin
end wife. Justice Hoggs and wife, Justice
Hand and wife, Justice Ricks and wife, ex
Justlce Carter and wife, I. N. Phillips,
court reporter, and wife.
Inn a Man Gets Medal,
INDIANAPOLIS. June 10, Burton Call of
Montpeller, O., broke 17 out of 30 targets
todav In his Anal twenty shots in the
Grand American handicap shoot and fall
ing to tie the score of R R. Bnrber of
Paulina, la., the latter was accorded the
diamond medal with a record of 99 out of a
possible 100. the best record ever made In
the annual event.
PERILOUS WORK IN A TUNNEL
Breaking; a Hole with Dynamite In
a Wall of Rork Beneath
Niagara.
Under tho cataract of Niagara, from an
opening beneath the Horseshoe Falls to a
pit sunk behind a coffer-dam In the bed of
the river 2,000 feet up-stream, a tunnel has
been bored as nn outlet for one of the new
electrical development companies. Its con
struction was made posslhle, by two of the
most thrilling Journeys ever undertaken by
workmen.
When the big tunnel It la twenty-six feet
high and twenty-three feet wide was to bo
begun, neither end of it was within the
reach of the engineers, for one was 700 feet
out from shore, behind the veil of the falls,
where no man had ever been, and the other
was 150 feet beneath the cascades. An ap
proach tunnel was therefore drifted out
from shore, 158 feet below ground, under
the brink of the falls, toward the site
selected for the portal.
To avoid bringing all material to the sur
face for dumping, the engineers had a side
tunnel bored to empty beneath the falls.
Where it opened lay a huge pile of debris,
and as soon as the opening was made spray
from this pile began to fill tho tunnel. It
came In so fast that work was abandoned.
Tumps were started, but Btlll the water
rose till It was sixteen feet deep In the
shaft on shore. It looked then as If the
whole enterprise, on which a fortune had
been spent, would be a failure.
Then three foremen employed on the work
volunteered to go through the tunnel In a
skiff and blow away the debris. They se
cured a punt from the Maid of the Mist and
lowered It down the shaft. The water was
within two feet of the roof of the tunnel,
but they determined to make the Journey.
They loaded their boat with dynamite and
electric wire and enough Iron to sink It till
It would allow them to move along the tun
nel. Then lying on thel r backs, they
pushed the boat along the waterway by
pressing against the roof with hands and
feet. Their progress was slow, and their
situation, directly below the mighty Nia
gara, was as appalling as It was unique.
But they persevered, and at last reached
the portal through which the water was
entering.
Only a tiny opening was left there, but
one by one they left the skiff and crawled
through, to stand the first of all men be
hind the water of the Horseshoe In the
middle of the river. There they fixed the
dynamite l place.
Returning with the wires which were to
fire the charge, they upset their skiff and
had to swim much of the way; but they ar
rived In safety only to find upon touching
the button that they had not taken enough
dynamite to finish the work.
Then a new trick was tried. A line of
volunteers, roped together like Alpine tour
ists, went out along the heap of debris be
hind the fall, at the foot of the Horseshoe,
carrying dynamite in large quantity. These
men, too, were traveling in a place where
no men had ever before been. On the way
one of the boxes of dynamite was dropped
and burst open on the rocks, but fortu
nately did not explode. The rest was burled
at the entrance to the tunnel. At midnight
that night there was an explosion which
shook the American side of the river like
an earthquake and this time the effort
was crowned with success. The water
flowed out quickly, and thenceforth work in
the tunnel was prosecuted with ease. The
World of Today.
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Joseph Crolsltlere, or Crushia. as he was
more familiarly known, whose death oc
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ramuniie, jnicn., recently, was
a remarkable man in other respects than
age. He was born near Ottawa. Ont., July
4, 1799, and, having almost attained the
age of 106 years, is believed to have been
the oldest man in Michigan.
It was his boast that, even in later years,
he had hardly had a day of sickness, and
ins lacuuies were unusually good. He was
a familiar figure on the streets, and fre.
quer.tly took long walks Into neighboring
townships. His death was without warning
and was a surprise to the family of his
son. with whom he had lived for
year.
For many year Crolsltlere followed the
life ot a woodsman In the timber belt of
upper Canada; and former residents of that
region who now live here tell many stories
of his feats of strength and endurance.
"I have known Crolsltlere for nearly forty
years, saia Register- of Deeds Prlmeau
and he was apparently an old man when
I first met him As a boy In upper Canada
I can remember hearing tales of Croisi-
Here's strength, and It was common talk
among the people around Ottawa that ha
was the only man who could master Joe
Monirerrauu. tne famous strong man. Joe
Montferrault died in 1864, an old man, and
crolsltlere was still In his prime.
"As late as four year ago I saw Crotal
tiere turn a handspring on a hardwood floor
In a downtown office, and until a year ago
he had done gardening and. other light
work. Ia stature ha was a Small man.
standing but I feet f Inches la heljrbt, but
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Other records In this line are sixty soft
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beans In forty minutes, smoking fifty cigars
in eleven hours without once taking a
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A Tarls couple recently waltzed without
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The best club-swinging record ha been
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being required.
A score ot 6,434 points was the result of
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