THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: "WEDXESDTY, SEPTEMBER B, 1905.
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JgEWS ' OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Offlcr, 10 Pearl
M1JOR MESTIOJS.
Vvls ella drugs.
i' sells carpet.
s-o" Jumhlnff and heating. Blxby Bon.
tr. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Per1 street.
Woodrlng-Bchmidt, undertaker. Tel. r
Leffart' Improved torle lense glv satl
faction. Choice htrtirre for wadding gift. C. E.
Alexander, 8.13 fry.
Western low colk-ge fall lerm how open.
Enroll any week day. Catalogue free.
Farm for sale, all f. easy Urmi,
Squire A Annts,' Council Bluffs. Iowa.
Fryer Printing Co., PJ Mntn. Tel. 20S. Let
ua figure on your next order of printing.
Oeorge 8. Cavlo Is here from Lincoln,
Neb-., t attend the Mcrrick-Cavln wed
ding. Save money-" Buy font paint and var
nlshe t B.TWlck s, til 6. Main St. Tel.
A3. Air goodr g.iararvto.
On the ground floor. Morhoue 4 Co ,
frlntera and binders, .are In' their new
ulldlng now. IK Norlh ULn St.
George C. Wright and Agnes K. Watt a,
both of Ooehner. Nab., rf married In
thla city yesterday by Justice Field.
'. The Rny Sewing circle- of Oak Ieat
camp, Royal NcJirhlr of America, will
meet at the Rome of Mr Hhalmon, 114
Ninth avenue, thla afternoon.
'The receipts In the general fund of the
Christian Home at week were lt.-V
betnir 111 Id Vielow the nneila of the wfk
Jind Increasing the deficiency to 82.XOI.&1
n this fund t'j 0t The receipt In the
manager" fund were $M, being $12 below
the need of the week and Increaalng the
deficiency In. this fund to date to a..8U.
While a mail car from Hock laland
train Ne. 8 waa being awltcliel onto a
tdlnat at the transfer denot late Monday
night It waa shunted Into a airing of
freight cara. The force of the common
drove th oara against the platform
amaahjng It and practically wrecking the
scale house wner inn man ara weigneo.
It A It PITS CARKIVAL, 10 TIIK BAD
Few Attend ' Dsrlnf Day aad Galea
Closed at lht.
Jupiter Fluvlus took forcible possession
cf the street, f&l'r and carnival yesterday
to the exclusion of the public The gates
1 were kept open during the afternoon, but
1 with the exception of a few children
1 "'horn the gatekeepers allowed In, there
V. 'i no attendance and the carnival en
ye was about as lively as a cemetery
J"t children huddled together under two
umbrellas occupied the seats In front of
the band atand during the concert by
Covalt's band,' which played the aame as
If to an audience of several thousand peo
pie. The . Pattersuu-Bralncrd people made
ao attempt to open their ahowa and all of
the booths were kept closed.
At a' clock last evening, when it waa
evident that the rain would -continue, the
lights were tdrned out, the gates closed
"Ne.ad the enclosure left In charge of the
ial watcTlpien.
""v'oday la "children's day" at the carnl
Tal, and should' the weather clear up In
time a large attendance of young folks la
' looked for. As the Streets within the en
closure are all paved, they will quickly
dry after, the .rain ceases.
Real Estate Transfers
Those transfer's were reported to The
Bee September 5 by the Title Guaranty As
Trust ua. or. council uiuits.
A. F, Meier and wife to Mary Boh
lander, part of lota II and 14 In
Davia Park addition to Avoca. la..
w. d. tl.7M.00
Jas. P. Chrlstensen and wife to
Mark L. Williams, lots T, 8. t And
10, In block IS, In Wright's addi
tion; lot 8 In block 21 In Omaha ad
dition and lot 4 In block IS In
Ferry addition. Council Bluffs, la.,
w. d. i -
Harry MoClellan and wife to Mary
K. Williams, lot 7 In block 16 In
Stutsman's second addition to
Council Bluffs, la., w, d
Guy C. Bhepard and wife to Anna F..
Hyde, part of lot 14 In block 14 It)
Mill addition to Council Bluffs,
J a. , w. d
Wallace Benjamin and wife to Mary
E. Williams, lot 8 In block U In
Stutsman's second addition to
Council Bluffs. Ia., w. d
R. V. Innes and wife to Otl Car
mlchael. lot 30 In block 12 In
Wright's addition to Council
Bluffs, la., w d
Lottie McDonald and husband to
John Brackin, part se4 sei l-TS-43
w. d .v
J. W. Squire and wife to Lucy A.
Newton, fart of lots I and 1 In
block 1 in Hall's addition and part
of lot 9 In block 8 In Grimes' addt-
83.00
, 25.7$
725.90
25.00
50.00
400.00
tlon to Council BlufTs. la., w. ...
Burke Lane and wife to William
vlaia, . part - se4 neS4 2S-74-40,
1.000.00
2.650.00
Zirn TV Felton and wife to James
Tj Felton,. part of nw' sw and
part nw nitli T-77-41. w. d
HattlwT. Harl and huaband to J. II.
Westcott. part of original plat lot
10 In Council Bluffs. Ia.. w. d
1.00
2.000 00
Frits Bchreve to Mary Schmidt, part
nwVi nw4 7-74-41. w. d 1,300.00
O. P. McKesson and wife to Ellen
F. Clogtonwiart of block 17, Milt
addition taHjounou Blurrs, ia.,
w. d. ..,
Edwin P. Magfll and wife to Wm.
1 1,000.00
J V ILL' V 111 UlliVK
Great Western addition to Mlnden.
4, la., s. w.- d. ...
280.G0
i 'kturfeen transfer, total.
..114.20.75
" Appoals fro as, Ditch Award.
A, X. Searles and Charles MrKeown are
dissatisfied with the amount of damage
allowed, them -for the joint drainage ditches
by the supervisors of Harrison and Fot-
tawattamla eouptlca and yeaterday filed ap
peals In the district court. Searlea was al
lowed 8490 and claims 82.540. while Mc
Keown was allowed 8?0 and 840 an acre for
land taken for the ditch and he claim
8i.ioa
Judge Macy notified Clerk Battey yester
day that on conyenln the September
, term-of district, .court next Monday the
first business, after Impanelling the grand
' jury, wolli bo'ta nake an assignment of
equity caaes. , ' r ,
. . '-; Creditor Keek Whiteside..
", Creditor of E. H. Whiteside, until re
cently la th wallpaper business at Atlantic,
la, are anxloti to discover his where
about. Involuntary bankruptcy preceding
were- Instituted against Whttealda and he
waa' ordered to appear before the referee
for examination. He failed td appear and
It waa learned that he had suddenly left
Atlantic. He waa supposed to have had a
stock estimated at about 87,000 but the
creditor wer only able to And about 81.500
ar stock, v Tha principal asset left behind by
Whiteside Is a pig touring automobile which
Was yesterday "trought .to Council Bluffs
Vy order of the referee In bankruptcy.
. Marriage Licenses.
"Uoenoe to wed were issued yeaterday
to the following:
Nan and Rrsldence. ' Age.
trthur R. Merrick. Kansas Citv. M0.....M
aud K Cavln, .Council Bluffs ..80
Ooorg C. Wright, Qoohner. Neb.,...
Ague E- Walla, 1 Ooehner, Neb
tponoer B. Aatell. Honoy Creek, I
eaa Roel. Gray hill, la
', Oaoar 8. Gill. Council Bluffs
' v-ujua Dohrmann, Council Bluffs.,.
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Plumbing Co. Tel. XQ. Night. F687.
Want Ada Produce Result.
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SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN LINE
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4AH LOCAL AGENTS.
BLUFFS
St. TH..4S.
COUNTY TAX LEVY IS FIXED
Bate ii One-Half a Kill Lss Tbm fu
LTied Last Year.
TOTAL DECREASE FOR CITY IS OVER A MILL
ounty Hoard Discusses th Advisa
bility af nfferlngr a Beaalr far
the Destruction af
Gopher.
The tax levy for 1W5 for county pur
poses was fixed yeaterday by the Board
of County Superviaora at mills, which
Is H mlrl leas than last year. The levy la
divided as follows:
General fund
County poor fund
Hrldge runu
County road fund
Temporary school fund.
County Insane fund
State Insane .
Soldiers' relief fund.'....
Total
.11.580
The county levy for 1904 waa as follows:
M!'1s.
County 4.0OO
I'oor (so
Bridge I.ono
Roaji 1 .00
School 1 0O0
County Insane l.ooo
State Insane 6fi
Soldiers' reiicf 125
Bond and Interest 875
Total 11.750
I'nless the figures are changed when the
board comes to fix the levy for school
purposes the total levy In the city of
Council BlufTs will be 84.2 mills, which will
be 1.05 mills less than last year, when the
totul tax levy In the city was 8S.28 mills.
The tax levy In Council BlufTs will be as
follows:
Mills.
State , 1700
County 8.600
Special health 6a
City 40.009
Park 2 5O0
Schools 28.878
Total 84.109
Last year t mills were levied for the
school house fund, but this year no levy
for thH purpose Is made, therefore making
a reduction of V,i mills In the school levy.
This saving, however, la nearly offset by
the Increase In the city levy of i mills.
The county bridge fund tag, -which this
year is 2 mills, Is not levied within the
city of Council Bluffs, as tbe city makes Its
own levy for bridge purposes. Therefore,
while the total tax levy for county pur
poses throughout the county to l mills,
It Is only 8H mills tn the city.
The state levy this year shows an In
crease of two-tenth of 1 mill, being only
Pk mills last year.
Boaaty fdr Gophers.
While no action waa taken at yesterday's
session, 'the supervisors discussed at some
length the advisability of offering a bounty
for the destruction of gophers. The con
sensus-. of opinion of the members of the
board was that the gophers did more dam
age. to the farmera In one year than the
Wolves do in ten years. At present the
county paya a bounty of $3 for each adult
wolf and W W for each cub. During the
discussion It was stated that very little
attempt was made to kill off the adult
she wolves and that along the river there
appeared to be a thriving Industry In rais
ing cubs for the bounty. The suggestion
was made to cut the wolf bounty in two
and offer a bounty for the gophers. It was
decided, however, not to take any action
until the county attorney, who Is expected
home today, could be consulted.
The poor farm committee reported that
the well sunk at the Institution by Johr
E. Sager had failed to furnish the supply
of water stipulated In the contract and It
waa decided to pay him only $37.70 to com
pensate him for the material he had placed
In the well and give him nothing for his
time and labor.
The board expects to be In session the
entire week.
WANTS PROTECTION FOR BOXES
Waste Paper Reeeptneles Not Kindly
Treated by the People.
The manner In which John C. Small'
Iron wast paper receptacle at the Street
corner have been received by the public
I responsible for an ordinance Introduced
at the monthly meeting of the city coun
cil last night The ordinance In ques
tion Is designated for the protection of these
boxes, several of which have been seriously
damaged by being torn loose from tltelr
fastenings and turned over Into th gutter
and having the content et afire. The
ordinance prohibit the Uttering of streets
and sidewalks with waste paper and re
quires that It be deposited in the recep
tacles which the city council gave per
mission to Mr. Small to Install at the
street corners; also prohlUts the placing
of ashes, garbage, manure or vegetable
refuse In the boaea, and Inflicts a penally
of not exceeding $30 for defacing, Injuring
or overturning the boxes..
It developed that the ordinance had not
emanated from the city attorney's office
but had been presented by Mr. Small him
self, so the aldermen decided to defer
any action on It until the next meeting.
Bids for about M.Coo square feet of ce
ment walks were received as followkj
Rock Island Granitoid ' company. Rock
Island, III., 10.80 cents a square fot cash
and 11 cent for certificate; Nets Jensen,
II cents either cash or certificates; E. A.
Wlckham, 10.S8 cents, either cash or -certificates.
The bids were referred ta the
city engineer for tabulation.
The Indian creek dredge came up for the
uaual round of discussion and contention.
The bills for Its maintenance during August,
during nearly all of which time th. machine
was out of commission, amounted to $619.!
Including the pay of Foreman Brown and
the engineer, amounting to $1140. Alderman
Younkerman objected to the payment of
these two bills for salary and on his motion
they were referred to a special committee
for Investigation. Alderman Gilbert alone
voting kgalnst the motion. The mayor ap
pointed Aldermen Tounkerman, Maloney
and Tlnley as the special committee. ,
Th. special committee In charge of the
dredge was Instructed to ascertain If ar
rangements com Id b made whereby the
machine might be housed for th winter n
the land of a farmer living near the point
where the dredge I now anchored. To bring
the dredge up town Alderman Weaver es
timated would entail a further expenditure
of between 8&00 and 8o0. The city adver
tised' for bids for the purchase of the
dredge to be filed by noon of yeaterday but
City Cler Zurmuehlen reported that none
had been received.
A petition that the width of Avenue E be
tween North Second and Elder streets be
reduced to 4u feet and 8 feet, on each side be
Vacated to the abutting property owners by
the city and an ordinance providing for the
1 aame were referred to the committee of
th whole. A petition from property owner
on Madlaoh avenue between Graham aad
Cappell avenue, ordered paved, that the
width of the atreet be reduced to twenty-alx
feat, a as luld over after AVaermaa Younk-
: Mill.
, 4.000
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2 7M
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erman had voiced a protest against grant- ,
Ing the request.
On the recommendation of the committee
of the whole, the bridge Over Indian creek
on North First ltreet was ordered repaired.
On motion of Alderman Weaver, he and
Alderman Tounkerman were appointed a
special committee to represent the city at
the annual meeting of the low league of
Municipalities to be held at Burlington next
week. Their expanses are to be paid by
the city.
The city attorney was granted further
time to prepare an ordinance regulating
the driving of automobiles within the city
limits.
Aldermen Tounkerman, Gilbert and 01s.n
a ere appointed committee to draft suit
able resolutions on the death of Police
Officer Platner.
The claim of Mis Sadie Stevenson for
personal Injuries received as the result of
a defective sidewalk on Fifth avenue was
ordered settled for 850. ,
MayoC Macrae stated that complaint hnd
been made to him by a numer of business
and professional men about the intensity
of the electric headlights on the motors on
the Omaha line. The blinding Intensity of
the lights, he said, was dangerous to per
sons driving along the streets and to per
sons crossing the streets. He had been
Informed, he aald, that In other cities the.
stret railway companies used a curtain over
these electric headlights while the cars were
traversing the down town streets and If
that waa the rase, he did not see why the
ame could not be used here. At his sug
gestion he was authorised to confer with
The street railway officials regarding the
matter.
The council adjourned to next Monday
night.
Fan era 1 of Charles Platner.
Police Patrol Driver Charles Platner was
burled yesterday afternoon wrth beflttng
honor. Rev.' H. W. Starr, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal church, who conducted
the services, spoke feelingly of the man
ner In which the officer met his death
while In the performance of his duty.
Among the floral offerings, which were
many and elaborate, waa a cross bearing
the motto, "Faithful unto death," from
the members of the police department.
Set pieces were also sent by the Kogles
and the Royal Arcanum lodge, of both of
Which organizations Mr. Platner was a
member. The pallbearer were T. D. Mt
calf and F. C. Hendricks, president and
secretary of the local aerl of Eagles;
Brooks Reed, representing Fidelity coun
cil. Royal Arcanum, nd Police Officers
Callaghan. Wilson and. Green. .Chief of
Police Richmond tn person headed the
detail of police which acted as an esonrt
to Walnut Hill cemetery, where the re.
main were hit erred In the family burial
lot.
Option oa Sit for Baak,
G. R. Baker and J. W. Perry, the repre
sentatives of the National bank of St
Louis, which has decided to start branch
banking house In Conncll Blnffs, have se
cured options on several desirable sites for
a bank building, among the number being
the Stewart building and the Dodge prop
erty a little north of the Stewart building.
Mr. Baker yesterday secured the services
of a local architect to Inspect the Stewart
building for the purpose of forming an
estimate as to the cost of remodelling The
building. Both Mr Baker and Mr. Perry
expressed preference of the Stewart build
ing as the location for the proposed new
bank.
It was -reported that City Treasurer True
Would be connected with the new bank but
this Mr. True, emphatically denied yester
day. He said: "I shall not be Interested
In any manner In the new bank." Messrs.
Baker and Perry stated, however, yester
day that the St. Louis people expected to
have local people Interested In the bank
here.
PROBING
t8t'RACB
COMPANY
'owa Aathorltle Refused Permission
to Sea Book. v
DES MOINES. Ia., Sept. 8. (Special.)
Auditor of State B. F. Carroll and State
Insurance Examiner Wlthlngton had a long
conference yesterday over the Northwest
ern National Life Insurance scandal at
Minneapolis. Mr. Wlthlngton reported that
the officer of the Northwesternhad" re
fused him access to the books of the cor
poration on the plea that Kansas hod just
tied up the records for several weeks and
they could not again be released for the
Iowa examination.
Just what atepa the Iowa authorities will
take to get at the hooks has not been de
veloped, but they undoubtedly will secure
the needed Information or refuse the
Northwestern the right to do business
within the state.
Gt'ARDIAN FOR IOWA MILLIONAIRE
AUeaed to Re of I'ntoond Mind on
Acronnt of Advanced Ave.
GRUNDY CENTER, la.. Sept. 8.-Guard-ians
were appointed today forGeorge Wells,
pioneer clttsen and millionaire land owner,
on petition of his sister. Mary Wells Nel
son, who alleged him to be of unsou.id
mind because of advanced age. Wells being
over eighty-three years old. He Is one of
Iowa's richest men. He owns nearly 14,000
acrea of choice farm landa an Grundy, Em
mett and Kossuth counties, valued at from
8o0 to 8100 per acre. He hai 8200.000 on de
posit In Chicago banks, 8150,000 In Iowa
bank and has other personal property
.worth 85O0.OOO.
u. M. Flnlnyson of Grundy Center, and
Charles Blebenhelmer of Wellsburg.' were
named aa guardians and furnished bonds
In the sum of 81.00Mno. -
Charche t Consolidate. I
FOREST CITY, Ia., Sept. .-(Special. )-
A meeting of much Interest to church
people of the United Lutheran faith was
held In thla city today. Upon recommends
tlon of Rev. P.. G. Ostley, bishop of the
circuit of St. Ansgar, and Rev. T. II. Pahle,
bead of the churqh In America, a conference
of delegates from the churches at Buffalo
Center. Thompson. West Prairie. Linden,
Leland, Ellington, Ellington Prairie and
Forest City ,was held to consider th ad
visability of consolidation. Th meeting
lasted all day and evening. The delegate
frqn Thompson, Buffalo Center, Linden and
West Prairie agreed to consolidate, forming
one strong organisation, and will call a
caiabl man for .pastor. The conference
adjourned before the delegates from the
other four point reached an anderatandtng,
but they will do so speedily.
Rew Church Dedicated.
MONDAMIN. Ia., Sept. 8 "-(Special.) The
Stone Memorial Methodist Episcopal church
was dedicated here Sunday before a large
attendance. In the morning an address wa
delivered by Rev. A. E. Griffith and tn the
evening Rev. J. Owen Smith preached hi
farewell sermon. The church la a large
frame structure of one tory and ha Just
been completed.
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CLEMENCY FOR MURDERERS
Governor Onmmioi U Decide Whether
Dtk PnUj Shall B Inflicted.
RESULT WILL SET PRECEDENT FOR STATE
Maa Wbo Allaht from Train After
Bidding Wife GooA-Bye Falls
I ader the Wheels aad
la Killed.
trrom a Mian vorresponacni. j
DEB MOINES, Sept. 8 (Special.) The
last hearing In the case of liouls Busse was
held thla morning before Governor Cum-
mlns. the lawyers of the defense appearing
with a plea for the commutation of the
death penalty to life Imprisonment, and the
state appearing to defend the action of the
Bremer rouftty Jury In Judging the man I
worthy of death. Bubso was represented I
by B. A. Dawson And D; ' F. Gibson of
Waverly, by Senator Craig and his brother
Frank. The prosecution was represented I
by B. J. Burling of Clarksvllle, and R. 8.
Scales Of Bagley.
While the light waa for the commutation
of the sentence, one of the questions at
Issue will be whether the death penalty
shaft be Imposed In the state of Iowa. It
has been years since a man waa convicted I
and sentenced to be hanged, but two men
now face the gallows In the state and the
decision of the case of Busse will probably
decide both.
Following the argument Governor Cum
mins took the matter under advisement.
deslrlng to make a thorough examination I
of the evidence In the Case before making The ground In places on the Lincoln
a decision that would determine In part at division Is getting rather dry for fall plow
least the future policy of the executive of 'nni ,b"' .""''AT.' ""1. SJlJTJI
and In places the plowing Is completed and
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The nrlmi for which Ttuaaa standa eon- I
victed Is the killing of his wife. As he
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himself claims In a confession made before
his sentence, he hralned his wife with a I
chair, cut her throat with his pocketknlfe.
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saturated her clothing with kerosene and
coverlnr. the bodv with a feather tick, satu-
rated with oil, he set fire to the homo.
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containing a sleeping- child of the woman
in addition to the body of the woman. I
Only the timely arrival of th neighbors
prevented me aeatn 01 tne cnnu ana ine
effacing of all evidence of the crime.
In connection with the Busse case the
fate of Joseph C. Smith, the Buxton miner
who killed his landlady. Mr. Ida Canady,
will be heard next Monday.
Dea Molar Schools Beg-In.
The public sohools of Des Moines and
throughout the state started this morning
for their year's work. It Is estimated that I
the first day's attendanoe In the city schools
of Dc. Molne. alone I. close to 16.0X). About
an eignin 01 me numner are nign acnooi 1
nuhtls. There baa been an nnneeeedented
change In the teacher, of the state through-
uui mo uimurr, me ueing in ino 1
removal of some teachers from the state I
and th. consequent .h.ft.rut of positions.
Th. latest development In the fight of the
saloon and the anti-saloon Interests was the I
publiahlng of the names of the petition sign-
ers In the local prohibition organ this
morning. A Scramble to get name off the
petition followed and a number of men who
claim they had rKt signed the petition wer.
cuuiiuiuru .mil mcir igumur. .
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Haa Aaaea for Carnegie Medal.
Dr. J. A. Wirt. Daator of Str. John's Luth-
eran church of this city Jorwarded the
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newspaper descriptions and a letter recom
mending the awarding of A Carnegie medal
to George Graeser of De Molne. A week
or two ago, Graeser, at one time the star
tackle on the Drake University football
team, stopped a team of runaway horses,
which were plunging down the main street
of the city. Dr. Wirt believe the action
saved a number of lives.
County Bay Steam Heat.
Arrangement have been almost completed
for the heating of the Polk county court
house from the supply of th De Moines
heating company. Since the voter turned
down the proposition to build a heating
plant and a Jail, th board of supervisors
rtlta rtja r.atlno khAiit 4 In- -.. --
haa been casting about for aome means
by which to heat the building and the use
of the heat of the company was the only
way available.
Said Good Bye aad Died.
While descending from the train at Big-
ourney, where he had bade his wife goodbye
wnen sne started on a trip to Portland,
Reese Jones, slipped and fell under the
wheels of the train. His body wa ground
to pieces under tbe wheels of the cars.
The train waa stopped and the hysterical
ife accompanied the remains to the home
fwher the funeral will be held.
Another Carbolic Victim.
The remains of C. M. Smith, probably
of Jefferson, la., were found at a late hour
thla afternoon at his boarding house In
thla city. He met his death by the carbolic
acid route Ht wa seen about the house
Sunday but the exact time of hi taking
the acid and his death are not known.
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
Fall Weather Begin with Cora Ma
turing; Rapidly and ' No
Damae Don.
Weekly bulletin of the Nebraska section
of the climate and crop service of the
weather bureau for tbe week ending Bcp-
irmoer 4, 1905;
The first half of the week was warm.
w-ith maximum temperatures aulla aener-
any exceeding 80 degrees. The last half
. w,ln maximum temperatures be
low 80 degrees. The d.tlv mun .nura
ture averaged for the week less than V de
gree above normal In all axcent the north.
western counties, and there It averaged 1
degrees below normal. Light frost oc
curred In northwestern countle Sundav
and Monday mornings, with but little or
imi injury to crops.
The rainfall of the last week wa. hA,t
counties. In 'a few Instance, the amCunt
w mucn more man one men, but gener
ally It waa les than one-half inch. In
most of the southern counties nn rain rn
Ihe last week wa an excellent on for
rapid progress with haying and threshing.
The ground I getting rather dry for plow
ing In many places, but this work I now
wm aavancea ana in many maces com
pleted. Very little wheat er rye ha been
own. Corn has matured very rapidly and
under favorable conditions. Pasture ar
urying up somewhat.
WEEKLY
CROP
' BIXLETIN
Weather Somewhat Ta Cool for
Proper Maturing of Cora.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Crop condition
ar summarised a follow In th weekly
crop bulletin of the weather bureau:
Temperature favorable for the maturing
of crops prevailed In all districts east of
trie rtiKKV mountain during the week end
ing September 4. except in the northern
portions or th upper Missouri and upper
Mississippi valleys and In northern New
K mound, where It wa somewhat too cool.
Ho tiered light r roe is, causing silent dam
age, occurred In the central and Rocky
mountain district and in th unoer Mis
souri valley during the latter part of the
week. The greater part of Texas, portion
of Kansas and Missouri and the north
ride roMst continue to need rain. Under
highly favorable temperature corn ha
advanced rapidly. Much of th early crop
over the southern portion of the com belt
Is being cut. and cutting will bain In
Iowa I his week. The condition of the crop
continues excellent tnrougnoul tne corn
belt.
Considerable over-ripe spring wheat re
mains uncut on the flooded lowlands In
northern Minnesota and eastern North Da
kota aad moist ur ha Injured grata la
the shock In portions of South Dakota and
lowa.
Threshing is generally well advanced, nut
Was Interrupted bv rains about the middle
of the week. On the North raclflc coast
h!rh winds caused Iniirv to standing
grain In Washington, but otherwise the
wesither was r:voralle for harvesting ana
threshing. While a slight Improvement in
the condition of cotton In northeastern
Texas and In portions of the central col-
ton states is shown, the reports s a wnoie
Indicate deterioration In the average con
dition of the crop as compared with the
frevloHs week. Kust ana sneuumg con
Inue unite generiil, but inlury from boll
aeevll In Texas Is somewhat diminished.
Cotton has opened rapidly throughout the
Belt and the weatner lias neen lavoraoie
for picking, which has been generally act
ive In portions of Louisiana and Georgia.
A poor apple crop Is indicated in all the
arnle-produclng slates.
very rew favoranie reports respecting
potatoes are received and the general out
look is for an Indifferent rron.
Tn Texas and portions of Kansas and
Nebraska the soil is too dry for plowing,
but elsewhere this work has made excellent
progress.
fi nnn wpiTiira vft-rnvn xrnn rmtM
rro Most Knronrnalna. hnt Still
Wants Favorable Conditions,
if Nebraska Is to reach the coveted
800.000.000 bushel mark for corn this year
the weather for the first part of this
month will have to come along according
to order. Is the assertion of crop experts.
While the splendid corn weather of. July
and August offset the late planting and
wet spring and brought the crop ' up to
standard, still there are sections. . It
reported, which require .'considerable goofl
weather to take the corn, out of the dan
ger zone.
The sand hills section of the country
will send down a corn crop that will
surprise the natives If the weather will
only hold out for that sectldn. The rain
has come at the required time and whore
formerly farmers were satisfied with fif
teen bushels to the acre, they will get
forty nnd forty-five this fall.
The Burlington statement Is very encour
aging for the last week. The soil and
crop report of that road shows that condl-
Hons are right for a big crop. It says
seeding win DPKin verv soon tr tne weatner
Is favorable..
!m5,fr.,K , t
Ion the Wymore division as on the Lincoln
division. One or two more ltaht raina
would be helpful and If thev should Come
P'J?;'n twi1,1 .",(?" b! "nl.J,.e,d ."J"1 '"lln"
begun. Indications are that the acreage
H be greater than last year,
On the McCook division, as usual, the
! K 18 'J? .VT0 ,7
ern divisions. There Is more of the small
grain crop that has not been threshed on
mat division. There la no complaint, how'
He.r- that the eround Is too dry to cultl
CORN.
Lincoln Division Indications for .corn
continue to be uniformly good. It la estl-
mated that by the middle of this Dreaent
month one-half of the corn will be out of
danger from frost and that aome of the
other half will require until the end of the
montn. frospects ror a very heavy crop
and excellent quality of corn continue to
be verv flattering.
wymore Division Prospects for corn ara
equally a good on the Wymore as on the
Lincoln division. There la considerable
cor.n .n thl" division at this time that I
T "be ' mflged V hard f rwSi: It I.
stated mat between ttalem and IyincoTn
some of the late corn would suffer In case
that to make anything of 'I crop' must
grow curing mis present month. We can
not reasonably erpect much from that
rlr'.lt'i
make verv much at bent.
tn 1 ";"rr. TV rr h.r".n"
McCook than either of the two eastern dl-
I '"loll5' as n'ch o.f the corn Is said to be
w "V V ,1 "", " '
I corn In the district that would not be dam-
t any time before the 10th or 12tU of
oJ&ui lZuXy 'reported good
1 m all parts or me district. ..
I Pastures and Meadows The third crop of
I .ifaifa ia being cut and is. good. Pastures
I are reoorted generally In excellent oondl-
tlonv although there has not been very
I much rain on the two eastern division
since the 24th of August, and none on the
McCook division for a somewhat longer
period.
eugar neeis inis crop is coming to ma
turity tn rood share and previous favor
able reports will hold good.
UNCLE JOE WILL HUSK CORN
Speaker Cannon Refuses ta Talk
Politic Because Thl I
Harvest Time.
Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the na
tional house of representatives, passed
through the city enroute west and north
Tuflta morning. He was met at
I "
the
Union station by a number of friends and
regretted that his trip was a hurried one,
not permitting htm to spend at least a
day in Omaha. He said:
'I am merely going out to husk a little
corn and practice up on 'a round-un of a
few cattle. I understand this Is the banner
year in the west and while I don't doubt
it, I want to ee for myself, so I'jl have
aomethlng to talk about when I get back,
1 won't talk a word of politics, as this Is
harvest time."
Pressed as to some expression regarding
.v,. ,, a enlevement hf Prli1nt DnA...
velt In bringing about peace between
Rusela and Japan, "Uncle Joe" stated
that he had not seen the draft of the
treaty but that he waa satisfied, "if they
are." He wa glad peace had been brought
about, and particularly ao that It had been
accomplished through American influences,
Colle and DlarrnoeaA itemed? that
la Prompt and Pleasant.
The prompt results produced by Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
together with Its pleasant taste have won
tor It a place In many households. Mr. W.
T. Taylor, a merchant of Wlnslow, Ala.,
writes: "I have used Chamberlain' Colic,
Cnoler and Diarrhoea Remedy myself and
lso with men on my place for diarrhoea
and colic and it always gives relief
promptly and pleasantly."
New Chinese Minister to France.
PARIS, Sept. -S.-"-Llou She Shun, first
secretary of the Chinese legation .here,
succeeds Soueng Pao K'l as Chinese min
ister to France. ' '
Condition of Hungarian Crops
BUDAPEST. Sept. 5. Th Hungarian
minister of sericulture. In hla vearlv estl-
I ..... -. .... 1 a . !.., it, .v. .
ld bout the "me " ,'t ""'
Rye I at least 10 per cent lower In con-
Is better than foreign
Champa g-nes, but costs only
half the price as It U American '
rria4e and there is no duty
or ship freight to pay. Grand
Prize, Su Loub Worlds Fair.
SERVED EVER WHERE
AMERICAN Wle CO. ST. LOUIS
sequence of the poorer Russian harvest.
Barley I somewhat lee and oats constd-
efahlv lighter. The maixe crop will ba
arger owing to the great American har
vest, which more than makes up for the I
Urge deficiencies In .urope.
CONGRESSMEN VISIT BERLIN
High Trlhate ta President's
Work for Peace.
BERLIN. Sept. b. Emperor William re
ceived Congressmen IJttlefield of Maine,
Bartholdt of Missouri, Waldo of New York,
McNarry of Massachusetts. Norrls of Ne-
braska and Barchfleld of New York today. I
The emperor sent court carriages for them I
and they were assigned to positions next to I
the Imperial suite at the autumn recview I
of the Potsdam and Berlin garrisons at I
Tempelhof field. Secretary Dodge of the
American embassy and a representative of I
the Foreign office accompanied them. At I
the emperor's suggestion Mrs. Waldo, Mrs. I
Bartholdt, Mrs. McNarry and Mlsa Barch- I
field rode In carriages next to their hus- I
bands, but not In the court equipages. I
The congressmen, who have been attend- I
fng the meeting of the International Par- I
llamentary anion at Brussels, were driven I
after' the parade In the train of the em- I
press through street lined by crowds to I
th .palace.: The emperor marched over I
the same route at the head of a regiment. I
When the emperor entered the hall tna I
party ' awaited hlra. He spoke to Mr.
Dodge and said:
Introduce m to these gentlemen."
His majesty talked with each member of I
the party and to the congressmen collect
ively. To Mr, Barchfleld, who is about six
feet six Inches In height he said:
If you wer. a German 1 would have
you In my guard."
A variety of subjects were touched upon I
during the audience and the emperor I
earnestly Complimented his viators on I
President Roosevelt's peace work, referring I
to It as much as h. did to Congressman I
William Alden Smith of Michigan on Sat-
urday. Someone spoke of traveling In I
Germany and said he thought the German I
railroads shook more than the American. I
"Perhap o," ald the emperor. "That j
Is because we cannot afford to have the I
ties so close together."
Mr. Bartholdt as chairman of the Amerl- I
can delegate to the Brussels convention I
said to th emperor that th congressmen I
regarded the audience a a compliment to 1
the United State, and not a. a per.onal
one to them.
His majesty In parting with the American
visitor ald he hoped they wouw not ran
to give hi best wishes to th president.
The Lokat Anseiger describe Hrnperor
William and the. congressmen as Joking to-
srether.
You are from the state or cycloneT"
aid the emperor to Mr. Littlefleld.
Oh no, your majesty, they come from
Mr. Norrls' atate. Nebraska," ald Mr.
Littlefleld.
Nebraska," said Mr. Norrls energetically.
"has the most fruitful Soil in the world and
the loveliest climate.'
The emperor talking seriously alluded to
th situation of the world fotlowlng the
Rue so-Japa nee war. He said he had ob
served with satisfaction that the "United
State waa building up it navy,
AMERICANS WED IN LONDON
Marshall Field and Mrs. Arthar Cataa j
Ara Married at at. Mar
araret'a Church.
LONDON, Bept. 6. Marshall Field and
Mr. Arthur Caton of Chicago were nnlted
, 1 . . AA Ana. . a UariMMt'l
church. Westminster. Canon Herbert
Hensley-Henson of St. Paul' cathedral,
assisted by the Rev. Samuel Klrshbaum of
St. Margaret', performed the ceremony,
The church was closed to the general
public and only, a small Congregation com
posed Of Immediate relatives of the couple
arid Ambassador and Miss Whltelaw Reld
and the staff of the American embassy wit
nessed th ceremony,
Th groom who w upported by hi on,
Marshall Field, Jr., arrived at the church
promptly at noon and was followed lm
mediately by the bride. She was accom
panied by Augustus Eddy and wore a very
' J
handsome costume of gray chiffon trimmed
with point lace and a large picture hat
r
with ostrich feathers. With the exception
of two immense bouquet of lllle on either
lde of the altar, the church wa not dec
orated. After the simple ceremony of the
church of England, the bridal party re-
tired to the vestry, where the signing of
the register was witnessed by Ambassador
Reld, Secretary Carter of the embassy,
Augustus Eddy and Marshall Field, jr.
There Mr. and Mr. Field received the
congratulation f their relative and
friends. On leaving the church the party
proceeded to Clarldge's, wher tha wed
ding breakfast wa served. Those present
were: Mr. and . Mr. Whltelaw Reld,
Rldgely Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Field, Jr., Mrs. Beaty, Mr. and Mrs. Au-
lUT' -,Edd; atHn" BprnC"
Eddy. Helen Birch. Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Field, Mr. and Mrs. Dlbblee and Mr. and
Mrs. Crossley.
Mr. and Mrs. Field will spend a short
honeymoon In Europe, returning to Amer
ica In a month's time.
LAWYERS WOULD SAVE MAILS
Desire that Steamer. Carrying- Letters
Should Be Free from Slesnre
During; War.
CHRldflANIA..' Norway, Sept. 6-Th
International Law association, now In ses
sion her, today unanimously approved of
cabling to President Roosevelt thanking
him for his good office In promoting peace
and for hi continued endeavor In helping
forward a happy conclusion of the treaty.
The dispatch concludes:
Wa vratefiillv congratulate vou and tha
&,7c?7-
Th conference also adopted a resolution
to the effect that, In the opinion of the as
sociation, the time ha come for protect
ing the mail steamers from selsure by
belligerents and that an International
agreement should be reached with this ob
ject, making the Shipment and carriage of
contraband by such vessels a punishable
offense.
Toroaado la South Sea.
AGANA, Island of Guam, Sept (.The
Island of Salpan, Maria nns Islunds, wa
badly aamagea ny a tornado, August zl.
The United State supply steamer Supply
and the German gunboat Moew have been
dispatched to the assistance of th sufferers.
Many building were destroyed and the
grove wer badly Injured. Two year
must elapse before the island ran recover.
There wa no lost of life.
Tenesnela table Closed.
CARACAS, Vunexuela, Eept. 8. Pursuant
to th judgment dlsso'vlng the contract of
th French Cabl company, a presidential
decree today closed the coast and overland
offices Of the company, which remain ' In
Charge of the La Ouayra office, for dis
patches relating to foreign buslnesa. Presi
dent Castro ha gone to Lo Tequea.
Th Straasjest Tulngr
that could happen would b a case of
constipation that Dr. King's New Life
Pill wouldn't cur. Guaranteed; S5c. For
sal by Sherman MeConnell Drug Co.
Bulldlac Permits.
The city ha Issued permit to William
Anderson for a ll.&oO frame dwelling at
forty-ninth and Poppletun avenue and to
B Benjamin for a 83. and frame dwelling
at lema aaa rtero atresia.
rniT rnn rnniT Dill DA III
JU 11 1 VlV II UULLi ItmLlWilV
Actil IfODght ij Utah Via for Control
ftf TTn;nn Parifin.
WOULD PUT HARRIMAN OUT OF BUSINESS
Administrator of I.ate Governor
Harare's F.atate W ants All First
Mortgaae anal Government
wbaldy Honda,
John A. Kuykendall of Salt Lake City
has brought suit In the United States court
for the district of I" tab against the Union
I'aclfio Railroad company as administrator,
with will annexed, of the estate of the late
Governor Charles T. Durke of Utah for
all of the first mortgage bonds and the
government subsidy bonds of the Union
Pacific railway, amounting la the aggre-
gate to fcW.OUO.000.
Attorney D. W. Wood of Salt Lake City
and Washington, D. C, Was In Omaha Tues-
day to secure the depositions of Count
John A. Crelghton and ex-Oorarnor James
B. Boyd In the case. These depositions
were taken before United State Commit.
aloner Anderson Tuesday morning. The
deposition were very brief, disclaiming all
knowledge of the case whatever.
How It Came A boat.
The suit Is a peculiar one at the beat. It
Is understood that the allegation of the
petition are that Governor lyurke died at
th. Coxxen hotel In Omntia- January 14.
ito, and-that John A. Kuykendall was p-
pointed administrator of hi estate. It I
further alleged thut Governor Durkee had
become by some means possessed of the
bonds In question prior to 1S70 and that he
held them In trust. In hts will he made
some disposition of the trust, but just what
that disposition was does not appear In
the proceedings Instituted at this end of
th. controversy.
Th. Interests of the Union Pacific, are
being looked after by W. R. Kelly, general
solicitor of the company. Many of the
certified bonds were Introduoed In evidence.
but objection to them was made by Mr.
Kelly on the basis of Irrelevancy. Nothing
further will be undertaken ln the case
here at present, th purpose of Attor-
pey Wood's visit was merely to secure th
deposition of Governor Boyd and Count
Crelghton.
OMAHA THE PLACE TO INVEST
Nefcraaka'e Metropolis Offer. Creater
Advantage ta Men with Money
Than Pacific Coast Cities.
C. F. Harrison haa just returned from a
two months' stay on the Paciflo coast,
where he visited the cltle of Seattle, Port
land, Tacoma and Los Angele. After an
Investigation of th condition existing
there be I more firmly persuaded' than
ever that Omaha Is the best place for In
vestment knowa to him.
"I talked with many real estate men
I and nVetora In Portland. Twnmi and
gctti., eBpclally the latter city, and I
find that real estate In Omaha Is dirt
cheap, considering the prospect which
thl city ha In comparison- with the.
western ones. They ara hound to grow, of
course, and so 1 Omaha growing at an
enormous rate. Why should real estate
values In Seattle be twice those in Omaha T
I met In Seattle Rufu H. Smith, an In
vestor who spent some time tn Omaha
some years back. He said to me: If t
were not tied up so tightly here 1 would
go to Omaha and Invest money there. Bet
ter opportunities ar offered there. Prop-
I ' r '
a few year, on account ef the develop
ment of tha city, will be worth twin a
much.' "
Mr. Harrison Inquired Into the electric
light and power. rate charged, at Tacoma,
and Seattle. In the latter city there 1 a
municipal light and power plant which
compete with two private concern.
Power Is furnished to consumers hy th
city and by the companies a well a low
ZVt cent per kilowatt hour. It ta said
that 8 cent Is .the lowest rate at which It
Is furnished In Omaha and that the usual
price Is about 8 cents. Mr. Youngs, man-
I w Mtmlnln.1 nla.l .-
I ' ' . y , . 7 .Z
n aro light ought to 1 furni.h for 8.
I A r TaeAms a r-nArrl t n ar fa Hf UgrgAn
I " ; , " , , 1. .
" """ ' " "
wn,l;n '"",m " ""-
Petiu7 11 P"" CM1, J
nour lor - "r
eigm or - - - ....... r.
Harrison '"V Information as to
1 th coat of distribution by the city.
BOGUS POLICEMAN FAILS
Man Who Trie to Impersonate dice
Strike Wrong Victim aad
Land la Jail,
James Burn did not make a signal aue-
ces of his attempt to Impersonate ah f '
An., Vf nrli. w m f t am mn wKM h ilAnnvt
John Hauschlld of McArdl. pr.dtvct on th
tM fhA ...
street and told the countryman le waa
wanted at Kanaaa City for a serious crime.
Detective Ferris and Dunn happened along
about the time, noticed Bums' action and
took the man to Jail. In police court Tues
day morning Burns wa sentenced thirty
day.
According to the testimony of Ha-uschlld
In court. Burns stopped him at Fifteenth
treet and Capitol avenue and showed
what purported to be a picture and 4e
cription of Hauschlld, whom, he told,
could straighten the matter then and thera
In dollar and cent,, els b. taken to a.
dark, dark dungeon, where vhe bill of far.
I not Inviting and wher rats have nightly
revet through the wall.
Hauschlld Asked Burns for his star or
credentials, which Burna said he had, but
would not show.
Burn I well known to th police.
PLANS ARE DELAYED
Two Day Moat Elapse Before Action
of Sultaa of Morocco I
Known.
PARIS, Sept. 8. The Foreign, office say
that although the French . ultimatum to
Morocco expire tonlgfit at midnight, prob
ably two days will elapse before word I
received overland from Fe concerning
the results of the measure for th en
forcement of France' demand, which will
be announced Immediately.
It I known that th sultan has not
acceded to the demands. The offlciHl
here say that the panlo existing at Tan
gier following the warfare between the
follower of Ralsull and th other tribe.
men demonstrate that Tangier la not a
fit plare to hold the international confer
ence. Russian Co to California.
LOS ANGELES. Cat.. Rent 8 -TV.
runoho Uuadaloupe, Comprising 13.000 aero.
of tillable ll and wooded lands In lower
California, has been sold to 14 Russian
families through a I,oa Angeles agency
The emigrant propose to establish on
their purchase tit a Russian colony for
the raising of slock and grains and th
milling of cereals. Water is to be de
veloped at considerable cost and a town
laid out.
Accused of Stealing Tickets.
TOPEKA. Kas.. Sent. 8. Officials cf th.
Atchison, Toprka At Santa Fe r&ilwav hava
discovered what appear t. be a systematic
men 01 runway iicaeis being practiced by
telegraph operators acting as ticket agent
on that road In Colorado. Several thou
sand dollar. It Is alleicd. have been lost'
tiy tne ranroaa in tne past lew months from
th thefts, which aeem to be on the In
crease. Two operator are said to hav
bee a arrest &
