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Tliti OMAHA DAILY BEK: TUESDAY, FEBKUAKY 13. 1!06. NEWS. OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office, 10 Pearl MIOR, JIKJTIOV , Davis sella drugs.. . :, . . "Jtorkert sell carpets. Plumbing and healing, Blxby A Hon. . Bra, Woodbury, dentiats. 30 Peart street. ''. :-Woodring-Schmidt, undertakers. Tel. 83. , t,ffert's Improved tiwlc lenses give satis faction. .'Midwinter term ' Western Iowa college now open. ...Knroll now. frew spring designs In wallpaper at Bor-wk-k'a, XII Mouth Main. The. ly' ceitinf'll ' will meet tn adjourned regular session this evening.' Red hearts for valentine favora; place cards and decorations. Alexander's. .Excelsior Masonic lodge will meet in regular communication this evening. -Results our pctHltyt- Kcllps Collection . Agency.'orrnv'a 103 Pearl t. I'tiona 14. 1. For sale, Rtudehakcr. Ice wagon, used five tliontha. Brtdensteln ftmlth. Co. Bluffa. ' J. .D. Johnson left yesterday for Grlnnell, la..' to attend the,, fuftcrgl pf hia brother, tlsorge. D. Johnson. '.' jTur model' shoe, shop' does better work and at' one-third, less price. Our machine jloea thn work, of twenty men. Sargent'. . The C. M. I... club will be entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mr. George Deu-pre-. at her home. 1x24 Fifth avenue. " The annual meeting of the Council Bluffa "ierr and Gam. Protective association will twf held this evening at the county court . bruise., .'!.',.;, ' Ikh' nl u. . n..l.,. ,.f . ., .1 1,1. l.dfllps of the Maccabees, will be held this ufUrnAnn In Mart..),.. . hnll .1 I'nluil. llroadway. !. Kngllah.decorated porcelain Jugs now m sal., four aiaea. 25c. 35c. 45c, HOc. Neat mid last)' decoration. Call and sec them. V. A JLf -.... fl,!.... a..- Maaii 'oaRT 'dry cordwood. t a cord: xhcllhark hickory. 17: Arkanana anthracite. fc.60 per ton" tea than hard coal. Win. Welsh. 1C North Main Bt. Tel. 12S. A rfiarrlelre,' license vhi Issued yesterday to (ieorge K. Ankele, aged 21, and Ida M. Campbell, aged 18, both of Omolm. Jus tice FleM performed the marriage cere molt.' t . ' Monarch -malleable iron range, haa pol- . (she'd top and body, requires no blacking tir' ena.mi l, and la absolutely Indestructible. All alien and atylca now on sale. Keller A. Jirhs worth. Camp No."- 7151.1 Modern Woodmen of America, will entertain its niemlera and ill. i u n. win TMti mill l li inriniirin aim . . . . I - . .. -. "7.:: will tie a. drill by thn degree staff. Ari overheated slovenlne aave the fire de- avenue and Nineteenth street, the only damage was a small hole burned In the "VP. , - James-Moran.ta,. stranger, who said his I home was .In Chl.-ago fell from a moving ' motor car on Broadway near Tenth street last, night and yn more or leas badly ahaken up and .bruised. Aa he appealed ,lo b under the influence of liquor the pollen took him to the city Jail. ' Mrs. TGmma Sehroeder. wire of Frederick tSchrooder, died at a late hour Sunday night at her residence 31 North . Miln street, aged 5.V years. Bexlriea her husband one son and two adopted ' daughters survive herv. The body was taken to Plattsmouth, -Nh.. venterti A v titr tiurinl A car' on rhe Northwestern rAllrnnd enn- , talntng .fourteen head of horses and two . head of .mules, consigned from Onawa, la., 10 Mnsea Mnrka of thia oitv. horned on and the. stock .was all, k'HU-d Sunday night at Mondamin., Thn car Is thought to have caught fire from the locomotive. rC.' C. Clifton left yeaterday for Chicago . to attend a meeting of the Methodlat board of church Inaurance. of which he waa ap Iiointed a member at the general confer nc held at Angeles last May. While ' Tn. Chicago Mr. Clifton will call on Mr. Mc f.'ormlek with a view of trying to interest him in the Young Men's Christian associa- -Jion i project . here. M.' V. Battey, clerk of the district rrourt, .want to Avoca yeaterday. as J. M. Tol- ' Alogflr.1 jleputv- there, la seriously ill and J tnreateneil wltli appendicitis. Roy Hard- ui-jiw y in inr i.-vuncii mo ue omce, 4aalar-rt the stcK list and Deputy Tracy Rodwell waa left single handed yesterday to attend to. the buainess of the district court" and the office. . Oeorgw Hill,- who stole two overcoats from the Metropolitan hotel Saturday and pawned them, waived a preliminary hear ing In v police court yesterday morning and waa bound over to the grand Jury. In de fault of bail placed at $400 he was com mitted to the county Jail. Hill, who is a stranger here, says he. is from Ios An geles, Cal.. and a waiter. ' -'Thei. monthly session of the Board of ' Public .Ubrary. trustees last night was about, the. shortest on record for thia board. Twenty minutes- HiifnVed to transact the business before fhe board and the usual flow of oratory was conspicuous by its absence. , A committee was appointed to check' over the old hooks and burn such aa iM worn and not tn demand and replace with' new volumes such as are still called for. A .committee, was also appointed to secure a fire extinguisher for the library . tftllldlng. ' t f -- ' ' '' . i " . For iala. t Babbitt Place lots, graded, S0. Highland Place lots, $150. Broadway Place lota. $2M. fJ4.arge'oien avenue lot, $l,R0O. Fifth avenue lot, f l.goo. Dwellings,' $500 to $7,000. 1 Inaurance written. ; 'Cparle Officer, l Broadway, Council Bluffs. Ignlto Burnera omiplete,i each $1.26. Self lighting mantle, burner and opal globe for sale by W. A.; Maurer China Store. Senior Class Orgaalsra. After-a. close and exciting conteat, the nenlor' tlHK o. th high achool organised yeaterday' afternoim by electing these offi cers: '.PffHldetit, Mark Dobaon: vice president.- tlefctn Klicklnger: secretary. Helen Walkeot troaaurer, Roger Coker: aergeant-at-arnvt-j Dtmrnock. The other candl datea wtej-' por. president. Kmmet Haw kins; vice pivaldentt . Leone IMerce; secre tary, MltuC -Sedgwick: treasurer. Will Byers; scrgieahUat-arnia, Percy Battey. vimoiT . S00TKIKG a bee Mad by KllUoaa f I efclMran wbiM TetUUn foe I II amiihni In ahlid, aortaaa tb gnnii, allan an via. etuis wta auiia, aa4 la lae - i lmelv for dlAirfetB. I thutwiti riXTi a aamt. SKK THE Dl FKEKKNCK? $1.00 Kodol ...... ,..t TSc It 00 iJttllozone. u 79c tl.oo Hoack'f Sarsaparllla 7uc $1 .00 itardoiVa Mall Whiskey iCmia- iliain a. 7r U Duff"s Malt Whiskey....: 7"c $1.0)1 Uebe'g's Beef, Wine and Iron Me V Chester's flenuine Pennyroyal Pills. $1 .00 l. l Orange Blossom 7o U.09 BUM Native Herb Tablets To :iv Ienver Mud. , :15c Tc D-nver Mud ftOc Tc Mennen's Talcum Powder 15o lie. 4711 White Rose Ulyccrtn Soap 12c Juveuile 8op.'... Irte ;: Cutlf-ura Soap....' 2oc rrnc Socleta-Hygonhiue Soap -JSc lot; ptrer'n Aiurae. Hatchet, oc Soc .tn.' Bliinola Outfit (brushes and past .. 26c 1 dnx. :t-grain Quinine Capaulea pic I dns. 2-gvaln HJulnlno Capsules 7c t V. &-grain Quinine Capaulea I."- Il.co fll4W' Syrup Hypopliosphat.. $1.19 T von pav full prieea for these good .' ' VF' DKLtVER ANT PLACM IN CITT cut i CPUArcrD'C dkuo VxiCK oUnALiLilO STORES ' ' hi.' f. YATKB. rroprlater. Corner F'.th avenue and Main street. Council Bluffs, la. 'Phone 331. Corner Sixteenth and Chicago Sts . Omaha. Twenty-fourth and N His., ftniilh l?nl:a. LEWIS CUTLER ,x , , MORTICIAN Jt tun 5t. Plumes, Res. 63. Office 97 i-jot iieaaaat ,. es:r; 's H SYEUP Kotaert for taalr ( r rtrt Toua. t BLUFFS St. Tel. 43. ENJOINS WATER ORDINANCE Ovid Vien Secures Temporary Restraining Order from Judge Tkoriell. ALLEGES COLLUSION WITH COMPANY Alan liaraea Council Ha Not guffl rlent Information Regarding the Matter on Which to Bnae Intelligent Action. That the city council would be involved in more or less litigation before the water works question was dlspoaed of has been the general opinion, and It Is now a fact. Yesterday Ovlde Vien, a former Justice of the peace, and at present In business as a chattel loan broker, through Attorney A. W. Askwlth, secured from Judge Thorn!l nf the district court a temporary order re straining Mayor Macrae and the eight members of the city council from passing the proposed water rate ordinance or enter ing Into a contract with the water works company. A bond of $6' waa furnished by Vien and the court set the hearing on the application for the Injunction at any time after five days notice from either stile. In his petition Vien sets forth that he is a consumer of water furnished by the Council Bluffs Water Works company and that the defendants comprise the city council and that their terms of office expire in April next, "at which time they will further cease to occupy ajch offices as representatives of the citizens and tux paycrs of the city of Council Bluffs. " Having thus prophesied that there will be a change in the city administration this Spring. Vien makes a number of allega tions, one of which la' to the effect that the ordinance fixing the water rates wus prepared by collusion of a majority of the city council and the water works company. Another allegation made by Vien la that ordinance is Illegal and In direct contravention of the statutes In that it gives to the water company the right w" ,. "y r,y rcceu lo me city. There are numerous other allegations in the petition but they merely charge in olhr ian(tUBgft ,llat the proposed ordinance la illegal and the result of a conspiracy between the city council and the water works company. One clause calls attention to the fact that the franchise of the water works company haa expired and contends that the city council should not lie permitted to fix the rates until It Is possessed of Informa tion on which to base intelligent action. Surprise for Some. The notice of the temporary rest raining order waa served on Mayor Macrae and the councilmen when they assembled last evening at the city hall to meet In com mittee of the whole. Some of the council men had heard about the suit while to othera It came as a surprise. The order of the court as served read as follows: Restraining you from In any manner pass ing or taking any action on the ordinance now pending before you as mayor and members of the city council of Council Bluffs by which it Is sought to grant to the Council Bluff City Waterworks com pany the franchise and right to maintain and operate a waterworks- plant in said city and from In any manner contracting with said water company with relation thereto or from "fixing any rate to be charged the consumera of water In aald city furnished by said water company. The meeting of the committee of the whole hud been called for the purpose of considering the proposed water rates or dinance, but In the face of the restrain ing order the councilmen abstained from doing anything except discuss the injunc tion suit and the parties who brought it and to Instruct the city solicitor to at once take steps to have the case brought to as speedy a hearing as possible In the district court. About all that Mayor Macrae and the councilmen were willing to say about the injunction last night was that they con sidered it moat Inopportune and somewhat premature, considering that the ordinance was still under consideration and the city council had not yet taken any definite action concerning It. The councilmen were optimistic enough to state they believed the court would dissolve the restraining order when the case was heard. Some of the councilmen were Inclined to the belief that the suit had been brought by Vien and Askwlth for political effect. Las Vien la said to be a candidate for the republican nomination for city auditor and Aakwlth la said to have ambitions to be city attorney. Manuger Hart of the waterworks com pany was outspoken In his opinion of the suit. He said It waa moat unfortunate, as it would necessarily delay matters and he failed to see the reason for such proceed ings at this time when nothing definite had been decided upon by the city council. Mr. Hurt was also of the opinion that the suit was brought for political effect. Pastors to Aid V, M. I . A. At the nieetlna of the Council Bluffa Paators' association yesterday, it whs de cided to designate Sunday, February 2R. aa Young Men's Chrixttan association Sun day and on the morning of that day every member of the association will make the Young Men's Christian association project the subtect of his address to his congrega tion In the afternoon of the same day a mass meeting will tie held, probably nt the Broadway Methodist church, it having the largest auditorium. The association also took up the matter of assisting the Associated Charities' creche through the various fraternal and benevo lent organisations of the city. Committees were appointed to bring the matter to the attention of the different fraternal orders. Two of the fraternal orders have alreudy pledgud hundsome donations and this gives the ministers much encouragement In bringing the mutter before the other orders. nap Plauw Bargain for Tomorrow. Partlee leaving the city. Left on sale, j Original price tio. Will sell on easy pay- menu. $lhi. See at the big piano house, i Schmoller Mueller Piano company. 50! I Broadway. Council Bluffs. Ia. Special bargains for Ihls week. Kifteen I lots on the iiui.'iha car line, west of the car harm, for K each on easy monthly payment. Abstract and perfect title. This la your opportunity to procure a good bargain. See Wallace Ben.amlu. room 1, First National Bai.k building. 1 write lire inaurance. Phone 2u3. Two lajnred In Rnaawa. Di ll Williams and Ray Bunhaiu, in I partnership in the paliitiug and paper I bunging business, were mote o- loss aerl uuaiy injured in a runaway accident on North Seventh street yesterduy morning. Tr.ey wer driving In a buggy on Broadway, when the horec took fright and dashed north on Seventh street. At the corner of mill street the horse turned towards the curb which the buggv airuck with tremend ous force. Willlama waa thrown some distance, landing oo hia bead, and was ! rendered unconscious. Bonham waa also I thrown out. but escaped with a shaking up j and a few painful bruises. The buggy waa smashed to kindling wood. Williams waa ' taken to a neighboring house, where he whs attended to by Dr. Homhach. and when he recovered consciousness' was removed to his home on South Blxth street. His Injuries while painful are not thought to b serious. POSTOKI'ICR AT ltt!HFRIK HORHF.I) Safe la Taken Two Hundred tarda from Building and Wrecked. Word was received by the police yester day morning that safe blowers got in their w-ork Sunday night at the poatofflce in Dumfries. Pottawattamie county. The robbery was not discovered until yesterday morning when Postmaster V. A. Sewing went to open the office. J'he safe was not In its accustomed place and a search re vealed It about. 2W yards from the building. In the ditch by the roadside. It had been blown open and $:I5 In stamps and & In cash taken by the thieves. The aafe was practically blown to pieces, showing that a strong charge of some explosive had lieen lined. Postmaster Sewing alau conducts a store In conjunction with the postofflce. Satur day afternoon two respectably dreased men drove up to the store and purchased 6' cents worth of chewing tobacco. One of them tendered a tin bill In payment and then, as If he had made a mistake, offered a 1 and asked Sewing if he would take the price of the tobacco out of It Instead of the J10. This would not have aroused Sewing's suspicion had he not learned later that the two nun drove to Mlneola and went through the same performance at the postofflce and etofe there. Mr. Sewing is now of the opinion that the men merely came to his place to get the lay of the land -and probably went to Mlneola for the same purpose. Matter In District t'uurt. The sealed verdict returned Saturday evening by the district court Jury before which was tried the combined damuge nulls of W. H. Beck and Mrs. Kiimia Ballon ugalnst the street railway company, on being opened yesterday by Judge Thornell was found to be for the defendant company. Beck sued for $r.0i and Mrs. Ballou for $3.00(1 damages alleged to have been aus tained by reason of the street railway corn- takes exception to the instructions of the court and In the event of a new trial being denied will take the case to the supreme court. The trial of the suit of Henry C. Dreyer against the street railway company for $3.0u damages alleged to have been sustained by the flooding of plaintiff's land, caused by a ditch and dam constructed by the defendant hcompany on the east side of Luke Manawa, was begun yesterday afternoon. . . David Bradley & Co.. wholesale agricul tural implement dealers of this city, have begun suit In the district court against A. Ferrer, a Junk dealer of Omaha, to recover $800 'Tor receiving and appropriat ing to his own use parts of machinery be longing to plaintiff, knowing same to have been stolen." The suit Is the outcome of the numerous thefts of brass fittings from threshing and other machines belonging to the firm, and for which Harry Baker and Robert Vromun are now In the county Jail awaiting the action of the grand Jury. Baker and Vroman are alleged to have dls posed of the stolen brass to Ferrer. Mrs. Stella Dungan, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Archie Dun gan. deceased, r has filed notice - of suit against the Rock Island Railway company for $10,000 damages for the death of her husband on April 11, 1!M. Hega-elnnd Wanted a "ho." ' County Jailer Gallup was aroused about 3 o'clock yesterday morning by a loud rap ping at the front door of the county bastlle. Investigation revealed a dishevelled looking Individual clothed only in an undervest and a pair of trousers and barefooted. Think ing he had to deal with some lunatic Jailer Oalltip waa somewhat diffident about open ing the door and by signs he inquired what the man wanted. The fellow merely pointed to his left arm and exclaimed, "Give me a shot." "Go back to bed, you cray idiot," was the admonition offered by the custodian of the county bastile. as he slightly opened the door. The fellow started down the walk, but soon returned and made the same ap peal to be "given a shot." While Jailer Gallup stood sentry at the door for fear the supposed lunatic might force his way In Mrs. Gallup telephoned for the police. On being taken to police headquarters the man. who was evidently suffering from an attack of "snakes." superinduced by an over-indulgence in whisky, gave his name as M. C. Heggelund of Omaha. He waa, as soon as possible, conveyed to St. Bernard's hospital. . Heggelund, It developed, had regiatered at the Kiel hotel Sunday night and hud been assigned a room. About S o'clock, clad only in his undervest and trousers, he ap peared at the, desk of the night clerk and requested him to "give him a shot." When the clerk refuaed and told the man he had better go back to hia room. Heggelund asked for a revolver. This request was also refused and th clerk auppoaed the man re turned to his room. Instead of leaving the house. Fine Colorado farm land, $i per acre. Improved ranches, $10 to tM per acre. One Improved ranch, four milea from town, $fi per ai re. A big snap. Kxrurslon February 20. Fare $10.20. F. C. I.ougee, 124 South Main afreet. N. Y. Pluming Co. Tel. 250. Night t. Hi. Twenty Years for Robbery. CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. U.-(Spevial Telegram.) W. II. Kehr was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for bur glary. Keir robbed the homes of three weallhy residents of thia city Borne months ago and eacaped to Waterloo, whee he was captured and relumed to this city for trial. BOTH FOOD AND MEDICINE. We like best to call Scott's Emulsion a food-medicine. It is a term that aptly describes the character ana action of our Emulsion. More than a medicine more than a food, yet combining the vital prin ciples of both. It is for this reason that Scott's Emulsion has a distinct and special value in all wasting diseases. There is nothing better to remedy the troubles of im perfect growth and delicate health in children. The action of Scott's Emulsion is just as effective in" treating weak ness ant4 wasting in adults. aVOir fcuW.s $.. Fuil ItfMt, Kw Vna OBJECT TO KED1STR1CTING Legislator! of Opiiioa Thorn Are Too Many Jndgei far Work Performed. INCUMBENTS TAKE THE CONTRARY VIEW Reaolt Likely to Be Legislative Com mission to Investigate and Re port to the Xeat Session of Lawmakers. (From a Staff Correspondent. UE3 MOINES. Feb. 12 I Special.)-Because of the strong opposition to any measure to redtstrlrt the state on Judicial district lines It Is more than likely there will be a commission appointed by the general assembly to Investigate the sub ject and report to the legislature Just how much each district court In the state Is In seaslon and how much of the time of the district Judges Is occupied with such work. At the session two years Senator Whipple and Representative Cummlngs made some Investigations ' and gathered considerable information, enough, as they thought, to warrant an entire reorganisation of the Judicial districts. Their plan would have made a less number of Judges and the opposition was strong against any such course. It la asserted there is not enough work In many of the districts to keep the Judges busy. The plan of appointing a commission Is for the purpose of bringing the facts prominently before the people In such shape there would be a demand for a reorganisation. If not a lessening of the number of Judges. Iiemarraae Hill In House. Representative Powers In the house this afternoon. Introduced ft demurrage out. i ne bill is Introduced at the request of a num ber of shippers and Its purpose ia to regu late the handling of car load lota, to equal ize the charges for car service and to tlx penalties for the detention of cars. It Is claimed that one of the main purposes of the bill also la by regulating the car load service to compel roads to furnish cars for car loads of freight, when demanded. Will Push KlrkwiMil Monument. Senator Hughes is preparing to push the Interests of the bill to place a bust of the late Governor Klrkwood In the hall of fame at Washington. The bill has been up at several sessions and has now passed the house. Senator Harrier and many of the old soldiers of the senate favor the bill and will be heard In its favor before the appropriations committee. Regents' Bill Today. The bill prepared by the commission cre ating a board of regents to have the man agement of all the educational inHiitutlona will be Introduced In the senate tomorrow by Whipple and will go onto the calendar without reference to committee. Senate Proceedings. The senate this afternoon passed the highways committee bill permitting town ships to have aa many aa four road su perintendents. John Connelly's resignation as journal clerk was accepted and J. S. Irish was elected to the posJUotJ. Mr. Connelly la one of the old employes; of the senate and hia resignation Is a. surprise. Senate Bills By V2rleon,- appropriating $si2.fJ for the State .111 lege at Ames; by Smith of Des Mdlnes. ."appropriating $&o0 for a monument to. Johu Morgan, a revo lutionary' soldier-at liurliugton; by Turner, establishing slate agents for industrial schools and the orphanage; by Turner, pro viding for adoption of. orphans and chil dren ot orphanage and Industrial school; by Bleakly, a legalizing act for liagle Grove. House Proceedings. The house passed resolutions honoring Hon. George Schramm on his 90th birth day. The same resolutions were passed by the senate Saturday. House Bills By Cobb, requiring toll lines to connect witn Hll telephone exiiiflngea; by Powers, a demurrage bill; by Hlxby, requiring creameries to heat all skimmed milk before delivery to patrons; by Rltter, an appropriation for a monument at But Itngton in honor of John Morgan, a revolu tionary soldier. Cummins Has ot Accepted. Tom Lawsnn at Washington stated that Governor Cummins had practically decided to accept his proxies In the big insurance companies along with other prominent men, but at the office of Governor Cummins to day it was stated that the governor had not yet decided the matter. Governor Cum mins is abaent today, aa la also his pri vate secretary. Private Secretary Briar Is in Minneapolis and It la presumed is con sulting Governor Johnson for Governor Cummins. Uet Fifteen Years. Tom Hatch and Donald Bain were today aontenced to fifteen year In the pcn'ii tiary for a raid on the Mabel Woods re sort two weeks ago. Bain was formerly a theological student in Drake university of this city. egro Miner flhot. At Saylorvtlle laat night following a dance and a drunken brawl William Clark, a negro miner, shot and killed Robert Davis, another negro miner, In a quarrel over a woman. Conger Coining Home. J. D. Whlscnand, iehaps the closest friend in the city to Major Kdwln H. Con ger, stated today that Major Conger would return from California May 1, but that he will not be a candidate for governor. Since the announcement of a number of candi dates talk of Major Conger again entering the race has revived. Take OH Testimony. Assistant Attorney General Rush c. Lake j ot jerrerson City, Mo., arrived In the city this evening and Attorney General Herbert 8. Hadley arrived this evening and tomor row beginning at 10 o'clock testimony will be taken In the offlce of Read & Read con cerning the business of the oil companies in the proceedings In which It is sought to oust the companies from Missouri under the anil-trust laws. The attorneys for the oil comiiunic will also be present. Mr. Ijike at the Ha very today spoke' very fav orably of the efforts and of the probuhle success In winning the suits. Land Too High Priced. The high price which the farmers have placed on their land In the vicinity of Fort Pea Moines ia aald to lie hindering the government plan of making a larger post embracing all the arms of the ser vice. Congressman Hull is endeavoring to recure a regiment of Infantry and a bat tery of artillery. The farmers In the vicin ity of the nost have been approached and found to hold their land at fcXM an acre, which is considered out of tha question by the government officials. llanaway Ulrl Found. The father of Miss Mae DeOroot, the missing Perry girl, locuted his daughter today working in a boarding house at Twelfth and Locust as a domestic. While the father was In the cltv the tuotlier heard of the whereabouts of the daughter and reached Des Moinea and the boarding house juat u'ter the father had left. She refused to bele'c that I lie daughter had left and claimed Um being held In Consider the Soda Cracker fffl hiding. The mother refused to leave the f premises till late in the day. look i.iki: x iiF.vii-: to ukkraii) Peculiar Featurea Surrouud IMsau- pen ranee of Minnesota Man. 8KrX CITY. Ia.. Feb. 12.-(8peclul Tele gram.) The police have on hand a mystery which looks like an attempt to defraud the Woodmen Mutual Casualty company of Minneapolis oul of JS.i and the State Mutual company, represented by F. M. Joyce of Minneapolis, out of $4.t"i0. i On Septemlier 14. 1Mn5, a coat and trousers were found on the bank of the Floyd river nnd attached were notes beating the name of Theodore E. J. Schoemperlen, Litchfield, Minn., to the effect that he had committed suicide. The two companies In which he held policies refused to pay up fur lack of evidence as to his death. On January 17 Chief of Police Dlneen received a letter signed F. J.. In which F. J G. 8. and H. II. admitted having assaulted Schoemperlen and thrown his body In the river. They said they wrote the note and pinned it on his clothes to make it look like a case of suicide. They sid he had crossed their paths In love. Chief Dlneen smelted a mouse, went to Litchfield, compared the two letters with handwriting known to be that of Schoemperlen, and his theory and that of the Inaurance companies is that both the suicide letter and the "confession" j were written by Schoemperlen. Council Bluffs Real Katate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee February U by th? Title Guaranty and Trust company of Council Bluffs: William C. Jacobs and wife to Benja min 8. Abel. sw-i nel4; lot 1. Ami's sub. nei', ae'i and lot 1. Atid's sub. Bt!i ae'i : seU BeVt and part sw'4 ' ee',; ,rt nil, nwn and part n' aw 10; sw' sw'4 11; n,4 ne'i ne'4 and part nw nw'i 15-7i-t4, w. d $1L0W Warehouse Construction cotnpunv to Anheu.xef-KuHch Brewing associa tion, lot 1, block 14, Hyatt's aub. dlv., Council Bluffs, Ia., w. d.. 3,iW Henry Uinhton to Swan Nelson, lot i. jonnmni s add. to Council Bluffs, Ia.. w. d Nsncy Conard and husband to B. a. 2.Mo i Robinson, lota 6. 7 and 8, block x, Meredith's add. to Avoca. Ia., w. d. I.OjO W. P. Webster to N. P. Dodge, lot 9. block Kverett'a add. to Coun cil Bluffs. Ia , s. w. d Iowa Towtisite company to James A. Hutson, lots IS and 14. block 13, Bentley. la., w. d Iowa Townsite company to I H. Bolton, lot 2. block 11, McClelland, la., w. d F. J. Dny and wile to Henri Miller, 4 feet lot block 35, Ferrv add. to Council Bluffs, la , w. d.." August 11. Bonnes and wile to Cres cent Tup., pari no', seV, 1-7S-4I, w. d K3 I -jo 15 1 Nine transfers, total 18,2: Iowa Wants Woodmen. IOWA FALLS, la., Feb. U (Special.) ' The Aral stepa looking to the wresting of the headquarters of the Woodmen of the World from Omaha will bo taken at the first Iowa district convention to be held at Eldora, February 23. It la announced that the members of this order In Iowa . will seek to move the head offices of the ' society to some city in Iowa. It has been i located at Omaha since the inception of this fraternal Insurance order, and the strength of the order In Iowa is regarded aa a fitting reason for the establishment of the headquarters In fhis state. With a membership of over 46rt,0O) and a cash sur plus for this district of over $tf.00O,0ui). a large corps of officers and clerks ia neces sary to handle thn business and naturally a number of Iowa cities will seek to land the plum, among those seeking It being Council Bluffs, Waterloo, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Msrshalltow n. Finds Her Huahnnd t.oae. SIOCX CITY. la.. Feb. 12 (8pecial Tele gram.) When Mrs. Frank Jams returned from ft visit at Missouri Valley she found her house locked and her husband, a cook at the Belvidere restaurant, gone prnbahly to Minneapolis. Simultaneously had disap peared Grace Stein, a waitresa in the same restaurant, with whom James had been friendly. Mrs. James will live with her mother-in-law at Mlsaourl Valley. Large Mink Caught. I" N D ER WOOD. Ia., Feb. 11 (Special.) Ten Gray bill made a catch this week of a mink measuring thirty Inches from tip to tip. Thla is the largest animal of Its kin which has been found in this part of lowu for some years. Wolves have also lieen bothering the farmers near here the lat few weeka and several partlea have mad attempts to trap or ahoot them, but aa yet, without any auccesa. Burglara at Charles City. CHARLES CITT. Ia.. Feb. 12. (Special.) Burglara entered the store of Burns 1WS VOICE she looks forward to the hour when she shall feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. Ever)' woman should know that the danger, pain and horror of child-birth tan be entirely avoided by the ue of Mother's Friend, a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders nliaDle ail trie riarts. and assists nature in its sublime work. By its aid thousands of women have piused this great emit in perfect safely and without pain. J-o!d at $i.oo per bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless value tn all women e:it free. Address BRAOriLO KCOULA TOR OO Attmntm. Bm. Science has proved and established the fact that the soda cracker is the most nutritious and healthful article of food made from flour. When it is considered that Utieeda Biscuit are the perfect soda crackers it is no wonder that nearly 400,000,000 packages have been sold the only wonder being that any one can go a day without Unocda Biscuit. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY aScgfi II THE OTHER THE ONE MANLY, VIGOROUS AND STRONG Is tha man who Is not suffering from the ravages of private and sexual dis eases nor the blighting effects of Nerv ous Iebllity, Weakness, etc. Com parisons are usually odious, but the weak, sickly, debilitated man cannot help comparing himself with regret to "TUB OTHl-'R MAN." If we could see and treat all men when the first symptoms show them selves there need be no such compail sons, and thre would be few men seeking a rejuvenating of their physi cal, mental and aexuul powers, and there would be none marked with the indelible stamp of constitutional Syhpllla, and the sufferers from Varicocele, Gleet, Stricture, Hydrocele, Impotency, Gon orrhoea, Emissions, Nerv ous Debility, Rupture, Kid ney and Bladder Diseases, would b reduced to a minimum. But as long aa MEN continue to disregard the golden adage, "A stitch In time saves nine," and continue to neglect themselves or to exercise Indifference, or poor Judgment, In securing the right treament at the outset. Just so long will there be multitudes of chronlo sufferers. Many a bright and promising career has been blighted by Injurious habits or folly before th age of knowledge and understanding, and many have been cut short by the unfortunate contracting of some poiaonous special dixease, which, through neglect or Im proper treatment, hna completely un dermined and ahattered the physical strength and mental faculties. No greater mistake can be made than to consider lightly the first evidence of the Introduction of any rrlvate dieease Into your syatem or to neglect the first symptom of weakened mind and ap W raako no misleading atatements. deceptive or unbnalneaa-llk propositions to the afflicted, neither do we promise to care them tn a few days nor offer cheap, worth leas treatment In order to aeeure their patronage. Honeat doctor a of recognised ability do not resort to auch methods. We guarantee perfect, aafe and lasting cure In the qnlckeat possible time, without leaving Injurious after effect a In the system, and at the lowest cost possible for honeat, skillful and successful treatmeut. CDrC Consultation If you cannot call writ for symptom blank. rntC .no sjxamlnatlon Office Hours- a. m. to p. m. Sundays, 10 to 1 only. STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1S08 Farnam St., Hetween 13th and 14th Sts.. OMAHA. XEB. Brothers last night and got away with a small um of . money from the cash reg ister. They did not blow the safe, which ct ntained a large sum of money. Commercial, lab Officers. MISSOCRI VAUiET. Ia Feb. 12. (Speclal.) The Missouri Valley Commercial dob has recently elected the following officers: President, John Anderson; vice president, J. B. L.yon; secretary, C. W. Kellogg; treasurer. W. J. Burks; executive committee, J. 8. McGavern, A. Edgecomb, W. H. Fensler, William Neuflnd and J. O. Schulmeister. Uualneaa Changes at I nderwood. MINDEN, la., Feb'. 12. (Special.) Jacob Gleger this week sold his entire stock of general merchandise to F. A. Bielenberg of Durant, la. Mr. Rlelenberg has been In the mercantile business at Durant for some time. The poslofflce will be moved from the Gleger building to lyhntin'i store. Kntertalning en Enemy. Don't entertain a chronic, runing sore or wound. Cure It with Rueklen's Arnica Salve. 25c; guaranteed. For sale by Sher man & McConnell Drug Co. Wreck on Illinois Central. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Feb. 12. The northbound Nashville. Cnicago limited over the Illinois Central railroad was de railed near Chapmunsboro, thirty-two miles from Nashville, la ft nlgnt. Six passen gers and three trainmen were Injured, hut nnbcciy was killed. Th wreck is thought to have been caused by some obstruction on the track. Tennessee's Kndorance Teat. ROCKl-AND. Me., Feb. lJ.-The armored cruiser Tennessee today began Its four hours' endurance run, which commenced at Monhegan island and was expected to end rear Cape Anne. Tim cruiser Is required lo "'stain twenty-two knots an hour on this run. Is the joy of the household, for withoat it no happiness cart be complete. How tweet the picture of mother and babe, angels smile at and commend tha thoughts and aspirations of the mother bending over the cradle. The ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, how ever, is so full of danger and suffering; that n 5 nnr mm em II l"i MsUsUtf Rfle&KI WHO IS The Men's True Specialists proach of nervous debility, caused by Improper or unnatural habits, eg resses, dissipations, etc. Such Indifference and neglect of the first svmptoms are responsible for thousands of human wrecks, failures In life and business, domestic discord and unhappy married life, divorce. In sanity, suicide, etc. Men! Why take such desperate chances? The manifes tation of the flrat symptoms of any disease or weakness should be a warn ing for you to take prompt steps to safeguard your future life and happi ness. You should carefully avoid all uncertain, experimental, dangerous or half-wav treatment, for upon the suc cess of the first treatment depends whether you will be promptly restored to health again, with all taint of tha poisonous disease removed from your svstem, or whether your disease will be, allowed. to become chronic and sub--Ject you to future recurrences of tha disease, with the various resulting complications., etc.. Big Yell-0 ,drk Automatic Waj;ns j Screens SuiiDERLAIItt COAL (60S Hmrm Air e y Harnett. T?rtry crop of water uted In brewing ST0RZ BEER is erawn from oa Arteaian Well (i, 4oe feet deep). The ute ef such pure, ipirkling wirrr ia one essential finrura in adding te STORZ BEER a superior quality and delicious fliror that i lacking in all other brew,. Atk for isTORZ BF.F.K down town. ICeep i case in your home. Al Every Voraan k' UlfiicreeteUendthouls- kaew- l-,S ll...,r. 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