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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 190G NEWS OP INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS Ofloe, 10 Prl St. Tel. 43. ' MIKOH MBKTIOX. PavnV drugs. Clark's sodss. Sltoekert sella earneve. Fins engraving at LefTert'a Ed Rogere" Tony Faust beer. PI am Writ and heating, Blxby Bon. . Souvenir postals. Alexsnder'a, $83 B'wey. Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tal. U. Lewis Cutleri funeral director. "Phone 97. Mr. and Mra. O. W. McCoy left Imi even Ins fop Chicago. DIAMONDS AS AN INVESTMENT. TALK TO LEFFERT ABOUT IT. Qeorg-o Hoegland haa the Xanana Shall Brick. , All hard brick. Oct hla prlcea. Only ten daya more for those S2S aulta at Hlrka't worth $36 and up. E. 8. Hlcka. Sea Stephen Bros, for fire brick and flra clay, newer pipe, fittings and gsrden hoae. Mra. John EVers and Minn Carrie Fvera left yesterday for a two weeks' visit In Cloquet, Minn. Mra, John Tldd of Boone, formerly of thla city, la the guest of Mrs. C. II. Bradley of Willow, avenue. STRICT!! CASH FOR ALL SHOES AT DUNCAN ft DEAN GREAT CLOSING OUT SHOE) BALK. Mlae Aire Bonn em of the olty water works force left Saturday evening for a visit In Minneapolis. Mra. . EL Rogers and eon. Herbert, of Willow avenue have gnne to Imogene, la., for a two weeka" visit with relatives. No tank for ua to figure your bill for your bouse. All we ask for In return la your business If wa are low bidder. C. Hafer, both phones 4. Wa wholeaola Ice cream. Shipped to any part of the atate. Special prlcea to the re tail trade. I. Muccf. 213 West Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. Tel. 3C4. We have the flneat line of sample monu ment a to select from in the west. Sheeley ft Lane Marble and Granite Works, 217 East Broadway, Council Bluffs. Ia. Th supervisors of Potawattamle and Harrison counties will convene Tuesday In Joint a ton to further consider matters In connection with the Joint drainage dis trict. Rev. Otterbe'ln O. Smith of the First Congregational church la In Chicago, where yesterday be waa to. occupy the pulpit of the Warren Avenue Congregational church and again next Sunday. Fall opening Western Iowa college, Mer rlam block, Council Bluffs, la., Monday, August n. Engllah, Normal, Bookkeeping and Shorthand departments. Send for new catalogue. Both phones. Just received something in new and up-to-date picture moulding. Now la your chanoe to get that picture framed up you laid away. Berwick, 211 South Main. Don't worry about the price; we will make that right. There waa a large attendance yesterday t the annual picnic of the Danish Brother hood, held at Walnut Grove, near the Illi nois Central bridge. The day waa almost an Ideal one for the outing and a long and varied program of sporte provided entertainment. Rasmussena orcheatra furnished music for the dancing. As the conventions of county supervlsora. treasurers, audltore. recorders an d cfrti of the district court, which will be held In thla city August 21-23. are expected to bring over 600 county offlcera from all par's of the state to Council Bluffs. It Is possible that the" hotels may be unable to accommo date all. Secretary Reed of the Com mercial club, therefore, Is anxious, to hear ihmu who are willing to furnish rooms for some of the visitors. If you are looking forward to your sum mer's outing you will need a few va cation neoesaltleaj If you are going camp ing with a amall party you will want a few delicacies; If you are going to a plcnlo will want your - basnet nuea wun .rA thlnse to eat." Sandwiches, olives. pickles,. cakes, cheese, fruits, a cold bottle of ginger als or root beer In fact McAtee has .everything necessary to fill a- dainty lunch basket and the best the market affords i 1 7t.'V ,,'-"''.,, For BlaT Ones. .. WB ARB OFFERING THIS WEEK FOUR BIO SPECIALS IN ENAMEL . WARE No. I. 10-Quart purple preaervtng kettle, worth 75c, for 40c; No. 2, 12-quart lii7- granite water pall, worth 86c. for 40c r No. Jt.M-quart purple dish pan, worth 85o. for 46c; No. 4. 12-quart blue outside, hits lnalde. enamel pall, worth $1.86, for rto., Paddock-Handechy Hardware Co., 41 8. Main St. Tel. 67. CUT GLASS TUMBLERS 18C EACH, REMOVAL BALE still continues. We are offering new bar gains every day; William A. Rogers El-bar-, pattern plated allverwara 60 per cent discount. Special sterling manicure and toilet articles at 60 per cent. Cut Sun burst' Tumblers, new shape with star in bottom, 18 cents each for this week only. W. A. Maurer china store. .-. Mast Qo. Thlrtp-ens lots belonging to an old estate, west of. car house on Avenues A, B and C, FlrsC Second and Third avenues, fifty lota, C00 each, on monthly payments. Wallace Benjamin, room 1, First National bank building. Both 'phones JO. .got acres good farm land In eastern Colo ' r4o, 16 per acre and up; no Irrigation re quired. .Can raise all klnda of amall grain and oorn. A few good homesteads Join us- lands. Send for printed matter. F. C Louses, 124 Main street. Council Bluffs. Ia. FATAL SHOOTING AT MANAWA Ed Yonnoar, Who Attempted to Kill Offioers, ii Shot to Death. MAN ARMED WITH REVOLVER AND RIFLE Re Makea Threats Against Maaager Byrne) asi Ovesi Fire as Depnty Sheriffs Are Removing Hlsa from Oroaads, Ed Touncer, a Qreat Western switch en gineer living at 108 Fourth street. Council Bluffs, waa shot and Instantly killed about 6 o'clock last evening at Lake Manawa. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Woolman Is be lieved to have fired the fatal shot al though at least two other deputy sheriffs and two employes of the Manawa Amuse ment company took part In the shooting. Touncer. who was heavily armed, waa shot after he had fired one shot at Dep uty Sheriff Woolman from an 8 -shot auto matic shoulder rifle. The dead man Is believed to have been Insane. Hla wife and two children were witnesses of the tragedy. Whether Touncer had any grievance againat the management of the lake resort or not is not known but he Is known to have made a number of threats against Manager Byrne and the officers at the, lake. Whether he Intended to shoot' Man ager Byrne on sight can only be surmised, but a significant fact Is that he had with him a card on which Mr.. Byrne's name waa written and he la known to have made Inquiries as to who waa manager at the resort. Yonneer la Disarmed. you waa anxious to avoid any disturbance as far aa possible and suggested to the offi cers that they disarm htm when they reached the gate. I do not think the offi cers were to blame or were hasty In shoot ing. It Is hard to say what the fellow would have done, with that rifle. It Is aa likely as not he would have shot some of the Innocent women and children In the crowd. How he missed Officer Wool man, who waa only about fifteen or twenty feet from him I don't understand. Wool man certainly had a miraculous eocapei" Probably Victim of Rellarloo Mania. At the home of W. C. McClenahan at log Fourth street, where Younoen and his family roomed and boarded it waa learned that Touncer came to Council Bluffs about two weeka ago from Jollet, III., and that his wife and children, the eldest a girl aged S and the other a boy t years of age, arrived a week later. From Mr. McClena han It waa learned that Touncer either quit or waa discharged from his Job na switch engineer in the local yards of the Oreat Western last Wednesday. Wednes day night Touncer asked McClenahan to go to Omaha with him aa he wanted to buy a revolver. McClenahan did not go but Touncer did and Is supposed to have purchased the first revolver there. Mr. McClenahan and members of his family expressed the opinion that Touncer waa not tn his right mind for several days and believed that he was suffering from religious mania, as he quoted repeatedly from a Bible which he carried with him. One member of the family expressed the belief that Touncer had Intended to shoot hla wife and children and then commit suicide and that was his reason for taking them down to the lake and keeping them there until late at night each day. This, be said, he believed waa the man's inten tion, but that evidently his nerve had failed him each day at the last moment. Coroner Examines Body. Coroner Treynor assisted by Dr. D. Ma crae, Jr., and Dr. Waterman performed an autopsy on the body of the dead man last night. One bullet was found to have en tered the right arm near the shoulder and come out at the elbow, fraoturlng the arm. from Officer Woolman's first shot, which shattered the stock of Touncer's rifle. A second bullet and the one that caused Instant death had entered a few inches behind the left shoulder and a little to the side. This had punctured the lung and the main artery leading from the heart and then dropped into the Intestines. The physicians gave It as their opinion that It would have been Impossible for Officer Woolman, who waa facing Touncer, to have fired the fatal shot and that It must have been a shot from one of the officers standing behind or at the side of the man. Coroner Treynor stated he would hold an Inquest today, probably, if the witnesses can be got together, aome time this morn ing. . A. Metasjnr t- Co. New Location of Wholesale Bakery, tit Mynster Street, Co. Bluffs. Ia. Home-made Bread a Specialty. Visitors Welcome. Owner Moods Money. I can sell S-room modern dwelling at big discount. If sold at once. It la In fins neighbor hood and on paved street. Call soon. Thar are several smaller dwelling-, too, TsL L . Charles T. Officer, 419 Broad way. . .,- Now Is your chance for fine photos cheap; our handsome $7.60 folders only WOO; $6.60 folder, large else, only 16.00, and our 16.00 gilt edge panels only 64.10 per dosen; smal ' er sjses half price for a short time only . a( ' Schmidt's studio. 406 Broadway. A FINE (0-ACRB FARM five miles from Council Bluffs poetofftoe, wall Improved. Will take a (2.000 residence toward It. Address D. 8. Kerr, 64 Broad way. Council Bluffs. 'Phones 417 and 60 Rod. LEFFERT'S ; Tbo Only Perfect DOUBLE VISION LENS. COMB IN AND SEE THEM. EXPERT OPTICIANS. 400 Broadway. Hm snssssnna .i .m MALONET'S PEARL ST. NEW LOCATION, 30 N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 260. Night L693. THE MOST UP-TO-DATE RESTAUR ANT IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. GOOD 8ER. VICE AND HOME COOKING. The Calu met restaurant, 630 Broadway. For Imported wines, liquors and Bud welaer beer go to L. Roaenfeld, wholesale liquor dealer. 619, South Main. street. MALONET'S PEARL ST. NEW LOCATION, 80 MAYOR MACRAE IS WILLING SCAVENGER WORK I haul dad animals, H.0 per head, Oayrbase. asbea, manure and all rub bus; clean vaults and cesspools. Ail jrork done Is guaranteed. Calls promptly attended aa. 'Phone. Red HO. J. H. SHERLOCK Tftiinrw srfnm nun 1 r1 hv him wifft and two children appeared at the lake before i Thl" "PPOI to have been the bullet noon yesterday. At that time he was seen to be carrying a large revolver strapped around his waist In a holster. The attention of the offlcera waa called to the man and they took the weapon away from him. He made a number of threats In the presence of the officers and said he would return later when he would exterminate the whole crowd. The officers Induced Touncer to leave the grounds snd escorted him to the car, his wife and children following. Touncer boarded a car but refused to allow hla wife and children to do so, telling them to stay and enjoy themselves. Before the car pulled out he asked some of the offlcera and the conductor It they could change a CO bill and on receiving a neg ative reply, handed hla wife the bill,, tell ing her and the children to have a good time until he returned. Retarsi With Rifle. No offlcera are atatloned at the gate where the passengers are unloaded, conse quently Touncer on his return passed Into the grounds unnoticed, although his peculiar actions and the fact that he was heavily armed had attracted the attention of several of the passengers on the car. Touncer besides having a big revolver strapped around him waa also carrying the automatic shoulder rifle, a weapon some what In the nature of a large revolver with a rifle stock. Touncer succeeded In getting aa far aa the pavilion on the lake front before he was .noticed by the 'officers.. Sherman Humphrey, Janitor of the county" court house, who acts as a deputy sheriff at the lake on Sundays, was the first to en counter Touncer. His attention was called to the man who waa swinging the rifle' around as If he Intended to take a shot at some one. People In the vicinity became frightened and there waa a general stampede. Humphreys approached Toun cer with the ' Intention of disarming him I but Touncer raised the rifle to his shoul der and taking deliberate aim at the of ficer told him to keep away. Realising that It waa a case of either being shot or backing off Humphrey decided discre tion was the better part of valor. Other officers arrived on the scene and Deputy Sheriff George L. Martin took Touncer by. one arm while another officer took hold of the other and started him toward the entrance gates. Other officers followed and endeavored to keep the crowd back. No effort was made at the time to disarm the man. aa Manager Byrne had advised that he be got to the gate as quietly aa poaslble and an attempt made outalde to take hla arms from him. Opens Fire on Officers. About half way between the bowling alley and the merry-go-round Touncer atopped and suddenly turned and faced Deputy Sheriff Woolman, who waa walk ing behind. Wrenching hla arm loose from the hold of the officer, Touncer swung his rifle to his shoulder, dropped on his left knee and took aim at Woolman. "Here quit that," exclaimed the officer, but hardly were the . words out of his mouth when Touncer snapped the trigger, but the gun missed fire. In another second he had fired and before he had time to pull the trigger again Woolman had fired twice from hla revolver, the first ahot atrlklng the stock of Touncer's rifle, tearing a piece out of It and the second probably killing him. Deputy Sheriff Martin, Sherman Humphrey and Charles Koster and 8. T. Cyr, the latter employes of the Manawa Amusement company, also shot at the man. Shooting; Casus Panle. The ahooting caused the greatest excite ment, women and children screamed and the people which had been following the offlcera and Touncer tumbled over each other In their anxiety to get out of the way. The body was carried to the porch of the cottage near the entranoe where it waa covered with a sheet until the arrival of Coroner Treynor. who had It removed to Undertaker Cutler's establishment. Touncer, after leaving the resort follow ing the action of the officers In taking his gun from him, rods uptown, where he purchased the second revolver and the automatic rifle at the pawnshop of S. Sny der. Touncer on his return trip to Manawa boarded the car at the barns and occupied a seat with R. L. Wilbur of S41t La Fay ette avenue. Omaha, and W. L. Polen of 128 Ninth avenue, .thla city. On hia way to the lake Touncer put the automatic rifle together and Inserted the cartridges, much to the alarm of the men on the seat with him. They spoke to him about the possibility of the weapon being discharged and at their auggeatlon he took the outside keat. He ahowed Mr. Wilbur a card bear ing Manager Byrne's name on It and with a chuckle said: "I am going to blow his head off." Byrne Knows No Motive. Manager Byrne, when seen sfter the shooting, said: "I never had any trouble with this man and I cannot understand why he should have thought he had any grievance against me or the management. I first saw him Saturday evening when he was carrying a fine largo baaa which I understood he had caught In the lake. I asked him how much It weighed and he replied, 'About Ave pounds.' I did not see him again until this afternoon when the officers hsd him In charge. I Instructed the officers to treat the fellow well as bs waa. In say opinion, out of big Blind, t dencea and lodge connections are as fol lows: J. R. Stewart, Diagonal lodge. ST3. Diag onal, Ia. V. W. Stewart. Tempest lodge. No. M. Tlngley. Is. w. H. Ftewart, nnartacua looge, jn. 2n. Chicago. U R. Stewart, Red ceciar lodge, ivo. S3. Ce1ar Falls, Ia. A. R. Stewart, Bpartacus lodge, iso. 21. Ch lea go. J. 1. Kf. eiiewari. ictnr inoge, ix c. r. Alliance, Neb. E. M. Stewart. Concordia lodge, no. 63, Council Uluffs. Ia. T. B. Stewart, winona lodge, nn. (, Thurman. Kan. C. R. Stewart, City. Mo. F. H. Stewart, Bartlett, la. B. 11. Stewart, McCook. Neb. Lodge No. 44, Kansas Crown lodge. No. S38, McCook lodge, No. 42. LIGHTING CONTRACT COMES IT Committee Will Snbmlt Proposed Con. tract to Fsisrll Tonight. The proposed lighting contract with the Cltlsens' Gas and Electric company will be submitted by the committee on fire and light at the meeting of the city council tonight and the committee la hopeful that definite action will be taken. The contract is practically the same as has been previously published with the ex ception of aome minor changes. It is pos sible that today It may be slightly amended to provide for certain extensions of gas mains which may be agreed upon. Presi dent Nssh of the company was In the city Saturday for the purpose of reaching an agreement as to these extensions, but failed to meet the eoundlmen Interested. He haa arranged for a conference this morn ing, when it la expected an agreement will be reached. Under the new contract the electric light towers will remain and will not be replaced with Incandescent lamps or arc lights at the street Intersection, as had been proposed Councilman Msloney of the fire and light committee stated yesterday that under no circumstances would he agree to aban donlng the towers, and their retention, he said, had been acceded to by the lighting company. Regarding the extenalons of gas mains, Mr. Maloney stated that In the Sixth ward the mains had already been laid to Twen ty-thlrd street and In a few weeks would he laid as far as Twenty-eighth street. 00 H LETTER BOX. Friends of Executive Start Boom for Him for Governor. A big delegation from thla city is ex pected to leave today for Waterloo to at tend the state democratic convention. There has been some desultory talk the last few days of the Pottawatamle county delegation submitting the name of Mayor Donald Macrae for the nomination for governor. Mayor Macrae, who at first was inclined to regard the suggestion somewhat In the way of a Joke, is said now to be in a receptive mood and willing to place himself In the hands of hla friends. He said, "While Cummins Is good enough for me, I shall be satisfied If my frlenda think good of submitting my name, al though to tell the honest truth I have paid but little attention to the matter." Friends of J. J. Hughes, chairman of the democratic city central committee, who was endorsed by the Pottawattamie county convention for member of the state com rnlttee from the Ninth district will at tend the convention tn Waterloo with the purpose of securing his election If possible. Advices are to the effect that Mr. Hughes stands an excellent chance of securing what he Is after. These are the delegates from Pottawat tamie county to the democratic state con vention: State A. A. Lenocker, O. L. Thomas. P. H. Fredrtckaon, 8. C. Foote, C. L. Prouty, wnariea ueucnier, r. M. ueymer. u. W, Borlff. John W. Crow. O. N. Ramlnaton. Charlea R. Warner. M. C. Goodwin. Robert nam. j. n. caseiay, jr., Charles F. Paachel. K. J. Organ, J. J. Hughes, 8. G. Under- wooa. B. uoysen, Nicholas O Brlen and C. m. urippen. Chairman Miller of the democratic county central committee la expected to lasue the call for the party county con ventlon to name a county ticket a few days after the state convention. CENTRAL FLOUR SI. 16. Every sack warranted. Central Grocery and Meat Mar ket. Both 'phones 24. All persons knowing themselves to be in. debted to Duncan A Dean or the Duncan Shoe company are requested to call and settle at once. ORBBN AND NORFOLK FURNACES GIVE THE BEST SATISFACTION. ASK PEOPLE THAT USE THEM. THEY W!LLj TELL TOU WHAT THET ARE. F. A. SPENCER. 166 Broadwajr. Fly Nets at cost at Van Brunt's fifty different styles to choose from. These must be closed out at one. Get one be fore too late. Removal Sals Still On. One-third off on short lengths of picture mouldings. A good time to buy frames. C. E. Alexander, SSI Broadway. We pay $11.00 per ton for cast iron: mixed. $.0 per ton; stoves, 17 60; rags, lo a lb. rubber. To; copper, 14o per lb. J. K at tie- man. SOS South Main. Both 'phones G60. If you have anything to trade advertise It In the For Exchange column of the Bee Want Ad page. Sona to Initiate Father. E. fM. Stewart of this city is one of eleven brothers all members of the order of Knights of Pythias who tonight at Cedar Falls, Ia., will have the unique dis tinction of acting as a degree team to Initiate their father, Frank Stewart of that city, aa a member of the order. The father Is 70 years of age and it ia only recently that his sons prevailed on him to Join the order of which they are all mem bars. Tbo eleven Stewart song with their real- OMAHA, Ang. 4, '08. To the Editor of The Bee: With reference to complaint of Undertaker Harry Davis, that County Commissioner Ure refused an order for the burial of an infant that died at the Sal vation Army Home, the facts are: Mr. Davis- return shows the mother's name Is TUIle Relnhardt, who came from Missouri Valley. At present the address of the mother or the name of the father Is unknown. By reference to your own want columns and those of other papers you will see that the Salvation Army Home is advertising for the kind of patlenta who are most likely to become county charges. Their progenies represent a substantial percentage of the Infant deatha. The county has been burying these unfortunate little ones with regularity; but In doing so Mr. Ure has been endeavoring to have furnished the information that would en able him to secure reimbursement for the Douglas county treasury under the atatute relating to care, of nonresident paupers, To do this he must have the co-operation of Institutions Ilka the Salvation Army Home and the Child Saving Institute.- Ef forts have been ,Boatedly made by Mr. D. M. Haverly, sounty clerk, to locate the responsibility for the sending of paupers. married or single, and of .betrayed women, to Omaha; but without specific Informs' tlnn the placing of this responsibility and the collecting of costs is impossible. Now Mr. Ure Is simply Insisting that these Institutions secure and make record of the necessary Information, and take steps to verify it by correspondence before the necessity for action arises. In this position he has. I believe, the back ing of the other commissioners. The only way to bring the matter to a head Is to make an Issue that will compel these quaal-charitable institutions to act with the Douglas county authorities In handling nonresidents. It simply happens that the chairman of the county committee haa to sign the orders for paupers, and very properly he hesitates to do this unless he can have detailed Information on which to Dase action for recovery under the statute. In reality, there la no other po sition for him to take that would be right under the law. JOHN J. RTDER. Clerk County Board, 1XBO to St. Paul sat Minneapolis and Retarn From Omaha, via Chicago Great Westers Railway. Tickets on sale dally after Ma SI to September N. Final return limit, October SL Equally low rates to other points In Minnesota, North Dakota, Wiscon sin and lowsr Michigan. For further In formation apply to H. H. Churchill, general agent, ibis amam street, umau, Love Changes. "You used to Insist before we were mar ned," said the distressed wife, "that give Fldo pieces of the candy you brought me. Now, whenever you see him you shout: 'For heaven's sake why don't you wsn mai aogr Indianapolis Star. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER rmr ana warmer In Nebraska and Sonth Dakota Today and To. morrow Fair to Iowa. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-Forecast of the weather for Monday and Tuesday For Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota fair and warmer Monday and Tuesday, For Iowa and Missour Fair Monday and juesaay; warmer Tuesday. For Montana Fair Monday; showers and cooler Tuesday. Local Recoid. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU OMAHA, Aug. 6. Official record of tm peiature and precipitation compared with the corresponding, day of the last three iT. 1WI6- 104. 14. Maximum temperature ... 80 i9 88 (3 Minimum temperature .... SB 73 62 70 Mean temperature 78 81 76 78 Precipitation 00 T .00 .ii Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha alnce March 1, and comparison with the last two years: Normal temperature 7$ Deficiency for the day j Total deficiency since March 1 !ll Normal precipitation 12 inch Deficiency for the day 12 Inch Total rainfall since March 1 IT. 11 Inches Deficiency since March 1 8.91 Inches Deficiency cor. period, 1904 4.(9 Inches Deficiency cor. period, 19j6 7.35 Inches Reports from stations at T P. M. Station and State Temp. Max. of Weather. 7 p. in. Temp Annual vs. Deferred Dividends from Advertising All this talk about the cumulative effect of advertising is pretty much the same argument the insurance man put up when he sold us our deferred dividend policy. 1 T'S an excuse to put off the day of final settlement in both cases. We'll take our dividends annu ally, Mr. Insurance Man. And, Mr. Advertiser, if this year's advertising didn't earn dividends you're on the five, ten or twenty year accumulative plan may have to lapse before dividend time. You may win out after your advertising "expert" gets through experimenting. But we would like an opportunity to tell you in an interview how to get Annual Dividends from your Advertising. We would like to explain to you what we do to make advertising sell goods from the start, without the advertiser having to wait 5, 10 or 20 years for a dividend. By doing this for our present clients both large and small we have built up the largest business of its kind in America. One of our representatives is in your city every few days look ing after the interests of some of our present clients. 'That is why we are advertising in this newspaper to you NOW. A letter addressed to us, signi fying that you will grant us an interview in your office, will not obligate you in any way. We are solving commercial problems every day, and this i3 an offer to discuss such problems (small and large) as between business men. If the discussion does not develop the reasonable certainty that YOUR volume of business and percentage of net profit can be increased by Lord & Thomas advertising, there it will end. Will you write us today? i . We are Issuing a series of small books (cloth bound) covering advertising In all its phases, which we send free to interested advertisers. Lord &. Thomas NEWSPAPER - MAGAZINE - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CHICAGO Largest Advertising Agency in America Atnrua.vox.uMa FiwtcsD roa Cuarrrn. S4k,ooo,ooo.oo NEW "YORK Bismarck, clear 71 Cheyenne, cloudy 64 Chicago, cloudy en 78 72 4 . 72 7 , 78 74 78 Davenport, cloudy Denver, part cloudy ..... Havre, part cloudy Helena, cloudy Huron, cloudy Kansas City, part cloudy North Platte, cloudy ... Omaha, cloudy St. l-oui. part cloudy ... 8t. Paul, clear 71 Bait Dake City, cloudy .... M Valentine, raining 62 Wtlllslon. clear 72 T' Indicates trace of precipitation. U A. .W4jJH. Looai yarsoaaUr, 76 T4 84 82 TS 84 M 80 M 80 7H 90 74 74 Rain fall. .00 .02 .uo .08 .T .00 .T .00 T .no .00 .i .(0 .00 .it .uu RAILWAY ASSESSMENT MORE Eiecutire Board Adds Oyer Four Millions to Taxable Value of Boada. MEANS $150,000 MORE IN TAXES Milwaukee Heads L.ls With Increase of Over a Million, With the Northwestern and Bnrllnatoa Follovrlna- Closely. (From a BtafI Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Aug. 6. iSpeclal Tele gram.) An Increase of over S4.000.000 In the taxable property of the railroads of tha state has been made by the executive council, which Increases by $150,000 the amount of taxes to be secured this year from the railroads of Iowa. The work of making the aaaessment was completed by the council Friday and not until tonight was the work of adding up the figures com pleted. Of the Increase the Burlington, Milwaukee and Northwestern are raised about $1,000,000 each and the Qreat Western and Rock Island $500,000 each. This makes a total of about $16,000,000 that has been added to the railroad assessment during the Cummins administration In taxable value, and over $60,000,000 to the actual value. The actual Increase made by the executive council thla year la $4,009,586. The Increase of the principal roads Is as fol lows: Burlington, $867,977; Northwestern, $999,883; Milwaukee, $1,000,147; Rock Island, $450,020; Oreat Western, $499,984. According to requirements of the law, the figures had to be completed today. Cnre for Insurance Evils. Auditor B. F. Carroll's annual report on life Insurance filed yesterday with the gov ernor Is causing no end to discussion among Insurance men of the state. The recommendations In the report are so thorough, taking up every one of the in surance evils of the day that the report will undoubtedly become one of the most Important documenta filed with the legis lature the coming winter when Insurance legislation will be one of the main fea tures for consideration. Ordinarily the growth In the Insurance business of the state Is the Important feature In the show Ings of the report. This year though the Increases have been large, the recom mendations of the auditor take first place in Importance. Only a very brief sum mary of the auditor's report could be given yeaterday. The report glvea per hapa more space to the evils of fraternal Insurance than to any one other feature of the Insurance business and In addition to those pointed out yesterday It shows the startling fact that in the last ten years there have been thirty-five fraternals or ganised In Iowa and today only thirteen of them are alive; It declared that Inaur ance companies should not be organised for a day and that the methods of organ isation and the rates charged by a frater nal ahould be so safeguarded that the In surance Issued would have as much promise of fulfillment as that of a legal re serve company. Auditor Carroll declares that he Is a firm believer In fraternal In surance, but the showing as to companies going out of business Is argument enough for legislation, though he believes the fra ternal Is always to remain because aalde from the lodge benefits the fraternal will always be able to furnish Insurance cheaper than any of the other kinds of Insurance companlea. The report goes exhaustively Into the matter of deferred dividends and gives the salaries paid the offlcera of the Iowa com panies. It urges that the expensea of Insurance companies should be published, especially the salaries paid the offlcera when about $6,000 and that companies be required to take vouchers for all sums expended of $100 or over, or that the limit might be even lower. According to the report of Auditor Car roll there are three Joint stock snd four mutual Iowa companies under 20 Joint stock and 1$ mutual non-Iowa companlea There are eight Iowa assessment com panies and 11 non-Iowa companlea doing buatnasa la Ute sUkts taare axe 14 Iowa eX or Ihneaoo s and Return August 12-13 "' Good for Extension Returning to Sept. 30. Special Nebraska G. A. R. Train Aug. 11, 8:30 p.' m. Regular Trains 7:50 a. m. and 8:28 p. m. cTtToffTces": 1401-3 Farnam Street it 8 fraternals and 81 non-Iowa fraternals. Briefly summarised the report says that: Deferred dividends muat be abolished, but companies allowed to reserve a contingent surplus of from 6 to 20 per cent. Abolish the discrimination between par ticipating and nonrpartlclpatlng policies. Require that policies embody the com plete contract regardless of any other papers or documents. Fix a minimum rate for fraternal and asseasment Insurance. Requtre publication of full annual state ment by Insurance companlea but do not require publication of results of examina tions by insurance Inspectors. Create special department of Insurance separate from auditor's office. Prohibit companies 'making an estimate on the earnings of a policy. Prohibit paying insurance solicitor higher commission of deferred dividend than on any other kind of policy. The fact that there are now on deposit with the state auditor $3O,0CO,Oii0 In securi ties most of which consists of mortgages on Iowa farm property In pointed out by the auditor as the results of wise legis lation that guarantees the fulfillment of Insurance contracts Divorce Reform Conajress. On the invitation of the American Bar association. Governor Cummins has ap pointed five lawyers from this state to attend a divorce reform congress which will meet In Bt. Paul Just before the meet ing of the American Bar association. The Ave attorneys appointed by the governor are: 8. D. Rinlker of Rock Rapids, N. K. Coffin and Howard J. Clarke of Dea Moines, M. J. Wade of Iowa City and George C. Scott of Bloux City. New Mall Order Evil. Iowa is confronted with a new evil at tached to the mall order house. Thla ttme It la the banks that are hurt. The bankers of the state have suddenly discovered that ths big mall order houses ars starting a banking business. They offer to pay the depositor Interest on his deposits that are larger than those paid by the local bank and hence the local banker loses money. This new form of mall order Is affecting especially the northern part of the state Just at Uus time. The local baoksra vf Iowa are paying 8 and 4 per cent Interest on deposits, mostly 3 per oent. The cate logue house offers to pay per cent In terest and further holds out the con ventence to the possible patron that by having a deposit with the catalogue bank the patron can pay for his goods with, checks on this bank and thus save the added expense of buying a money order. The banks are now taking the matter up with the retail merchants In the hope of doing something to cut off the catalogue bank business. - E4ps for Chairman. The vote of State Central Committeeman W. J. McCoy of the Second district will determine the election of the chairman of the committee. The standpatters are under stood to be furthering the election of W. W. Epps of the 81xth district. Lamonte Cowles of the First district . gave out sn Interview Just after the convention in which he aald that the standpatters would control the committee. The progressives expect to control It with the vote of Mc Coy and expect It la understood to elect either D. D. McColl of the Seventh or S. D. Rinlker of the Eleventh district, for chair- j man. j Kew Referees ia Bnnkrnptry. Judge Smith Mcpherson yesterday ap pointed the following new referees In bank- 1 ruptcy for the southern district of Iowa: 11. C. Ftench, Red Oak. the counties of Mills, Fremont, Montgomery, Page, Taylor, Adams, Cans. HlnKgold, Union, Adair, Clarke. Lucas, Decatur, Wayne. Irving C. Johnson, Oskaloosa, the counties of Miihaska, Monroe, Wapello, Keokuk and Washington. W. J. UoUrla, Keokuk, the counties of Le, Van Uuren, Davis snd Appanoose. A. M. Antrohua, Burlington, the counties of Des Moines, Douiaa, Henry and Jeffer son. Ralph C. Williamson, Davenport, the counties of Scott. Muscatine and Clinton. 8. 8. HthrldKn, Des Moines, tus counties of Guthrie. Dallas, Boone, Story, Marshall, Marlon, Polk. Jasper, Poweshiek, Madison, and Warren. W. S. Mayne, Council Bluffs, the counties of Pottawattamie, Harrison, Shelby, Andis ton, Crawford, Carroll and Greene. - -
