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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
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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
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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. - -