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V i r H V 1 I ( fllE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1907. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS Office, 10 Pearl St. Tel. 43. MISOR METIO!l. txtvK drugs. Btockert sells carpet. Finn engravings at Lefrerts. ' Kd Rgers' Tony Faust beer. Plumbing and heating, Btxby A Son. I,ewls Cutler, funeral director, 'phone f7. Weodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. 338 DIAMONDS AS AN INVK8TMKNT. TALK TO LKFFKRT ABOUT 1Tal's'"1 Hl'DWKISKR BOTTLED BERK 18 andV cafes'1 AT FIK"r-CLAa barS A beautiful and ornamental gas burner, the Welsbach chick lamp, complete. ti-A. Btephan Bros., 62 West Broadway. The young ion of C. M. Gould. 1016 filxth "venue. w reported to the Board of Health yesterday as suffering: from diph theria. " ,AilV eIZR3 0F 8TORM DOORS, STORM BASH, STORM WINDOWS AND JVKATHER STmps AT OEO HMU LAND o. Sheridan and Rock Springs. Wyo., coal 1?.. ",ock; '" " other -.rades. Frnlon W Ickham Coal Co., 107 uarl street. Both phones S. Council No. 11, I'nlted Commercial Trsv elera, will meet this evening- in Danish hall. Following the business session there will be a smoker. y We make the lowest prices on picture framing In the city. Vlrst-clsss work. Council Bluffs Paint, Oil and Glass com pany. Merrlam block. The pupils of the public schools are pre paring fur tests which will begin Tuesday and which will be the basis of promotions et the end of the llrst semester of the school year. "TV' ADS. BETTER, JARVIS- WINE BEST. F. J. Ely, from the freight office, has succeeded Harry Ball ns ticket iigent of the city offices of the Great Western. Mr. Hall has quit the service of the road and expects to go west. Bob I.lmmerlck, who amused himself Thuredsy night by breaking Into splinters a club over the head of Harvey Nealey, a negro, wss fined $10 and cohU In police court yesterday morning. "B" FOR BREAKFAST, JARVIS' WINE FOR DINNER. Qrelchen. the 6-year-old daughter of County Attorney Hess, was reported yester day to be sick with the measles. Mr. and Mrs. Hess are In Colorado and are not ex pected home until Sunday. The annual meeting of the Knights of Pythlns of the Eleventh district will be held February 27 at Missouri Valley. The district Includes Pottawattamie, Hari'aun and Mills counties. The meeting last year was held In this city. "it" I4-1AD3 JARVIS LIQUORS TO FRONT. The meeting called by W. 8. Mayne, ref- ree In lankruptcy of the creditors of the I'nlon Transfer company, will be held to day. A large number of representatives uf the creditor firms arrived in the city yesterday. The meeting is for the appoint ment of a trustee. "B" BEST PAPER, JARVIS BEST JjWlUHKY. Proceedings have been brought by cred itors of Joseph Marcus, proprietor of the Olen avenue grocery on West Broadway, to have him declared a bankrupt. The proceedings followed the closing of the tore by the Hoehman-Welter Mortgage company, which held two mortgages on the stock. An opportunity special. I shall offer Sat urday the small line of beautiful hand painted china from the White Art com pany, Chicago, among which are piece by " Kendrlcks, Aullch, Phol and other noted artists tiuturriay, at half price. W. 8. Hewestnn'a Wall Paper and Art Store, Ma sonic Temple, Broadway, Council Bluff a, la. John McCaffery, a lodger at the city Jail, who was found to be wearing an overcoat stolen about two months ago from the Ogden hotel, was) discharged yesterday with orders to leave town at once. The owner of the overcoat. It is said by the police, left the hotel between sundown ana sun rise one day without going through the fortnulHy of paying his bill, " shoe Store for Bale. Will Invoice about $3,000, doing a good business and making money. Will discount 26 per cent for quick sale. Duncan A Dean. CARPENTER DISCOVERS CASH "B" HIVES FOR HONET. JARVIS FOR WINE. A large, new line of 1907 patterns In wall paper, Council Bluffs Paint, Oil and Glass company, Merrlam block. Heal Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee January 18 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs i Max F. Schlager and wife to Louis F. Prior, lot 6, In Auditor's sub division of BW no 28-76-43, w. d.$ 2,200 Zaire A. Brown to Jacob Stein, w of lot 2. in block 6, In Baylies' first addition to Council Bluffs. Ia., w. d. 1,800 Charles C. Mackrill and wife to Leon Wood, lot 4. in block 1. in Arnold s first addition to Oakland. Ia., w. d. Helen W. Allen and husband to C. C. and R. M. Sprague, west 32 feet of lot t and east if feet of lot S, In block 18, In Bayllss' second addition to Council Bluffs. Ia., w. d Heirs of Hdmund B. Bowman to C. C. and R. M. Sprague, west 48 feet of lot 3. In block IK. In Bayllss' sec ond addition to Council Bluffs, la., w. d Executor of estate of Mary E. John son to Anthony B. Klein, lot 8, in block 11, In Stutsman's second ad dition to Council Bluffs, la., a. d.. Ida Chrlstoffersen and husband to Thomas Mackland, lot S. In block 6, in Mynster Place addition to Coun cil Bluffs. Ia., w. d O. C. Brown to Leona M. Brown, wife, lots 1 and 2. in block 18. in Beers' subdivision In Council Bluffs. Ia., and lot 10, In Auditor's subdi vision of part of aw4 ne4 26-76-44, q. c. d 650 '50 760 350 Eight transfers, total ....$ 6,7C Being railed Dootbj For delivering a poor quality of lumber has not been my experience, I am glad to ay, having only well seasoned stock of the best grades obtainable. I am prepared to furnish hardwood and soft wood lumber In any reasonable quantity at reasonablo prices and on short notice. C. Hafer, Council Bluffs, Ia. ICE CREAM AT WHOLESALE. WE TAKE ORDERS TO BE DELIVERED ANY REASONABLE DISTANCE FROM THE) CITT. 1 MUCCI. CO. BLUFFS, IA. BOTH 'PHONES. Fackaee ConUinine $12,000 Found Whils Repairing; Iipress Car. MONEY HAD BEEN STARTED FOR ST. LOUIS So Oae t'oaaeeted with the Local Ei. press Office Able to Stat Wbea r Where the Meaey Had Disappeared. Gus Mitchell, a carpenter employed In repairing an express car In the Wabash yards, rflade a discovery which will doubt less solve a mystery which has been both ering the officers of the express company. The package, which had slipped down In side the lining of the car, contained IllOd In currency. It had been billed to St. Iouls parties from a point In the west. Junt how long It had been there or how It found Its way Into Its hiding place no one In the railroad or expresa service at this point was able to state, but from this fact it Is probable that the Iobb did not occur In this Jurisdiction. The package and money was turned over to the local officers of the express com pany by Mr. Mitchell and will be forwarded to Its destination. Besides being a finan cial benefit to the company Mr. Mitchell's find will doubtless relieve some Innocent employe of the .company from suspicion of having misappropriated the money. What reward, if any, the finder will receive has not yet become apparent. Owner needs money and will sell the fol lowing nt bargain prices: Dwelling. 9 rooms, modem, No. 112 S. Seventh St. . Dwelling. 7 rooms, modern. No. 614 8. Seventh St. Dwelling, 7 rooms, bnrn, etc., Frank St. Dwelling. 7 rooms, Lincoln Ave. Several lots. E. Washington Ave., nicely graded. Six lots. B. Broadway, nicely graded. Forty-four lots, near S. Ninth fit. CHA8. T. OFFICER. 419 Broadway. A neat window and many nice things In It. Look In; there Is something In It you want. O. Mauthe, 228 West Broadway. "B" A KNOCK. BOOSTER. JARVIS DON'T D. L. KERR has l0-acre Improved Okla homa farm to exchange for Council Bluffs or Omaha residence. Houses on monthly payments and for rent. Address 646 Broad way. 'Phones 417 and 409 Red. "B" WILLING TO TRY JARVIS. "R" A-COMINO. JARVIS LEADS. ASSESSORS DECIDE LAND VALUES Place the Figaro at Forty-Eight Dollars Per Acre. While land In Pottawattamie county which is within a reasonable distance of a railroad cannot be bought today for less than $100 an acre and other land .which Is not so conveniently situated for less than $80 an acre, the assessors at their annual session In the court house yesterday de elded, to place an average of $48 an acre upon land. A valuation of $48 an acre would mean a taxable valuation of $12 an acre. The county supervisors when In session as a board of review or equalization have the power to raise the values placed by the assessors, but the chances are, as has been the case In previous years, the state board will Interfere with the findings of the county board and reduce the valuations to correspond with the average valuation in other and adjoining counties. At least this has been the experience heretofore of the Board of Supervisors of Pottawattamie when It attempted to raise the values placed by the assessors. County Auditor Cheyne. discussing the matter yesterday, said: "While It has been the cuntom for the assessors of this county to meet each year and agree upon valuations of real estate and personal prop erty, I have serious doubts If it Is lawful. In fact such an arrangement. I believe. Is directly In contravention of the law and In violation of the oath taken by the assess ors. The assesaors should fix their values by taking the market price of land, cattle, etc., at the time they make the valuation for taxation purposes. To place a valui lon of $48 an acre on land In Pottawattamie county, which means a taxable value of $12, or one-fourth of the value, appears to me to be not only absurd, but entirely wrong, In view of the fact that very little land In this county can be bought for less than $100 an acre. Why, two years ago farm land In the Immediate vicinity of one of the best towns In this county was valued at only $60 an acre, or $12.60 an acre assess, able valuation, when that land could not then be bought for less than $125 to $150 an acre. Yet the people wonder why taxes are as high as they are In Pottawattamie county." The assessors also decided to place a value of 6 cents on hogs, 4H cents on cattle In feeding and $4 a head on sheep. These were the only values agreed upon. J. M. Coons, assessor of Macedonia town ship, presided, while J. C. Larlmore of Avoca acted as secretary. The committee which recommended the valuation of $48 an acre on land, which recommendation was concurred In, cons' si el of E. G. Springer, assessor of Silver Creek township: Paul Beesley of .Center town ship, Gus Gelse of York township, L C. Wood of Knox township and Henry Hoist of Washington township. The committee to which was entrusted the duty of placing a value on hogs, cat tle and .sheep was composed of M. H. Parks of Belknap township. J. G. Smith of I .ay ton township, John A. Knox of Grove township, TItu Fair of James township nd J. H. Watson of Waveland township. The meeting was well attended, only three assessors, those of Wright township snd the towns of Mlnden and Trey nor, be ing absent. The assessors are granted by law a per diem allowance and mileage for attending this annual meeting. Combination gas and electric chandeliers and the celebrated Welabach Incandescent gas burners. Why not see us before you buy. We can certainly please you on price and quality of g). Stephen Bros., 629 West Broadway. "B" CONTENTED PLEASES. WHEN JARVIS HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR SCRAP IRON, METALS AND RUBBER BY J. KATALMAN, 803 MAIN ST. 'PHONE 660. CITY KINDS ARF. BIMMIO LOW Money to Keep Streets Cleaned and Repaired Practically Kan a mated. The report of City Auditor McAneney. showing the condition of the city funds at the close of December, the ninth month of the fiscal year, reveals the fact thnt the committee on streets and alleys has but $14 08 out of Its appropriation of $10,110 with which to keep that department run ning for the next three months. The report rto shows thnt the contingent fund to d;itc has been overdrawn $2.243 67, pait of this being due to the fact that the war rant for $1,000, the sum paid Expert Kier sted for his report on the water works, was drawn on this fund. The general Im provement fund will be largely overdrawn before the commencement of the new fiscal year, warrants to the amount of $17,802.04 having been already drawn on It. This Is largely due to the fact that the city had to bear a big proportion of the cost of the paving of Iiwer Broadway between Thir teenth nnd Twentieth streets. The city saved $227.08 on Its lighting bill for December, by reason of the breakdown at the power plant In Omnha, this being the amount deducted for "outage" during the month. The following shows the amount expended cut of the appropriations for the several municipal departments and the balance left for the remaining three months: Amt. Yr. Unused. Salaries, executive dept... $ 8,290.30 $2,429.70 Police-and marshal's dept 15,624.26 Mr. O'Brien elated that General Traffic Manager Colonel D. O. Ives had expressed himself as greatly pleseed with the In creased business from Council Bluffs, and felt assured that 1U07 would show a si IH further Increase. During the grain blockade at these etrm inals Mr. O'Brien and Trainmaster Carter spent seversl weeks In Council Bluffs rush ing In cars from all sections of the system to relieve the then existing conditions. Ifard Coal. We have all the different slr.es of hard coal. BMdensteln Smith, Sixth and Four teenth avenue. Both 'phones 1S1 B "WARE OF OTHERS. JARVIS. NEBRASKA MAX FOR PRESIDENT Joseph Jlronsek of Plattsmonth Is Choaea by Catholic Workers. IOWA CITY. Ia.. Jan. 18-The Catholic Workmen of America closed Its annual na tional convention here today. Joseph Jlronsek of Plattsmouth, Neb., was elected oresldent. The next meeting place will be La Crosse, Wis. There was considerable of a contest over the selection of the next meeting place, but I A Crosse won out over a half dosen cities. ROBERT BURNS 10c CIGAR, OLD TIMES 6c AND SPINA 10c CIGAR. MA LONEY CIGAR CO., DISTRIBUTORS, COUNCIL BLUFFS. IA. N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night, 603. SCIENCE BUSY EVERY DAY Marvels from Dome Tanks of Sage Thrill snd Edify Less Fa. vored Mortal. Htreet and alley 9.feS.92 Fire dept 17.6H2.fcl Fire nnd police telegraph. 1.7M01 Engineer's dept 3.478.83 City pound fioO.uo Printing and supplies S49.S0 Contingent fund S.405.00 6.700.74 14. OS 5,6S7.1 2MI.99 400.10 400.40 Total ...$61,560.76 $16,440.25 Annual 20 per cent discount on picture frame moulding. Alexander's, 333 B'way. "BEE" ADS. BRING JARVIS TRADE. Btephan Bros, for the latest and best Inverted burners. 629 West Broadway. Indictments by f.rand Jarr. E. S. Jeffrey, former manager of the local store of the Union Pacific Tea com pany at 404 West Broadway, was indicted by the recent district rouft grand Jury on a charge of embezzling the funds of tho opmpany. He furnished a bond yesterday morning in the sum of $1,000 for his ap pearance In court when called upon. The embezzlement is alleged to have been com mitted during the year 190S. and It Is charged that Jeffrey converted $1,0(9.79 of the company's money to his own use. Jeffrey was manager of the company's local store fnpm January 6, 190S, to Oc tober 13 of the same year. Two Indictments were returned against Fred Awater, a young man living near Treynor. Both Indictments are baaed on the one charge, that of breaking into the store of F. G. Schoenlng at Treynor and stealing two hides on January 6 of this year. In one indictment the charge of breaking and entering Is made and in the other the charge of larceny. Awater fur nished bonds in the sum of $660 on both indictments. Fred Schlcfier, the young man Indicted on a charge of lewdness, entered a plea of guilty yesterday and Judge Thornell sentenced him to 120 days In the countv Jail. Schlefler was arrested at Mlnden. where he was found to be living with a young woman to whom he was not mar ried. Schlefler and another young fellow were arrested last summer at Platts mouth in company with two girls, whom It was alleged they had decoyed from their homes In Avoca, Ia. After being In Jull for some time they were released as the grand Jury failed to indict them. A. Metsgar A Co. New Location of Wholesale Bakery. 61 Mynster Street, Council Bluffs, Ia, Home-Mada Bread a Specialty. -Visitors Welcome. See our show wlndols for granite war this week. Odds and ends sale on granite 1 ware that will make you buy. .See prices I in our window. Swalne & Mauer, 336 and 338 Broadway. I ORVIS MARKET GROCERY Both 'Phones 46. 557 Broadway. Orvis Best Flour, per sack. . . . $1.00 Uawkeye Corn, 4 cans 25 Fine Apples, per peek. 20 3-lb. can Tomatoes, each 10 Armour's "Woodchuek Soap, ten bars 25 Twenty lbs. Sugar:. $1.00 Seeded Raisins, 2 lbs..25 Cheese, per lb 15 Soda and Oyster Crackers, per lb . 5 Good Coffee, per lb 15 Tea Dust, 2 lbs 25 Kavy Beans, 6 lbs 25 Bulk or Link Sausage, 3 lbs 25 Salt Pork, per lb 10 Pork Roast, per lb..,.10t Bacon, per lb 12V6 Lamb Stew, per lb 4 Pot Roast, per lb 5 Cranberries, per qnart.10 Matters In District Conrt. The divorce suit of John C. Lindsay against Mary E. Lindsay came to a sud den and unexpecteed termination for the time being in district court yesterday. An agreement had been reached between the parties by which the defendant was to be allowed to secure the decree on her cross petition, the plaintiff consenting to pay all the costs with a certain amount of alimony to the defendant and the only matter left for the court to decide was the custody of the four children, two of whom are with their mother and two with the parents of the plaintiff. The case had been called and the defendant had been worn when, after a brief consultation with her attorney, S. B. Wadsworth, she de cided she would not abide by the agree ment made. When Mrs. Lindsay persisted In her refusal to abide by the agreement made, Mr. Wadsworth withdrew from the case and, under the circumstances. Judge Thornell continued the hearing Indefinitely. The plaintiff In his petition made statutory charges against his wife, while her cross petition was based on charges of cruel and Inhuman treatment. Since leaving her husband Mrs. Lindsay has made her home in Omaha. The application of Thomaa H. James, ad ministrator of the estate of T. J. Troup, who waj run down and killed by a Great Western freight train In South Omaha a few months ago, to settle with the rallroaj company for $2,250 was granted by Judge Thornell. A proper pride In the "progress of science" Is the habit of every well regu lated mind. Every man respects It as he does the Ten Commandments, and, re specting It, he rerpects himself. It la In tellectual virtue to believe every new thing the "scientists'" tell him, and, believing, to marvel, and, marveling, to utter that ever true exclamation, "What wonderful things science keeps discovering!" Tho sensations of science entertain the public equally with the sensations of crime and politics, and It is hard to satisfy the de mand for novelties of knowledge. Especially does the science of diseases and their healing Interest the general mind. Disease Is the surest of human expecta tions. Life Is a course In It. The list of diseases in a medical cyclopaedia Is the curriculum. Not everybody, to be sure, gets through the curriculum, but that Is because of the shortness' of life. Every body doubtless read with Interest the other day the news that a Chicago "expert neurologist" had declared this country was getting over nervous prostration from east to west. Westward the course of neuras thenia takes Its way. The east Is recover ing from Its nervousness: the middle west Is in an acute stage, but It, too, will be convalescent when the disease has reached Its height beyond the Rockies. The older parts of the country are getting well first. Nervousness Is something like national "growing pains." Boston has acquired the sedate and settled ways of age. There are no nerves in Boston, which Is nearer the calm orient than New York. Philadelphia, though without the advantage In longltudo over New York. Is a town with an old head on young shoulders. Nerves are un known In Philadelphia. We need only mention the circumstances that the rest cure orlglnatod . and reached Its highest perfection in Philadelphia. Can any one think of a rest cuYe in Chicago or Kansas City or Gold field or Bullfrog or Big Gulch? In connection with this a strange cir cumstance Is called to our attention. A New York man visiting Boston a short time ago took with him to that embodi ment of all that Is highest In American civilization his best and latest cut Fifth avenue "dress suit." He found, he writes to the Boston Herald, that when he wore It he was a conspicuous exception among Bostonlans. The men of that sedate and unterrified metropojls of the east, he says, treat the first of the ten commandments of dress with superb Indifference. , They wear what they like In the evening, and there Is no punishment for that sartorial Immorality. Why Is Boston so different from New York in this matter? We feel sure that Chicago and Omaha show no such complacent disregard for the laws 01 dress. We read constantly of the anxiety which Is felt on that subject In such west ern cities as Sallna, Dodge City, Platte, Keokuk, Cairo and Kalamazoo. The home press of western towns a decade or so ago used to chronicle the arrival nt th j first I'dresa suit" as a matter of prime. importance. Soon they begun to boast of the number of such garments In town. The oldtime Intermunlclpal rivalry regard ing population gave place to a rivalry re garding the number of "dress suits" gar ments to hire excepted which the towns contained. We note this westward course of the "dress suit." and ask, Has It anything to do with the westward course of nervous prostration noted by the Chicago scientist? This Is a deep medical and sociological question, and it seems to us trial a scien tist properly trained In Inductive reasoning might make much of It. New York Tribune. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE Bniiness in Winter I'abr.os Improve m Weather Beoomci More Sesunable. DEMAND FOR PIG IRON INCREASING Premium of 1 m Too Belag Paid for Prompt Delivery High Trices still Prevail for Cottoa Goods. NEW YORK. Jan. 18.-R. Oe. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow, will say: Trade in winter fabrics Improved as the weather became more seasonable, but re ports for the week are Irregular on ac count of varying temperatures. Improve ment In the traffic situation was checked by snow blockades and the best railway authorities state that expanding needs of the nation can only be met by a much greater expenditure for new track and rolling stock than has yet been contem plated. Clearance sales have made good firogress and new business for spring de Ivery In coming to Jobbers and wholesale houses In large volume, while collections show some Improvement. Msnufacturlng returns could not well be more favorable, contiacts In many cases covering deliveries In the 1V08. A few labor disputes are In progress, but most wage earners are fully employed and several liberal advances In pay are an nounced. Consumption of pig Iron exceeds production, despite the greatest rate of domestic output ever recorded. Premiums of 11 or more per ton are frequently paid for prompt delivery, and orders covering shipments during the last half of the year are placed with little dispute as to price. Available supplies of coke do not Increase. High prices still prevail In primary markets for cotton goods, yet the element of specu lation is not conspicuous, many lines being In a position where no severe reaction Is to be feared. A little more export busi ness with Cuba has been accomplished, but the total Is still small. Clothing manu facturers are taking samples of woolen goods to a greater extent than last year. Footwear buyers In the Boston market are examining fall samples and placing moderate supplementary orders for spring goods. Leather trade broadens gradually and the leading producers have advanced prices of sole. Western tanners sell all descriptions of side uppers and calfskins freely, St. IOtils shoe manufacturers are operating extensively. Packer hides have again shown great activity, sales of 126.000 being reported at unchanged prices. For eign dry hides are Improved In tone by stronger European markets. Wheat advanced on reports of small In terior arrivals, but reacted as the Argen tina crop estimates increase. Corn had the support of statements that excessive moisture was affecting the quality, but shipments Increased and exports continued' most unsatisfactory. Northwestern flour mills have Increased production until there appears an Increase over last year's figures, but shipments abroad are unsatis factory. Cotton fluctuated In response to numer ous speculative reports and manipulation. Liabilities of commercial failures thus far reported for January amounted to $5,30.346, of which J2.363.D18 were In manufacturing, 12,530.800 in trading and $306,627 In other com mercial lines. BUDWEISER BOTTLED BEER IS SERVED ONLY AT TIRST-CLASS BARS AND CAFES. "B" SURE TO GET BEST. JARVIS. Wabash Officials la City. P. J. O'Brien, superintendent of trans portation, and M. Q. Carter, tralnmeater of the Wabash, were In the city yesterday on one of their frequent trips trips arrarging for equipment to handle the Increasing busi ness of their road at these termina'a. Mr. O'Brien was feeling in a particular happy frame of mind yesterday, as a report re ceived by hint showed that the business of the Wabash tn east-bound shipments, via truck lines, for 19-. bad resulted In earn ings of tl.10i.T7 El. as against $V,LT!s7 for the prevloua year, aa Increaj ot CHAMPION SOUND SLEEPER llombrred la Peace While Bed ding; Burned Aronnd Him. William Rumohr went to bed in a board ing house at 83 Eagle street, Buffalo, and because of the cold he pulled a gas heater close to the bed and lighted It and floated off to slumber. Some hours lated Sergeant Jordan pound ing the cold flags on Eagle street In the bitter wind heard screams from the house, aw a window yanked open and a flaming pillow flung far Into the street A flguie In white rushed madly to tne corner, gave a despairing look for a fire alarm and dis appeared. Throug the smoke In the hall Sergeant Jordan saw more figures . In white. He dashed up the stairs only to have Lena Pal ma fall in his arms gasping for the am bulance. Then she rushed Into a room from which the smoke was curling and emerged presently with burning bed clothes which she tossed out of the window. The sergeant smelled gas and walked Into ths room and turned the stopcock. Then an ambulance clanged up and a doctor rushed upstairs with his caje. Ser geant Jordan found a man sleeping on the bed whence the burning bed clothes had been plucked. "Are you dead?" demanded the doctor, shaking the fellow by the shoulder. "Huh?" queried Mr. Rumhor. "You aren't dead, then?" "No, but someone else will be If you don't let me alone," growled the belligerent fel low as he roused himself. He looked around the room. He looked at the officer and at the frightened figures In the doorway. "Say," he. bellowed in his wrath, "Where's the bed cloths and my stove?" "Huh:" remarked Sergeant Jordan as he turned out Into the cold, cheerless street Buffalo New a HRADSTREFTS REVIEW Of TRADE Industry and Transportation Feel Effect of Adverse Weather. NEW YORK. Jan. 18.-Bradstreet to morrow will say: Retail and wholesale trade. Industry and transportation alike feel the effect of vary ing adverse weather conditions which re tard or check activity, and make the con gestion visible some time ago In railroad :i:att'rs even more acute. The entire northwest has struggled with snow storms and Intensely cold weather; tho central weBt and southern states have had weeks of heavy rains, culminating In swollen rivers and Impassable country roads. In the northwest coal trains have had the right-of-way, and grain movement baa been light, one reason being former prices for wheat, while the bad weather hrs been damaclng to corn and oats and has stimu lated prices of coarse grains. Relatively the most active line at present is that of dry goods, particularly cottons, which are strong and tending upward, with the mills heavily sold ahead. Collections are Irregularly slow. The textile markets are strong and fairly active for an ordinary quiet time. Cotton goods are strong, and print cloths, percales and plain cotton tend u.iward. Raw wool Is steady. Hlsrher firlces abroad and In the west are sustaln ng feature?. Cast Iron pipe, which has been rather quiet. Is more active and some good sized ontrocts have been placed, while addi tional buln"ss Is pending. Demand for structural material aleo shows Improve ment, particularly In the west, where speci fications are coming In more freely. Rail rorid Interests are the most liberal pur chasers. An esRtern mill has advanced It prices on shapes tc $1.85 at mill, which wa the ouotatlon heretofore prevailing at tide water. Buying of nlglron. chlefiv malle able, foundry and basic, for distant de livery has progressed still further, the CMfiirn tllatrl.'t r.nnrHn n ra rMniiln rl w ! heavy ageregato. Prices for these grades, except In Isolated cases, are being firmly maintained. How ever, Bessemer and grain forge pig are off 60c a ton. at Plttshurs:. I Snot pig Iron brlnKS fancy orlces every where. Ixirge orders for steel rails are said to be pending, but business for the week was only fair. The mills are well solil up, and It Is figured that orders now booked total 2,600,000 tons, in addition to the 250,000 tons carried over from 1906, Pressure of offerings from the new Cuban sugar crop Is reflected In the market for raw sugar here, which Is six points lower on thn week, centrifugal selling at 8Hc. Business failures In tne United States for the week ending January 17 number 234 against l3 last week, 2TS In the like week of I, 304 In 1906. 226 In 1904, and 263 In 1903. Canndlan failures for the week number 23 as, against 24 lust week and 36 In this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exports from the I'nltcl States and Canada for the week ending January 17 aggregated t,6M,460 miHliels against 4.073,110 bushels last week; S.44H.M2 this week last year; l,12S,t74 In 1906, and 4,890.700 In 1902. For the past twenty-nine weeks of the fiscal year the exports are 104,633,074 bushnls, against 77. 237.17,4 in 1906, and 38.016.19H In 1904 and 15, 207. M btiRhels In 1901. Corn exports for the week are 1.906.87? bushels, against 1,296,187 last week; 6,944,677 hii'hels a year ago and 3,185,529 bushels tn 19. For the fiscal year to date exports are 29.007.148 bushels, against 64.6x5,421 In 19U6-08 and 24.7or,.4it In lfloi-op. Rank clearings for the week ending Janu ary 17 aggregate $3,441,461,977. 1 per cent under last week and 10 per cent below the same week last year. Excluding New York City the total Is $1.248,182.998 ;1 6 per cent tn excess of last week and 6.5 per cent over last year. REPORT OF THE CLEAHI.NO HOl'SE Transactions of tho Associated Banks for tho Week. NEW YORK. Jan. 1$. The following ta ble, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended January 17, with the percentage of Increase and decreuse as compared with the corresponding week lust year: ,11. II .. .. , Wl,l.Wl.UIg,.r.II H '""V a Hum ii i bi i r mm nmm i tm unit il irntri'1-' t.nniiiM V I CENTRAL GROCERY. AND MEAT MARKET Both 'Phones 24. C00-602 Broadway SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY BREAKFAST BACON, IN STRIPS, per pound. .11V Fine, large Potatoes. ior bushel 55 Strictly Fresh Kegs, per dozen ....22 Best Country Roll Putter, per pound 25 Oranges or Lemons, each, at 1 Fancy Prunes, per lb.. 5 Fancy Norway Mackerel, each :....5 (!ood Poil Peef, 8 lbs.25 Com Beef, 8 lbs 25 No 1 Beef Steak, H lbs.25 Sausage, per lb 71 L' Hamburger Steak, ier pound 71i Bologna, ior lb 5 TRY OUR CENTRAL FLOUR, Every sack warranted, per sack . . , $1.05 -4 n iSliaa Fla. Del.. Des Moines New Haven Oraiid Rapids Norfolk Augusta, Gu Springfield. Mass... Portland, Me Dayton, O Kloux City Evansvllle Hlrmtngham Worcester Syracuse Charleston, 8. C... IJncoln, Neb Mobile Erie Oakland Knoxvllle Jacksonville, ilmmgton, Wichita Wllkesharre Chattanooga Davenport IJttle Rock Kalamazoo, Mich.. Topeka '. Wheeling, W. Vs.. Macon Springfield. Ill Fall River Helena Dexington Fargo. N. D New Bedford Youngstown Akron Rockford, 111 Cedar Rapids, Canton, o Blnghamton . Chester, Fa... Lowell Bloomington, Quincy, III Mansfield. O Decatur, III Bioux Falls, g. D.. Jacksonville, 111..,. South Bend, Ind... Fremont, Neb tHouston tQalveston Fort Wayne, Ind... Ia. 111. tweooot S,193,U00 2,677.000 . 3.112,0110 2.197,000 2.433 l,"ll,fl"0. 2.0ft7.0tH 2,16,000 2.918.0001 2.4HS,Oi! 1. Kt)4.ooO 2, Z!u,OOU 1,7'H.oc 125,000! 2,2 19.OO0! 7.tiOo 736. 00O 1.673. OUOI l,6.'.OOii 1.469.0UOI 1.Z11.0KM 1,149.00 1.617,0.H 933,000 1.72&.0ODI 1,222.001) 1.(HO,ii0.i l.Sli.fM) 906.0001 8X7.0WI 1,237,0001 79-). 010 890.01 10 679.000; 924,000 675.110 8x9,1)00 6V4.0rt 772.0UO 673.000 618.000 614,000 606,000 4f9.iO 6)6.0fli.H fjOR.OH) 377.000 403.000 429.U0O 2.S5.000 6NS.000 343.00O 29.063.000 17,H2'.00O 736,000 10,6!. 22.1 . 6.4i. 6.9. 19.9(. I 31.7 17.01 23.3 14.41 20.9 ifi'6 4 I i.i 4.01. 7.01. 6.6'. 3.6;. 10.4. 40.61 64.6 14. 0 5.1 7.3 .9 18.01 47.8 11.8 I 39.0 ..!4l 9.5 "si 21.8 "i.i 18.2 &5.0 36 12.7 52.8 2.4 3 1 4.2 'n.i "i'a 'ii'.i "i'.i CANADA. Now Is the time to make your wants know a-through. The Bee Want Ad Page. Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Ottawa Halifax Vancouver, B. C. Quebec Hamilton St. John, N. B... London, Ont Victoria, U. C... Calgary Edmonton 30.127,0001 25,7K8,Oi' 6.471.010 J.215.oo 1, 64,000 2,745.000 1.826.00fM 1.619.000 1,323,000 1,1X8.0' 10 881.000 1.2',000l 767.0001 or horses form a circle when attacked In the optn by wild beasts, the cattle 'with their heads outward and the horses with their heels. "Of course, all this Is Instinctive, and not the result of deliberation. The horse al ways turns his tall to the storm as well, and cows and steers. If I remember rightly, turn their heads." John Burroughs In Outing. Musings of the Gentle Cynic. The lofty Ideals of some men are re stricted to high living. ' Contentment In merely dividing what you have with what you want. There Is plenty of room at the top without pushing anybody else off. Some p-ople' only Idea of preparing for the next world Is to take sulphur baths. The average man will go through any thing for the girl he loves, especially her fortune. Some men look so far ahead that they lose sight of the opportunities under their very noses. When the parlor gas Is turned down It's a pretty good sign that the young fellow calling there l?n't. New York Times. Now Is tho time to make your wants) known through The Bee Want Ad Page. I.IHle Hoy Caught MenllnK. Matthew Dober, a youngster only It years of age, who lives with his parent st S018 Routh Eleventh street, was arrested In the RoMon Store Friday afternoon on the charge of shoplifting. He nnd a youth ful partner in crime were seen to take eight pairs of clienp gloves from a coun ter. Dnber's partner escaped after a hard chase by several employes of the store, but Dober was taken to the police station and locked up, to be held for trial in tha Juvenile court. 3.5 26.2 14.5 'bi'.b C.2 '20'fi' 9.1 1.1 4 4 i'.i Balances paid In cash. tNot Included in totals because contain ing other Items than clearings , N'ot included In totals; comparisons Incomplete. CITIES. Clearings. Inc. I Dec, New York Chicago Botton Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg San Francisco ... E'.altimure Cincinnati Kansas City New Orleans .... Minneapolis Cleveland Louisville letroit Loa Angeles Omaha Milwaukee providence Buffalo Indianapolis St. Paul Denver Seattle Memphis Fort Worth Richmond Columbus Washington St. Joseph Savannah Portland, Ore.... Albany Salt Lake City ... Toledo, O Rochester ......... AtlaJit Tacoma Spokane. Wash.. Hartford Nashville Peurla, 2.2 U,193.878.0U i39.27o,ooo 20. 0( 184.53O.0U0 69.226.000 6il.944.0UO 46.7K8.OUU S1.142.OjuI 34.1M4.UOO 36.S.0U0 26.697.000 19 277.0UO 18.7ti.0i 10 15.23o.UUO 14.71 w.otol 14 731,000! 10,8?a OOO 13 7 12.4f.uij 20.1 iw.. 8.613.0UOI.. 9.972.OU0I 89. 8.124.0)( 16 2i. 8.3.O0 10.3!. t.0Ul.li0Oi 18. l. 6.U44.00O! 29.706. OuOj 7.0U5 00u( 6.74.0 6.3VSt" 4.5 io!7 'ia'.ii ::! 16 41. I (I. 28.. 17.6 'io'.i "i'.i "i'.i ib.i Temptations of the Game. Mr. and Mrs. Stockson Bonds are In veterate bridge whist players, and their home Is the meeting place of bridge play ers of all grades. On one evening In every week they are "at homo" to any of their friends who wish to play, and on other evenings they entertain parties of their own selection for games, which range from 1 cent a point to a much higher flgun Recently, long after the house hnd bei closed, a noise was heard downstairs, and regardless of his wife's protests. Stock son Bonds went below to ascertain the cause. The noise continued and grew louder, but no answer came to the wife's calls from above. She became alarmed, opened a window, saw a policeman, and he made a rush for the basement door. A few minutes later tbe husband appeared be fore his panic-stricken wife and told her he had found the servants playing bridge and wrangling over the propriety of a certain play. "Did you send the whole lot away?" ask-d the wife. "Why, no; I took a hand and decided the Question before I reallxed where I was." New York Tribune. Animals "(ever Commit Suicide. "I do not believe that animals ever com mit suicide. I do not believe that they have any notions of death, or take any note of time, or ever put rp any bluff game, or ever deliberate together, or form plans or forecast the seasons. "They may practice deception, as wien a bird feigns lameness or paralysis to decoy you away from her nest, but this, of course, Is instinctive and not conscious deception. "There is at times something that sug gests co-operation among them, as when wolves hunt in relays, as they are said to do, or when they hunt In couples, one en gaging tha quarry In front while the other assaults from the rear; or when quail roost upon the ground, their tails to the center, their heads outward; or, as when cattle Kosmeo For Men Few men can go bathlnp, fish inp, rowing or golfing, without having their skin burned and blis tered until the pain is intense. Kosmeo prevents and cures sun burn promptly. Apply Kosmeo thoroughly at night and in tho morning before going out in the sun leave it on for a few min utes, then wipe off all that has not been absorbed, and you will never sunburn. After Shaving Kosmeo is delightful to use as it keeps the skin soft, smooth and firm, relieving all irritation. After shaving, wash the face in warm water, rub with a dry towel, then apply Kosmeo, rub it in well and wipe the face thor oughly with a dry towel. Fowder may then be applied if desired. Your skin will never get sore, chapped or irritated if you use Kosmeo regularly after shaving. 50c at all Druggists Note the jar carefully, and insist that your druggist supply you the genuine Kosmeo. Mrs. dervalse Graham, rO SJkI.1l BT THE BENNETT COMPANY AID ALL BETAXXi DXUOOI8TB. vm'f. .1 2.0 46.6!. 1023.01 ml 6,474 0! 7.21 ooOj 7.9eiiMol T.67.COT 3.7M.OUOI. S 7 iH. 4.7M.On! 6.3MI,&io.' 2.9K2 OiOl 4.443. OOOl fcuCt.UJV,. .41.. 2.7!.. IB 01 . . 27.41.. 44 (.. 29 5 .. U.i;. .l i'.i x.i 87.0) 12 21. t.i,. HA 9 8 23 13.4 .J PALACE GROCERY BOTH PHONES-251. C20 BROADWAY. SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY 21 rounds Granulated Sngar 8 l'ounds Hand licked Navy lieana Pottawattamie Corn, per can 5 Pottawattamie Tomatoes, per can t 10 Fancy California Peaches, 25c can, each JS Fancy Pears, 2 cans. .25 Compass brand Blackberries. 2 cans 25 Yellow or White Cornmeal, per sack 12 Vi Good Coffee, 2 lbs 25 Diamond "C" Soap, 9 bars.25 31.00 25 Le.nox Soap, 9 bars 25 Eureka Soap, 10 bars 25 Gold Medal Flour, per sack.$l Meadow Gold Flour, per sack.$l Good Country Butter, per lh25 Egg-o-See, per pkg 7 Zest, per pkg 7 J. M. Mincemeat, per pkg... 4 Soda or Oyster Crackers, lb. 5 Tea Sittings, per pkg g Evaporated Apples, per lb. 10 25c Broom, each 15 1