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T7IE OMAHA DAILY BEEi MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 4. 1007. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office, 10 Pearl MINOR MMTIOH, ' Davis, drum. Ktockert sells carpets. Fins engravings at Lefferts. Kd Rogers' Tony Fmunt beer. For Renk-Rooms. 231 Main street. Plumbing end hntlnf, Btxby Bon. Lewi Cutler, funeral director, 'phone T. Woodring Undertaking oomrwr. Tel. 81. Wstrh repairing. O Mauthe, 228 West Broadway. The city council will hold IU regular monthly meeting tonight. La rve load of coha at Droge elevator, 7 Cent. Bolb 'phones 682. - . diamonds as an investment, Talk to leffkrt about it. budwe1per bottled beer is erved onli at first-class bars ahd cafes. A beautiful and ornamental gas burner, the Welsbacb chick lamp, complete, $1.26. Stephan Broa., (29 Writ Broadway. Sheridan (Wyo.) coal In atock: also all ; ether trade. Fenlon Wlckham Coal com pany, 107 Pearl street. Both "phones 325. all. sizes of storm doors, storm Bash, storm windows and weather strips at geo. hoao- lUNDB. D. S. Kerr haa' farms of different sixes to rent, either cash or crop rent. Houses for sale on monthly payments. Tels. 417 and Red. 64S Broadway, Council Bluffs, la, ewenus. Are you paying two prices for mantels and gas burners? If you are, we can cut the relee In two for you. We handle Lind ner self-lighting and Inverted mantels, also all other connections.' W. A. Maurer. The regular midweek services at St. John's English Lutheran church will be resumed Wednesday evening, as will the evening services next Sunday. The choir will rehearse Wednesday evening after the services and on Friday evening. Next Sunday morning there will be a rally service of the First Baptist church. There will be addreases by different mem bers of the church on topics of Interest to ail. Special music under the direction of the choir. Solo by Dr. Claude Lewis. H. L. Jones and I Jones were arrested yesterday for alleged participation in the assault on Motor Conductor Bishop Satur day night. They were unable to give ball. Their brother, J. K Jones, and A. W. Homer were arrested Saturday night, but succeeded in furnishing ball for their ap pearance In police court thla morning. ' Wedding? Gifts. Choice pictures for wedding gifts, some thing your friend can always use, and a gift that lasts. C E. Alexander, S33 Broad, way. XSIGHTT ARRESTS IW JAJUJAHT Kasabcr the Smallest of Any Month for Three Years. Council Bluffs was strictly on Its good behavior during ths month of January, as ghown from the records of the police de partment. Only eighty arrests were made during the month, this being the lowest number during any month since Major Richmond became head of the police de partment, nearly three years ago. Of the eighty arrests, twenty were drunks, fourteen vagrants and twenty-nine "dis orderly," the latter classification covering multitude of sins, to to speak. During the month Special Health Officer YHcholaon posted 2M contagious disease quarantine notices, this large number be ing due to the' epidemic of measles. Seven teen cases of smallpox were reported to .Officer Nicholson and five persons so af flicted were sent to the Detention hospital. HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR SCRAP IRON, METALS AND RUBBER BT J. KATELMAN. 80S MAIN ST. 'PHONE S50, FtXERAL ' OF : I-TAJT IERSO of Milwaukee Trackman Will ' ' Be Burte Tomorrow Afternoon. The funeral of Ivan Iverson, the Mil waukee railroad trackman who was struck and fatally Injured by a passenger train In the local yards Saturday, will, be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the ': Danish Lutheran church, at the corner of Avenue A. and Ninth street. Rev. J. P. Heede will conduct the services and in terment will be In Falrvlew cemetery. De creased' is survived by his wife and two ' young sons. . Coroner Trey nor will hold an Inquest tula morning at Undertaker Cutler's es tablishment. ' Iverson was a member of Council Bluffs lodge. Ancient Order of United Workmen, 'and the members have been called to meet Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock to attend . the funeral in a body. N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 280. Night, SOS. ' Two Strangers Arrested. - Robert English and Fred Smith were ar- ( rested'. yesterday' 'and are being held for Investigation. Oa last Tuesday they gave ' a dance at the Guard's armory under the ' auspices' of "The Golden Gate Pleasure club." It is charged that they have not ' settled for the rent of the hall or the , orchestra and ths proprietor of the Mar tens hotel on' Main street complained to (IM police that ' they . owed - two weeks' (tward. The men are strangers and Smith, ',by papers found on him, Is receiving M a month for the loss of part of his thumb wails serving in the United States Marine eerps from May; 1904, to August, 1906. Both are strangers to the police and recent ar rivals In ths city. , O 2 O M C L SION GUARANTEED Under the Food and Drag Act, Jane 80th, 1900. Serial Ko. 833. Have iTcu Tried It? A bulldlng-up food for Invalids and for those with weak life functions, which, by Its action on the blood, will help your body to throw off disease and take on flesh. . , For nearly a Quarter of a century ' 3 a Cs taw OU antfjtM "Par Ejntiitnc." The food that does good, hag been used and prescribed by physicians In all parts of (he warld. As a result, OzoninUlon has today a larger sale than any other emulsion of Coi Uver OH and is' carried In stock , by every druggist In the United Btates. There are two slsea s os. and It ox. Bottles! -the formula is printed in 7 lan guages on e4ch. ZOMULSION LABORATORIES, ., M Pearl Street. New York. Ffl O d f O P vVeaa ne servoue mea I VUU IUI who And thslr power fee MspuAt work and youthful vigor II CI IU gone as a result of mvmrm Work or mental exertion should take UHAT'I NEKVK FOOD fiLLS. They win autks yoe est and sleep and be a ma a again, tl Stoat S hease BS-M fey atAO. - Sherman Q McCortncIl Dm Co lata and Dodge Bta. Omaha, Net, Your Money' Worth IE OMAHA DEE Bast tlT. West pniraliDii L. A BLUFFS St. Tel. 43. DANIEL A. FARREL IS DEAD Former City Clark Ties in Eaniurlum at Eao Antonis, Ttiaa. MILLS COUNTY SHERIFF SEVERAL YEARS He Achieved Considerable Distinction by Centering; Pelk Wells, a Dei perade Who Was Wasted for Maay Crimea. Hon. Thomas Bowman received a tele gram yesterday announcing the death of Daniel A. Farrel at Ban Antonio. Tex., where he had been In a sanitarium for the laat three months. Mr. Farrel was well known In Council Bluffs, where he resided for two years before going out west, and In southwestern Iowa, having served as sheriff of Mills county for a number of years. It was while serving as sheriff of Mills county that Mr. Farrel achieved consider able distinction by capturing the notorious desperado. Polk Wells, who at the time was wanted for several daring bank rob beries and. murder. Wells received a life sentence and a few years ago died In the penitentiary. In January, 1888, Farrel removed to Coun cil Bluffs and became editor of the Globe, at that time owned by Thomas Bowman and John P. Weaver. He resigned the editorship of the paper to assume the posi tion of city clerk during Mayor Rohrers second term. From here Mr. Farrel went to Sterling, Colo., where he was engaged in mining enterprises and where for sev eral years he edited and published the Sterling Democrat.' A few years ago Mr. Farrel removed from Colorado to KJngdon Springs, Ark., where he was engaged In promoting tine and lead mines, having an eastern office In Boston, Mass. Laat spring his health became un dermined and a few months ago he went to a sanitarium In San Antonio. He Is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. Mr. Farrel was a native of Du buque county, this state. ROBERT BURNS 10a CIGAR, OLD TIMES 6c AND SPINA 10c CIGAR. MA LONET CIGAR CO., DISTRIBUTORS, COUNCIL. BLUFFS, IA. This week the handy fruit and vegetable si leer for 26c, for cutting plain flutings and shoestrings. See It In our window. Swalne Maurer, SK-S0 W. Broadway. AGAINST SL'NDAY THEATERS Petitions Circulated Ask lag Passage of Meredith Bill. A petition Is to be circulated throughout the city today asking the representatives from Pottawattamie county in the state legislature to use their Influence to secure the passage of the anti-Sunday theater bill which has been Introduced by Repre sentative Meredith of Cass county. The subject was brought up and discussed at the close of the men's meeting held yes terday afternoon In connection with the union revival, services and the bill ap parently received the unanimous, endorse ment of those present Rev. Charles Mayas, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, spoke at length on the subject of Sunday theaters and the bill prohibiting them. Members of the First Baptist church present spoke especially In favor of the passage of such a bill, as they claimed the services In their church had been frequently Interfered with by the playing of street bands belonging to cheap .theatrical shows which paraded the streets and gave open air concerts In the immediate vicinity of the church. Resolutions were adopted calling upon the representatives from this county not only to vote for but to use their Influence for the passage of the bill. These resolutions were signed by about 100 men present at the meeting. The subject was again brought up at the close of the general meeting at night and a large number of additional signatures se cured. It was then decided to circulate the petition throughout the city and a committee with Rev. Charles Mayne was appointed to carry out this plan. The bill Introduced by Representative Meredith does not include base ball, as did his bill last session, which failed to pass. The Meredith bill proposes the following amendment to the present state Sunday law: If any person or persons shall on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, either as owner, lessee, agent or manager of a.ty theater or opera house, give or knowingly permit others to give in such theater or opera house any theat rical or operatic performance or wrestling or boxing match of whatever name or de scription, for which money or any reward or compensation whatever la In any man ner directly or indirectly demanded, charged or received, be shall be fined not leas than $100 and shall be Imprisoned In the county Jail until the fine, with costs of prosecution, shall be paid. BIO OR LITTLE ORDERS ARE THE SAME TO US; ALWAYS LISTING. EITHER 'PHONtt NO. ' 71 " COUNCIL BLUFFS COAL AND ICE COMPANY. REVIVAL AT FIRST CHRISTIAN Rev.'W. B. Clemmer Will Begin Series of Meetings Toalsrht. ' - Rev. W. B. Clemmer, pastor of the First Christian church, will begin a series of re vival meetings this evening at' the West End Christian chapel. Thirty-fifth street and Broadway. Ths meetings will closs Saturday evening next. ' ' , Dr. L. L. Poeton will lead the singing and the addresses and many of the hymns will be Illustrated nightly with stereoptlcon views. The meetings will commence at o'clock each night. These axe Rev. Mr. Clemmer's sermon subjects for ths week: Monday "The Powernof Qod."7 Tuesday "Through the Agea with God." Wednesday "What Must I Believe to Be Saved?" ';" '' A ' Thursday "What Must 1. Do to Bs Saved?"- v , ' Friday "Christian Baptism." ' Saturday "Mother." Sunday Afternoon Object sermon to chil dren, "Jesus, the Magnet." which will fol low the regular session of ths Bible school, held at I o'clock. Sunday Night "Why I Am What I Am." Stephan Broa fur ( the (atest and best inverted burners, fas West, Broadway. Clock repairing. O. Mauthe, S2S W. B'way. MOTOR CARS III COLLISIOH Railway Mall Clerk frets Chleaaa -laJereaVIa Aeetdeet , W. P. Kestler of Chlcag, a jell way mall clerk, received a severe gashln the fees near his right eye yesterday morning In a rear end collision between a motor on the Fifth avenue Una and a big car on the Omaha line. The collision occurred on Pearl staeet be tween First avenue and Broadway. Votor maa Topping apparently lost control of the Fifth avenue car and it crashed with con siderable force lny the rear of tba big Omaha car, which waa preceding It and which slowed up for the turn onto Brosd way. Kestler, who was In the Fifth avenue car, was thrown sgalnst a window. He was taken to a nearby drug store, where his Injuries were attended to by Dr. Treynor. It Is feared the eye may be injured. Among the passengers In the car were three more who were shaken up and fright ened, but not Injured. The front vestibule of the smaller car waa badly damaged, but the motorman escaped Injury. Combination gas and electrlo chandeliers and the celebrated Weld bach Incandescent gas burners. Why not see us before you buy. We can certainly please you on price and quality of goods. Stephan Broa, 52 West Broadway. A. Metsgar Jt Co. New Location of Wholesale Bakery, 61 Mynster Street, Council Bluffs, la. Home-Mnde Bread a Specialty. Visitors Welcome. LNION REVIVAL SERVICE CLOSES Foar Handred Persons Receive Spir itual I piminsr Darin Meetings. The closing meeting of the union revival services laat night attracted a congrega tion which packed the large auditorium of the First Presbyterian church to the doora That the revival has been success ful was demonstrated when at the close of nis address Dr. Otterbeln Smith ssked those who had derived a "spiritual uplift ing" from the meetings to stand up. Over 400 persons responded to the invitation and arose. Announcement was mads that the volun tary contributions at the services had very nearly been sufficient to meet the expenses of the revival meeting for the three weeks. A feature of the meeting laat night was the singing by Rev. Charles Mayne of "The World Is Dying for a Little Bit of Iove." A few years ago, while pastor of the Methodist church at Iowa Falls, Rev. Mr. Mayne waa shot In bed one night by a burglar. That night Bl E. Excell of Chicago had sung this hymn at the Sunday school revival and the words of it were still ringing In Rev. Mr. Mayne's ears when he fell asleep. The first words he muttered after regaining consciousness after being operated on for the terrible wounds he re ceived from the burglar were those of this hymn. CENTRAL FLOUR, 41.06 PER SACK EVERY SACK WARRANTED. CENTRAL GROCERY AND MEAT MARKET, 'PHONES 24. Bee Want Ads for Business Boosters. PORTLAND FIGHT RENEWED Warm Time Expected at Meeting of Reorganised Mining; Company at Cheyenne Today. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 1 (Special.) There will be something doing here to morrow when the annual meeting jf the stockholders of the Portland Mining com pany of Cripple Creek Is held. The old fight between Millionaire James F. Burns of Colorado Surlngs snd the Howberts and others, who are now In control of the af fairs of this celebrated gold producer, will be continued. This will be the first regular meeting of the company since Its transfer from Council Bluffs, f la., snd reorganisa tion under the laws of Wyoming. Several attorneys and others representing Mr. Burns are already on the ground, and the opposing, faction wlii "probably come in to night and tomorrow. Mr. Burns will charge many things, chief among which will be that the present officers have mismanaged the affairs of the company, have doctored the books, records and reports and have misrepre sented conditions so that the stockholders are unable to tell where they are at. Eighteen months ago ths stock of the Portland company was selling at 1225, now the same stock Is bringing tllS. Mr. Burns, although he owns more than 600,000 shares of stock, and although he claims those In power own less than 60,000 shares, says he Is denied the right to In spect the books and records. The voting power of the present management is gained, he says, through handling the interests of the Stratton and Shannon estates. It is expected that Mr. Burns will make many sensational declarations, and a free-for-all fight Is one of the possible occur rences. Cheyenne dabs Consolidate. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Feb. l.-(Speclal.)-The Commercial club of Cheyenne haa pur chased the property of the Cheyenne club and assumed all bonded Indebtedness, and the members of the Cheyenne club will be transferred to the Commercial club. The new Commercial club, which also succeeds the Cheyenne Board of Trade, will be de voted principally to boosting Cheyenne and Laramie county enterprises, but ths social feature will not be neglected. Rumor of Coal Mine Merger. CASPER, Wyo.. Feb. (.-(Special.) There is a rumor here to the effect that the Northwestern railroad la supporting a scheme to consolidate all the coal prop erties along the Casper-Lander line Into one big syndicate, with headquarters at Hudson. , FORECAST 0FTHE WEATHER Snow Monday and Tuesday la Je. braska aad Kansas, with Slowly Rising; Temperatare. WASHINGTON, Feb. t.-Forecast of the weather for Monday and Tuesday: For Nebraska, Iowa. Missouri. Kansas, South Dakota and Wyoming-Snow Monday and Tuesday, with slowly rising tempera ture. For Colorado Snow In east, rain in west portion Mondsy and Tuesday. Lheal Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA. Feb. J Official record of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day for the last three years: 1907. 1908. 19U6. 1904. Maximum temperature. ... 1 61 4 23 Minimum temperature.... ( JO 11 4 Mean temperature 3 M 8 14 Precipitation 07 T .01 .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March L anu cumpaj isoua wun ma iuf two years: Normal temperature W Deficiency for the day Total excesa since March 1 Normal precipitation Excess for tlie day Total rainfall alnce March 1. lxnclnnty alnce March 1 Deficiency cor. period, 19oD... Deficiency cor. period, 19u6... 18 1 .02 Inch .06 Inch 26. M Inches 4 06 Inches 1.97 Inches 4 tt inches Reports from Stations at T P. M. Station and state of Weather. Bismarck, clear Cheyenne, cloudy Chicago, clear Davenport, cloudy .. lienvar, cloudy Havre, part cloudy.'. Helena, snowing Huron, snowing Kansas City, snowing North PUtte, cloudy. Omaha, part cloudy.. Rapid City, anowiug. St. Louis, cloudy ... St. Paul, clear Salt Ike City, ralnir Valentine, cloudy .... Willlsion. clear Temp. Max. Rain- 1 p. ro. Temp. fail. ....XI 14 .00 S T .... I .00 ..... 4 4 .00 S 18 T ,.... 28 iU .00 II 12 .1 14 12 T .... I t .Si 3 0 M .... 1 1 .(C ....-10 I .04 10 14 .01 l-s a .oo r.... 46 46 T 4 .00 - -a , ,oo T lndicatea trace of preclpltatloa. . . tuuicatea below sero.. U A. WLifill, Local Forecaster. 1 FIGHT ON BLAXtllARD LAW Iniuracoe Companies Etc'in Cam pal co for Repeal of Iowa Iasnranos Law. APPEAL TO SMAU. POLICYHOLDERS Attempt la Made ' io Show that the Statate BeneSts Large Holders at Their Eiprsi. . (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Feb. 8. (8peclal.) Insur ance companies are beginning their cam paign for the repeal of the Blanchard law. Pamphlets and circulars ars being distrib uted to the members of the general as sembly with a view to creating an Impres sion that the Blanchard law la operating to give the big property owner Insuranoe at a low rate, while the small property owner must pay a high rate. The Blanchard law was enacted some years ago and prohibits Insurance com panies from combining to fix rates of in surance. It has not been In operation but a year or less because of the fact that the Insurance companies fought It and carried It to the supreme court of the United Ststes. This took several years. There it was de clared to be constitutional and since then it has been In force and effect. Furthermore, since .then the rates on Insurance in this 'and other large cities of the state have been considerably lower, both to the small property owner as well as to the large, according to testimony given the last summer before the Legislative In surance commission. Thrt circulars put out by the Insurance companies declare that the Blanchard law ought to be repealed, that it makes In surance a "commodity" subject to "dicker between the property owner snd the com pany," "Just as though Its cost was fixed and known." It endeavors to quote Presi dent Roosevelt In defense of Its arguments that the Blanchard law ought to be re pealed and offers as a? sop a provision giv ing the property owner the right of appeal to some commission from rates fixed by the Insurance companies. n State Normal, as Example. The State Normal school, which this ses sion Is asking for an appropriation of but $15,000, while the St,ata Agricultural college ' and the State university are each asking for amounts up. In the vicinity of 1500,000, Is being held up aa an example of business administration-and an argument that the legislature should enact a law consolidating the business management of the institu tions under one board 'Of control. In 1903 the general assembly enacted law levying a tax of 1-10 of a mill on the dollar for the benefit of the State Normal, to be used for the purpose of erecting new buildings, and H of a mill to the State university and H to the . Agricultural college. This gave the State university and Agricultural college each about $130,000 a year and the State Normal about) 366.000 a year. The nor mal has as many students as the other In stitutions, but since , the voting of the mlllage tax it hag built . all Its. buildings out of that .tax and had money left with which to equip them, while the other two Institutions have every session asked for special appropriations, with -which to build new buildings and so,ulp others. The trus tees of the State, Normal are confident that at the. end of thstnxt five.year period, to which the legislature - haa extended its mlllage tax, it will' have Its ' buildings erected and equipped for all time to come. The management of the other Institutions confess that they cannot do 'that by asking this session for 3270,000 for the Agricultural college and $296,000 for the State university for buildings. Representative Jones of Montgomery, who led the fight for a single board for the Institutions in the Thirtieth General Assembly, maintains that the State Normal shows good business management while the others do not, and that there will not be good business management of the others unless there Is a single board cre ated. He will undoubtedly lead the tight for the single board In the house at the coming session: The example of the State Normal, which hat buildings nearly as large and commodious and is caring for quite aa many students as the. other insti tutions, Is causing some of the members of the legislature to do some deep think ing on the matter of state appropriations. "Baby Farm", Evil. The "baby farm" "evil' is causing the members of the legislature some deep thought. White of Story. DeMar of Davis and several others are giving some special attention to the problem and the methods of handling the subject. It Is not at all Im probable but there will be bills introduced that will rescind the policy established at the last session of discontinuing appropri ations to private Institutions. Institutions such as Benedict Horns in this city that have been caring for such cases as seek the maternity homes, received annual ap propriations. Last session a bill was en acted gradually diminishing these approprl attons with the view to totally discontinuing them. Now It is being advocated that the legislature should prohibit anyone doing a maternity hospital business and should grant state support to the charitable In stitutions that have done that work with close stats Inspection. It Is claimed that when private parties open maternity homes the fact that the mothers desire secrecy gives an excellent opportunity to the pro prietors to levy blackmail, and the desire to make money soon leads them to at' tempt It. Women Delay Measure. Prominent women who are championing the movement for woman's suffrage in the state, such aa Mrs. Mary Cbggeshall and Mrs. A. H. Webber of this city, will leave next week to attend the convention in Chi cago of the national organisation of the movement. Interest In the matter of press Ing the resolution before the Iowa leglsla ture will be allowed to delay during the five days of ths convention in Chicago. It is expected that soon after that time the resolution submitting the matter to a vote of the people in Iowa will be submitted in both houses here. Oppose Reformatory. On the ground that If the state estab lishes a reformatory at the penitentiary at Anamosa for prisoners between the sges of 18 and 30, It will remove all the best class of laborers from Fort Madison, leaving only the hardened criminals there, the manufacturers employing convict labor In Fort Madison are here to oppose the in determinate sentence and state reformatory law. The same intererts were hers last year to lobby against the measure. The measure was defeated and they have hopes of defeating It this session, though It can not be said that ths defeat of the measure at the laat session was due to the argu ments of ths Fort Madison convict lsbcr employers. That a question aa to an in determinate sentence and state reforma tory law should be decided upon the grounds solely of Its benefiting or injuring the employers of convict labor seems rather an audacious demaad to many members of the legislature. Lays Defeat Saspert of BUI. Ex-Representative Lundt of Tamah county haa written a letter to Mrs. Dame, the lobbyist for the woman's suffrage res- olution, la which bs claims that his defeat was brought shout by his support of the woman's suffrage measure. Ministers Sinn Petition. Ministers of Iowa of all denominations have the last week started a campaign of petition-signing for the Sunday theater closing law, the campaign being in every way similar to the one that came so closs to passing the measure at the last session. Opponents of the measure are badly fright ened and fear It will pass. Ottamwa Wants Convention. Otfiimwa wants the state convention of the Implement Dealers' association, as It Is willing to put down cold cash for the privilege of having It meet there.. Cedar Rapids is willing to do the same thing. The state association Is In debt about fJPO and would like to have the cash to pay off the debt. It has been meeting annually In Dps Moines and all things being equal would like to meet here asnln the coming year. Des Moines has always endeavored to do the thing up brown and give the as sociation a royal good time, but refuses to pay rsh for the convention. The ex ecutive committee cf the state association will meet . In Des Moines shortly to de termine the question. CHICAGO EPIDEMIC . ABATING Fewer Cases of Diphtheria aad Scarlet FTr Were Reportd Sanday. CHICAGO, Feb. $. Fewer cases of scarlet fever and of other contagious diseases were reported to the health department today than on any day since the epidemic began. No decrease, however, was shown In the number of deaths. There were eighty-three cases of fever, twenty-six of diphtheria and nineteen of miscellaneous diseases, as compared with 407 cases of fever, sixty seven of diphtheria and 697 miscellaneous cases a week ago. There were seven deaths reported. HOW JACK. KKKIIXS SHOT FROGS tsed to Shoot 'Ena So Low They Hit Man on Box. The resppearance on the diamond of old Jack Kerlns. Louisville's star catcher of twenty years ago, revives fond memories of that old warrior. Jack comes under the limelight as an umpire1, and the chances are he will be a popular Idol. It was Jack Kerlns who used to send e m down to second on such a low bee line that the pitcher had to look out If he didn't get his head severely bumped. One time soon after Tode Ramsey, whom Kerlns practically made, Joined the pitching staff of the Colonels, Jack sent one of those low line throws to second to catch the flfct fwt1 Arlln Ittham. the St. Louis Browne" third baseman, who was the purple robed prince of base runners in those days. The ball barely grazed Tode s left ear aa It passed oh its terrific flight to second. t "Mv God " yelled Ramsey, "what are you trying to dp; kill me?" When the cloud of dust cleared away and the peerless Arlle was seen still grappling for the bag a couple or leei away, jaca, who hnd gone out into the middle of the diamond aa he often did to watch a close decision, pointed at the prostrate victim at second and replied: Maw, 1 was alter tnai irog, mere. Kver afterward Ramsev did as luy Hecker and the rest of them did, either ducked his head away down or far enough to one side to be safe when Kerlns went frog hunting. Of the Chicaso American team which Comlakey started into that league with In 1900, when he pulled out of St. Paul, only one man now is on the team, or was last season when It won the world's champion ship. That was Isbell. Izzy went with the team from St. Paul, where he was signed as pitcher, and has stuck to It. The others of 1900 were: Frank Shugart, Fisher. Hartman. old Dick Padden. Denser. S heron, Hoy, Mc Fa Hand, Sugden and wooa. ' a rew or inese mn are ami in view, somewhere or other, but Isbell alone remains with the team. And st ran ire to say. of the Chicago Na tionals In 1900, Just one man is on the team today, ana tnat man is Frank i nance, cap tain and manarer. ' Hera are 'many of the celebrities of 1W0 who have at least faded a bit: Jimmy Ryan, veteran of the old Anson regime: Charley Dexter. Chllda. Donahue, Mertes, Griffith, Callahan, Tay lor, Mclormlck. Cunningham, ureene, Mc Carthy, Doyle, whose front name Is Jack. Matt Zimmers. the heavy welsht wrestler from Creston. la., who Is to wrestle with Oscar Wassem at Osthoff's hall February 12, la saia to be a big little man. Although no taller than Wassem. being but Ave feet six and a half Inches, he weighs 160 pounds ana is nrty-six inches around the chest. His forearm Is said to be twenty-six Inches around, so Mr. Wassem will have a-task on his hands when he tries to put his shoul ders to the mat next week. Wassem ex ceeds Zlmmer'e weight, however, and Is a mighty man otherwise. Farmer Burns' friends are enthusiastic now over the prospects of . the farmer throwing Frank Gotch when those two cracks come together next time. Gotch threw Charles Hackenschmldt twice at Chi cago the other night, but it took him thirty- one minutes to do It the nrst time, making a down in eighteen minutes the laat time. That was a good showing for young Hack, whom Burns threw two out of three In Omaha the same week, the time being twenty-four and a half and twenty-four minutes, respectively. In view of these facts, Burns rrtends believe he .will have a mighty fine chance of putting the great Gotch down. The. farmer said while In Omaha he Intended to train Gotch for his coming wrestle. Incidentally, If everything was "right" In the match between young Hackenschmldt and Gotch It goes to show that unless Charley Is pretty near as good as his big brother, the Russian Lion, Gotch will have to look well to see what Is propping him up when he goes against the big 'un In Kawvtlle next May for that S10.000 a aidor. Courtney and Cotton Bllllter are matched for a ten-round boxing bout at Osthoff's hall ror Friday night before the North Omaha Athletic club. Mayor Dahlman has said he will be present to determine whether It Is a boxing bout or a prise fight. Fames wno were present at the laat ex hibition aaid both could be arrested for obtalning money under false pretenses If they had claimed It waa a fight, for neither could fight. Blaezak haa been boxing with tne uonemian Turners or this city for years and haa never before been accused of being a fighter. The Diets Athletlo club will hold a smoker this evening at ths temporary club rooms at Twenty-fourth and Franklin streets and a large attendance Is looked for. The popularity of the club is on the increase and as the membership Is limited tho officers will put it to a vote of the members to see if the initiation fee will not be raised when the present membership la filled. It Is thought all the memberships will be taken before April 1 and then a raise will be made. Plans for the new club house and the improvements on the grounds will be discussed this evening. That Cut-Off lake la to be a moat popular place next summer is already shown by the Interest which la being taken by the club members In the way of building boats, which will be kept at the club house and will be a feature of the grounds. Three or four splendid launches have already been built and several more are ordered, and the place will be made lively aa soon aa the weatner warms up in tne spring. FRENCH HIGH MAN ON NEW ALLEYS Makes the Best Total Yet with n Seore f UT2. The Saturday night match at the as sociation alleys proved conclusively that the bowlers have not been depending upon grooves ror their high scores thla season With the new surfaces both teams raised 2.800 by good margins and the Btori boys had one gume above l.ouo. The latter won on totals by twenty-six pins, while the Krugs consolidation was taking two of the three games. Charley French had tho best total yet made on the new alleys, with 7i and hla rto waa the high sinsle same. Tonisht the league resumes play on an In dividual handicap system, starting at ISO ror a basis. I ne teams are Mats Bros, and Krug Parks. Score: KRl'O PARKS. 1 1 Johnson ..... Zimmerman Tonneman ., French liengele 203 17g m 201 ..!, 12 ao 1S8, Totals ; Ki S71 8TORZ BLUES. 1 t Francisco 178 ' Ml Cothran , 1M 1M Weber M 147 Hartley 13 t& Anderson 1 til Sl m L871 I Tot. 200 M in fcM 11 fc3 240 til SU 171 i A VSl Z.SI6 8 Tot. 207 m M 211 tt ia tii 231 a BACKACHE AND DESPONDENCY re both symptoms of organic de rangement, and nature's warning- to women of a trouble which will soon er or later declare Itself . How often do we hear women tar, "It teems as though my back would break." Yet they continue to drag; along and auffer with echee in the email ef the back, pain low down in the aide, dragging sensations, nerv ousness and no ambition. ' They do not realize that the back a diseased condition of the feminine orjrens or kidneys, sua thst ches and paint will continue entil the cause U removed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from aatlve roots and herbs has been for many years the meat ucctttfal remedy in such casta. Ko other medicine haa such a record of caret of feminine lilt. , .,. ut T . f 11? Mnro-an Kt . Tlllffalo. N. T.. writ! "I M completely worn out snd on the verge of nervous prostration My back aohed all the time. 1 had dreadful periods of pain, was subject to fits of eryln- and extreme nervousness, and waa always weak and tired. Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound completely cured me." Lydia . Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures Femele Complaint, tuch a Baokeche. Falling- and Displacements, and all Organic Diseases: Dissolves and espels Tumors at an early .ta(re. It atrengthena and tones the Stomach. Curea Headache snd Indigestion snd invigorates the whole feminine system. ... .. V '' ' Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness re Invited to write Mrs Pinkham, Lynn, Mats, ARMS FOR NATIONAL GUARD History of I&brts to Eupply Citizen Soldiery with Weapons. CHANGE WITHIN PAST TWENTY YEAR Demand for Same Arms as t'sed by the Regulars Becomes More aad More Insistent as Country -Grows Older. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. S. (Special.) It Is the theory of our government that in case of war the government must rely on Its citlsen ' soldiery for defense, and that a large standing army la not, and never can be necessary. That being the theory It would . naturally occur to the least ob servant that the mllltla should constantly receive the approbation and encouragement of the governing authorities. Until within a comparatively few years. Congress haa been remiss in Its treatment of the militia. Except in most of the wars with the In dians and the recent war with Spain, It has been the volunteers and not the regulars that did most of the fighting, not that the regulars did . not fight well, but because they comprised but a small portion of the forces of the government. In all the wars the government has been engaged in It hat been handicapped greatly by the want of a well .organised and trained militia. Militiaman Bays His Own Arms. Congress early recognised the need of an organized militia, and took steps toward encouraging such an organisation, but lack of means made these steps small and in adequate for effective work. The first law on the, subject will prove a curiosity in these (days . of great achievements. One section .reads as follows: ,i Every- citizen so enrolled snd notified shall, within six months thereafter, provide nimseir wun a gooa mussei, or nreioca, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein to contain not less than twenty four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to con tain a proper quantity of powder and Dan; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot pouch and powder horn, twenty balls, suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder. This' act -was passed in 1789. In -those days nearly every man had a rifle or mus ket, as it was necessary for the defense of his family and the community against Indian raids. But the section in regard to the arms and equipments of the officers is more of a curiosity than the other, and refers ' to some equipments the National guardsman of today would be at a loss to know the use of. Another curiosity in the section It the provision that the militiaman should hold his arma and equlpmente exempt from taxet or payment of debts. A few years later there came a breatn of war with Trance, and the sum of 1400,000 was appropriated to procure '30,000 stands of arms to be sold to the several states for the armament of the mllltla. , Fand te Provide Arms. As early as 1808, when relations between thlt country and Great Britain . became strained, a law was snacted making an annual appropriation of $300,000 for 'tne purpose of providing arms and military squlpments for the whole body of the mllltla of the United States." The arms and equipments were to be purchased or manufactured at the government arsenals. In ISIS congress made this a continuing ap propriation, providing that the unexpended balance of any year should not be covered back Into the treasury, but carried for ward to the credit of the fund, to be ex pended In the future. This condition of affairs continued for about forty years without material change. But the mllltla spirit waa not strong among the people, and the arma were distributed just as they might be called for, or as the secretary of war thought beat. In 1866 an act waa passed regulating the method of distribution. Under this act, some of ths states did not draw, their quota, while others drew more than their quota. Thus the arms were still un equally distributed. When the war between the states came some of the states had hardly a musket in their armories. What they did have, however, were practically the same class as used In the regular army at that time., - Thetclvll war was slow in producing re sults 'favorable to the reorganization of the mllltla, and It was not until 1887 that a change was mads In the law of 1866, mak ing the quota of arms distributed to a state department upon the fact that the state have ' an enlisted and organised mllltla equal in . numbers to 100 for each senator and representative In congress. It was not until sfter the Spanish-American war that the people and congress took the Interest In perfecting the organization of a National Guard commensurate with Itt importance. Keeping; Pace with Regulars. By 1897 the government had accumulated a large reserve supply of arms and the mllltla began clamoring for a better equip 'ment, and every army offloer began to recognise the Importance of training the mllltla to use the arms that would te In actual service la time of war. In 1897 congress authorized the secretary of war to issue to governors of the several, states and territories, sufficient Springfield breech loading rifles to arm all ths regularly organised and equipped mllilla of each atate and territory not already supplied with this arm. In I'M. sod sgain in 104, new models having been adopted by the government for the arming of the regular the militia were again put at a .disadvantage, and congress placed then once more on an quality, so far as armament went by rs- i ! mm miss lenan age l iter novice i jr. placing the arms with rifles "of the new model. ' Now that another change haa been made In the arms of the regulars, once more the old Inequality exists as the mllltla have ths Krag and the regulars the new Spring field. A law of congress provides for an annual national rifle match, where teams of. the regular army, navy, .marine corps and the National Guard .compete with each other, and It does appear that action should promptly be taken to put all branches of the service on an equality as regards arms. DIAMONDS-l-rcnsir. 15tn and Dodge. ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM Fraternal Vnion Team Tralnlnar foe Exhibition Drill Modern "Wood men Look to Bis; Rally 'j , Fraternal l'nlon of America. At the last regular meeting of Banner lodge No. 11 the team went Into tralnlnq for the exhibition drill which Is booked for the evening of March 7, being the eleventh anniversary of the organization of the lodge. A feature of the event will be the opening, of the Fraternal Midway and street fnlr. The open meeting next Thursday evening will be slKnnlls-'d 'by a mask ball. Six prizes are offered and the committee In charge will have everything up to date. In cluding tne orcneatm. Momiamin lodge No. Ill Initiated seven members at its last meeting, among them Mnyor Dahlman. The degree team will exemplify the floor work Monday evening and all members are asked to be present. , The mask ball, on February 11 promises to be. quite an event, as the committee It sparing no effort to make It a success, and the announcement is made that prizes will he given for the most beautiful as well as the moat comical costumes. Modern Woodmen of America. The date for the winter rally and' class Initiation under the ausDlces of the iromo. tkn rommtttee ha been set for the e'en lng of March 8. The. -camps that will takw part In the rally are Omaha 'No. Kn, B. A M. No. 645, Magnolia No. '1S.T3, Hebrew No. 4944 and Benson camp. The rally will he held In the hall of B. & M. camp in the Continental block. Benson camp Installed officers Jointly 'with Ita Royal Neighbors auxiliary Tues. day evening. The team of B. & M. camp ' assisted In -the work.. The December pass report showed that Omaha camp NO: 120 had 1.0M benelH mem bers In good standing. .i The regular monthly meeting of the pro motion committee will be held Mondn evening at the office of Hralley & Dor rs nee. Twentieth and Cuming streets. The entertainment committee of Omaha camp No. 120 for the current year consists of C. H. T. Rlepen,- Dr. L. A. Merriam, J. C. Snyder, Thomas Broadhurst, A. A. Lawrey and J. A. Crystal. Hebrew camp No. 4344 is about to re organise tls Forester team. There will be no assessment for 'February. Western Bees. . Golden Rod lodge No.. 10 met Tuesday evening in Fraternity hall. A number of members made short addresses upon the work and purposes of the order. At the close of the meeting the floor was cleared and an hour or two was passed in dancing. Ladles ef the Grand Army. The next regular meeting of Garfield circle No. 11 promises to be 'one of spe cial Interest. All members are asked to be present. Several new candidal s are to be initiated and a number of applica tions will be acted upon. The circle meets Friday night at Barlghtjs society hall. .. Royal Achates. Omaha lodge No. t initiated a large class of candidates last Tuesday evening, next Tuesday evening the business session will ' be brief, as it is the purpose to spend the greater part of the evening In a social way. All members are asked to attend. Royal Arrannm.' ' Metropolitan club waa filled to Itt ca- factty Thursday evening with members of he Royal Arcanum and tliulr compunions In attendance at tha card and dancing party given by Union Pacific council No. 1(K9. Overland council will meet In Barlght'e hall Tuesday evening. The degree team will .hold its final rehearsals In preparation for the work of initiation 'of the supreme regent's class February 14, which , will number over 100. The general committee will meet Thurs day evening st the usual place to make arrangements for . the reception and en tertainment of the supreme , regent la Omaha on tne above date. Miscellaneous. Golden Rod camp No. S36, Royal Neigh bors of America, will give a maak bull at Baright's Society hall Thursday evening. All members are Invited" with their friends. A dancing party was given at Edward Creighton Institute Wednesday evening by the Omaha branch of the Knights of Col umbus. One hundred couples were in at tendance. . -,. , . The degree team f Seymour camp No. IS. Woodmen of the World, did som, fine work Wednesday evening. . The forest wilt be beautifully Illuminated by thai degrse workers at the nuxt meeting. Seymour's Glee club Is one of the drawing features for each meeting. . Used by Millions. I'Allfl UUIUI1I dim rouuer Oomnlla Tltk k thm Pate vf enrr Huu. I are the purest la the niAkW " ' c. J