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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1907.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM. IOWA
COUNCIL
Office, 10 Pearl
MIOR MENTIO.
pavts, drum,
(ttookwt sells carpets.
Fine engraving at Lefferts.
Kd Rogers' Tony Faust beer.
Schmidt's elegant new photoa.
lTumblng and heating. Blzby A Son.
S. A. Pierce A Co. aell Walkover shoes.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director, 'phone 97.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. 339.
Watch repairing, O. Mauthe, S3 West
Broadway.
DIAMONDS AH AN- INVESTMENT,
TALK TO LETTERT ABOUT IT.
Conrad hive, Ladles of the Maccabees,
will meet Tuesday af'.omoon In regular ses
sion. True council, Knights and Ladles of Se
curity, will hold a special meeting this
evening.
BUDWEISER BOTTLED BEER IS
8E.KVKU AT FIRST-CLASS BARS AND
CA EES.
Oak Leaf camp. Royal Neighbors of
America, will meet in regular session this
evening.
Samuel Lasher and Sella Burke, both
from Barrent, Neb., were married yester
day in this city by Justice Oreene.
Excelsior Masonic lodge will meet In reg
ular session this evening. A banquet will
be served at the close of the meeting.
Rev. Henry De Long performed the mar
riage ceremony yesterday for Wesley Mer
idy and Erne Knight, both of Omaha.
Sheridan (Wyo.) coal in stock; also all
other grades. Fenlon Wick ham Coal com
pany, 107 Pearl street. Both 'phones S2&.
ALL SIZES OF STORM DOORS, STORM
HASH, STORM WINDOWS AND
WEATHER STRIPS AT GEO. HOAQ
LAXD'S. Harry E. Ball has been appointed sub
stitute clerk at the postofflce taking the
place of B. F. Barrett, promoted to a reg
ular clerkship.
Illinois nut coal, delivered, $6.60 per ton;
spaora grate, per ton. William Welsh,
li North Main street. Tel. 128. Yard Eighth
street and Eleventh avenue. Tel. 977.
Judge Thornell of the district court yes
terday reappointed J. P. Flees, William
Arnd and S. O. Underwood appraisers
under the collateral Inheritance tax law.
D. 8. Kerr has farms of different slses
to rent, either cash or crop rent. Houses
for sale on monthly payments. Tels. 417 and
Red. bit Broadway, Council Bluffs, ia.
Are you paying two prices for mantles
and gas burners? If you are, we can cut
the price In two for you. We handle Land.
Bey seif-llghtlng and Inverted mantles, also
all other, connections. W. A. Maurer.
Charles and Lewis Storms and John Sw
ing were arrested yesterday afternoon by
Detective Weir. They are charged with
the larceny of a new buggy body, the prop
erty of L. Cleveland, S3 South Twenty
third street.
A. F. Marts, a photograph solicitor, ar
rested on the charge of Appropriating the
overcoat of his partner and pawning it,
was discharged In police court yesterday
for lack of prosecution on the part of the
owner of the garment.
The $3,000 personal Injury damage suit
of Levi Hunt sgalnst the Burlington rail
road Is still occupying the attention of
Judge Thornell and a jury in the district
court ami will continue. It Is expected, for
two or three days more.
Roy Oreen, charged with the theft of
two overcoats from the store of the John
Bono company, was granted a change of
venue yesterday from the police court to
the court of Justice Cooper, where he will
have a preliminary hearing Friday.
The hearing of Frank Washington and
. B. Woodrldge, the negroes charged with
breaking Into the Milwaukee passenger de
pot and suspected of breaking and entering
the Burlington depot, was continued In
police court yesterday until this morning.
Men's four-buckle arctics (Hood's) $2;
men's pure gum arctics (Bostons) Jl.So;
men's all rubber arctics (old colony) $1.36;
ladles' two-buckle arctics (Bostons) fl.26;
ladles' Alaskaa 80c. Great reduction on
all kind of rubbers. Duncan Deans,
U Main ntreet.
The Council Blurt's "Pastors' association at
its meeting yesterday adopted resolutions
of regret at the approaching departure
from this city of Rev. W. B. Clemmer,
Ctor of the First Christian church, who
acoepted a call to the pastorate of a
church In Rock Island, 111.
Spring- House t'leaaluar la Now Here
to Greet Yon
With an up-to-date and beautiful stock
of wall paper. If you make an early visit
to the art display at Jensen Nlcolalsen's.
Ever on the lookout for. the latest and
best designs to adorn walls and ceilings,
we flatter ourselves that we approach per
fection as nearly as It la permitted wall
paper dealers. 238 West Broadway. Bell
'phone 618 Independent 'phone 606 Black.
Y. ' M. C. A. PROJECT IS REVIVED
Easiness Man Promises Help to Raise
the Funds.
The movement for a Young Men's Chris
tian association building In Council Bluffs
is to be revived. F. C. Rlker, chairman of
the committee which had the matter In
hand last year but failed to secure the
necessary pledges of financial assistance,
has been requested by a prominent busi
ness man, whose name Is for the present
withheld, to renew the work. This busi
ness man, it Is said, coupled with his re
quest with a promise of material financial
aid. In compliance with this request Mr.
Rlker stated yesterday that he would call
the committee together soon wit a view
of ptshlng the work In an effort to raise
the necessary, funds.
When the movement for a Young Men's
Christian association building was started
last year the committee received all kinds
. of encouragement except cash or prom
ises of cash. Finally the committee became
discouraged and the matter was permit
ted to die a natural death, at least for
the time 'being. Mr. Rlker Is now, how
ever, willing to make another effort to raise
the necessary funds.
This week the handy fruit and Vegetable
sllcer for 26c, for cutting plain flutlngs and
. shoestrings. See it in our window. Swalne
Maurer, 836-338 West Broadway.
These transfers were reported to The
Bee February 11 by the Pottawattamie
County Abstract company of Council
Bluffs:
D. W. Bushnell and wife to E. A.
Wlckham. part nw4 nw4 26-76-44.
I4) acres, w. d $ 600
Helis of Martin Hlnkel to J. G. Hll-
Jenbeck. lot 8. Muck 6, Turley's add. '
to Council Bluffs, w. d 400
R. V. Innes and wife to E. A. Wlck
ham, part nW nw4 -75-44, w. d... SO
F. J. Day and wife to 8. E. Humph
rey, lot 7, block 21, Ferry add. to
Council Bluffs, w. d .-. 100
Louisa Voss, guardian, to J. O, Hol
Inubeck. und. W of H of lot 8, block
6, Turley's add. to Council Bluffs,
g. d 40
Fred Voss to J. G. Hollenbeck, lot 9,
block 8, Turley's add. to Council
Bluffs, q. c. d 1
Joseph R. Mcpherson and wife to
John R. Pilling, part of lot 9, official
plat of subdivision of neVi ne4 SO- -T&-43,
q. e. d 1
Seven transfers, total 81,291
ROBERT BURKS 10c CIGAR. OLD
TIMES to and SPINA 10c CIGAR. MA
I.ONEY CIGAR CO., DISTRIBUTORS.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. IA.
Mavrrtaco Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday
to the . following: .
Name and Residence.. Age.
Thomas Mlllett. Ouldfleld. Nev. .'. 47
Kale M. Wlckham, Council Bluffs ,.. 48
Bam Leaner, Sargent, Neb 34
Ovlla Burks, Sargent, Neb 27
Henry Sabota, Bruno. Neb...,,.' 86
Carrie Capoun, Bruno. Neb 21
Wealey Marldy, Omaha 27
Kffia Knight. Omaha $1
CENTRAL FLOUR. $1.06 PER SACK;
EVERY SACK WARRANTED, CENTRAL
OROCERY AND MEAT' MARKET,
jUONE3 a
BLUFFS
61 Tel. 4S.
BLOOMER ASKS TRACKAGE
Alio BaqneiU Permission to Frcot Flat
form Over tas Sidewalk.
DAMAGE SUIT RESULTS FROM BIG FIRE
Couarllmnu Moloney Gets Warns!
for Twenty Ceats for Hoar's Work
novellas; Dirt Last Hammer
la Indian Creek. '
R. H. Bloomer, on behalf of the Bloomer
Ice and Cold Storage company, which pro
poses erecting this year a six-story brick
building on Fourth stret and Twelfth ave
nue, appeared before the city council last
night with a request that the company be
permitted to build a platform four feet
In height over the . sidewalk on Fourth
street and -on Twelfth avenue, adjolnln,
the proposed building, and that the Bur
Uniton railroad be granted a rlght-of-wa
for a single spur track with switches, etc.,
from Twelfth avenue north . on Fourth
street for the length of the building. An
ordinance granting the right-of-way to the
railroad was submitted and with the mat
ter of the platform over the sidewalk was
referred to the committee of the whole.
The fire which destroyed the warehouse
of the Union Transfer company on the
evening of December 10 is responsible for
one personal Injury damage claim against
the city, notice of which was served on
the council last night. Mrs. Joseph Jen
sen, residing at fc'lS South Ninth street,
'wants $300 damages for injuries said ' to
have been received on the evening of Janu
ary 17, this year, while making her way
home on South Main street. A piece of
wire, both ends of which were fro sen In
a heap of debris on t.ie street In front of
the building. It Is alleged, caused Mrs.
Jensen to stumble and fall, striking the
sharp edge of the curb. The city Is held
responsible by Mrs. Jensen for Its alleged
neglect in falling to have the debris from
the fire cleared from the street.
Declines to Remit Taxes.
The petition of A. Metzger & Co. for the
remission of taxes on its new bakery plant
on Mynster street under the ordinance
permitting the council to remit taxes for
five years to new enterprises locating- in
the city, was denied, the Judiciary com
mittee, to which It had been referred,
holding that the bakery was not a new
enterprise such as contemplated by the
ordinance, but merely an enlargement of
the company's former plant.
After considerable discussion City SolM
tor Kimball was Instructed to appeal to
the supreme court the case In the district
court In which Julius Katelman recently
secured 'a judgment for $500 against the
city for the flooding of his premises on
Main street by the breaking of a fire hy
drant City Solicitor Kimball, In a written opin
ion, held that the bond filed by the Omaha
& Council Bluffs Btreet Railway company,
as required by the "electrical" ordinance
of the city, was Incomplete from the fact
that it was not signed by officers of the
surety company furnishing the bond who
were empowered to do business in the state
of Iowa, The bond In question was signed
by officers empowered to do business in
the state of Nebraska. The bond was or
dered returned for correction. ' .
Last summer, while the work on Indian
creek was In progress. Councilman Thomas
Maloney, who acted as "boss" of the work,
made a wager that he could put In a whole
hour shoveling mud from the creek bottom.
He won the wager, the feat being witnessed
by a large crowd of Interested spectators.
Last night Councilman Maloney put In a
bill for 20 cents for one hour's work on the
creek. Councilman Fleming. Hendrlx and
Knudson voted for It, while Councilman
Smith, Wallace and Younkerman voted
against allowing It. This made a tie vote, i
but Councilman Maloney, who was presid
ing In the absence of Mayor Macrae and
Councilman Olson, settled the matter In his
own favor by voting with Fleming, Hendrlx 1
and Knudson. Mr. Maloney Intends to have
the warrant for the 20 cents framed as a
memento.
The council adjourned to next Monday
night and wilt meet aa a committee of the
whole Thursday afternoon.
The Pottawattamie County Abstract com
pany makes superior- abstracts. Books in
constant use for fifty-five years. 23S Pearl
street. Both 'phones 87.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR SCRAP
IRON. METALS AND RUBBER BY J.
KATELMAN, 803 MAIN ST., 'PHONE 650.
Editors' Midwinter Convention.' I
The program for the midwinter meeting I
of the Western Iowa Editorial association
to be held in this city Saturday, February
23, was received here yesterday. The ses
sions will be held In the auditorium of the
publlo library building. At this meeting '
the election of officers for the ensuing year .
will take place. j
"Wa trust that the new anti-pass law
will not keep aa editor away from this
meeting. Come if you have to walk," is
the wsy Secretary Stevens puts It In his
preamble to the program announcement. I
Every country editor In Iowa Is eligible to
membership In the association and Is in
vited to join. The officers are: President,
William Boll, Red Oak; vice president. W.
C. Hills, Oakland; secretary, E. A. Stevens,
Silver City.
This Is the program:
10 A. M. "The Subscription List How to
Handle It," J. C. McCabe, Logan Observer.
Discussion by N. T. Bradway, Mills County
Tribune; A. J. Enbody, Dunlap Reporter;
O. W. Leffler, Manning Monitor.
11 A. M. "My Experience as an Adver
tising Agent," O. O. Buk, Treynor Record.
Discussion by Fred L, Robinson, Coin Ga
sette; Everett Stewart. Woodbine Chron
icle; Charles Purnell, Persia Globe.
Dinner.
1:30 P. M. "Do the Country Newspapers
Cause the Postal Deficit?" 8. D. Henry,
Coon Rapids Enterprise. Discussion by H.
C. Dealer, Shenandoah Sentlnel-Fost: D. H.
Scott, Griswold American; F. M. Beymer,
Avoca Journal-Herald.
2:80 P. M. "Farm Advertlalng," W. P.
Wortman, Malvern Leader. Dlscuasion by
R. O. Zollinger, Defiance Enterprise; W. C.
Hills, Oakland Acorn; C. C. Bcbaeffer, Ran
dolph Enterprise.
8 3U P. M.EJ action of officers. Sugges
tions for the good of the association.
A. Mrlutr A Co,
New Location of Wholesale Bakery,
616 Mynster Street, Council Bluffs, la.
Home-Made Bread a Specialty.
Visitors Welcome.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 25a Night, 60S.
Ladles of Maccabees Entertained.
Miss Ella Mark, Iowa state commander of
the Ladles of the Maccabees, whose head
quarters are In the -city, entertained
twenty-five officers of the Omaha. South
Omaha and Council Bluffs hives at a three
course luncheon at the Calumet In Omaha
yesterday afternoon. - The tables were pret
tily decorated with roses and cut flowers.
Assisting Miss Mark In entertaining were
Mrs. Louise Luc how, Mrs. Anna Gibson and
Mrs. Under of this city.
At the luncheon preliminary arrangements
were outlined for the state conventions la
Nebraska and Iowa, The Nebraska state
convention will be held in Omaha April
23 and the Iowa convention at Des Moines
April 24.
Clock repairing. O. Mauthe, Z2& West
Broadway.
TALK OF RENTING LIBRARY ROOMS
Varlons Societies Now Hold Heetliga
In the Building.
The Board of Public Library trustees at
Its monthly session lsst night spent a con
siderable time discussing the advisability
Of renting the auditorium of the library
building to church, lodge or other public
or private societies or organisations. The
discussion was precipitated by the granting
of permission to the First Church of Christ,
Bclentlst, to hold its services In the hail
Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings
of eaoh week. ' Some of the trustees took
the position that a public library was not
Intended for any such purpose as being
made the permanent meeting place of a
church congregation, fraternal organiza
tion or other public or private body. In
view of the fact that the church offered
to pay (30 a month for the privilege of hold
ing Its services in the auditorium, It was
finally decided to permit it to do so until
urther orders.
During the discussion it developed that
the Ministerial association meets twtce a
month In the library, the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union twtce a month, and
the Medical society .once a month. The
pastors and the doctors meet in the room
on the second floor while the Woman's
Christian Temperance union meets in what
Is known as the '(club room." They have
not been -asked to pay anything for th
privilege. The Council Bluffs Woman's
club meets ' the second and fourth Mon
day evenings, every Thursday afternoon
and every other Wednesday afternoon In
the club room, for which privilege they
contribute 28 cents a meeting.
The annual statistical report of the library
for the year ending December 81, 1908.
showed that the cost of maintenance had
been $6,969.40, and that there was a balance
In the treasury on January 1, 1907, of
$4,883.85. The biggest Item of expense was
salaries, $2,800. The amount expended on
new books was only $787.64. while $619.35 was
spent In binding magaslnes and books. Dur.
ing the year 726 books were purchased and
166 received by donation. The number of
books condemned was 367 and the total
number in the circulating library at the
close of the year was 20.387 and in the gov
ernment department, 6,741. During the year
71,772 books were issued to patrons. The
number of new cards Issued was 2,309,
making a total of 4.341 In force on Decem
ber 31.
The plan of "renting" for a nominal sum
extra copies of popular fiction was shown
to have paid for itself. Up to date $872.09
has been received, while $856.62 had been
paid out, leaving a balance of $16.47 on the
credit side of the ledger.
The January report showed that 6,248
books had been issued, 4.016 to adults and
2,229 to Children. Of these the per cent of
fiction was 70.02.
The question of installing electric Hants
at the main entrance of the library on
Pearl street was deferred until the next
meeting. In order to obtain quotations on
the cost In the meantime.
TWO MEN UNDER SERIOUS CHARGE
A censed of Crime by Yonnaj Woman)
Whoso Condition Is Critical.
CRESTON, la., Feb. ll.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Peter Hanllne and Claude McCan,
who live several miles north of Afton, were
arrested and put under $500 bonds yester
day, charged with criminal assault on Miss
Wicks, 20 years of age, who lives several
miles north of Afton. According to the
young woman's story, she went out riding
with the two men, who drugged her, com
mitted the crime and left her lying by .the
roadside. It was some time before she
managed to reach her home.
. Indignation la high in Afton, as the young
woman is In a critical condition.
. Farmers at Sidney.
SIDNEY, la., Feb. 11. (Special.) The
most successful farmers' Institute In the
history of Fremont county was held last
week in Sidney. At the closing session
Saturday evening Hon. J. 8. Estes ad
dressed the Institute on the necessity of
farmers uniting In an effort to secure their
share of the prosperity which they are the
chief Instruments In producing. His ad
vocacy of a 2-cent fare bill was received
with hearty and prolonged applause and
aj his suggestion resolutions were put and
unanimously adopted requesting at the
hands of our present legislature a 2-cent
fare bill. A resolution was also parsed
demanding better railroad service on the
Sidney branch of the Chicago, Burlington
& Qulncy railway, which now gives but
one train a day.
Iowa News Notes.
IOWA CITT Mrs. Mary Foster, a pioneer
of Johnson county, aged 86, died here this
morning. ' She was the mother of B. W.
Warren of Des Moines.
AFTON Discovery Sunday of the
charred remains of a human being In the
debris of the Brockman Are of over a
week ago may lead to incendiary develop
menta. So badly charred was the body
that It Is Impossible to Identify the remains.
It Is believed, however, that the corpse has
In some way to do with the burning of the
block. Officers are working on the case.
DUBUQUE Alexander J. Phillips of
Boston, who, with his father and ten other
children, left Dubuque thirty-five years ago,
returned today and paid the Interest and
principal on $200 a total of $1,100. The
money was loaned his father when he left
here poverty-stricken. The money was
loaned by two persons now dead, and their
children denied knowledge of the loan.
Phillips, however, insisted he would pay
his dead father's debts and did.
A Pertinent Waeatlon.
Richard Harding Davis was talking in
New, York about the life of a reporter.
"A hard life it is," said he. "It Is a life
that taxes .all the energies. I don't care
how great a genius a man might be, how
resourceful, how persevering, how alert,
all those qualities would be brought In
play If the man turned reporter, and on
many a good story he would still fall down
at that
"Reporter are often snubbed. There is
a stupid type of man that likes to snub
them. Such a man, a bank president,
once tried to snub my friend, Jimmy Pat
terson. I
The bank . had gone up through a de
falcation, and Jimmy went to Interview
its head. But its head was crusty. He
refused to be interviewed. He took Jimmy
by the arm and led him toward the door.
" 'Young man,' he said, 'I always make
It a rule to mind my own business.'
" 'Were you doing that.' said Jimmy,
when the cashier made his haul?' "In
dianapolis Star.
Ready for a Recount.
Of a political transaction that had a sus
picious took. Senator Beverldge said:
"Though In the thing there is nothing on
which we can lay our hand, It certainly
appears fishy. It reminds me of a Wash
ington waiter.
"A gentleman, after eating a good dinner,
said to the waiter:
" 'I am sorry I can't give you a tip, but I
find I only have Just money enough to pay
your bllL"
Ths waiter seized the bill hurriedly.
" 'Just let me add It up again, sir,' he
muttered." Washington Star.
' If you have anything to trade advertlao
It in the For Exchange column of The
Bee Want Ad peg a
RAILROAD LOBBY WORRIED
4 a..
r Oram's Bill Fizii Minimum 8ped of
itoak Trains Favorably Btportcd.
TWO-CENT FARE BILL EXPECTED TO PASS
On Ton of All This the Commission Is
Expected to Take I f the Frelgrht
Srhednles at One and Re
dnee Many of Them.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. Ia., Feb. 11. (Special Tel
egram.) Doran's bill providing for a min
imum speed for live stock trains ws re
ported out by the house committee on rail
roads at the session of the house this
afternoon with the recommendation that
It be amended and passed. The original
bill provided a minimum average speed of
eighteen miles an hour. The amendments
provide that In trains of less than twenty
cars the minimum shall be twelve miles an
hour, and when forming parts of larger
trains, eighteen. If the road falls to move
the stock according to the law provision
Is made for recovering damage for loss of
time and market conditions, with reason
able attorney's fees.
Railroad Lobbyists Downcast.
Railroad lobbyists are looking to tomor
row's session of the house as a very cheer
less session for them. The 2-cent fare bill
Is down for . special order tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock and according to all ap
pearances the measure will be passed by
the house practically wlthnMt debate and
be sent on to the senate. For four hours
last Friday the railroad lobbyists argued
to the railroads and commerce committee
of the house against the enactment of a 2
cent fare bill and the next morning the
committee reported the bill out and recom
mended that It be passed. Legislators
laugh when anything Is said about the wor
ried feelings of the railroad lobbyists.
They say the railroads have for years been
saying that ar.y legislation would put them
Into the hands of receivers till no one takes
them seriously any more. But the 2-cent
fare bill Is only one measure. On the day
that the bill was reported for passage the
railroad commission opened up the entire
freight rate schedule and there Is no ques
tion what will be done with the schedule
before the commission gets through with
It. Furthermore the White reciprocal de
murrage bill Is to be taken up by the house
committee Thursday of this week and there
Is every Indication that it will be reported
out, though possibly with . some amend;
ments, and the railroads are even more
afraid that the legislature will enact It
Into law.
Hardware Men Comlsg.
Des Moines will be the meeting place of
the Retail Hardware men, the Retailers'
association and the Wholesale Grocers
next week. All three of the associations
will begin their meetings Monday to 'con
tinue three days. '
It is expected that more than 609 dealers
In the different lines will be In Des Moines
for the meetings,, in" addition to a large
number of trade men who are expected
here, as the representatives of the manu
facturing companies.
Discuss Chnrrh Merger. '
Ministers of the Congregational. Meth
odist Protestant and United Brethren de
nominations met, in this city today and
lunched, at the Plymouth Congregational
church . for the purpose of discussing the
course of action to follow at the meeting
In Chicago next week., when a basis of
the organization of .the three denominations
Into one will be decided upon. The con
solidation of the three denominations has
been decided upon by the national bodies
of the three denominations. The plan has
yet to be devised. Today at the meeting
of the Iowa ministers of the three denom
inations It became apparent that some real
perplexing problems are In the road. One
of these Is the question of the organiza
tion of tho new denomination. The Meth
odist Protestant and United Brethren have
the bishop and presiding elder system, the
Congregatlonallsts the ,pure congregational
form. Neither seems ready to abandon Its
form of organization. The discussions here
today further brought out the fact that the
question of the management and support
of the educational institutions and the
missionary activity of the various denom
inations Is a grave problem and one that it
will be difficult to dispose of.
Courts Decree a Fortune.
A decree of the supreme court made Sat
urday affirming the damage suit case from
Woodbury county meant a small fortune
to the family of Charles Breasseau, all the
members of which were down with small
pox and the father injured so aa to be
unable to work. Breasseau worked In the
Lower. Brick company yards at Sioux City
and was injured there. He sued the com
pany and got a Judgment for $5,290. During
the entire winter thus far the family has
been sick, each In turn having the small
pox, and thus all were kept in quarantine.
Saturday the judgment for $6,290 was af
firmed. Now the family la enjoying the
luxuries of life.
Two Miners Killed.
Andy F. McCormlck was killed this morn
ing by a fall of slate In the Enterprise
Coal company mine and Teddy Reese was
killed this afternoon in the Des Moines
Coal company mine. McCormlck was
taken from the mine alive, but died soon
after reaching Mercy hospital. Reese was
killed instantly by being run over by a
wagon load of coal.
Were Many "Baby Jims."
That every baby born at the West Ma
ternity Home is called "Baby Jim" will be
part of the defense of Mrs. West, charged
with the murder of an Infant born there.
When the hearing in Justioe court pro
ceeded today Miss Anna Beattle, head
nurse at the West Home, testified that no
laudanum was ever given to any baby at
the institution, but that Flora Goble, the
chief witness for the state, gave the baby
REMARKABLY
A Famous Doctor's Prescription Checks an Acute Cold
in a Day and Cures Chronic Coughs
The wonderful healing' powsrs of pine have been knows for ages, bat
ths oomparlUvsly new form of pine product which has ths auality of being
solnbls, tans enabling It to used la a more pleasant manaer and which la
now being generally presortbed by doctors. Is known to the profession aa
Coaoeatretoa oil of plae. A rhiladelpaia lung and throat specialist declares
that the fonaala la which he now usee ths Concentrated oU of pine has
produced remarkable results, often satlrely curing a sevsre cold la twenty
four hours. The formula Is very simple and the Ingredients oaa he obtains
of any good presorlptloa druggist aad mixed at home. It Is as follows! Mix
a half ounce Concentrated oU of pine with two oaaoes of glyoerlns and a half
put of good whlaksyi shake It thoroughly, aad use la tables pooafal doses
every twsaty-four hours.
Ths Ooaoentrated oil of pins oomes put up for medical use only la half
ounoe vials which are securely sealed la rouad, scow-top boxes aad plainly
labeled. The hoses are alr-tlght and thus retain all the anginal osoae, as
wU as protecting the said from atmosphorlo changes. Care should be taken
not to get any of tho patent madiolne imitations using similar name and
package.
These oaa bs avoided by making saro to get ths MOoaeantrated" oU of pise.
It la also said to ho a splendid spedto for rheumatism and lumbago. Tor
this purpose It la takea raw oa sugar, a few drops sach night and morning.
Mo family medicine cheat should at any time he without this powerful remedy.
twenty drone of morphine. Miss Beattle I
the one whom Miss Goble testified gave
"Dsby Jim" the first dooe of laudanum
Mrs. Weot finishing by giving two other
doses later.
First n Freak Rill.
Under the new system of reciprocity un
der Which the Iowa lralslature will ex
change copies of the bill Introduced with
inose or other legislatures, one or the first
bills to be received Is the Klnnev bill from
South Dakota, providing for trial marriages
running under contract for five years, with
privilege of renewal for a like period. It
nas met witn no favor with Iowa leglsla
tors and will not be Introduced here.
ARMY RIFLE SCORES FAKED
Prise Money Awarded Companies of
Fifth Infantry Must Be
Repaid.
Because of fraud practiced In the mark
Ing op of the rifle scores an order has
been Issued by the War department
striking out the entire score made at
practice at Plattsburg, N. Y., last sum
mcr by Companies L and M of the Fifth
Infantry. The order Is a very sweeping
cne, and not only are the scores declared
eff, but the department orders that all
the men who have received increased pay
for their good work before the targets
must refund tho extra money to the treaa
ury.
The order was received yesterday at the
headquarters of the Department of the
East on Governors Island, and, while it
caused little) surprise among the officers
It created a stir among the enlisted men
The order followed proof that there was
fraud practiced In recording the target
scores, the result of collusion among the
men.
The officers of the regiment are held
entirely blameless.
The Inquiry, which has shown an aston
Ishlng state of affairs. Is to be followed
by a sweeping Investigation of the rifle
scores of the entire battalion. This will
take some time, for the battalion Is npllt
Some of the men are In Cuba and some
are stationed In Plattsburg. Captain John
son of General Grant's staff has been or
dered to the Plattsburg barracks to con
llnue the Investigation there, while an
other officer Is to be detailed to proceed
to Cuba to make the same inquiry there.
That the investigation will be rigid is
not doubted by army men, for the War
department seeks to find out exactly to
what extent the frauds were practiced
Whether the Investigation will become
general throughout the whole army is a
matter for speculation.
When the men go to target practice the
scores are kept by other enlisted men
stationed In the pits. They are in charge
of an officer, but as there are a number
of targets there are many chances for
fraud. The targets are examined after
each shot by the man In charge, and he
signals the result with flags to the score-
keepers on the firing line. It Is believed
that there was a conspiracy In the two
companies by which the men In the pits
announced after examining the targets a
greater score than the marksman had
really made.
For excellency of marksmanship the
men receive rewards of increased pay.
This Increased money amounts to from
$1 to $3 a month. Under the order Issued
fifty or sixty men, who havereoelved this
cash will have to pay It back. There Is
no way by which they can avoid payment.
for the amounts will be deducted from
their pay.
Colonel H. O. 8. Helstand, military secre
tary of the department of the west, said
that the investigation which resulted in
the order striking out the score of Com
panles L and M had been going on gome
time.
"The regiment has separated," he said,
"so the papers had to be sent back and
forth many times. All this caused delay.
but finally they were forwarded to Wash
Ington. Colonel Calvin D. Coles, In com
mand of the regiment, took an active
part In the matter, and It was upon his
recomendatlon that the order was pro
mulgated.
The frauds came out through the offi
cial reports. There were certain details
In connection with the target practice
which came to the attention of the off!
cers and led them to suspect that the
men had practiced fraud. In order to pile
up good scores. The first cursory exam
Inatlon convinced the department that
there had, been collusion, and so the more
careful Investigation was made. The In
quiry has now been extended to the other
companies of the regiment."
Colonel Helstand was asked whether he
believed the practice of padding scores
was general. To this he replied, that the
War department gave increased pay for
good marksmanship and that there was
always the temptation for men to strive
for good scores. Beyond that he was
noncommittal. New York Times.
Chatter of Contribution Box.
At a religious revival In Emporia, Kan.,
which closed recently, the attention of the
Rev. Dr. Munhall, the evangelist, was
called to the large number of pennies In
the offering. One night the preacher held
up a silver dollar and a copper penny and
gave a conversation held by the two coins
"You poor little red cent, you; you don't
amount to anything. I'd hate to be you,"
said the big dollar. "I know I'm not very
big," replied the cent, "but the children
like me and I can buy a good many
things." "Huh! you can't buy anything
at all," said the dollar. "Just look at me;
big and bright and shiny; I can buy a
whole lot more than you can." "Maybe
so," said the little red cent, meekly, "but
I go to church a heap oftener than you
do, anyway."
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