Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 29, 1907, Page 3, Image 3
u THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. AmiTj' 20, 1P07 CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA COUNCIL Office). 10 Prari MISOR MF.JTIOJI. Davis, drugs. Btockert sells carpets. Ed ICogers' Tony Faust beer. Fine engTavlnrs at LetTerta. 8m Schmidts elegant new photos. Plumbing and heating. Blxby & Bon. I,ewls Cutler, fun-ral director, 'phone 97. Woodrtng Undertaking company. Tel. MS. PETERSEN A 8CHOENINO BEI.U RUGS pinner cards. Alexander's. 333 Broadway. DIAMONDS A3 N INVESTMENT, CALK TO L.KFFERT ABOUT IT. Wedding and engagement rings at the tight price. O. Mauthe. 2-8 West Broad way, High grade watrhea, wedding and en mg'mienl rings. 2U West Broadway, O. Alautbe. Wanted A gentle buggy horse that a lady can drive, l.UU to l.iuO pounds. Ruth, phono 12. 1401 Sixth street. Bl.'DWEISER IIOTTFjED BEER 13 eKKVFIJ ONLY AT Fl H.T-CI.ABS BARS AM C AFES. I ROSEN FEED CO., Agts. Council Bluffs aerie of Eagles will ob serve its annual memorial day Sunday afternoon, May 12, at Ita hall, with ap propriate exercises. CARRIAGES ALWAYS READY. CALL, 71, BOTH 'PHONES, GRAND LIVERY, J. W. AND ELMER E. M1NNICK, PRO PRIETORS. The city council will meet tonight in Adjourned session to further consider the schedule of water ratee prepared by W. XJersted, the city's consulting hydraulic engineer. Mrs. L. Conboy will entertain the Ladles' Ala and the Woman's Missionary socie ties of St. John's English Lutheran church Thursday afternoon at her residence, Avenue II. The first annual dance given by the De ree of Honor, Ancient order of United workmen, will be held Thursday evening. May 2, at the Armory. Couples, 60c; extra lady, iflc. Whaley's orchestra. I can furnish A No. 1 diamonds, the clear est water color, cut to sharp edges, not flat and no flaws. A diamond cut to sharp edges gives more reflection than One with Sat edties. O Mauthe. 223 Broadway. Attorneys I. N. Fllrklnger, George 8. Wright and Emmet Tlnley loft Saturday evening for Mlddletown, O., to take fur ther depositions In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Union Transfer com pany. Although at police headquarters the lid Was reported to be on tight yesterday, more than the usual number of arrests of drunks was made. The police attribute it to the laying In on Saturday night of aa over Sunday supply. A squad of Dodge Light Guard In com mand of Second Lieutenant Lalnson muri'hed out shortly before midnight Sat urday to the range near Crescent City for practice Sunday. The men reached the grounds about 3 a. m. and pitched their "pup" tents. The return was made Sunday afternoon. The Board of Education will meet Tues day night to open Its bids for the con struction of a four-room addition to the Thirty-second street school. Action, it Is expected, will be taken at this meeting on the resignation of Minn M. Ixnilne Eddy, a teacher at the Bloomer school, who has returned to nor home at Marengo, la. It is expected Miss Eddy's place will be filled from the substitute lint until the close of the school year In June. Rev. O. W. Snyder, pastor of St. John's English Lutheran church, will leave this evening for a trip to the east to be gone about a month. He will attend the Luth eran Women's general missionary conven tion at Philadelphia, the general convention of the general synod of the Lutheran church at Sunburg, Pa. Enroute he will attend the stiver Jubilee exercises at the Davenport, la., Lutheran church, tomor row evening. Rev. Mr. Snyder was the first pastor of the Davenport church. He will also visit a number of churches In the eastern cities in the interest of his work In Council Bluffs. During his absence there will be no midweek services and his pulpit on Sundays will be occupied by milliliters .rortii Omaha. . . . i Linoleum and oil cloth. Btockert Carpet Co. Here to Stay. Ws are dolly receiving new lots of shoes and are selling them at our usual low prices. Duncan Bhoe Co. Garden rakes. 20c; garden hoes. 2Go; teel spades, COc to $1.25; Vinch rubber hose, per ft., 6c; hose repairs; harwood hose reels, 8bc; grass catchers, fit 14 or 16-lnch nowcrs. 8fc. J. poller Mer. Co. 'Phone W. 100-102-106 Broadway. Matting and window shades at Stockerte. I.nwn Mower special. 14-Inch high wheel lawn mower. $3.75; others at $3.25. $3.50. $6.00, $6 60. $6.00, $7.00. 7.50, 88.00. up to $12.60. Call and see our line before you buy. J. Zoller Mer. Co. Phone 320. 100-102-M6 Broadway. Petersen Schoenlng sells matting. Do you need lumber or building ma terial? We ship direct to the consumer and you avoid two profits when dealing with us. A chance to figure your bill will prove What we have said. C. Hafer Lumber Co., Council Bluffs, la. Need any lace curtains? Before you buy better come In and see us. We want to surprise you In price and quality. D. W. Keller, 102 B. Main. Switchman Charged with Theft. Charles W. Tullls. a switchman In the employ of the Great Western railroad, was arrested about midnight Saturday while In the act of wheeling to his home a bar rel of tripe which. It Is charged, was stolen from a Great Western freight car. Word was sent by a resident In the neighbor hood 0 police headquarters that goods had been thrown out of a freight car and had been hidden ' near the tracks at Ninth avenue and Ninth street. Captain Schafer and Patrolman 8mith went to the place and met Tullls hauling away the barrel of tripe In a whelharrow belonging to the railroad company. Tullls told tha officers that a man In the car rolled the barrel out and told him to take It home. A quantity of other food stuffs said to have been taken from the same care were found by the officers and turned over to tha railroad company. Headache Want to know how to stop It? Of course you do but you don't want o take anythlnx that will Injure you. or cause distress afterwards. Dr. JI1W AnU-Paln Pills relieve Quickly; &o bad after-effects; no nausea. Just pleasurable sense of relief. It von"t cost you much to try them. Every druggist seJU them. "1 reoonmend Dr. Miles' Antl-Paln Pills to sufferers of headache. They are the ecly thing- I have ever found that would bring? relief without affecting the heart " KD. FADER, Lakeflald. Ulna. If they fall to help, your druggist will gerund the money on first package. X doaea, IS cents. Never sold In bulk. hTXLXB MJESIGAX. CO, BUfcart, la 4. FOfld fffll wena. m aerveus mil S UVU lUr nu And their (k, war la NAP VAt work and youthful vtgot uo gone as a result of evar ferk or menial exertion should taks kiui o na.MVK. fiHiu riLLa. They wtu siaae yu and sleep and he a man agaia tU Best a nanaa ftsM ML 11. (Sherman & McCorvnell Drul Co I tt) ad Dvde Vta, Otaaaa. Neb. BLUFFS St. TeL 4S. NEW ORGAN FOR ST. JOHN'S Andrew CaTostis QiTei $1,000 n Condi tit", that Friends Bait Like Ansmnt. CHURCH WAS STARTID AS MISSION Congregation la Making at Streanoas Effort to Pay OH Debt of Afi.ooo oa the Raw Ed I nee. Andrew Carnegie hns promised to donate tl.ooo towards a pipe organ for St. John's English Lutheran church, conditional on the conaresatlon first raising a like amount. This promise of a donation from Mr. Carnegie was secured largely through the efforts of General Grenville M. Dodge and Congressman W. I. Smith. General Dodge Is a personal friend of Mr. Carnegie and Congressman Smith has taken a deep Interest In the completion of St. John's church building, which Is a handsome atone struoture at the corner of Willow avenue and Seventh street. St. John's Lutheran church was orga nized as a mission In April, 1891, and de spite the fact that the congregation Is not a wealthy one. It has succeeded In erecting a handsome church edifice, al though the main auditorium Is not yet completed. An effort Is now being made to finish the Interior so that services can be held In the main auditorium Instead of In the basement. The sum of S.OflO Is needed for the completion and the pastor. Rev. G. W. Snyder, and the congregation have started out to secure it. The me tallic roof originally placed on the edifice will have to be replaced with slate and this will entail an expense of over $70n which was not anticipated. Since moving Into the new building the church has been called upon to pay upwards of $1,700 for special Improvements such aa . paving on both Willow avenue and Seventh street and sewerage. West End Lots Tea, we have 200 nice, high, level lots, very desirably located, for all classes of people doing business or employed In either Omaha or Council Bluffs. Contemplated Improvements In the vicin ity will double the values within fifteen months. Buy now and ths profit is yours. We can give you a single lot or a block of iota together If desired. Get your friends to Join you and form a new neighborhood of your own choice. A few houses also for sale on the easy payment plan. Prices are right and the terms of pay ment will be made, to suit your purpose Call and let us show you. C. C. Clifton Company, 608 Broadway, Co. Bluffs. Both 'phones 7C1. P. A. Spencer. Plumbing, steam and gas fitting, furnace and sheet metal work, galvanised Iron cor nice, skylight, tin roofing, gutter, spouting and repairing. Green and Norfolk furnaces. First-class mechanics In all branches. Both telephones No. 690. 158 West Broad way, Council Bluffs, la. Complete line of Vlotor base ball foods Petersen a Schoenlruf. Lace curtains. Btockert Carpet Co. N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 260. Night, L-681 TWO STRANGERS ARRESTED Men Supposed to Be from Omaha Held oa Bnaplcloa of Robbery. Two strangers, giving the names of George Kelly and Frank Kertley and claim ing to be from Omaha, are being held by the police for Investigation. . They were arrested late Saturday night nt Broadway and Thirty-seventh street on suspicion of having slugged and robbed one BUI Thomp son of a watch and chain. Tha arrest was made by Detective Weir, but the police so far have been unable to locate Thompson. Kelly and Kertley and the man said to be Thompson alighted from an Omaha motor at Thirty-seventh street and went to the saloon at the corner of that street and Broadway. At the saloon Kelly asked the bartender to advance $6 on the wnch which Thompson was carrying. The bar tender refused and then Kelly suggested that he advance $1.50 and they would spend the money for drinks. The bartender, how ever, was not loaning money on watches and tha three men left the saloon Just aa Detective Weir happened in. Later Detective Weir was Informed by some horse traders camping In that vicinity that a man named Hill Thompson had been alugged and robbed of a watch by two men who were with him. The horse traders told Weir that they had met Thompson wandering on Broadway and that he appeared completely dazed from a blow he had received on the head. De tective Weir returned to the saloon and had been there but a few minutes when Kelly and Kertley came In. He placed the men under arrest and on being searched at the city Jail the watch was found on them. Efforts to locate Thompson, how ever, failed. The men under arrest claimed that Thompson gavs them the watch as security for a small loan. Tou will soon begin to think of Ice again. When you do call the Council Bluffs Coal and Ice company. Telephone 72. Fly Time Cemlngr. Repair your screens, screen doors, eta Phone your wire order te us. Price per square foot. c. J. Zoller Mer. Co. 'Phone km 100-1(0-106 Broadway. Give us your order for that spring car pet. We do the rest sew, lsy and fit It right to your room. D. W. Keller, 10$ B. Main. Greatest Ice saver on the market the Alaska refrigerator. Petersen Schoenlng. Five Charge! with Flghtta. W. Watton. Jamee Watton John Tlerney and two brothers named Bloomqulst will have to face Judge Snyder In police court mis miming on a charge of righting. Tne fight occurred about midnight Saturday on Broadway near the Willow Bprlngs -loon, opposite the postofflce. In which the trouble la said to have started. At the outset about twenty men were engaged In the fraoaa, w... th. crowd ranldlv v.nih. tK. A out the crowd rapidly vanished on toe aI- vent of the police. Jainea Watton was traced from the scene of the fight to the bridge on North Seventh street by the trail . . , . . . . ... . . ,. of blood which he left on the sidewalk. He was found leaning against the bridge with blood pouring from several wounds la the head. Late, the po,.oe found a "blackjack" ' ess City Scavenger I haul dead animals, fl.SO per head. Oerbege, eshee, manure and all rub bish; clean vaults and eeespools. All work done is guaranteed. Calls promptly attended to. Ind. Fhune lit T bell Rod lITt 1. H. HHEHUX'K near the scene of the light and It Is sup posed Watton was struck with It. W. Wat ton was also badly battered up. On of the BI"omqulsts, who were snJd to have been Innocent parties to the fight, was more or less damaged about the face. CITY 18 SOW O A CASH BASIS Bonded Debt Snail anal Warrants Are Paid In rsah. The bonded debt of the oity of Council Bluffs on April L 107. was $283,000, made up of $190,M0 bonds to retire general and water fund warrants and $93,500 Intersection Im provement bonds. The city has no floating debt and all warrants ss Issued are paid from cash In the several funds. In other words. Council Bluffs, as a municipality, Is doing business on a cash basis. During the last fiscal year general bonds to the amount of $13,000, and Improvement brands to tha amount of 87,809, making a total of $30,500, were retired. The Intersec tion bonds would not have matured until 1910, hence the city has been saved the sum of $1,360 In Interest by the calling In of these obligations before maturity. City Treasurer True has also called In $2,500 In tersection bonds due In 1910, on which, by virtue of the call. Interest ceased December 1, 19o. During the last fiscal year the city paid $14,11144 Interest on Its bonded debt The general bonds bear t per cent, while, with the exception of $40,000 which carry 4H, the special Improvement bonds beer 8 per cent Interest. Council Bluffs has the enviable reoord of having never defaulted on any of Its obligations. M11ICIPALITY REEDS MORE TtOOM Officials nave Trouble la Finding: Quarters for Police Board. Thst the municipal building on Bryant street Is Inadequate for the rapidly Increas ing needs of the city is generally conceded by the authorities. That such Is the case has recently been demonstrated when the law creating the Fire and Police commis sion requires the city to furnish the com mission with suitable quarters. As matters now are the commission cannot be pro vided with separate quarter, there being no spare room In the city building. For the present It Is expected the commission will have to occupy the office of the mayor. The city building la of such construction that another story could not be added, but It might be possible to erect an addition on the north side on the site of tha grass plat between the city hall and Jail. Furthermore, the city is confronted now with the demand for a building- In which to house the city ambulance which will form part of the equipment, of the police department. The patrol house will not accomodate It and a shed will have to be constructed north of the patrol house. The city does not own the ground north of the patrol house and has been paying rent for It for. several years. Rngrtr Habeas Corral Hearing;. In the district court this morning Judge Wheeler will bear the habeas corpus case brought by W. M. Rugg of Manning, la., to secure his release from the custody of Sheriff Canning. Rugg some time ago was committed to the state hospital for In ebriates at Knoxvllle. but was later pa roled. Subsequently he removed from Man nlng to Omaha, where he purchased a rooming house. A few days ago his wife asked that Rugg be recommitted to Knox vllle and Rugg was taken In charge Satur day evening by Deputy Sheriff Woolman and brought to Council Bluffs, where he was placed In the county JalL To this Rugg strenuously objected and through an attorney secured , a writ of habeas corpus directed against Sheriff Canning' and re turnable this morning. Mlssonrt Oak Wood. Chunks and split wood, large ricks, at $1.56. Bridensteln A Smith. 14th Are. and 6th St. Both 'phones 181 Screen Doors and Windows. 18-Inch hardwood adjustable window screens, open from S3 to 33 Inches, 30c; 24 Inch, 36c; 30-lnch, 40o; screen doors, all stses, up from Kc. J.. Zoller Mer. Co. 'Phone 320. 100-102-106 Broadway. Buy the Jewel gas or gasoline stove. They are the safest. Petersen & Schoenlng. Now Is the time to make your wants known through The Bee Want Ad page. PAST WEEK IN BLVFFB SOCIETY High School Dance One of the Featares of the Week. Mrs. Mamie B. Donaldson has gone to Salt Lake City on a pleasure trip. Mrs. John Flxsel of Sioux City la the guest of her father. Mr. J. A. Holmes. Mrs. Charles A. Wiley of Sioux Falls Is the guest of Mrs. A. V. Frush of First avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Witxgman have gone to Seattle, Wash., where they intend to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Chiasm and Mr. K. A. Wil liams are home from spending two weeks at Eureka Springs, Ark. Mra C. D. Brinton. formerly of this city, now a resident of Butte. Mont, Is renew ing acquaintances In this city. Mr. and . Mrs. Victor Gunnison left Wednesday evening for Los Angeles, Cal., where they expect to make their home. Mrs. R. V. Innes. 217 Bluff street, will entertain the members of the Afternoon "600" club Friday afternoon at her home. Mies- Laura Johnson of Belleville. Kan., has returned to her home after visiting with friends In this city for a couels of weeks. Mr. and Mra W. R Lewis, 106 South Seventh street, have as their guests their son, Mr. H. C. Lewis, and his bride, from Columbus, Neb. Miss Leona Bvers was tendered a pleas ant surprise party Monday evening bv about thirty of her friends at her boms on West Broadway. Mr. Ed Jensen, 411 Park avenue, left last week on a vacation trip to the east. He will visit the Jamestown exposition before returning to this oity. Mra Ralph Metsger of Sterling. Colo , who has been the guest of her mother, Mra McMillan of Madison avenue, has returned to her home. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Atkins entertained at dinner Tuesday at their home on East Washington avenue In celebration of Mr. Atkins birthday anniversary. Miss Bay Carter, who has been the moat of Miss Ethel Shubert of South First street for tha last month, has returned to iter nome in vv arrenion. Mo. Mrs. W. E. Hummer, 814 Avenue A. has as her guests her auwer, Mra A. Dixon of Couti Rapids, la., and her niece, Mrs. George Dixon of Sao City, la. The Ladles' Aid society of Trinity Meth odist church will entertain at a reception Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs D. K. Witter, 330 Eleventh avenue. Miss Helen Woodruff returned to her home In Dennlsoii, la., Tuesday evening i " wim ner cowan, WI J r,1ue"t""Vh? Nlch!" t I rJh "r.Ul0f rheAmerTcTn'";! was held Thursday afternoon at the home ' of MlM Adh ". 817 Second avenue, I Mr. and Mra Henry A, Otto of Vine Street announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Pansy May, to Mr. Fred V ' Chambers of this city, the wedding to take Pce In May. . MrVff A! k0' iPJfnd "" left Tuesday lor Faribault. Minn., where .be will visit her son. Baa-gent, who is attending the Shattuck school. Her son, i'ui- nuanled her. , Ur?hdBuoS!F Vut rounded by his children and grandchildren to the number of thirty. He has bean a resident or council iJiuKs for fifty-one years. A pretty home wedding occurred Sunday ariernoon ei mi notne or tne bride, ait Avenue a. wnsn dir. rrr4 f. Wlddoae of Belle Fourche, 8. D.. was united In mar- rtuge to Miss Gorgoa Hummer. Ths home was beautifully oooorated with ferns and plms aoid out flowers. Mr. Fred Hughes acted aa beet man and Mlse Hannah Lar sen as bridesmaid. The loaniavge oaramuai was iierfuriued by Kv, i. A MoKeiaiia iff the growth of Shorthand students should learn to operate the Smith Premier typewriter, which offers them such a wide and profitable field for their talents. Send your name to the Smith Premier Typewriter Co., Executive Office, 339 Broadway, New York, and receive the "Typist" free for a year. It is a bright little monthly of unusual interest to stenographers and typists. The Smith Premier Typewriter Company, Syracuse, N. Y. pastor of the First 'Christian church. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served. Mr. and Mra Wlddoss left the same even ing for South Dakota, where they will make their home. Miss Marian Tyler entertained the mem bers ef the Kl&tter-Klub Friday afternoon at her home. Ml Sixth avenue. The after noon was spent at cards. Miss Edna Kee llns receiving the ' prise for the highest score and Miss Helene Blxby the "twenty" prise. After the game dainty refreshments were served. A very unique and entertaining social was given Friday evening at St. John's English Lutheran church under the desig nation of a "sock social." Kach attendant present contributed twice as many pennies aa the slse number of his sock. An inter esting program was given by Mrs. C. F. Btough, Mrs. J. A. B arris and Miss Marie Peterson. The Economical card club met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank Hitch cock, &24 Washington avenue. The after noon was spent at cards. Mrs. Spare re ceiving the first prize and Mrs. Jones the second prise. After the game dainty re freshments were served. The club will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Abdell, on Sixth avenue. The Ladles of the Maccabees entertained at a most enjoyable calico ball Thursday evening at the Maccabee hall. The event was vary unique on account of the cos tumes, which were chiefly calico and Jump ers. Whaley's orchestra furnished the muslo for ths long program of dances. There were about eighty couples present. Light refreshments were served during the evening. Dr. and Mrs. JL B. Jennings entertained at dinner Friday evening at their home, 201 South Third street 'The tooms were beau tifully decorated In- pink and green, pink and green shaded candelabra being used on the small tables at which were seated twenty guests. After dinner the guests played cards, at which Mra Millet was awarded the women's prise and Mr. Peavey the men's prise. The Florodora Card club was entertained Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Edward Mulligan, 630 Washington avenue. The evening was spent at cards, Mrs. J. C. Btnall being awarded the men s prise and Mrs. Snooks the women's prise. After the game dainty refreshments were served. The club will be entertained Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. A. F. Hlllla. Tenth street and Third avenue. A quiet wedding occurred Wednesday aft ernoon, when Mr. C. E. "Watklns of Stio ahonl, Wyo and Miss Jessie B. Dickey were united in marriage at the home of the bride, til Second avenue, only Immedi ate relatives and friends being present. The couple loft Immediately for Oskaloosa, where they will spend a week. They will return for a few days to this city before leaving for their future home In Wyoming. Prof. Chambers entertained at a May pole dance for the smaller children Fri day evening In Chambers' hall. It being the prettiest dancing party given by his clas this season. About fifty children were present and dancing continued until 10 o'clock, after which the aduit class filled the remainder of the program of dances. The May pole was decorated in green and pink, the "queens of the May pule' being crowned with American Beauties. Mrs. E. L. Duquette and Mrs. Coffen of Omaha and Mrs. Rooart Fsul entertained the Jolly Twelve club Tuesday afternoon at the borne of Mrs- Duquette, itfl Glen avenue. Four tables were used, there be ing a guests table. The guests of the club ware: Mrs. Carte of Soutn Dakota. Mr. Kobertson. Mrs.. H. w arren, Mrs. Holllday snd Mrs. Chrlstlanson. The members present were: Mrs. Mattlngly, Mrs. Kastner. Mrs. Keller, Mrr. Erin sight, Mrs. Kr earner, Mrs. Bolan and Mrs. Murray. The prises were awardml to Mrs. Keiler. Mrs. Kastner and Mrs. Duquette, who received the highest scores. The guests' prise was awarded to Mrs. Carse. After the game the guests were seated at one table, where dainty re freshments were served. The table was prettily decorated In pink carnations and maidenhair ferns. The club will be en tertained Mar 10 by Mrs. Keller. The most enjoyable dancing party of the week was that given In the Eagle's hall by ths young women of the Theta Sigma Phi sorority of the high srhool in honor of the young men of the Oinega Eta Tau fraternity. The walls were most attrac tively decorated In the sorority's colors, gold and white. An Immense Japantee umbrella was suspended frum ths celling In the center of the room, which was heavily draped with gold and white. From the umbrella center piece to the four cor ners of the bail was suspended long ropes of gold and white, forming a triangle at each end of the hall. Over the ropes were small red llgnta with Japanese overhang. ngs. giving the colors a rich contrast Aa Immense banner filled one corner of the nail, while a bank of ferns, behind which waa placed the punch bowl, occupied the oppoalte corner.' Presiding over the punch dowi were miss oertrjae vt neeter. Miss Helen Drake and Miss Elisabeth Kouig maker. The patronesses were Mrs. C. L. Felt. Mrs. O. D- Wheeler, Mrs. F. J. Day sua sars. jotin r. urgita r Over In the Pay This amount was earned last year by sten ographers who secured ant 1 Employment As the superior qualities of the Smith Premier Typewriter become more widely known, so the demand for competent Smith Premier operators increases. Notice this department in the United Total call received Total positions filled Yearly talarie earned IOWA JOINT FREIGHT RATES Commission Will Erl Prlimiry Hear ing at Dat kfeinti May 8. QUESTION OF DIVISION TO COME UP Railroads Propose Rate of Eighty Per Cent of Sues of Two Locals, While Sosae Shippers Say Ttils Is Too High. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, April 28.-(8pectal.)-When the state railroad commissioners meet May 8 for the purpose of beginning the work of preparing a joint freight rate schedule it will be merely for the purpose of complying with the technicalities of the law that requires that the commission shall within ten days after the law goes into effect fix a date for hearings, and the date shall not be more than thirty days distant. The commission on May 8 will only briefly outline some of the plans for taking up the matter and will then adjourn until May 22. Since the matter of a Joint freight rate Is one of the most Im portant questions the board has had to consider since It first put In the distance tariff schedule, It Is attracting attention of shippers everywhere. There Is also con siderable question aa to just how the division should be made on a Joint schedule. Both the railroads and a committee of the Manufacturers' association have asked the Railroad commission to make the Joint rate about 80 per cent of the total of the two locals. But the Manufacturers' asso ciation and the railroads alike may ' be looking after their own Interests much more than the Interests of the public gen erally. There la no doubt but that argu ments will be made to the commission that the Joint rate should be much less than 80 per cent. On a shipment of 100 pounds twenty-five miles, under the Iowa tariff the present rate Is IT cents and for seventy-five miles the rate Is 22 cents for goods of the first class. The total of these Is 19 cents, and 80 per cent of that total la 31.2 cents. The rate for a shipment of 100 pounds for 100 miles over one system of railroad Is but 24 cents, and the arguments will therefore be that a joint rate of 80 per cent Is too high. There Is also some question In the minds of those who have given the matter study as to how the joint rate should be divided and as to whether a railroad originating the shipment should have a greater pro portion of the Joint rate than the second line to which the shipment Is transferred. No Trl Passes. While Attorney General Byers has not been asked for any formal opinion in re gard to the new anti-pass law of this state. It Is understood that he does not believe that the law permits the Issuance of trip passes or tickets by the railroads. The claim by some that the law by giv ing a railroad right to Issue a pass to an attorney who gives all his time to the business of the road can Issue a trip pass to an attorney who is to give all his time for that trip to the railroad's business. Attorney General Byers holds thst this Is in defeat of the plain Intent of the law. The law Intends to stop the Issuance of pssses to every Tom, Dick and Harry, and If trip passes could be Issued In po litical times and other times aa well, th4 antl-pass law would be really of no force and effect. Some of the newspapers of Iowa have contained Items to the effect that the attorney general of Nebraska has given an opinion in which he holds that trip passes are permissible. Attorney Gen eral Byers said today that he understood the opinion holds that they are not legal. Coloael Aaetioaeer Comlii. Colonels galore from all over Iowa will meet In thla city June ( and T and It will pay any ordinary mortal with a plain "Mr." to hie name to stay away, for be will But Envelope positions through Department States alone. 1905 1906 30,679 26,947 $14,713,062 22,639 20,051 $10,893,446 be noticed. On June 6 the seventh annual convention of the Iowa State Auctioneers' association will meet here. The headquar ters will be at the Wellington hotel and there will be from 160 to 200 colonels in at tendance. , Colonel B. N. Richardson of Marengo Is president and Colonel W. P. Maulsby of Marshalltown is secretary. When the convention opens there will be a song by the convention led by Colonel D. B. Marshall of Mount Ayr, which will be followed by the annual address by the pres ident Swine Breeders Coming, The annual convention of the Iowa Swine Breeders' association will be held In this city some time In June. The exact date has not been fixed, but It will probably be about June 12. The state convention c f the fire Insurance agents of Iowa has been ar ranged for June 11 and 12, and It Is be lieved that a number of other conventions will be held at about the same time In order to get the reduced ratee given then. State Board Wants Reports. A meeting of the State Board of Health will be held soon In this city, at which an effort will be made to get reports more gen erally of all contagious and Infectious dis eases Immediately upon their appearance In the state. ; The board will entirely re write Its rules, partly with the view of se curing that end. The rules now require that dally reports of the condition of pa tients aral new rases be made to the board of cholera, diphtheria, scarlet fever, small pox, chlckenpox, measles, typhoid fever, tuberculosis and whooping cough. As a matter of fact, however, very few doctors or anybody else pays any attention to this rule of the board, especially as to such troubles as chlckenpox and whooping cough. The board requires the head of the family to make the report If there is no at tending physician. As a matter of fact, this rule of the board, along with some oth ers, was made ages ago and Is somewhat out of date. Following the rewriting of the board's rules, a publlo meeting will be held at which durtors from ever the state will be In attendance and at that time the new rules will be explained. While not everyone knowa It, the state law gives the State Board of Health almost dictatorial powers. Its authority Is prsctlcally unlim ited to make rules and regulations govern ing the health of the people of the state. Jones of Vllllsra a Candidate. From the diplomatic manner In which Representative Jcnes Informed the Vlllisca Review that he was not a candidate fur the republican nomination for lieutenant gov ernor, It Is taken ss granted that he Is candidate for the office. To the Vlllisca Re view, Representative Jones of Montgomery is quoted as saying: "I will not be a candi date to the house of representatives from this county again." Continuing, the Review OLD CROW RYE. REAL WHISKEY a wr MTiir nrcTM ri' ass BOTTLED I - I i tea fl " ' PURITY AGESTRENGTH Look for the word Distillery! Rtedf ?r4 Qom leZiw the says: "Asked If he were ambitious to be come lieutenant governor, Mr. Jones said he had never expressed himself in that re gard and could not say, although admitting that If he were offered the nomination he would accept."' lie la further quoted In the Review aa saying that If Senator Smith of Osage Is a candidate for the office he will not be a candidate. SEARCHING FOR 1IKR MOTHER Mrs. Smith of Cedar Falls Begins Almost Hopeless Quest. CEDAR FALLS, la.. April 28. (Special.) Mrs. Ida Smith, 2203 Walnut etreet, Cedar Falls, la., Is seeking through her attor ney, R. 8. Cummins of Cincinnati, O., to find her mother. It would seem to be al most a hopeless ense. Her story Is one of unique Interest and excites the sympathy of the public. When she waa only a month old she was put In the orphans' home In Cincinnati, as her mother waa unable to support her and her father was killed In 1HS4 In the war of the reberrtnn. Within a few weeks she wns adopted by a man named Joseph Schults. who had just lost a baby daughter and to whom the little foundling was a source of great joy. When 17 years of age she was married to Smith, who left her with the care of five children. One son lives In Cedar Rapids, where he Is employed In a packing house; another works In the freight department of the Il linois Central railroad In Waterloo, where a daughter, Mrs. Roy Coldln, Is living; an other son is working as motor man on the Waterloo, Cedar Falls 4 Northern Street railway and the youngest of the flock Is a student at the I. B. N. S. Two of these sons In early life were In mates of the Orphans' home In Des Moines. The Incidents connected with the romantic) life story are very obscure, but excite the Interest of the public because of the strong love of family which the woman possesses and her earnest effort to find the real name of her mother. If the records have not been destroyed success will crown her work and that of her friends who are trying to assist her to define her lineage. Pay of English Jnrors. The scale of remuneration of F.ngllnh common Jurymen Is absurd In a civil cane In England a common Juryman Is allowed 6 shillings a day for "a view" that Is, for lnsectlng any property or thing In dispute hut otlierwlne he Is, in law, not entitled to any remuneration. It is usual, however, In the high court to give him a fee of 1 shilling, and in the counties 8 pence. Special Jurymen receive much higher remuneration. The fee In the county court Is 1 shilling a case, In the mayor's court 2 pence and In the London sheriff's court 4 pence. But English Jurymen have been accorded some highly Important privileges. The act of 1X70 lays It down that they may, In the discretion of the judge, tie allowed the use of a tire when not in court, and may also be allowed "reasonable refreshments, at their own expense." Chambers' Journal. a- uukJli IN BOND -RYE" in rod on label. DUtributsrst JUIj mi Qu Qnh