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THE QMAIIA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, .TUNE 21, 1007.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office, 15 Seett
MIA OR M EXTIOW.
Davta, drug.
Btockert Mil carpets.
t'umiii. J. Zoller Mer. Co.
Ed Rogers' Tonjr Faust beer.
Fine engravings at Leffert'.
Be Schmidt's elngant nirw photos.
Iilf Cutler, funeral director, 'phona 7.
Woodrtn Undertaking company. Tal. M4.
PEntR&hJN BCHUENINO 8fc-LA. RUQ3.
Blorage, bousegoods. Inquire 33 Bw'y.
FUhing tackle fit for fishing, big selec
tion. Petersen & Schoenlng.
DIAMONDS A8 XN l.WEOTMENT.
TALK TO LtFFERT ABOUT IT.
The regular meeting of Harmony chap
tar. Order of the Lastern titar, will be
held this evening.
Comfort Dorch chairs. More comfortable
than a hammock. See .. W. Keller, lu)
fcoutli Main street.
friends that she will arrive home this
, luurrilng, when arrangements for the fu
neral of her husband will be made.
li CDWlilSUK JaOTT L.KU UKliR 19
SKKVKD ON LIT AT FIRST-CLAB3 11AR8
f AND CAJTE& I. HOMUNFtLD CO., Agts.
Before getting your upholstering, mat
. treaa making, repairing and reflnlsliing
' dene, get the prices or tne Morgan Uphol
i taring oompany, 111 Broadway, next to
r Alexander's art store. Telephone for
Pulck orders. Bell, 80S t Independent,
lil red.
1 IK la ssdd that the Board of Education
lJBkl7 wUl hold a special meeting In a few
Icays to take up ihe matter of manual
'iralraog, welch ft has been decided to In
troduce Into lb public schools of this city
At Hie opening of the new school year In
'bepteoibe.
! Today will be Woman's Christian Tem
Mranoe union day at the Hunter store and
fje percent of all the sales wUl be turned
;xt the Young Man's Christian association
'buBVMog fund. The members of the union
will also serve luncheon and supper in the
basement of the store.
The receipts In the general fund of the
: Christian home last week wore 1113.41, be
jng 1M.61 below the needs of the week and
Increasing' the deitrlency In this fund to
-date to 141 OS. In the manager's fund the
receipt were, $27.18, being $7 .88 below the
needs of the week and Increasing the de
ficiency to 68.06 In this fund to date.
Judge Smith McPherson has sent word
, that he will bold a special session of
Unit edfjtatns court In this city next Mon
day afternoon. There are a number of
matter pending since the March term of
court which Judge McPherson is anxious
to dispoae of and he has Indicated that he
will take up several of these at this Bit
ting. How long he will remain here waa
not slated by Judge McPherson.
Mrs. J. W. Barnes of Newark, N. J sec
retary of the International PrlmaVy Junior
department of Sunday school work, will de
liver an address tomorrow evening at the
First Congregational church under the aus
pices of the local Sunday ar-hool union.
Following the lecture there will be an 'In
stitute' 'aeaalon for teachers and oificers of
the several Bunday schools of the city.
Mrs. Charles P. Shepard has telegraphed
Colonel W. F. Baker of the Board of
Supervisors, who la a member of the com
mittee, has been advised that the executive
committee of the TransMlsslsslppi Com
mercial congresa. will meet at Muskogee.
I. T., Tuesday of next week for the pur
pose of selecting a date for tile annual
meeting of the congress. Colonel Baker
wtll not be able to attend the meeting of
the committee but expects to attend the
annual s..saJon of tho congress which will
be held In Muskogee.
Ellsobeth King, who said she was Hi on
hT last birthday, both hailing from South
Omaha, applied for a marriage license yes
terday morning. Tracy Rodwell, deputy
ClOrk Of the district nmirt r,n...i.. k...
flrml Informed the youthful 'couple that If
-uh thr"5i V.'011, Pr9nt or guardlnns
with them, the license might b. Issued, hut
i,Mrw,".a-. . Th?. yu'h'ul would-ba
groom did not take the refusal over kindly
and he tntlmated to Mr. Rodwell thnt he
Lh'l. -W0U11. h.av,e ,R"U"1 " nS
had they Been fit to lie about their ages.
Wpectn.
On refrigerators Icicle, Rowen and North
rn Light. Oo-carts. 12 and up. D. W. Kel
ler, 108 Bouth Main street.
CARRIAGES ALWATS RKADT. CALI,
72. BOTH 'PHONES, GRAND LIVERY
J. W. AND ELMER B. MINNICK. PRO
PRIETORS.
Bee office removed to IP Seott street, op
posite Nebraska Telephone building.
S. M. Williamson, blcyctes. sewing ma
chines, Edison phonographs, records. Re
pairing machines and bicycles a specialty.
17 South Main street. Council Bluffs, la.
Shell Bark Hickory.
In stove wood length, 11. BO a rick. Briden
ateln ft Smith, 1401 8. th. Both 'phones 1S3.
Buy the Jewel gas or gasoline stoves.
They are the safest. Petersen 4 Schoenlng.
C Hafer of Council Bluffs, la,, will de
liver at your nearest station lumber so
cheap that you will wonder If he has
not made a mistake In figuring same.
Real Instate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to Tbe
Bee June II by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
Frank Blank to Chris N. Peterson,
lot 7, block 2, Turley & White'
subdivision to Council Bluffs, la.,
w. d 13.600
George Blank and wife to Frank
Blank, lot 7, block 1. Turley dt
White's subdivision to Council
Bluff, la., w. d
1,000
Mikei Kemukes and wife to Bertha
M. Kempkes, lot l: block 11,
town of McClelland, Is., w. d
Portsmouth Favlngs bank to Ger
trude K. Haas, lot 12, block 3,
Harrison Street addition to Coun
cil Bluffs, la., w. d
Nnah L. Landts and wife to Jolmnne
Komelke, lots , 7, t and 0, block
23, Howard's addition to Council
Bluffs, la., w. d
860
450
118
Five transfer, total.
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Hotel Kupper
lit u( MoOee,
Kansas an. M0.
ta tk araoppins
In BUrtrtot,
Maar all tne Theatre,
OO fteanUful Boom,
100 private bath.
Hot aad cold water ta all room.
Spacious lobby, parlor.
'alepboa la erery room. '
SaaaUful Cafe, rerfect Oaisln.
$1 to $2.50 Per Day
Baropeaa riaa.
KUPPM-BLMSOX E0TE1 CO.
V. A. UIKI, Mr.
City rtcavengers
i Hurt an i U' tie liau.ed f re of cuv ge.
uariMfa. uii. iimnure anu ii ruo-
blah; cl.-an vaults and ceeapoola. All
work don Is guaranteed.
Call promptly attended to.
Phone Ml Hell Red 1811
bheiujock at uiusox.
li'.in ' 9f V at 3
BLUFFS
St. Tel. 43.
STEVENS HELD FOR TRIAL
Much Testimony to Corroborate That
of Christiansen Child.
DEFENDANT WAS NEAR SCENE
Only Testimony for Defense Was Men
Who Save Mint About an Hoar
Before in a Saloon on
Main Street.
After a preliminary hearing lasting a
greater part of yesterday, R. O. Stevens,
tho alleged assailant of 'little Christina
Chrlstensen, was bound over by Judge
Snyder of Council Bluffs to await the ac
tion of tho district grand Jury. In default
of ball at $800, but which Assistant County
Attorney Ross said likely would be raised,
Stevens was committed to the county Jail.
The state produced an array f witnesses
who testified to seeing and speaking with
the accused man near the scene of the
assault Monday night. The little girl re
peated the story she told the police Mon
day night In all Its details and the fright
ened manner In which she looked at tho
prisoner during the recital was a con
vincing feature of her testimony.
Steven practically offered no defense ex
cept a couple of witnesses who testified to
seeing him In a saloon earlier in the even
ing. He denied having anything to do
with the girl and declared that after reach
ing the Broadway Methodist church that
evening between 750 and t o'clock he re
membered nothing until he fell Into the
Creole from the approach of one of the
bridges, but where that was he was unable
to say.
Court Una No Dnnbf.
In binding the prisoner Over to the srrand
Jury Judge Snyder said the corroborative
evldonee of the little girl's story could not
be stronger and thnt he had not the
slighter doubt that Stevens was the
child's assailant. He said further that tho
prisoner's defense did not alter the case
any.
The story of little Christina showed that
her aaaatlant would undoubtedly have ac
complished his purpose but for the passing
Of a Wagon Which disturbed him sn1 mv
his Intended victim the opportunity to es
cape.
Reno Anderson, a boy living on East
Washington avenue, and Chris ThomDson.
122 Hunter avenue, told of having seen and
talked with the prisoner on the Hunter
avenue bridge about 8 o'clock Monday
night Stevens was enquiring for a num
ber on Hunter avenue which Thompson In
formed him was a vacant lot. Chris An
derson testified to seeing Stevens talking
to his brother Reno. Chris was later at
the Jacobsen home when the little girl ran
to the back of the house and fell fainting
inro Mrs. jncobsen's arms. W. C. Lan-r
testified to being approached by Stevens
on Bast Broadway about 8 o'clock Monday
night. Stevens asked for a number which
proved to be a vacant lot. The witness
said he noticed that the man was some
what deaf, which Is the case with the
prisoner. None of the witnesses noticed
that the prisoner wa under the Influence
of liquor.
Another Woman Identifies Him.
Damaging testimony was also given by
Miss Dorothy Larson, a young girl who
works In a downtown dressmaking estab
lishment. She Identified the prisoner as
the man who Monday evening, while she
was on her way to her home at 1218 East
Washington avenue, shortly before 8
o'clock, followed her for several blocks
from the Broadway Methodist church.
Roger Mortensen. a yoting lad testified to
seeing Steven following Miss Larson.
E. T. Krohm testified that about 10:20
o'clock Monday night he saw Stevens In a
saloon on Broadway near North Becond
street. Stevens' clothes were covered with
mud and Stevens asked the witness where
he could clean up a little.
The only witnesses for the defendant
were L, H. Bailey, stereotyper at the Non
pareil office, where Stevens was employed
as linotype machinist, and J. A. Macomber,
a bartender In a saloon on Broadway and
Bryant street. Bailey testified to seeing
Stevens In a saloon on North Main street
between 7:20 and 7:30 o'clock Monday even
ing, while Macomber testified that Stevens
was In his saloon at 8:30 that evening.
The district grand jury will not convene
until August 27. On his way to the county
Jail Stevens stated to Officer Crum that ha
expected a brother from Lincoln today who
would furnlah ball for him.
Artificial Eye.
$1,000 worth on display In our east win
dow. We make a speclaly of fitting them.
Dr. W. W. Magarell, optometrist, 10 Pearl
street.
New Pic to re Moalilacj,
We are Just In receipt of another large
hlpment of the much-wanted rosewood,
walnut and mahogany moulding fash
Ion's favorites. Come In and let us have
the pleasure of showing them to you. C
B. Alexander, 333 Broadway.
Cliff Dweller Want Revenge.
The Cliff Dwellers of Omaha, smarting
$7,816 i un5pr tne,r recent defeat by the Pottawat
' t tamles at Diets ball park, have challenged
ine court house ball player to a return
game. The defl has been .accepted and th
second contest on the diamond between the
officials of Douglas county, Nebraska, and
Pottawattamie county. Iowa, will take place
on the afternoon of Saturday, June 28, and
the scene of the combat will be th Ideal
Hustler's ball park on Sixteenth avenue.
It you have a pair of shoe that you
want repaired right, bring Uiora to the
Duncau Shoe Co., 21 S. Main.
Teach the boy to ewlm by Rising patent
water wings; will hold a person 260 lbs.
in weight; absolutely safe; only aoa,
Petersen Schoenlng Co.
Special 8r.
On carpets, rugs, linoleum, oilcloth and
matting, window shades and lace curtains.
D. W. Keller, 148 South Main street.
Fourth to Be Celebrated.
At the meeting held yeaterday afternoon
In the room of the Commercial club, It
was decided to hold an old-fashioned
Fourth of July celebration, and Falrmount
park was selected as the place to hold It
In. The call for the meeting was Issued
by Secretary Reed of the Commercial club,
at the Instance of the park commissioner,
who had been approached by a number of
cltliena relative to celebrating the great
national holiday In proper tyl In one of
the publlo parks. About twenty attended
the meeting, and all were In favor of the
proposition. On behalf of the board of
park commissioner, Mr. Graham prom
ised they would do their part
Although the program waa not decided
upon at yesterday's meeting, It wa prac
tically arranged that there will be a nura
ber of races and other a ports for both
young and old. together with musle and
addressee. Chairman Graham of the park
board, and several of tho who attended
yesterday meeting will meet with th
executive commute of th Commercial
club thl evening when committee to take
charge of the arrangement for th cele
bration will be appointed.
Pay for l)nmori by Doas.
County Auditor Cheyne la In receipt of
a copy of what Is known as the "domestic
animal" law, enacted by the recent state
legislature. This act provides that any
person who suffers loss In stock or fowl
from being worried by dogs can file a
claim with the Board of County Supervis
ors with proof of same as Is required In
any claim, which claim shall be Investi
gated by the supervisors, and If found
correct, the person filing It shall be Issued
a warrant on what will be known as the
"domestic animal fund."
To form this domestic animal fund the
supervisors at their session In September
are required to levy a tax of $1 on all
male and $3 on all female dogs as returned
by the assessors. The proceeds from this
tax will go Into the domestlo animal fund.
Twice a year, on January 10 and July 10,
the county auditor will certify to the
county treasurer tho amount of all war
rants drawn on this fund, and if the fund
Is insufficient to meet all the warrants In
full, th treasurer will pay them pro rata.
Heretofore the tax on dogs In the county
has been 60 cents for males and $2 for
females.
See our sliding settee for porch or lawn.
Special offer. Petersen A Schoenlng.
Attention I On E. Z. dust pan free to
every lady customer at 103 South Main
street, the house furnishing store. D. W.
Keller.
A. A. Smith Insane.
The local commissioners on Insanity yes
terday adjudged A. A. Smith, who has been
In St. Bernard's hospital since April 4 of
this year, as Insane. The hearing was
mainly to determine the legal residence of
Smith, who was brought to this city from
Rock county, Nob., where his mother re
sides. The mother was present ct the hear
ing yesterday, and the commissioners un
derstood from her that now that her son
has been adjudged Insane the sheriff of
Rock county would come and tako him
back there. Smith was wanted In Sheri
dan, Wyo., on a charge of murder, but
Attorney S. Wodsworth, who returned
from there Tuesday night, succeeded In
having the charge dismissed. Mr. Wads
worth showed that Smith was Insane at the
time the killing was committed, and that
It would be necessary to take him In chains
from Council Bluffs to Sheridan If trial
was Insisted upon. Smith when brought
before the commissioners yesterday had to
be conflneai a straight Jacket. Ho has a
brother, Freu Smith, residing in Cut
Off. W. W. Dlckerson, 832 West Broadway,
Council Bluffs, la., does all kinds of fine
watch repairing.
TJpholaterlnajr.
George W. Kline, 19 So. Main
'Phonea Ind. 710, black, Bell 648.
treet.
Will of John Beno Piled.
Tho will of the late John Bono, pioneer
dry goods merchant and business man of
this city, was filed for probate In the dis
trict court yesterday. It provides that the
widow. Mis. Lizzie Beno, shall have a life
estate In all the property, both real and
personal, out of which she shall provide
for herself and daughter, Katherlne, and
give to the other four children, John, Don
ald. Grover and Ellnnbcth, $'J25 each, quar
terly. The Interest of Grover, the youngest
is to be held In trust for htm until he
reaches the age of 28. The estate Is to be
divided among the heirs after the death of
the widow. Provision la also made for the
disposition of lands and lota owned Jointly
by the testator and his nephews, Adolph
and Charles A, Beno. 'The widow, John
Bereshetm and Adolph Beno are named as
executors without bond. The will Is dated
July 13, ISO.
Ic cream flavored with pure
something that will please you.
Candy Kitchen, 66 Broadway.
vanilla.
Purity
Petersen & Schoenlng sell matting.
Lecture on Aarrlcaltnre.
The Commercial club ha secured the
south court room In the county court house
for F. S.' White, agricultural and horticul
tural commissioner of the Rock Island
'Frlsco lines, to deliver hi slecture on Sat
urday afternoon. The lecture by Commis
sioner White will b free to the public,
and at the close the car In which Mr.
White travels, and In which Is an attrac
tive display of fine grains, fruits and farm
products will be open for Inspection. The
car will bo placed on a side track near tho
Rock Island passenger depot at the foot
of Main street. Valuable bulletins on
grains, grasses, fruits and other farm
products will be distributed free by Com
missioner White. The lecture will be at
o'clock.
Office ipse for Rent.
Only half block from Broadway, oppo
site Nebraska Telephone building. Heat
and light furnished. Omaha Bee office, 16
Scott street.
Our wagons are all over town; stop one
when you want Ice. The Council Bluffs
Coal and Ice company.
Uniforms Found In Poatnre.
Two uniforms of privates of the Thir
tieth Infantry, atatloned at Fort Crook,
consisting of trousers, coats and caps,
were found yesterday afternoon In what Is
known aa Hoar's pasture on Kidge itreot. j
br two boys who notlllod the police. The
uniforms are at police headquarters await
ing Instructions from the authorities at
Pork Crook. One uniform bear the badge
of Company A. while the other bears that
f Company I. Residents on Kldge street
noticed two soldiers Monday entering the I
pasture, but failed to see thero come out (
again. That the uniforms heiongea to two
deserters who sought the timber In the
pasture as a convenient place In which to
doff them for civilian garment 1 the pre
sumption of th police.
Marriage License.
License to wed were Issued yeiterdty
to th following:
Nam and Residence. Agi.
Philip Ray Mooberry, Lincoln, Neb 2!
Fannie Hesketh, Lincoln, Neb 13
Anton A. Tlarks. Council Bluffs iS
Louisa M. Torneten, Council Bluffs IS
Charles Warner, Council Bluffs 5
Qenevlve Finch, Council Bluffs lit
My beautiful horn. No. 109 Park avenue,
la for sale. Inquire on premises Tuesday
nd Thursday. W. Runyan.
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night. L. OS.
Lawn mowers and rctr.gerators at Peter
sen dt Bchoenlng
When you have anything to buy or sell
advertise It in The Bee Want Ad column.
BECHTEL IS FOUND
GUILTY
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PrewMeat of Mlnneapoll Insurance
Co sap ay la Convicted of
Ciraad Larerny.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. June . W. F.
Bechtel, former president of th North,
weatarn National Lif Insurance company
of Minneapolis, was tonight found guilty
of grand larcany by a Jury which had
been out for twenty-eight hour. Sentence
WUl D unpoaea uaiviraaz worn Lug by
Judge H. IX Dickson
COX HAS AMBITIOUS PLAN
Propose to Build Interurban Acrosi
the State of Iowa.
TERMINAL AT COUNCIL
iJiiUXrSk
Kortlcnltnral Society laeoea State
ment of the Condition of Fmlt
Showing; Condition Not
so Dad.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE8 MOINES. June 20.-Speclal.-By
the arreRt or John A. Cox of Chi
cago In this city today It Is dlsrlosod
that there is a scheme to build an In
terurban railway from Council Bluffs to
Des Moines and on through Vinton to
Elkader. the line extending entirely across
the state. Cox was arrested on com
plaint of W. H. MoAndrews, president of
the United States Power and Smelting
company of 6311 Cottage .Grove avenue.
Chicago. He was Indicted by the Coon
county grand Jury. It devolopes since th-
arrest that Cox Is the promoter for a
big concern with million of capital that
proposed to build the Iowa State Union
railroad across the state. He has been
qulotly working on the plan and had de
signed not to allow it to be publicly
known. On hi arrest today he sold of
the plan to clear himself. In explana
tion of his arrest he said he had gone on
a note with MeAndrews and one Patter
son of Chicago for IfiBO, so they could
get money at a bank to float an Invention
made by McAndrews. After they had
been advanced $160 on tho note Co
rlnlma he Uarni thnt thev did not hnvA
any inventions or patents and he with-
drew his support and Is now arrested for
stealing the balance of the I860 by hav
ing the note withdrawn.
Firecracker the Fonrth.
Firecrackers can legally be fired in Iowa
Fourth of July. The antl-flrecrncier law
does not go Into effect until January 1,
1908. The law was purposely so drawn
as to allow the dealers to get rid of the
stock of goods that they have on j,ond.
' Shoot Ends Tomorrow.
With fair weather the National Guard
shoot will end tomorrow on the Fort Des
Moines rifle range. The national shoot
doe not take place until the last of Au
gust. Before that time the Iowa team
to be selected as a result of this week'
shoot will assemble and practice for a
week. They will also be given arms and
ammunition to practice at their homes
untlll that time. As a result of the
shoot here thus far, Captain F. S. Hurd
of a Des Moines company heads the list
with a score of 82 In the skirmish ring
and 46 at a distance of 200 yard.
BlR Fee to the State.
Two big fees, amounting to $1,000 each.
were paid to tne aiaie oi xowa muaj .
One Is from the Trl-Clty Street railway
of Davenport and the other from the Poo
pie' Light and Power company of Daven
port. Both fee are paid with the filing
of amendments to the articles of Incor
poration, In which the capital of each cor
poration Is Increased by $1,000,000. The
street car company take over Jhe Daven
port & Suburban railway and some other
small Trl-Clty lines. The Increase by the
Dower and light company I for the same
purpose of taklng; over smaller companies.
Bid on ; State Work.
Bids will be opened at the state house
July 10 for the' erection of a $66,000
woman's Infirmary at. Mount Pleasant.
The plans have, been completed, and It Is
claimed the building when completed will
be a model one for a state institution.
Bids are already being received. Tho
state architect Is also completing plan
for remodeling a brick hay barn at Mount
Pleasant Into farmers' lodge for the in
sane patient who work on the farm.
On Condition of Crop.
Wesley Greene, secretary of the State
Horticultural society, today Issued the fol
lowing statement as to the condition of the
fruit of the state at thl time:
Apples. 60 per cent; pears, IS, American
plums, 31; Japanese plums, 7; European
plums. 11: cherries. 16: peaches. 21; grapes,
76; red raspberries, 73; black raspberries.
71; blackberries, 77; currants, 61; gooseber
ries, 48; strawberries, 70 per cent of a full
crop.
There was less Injury to the early bloom
ing fruits from the frosts of May In the
northern part of the state and the reports
on tho condition of the crop are more fa
vorable from that section than farther
south. Plums, cherries, peaches and pears
will be scarce this year. Grapes, raspber
ries, blackberries and strawberries are still
In good condition and promise a fair crop.
The prospect for a fruit crop this year
Is 24 per cent less than on June 1 last year
and i per cent less than In June, 1902,
when there was a prospect for 61 per cent
of a full crop. The conditions may Improve
as the season advances.
Raise the nates.
Beginning with July 1, when the new li
cense fee for registering automobiles are
due, it I expected at the secretary of
state's office that there will be trouble.
The last legislature enacted a law raising
the fee from $1 to $6 and It Is anticipated
that most automobillsts will not know thl
and will send In $V and will have to be In
formed that the law now require $6.
Trouble Is further expected from the faot
that on that day the business of making
out notary puhllc commissions will be
transferred entirely to the office of the
governor and many notaries will send in
their commissions aa heretofore to the sec-
, f ,u,8 an, mak th ,
payable to him, when they should be sent
to the governor.
Outdoor Meet Next.
At the convention of the Christian
churches of Iowa being held here It has
been decided to hold th next year' meet
!"P ou ' doors Instead of the usual con-
ventlon. Next year' meeting will be
turned Into an assembly to last a week
and will be held on the Chautauqua
grounds In this city. It has been decided
by the convention also to ask th general
board to rearrange th church offering
days.
Iowa Mews Note.
LKMAR8 The annual commencement of
the 1fMari Hlrh school was held Wednes
day evening. The closa numbered four
teen. ONAWA Today at 4 o'clock, at the resi
dence of tho bride's ramus on Iowa ave
nue, Mxria Elliott Holmes and Marcellus
Urure llol brook were united in man-lags
by Rev. Mr. Zukert.
KEOKUK In a misrrel nv th ..Ki...
of feeding a team of horses at a llverv i
barn In Hamilton, seven men are chargod
. -
wiin prooaniy raiany injuring Ueorge Carr,
the man In care of the livery stable.
IOWA CITY The Abstracters' associa
tion nf V'wa will hold their annual meeting
in ues Aioines on July
nd 10. according
I i" oiiiiumi.rinpni niaae vy secretary
jlfnstle of Des Moines and President Aim or
1 St.Tii of Iir.-in.
I CLARINDA Henry Hanna. sunnosed to
be an old resident of I'u" counlv. was
'found dead near Cambridge, Idaho, a short I
i wh,1 Authorities at Cambridge have
'written to the sheriff of Page county In
an endeavor to discover Hanna' relatives.
ATLANTIC Judge Green Is holding an
adjourned term of court her this week.
Venterday he beard arguments In the case
for a new trial of Fleming against the Rock
Island road, In which plaintiff was awarded
a vtrdlct of tiio for the death of a relative.
He granted a new trial.
ATLANTIC The Merchants' association
of Atlantic, which has existed for the last
umbrella factory and th Atlantlo Northern
eoumern rauroaa ror tnis place, seems
i io i
laa
have died a natural death. Last nlgtit
for a special meeting to make arrangements
for the special lecturing car of the Roi-k
Island road that Is to be here the d'.th of
the month. Mr. Bebee says that since the
fnllure of the umbrella fnctory the mer
chants have lost all Interest. He will move
thnt th organisation disband at their next
meeting.
DAVENPORT The contract for a five-
stnry addition to the glucose plant In this
city has been let to Thompson Stsrrett
company of New York. While no figures
have been given for publication, It la tin
d?rtood thnt the Improvement will cost
upward Of I.jO.CUX
t'HESTON The rase against George Dow,
I other colored mn In an altercation Mon
day uvenlng, was dismissed In the Justice
court yesterday afternoon, as the evidence
showed that It was a cose where Dow was
Justified In shooting the other man In order
to protect himself.
CEDAR RAPIDS Two hundred music
teachers from all cities in the state are
attending the convention of the State Mu
sic Teachera' society, whn.li opened net
Tuesday evening. Elaborate programs
have leeii' prepared for each of the four
days, and leading teachers will give ad
dresses on various branches of music.
CHBUTON Liun llcau.n, iornierly a wrll
known banker of Greenfield and a large
land owner In thl part of tho country, who
had been making his home at Wichita,
Kan., fur the last few years, died at his
home Tuesduy morning after a lingering
Illness. He was well known In r, tr,n
and Greenfield and In this' section of the
country.
ONAWA The Monona-Harrison ditch.
now In progress of construction, was cut
through the Illinois Central lallwav north.
east of Onawa Sunday without special Incl-
aem. l ne canal construction company is
the contractors to the head of the Oliver
lakes, where the Fern Kessel compnn
contract commeni ob. ura on the dUUies
Is progressing favorably.
ATLANTIC C. N. Simmons, who has
been employed ns shipping clerk in the
wholesale grocery house of Simmons &
Jones here since his graduation from Coe
college, ha left for Santiago, Chile, where
he will accept a chair In English at one of
the largest boys' colleges In South America.
He secured the position In competition with
several other applicants for the place.
ci-aiN toiv More than 600 bankers are
here attending the annual convention of
bankers, which opened here this morn
ing. President J. J. Large of Rock Val
ley, In his annual address, declared that
legislation asked for had not been granted
I and, recommended the repeal of the bank-
i runrrv law aai'lticr It la vn!Ant In t inrv
ruptcy law, saying It Is excellent In theory,
mit in application conducive of rraud.
IOWA CITY The life of Margaret
Hayes, the 8-year-old daughter of Judso
Samuel Hayes of tho University of loa
college of law faculty, was saved here by
the presence of mind and absolute heroism
of Marjorle Coast, the )1-yeai-oiu o
of Preston C. Coast. The Hayes girl foil
Into the Iowa river at a point where the
water was deep enough to drown a man.
Her little playmates, paralyzed with fear,
stood Idly by until she had gone down
twice. Then Marjorle Coast leaped Into
the river, and, Just as her little friend was
about to sink for the third time, seised
her skirt and tugged her to a nearby pier,
to which clung the rescuer until her elders
arrived on the scene, and drew both girl
out of the water.
PLEADS FOR MRS. KAUFMANN
Defense Close and the Final Argu
ment for th Stat Conies
Today.
FL ANDREA U, S. D., June !0. (Special
Telegram.) Contrary to expectation the
Kaufmanh murder case did not go to the
Jury this evening, and Indications now are
that It will he well toward the close of tho
afternoon session on Thursday before the
arguments are concluded and Judge Smith
makes his charge prior to turning the case
over to the Jury.
Judge Frank R. Alkens of defendant's
counsel, who commenced making the clos
ing argument for the defense shortly be
fore 10 o'clock this morning, did not con
clude his argument until 4:13 this after
noon, at which time an adjournment was
taken until tomorrow morning. The plea,
In the opinion of veteran attorneys who
heard It, was one of the most eloquent
and thorough ever heard in a lukota
court room. Before Its close scores of spec
tators were weeping, and this In an aud
ience whose sympathies, generally speak
ing, were strongly with the prosecution,
and have been ever since Peter Erickson,
star witness for the prosecution, told his
dramatic story of cruelties and Inhuman
conduct to which Agnes Polrela was sub
jected at the hand of Mrs. Kaufmann.
Among those who wept during the argu
ment was MY. Kaufmann.
Throughout the entire afternoon session.
in an atmosphere that was stifling, a great
crush of people filled every available foot
of space and listened eagerly to every word
that fell from the lips of the veteran at
torney, who wa pleading the cause of
Mrs. Kaufmann. Referring to the well-
known generosity and good heartednes of
Moses Kaufmann, the husband of the de
fendant, he said: "A word by Erickson to
Moses Kaufmann that a human being wa
being injured in his house and he would
have, stopped It."
He also referred at some length to the
Improbability of the girl submitting to the
cruel treatment testified to by Erickson
and not endeavoring to make her escape,
with the nearest house only sixty feet
away, and with other house nearby, and
streets and alley passing the Kaufmann
home which were traveled night and day.
An affecting scene was witnessed shortly
after court adjourned for the day. While
talking with Judge Alkens, who was much
fatigued by hi long argument and was
seeking rest In a chair on a veranda on
the St. Vincent hotel, Moses Kaufmann,
husband of th defendant, who had not
seen Judge Aiken since court adjourned,
came up to him and grasped his hand. Bo
great was hi agitation that he could not
speak, but firmly held the hand of th af
torney for a time, and then, sinking down
In a chair broke down end swept. Tears
dimmed the eyes of the veteran attorney,
and It was some mlnutsa beior th two
men could recover their composure.
Friends and enemies alike hastened to
congratulate Judge Aiken for his great
and eloquent effort in behalf of his clients.
Tomorrow morning George B. Egan of
Logan, la., who was engaged by th peo
ple of Parkston to prosecute th case
against Mrs. Kaufmann, will commence
making the closing argument for the pros
ecution. This 1 expected to extend
throughout the greater part of the day.
MINERS REPUDIATE CONTRACTS
Western Federation Declare Existing;
Agreements Between Local and
Operator Void.
DENVER, June 20. The convention of
the Western Federation of Miners today
adopted the amendment to the constitution
prohibiting the local unions from making
labor contracts with the operators.
The discussion developed over a resolu
tion Introduced by Delegate Robert Ran
dall of Goldlleld union No. 220. Tbe resolu
tion reads as follows:
Contracts entered into with the employing
classes are of benefit only to the former.
Such contracts divide the workers In their
struggle with tne exploiters, chain one body
of workers In subjection while war Is belne;
usu-tn a nor nap nnnv1 nrian s-v r .11 ,.n.
waged upon another body; often compel one
urir.jii to scab upon another union; destroys
tiie clsss Instinct of the workers bv a
false sense of temporary security to cease
taking an active interest in the affairs of
their organisation while such contracts are
In force, and have absolutely no place in
a priKri sMive labor organisation, therefore
be It
JU-solvod, By the fifteenth annual conven
tion of the Western Federation of Miners
agreements for any sperlfled length of time
that any and all sinned contracts or verbal
that may have been entered into by any
local union or unions of the Western Fed
eration of Miners are by this convention
det lared null and void.
Delegate John McMullIn of Ilutte, Mont.,
was on the floor In defense of the contract
system for some time. He explained that
the Butte union had entered into contracts
because It was decided to do so by a great
majority ct th members, who voted In
favor of contract. Delegate McMullIn waa
volleyed with question and caustic com
ment and waa Aaally drtvea to b-im seat In
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