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nm OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 23, 1907. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office, IS fteott Mion wr:TioJr. ravls, drugs. Btookert Bells rarfets. Pumps, J. Zollt-r Mt. Co. Fxi Kngcrs' Tuny Fsut beer. Klne engravings at LefTert's. Bee Schmidt's elegant new photos. BI V KOicWICK 9 PL'KK PAINTS. PKTKIUjKN at KC1IOENINU RtU-L. RUG 3 Iewl Culler, funeral director, 'phone 97. Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. fjj. Picture framing, C. E. Alexander. 333 B wy. DIAMONDS AS .AN IN V lid 'I'M IS N i. TALK TO UFt'KKT ABOUT IT. lH not buy until you give 1 infer, the lumberman, a chance at your bill. Council Bluffs, la. M. C. Sorensnn and family of Ztfi Avenue C will leave today for a two weeks' outing at AVall Lake, Ja. We will deJIver all sizes of hard coal dur ing August for tin a ton. Wm. Welsh, 1U K. Main St. 'Phones 12. ' County Attorney and Mrs. J. J. Hess left last evening fur Chicago, where they expect to visit for about ten days. BfDWBIBEH BOTTLKI UEKR IS SERVED ONLY AT'FIKST-C'LASS BAH3 AND CAFES. L. HOSKNFKLD CO.. Agts. Olive Neva Belles began suit In the dis trict court yesterday for divorce from Maurice, Belles, to whom she wus married October 6. 19"4. She charges her husband with treating her In such a cruel and In human manner that she was forced to leave him last NfivemlHT. Rose Lavedure, nged 16 years, was or dered committed to the Oirls' Industrial school at Mttchellvllle yesterdny by .Iudg Thornell. The girl lives at Fifth avenue nd Twenty-fourth street Hnd was before the court on complaint of her father, who charged her with being Incorrigible. Colonel W. J. Davennort. formerly gen- l .... .V, If.tlnnt,.n it. f m,nn(l I T.'T.W"""" ;"u , become a "coal baron. He recently opened a coal mine In Boulder and the first car of the product has been shipped to a Council Bluffs company and has been old to local friends of Colonel Davenport. PHACH AND TOMATO SALE on To morrow We received a lot of extra fine peaches, 2Se per basket; tomatoes. 25c per basket. We have some extra fine apples. ic peck. Wo are getting In cucumbers,, beets, cabbage, corn, onions. We still have raspberries and blackberries. Try some of our peanut butter, liic and 2ic Jar. We have new honey at 20c pound. We are getting In some extra fine celery. It Is nice and tender, at 5o bunch. Bartel & Miller. Telephone 359. George Baldwin Phelps, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Phelps of this city, left last evening for New York City with the Inten tion of adopting the atage as a profession. Mr. Phelps has been prominent In amateur theatricals In this city and Omaha and was with the Woodward company at the Burwood last summer. Mr. I'helps. who has recognized ability In his chosen pro fession, uppeared Thursday night as Or lando In the open air performance of "As ou Like It," at Falrmount park. EX AM I N K THE BOOKS. Tote for Franchise and Hla-ht of City to Know What the Water Com pany la Making, At a mass meeting held at the city build ing last Tuesday evening the statement was made by the manager of the water com pany that the water works, taken at tin; Valuation put upon it by the city's special engineer, had not shown a profit In its business until the year 1305. Whether this Is true or not makes no difference at this time. The citlxens are not satisfied with statements of hired foreign engineering ex perts as to what the company Is earning. Under the proposed franchise the city has the right to examine the company's books and accounts every day and know Just what the Income and expenditures are,. Under the present arrangement It la en tirely In the dark. If an examination shows the company Is making an unreasonable profit on the city or Its citizens would any Council dare to refuse to pass a lower rate ordinance at Its next meeting? Vote the company the franchise and have the right to know what it Is doing and what It Is earning. Let us make your glasses and take care f your eyes for one year without extra charge. Dr. W. W. Magarrell, Optometrist, 10 Pearl street. Full line Bclioenlng. of refrigerators. Petersen 6Y Ileal Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee July 26 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Kew Hampshire Banking Co. to Wil liam Kong. wlO ft lot 5 and elO ft lot 8, block 7, Bayllsa' First Ad., Council Bluffs, w d tl2,000 Wllloughhy ly and wife to Charles W. Wlgglnton, lota 1 and 2, block 15, Macedonia, la., w d 1250 M. Turner Abbott to Day A Hess Co.. lot 12, block P. Curtis & Ramsey's Ad., Council Bluffs, w d Benjamln-Fehr Real Estate Co. to G. A. Schoedxack, lot 13, block 36, Central Kuh., Council Bluffs, w d.. Wllloughby Dye and wife to Charles R. Aggson, part lot 4, outlot t, Macedonia, la., w d International Harvester Co. to F. J Day and J. P. Hess, lot 8. block S, Thompson's Ad.. Council RlnfTs. d.. I H. Bolton and wife to F. H. Mc 200 '200 65 10 Cartney, lots 1 and 2, block 11. Mc Clelland, la., w d !.. . i Eva R. Beker and husband to C. W. pillln. lot 1L block 6, McClelland. Ia., w d i fcoe M. Ross to Ilenjnniln-F. hr Weni Kstate Co.. lot 7. block 22, Ferry . Ad., Council Bluffs, q c i.. 1 Total, nine transfers 113,718 Miss Elisabeth Qulch, a recent Western Iowa college student, has accepted a posi tion with the Perue Plow and Implement company. Ice cream flavored with pure, vanilla; omethlng that will please you. Purity Candy Kitchen, 5W Broadway. Ara-nments In Portland Case Ended. The hearing before Judge Thornell of the district court In the first batch of thlrty Ix suits Involving the question of the right Of Pottawattamie county to assess the stock f the Portland Oold Mining company for local taxation was completed yesterday Afternoon. Former Governor C. 8. Thomas of Denver and C. O. Saunders made the closing arguments yesterday for the Port land company. Mr. Thomas and Tyson Dines, counsel for the company, left last venlng for their homes In Denver. As both sides have to tile written briefs It will be some time before Judge Thornell will hand down a decision. The arguments occupied four days and Court Reporter lrerguson will be kept busy for several days waking a transcript of the arguimnts from shorthand notes. The transcript will never several Hundred sheets. CARRIAQFiJ ALWAYS RFJADY PAL L s.z. uuiu ruursKS, GRAND IJVERY J. W. AND KLMLH E. M1NNICK. VHoL PR1ETERS. CHICKEN PIE SIPPER. at Broa.lw.. church. Saturday evening. Price. Sic. Reliable picture framing, pictures framed r unfrsmed. The latest colorings and real works of art. Reasonable prices. Bor Wlck, 111 South Main street. . City Scavengers i Horse and cattle hauled fr- of ohav t', uaroag. aanes, manure aau ail rub bish; clean vaults and ceaspuola. Ail work done is guaranteed. Calls prosapur attended te. Ihd. Phone 112 Y Boll Red lift bHbltLOCK GIBSON. BLUFFS St. Tel. 43. MIGHT RECANTS STORY Makes Statement to Police Chisum Hartley Was Not Drowned. WIFE INSISTS THAT HE IS DEAD lias Attorney Prepare Proof of Heath for Purpose of Collecting Insur ance on Ills Life George Mills Signs Affidavit. Major George H. Richmond, chief of pollen of Council Bluffs, has obtained from Frank McKr.lght a signed statement to the effect that the story of the drowning of Chisum Hanley, McKnighfs brother-in-law, while bathing In the Missouri river near the bridge of the street railway company on the after noon of July 10, was a mere fabrication and that to the best of McKnighfs belief Han ley Is now alive. This admission was se cured from McKnlght after he had been subjected to a strenuous cross-questioning by Chief Richmond. Despite the admission of her brother, Frank, that the story of the drowning was a fake, pure and simple, Mrs. Chisum Han ley yesterday Insisted that her husband has been drowned. Hanley carried $4, "00 Insurance on his vltfe, it being In two policies each for $2,000 in the Union Cen tral of Cincinnati. While McKnlght was admitting to Chief Richmond that the story of his brother-in-law's drowning was untrue, Mrs. Hanley was In the office of J. J. Stewart, her attorney, preparing , using this as his arpument against the proofs of her husband's death with a view , franchise. He attacked the councllmen who to collecting the Insurance. As a proof voted for the franchise ordinance, declar of the death of her husband, Mrs. Hanley )nK ,mit tnf,y na(1 ilt.,,n elated on a munlcl presented an affidavit signed by one George pnl ownership platform, hut had changed Mills, who claimed to have been an eye witness of the drowning. When McKnlght reported the alleged drowning to the po lice on the evening of July 10, he said that he and Hanley were alone. Contents of Affidavit. The affidavit of Mills was, in substance, that he had arrived In Council Bluffs from Brownsville, Tex., on July 9, the day be fore the alleged drowning, and had taken a room at the Letup hotel, 1021 West Broadway, after securing employment with the Union Pacific at the transfer. He was sitting on the river bank and saw Hanley drown. Investigation by the police shows ty.nt ,-. man Yw f "tt name of Mllln VflH ....... .. ....... w - - employee at. me ira-mmr ny me Pacific, nor had anyrx.dy by mat name taken a room at the Lemp hotel. Mrs. Hanley, on being appointed admin istratrix of the estate of her "drowned" husband, secured, through Ohio Knox of this city, a bond In the sum of $8,000 from the Aetna Indemnity company of Hart ford, Conn. Yesterday Mr. Knox served notice upon H. V. Battey, clerk of the dis trict court, that the company withdrew the bond. Mrs. Hanley still Insisted yesterday that her husband had been drowned and , that her brother, Frank McKnlght, had signed the statement declaring tne story to be false under duress and through fear of being placed In Jail. Chief Rich mond, when asked as to this, said yes terday that McKnlght, before making the admission, asked him if he intended to "push the case against him." Chlaf Richmond told him that as far as he knew at that time McKnlght had done nothing which would warrant his ar rest and urged the man to tell the truth. Recants on Promise. "Well, if you won't push the matter against me or my sister, I may as well make a clean breast of It," said Mc Knlght and he signed the statement which Chief Richmond drew up. The statement was: I, Frank McKnlght, do hereby decla.e that the story of the drowning of Chisum Hanley near the motor bridge on July 10 is not true, and that Clilsum Hanley la now alive to the best of my belief. Chief Richmond has the word of a cer tain person, who does not wish his name made public in connection with the case unless it becomes absolutely necessary in the Interest of Justice, that he saw Han ley, with whom he is well acquainted, and Hanley's wife together on Broadway, near First street, as tote as Wednesday of thlB week. Since the disclosures the police have been unable to locate Hanley, and he Is supposed to have left the city or be In hiding. The police were looking for Mrs. Hanley yesterday afternoon, but aft-sr leaving the office of Attorney Stewart she is said to have gone to Omaha. Frank McKnlght Is employed as an ele vator conductor In the Bennett depart ment store In Omaha. The McKnlght family live about three miles east of the city beyond the bridge of the Great Western railroad over Mosquito croek. t Petersen ft Schnenlng sell matting. N. Y. Plumbing Co.. Tel. 260. Night. L 698. 20 Per Cent Discount Sale on Shoes. We are making a reduction of 20 per cent on everything in our stock. The sale be gins Saturday, July 27, and lasts seven days. We want to close out our summer goods, that's the reaton. Duncan Shoe company, 23 South Main street. Pts-ures on New Hydrants. In reply to an Inquiry from President El H. Merriam of the Commercial club as to the amount which can be expected to be available for hydrant rentals from taxes of lKe6, and hoy many hydrants and how much pipe under the new schedule could the city hope to put In. City Treasurer True yesterday furnished the desired infor mation In the following statement: I have at hand your Inquiry as to the amount that run he excted to be available for hydrant rentals from taxes of li. and how much, pipe and how many hydrants under the new schedule can the city hoK) to put in. In reply Mill say that the as srosed valuation of the city on which gen eral tai.i t will be paid is in round num bers Jo.MS.OuO. but that the auiount with which water taxes will be paid will be just about ?3.7Wi,0l. The 6-mlil levy would bring in tlit.ii"'. when collected. The rentals of the 2V( hydrants now lo cated at the new price of n per hydrant amounts tu $17. "s", which h aves an available I , balance of tl.l. that should be paid Into city treahury by the time any addi- tioiial hydrant rentals could become due, This. I figure, will admit of the ordering of ' something over U ftnj feet of water main Stat Convention of Librarians Mrs Miry E. Dailey, librarian of the froe milili,. librrv 1m miltlnir In her ansLre mn. ' . ..', ' ,k ,amn.erl cf the number, of the Iowa State Librarian' nrnctatlon, which will hold Iti animal mee'lr.g In tl.is illy Octo ber S. I and 10. While the date of thd meet ing is oiill somewhut distant, there are a number of details to !e attended to, ani these entail considerable correspondent e on Mrs. Dalley's part. In the work of planning for the three days' meeting of the slate association, Mrs. DalU y is being assisted by the miinbeis of the board of trueu.es of the library. It Is the plan nrd hope of the local mem ber! to have en exceptionally interesting program for tne meeting and nothing will be Uit'm undone oa tbelr iait li oiaka tht session full of picture and benefit to the visitors. 5 voir fort Is being made to secure a large attendance and Invitation are beir.g sent o.il lo every librarian and trustee of p'lr'lc library boards In the state. An especial effort is al.-o being made to secure the attendance o' ivny librarian not a metnljer of the afrsoi lation, with Uiu hope f having theifi tfrme affiliaud at this meeting. One of the prominent speakers already secured for the mi ting is Dr. Nathan C. Sehaefi'er of Ilarrlsburg. Pa., state super intendent of public Instruction. The ses sions will be held In the auditorium of the public library building, and headquar ters will be at the Grand hotel. A ban quet, according lo present plans, will be one of the features of the entertainment of the visitors. I'ltholsfertnar. George W. Klein, 19 South Main street Phones: Ind., 710 Black; Bell, 543. Office Space tor Rent. Eight feet wide, eighteen feet long, on ground lloor, opposite Nebraska Telephone building, 15 Scott street; central location; only one-half block from Broadway. Ev erything new, electric light; for ts a month. Omaha Bee,, 15 Scott street. FIGHT WATER WORKS FRANCHISE Opponents Hold Well Attended Meet Inn at City Hall. Opponents to the- granting of the pro posed franchise to the water works com pany gathered In force at the city hall last night. As at the meeting Tuesday night, C. C. Clifton presided and Dr. I L. Poston acted as secretary. The principal speakers In opposition to the proposed franchise were G. H. Scott, former Judge of the superior court, and Thomas Q. Harrison. .ludge Scott paid especial attention to the rate ordinance, their minds. He gave W. Klersted, the expert employed by the city, a dig. and declared that when he flrft came to Council Bluffs he was w)th one faction of the city council, meaning Councllmen Wallace, Olson and Younkerman, but later, when he returned to make a further Investigation, he was with the other faction, meaning the councllmen who voted for the franchise ordinance. S Mr. Scott quoted figures said to have been furnished by the city treasurer In support of his argument that the city was in a position to acquire municipal ownership by i jjurcnHne oi me water woras plant. lie , . ...... . aeciarea mat mo rates naa been based on an excesa)ve valuation of Uie plant and wound up by urging every man present to go to the polls on August 6 and vote as his conscience directed him. "What I am about to say Is not the product of my Imagination, but the decision of some of the greatest Jurors In the land " was the opening statement of Thomas Q. Harrison, who proceeded, as he termed It, to "shoot holes" Into sections 7 and 8 of the proposed franchise ordinance. Theso are the sections relating to tho reinforcement of the mains in the Implement district and reserving to the city the right to purchase the plant at any time it bocs fit and is able to do so. Announcement was made that similar meetings would be arranged for In every precinct in the city between this and the day of the special election. Marrlaare Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and residence. Age A. C. Topp, Council Bluffs 27 Marie Jensen, Council Bluffs 27 David Fox. Omaha .. 23 Sarah Saltzman, Council Bluffs 19 Heavy Wind Xear Atlantic. ATLANTIC, la., July 27.-(Special.)-Tuesday and Wednesday night, there were fierca storms in this neighborhood, the wind blew up almost a hurricane. Trees were torn down all over town, some out buildings were demolished, telephone wires and electric light poles were blown down, and the plate glass window In the Fisher building, on Chestnut street, was blown In. In the country there was much damage from wind and lightning. Some buildings were blown down or struck by lightning, crops were flattened to the ground by the heavy wind, and hay was badly damaged by the rain, while the lightning created havoo in Beveral places. R. Barry, a farmer near Grant, lost a valuable thoroughbred cow, and a cow for Murray Trailer of Marne. was killed by lightning. One barn, containing a quantity of hays, was struck by lightning and completely consumed. Will Collect Taxes from Estate. WEBSTER CITY, la.. July 27.-(Speclal.) P. J. Brandrup, country treasurer, has served notice upon the administrator of the estate of the late W. S. Wortliington, formerly one of the best known capitalists In Hamilton county, he will bring suit for t'2,500, alleged to be due as back taxes. The filing of tills action will create some sur prise among tho friends and former asso ciates of the wealthy Webster City capital ist. The estate Is valued at $100,000 and Is probably worth more than that sum. When ins inventory was niea with the county clerk. Mr. Brandrup noted a discrepancy between the properly noted there and that returned to the assessor for soma years back. He immediately filed his claim for the taxes he alleges are due. It was only a short time ago that he collected quite an amount from the administrator of the Clinton Wyckoff estate In a similar manner. NEW BOARD FOR 'FRISCO Mayor Appoints Superrlsfira to Suc ceed Men Who Confessed to Taking: Bribes. SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.-Mayor Tay lor today appointed a new board of super visors, as follows: A. D. Ancona, physician; Joseph P. Booth, editor; H. U. Brandenstein, attor ney; Gustav Breunor, retired merchant; George H. Center, real estate dealer; A. Compte, Jr., attorney; Bernard Ralmon vllle, Insurance man; Thomas Magee, real estate dealer; D. E. J. Molern, president Academy of Sciences; Charles A. Murdick, prtnter; D. D. Murphy, attorney; Henry Payot, merchant; Loring P. Rlxford, archi tect; Llpman Sacks, merchant; G. W. Staf ford, merchant; M. I. Sullivan, attorney; O. A. Tveltmoe and J. I. O'Neill. The two latter are members of the old board and not Involved in the charges of graft. LUMBERMEN WILL FIGHT PaclSe Toast Mill Owners Object ta the Iroptied Haiae of Freights. TAOOMA. Wash.. July 27-Fifty mem bers of the raclftc Coast Lumber Manu facturers' association attended ihe op. n Ing session of the semi-annual meeting here this morning,, and the unanimous sentiment was that they will fight to the last dlteh the proposd Increase In freight rates on eastern shipments. Tho best of legal talent will be employed. Help has been assured by oth;r lumber men's associations of the west. A fund of f 50,000 can readily be raised, and the members voted today to carry the ques tion iuiQ tb. liUUt court u uooajuMuy. ATTACK ON THE MULCT LAW Temperance People Contend Statute is Unconstitutional. CASE COMES UP FROM WATERLOO City of lies Moines Wants an Appro priation from Congress for the Improvement of the Des Moines Hlver. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOIXES. July 27. (Special. ) F. S. Dunshee, as attorney for the temperance Interests that have attacked the constitu tionality of the mulct iaw, today filed his abstract with the supreme court and got the case docketed. The case is that of J. 11. Campbell vs., Jnckman Brothers, and was tried first in th district court of Black Hawk county at Waterloo. Tho case promises to attract some fur ther attention. The position taken by the Waterloo temperance people Is that the law la unconstitutional because the legls- I lature has no authority to enact laws to license a thing that In Itself is aV nuisance. Judge Piatt of the district court held that tho law is constitutional. The law, though on. the statute books for some years, has never been tested In Just that way. The attack asainst the law Is considerably like the attack was made In Indiana, where a lower court Judge held that the licensing of saloons was an unconstitutional act, and that case is now pending in the supreme court of that state. The case filed here today will be In time to be placed on the docket of the supreme court for the September term, but as that will be the appearance term of court for the case It is not likely that It will bo argued and tried then, as the written ar guments will not likely be completed by that time. Food Inspector Married. Michael Flynn of Burlington, slate food Inspector, ex-base ball player and ex-rfHc"-man and detective, arrived in Des Moines today with a brldo, the wedding having taken place . a few days since. An In formal and quickly arranged wedding re ception was held at the office of the state food and dairy commissioner when they arrived and some of the samples of food left for Inspection were sacrificed for a wedding feast. Attack School Merger. The suit to prevent the consolidation of tho school districts within the city limits of Des Moines on the grounds of con stitutionality was heard in the court by Judge Miller of the district court today. The court allowed the districts of Cnk Park. Agency, Plum Grove and part of Evergreen to Join as Interveners In the suit. Witnesses were examined to show that four-ninths of the Valley Junction school district Is within the city limits of Des Moines, and Valley Junction of ficials testified thnt that district would be unable to meet its bonded Indebtedness of tl8,O00 If this four-ninths was taken from it and placed In the Des Moines dis trict. Chnnsre In Pinna. Plans for the military maneuvers have been changed and the maneuvers will be held a day later than first Intended. They will be held on August 9 and 10. Monday following the troops will be reviewed by the governor, but not at the fair grounds as first intended, but on Walnut street, In West Dos Moines. ' May Appoint McClakey. It Is understood that First Lieutenant McClaskey of the United State Marine corps may get the appointment to succeed Major Olmsted as Inspector general of the Iowa National guard. McClaskey went to the Philippines with the Fifty-first Iowa and later was continued In the regular service, being retired now for" deafness. This may Interfere with his appointment as regular army inspector of the Iowa guard. Major Olmsted's term Is nearly up. Des Moines Wants Some. The lndexer at the city library here, from Indexing the congressional rivers and har bors expenditures which reach the library monthly, has discovered, or claims to have discovered, that nearly every little river In the United Suites is getting appropriations except the Des Moines river. The attention of the greater Des Moines committee was called to the matter and other cities of the state are now to be Interested. It la claimed that congressmen in other states have been able to get appropriations of thousands of dollars for river Improvements for Insignificant little streams that ara often not big enough to be placed on the map while Iowa congressmen have been asleep. Curator Aldrlcb. Better. Curator Aldrich. was able to get down from I'.oone and was at the historical building today for the first time in some weeks. Though enfeebled In body, his mind is clear, and he is able to attend to many of the details of his work by directing others. Ho is somewhat improved from his recent ill attack. Thought Professor a Spy. Takl Yakaharl, a Japanese professor from tho University of Chicago, was today sus pected of being a spy when he appeared at the gates of Fort Des Moines. The soldiers of I ho fcecond cavalry were in a flurry of excitement. It developed later that the professor was in the city for a visit and the fort was one of the attrac tions recommended to him to see and he was paying a visit out of curiosity and not as a representative of his government. Iowa -Xrwa "Votes. . WK9T UNION One of the most disas trous hailstorms that has visited this part of the state in years destroyed hundreds of acres of corn and oats Thursday morn ing. HIOOI'RNEV Louis esjjftj bson came all the way from far off fciuih Africa to wed the girl he had learned to love In northern . ituswu rour years ago. Miss Ella Reese, ' 'he bride, came to this country but a vear I ago. irabbl Gross of Ottumwa performed mo ,-ei ciuoiiy, ATI-ANTIC The law that went Into ef fect on July i, granting a bounty of ten cents per pair for the front legs of gophers, does not seem to be much attraction for the youth of Cass county, as but thirty five pulrs of legs have been presented to the auditor for bounty so far this season, while in Pottawattamie county, the pests are being caught by hundreds. ATLANTIC Mr. hert Line of Marne was seriously Injured Thursday afternoon While loading hay into the barn. The rope oil the liay fork broke and he attempted to Jump out of the wav of the falling fork. He caught his foot In the hny rack and tipped the entire load over. He fell under the hay and when he wus dug out, it whs found that three bones In his ! foot hud been dislocated and one fractured. SIOUX CITY Alfred Haas, a democratic, politician and prominent attorney, and A. !'. Heed, cashier of tho Iowa Telephone company, were saved from drowning last night at Crystal lake by Kdward Heehly, a Ploux City newspaper man. The men were swimming and Jumped overboard from a boat In the middle of the lake A sudden iiia!l Idew the boat away, leaving them struggling in the water half a mile from shore. Hech'y reached them in time to haul them into his boat, Haas bt-ing com pletely exhausted. OKLWKIN A new pest, other' than the green hug, is ravaging the crops In Iowa. This time it Is the com thut is suffering damage, which following close on the heels of the recent flood, will not leave much profit for tiie farmer tills yeur. K Wood ring brought a sample of the new peat to town. lie says thousands of them are WUXkiUJC WVlMI Ut lU (HUM. Hnnrt..,. the worms work In a small patrh. The worm It strawberry blonde In color, about an inch In length and is evidently a centi pede, as It has many feet. Mr. Woodrlng says that he succeeded In killing the ma jority of the pest. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Qoeer and Cnrlona Features of Life In a Rapidly Urorrlna ' State. The streets would look much more pre sentable If the dead brush used for the shade on the Fourth was hauled off. and the money we blowed In on the Fourth would .have done the town more good had we Invested It in Improving the public roads leading Into the village. Osmond Re publican. A Busy MatrEdltor Wilson of the Kim ball Observer leads a strenuous life. He has a homestead five miles from town on which he Is actually living and yet he ar rives In town before 7 o'clock each morn ing and, with a day's help each week from his better half, does all the work in the shop himself. He Must Be In Love Did you ever In all creation see anything prettier than a woman dressed all In white? Emeralds' diamonds, rubies, blend them, mix Into the combination the beautiful tints of a rainbow, the silvery light of the moon, and she's got the whole bunch beat a mile. Columbus Tribune. Surprised Last Thursday evening Just as all of Free's folks were getting to bed und whllo Will was smoking his lust pipe and pulling off his left sock, n bunch of their friends came tramping up the walk with pans, baskets and ice cream freezers. A nice supper and ice cream was partaken of and a general good time enjoyed until about 1 o'clock that night. Chapman Cor respondent Central City Nonpareil. Poor Pawnee A doctor writing for the Pawnee Press treats Sunday's flood as a merciful design of the Lord to wash away the accumulation of debris and tilth whose removal had been neglected, to the detri ment of health by citizens, and now calls on the latter to keep up the work so auspiciously begun. It Is truly hoped Pawnee people will not again wait for a cloudburst to effect cleanliness and en force sanitary regulations. Beatrice Ex press. Happiness A little 8-year-old girl stopped us on the street to tell us that she earned "a half dollar and four pennies" picking raspberries yesterday and the little tot was so proud and was a grand contrast to some big grown-up men who would rather sponge a living than work. If we could have back the old days when we did sixteen or eight een hours work a day on the farm and could sleep three hours and feel as fresh as ever we would not want to change places with a millionaire. Those were happy days, but we simply failed to see It as we do now. Blair Pilot. An Amateur Equilibrist Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Ernie Thomson are parents of a boy 17 months old who is certainly a cau tion when It comes to hazardous deeds. Out on the ranch near Arnold, whllo Ernlo was away from home, the lad climbed a twenty-foot ladder on the windmill framo and walked out on a cross-benm. There he was discovered by Mrs. Thomson and his grandmother, Mrs. C. U. Richardson, and both displayed the unusual nerve of not making a scme and thereby startling tho boy and causing him to fall, but neither had the strenth or nerve to climb and res cue him. The man working In the field also saw the child's aerial position and lost no time In covering the distance to the house and up the ladder, and safely placing the lad In the arms of the women, who all but smothered him to death with hugs and klsses.-Custer County Repub lican, MORE CRIMES AGAINST GIRLS New York Police Warn Parents to Guard Their Dann-hters More Carefnlly. NEW YORK. July 27,-To the series of unpunished crimes against young girls which dally of late has exasperated the police and put parents In the outlying dis tricts In an ugly mood, there were added today for Investigation the cases of Vir ginia Bariah, 17 years old, and Annie Falkoweko, a tot of 5 years. So notorious have become the cases of assault, amounting in two recent cases to murder, that Police Commissioner Bingham has been driven to explain that his army of policemen is insufficient to tope with this particular species of degeneracy. He .has warned fathers and mothers not to allow their little ones to wander aimlessly in tho streets. The Barlsh girl has been driven Insane by Inhuman treatment, an Inkling of which was first given to the nubile tnrinv av, became separated from a party of friends at North Beach Wednesday and that night was rescued by chance from the surf, in which she was about to drown herself. She had been beaten black and blue and robbed of her clothing. Driven mud through suffering she fought her rescuer and only with difficulty was placed In restraint. v nen ner mental condition lum. parent the girl was taken to the King's county hospital. There In a lucid Interval she told a pitiful story of assault, many of the details of which were subsequently substantiated. Attacked by a gang of nine rougns. sne was left In a state that to her frenzied mind suggested only suicide. It Is a question whether she can recover. Annie Falkoweko went to meet her father and fell 'n with another man. ai. a bestial attack and Is In ' the care of a pnysicmn. Joseph Nocwtck, a steamship fireman, 34 years old. and whom h ' ' ' Hum accused, Is under arrest. A third case today cannot be said to be wholly unpunished. When i ir..01 of Harlem heard the screams of his Infant suter ne am not stop to notify the police, but promptly beat k. aged 62 years. Into unconsciousness. When v..o lu yeoman was seized with a fit and was removed to i critically 111. "0"l", The police records show that during the last thirty day. seventeen specific 'com! plaints of assault upon g d. and womTn have been reported In this city. FIGHTING HIS STEP-MOTHER Pension Commissioner Warner Ara-aes W ill Case la Illinois Clrcnlt Court. CLINTON, 111., July .-Arguments In the case contesting the will of John Warner, father of Vespasian Warner, com missioner of pensions, were endod today and Judge W. H. Cochrane will give his decision next week. During the hearing of the case It was charged tiiat John Warner's second wife was partly of negro blood. The widow, who la making a fight to get a dower share of the wealth of John Warner, aggregating 1,.Guo, was In court with her two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Harrison Mel tier of Chit ago and Mis. Arabella Warner Bell of Clinton. She listened attentively to Attorney Fuller, who made the argu ment In behalf of Commissioner Warner, ho Is seeking to prevent his stepmother from breaking his father's will. Attorney Fuller painted Mrs. Warner as a ouonlng siren, tlia daughter of poor parents, who Lad. Cda.ua Into hat meshes John w nor. the banker. All the evidence. Attor ney Fuller Insisted, showed that Isabella Robinson had planned a hasty marriage and that she did not allow her husband to see her family for more than an hour on the day of her marriage. May 2S, 1S74. Now and then, when the lawyer made reference to her cleverness In "trapping" the aged bnnker Into a second marriage or to the poverty of her father, Stephen Robinson, or "Curly" Robinson, as he was known In his home near Steuben, O., she would smile disdainfully. Her daughters also appeared to bs amused at the charges. Mrs. Warner emphatically says her father was white. She signed, she says, a pre nuptlal agreement waiving her dower only after the aged banker had deceived her about the value of his estate. COAL FAMINE NOT IMMINENT Sixty Million Acres In Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas, WASHINGTON. July 27,-Tliat a coal famine Is not necessary nor Imminent Is the opinion expressed by Acting Secretary Woodruff of the Interior department. In a statement made public today he discussed the coal area, as developed by the geo logical survey, saying: "Not including great areas of lignite, which will be mined only after the more valuable coal deposits are exhausted, the geological survey has determined thut there arc townships In the states and territories west of South Dakota. Nebraska and Kan sas, aggregating In all over (jn.uOO.Ono acres of land, each township of which contains, under its entire surface, or part of it, workable deposits of ceal. The geological survey has been busy for several years In determining the location, quantity, quality and workable condition of these coal de posits. This work has been taken up with the utmost vigor during tho present yeur, and townships containing more than 2s, OOrt.O'iO acres in which workable coal exist have been examined and classllled. "When one remembers that these classi fied areas are most conveniently situated with reference to transportation and set tled districts and that every acre of them Is subject to purchase from the govern, ment, under the coal land laws. It Is easy to see that If there Is to be a coal fumlne next winter, such a famine will result only from failure to mine the coal, which is easily accessible." MORE MIRACLESAT ST. ANNE Cripples and Paralytica Walk from taurca and Itlind Woman sees. KANKAKEE, 111., July 27. Thousands of persons attending the ninth day session of the novena at the shrine of St. Anno today luw several persons arise In St. Jo- I seph's church and announce that they had been healed of mummies. Miss Mary Pierce, 18 years old, of Delphi, Ind., said that she had been af flicted with paralysis for four years, dur ing which tlmo she had been unable to walk. She left the church without sup port. I 1iss Tialsv Lamond of TCanknkee ol. most Ifllnd for thirty-two years, said she was able to read without glasses at tho close of the nine days of prayer. George. Neary of Lost Nation, la., and Michael McCormlck of Kinsman, III., botli said they had been cripples from child hood. They walked from the church to day and said It was tho first time they had walked since Infancy. TWO FATALITIES FROM HEAT Elaht Prostrations Reported In St. Loots Crowd Halds Ire Wagons at Monroe, La. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. July 27.-D. W. Pea- body, aged 62, and Ernest Knlorino, aged 29, died today as a result of the heat yes terday. Eight prostrations were reported tonight, although the temperature did not exceed eighty degrees today. MONROE, La., July 2B. After a day of terrible heat and dust, with the tempera ture near 105 all the afternoon, Monroe Is tonight without Ice and cold drinks. The local artificial Ice plant cannot supply the demand and nearby cities 'have cut off their supply. A tralnload of Ice Is enroute from New Orleans, due early tomorrow, and It Is the only relief In sight. The few Ice wagons which ran today were emptied by small mobs on the streets. NO TWO-CENT FARE IN KANSAS Railroads Decline to Use Low Rate During Trial In Other States. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 27. -The State Board of Railroad commissioners today re ceived letters from representatives of the Union Pacific and Santa Fe railroads de clining to put Into effect In Kansas emer gency passenger rates of two cents a mile during the pendency of the litigation to test the validity of the two-cents-a-mlle fare law. The letters were in answer to a request from the railroad commission ers that the railroads put Into effect a two cent fare In Kansas, at least during the time the two-cent fare laws are observed In Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. LIBRARY OFFICERS ELECTED No Change Made from Last Tear nd Old Employes Are Retained. The annual election of officers of the )maha Public Library was held Friday night and the old officers were re-elected for the ensuing year. The officers re-elected are Lewis S. Reed, president; Harry P. Deuel, vice president, and George West, secre tary. Miss Edith Toblt was re-elected as librarian. A month's leave of absence on half pay waa granted to Miss O'Brien, as sistant librarian. AUTO PLUNGES OVER BANK One Man Killed and Four Women Seriously Injured Near New York. NE WYORK. July 71. In a plunge of an automobile over a thirty-foot embankment near Bernardsville, N. J., today, Herbert Erbacher, the 18-year-ild son of the late Victor Erbacher, a New York millionaire, was killed and four other occupants of the csr seriously Injured. Those Injured are Mrs. Victor Erbacher, Miss Anita De wltt. Miss Margaret Romans and Miss Emma Randolph. Developing Oil Kit-Ids. LANDER. Wyo., July 27. (Special.) Joseph H. Lobell of 1-ondon, England, who now owns the Murphy or Henderson oil wells at Dallas, left this morning for the east to purchase additional drilling rigs, material for a pipe line eight miles in length to carry the oil to Lander and ma chinery for a small oil refinery, which he says he will build at once. He states that he has French, Dutch and Swedish capital ists who have had a careful examination made of the oil fields and are ready to supply him with all the carltal needed to carry on this great enterprise. No local capital has been asked for, but Mr. Ixibell states that the p.ifpl'i of louder will be asked to provide a site for the refinery near town. Falling In that, the refinery will be located about three miles below Lander at Lucky Strike, where ample grounds can be secured at a nominal figure. Mr. Lobell states further that all litigation will soon be closed, leaving him self and asac&uatea rvady. to wseii with Where to Find The Bee When You Travel Atlantic City, N. J. Majanw ft Taylor, M OoodsHU Av Boston, Masa. Vsndotn Bowl, Tonraine Uotui Hews Stand. ; Tfouag-s Eoua Bern ttUuidi Buffalo, N. Y. Oeassee Hotel. Hotel Iroquois Sws Stand. Hotel Xafyetta Nws Stand. Bunnel Colin, 150 EUloott St. Jas. X O'Keefa, l&alA and Court. Chicago, 111. Auditorium Kwi Btaad. Auditorivr Annex News Stand. Jos. Ht-.ou, SrtanA, Jaoksoa ajnf Dearborn. Oreat Nurtnora Hotel Hews BtatUL Full Of floe Mows Stand. 178 Dnuten Grand Paciflo HoW Hsws sjtaad. Stratford Hotel News Staad. Valuer Hons News Btaad. Cincinnati, Ohio. fUnton Hotel Hews Btaad. Hovlla Ketst Hews Stand St. Bloaolas Hotel Howa Stand. Cleveland, Ohio. Xjrtlnnden. Colorado Springs, Colo. Antlers Hews Majnd. A. O. Wrignt. la. X, Bell ft Oo. Denver, Colo. B. Rice. Xendrlok Book and. BtaA. Oo , IM ITtst Street. X. r. Kansas. Itrowm Valao XotsL Des Moines, Iowa. If orris Kobn, SIS B. and St. Hotel Chamberlain Hews Stead. Kirk wood Hotel Hews Btaad, Haver? Hotel Hews StsuUL Moses Jacobs, 60S Ma ft. 1 Paso, Texas. A. M Vorbea. Excelsior Springs, Mo. T. M. ApplsgaM. Slak and Oleves. Fort Worth, Texaa rt. WortU Mews Co. Goldfield, Nev, Xaouia rolls. Hot Springs, Ark. T. V. Marks, 834 Central A. it. a. wyatt, aao OomnU Ave O. K. Weaver Oo. Hot Springs, S. D. aim II Xargeaa. Kansas City, Mo. Union Ave. Besra Oo., Opposite Vsdoft, Sua ton. Toms Mews Oa Bth and Main. Xicasecker Oigar Co. 6th and Walnn Xiokseoker Otgar Oo , 13th and Walnu Keld's news Ae'snoy, 818 Wall St. Jenkins Cigar Co., bth and Walaas. Baltimore Hotel News Stand. Midland Hotel Hews Stead. Hotel JCnpper. Los Angeles, Oal. B. B. Amos. Asg-etua Hotel Raws Stand. Alexandria Hotel news Stand. Lankersalm Hotel Hews Stand. Wesuniiurter Hotel Hews Stand Memphis, Term. World Xewa Oo. Milwaukee, Wis. Hotel Vnlster Hews Stand. jr,ULk miilsem. Brand Ave. audv 9 4x St. Minneapolis, Mum. Oenttury Hews Co 8. 3rd Bs. Minneapolis BtayUonecj Cto, 332 XeTvnaw pin Ave. M. J. Xavanauga, 48 8. 3rd St West Hotel Uevrs sraaad. Hotel Opera afewa Uuid, 321 1st Aesw Sousu. Mt. Clements, Mich. X. X. Tjlahtig- Oa. New York City, N. Y. Breed way Theater Hews Stand. Imperial Hotel Mews Stand. Kuiokerbocke Hotel Uews Stabl, Hoffman House Hews Btamd. a rand Onion Hotel Hews Stand. aloliaud Houss Mews Stand. Muriay Hill Hews Stand. Belmont Hotel Wears Stand. 'Waldorf-Astoria Mews Stand. Manhattan Howl Haws Stand. Aaor House Bnm Stand. New Orleans, La. St. CliarUe Xeeal Xewa Stand. Norfolk, Va. ' Porta k Koala. J Soluieiaar 4s Oar Oakland, Cal. Amos Hews Oo. Hale Hews Oo, Me Tta St. Ogden, Utah. W. A Taylor. S49 Orent . D. 1m. Boyle, 110 aotb St. . Bray Hews Oe Depot Hewa Ooddaxd Bros, See a&ta St. Philadelphia, Pa. Penii Hews Oo. BsUevus Btratfovd Hotel Walton Hotel Hewa Stand. Pittsburg, Pa. X. A. Bchafer Hews Co.. 3G7 3rd Ave. rt. Pitt Hotel Hews Stand. Hotel Henry siwii EtatAe. Portland, Ore. Carl Jonas, 875 WasiL, 00 dtk. Bumuu iawi Co. Oregon Hews Co, 147 8Xn St. St. Joseph, Mo. 9. Berg sr. 618 Tld.mond BTt. St. Louis, Mo. Southern Hotel Mews Stand. Planter Hotel Hews Stand. Hotel Jeffesaoa Hews Stand. B. T. Jsct O. P. OcanaJa. St. Paul, Minn M. Bt. Maria. C. Z. MUlsr. Byan Hotel Hews Sfnl Sacramento, CaL Ames Xewa C. Salt Lake City, Utah. Hesenfsld Hansen. Hotel Ms uie to ad keen San Diego, OaL B. X. Aaaos. San Francisco, Cal. H. WaseeisT Hews Stand. United Hewa Agents, 11 Bdd. Amos Hewa Oo. Hotel St. PraouU Hew Stead. Mew Paleos HuMt Mews Stand Palrmont Hotel Hews swuss. Seattle, Wash. Joan Jefferson. XBeraaUsaal Hewa On. Ave 1SBS. SOW scut Hew Oo. Prank B. Wilson. 807 Ptke St. Halner Hotel Hews Bteud, Betles Hotel Mews Stand. Sioux City, Iowa. West Hotel Hews Stand. Mcndeuitn Hotel Mews Stead. Oeraid PlUgtbeoa Hew ft mud Spokane, Wash. John W. Ore&aan. wide wona Oo, 1UH Post Tacoma, Wash. People Hewa Oa. Washington, D. C. ralrtaJB Hotel Hew Stand. Xww WUlard H-Jtcl Hew Stead. Hsw Hnlelga Hotel Hew SlaMnij AssinsTtoa Hotel km Stand.
